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VOLUME XXIV
MEANS IS ASSAILED
IN STATEMENTS BY
COMMITTEE WITNESS
Hiram C. Todd Tells Daugh
erty Committee About the
Three Indictments Against
Gaston B. Means.
MEANS ISUROOK
WITNESS STATES
Todd Says Means Is “Filling
His Pockets at the Govern
ment Expense.” Much
Ground is Covered.
(By tkp Associated Prfw)
Washington; May 23. —The troubles of
Oast on B. Means were debated before the
Daugherty committee today at a session
resounding with tumult from beginning
to end. Hiram C. Todd, assistant attor
ney general, was on the witness stand,
but committee members and counsel for'
former Attorney General Daugherty took
up much of the time with 0 series of
quarrels so bitter that the S|ieotatnrs tried
to join in and were quieted by the eapitol
police. |
Todd, himself accused by Chairman
Brookhart of being unfit for his job, fir
ed, sharply back across the committee
table at his questioners, declaring the
committee had shown indignity toward
the courts. and reminding Senator
Wheeler, the committee prosecutor that
he himself is under indictment in Mon
tana, T%e witness said that Means' sto
ry of tfie disappearance of his famous
diaries wns a ‘fairy tale" which could be
profbd easily by the testimony of two
Department of,Justice agents who guard
ed the Means residence. The ‘only pur
pose of the watch set over Means by the
Department. Todd insisted, was to ob
serve his health, and see whether he was
well enough to come to New York for
trial.
Afte rthe committee adojurned, Sen
ator Brookhart. Pawl Howland, of the
Daugherty connsel, and Means renewed
verhal bositilities in an adjoining hall
way with the result that a police officer
intervened with a caution which ended
the argument. ,
Debate Troubles of Weans
lShgab Uigtun. May 23,-wJli*a» C. Todd*
~ spcrtST assistant to TM> -attorney Tporm*
al. in rtmrges /of prosecuting Oasfon
Means, appeared before the Senate
Daugherty committee today to deny per
vious testimony as to his connection
with detective activities directed against
the committee and its witnesses.
Senator Wheeler, the committee prose
cutor. also got Todd to describe his work
for the government, which included the
conduct of criminal proceedings against
railway trainmen who quit the services
at Needles, Calif., during the railway
strikes of 1022.
Todd testifying regarding Means, said
that Means was indicted in New York
on October 8, 1923. on three charges of
conspiracy in connection with prohibi
>. tion matters. The eases have been ad
journed from time to time through the
cunning of Means, he declared. ‘‘He
was paid $15,000 by one Johnson fkr
obtaining the removal of a large quan
tity of whiskey from a warehouse,”
Todd declared,
“You knew when you indicted Means
that lie had evidence to convict a num
ber of prominent bootleggers in New
York.” Senator Wheeler asked.
"I knew be was working with them
for the purpose of filling his pockets at
the expense of the government,” Todd
replied.
Senator Wheeler ordered the witness
to stop “putting conclusions into the re
eo.rmd," and Todd retored that he
‘‘didn’t come here'to be lectured."
“Didn't you know that Means went
to New York with a letter from the
President of the United States, direct
ing him to investigate the bootleg ring?"
asked Senator Wheeler.
“X do not, and I don't know it now,
except as you tell it.”
“Isn’t it a fact that where Meanß got
evidence against bootleggers you turned
around and gave the bootleggers immun
ity in order to indict Means?" *
“I don't know that.”
Then in quick exchange Todd agreed
that he had called the bootleggers before
the grand jury “or some of them" and
that “he was going to try Means if
he got a chance.”
Senator Wheeler said Means had been
sent to New Yqrk to get in with the
bootleggers and get their confidence. He
asked whether there was “any evidence
to show that Means took a quart of
whiskey from a warehouse.”
“That isn't a' proper question," re
plied Todd. “Means is a crook—that's
my statement on the conclusion of the
grand jury.”
“You’ve been so free in offering your
conclusions about • Means,” Senator
Wheeler proceeded, “isn’t it a fact that
your evidence shows he never got a
quart of whiskey?"
"It isn’t proper for me to disclose
evidence,” Todd retorted.
The witness then said it appeared to
be the effort of the committee “to pro
tect Means,” and Senator Jones, repub
lican, of Washington, said the commit
tee “was going too far.”
“Gaston B. Means is the man,” shout
ed Todd white two or three committee
men were trying to talk at once.
