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VOLUME XXIV
conn SENDS
REPORT FOLLOWING
THOROUGH INQUIRY
Water and Ship Commission
Completes Work and Gov
ernor and Council of State
Have Copy of Report.
GOVERNOR SAYS
HE IS PLEASED
Very Probable That Special
Session of Legislature Will
Be Called tojTake Action
of Findings.
(By the AamdaM Preaa.)
Rnleigh. N. C., May 24.—The report
of Ihe state ship and water transporta
tion eommisinn today was in the hands
of Governor'Morrison and the Council of
Stnfe. Following 15 months’ exhaustive
investigation of the port facilities, in
land waterways, and coastwise and in
land whip line possibilities of the state,
the commission late yesterday wound up
the work it was commissioned to do by
the 1023 General Assembly.
Governor Morrison, after receiving the
report, which recommended the establish
ment of state-owned terminals and the
operation of state ship lines, if privnte
lines were found insufficient, asserted
he was well pleased and that if the coun
cil of state would agree with him and if
lie believed the reaction of the people to
\ the report to be favorable to such a move,
he would call a special session of the
Legislature to handle the report and to
act on its recommendations.
SEVENTEEN PERSONS
CONDEMNED TO DEATH
Supreme Court at Leningrad Derides
Former Judges, Court Officials and
Others Must Die.
lieningrnd, May 24 (By the Associat
ed I*res«). —The Supreme Court today
after 27 honna of deliberation, condemned
to death seventeen former judges, court
officials, lawyers and persons connected
with the operation of the new economic
policy, who have been tried on charges
of corruption and bribery.
Forty-eight persons haflg on trial
for twelve days. Os the remaining 31.
seven ; were sentenced >to ten years im
prisonment. two to five ywaiyr imprison? i
irienti eight to three years imprisonment,
while a number of others were ordered
deported to Siberia. Three were ac
quitted.
STORM IN MISSOURI
DID MUCH DAMAGE
At least One Person Known to Have
Been KiUed.—Much Damage to Prop
erty.
(By the Associated Preset
Poplar Bluff. Mo., May 24.-—At least 1
one persons was killed and several in- ;
jured severely by a wind and electrical 1
storm in southeastern Missouri late last
night. A two-year-old boy was killed
at Gray Ridge.
Wire service tvns demoralized and re
ports had not been confirmed at noon '
of one killed and seven injured at
Carnthersville, where a business block .
was said to have been destroyed.
With Our Adversirers.
John K. Patterson & Co., in a new ad.
offers (some food for thought in regard
to accident health income policies.
Wedding stationery—Reliefagraf—at '
the Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery.
See new ad. today.
Parker’s Annivessary Sale is a regu
larg Bargain Jubilee. Shoes for every
body.
The W. C. Correll Jewefby Co. is go
ing to give away a watch to a boy or girl
graduate of the Concord High School. See
the clock in their window.
Mel-Bro foe the hair—keeps your' hair
combed any style.
Open and Closed Cars For Hire—
drive 'em yourself. See J. D. Boyd at
Letter Motor Co.
Safe Milk is sold by the Co-operative
Dairy Co. which has the only pasteuriz
ing plant in Cabarrus county.
Efird's Removal Sale is offering spec
ials for Saturday and Monday all over
the. big store. Go and' get your share of
the good things.
Mills Leading.
(Br the Associated Press.)
Asheville, N. C„ May 24.—Eugene
Mills, of Raleigh, was three up on Har
old Van Zandt, of Greenville, 8. C., at
the end of the morning round in the
men’s final championship flight of the
Carolina Golf Association at Biltmore
Forest Country Club.
Miss VanLaixHngham Wins.
(By the Associated Press.)
Asheville, May 24. —Miss Dean Van-
Landingham, of the Charlotte Country
Club, today won the woman’s golf cham
pionship of the Caroiinas at the Ashe
ville Country Club. She defeated Mias
Edna Hirshinger, also of the Charlotte
Country Club, one up on the 20th hole.
Conference Report on Taz Bill.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. May 24. —The conference
report on the tax rteduction bill was
before the Senate today with prompt ap
proval in prospect. The House will act
on the report Monday.
