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VOLUME XXIV
Dawes Committee Sends
Final Report to Experts
In Submitting Report Chair
man Dawes Says. Commit
tee Worked Not For Pun
ishment But For Success.
GERMANS TO PAY
TO THE LIMIT
This, Chairman Dawes Says,
Is Proved in Report, Along
With Plans Whereby the
Taxes Can Be Raised.
(By (hr Aaurlatnl Press.)
Pariw, April 9.—Rrigadier General
Charles G. Dawes, the uuoffieiial Ameri
can representative on tie first commit
tee which examined into the economic
and financial situation in Germany, in
a covering letter to the report of his
committee tells the reparations commis
sion that the committee's recommenda
tion “must be considered not as inflict
ing penalties, but ns suggesting means
for assisting the economic recovery of
all European peoples and the entry upon
a new period of happiness and prosper
ity umnenaced by war.'*
The covering letter of General Dawes
follows:
"To the President of the reparations com
mission :
"Sir:
• “Your committee lias unanimously
adopted a report, upon the means for
balancing the German budget and the
measures to be taken to stabilize its
currency, which I now have the honor to
submit.
"Deeply impressed by a sense of its re
sponsibility to your commission and to
the universal conscience, the committee
bases its plan upon those principles of
justice, fairness and mutual interest in
the supremacy of which not only the
creditors of Germany and Germany it
self. but the world also have a vital and
enduring concern.
"With these principles fixed and ac
cepted in that common good faith which
is the foundation of all business and the '
best safeguard for universal peace, the 1
committee's recommendations must; be
considered not ns inflicting penalties, but -
ns suggesting means for assisting the
economic recovery of all European peo
ple and the entry upon a new period of
happiness and prosperity unmenaced by
war.
‘VSince, as a result of ty*»V- the ;
creditors of Germany arc haying taxes '
.Jit' I Uni* M trci* v *
Germany be ehcouraffrif ‘ ttT'pny*
taxes from year to year, to the limit of i
her capacity. This is in accord with the ;
just and underlying principle of tho -
treaty of Versailles, reaffirmed by Ger
many in its note of May 21), 1010, that
the German scheme of taxation must be
■fully as heavy proportionately as that of
any of the powers represented on the
commission.’ More than this limit could
not be expected and less than this would 1
relieve Germany from the common hard
ship and give to her an unfair advant
age in the industrial competition of the
future. The plan of the committee em
bodies this principle. |
"The plan has been made to include
flexible adjustments, from which from
tlie very beginning tend to produce a
maximum of contribution)* consistent
with the continued and imerensing pro
ductivity of Germany ; the conservative
estimates of payments to be made in the
near future are dictated by business pru
dence in outlining the basis of a loan
and .should not destroy the perspective
ns to the effects to be registered in the
aggregate of eventual payments which
will annually increase.
"With.normal economic conditions and
with productivity restored in Germany,
the most hopeful estimates of the
amounts receivable are justified. With
out such restoration, such payment as
may be obtained will be of little value in
meeting urgent needs of creditor nations.
"To insure the permanence of the new
economic peace between the Allied gov
ernments and Germany, which involves
the economic adjustments presented by
the plan, there are provided the coilnter
parts of those usual economic precau
tions against demoralization which are
recognized as essential in ail business re
lations involving express obligations.'
"The existence of safeguards in no way
hampers or embarrasses the case of or
dinary business contracts. The thorough
effectiveness of these safeguards should
not embarrass the normal economic func
tioning of Germany and is of funda
mental importance to Germany and her
creditors.
“Great care has been taken in fixing the
conditions of the supervision over Ger
many’s internal organization so as to
present a minimum of interference con
submitted is fair and reasonable in its
sistent with proper protection, the plan
nature and, If accepted, is likely to lead
to ultimate and lasting peace. The re
jection of these proposals by the German
government means the deliberate choice
of a continuance qf economic demorali
zation, eventually involving her people
in hopeless misery.
“In the preparation of this report the
committee has carefully covered a
broad field of investigation. It has had
the constant co-operation of able staffs
of exprts in gathering information, di
gesting it and presenting it. The com
mittee has conducted on the ground an
examination of officials ot the German
government and representatives of Ger
man labor, agriculture and industry. It
has received from the German govern
ment and its representatives voluminous
and satisfactory answers in response to
written inquiries. In connection with
various features of its report, both for
the purpose of gathering information
and for advice, the committee called to
its asisstance outside experts of inter
national reputation. The published re
ports and statements of economists of
world wide standing have been in its
(Continued on Page Eight).
