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VV909999 • ASSOCIATED * • PRESS * • DISPATCHES 9 99999999 VOLUME XXIV UPTBT FI TO ! APPfIINT SPECI FBK COMMITTEE Committee Would Be Au-j thorized to Prepare Paper Setting Forth Christian ! Teachings Regarding War. I OTHER MATTTERS I BEFORE MEETING Convention Started Yester day and Is Now in Full Swing.—The Peace Paper Brought Many Protests. (By (hr A m Noe I OKed Preim.) Atlanta. Ga., May ITT—The Southern Baptist Convention today declined to authorise the appointment of a special peace committee to prepare a paper for presentation to the convention in 11125, setting forth the Christian teach ings in regard to war. The recommendation for the commit tee was presented by Dr. J. J. Taylor, of Jasper, Ala., and it immediately drew a storm of protest from the floor of the convention. On the matter being put to a vote, the result seemed so near a tie that a di vision was called for, but before the di vision could be made, a motion by I)r. B. C. Henning, of Atlanta, directed that the question take the usual course of res olutions by being referred to the resolu tions committee, to be reported to the convention later in the week. The board of trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at laruis ville, Ky., today presented a petition to tlie convention to provide a building fund of $2.(100.000. one million of which should become available in 11)25. After a session of about an hour the conven tion unanimously granted the request. The reason given for the appeal of the seminary was that the present sem inary vsite now in the heart of Ixtuisville, is too small for the increasing demands of the school, and that a site of 51 acres in the suburbs can be purchased. Work of Baptist Woman’s Missionary' I'nlon. Atlanta, Ga., May 15.—During the past year the organized Baptist women of, the South have made 2,Wfcooo visits to the sick and suffering as a part of the personal service work of the Wom an's Missionary I'liion, it wait reported to the thirty-sixth annual convention of that body here today by Mrs. H. M. Wharton,, of Baltimore, chairman of that division of work. Os the phases of personal sendee work done by the women are represented in the conduct of 102.810 religious services; the winning 7.300 persons to Christian ity; distribution of 12.548 Bibles; dis semination of 1,780.520 bts of religious literature: distribution of 341.724 gar ments; the serving of 414,353 baskets and trays of food to the sick and suffer ing ; and the giving of 245.504 hours in urn-sing the sick and suffering who could not afford profesional service, according to the report. In this personal service work, a total of 5,657 societies have been enlisted and 05.572 women have participated in the service, it was reported. Standing com mittees on personal service work are maintained by 4,504 local societies. WILL NOT DROP CASE AGAINST SEN. WHEELER Department ol Justice Will Continue Proceedings Against the Montana Senator. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 15.—The Depart ment of Justice will continue its pro ceedings against Senator Wheeler, demo crat, of Montana, under indictment in bis home state, despite the |senator\s exoneration by a Senate committee. Attorney Gneral Stone said that be saw no reason for a change in the de partment’s attitude, and that no reason appeared for dismissing the proceedings. Southern Presbyterians Educate and Give Relief. San Antonio, May 15.—Presbyteries of the general assembly of the Presby terian Church in the United States have under their care fi4G candidates for the ministry and mission service, exclusive of women candidates for mission service, said the report of the executive com mittee of Christian Education and Min isterial Relif, made today before the as sembly in session here. The committee aided 452 candidats for the ministry and mission service in ;thc year just closed, 29 more than in the previous year, the repor stated, and in this connection spent $77,062. "In our campaigns for equipment and endowment funds for schools and col leges of the church, the $11150.000 sought for schools in Texas is becom ing a reality,” continued . the report. "Collections amounting to more than $8,000,000 in other synods are reported. "The endowlment fund for ministerial relief is now more than $1,740,000, and in keeping with the request of the as sembly, effort is being made to increase this fund to $2,500,000. The total amount received from the endowment fund the past year was $21,021, which is $34,141 less than the amount received the year before. “Total receipts from all sources were $351,159, a decrease of $44,730.” Governor Walker Refuses to Intervene. (By the Associated Press) Atlanta, May 15.