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VOLUME XXIV
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COUNT) LINE GETS
OFF TO FIN! SIT
Work On Road That Will
Connect Concord and
Monroe by Modern High
way Is Being Pushed.
BOST MILL ROAD
IS BEING USED
Old Road Will Be Followed
for Some Distance—Strike
Union Line Near Two
Trading Centers.
The county highway department in all
set for the drive to the Union county
Tine and at the present rate of progress
an unreasonable length of time will not
be required to build the road that is
, to connect Concord with the Union me
tropolis and at the same time open up
one of the richest sections in the coun
ty.
The members of the county ocm
minuon several weeks ago decided
to make the building of this road the
most important work of the year and
with the decision came prompt action.
Modern road building machinery was
placed on. the road, surveyors were dis
patched along the proposed route to lo
cate the most feasible road, and every
thing wa« set in motion to get the high
way completed as soon as possible.
Members of the commission nre confi
dent now that the road can be completed
within a time limit that wil Isurprise
the average citizen. “We are working
with modern machinery, and in one hour
we can move -as much dirt with two
machines and six men as 48 men and
35 mules could move. This machinery,
which is the best made, revolutionizes
road building, and I am confident we
will have the road completed within a
very reasonable time.”
The road is being graded now at a
point about two miles from George 15.
I'nggart’s. near the intersection of the
Host Mill and Flowe’s store roads.
From the intersection of the roads to
the point where the work is being done
now the road bae been excellently grad
ed and built up and tbe rest of the
road to the Union line will he similar
in mike-up. The road Cmdtgh
fi-r three vehicles to pn>%. and is so
■ graded so far that iTn"’! i nihum TWMi wi
be climbed.
Members of the road commission de
clare this route it the most practical
one to the Union line. The road is
known as the Host Mill road and while
it will not bo followed all the way to
Union county it will furnish the direction
to be used for several miles. None of
the old road is to be used, for that mat
ter except in spots, where the new road
will be built on the old base. Tbe
road will touch the farm of R. L. Hart
sell and then will be directed so as to
reach the Union line at a point between
Midland and Cabarrus.
"We feel that this route will serve
the greatest number of persons and at
the same time will be the most prac
tical way to go," a member of the com
mission states. “The road .by Flowe’s
store and Thunderstruck bridge was
one suggested but it is not as practical
for rebuilding as the wad we are fol
lowing.”
Persons who are interested in road
building will find much to attract them
if they will drive to the point where
(he two tractor engines, four scoops and
several plows arc being used. One trac
tor is breaking np the land with ptoses
and the other is carting off the dirt to
a fill. Every time the four scoops,
pulled by one engine, are loaded a yard
and a half of dirt is moved. The fill
represents a big task, but it Is being
rapidly filled up and and shaped up and
It will not be long, at the present rate
of progress, before it will be completed.
. Members of the chain gang are to be
moved out on this road at a later date.
They will be used for construction work
on the new road and also to shape up a
number of older roads.
Boyhood Home of Roosevelt Soon Will
Be Demolished.
New York, April 10.—The Douglass
mansion at 128 West Fourteenth
Street another famous landmark of old
New York, will be torn down to make
way for the new Salvation Army head
quarters. The old brownstone struc
ture served as the boyhood home of The
odore Roosevelt; the site of the Metro
politan Museum of Art, and a saloon
and dance hall with a lurid police his
tory.
'hie venerable structure, overlooking a
thoroughfare now wholly given over to
business, is a reminder of days when
the elite of Manhattan devoted after
noons and Sundays to strolling leisure
ly through the spacious grounds with
which the old house is surrounded.
Since 1007, the structure has been con
trolled by the Salvation Army.
Strawberry Shipments Begin h Next
Ten Days.
Wilmington, April 0, —Shipment of
strawberries to northern markets from
New Hanover and adjacent counties
will begin in 10 days, according, to W.
A. Brown, prominent truck farmer of
RdVky HbPint, and representstiM of
the third agricultural district on the
North Carolina State Board ot Agri
culture.
Wilson Lady Dies While She Prayek
Wilson, April o.—Mrs. J. C. Pitt,
while attending devotional service in the
graded school building at - Shatpsburg,
near the Nash count line, last Sunday
afternoon, suffered tn attach of the
heart while hneellng st ''prayer and died
almost instantly.
The Concord I>aily Tribune
MAY MEAN PEACE.
