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• ASSOCIATED * • PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 00000000 VOLUME XXIV PREIfli HUE MD HR CABINET MEMBERS RESIGNED Action Came After An Ad-J verse Vote in Chamber of i Deputies.—Premier Quit For All Time. i PENSIONBILL LED TO VOTE Resignations Were Sent to and Accepted by Persident —Adverse Vote Was Very Close One. Paris, March 26 (By the Associated Press).—The Poincare ministry fell to day. Premier Raymond Poincare, after an adverse vote in the chamber of dep uties, handed the resignation of his cab-; inet to President Millerand. who accept ed it. The Premier announced he had decided irrevocably to give up pnwer. j “Gentlemen,” said M. Poinenre to the' newspaper men as he left the pnlaee of! the Elysee this afternoon after the cab inet meeting with the President at which the resignation had been presenter! "my resignation is final.’* Poincare raised his hat, entered the car. and drove homeward. Finance Minister Lasteyrie. finding considerable opposition during the dis cussion of the government's pension bill, made the measure a questiou of confi dence in the ehnmber. Upon announce ment of the defeat ] e aad other minis ters immediately left the chamber. The vote by which the measure was rejected was 271 to 204. The Premier was before the foreign affairs committee asking for a favorable m-ommendaiion of the Treaty of Lau sanne when word of the defeat came. He immediately rcalled the members of the cabinet together in one of the committee j rooms and after a hasty consultation it was decided to resign. The cabinet mem bers then proceeded to wait upon Pres ident Millerand. Wants Him to Keep Office. Paris, March 20. —President Miller and asked M. Poincare to continue ns Premier when he received him at the , Elysee Palace for a conference this af ternoon. BANK AT WALHALLA i a ROHBIgB X II}IIT Policemen Bound and Lagged by Bob bers, Who tint Between SOOO and SBOO. j (By the Associated Press.i Anderson, .S. March 2(s.—Three un identified men bound and gagged police-j man Guy Grant at midnight last night, ' and robbed the Enterprise Bank of Wal linlla, 8. C\, according to reports receiv ed here today from Walhalla. The bank vault was entered after a hole large enough for a in fin’s body to pass through had been melted in thp door. The robbers obtained between S6OO and SBOO in small change, it was report ed. i\o trace of them had been found i early today. Thirty Thousand Go Aimard the Levia than. Boston, Mass., March 24.—Announce ment that the public would be allowed on hoard the Leviathan Sunday brought a crowd estimated by the iiolice at 30.00. So great was the crush that more than n score of women fainted and were given first, aid treatment on board the mam moth liner. Extra details of police and marines were called to handle the mass that struggled at the gangway. The liner is in the government dry dock here undergoing a general refitting. She was damaged when she ran aground on a reef in New York harbor last De cember. Freight Rate Revision Proposed. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 26. —A resolution proiKjsing a freight rate revision to fa cilitate shipments of agricultural prod ucts “at the lowest possible rate,” was favorably reported today by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. I jg|| i c/3 IB IB' ‘ rS:H9 > o IBIIH 1 $ Did You Ever Notice That people with money in the bank have a certain air of inde pendence? Start saving and experience that, same feeling of independ ence. If you will call at our Savings Window and obtain a "MONEY BARREL" you will Noon In on the road to success. The Concord Daily Tribune . CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1924 SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO MEET Meeting in Memphis .June 3 During Con federate Reunion. Richmond, Vn., March 26. <Ry the As sociated Press). —Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, will be the principnl speaker at the opening exercises,of the animal convention of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans, in Memphis. Ten nessee oti June 3. according to the pt-n --igram made public hero today by Colonel W. McDonald Lee, commaader-in-ehief 1 of the organization. I "Stonewall Jackson" will be the Sen j a tor's subject. | The convention will be held during the annual reunion of -the