—Governor Clifford Walker today refused to Intervene In the ease of J. B. Satterfield, sentenced to hang here on May 23rd, for the mur der of his brother-in-law, R. H. Hart The Concord Daily Tribune > ENDOWMENT FINDS FOR SOUTHERN BAPTIST SCHOOLS Marked Progress Made in Building Them I'u the Past Year. (By (he Associated Press | Atlanta, Ga.. May 15.—Marked prog press has been made in the matter of building up endowment funds for many Southern Baptist schools during the past year and still other institutions have I been assured definite income from the Baptist stale conventions, it was report ed to the .Sou!hern Baptist Convention i last night by the education board through Dr. W. C. James, of Birmingham, corre- I sponding secretary. 4 ' . Some of the gifts by the denomination | have been supplemented by contributions from the General Education Board and similar agencies. Among the institu tions hat have received large addition.- to their endowment during the past year, it was reported, are Furman University. Greenville. S. C., whose increase has been $500,000; Ouachita College. Arlta delphia. Ark., whose increase lias been $400,000. while Wake Forest College, at Wake Forest, N. C., has successfully terminated its litigation over a gift made some years ago whereby it has now come into possession of endowment funds amounting to $1,250,000. It was announced also, that more than $17,000,000,000 has been put into Southern Baptist .schools by the 75 Mil lion Campaign during the four and a half years of its operation. Among the other gains of the year in education are mentioned the fact that seven senior colleges have reached the requirements for a standard college, these standards having to do with equipment, endowment, profesional rank, salary and curicula. The Board has enlarged its survey de partment which is seeking to 'furnish ex pert information on many technical prob lems that have to do with the efficiency of the schools and upon many problems of general denominational interest, the report said. li was stated that approximately 40,- 000 students are now enrolled in South ern Baptist schools. Os this number ov er 3,000 are studying for the ministry and about 2.000 others are preparing themselves for some definite form of Christian service. PRESIDENT DEFEATED ON IMMIGRATION BILL House Conferees Agree With Senate Pro pe sal to Make Japanese Exclusion Ef fective July First. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. —Overriding the opposition of President Coolidge, the House today adopted the conference re port on the immigration bill, which would make July first this year the effective date of Japanese exclusion. In adopting the report, the House de veloped an overwhelmming majority against any <3<4a> ii) putting into! effect quickly the Japanese provision which the administration had sought to delay in order that diplomatic relations might be entered into in an effort to settle the question. The vote by which the report was approved was 308 to 58. f represent ing a wide margin over the two-thirds that would be necessary to pass the measure in ease of a veto. The Senate now will be called upon to act, after which the hill will ,go to the President for signature. Ilis course has not been determineed. SPECIAL VENIRE FOR THE W. AUSTIN CARTER CASE One Hundred Men Called for Jury Duty If Selected—Carter Charged Witli Killing Hfe Wife. (By the Associated Press.) Wentworth, N. C., May 15.—A spe cial venire of 100 men from which to se lect the jury that will try W. Austin Carter on a charge of murder, growing out of the killing of his wife at Reids ville on September 8, 1923, was to report at 2 o’clock this afternoon on order of Judge T. D. Bryson. Carter is charged with killing his wife while she was vis iting at the home of her father, L. L. Moore. The man is said to have run amuck with a shot gun and to have wounded several other persons. Insan ity is expected to be the_,plea. Ty Cobb. Smashes Record in Every Game He Plays. Detroit, May 14 —Ty Cobb is smash ing major league records this year evr ery time his uame appears in a box score. During nineteen years Cobb has play ed more games than any other Ameri can - League player. The figure stood at 2,449, when the season opened, and each appearance this year establishes a new high mark. Cobb also sets a new record this sea son every time he has a time at bat. every time he singles, every time he triples, every time lie hits safely, and every time he scores. Demolition of these records automatically results in the fracture of others. Each triple, for example, adds to his record of the most extra base hits and also to his record for the most extra bases on hits. Like wise, every safe hit increases his record total bases. In addition to these marks that are ■ daily targets of the Tiger manager, there are others that are likely to tum ble if he plays in 100 or more games, among them his record of having batted .300 or better for 18 seasons. Will Operate on President Chase. Chapel Hill, May 14.—Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the University of North Carolina, is in Watts hospital. Durham, and will be operated on to rn rrow for appendicitis. President Chase has not. been feeling well of late and entered the hospital Monday for a thorough examination. Dr, Foy Roberson, who will perform the operation, said tonight Dr. Chase’s condition is favorable to a rapid re covery. Dr. Laplace Dead. (By the Auwlatrl Press) Philadelphia, May 15.—Dr. Ernest Laplace, noted surgeon, and well kqown in French circles here and in Europe, died today at his home, of heart disease. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1924 Many Happy Returns, Tyl £}, i jisjfcf, i 7?* Nf~i -TP*t His 20th year as a motor leaguer was celebrated by Ty Cobb at Hashington, D. C., and. In honor of this occasion, he was given a present ly Congressman McLeod, Michigan, and Senator Harris, Georgia. SENATOR OVERMAN IS I AGAINST NEW COURTS New District For North Carolina Could ! Not Be Created If Overman Opposed i Washington. May 14.—A report reaching here is to the effect that a bill I is to be introduced in the house very soon providing for the creation of a third district of (tie United States court in North Carolina. At the office of the house judiciary committee it was stated today that the only pending bills af fecting the state related to proposals to hold terms of the court, at Fayetteville and Shelby. From other sources it was learned that there is a possibi’it.v that the now court proposal may receive more or less attention in the house, but that the movement is apt to make little head way in the senate. Senator Overman, a member of the judiciary committee, is inclined to look with disfavor upon any project looking to the establishment of new courts, and the appointment of ad ditional judges, at the time, .and the bill could Jiot nans tjie nemjte jit this,/essjcn 'Should ME" Overman 'tlecideMo make Ir.'s opimsition effective. For some time Senator Overman has consistently opposed such legislation. Last year he opposed the projected ap pointment of 2<! new judges. Front the information thus far at hand Mr. Over man takes the view that Judge Webb. Boyd and Connor are geting along very well with their work, and that there is tittle or no Congestion of the dockets. If Mr. Overman permits such a bill to pass he will first have to be “shown" that a genuine and legitimate need exists for the additional judgeship. CHINESE DELEGATE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Roger T. Ratal Kills Himself in Room Delegate to Methodist Conference. (By (he Associated Press» Springfield. Mass., May 15.; —Roger T. Rahn, 28 years old, a lay delegate to the General Methodist Conference from the West China Conference, committed sui cide in his room in a hotel some time last night. His body was found today. He had taken poison. His act was at tributed to ill health, coupled with de pression from which he lmd suffered since arriving in this country. With Our Advertisers. Don’t fail to look at {he line of watches, jewelry and silverware at the Starnes-Miller-Pnrker Company. Midsummer frocks of voile at Robin son's. $6.50 to $9.95. See the ad. of the Concord Painting Street, George Jones owner. The best tools money will buy are kept at the Ritehie-Caldwell Company. At the Parker Shoe Store for Friday. Saturday and Monday you will find a splendid collection of slippers for 98 cents to $3.95. H. B. Wilkinson, with stores at Con cord, Kannapolis and Mooresville. in vites you to make inspection of his fur niture stocks. Get that new straw hat today. W. A. Overeash lias them. Home furnishings of every kind at the Bell-Harris Furniture Co’s, All city property on which the taxes are not paid will be advertised and sold after May 31. Horse racing at tie Fair Grounds at 2 p. m. on May 20th. Music by Prof. Ludwig’s baud. I You will never get anywhere if you fail to save. See ad. of Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Building and Loan Building Better. Homes. Building and Loan is helpiug build “Better Homes" in Concord and Cabar rus County. The Concord Perpetual Building & Loan Association and the Citizens Building & Ixwn Association show the advantages of building nnd loan stock in a page advertisement in this is sue. As an investment, it bears more than (i per cent, and the owner of stock has no taxes to pay. Big May White Clearance Sale at Parks- Beik Co.’s This is the second week of the Big May White and Clearance Sale at the Parks-Belk Co.'s. Lots of new goods have been put in and many extra spec ials are being offered. In every depart ment of this big store you will find bar gains that will attract you. THE COTTON MARKET I Opened Unchanged to 4 flouts Higher, | But Liter Eased Off With May at | 31.15. (By (hr HMclal-li Press) New York. May 15.