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» DISPATCHES 0 VOLUME XXIV More Thao Forty Persons Dead in Storm Alabama and Other States And at Least Twice as Many Injured.—Storms Struck Parts of Alabama, Missis sippi and Louisiana. LIGHTNING! INJURES YOUTH FATALLY Two Families Wiped Out at Empire, Ala,—Victor Cook and Family Killed When ■ Home Was Demolished. Atlanta, Ga., May 27.—A aeries of tornadoos sweeping through Muwiasippi, Alabama nod Louisiana last night and parly today took a known toll of 43 lives and caused injury to -upward of 70 per sons, and wrought thousands of dollars damage to farmland buildings, accord ing to advices reaching here today from various sections of those states. Reports continued to. come in frag inentarily, and it is feared that the dentil toil and list of injured will reach greater proportions, as more definite advices are available when telegraph and telephone communication has been restored. Several Killed Near Laurel. I.a urel, Miss., May 27.—Victor Cook and several members of his family were killed, when their home >Bst of Bay Springs was demolished during a wind j storm last night, re)torts received here ' said. Miss Sara Bass and a Miss Robin son were killed when the storm struck Collins. flight Injured Near Gadsden. Gadsden, Ala., May 27.—Might per sons were injured, a number seriously, in n storm that struck White Sulphur Springs community, seven miles from Gadsden, early today. Two Families Wiped Out in Alabama. Empire, Ala., May 27. —Two families were practically wiped out in the Owens mining camp, three miles from here, early 'today, when ten persons were killed nnd fifteen injured in a storm that struck while; thjjy* slept. In the home of Billie Robbins right persons were killed. Mrs. John Hays and a young woman named Abbott met death in the Hays home. John Hays was so badly hurt that it is believed he will die. Several houses were demolished. Eleven Deaths at Jackson. Jackson, Miss., May “Per sons were killed. 24 j)tbersinjured,.&ud henry property damage ctrtlmJ 'by"Tt se« rles of storms which swept over section* of Southern Mississippi late yesterday and last uight. Reports from Brook haven today stated that eight ’persons were killed at Johnson Station, 12 miles from there, and 12 others injured, when a tornado hit the town last night. An unconfirmed report also stated thnt the storm had caused heavy property damage at Summit. Three negroes were killed an<j 12 jer sons injured in the first tornado ed, which late yesterday demolished -11 buildings on the plantation of W. B. Swain, 15 miles east of Greenville, Seven Members of One Family Killed Meridian, Miss., May 27.—Seven mem bers of the John Broadway family were killed in n storm that struck Brewer, a few miles from here, early today. The; dead were: Mr. and Mrs. Broadway, a ( married son, his wife and child, au un married son, and a boy. Neddie Ander son was killed at Devoe. At Lout 17 Dead In Mississippi. New Orleans, May 27. —At least 17 dead and 50 injured was the toll of the 'storms which swept through Mississippi last night. Two Year Old Baby Blown Away. Nashville, Tenn., May 27. —A special dispatch to the Banner from Athens,' Ala., says a tornado struck Limestone County Monday night, kilting .7 persons east of Ellamont. The family of Will Collins were all killed. A two-ye4r-old baby was blown away. METHODIST BAN ON AMUSEMENTS LIFTED Northern Methodists Take This Action by a Vote of 5 to 1. (By the Associated Press) Springfield, 'Maes., May 27.—The Methodist ban on amusements except those “which cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus” was lifted today by a 5 tij 1 vote of the Methodist Episcopal General Conference here. A minority report forbidding theatre attendance on Sundays, specifying dancing and Unmoral theatre performances, was tabled, 460 to 205. State Delegations A Noted to Hatch for New York Convention. (By the Associated Press.) New York, May 27. —George F. Mara, director of arrangements for the Demo cratic National Convention here next * month, has pompleted the selection of hotel headquarters for delegates and al -1 ter nates from the District of Columbia and the 54 states and territories. The list represents the final and offi cial allocations. It includes several re visions 'from the temporary assignments heretofore announced from time to time. All hotels are in the heart of the mid- Manhattan district and are easily and quickly accessible from Madison Square Garden, the convention auditorium. The North Carolina delegations will have headquarters at the Pennsylvania Hotel. , Quarrels With Dad Then Takes Poison. ■ Chicago, 111., May 26.