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» associated* • PRESS * • DISPATCHES • VOLUME XXIV County Commencement Is Being Held Here Today Prof. A. T. Allen, State Su perintendent of Public In struction, Delivers Liter ary Address. “PUBLIC EDUCATION” SUBJECT OF ADDRESS Large Number of Students Receive Certifiates o f Graduation—Large Crowd In Attendance. Featured by on address by Prof. A. T. Allen, State Superintendent of Puhlie Instruction, commencement exercises for the rural schools of Cabarrus county were held in the auditorium of No. 2 school this morning and this afternoon. The exercises were attended by one of the largest audiences in the history of county commencements in Cabarrus county. The exercises began at 10 o'clock with a number by the Concord High School Orchestra, which furnished music dur ing the day. The concert was followed by a short talk by Prof. J. B. Robert son. superintendent of the Cabarrus schools, who very interestingly presented in concrete form the work of the schools during the past year, and who also briefly, outlined the program for the day. Following the talk by Mr. Robertson certificates of graduation were presented to those students who this year com pleted their work in the county schools. The list of graduates was an unusually large one and every section of the county was represented among those students who received certificates. “Public Education” was the subject of the very instructive and able address delivered by Prof. Allen, who for years has been intimately associated with edu cational leaders in the State and who during these years has made exhaustive sttidy of the educational needs of the State. The first part of Prof. Allen's ad dress was devoted to a general outline of early educational work in the State, the speaker covering the early stages of the work and showing how 'the State has progressed along educational lines. This part of the address formed the back ground for the latter part, Yfbieh was a pl<ta (or an eight-months system for ev ery child in tlie State. It it the duty of the State and comfy, acting jointly, to provide op uni educa tional opportunities and faeilities for ev ery child in the State, Prof. Allen main- ! tained in his address. He contended that both the State and /"he county ( should use the taxing power to the limit ' to provide sufficient funds to equalize ' educational opnortunities in every quar- , ter in North Carolina. Tt is not right, the speaker maintained, for one ehild. to , get an eight-months term simply because ' lie happened to lie born in some popu lous neighborhood or eitv while another child must be content with a six-months , term simply because he was born in a sparsely settled community. The exercises were halted for the din ner recess following the address of Prof. Allen. This afternoon the recitation and declamation oontests were held, and ; during the same session prizes were awarded for scholastic work aecompllish ed during the year. Tlie full text of Prof. Allen's address follows: i Public Education The principles involved in offering at public expense an educational opportun ity un through the secondary level to ail children are now fully accepted in every American Common wealth. Pub lic education is regarded as an obliga tion and not as a burden: although it necessarily imposes a burden of taxa tion. It is the obligation of democracy to provide as nearly as possible an eqaul start in life and an even race through it for all its citizenship. It is perhans one of the highest manifestations of the purposes for which governments are in stituted among men. With all that, it is neither a charitable foundation nor a philanthropic institution. It partakes more of the nature of an investment, placed With the expectation of ample re turns. The hoped for returns are not necessarily monetary; but many of them are fundamental in our civilization. Every good citizen is willing to con tribute a certain amount of his time land money to public enterprises and community interests merely for the com mon good. The first service is often rendered bv those who do not hold public offiep. Public education expects in creased ability for service among a con stantly increasing proportion of its cit izenship. Democracy is founded on the princi ples of the participation of its citizen ship in all its undertakings. The meas ure of this participation is the intelli gence of the people. The intelligence l is increased, there is a fuller participa tion and democracy increases in strength. Again there must be the ability to un derstand the right. Moral principles make no appeal except to. those who com prehended. What, therefore, is the jus ' tification of tlie State in rtffering at pub lic expense educational opportunity Pub’io education is a tax supported