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VOLUME xxiv
HU FISK STONE
SELECTED US HEW
ITTORHEVGEHEU
Announcement of Selection
Made by President Cool
idge Following a White
House Conference.
STONE FORMERLY
LAW SCHOOL DEAN
Witness at Daugherty Hear
ing Says He Believes That
Daugherty and Others
Can Be Indicted.
(By the ANMocinted Press.)
Washington. April 2.—Harlan Fiske
Stone, of New York, Ims been selected
by President Coolidge as Attorney Gen
eral. He was until recently dean of Co
lumbia Cniversity Law School.
Mr. Stone was a breakfast guest of the
President, and was presented by Mr.
Coolidge to a group of senators called
to the White House to discuss the legis
lative situation.
Mr, Stone had served since 11)10 as
dean of the Columbia Cniversity law
schools, and recently resigned to become
an active member of the New York law
tiriu of Satterlee, Canfield & Stone. He
received his law education at Amherst
and Columbia, and was admitted to the
New York bar in 1898. He is a direct
or of ti e Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line
Railroad Co., and other corporations, and
is a republican, although he never has
taken a leading paid in politics.
He is a native of New Hampshire.
Thinks Daugherty Can Bp Convicted.
Washington. April 2.—Continuing his
complaints about the failure of the Jus
tice department to prosecute various war
fraud eases, H. 1.. Scaife, once a De
partment investigator, told the Daugherty
investigating committee today that in his
opinion Harry SI. Daugherty, Secretary
John W. Weeks, and others ought to be
indicted in the Wright-Martin aircraft
case.
The witness came to the Wright-
Martin case after he had renewed his
charges regarding the sale of the Bosch
Slagneto Company and had declared that
on the very day the army airship Roma j
was destroyed at Norfolk in 1921, he |
hud tried to start a department of Jus- |
sfep LhfUiry into that subject, bat had i
itCEs-ms judgment,' T^catJe’ sitTffTniat '
the Wright-Martin case was one “catting |
for indictments.’* Pressed by Senator I
Moses, of New Hampshire, lie named
Secretary Weeks, former Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty. Charles Hayden, chair- I
man of the Wright-Martin board, and |
Guy D. Goff, former assistant attorney i
general, as those who should be indict- 1
od.
The indictments, the witness said,
should be drawn up. “on charges of con
spiracy to defraud the (.*, S. govern
ment.”
“Hut all of these facts,” Sepator Mos
es said,, "concern things which took place
in 1918 and 1919, and when Mr. Weeks
was not Secretary of War."
“lint these letters were written after
that, ' said the witness, referring to the I
correspondence about proposed prosecu
tions.
Scaife said his investigation into the
Wright-Martin case was completed, and
tlie matter ready for suit before he left
the Department of Justice, but that “they I
refused to briug suit.”
Verdict in *IO.OOO Libel Suit Is Won
By Defendant.
Charlotte, April I.—Finding no evi
dence of malice through the fault of
charges uttered, a jury in Mecklenburg
county Superior court today returned a
verdict for the defendant in the libel
suit for SIO,OOO brought by P. K.
Tucker, former local Textile Union of
ficial. against Henry Entough, organiz- j
er of the United Textile Workers of |
America.
Originally the textile union was made I
a party to the suit with Entough, but
a demurrer was entered and sustained
by an appeal to the state Supreme court.
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IThe Concord Daily Tribune
OIL! OIL! OIL!
ltffrgfst. Subject for Discussion in
America Ttoda.v.
Washington, D. C\. April 2.—The
biggest subject of discussion in America
today is represented in a little word of
three letters—Oil,. Everywhere the
earth is being searched for oil. Every
day immense fortunes are being smeared I
with oil. Tlie latest commission ap
, pointed by the President is one to as
certain the best menus cf conserving the
nation'* oil.
“A world revolution in three letters.”
Sc John D. Rockefeller once described
the oil that has floated him to his many
millions.
In the days of our grandfathers pe
troleum was practically unknown te us
except as a medicine or chemical agent.
Today it floods the whole world wilh
light; tens of thousands of houses and
buildings are being heated with it ; it
is the world’s great, motive power on
sea and land and in the air: and in
a hundred forms it plays a vital part
in the world's industries.