The number of persons buried in West
minster Abbey is approximately 1,200.
Twelve Today
The Concord Daily Tribune
By Radio and by Wire
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_ In these pictured Interesting contrast Is shown tn photographs sent
bv radio and bv nhone. On che left Is a nlcture of Herbert Hoover,
secretary of commerce, transmitted and received by radio by means of
the invention of C. Francis Jenkins. Washington, D. C„ who has been
meeting with Increased success tn sending photos In the air. On right
is a oleture of President Coo I ill ge transmitted by phone through the
American Telegraph S Telephone Company. Some hold that radio
transmission Is less practical, due to ether disturbance < ,
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148.200 GALLONS OF REAL
j BOURBON GOING FOR A SONG
Fine Kentucky Whisky Will Be Sold
■ For Storage Charges.
Louisville, May 23.—There is to be
a grand auction sale here Thursday and
Friday and possibly on Saturday. The
auctioneers are going to barter away
something like 148.200 gallons of the
finest old Kentucky Bourbon that ever
wa« of ever will he distilled.
It is to be sold for storage charges.
These charges amount to about 26 cents
a gallon. With the cost of advertis
ing and selling fees added, the liquor
ought to bring at least 30 cents a gal
lon —which it must be admitted is quite
a fair price in these bootlegging days.
Tile owners of the whiskey stretch
from Portland. Maine, to Portland Ore
gon : from San Diego to Galveston.
How simple it would be if they could
only come down here and V pay the 30
cents a gallon and take their Bourbon
home with them, but unfortunately for
jhetn it can’t be done. Mr. Volstead
arranged all that. The sole must be
strictly in agreement with the national
prohibition laws, and these laws will
Most of the whisky is owned in Cin
elhliati, Louisville. Chicago and St.
Louln. Something like 110 barrels are
owned in New York, but it is a safe
prediction that none of it ever will reach
the Atlantic seaboard, which already is
reported as wet as the ocean and doing
very nicely on imported stuff."
The idea of sate is that eventually
this prike distillation will find
itself in drug channels and be sold for
medicinal purposes only.
In any event, the 2,974 barrels adver
tised for sale are abandoned property.
The owners have given up They
cannot pay the increasing storage charg
es. They have gone up terrifically since
prohibition. Nor can they afford to
pay the bottling charges in bond'and
compete with the “new stuff’ which is
going directly from the distilleries to
the drug trade.
The accumulated storage charges and
selling fees on tlje liquor amount to
about $44,460. The bootleg value of
(he liquor today is in the neighborhood
of $5,187,000. Any one desiring to bid
in the whiskey can only hope some day
to distribute it through drug channels,
cr possibly hold it until he can arrange
the necessary means of getting it to the
bootleg market.
The shattered hopes of those, who
either owned the liquor outright when
it was placed in storage in the bonded
warehouses, or who bought warehouse i
certificates in the belief that some day
they would be able to get the redeye :
into their cellars, is nation-wide.
LICENSES FOR ALL
DOGS IS STATE LAW
Passed In Interest of Encouraging Sheep
Industry in North Carolina.
A law for encouraging sheep pairing
in North Carolina requires all dogs to
be licensed, in this manner discouraging
I the retaining by citizens of dogs that
« are not worth taxing.
The license tax is merely nominal, but
! it is sufficient, it is thought, to cause the
elimination of worthless dogs in the sec
i tions which are turning to sheep rais
i ing. \
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‘ Bryan Appointed Vice Moderator.
' Grand Rapids, Mich., May 23 (By
the Associated Press).—Appointment of
• William Jennings Bryan as vice moder- 1
1 ator, and an appeal that the church
! align itself in favor of the international
court of justice vied with each other as
” matters of interest at today’s session of
r the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
I Church in the United States of America.
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New Italian Parliament.
* (By the Associated Print
Rome, May 28.—Members of the new
9 Italian chamber of deputies are arriv
" ing in Rome from all the provinces in
” numbers today for the inauguration of
- the new Parliament tomorrow which
promises to be an unusually striking
> ceremonial. Premier Mussolini is per
e st.nally supervising all the preparations.
Parker’s Anniversary Sale.
t- The Anniversary Sate at. Parker’s
Shoe Store • begins Saturday morning at
. 9 o’clock and lauds eight days. Three ex
■ pert specialist* will be in charge, with
I Instructions to tell the entire shock of
■ shoes and hosiery regardless of cost. See
big ad. in this paper. The store is
closed today to get read for the sale.