The Concord Daily Tribune
♦
COTTON AT NEW
ORLEANS UP AGAIN
Another Advance of $5 a
Bale During Morning For
Total Advance of sls in
Two Days.
(By the Associated Press.)
New Orleans. April 9.—Cotton fu
tures ndvanoed $5 a bale here this
morning. The increase in prices during
the last two days has reached sls a
bale. May contracts traded at 32.25.
or 93 points above yesterday's close.
The Dawes report helped the advance.
All tenderable stock is now said to be
in a few strong hands.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
MAKE STI’DY OF REPORT
Vlws of the Govrnment Regarding Dawes
Report Not to Be Announced t'-ntll
After Report Is Studied.
(By (be Associated Press.)
Washington. April !). —Officials bore
will study in detail the reports of the
special committee set up h.v the repa
rations commission before attempting to
comment.
There is no attempt, however, to con
ceal the hope of the American govern
ment that the reports will be found ac
ceptable to the allied powers, and that
in them the key to the settlement of the
reparations tangle will be discovered.
It is realized that the crux of the Eu
ropean situation lies in the settlement of
reparations, and no adjustment of other
problems, however important they may
be from economic standpoint, can be ef
fected until a definite and accepted plan
has been found for the discharge of the
reparations claims.
Commbnion Gets Report.
Pgkis, April 9 (By the Associated
Press). —The report of the experts who
hove been engaged for the past, three
months in the task of ascertaining Ger
man’s capacity to pay reparations was
handed to the reparations commission
today. The two committees have gone
deeply into the intricacies of the many
problems connected with reparations,
and .or mentioned in the covering letter, (
they approached the task as business
men anxioua to obtai effective results.
The league of nations is drawn into
thd reparations, problem by the Dawes I
report, while an unofficial representative i
of' the United States is slated for ap |
important role in the execution of the i
unto 'lAnurtjji Matm t y. s
to- hie commissioner of the proposed new i
ffnld bank of issue, and he will decide ,
Germany’s capacity to pay, while the <
league finance committee will be asked .
to arbitrade if either Germany or the
allies dispute the commissioner's dcci- I
sions. ,
The experts interpreted the object of i
their work ns tending to the collection of i
the debt, rather than application of pen- (
allies. They insist that if Germany does |
pay. she must have her hands free to |
exploit her economic resources. ,
They carefully omit from their report
mention of the Ruhr, but make it plain ,
that if France and Belgium must .satisfy i
themselves by leaving gnrrisons in the ,
Ruhr, they must take their hands off the
Ruhr and Rhineland railroads and the
Ruhr industries. ,
A new gold bank of issue, with 400,-
000.000 gold marks capital.
That Germany’s payments run from
110,000,000 gold marks in 1926 to 2,- .
500,000 gold marks in 1934.
The experts fixed an index of pros
perity to prevent payments adversely af
fecting Germany’s financial stability.
They recommend a general board of
control, including an American with al
lied and German members for the handl
ing of guarantees that Germany will ex
ecute the terms of eventual settlement.
When resources exceed the index, sup
plementary reparation payments are to
be made. .
Germany's railroads were found avail
able for securing reparations payments
and aiding German finances. A blanket
mortgage of 11,000,000.000 gold marks on
the roads, bearing 5 per cent, interest,
with a 1 per cent, annual sinking fund
is proposed. German industry is ex
pected to provide 5,000,000,000 gold
marks, represented by first mortgage
bonds bearing 5 per cent.
THE COTTON MARKET
Liverpool Advanced and New York Buy
ing Became Active and Excited.—May
up to 31.80.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 9. —The cotton mar
ket opened unchanged to 11 points lower
today, under realizing promoted by the
relatively easy showing of Liverpool, but
almost immediately turned strong on
continued covering by near month shorts
influenced by the firmness of foreign ex
change, belief that the Dawes report
would be favorably received, and a bull
ish view of the weekly weather report.
Liverpool advanced sharply on the indi
cations of strength here, and the buying
locally became active and excited, with
May selling up to 31.80, or 76 points net
higher during the early trading. The
demand for later deliveries was less act
ive. but October advanced to 26.01, mak
ing a net gain of 33 points.
Cotton futures opened steadv. Mav
31.10; July 29.80; Oct. 25. 5 ; Dec.
25.10; Jan. 34.72.
England Seeks Cottod Fields.
