UUfitf! • PRESS 9 • DISPATCHES * 999®9&&9 VOLUME XXIV Sudden Shift Made in the Daugherty Hearing Neither Roxie Stinson Nor Gaston B. Means Were Called Back to Stand Dur ing the Morning. MEANS’ CHARGES BEING FOLLOWED Statements Made by Him Concerning Moving Pic ture Rights Get Attention of the Committee. {By tkr Associated Press.) Washington, March 15.—Turning aside for the moment from tiie sensa tional testimony of Roxie Stinson and Ongton B. Means, the Senate committee investigating the Department of Justice today, began delving into allegations that exhibitions of the Ctirpentier-Dempsey tight films hnd been carried on through arrangements with Jess \V. Stnith. At torney General Daugherty's late friend and his associates. After tire prire fight film story was heard the committee-turned to alleged gun running on the Mexicnn border in connection with the unsuccessful Cantu revolution. After being in session 3,1-2 hours, the eommittee adjourned to meet again on Monday. F. C. Quimby. who described himself ns a motion picture producer and maker of the fight film, testifier! that the ar rangement as he understood it was that file rights for showing the tight films, the inter-state transportation of which is prohibited by law, were to be let out to exhibitors in various states, and that the expenses of local prosecutions and attorneys fees were borne out of a fund by the owners. Quimby said he understood that Smith. Jap Minna, Will Orr and Ike Martin had the plan to display the films, aud iliat Tex Uickard, the promoter, had told him of tin- plan, lie said he had been told to go ahead with showing the films, and that he would not be bothered by the Department of Justice. Quimby. after being questioned about an agreement to ship the films outside the state of New York, told of a discus sion with a local attorney named Crion retained by Orr, Muma and Martin, and who he understood to be a friend of At torney General DaifghtWy. "Th(e»e men.” he said, “were understood to have a plan whereby these pictures could-be shown legally." “Mjf maiscMftnduqF wasvhtir those pic tures could be sbowp legally and ev erything be all rigM.” Quinby added. "These thi-ee gentlemen told me to go ahead with the pictures and I would not ho bothered.” T'rion. Quinn said, was to designate lawyers in various states who were to look after exhibitions of the film. The plan as he outlined it was that the films were to be shown in each state first before some "veterans organization.” "Then,” said Senator Wheeler, the gf.mmifteo prosecutor, "the buyer In flint state would be hauled up before some justice, aud fined. That was the. nr- . rangement, wasn’t it?" While Quimby would not agree to that, he testified that a plan of taking fines and going nhead and showing the pic tures was followed in some states’ and Is- identified the list of individuals given out lust night by Attorney General Daugherty ns those who had been pros ecuted for showing the films as the men who lmd been "buyers of the state rights" under the plans of distribution which he outlined in his testimony. In New York, after the prosecution, Quimby said, somebody in I'. H. Attor ney Hayward's office fold him to, "wait awhile, and then go ahead.” "Whenever you sold a picture you told the buyer what lawyer to see, and you knew if he went to that lawyer he would be fined and then allowed to go ahead?” suggested Senator Wheeler. “That was my understanding." said Quimby. "You were a party to this plan?" "I suggested ft to the buyers, they followed it.” In New York, Quimby - testified, he slmwed the films, was fined a thousand dollars, continued to show them, and madp about $75,000 until the Depart ment of Justice agent called on him and he then decided to desist. 1 I'nder questioning Quimby testified he knew the films had been shown in Wash - ington, before President Harding Post master General New. and other officials. Quimby testified further that he had been told that Smith had an Interest in the contract, and that the- receipts of Orr, Muma and Martin were around $60,- 000 to $65,000. The total net profits, including New Jersey right*, he said, were about $125,000. I'nder questioning by Senator Wheel er, Quimby testified that the Depart ment of Justice never hnd gotten out an injunction to stop the exhibitions. To Minna who was an employee of E. B. McDean, Quimby testified he had paid about $65,000 by check. Attorney, General Daugherty’s coun sel at first declined to cross-examine WHAT SArS BEAR SAYS. Fair tonight and Sunday, continued cold. The concord Dahlit Tribune ♦ : MEANS’ CHARGES BRING DENIALS 'Japanese Company Declares | It Paid No Money to Means or Any One Else, j | Tokio, March 15 (By