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VOLUME XXIV
More Than Two-Thirds of Y.
M. C. A. Fund Raised During
The First Day of the Campaign
$10,681 REPORTED
PLEDGED TUESDAY
General Rankin’s Team Led
in Total Amount of Sub
scriptions.—Capt. Byrd’s
Team One Winner.
DRIVE DIRECTOR
IS WELL PLEASED
First Time in His History
That More Than Half of
the Amount Wanted Was
Raised on Opening D&y.
With over ¥IO,OOO reported for the
first day's work in the V. M. C. A. bud
get campaign on Tuesday noon the work
ers were so enthused by the reception;
they had had from the people of Concord
and the rapid progress of the work of
canvassing that they decided to try to
finish up by noon today.
Division D. led by General Rnnkin,
carried off the honors as to the largest
amount turned in. with $2,327 to its
credit. Division B. General Odell, came
second with $1,882, aDd Division C a
close third with $1477.
Division B won the attendance ban
ner, Division C. the banner for the larg
est number of subscriptions reported,
with 78 to its credit, and Captain Byrd’s
company won the little silk North Caro
lina flag for the largest amount turned
in by one company, with $9lO to its
credit. Captain Richmond's team was a
close second, with sBll7 in its report en
velope.
Mr. Baer, of the Fiancial Service Bu
reau. congratulated tlie workers on their
splendid success, saying that this is the
first campaign in his experience in
which the half-way point had been pass
ed at the first reports.
■ The returns by compaiiics were as
Boys)
Captain- Benfield . i r L $ (10
Captain Brown 55
Captain Fink 55
Captain Moose 45
Captain SuUivait 80
Total $205
Division B, General Odell.
Captain Davis $ 287
Captain Gibson 445
Captain McKachern :150
Captain Ritchie „ 245
Captain Ridenhour 555
Total „ SIBB2
Division C, General Pharr.
Captain Blackwelder $ 135
Captain Coltrane 225
Captain Hicks ((77
Captain latterly 440
Captain Smart (no report)
Total $1477
Division 1), General Rankin.
Captain Barrier * $.420
Captain Byrd 010
Captain Ivey (no report)
Captain Patterson 100
Captain Richmond 807
Total ____ $2327
Executive Committee, Marshal Maness.
10 Subscriptions -$4700
Grand Total $10,681
An analysis of the subscriptions by
people who had subscriped last year on
a basis of a $22,000 objective as against
the $15,000 objective for this year was
made by Mr. Baer last night to deter
mine whether the reductions which were
sure to occur because of the smaller ob
jectives were such as to endanger the
success of the campaign showed that 11
people who had subscribed last year had
declined to contribute this year, the to
tal of their last year's contributions
amounting to $180; 48 who had sub
scribed $5630 last year subscribed $3245
this year; the 16 reported by the execu
tive committee
year as against $4,000 this year, 50 peo
ple subscribed the same as last year, to
taling $1790; and 25 who had subscrib
ed $250 last year increased their total to
$555 this year. The first day's reports
added 83 new supporters to the work of
the V with a total of $797, reported by
the three divisions of men, and 27 stu
dents and teachers reported by the
High School boys with a total of $l4B as
new contributions. This analysis showed
a total of $10,535 from 234 people as
against $12,100 from all the people rep
resented among these subscribers in last
year’s subscription list. This proportion
is verfy gratifying to the Y leaders and
seems to assure the complete success of
the campaign.
A most gratifying feature of the cam-'
paign reports is the uniform <-ommendn
tion of the work of the present secretar
ial staff, led by Mr. Blanks, from all the
workers. This favorable sentiment is
largely responsible for the very unusual
success of the campaign. It not only
makes a favorable response probable,
but gives the workers the needed encour
agement to do the rather arduous work
of soliciting. Everything indicates a
completely successful campaign, which in
turn will make an even more compre
hensive program of community service for
the coming year practicable.
The Concord Daily Tribune
Select Dr. Howard Omwake to
, Head the New Catawba College
The Board of Trustees of Catawba Col
lege in its annual meeting in Salis
bury yesterday afternoon elected Prof.