London, April 9.—The Intention • of
the government to foster cotton pro
duction in Kenya, Africa, has been in
dicated by Colonial Secretary J. H.
Thomas in the House of Commons. All
the evidence, he said, showed that cot
ton could .be grown in Kenya far more
extensively than it had been, and it is
the kind of cotton that is narticularly
- suitable to the Lancashire trade. “If
! we can grow cotton within the Empire.”
i he said, “it is onr obvious duty to do
ao.”
CONCORD, N. C, WEDN ESDAY, APRIL 9, 1924
Never Too Old!
SSIsBb • --
J
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“Why, S 3 is Just a line ripe age
for marriage,” explains Benjamin
E. Cook (lower photo) of Northamp
ton, Mass., who at that age is to
wed hls housekeeper. Mrs. Anna
Pierson, 54 (top). After their wed
ding the blushing couple will go to
Europe to spend their honeymoon.
Cook was the first mayor of North
aiDDtoD. and is a wealthy man.
CHARGE AGAINST WHEELER
Grand Jury Charges Wheeler Accepted
Money Improperly at Three Different
Times.
Great. Falls. .Mont.. April B,—United
States Senator R. K. Wheeler, prone-1
cutor of the senate Daugherty investi
gation committee, was indicted here to
day by h -federal
intoty folly- roeMv®* re
tainer fee to influence the issuance of
oil and gas prospecting permits by the
secretary of the interior and commis
sioner of the general land office.
With Senator Wheeler were indieted
Gordon Campbell, oil geologist and
operator, and L. C. Stevenson, oil pro
moter and principal owner of an oil re
finery. Campbell and Stevenson were the
discoverers of the Sumburst-Kevin oil
field in Montana. Other oil men of lesser
prominenee also were indieted on charg
es of using the mnits to defraud.
The grand jury eharges that on three
occasions Senator Wheeler accepted
money improperly after lie had been
elected United States senator but be
fore he had qualified for office.
The Montana junior senator is ac
cused in the indictment of having taken
money from Gordon Campbell to se
cure for them oil and gas prosecuting
leases giving them .the exclusive right to
develop oil on government lands for a
period of two years.
Frame-Up Says Wheeler.
Washington. April B.—(Senator
lyheeler in a statement tonight declared
that the indictment returned against
him in Great. Falls, Montana, was
brought “solely for the purpose" of in
terfering with the senate investigation
of the department of justice.
It was convincing evidence, he as
serted, that the investigation of the de
partment should go on and be declared
it would go on because the action in
Montana shows “that even with Daugh
erty out of office his malign influence
still moves his old pawns.”
Tlie indictment, the statement added,
was “evidently brought, at the instiga
tion of the republican national com
mittee officials in eonnivanee with the
late attorney general,” and in the hope
that it will be tried before a judge who
is n recent Relection of Daugherty.
Stone's Nomination Confirmed By Sen
ate- .
Washington, April S.—The nominh
tiou of Harlan F. Stone, of New ■ Yotk,
to be attorney general was confirmed by
the Senate Monday.
Action was taken in executive ses
sion with few Senators in attendance
and was understood to have Wen after
only brief discussion. The nomination
was favorably reported by the judi
ciary committee last week.
Mr.’Stone is now ih New York, but is
expected to come to Washington sdon
to take the oath of office and assume his
new duties.
In the track and field events on the
Olympic Games program at Antwerp'
four years ago the United States won
first place with 212 points. Finland was
second with 105 points-
Piedmont Theatre
TODAY AND TOMORROW
Shirley Mason
—IN—
‘LOVE LETTERS”
A Romance of Youthful Polly
DAUGHEBTYHEARtNG
WILL BEpIINUED
SENATORS DECLARE
Fact That Senator Wheeler
Has Been Indicted in Mon
tana -Will Npt [Stop Com
mute Work?
RENEWED VIGOR
TO BE APPLIED
Chairman Brookhart. Says
Committee Will Proceed
With “Force It Has Never
Shown Before.”
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 9.—The Senate
committee appointed to investigate the
Department of Justice and the officials
acts of Harry M. Daugherty, announced
after executive session today that its
inquiry would proceed with renewed j
force, despite the indictment in Montana
of the committee’s prosecutor. Senator!
Wheeler.
At the meeting behind closed doors
the indictment returned againstthe Mon
tana senator was discussed at length,
and afterward Chairman Rrookhnrt made
this statement:
“This investigation will proceed, and
proceed with a force and determination
it has never shown before.”