The $5,000 purse donated by Thomas
Taggart is expected to draw the beat of
the golf “pros" to thto year’s tourna
ment of the Professional Golfers’ Asso
ciation. The tournament is to be held
at French Lick Springs the third week 1
of September. 1 , 1
The Concord Daily Tribune
Specific Recommendations Are
Made by the Ship Commission
Raleigh. May 23.—Following are the
specific recommendations, in brief, of
the whip and water transportation com
mission :
“I—That the general assembly create
a port commission of five members, vested
with full authority to select sites and |
construct port terminals, w'th all necos- ]
wary equipment, and that the said port I
commission will be given full power to .
establish a traffic organization, to enter i
and either through ]
the corporation commission or otherwise,
in connection with rate and traffic regn- '
lationw, and to do all things necessary '
to carry out the purposes of its creation
and to bring relief in- freight and traffic
matters to the citizens of the state. I
WOMAN DECLARES THE
SOUTH FAVORS FORD
Mrs. W. B. Edmundson TeHs Commit
tee South Is Anxious For Ford to Get
Muscle Shoals.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 24. —Mrs. W. B.
Edmundson. who lives on an Alabama
farm, temporarily unset the decorum of
the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Mus
cle Shoals hearing today by jokingly lic
ensing Chairman Norris of breaking a
promise he made months ago to an Ala
bama school girl. She told the commit
tee that the cl'ninnnn attending a picnic
in that state while ou an inspection trip,
promised to support the Ford bill in re
turn for a kiss, but did not make good
his part of the bargain.
Senator Norris did not accept the sto
ry as a joke, and the hearing was inter
rupted while he demanded an explanation
and wnnted to know whether a deliber
ate attempt was being made to discredit
him. Mrs. Edmundson assured him that
she meant no harm, and the proceedings
got back to a more serious basis.
"The whole South is behind the Ford
bid,” Mrs. Edmundson declared. "The
farmer in the South will be gone unless
something is done to allow him to make
cotton which can be sold at a low price,
and Ford's proposal to make fertilizer
offers this opportunity to the Southern
farmer.
“The committee has been doing nothing
but sitting here and talking about what
can be done to industries in the Caroiinas
and other states."
CARRIES WEALTH AROUND
LOOSE IN HIS POCKETS
Italian Arrested in Greensboro With
SIO,OOO Worth of Gems on His Per
son.
Greensboro,. May 28.—C. Castaldo, an
East 127th street. New York city, was
arrested here today with about SIO,OOO
worth of diamonds loose in his pockets,
according to the police. He is being
held for investigation.
Capt. J. C. Current, assistant chief
of police, received information that a
man was trying to sell diamonds here
and located him on the street. When
(lie gem merchant attempted to sell the
plain-clothes man a diamond, the latter
suggested they go to his office to dis
cuss the matter. Castaldo came willingly
and Current led the way to the police
station.
The gems were offered for sale at
prices ranging from SSOO to SI,OOO each,
the police said. They have communicat
ed with New York in an effort to find
out something about the man.
Asheville Delegation Off to Invite the
President.
Asheville, Mhy 23.—Optimism over
the outcome of their trip to invite Presi
dent Calvin Coolidge and his family to
spend the summer months in Asheville,
was expressed today by Mayor John H.
Cathey, who with J. H. Wood and Dan
H. Hill left this afternoon for the
capital.
The President has consented to give
the Asheville delegation an audience
Saturday morning at the White House.
A cablegram was received today by
Judge J. G. Adams from P. 8. Henry,
now in England, offering the use of
Heealandia. his beautiful borne and
estate on Beauoatoher mountain, to the
President and his family for the sum
mer. Offer also will be to the President
of the combined homes of B. S. Colburn
and Judge Adams in Biltmore forodt.
Three Arrested For Alleged Theft.
(Py (he Associated Press.)
New York, May 24.—The arrest of
three men here last night in connection
with a huge bond theft, police believe
today, will clear up a bank robbery at
Walton, Kans., in January, 1023, an
other in Denver soon afterward, and the
slaying of two men in St. Louis in Oc
tober, 1023.