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 2i, 1924
PEPPER LAYS COURT
PLAN BEFORE SENATE
Proposal Avoids All Legal Relationship
to the L°ague of Nations.
Washington. May 22—A composite
[plan for adherence to the permanent
court of international justice with re
servations was laid before the senate to
day. in a resolution drafted by Senator
Pepper, Republican. Pennsylvania,
after two days of consultation with his
colleagues on the foreign relations com
mittee. ■
It was referred! at once to the com
mittee which is to continue in session
tomorrow, probably with the Pepper
proposal under discussion. It provides
for modification of the proposal trans
mitted to the senate by President Hard
ing in February, 1923. so ns to transfer
the election of judges from the council
and assembly of the league of nations to
similar bodies appointed by signatories
tp the court statute, and proposes also
the summoning of a third Hague con
ference to clarify and codify inter
national law.
resolution eonfepi plates ad-
the .United States to .the,
recommendation of Presidents Harding
and Coolidge." he said, "it does not pro
vide for a new court, but accepts the
present tribunal. The present judges
continue in office and the jurisdiction
and jirocedure of the court are unaffect
ed.
“The resolution gives effect to the de
termination of both Presidents to avoid
all legal relationship to the League of
Nations. The court, under the resolu
tion. would become in fact a world
court, and all American interests would
be safeguarded.
“The resolution is an attempt to give
effect to the President's policy and to
reconcile as far as possible a'.l divergent
views as to how this can best-be done.”
In its preamble the Pepi>er resolu
tion declares an intention to insure the
United States remaining "Wholly free
from any legal relationship to the
league of Nations.” This purpose it
proceeds to accomplish by means of a
long nnd technical arrangement, with
two annexes, nnd with tdx amendments
to the statute creating the cort. These
amendments .are set forth in definite
language for adoption by the other na
tions holding membership in the court,
as a condition of American adherence.
Fanners Getting a Good Start Again.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. (\, May 23. —After sev
eral days of delay, caused by the rains,
most of the farmers are getting a good
start in their fields again, according (o
an observation report made by Frank
Parker, State Agricultural Statistician
after a personal tour of some parts of
the state. As is evident, says the report,
that much cotton acreage is being sub
stituted for tobacco. -
. “Attached to my ear was the ‘crop
meter’ and this being the first time that
one of the new inventions was ever used
by this deportment, a preliminary report
is offered,” said Mr. Parker. "Many
farmers could not understand how we
could arrive at.'the acreages or trends by
measuring only the Toad' front of the
Held. One familiar with averages real
izes that a large number of fields, if
measured oh a constant side, will aver
age approximate equal on all sides.
The twelve items being measured on this
trip were Legume, hays, tobacco, fruit
and 'truck, oats, wheat, corn, cotton,
I woodland, plowed but apparently not
planted, idle (not yet broken, urban and
all other road frontage.
“To give an idea of the capacity of
this prop meter, which replaces the speed
meter, it has the trip and total mileage
indicators in addition to the twelve crop
keys.
•“While eottou and tobacco were the
principal croits , from Raleigh to Troy,
clovers and small grains were the more
common in Stanly and Cabarrus coun
ties. All crop growths are late. Small
grains are low in height. The fall sown
oats are very poor in stands, while the
spring crop is unusually good. Wheat
is good. Hovers are fair to good. To
bacco is just being transplanted to the
fields, but the conditions are good for
this purpose. Cotton is having the
worst time and much replanting is ex
’ pected. Dewberries and peaches promise
, big crops.”
\ The fantous old Roman road, Via Ap
i pia, is 2,000 yearn old, and is still in a
marvelously! good state of repair.
LOUIS ANDERSON IS
KIM.RD BY A TRAIN
Moorsville Man Mrtis Instant Death
White Crossing, Us iutd O. Tracks in
Kirhmoiui. vj t . 5
Richmond. Ym. May 22.—Ixiiiis
Anderson. 58. dft N. C-J
j employed in the (instruction of a
j bridge over the Janies river in the
I western port of djiisycity. was instantly;
killed today whep hj» was struck by a,
C, and O. pa xsetige rut rain bond from,
Richmond to Lynchburg on the James!
river division, He srao errossang the
tracks at the tithe and was hurled
nearly 100 feet.