The chairman then called to the stand
in open session George IV. Storck, the
Department of Justice accountant who
testified yesterday, and he was ques
tioned about a list of department cases
on which he had worked. .Most of his
testimony yesterday had to do with the
Old Hickory Powder Plant, but today his
examination swung to the ease involv
ing the Bosch Magneto Company.
Storck said he had worked on the
proceeding against Joseph F; Ouffy, a
democratic leader in Pennsylvania, and
former director of sales for the alien
property custodian. He said “I indict
ed Gussy” after an investigation in the
case.
GOODMAN SENTENCED TO
PRISON FOR 20 YEARS
Negro Was Charged With Killing White
Map.—Soldiers to Take Him tot State
Prison.
- •“"'(By the AMumMhd Press.)
XeW Rem. X. ’ C.. April 9.—Dillard
Goodman, negro, today was sentenced in
Superior Court here to seyve 20 years
in the state penitentiary fot* the slaying
several weeks ago of Wm. Case, a young
white man, of Fort Barnwell. He will ■
be taken to the prison tonight under a
guard of a detachment from Rafter.v D.
117th Field Artillery.
Boy Shot and Killed By a Fellow Stu
dent.
Burlington, April K.—A. D. Pate and
his sister. Mrs. George Glaspy, of this
place, were notified b'* telegram Wed
nesday of the death of their nephew,
William Best, aged 14, at. the home of
his parents at Columbia, S. C.. The
boy was accidentally shot and killed by
a fellow student, Edwin Salley, 18.
Young Salley was handling a small
caliber pistol, while sitting beside, young
Best. In attempting to pull out. the
magazine the pistol exploded, piercing
the intestines of Best. He died in a hos
pital that night. Mr. Pate and Mrs.
Glaspy did not receive the message in
time to attend the funeral.
They Say He’s Done For; Listen To
This.
Cincinnati, April B.—Resuming his
place in the lino up yesterday following
a two day rest, George Burns, lead off
man for the Cincinnati Reds, had a per
fect day nt bat against Detroit pitchers,
getting two triples, a single and two
passes out of five times up. i
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We suggest placing the funds with our institution—but only af
ter thorough investigation.
Do you know that the Building and Loan plan under which we
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Association
OFFICE IN THE CONCORDRATIONAL BANK
ILLINOIS FOR COOLIDGE
SHOWN BY PRIMARIES
President Will Get Vote of State in Con
vention.—Hot Rare For Senatorial
Nomination.
(By the Associated Press.*
Chicago, April 9:—lllinois endorsed
President Coolidge. renominated Govern
or I,en Small, republican, and produced
a battle for the republican nomination
for Senator between Senator Medill Mc-
Cormick and former Governor Chns. S.
Deneen. both of Chicago, in the primnr
is yesterday.
Deneen was leading McCormick by
8.000 on the face of unofficial returns
from more than one-half of the precincts
of the stale, but with three-fourths of
the precincts outside of Chicago unre
ported.
On the democratic side W. G. McAdoo
was opposed for Presidential preference
hut the organization slate of no-prefer
ence delegates at large to the national
convention which opposed McAdoo swept
the state. Likewise the orginization
state ticket headed by A. A. Sprague of
Chicago for Senator, and Judge X. 1..
Jones of Carrolton. for Governor, won
by huge pluralities.
GRAY NEW PRESIDENT
OF REYNOLDS COMPANY
Directors of Big Tobacco Concern Meet
at Winston and Elect New Officials.
Winston-Salem. April B.—At tthe an
■ nunl meeting of the directors of R. J.
j Reynolds Tobacco company, he Id nt the
I company’s offices here thin afternoon,
i Vice President Bowman Gray was ad-
I vnneed to the office of president. This
action was taken nt the request of W.
X. Reynolds, who has been head of the
comiNiny since the death of his brother.
It- J. Reynolds, founder of the business.
The directors created the office of
ehairinnn of the board of directors, and
elected Mr. Reynolds ‘to that position.
James A Gray, T. H. Kirk, and S. Clay
Williams were elected vice presidents.
Other of the company were re
elected.
Tho new president of the company,
depite the fact that he is still in the
40's, has lind a long record of service
with the company, having started with
it as a salesman in 1895 and gradually
worked his way up to the office of vice
president, which office lie has held for
the last 12 years.
NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
TAKES OVER HIS DUTIES
Will Make Constitution and Laws
“Shield of Innocence,” and “Avenger
of Guilt.”