Senator Wheeler Given Overwhelming
Vote of Confidence By His Colleagues
Washington, May 23.—Senator Burton
K. Wheeler, of Montana, indicted by a
federal grand jury in his home state,
was given an overwhelming vote of con
fidence today by his colleagues in the
Senate.
Sweeping aside two proposals to defer
expressions as to guilt or innocence un
til after the court trial, the Senate adopt
ed, 56 to 5. the majbrity report of
its investigating committee exonerating
the prosecutor of. the Daugherty commit
tee of the charge of accepting a fee to
practice before the interior department
after his election to the Senate.
.Eighteen Republicans and the two
farmer-labor senators joined with 36
Democrats in favor of the resolution ap
proving the majority report submitted
by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho,
chairman of the investigating commit
. tee. He five opposing the resolution
' were Republicans. They were Curtis,
Phipps Spencer, Sterling and Willis.
1 Senator Wheeler did not vote.
* The proposals under which the Senate
CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924
I
“2—That $7,000,000 be appropriated
for the use of said port commission, er
so much thereof as may be. necessary, for
the purposes enumerated above.
”3—That the pert commission be au
thorized to purchase or lease ships and
| operate tlie same, if in its opinion ade
jquate shipping is not provided by pri
vate enterprise, and that $1,500,000 ad
j (litional be appropriated for this pur
pose. or so much thereof as may b-
I necessary.
j “4—That the State acquire the Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad as a basis
for a trunk line railway from the Cape
Fear basin to the middle west, or other-
I wise provide such a trunk line.”
THE COTTON MARKET
| Forecase for Cooler Weather in the Belt
Brought Firm and Active Opening To
day.
(By the Associated Press)
New York. May 24.—A forecast for
cooler weather in the cotton belt, with
its suggestion of further delay in crop
progress, brought a firmer and active
opening in the cotton market today.
First prices were 16 to 26 points higher.
Increased support from Wall Street,
and commission houses caused later ad
vances which carried Jnlv contracts up
to 20.70 and October to 26.31, or 34 to
40 [mints above the previous close.
Opening prices were: July 20.48;
Get. 26.20; Deo. 25.52; .Tan 25.25;
March, not quoted.
Closed Steady.
New York. May 24.—Cotton futures
closed steady: July 20.70 to 20.74;
October 26.50 to 26.52; December 25.71
to 25.75: January 25.5!? to 25.50; March
not quoted.
WOMAN AND CHILDREN
LOST LIVES IN BLAZE
All Six Were Trapped in Two-Family
House at Canton, Maas.—Origin of the
Fire Unknown.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Canton, Mass., May 24.—A woman and
six children were killed in a fire which
destroyed a two family house here enr
ly today. The victims were: Mrs. An
ginetto D'Amateio and two of her chil
dren. and the four children of Joseph
Leolrtire. The cause of the fire is unde
termined.
The dead woman and one of her chil
dren were found suffocated near a win
dow. The other victims were burned to
death.
A patrolman rescued Vincent D'Amn
. husband, oftke.dfvd woman. and.
fcie of hist child I'm. He tried to're-enter
the house to snve the others, but the
flames drove him back.
Addition to Faculty of Greensboro Col
- . leg*.
(By the Associated Press.)
Greensboro, X. C„ May 24.—Six new
appointments to the faculty of Greens
boro College have been announced by the
President, S. B. Turrentine. They will
fill places in the departments of political
economy and history; chemistry and
physics; English, library, physical edu
cation and expression.
Elliott O. Watson, of Vanderbilt Uni
versity faculty and a graduate of Wof
ford College, will be on the faculty of
the political economy and history depart
ment.
Dr. Paul M. Ginnings, of Centenary
College, Louisiana and a graduate of the
University of Illinois, will come to the
chemistry department.
Miss Edna Earl Shelton, of Queen’s
College, Charlotte, and a graduate of the
University of South Carolina, will be
connected with.the English Department.
Mias Margaret Tuthill, a graduate of
Greensboro College, will be assistant li
brarian.