Curiously enough, petroleum was bet
ter known thousands of years ago than
in the early part of last century. The
men who built the walls of Babylon and
Nineveh made their mortar from it;
Herodotus saw pitch drawn from a lake
in Zacynthus f>oo years before Christ
was cradled; the holy fires of Baku,
worshipped countless centuries ago, weer
nothing but blazing oil: and the North
American Indians were drawing it from
the earth long before the coming of Co
lumbus.
Everybody thought Colonel Drake had
gone “clean crazy” when one day. in
1859, he set forth to what later became
known as the Oil Creek region in Penn
sylvania on his absurd quest of oil, of.
which he knew nothing except that it
was tlie basis of a liniment made by a
New York firm of druggists.
With “Tineeum Bill,” a salt-well bor
er, as assistant, be put down his first
drill on the first of July: and on the
morning of August 30th, having left the
work the night before with the drill
down nearly 70 feet and still no oil
in sight, lie found to his delight that
the well was full of oil.
Not long after Drake's sensational I
discovery, the “Funk” well was gushing
forth at the rate of 1.000 barrels a day,
and Farmer Funk fould himself a mil
lionaire within a month. Soon the
“Phillips” well on the Tara farm was
spouting at the rate of 2.000 barrels
daily, and gold was pouring into Jim
Tarr's coffers at an amazing rate. And
still more romantic was the experience
of the famous “Coal Oil Johnny" and
of Jim Sherman, who bought a lease of
the Foster farm for SSOO, struck oil al
most immediately, and within a few
years saw his SSOO converted into mil
i lions.
Such are a few of the romantic
I stories of the cradling of this gigantic
j industry, which In United States
| .Sc,rm - t IrStO-UiUWotls .gallons
' a day, and made multi-millionaires of
| dozens of men.
I In more than a dozen states today
j the earth is yielding oil in tens of mil
-1 lions cf barrels yearly. Similar re-
Iservoirs are being tapped in Canada and
Australia, India anil South Africa, Per
| sia and Japan.
From the crude petroleum thus yield
ed by the earth for man’s use we get
material for lighting, cooking and gas
making; lubricating oils; paraffin for
candles, for chewing gum, and other pur
poses; vaseline and a dozen similar
salves and ointments that the druggist
sells; and fuel for engines of all kinds.
It is the motive power of incalculable
millions of motor vehicles: of every ma
chine that flies: and of large fleets of
vessels, from motorboats to trans-Atlan
tic liners.
So fast is the supply of petroleum that
the pipe lines in America alone, which
carry it from the wells to central points
for storage or to refineries, are more
than long enough to girdle the earth at
the equator.
Bones of Earthquake Vietlms Cast
Asliore by Japanese Gales.
Tokio, Japan, April 2.—During heavy
storms which have whipped the eastern
coast of Japan recently, scores of bodies
and many bones, believed to be those of
victims of the September earthquake,
have been washed ashore at Koyasn, a
summer resort and fishing village near
S Yokohama, according to Japanese corre
| spondents.
Many of these bodies are believed to
!be those of Koreans nr supposed Ko
i reans who were killed by the fisherfolk
of this and neighboring villages during
the panic succeeding'the earthquake.
Evangelistic Services
Be Concluded Tonight
i Last of Services in Trinity
Reformed Church Will Be
Conducted by Dr. Charles
Schaeffer.
CANNOTSERVE
TWO MASTERS
Character of Elijah Subject
of Sermon Tuesday Night.
—Must Choose Whom Is
To Be Served.
Tomorrow will be the last day of (his
series of services, said Dr. Schaeffer, in
introducing his sermon Tuesday night in
Trinity Reformed Church. Let us make
it tlie crowning day of all. Dr. Scl-aeffer,
then announced his subjects for today: 1
"How to Meet Modern Temptation.”- at
the 3 o'clock service, and "The New |
Church in the New Day” at the night
service. Mrs. Worn bio has the best song
service of all for tonight, a chorus by
the choir, a chorus of mens' voices aud
a solo. r
Dr. Schaeffer spoke on the character
of Elijah. Text: I Kings 18:21, “Ildw
long halt ye between two opinions? If the
Lord be God, follow Him; but if Baal,
then follow him.” The sermon was as I
dramatic as the scene from which the*
■ text is taken. He spoke in part as fol- j.
