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VOLUME X£IV
Many Witnesses Heard
By the Oil Committee
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Acting as Though They Are
Determined to Finish Task
Quickly Members of Com*
mitee Work Rapidly* I
PERFECTING/PLANS
TO GET SINCLAIR
Want Oil Operator Carried
Into Court For Refusal to
Testify.—Carmi Thomp
son Is One Witness. |
(tty the Auonatid Press.)
Washington, March 24.—Odds and
ends of testimony bearing on widely
separated aspects of its Inquiry went in
to tile records of the oil committee today
while its members were perfecting plans
to hale Harry F. Sinclair into court be- |
cause of his refusal to submit himself to |
further questioning. j
As if the committee men had deter- j
mined to push their task of iuvestiga-1
(ion to a quick conclusion.'the witnesses'
succeeded each other rapidly at a big i
committee table, and most of them were
dismissed with only a scant semblance of
cross examination. , ' j
Carmi A. Thompson, of Cleveland, one
of President Coolidge's campaign mana
gers, and a close of friend of the late
Pre-idem Harding, testified that lie
liod no knowledge of an oil deal at the re-'
publican national convention of 1920. I
Harold Vivian, a reporter for the
New York Times, told the committee he !
had received information frqm the New
York office of Will H. Hays that Hays
would testify to a stock transaction by
which Sinclair helped wife out. Ihe re
publican national committee deficit af
ter the 1920 campaign. Vivian said
such a story was told to him by Joseph
J. O'Neal, Hays’ publicity dicertor, but
O'Neill in a telegram ra'id to the com
mittee denied it.
The next witness, Martin ,T. Powers,,
of Philadelphia, denied a story that he,
was interested in any way in Teapot
Home, and then proceeded to brand as
"ignominious lies" various other stories
he said had been circulated about him. I
He was succeeded on the witness stand
by Michael Circelli. also of Philadelphia,!
who in turn denied some of the testi
mony of Powers.
C. C. Chase, son-in-law of Albert B.;
Fall, declined to answer any questions
by the oil committee on the ground that
any Answer he might make, might tend
to incriminate him. I
.lirice McKinney, of Cleveland, had
testified that Chase* visited IdlW as liH
home to -ask him to say that he had
made the famous SIOO,OOO loan to Fall.
Chairman Ladd read into the record a
telegram from E. L." Doheny declaring
as "utterly devoid of truth” the testi-!
mony of Henry Woodhotise, that Do
lieny's companies had entered into nego
tiations with British companies for the
delivery of oil from the California naval
oil reserves.
Prior to calling witnesses, the com
mittee received from Senator Spencer,
republican, of Missouri, a demand that
the secretary and chairman of the Demo-!
cratie national committee be called to!
explain a contribution to the Democratic ■
campaign fund in 1920 by E. L Do
heny.
Senator Spencer said he noticed that
Doheny had testified that he gave $75,-
000 to the Democratic national commit
tee. while the committee records as pub
lished show only SB,OOO coming from
him. “Since we are going into these
matters, we ought to get both sides,”
he said.
The demand was met. with a sugges
tion by Senator Walsh that the repub
lican funds had beeir investigated only
so far as they were involved in the oil
leases, and Senntor Dill, democrat, of
Washington, said the Republican ad
ministration had been elected and this
made the inquiry into Republican funds
pertinent . The question was left un
settled.
Eight. Killed in Collision.
(By tbe Annoclatea Press.)
jfetz, Loroine, March 24. —Eight per
sons were kilted and 11 others injured in
a collision today between the Ostend-t
Basle express and a freight train.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
ANDERSON WILL BEGIN
PRISON TERM TOMORROW
Flajrhu*- Head of N. Y. Anti SaWoff
I I/ague Must Servo From One to Two
Years.
(By the Associated Press. 1
I Now Y’crk, March 24.—William H.
Anderson, former state superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon league of New York,
’will leave for Sing Sing prison tomor
row to begin serving his term of from
one to two years imprisonment for third
degree forgery.
Co|ley P. WSliams, of Anderson's
■ counsel, announced lie would surrender
his client to the sheriff tomorrow, after
Supreme Court Justice Wagner today
' had denied the former dry leader's mo
tion for a certificate of reasonable doubt
from, |liit> conviction (on last January
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VIOLATORS OF BLUE LAW
ARRESTED BY THOUSANDS
i Charged With Buying Eggs. Having
jl Shoes Shined and Other Offenses by
j New Jersey Police.
