9 ASSOCIATED * • PRESS 9 • DISPATCHES 9 VOLUME XXIV Immigration Bill is Signed Today by President Coolidge Despite Fact jThat the Japa nese Exclusion Provision Was Put in Over His Vig orous Opposition. WILL GIVE REASONS FOR HIS OPPOSITION Has Begun Preparation of a Statement Expressing His Disapproval of the Action of Congress. (By the A.wwlutfd Press.) Washington, May 26.—The immigra tion bill was signed today by President Cool idge. Despite the provision making Japanese exelusion effective next July Ist, put in to the measure over his vigorous opposi tion, the President decided because of other considerations to give the executive approval necessary to spread the legis lation on the statute book*. It was pointed out that inasmuch ns the present immigration law expires on June 30, a veto might have made it nec essary to rush through an emergency mensure in the closing hours of the ses sion. Such a step, the President felt, would not be practicable in view of the tangled legislative situation, and the certainty that any emergency provision would be beset by many attempts at amendment, nnd possibility that it would be blocked altogether.. As soon as he l ad affixed his signature to the bill, the President began prepara tion of a statement expressing his dis approval of the failure of Congress to provide for a longer delay in the effect ive date of Jnpnnese exclusion. Beside the Japanese exclusion feature tlie bill contains a number of provisions which were the basis of stubborn con tests when the legislation first was under consideration in the Senate and Ilou‘c One question long in dispute was the method of determining national quotas which under the measure as finally pass ed are reckoned at 2 per cent, on the basis of the 181)0 census. THs and all other disagreements over the bill's provisions have been subordi nated to the Japanese exclusion issue ever since the Japanese ambassador on April 11th sent a note to the state do )>arTment suggesting that, the possibility of grave consequence be considered Ijefore an absolute legislative.-barrier was r-aivd against the Japanese. The note ' was characterized in both Senate and House ns h veiled threat nnd both quickly reaf firmed by overwhelming majorities their desire for exclusion. The House passed the bill 233 to ,71, and the Senate 02 to 0. ROBERT FRANKS SLAYER SENDS FLORAL TRIBUTE Roily of Kidnapped and Murdeml Boy Escorted to Cemetery by Guard of Officers. Chicago, May 25.—The body of Robert Franks. 14-year-old victim of kidnappers, and son of Jacob Franks, millionaire manufacturer, was laid to rest in Rose Hill cemetery this ’afternoon. While two readers of the Christian science faith were conducting the brief services, detectives were searching for the purchaser of a floral piece received at the Franks home, accompanied by a card on which was writtend, “Sympathy of George Johnson.” “George Johnson” was the name signed to several letters received at the Franks home demanding ransom money of SIO,OOO for the boy’s return and given by a man in telephone conversations with the father. Authorities obtained a good descrip tion of the man from the florist who said tlyo purchaser appeared nervous, and wrote several cards before he seemed satisfied, then hurriedly left the spot and entered a waiting automobile. Franks was kidnapped as he left a private school Wednesday afternoon. His nude body was found in a culvert several miles south of his parents’ home the next morning. Before the discovery of the body, the father had received letters and telephone calls demanding ransom money and in structions where to take it While waiting for the appointed time to deliver the money, the boy’s uncle, \who had learned of the finding of the body, vis ited the morgue and identified it. Funeral of Mrs. Johnston Today. (By the Associated Press.) Winston-Salem, May 28.—Funeral ser vices for Mrs. J. Edward Johnston, who died in New York Friday night, will be held at her country estate Renolda, this afternoon at four o’clock. Rev. J). C. Lilly, pastor of Reynolds Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. N. L. Ander son, of Savanah, Ga„ a former pastor, will conduct the serviees. At the same hour a public memorial service will be held at the Reynolds Memorial Auditor ium. New “Death Ray” of Unlimited * Possibilities Invented by Briton London. May 28.