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. April 9.—Harlan F. Stone
the new -Attorney General, arrived in
Washington today, conferred with Pres
ident Coolidge, and tijen went to his of
fice, was sWortr in. ami took over hit* new
dntidtr. "*‘ v'< >
Attorney General Stone on taking up
ibis post today, announced as his policy
'the keeping of the nation “in thestralght
path of justice under the law.” He
| proposed, lie said, to make the constitu
tion and the laws “the shield of inno
cence, but the swift avenger of guilt.”
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all drug stores.
Shirley Mason in "Love letters" at
the Piedmont theatre today and tomor
row.
A checking account Is not only a con
venience but a necessity. See new ad. of
the Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
You can buy your footwear at a big
saving at the S. S. Brown Shoe Store.
Phone 116.
The best styles in baby carriages nt
the Concord Furniture Co. See new nd.
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When you want electrical work of
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Phone 669.
Go into the Concord National Bank,
see Gilbert Hendrix and he will explain
the building and loan plan to you.
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To Leave Prince Rupert Today.
Prince Rupert, British Columbia. April
; 9 (By the Associated Press).—.-Weather
conditions permitting, the four United
States Army aviators flying around the
i world, were to hold off today on a 300-
mile flight to Sitka, Alaska.
A “Big” Bargain
The Woolworth Building, famed
as the world’s tallest office bull*
ing, has been sold at approximately
$200,000 per floor. Costing $13,500,.
000 to construct It brought $11,000,.
000 to the Woolworth heirs. The
building is 52 stories high and at.
tracts tourists from all over the
World to its tower.
WOMEN TO DEMAND
LAW ENFORCEMENT
A Thousand or More Representative Wo
men to Meet April 10th.
Washington. D. C.. April 9.—A thou
sand or more' representatives of the
principal women's organizations in the.
United States will open a national bon-'
ventioi) in Washingtov Jjuamnw for?the
purpose of inaugurating a nation-wide
campaign for the enforcement of the
law and observance of the Constitution.
Appreciation of law. advantages of
obedience to it. and the necessity for its
enforcement, will be stressed nt the con
vention. which will meet under the aus
pieoes ofthe Women’s National Com
mittee for Law Enforcement, and or
ganization which includes in its mem
bership hundreds of the most prominent
women in the country in social and
civvic work. Co-operation with this
committee are a dozen other prominent
women's organizations, including the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
and the Young Women’s Christian As
sociation.
The convention will meet in the as
sembly hall of the Washington Hotel,
beginning tomorrow and continuing over
Friday. The sessions will be presided
over by Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wife
of Hie Secretary of Commerce. Other
prominent women who will take a more
or less active part in the enforcement
congress are Mrs. Charles Evaus
Hughes. Mrs. Robert rainsing. Mrs.
Henry C. Wallace. Mrs. Hubert Work,
Mrs. James .T. Davis, Mrs. John C.
Weeks, Judge Mary O'Toole, Judge
Kathryn Sellers, Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt. .Tr.. Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, Miss
Mabel Boardman. Miss Grace Abbott,
Mrs. Henry White. Mrs. Henry M.
Dawes, and Mrs. George Otis Smith.
While Hie convention is non-political
and non-partisan the various organiza
tions that sponsor the movement are ex
pected to bind themselves to make law
, enforcement the test of their member
ship in the forthcoming primaries and
the ensuing presidential campaign. Thus
will be mobilized ' the sentiment of
American womanhood into an active
and alert forre to compel gre&ter re
spert for the law.
Law enforcement in its fullest sense
is the basic aim of those who have
organized the launched the movement.
The convention will stress prohibition
and narcotics as two of the most press
ing phases of law enforcement where
need is urgent.
Pageantry will be called upon by the
convention to supplement the appeal to
thepeople of the United States to range
themselves on the side of law and order.
In conjunction with the opening of the
proceedings tomorrow more than one
hundred women of national prominenee
will take part in a pageant portraying
significant incidents in the history of
the Nation from the days of the land
ing at Jamestown and at Plymouth to
the present, and projecting iteelf to the
future when law and order shall have
become the dominant notes in the
Nation’s progress.
It is planned to produce the pageant
twice, the first time in outline in the
Halt of the Nations of the Washington
Hotel, and the 'second time on a fhll
scale on the south side of the Treasury
Building,
“Liberty in Law” is the title of the
pageant, and throughout its individual
scenes will be emphasized “America the
Beautiful,” the celebrated poem of
Katherine Lee Bates, adapted to
pageant portrayal by Estebr Willard
Bates of Boston University.