—Coronation of a I few additional May notions caused fur ther liquidation of near months in the cotton market during today’s early trad ing, but new crop deliveries were gener ally steady on reports of continued coat, showery weather in the South. The market opened unchanged to 4 points higher, but eased off after the call. May selling down to 31.15, or 21 points net lower. There were rumors that eitton was coining here from the South for de livery, and there was some selling on rel atively easy Liverpool cables. Offerings were light, however, and after selling off to 24.91 October rallied to 25.03. the ear ly market ruling about 17 points to 5 points higher. Opening prices were: May 31.35; July 28.87 : October 24.W1 bid; December 24.37; January 24.00. W, V., GI IKBARD ARRESTED IN COLUMBIA And Is Being Held For North Carolina Authorities.—Wanted in Wake Coun ty. (By (hr Associated Press.) Columbia. S. C.. May 15.—W. V. Guerard, arrested last night by the Co lumbia police for the authorities at Ral eigh, N. C„ will not fight extradition, the police quoted him as saying today. Guer ard was taken into custody upon receipt of a telegram from the sheriff of Wake County, N. C.. which stated that he was wanted in that state for ‘assault with in tent to kill in a secret manner" and was expected to be placed in custody of a North Carolina Deputy who was to ar rive today. MISS GOULD LOSES IN SUIT TO GET PROPERTY French Court Rules She Cannot Get Part of Property of Frank Jay Gould in France. (By the Associated P.-essi Paris, May 15 —Edith Kelly Gould today lost the suit she brought in the in France owned by Frank Jay Gould, French courts to obtain half the property her former husband. The court ruled that she had no right to a share in this property, because the juridieial domicile of the Goulds was the United Slates, where the rule of sepearate property of husband and wife prevails. BISHOPS TO SERVE EIGHT YEARS ONLY IN AREA Proposal to Make This Law Gets Ap proval of the Northern Methodist Con ference. (By the Associated Press) Springfield, Mass.. May 15. —The lim itation to eight years of Bishops' tenure in any one area in this country was ap proved by the Methodist Episcopal Con ference here today. Formerly the bish ops' tenure was indefinite. The change was regarded as radical, and opponents of the measure said it would decrease the effectiveness of episcopal supervision. Methodists May Refuse to Take Part in Wars. Springfield. Mass.. May 14.—Refusal of the Methodist church to take part in War will be recommended to the Metho dist. Episcopal general conference by the standing committee on the state of the church, that, committee voted today. 76 to 37. An amendment to cxeetft wars fought, for self-defense or the defense of ' humanity was tabled by a vote of 59 to 41. The resolution condemned was and urged the United States to conduct a peace campaign of education and enter the world court and- "an association of nations.” It. concluded : “While recognizing the freedom of the individual member to follow his own •mscience but roniemjjering that, the church is the visible expression of Christ in the world, we as on organiza tion separate ourselves from was and take no part in itH promotion.” Eflnfs Great Removal Sale. Efird’s are going to make Friday, Sat urday and Monday the biggest days yet of their big Removal Sale. The whole shoe stock will go on sale Friday morn ing. The cost of the goods is cutting no figure in this sale. SLIGHT INCREASE IN LENGTH OF SCHOOL TERM Will Take Hip Slate Eight Years to Attain Average School of Eight Months, ill.* die AHMoWnleil Pr-oss) Raleigh, May I.l.