—Dramatically holding a. vial of poison before her olaee mates in the eighth grade of a public school here this afternoon, Genevieve Sollars, 14, swallowed the contents. “I quarreled with my father,” she cried, “and I want to die.” Her. con dition la critical. The Concord Daily Tribune SERIES OF STOHMS MIKES WIDE HAVOC More Than Forty Persons Killed Monday Night in Three Southern States, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. (By the Associated Tress) More than 40 persons arp known to have been killed and at least twice as many injured, some seriously, by a se ries of storms that struck in Alabama. Mississippi and Ixinisinna last night and early today. In one instance a youth was probably fatally injured by light ning. The dead nnd injured: Empire, Ain : 10 dead, 15 injured. Bay Springs. Mississippi: severaldead. Collins, Mississippi: 2 dead. Union. Mississippi: 8 injured. Monroe. Louisiana. 1 injured. Johnson, Mississippi: 8 dead, 12 in jured. Greenville, Mississippi: 3 dead. 12 in jured. , Ellamont. Alabama: 7 dead. White Sulphur Springs, Alabama: 8 injured. COTTON mill men MEET-AT ATLANTIC CITY Prepare to Agitate for Higher Protective Tariff on .Cotton. (By the Associated Tress) Atlantic City, N. J., May 27.—The American Cotton Manufacturers’ Asso ciation. in convention today, prepared to agitate for higher protective tariff on cot ton. Importations have curtailed op erations in domestic mills, the delegates declared. The goal toward which the associa tion is working is to make the cotton in dustry in the South independent with its own dyeing, bleaching, lininshing and mercerising plants, and even with its own facilities for manufacturing machin ery. Salt Beds of Utah Make Natural Auto Speedway. fSslf^^a^Spm^Mny^fL— The opening Bf the Victor Highway, the shortest transcontinental route from New York to San Francisco, this year, will make available for motorists what is consider ed a perfect speedway, the great salt beds along the AVendover Cutoff in Utah. The salt beds are level and absolutely “non-skid.” They were formed by five same process as the Great Salt Lake. During the rainy season a foot 01- more of water covers the beds* but in summer the water evaporatps, leaving an area of many square miles on which tour ists can test out the racing qualities of their machines. The salt ig several feet thiek and comparatively pure.- The inaccessibility of the salt beds heretofore prevented their use for rac ing. Some years ago, however, Tedd ; Tetzlaff set a record of 120 miles au | hour on them. Racing men here say there is practically nfo» limit to the speed that might be tnade on the salt beds. They predict that the opening of the Wendover Cutoff will make them great proving grounds for racing cars. From the highway approaches will lead to the beds at frequent intervals. Sleeping Sickness Increasing Rapidly in Great Britain. (By the Associated Press.) London, May 27.—Sleeping sickines is rapidly increasing in this country, and 640 cases were notified by doctors in the first -three weeks of April against 468 in March, 217 in February and 75 in January. While investigations into the ennse of the disease are being carried out by the Medical Reseineh Council, doctors admit they do not know either a cure or any means of preventing the spread. Large towns appear to be more affected than ru ral districts and the disease seems to spread westward. A medical officer of health says from one-fourth to one-half of the patients die and not many of the remainder have, so far, completely recovered. Voting Since 1860, Civil War Veteran Is Found Ineligible. (By -he Associated Press.) Seattle, May 27.—K. AV. Binns, 86, of Seattle, who voted for Abraham'Lin coln twice and who has cost his ballot for every Republican presidential candi 'date since 1860, has recently found out that he is not a citizen and cannot vote for a candidate this fail. AVhen Binns went to register the clerk of a Seattle registration office found that he was born in England, that he was not naturalized, though he had voted sinee 1860, and that, which he thought his father was a naturalized citizen of the United States, he could not produce a copy of bis father’s naturalization pa pers. Binn’e father died 30 years ago. Two Men to Hang For Attack on 82 Year Old Woman. * ' (By the Associated Press) Macon, Ga., May '27.—Judge James B. Park today sentenced Wade Johnson and Jarrett Benford, of Mllledgeville, to hang on June 217th, for attacking an 82 year old woman of Jones county on the night of May 18th. Gertrude Baker Found. Chicago, May 27.—(intrude Baker, the ( 16 year old academy student, thought to have been the victim of kidnappers, since > her disappearance last Wednesday, was • found, last night keeping house in a sta ble-keeper’s apartment. CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 4924 Four New Methodist Bishops 9k 4 1 BBUHMKr / General Conference, meeting at Mass - b ‘ ShopS of the church: fabove) Rev George A. Miller sS lntendent, Central American Mission, Panama- Rev Geoi-ce 1 - ' r- i president. De Pauw University, Greencastle in^ Beaton *Thorburn'B^lej-. a '^lcutt'a? a indim T**? a,ld ReV ’ ' BISHOP REFUSES TO SANCTION MARRIAGE Dr. Grant and Mrs. Lydiff Break Their Engagement Because of It. New Y’ork, May 27.