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Dawes Reparations Plan
Accepted By Reichstag
Until Last'Minute No One
Knew How Vote Would Be
But Necessary Majorities
Voted For Measures.
THREE BHJLSPUT
THE PLAN ACROSS
Nationalists Were Opposed to
Agreement as Made in Lon
don B«t They Could Not
Defeat Its Adoption.
Beilin, Ang. 20 (By the Asaocitaeil
Press). —The German reiehstag today
accepted the. Dawes reparations agreement
rondtidnl at tlte recent I>oihlon confer
ence by adopting by a vote of 3)4 to
127, the necessary two-thirds majority,
(he railway bill to put into effect the pto
-yisions of the London agreement.
The German nationalists whose open
opimsition to tin* agreement and whose
attaeks on “it during the debate had mode
result of the voting problematical, voted
in favor of the railway bill but against
the banking bill, another of the I>awes
measures, which nevertheless was adopt
ed 295 to 172. a two-thirds vote being
hnneeessary on this bill.
\ The industrial bond bill, the third of
those provided under the Dawes plan,
also was adopted by a necessary majority.
I'he vote on the railway measure pro
vided 20 votes in excess of the two-thirds
required, more than two-thirds of the
nationalists favnritg its acceptance.
An eleventh hour agreement between
the government and the nflUionnlrsts
which reunited in the defection of 57
votes from the opposition brought about
the constitutional majority. Up until
10 minutes before the. vote was taken on
the railway bill the outcome was entire
ly problematical.
The price which the government paid
for the support of the notionalists is re
pnrred to be a promise that the present
cabinet will be reconstituted in the near
future to include several nationalists.
The government’s approval of a tariff on
grain is also reported to be part of tiie
bargain.
When the vote on the railway bill was
announced there was a deafening roar
of howls and jeers from the communists
and the members of the extreme right.
Admiral von Tirpitz. Prince IlDmnrbk and
other nationalist leaders and the. ngrty’s.
-«wwete)p':witig vHted- to tovm
agreement, while the communists, von
TaißdendoHTs party, and,about 50 nat
ionalists comprised the opposition.
Berlin. Aug. 2!) (By . the Associated
Press). —Tiie final vote on the govetn
men’s bills necessary to carry out Ger
many's part of the Dawes, reparations
program will be taken fate this after
noon, and it now appears certain that
the reichstag will endorse the London
agreement.
The reichstag this morning continued
the debate which had gone on in a
lengthy and acrimonious fashion for sev
en hours yesterday. It was not believed,
however, that it would be necessary to
use tiie dissolution decree which had been
signed by the chancellor for use in the
event that the House witlidrew its ap
proval of the agreement made at tiie in
ternational conference.
Chancelipr Man in a final appeal this
morning for acceptance of the agreement,
suggested that the resolutions which tjie
nationalists had submitted yesterday
should be amended so as to enable the
government to support them. Mean
while negotiations . were continuing be
hind the scenes and there waa feverish
activity in party circles with well in
formed persons generally conceding that
there was at least an even chance for
adoption of the agreement,
adoption of the agreement.
The resolutions which Chancellor Marx
urged might be changed in form to per
mit government support were introduced
by the nationalists yesterday in an effort
to find a loop hole which would enable
them to vote for the Dawes plans bills
without loss of prestige.
One resolution stipulates that the
v agreement shall only go, into force when
guarantee?, are given Germany that the
region now occupied by virtue of the
Veraailles treaty shall be evacuated by
August, 1025.
Another provides that the London
agreement shall not be considered in
force until the German government offi
cially repudiates the admission of. war
guilt contained in the treaty of Ver
sailles.
A third resolution would instruct the
government to demand within two years
the re-examination of Germany’s capac
ity to pay,
Hurricane Strikes Virgin Islands.
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 29
(By the Associated Press).—A severe
hurricane with a 100-mile wind struck the
Virgin Islands last night and this morn
ing. Trees were uprooted, crops and
small craft demolished, and houses wreck
ed. There were 'no fatalities reported,
but many of the poorer residents are said
to have suffered.
Meningitis Epidemic in Japan.
Tbkio, Aug. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —Total deaths from an epidemic
of meningitis now sweeping Japan reach
ed 1,776 today, when 23 fatalities were
listed at Home and one at Yokohama.
In the past 24 hours 876 deaths from
the disease have been reported, princi
pally frouf Shikoku state.
Several days ago a number of men liv
ing in the Bost Mills neighborhood went
seining in the pond at the mill and caught
about 13 carp and more than 400 pounds
of. cat fish'
was unknown lathe United States. Now
the aanual production amounts to some
thing like 500,000,000 pounds.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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FLOYD BENNETT GOES
ON TRIAD, CHARLOTTE
He ia. Charged With Kidnapbtg and
SoSndne Miss Loretta Lawing, of (
Charlotte. -*•.'!