Howard R. Omwake, Ph.D., President of
| the new Catawba College to be lorated in
Salisbury. Dr. Omwake is now Dean
of Franklin and Marshall College, Lan
-1 caster. Pa. He has been in the educa
tional work for almost 20 years and has
been highly recommended by a number
of prominent educators in the Reformed
Church. Hrs brother. Dr. George i/cslic
Omwake, is President of Ursinus Col
lege, Collegeville. Pa. Dr. Omwake had
not applied and the board does not know
that he will accept. A committee of the
Board. Edgar Whitener, of High Point,
Rev. Shuford Peeler, of Charlotte, and
Rev. Dr. .T. C. Leonard, of Lexington,
will urge Dr. Omwake to accept the po- ]
sitinn offered by the Board of Trustees. I
The Board received a note for the
amount of $25,000.00 for the endowment
of the College. This is the largest sin
gle gift ever offered the College. The
INDICTMENT AGAINST
MIMA AND 4 OTHERS
Charged With Conspiracy so Transport
Fight Films in Interstate Commerce.
(By the Associated Press.)
Newark. N. ,T.. May 21.—Jap Muma
of New York, who hns figured promi
nently in the recent Senate investigation
at Washington was among those indicted
here by a Federal grand jury with Tex
Rickard for conspiracy to transport fight
films in interstate commerce, it was learn
ed today from official sources.
Indictments were* returned against four
others whose names have not been learn
ed, and one corporation. Federal Judge
Runyon received the indictment late yes
terday at. the conclusion of a grand jury
investigation which started after testi
mony was given in Washington that the
films of tlie Dempsey-Carpentier fight
had been shown there in the home of Ed
ward B. McLean.
Witnesses were summoned from ns far
west as Oklahoma City. Tlie govern
nypP chat eyes that tn viohitiow of the ■ ►
.the piefnres 'were transported from this
state to other sections of the I’nited
States.
THE COTTON MARKET
Unfavorable Weather Reports Led to
Active Demand at Opening of the Mar
ket Today.
(Br the Associated Fran.)
New York, May 21. —Unfavorable
private weather reports today both daily
and weekly, led to an active demand for
cotton at the opening, and an advance
of 20 to 25 points in l first prices. Subse
quent support from Wall Street and Liv- ,
erpool in connection with active local!.
covering carried May up to 31.90 nnrl |,
October to 25.78. representing 35 to 45;
points net advance. Local' profit taking
and selling by the South and spot houses
was eagerly absorbed, and at the end of
the first half hour the market was at
about the best levels. Opening prices j
were: May 31.70; July 20:15; October
25.05; December 24.88; January 24.60.
WORLD COURT PROPOSAL
IS GETTING ATTENTION
Foreign Relations Committee Spends
Two Hours in General Discussion of j
Proposals.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 21. —The Senate
foreign relations committee devoted two 1
hours today to a general discussion of
world court proposals, but adjourned un
til tomorrow without having reached a |
decision on any important point.
An effort to obtain the committee's
endorsement for the proposal ft f Presi
dent’s Harding and Coolidge for member
ship in the present court, with reserva
tions, resulted in failure. None of those
present would venture more than a hope
of early action on any of the plans now
pending. ,
Viscount Astor Urges Higher Moral Life.
London, May 20.—Viscount Astor,
speaking at the Imperial Social Hygiene
Conference at the Wembley Exhibition,
made a plea for a better world.
“At all times,” he sqid, “idtenees and
curiosity have tempted the young and
old to go to hell to try to discover what
is there. Open spaces, organized games,
clean theatres and cinemas, interesting
literature, proper facilities for compan
ionship of the sexes —these are essential
to the high moral tone of a country.
“The causes of immorality are di
verse, varying from primitive animal in
stinct to social environment and the
habits of our so-called civilization, with
its industrialized and urbanized popula
tion.