(By the Aasoelaleil Press.)
i .Jersey City, N. ,T„ March 24—Pic
nickers in the city parks, a woman who
bought a dozen eggs, • several men who
| bought cigarettes, and one who had his
shoes shined were among the 80,000 al
leged Sunday blue law violators whose
names were listed by local police yes
terday. The names will be presented
' to the Hudson county grand jury which
I has already considered a list of 10,000
j violators.
KILLED WHEN MACHINE
TURNED OVER IN ROAD
Frank Spargo Dead an Result of an Ac
cident Which Occurred Saturday
Night.
(By the Associated Press.)
Gastonia, N. C., March 24. —Frank
Spargo was killed and Marvin Mauney.
I Ernest Cannon and Linney Rhyne, all of
Stanly, were injured Saturday night
! when Mauney’s automobile turned ever
| on a curve between Stanly and Jit. Hol
ly Saturday night, it was learned here
today. Tile injured are expected to re-
I cover,
Clarence Rogers Arrested.
(By the Associated Press.)
J Decatur, Ga., March 24.—Clarence
, Rogers, an automobile mechanic, today
was arrested by the sheriff here, anil
held for Lexington. S. C., authorities
in connection with the investigation of
I the murder of F. It Mason, traveling
tgjtlemnas) The " »rrexr followed tele
graphic request from Lexington epunty.
8. C. Rogers is a nephew of W. 11.
Covington, who is hold at Lexington.
, n vest (gating Committee Organized.
j Washington, March 24.—The House
shipping board investigating committee
spent today in discussing procecdure, ap
pointed a sab-committee to form on or
| derly method of investigation and sys
tematic examination, heard a preliminary
statement from . Chairman O’Connor of
the hoard, and adjourned subject to the
f call of the chairman.
He’s a Regular.
St. Louis, Jlareh 24.—'Bible reading
is not a good cause for divorce. Judge
Hogan advised Mrs. Jessie Iloscoe in the
Co’uti of Domestic Relations today. She
alleged that her husband goes to church
nearly every night and spends his spgre
time reading the Bible.
The Judge advised her such a man
is an exception and that she must find
some other grounds for a divorce.
Wants Action Against Sen. Carraway.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Washington, March 24. —The House
was asked today by Representative
Treadway, republican of Massachusetts,
to atke "appropriate action" on charges
that Senator Carraway, democrat of
Arkansas, had improperly criticised the
House nnd Speaker Gillett in a Senate
speech on Saturday.
Several Reported Killed in Boiler Ex
plosion.
Spartanburg, S. C„ March 24.—A boil
er at the Piedmont Steam Laundry of
this city exploded early this afternoon.
< Several persons are reported killed and
injured.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1924
May Be Released '. r ,
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Harry K. Thaw (right) photographed on his return to Philadelphia
after spending a two-wooks’ vacation in Pittsburgh with his mother.
While there he prepared to go to trial to prove his sanity. He will try
to gain his release from the Penn Hospital for Mental Disco",cs.
THE COTTON MARKET
Better Weather Reports and Easy Liv
erpool Cables Followed by Opening
Decline.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Jlareh 24.—Reports of
better weather in the South over Sun
day and relatively easly Liverpool ca
bles were followed by an upending de
cline of 28 to 45 points in the cotton
market. Liverpool was an active seller
-here, while there was a good deall of
■ celling for "-t’Pt-sfgfn "and /southern ne
aeeounts, and prices soon broke to 28.10
for Hay and 25.25 for October, or 47
to 74* points below Saturday's closing.
Tljpre was enough covering for fresh
buying to cause rallies of 10 or V 2 points
from tlie.se prices during the early trad
ing. but the tone of the market was un
settled.
Cotton futures opened easy. Jlareh
28.30: .May 28 50; July 27.80; Oct.
25.47 i Dec. 25.02.
Changes in Revenue Bill.
•By Ibe Associated Press.)
Washington March 24.—The Treasury
provision in the revenue bill limiting
capital loss deductions to 12 1-2 per cent,
was turned down today by- the Senate
finance committee, and the present law
which does not. restrict such deductions
was retained l .
A house amendment which would
make gains from the sale of stock divi
dends subject to normal income (ax
rates rather than the 12 1-2 per cent,
capital gain tax, was also eliminated.
Prominent Man a Suicide.
(By. the Associated Press.)
Jieinphis, Tenn., Jlareh 24.—Robert
S. Folk, former senior vice president of
the Union and Planters Bank and Trust
Company, shot and killed himself at
his home here today.
Jugo-Slavia Cabinet Quits.
Belgrade, .Togo Slavia, March 24 (By
the Associated Press). —The Jugo
slav cabinet, headed by Premier l*a
chitch, handed its resignation to tiie
King today. All of the ministers be
long to the radical party.