—The engagement of Airs. Rita de Acosta Lydig to the Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascension, which was announced in 1021, has been broken ns a result of Bishop AVilliam T. Man ning's continued refusal to give his con- I sent to the marriage. Announcement of the severance was made by Airs. Lydig Sunday in this brief statement to the newspapers: -Airs. Lydig and Dr. J’ercy Stickney (frant announce the breaking of their engagement, owing to Bishop Alanning’s refusal to give his consent to a marriage in the Protestant Episcopal Church.” Rumors of the engagement of the rector and Aim. Lydig. who for ninny years lias been a communicant of Dr. Grant's church and active in its char itable activities, were followed by formal announcement in August. 15)21. The announcement caused wide interest by reason of Airs. Lydig’s social prominence for the ministers cf the Episcopal Church aligned with the Alodernist group. The withholding of Bishop Alanning’s consent to the marriage -is in accordance with a strict canon of the Episcopal Church, which prohibits the re-marriage of a divorced person except under spe cific condition. Alts. Lydig's divoic from Philip AI. Lydig was obtained iu Paris in llllii 0 u grounds that did not meet the requirements of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Airs. Lydig's first husband was W. E. D. St ok os. to whom site was married in 1805. By the terms of her divorce from Air. Stokes, she received the cus tody of her son, AA T . E. D. Stokes, Jr., whom she subsequently relinquished to Stokes soon after her marriage to Mr. Lydig in 15102. Some time later, how ever, the younger Stokes returued to his mother. THE COTTON MARKET Opened at An Advance Today of From 2 to 5 Points. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Alay 27.—Relatively firm Liverpool cables and unsettled early weather may were reflected in an open ing advance of 2 to 5 points in the cot ton market today. July contracts sold up to 251.95. nnd October to 27.06 right after the call, the general list showing net advances of 10 to 15 points. Considerable realizing was encountered, however, with some selling here, for Southern account, sufficient to ease prices off in tile early trading to about last night's closing- quotations. The ma rket was bn rely steady around 10:30 o’clock. Opening quotations were: July 29.80; October 27.00; December 26.20; January 26.05; March 26.17. The Laundry-men at Colombia. (By the Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C., May 27.—Addresses by A. AV. Cummings, of Dunkirk, N. Y., President of the Laundry Owners Nat ional Association, and C. N. Brown, of Asheville, ,N. C., member of the execu tive board of the national organization, submission of reports, and* election of officers, were on the program here today as members of the Carolinas, Geirgio anil i Florida Laundry Owners Association op ened the final session of their 18th an nual convention. In America there are now about 200 women ordained to the ministry. Senate Committee Makes Formal Report on the World Court Plan (By the Associated Tress) Washington, May 27.—Adoption of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s world court plan would enable President Coolidge to “promptly conclude with the states now adhering to the court a' sim lde, direct and reasonable agreement,” the committee majority declared today in its formal report. “Iu reporting this resolution,” the re port said, “the committee has taken af firmative and favorable action upon thi recommendation of President Harding and President Coolidge, that we should adhere to the’eourt, but not to the League of Nations. "The resolution accepts the court as an established institution, and confirms th* STATE.,SEEKS TO CONTROL ABANDONMENT OF FARMS I Land Settlement asja State Controlled Project in Sooth Carolina. IBy the Associated Press.) Columbia. 51 ('., Slav 27.—Land set tlement as a stateini trolled projeet. to offset the boll weevllVml the migration of the negro from the cotton fields, has been investigated 8y a commission ap pointed by Governor Thomas (}. AlcLeod. of South Carolina, but must wait on legislation by the general assembly next year for an actual’‘beginning, according chairman of the South Carolina land" settlement commission. The former‘chief executive, appointed by Governor McLeod to head the com mission, said the situation in this state exists in varying degrees throughout tin south. I)r. AA’. AA T . Long, director of the ex tension department of Clemson College, in pointing out the need for a state-wide survey, said reports revealed an “alarm ing situation” under widen farm lauds were being deserted and their occupants leaving state, as many as 9,006 white families leaving the farms in one year. ’■ -'WHUffht 'Fitnytng a pectin the windy «*-* duetion in number of farms were given by him as tjie advent of the boll weevil, which reached the peak of its dominance over the cotton crop in South Carolina during the three years in question, and the resulting migration to Ihe north