“Let us drop our too prevalent spirit
of complacent pessimism about human
- nature. Men and women have hitherto
been too reconciled to a comparatively
low male moral standard, to -the sowing
of wild oats and to tlie young man about
town.”
So precious is Ihe very small quantity
of radium available that in every insti
tution where It is used there is a radium
sentry : whose business it is to see the
precious stuff locked away in a safe at
the end of the day.
Traces of platinum have been dis
■ covered on an ialet near Gothernburg,
Sweden.
CONCORD, N. C.) WEDN ESDAY, MAY 21, 1924
name of thp giver is withheld by the
Board. The Board took action to hasten
the completion of thp raising of $150.-
000.00 iu the Classis of North Carolina,
and the campaign in Salisbury for $50,-
000.00. Rev. Shuford Peeler, of Char
lotte, will devote his whole time to this
work. He reported actual pledges in
the Classis to the amount of $102,000.00
and promises covering $30,000.00 addi
tional. Members of the Board were very
optimistic about the completion of this
work. No action was taken us to the
time for the opening of the College. Thp
Classis hns recommended that it open
in September 1925 if the canvass justi
fies. Members of the Board present
were: Mr. Edgar Whitenes, President;
Mr. J. W. Peeler. Vice President; Dr.
] H. E. Rowe, Seeretarp; Mr. F. A. Fish
er, Treasurer; Revs.. Shuford Peeler, J.
C. Leonard, D. D.. Dr. M. A. Foil, Mr.
J. O. Moose, Mr. L. C. Oorriher, Mr. J.
P. Linn, Mr. J. T. Hedrick and Mr. W.
G. Hinkle. I
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BORAH DECLARES WHEELER
EXONERATED BY EVIDENCE
Idaho Senator Reviews Evidence In
Case and Disagrees With Sterling's
Report.
Washington, May 20.—A review of the
evidence covering the circumstances
under which Senntor Wheeler, Demo
crat, Montana, was indicted in his home
State on a charge of taking a fee for
representing a claimant before the In
terior Department, was given the Sen
ate today by Senator Borah. Republi
can, Idaho, as ehainnan of the special
committee which investigated the mat
ter. The only way Senator Wheeler
could be found guilty. Senator Rornh
said was “to presume him guilty and to
presume every witness who testified
about his law contract to be a perjur
er.”
Senator Borah’s remarks were aimed
at the minority report brought from the
committee to the Senate by Senator
Sterling, Republican. South Dakota,
who,, disagreed with his four j
'ln their ■’majority pour!union that S*«a
tor Wheeler was guiltless “hi spirit and
letter of the law" of the charge brought
against him. Senator Sterling interrupt
ed Senator Borah oner, or twice during
his review of the committee evidence,
but said he would wait until tomor
row before entering bis response.
Senator Glass, Democrat. Virginia,
also broke into the discussion onee to
declare that the indictment represented
an “attempt by the Department of .Tus
tiert to blackmail a Senator because lie
engaged in tlie exposure of rascality.”
He referred to the fact that Senator
Wheeler’s indictment was returned
after he had led the Senate investigation
!as committee “prosecutor” into the eon
j duct, of fomer Attorney General Daugh
erty.
COTTON SPINNING DURING
APRIL SHOWED DECLINE
i Mills Not as Active as in March of
This Year.—Big Decline From Last
Year.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, May 21.—Cotton spin
ning during April was less active than
during Marcli and showed a heavy de
cline from April a year ago, the Cen
j sus Bureau’s monthly spinning activity
report, which was issued today, shows.
Active spindle hours were 2.000,000,-
000 below those of a year ago.
Active spindle hours for April num
bered 6,769,711,331, or an average of
179 per spindle in place.
I Spinning spindles in place April 30th
i numbered 37.745.967, of which 31,871,-
665 were operated at some time during
the month.
The average number of spindles op
erated during April was 30,177,468, or
at 97.9 per cent .of capacity on a single
shift basis.
Methodist Protestant Pastors’ Confer
ence.
