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VOLUME XXIV
Attorney General Quits
Post Under Heavy Fire
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Resignation Came at the Re
quest of President Cool
idge and Will Become Ef
fective at Once.
PRESIDENT WROTE
( ATTORNEY GENERAL
Thinks Fact That Attorney
General Is Being Investi
gated Will Interfere With
His Work.
(By the Aaaonlatcd Prfu.)
Washington, March 28.—At the re
quest of President Coolidge, Attorney
General Daugherty today submitted his
resignation, effective at once.
The President's decision was based on
a eonvietion that Mr. Daugherty could
not give disinterested attention to his
official duties while under the stress of
the Senate, inquiry into his conduct.
While disclaiming auy intention to
“pre-judge" the issues raised in the in
vestigation, the President wrote Mr.
Daugherty that his continuance in office
must inevitably be a source of "ever in
creasing embarrassment.'’
In a letter of three terse sentences, the
Attorney General replied that he was
resigning “solely out of deference to
your request."
The eorTesj>ondene,e was made public
at the White House without comment,
but at the Department of Justice Mr.
Daugherty immediately prepared a state
ment setting forth again his side of the
question.
This statement took the form of a sec
ond letter to the President, in which the
retiring Attorney General declared the
grounds on which his retirement had
been forced - seemed to him “untenable.”
Any suggestion that he could not
“function as Attorney General and de
fend myself against these charges at the
same time,” tjie letter said "was hard
ly warranted by the facts.”
Mr. Daugherty recalled that be twice
had offered since Mr. Coolidge became
President to retire, but had been request
ed to remain. He said he was aware that
the argument of “party expediency" had
been used to secure his retirement, but
added that “cowardice and surrender of
principle are never expedient."
Declaring tbc attack on him was only I
frbnhSff wit* a grave crisis wfiiSi must
determine whether the country is. to be
governed by law- and order, or by slan
der. terrorism and fear."
Immediately after signing the last let
ter to the President, Mr. Daugherty left.
Washington for a brief rest at Atlantic
City.
Mr. Daugherty's resignation, promptly
accepted by the President, clears the
administration of those cabinet members
who had become storm, centers in the oil
scandal.
The factor which bad the greatest
weight in bringing ithe question of Mr. .
Daugherty’s status to an acute issue, I
was a conviction on the part of the I
President that under present conditions'
public business is not receiving the at
tention merited by it' in the Depart
ment of Justice.
Since the Senate investigation of the
Department began on Mareh 12th Mr.
Coolidge has seen plain indications that
some Department officials were giving
a large part of .their attention to de
fense of Mr. Daugherty to the apparent
detriment of their regular pursuits.
There is no doubt also that the re
peated charges made before the Senate
committee, leading to the door of the
Attorney General’s office, although not
involving him directly, have had their
influence in finally determining his
fate.
Mr. Daugherty bad inaisted that he
be permitted to remain in office until
he had been given an opportunity to
fully answer all the charges made be
fore the investigating committee. As
the testimony has developed, however,
it has become apparent that if he were
to vindicate his department it would
become necessary for him to disapprove
also the charges against Jess Smith and
others closely associated with him.
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HARRY M. DAUGHERTY
Daugherty tenders his resignation ns
Attorney General at the request of
President Coolidge.
BELIEVES MEXICAN REBEL.
LEADER HAS BEEN KILLED j
iiils Belief Expressed by Wife of
Adolfo de La Huerta—Was to .Join
Wife in New Orleans.
(By the Associated Press.!
New Orleans, March 28. —Scnora
Adolfo de La Huerta, wife of the Mexi
can rebel leader, told the. New Orleans
Item today tlmt she believed her hus
band to be dead. She added, accord
ing to the newspaper, that she and her
husband had planned to come here and I
reside among sympathizers of the revo
lution, anti that when this had been ar
ranged, she came here with the under
standing that he would arrive March
the 18th.
Big Stale of Bankrupt Stock of J. E. Love.
On Saturday It. C. Newson and H.
T. Mcßride, who have purchased the
stock of J. E. Love, bankrupt, will place
this stock on sale. You will find in this
stock such well known brands as Society
and Curlee clothing, and Florsheim, Dun
lap and Emerson Shoes. They have
about 300 spite, and 123 overcoats,
latffe quantUieff 4C eboe* and skirts. ties,
riawslaauwiTT owA—t g»wß.
and boys wear. See the big four-page
■fi in this paper today and get ready
for the sale, which will open Saturday
morning at 7:30 o'clock.