We operate unde r Stiffe regulation and inspection
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Bunuing shares cost 25 cents per share per week.
Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. All stock is non taxable.
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Association
OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
BODY IS FOUND
BESIDE HIGHWAY
Believed to Bp That cf F. R. .Mason.
Traveling Man.
Columbia, 8. March 22.—The
body of a man. believed by officers to
be that of F. R. Mason, of Birming
ham, Ala., traveling man. was found
today in tbe bushes Reside the state
highway in Lexingtojj county. South
Carolina, six miles fivm Columbia, with
tile head battered in 'tod the throat cut
from ear to ear. - '
1 An abandoned' lightweight eoti)>o. dc
soy»d on the .state road near Lexing
ton. S. (’.. last Sunday night by a young
man, is believed by officers to be the
i property of the dead man. and the
driver is thought by offieers to bo im
plicated in the murder.
The body of the dead man. officers
stated, has lain in the bushes for at
ieas-t a week.
The body, they added, is that of a
man about 50 years of age. The man's
skull, they said, was crushed in several
places as from blows by a blunt in
strument.
Chum Stabs I tod to Death Near Wilson,
Wilson. March 22.—A deplorable
, tragedy was enacted just across the
. Wilson county line in Nash eounly
near Mount Pleasant church Friday
I afternoon between Harold Barnes, 14,
and Burtie Jlurray, 12,. schoolmates.
While wrestling Barnes became enraged
and plunged the blade of a barlow
pocket knife in the breast of his chum,
causing almost instant death. The kill
ing was witnessed by (several! school
children. Barnes is out on a bond of
SI,OOO for appearance at the investiga
; tion to bo heard in Bailey next Tues
! day.
Senate Acts in Case.
(iiy tbe Associated Press.)
Washington, Jlareh 24. —The Senate
• today pushed worward another step in
. its contempt case against Harry F. Sin
. clair by voting to certify to the United
, States Attorney the facts in connection
. with his refusal to answer questions be
fore the oil committee.
A. & Y. RAIDROAD BECOMES
INDEPENDENT UNE
Is (hf> Wcslem Part of (hr Old C. F.
i*T. V. Railroad.
(By the Aonoelateii I'rm.|
Greensboro. March
m. today, the Atlantic ami Yadkin Rail
road became ail independent and com
petitive line. This railroad, ill reality
the western portion of the old Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. Mount
Airy to Sanford, will he operated by .1.
IV. Fry a local banker, and A. E. Smith,
a Mount Airy manufacturer, the receiv
ers named last Monday by Federal
.Indite E. Yates Webb upon petition of
the Southern Railway company, which
has claims of more than $770,000
against the A. nnd Y.
When the old C. and F. and Y. V. fail
led ami went into the hands of a re
-1 eeiver..it was purchased by the Atlantic
and Yadkin, a corporation whose stock
is all owned by the Southern Railway
company, but whose $1,500,000 in bonds
is in the hands of the pub ic. Soon after
the A. and Y. acquired the C. F. and Y.
V. the eastern end. Sanford to Wilming
ton. was sold to the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad, or the Atlantic Coast
Line, ns it is better known. This many
people of tile state contend, was in
direct, violation of the law. A stiit to
set aside the sale of the eastern end is
due to be argued in the state supreme
Court this week.
There is in flat figures. 130 miles of
track between Mount Airy and San
ford. with branches at Ramseur. Sam
Woodruffe. and Madison running off
the A. and Y. At Walnut. Cove, it cross
es the Norfolk nnd Western; here it
crosses the Southern's main line and at
Sanford it crosses the Seaboard. The
Norfolk-Southern is crossed just, this
side of Sanford.
The A. and Y. does not. own any roll
ing stock of any deseripton. such hav
ing been leased from the Southern and
this policy will be continued under the
receivership. Sydnor Debutts is the
superintendent under the receivership.
W. A. Fowlkes is track supervisor, and
F. F. Pdevins, of Mount Airy, is the
auditor. Home offices will be maintained
here but the auditor will have his of
fice at Mount Airy. The treasurer and
the attorney will be named later.
When the receivership hearing was
held here before Judge Webb, the State
intervened through Attorney-General
Manning and Attorney Aubrey L.
Brooks, of this 'city, seeking to have a
stay lentil the eastern end’s status had
been determined in the State Supreme
Court. Motion for a stay, however,
collapsed, when the Southern's at
torneys declared that the board of
directors had voted not to lend another
pent to the A. and Y.