of both white ami negro laborers. The rural situation as infected by agri cultural conditions was steadily growing worse. Mr. Long said. It was feld that it would be impossible to get private capi tal to undertake to put colonization schemes into operation, unless the state led the way. Tlie land settlement commission first went to Onlifornin and Wisconsin where the problem was discussed with the com missions of those states. Later a tout included T'tnh and other states. Tin policy of California, however, attracted the especial interest of the commission ers. ' i Under the California plan, Air. Alan uing stated, farmers were established in groups resembling small townships where they wert- giveri tin- benefits of efficient supervision amj advice on agricultural matters, as well/as long term credits with which to finance their farms. Social contacts, community houses, diversions, churches and schools were provided for them. Phelan to Present MoAdoo’s Name. Chicago, Aluy 27 (By the Associated Press).—.Tames 1). Phelan, of San Fran cisco, former Senator from California, has been selected to place the name of AVm. G. McAdoo before the Democratic National Convention at New A’ork, it was learned here today, lie is Air. McAdoo's personal choice. Postal Salary Increase Bill Passed by the Senate. (By ! the Associated Press.) AVashington, May 27.—Carrying the Borah amendment for full publicity of 1 political contributions during the prog ress of campaigns, the Postal Salary In crease bill was passed today by the Senate. ; Hope for Early and Favorable Decision From President. . (By the Associated Press.) ' I AA’nshington. May 27.—Republican or -1 gauization leaders were hopeful today -that President Coolidge would make an early and favorable decision on the 'tax i reduction bill sent to him yesterday by Congress. tenure of the present judges. Under its - terms the United States without reserva tions, nnd without the least interference with the business of the court, will align - itself with*4B other states in maintaining and perpetuating this important inter national tribunal. “On the other hand, the United States will remain iu that event wholly free from any legal relation to the league of nations. Not only will this be true as to the United States, but th* existing le gal relations between the court and the league will be severed for all states, so that the United States will not occupy an anomolous or peculiar position, but will stand upon the same footing as all the reßt.” SIX AR£ KNOWN TO BE DEADINHOTELFIREAT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY Windsor Hotel Destroyed To day.—Firemen Say Other Bodies Are Probably Bur ied in the Debris. HOTEL HOUSED 100 MEN LAST NIGHT Policeman Reported Seeing Three Men Come to a Fire Escape Door I Only to Be Enveloped in the Flames. (By the Associated Pwm.) Newark, N. J.. May 27.—Six men are known .to have died in a fire today which destroyed the Windsor Hotel. Firemen 'said other bodies might be in the debris. The hotel housed 100 men last night. A policeman reported seeing three men come to a fire escape door, only to jhe en veloped in flames. The hotel was a four story frame structure, with automobile tile shops on the street floor. A dense black smoke hampered the firemen. Many of the roomers are believed to have been connected with a circus which ,is showing here. MR. MARSHALL, TAKES A FLING AT COUNTRY Too Many Preachers Legislating and Too Few Legislators Praying. Chicago, May 26.—Thomas R. Mar shall. former vice president, last night asserted he was “for every proposition for preventing war. but in spite of this I am not a pacifist,” in an address before the Sunday evening dub, at which mem bers of the G. A. H. were guests. He compared the pacifists of today to those in the North prior to the Civil War. “If the pacifists had had their way then, the negro would probably be in slavery today,” he said. “I want peace, but I want America to be in a position to preserve her insti tutions, homes, civilization and rights,” lie told his audience. He deplored de struction of battleships and the disband ing of regiments. continued. ‘Ts there are tod many preach ers legislating and two few legislators praying. “Treaties, documents, constitutions and conventions will not bring peace. It will take something more than docu ments to bring peace. Our democracy rests upon fine thinking, fine living, judgment and conscience of the men and women. Get right with God and help other people do the same and there will be no more war in the world. “The model citizens today is the man who can successfully evade the lows. We did not have many laws when we start ed the government. I’d like to operate on the body politic and remove several thousand laws and leave only the 10 commandments and the golden rule that we started with. “You send your fools to Washington and keep the wise men at home to white wash fences. I have no objection to the man who knocks on the door, but when he gets in 1 want