institution to which all are required to contribute a<y<«lrdiiig to their ability; and in which all are permitted to par ticipate according ,to their needs. It is a collective effort on the part of a free people to save their'' prosperity from political bondage had.:, from, economic slavery and to provide for tb«m tin un hampered .chance io grew into intelleo tual and moral freedom. It is .leifioe (Ooncluded oa Page Six). The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ ■ SHIPPING POI’I.TRY Cooperative Sale in Rutherfordm,, Has Fine Results. (Ry the Associated Press.) Ilutlierfordlon. N. C.. April 26. —A ear load of live chickens weighing 19,- •170 pounds and sseliing for more than $4,000 at a co-operative sale lias just been shipped from here to Philadelphia. The sale was conducted by V. W. liOwis, livestock marketing specialist for State Coi’cgc of Agriculture, at the request of County Farm Agent F. E. Patton and Home Agent Miss Hattie Nidi. Up to the time of the sale there had existed in Rutherford County a surplus of poultry, it was stated, and good live liens were selling at IS. cents per pound while it .was almost impossible to sell old roosters. A drizzling rain on the day of the sale., which at first made flic promoters fear for the/outromo. did not hinder the undertaking, it was pointed out. but at the close of the day ”04 fnrmers had re ceived checks as their share in the sale which totaled exactly $4,032-14. A local bank was authorized by the purchasing firm to issue individual checks to the farmers. The largest check was for SOI.BO while the smallest was for $1.07. which was paid for an old rooster, said to have boon unsalable the day before. The sale resulted, it was claimed, in a clearing of th esurpius of poultry in the county and an increase of three and one half cents per pound for poultry on foot. Exp’nnation was made that it was planned to ship the ear to Cleveland County in order to get the required minimum of 18,000 pounds for d ear, however, this was found unnecessary. In Cleveland County 6.000 pounds were sold at. co-operative sale for $1,200. "This was the first shipment of such size 'that Rutherford County has ever witnessed.” declared Mr. Lewis.” and from the interest expressed, it is felt that this is only a beginning of what will finally be a great industry in the county. The fnrmers now know that they can make their own sales of poultry and they realize rlmt good mar kets are available when a car load lot is sold through co-operative action. In terest in this method of sale is growing over the state. Tlie home and farm agents of Beau fort County are planning to ship a car load from Washington today, and the farm agent of l,cnoir plans to ship early in May. Two car loads have re cently been sliippd from Macon County Post and Flagg's Cotton Letter. New York. April 25. —The small ten der which was promptly taken rare of brought on covering in the near months under which prices advanced smartly in spite of reports of prospective further curtailment by domestic mills and ad vertisement of the intention of textile distributors to adhere firmly to the policy of hand to mouth buying until something more definite can be known of the prospect for the next crop. Dis tant positions sympathized only remote ly in the strength of the nears and just as was the ease last year at about this time talk is heard of the possibility of a very large crop if tlie weather proves propitious. That, such a chance exists is impossible to deny any more than it is that the weather may prove more favor able than last season and if the next two months provide suitable conditions later months may be forced lower for a time just as they were then. The point is that such a possibility has already been heavily discounted by selling for speculative short account and by post lionement of any effort by the trade to insure against later requirements prac tically all of which must be supplied by the coming crop. If the schedule fails in any particular and this flood of buying is ever released we should hesi tate to attempt to estimate how fast and how 1 for ithe advance would travel. AVc are rapidly approaching tlie point where the road divides and traders must ac cept the risk of further developments impossible to foresee. There is a limit to what a long can lose but none that readily suggests itself for a short if the crop should happen to follow the same course ns last year. -- POST AND FLAGG. With Our Advertisers. Read the new ad. of the Cabarrus Sav ings Bank and begin to save against ac cidents, sickness, old age and any other emergency. Fine Goods Fairly Priced —you will find this at the Rrowns-Cannon Co. The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. has received another shipment of smnll sug ar cured hams at 25 cents a pound. The Bell & Harris Co. is offering some specials in Linoleums and Waltonn druggets and wrought iron bridge lamps. “Did you ever taste such good meat?” is the question asked concerning the meats sold by Sanitary Grocery Co. See new ad. The Southern Railway System is of fering special reduced fare to Spartan burg for the music festival May 7, 8. 