More than 50 per cent of Greensboro's
manufacturing p'ants are located along
the A. and Y. tracks and business here
are planning to get behind the com
petitive t;orttl and give it business. T'p
until 1022 the A. and Y. bad ynrd
facilities, but now it lias none except
some spur and side track. The old C. F.
and Y. V. station, now the freight sta
tion was sold along with all the track
age. bv the A. and Y. to the Southern
for $450,000 in 1022.
As a competitive independent line, the
A. and Y r . has a problem to solve. But
the Southern is co-operating in every
way., officials declare, and it is believed
that the territory the road serves will
come to its rescue by giving it the
business necessary for its continued
usefulness.
Iredell County Farmer Ends Life With
Shotgun. |
Statesville, March 22—J Gurney
Wright, 40 years old. living in Eagle
Mills township of Iredell county, com
mitted suicide today by sheeting him
self with a shotgun. His family heard
the report of the gun and a search re
vealed his body in a granary. A long
stick, by means of which he had pulled
the trigger, still remained in the trigger
guard.
A note to his wife nnd children, in
forming them of the amount of his es
tate and that he was leaving everything
to them, was found in a coat pocket.
His widow nnd eight children survive.
Salisbury Bank to Remodel Its Quarters
Salisbury, March 23. —Announcement
is made by the Wachovia Bank and
Trust company that their Salisbury
1 business is soon to occupy larger and
: modern quarters. The present tltree
story structure on the corner of Main
1 and Council strees is to be entirely re
modelled and enlarged and the bank
will occupy the entire first floor. A
• fourth story is to be added and the
. three stories above the first are to be
used as an office building, containing
48 rooms.
Considering Fights for Dempsey.
New York. March 24 (By the Asso
ciated Press!.—Jack Kearns, manager
for heavyweight champion Jack Demp
sey, announced’ today that he was con
sidering a million dollar motion picture
offer and two proposals for title fights,
one from Tex Rickard and the other
from James J. Coffroth, California pro
moter.
Two More Investigations.
(By the Auoentee Freu-l
Washington. March 24.—The House to
day authorized tw ' oomre investigations,
one into the aircraft industry, and the
other into the alleged duplication of gov
ernment bonds at the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
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Fair tonight and Tuesday, moderate
_ temperature.
NO. 68.
NEW SECRETARY OF
NAVY IN WASHINGTON
New Secretary Went Direct to White
House for C-anfe: er.ee With Presi
dent.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Washington. March 24.—Curtis D.
Wilbur, of California, the new Secre
tary of the Navy, arrived in Washington
today conferring with President Coolidge,
and then was installed at his desk.-a"
the Navy Department.
The new Secretary and Jlrs.
were met at tin- station by two
aides in one of the White House auto
mobiles. Jlr. Wilbur went direct to the
white house and spent a quarter of an
hour with the President in a general
discussion of his new work.
"X have no preconceived ideas as to
the naval policies." the Secretary said.
"I am taking it for granted that the nav
al establishment is well organized and
will lie able to run along While I pick
up the threads."
ARCHBISHOPS .MADE
CARDINALS AT ROME
Secret Consistory Held in Historic Hall
of Consistory at Vatican.
(By the .Associated Press.)
Rome. Jlareh 24 (By tin- Associated
Press),. —Jionsignor Patrick .1. Hayes,
archbishop of New York, and Jionsignor
George W Mundeiin. archbishop of Chi
cago, were made Cardinals of the Rom
an Catholic Church at a secret, consis
tory in the historic 11-all of Consistory
at tile Vatican. The ceremony, carried
out in conformity with a l-itual een
l(tries (dd. was performed in majestic
solemnity amidst a setting of colored
splendor.
The two American prelates wore thus
raised to the dignity of princes of the
church.
The two American prelates were thus
raised to the dignity -of princes of the
church, were not present, but awaited
notification of their elevation at their
respective temporary places of residence
ill Rome, in accordance with custom.
Cardinal Hayes received notification at
American college, ami Cardinal Jlunde
lein at the College of propaganda.
.Madness and .Murder Reign Among
Eskimos During Long Artie Night.
Ottawa. Jlareh 24.—From a far out
post of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, there came today a story of
how a religions fanatic during a long
Artie night dominated the life of a
tiny Eskimo hamlet 400 miles within
the Arctic Circle, bringing to the vil
lagers a reign of madness, murder and
gloom, which ended oly with his death
Xenkutuk. company factor and Croe
sus of Kivetuk, a village on the eastern
shore of Baffin Island, announced soon
after winter came that a message ffrom
the Great Spirit had appointed him
vioar and ordered him to lend his fel
low-villagers to the land beyond lho
stars, according to the tale. \
In awe. they watched os the self ap
pointed -prophet pored for hours at a
time over his Bible; and when he order
ed strange- rites, they obeyed. For days
the entire village abstained from food;
at other times there were long orgies.