him to quit knocking.” "Old fashioned homes are giving way to flats and ‘flivvers’,” Mr. Marshall said, adding, “but the young people of today are no worse than we were in out youth. It’s just a different kind of fun. If you have any fault to find with them,” he concluded, “blame yourself, you brought them up.” With Our Advertisers. Rfird’s Removal Sale is still going big. but yet you have a hig stock to select from. Mail orders filled. You will find many graduation spe cials at Starnes-Miiler-I’arker Co’s, both for girls and boys. See ad. for list. With every purchase of .SI.OO or over the S. S. Brown Shoe Co. will give one 25-cent ticket to the Pastime Theatre free. All the season’s newest styles in shoes. Octagon soap, 5 cents Thursday and Palmolive soap 5 cents Friday at the Piftgl.V Wiggly. Nunnally's candy with echoed colors, $1.75 and $3.50 at Gibson Drug Store. Fine for graduation presents. . Porch shades are a summer time neces sity. H. B. Wilkinson can supply you. la“e unionalls for everybody at the Richmond-Flowe Co. The savings habit is a great thing to instill into a child. See new- ad. of fheCirizens. Bank and Trust Co. Tile Parks-Belk Co. has just received a wonderful line of commencement dress es and a beautiful line of sport wear. The May Bargain Festival at Robin son's will end next Saturday—-only four more days. ' Dogs in Alaska Stampede When Planes Roar Overhead./ (By the Associated Press.) Nenana, Alaska, May 27.—Mushers on the Nenana-MeGrath overland trial are' ■ experiencing difficulties with their sled dogs since the advent of the mail plane ; iu interior Alaska. When the plans fol lowing the trail appears overhead, the dogs stampede. Tile dog mushers are pe titioning to have the air route changed 1 to avoid these weekly canine riots. They ; often put half the roiling stock of the dog trains out of commission, and leave 1 freight scattered along the trail for ' miles. | Ten Pages Tbday > Two Sections Kidnapped an<fiP Murdered * '*niy c* * "s .: JUa c aSSmsUBSSStk tel- | Mte : WL I m N* jK JP \ JfmjP . ■■ —. sSsBE. - ■.... - : 1 ..T/3L........ Here is a picture of Robert Franks, the 14-year-old son of u Chicago million aire. who was found murdered after he had been kidnapped and ransom de manded. PHYSICIAN ANNOUNCES BRAND NEW ANESTHETIC Dr. Hasley, Tulane. Discovers Propylene Gas Similar to Ethylene. New Orleans, La., May 26.—Discovery of a new anesthetic was announced to night by Dr. John T. Halsey, professor of pharmacology and therapeutics at Tulane I'niversify. in a paper read be fore (lie New Orleans Medical Society. The anesthetic is propylene gas, con tained in some natural gas, autl which Dr. Halsey and his laboratory assist ants. Chapmen Reynolds aipl Harold R. Cook, the three of discovered its properties, but can be manufactured from mineral oils. Dr. Halsey’s an nouncement came after several months of laboratory work by hi« assistants and himself. to qflptl^ie, otscovei-y of \vliose"Anesfhenc propemek; announced last year in, Chicago, was bailed with enthusiasm by the, medical profession, and resulted in its extensive use in thousands of surgical cases,” said Dr. Halsey. "Propylene, it is believed, possesses distinct and striking Vidvant ages over its sister gas ethylene, which has itself been found to be for mest pur poses superior to any other anesthetic. "As soon as it is possible to obtain the gas in sufficiently large quantities, its actions will further be studied iu (he Tulane laboratories, and if these further experiments justify it, its use upon humans will follow promptly.” Dr. Halsey stated that the apparent superiority o's p opylene was due to the fact that it was effective even tluiugh considerably diluted with oxygen. An anesthetic depends for its usefulness up on its possible administration in suffi cient strength to obtain complete anes thesia without injury from the poisonous properties of the gas, lie pointed out. Oxygen must he administered mixed with the gas and it is therefore essential that the anesthetic itself be of sufficient Strength to bring about complete uncon sciousness, even when inhaled consider ably diluted with oxygen. Propylene, he said, is so much more powerful than ethylene that a more complete anesthesia may be obtained without the necessity of supplying the patient with too little oxygen. While it follows, he said, that with its greater strength its toxicity must be greater than that of ethylene, numerous experiments have indicated that it is not sufficiently toxic to be unsafe. Man With Diamonds Released By Police. Greensboro. May 26.—Investigation of the case of G. Onstaldo. New York man, arrested here when lie was trying to sell diamonds on the street, revealed nothing incriminating and the man was released today. Oommuniention with New York au thorities was had. and revealed that lie has been arrested a number of times and held for investigation, after his gem selling activities, but nothing illegal was found. The man had clipping from news papers in his possession showing ar rests and following releases. Police said he had about ten thous and dollars worth of diamonds in his pocket when he was arrested. Spanish Anti-Kissing League To Stop Feminine Lip Salutes. ■ (By the Associated Pi-ras.) Madrid, May 27.