One Cabinet Officer Says Europe Now
Has Constructive Plan For Work.
Wnshington, April il.—Official Wash
ington basing its impressions on still in
complete information regarding the re
ports of the . two expert reparations
. committees in Paris, wns inclined to
, day to be optimistic regarding the re
ception which the reports will be ac
corded by the powers.
The belief was privately expressed by
one cabinet officer that Europe finally
! had been giveD a constructive plan on
I which might agree and work out a
peaceful adjustment of its most dis
. .ticnlt problem—that of producing re
parations from Germany.
State department spokesmen em
phasized again that the plans of the
expert committees were not a
mental nrrhngcment. and reiterated
1 their inability to express any govern
mental approval of the committees’
I work. Beyond saying it Vfns earnest’)
hoped that,, the reports would lend to a
* solution of the reparations tnnglo, no
. comment of any kind wns available at
’ the department.
Hoover’s Formal Statement.
The only formal statement was is-
I sued by Secretary Hoover. He pointed
r out some of the advantages to Ameri
; can trndq -nd farm production which
t would follrw if the plans led to a settle
i ment of European economic problems.
- In addition to these advantages, it. war
i pointed out in other quarters llint n solu
■ tion would aid this country by making
it easier for ‘he allied governments to
. repay the wartime loans made them by
| the United States.
. “The greatest single barrier to the
I economic recuperation of the world lias
, been the unsettlement. of German re
j pa rations” Mr. Hooover’s statement
said, “with the malign forces that have
. flowed from it in unemployment, con
, tinned great armament, disturbance to
world finance, instability of the ex
change-all in a multitude of directions.
. If the commission now scotch is just
i and practical settlement, the whole
i world will benefit.
: sumption of foodstuffs that will follow
' decreased unemployment will benefit
1 the American farmer. Everybody gains
in a stable and peaceful world—nobody
losses."
Those parts of the committee re
‘ ports which had reached government
quarters here tonight and which had
been tentatively examined appeared to
contain nothing in conflict, with the
Beneflfcfal to America.
“Restoration* of courage, enterprise
and confidence in Europe, increase in
industrial production, decrease in un
employment, will in the end'all react
beneficially to our own people. The con
declared policies of the Washington ad
ministration on the questions with
which they dealt,. The deeisioh of the
flf ner (*fm£iitLons' ’to make just rephra-
Hon payments and to protect, just
claims of the allies against Germany
was interpreted as being in keeping
with the desires of this government.
At the same time, it was pointed out,
the attitude of the Washinglon govern
ment with respect to the treatment of
Germany by the allies, the collection of
reparations from her without causing
prostration or threatening disaster to
the national life, also had been follow
ed out by the committees, to an ex
tent thnt made their views and those
of government officials here largely coin
cide-
It has been repeatedly asserted by
Secretary Hughes that productivity
must be the fundamental basis of any
plan for Germany's discharge of her
obligations, either of reparations or
other jußt war claims.
From what could be seen of the plan
set up to aid Germany to produce and
to maintain industry and national life
during the time reparations were being
paid, some officials here believe that
world opinion will support the findings
of the experts in that regard.
Quantity of Liquor in Load of Oranges.
Atlanta, Ga., April o.—Prohibition
agents were investigating today to de
termine the shipper of a carload of
oranges from Tampa, Fla., consigned to
D. H. Spence, of Atlanta, in which was
concealed 150 quarts of liqquor. The
liquor, which wns in market baskets
under the fruit, was eonfisonted.
Agents said they had no information
as to the identity of the shipper or
consignee.
Sound real estate security safeguards
all our funds
Cfime
Each person has as much as anyone
els* —of time.
You can make time your faithful ser
vant—a tireless worker in your own be
half.
Invest your savings here regularly and
lyou’ll be amazed' to see how fast the
earnings grow.
A little earnest effort now will bring
you rich returns later on.
, Let our generous earnings help you.
The time is now ripe for you to take
some shares in this Old Reliable Build
ing and Loan Association.
Come in and take some shares. Tbe
58rd Series, is now open. Now is the ac
cepted time to start.
CABARRUS COUNTY 8.L.1 SAV.
ASSOCIATION
Office In tbe Concord National Bank
» .