Besides, the Daugherty committee dis
closures, testimony has been given be
fore the oil committee that the Attor
ney General dealt in Sinclair oil stock
after he entered the cabinet; that he
and others in the Justice pepartment
were seeking to shield Edward B. Mc-
Lean from appearance on the witness
stand in the oil inquiry, and that Mc-
Il.ean himself was a secret agent of the
department.
i In deciding in favor of another break
in the cabinet President Coolidge fol
lowed the almost unanimous advice of
Republicans in the Senate some of whom
including Senator Borah of Idaho, have
been urging for weeks that Mr. Daugh
erty had lost the confidence of the coun
try.
President Coolidge’s letter requesting
the resignation, based the request on
the Attorney General’s refusal to com
ply with the summoos of the Senate in
vestigating committee for certain papers
relating to gun-running on the Mexican
border.
The incident, the President said in
his letter, “only illustrates the difficul
ties which are certain to recur with
ever-increasing embarassment, and your
inability to perform satisfactorily the
duties of Attorney General under pres
ent conditions.”
According to the statutes, Jas. M.
Beck, solicitor general, becomes Acting
Attorney General until the President
appoints a head for the Department of
Justice. He assumed the duties of the
Attorney General immediately after Mr.
Daugherty left Washington.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924
r OLCOTT IS HEARD BY
DAI'GHERTY COMMITTEE
Says He Had Conversation With Matt
ALaut Paying SIO,OOO to Some tine.
tßy Ike A Mortared Prraa. i
Washington, March 28.—Former Rep
resentative J. V. Wolcott, of New York
City, was called before the Senate eom
! mlttce investigating former Attorney Gen-,
j eral Daugherty today to tell of the c,ni-
I versa)ions he had with a- visitor ar his
office in which he was told that he would
be “expected to pay SIO,OOO when his
(name was sent into the Senate," for a
Federal judgeship.
Olcott said his visitor's name was
Wayne Wilson, and ho believed l:c was
"with the National Surety Company."
"Neither directly uoc indirectly did he j
toll me he was representing anybody iu
the Department of Justice,".Olcott .-said, j
Committee Continues Work. I
Washington, March -The Daugh
erty investigating committee was I
j thrown out of step . momentarily today I
j by the resignation of Attorney. General
I Daugherty but when the excitement oaus
led by the announcement had subsided, it
plodded along ip its task of gathering
evidence against the Attorney General.
Senator Wheeler of Montnnn. the
committee prosecutor, announced that
the Attorney General's resignation would ,
not affect the committee’s work.
Life in the Daugherty apartments,
where Jess Smith, the Attorney General's
friend who committed suicide lived, was
gone into through the medium of Wal
ter -Millci;, former valet, who told of
i whiskey being brought and kept there; of
Itlie many visitors, including A. B. Fall.
Harry Sinclair. Will Hays, Howard Man-
I niiigtoii, Will A. Orr aud many others;
I nnd of some "social games" in which some
of the visitors engaged.
! .He lad often heard. Miller said, enn
, ferences between Smith and Daugherty
, on qualifications of prospective Federal
j employees.
j Much of the testimony today was from
Allen J. Pickering, former auditor of the
government in the aircraft case, who tes
tified of condititons in the industry, and
of the government's payments to air
plane companies.
, TIIE COTTON MARKET
Steady Liverpool Cables and Less Favor
able Wenther Responsible For Steadier
Tone.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 28.—Relatively
steady Liverpool cables and less favor
able wenther prospects appeared respon
sible for the steadier tone in today's
early trading on the cotton market. The
opening was steady at nn advance of 3
to 10 points on covering, and trade, Liv
erpool and Wall Street buying. There
was selling for New Orleans nud south
western accounts, but offerings were
eompa natively ligli tand prices soon ad
danced to 27.10 for May , and-. 23J1.1 for
■ tdf'fffrfifitetiifttccW-iw.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
26.73: July 26.05; October 23.00; De
cember 23.30; January 23.00.
ANOTHER ATTACK MADE
ON BRITISH SOLDIERS
Second Attack on Troops at Queenstown
Came an Hour After Sanguinary’ On
slaught.
(By (he Associated Press.)