—Kissing is going out of favor among Spaniards. The league against Che promiscuous kissing of chil dren, formed some years ago. has decid ed to extend its efforts and to start a campaign against the kissing prevalent among women when they meet or take leave of each other. The leaders of the movement 'assert that much hygienic good has been done by the restriction of the osculation ofi children, and they express’ the opinion that women generally will welcome a similar measure for, as they ai-gue, most instances, kissing does not mean friendship. Death Expected From lightning Stroke. Monroe, La., May 27.—Venter Carr was struck by a bolt of nightning during a storm yesterday, and is expected to die. TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 123 Sir JOHON HELD IN CHICAGO IN ROBERT FRANK CASE Man by That Name Driving a Gray Automobile Arrest ed—Latest Development in Frank Mystery. THIS NAME WAS SIGNED TO LETTER Demanding Ransom of $lO,- 000 For Return of Robert Franks—Search for Type writer Being Made. (By the Associated Press) Ghicago, May 27.—Arrest of a man known as George Johnson, driving a gray automobile, was the latest development in the investigation today of the kidnap ping and death of Robert Frank. The name George Johnson was signed to the ransom letter received by Jacob Franks, demanding SIO,OOO for the return of his son. The prisoner was driving the same make of automobile seen near the private school attended by young Franks at. the j time he started home from school. The prisoner lives in the Hyde Park district, where the Franks family lives. Search for the typewriter on which the ransom letter was typed and for the clothing of the boy still was being con tinued today. The hearing was to be held this afternoon on application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of two instructors of the private school who have been detained by the police for ques tioning since Saturday. The prisoner, known as Johnson, al though his name is Adolph Pnlritz. said he was not surprised by hrs arrest. "I expected it. Everybody with a gray ear is being taken in,” he said. He said he knew nothing of the Franks case, and that he was about to leave for lowa. On the afternoon of the kidnapping, he said, he was motoring with a young wom an. MOTION TO REPORT THE j FORD BID DEFEATED Norris BUI to Operate Muscle Shoals Reported by Senate Agriculture Cotu d »■>') '■')<»i'a-’-« - ■> -if. fßy rtf Associated Press.) Washington, May 27.—The Norris bin for government operation of Muscle Shoals was reported today by .the Sen ate agriculture committee bv a vote of 11 to 4. A motion to report the Ford bid was defeated 11 to 5. On die Norris bill. Senators Parra way of Arkansas, and Ralston, of Indi ana. botli voted present. Senator Harrison, democrat .of Mis sissippi, champion of the Ford proposal, declared after the executive session that lhe committee’s action meant that a vote could be taken in the Senate on both the Ford and Norris bills. How 25 Per Cent. Cut Affects Earned Income. Washington. May 27—Earned in come tax provisions in the conference tax bill start at tlie first bracket, whjie file House started at the middle bracket, if 11 man has a $5,000 net earned in come be is entitled to 25 per cent, re duction on all of it. Practically the same thing applies if it. amounts to SIO,OOO or less, actually earned. If. however, his income attains to even one dollar more than SIO,OOO. he is only entitled to the reduction on $5.- OOOtof this and the 25 rent, rebate is not given. In other words, the first $5,000 are deemed to be earned, and if the tax payer has an income of SIOO,OOO or any other amount he gets tlie 25 per cent, on the $5,000. Baron Raps Three Modem Inventions, London, May 27. —Baron Sumner, one of the British Law Ixirds, is not strong for applied science. In an ad dress to the British Science Guild to day he virgoronslly denounced three of its modern triumphs. They were the gramophone, which “lias corrupted the musical sense of England and America for nearly a gen eration.” the moving picture, which "(few's little except, stimulate the pas sions and act as a soporific for the human mind,” and the motor ear. “than which I know nothing that has done more to increase a feeling of jealousy and dislike between the classes.” President Signs Rogers Bill. (Bv the Associated Press.) Washington, Mny 27.—Signature bv President Coolidge of the Rogers' bill, recognizing the diplomatic and consular services, was announced today at the j White .Souse. A persimmon that, will not. pucker the mouth has been found in Japan. WHAT SMITTY’B WEATHER CAT SAYS , , ... M—« ..... _ ) thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday; l «“> change in temperature.