Many of the villagers killed them
selves- to escape from Xenkutuk's in
fluence ; others went mad. Two of them
killed another who dared to doubt:
another, illiterate, was doomed to death
for the sacrilege of looking at a Bible.
When daylight; followed night, the vil
lagers did not notice the return of the
sun, so bound were they by the hyunt-tic
spell. Finally Kidlappik, village strong
man. murdered Xeakutuk when the lat
ter struck a woman who had broken
one of his rules.
Head Belk Chain Stores to Build $50,-
000 Home-
Charlotte, March 24.—W- H. Belk,
owner and head of Belk's chain of de
partment stores, is to erect a residence
for himself and family on his lot,
Hawthorne Lane, to cost $50,000. The
residence will occupy the present beauti
ful grove in which is Jlr. Belk's present
residence, and will be approached
through handsome stone-gates and wide
circular drive.
St. John’s Baptist chm-ch will be
erected on the block below Jlr. Belk's
property, a church costing $200,000.
The lot cost over $10,500. Rev. Joseph
A Gaines is pastor of St. John's.
Wm. O. Ising is tie- executor of the es
tate of the late W, S. Long-
I In Our Savings
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1 April the Ist marks the beginning of a new
I quarterly interest period in the Savings De
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| | time to add to one you may already have.
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« TODAY’S 4
• NEWS 4
4 TODAY 4
FURTHER HEARINGS ,
OF THE DAUGHERTY
rnMM |T T[[ pyj off
,e •
Wheeler, Leading
Prosecutor, Is 111 and Oth
er Members of Committee
Have Other Work.
WEDNESDAY DAY
TO START AGAIN
When Hearing is Resumed
Wednesday Miss Roxie
Stinson Will Be Given a
Cross-Examination.
(By (he Associated Press.!
Washington. March 24. —Further
hearings! in thy senate investigation of
Attorney General Daugherty today were
postponed until Wednesday. The post
ponement was due to the ilness of Sen
ator Wheeler, democrat of Montana, the
committee prosecutor, and to conflicting
engagements by other commit tee mem
bers.
Senator Wheeler is confined to hiss
bed with a severe fold. Another mem
ber, Senator Moses, republican of New
Hampshire, was engaged with the open
ing of a new investigation into Rio
Grand hind transaction Still another,
Senator Jones, republican, of Washing
ton. was called out of the city.
Chairman Bj-ookhart said the Daugh
erty inquiry would proceed on Wednes
day. even if Senator Wheeler should be
unable to return. The Montana Senator ,
has been suffering from a cold for several
days.
When the committee resumes on Wed
nesday it hopes to conclude with the tes
timony and cross examination of Miss
Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of Jess.
Smith, the dead friend of Attorney' Gen
eral.
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Garden Seeds of all kinds a(f Gibson
Drug Store.
Springtime hats in many shapes at
Fisher's..
Striking designs in wrist watches at
Starues-Miller-Parker Co.
Kuppenheitner Clothes—new suits just
received by W. A. Overcasli.
Teach your child to save. Read the
ad. of the Cabarrus County B. 1,, and S.
Association on the first page.
April Ist. marks the beginning of the
uew quarterly department ot tlie Citi
zens Rank and Trust Co.
See the wonderful showing of living
room furniture at Bell & Harris Co.’s,
Modish millinery you will find in the
pleasing display at the Pnrks-Belk Co.'s.
Dresses, for the children too.
If you are wondering how you can
improve the appearance of your skin,
try Mel-Bro Lotion.
Efird's has just received a lot of new
suiting in plaids for sport skirts. New
Voiles and dot ted Swiss too.
Chiefly Bull.
Racine,, Wis.. March 24.—A giant
bull, murked for beefsteak at the Row
ley packing plant, entered a terrific pro
test today- Harrjf Rowley, head of the
company, was giving orders. When the
bull spied him the animal broke from
his pen and charged Rowley. The later
rail tip a flight of stairs to the offices.
The bull followed, entering with a
glass partitiondraped about his neck.
The office force took to fire escapes and
stirways. Rowley bid behind an adding
machine. The bull rushed him, wrecked
the machine. Rowley ran through an
open door downstairs. The bull balanced
a desk on his bead, destroyed chairs,
typewriters and cabinets.
Left to himself, the bull finally walk
ed downstairs and was captured by a
cowboy.
The. War Mothers will have a noodle
and salad supper at the “Y” tomorrow
(Tuesday) evening from i> to 10 o'clock;
lee cream and cake will In* served (lisle
and candy sold. See ad. on page,five.