Miss Geraldine Smith, a graduate of
Greensboro College, nnd during the past
year assistant librarian and coach 'in
athletics, will be associated professor of
physical education.
Miss Elbn Denninger. professor of ex
pression and physical education, will de
vote more time to the department of oral
English and expression, and to the pro
fessional school of physical education.
Will Not Release Republican Leaders.
Dublin, Ireland, May 23 (By the As
sociated Press). —The Free State govern
ment will expedite the release of all
prisoners interned or under sentence of
imprisonment with the exception of
Eamonn de Valera, and other Republican
leaders who have not yet been tried.
The rare earth thorium forms the
chief chemical constituent of the mantles
used for incandescent gas burners.
would not have expressed itself as to
the gljilt or innocence were put forward |
by Senators Sterling, of South Dakota, a
member of the investigating committee,
and Spencer, of Missouri. That by ]
Senator Sterling, which specified that no I
question should be raised as to Senator |
Wheeler’s qualifications to sit in the
Senate, was rejected 58 to 5.
The balloting came after nearly three'
hours of debate in which Senator Ster
ling, author of a minority report ho\ding
that with the facts before it the grand
jury was justified in voting an indict
ment, became the storm center of at-'
tack from both sides of the chamber.
Senator ‘Robinson, of Arkansas, the!
Democratic leader, declared that every i
honest citizen acquainted with the facta
knew that Senator Wheeler bad been
framed because of bis activities in press
ing the investigation of the department
of justice and asserted that senators
would be “cravens and cowards” if they
tax% refuge behind Senator Sterling’s
resolution. <
LOCAL CHAMTAIiIA
PROGRAM WILL ENO
WITH FINE NUMBERS
"T"
Hawaiian Sinfers and Play
ers Will Provide Evening
of Rare treasure as the
Closing Number.
fridaysplßgram
VERY INTERESTING
The ProgramJFor Children
Proved of ftreat Interest
and Please to Them.—
Lecture Friday Night.
The Chautauqua for Friday was va
ried and. thus pleased about every class
of hearers. Perhaps the most striking
feature of the day was the program for
the children by the Columbian Marion
ettes. At this nulhber there were pres
ent nearly sixteen hundred children of
the public schools as well as consider
able number of adults. The dolls were
made to act and from all appearances
talk the parts of ->eal people in the
plays nnd stories of the fairy land so
delightfully attractive to the child's
mind. The Misses, VanWngner and
Hamilton so manipulated the dolls that
it was easy to picture the story they
were to portray. The inspiration of
the numbers as well as the suggestion of
the responsibility resting on all in ear
ing for these children was most vividly
brought to the minds of the grown-ups
who were there.
The afternoon program was most de
lightful. The Laura AVerno Ladies'
Quartet is oomposede of a group of most
attractive personalities who aVe enter
tainers of artistic perfection. The mu
sical presentations, both the group and
solo numbers were of the highest order
and received with hearty applause. At
night they gave a half hour’s prelude
which was a second demonstration of the
popularity such kind of entertainment
has earned in our city. These ladies
have made a place for themselves in the
memories of the Chautauqua goers in
Concord. “Come again. Miss Werno.
and bring your girls," was heard from
several admirers who were present.
At night Capt. Dlnsmore Tipton gave
an address on the responsibility of
parangaail^ihecat^riinaking.men and
women out,of the boys and girls of to
day. Capt. Upton is a rapid fire talk
er. Every moment of the hour and a
quarter was filled with worth while in
formation and advice. He contends
that the most valuable commodity on
our land is the crop of children. The
safest and in fact the only way to make
the country safe in the future is to rear
these children to be vnhinb|p and de
pendable grown-ups. The greatest amount
of the responsibility for this rests with
the fathers and mothers and others of
the adults of today. Further he says
that anything that a community needs
for the good of the children can be ob
tained if there is created a desire suffi
ciently strong to have it. He spoke
complimentary of the excellent plant the
people of Goneormd have made in the
new high school building and grounds.
All in all Capt Upton gave something
that will cause a lot of our good people
to think carefully ou the problems we
have right here in our city.