Charlotte. Ang. 28. —Floyd Hprman j
Bepnett. yonng whiip man. went on}
trial in Mecklenburg superior court
this afternoon on charges of seduction
under promise of marriage and kidnap
ing Miss Icirottn Tatwing, pretty young
daughter rtf .1. T. A. Lowing Charlotte
mattress manufacturer, being the prose
cuting witness.
Selection of a jnry was completed in
short order nfter the trial opened anti
during the nfternaon the state put on a
number of witnesses in an effort ‘Yb
prove a good character for Miss haw
ing- Mies Lawns probably will go on
the stand early tomorrow morning.
Attorneys tonight said that a’l testi
mony would he short and indicated that
the ease might go to the jury late to
morrow.
Bennett is charged with taking MGs
Lowing to Raleigh and High Point, de
serting her nt the latter place, after,
she alleges, he persuaded her to lenve
home on a plen that they be married.
The grand jury earlier in the week re- •
turned a true hill against Bennett,
charging him with kidnaping and with '
seduction under promise of marriage, ft
is on these counts that he is being tried.
JOHN WALKER HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE
Is Alleged to HaveKOled Henry Harris, t
Negro, of Albemarle. [,
Salisbury. Aug. 28.—Two bloodhound*.)
belonging to Deputy Sheriff L. ' D
Brown, of Granite Quarry, trailed for t
several miles and caused the arrest of ,
John Edward Walker, negro, who was ;
charged with the killing of Henry Har- ,
ris. another negro, of Albemarle, last | (
night. The homicide occurred at 10 t
o’clock, and at 3 this morning the dogs
were put on the trail. It is said the
doga never wavered, but kept the cir
cuitous trail until they led the officers
to a house nine miles from Albemarle,
where the negro was found. Hhe show
ed fight, but a warning shot from Officer
Brown brought him around ami hegave .
himself up. Walker claims self-defense.
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Two Men ■ Captured at afiil Near f
Mooresville.
Mooregville, Aug. -28. —It will be re- 1
called that two weeks ago Chief Wood
and destroyed a quantity of mush.
Tuesday the officers brought m the *
goods (hat is W. A. Childers and H. 4L. '
Childers, well-known men of that com- 1
inanity, appeared before Recorder C. V. *
Voi’.S and submitted trt charges of '
manufacturing liquor. Each man was (
required to pay a fine of SSO and the
posts of $73 each. They*were placed '
under a 12 months suspended sentence- 1
Carson Wilson/and Scott Cook, who f
were also Rt. the still when the officers 1
unshed the bunch, but were) not impii- *
eated in operating the plant, being mere I
patrons. They submitted to charges of
possessing and were fined costs to the '
amount of $43 each and were placed 1
under a six months suspended sentence. <
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Poisoned h.v the Powder Puff. i
/ New York, Aug. 29. —Poison can eas- 1
ily enter the skin via the face, says an i
eminent specialist. Face powders, rouge, ’
creams, and other coloring material? clog ■
the pores of the skin, intended by Na
ture to serve as lubricating and excretory
ducts. When these are sealed in this
■way they may become a real menace to I
the face. <
The eyebrow pencil can also make i
trouble, as can the black paint that. 1
skilfully applied to tbe edges of the eye- 1
lashes with a camel-hair brush, makes >
the lashes appear as long again as they
actually are.
Face creams, too. according to physi
cians, can sometimes lead to lead poison- i
ing. The greatest care should therefore
be taken that only reliable aids to the
toilet are bought, and that they are used
in moderation.
Explosive Watermelon is Found at
Abbeville.
Abbeville, Aug. 28. —Let Burbank
look to his laurels —a farmer of Abbe
ville county has developed the ex
plosive watermelon. This morning as
Mr. W. D. Barksdale was selling one of
his nicest he happened to touch it with
his toe and to his surprise it popped
open. A few minutes f later his son
Webble started to pick one up with the
result that it poped even before he laid
his hands upon it. These melons were
grown by Mr. T. O. Price. ■''They are
round in sape, with a thin rind and are
very ripe.
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Aviators Again Delayed.
On Board the United States Steamship
Richmond at Ice Tickle, Labrador, Aug.
29 (By the Associated Press).—Contin#
ing stormy weather has caused further
postponement of the American army
world aviators flight from Ivigtut,
Greenland. It io now announced that
no attempt will be made to get away be
fore tomorrow morning.
BASEBALL
Winston-Salem
(All-Stars)
-vs- '
Gibson
Saturday, Aug, 50th
at 3:30 P.M.
Charles L. Sweni. personal steriou
raplier to the late President Wilson,
won Ihe international championship
trophy in the Nntiona! Shorthand Re
porters’ Association teste for tbe
second consecutive year. He will re
tain it permanently If he wins it
«saia wwt year-
PRINCE OF WALES- IS
GUEST IN AMERICA
IleJr to British Throne Arrived at Quar
antine Today at 2:17 O’clock.