London, March 28.—A second attack
was made on British soldiers at Queens
town' about an hour after the sanguin
ary onslaught lust Friday on the unarm
ed party from Spike Island, according
to statements made by some of the
wounded today. An armed party, they
said, was sent ashore to ascertain if all
of the wounded had been accounted for.
The soldiers were marchiDg along the
pier when shots were fired from a neigh
boring building, and ah officer was
wounded.
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The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. han
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If your car is dirty let the Southern
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Star Brand shoes —men’s and wom
en’s 'new spring low shoes are now
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Poll Parrot shoes for the young folks.
Miss Eison, Gossard, corset demon
trator, will be at Fisher’s today and to
morrow.
You will find a splendid assortment
of women’s and misses’ coats and suits
at Farley’s. Also hats, sweaters, furs,
skirts, oxfords and pumps. You will
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Farley wants you to open a charge ac
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Your new frock for Easter is in at
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of Vogue. You will find some of these
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window.
, Avoid the Easter rush by getting your
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> Many fine rug specials at Concord
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$38.50. All goods are marked in
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the sale price.
World’s Largest Aeroplane.
Rome, March 28. —A new type of ae
roplane for transatlantic travel has been
designed by an Italian engineer, Nicola
Santo, which will be the largest air ma
chine In’ the world. The cost will be
about a quarter of a million dollars.
It will be 426 feet long, 153 feet wide,
and about fifty feet in height, aud will
be fitted with Bixteen Fiat engines of
760-horsepower each. ItH maximum
speed will be 125 miles an hour, and it
is calculated that it will be able to ac
complish the journey from Rk> de
Janeiro to Rome in two and a half days.
This immense aeroplane will be able
to carry two hundred people, and will
alao take a large cargo of merchandise.
It will be fitted with cabins, a dining
room, concert room and apparatus for
i wireless telegraphy. I .
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League in New; York, now is Convict No. 75.745, in Sing Sing prison, j
Photo shows him in New York City, just, before boarding a train for
Ossining. In hi* left hand is a small package, which contains his tooth
brush and a few other toilet articles, his total luggage. ■ Anderson was
convicted for forgery.
DANCING CAUSES BISHOP (
TO CANCEL VISITATION
Episcopalian Ministration to St. Marks
Church is Banned by Bishop Man
ning.
New York. March 27.—Bishop Man
ning. sis the Protestqnt Episcopal dio
cese of New York 1 today informal
Reverend Dr. William Norman Guthrie,
rector of St. Mark s-in-the-Boweric, |
that his church would remain “without
Episcopal vistation or, ministration” for
its rector’s refusal M discontinue etir.v
thmic dancing in connect ion with ser
vices at the
On two occasions last December, and
on March 14. Bishop Manning expressed
his disapproval of the ritualistic dances.
Dr. Guthrie Insisted they were not ban
ned by church law. The dances were
presented in the church last Sunday.
Tho bishop declared that as long as
Dr- Guthrie refused to heed liis admoni
tions nnd to act in aeeordanee with his
counsel, the parish would remain with
out visitation or ministration.
In the letter to the rector in which lie
made known his decision on Dr. Guth
rie's attitude, the bishop said he declin
ed to visit the parish nnd congrega
tion and cancelled his visitation an
nounced for Wednesday. June 11.
Battle Continues in Honduras.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Washington, March 28.—Revolution
ists ' attacking the Honduran capital
have regained- possession of the ground
taken Wednesday by de facto govern
ment troops. The battle is continuing.
25 Miners Entombed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Welch, W. Vn.. Mareh 28.—Twenty
five men word entombed today in a mine
at Yukon, in McDowell County, by an
explosion. According to reports receiv
ed here, the men are believed to be dead.
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! REWRITING THE BIBLE.
One of the Most Wonderful Manuscript
Bibles in the World.
Montreal. March 28.—One of the most
wouderful manuscript Bibit's iti the
world is owned by a Mr. Russell, of this
city. With infinite patience he has car
ried out this great work in his own hand.
Mr. Russell, who is a Presbyterian,
says that liis main object in attempting
such, a task was to leave some unforget
table and tangible memorial of himself
for his family.
The wofk. which is wonderfully done
ip a stylo of half writing and k»IT
printing, was performed at odd moments
of spares time, and took twenty-two
years to complete. The New Testament
takes np 471 pages, with doable columns
on each page, and was written without
a single error or omission. In all. there
are 1,087 images.