The program for today is considered
by many as the best one yet. The Hi
waiinns are natives of that island and
bring with them the Inre of their in
sular home. Not only do they bring
the music of this wonderful spot but
the scenery as well. It really is a
chance that rarely comes to any com
munity. They have half an hour of
the afternoon program and the entire
program tonight. Miss Virginia Slade
will read that popular play. “Within
the Law.” this afternoon. Her work
has been characterized as perfect in
about every detail, making the 16 char
acters appear in a most vivid way. To
night closes the program for this year.
Fan* For Fighters.
New York, May 24.—A newspaper cor
respondent in China gives some ainnsing
impressions of the civil war now “rag
ing” in that country. He points out
that blood is rarely drawn in battles.
When General Tsehan-Hiun had been
thirteen days in Peking, the Republican
generals, Taso-Kun nnd Tuan, marched
against him. Each side was equipped
with machine guns and aeroplanes, nnd
a “battle” ensued. A bomb struck a
house house and killed a civilian, and
Tschan-Hiun's army thereupon scatter
ed.
The Chinese soldier of todny is splen
didly drilled in the European way, but
if it begins to rain he stops fighting and
opens his paper umbrella, which, with a
j fan, is part of his equipment. There is
rarely any fighting in Chinn when the
| weather is bad.
I High Point Hosiery Mills,
j High Point, N. (’., May 24. —Seven
million nine hundred and twenty dozen
j pairs of hosiery are manufactured an
■ nually by the 14 mills located in -this
city, according to a statistical report
made public by the High Point Chamber
of Commerce. This makes the total num
ber of pairs of Hose annually manufac
tured here 95,640,000.
1. The hosiery mills located here, the re
port says, are among the largest in the
state and perhaps the South, A large
number of small mills have been started
here within the last two years,is was said,
and they have grown with the progress
of the town. Several thousand pam
phlets telling of the things in which this
excells will be printed and distributed at
the Road Show here In June, the Cham
ber officials stated.
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General Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans Bureau, and Colonel
, C. A. Penington, chief of the insurance division, who will superintend the
| issuing of millions in bonus certificates as the result of the bonus bill
J passage. Below, girls In the mailing section of the Veterans Bureau who ;
jwUl get the applications when they begin to pour in.
WORLD COVRT QUESTION
NOW BEFORE SENATE
Adhesion of United States to Permanent
Court Endorsed in Resolution Passed
By the Senate.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 24.—Adhesion of the
United States to the permanent court of
international justice was endorsed in a
resolution reported today by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
The resolution adopted by the commit
tee follows closely the composite pro
posal p»t. forward by Senator Pepper,
.y£Dnblioip,'«f..Uet4ualxAß{a»« ...
The committee action brings the world
court technically before the Senate for
the first time, but there is little hope in
any quarter of a vote during the pres
ent session.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
ROYALLY WELCOMED
Tokio Took Fliers to Its Heart, anti
Welcome of Great Cordiality Was Ex
tended Them.
Tokio, May 24 (By the Associated
Press). —Tokio took the American flyers
to its heart today. A welcome unsur
passed in cordiality and enthusiasm was
accorded the three aviators and mech
anicians who are circumnavigating the
globe by airplane. The day was a round
of official calls and entertainment, at
each of which notables expressed admi
ration of the achievement of the Amer
icans in crossing the Paeifie. Several
cordial references to Japanese-Arner
can relations were made.
“Dipping” For Dinners.
Buenos Aires, May 24.—-This city prob
ably possesses the most curious restau
rant in the world. It lies in Pasco de
Julio, la street , frequented by sailors
and dockers. The whole establishments
consists of a great pot. about one yard in
diameter, and an equally large fork. On
ly one dish, called “puchero,” is offered
to customers. It is simply prepared. The
proprietor fills the pot with- water, lets
a few chunks of meat anti bones drop to
the bottom, then adds some coloring ma
terial, partly to give a touch of mystery
to the whole; partly to make the meat
in the bottom invisible.
A fire is now started under the pot.