United Confeder ate Veterans and will last through June 6. After the opening night the Sons of the Confederate Veterans will have no fixed program, but will devote themselves ■ to making the reunion of the war vet | emus a success, according to Colonci | Lee. Music by n band will open the pro gram. The convention wil then be call ed to order by J. L. Highsnw, commander of the N. B. Forrest Camp No. 215. Mem phis. Tennessee. Reverend B. A. Owen, Lnthrop. Missouri, ehnpiaia-in-chief. will then deliver the invocation. After this commander Highsnw will turn the convention over to J. L. Board, commander of the Tennessee division. I who will present Colonel lee. The ram ■ mander-in-chief will assume the chair and ' present all the speakers and officials. I Following the address of welcome from, a i representative of the city of Memphis, i | Lucius L. Moss, commander o( the Ar my of Tennessee will respond. Dr. W. C. Walhrwny, commander of | the Army of Northern Virginia, then will present the official ladies and James S. Davenport, commander of the Army of Trans-MiSsissippi, will respond for them. Next will follow Senator Pat Har rison’s address. CHIEF BEAVERs7 .ATL.4NTA POLICE OFFICER, SUSPENDED City Council Suspended Beavers For Taking Part in Arrest of Mrs. Asa Candler. (By the Associated Press.) , Atlanta, Ga„ March 26. —The arrest of Mrs. Asa G. Candler. Sr., with two well known Atlanta men in an apart ment house here a month ago, today . was again in the limelight as a result |of the suspension of Jas. 1,. Beavers. . chief of police, by a council commit tee. ' for having taken part in the raid. Charg- | es were preferred against the Chief last . I night, and by unanimous vote the police I j committee ordered his suspension pend- ' ing the hearing of his case set for April 2nd. Sale of Tobacco in Durham. (By the Associated Press.) Durham, N. (*.. March 26.—Final state ments of the local tobacco market which stiles of tobacco for the past season at (his market were 12,000,000 pounds. I Which brought $2,500,000. This year’s i total was about 3.700.000 greater than | that of last year, according to the local agents. The average price |>cr hundred i iMHinds was quoted ns $21.0!). Ti e exact figures on the year's sales were given as follows: $2,632,501.82 for 12,031.621 pounds of tobacco: while those of last • year were about 8,300,000 pounds. Provisional President of Honduras. «By .Le Associated Crew:.- Washington, March 26.—A group of rival revolutionary leaders of Honduras j have combined to re-establish order in that country by agreeing on a procla mation making Fatista Davila provis ional president. New Estimate of Bonus Cost Made. <By the Associated Press.) . Washington, March 26. —A new esti mate on the cost of the soldier bonus bill passed by the House—s3,3oo,ooo,- 000, was presented to the Senate finance committee today by Herbert Hess, actu ary for the American Legion. No Action on Chase Resolution. (By the Associated Press. ■ Washington, March 26.—The House judicinry committee failed to take ac tion today on the Senate resolution which proposes impeachment of C. C. Chase, son-in-law of Albert B. Fall, as customs collector at El Paso, Texas. Animals are kept on the roofs of the houses in lima, Perua, and it frequent ly happens that a cow passes her whole life on a roof, being taken there as a calf and brought down finally ns fresh beef. OF OIL DEAL OF MANY MILLIONS GIVEN BY WITNESS ' Roxie Stinson, Called Again Before Daugherty ] Com mittee, Hints at Deal In volving $33,000,000. FIVE MEN MADE THIS VAST SUM Witness Said Dead Husband Told Her of Deal—Little of Interest Results From the Session. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 26.—A hint of an oil deal "in which five men made $33.- 000.000 in the fall of 1022 was brought before the Daugherty investigating com mittee today by Roxie Stinson, divorced wffe of Jess W. Smith. I' Tie witness said Smith bad told her of such a transaction, and that she un derstood it bad to do, with the stock of • the Sinclair interests, which on April 7. ! 