lows:
Elijah was one of those strange, mys'- t
terious characters who came unherald
ed. appeared suddenly on the scene and as
suddenly disappeared. We know noth
ing of his ancestors, nothing of his
childhood, lis boyhood, his youth. He
was a full grown man when lie appeared
in the court of Ahab. , He was a very
striking figure. His hair was long anil
j wavy as a lion's mane. His clothing
I was the rough camel’s hair cloak thrown
about his loins. His face and body was
tanned. All at once this strange, mys-1
terious person appears in the court of |
Ahab. His message is just as abrupt, i
just as mysterious: "As Jehovah. tlie|
God of Israel liveth. before whom I ,
stand, there shall not be dew nor rain'
these years, but according to my word."
Ahab. son of Omri, was a weak vasei
lnting King over Israel. He sought an
alliance with the Sidonians. He made a
most unfortunate alliance in marrying
the daughter of the King of tlie Sidon
ians. Her name was Jezebel. That name
is significant. It is a corruption of Baal !
—Baal was tlie male god of the Sidon
ians. The female was Astiierolh. Tlie
religion was an appeal to the excessive,
seifcnah ntdtdgenees; lefi’ij jTieehtlons anjif
degrading Ahnd not only got Jezebel and
her household furniture but he got her
gods, her idols. She brought with her |
45 priests and they ate at her table.
He had to make groves for her heathen
religion. He got his hands full when
lie got her. Two types of religion, the
religion of Jehovah God and tlie religion
of Baalim cannot be observed in the
same house, nor remain in the same
country. Tlie people had come to the
place where they were halting, undecid
ed. Then suddenly as a bolt of lightning
out of a clear sky Elijah appeared in
Ahab's court and made the strange an
nouncement.
Elijah fled to a brook where the rav
ens fed him and he drank of the brook
till it dried up. Then he went ,to a
poor widow and asked her for her last
cake of bread. She gave and God mul
tiplied that cake to the feeding of her- i
self, her son and the Prophet for a long
time. There was no rain, no dew. Soon
the tiny rivulets died up. then the brooks,
aud the rivers. The land was parched.
And the King began to say “Where is
that troubler of Israel?”
God told Elijah to go back. lie called
the people to meet on Mt. Carmel. The
priests of Baal were invited. The propo
sition was that the priests of Baal would
offer a sacrifice and he would offer n
haerifiee and the God that would ans
wer by fire would be God. The priests
of Baal accepted the challenge for Baal
was the sun-god. They were given the j
first chance. They cried, they cut them
selves. and for all that Baal did not
answer. Surely the noonday Baal would
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LENOIR-RHYNE PLAN'S
FOB NEW DORMITORY
Architect Submits Plans For Girls’
Dormitory. 10-Aere Tract is Purchased.
Hickory. April 1. —At a meeting of
the board of trustees of Lenoir-Rhyne
college, plans for a new girls' dormitory
were submitted b,v George C. Mnum. of
Philadelphia architect for the college,
and members of the board state that
actual work of construction will begin
at once. The new dormitory will ac
commodate 109 girls ami will be modern
and fireproof throughout. Bed rooms
will be large and well ventilated with
hot and cold running water. Tlie plans
for an infirmary to he provided in one
wing of tlie new dormitory and glass en
closed sunpai'lors in both wings.
The building committee presented
architects’* plans for renovating Higli
- land hall. The trustees neeepted the
l plans and instructed the committee to
proceed with work at once.
I J. A. Moretz. chairman of the com
mittee to secure additional ground for
the college, reported flic purchase of a
10-acrc tract known as the old athletic
field, and the possession of an option
son another 7-nerc tract' adjoining the
campus. His committee was instructed
to 'purchase the 7-acre tract at once.
This additional 17 acres increases the
land holding of the edllege to .‘{9 acres.
J The college finance committee was in
, structed by the trustees to make all
nacessary arrangements for additional
I building operations to take place in the
near future.
INCREASE IN ESTATE TAX
UNPOPULAR WITH MELLON
Secretary of Treasury Denounces In
crease as Made by tlie House as
“Economic Suicide.”
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. April 2. —The increase
in tlie estate tax rates made in the reve
nue bill by the House, was denounced
! today by Secretary Mellon before the
, Senate finance committee as “economic
■ suicide.”
