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••000006 • ASSOCIATED 0 • PRESS • • DISPATCHES O ••••600* VOLUME XXIV AI Jennings Testifies Before Oil Committee i Story About the Big Money Deal at Chicago Republic can Convention Repeated by the Former Bandit. 1 HAMON TOLD HIM, JENNINGS STATES Jennings Siys Hamon De clared It Cost Him $1,000,- 000 to Get Warren Hard ing Nominated. (By (hr Amorluinl Press.) Washington,' March 27 —The story about a big money (leal at the Chicago }tc]iublican convention: in 1920 was re pented with many new dashes of color before the oil committee today by Al Jennings, who became famous years ago as a train robber and wince has turned evangelist and politician. Jennings said he was passing on what he had been told by Jake Hamon, the Oklahoma Republican nationnl commit teeman who Was killed by Clara Smith Hamon late in 1920. Briefly, Hamon’s story as related by Jennings on the stand today, was as follows: That Hamon had "nominated” War ren G, Harding for the 1 “residency, and that it had cost him (Hamon) $1,000,- 000. That the cost, of carrying Oklahoma for Harding had liven $500,000. Thnt Hamm had paid Harry Daugh erty $26,000; Senator Boise Penrose, of Pennsylvania, $250,000; and Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican na tional committee, $25,000. Thnt Hamon was to become Secre tary of the Interior and shnre in the public tkands and e:Cpectc<l with the money he would make to later become President. Jennings said he had known Hamon for a number of years, anti had gone with him to the Chicago convention. "We went to a room in one of the hotels,” continued the witness. “He told me Harding would be nominated next day. and that it had cost him a million dollars. He said he had paid $250,000 to Boise Penrose, and in a conversation it was brought out in some way—l will not be perfectly clear about it—that it was agreed by Mr. Daugher ty. Will Hay* and somebody else from Ohio, that he would be Secretary of the Interior, He (said it ha* been seta flfsji i Mr. Daugherty was at first in but that it had cost him a lot of money to do it. That is all I know about it.” “I understand that Mr. Hamon told you that in the makeup of the cabinet of Mr. Harding, that Mr. Daugherty was in saver of Mr. Fall,” said Senator Spencer, republiean, of Missouri. ‘Yes. but that it hdd been all ar ranged that he (Mr. Hamon) was to be Seeretary of the Interior.” "Ho you think all the information he gave you turned out with the same de-, gree of correctness as has that?” 1 “That was the whole deal, and that was what he expected to get in on.” Replying to inquiries from Senator Dill, democrat, of Washington, Jennings said: /‘He.(Hamon) wanted me to head one of his companies. He said the Demo crats had not left much of the public land, but that he would get the rest of it.”' “Did he speak about the oil reserves?” "He said public lands, nothing that I can remember about oil reserves. He said money had been very potent in Washington as 'in the outlying districts of the United States, and that with his money he would be President of the United States. I have talked with peo ple in Oklahoma about Hamon’a expecta tions, and I do not think he kept it from anybody.” “Did you talk with any one about him being the Secretary of Interior?" “No.” “Did he say to whom he gave any money beside Senator Penrose?” “Yes, sir. Dougherty $25,000, Will H. Hays $25,000, and a man—ig there a man named Manning from Ohio? well, some one in Ohio be gave $25,000. The Concord National Bank 2I I § o ffßi 00 00 W’liW > a KBiUBI 3 i W i 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 ents. If you. will eall at our ravings Window and obtain a "MONET BARREL” yon will boon ha on the road to success. The Concord Daily Tribune » 1 NUMBER KILLED ! BY LANDSLIDE Gravity of Landslide in Italy; Grows Hourly—Fifty Per sons Died in One Village. Salerno, Italy. March 27 (By the As- ( ■sociateil Press). —The gravity of the: landslide in the vicinity of Amalfi yes terday grows hourly. Estimates here place the deaths in the villages along the coast at fifty, but many of these places ! are cut off both from road and wire] Communication, and the exnct number | >f victims is unknown. The chief villages affected arc Vet-' tlcan where the bulk of the victims are | reported. Mulini, Furore. Praiano and Atranti. (A Rome dispatch last night, said there were at least 100 dead at Yot tiea.) The government, is rushing all pos sible aid to the scene. The sea new is the only approach to the scene and fishermen's boats are hur rying to the aid of the vietims with supplies. SENATOR LAFOLLETTE ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Physician in Bulletin Says Condition of Senator Today Is “Satisfactory.” (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 27. —Seuntor Ln-' Foliette, cf Wisconsin. lias developed pneumonia. Ilis office ,it the cnpitol to day issued the following physician's bul letin : “Senator LaFollettc has developed pneumonia. His present condition is satisfa: :*>ry.” There was a fourth person.” “Anybody else?’ "No one I can remember. Money was used indiscriminately with the Ok lahoma delegation. He said it cost like hell to get the New York delegation. “Did he say how much it cost?" “No. sir.” “I wish you would tell us in a con nected way, as well as your memory will serve you, about what was said con cerning acquisition of public lands, or the expectation of flic same," said Sena tor Walsh. “Mr. Hamon had at two or three times before I got into this mixup. wanted Die tor come back to* Arduref Itmt wsum'W-to oil deal,” replied Jennings. “I don't like to say it myself, but people rather hid confidence in me in Oklahoma, and more than one oil company had tried to use my name in exploitation of com panies selling stock, and Jake had re peatedly asked me to come 'in and form a new company, and finance' it with I his money. The company would be ■ perfectly legitimate." Prior to hearing Jennings the com- J mittee heard Leroy W. Baldwin, presi dent of the Empire Trust Company, of , New York City, about loans made to the i Republican national committee. He said his bank loaned the committee a total of $266,020 which was repaid with in terest over a period of two or three years. The committee, he said, had cheeking account with the bank. He did not know exactly bow all the loans were paid, and denied any knowledge of any payments to Harry F. Sinclair. Brands Story as Fake. Washington, March 27.—The story told by Al Jennings today to the oil committee was branded ns “false and preposterous” by Leighton C. Taylor, former secretary to the late Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania. Declaring he had been in constant at tendance upon the Senator while he was ill in Philadelphia before and during the Chicago convention, Taylor said that Hamon bad never seen or communicated with Penrose, nor had the lattet evej mentioned Hnmon’s uame to his secre tary. Mr. Walter Parham, of the Buffalo Mill, entered the Concord Hospital on Tuesday, and submitted to an operation for appendicitis. A report from the Hos pital this morning states that his condi tion is very satisfactory. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924 *~ AMERICAN ARCHBISHOPS 1 RECEIVE RED HATS, Two New Catholic CiAdiuals Are Cre , ated Today at Rome. | , Rome. March 27. —The public consis tory hold today by Pope Pius for the (creation of the two new American car dinals—Archbishop Hayes, of New York, I and Archbishop Mticndlcin, of Chicago— ’wan declared by veteran officials ami at taches of the Vatican to have been the , most brilliant and impressive Ceremony | of the kind within their remembrance. I i Heretofore it has been an almost tin-j , broken custom to hold a consistory in the Royal Hall of the Vatican, but on the present occasion it was decided to conduct the ceremony in the great Bas- I iliein of St. Peter's Church, because of | • the extraordinary interest manifested in ■ the elevation of the two American pre-! Mates tr. the Sacred College and the hn j usually large number of persons who! Iliad made advance applications for tick jets of admission. | In all of tho apartments and eorri-l | dors .through which the Pope passed I were grouped thousands of the ticket | holders, including fany foreigners, es-1 pecinlly Americans. Pius XI. entered in procession, proceeded, accompanied and followed by the Cardinals and the guards, the dignitaries of the court anil church. The pontiff imparted his bless ing as he entered. America was well represented in the' Pope's suite by several bishops, moti-! signori and