1022. eased Teapot Dome. She added that Smith had said lie and the Attor ney General were sore because the men who made the money were friends of theirs, but had not let them in on tie deal. She could not name them. The flitting reference to the $33,000.00:) affair was made in the midst of a ses sion which otherwise lacked much of the momentum of Miss Stinson’s previous ap pearance as a star witness in the inquiry. Senator Wheeler, the 'prosecutor, was kept at home with a cold, and the exami i nation for the most part proceeded quite peacefully. The witness said at the outset she wished to disclaim any previous intima tions in the testimony that she had thought Smith met his death by any hand except his own. She was convinced I ho killed himself, she said, but believed | Mr. Daugherty "morally responsible" for his determination to kill himself. I When l:e came to Washington, Miss ‘ Stinson said. Smith was worth some I $136,000, but when lie was found dead J in the Attorney General’s apartment last I Memorial Day ari inventory of his prop erty showed a total valuation of $214,- 000. Asked whether she thought there were other items omitted from the in ventory .she said she would rattier not ; rap Iff. f ... Site replied in the negative when asked by Senator Ashurst, democrat, of Ariz ona, whether she knew a note was found in Smith's pocket after his death and never turned over to the authorities. A good part of the session was taken up by tlie reading of letters Smith had written her on Department of Justice stationery. They referred largely to personal matters. To Enforce Game Laws More Strictly. (By tbc Associated Press.) Goldsboro. N. C. March 20. —Thp au thorities here plan a stricter enforce ment of the law regarding the game in this community. During the past week 25 persons have been arrested and fined $6.50 for killing robins. If the practice keeps up those found guilty will be giv en tlie full limit of the law. it was sajd. Leases O.vford College. (By the Auomna Press.) Greensboro. N. March 26.—R. 11. Holliday has leased Oxford College, for merly operated by Dr. F. I*. Hobgood, who died recently, and will take charge of the institution at the end of the pres ent term in May, F. I*. Hobgood. Jr., stated today. , Mr. Holliday (s from Elkton, Ky., and will operate the college as a junior college for young women. Success does NOT come by chance Utter Desolation Every man is headed somewhere or nowhere. YOU are going ahead or back. Y'ou simply can’t stand still. When you save money and invest it wisely, you have learned the knack of getting übend. If you squander all your earnings, you will eventually arrive at but one conditions: UTTER DESOLATION. This institution can help mightily in your snvings program. We operate at low excuse and under rigid restrictions for safety. We play uo favorites in dis bursing our profits. Consequently we pay highly satisfactory dividends. Series No. 58 is now open. Your Business Is Appreciated Witli Us Whether Large or Small. Ail Stock is Nou-Taxable We Mature Our Stock iu 328 Weeks Prepaid Shares Cost 72.25 per Share CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAV INGS ASSOCIATION Office In the Concord National Bank Will Hays Testifies i > r' IPUK" mm i-/ jlflll H' i JT) " IP B&iifi ■ H Will Hays, formeV postmaster general and Republican National Chairman and now dictator of the movies, snapped in a characteristic pose as lie testified before the Senate investigating committee regarding Sinclair’s campaign contributions. Bergdoll Believed to Be on His Way Back to the United States Berlin, March 26.-t;Grover C. Rcrg doll was believed today, to be on tlie first stage of his return to the United States to "face tlie music” for his evasion of military service dnrinl the World War. He left Eberbaeh yesterday for an un known destination, carrying eonsidernbln luggage after making preparations which indicated that, hi? (iiq ne.t contemplate returning. -I’ His departure was in rite direction of Frankfort, and it was believed he will j take a train for Hamburg and there ■ board a steamer for New York. With I him was his faithful shadow and chauf feur, Eugene Steelier. May Use Assumed Name. Bremen. Germany, March 26. —Offi- cials of the North German Lloyd Steam shit) (Vinpany rtqelaJ-c Grover ('. Borg- Tteir lintT rrriKrt ms rfflfvAtmifc Tor pas' JAMES SCHOLEFIELD IS UNABLE TO GIVE BOND Placed in Greensboro Jail When He Pleaded Guilty of Bigamy Charge Made by First Wife. (Be (he Aoaoefatea Press.) Greensboro. March 20.