—Dr. T. F. Wall, lecturer in electrical research in Sheffield University, claims to have discovered a “death ray,” and expresses belief that his invention will be capable of destroy ing life, stopping airplanes in flight and bringing motor cars to a standstill, al though he has not made testa on a large scale as yeti Df. Wall has informed the War and' Air Ministers of hh» discovery. He said: “Everything in its successful applica tion depends upon the amount of power available. One does not know how much The Concord Daily Tribune r '. PREACHER CALLS ON K. K. K. [' TO SAVE IMMORAL RALEIGH ■ CtiaUrngc.i tlie Ku Klux Klan to Take Definite Action—Says Law Is Im potent. Italeigh, May 25. —Calling upon the Ku Klux Klan to take definite action r on the immorality which he declared was going on in Raleigh and of which he gave alleged instances, the Rev. i Charts Hudson, of Sonthside Memorial , Baptist Church, tonight declared that he would not blame the Ku Klux Klan [ for "taking a man out of an automobile nnd beating the hound out of him," and challenged the members of the order to get into automobiles, ride out toward Lassiter's Mill (a local swimming pool) and see for themselves what is going on. The sermon, which was annotineed as "Automobile Womthi, npd the Ku Klux Klan,” followed the singing of “Let the ; Lower Lights Be Burning,” with the words changed to' "Let the fiery cross ' be burning,” ns an offertory by the choir. “'I am not a member of the K. K. K„” 1 the preacher declared in opening his sermon. “I do not know anything about the K. K. K„ and therefore I can talk about it. But if tlie Ku Klux Klan is what it says it is, they pan and must save the citizenship of this com munity. They must spp to it that ev ery scoundrel is brought to the law and punished for his crime. "I believe that the law is willing and ready to do its part. But it is not ahle.' he declared nfter he had cited several alleged instances of men committing and getting away with crime in Raleigh. “The organization of which I have spok en. the Ku Klux Klan, if properly uti lized, can save the day. where the preach er, the churc.h, nnd the law cannot snve it. I invite you, if there are any of you here, to go to Lassiter’s Mill and you will see how many ears are parked by the side of the road. The roads around here are no longer decent places for men to take their families o*gHe. "I do call on the Ktt Klux Kton** - 1f they can help us, and I would you if you should take a man ouf^an automobile and beat the hound Tint of him. "The Ku Klux Klan can remedy this thing, nnd I call on them to do it." E. L. KEESLER KILLED WHEN CAR TURNS OVER Auto Leaves Road Near Camden. S. C.. Pbßjtaff Him and Mrs. Keealer Be Charlotte. May 25. —-Funeral serv ices for Edwnrd L. Keesler. prominent Charlotte business man. Killpd late Saturday when his automobile struck a sand bar and turned over near Cam den. S. C., will be held at the home on Morehend street Monday afternoon nt 4 o’clock. Rev. G. Floyd Rogers, pas tor of St. Peter’s Episcopal church, will conduct the services. Interment, will be in Elmwood cemetery. Sir. Keeper's body was > brought here early this morning. Few further details of the accident i were forthcoming. Mrs. Keesler. riding in the machine with her husband, no ticed the ear swerve, zig-zagging slightly through the shallow sand in the roadway, as it approached an easy curve. Her husband twisted the steering wheel to draw the automobile out of the sand, apparently applying the brakes. The machine left the roadway, twisted slight ly and whirled completely over, coming , to a standstill with the top beneath and four wheels in the air. Both occupants were pinned beneath the machine, but Sirs. Keesler was pro | teeted from serious injury by the back of the seat, receiving only slight bruises. Sir. Keesler, prevented by the steering wheel from receiving such protection, was killed almost instantly, his skull I being, fractured. He died without say ; ing a word. ONE DEAD TWO HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Biggin Tried to Pass Another Car and 1 Collided With a Third Car. (By (he Associated Press) Henderson, N. C., May 26.—One per son is dead and two others are recover ’ ing from injuries received as a result of ; a collision between two automobiles six miles from here last night. Joe Prid ged was fatally hurt, A1 Biggin sustain ed a broken arm, and Anie Dickerson was severely cut about the fact and head. The cillision occurred when Riggin, who was driving, attempted to pass an other car. His car collided with a third . car parked at the side of the road. Laundrymen Meet in Columbia. t (By the Associated Cress) . Columbia, 8. C., May 26.