Among the distinctive features of this
wouderful book are the title pages, which
arc exquisitely illuminated, the delicate
penmanship, and tho handsome morocco
binding. The weight of the Bible is
about eighteen pounds, and it contains
an autograph of the Prince of Wales,
who showed great interest iu it when he
was in Montrcql.
THREE ARMY AIRMEN
KILLED IN HONOLULU
One of tlic Dead. Private Getsiqger, Was
From Asheville.—Two Were
Killed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Honolulu, Hawaii, Mareh 28. —Three
army airmen were killed and two others
injured, one seriously yesterday, in what
army officers said was Hawaii’s worst
aviation accident. First Lieutenants
W. G. Moore, of Nolsonville, Ohio, and
Oscar Monthan, a native of England,
and Private Getsinger, of Asheville, N.
C.. /were killed; and two other pri
vates were injured.
Thounsand Young Chicks Burned at
Rock Hill.
Rock Hili, S. C\, March 27—One
thousand chickens, ranging from a few
days of age to several months, were
burned last night on the Burr Clover
farm, of A. F. Ruff nenr Rock Hill, in a
fire which destroyed -the chicken houses
there. Effort to check the blaze were fu
tile. The loss is partially covered by in
surance.
Mr. Ruff today placed nn order by
wire with' a poultry farm in Kentucky
to ship him 1,000 young chicks to re
place those burned. They are to be ship
ped today.
Wilson Left Estate of $250,000.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 28.—The estate
of Woodrow Wilson visas valued at 250,-
000 iu a petition for probate of his will
filed today by his widow, Mrs. Edith
Bolling Wilson.
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CENTRAL AUDITORIUM
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GASTON B. MEANS WILL BE 1
HELD BY THE COMMITTEE
Subpoena to Prevent, His Trial in New
. York on Mareh 31st.
Washington. March
Means, one of the
the prosecution in
vestigatinn. is to lie held'feretinder the
subpoena of the senate eainmittee find
therefore cannot lie brought to trial in
New York on March 31 on the indict
ments against him.
.Chairman Brookhart of the senate
committee today so advised the depart
ment of justice, and Attorney General
Daugherty, making public the cor
respondence. struck back with the com
ment :
“This is the price exacted by Means
for bis manufactured story that a Jap
gave him SIOO,OOO to give to poor old
Jess Smith."
The attorneys fol- tbc government, i
Mr. Daugherty's announcement said, j
in the ease against Gaston B. Means as
signed for trial in New York on the
31st. have been advised by Senator
Brookhart chairman of the committee,
that the committee will hold Gaston
Means ill Washington under subpoena
and prevent his being tried in New
York on the 31st."
The correspondence shows that
Hiram C. Todd, special attorney gen
eral at Now York, wrote Senator Brook
hart Mareh 7. informing him of the de
lays in Means' trial that have entno
about thus far. Ho inquired of the enm
mittee as to -its eonvenienee in releasing
Means to appear, advising the rnin
mitlee chairman that the trial date had
been set for March 31. at Means sug
gestion.
Senator Brookhart. replied on March [
24 to Mr. Todd's letter saying.
"1 see no passible way to finish with j
him (Means) in our committee before]
the 31st of March and we will hold him J
under subpoena until we have finished.”
Mr. Todd telegraphed Chairman
Brookhart. Mareh 26. as follows;
"Am I to understand from your let
ter to me of yesterday that notwith
standing the contemptuous conduct of
Gaston B. Means in delaying liis trial
as explained in m.v letter to you of
Mareh 17. you intend to hold Jiim as a
witness before your committee on Mareh
31. and thus obstruct, the United States
district court in proceeding with the
trial of Means on that day as hereto
fore ordered by said court and ns yon
were fully advised by my letter on
March 17- Please wire answer immedi
ately so I may present the matter to
the quart for appropriate action.”
Later today Chairman Brookhart in
formed Mr. Todd in a telegram that
the committee did not find it possible to
allow Means'to leave at this time.
"Read your telegram concerning ap
pearance of Gaston , Moans for ' trial
Mareh 31.” the telegram said, "the com-’
e+ttee finds it impossible to velcgse
Means at this time. He is being held
here under subpoena of the committee.”
POINCARE IS STRIVING
TO FORM, NEW CABINET
Not Expected That His Tank Will Be
Completed at Present Rate Before.
Saturday.
ißr the AModaim ‘Oren..