the Associated Press), —Denials that any payments of money had ever been given to Gaston It. Menus in an effort to stop prosecution of-the Standard Aaircraft Company case as Means charged yesterday before the . Daugherty investigating committee wTis j made today by the Mitsui Btissen Kni shn, through it* ’principal offie-p here. | Records bearing on the Standard Air craft mat ter were destroyed in the earth quake disaster last September, according to Y'unosuke Yasukawa. managing direc tor of the Mitsui Company. He deelar-; eel, however, that the Mitsui officials in Japan knew nothing concerning the al leged payment of SIOO,OOO to Means*, ami believe U is not possible that such a payment ever was made. i The Mitsui Compan owned half of the Standard Aircraft shares, the director, added, but the concern lost money aud ‘ was dissolved, and its reeords were shipped to Tokio where they were lost j ill the fire.and earthquake. = j Quimby but decided later to ask a few questions, and l'aul Howland empha sised that Quimby had been forced to. "abandon the business.” “Whatever your arrangement With Muma for protection may have been, you later learned that. tlw Department of Justice was investigating and ar ranging to prosecute?" asked Howland. "Navarro (a department cf justice agent) told me I could be prosecuted d'or conspiracy and I said I was through." Senator Wheeler said Quimby hnd feared prosecution because of his testi mony and declared it could not be used against him . Quimby was excused af ter two hours on the stand, and F. C. Pendleton, a formed Department of Jus tice agent, was called. He said it was generally understood throughout the country that W.t J. Burns used his offi cial position to aid the business* of the Burns detective organization and to block competitors. i Mean* Net Called. ■Washington, March 15.—Suddent shift, i was made today In the Daugherty in vestigation, neither .Gaston B, Means nor Mi* Uoxie.JJ, .Stiwan hgiiML. teas., called. Frank A. Vanderlip, the New York financier who appeared in the Teapot Dome hearing, was seated near the com- 1 mlttee table as the hearing opened. i Although scheduled to begin at Ift o’clock the committee was lialf hour lute getting underway beoausjo-'of coufustion caused by the great crowd of spectators which insisted on forcing its way into the hearing room. | F. C. Quimby. of New York, a moving picture man who made the films of the Oarpentier-Denrpwey fight, was today’s first witness. He told of his ncquain •tance with William Orr and Jap Muma. i identified yesterday by Gaston B. Means ad part owners of the Carpentier-Demp- ; sey films, but said he did not know Jess Smith. ; -Quimby identified himself as n New 1 York motion picture producer, head of the Quimby Film Company, He said ‘ he was a producer of the pictures of 1 the fight, and that he was acquainted with Jack Kearns, manager of Demp sey. and Tex Rickard, fight, promoter. Quimby said he made n contract in 1021 with Rickard to produce and sell films of the fight. An agreement later was made between him and Rickard, witnesses said, for dis play of the films in other states. Senator Wheeler asked if Quimby knew Attorney General Daugherty. Quimby said lit* did not. Rickard told him, he said, that Muma. Orr and a man named Ike Martin hnd told him they had a plan to display the films. Quimby said he believed there was a written agreement for the shipment of the films outside of New Jersey, and that he might have a copy in his office in New York. The First Baptist Church of Raleigh will shortly install a $15,000 pipe organ. Genj J. ft. Carr suggests Copeland or Cummings for President and Josephus Daniel« for Vice President. ANNOUNCEMENT! ' i The 53rd series in this old Reliable Building and Loan Association will open on April sth, 1924. , ! The officers and stockholders jnvite each and every per- j son in Concord to take some shares in this series. “Our se- j curity is the best on earth because it is Real Estate secur ity.” Running shares cost 25 cents per share per week. Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. Each share is worth SIOO.OO at maturity. We have been maturing our stock in 328 weeks. Tax return day is coming. “Just remember that all stock with us is non-taxable.” t ' '!'■ START NOW ‘ CaGarrus County Building Loan and Savings Association Office in the Concprd National Bank ! CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1924 CROP REPORTS Fluffs Dealing Will) Grain Crop in Ni.rlh Cardin:> for Past Year. I By the Anwrtiinl Raleigh. March 5. —While the general corn erop.cf North Carolina-made a bet ter' yield. 