I Prepaid Shares $72.25. All Stock Is
Non-taxablo
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1924
Osage Queen
t I
i AH Indians do not wear blankets. 1
Mrs. George Beaulieu (above), is a
member of the Osage tribe, wealth!-’ *
est group of individuals in the world]
since discovery of oil on their Okla
homa lands. Mrs. Beaulieu's income
; annually from oil land is $13,100,
and soon will lie more’.. She is a
graduate of an eastern finishing
school and is an accomplished musi
cian. Her father is Chief Wheeler.
NEW NAVAL OIL POLICY
ANNOUNCED BY WILBUR
~ •'
Navy Secretary Says In Future He WUI
Approve Any Leases That Are Matte
by Department.
(By tke Associated Press.)
Washington, April 10.—A new naval
oil policy designed to safeguard tl:<v gov
ernment against any such leases as those
granted under former Secretary Dcnby.
was announced today by Secretary Wil
bur.
In a letter to Senator Hale, of Maine,
chairman of the Senate Naval Commit
tee. Mr. Wilbur declared thnt "no leases
or contracts will be made” by the Navy
Department without the personal approv
al of the Secretary of the Navy.
"No further leases will be made until
expressly authorized by Congress,” he
continued, "unless it appears to my sat
isfaction that such leases are absolutely
essential to prevent the draining of oil
in the reserves by wells drilled adjacent
thereto, and unless it further appears
lenses ahorized by
five bidding." P° l***
MrADOO HAS ENTERED
PRIMARY IN STATE
Name Has Been Filed With State Board
of Elections by Campaign Manager hi
North Carolina.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. C„ April 10.—W. G. Me-
Adoo, candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for President, today entered the
Presidential primary to be held in North
Carolina on June 7, by filing notice of
his candidacy with the state board of
elections.
Mr. McAdoo was entered in the pri
mary by his N. C. manager, Judge Wal
ter Brock, of Winston-Salem. Judge
Brock's letter to the elections board was
accompanied by a telegram from Mr. Mo-
Adoo authorizing Judge Brock to enter
his name in the primary in this state.
With Our Advertisers.
Parker's Easter Shoe Hale begins to
morrow, April 11th, and continues until
Easter. This store is fall of Nhoes with
all the latest, styles and colors and the
prices' arc exceptionally low. See big nd.
in this paper.
Mrs. Hattie Weddington White is the
agent for the Life of Woodrow Wilson,
by Josephus Daniels. Phone 441. Res
idence 123 West Corbin street.
Plenty of fresh fish this week at the
Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co.
Call Southern Motor Service Co.,
phone 802. for free road service if you
run out of gas or have a flat tire.
Go now and take some shares in the
53rd series of the Cabarrus County B. L.
& S. Association.
Leonard refrigerators stand for high
est efficiency. At Bell & Harris.
The Browns-Cannon Co. gives you a
special invitation to call and look over
the new fabrics and the latest fashions.
The studio of the branch of the Gor
don Music Co. is now open in tbe Smith
building next to the library. Miss God
don will be at th§ studio Saturday at
3 o’clock.
All kinds of auto service performed by
the Central Filling Station.
Everything for the children at the W.
C. Correll Jewelry Co. See the baby
window.
W. A. Overcash sells Kuppenheimer
good clothes. Prices $22.50 to $50.00.
Better hurry and get a weather prophet
house at the Pearl Drug Co., while you
can get it for only 60 cents.
Your account, whether large or small,
will be handled in the most efficient man
ner at the Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany. '
If you cannot find it in Concord, try
Oestricher’s in Salisbury. Personal mail
order service. I.ong distance phone
2627.
Everything that goes into Robinson's
store is carefully selected. If you buy it
there you may be sure it is worth the
money.
If it’s anything to eat, C. H. Barrier
& Co. have it.
If it needs cleaning, “send it to Bob.”
Efird’s big Easter Sate is drawing to a
close. Don't be one to be left out of this
big opportunity.
Out of 27,000 girls, employed t»y one
great corporation, an expert chiropodist
found that only 25 per cent had perfect
feet.
The Collegiate Institute Appeal Is Now on
in Concord and Canvassers Are at Work.
The first group meeting of cx-stndents
and alumni of the Collegiate Institute
wns held last Monday night at St. James
Lutheran Church, Concord. The number
attending this meeting was small hut the
enthusiasm; manifest was of such a
quality as to make the meeting a suc
cess and also to guarantee the full suc
cess of 'the cause >jn Concord. Since
the meeting canvassers have been on the
job and the results specified below speak
for themselves.