0. 1 John K. Patterson & Co., real estate agent, has several bargains in real es tate to offer. Look up new ad. today. May first is tax returning time. A new series is open in the Citizens Build ing & loan Association. Savings there are tax free. This is Armstrong's linoleum week at the Concord Furniture Co. See new ad. Your dollar U a part of what you, have accomplished. Will you waste your| own labor? Bee ad. of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. M. S. Daugherty Cited for Contempt. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. April 26.—Without de bate the Senate today adopted a resolu tion citing M. 8. Daugherty of Ohio, a brother of the former Attorney General, for contempt,.because of his failure to re spond to Dip summons of the Daugherty iuvestigating committee. I CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1924 MESH. WIELD OPPOSED TO LEISE OF MUSCLE SHOALS j To Henry Ford or Any Other! Individual—Says It Should Be Exploited for Good of Whole People. WANTS TO APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE Says the Power at Muscle Shoals Should Be Dis tributed Under Provisions of the Waterpower Act. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. April 26.—James R. Gar field. former Secretary of the Interior, (old the Senate ngrienture committee at today's Muscle Shoals hearing that lie wished to appear because “the Ford hid ■eems to me si) destructive as to the requirements very clearly understood un der the provisions of the Federal Water power act.” “The wnlerpowcr resources of the country should be developed for the needs of ail tlie people of the country,” he continued. “It is interesting to know that Muscle Shoals was the first site to come under the government’s con servation policy. President Roosevelt vetoed the first bill calling for the dis posal of Muscle Shoals to a private in dividual. The natural resources of the country should not be exploited by any individual, but should be used for the benefit of the generations to eome." Garfield said the power should be dis tributed under the provisions of the Federal Waterpower act. The act pro vides for a fair margin of profit on the amount of capital invested, and the prop erty would be returned to the govern ment after expiration of the terms of tlie lease. T. L. Kirkpatrick, representing the chambers of commerce of Charlotte and Salisbury, and other North Carolina or ganizations. and E. C. Dwclle, of Char lotte. protested the selling of Muscle Shoals except in strict accordance with the terms of the Federal Waterpower Art. ( ~ appeal io you seunlors to hold Ty in order that the taxpayer may enjoy from it the fullest fruition of all his hopes and exportations Kirkpatrick declared. GASTONIA WILL HAVE A $150,000 THEATER It Will Have a Seating Capacity of 1.- 500 and Will Be Modern in livery Respect, Gastonia. April 25.—Gastonia is to linve n $150,000 theater, work to begin early in June on the building. .Tames A. Estridge and J. E. Simpson, owners of the Ga'toniaii and Ideal moving pic ture theaters here, and J. White Ware, president of the Third National bank, have purchased 50 feet on Marietta street from I>. N. Patrick and will erect thereon a modern theater, capable of seating 1,500 people and containing the 'atest and most modern ideas in theater construction. The lot. is 190 feet deep. The entrance to the theater will be 111 rough an arcade. The front of the building will be two stores 50 feet deep. Tlie theater will be 50 by 150. Tlie theater will enter to all the regular road attractions nnd vaudeville. It will be under the general supervision of Mr. Estridge. who has had much ex perience in theatrical work. The theater will bo equipped with every coutrivnnce essential to comfort and safety. It will he built, largely of steel nnd concrete. The balcony will be of concrete. To Represent America in Balloon Race in Brussels. (By the Associated Press.) San Antonii). Texas, April 26.