—Owners of i laundries in four southeastern states . were in Columbia today for the opening , of the 18th annual convention of the > Oarolinas, Georgia and Florida Laundry i Owners Association. Governor Mcleod . extended the members a welcome to South Carolina. power is required for a given range, but if you have unlimited power you may get an abnormally large range. “There is no limit to its possibilities, particularly in surgical and medical op erations. I have protected the patent and am now working on it.” Grindell Matthews, whose previous “death ray” activities have excited much interest, had an interview thiß afternoon with the Vice Marshal of Air Forces and Major Gen. Sir Geoffery Salmond of the Air Council and arranged (or a test of his invention in a few days. I CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924 YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER, BUT—! '■"! —L-iV—genßß—saw ..'_Sa ~iT77¥ n' ■ .m , e . , ■ ... PRESBYTERIANS PLEDGED TO OUTLAWING OF WAR l Effort to Pledge Support In Case of War * Overwhelmingly Defeated. Grand Rapids, Mich.. May 26 (By the Associatede I*ron the bat tlefield is morally any more necessary to man's highest development than is kill ing by the individual.” THREE PERSONS DIE IN MOTOR ACCIDENT Two Men and Women Killed Near Wins ton-Salem When Car Overturns. / Winston-Salem, May 25.—Pleas H Norman, of 214 West Eighth Street, and Mrs. Eunice Atwood, both of Winston- Salem, and an unidentified man were killed at 11:56 last night, about five miles south of the city, on the Lexing ton road, when a touring car, in which they were riding, overturned. Persons living near the scene of the accident declared that the automobile was running at a rapid rate of speed when it slipped from the highway, dashed up a high bank and fell back into the road, pinning the occupants to thf ground. The woman and one of the men were alive when aid reached the site of the wreck a few moments later, but both' died before they could be liberated from under the heavy ear, which had crushed their bodies badly. Mrs. Attwood was immediately identi fied, but the body of Xe.rmnn was brought to this city before identification. Ambulance drivers and police who rushed from- the city when reports of the tragedy were received found a small bottle containing about one-haif pint of whiskey in the pocket of the unidenti fied dead man. According to persons who reside near Mrs. Atwood, her husband is now serv ing a 15-year sentence in the State pris on for murder. WILSON’S WIDOW BREAKS SMALL SHOULDER BONE X-Ray Reveals Fracture After Fall Dur ing Visit to Country. Washington, D. C.. May 23.—Mrs. Woodrow Witson fell and fractured a small bone in one of her shoulders while on a recent visit to friends in the coun try in Virginia. Mrs. Wilson regarded the mishap as of little importance at the time, but as it became tnore painful she consented to having an X-ray photograph made, which disclosed the fracture. It probably will be necessary to use a plaster cast in the treatment nnd as soon as the swell ing subsides, Mrs. Wilson will go to one of tlie local hospitals for a day, have the cast applied and then return to her home. Aside from a painful swelling, tlie wife of the former President is suffering no inconvenience and is up and about her home in active direction of her household affairs ns usual. ; King and Queen of Italy Arrive in Loit " don. (By the Associated Press.) London, May 28.—The King and Queen ■ of Italy, accompanied by the Prince of ' Piedmont and Princess Mafalda, will ar- I rive in London today. TWO DOUBLE FUNERALS OF WEBB FAMILY TODAY A. N. Webb and Wtfethnd Their Son and Wife Met Death in Auto Accident. Louisville, Ky.. May 26.—Two double funerals meet at Cave Hill cemetery here late this afternoon for Alves N. Webb. 5!) years old, Louisville business man, and his wife, and their son, B. G. Webb. 26. and his wife, all of whom were in stantly killed yesterday when a Balti more and Ohio Railroad engine struck . ilo’ir automobile. «t crossing near. Hilton. Indiana. The funeral of the elder Webbs will be held today at their home, and the son and his wife will be buried from the residence of her father, J. F. Downing.. Bobbin Webb, of Birmingham, Ala., and Thomas H. Webh, of Concord, N. C., brothers of A. N. Webb, nnd Samuel Oirdler, of Mont Clair, X. J.. Mrs. A. N. Webb’s brother, arrived today for the funeral. The "Webbs were returning from a pleasure trip to Washington, D. C.j when the accident occurred. FINAL HEARING ON THE MUSCLE SHOALS MATTER After a Night Session a Report Will Be Made to the Senate. (By the Associated Press) Washington, May 20.