Name Pledge
Prof. J. B. Robertson $300.00
Rev. L. A. Thomas 125.00
Bitpt. C. E. Roger - t 109.00
Major W. A. Foil JOO.OO
Carl J. Beaver 100.00
CABLING OF DAWES PLAN
FEAT WITHOUT PARALLEL
44,000-Wnrd Report to Associated Prw
Largest Single Dispatch Ever Received
New York, AprilHßk—ln transmitting
today directly from J’nris into the of
fiee of the Associate* Press at No 383
Madison avenue the report of the com
mitfee of experts to; the Reparation
.Commission of about 44.000 words, a
feat iinpnrnlled "in transoceanic com
munication was accomplished by the
Western T'nion Telegraph Company, ae
eording to Newcomb Carlton, its presi
dent.
Not only was this the largest single
dispatch ever received, traffic officers
said, but it was the first time an ocean
l cable wns operated" directly into a news
paper or news association office. Four
snch direct cables were used in speeding
up tho delivery in ottler that the full
text of the report might bo available for
publication in the United States, simul
taneously with its presentation to the
full Reparation Commission. Tn order to
avoid multiple transmission of the text,
which would have clogged all cables,
the Associated Press acted as an in
termediary on behalf df such of its mem
bers as desired the full text and of the
other press associations of the United
States.
Once in the New (York headquarters
of the associations the ihatter was dis
tributed to its members according to
their requirements. A few who wished
the complete text assumed proportionate
share of the expense 4>f the cable trans
mission. A comprehensive summary was
delivered to the other members
regular leased wires.
The text was handled at the rate of
2500 words an hoijr. Sifon records
traced a weaving line on a narrow tape
which was on a typewriter
without delay by a (relay of skilled
operators. About flOOxjytujls of tape was
uswl iu. recelptof.UjLymtiter. .~ ,
FRENCH ARE STUDYING
THE DAWItS REPORT
And Government Officials Have Not Yet
Formed Opinion About. Report.
Paris,. April 10 (By the Associated
Press). —After twenty-four hours con
sideration of the reports of the two ex
pert reparation committees, spokesmen
for official circles today declared no offi
cial opinion had been formed of the re
commendations contained in the docu
ments. Satisfaction, however, wns free
ly expressed that the experts had found
evidence tending to co'nfirm the French
attitude regarding Germany.
Germans Also Studying Report. .
London, April 10.—The German for
eign minister, Dr. Stressemann, ques
tioned by the Daily Express correspon
dent regarding the report of the repara
tions experts, is quoted as saying;
“My colleagues aud myself are care
fully studying the momentous document.
It is too early yet to make any comment
beyond saying that we realize that the
report is the product of earnest and im
partial study by a body of men who
are anxious to solve the reparations
problem.”
SENATE COMMITTEE TO
STUDY BONUS SATURDAY
Predicted That Bill Similar to One
Passed in House WUI Be Approved
at That Time.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 10.—Consideration
of the soldier bonus bill was put over
today by the Senate finance committee
to Saturday morning, "when. Chairman
Smoot predicted an agreement would be
reached on a bill similar to that, passed
by the House.
Airplane Used to Destroy Insect Pest
In Philippines.
Manila, April 10.—A unique plan for
the extermination of locusts, which have
made inroads on sugar cane fields in
several parts of the Philippines, has
been completed by the plant pest control
division of the bureau of agriculture.
An airplane is to be used in scatter
ing poison dust on the locusts -in the
breeding stages in the hills and tall
grass, where men on foqt find difficulty
in penetrating. A hopper filled with
poison dust has been attached to the
plane and the dust spreader, which is
connected with the engine, can be con
trolled by a lever.
Secret Passage in OH Castle.
London, April 10.—During excava
tions an underground passage 30 yards
long, and with a floor and roof of
stone, has been found facing the ruins
of the historic Manor Castle, Shef
field, belonging to the Duke of Norfolk.
The discovery tends to support the
common belief that there is a network of
subterranean! passages rouud the castle.
Minry Queen of Scots waa at one time
imprisoned there, and also Cardinal
Wolsey, just before hi* death.
“Slush” Fund* fimt Lawful.
(By the Associate* Press.)
Washington, April 10.—Amendment to
the election laws to prohibit payment of
deAcita for national political organiza
tions or candidates by “groups or Indi
viduals seeking to obligate l political par
ties” was proposed today in a resolution
by Senator Walsh, democrat, of Massa
chusetts.