I High Point, May 21.—The summer
conference of the pastors of the Metho
dist Protectant- churches of North Caro
lina will be held during June 30th to
July 3rd at the Methodist Proteßtant
Children’s Home in this city, accord
ing to an announcement made public
here today. Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of
Henderson, ivho is president of the pas
tors’ summer conference, has been en
gaged for the past several weeks on the
preparation -of the program, it was said,
and is expected to announced a full de
tail program soon.
The conference is -eomposd of more
than 100 pastors who are serving
churches now and a number of super
anuated ministers of the denomination.
The program each day provides lectures
and addreraCs by some of the foremost
ministers of the United Slates, it was
stated. Superintendent R. A. Gar
rett. of the home, will be host to tlie
pastors.
War Mothers Hold State Meeting.
(By the Aaooeluted Preset
Gastonia, N. C., May 21. —The fifth
annual state convention of War Mothers
convened here at 10:30 o’clock this morn
ing. Mrs. Hugh Montgomery, state war
mother, of Charlotte, presided.
The morning sesison was taken up al
most wholly with the formal opening ex
ercises. Mrs. John K. Patterson of Con
cord, responded to the welcoming ad
dresses.
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It’s all there but'file walls. The rooms are undisturbed. This most
tmusual picture,of a most unusual scene was taken at night near Cum
berland, Md„ when the flood waters of t> ? Cumberland River caused the
MfnlU t */ e hiilUln- -lla,-.a
Gaston Means Shadowed
By Government Agents
R. P. Burruss Tells Daugh
erty Committee About thej
Work Done by Agents of
Justice Department.
MEANS FOLLOWED
FOR MANY DAYS
All Visitors tq His Home!
Were “Followed Up” Wit
ness Declares—One Agent
Used Was Wefeunv
(By the Aa#nelated 'Press.)
Washington, May 21.—A description
of extensive operations conducted by the
Department of Justice with regard to
Gaston B. Means,: star witness in tlie
Senate Daugherty investigation, was giv
en the investigating committee today by
R. P. Burruss, a special agent of the de
partment.
As chief shadow assigned to follow
Means, he said lie had live assistants,
one of them a woman. Between March
18 and April 1, when the work waR dis
continued, he said, every move of Means
was eovered. and every visitor to his
home was followed up and identified.
Mrs. Alaska P. Davidson, also a de
partment operative, testified that she was
one of the shadow group, and drove an
automobile used in its functions. From
March 18th, she said, the watch was not
so close, but later extra men were as
signed.
Means sat in the committee room grin
ning broadly at his shadows while they
were undergoing examination.
G. E. Chamberlain, counsel for H. M.
Daugherty, asked Burras if the watch on
Means was not placed because of the
New York indictments against him, but
the witness did not know. Orders to
stop the watch came to him on April 1,
he said.
Got Means’ Diaries.
Washington, May 21.—The Senate
Daugherty committee was told today
that representatives of the Department
of Justice not only had sought “to frame
Senator Wheeler," its prosecutor, but
had spied on its members and its wit
nesses, and had spirited away the fa
mous diaries of Gaston B. Means, work
ing with it as an investigator.
One of the witnesses was W. O. Duek
stein, who said he knew about the whole
proceeding because his wife is a secret
agent of the department. It was she,
he said, who identified in his presence
the records of Means after they had been
secured by a ruse.
Duckstein was the author of the fa
mous Mary message that figured in the
oil inquiry, and is a confidential man
for Edward B. McLean. He told' the
committee that a crew of operatives, men
and women, led by Walter Petitt and
a man named O’Brian, and claiming to
work under the direction of Hiram C.
Todd, special assistant to Mr. Daugh
erty, had been used to spy on commit
tee members and witnesses. He de
clared that Pettit aud O’Brian said they
“were going to railroad Gaston Means
to the penitentiary." and “frame Senator
Wheeler,” the committee prosecutor.
"The crew had women detectives
placed in the Senate office building.
Dilpkstein declared, and wire tappers
to get conversations.