—James E. Scholeliehl. known here for the past sev eral months as John Eastwood, promi- ■ nent. in community affairs, was given a preliminary hearing in municipal court here this morning charged with bigamy. Scholefield entered a plea of guilty and was ordered held for the grand jury un der SIO,OOO in default of which ho went to jail. The chief witness for the State was Mrs. Ruth E. Ssco, of Wehnwken, N. J., who declared tli(» defendant married her in Bristol, Conn., in 1020 and deserted her a year later. Since that, time she has sought him and finally found him in Greensboro where lie had located, met Miss Nina Fulton, a well known young woman, and married her in Winston- Salem on December 29, 1023. Scholefield is an Englishman and came to this country after the war with twb soccer football teams. He is an expert accountant, and was employed in that capacity here. He was an active Y. M. C. A. worker, and was leader of a Hi- Ygrottp. He was arrested as he was collecting pledges to the Greensboro Community Chest Fund. TRAIN ROBBERY PLAN THWARTED BY OFFICERS Pennsylvania Train Was to Have Been Robbed at Point in, Suburb of Pitts- Burgti. (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburgh, Pa.. March 26.—A plot to hold up a Pennsylvania passenger train at Bisks Run bridge near Homestead, a suburb, this afternoon was thwarted by city and county detectives. Edward J. Brophy, superintendent of the Pitts brugli police, ami live city detectives were injured, three seriously, when they used their automobile to stop a machine by one of the bandits. Both automo biles were wrecked. Northern Methodists to Meet in May. Chicago, March 26. —The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church is to be held at Springfield. Mass., throughout tlie month of May. . Approximately 850 delegates from all parts of the United States and from ‘l4 nations and territories abroad will at tend. The gathering will be representa tive of tlie 4,774,520 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church around the world, and is tlie law making body of the denomination. Among the important matters to be [ dismissed is tlie question of unification with- the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the status of the episcopacy of of the denomination, and the reorgnrdxa | tiou of all existing benevolent boards. President I>ud« in South Dakota. (By the Associated Press.) Sioux Falls, S. D., March 26.—Presi dent Coolidge held his majority of 2,000 votes over Senator Hiram Johnson in the republican presidential preference In the first additional returns received today , from Tuesday's statewide primary in I South Dakota. » sage on the steamship Amerika, which sails today. It is reported that tlie draft evader traveling under an assumed name, board ed the Amerika this morning, but the report i« unverified. Glad He Has Gone. Heidelberg, Germany. March 26. Radenese government officials breathed sigh of relief today when it became known that Grover Bergdoil had pulled up stakes and departed for other spheres of activity. They said they did not know where he. had gone and further more did not. care. When Bergdoil left Eberbaeh he said goodbye only to his unde. Carl Bohr mann, iiroprietor of the hotel where the draft evader lmdie Jus home fo r more thafr three years.* ~ ' LODGE AND DAUGHERTY TALK WITH PRESIDENT I’irst Conference Attorney General Has Had With President Since the Inquiry Started. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March JB6. —•Atdn-ney General Daugherty and Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican lender of the Senate, held a joint conference to day with President Coolidge. It was the first conference the Attorney General had had with the President since begin ning of the investigation of his conduct of the Department of Justice. With Our Advertisers. N'o. 2 1-2 Silver-dale Peaches for 20 cents at Piggly Wiggy. Gilbert Hendijix, of tl-e Ohbaif-us County B. L. & S. Association, at the Concord National Bank, wants to help you in your saving program. Go and have a talk with him. Beil & Harris for this week only are selling $6.00 card tables for only $1.98. Don't forget to buy one of those quaint pendulum clocks at C. H. Bar rier & Cos. only $1.59. The big Before Easter Sale at Parks- Belk Cos. began today with a rush. You will find here some big values in season able merchandise. See big ad. on page three. The Corl-Wadsworth Co., has just re ceived some of tlie best mules they have had in a long time. For sale or trade. See them at their stable on Means street. Pratt’s buttermilk baby chick food makes chicks live and grow. At Cline & Moose’s. Pullman Campany Warns Against Card Sharps. Chicago, March 26.