H. B. Wilkinson 100.00
C. A. Cook lOOOO
IV. W. Fiowe v 100.00
Total $1025.00
The success of this cause in other
places depends in large measure on the
results that are secured in Concord. Be
cause of this fact the citizens of Con
cord and friends of the, school are asked
to pledge liberally to this institution.
Seventy-three boys at Mt. Pleasant are
from Cabarrus County and many of
these are from Concord and eommuniy.
This is the very best reason why the re
sponse from the town and county should
be large.
THINK JOHNSON HAS
decided to orrr race
Rumored That Ilia Rooms in Chicago
“Presidential Row" WHI Be Empty
After Monday.
Chicago, April 10. (By the Associated
Press). —Hotel rooms in Presidential
Row. which have served as headquarters
for Senator Iliram Johnson's campaign
will be available to new tenants Monday.
Officers of the hotel expected th« John
son suite would be vacated today or
tomorrow.
PI’TREFYING CORPSES STREWN
ABOUT CAPITAL. OF HONDURAS
Advices to Washington Assert Natives
Are Dying of Squalor and Epidemics
Have Set in.
Washington, D. 0.. April Ift.—A
reign of horror prevails in Tegucigalpa,
capital of Honduras. Dead bodies are
strewn on the outskirts of the city, with
natives actually dying in squalor, it was
reported today in advices to the State
Department.
A praplirnse of the Department's ad
vices said:
“Conditions here are deplorable.
There is a typhoid and dysentery epi
demic. Dead bodies are strewn on the
outskirts and no attempt is being made
to inter or cremate them. The odor
throughout the city is nauseating.
“The food supply is becoming short
and prices for canned goods are exorbi
tant. Natives are actually dying from
squalor. The situation is liable to con
tinue for some time, due to the attitude
of the authorities.”
Another revolutionary movement was
reported to have been organized in the
southern part of Honduras by Dionisin
Quitierrea, former Minister of War
Guiterrez is an advocate of Bonilla,
candidate jfar -the<#»t»Heuwy.. - • •
Zuniga Httete, the message Shirf, hoW
was) recognized in Tegucigalpa as dic
tator.
SPECIAL. OFFICERS^AT ”
NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN
Following Riots Yesterday Officers With
Machine Guns Guard the Streets of
Dover.
< By the Associated Press.)
Dover. X. H.. April Ift.—Police from
other cities aided the local force today
in patrolling the business section here
and keeping every one on the move, as
a result of a disturbance last night
which resulted in six arrests. Among
those arrested was Burt Ensley, organ
izer of the One Big Union.
Have Machine Guns.
Nashua, N. H., Apjril 10.—Six Nash
ua police equipped with two machine
guns and side arms left -today for Dover,
to aid in quelling rioting said to be in
connection with a strike.
WHEELER INDICTMENT •
BEING INVESTIGATED
Special Committee Will Investigate Cir
rumstancejs Surrounding the Indict
ment.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 10. —Senator Bo
rah. of Idaho, was named today as the
chairman of the special commission
which wall investigate the circumstances
surrounding the indictment by a Mon
tana grand jury of Senator Wheeler of
that state.
Other members of the committee are
Senators McLean , of, Connecticut, and
Sterling of South Dakota, republicans;
and Swanson of Virginia nnd Carraway,
Os Arkansas, democrats.
ANOTHErThG ADVANCE
ON NEW ORLEANS MARKET
Cotton Advanced Another $5 Per Bale at
the Opening of the Market This Mom
|l*f.
(By the Associated Press.)
New Orleans, April Ift. —A wild stam
pede of buying orders sent cotton up $5
a Bale at the opening of trading on the
exchange here today. J May contracts
traded up to 32.31, or 103 points above
the closing of yesterday.
Quit Cigarettes or Ltose Diploma. School
Edict.
Jacksonville. Ala., April 10.—The
Jacksonville State Norma) School here
after will not issue certificates to stu
dents who smoke cigarettes, President
Daugette announced today.
The eigarettes is not banned from the
campus, but men and women students
who use this form of tobacco will not
be permitted to do practice teaching,
which is a requirement to secure a cer
tificate t teach in the Alabama schools.
Most of the students attending the in
stitution are preparing to become teach
ers. |,
Official Germany Silent on Report.
Berlin. April i).—No comment on the
report of the reparations committee was
available from official quarters today
and it was not expected that any would
be forthcoming until the full text of the
report was received. The afternoon
newspapers published copious excerpts
from the report but also refrained from
cbm meat even on the essential features.