When the mixture boils a sign is dis
played, stating that "lunch, dinner, or
supper is now ready.” Each customer
pays five cents and is handed the huge
fork, which he dips into the boiling wa
ter. If he is lucky he harpoons a piece
of meat, which he is entitled to fish out
and devour. If not, five cents have
“gone bang.” But he can buy another
chance if he has another five cents to
pay for it.
The State Baseball Championship.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. t’., May 24.—The Htate
baseball championship among colleges
cannot be determined hv a post season
game between State Cofiege and Trinity
College, it has been announced here by
the State College Athletic Council. Trin
ity College had previously extended an
invitation or challenge to State College
to play off the tie which existed between I
the two colleges, each having had an |
equal record for the past baseball sea- j
son.
The Athletic council of State College,
however, found it “impossible to accept.”
Several reasons for the declination were
given, including the departure of two
, players from the college, the return of
all uniforms and equipment to the depart
ment storage, and the disbandment of
the team.
Six Die in Storm.
» (By the Associated Press.)
St. Louis, May 24 —Eight persons are
1 dead as the result of a severe wind and
electrical storm in southeastern Missouri
i late last night, H. H. Jordan, telephone
: manager at Charleston, telegraphed the
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
here today.
YOUNG’S ASSAILANTS
ARE BEING SOUGHT
Police Trying to Find Men Who Fired
on Y'oung and His Wife While En
Route Through Illinois.
(By the Associated Press.)
Belleville. HI.. May 24.—Poliee of
many Southern Illinois cities today are
searching for four unidentified gunmen
who late yesterday afternoon attempted
to take the life of S. Glenn Yonng, Ku
Klux Klau dry raider, while Young and
his wife were driving on the Atlantic-
Paeitie highway at the Oktiw River bot-
Mjns. 'vest pf JJk.awv.iUej. by lifinjLa. vob
ley of shots at them front a- <4osed car.
Both Young and his wife were wound
ed. but escaped death by dropping to the
floor of their car as the gunmen's car
sped by them while three of the men tir
ed from 45 calibre automatics, and a shot
guu. Mrs. Young received a charge of
shot in the right side of her face, while
Young was wounded in the right, leg.
The wounds are not considered serious.
Young's machine wa's pierced by 15 bul
lets.
Jack Skelcher Killed.
Herrin, 111.. May 24.—Jack Skelcher
was killed and two other unidentified oc*
cupnnts of a heavily curtained touring
car, all suspected by officers of having
participated in the attempted assassina
tion of S. Glenn Y'oung last night, were
captured in a gun tight with the police
here today-
State Can’t Accept the Challenge of
Trinity.
Raleigh, May 23.—The State baseball
championship among colleges canuot be
determined by a post-season game be
tween State College and Trinity Col
lege, it has been announced here by the
State College athletic council. Trinity
College bad previously extended an in
vitation or challenge to State College to
play off the tie which existed between
the two colleges, eaeh having had an
equal record for the past baseball sea
son.
The athletic council of State College,
however, found it impossible to accept.
Several reasons for the declination were
given, including the departure of two
players from the college, the return of
all uniforms and enqnipment to the de
partment storage, and the disbandment
of the team.
Would Conscript Wealth and Labor.
(By the Associated Press.)
Springfield, Mass., May 24. —A peace
resolution introduced by a special com
mittee yesterday was unanimously
adopted by the Methodist Episcopal Gen
eral Conference here today. An amend
ment was adopted which demanded that
conscription of wealth and labor "be a
counterpart of any future conscription
o fhuman life,” in war.
Labeling the Guests.
ljondon. May 24, —labels bearing the
name and principal business, profession,
or interest of the wearers are an inno
vation recently seen at several big socie
ty gatherings in Ixmdon. They make
the work of introducing the guests to
. one another much easier, and also help
to distinguish between the guests and
i the waiters.
|
Produces Giant. Daffodil.
London. May 24. —After thirty-five
years of experimenting, a Lincolnshire
florist lias* produced a new variety of
daffodil bulb. named the “Olympic,”
which stands about one foot higher than
other daffodils. It has flowers measuring
two inehes across the trumpets and five
across the petails.
Adopts Pension Plan.