—The Senate ag riculture committee today reconsidered its vote of last Wednesday on (tie Ford and Norris bills for disposal of Muscle Shoals, on the ground that it. did not represent the true sentiment of the Sen ate agriculture committee on the ques tion. It was explained that some senators were confused in the meaning of the vote, and another was ordered for to-' morrow. i Final hearings on Muscle Shoals was' reached today. The committee will hold j l night session, after which a report is I ‘o be made to the Senate. j How To Compute Adjusted Service Credit , In Accordance With Soldier Bonus Bill The following will show veterans the 1 amount of paid-up twenty year endow ment life insurance to which they are en titled, together with the sums them may borrow at any given year. Multiply the amount of the adjusted service credit by one of the factors shown in the following. Choose the fac tor opposite the age nearest the birthday at date certificate is issued. (The 25 ■ per cent, increase is included in the fac tor.) Age Factor Age Factor 20 2,545 43 2.43 ft 21 2.544 44 2,426 1 22 2,542 45 2,413 ! 23 2.540 46 2,35)8 ' 24 2.53 ft 47 2,381 , 25 2,537 48 2.364 26 2.535 40 2.345 27 2.532 50 2,324 ’ 28 2.530 51 2,302 ! 20 2,527 52 2.270 1 30 2.524 53 2.254 1 31 2,521 ’ 54 2.228 ’ 32 2,517 55 2,201 1 33 2,513 56 2.172 ‘ 34 2.500 \ 57 2,143 ' 35 2.504 58 ' 2,113 “ 30 2,408 50 2,082 ’ 37 2.402 00 2,505 i 38 2,482 61 2,018 1 30 2,478 62 1,086 40 2,470 68 1,054 41 2,460 64 1,021 ■ 41 2,450 65 1,1880 The following figures show the sum which a veteran may borrow at any year i for 'each <1 of the face value of his ’to f till insurance policy. In order to ascer tain the total sum which a veteran may borrow, multiply the total amount of WORKING ON CLUES IN THE FRANKS MURDER CASE The Case. However, Appears No Nearer Solution Than When the Body Was Found. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago. May 26.—The state's attor ney and his assistants aud the police worker! all night on clues as to the pos sible kidnapper and murdered of Robert Franks, but early today appeared no nearer Ar solution of the mystery than When the-A>yji uude body was found late Thursday”' '. ~ ' ~~ The body of the boy was buried yester day afternoon. Early today three men rising in an au tomobile answering the description of n machine said to have loitpred near the private school several days before the boy disappeared, were held for questioning. The men gave a good aecount of them selves but will be questioned again. There was some effort to connect the disappearance of Gertrude Barker. 17 years old. with the kidnapping of young Franks. The girl has been missing since Wednesday and her usual course home ward from an academy she attended would have taken her past the corner where the boy was last seen. Miss Barker's rela tives fear that she might have been a witness of the Franks kidnapping and therefore taken along by the kidnappers. For that reason efforts to find the kid nappers were increased. Two Negroes Lynched. (By the Associated Press.) Fort Myers, Fla., May 26. —"Bubbers” Wilson nnd Wilton Williams, negro youths about 20 years of age. met death at the hands of mobs early today follow ing identification as the negroes who | late yesterday attacked two young white j girls near here. I Corsets in Fisher’s Clearance Sale at | half price. paid-up insurance due by the figures giv en below: Loan Value at Auy Year (This is !H) per cent of the Year sinking fund) 3 .08793 4 .11999 5 .13352 (5 .18861 7 .22332 8 . .26373 9 .30398 10 .34612 11 .39023 12 .43650 13 .4849!) 14 .53584 15 .58919 16 .64522 17 .70409 IS .70602 19 .83123 20 .90000 Illustration : A veteran has an adjust ed credit of $625. He is thirty years old at the date his insurance certificate is issued to him. In order to obtain the face value of his insurance certificate, he must, multiply the factor apposite the age thirty (which is 2,524) by $625. thiß will give him $1,577.50 as the face value of his insurance certificate. At the seventh year he will be able to borrow $.22523 for each $1 of bis in surance. Therefore, multiply $1,577.50 by .22332 and you will obtain $355.44, which is the sum he may borrow at the seventh year. Apply this same procedure to the figures opposite any year in order to obtain the amount which can be bor rowed at that year. CONFERENCE TAX BILL IS APPROVED TOUT BYHIE HOUSE Had Already Passd Senate. —Provides Reduction of Taxes for Almost Every Federal Taxpayer. IT NOW GOES TO THE PRESIDENT Carries a Reduction iof 25 Per Cent, on Taxes Pay able This Year.