—W. T. VanOrman. Captain H. E. Honeywall, and Major Norman W. Peck will repre sent America in the Gordon Bennett in-, ternational balloon race at Brussels in June, as a result of their having won the first three places in tlie National Elimi nation Race which started from Kelley Field here on Wednesday, and ended yes terday in Minnesota. I May First Is Tax Returning Time ] j Why not invest your idle funds in prepaid building and J | loan stock at $72.25 per share which is tax free. $300.00 of such income is exempt from Federal In- ! ! come tax. ] | OUR NEW SERIES Books are now open for our May Series. Come in to- | [ day and take out a few shares which will start you on the ] | road to saving for that future home and comfortable fire- jji Citizens Building and Loan Asso ciation Office in Citizens BankF Building ! ,| MI’RPHY HAS NOT VET FILED FOR UNDERWOOD This is th© Last Day of Filing of Can ili< tales for th© Primaries. (By Ihr A»««vlnli>il Pres*.) Raleigh, April 26.—With today the ' last day for filing, it appeared early to ! day that William G. McAdoo might re- I ceive the entire vote of the delegation jof the Democrats at the national con | vent ion. Although Walter Murphy, of I Salisbury, state manager for Oscar W. j Underwood had indicated that his can ; didate's name would be entered in the | primary, election officials here had not | received tlie formal filing up to noon. The time for filing expires at midnight. In the event'there is no opposition the law will require that the entire North Carolina vote at the National Democrat ic Convention be cast fir Mr. McAdoo. I-Ater—-Says Underwood's Name Will Not Be Entered. Salisbury, April Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, will not en ter the North Carolina .presidential pri maries. Walter Murphy,' his state mana ger. announced here this) afternoon. “Mr. Underwood's managers feel that it would lie a waste of time and money, of which j wp have hut little, to conduct n cam paign in North Carolina against Mr. McAdoo. who we feel has long since been eliminated." THE WHEELER IN VENTILATION Glower Testifies as to Conversation lie Heard Between Campbell and Wheeler. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 26.; 11. E. Glosser, formerly employed in the office of Gor don Campbell, the Montana oil operator, indicted with Senator Wheeler, testified today before the Senate committee inves tigating the indictment that in January, 3923, lie heard a conversation between Campbell and Wheeler in which there was talk of getting the former's oil per mits "fixed up in Washington.” "Mr. Campbell said that if Mr. Wheel er could get this fixed up in Washington.” Glosser said, "we can afford to cut a lot of money, or something like that.” “What did Senator Wheeler say?" ask ed Senator Sterling, republican of South I takot a. “I don t recall that he made any reply. Oh, yes. lie did later.” "But not that evening?” “No, but he left us under the impres sion that he could fix it'Op at Washing ton because of tlie influence lie had there.” Glosser told the committee that he had made an affidavit for Blair Coan and had testified before the grand jury that indicted Senator Wheeler. THE COTTON STREET Yesterday’s Sharp Advances Followed by Moderate Reactions. —■ Considerable Selling. sharp advances were followed by moder ate reactions in today's early trading in .the cotton market. Liverpool did uoi fully meet yesterday's .gains here, and the loeal market opened barely steady at an advance of 5 points on May, but gen erally 2 to 13 points lower. In addition to realizing by local or Wnll Street trad ers. there appeared to be considerable -selling through houses with southwestern connections. and the market worked about 15 to 24 imints net lower after the call, May declining to 30.41 and Octo ber to 24.70. Cotton futures opened barely steady. May 30.50 to 30.70: July 28.85; Oct. 24.84; Dec. 24.23; Jan. 23.87. Closed Easy. Cotton futures closed eaisv. May 30.12 to 30.18: July 28.41 to 28.45; Oct. 24.47 to 24.54; Dec. 23.92 to 23.98; Jan. 23.60. REPRESENTATIVE BURTON TO BE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN Os Republican National Convention, Is Indication After a White House Con ference Today. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. April 26.—Selection of Representative Theodore Burton, of Ohio, as temporary chairman of the Republi can National Convention, was indicated after a political conference today at the White House. Chairman Adams of the republican national committee, and David Mulvanc, repubiicau national committeeman for Kansas, and chairman of the convention arrangements sub-committee, presented Mr. Burton’s name to the President, who approved the selection. The formal selection will be made at the meeting of the arrangements commit tee in Cleveland next Wednesday. The Young Women’s Christian Asso ciation now maintains centres through out the United States and Canada and in 13 foreign countries. BODY OF MURPHY LIES IN STATE AT BIS MODEST HOME Flags Are at Half Mast Over All the City Buildings in Five Boroughs of Greater New York. TAMMANY HALL DRAPED IN BLACK Poverty and Rags and Riches Vie With Each Other to Do Him Honor—Who Will Succeed the Chief? (By 'lie Associated Press.) New York, April 26.