22.5 bushels, Inst full, the 83 per cent merchantable was quality, two per cent leus than the two previous years, according to Frank" Parker, State j agricultural statistician, in his official I March report. Os the 56,868.000 buah ! els produc-eil, there i* reported 40 per (cent, nr 27,840,000 bushels, remaining on the farm, at this time. This is 15 I per cent more than the amount held a year ago and 1.8 per cent more than two years ago. There were 2.844,000 bushels, making five per cent r.f the crop, that was shipped out of the counties where grown. The February price for North Carolina is #1.07 per bushel ns compared with SI.OO n year ago and 78 ceiits two years ago.. , "The United States crop shows an av erage of 81 per cent of commercial qital -1 It.v which i« considerably less than either of the two previous crop* which averaged about 88 per cent . There is 38 per cent of the past year's national crop still in the hands of the farmers. This ■ amounts to 1.153.175.000 bushels, which is five per cent more than last year and 12 per cent less than two years ago. The average farm price for corn is 76.5 cents , per bushel. This compares with 72.5 ■ 1 cents a year ago and {50,3 cents in Feb ruary, 1022. ; "The condition of the state's rye e.T.p ,i« *8 per cent. The part to be har , vested for gain is 06 per cent, while the remainder will be used for soiling, 'grazing and hay purposes. Twenty per i < ent of Inst year's crop is still on thej ! farms at this season, while it is esti mated that 7 per cent of the crop is shipped out of the counties where grown, j "It is reported from all parts of the state that 28 per cent of the wheat crop harvested hist, year is still on the farms where grown. This compares with 17 per rent, or 133,871.000 bushels of the I'nited States crop still on the farms. Seven per cent or 422,600 bushels of the state wheat crop is ship ped out of the counties where grown. It is estimated that 63 per cent of the crop is still on the farms of the coun- as a whole. This amounts- to 408.- 21.1,000 bushels. The average price of wheal in North Carolina during Feb ruary was $1.34> |M>r bushel, while the United States average prices was 08 cents. Os the state’s oat crop 21 per cent is still on the -farms at this date, the amount, being 1,070,000 bushels, and tl per cent, or 203,700 bushels, was ship ped out of the counties where grown. The national report gives 34 per cent still on the farms and 25 per cent shipped out of w,unties, the latter being equivalent to 326.580.000 bushels. The hay crop of North Carolina shows ,47 per owt. sids—si -xcHi.fr Is eqmsotem to 384,400 tons . As with the other grain and feed crops, a very small per rentage of the hay crop is shipi>ed out of the counties, averaging but three per rent, or 31.20 Otons. Although import ing less than previously, considerable hay is still brought into North Carolina. United States average* 31 per cent, or 33,434,000 tons of hay left on farms March Ist, and 13 per cent, or 13,856,- 000 tops shipped out of the counties where grown. Dry Goods Market. New York. March 14.-—Cotton goods continued in light demand today with prices barely steady. Yarn spinners are holding for -higher prices while trading in t..,- central markets continues nt irregular figures. Raw silk declined still further during the day and is now well under $7 a pound for the best standards. Burlaps were easier, and quieter. Rome grades of foreign wool held here have been sold for shipment to Europe. About J,000,000 pounds were reported to have been traded in during the week. Lack of demand here at file prices holder* wanted explains the sales. Fine dress goods for fall are having a moderate advance sale. Hear Argument in hTogggliig Case. * (By the Associated ivua Rocky Mount, N. C„ March >5. —Argu- ments of counsel in the trial of Will Clark and Walter Cook, charged with kidnapping in connection with the (log ging on January 27 of Marvin Bobbitt, continued jn circuit. court at Nashville today. Taking of evidence was conclud ed yesterday and two attorneys made their arguments before court adjourned. The jury is expected to get the case this afternoon. "Big" Munn, the former Nesbraska fodtball star, later a boxer, and who now trying his band nt the wrestling game, weighs 205 pounds a (id is 6 feet 6 inches in height. of wens mo ISSEING HELD i-* , i L. C. i Jenkins Returns to jfcnd is Imme diately Arrested for Alleg ed Part in Recent Murder. WOMAN’S DjEATH LED TO ARREST Body Found ill Home Occu pied by Believed to Be Thatjidf Mrs. Eliza beth Jones, of Virginia. ——— fßj- the Assorts fcil p r »*s.) High Print. March! 15.