—The average length . of the white school term in the State of North Carolina increased at the rate of more than three days each year between 1010 and 1023, but during the last four years of the period the average increase las been only two days per year, ac cording to figures made public at ttie State Department of Public Instruction. At the latter rate it is estimated that it will take the state eight years to at tain an average school term of eight months. But even then, not every child would have the benefit of an eight months school because a number of the schools that made up the eight months average are nine months schools. While on its fact the addition of two school days each year for all of the schools of the State appears to be small, it was explained, it. means in reality an addition of another school system as large as that of Charlotte to the whole system and an addition of 1,-100.000 days of child instruction. This, it was said, gives nil idea of the extent of the work started by the North Carolina Education Association for an eight months term of school instead of a six months school. However the move ' incut goes still further because to in augurate the minimum eight months school term, which many promisent ed ucational leaders of the state favor, will necessitate, according to A. T. Alien, State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion. increased facilities at the State Normal Schools: and system of financ ing the counties so as to enable them to build up a system of consolidated schools. Following arc figures issued by Hie department showing the average length in days of the school terms for the four ending 1023: White Negro 1010-1020 133.!) 127.4 1020- .. 137.fi 130.2 1021- __ 141.1 132.2 1022- 143.0 332.(1 ONION POULTICE ON GIRL CAUSES TEACHERS’ ARREST Novel Methods of Two School Manns Get Them in Itad. Lancaster. Pa., May 14.—Two Lan caster public school teachers started out last week to give a seven-year-old tot in the first grade of the South Duke Street school a dose of her own medicine. To night the teachers are out on bail on individual charges of cruelty to children. Last week Mamie R. Lincoln came to school with an onion breath. She liked it so much that she blew it around the room and directly into the faces of other children. Ruth Eckmnn, Mamie’s teach er. had notions of her own about onions, and invoked the pedagogical wrath on flic child, but td 'ho’* ’* Miriam Fugle, teaching in an adjoin ing room, was called into conference. It was tlie opinion of the pair that a poultice of onions would forever pre serve the sacred traditions of classroom discipline. They bought the onion, cut it into poultice form and applied all to the face of Mamie Lincoln. A bandage held the onion pieces in place, but the child escaped from school and ran home. John Lincoln, of No. 107 Church street, complained to the Board f Education and Miss Eckman was tem porarily suspended. Tonight warrants were swofn out before Alderman Keis ter for the arrest of the teachers. GROSSMAN CASE AGAIN IS BEFORE THE PUBLIC Judges Geo. A. Carpenter and James A. Wilkerson Give Their Opnions on the Case. Chicago, May 15 (By the Associated Press).—The right of the President of the United States to pardon in a civil contempt case was denied today in an opnion signed by Federal District Judges George A. Carpenter and .Tames A. Wil kerson. in the Philip Grossman case, which was considered before the Daugh erty investigating committee. The opin ion held that Grossman should be taken into custody on a sentence of a year in jail for contempt, deercesd by former Federal Judge K. M. Landis. Grossman was sentenced for contempt in a prohi bition case. Reaction In Both Parties Big Issue. Flint, Mich., May 14.—William Gibbs McAdoo told Michigan Democrats hero tonight that reaction in both parties is the big issue before the country today and that only through a triumph of the “progressive forces of Democracy,’’ can “reaction, co-operation and moral poli tical debauchery” be uprooted. The former secretary of the treasury spoke at a meeting preliminary to the Democratic state convention to be held here tomorrow. “Two great forces are contending for mastery—the forces of reaction and privilege and the forces of Democracy, progress, justice and equality,” he said. “There can be no twilight zone between them.” Lutherans to Meet in Salisbury May 18th. Salisbury. May 14.—A mass meeting of lay members of the Lutheran church in Rowan, Stanly, Iredell, Davie. David son and Cabarrus eounties. has been called for Salisbury Sunday afternoon. May 18 at 3 o’clock. This meeting is called for the purpose of forming a dis trict brotherhood of the organized local brotherhoods within the bounds of the. district, and it is stated in the call that all Lutheran men whether members of a local brotherhood class or not are in ' viteil to the meeting- McAdoo is For Killing the Two-Thirds Rule. Lexington, Ky., May 14.