Hiis body was shijtprd to Mooresvilte'
at 3:45 this aftemwit accompanied b.v'
a son. T. V. Anderson, who had been*
working on the- siine bridge hero.;
Police announced that the engineer of:
the trai would be iirrfsted on a t(•clinical
clinrge of manslangtitri* as soon as lie
returns’ frqm ■ Mr. Anderson'
is .survived by a wif-ov and nine chil
dren besidoa the' .soil who carried his
txjdy home: ■'■ ’ >.i }
MAVFI Wi" SARING.
Mere Testimony Dealing; on Klan Activ
ity in Texas Election Heard by the
Committee cf the Senate.
(By the Assoc Intel Press. I
Washington, May 28. —More testimony
bearing on the charge' of Ivn Kltix Klan
activities in the 19f- senatorial cam
paign in Texas was beard today by the
Senate committee investigating the elec
tion contest brought against Senator May
field by George E. B. Teddy. '
The committee also questioned Me G.
Mayfield, of Terrell, Texas, a brothed ot
the Senator, who said he was active in
the campaign and had'contributed to its
expenses. He had on. the road 18 or 20 1
salesmen employed by his grocery com- '
pany. he said, nnd fM»u them he collect
ed from time to time small contributions '
which he split up and aplied a part to
his own ex ponses jn Connection with the
work done for his brother.
THE COTTON MARKET
Sharp Setback Occurred Early Today as
Result cf Improved AVeatlier in Cotton
Belt.
(By the associated Press)
New York. May 23.—A sharp setback
occurred in the cotton market early to
day as a result of improved weather in
the cotton belt, weaker cables, and a
continued slow demand for goods as re
flected in sale of only 10,000 -to 15.00(1
pieces at Fall River for the week. First
prices were 17 to 28'poinis lower. Maj
dropped ns low as 31.7'. while July
reached 28.90 and Ocftihci- 25.77.
There was liberal sailing by Liverpool,
the South, and New Orleans, but on the
declfue Wall Street bought a dool deal
' iiif imn'miii miiiiiirinrriArrir* —‘yr 1
interest in Mus mai-RCL ' Opening prices
were: May 31.9 ft: July 29.00: October
25.80; December 25.05; January 24.80.
PRESIDENT IS BACK
AT HIS OFFICE NOW
Cold Improved During the Night and
Chief Executive Was Ready to Tackle
Jlany Matters.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 23.—His cold having
slightly iml»rovdd (overnight, President
Coolidge returned to his office today fac
ing a long series of engagements includ
ing tne Friday meeting of the cabinet.
This morning he took one of his early
morning walks and was at his desk in
tlie executive offices before any of the
White House staff had reported for the
day.
With Our Advertisers.
The Big Removal Sale at Efird's is
going “over the top" every day. Tomor
row and Monday are expected to Be ban
ner days.
Get that straw lint today. W. A.
Overeaslt has your size.
Last call for awniugs. The Concord
Furniture Co. will sappy them for you.
Special home-made candy at liberty
Lunch, 40 S. Union Sfreet.
The Pa*ks-Belk Co. will have three
big Dollar Days of bargains. Friday,
Saturday and Monday,
26. ‘They have a lot of prices, in to
dnyV Tribune but they say they haven’t
the space to mention even one per cent,
of the bargains they have for you dur
ing these dayß.
Any homeowner, householder or prop
erty owner may need a fire extinguisher.
They are a protection, to life as well
as property. * If they were more gen
erally distributed and used there is no
question but the tremendous fire wastage
of the country of nearly $1,000.00 a
minutes and forty lives every day would
be greatly reduced. If yon have none
or have an inadequate supply, see the
distributer before he leaves town. See
ad. in this paper.
The new London model of Schloss
clothes at Hoover's.
Al Johnson is now in position to give
instruction in golf.
All the best perfumes at Gibson Drug
Store.
Get. a nice comfortable rocket* for
summer at H. B. Wilkinson’s.
Dittemore BUI Djwuissed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Boston, May 23.—The State Suprenie
' Court today dismissed the bill in equity
' brought by John V. Dittemore, seeking
to have the directors of the First Church
• of Christ, scientist, compelled to recog
, nine him as a member cf the board.
; Dittemore claimed that he had been re
moved from the board illegally.
| Smote Would Abolish Hie Pullman
Surcharge.