—1,, f. Jen kins. chief of police rs Thomasville. charged with the ngirder of a white woman believed to hie Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, of Appal a ohm.' Va„ whose body as found in the .ion©s’ home yester day. was arrested when he returned to Thomasville early today, acoording to advices received here. Jenkins was taken'to I.exington and placed in Davidson county jail, t Jenkins In Lexington Jail. Lexington, N. 0., March 15.—Charged with the murder of a Woman whose body was found in his room nt Thomasville. 1,, c. Jenkins, chief of police at Thomas ville. is in the county jail here. He was placed there this morning by Sheriff R. L. Talbert, into whose care he was de livered by City Manager It. M. Cooksey, of 1 homasville. Date of a preliminary hearing has not yet boeu set. hut. if is thought lie will lie arraigned in record er’s court in the next few days, ANNIVERSARY OF SAMOAN DISASTER On© o fthe Most Appalling Disasters Oc curring in Tim© of Peace. Washington. March 15—Veterans of the I nited States navy, including some who were survivors of the catastrophe, rncnl'od today as the thirty-fifth anni versary of the Samoan disaster, one of the most appalling that ever befell American warship in time of peace. In the early part of 1886 naval squad rons of the United States. Great Bri tain and Germany bad been sent to Samoa because of thejdiffiiuilties.arising fttmt sfrtfe-betwoetr-Mllf’rivnf farrh'ffOTfh tiie islands. Half a dozen men-of-wnr and fifteen merchant vessels were lying i nthc Bay of Apia, and on March 15. a tremendous hurricane swept over the islands. So terrific was the gale that all tint vessels in the harbor dragged their anchors and coPided. Most of them were finally wrecked on a reef jutting out. from the bay. A total of 142 offi cers and men lost their lives. Os these 51 were Americans. The German flagship Adler turned over on the reef and a score of her men were lost. The gunboat Eber was flung broadside on the reef and crashed to bit*. Os her crew of seventy-seven only five escaped. The American cruiser Nipsic, while her crew tried to get an eight-inch gun overboard to net as anchor, was fouled by the German warship Olga, and was beached. losing seven men. The Ilga. too, was beached, but managed to get off. During the night the hurricane in creased in violence. Early in the morn ing the British ship Calliope began to drag down upon the American Vanda'in. The British captain determined to put to sea. Inch by inch the Calliope fought her way through the storm. As she passed the IT. 8. 8. Trenton, tin- Amer ican hand struck up "Buie Britannia.” and the Yankee sailors lining the yards cheered the British ship. The Trenton and Vandnlia could not escape. Both ships were driven ashore and (jomplctcd wrecked. As night fell, the men on the Trenton gave a last cheer to their dying comrades. The Valdalia's sailors, ns they clung to their spars, returned the cheer from the flagship. Superintendent Turns the Tables on • Male Witnesses. There are usually two or more parties in ea*es of immorality, and it is well if the penalty therefore be shared, in the opinion of Mrs. Anna B. Lewis, superin tendent of public we’fare for Pasquo tank County. In Elizabeth City recently there was a case in which a young man was try ing to prove that he was not the father of a girl'* illegitimate child by cstab j lishing the fart that she had been ; promiscuous. Several other young men | testified that they hnd hnd immoral rc- I lntions with the girl, and that, hence, J the paternity of the child was uncer i tain. Whereupon. Mrs. Lewi* had suit I brought on charge* of prostitution | against all the young men who had testi i tied against the girl, nnd won her ease. Such turning of the tables is unusual, .as the only penalty with which such ! witnesses are generally connected is thnt J which their testimony inflicts upon the | wopinn. Fishers Product* I’nder Fire in South Carolina. Columbia, S. C„ March 12.—Tb.’ Gov ernor and General Assembly of North Carolina would bo requested by the ■ South Carolina legislature to start an ! investigation into the sale of alleged “worthless stocks” of the Fishers Pro ducts Company, of Wilmington. N. If both houses concur in a resolution in troduced last night by Senator Hurrel son, of Marion. The resolution charge* several millions dollars were lost to the North and South Carolinians through sale of the stock- President? JKm Hsr M mm jmSSKmI Here ia Patrick Edward Crowley, vice president of the New York Central Lines, who may become > the president. A. H. Smith, former president,, was accidentally killed when he fell from a horse a few day* -ago, while riding ia Central Park. New York City. WATCHMAN AT STUDIO MYSTERIOUSILY KILLED Passing Motorist Saw Man Fall Out of Gate Leading to Warner Studios. « Ily the \*sociaie