—Organized gangs of card sharps operating on railroad trains are responsible, for the posting by the Pullman Company of the following bulletin in its sleeping ears: “Strangers who invite you to play cards generally are too lucky for the average mortnl.” The warning is emphasized by a pic ture showing the corner of the nee of chibs sticking out of a man's pocket. A Pullman official says there is more robbery by card sharps today than at any time in twenty-five years, with the Florida trains one of the great harvest fields. PIEDMONT TODAY and TOMORROW The Idol of Society John Gilbert —IN—• “THE WOLF MAN” A Picture of Elemental Passions and Sub-conscious Deviltry COMEDY “The Whole Truth” A Regular Button Buster NO. 70. TWO HIDDEN ROOMS ARE FOUND IN THE CAPITOL Tucked Away on Interior Wit hNo Open ing Inward;Well Lighted With Win dows. Raleigh. March 25.—Aftertggjp sealed and useless for 84 ■ ■ 1840—two small rooms in tj_l. -r>nffe" Capitol, known to exist by only a few persons. now will become places for storing records, papers, books and old paraphernalia of the House of Repre sentatives. Members of the House have come and gone, and in recent years not a few have fumed and fretted because of the lack of space for keeping odds and ends, with out. knowing that two rooms kept from view by only thin coats of plastering were waiting to be put to the very use the lack of which has for years been so sorely felt. Probably they were not needed at the time the Capitol was completed. 1840. or possibly the funds with which to put on the finishing touches were lack ing: may be the architect. David Patou, a young Scotchman, overlooked them until after they were built into the great stone building without means of approach. In any event, they were seal ed and forgotten. Not even tlie archi tect himself remembered them, for in his description of the Capitol lie named every room, hall and closet of the structure except two small rooms which now have been opened. The rooms are located in the House, between the ceilings of these rooms, which are on the same floor level with the House and the attic. BLACK HAND THREAT TO BUND IIENRY FORD’S GRANDCHILDREN Writers of Letters Demanding $1,050.- 000 Have Been Caught. Detroit Police Officers Say. Detroit. March 26. —Existence of let ters threatening that if Edsei Ford, j president of the Ford Motor Company. I did not pay over $1,050,000 bis three children would be blinded in alt un named manner, was disclosed late today by Detroit police. At the same time \Yaslov Siniek, 23. and Mrs. Annie Hladik. 25. were arrested in connection with the alleged plot. According to Chief of Detectives Ed ward H. Fox. three letters were re ceived at the Ford office. March 5. 8 and 12. respectively. They were crudely printed, vague in terms, and apparently written by someone barely able to ttu derstond English. A handwriting expert has identified the letters as being wriH ten by Siniek, Fox declared. THE COTTON MARKET Reports of Resignation of French Pre mier Caused Liverpool to Break.— .Market Barely Steady. (Bv the Associated Preoa.) New York. March 26.—Reports that the Preach ..premia)- had r«ai(UifisL,JC»rej accompanied by a sharp break in Liver pool just before the local cotton market opened this morning. First prices here were barely steady at deeiiues of 8 to 23 imints. May sold off to 26.00 but there was a good deal of buying at the decline, and prices soon steadied with May advancing to 27.43 or 53 points from the lowest, and 23 points net high er. Cotton futures opened barely steady. May 26.00: July 20.50 to 26.63; Oct. 24.38: Dec. 23.05; Jan. 23.65. Well Known Citizen of Lincolnton Dies. Liucolnton. March 25.—Alfred A. Nixon, age 67 years, clerk of court of Lincoln county, died this morning at his home in this city, following an illness extending over several months. He was one of Lineolnton’s best known and most highly honored citizens, being a member of a family known throughout this State. He graduated from the State University in the class of 1881- He served his county in the capacity of superintendent of public education, and surveyor, and was sheriff for nine yeavs. In ISOS lie was elected clerk of court, to which office he had since been re elected every four years, and was filling out hid seventh term at his death. He was a prominent Presbyterian Elder, holding for 25 years the position of clerk to tlie sessions. He had written a history of Lincoln county, and numer ous family histories. Aristocratic Shad Reaches Record Value. Kinston. March 25.