' The estate tax is a levy on capital
; primarily, and carried to an excess
differs in no way froth the "revolution
ists of Russia." Mr. said. He
argued that this form of taxation should
be left principally to the states.
McNAIRY-HAUGEN BILL IS
OPPOSED BY TARIFF EXPERT
Member of Tariff Commission Says Rill
Would Be Exceedingly Difficult to Ad
minister.
(By the A«sqeM|rd fret*. 1
Washington, April 27—Chairman Mar
vin of the tariff commission, appearing
today before the House ways aud means
committee, declared that the McNairy-
Haugen agricultural export bill, as in
troduced, would open up a wide field of
government supervision and control thal
it would be exceedingly difficult to ad
minister.
Davis Would Not Sacrifice Practice.
Washington. April- I.—John W.
Davis, former Ambassador to Great
Britain, whose availability for the
Democratic nomination for President
has been widely discussed, has written a
friend in the Senate rejecting any sug
gestion that, he drop his present legal
connections in order to strengthen his
political position.
“Any lawyer who surrenders his in
dependence by trimming his professional
course to fit guests of popular opinion
in my judgment, not only dishonors
himself, hut degrades his great profes
sion.” the letter said.
“I tell you in candor that I would not
pay this price for any honor in the gift
of man.”
Twenty Drowned by Bridge Collapse.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Madrid, Spain, April 2.—At least. 20
persons were drowned in the collapse of
a bridge over the Guadalaquivir river,
near the village of Algaba, in Seville, on
[ Sunday, according to details of tlie ac
cident received here today.
Tlie longest jump on record is report
oil in Chicago. A man jumped bail in
1910 and only recently landed in jail.
MEANS OF SPEEDING
UP LEGISLATION IK
SENATE DISCUSSED
Matter Came Before Break
fast Conference Held at
White House With Many
Leaders Present.
PRESIDENT GOES
OVER SITUATION
Matter of Appointing Suc
cessor to Daugherty Also
Came Up—The President
Wants Action Now.
(By (lie Associated Press.)
Washington. April 2.—Moans of
speeding up legislation in the Senate
were considered at a White House
breakfast conference today attended by
about n dozen Republican senators.
President Ooolidge went over with his
guests the entire situation and an en
deavor was made to map out a program
for the remainder of the session similar
to that agreed upon last week by the
executive and republican of the
House.
While the conference was concerned
primarily with legislative matters the
President is understood to also have
sought the advice of the senators with
respect to appointment of a new attor
ney general. After the conference, it
was learned that this appointment might
be announced at any time.
The conference today was the first of
its kind held by the President, although
from time to time he has invited indi
vidual senators to confer with him on
particular measures before the Senate.
MAYOR OF WINSTON-SALEM
MARRIED IN NEW YORK
Mayor James G. Haynes and Miss Mary
Walton Ruffin Married at Hotel Am
bassador.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. April 2—Miss Mary Wal
ton Ituffin. daughter of the late W. O.
Ruffin, of Winston-Salem. N. 0.. and
granddaughter of the late Chief Justice
Thomas Ruffin, of Winston-Salem, was
married to James (Jordon Hanes, mayor
of Winston-Salem, last night at the Am
bassador Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Hanes
sailed today on the steamship Paris on
their w'‘(filing trip.
income And profit taxes
SHOW INCREASE FOR YEAR
Bulk of First Quarterly Payment Ag
gregated $480,000,000, an Increase
Over Last Year.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 2.—Collections of
income and profit taxes, the bulk of the
first quarterly payment on last year's'
incomes and profits, aggregated approxi
mately .$480,000,000, or about $17,000,-
000 greater than collections in the same
period last year.
Baby is Bom on Southern Train.
Danville, Vn.. April I.—The infant
son of Mrs. J. F. King, of High Point,
X. C., will be entitled to e’nihi birth in
North Carolina and Virginia. The
lusty youngster was ushered into ex
istance at an early hour this morning
on the Southern's fast north bound, ex
press speeding between Pelham, X. C„
and Danville, Va. A hurry call was sent
on arrival here for a doctor and an am
biance. The train being delayed pending
their arrival.