HUGO STINNES SEEMS
l TO HAVE NO CHANCE
Condition of German Magnate So Seri
ous Tlmt No Hope Is Entertained For
His Recovery.
> Berlin. April Ift (By the Associated
> Press).—Tile condition of Hug^-jP^""
I was viewed this afternaow-* - '*
result of an aded <r v.«te
) ture of double pit S*ff T A.
scious and is said \ to the
- impending end.
* Herr Stinnes was operated on for gall*
- stones four weeks ago. He appeared to
■ be well on the road to recovery but fresh
I complications set in necessitating two
. more operations, the last of which was
■ performed Sunday. Despite the gravity
f of his condition, the industrial leader per
. sisted in keeping up active conversations
• with members of his family and various
[ secretaries who called to report on urgent
business matters. On Tuesday he re
peatedly inquired for details regarding the
Dawes report.
There was a slight improvement in
I his condition yesterday, but shortly af
ter noon today he was seized with fever
, spasms caused by inflammation of the
lungs.
THE COTTON MARKET
Advance of From 33 to 84 Points With
May up to 31.95 And October up to
28.00,
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. April I(l.—Relatively firm
Liverpool cables, reports of .unfavor
able weather iu the South, and bullish
overnight reports from the spot market
led to a renewal of active covering by
near month shorts in the cotton market
opening today. First prices were firm
at. advances of 33 to 84 points, with May
contracts advancing to 31.95 anil Octo
ber to 26.00 during the first few minutes,
or 57 to 93 points net higher. The ad
vance was checked by heavy realizing at
these figures. There were quick reactions
of 20 to 25 points, but the covering con
tinued with the market active and very
steady during the early trading.
Cotton futures openedv firm: Ma
31.70 t0_31.05; July 30.43 to 30.20; Oc
tober 25.92; December 25.35; January
24.80.
NEW REVENUE BILL IS
PRESENTED TO SENATE
Chairman Smoot, of Finance Commit
tee Announces Bill Will Be Taken Up
Next Wednesday.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 10.—The new rev
enue bill war presented to the SenHte
today by Chairman Smoot, of the fi
nance committee, with the statement that
it would be called up next Wednesday
for consideration.
Immediately afterward, Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, ranking Dem
ocrat on the finance committee, intro
duced a democratic substitute for Ute
.Mellon inMtna to* watas, ~~
The rates proposed are substantially
lower iu the small income brackets than
those approved by the committee, and
are about on a parity with the rates in
the Ixmgworth compromise, which the
House approved and the Senate commit
tee rejected.
ORR-KILLLAN CASE IS
IN HANDS OF JURORS
Gaston Murder Case Given to Jtiry at
Noon Following Three Hours of Argu
ment During Morning.
(By the Associated Press.)
Gastonia, April 10. —The case of Joe
Orr and Ransom Killian, charged with
murder in connection with the slaying
in November. 1920, of John Ford, went
to the jury at noon today. Three hours
of arguments were heard this morning.
Judge Stack in his charge explained
to the jury that in this case the State
was asking for a verdict of second de
gree murder or manslaughter and not a
capital verdict. The jury went to
lunch immediately after taking the case.
The case of Philip Wynneburger,
charged with murder in connection with
the death of Claude Cook last Septem
ber, was to be called this afternoon.
WINSTON-SALEM YOUTH
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Bynum Carter Electrocuted When He
Came in Contact With Live Wire
While Delivering Papers.
(By the Associated Press.)
Winston-Salem, April Ift.—Bynum
Carter, son of M. M. Carter, of South
side, was instantly killed at 0 o’clock this
morning by being electrocuted when he
came in contact with an electric wire
which had broken nnd was hanging near
the ground. The boy with his brother,'
Ralph, was delivering papers, and it was
at the intersection of Church and Cen
terville streets that the accident occur
red. It is said 2300 volts was carried
by the wire. The dead boy was 15 years
old today.
RADIO CORPORATION
DENIES ALL CHARGES
Says Complaints Made by Federal Trade
Commission of Unfair Methods Are
Not True.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 10. —The Radio
Corporation of America .today filed with
the Federal Trade Commission a gen
eral denial of charges Os unfair methods
in competition, made against it in a
complaint by the Commission, and ask
ed permission to produce the original
agreements with other concerns.