—Perma nent Revisions Downward. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. May 26. —The conference lax bill already pnsseed by the Senate, was approved today by the House. Pro viding reduction of taxes for almost ev ery Federal taxpayer, the measure now goes to President t’oolidge. It carries n 25 per eent. reduction on income taxes payable this year, perma nent revision downward of the income rates, repeal or lowering of most of the miscellaneous and excise taxes, and a 25 per cent, reduction on earned incomes of SIO,OOO and under. Although some doubt exists as to President Coolidge's attitude in view of Treasury Department opposition to the provision for limited publicity of tax re turns. and an increase in estate taxes, Republican leaders in both the Senate and House joined the solid Democratic lineup in support of the measure. Tlie brief debate developed consider able opposition in the Republican ranks to tile proposal for even limited public ity in returns, and several announced that if the measure were vetoed they would vote to sustain the action. GOVERNOR WANTS ATCION ON WATER COMMISSION PROGRAM Is Sending Out Sentiment of Legislature and People—Sees Danger in Delay. Brock Barkley in Charlotte Observer. Raleigh, May 25. —Governor Morris son today addressed letters to all mem bers of the General Assembly asking them to give serious consideration to the report of the Ship and Water Transpor tation Commission and let him know what they "think about it.” - What the legislators think aUMtfk will have greater influence with the feov* ernor than anything else. A special session of the legislature depends on it. He is extremely hopeful that they will agree with him as to the importance of the program proposed by the commis sion and the imperativeness of immediate action. Local opinion is that the special ses sion is definitely on the program for the Capital's summer season. There are proponents and opponents of the meet ing. but the governor Iras declared his purpose not to be influenced by opposi tion. and if enough members of the Gen eral Assembly will write eucottragingly and the council of state will concur the call will go forth before many weeks have passed. Senator Brown’s Position. Members of the Shi]) and Water Trans portation Commission are reported as favorable to the idea of a special ses sion. Senator .Toe A. Brown, who led the opposition to the governor’s original proposals in the 1923 legislature, and who. after spending 15 months studying water commerce problems as a member of the commission, is strong for the pro gram recommended, thinks the session is imperative. Public interest in the development cf water transportation is enthusiastic just now. and the governor realizes that leg islative consideration of the program with public attention so strongly attract ed to it would prove of valuable assist ance in getting its adoption. To delay until a regular session might result in the relapse of State-wide interest and induce further procrastination. In other words, his excellency, who senses an opportunity, believes in strik ing while the iron is hot. Three thousand copies of the report will be distributed, and interested indi viduals desiring a copy will receive one on making application to the governor's office. Copies will be forwarded within the next few days to newspapers and pub lications. The fight on the governor's movement for water commerce development is ex pected to center on opposition to a spe cial session and not on attacks on the program advanced by the commission. To the opponents of a special session. Governor Morrison today issued the challenge to get the railroads to delay scheduled increases in freight rates. “An action now pending would in crease freight rateß in this state 10 mil lion dollars a year; so why should we| wait to start our fight on them? The State lias procrastinated long enough. The commission, after investigating ex haustively, has presented a remarkable report for our guidance in building up the State commercially and suecessfuly combatting the freight rate inequalities. I propose to wage the fight for this pro gram, and I shall not be influenced by opposition.” With Our