Mrs. King and her baby were re
ported at the hospital where they were
taken, as doing well. Mrs. King was on
her way, from High Point to Norfolk.
T. W. Dixon Dead.
(By the Assoelated Press.)
Charlotte. April 2.—T. W. Dixon, of
Charlotte, secretary of the Carolinas
Hardware Association, died suddenly
this morning in an uptown drug store
as a result ol' a heart attack.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
m
Fair and continued cold with frost to
night ; Thursday fair and farmer.
PIEDMONT
TODAY AND TOMORROW
WILLIAM FOX
Presents
BESSIE LOVE
—lN—
“Gentle Julia”
From the Novel by Booth Tark
ington
Bessie created quite a furore by her
characterization in “Human Wreckage"
and, according to advance reports, she
handles this Tarkington role in a manner
that invokes even higher praise than her
I previous effort. Julia was a girl who
I could have any man but the one she
I wanted. And sbe thought sbe had him
I —until she found out he was married.
It’s a typical Tarkington tale.
ANOTHER DEATH OCCURS
IN' SCBI'KI! OF CHICAGO
Killing Broke Morning Quiet Following
Stormy Village Election T<Ul
day. -vUtaJ*
<By (he Associated
Chicago. April 2.—A seA writing in
Cicero within twenty-four nonrs broke
the morning quiet following the story
village election yesterday when one man
was killed and numerous other wound
ed. beaten or kidnapped, some of tlie.
victims being women.
The dead are: Joseph Smith, a chauf
feur. shot and killed in a light: and
Frank Caponi. alleged agent of a beer
running gang, short by Chicago police.
Smith was killed in front of a road
house today. How far village polities
may have been involved the police are
uncertain. Caponi was killed by police
summoned to the village to help keep or
der.
THE COTTON MARKET
OpeiiPd Steady at Decline in Response to
Easy Liverpool Cables and Good
Weather Reports.
(By the Associated Press.)
New lork. April 2.—The cotton mar
ket opened easy at a decline of 19 to 33
points today in response to relatively
easy Liverpool cables and more favorable
weather reports. The weather bureau’s
weekly review made a fairly favorable
shewing, and houses with Southern con
nections were among early sellers. May
declined to 28.04 and October to 24.08.
making net declines of 29 to 32 points
on tlie active months.
Cotton futures opened easy. Mav
28.05; July 27.06; October 24.20; De-’
eember 23.84: January 23.51.
MOVIE THEATLE BLAZE
CAUSES MANY DEATHS
It Is Known That 26 Persons Were
Killed in Panic Started by Fire in the
Mexican Theatre.
Mexico City. April 2 (By the Associ
ated Press >. —The short-circuiting of an
electric wire in a motion picture theatre
at Tacubaya City, a suburb of the capi
tal last night caused a fire and panic in
which 26 persons are known to have
been killed, and at least 56 injured.
The wire, carrying higli voltage, drop
ped from above, and hung neckhigh in
the main aisle, bringing death to those
touching it in the mad scramble for the
exits. Many were seriously injured or
trampuled to death under the feet of the
crowd.
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If you want to build a home or in
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William Fox presents Bessie Love in
“Gentle Julin” at the Piedmont today
and tomorrow.
If you want electrical work iloue in
a hurry, call IV. J. Hetheox. phone 669
Have that suit or dress dyed at
Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. and it will look
like new.
Beautify your dome— not Teapot—by
buying a liat at IV. A. Overcasli's,
Stetsons and others.
Get an automatic windshield cleaner
at tlie Southern Motor Company. Just
turn on the juice and it keeps your
Windshield clean diWiifg tl|c hardest
rain.
Craven’s best grade coal reduced to
$9 a ton. Other grades cheaper.
Mens collars, $1.25 a dozen at the
Love Bankrupt Sale. Big bargains too
in suits, shirts, pants, shoes and all
men's wearables.
If you want to eradicate wrinkles try
Elizabeth Arden’s facial treatments. At
Gibson 1 >rug Store.
Tlie new Hollywood Sandal at Parker's
Shoe Store for only $4.95.
Efird’s has just received a big ship
ment of over blouses of canton crepe and
shimmering crepe.
All deposits made in the savings de
partment of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Co. on or before April 10 bear 4 per
i interest from April 1. compounded
quarterly.