other prelates and priests j from the United States now visiting Rome. The two new American Cardi-I nals look the oath, and received from the Pope the red hats and the Cardinals'i rings. The eeremoney was simple but' impressive in the extreme. From the j moment he entered the Basilica until | lie took his departure Plus XI. was the : object of manifestations of loyalty, os . peciall.v from the tribunes occupied by, the diplomatic corps and Roman aris tocracy. Among the thousands of spec-1 tutors who had good opportunity to view' the pontiff it was generally remarked that there was nothing in the appearance or mainer of His Holiness to substan tiate the reports recently circulated in seme quarters that he was in a poor state of health. Rome, March 27 (By the Associated l Press).—Pope Pius today publicly con ferred the red hat on Cardinals Haves and Mundelein, the final act in the ele vation of the two American prelates to membership in the sacred college. T'he ceremony performed in the right tran sept of St. Peters, was carried out with all the pomp and pageantry of the Rom an Catholic Church in a setting the like of which does not exist, outside Rome. It was the first public consistory ever held in the huge bnsieila. With Our Advertisers. H. B. Wilkinson has juyt reoeivod ra -bipeto in. walnut or mahogany tiu- Msh. (yet bfte TtrCrirlnon* jfvTtK yotir niture. l*ay rent to yourself, and be your own landlord. Gilbert Hendrix at the Con cord Xational Bank, will toll you how to do it. Robinson's Month-End Sale is now on. XVw Spring silks in profusion are in cluded. The Musette has splendid Mali Jong sets at $4.50, $5.00 anti $lO. W. A. Overcash has just received an other big shipment of fine suits to sell at from $25 to S4O. The Standard Iluick Co. lias a number of used ears for sale. See the big new ad. today of A. B. Pounds. The big polar bear suggests ice. doesn't he? The Central Filling Station has just built a modern Alemite grease track. Use Mcl-Bro Lotion, at Cline's Phar macy. A savings account in the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. is a safe investment. Efird’s features Peggy l*aige aud Bet ty Wales dresses, whicli lead the way in styles and distinction. If you want mud stain, ink Spots, per i spiration or grease removed from your clothing, take it to Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. A message from Dr. J. S. I.afferty. ■ who is in Washington with Mr. Ja's. B. Laffert.v, states that the condition of his i son is slowly improving, and that he hopes to bring him home within the next few days. Maybe unions boost prices, but there is no roibbers’ union and It costs a lot i to be robbed. t i Bo your own landlord—pay rent to yourself j “Build with Savings” < You may not be planning to build—just yet. But let us offer a word of advice; don’t wait till you are ready before you start saving. The people who invest their savings with ns regularly are the people who are going to get the preference on the favorable home loans we make. That is fair —isn’t it? Become a member with us. Lenin about our service and our work. Invest your savings here. You’ll be glad you did so, .whether or not you ever want to borrow money for a home. Own your own borne. Keep the rent money in your own pockets. You can do it by taking shares in Series No. 58 now open. Running shares coat 25 cents per share per week. We also sell the prepaid share*’ which cost $72.25 per shark. We mature our stock m 328 weeks. All stock is non-taxable. BEGIN NOW. Cabarrus County B. L. & SAV. Assn. OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK * ■■■ ■ ■ Recovering Senator Frank L. Greene of Vermont at home attar leaving the hospital where he was taken Feb. 19 with a bullet wound ln the hand. The senator was shot by a stray bullet fired during a battle between bootleggers and prohibition agents just off Pennsylvania avenue, .Waah | tngton. D. C. i —— j TIIE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Advance an , August But Generally sto 15 Points I jOwer. (By the Associated Press.) New York, March 27.