The Department of Justice telephoned
to liis wife several works ago, the wit
ness declared, and said that “two men
from New York” were anxious to see
her. Petitt and O’Brian then came to
his flat, he continued, and said they had
a letter from Todd to Daugherty, ar
ranging for their operations. In a se
ries of conversations, Duckstein said,
Petitt and O'Brian told him fully of their
purpose.
Chairman Brookhart of the committee
waa also put under surveillance, Duck
stein said. He did not know whether
the espionage still was in progress. It
started on March 16th.
IT *
I FIVE CITIES INVITE
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Special Session of General Conference
WiU Be HeM in South Beginning on
July 2ml.
(Or the Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenn., May 21.—The place
of meeting of the special sesison of the
General Conference of the Methodist
. Episcopal Church, South, called last
I night for July 2nd by the college of
bishops to consider the proposal for uni
fication recently adopted by the General
Conference, of the northern branch of the
id expected to be fixed at an early
date by she committee on arrangements
headed by Dr. K. C. H. Burgin, of San
Antonio, Texas.
Five Southern cities have already filed
invitations for the special session, ac
cording to Dr. It. S. Satterfield, of Nash
ville, secretary of the committee on .ar
rangements. The five cities are: Chatta
nooga, Memphis, Louisville. -Jackson,
Miss., and Springfield, Mo. Lake Juna
luska is also a possibility.
DEAD BODIES DROP FROM
GRAVES INTO COAL MINES
Subsidence Exposes Many Caskets in
Catholic Cemetery.
Wilkes-Barre, I*a.. May 20.—Several
bodies were reported to have dropped into
the mines of the Conlon Coal Company
at Plains today, when a cavein occurred
in the Saeret Heart Cemetery at that
place.
For several weeks the surface in that
vicinity has been subsiding and caskets
are said to have been exposed as a re
sult of the disturbances, but no great
damage has been done.
At Inkerman this morning the entire
water supply of the village was out off
by a eave-in at she workings of the No.
14 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company.
Alumnae Commence Building Fund
Drive.
Greensboro, May 20.—The campaign
among the alumnae of North Carolina
College for Women and the friends of
education generally throughout the State
for funds to erect a ,s2r>o,ooo student
alumnae building at the college was
started in all the counties of the State
this morning and in other places where
there are alumnae.
A big scoreboard has been erected on
the campus and as telegraphic reports
are received from county .chairmen of the
workers tlie results are marked up. Tbe
county chairmen receive reports from
their workers daily at luncheon.
Bad Weather Delays Aviators.
Tokio, May 21 (By the Associated
Press). —The American army aviators
flying afound the world are being de
layed at Yetorofu in the Kuriles by bad
weather. ,An official dispatch to the
Japanese, navy department sent from a
Japanese destroyer on duty with the
fliers at 11 a. m. today said that the
Americans were waiting until the foggy
weather clears. *
Famous Aviator Killed in Auto Accident.
Melbourne, Australia, May 21 (By the
Associated Press). —Captain Andrew
Lang, former holder of the world's air
plane altitude record, was killed this
1 morning when an automobile which lie
was driving crashed into a fence during
a dense fog.
British Airman Making Good Progress.
> Shanghai, China. May 21 (By the As
i nociated Press). —A. Stuart Mac Lauren,
I British nViator flying around the world
■ arrived at Akyab, Burma, today from
■ Calcutta, said a dispatch from the for
, mer point received here today.
To prove his case againsta man whom .
- he charged with practising dentistry
•, without a license, a Belfast policeman '
' testified that he let the man pull one of
hi* teeth though there was nothing the
matter with it.
CHAUTfc-C%|
AND PROGRAIr
MERIT PLEASEII
First Attraction Was Offered
Tuesday Afternoon and
Audience Was Well Pleas
ed With Program.
GOVERNOR BROUGH
EVENING SPEAKER
Former Governor of Arkan
sas Discussed World Prob
lems.—Musical Numbers
Were Very Fine.
Promptly at 3:30 the curtain rose at
the big tent and Concord's Chautauqua
for 1924 was underway. Superiteudent
Webb, with a few well chosen words, in
troduced the platform manager, H. L.