—The body of Charles Francis Murphy, for 22 years grand chieftain of Tammany Hall, and the most conspicuous shaper of political destines of his time, today dies in state in the modest parlor of the East 17*1". Street house that for so many years was the town house of the chief. Over all the city buildings in nil the five boroughs flags were at half mast, every outpost of tlie 14tli Street Wigwam was draped in black, while many hotels and stores, and numerous individual householders displayed evidence, of their grief. All of Chief Murphy's friends were ex pected among the mourners at the Mur phy home today, rich and poor, sprucely fashionable, and woefully unkempt men and women,' political leaders and ward healers, with torn nnd rugged East Side women who knew of the Chiefs bounty. Throughout all the rooms were great floral tributes from great and small throughout the country. Baskets had to be resorted to. in order that the thous ands of condolatory messages might not litter the hushed rooms. Throughout the city, at Tammany head quarters. little bands of faithful gathered last night to discuss the future. Who was to succeed the Chief, they asked. They admitted they did not know, but several names were whispered. There was a pretty strong impression that a triumvirate such as that which succeeded Croker and of which Murphy was one. would fall heir to the Chiefs political estates Funeral) services Wifi be held Monday in St. I'a l tack’s Cathedral. ~ Mhf) Murpb» Collapses.- New York. April’26.—Mrs. Charles F. Murphy, widow of the Tammany Chief tain, collapsed today in her home here. Two trained nurses were Summoned. “Her condition is grave, Jiut I think she will pull through.” her physician said. MURPHY’S DEATH TO HELP McADOO Frank Hampton Summarizes Situation— Says Way Is Also Opened For Sena tor Copeland. H. E. C. Bryant in Chailotte Observer. Washington. April 25. —There is much speculation here as to tin- efl'eei of the dentil of Charles F. Murphy on the fortunes of various presidential can didates. Frank A. Hampton, one of the managers of the McAdoo campaign, be lieves that the combination against Mr. McAdoo has been broken. But others be lieve it will promote George Breune.n, of Illinois, to the leadership of the enti- M'Adoo movem< id, and he is stronger against the popular candidate than Mr. Murphy was. Mr. Hampton made this statement to day : “Mr. Murphy was a great natural lead er of men and a great organization dem ocrat of the reactionary and standpat type. His control of the New’ York dem ocracy during the past decade has been in all respects absolute and quite ar bitrary. Mr. Murphy's death opens New York to the progressive forces of the na tion. It was Mr. Murphy's strong hand that held New York solidly against Mc- Adoo and against any progressive can didate. There is nobody to take Mur phy's place, and there is no chance of a new leader of his type getting any firm hold on the New York democracy, in the short time that intervenes between now and the national convention in June. “I should say that the death of Mr. Murphy improves at least 50 per cent, the chances of Mr. McAdoo to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority in tlie democratic national convention. The loss of Mr. Murphy takes the brains and most of the leadership out of the little trio of state bosses, Murphy, Tag gart and Brennan, who have been con spiring to defeat the nomination of Mc- Adoo by withholding to the end from him at least one-third of the convention votes. Breunan nnd Taggart will not be able to function without the wise brain and strong hand of the dead Tammany boss. “Another point of significance in Mr. Murphy's death is that it opens the Way for New York support of its progres sive and popular junior senator, Senator Copeland, for oue of the places on the democratic national ticket.” FVench Reply Interpreted. I’aris, April 26 (By the Associated Press.) —Official circles close to the government today interpreted the French reply to the reparation commission's j communication to mean that the existing measures being taken in the Ruhr can not be withdrawn or modified until Ger ! many has put the experts’ plan into exe- Icutiou. Cigarettes rolled in papers of various i colors are on sale in New York. They | are intended for the use of women who i like their smokes to match their frocks. 'I The first of the Anglo-American inter national polo matches was played in i 3886, URGES RECOGNITION OF POLYGAMY BY FRANCE Senegalese Would Have Artion Applic able to Frenrh Colonies. Fa rise, April 20.—Official recoffn 1 Upe °f polygamy in French colonies? manded in Rape!