. • Washington, May 22.—The Pullman
' surcharge authorized by die interstate
, commerce commission in 1920 would be
. abolished -under an amendment to the
, interstate commerce aet aproved to
i night by the senate It now goes to the
t ho,w *'
I After a winter spent at his home in
1 Tennessee, “Pop” Geer#, 74 year* old
-'and dean of American harmneaa rcine
i men, ia reported in fine fettle to begin
the Grand Circuit campaign.
SEVENTEEN PERSONS
INDICTED FOR PART
IN WHISKEY THEFTS
Men Are Charged With Hav
ing Part in Robbery Last
Summer of the Jack Daniel
Warehouse.
OFFICERS OF
COMPANY NAMED
In Indictment Which Was
Returned by Special Grand
Jury—George Remus Also
Named.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Louis. May 23.—Lem Motlow,
wealthy distiller of Lynchburg. Tenu..
Thomns A. Heffernan, president - and
Harry L. Dahlmnn. vice president of the
Jack Daniel Distilling Co., are included
among the seventeen persons indicted by
i Federal grand jury investigating the
theft of 890 barrels of whiskey from the
Jack Daniel bonded warehouse here last
summer, it wns learned here todavMot
low, who is now under an indictment for
murder of C. X. Pullis. a I’nllmnn ear
conductor, was formerly the owner of the
distillery. Others named ill the indict
ment Include George Remus, nationally
known bootlegger, who is now in the
Federal prison at Atlanta, (ia., and his
wife, Mrs. Imogene Remus. The ar
rest of a number of St. Louis men is ex
pected today.
TEST VOTE ON DRY ACT
COMING IN THE HOUSE
Black's Amendment Would Legalize
Beer to Creat Demand for Farm
Products.
Washington. May 23. —Opponents of
the Volstead act are staging a pre-elec-
L ion reeord vote on the “wet” and "dry"
Vsue. This will come through a roll
•all on the proposed amendment of
Representative Loring Black, Jr., of
New York, to the ’ McNairy-Haughen
bill “legalizing the manufacture nnd
■nle of non-intoxicating beers, cider arid
medicinal whiskey to create a demand
for millions of bushels (If farm products.”
“The bankrupt American farmer eau
(charge his-,difficulties,” Mr. Black Said
todfty. “to 'ihe'lbhs-df is- nrfwket feri move
than 3,500,000.000 pounds cf farm
irodncts formerly used annually by the
brewing industry alone. The loss of
barely farmers has been estimated at
$975,000,000 in the past four years.
“My amendment to the ikoNairy-
Hangen bill will immediately reestablish
a market for more than 3.500.000.000
pounds of farm products.”
Representative Black's rider would
raise the $200.000,000 found provided for
by the_ /McNairy-Haugen bill the first
year and leave a surplus of $300,-000,-
000. and yearly thereafter would pro
duce $500,000,000 of the revenue—
euough to pay off the entire soldier bonus
in five years.
WORLD COURT PROPOSALS
GET ACTION TOMORROW
Senate Agrees to Dispose of Proposals
Tomorrow—Favorable Action for Some
Ph'n Expected.
(By the Assoclatri! I’rnwl
Wasl. mgton, May 23.—An agreement
was rea( «ed today by the Senate foreign
relations mminittee to finally dispose to
morrow of tne several propositions before
it dealing with American adherence to
the World Ccurt. The decision was
accepted by meat members as assuring
a favorable, report on a composite plan.
SENATOR*WALSH WOULD
MODIFY THE BONI S BILL
Montana Senator Would Change Law So
uk to Cut Out All Cush Payments.
IBy tbe Associated Press.)
Washington, May 23.—The first move
to modify the four-day old bonus law was
made today when Senator Walsh, demo
crat, proposed an amendment substitut
ing cash payments for insurance on the
same per diem basis now contained in
the bill. He estimated that the govern
ment would save $1,000,000,000 if the
change were approved.
Postmaster Is Removed for “Service
Reasons."
Hornell, N.Y., May 23.—Postmaster
Edison J. Halbert was notified today of
his removal from office upon recommen
dation of Federal inspectors for “service
reasons.”