—The cotton market opened barely steady today at an advance of 5 points on August but gen erally 5 to 15 points lower under over night selling orders, brought in by the declines of yesterday afternoon. Liver pool made a relatively steady showing. } however, and after selling off to 26.80 for May and 23.95 for October, prices here rallied on trade buying and cover ing, accompanied by reiterated reports of a better spot demand in the South. May sold up to 27.08 and October to 24.20 within the first hour, making a net ad vance of 2 to 13 points. Cotton futures ope Bed barely steady: May 27.00 to 26.80; Inly 26.30: to Oc tober 24.00; December 23.C5; Jacniarv 23.40 offered. H. S. DAUGHERTY IS SUMMONED TO CAPITAL Sergeant-W-Arms Ordered to Summons Brother of Attortti&i&KnU to Wash ington. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Marcti 27.—The Senate Daugherty committee today ordered M. S. Daugherty, brother of the Attorney General, summoned by the sergeant-at arms, when lie failed to appear in answer to a summons Senator Wheeler said hail been served. SEN. JOHNSON LEADS IN THK S. I). PRIMARY Latent Returns From Republican Pri mary Shows California Senator Is Leading the Field. ' 1 (Br the Associated Press.) Sioux Falls, S. D„ March 27.—Sena tor Hiram Johnson increased his lead ov er President Coolidge to 297 in returns today from another hundred precincts reporting in Tuesday’s Presidential pri mary in South Dakota. ee. Tennessee’s Paving Awards. Nashville, Tenn., March 26—Tennes see will award road building contracts totalling $7,000,000 this year, it was estimated today by tho State highway commissioner. The first letting of con tracts in February for $2,000,000, while the next, due April 4, is expected not to be $1,500,000, with additional awards in May, June and July to make the total $7,000,000 or more. LaFollette Is Indorsed. St. Louis, Marclt 26.—Senator Robert M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin, received the Presidential indorsement of the na tional Progressive league of Missouri at a meeting here tonight. SWEEPING CHANGE IN THE PRISONS ASKED Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred j Adopts Drastic Recommendations. Charlotte, March 26.—Sweeping changes in prison system in North Car olina. including State, county and mu nicipal methods, were advocated in reso lutions adopted at a meeting of the Cit izens’ Committee on One Hundred held here today in connection with the annual meeting of the North Carolina Confer ence for Social Service. Preceded by meetings of various so cial agencies, including the county su perintendens of public schools, the meet ing cf the committee opened here to night with I)r. Alvaii M. Taylor, secre tary of the commissioner of social ser vire and conference, of Indianapolis, making the principal address. The Citizens Committee named by Governor Morrison in 1922 to make a study of the penal system for recommen dations toward its improvement. The recommendations adopted today were based cn surveys of more than forty qine county prisons and tho interview of mere jttjan 330 prisons. ,*^3S?¥ { - ..'-AMlkVfaHgjP. »»»•. plant, present county jail system: col only of women prisoners on the State farm or district farm colonies for wom en; prohibition of pogging and the use of dark eells in county as well as State prisons; abolition of the convict lease system; extension of the honor system to all prisoners: rliauge of the board of directors of the State prison into a revolving board; compulsory education in the State prison, with the employ ment of teachers and the addition of a psyehiarist to the State prison station. REPUBLICANS WANT TO • DO SOME INVESTIGATING Oil Committee Will Investigate Demo cratic Campaign Funds at Request of Senator Spencer. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 27. —An inquiry into the democratic campaign funds will be made by the senate oil committee on motion of Senator Spencer, republican, of Missouri. Subpoenas were issued today for George White, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Wilbur Marsh, its former treasurer, and E. L. Doheny, who is said to have contributed to the 1920 campaign fund. Senator Spencer also caused a sub poena to be issued for John Walsh, a brother of Senator Walsh and a Wash ington attorney. He refused to say what Mr. Walsh would be questioned about. “As is well known, they have been in vestigating him for months,” Senator Walsh said when advised that a sub poena had been issued for his brother. Slap Brought Results. New York, March 27.