Many Tourist at, Asheville.
Asheville. April I.—Asheville’s hotels
are well filled with tourists and accord
ing to local hotel men present indica
tions point to one of the largest spring
and summer seasons in the history of
the city. While a considerable increase
in business is noted every year at this
time the influx of visitors is larger
than has been ex)>eriemed during the
early spring months for several (irtarrs. it
is stated by those who are in touch with
the traveling public.
In each wing of tlie ostrich 26 long
plumes grow to maturity in eight
months. These in the male are white
aud in the female are gray or yellow
ish.
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! MllfH WRANGLING AS :
itttlTE TESTIFIES
ABOUT DOHENY GIFT
Former Chairman of Demo
cratic National Committee
Says Doheny Gave Funds
to Democratic Fund.
DISPUTE~ABOUT
AMOUNT GIVEN
White Says Doheny Gave
About $35,000 —Testimony
Has Nothing To Do With
Case, Walsh Contends.
(By the Associated PrfM.)
Washington, April 2.- —With George
White, former chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, in the witness
chair, the oil committee renewed its
wrangling today as to the relevancy of
testimony relating to campaign contribu
tions.
Senator Spencer, republican of Mis
souri. asked White if he knew what con
tributions had been made to the Demo
cratic fund in the 1020 campaign by E.
1.. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair.
Announcing that he would not object
to the questioning of White on this line,
Senator Walsh, the committee prosecu
tor, said the testimony sought was nev
ertheless wholly irrelevant. He deem
ed it iin]M>rtant to show large contribu
tions by oil men to the republican cam
paign fund, he said, because- from it
there might come a legitimate inference
that republican officials were influenced
unduly in granting oil leases.
Senator Spencer insisted, and White
said Sinclair made no contribution to
the Democratic fund. Doheny had giv
en S!>.SHX) during the campaign, he said,
and afterward gave $25,000 to help wipe
out a deficit.
When his attention was called to
Doheny's testimony that Ids contribu
tion had been $75,000, White said the
California oil magnate was mistaken.
Senator Walsh recalled that Doheny's
memory for figures was faulty in the
■ case of payments made for the lgul ser
vices of Win. <;'. McAdoo.
After a session lasting 15 minutes, the
committee adjourned until next Monday
because of the absence of other witnesses.
FOLK PERSONS PERISHED
WHEN HOSTELRY HI RNED
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Five *Oftt>r Persons Injured When tfce
Livingston Hotel at Grand Rapid*
Was Destroyed.
(By the Associated Preaa.)
Grand Rapids. Mich, April 2.—Four
persons are dead, five are in hospitals
with serious injuries and several others
are missing as a result of a fire that
destroyed the Livingstone Hotel, a six
story brick structure in the heart of
the business district early today. Prop
erty loss is estimated at $200,000.
The dead are: Miss Bessie Marlowe, of
Reed City. Mich., whose skull was frac
tured from a fifth story window.
E. F. Sargent. Grand Rapids, who died
from injuries sustained when he attempt
ed to jump to the roof of an ndjoiuing
building, and missed and fell to the
pavement.
Miss Jennie Evans. 00 years old, who
died in a hospital after jumping from a
fourth story window.
Giles Wade, 7 years old. Grand Rap
ids. trapped in the building after direct
ing several guests to safety. His char
red body was recovered.
The tire was discovered on the fifth
floor of the hotel by N. H. Sowder, a
guest, who notified the clerk, and who
in turn aroused the guests. It was 9
hours before the flames were brought him
der control.
A. C. L. Engineer Killed in Wreck. i
(By the Associated Press.)
Richmond, April 2.—Engineer W. L.
Nelson was killed. Fireman J. C. Gra
vatt was seriously injured, and a din
ing ear employee suffered a dislocated
shoulder and several passengers were
badly shaken up when the locomotive
and eight coaches of the Atlantic Coast
Linn Florida Special were derailed early
today near Woodford, on the Riehmpnd,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.
IjaFollette Leading in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, AY is.. April 2 (By the As
sociated Press). —With one-fifth of the
precincts in Wisconsin reported today
in the republican race for delegates. Ln-
Follette is leading President Coolidge.
While Dempsey is hunting for a fight
lie should be careful to find one he won't
lost right away. •