The sponsors oftbe campaign firmly
believe thatthe half-hearted support and
in some cases the general disregard of
law is the greatest single danger to the
political and social life of American to- ,
* • day. ,
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STILL HEARING QF ’ l
CONVENTION DEALS
Committee Hears Additional
Testimony About Part Oil
Played in the Republican
Meeting.
TEXAS OPERATOR
TALKED TO HAMQN
Testifies That Hamon Told
Him He Had 1 “Signed a
Check That Got Nomina
tion For Harding.”
(By (he Associated Press.)
Washington. April ft. —Further inquiry
into reports of deals at the republican
convent ion at. Chicago in lft2o was made
today by the senate oil committee.
.I*. W. Baughn. of Harlinger, Texas,
formerly an oil operator of Oklahoma,
testified that the late Jake L. Hamon,
republiean national committeeman of
Oklahoma, told him he had "signed the
check” that resulted in the nomination of
Warren («. Harding. This conversation
took place after the Chicago convention,
Baughn said. He quoted Hamon as say
ing he would spemi $1,000,000 if neces
sary to put Oklahoma in the republican
column in the general election.
Wm. H. Miller, of Columbus, Ohio,
testified that he assisted in Harding's
pre-convention campaign, visiting the
northwestern states. He first met Hamon
at the Harding headquarters in Indian
apolis before the convention, and later
saw him at the Chicago convention.
“I had no pert in the collection or dis
bursement of funds.” Miller said.
.1. B. French, of Oklahoma City, said
last Monday that Hamon had told him
he had given $25,000 to Miller to pay
the headquarters expenses of the Hard
ing committee at Chicago.
The committee adjourned today until
next. Friday.
SEN. WHEELER DENOUNCES
<*■ CHARGES AGAINST HIM
Montana, Senator Delivers Denouncement
in Senate Chamber, Rising, on Point
of Personal privilege.
(By the AftAoclnted Prewi.)
Washington, April s).—Bining t» a
h IWWifTY HCfflWri! IM.' JIUKHtH. IK<mrUlW>'
hd on the Senate floor today the indict
ment returned against him yesterday by
a grand jury in his home state. He spoke
to a crowded Senntc, practically every
member being in his seat, and the galler
ies jammed.
The Montana Senator first gave a brief
resume of his personal career from his
birth ill Massachusetts to his entrance
into public life in Butte. Montana, where
he said he incurred the ill will of one of
the largest financial interests in the state
by voting for .Senator Walsh.
For that vote. Senator Wheeler said,
he was told he could not. remain in pub
lic affairs or in the state.
During service as district attorney, he.
said, it “became my duty to prosecute
some prominent, iioliticions, both republi
cans and democrats, and to cite certain
public officials for contempt on charges
of tampering with a jury.” One of these
officials, he said, later became associated
with a large copper company, and from
that point on “he has been active in op
]M»sing me."
“While in office I found it incumbent
to prosecute graft aud corruption, and
here I can find myself in the 'Department
of Justice investigation. As a result, I
find myself today standing indicted.”
The foreman of the Montana grand
jury was described by Senator Wlieeier
as “the bitterest political enemy I have.”
Tokio Will Build Memorial to 34.000
Earthquakes Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)
Tokio, April ft.—To preserve the
memory of 34,000 persons who perished
by burning and suffocation in the
former military clothing depot in Honjo
ward the afternoon of the September
catastrophe, the city of Tokio plans to
erect a memorial hall to cost 1,000.-
000 yen.
The holocaust of the Honjo mi’itar.v
depot was the most appalling incident of
Tokio's day of disaster- Thousands took
refuge in the open apace of several
acres, thinking to escape the flames. "A
sudden change of the high wind brought
down on the multitude a heavy eurtain
of flame, smoke and gases, killing
practically every one of the huddled
throng.
Gaston County Youth Drowned in
Pond.
Gastonia, April 8. —Graham Haw
kins. 9 year old. of Cramerton. was
drowned late yesterday' in a creek near
his home. He and two other boys bad
constructed a dam in the creek and
were in swimming. He got beyond his
depth and sank in six feet of water
beore aid could reach him. Burial will
be at Stanley this afternoon.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
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Cloudy aad cooler tonight and Thurs
day, probably shower* tonight aad in .
extreme southeast portion Thursday.