—1 f a motion is offered in the democratic national convention by George Brennan. Illinois | ■ democratic leader, for the abolition of i the two-thirds rule in the national ‘ meeting, it will be unopposed by Me- , ■ Adoo forces, David Ladd Rockwell, I : national McAdoo campaign manager, ' said in a statement here tonight. TWO OLD BUGABOOS WILL BE BURIED IN MADISON SQ. G.ARDEN These Are Tammany Hall ami Wall Street.—Not as Bad as Painted. New York. May 15. —When the Na tional Democratic Convention shall have named its presidential ticket in Madison Square Garden and adjourned, observers predict it also will have buried two po litical hugaboefi that have kept national political conventions from New York for 45 years. They ate "Tammany HtUl2-»f Street." "What !" ran "hold a national conventi( ■ delegates would be exposed Le-rrne'sinister wiles of Tammany? Invite them to en ter the sphere of the influence of Wall Street? Never: any place but New York." Those who went from this city to Washington to hid for the convention this year met and, to their surprise overcame those objections. Now Tam many and Wall Street feel it their duty to demonstrate to expected visitors that they never were as bad as they were painted. Tammany points to her picturesque and patriotic origin, admits she sowed a few wild oats in the "Boss Tweed” days of the last century, and claims she now has become a sedate and law-abid ing political and welfare organization. The name ’’Tammend’’ (the Affable), and the ritual were taken from the Dela ware Indians by tt group of Whigs who, in 178!), organized for social and char itable work, to tight for state rights as opposed to federalism, and to counteract the revolutionary war officers’ order of the "Society of the Cincinnati,” which was headed by George Washington. Though they sometimes were called "Sons of St. Tammany” or "The Colum bian Order.” they always designated their headquarters as wigwams and their mem bers as grand sachems, sanganiores, win skinskies and braves. Gradually the organization attained political power. Then, in 1842. began the series of gang demonstrations which, culminating in 1870 in exposure of the huge graft ring of the Grand Sachem. William Marcy Tweed, wedded to Tam many the stigma “corrupt.” Two generations have entered the game of politics since then. Tammany claims to have kept pace with the puri fication process the game has undergone. She still has her thousands of members, her 1.3 tepees and iter big wigwam n Fourteenth Street, the one dedicated dur ing the last national party convention here in 1868. She still helps the desti tute. and plays politics. Wall Street holds that she. too, has been maligned by tradition. Site will show them, first of all. that “Wall Street” as generally applied, is a mis nomer, that the Street actually is just a short, crooked lane flanked by ordi-j navy structures, a lane with the East Rivet at oue end and- historic Trinity Church at the other, where the pineers of American commerce hung out their shingles, and where their sons car ry on. She will demonstrate to the visitors that big finance isn’t centered in Wall Street, that all lower Manliatan, all New York, in fact, is the home of big finance. And she will seek to show that this city is merely the reservoir for the mighty streams of American capital, rather than a web set to catch and hold the dollars of the nation. Managers of flip convention, ns well as local financiers, intend to let each delegate see for himself so that he may return to his native heath and lay low the ’’Wicked Wall Street” fantasy. The New York Stock Exchange, the Consolidated, and the New York Curb Market, the nation’s three greatest se curity marts, will join the 12 biggest commodity trading organizations, 100 of the country’s biggest banks, and most of the noted brokerage houses, in throw ing open their doors to convention vis itors. DAUGHERTY COMMITTEE HEARS T. AY. MILLER Alien Rropprty Custodian Gives Side Lights on Conduct of Department of Justice. (By the Associated Press.l Washington, May 15.—Thos. W. Mil ler. the alien property custodian, gave file Senate Daugherty investigating com mittee today some interesting side lights on the conduct of the Department of Jus tice under H. M. Daugherty. Howard Mannington. he said, was in troduced to him as “one of the big men” influencing the Department. Manning ton lias been mentioned many times as receiver of payments in connection with liquor permits. . Miller testified that he had complain ed in 11122 to President Harding about the appearance at his office of Jess Smith. Alfred I rion and other associ ates of Mr. Daugherty. The property custodian told the com mittee that he had $50,000 of trust funds on deposit with the Midland National Bank, at Washington Courthouse. Ohio, operated by M. S. Daugherty, brother of the former Attorney General, which lie put there at the request of Jess Smith. LIQUOR DEALERS ARE I AGAIN BEFORE SENATORS Daugherty Committee Hears Testimony of H. L. Seaife, Former Government Official. IBy the Associated Press.