One Wife”"of ArchdukeT Woman Dies iu
Poverty.
Schreiberhau, Germany, April 10.—
Death recently brought peace to a wom
an in' the SJchrieberhau hospital who
was once the Wife of Ijfeopold Woelfling,
an Archduke of Austria, who became a
variety performer after royalty crashed
in that country.
Marie Ritter was the woman’s maid
en name. She was the daughter of a
peasant and was serving as a maid in
Berlin when Woelfling married her in
1907, after divorcing bis Brat wife. The
second marriage soon terminated. The
abandoned wife was left penniless and
was buried by friende who had known
her before her marriage.
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THE WHEELER CASE
Between Examination of a
Witness in Daugherty
Hearing | Wheeler Indict
ment Is Aired.
BURNS CALLED TO
GIVE SOME FACTS
Said Department of Justice
Sent Men to Investigate
the Case.—Wheeler Has a
Witness.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April Ift.—ln an interim
between testimony about the Miller
Bros, land fraud case in Oklahoma, and
tlie Old Hickory Powder Plant, litiga
tion in Tennessee the Daugherty com
mittee today dipped a finger into-the
controversy which has arisen over the
indictment of the committee prosecutor.
Senator Wheeler, by a Montana grand
jury. (
Two witnesses were questioned briefly
about the charge against Senator' Wheel
er, and various circumstances that at
tended or followed his indictment.
William ,T. Burns, chief of the depart
ment’s secret agents, testified that he
had sent several men into Montana on
the Wheeler case—the first three or four
weeks ago, at the request of the Post
Office department. He had talked to
former Attorney General Daugherty
about the case, he said, but replied iu
the negative to a question a« to whether
Daugherty had said “he wanted to get
something on Wheeler.”
The other witness was Arthur Lam
din, an official of the telephone com
pany here, who told the committee that
George B. J-ookweed, secretary of ti>4
Republican national committee, talked
yesterday from Washington to Blair
Cohen at Great Falls, Montana, where
the indictment against Wheeler was re
turned on Tuesday. Burns later iden
tified Cohen as an employee of the Re
publican national committee.
Tlie purpose of introducing Lamden’a
testimony was not revealed by Senator
Wheeler, but he told his colleagues in
his Senate speech of yesterday that he
had received word indirectly through the
Republican national headquarters here
pmu*’ some. time,, ago, .that he waaua
•(tttr investigation.
W. J. Burns in his testimony said
that three of his men had worked on the
Wheeler ease in Montana.
“Who ordered you to send these men
out?” Wheeler asked.
“Nobody. I sent them out,” said
Rums.
“The Post Office department asked for
them.”
Burns also said that he had reported
to Daugherty that “you (Senator Wheel
er) was attorney for the Gordon-Camp
bell concern.” The conversation took
place in Daugherty’s apartment, Burns
said, but added “that he would have to
look it up” to see whether it was before
or after Daugherty left office as attorney
general.
The investigation of the Gordon-
Campbell Company was started by “Mr.
Cunningham” of the Post Office depart
ment. the witness said, adding that Cun
ningham was now on his way to Wash
ington from Great Falls.
WOMEN URGED TO ENTER
“UPON SECOND CRUSADE”
Commissioner Haynes .Asks Women to
Start Anew Battle Against Liquor.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 10.—The women of
America were called upon “to enter upon
a second crusade” for prohibition by
Roy A. Haynes. Federal prohibition
commissioner, at the opening session to
day of the convention here of the Wom
ens’ National Committee for Law En
forcement.
Addresses by government officials and
others, a message urging respect for ail
laws by Secretary Hughes, and a re
ception to the delegates at the White
House marked the convention’s program
for today.
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William Halo Is, Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)
Munich, Bavaria, April 10.—Wm. Bay
ard Hale, American' journalist and dur
mg the earlier years of the Carranza
government in Mexico. President Wilson’s
unofficial representative in Mexico is
dead here. lie wa* born in Richmond, f
Ind., in 1869.
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Underwood Experts Victory hi Texas.
Washington, April B.—W. E. Lea,
Texas, declared here today that “we ex
pert to carry Texas” for Senator Under
wood. , .
“The greatest impediment to ‘the suc
cess of Senator Underwood in Texas,”
he added, “is the organized strength of
the Ku Klnx Klnn.”
Do your spading as . early as the
ground will permit. HSiul out manure
and spread it. ' jt.
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