While no formal charges have been
filed, Halbert said that ptostal inspectors
had been spending some time here in
vestigating complaints of irregularities
in connection with a straw vote taken by
u national weekly magazine. It was al
leged that hundreds of letters containing!
ballots asking for an expression en the
soldier bonus and tax reduction bills'
were mailed here and were not delivered
to the persons address. It was charged
that, instead, the ballots were marked
by some one in the local post office and
returned to the magazine. Halbert has;
denied any knowledge of the transaction
, and says he will fight his removal.
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson Speaks in Ala-!
bams.
(By the Associated Press.)
I Winston-Salem. May 23. —Mrs. J.
; Lindsey Patterson, of this city, who is
' one of the leading Republicans of For
syth County, was one of the principal
speakers at the Alabama Republican
l Convention which w r as held in Binning
-- ham on Wednesday. Mrs. Patterson was
- accorded a warm welcome and a great
i ovation at the conclusion of her address,
it was said.
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' When Miss Minnie Goldman. Qf
Clflcago. won her diploma to prac
tice law she never guessed that
one day her father would be her
client But now he is the defendant
i In her “biggest case.” Her father.
: Abraham Goldman, faces federal
i trial in Worcester, Mass., with his
son-in-law. Joseph B. Marsino. Chi
. cago. charged with embezzlement
: in connection with the looting of
I the Warren National Bank.
GENERAL JULIAN S. CARR’S
WILL FILED FOR PROBATE
Sens Get Half of $300,000 and His
Grond-Chifolreu ami Secretary’ the
Other Half.
| Durham. May 22.—The will of the
late General Julian S. Carr was filed
for probate with the clerk of superior
court here this afternoon, involving
the disposition of an estate valued 'at
$250,000 to $300,000.
His two sons, Claiborne Carr and
Austin Carr, get one-half of the es
tate. and his grandchildren nnd Thomas
' M. Gorman, his secretary, the other
half, excluding holdings in Texus and
Oklahoma. The western properties will
go to the University of North Carolina.
Trinity college, Durham public library,
old ladies' home and educational insti
tutions in China established by the
l general.
e > -Sjssrwrqu* „ beg ufsts, ,wrro
i made. His stenographer gets SSOO and
, a number of servants S2OO each.
At one time General Carr was re
puted to be the wealthiest man in North
Carolina. All his life he gave generously
,to educational nnd religious institu
tions.
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RADIO LOCATES GIRL
MISSING FROM HOME
Detective Sees Young Woman Whose
Description Was Broadcast.
Mount Holly, X. J.. May 21.—Her dis
appearance broadcast from several radio
, stations in this section of the country.
County Detective Parker today applied
the information he received in locating
Miss Mary Boyer, 25 years old, for her
father. W. J. Boyer, owner of a chain
drug store in Reading, Pa.
( She is being returned to her home as
, ter having been absent about a week.
When he registered at the Washington
House here Detective Parker was noti
fied. Looking her over and remember
ing the radio news thnt included a de
scription. Parker became convinced that
lie had the Reading woman.
Salem College Commencement.
(By -•lie Associated Press.)
Winston-Salem, May 23.—The 152nd
annual Commencement of Salem College,
beginning with the exercises of Satur
day. May 24, and closing \yitli the con
ferring of degrees and diplomas on Tues- .
day morning. May 2T, is expected this !
year to exceed all previous occasions in .
its varibty of interest and large attend-
a nee. The Commencement address will
be by I)r. Plato Durham, who made the
address of the occasion at the unveiling
of the Confederate Memorial at Stone |
Mountain. Georgia.. The Baccalaureate
Sermon by the Rev. Karl Morgan Bloc,
of Roanoke, Va., noted for his ser
mons to students, will doubtless attract
large crowds not only locally but
throughout the State, many of the Salem
alumnae groups having nlreod.v complet
ed plans to drive to Winston-Salem for
the three-day sojourn. Arrangements
for the entertainment of visitors have
been completed, and the dormitories and
other facilities of the College will be
used to the full to assure the comfort
an dpleastire of its guests.
Rev. Billy Sunday Not to Undergo an
peratibn Now.
Rochester. Minn.. May 22.—The .con
dition of Rev. William Sunday, evange
j list, is not serious and will not. re
'quire an operation at this time, Mayo
I clinic physicians, who completed
diagnosis of Mr. Sunday’s ease, an
nounced today.
Mr. Sunday is iu excellent spirits.
“This little delay will not interfere with
my work,” declared the evangelist. “We
are going to Elmira, N. Y.. for our first
meeting and then to Nashville, Tenn.”