* AVashingtou. May 15.—Reported ef forts by the late President Harding to ascertain independently the facts about prohibition enforcement were further de scribed before the Senate Daugherty com mittee today by 11. 1.. Seaife. former in vestigator for the War and Justice De partments. In September 1022. lie said, Gaston B. Means, who like him bad recently left the Justice Department, employed him at SI,OOO a month. J Fourteen Pages Today I Two Sections • TODAY’S 0 • NEWS 0 0 TODAY 0 NO. 113 POWER COMPANIES IWE WILLING NOW TO IKE NEW 810 ** -r urchase Government Made Power at Muscle Shoals and Sell It Through out the South. WATERPOWER ACT TO BE EFFECTIVE Permanent Government Op eration Essential.—Com panies Long Had Interest In the 1 Plant. (By the Associated Press.* Washington, May 15.—Willingness of the Associated power companies to sub mit another Muscle Shoals proposal to purchase power produced at Mtfsele Shoals by the government and distribute it under the Federal waterpower Act, was expressed at today’s senate agricul ture committee’s hearing by E. A. Yates, general manager of the Alabama Power Company. Y'ates declared that an erroneous im pression had been broadcast that the power companies showed no interest iu Muscle Shoals after the war. He declar ed that the Alabama Power Co. in a let ter to the War Department in 1021 ex pressed a willingness to co-operate with the government for utilizing the project for the public benefit by distribution of power and manufacturing fertilizer. COMMITTEE FEELS REP. ZIHLMAN IS INNOCENT Taken as AVhole Committee Finds Evi- . denee Does Not Establish Truth of Cai’ges. (By the Associated Press) Washington. May 15.—The House committee authorized to investigate the eharge made before a Chicago grand jury that Representative Zihlman, republican of Maryland, accepted a bribe reported today that "taken ns a whole in the opinion of the committee, the evidence does not establish the truth of the charge.” Coincident with the submission of the report to the House, Representative Langley, republican, of Kentucky, who also was mentioned in the Chicago in quiry. and who was convicted several dAye ago of violating the pahWWtfon law, notified Speaker Oillett that pending final action on his appeal, he would ab stain from attending the House sessions or participating in proceedings of the House public buildings committee, of which he is chairman. The committee in its report said such, an arrangement was satisfactory, and suggested that no further action be tak en with regard to Mr. Langley until his case has-been disposed of by the courts. The committee report was unanimous. AVOOD AND STARNES ARE ON AVAY TO RALEIGH NOAV Prisoners Are Being Carried Back to Prison in the Automobile of AA’anlen Busbee. IBy Ihe iNsoclateit Press* Roanoke. A'a., May 15.—C. H. Wood and J. AY. Starnes, escaped convicts from the North Carolina penitentiary, left here this morning in the custody of prison officials for Raleigh. Thq party is making the trip in the automo bile of Warden Samuel .T. Busbee, who left with the local police department a check for S7OO to be divided among the eleven patrolmen who participated in the capture of the fugitives. D. H. Cline, of Durham, in Whose automobile the convicts catno to Roanoke, claimed his car last nighl, and left for home imme diately. BILLY SUNDAY REACHES THE MAYO HOSPITAL AA’ill Undergo Treatment for Kidney Ailment—Spent Restful Niglit on His Car. (By the Associated Press.* Rochester, Minn., May 15.—Rev. AV. A. “Billy” Sunday, the evangelist, ar rived here early today to enter the Mayo Clinic Hospital for treatment for a kid ney ailment. He spent a restful night aboard the private car that brought him here from Chicago, according to his phy sician. Prominent Frenchman Dead. Paris. May 15 (By the Associated Press I. —Baron D'Estournelles de Con stant. senator for Snrthe, and one of the most noted proponents of internat ional disarmament, is dead. .He was born in 1852, and was for some years in the diplomatic service. He vepresent ede France at The Hague conference of IS!)!). In 1000 he shared in the Nobel Peace Prize with M. Beernaert. Cotton ou the local market today is quoted at 30 cents per pound. AVHAT SMITTVB WEATHER CAT SAYS Fair tonight and Friday, cooler in tha east portion tonight.
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