Roekwood. Mr. Roekwoqd stated that
the purpose of himself and his crew
was above everything else to help make
the Chautauqua, which for this week
was a Concord institution, a complete
success. His announcements indicate
that he is familiar with the vfork he is
to do and knows how to give the pa
trons the benefit of this information.
At both the afternoon and night pro :
grams lie gave a brief outline of the
immediately silrceeding numbers that
are to be presented. In the afternoon
he then presented the Dunbar Male
Quartet and Bell Ringers. This most
unusual organization proceeded to give
one of the most delightful entertainments
that has been heard here. Their vocal
numbers as a quartet were exceptionally
peasing as were their selections on bells. |
These, with solos and readings. were
rendered in such away that the audi
ence was wonderfully responsive and
gave sufficient evidence of their appre
ciation to make several appearances
necessary by the various artists. At
night the same organization gave half an
hour's entertainment which again was
pleasantly received. Following this
H. S. Williams gave a report of the
ticket sale as conducted by the commit
tee from the Woman's Club. Indica
tions are that they have met with a
much greater degree of success than anv
time during the past - years. If work
spells success, certainly this group of
ladies is entitled to succeed. As was
Stated br Mr. Writ in ms. there- are.rStiU,
quite enough numbers left to make ft
an advantage to the purchaser to buy
a season ticket. This is the only way
to make the underwriters safe. The
Redpatli management has given permis
sion to sell the season tickets another
day. Why not come to the rescue of
the committee and at the same time
get the greatest amount of benefit out of
the Chautauqua?
Mr. William s then introduced the
speaker of the night. He called at
tention to the many activities in which
this unusual man is engaged. He fur
ther suggested that there seeme<r a chance
for him to become a still greater na
tional figure as a result of the posi
tion fie holds on the National Demo
cratic central committee. Goveraor
Brough, who served as war Governor of
Arkansas, responded by saying that his
introduction was much more flattering
than the one given William J. Bryan
at one time by a German farmer who
was acting chairman of the gathering.
His account of the introduction caused
considerable merriment. His entire ad
dress was filled with wholesome humor
but underneath it all was a masterly
review of our nation's achievement in
every department of human endeavor
government, business, education and lit
erature. the fine arts, clean sports and
athletics, wit and humor, oratory, states
manship. and above all, in moral ideal
ism and Christian civilization. The
governor contended that the Constitution
cf the United States was “the greatest
document ever conceived by the brain
and purpose of man,” insuring as it does
the absolute speration of church and
State and the division of power between
the executive, legislative and judicial de
partment of government.
He pointed out that the citizens of ■
the United States owned three hundred
and twenty-five billion dollars worth of
property, or one-half of the wealth of
the world; that in 1923 41,000.000 of
the American people earned either in
salaries, wages or incomes sixty-six bil
lion dollars ;that we had two-fifths of
the railway mileage, one-sixth of the
telegraph lines, and 75 per cent, of the
inventive genius of the world: that our
banks had resources of sixty-eight bil
lion dollars; that there was seventy
two billion dollars of life insurance, and
ninety-five billions of fire insurance in
effect in the United States; and that we >
have 49,000 millionaires. He contend
ed, however, that our noblest contribu
tion to civilization was our fine moral
idealism and adherence to the sacred
and eternal tilings of life, and made an
eloquent plea for the recognition of the
Bible as the the Book on which this re
public rests. Governor Brough stated
that agriculture depression, increase in
beaurocracy and taxes, and the under
mining of our family life were among
the most serious problems confronting
Americans at the present time. One of
his striking utterances, which was lib
erally applauded, was, "I believe the
proper place to court an American girl
is in the parlor of her own home, rather
than in automobiles lin midnight joy
rides.” His tribute to the statesman
ship of his old teacher, Woodrow Wilson,
. was beautiful and impassioned.