—The aristocratic shad has reached a reeord value on some markets during the past week or two. Reports indicate that catches have been fair to good in some localities, and poof in others. The demand appears to be generally good. North Carolina shad have brought as much as 70 eents a pound on the New York market recently. Locally the price for a week or so has been 50 eents a pound. At Tidewater points where the fish eries are on a large scale, the roe shad has sold for as much as 45 cent a pound. No other commodity except clams . has kept pace with the shad in respect to •increased value during the past 15 years. FRIENDLY SERVICE 3 rendered uniformly to all our customers is EE S largely responsible for the steady and substan- EE 32 tial progress of this institution. gE /citizens Hit ■ BANK*TRUST "fllllllllllllllllllllllllln* • TODAY’S 4 • NEWS 4 • TODAY 4 44444444 GRAND JURY TO GET " ... JIM CASE SOMETIME TOMORROW District Attorney Peyton Gordon is Making Plans for Prosecution Against the Oil Magnate. SPECIAL COUNSEL t WILL HELP, ALSO By Rushing Case It Is Hop ed to Get Action Before Life of Present Jury Ex pires Next Monday. (By (he Associated Press.) Washington. March 26.—The contempt case of Harry F. Sinclair, who refused to answer questions of the Senate oil committee, will be presented to- the Dis trict. of Columbia grand jury tomorrow, under plans announced today, by Dis trict Attorney Peyton Gordon. Atlee Pomercne and Owen .1. Roberts, special government oil counsel, will be asked by Mr. Gordon to participate in the case, and to this end he wil lask the Department of Justice today to designate them as special assistants. By rushing the presentation of his ease. Sir. Gordon hopes to get action before the life of the present grand jury I expires next Slonday. I The committee suspended its hearings today to consider a number of pending hills but it will get back to its investi gation tomorrow to quest ion several wit nesses about the reported oil deals dur ing the 1920 Republican national con vention. Sleauwhilo the House Judiciary com mittee had before it the Senate resolu tion looking to the impeachment of O. C. Chase son-in-law of Albert B. Fall, as collector of customs at El Paso, Texas. COTTON SPINNING LESS DURING THE LAST MONTH Activity in February Less Than in Jan uary, Latest Report of Census Bureau Shows. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 26.—Cotton spin ning activity declined in February as compared with January, the Census Bu reau’s monthly report today showing a of more than L.KMIjWKMWe ac -Ituff Spindle ho'fiW. * - • s-v er Active spindle hours for February numbered 7,304,102,954. or au average of 194 per spindle in place, compared with 8,448,247.467. or an average of 224 per spindle in January. Spinning spindles iu place on Febru ary 29th numebered 37.742,143. of which 32,683,765 were active at some time during the month. Nine Negroes Charged With Carrying Concealed Weapons. (By the Associated Press.) Wake Forest. N. C.. March 26.—Nine negroids were arrested and charged with carrying concealed weapons here follow ing the attack upon John Upchurch, of this city, which placed him in the hos pital. Upchurch is now at his home in a serious condition, according to to at tending physicians. The arrests of the nine negroes were made white the police were searching for a negro said to be named John Hare, who it is alleged, struck Upchurch in the temple with a blunt instrument. The negroes will be arraigned in the mayor's court on the el-arges of carrying concealed weapons. Before Easter Sale at Parks-Bel k Co.'s. The big Before Easter Sale at the Parks-Belk Co. began this morning, and hundreds of people have visited the store to take advantage of the many bargains being offered. The merchandise is seas onable. and this is a good chance to buy your Spring goods at a saving. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. Fair tonight and Thursday, cooler in the west portion tonight.
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