—an organ „. . founded by Victor Hugo—by a (■ deputy from Senegal M. Diagne. Tlie letter referß rather pityingly to ■ the increasingly popularity of birth cen tre! in Christian France. M. Diagae suggests that, the war hav r ing led to equitable treatment of illegit • imnte children and their mothers (who have obtained the right of war pensions) [* it is time the French government went a step further and granted full citizen ship rights to the Mussulman inhabi tants of the French colonics practicing polygamy. At present this polygamy is the only k obstacle., it is said, to the complete enfranchisement of the colonies. FORD BID ATTACKED 1 BY SOUTHERN MEN 1 Senate Hearing Gets Surprise When Hot Opposition is Voiced on Shoals. Washington. April 24.—Another ob ieetion to Henry Ford's otter for Muscle . Shoals was raised by witnesses today , before the Senate Committee on Agri culture. who emphasized the importance of the Muscle Shoals developments as a , necessary unit in the gigantic super power system that is struggling to he roine a reality. 1 Ts Muscle Shoals is to he delivered to , Ford and cut out of the system, as would be the case under the Ford pro posal, the super-power project will be seriously impaired and Ford will be "subsidized'’ to a point where compe tition with him will be impossible, ac cording to H. W. Seaman, representa tive of the Mississippi Waterways Com mission. Mr. Seaman strenuously opposed turning over Muscle Shoals “to Henry Ford or any other individual” and as sailed the theory that the chief con cern should be fertilizer production. The real value of Muscle Shoals is in its power potentialities, he declared, and he sketched! in some of the public benefits that, would come from making cheap power available to cities and towns and industry, not only throughout the South but. via the super-power chain, to the East and North. Huge Power Advantage. Especially in manufacturing some of the “Ferro” metals that ( now have to be imported. Muscle Shoals promises un limited benefits to American industry in general, he contended. Pointing out that Ford and other manufacturers now have to pay as high as $37 per horsepower, he emphasized that, if Ford gets Muscle Shoals he will have $3 horsepower, iumJ advantage wkiph uo industry could rtOmpyte with- His testimony and that of Dr. .Tosejdi Hyde Pratt, of Asheville, N. C.: T,. J. Folse of the Mississippi Development Board. G. W. Wilkinson, representing Mississippi Chamber of Commerce, nnd G. S. Harmon, also of Mississippi, came as a surprise to Senators Harrison (D.. Miss.), and Heflin (D.. Alii.), who have insisted the South was unitedly in favor of the Ford offer. All the witnesses were emphatic hi saying that wherever the Ford bid was understood there was growing opposi tion to it- The Mississippi representa tives especially refuted the asertion that the farmers are behind is now that they begin to comprehend its nature. Opposed to Principle. Tile opisisitioii is not to Ford, but to the principle of “subsidizing any in dividual,” as Sir. Seaman put it. "Ford or his suec**-,sors for the next 100 years could beat the brains out of any in dustry attempting to compete,” Mr. Seaman told the committee. Former Secretary of War Bake, is scheduled to testify tomorrow in opposi tion to the Ford proposition. The Allied Power Companies of Tennessee and Alabama, whose bid is also before the committee, will appear afterward. Senator Brookhnrdt (Rep.. Iowa) predicted today that there would be 75 votes in the Senate against the Ford bid ns it stands and 65 against it un less it is so radically' modified as to con form to the Federal Water Power Act , and approximate Government opern . tion. FEIMSTER HAS WITHDRAWN Leaves Lieutenant Governorship Race to Bowie. Long and Reynolds. Raleigh. April 25.—W. C. Feimster, of Catawba county, today notified the State board of elections of his withdraw . al from the race for lieutenant governor, i leaving the field to Tam Bowie. Elmer ■ Long and Bob Reynolds. ■ Mr. Feimster informed friends of his i intention to withdraw several dyas ago. ■ He had already filed his notice with the ■ State board and paid his fee. The ■ amount of,the fee will be refunded. Another withdrawal was announced i today when .1. L. Hyatt dropped his i fight on John A. Hendricks for the re ‘ publican congressional nomination in the 1 ninth district. With tomorrow the last day for fil ing notices of candidacy, local friends • of Oscar W. T'nderwood were uneasy this afternoon lest Walter Murphy, the ' nderwood manager, should fail to list him for the presidential primary in op position to William G. McAdoo. Mr. Murphy announced some time ago that if McAdoo entered the primary he j ] would enter I’nderwood. Liter, howev- I or. there have been reports that thy | T’nderwood people have decided to for a feit the state to McAdoo. No word , has been received from Mr. Murphy ’ here, so it is not known if he plans to get into the fight at the last raitnutenr . if he really has decided to let Judge Walter Brock's candidate have the pri mary. 9 ' y At the recent wedding of Eloise Du ll pont, a Belgian widow of seventy-three, i, j and M. Negrement, who ig seventy-eight, the bride wag given away by her father, - Jean Pierre Dupont, who waa born in n 1821, while the bridegroom was attended iby hia sister, who ia seventy-six.., • §ft*#ft t ft TODAY’S : ft • NEWS ft ft TODAY ft NO. 97 ' ALL OF FOUR BIG POWERS ACCEPT REPORT Replies of France, Italy, Bel gium and Great Britain All Accept the Findings of the Dawes’ Report Wholly. FRANCE ALONE RAISES QUESTION And That is One of Proce dure.