—The hearty .sal utation of a Federal agent, who whipped another on the back, thereby upsetting a can of alleged Turkish paste which was being examined in the appraiser's store house today, revealed opium hidden un der the paste and led to the seizure of between $60,000 and SIOO,OOO of the drug hidden in other tins. Abrahm I). Lake and his son. Daniel L,, radio merchants, to whom the paste was consigned, were arrested in their Second Avenue offices, where Treasury Department agents said they found jm pors revealing the names of purchasers of large quantities of the drug. The seizure and arrest were said to be among the most important in recent years. The paste arrived from Constantino ple March 17 on 'the liner Saugus and was listed as a “consumption entry.” Dis covery of “decks" of the drug in the lower portions of the tins waß made af ter the agents had found the contents really were Turkish paste containing a little opium. Railroad Sold For *3.000.000. Wichita. Kaus., March 27. (By the Associated Press). —The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad was sold at public auction here today to Clifford Hissted, general attorney for the road, for $3,000,000. White at Southern Pines. Southern Pines, March 26.—George White, chairman of the Democratic na tional campaign for Ox, of Ohio, for President, is in Southern Pines. A Kansas woman fell in love and mar ried a widower, for no other reason, so shc.alated, than that he took such ex- 1 cellent care of his first wife’s grave. ' — ■ ■ ■ ■ ~—— NO. 71 NATION-WIDE WEEK OF MUSIC “A Nation Singing” is the Ideal for the United States. New York. March 27.—A nation singing is an ideal set for the United, States. To hasten this, the week cf May 4-16 has been designated as Na tional Music Week, and for that period the Xntunal Music Week Committee of New York is working to "a mighty wave of harmony sweep through the land" and to have every city, town and hamlet give itself over to an ttlibrcken (round of community songs and concerts. The primary object cf the celebration, as announced by the committee, is to awaken an active and lasting apprecia tion of music on tile part of all, the peo ple. and while the national body of eo operaling with state and municipal com mitters to the extent of furnishing en couragement .n-nd 1 adviee. the details in every case have been left t> local com mittees. Many places have had their music weeks from time to time: but tho ex pel ienoe will be new to many localities, including sonic of the chief cities of the land. Reports received by the national committee from all sections of the coun try indicate that the celebration will be widespread. In every place the cfiurche.s schorls, women's clubs, civic organiza tions industrial plants, stores and the atres are giving their hearty co-opera tion to the local committees in eharge of tile details of the festivals and con certs that will be held during the week. “STRANGLER” IS MARRIED AGAIN Had to Lock His Manager in a Hotel Room During Ceremony. Chicago. March 26.—Etl "Strangler” Lewis, world's heavyweight wrestler champion, was married here late today to Miss Bessie McXear. of Kansas City. | Mo. Billy Sandow. Lewis’ manager, to whom the champion is tinder contract not to marry while chapion. was kept locked in a hotel room by Lewis' friends until after the ceremony. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lewis returned to their hotel, leaving a trail of shoes and rice. Sandow. who had bpen threatening to break down file door of his room if he was not re leased. was then freed. , "It s tin- first tihe Ed ever double crossed me," he shouted angrily as lie emerged from the room where Lewis’ friend had held him. Sandow is said to have prevented Lewis’ marriage last year to a Russian princess whom the champion met in Paris. Miss MeXair. an attractive bru nette. met Lewis in Kansas City where he staged many of his important match es. The champion, who is about 35 years old, once was married to a San Jose Woman physician from whom he is divorced. RAMSEY PRESIDENT Os" N. C. SOCIAL SERVICE Editor or Asßeiine'TUnft,- ahS*^*Vreil- < dent of Organization at Charlotte Meet ing. (By the A*«ociated Pr *sn.) Charlotte. March 27.