The program today consists of a mu-
I sical entertainment of tbe highest order
in the afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. This
will be given by the Betty Booth Com
pany. We are told that this company
• TODAY’S <
• NEWS i
• TODAY (
NO. 118
{CONFEREES AGREE
REDUCTION
MB PREPARE BILL
The Simmons Income Rate
Schedule Was Accepted
After. Conference That
Continued for Some Tiine.
ESTATE TAXESTO
BE INCREASED
This Feature of House Bill
Was Accepted.—Publicity
of Tax Returns Meets
Much Opposition.
(By the Associated Press.) }
Washington, May 21.—Unanimous
agreement was reached today by the con
ferees on the tax reduction bill.
The Simmons democratic income rate
schedule providing for a maximum surtax
rate of 40 per cent., and a 50 per cent, re
duction in normal taxes on incomes under
SB,OOO was accepted.
Senate amendments providing for full
publicity of tax , returns and a tax on
undistributed corporation profits were re
jected.
The House provisions for n 40 per
cent, increase in existing estate tax rates
and for the imposition of a gift tax with
rates similar to the estate tax rates were
accepted.
Hope was expressed by Senate Repub
lican organization leaders that the bill
as now framed would meet the approval
of President Coolidge, who had declared
opposition to both the publicity and cor
poration proposals.
| Tlie Senate Democrats in yielding
their proposal for a substitute corpora
tion tax and full publicity of tax re
turns, explained that they did so in ex
pectation that the bill would not be ob
jectionable to President Ooolidge.
Chairman Smoot, of the Senate Finance
Committee estimated that the bill went
$100,000,000 below! the Treasury surplus
available for tax reduction. This did not
take into account (be cost of the bonus
bill, which it has been estimated will re
quire an appropriation of $150,000,000
for the next fiscal year, or other pending
measures calliug for special appropria
tions.
FORD BILL WILLNOT
- < : -<
Senate Agriculture Committee Fails to
Sponsor BUI Favoring tlie Fan) Pro
posal.
(Bv tbr Associated Press)
IV' “hington, May 21.—A motion to re
port the Ford bill providing for leasing
of Muscle Shoals was lost by a vote of
10 to (1 today in the Senate Agriculture
Committee.
The committee voted to end its hearings
next Monday. Committee will consider'
nil of the proposals at executive sessions
beginning Tuesday and a report is ex
pected by the end of the week.
Governor Probably Will Delay Appoint
ment,
Raleigh, May 20.—Governor Morri
son very probably will delay the up
isiintment of a successor to Chief Jus
tice Clark, it. was indicated tonight.
The court will adjourn within a few
days and will not reconvene until fall.
So there is no need for haste in filling
the vacancy. The governor is represent
ed as anxious to give serious considera
tion to those presented for appointment
and to give the people an opportunity
to express themselves.
It. is regarded as likely that Justice
W. A. Hoke, veteran member of the
court, will be named chief justice. In
that, event the governor will npoint a
new associate justice. The governor to
night had received numerous telegrams
endorsing prominent lawyers whose
names were not divulged and containing
requests that he hear delegations. The
telegrariis approached the subject of an
appointment upon the assumption that
one of the four associate justices would
be promoted to the chief justiceship.
« . .. ...
is truly a group of outstanding artists.
Miss Both as soloist is aided by two
unusually capable men, Mr. Brandt as
pianist and Mr. Clark as violinist. Fol
lowing? this program a special program
has been arranged for the children. This
consists of the presentation of charac
ters from story books, fairlyiand as well
as story land. At night, starting at
8 ofelodk, the Betty Booth Company'
gives a half hour’s musical entertain
ment. As a concluding program for the
day, Mr. Sidney Landon gives his won
derful characterisation of your favorite
literary men. These authors seem to
.actually appear on the 'platform, so per
fectly does Mr. Landon impersonate*
them both in language and action as
well as looks. To do this he makes
up before the audience.
WHAT SMUTTY'S WEATHER CAT
SAYS
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Showers and thundershower* this af
ternoon and tonight, cooler tonight;
Thursday partly cloudy, cooler on the
doast.