Governor and Mrs. Morrison on Short
Visit to Charlotte.
Oharrlotte, May 22.—Governor and
Mrs. Cameron Morrison left Charlotte
: this afternoon for Raleigh, after spend
ing a day and night here. While here
I Mrs. Morrison conferred with officials of
1 Queens college alumni association re
-1 garding plan* for Improvements to the
' college which the association is de
-1 veloping.
. Children of eight years of age are
employed in Chineae faetorie.
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• TODAY
NO. 120
DEATH OF FOURTEEN }
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r'TTEa.ISG OFFICERS
Nude Body of Robert Franks
Found Thursday in Rail
road Cut About Five Miles
From Home.
FATHER PREPARING
TO OFFER MONEY
To Kidnappers 'For His Son
When Body Was Identified
—Chemist Thinks the Boy
Was Poisoned.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, May 23. —Slain while kidnap
pers demanded a SIO,OOO ransom, the
nude body of Robert Franks, 14 year old
son of Jacob Franks, .millionaire watch
manufacturer, found ypsterday in a rail
road culvert, five miles from his home,
brought to light what the police term the
strangest and most baffling homicide iu
Chicago’* history.
Unaware that the body of an unidenti
fied boy found early yesterday was that
of his son.' Mr. Franks was arranging to
carry out the kidnappers' demands sent
him in a neatly typewritten special deliv
ery letter, and couched in perfect gram
mar. Hours after the body had been re
covered. the uncle of the boy wnt to a
morgue and identified it.
Coroner’s physician Springer declared
definitely, today that the boy was a vic
tim of a crime of degeneracy. The phy
sician did not state, however, what he*
believed to have been the exact cause
of death.
Three instructors of Harvard School.
Walter Wilson instructor in mathemat
ics. Richard I*. Williams, athletic in
structor, and Mott Mitchell. English in
structor, were questioned in detail con
cerning the boy.
Three small bottles found in the home
of Williams were seized. He said that
the bottles contained part fit a solution
lie used iu rubbing the boys after gym
nastic exercises. Williams is 52 years
old. Dr. W. D. McNally, coroner's chem
ist. examined the boy's vital organs, and
announced that discoloration of the vic
tim's lips ndieate poison, and like
wise he said there was some indiejition of
' the '*-presence wP i*
“From present, indications I am inclined
to believe that this was the pause of
death,” he said.
Following Two Leads.
Chicago. May 23.—Clues leading both
to high culture and to degeneracy mysti
fied the police today in solving the kid
napping, murder and attempt at ransom
of Robert Franks. 14 years old son of
Jacob Franks, a millionaire Chicago
manufacturer.
The boy started to walk three blocks
to his home late Wednesday afternoon,
after umpiring a ball game at the Har
vard School, and was not seen again un
til his body was found under a culvert
several miles away.
No Evidence of Degenerate Attack.
Chicago, May 23. —The kidnapping and
ransom theory in the mysterious death
of fourteeen-year-old Robert Franks
came to the fore again today when the
coroner chemist declared there was no
evidence of a degenerate attack as offi
cials had announced earlier.
Dr. W. D. McNnlly. the coroner's
chemist, said that poison might have
caused external evidence from which an
earlier theory of mistreatment was
drawn. The coroner accepted this the
ory.
Charged With Slaying Mao In Quarrel
Over Nickel.
Danville. Va.. May 22.—Luther
Beverley, of Claudeville, Patrick county,
is held in Stuart jail charged with kill
ing R. L. Barnard following a quarrel
over a niekle. Tbct inquest held at the
scene revealed evidence that the two
men. with, others, were playing cards.
Eoeh man accused the other of owing
him ft niekle and finally, it is sMd, each
man passed the lie and arose from his
seat. Barnard *was unarmed. Beverley
is charged with drawing his revolver
and shooting Barnard in' the breast.
The wounded man turned to run where
ni>on. it is further alleged Beverley
IMUired four more shots into the man’s
back and he dropped dead-
Guerard Released on Ball.
(By the Associated Plea*.)
Raleigh. May 23.—W. V. Guerard, for
mer King Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan
in this state, but more recently alleged
organized of the United Klansmeu of
America, charged with secret assutt in'
connection with the alleged flogging of
Hayes Henry, negro, several months ago.
today was released from the Wake county
jail when local citizens furnished $2,500
bond. Guerard was recently arrested In
Columbia, 8. C. , r.
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