—D. Hidcn Ram sey. editor of the Asheville Times, today was elected President of the North Caro lina Conference for Social Service at the closing session of the 1924 meeting here. Asheville was chosen as the 1925 meeting place. A. \Y. McAllister, of Greensboro, was elected first vice president: Mrs. IV. B. Waddill. of Henderson, socond vice presi dent ; Gilbert Stephenson, of Raleigh, treasurer: and Miss Minnie Harmon, of Durham, executive secretary. Winks Quoted at $4.55. Lancaster, Pa., March 27. —It costs $4.55 to wing "the Broadway wink" in Lancaster. Tills, in effect, was wlmt Mayor Musser told Arthur Edelstein. of New York, in Police Court, today, after a local woman had testified that Edel stein's "mashing" ability was way below par with her. "He winked and asked to walk along." the woman, whose name was withheld by the police, told the mayor, "so I called a policeman and we walked along to the police station.” Carrie Chapman Catt Rests at Southern Pines. Southern Pines. March 26—Carrie Chapman Catt, suffrage leader, is a guest at the Highland Pines Tnn, here. Mrs. Catt is breaking the northward journey from Florida. She leaves on the early train Thursday morning for New York. Jo « A SAVINGS ACCOUNT « ” You could not find a more reliable or con- 1 < venient investment than a Savings Account in ii this bank at 4 per cent, interest, compounded ' ! quarterly. You can add to it at any time You wish, in i any amount from SI.OO upwards, and no mat- | ter how other securities change in (value, your i deposits are always worth one hundred cents ! ! * on the dollar. ? ! We invite your account. !sbl citizens |; ; lijral BANKJ& TRUST iim company y ||||bß EX CONCORD • TODAY’S « • NEWS « • TODAY « CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ROMO! Divorced Wife of Late Jess W. Smith Asked Again to Tell More of $33,000,000 Oil Deal. WRANGLE CAUSED BY THE WITNESS Lawyers tFor Attorney Gen eral and Members of Com mittee Did Most of Talk ing of the Session. (By the Associated Pmu.) Washington. March 27.—Itoxie Stin son. divorced wife of .less Smith, spent «n hour on the witness stand today under cross examination by'counsel for Attor ney General Daugherty. A large part of the time was taken up by a wrangle among the lawyers. Paul Howland and former Senator Chamberlain, for Mr. Daugherty, insist ed that the witness should tell the names of five men who she said Jess Smith had told her made $300,000,000 in dealing in oil stoeks. The commit tee which hail ruled the names irrele vant finally became entangled in an ar gument about it and the witness was excused without any further pursuit of the matter. "My impression." said former Senator Chamberlain, "is that she is going to way Jess Smith tod liev one of the five men was the iiresident of the United States." "We are not going to walk into your trap." shouted Senator Asburst, demo crat. of Arizona. "You would like very much to have us he charged with having besmirched the name of someone now dead, but we are not going to walk into . your trap." "We don't know who these five people are, and we care less." Chamberlain said. "We assume that the committee wants the truth." "My impression is that she is going to say Jess Smith told her one of the five men was the President of the United States. Now. when the fact is this up lifter, Frank A. Vandcrlip " Here the committee came into action. Senator Wheeler said it "was not fair ■ iu view of the facts that every member of this committee is under attack by the "Jt is Time for me tp make a stump speech." interjected Senator Ashurst. "You are anxious to put us into 8 trap where it will be charged by the metro politan press that we are besmirching the name of a dead man. Though our footsteps arc dogged day and night we have not walked into this trap." While the committee was not arguing about the $33,000,000 deal which it is said had never involved the Attorney General nor Smith. Miss Stinson was ex amined. Miss Frances Affleck, of Winchester, Vn.. has attended 1,560 weekly sessions of her Sunday school, having never J missed ’a single session in thirty con -1 seentive years. The interest on S7O will amount to $14,000,000 if you can afford to wait 300 years for it. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. " ! | -^;o= Aik. /f 1 L ■ Fair tonight and Friday, moderate temperature.
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