—ltaly Declares Re port Should Be Considered as an “Indivisible Whole.” Paris, April 26 (By the Associated Press). —The replies of the four big al lied powers to the reparation commis sion's communication regarding the Dnwcs report, all accept the experts’ find ings wholly. France alone raises the question of pro cedure, while Italy declares the report to be “an indivisible whole” which should be taken in its entirety without condi tion or qualification. Ti c Belgian reply says: “The Belgian government is prepared to aecept the experts’ eondusions as a whole with a view to a practicable and equitable settle ment of the reparations problem. The British reply says: “His Majesty's government 'for their part, accept and will do everything in their power to give practical effect to the recommendations of the commission that, the allied govern ments should likewise adopt the conclus ions of the committees with regard to the matter falling within the jurisdiction of those governments. "The recommendations of the experts do not appear to involve any reduction in the total of the German reparations debt, and the necessary modification of the schedule of payments of May, 1021. ap pear to be within the competence of an unanimous decision of the reparations commission, and not to require the spe cific authority of the several govern ments represented on the commission. If. however, there is any doubt on this point. His Majesty’s governments are prepared to grant such speeile autho rity.” The Italian reply after saying the Italian government considers the ex dM*t*L ropofts .’’documents of, the highest tSTu(f’^iwKut f ß' • —*n> "anfleßTF'ifiT two reports being considered as an in divisible whole, the Rolay government notes with satisfaction that the repara tion commission adopted them in their entirety and insure the commission will be able now rapidly to continue its work.” The French reply says in part: “The commission now is in a position to pro nounce joudgment, and the governments have the right to expect from it a defi nite decision which will embody the con elusions of the experts’ reports, support them with argument, and give them prac tical form, and will complete them on certain points which the experts left to the commission itself to deal with, or on which they did not express any opin ion. “It is only when the commission has Completed this work, and thus has clear ly defined all the matters coming within its competence under the treaty, and those not within its jurisdiction, that it will be in a position to communicate the latter to the governments eoneerned. The governments will not be able to take useful action until they have exact in formation as to the practical effect which the reparations commission gives the experts’ proposals.” ASHEVILLE YOI’NG MAN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE A. H. Davis. Street Car Conductor. Found in Room With Bullet Hole Through His Head- Asheville. April 24.—A. H. Davis. 24. a conductor employed by the Asheville Power and Light company, ended Jis life Thursday afternoon by placing n revolver to his head nnd sending a bul let through his brain. About 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon the police were notified that a man had killed hittiself in the library building. Going to room 22 on the third floor the officers found Davis lying on his bed in a pool of blood, his right hand clutching a .38 caliber revolver. He was still breathing although a large hole had been torn through his head, the bullet entering about an inch above the right, ear and penetrating the skull about an inch above the left ear. He died about two hours later at a local hospital. Just when the shot was fired, it is not known. Officers answering the call, said that blood had clotted and from all appearances the man had been in that condition over an hour. FVidnds of ■ Davis can (assign no motive for the tragic death. His ac quaintance say he was in good health and always in good spirits. WHAT SMITTVS WEATHER CAT SAYS i Cloudy tonight, probably "bowers In I the west and central portions; Sunday showerse, continued cool. I * , r , &
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