Advertiser*. Robert Rich Ripe is the distributor 1 for Ccncoiyi of the Salisbury Cone Co. This aTlhe last day of the Dollar Day Sale at the Parks-Belk Co. The big May White and Clearance Sale will con i tinue through next Saturday, however. The Phoenix Fire Extinguisher costs ' only $3.00. See ad. Extra specials every day at Efird’s ' Removal Sale. Graduation gifts at Cline’s Pharmacy. See ad. for partial list. TODAY’S « NEWS « TODAY « NO. 122 AN EFFORT TO SRED T ON G. B. MEANS’STORY Study of the Department of Justice’s Detective Meth ods Embarked Opening of Daugherty Committee. R. J. BURRUS WAS THE FIRST WITNESS TODAY Says He Saw No One Enter ing Means’ House on Night the Latter’s Papers Were Said to Have Been Stolen. (By the Associated Press) Wnshington, May 26.—A study of the Department of Justice detective methods was embarked upon today by the Senate Daugherty committee in an effort to shed further light on Gaston B. Means’ story of the disappearance of his famous dia ries. The Means papers by which he had promised to verify some of his sensa tional testimony before the committee, was delivered by him, he says, to two men who came to his house on March 31st, falsely representing themselves as acting fir Chairman Brookhart. Last week Assistant. Attorney General Todd, in charges of prosecutions against Means, testified that the story could be disprov ed by Department of Justice ageDts, who reported that no one entered or left Means’ house between 6 and 8 p. m. on the night the ruse was said to have been perpetrated. R. J. Burros, the leader of the five shadows the Department of Justice had watching Means, was the first witnrsß today. He said that in following Means tlie detective squad spent, the early part of that night outside the home of Senator Wheeler, the committee pros ecutor. He said lie saw no one enter Means' house that night. Fred J. Cox. an attorney of Wades boro. X. C.. then was sworn and testi fied lie entered Means' house at 7 p. in. on the night of March 31st. to talk to talk to Moans who, ho said, had been his friend in college. Cox said lie had come to sec Means “about his trouble in New York.” and that its’fte entered the house an automo ibile was pulling away. Means told him. Cux-soid, that rite .Senate Committee had decided to hold him and that the car just leaving was taking his papers into Sep ate custody. , Travis Hoke, a newspaper man. testi fied that on the same evening he was in the Means house from about 7 to 7:30 p. m. “I learned that Means' bail in New York had been forfeited." Hoke said. “I wanted to work on his diaries and doeu- ' ments. He said the Brookhart commit tee had impounded the record that very night.” Buckley Griffin, a New Englnnd news paper writer, testified that to also call ed on Means between 6 and 8 p. m. on tlie night of March 31st. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm Today at an Advance of From H to 27 Points. (By the Associated Press.) New Y’ork. May 26.—The cotton mar ket opened firm today at an advance of 6 to 27 points on relatively firm Liver pool cables, reports of a better tone in the cotton goods markets and the con tinued bullish average of private crop ad vices. There was some local realizing and Liverpool selling at the advance but trade interests were buyers, and further covering sent prices up to 30.00 for July and 29.62 for October in the early trad ing, or about 30 to 42 points net high er. The opening prices were : July 29.78; Oct. 26.60; Dec. 25.85; Jan. 25.80; March 25.91. LLOYD PROPOSAL FOR MUSCLE SHOALS OPERATION Explained to the Senate Committee To day by Its Sponsor. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 26.—The'Lloyd pro posal for the operation' of Muscle Shoals was explained to the Senate agriculture committee today by its sponsor, James T. Lloyd, former representative from Missouri. He said he represented no company or interests and that his proposal was offered simply as a suggestion in the interests of the public. The proposal lie described as a compromise between government and private operation. I Trinity College Students Instantly Killed (By the Associated Press) Durham. May 26.—Bynum Beiote. a Trinity -College student, whose home was |in Asheville, was instantly killed early today when he jumped from a Southern Railway passenger train at West Dur ham. according to the Durham police de pnrtment. WHAT SMITTVS WEATHER CAT SAYS Increasing, cloudiness followed by . showers late tonight or Tuesday; no change in temperature.