Grand Rapids. May 24 (By the Asso
' dated Press). —The General Assembly of
l the Presbyterian Church in the United
i States of America today adopted a pen
i sion plan for ministers, missionaries,
i and other accredited workers of the
' church, effective April 1, 1926, or soon
* er.
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NO. 121
DEFINITELY KNOWN
THAT CHIOftOQ BOY
EZUiSONEO
Science Has Proved, Police
Officers Declare, That Rob
ert Franks Was Killed by
Suffocation.
SPECTACLES MAY
LEAD TO ARREST
Spectacles Found Near the
Swamp Where Dead Body
Was Found—Believe They
Belong to Woman.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago. May 24. —Science today had
satisfied the authorities that Robert
Franks, 14 year ohl son of a millionaire,
was killed by suffocation when kidnap
ped for ransom, and science, too, had
pointed the way to identifieation of the
ownership of the peculiar spectacles
found near the swamp where the body
was found in a culvert. The spectacles
are such as are ordinarily worn by a
woman.
Coroner Oscar Wojff announced that
the boy was a victim of suffocation after
his chemists had found no external cause
of death, and no metallic poisons, and
concluded that a hand or cloth pressed
over the lad's mouth brought death.
The spectacles narrow from temple to
temple, with eomparativey straight bows
such as usually are worn by a woman,
and concave lenses intended for street
wear by a far-sighted person, were made
to order from a prescription, a Chicago
optician declared. The wearer, the op
tician believed, is of nervous, perhaps
eimrotic tendency. rather intellectual,
and temperatmental, and leading a seden
tary life. The person, he added, had a
long, rather than round head, with a
short reach from temple to ears.
While Chief Hughes, of the detective
department, asked the help of everybody
in Chicago who knew any facts or had
ideas regarding the case, Jacob Franks,
father of the boy, voiced an untiring de
termination to find l;is sou's slayers.
‘•I'll spend one million dollars to solve
the crime,” he said. “Money means noth
ing to me now'.”
Mrs. Trunks collapsed while being con
, .suited arranjiempnts for. jhe boy's. <
funeral which have * not been" defihfrely
settled.
Guarding Home of Flunks.
Chicago, May 24. —A police guard was
hurriedly thrown around the home of
Jacob Franks, father of Robert Franks,
slain victim of kidnappers, today after
new threats of violence had been report
ed to the State's attorney by members
of the family.
Anonymous telephone calls to the
Franks residence, the father reported,
warned of further outrages if the hunt
for the slayers continued. A threaten
ing letter also was received at the
Franks home today. It was said to be
written in poor English, much different
from the style and construction of the
original ransom letter demanding SIO,OOO
which was received Thursday.
To Be Tried for Murder of Wife and
Children.
(By the Associated l’.-ess)
Taylorsville, N. C„ May 24.—Carl,
White, who it is alleged killed his wife
■and children at their home about seven
miles from here on the Taylorsville-Le
noir Road, nearly seven years ago, will
be brought back and tried for murder at
the September term of Alexander Coun
ty Superior Court, according to a state
ment issued at the sheriff's office here.
The accused has been in an asylum for
the criminal insane since the killing oc
curred. Though the Grand Jury return
ed an indictment against him charging
murder, no action has been taken to
bring him to trial until recently when
Sheriff Robinet went to Raleigh to bring
the man back to this county.
It was decided by the sheriff and asy
lum officials that White should remain
there until time for the trial.
Previous to the tragedy, it is said that
White had shown no signs of insanity
but his friends elaim that he had always
acted peculiarly. He is said to have
killed his wife and two children wih a
shot gun by beating them over their
heads.
Found Dead at Auto Wheel.
(By the Associated Press)
Elizabeth City, N ,C., May 24.—Char
lie Nichols, negro, was found dead at
the steering wheel of the automobile
which lie was driving about two miles
from his home in Joinjock, it was learn
ed here today. The car had been driven
into the bank, but it is not known wheth
er iris steering wheel broke before he
drove into the band or he suffered a
heart attack and lost control of the ear.
There were no bruises on his body when
found.
WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT
SAYS
Unsettled, with showers tonight and
probably Sunday morning; cooler.
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