Paris, March 28.—Premier Poincare
today resumed the task of reconstituting
liis cabinet, but lie is not making much
headway, and it appears unlikely that
the list will be eomleted' before Satur
day. The ministry is expected to ap
pear before Parliament at. a Sunday
sitting necessitated by the obligation to
vote provisional appropriations on ac
count of recoverable expenditures before
the end of the month.
GRAND JURY GETS FACTS
IN THE SINCLAIR CASE
Presentation of Senate's Contempt
Charges to Grand Jury Is Begun.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Mareh 28.—Presentation
of the Senate’s contempt charge against
Harry F. Sinclair was begun today be
fore the grand jury here. A report is
expected before the life of the grand
jury expires on Monday.
Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts,
special government counsel in the oil
cases, were sworn in as assistant district
attorneys to help present the case.
Want Fish Law Observed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Kinston, March 28. —Considerable
trouble is being experienced by the state
fisheries commission iu regulating the
trapping nnd seining in the streams in
this part of the state, it was learned
here today. According to .T. K. Dixon,
of Trenton, the inhabitants of points
further down the streams are complaining
of the irregulation actions of those who
make use of the upper streams' game. It
is the hope of the commission, it was
said, that a closer co-operation between
the officials and those who make use of
the streams may be effected so that all
may profit by the increased number of
fishes that, will result from the observ
ance of the fish laws.
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jWILL HAYS WILL BE
pESTIdD 11
BY OIL COMMITTEE
Request for His Subpoena
Made by Senator i Walsh
w ho Wants to Ask Him
About Alleged Loan.
JOHN WALSH IS
FIRST WITNESS
Called During the Day, He
Having Been Called at
the Request of Senator
Spencer.
■By the Associated Press. >
Washington. Mar. 28. —Will H. Hays,
former chairman of republican national
committee', will he recalled by the oil
committee. The request fur his snh
! poena was made by Senator Walsh, the
committee prosecutor, whose brother,
John Walsh, a Washington attorney, was
called at today's hearing ns the first
witness.
Senator Walsh wants to question Hays
regarding a telegram he sent from Sulii
-1 van. Ind.. which was read into tl-e ree
*ords this morning. The telegram said
j that "never at any time for any purpose
; did I receive from Jake Human .$25,000
J or any other sum directly or indirectly,
personally or on behalf of the republi
can national committee or otherwise."
A! Jennings, the former train robber,
testified yesterday that Hamon had told
hint of a payment of $25,000 to Hays.
John Walsh was subpoenaed yesterday
at the instance of Senator Spencer, re- /
publican, of Missouri, anil he insistent
that he be heard today.
John Walsh Testifies.
. Washington, March 28. —John Walsh,
a Washington lawyer, and a brother of
the prosecutor of the Senate oil com
mittee, was called before the commit
tee today and questioned at. length by
Senator Spencer, republican, of Missou
ri. regarding his activities and connec
tions.
The witness said he never had been
connected directly with any oil company
but was general counsel for a holding
company. He denied this company had
any "interest in Wyoming or any other
northwestern state."
Tlie examination developed another
•rew between Senator Walsh and Senator "
Spencer, during which the former charg
ed that, his brother had been called in
an effort to "cast some suspicion on
me.” Both the senator and the witness
urged Senator Spencer to press his ques
tioning further, but he replied that if
he had any more questions to ask he
would put them later.
The committee also heard F. W. Sar
deson a Minneapolis geologist, describe
the oil properties of Teapot Dome, but
adjourned until next Tuesday without
calling to the stand William Boyce
Thompson, formerly connected with the
Republican national committee.
Track Meet, at University of Virginia.
Charlottesville. Va„ March 28.—The
University of North Carolina will be
among the. colleges to participate in the
track meet that will be held at the Uni
versity of Virginia on April 9 and 10,
according to information received here.
This meet will be participated in by five
or six colleges that are members of the
S. 1. C. in lieu of the meet that is to be
l eld in Alabama on the same dates, said
D. E. Brown, graduate manager of the
University of Virginia athletics. The
great distance to the Alabama meet and
a desire to strengthen the bonds between
the schools of this division were given as
the reason for this action. The schools
arc Washington and Lee. Virginia, North
Carolina. V. M. I. and V. P. I.
A senator reads a hard life these days.
He never knows if a detective is pro-’
teeting him or shadowing him.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
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" Partly cloudy tonight, warmer in
north portion; Saturday unsettled, prob
ably followed by rain in west portion.