(Ily the Associated Crrmi
| New York, Aug. 29. —The Prince of
| Wales arrived on the liner BeCengarin
(at quarantine in lower New York har
bor at 2:17 o’clock this afternoon.
The Prince will proceed directly from
the ship to Glen Cove, Long Island,
where an extra shift of workmen em
ployed by the New York Y'atcli Club
■ worked last night under electric lights to
t create a setting fit to welcome the heir
to the British throne.
Invited to Legion Convention.
St. Patti, Minn.. Ang. 29.—The Prince
of Wales lias been invited to attend the
national encampment of the American
Legion here September 25 to 19, it was
announced today by the general commit
tee. A cablegram from Ambassador
Kellogg was received today saying he
had invited the prince to attend the
convention, and that the ambassador was
confident tbe Prince would accept.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
Alexandria, La.. Aug. 28.—Tu>o wom
en by prearrnngement met on a high
way near here last night and. with a
third woman as witness, fought with
fists for the love of the husband of''one
until one drew a dirk and stabbed the
other. Sheriff Downs disclosed today.
The wife was Mrs. A. D. Foreman,
of Lake Charles. Her onponent. for
whom, she charges, her husband desert
ed her a year ago. was Miss Mildred
Lee, of Alexandria. Sirs. Foreman was
stabbed in the back, shoulder and chest,
bbt not seriously hurt.
She drove here vesterdny. accompanied
by Miss Lulu Bennifiel, intending to
whip Miss Lee, she told the sheriff, but
changed her mind and pronosed a fist
fight. Accompanied by Miss Benifiel
for referee, they drove to the country.
Mrs. Foreman, apparently, was getting
the better of it, she told the sheriff, wiien
Miss Lee drew a dirk. Mrs Foreman
was given attention at a hospital here.
Franks Opposes Hanging.
Chicago, Ang. 27.—Jacob Franks,
father of the boy so cruellv murdered
and multi'ated by Nathan Leopold, Jr.,
and Richard Loeb. admitted today that
he is opposed to capita] punishment. He
had sat wearily through the Court ses
sion and heard Stntes’a Attorney Crowe
thunder against the murders and de
mand the rone for them.
“To tell the truth.” said Franks, “I
am opposed to hanging, but I feel I
have no right to interfere in this case
one wav or another. I am not really in
terested in the outcome of the ease since
there is no chance these bovs will be
at large. I dm glad the trial is nearly
over, because I do not. like to attend it,
Hut it has been impressed upon me that
it is mv duty to he there. Whatever
Judge Cnverly decides is the proper
punishment will satisfy me- I have no
feeling of malice—that cannot bring
back mv son. I dread the opening of
school. It was the eußtom of my wife to
sit where she could watch the children
trooping home for lunch—Bobby among
them. She never went out to lunch, be
cause Bobby wanted her to eat with
him. She will sit and watch the senool
children again this fall —it will be Dad
for her after school starts. I don’t
know what to do about it—l don’t know
what to do.”'
Minerva’s Some Hen! She Hoes the
Potatoes.
Winsted. Conn., Aug. 27.—Minerva,
a ’Plymouth Rock hen on a farm at
South Randisfleld, n hamlet twelve
miles from here, has learned to scratch
in the garden without disturbing the
crops- She knows the weeds from the
vegetables and has even learned to
“hoe” a! hill of potatoes.
She does her hoeing hither and
thither, helter-skelter, but manages to
get a five-acre field hoed pretty
thoroughly twice a month.
She has not learned to distinguish be
tween a parasin and- a weed, but Im
proves so readily that her owner ex
pects she can tell a parsnip by next
parsnip planting time. He has refused
several offers for Minerva, saying she
is worth more to him thnn two hired
men. • '
In the Basley rifle matches, probably
the most famous rifle shooting contests
in the world, It Is a strict rule that a
competitor must not take aim at spy
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CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1924
MSIIMISIIED
WHEELING (OORESS:
PHEW FOR TRIP
Nominee Now Has Time to
Give Attention to J Cam
paign Organization and Fi
nancial Matters.
BE
USpD FORjBASE
While in Wlfest Mr. Davis
Will Use fThat City as a
Base—Noti Make a Swing
of (hcCdHtry.
(Tty (he llmililwl Press.!
New York, Atig./Sfl.—With his Wheel
ing, W. Va., Lobd)' Day speech practi
cally completed, John tV. Davis, the Dem
ocrat ie Presidential candidate, turned his
attention today tojmatters of campaign
organisation and finance before the start
of his western trip Sunday. In making
what will be the firtU real invasion of the
West, Mr. Davia does not. promise to con
dost what is gnpemlly referred to as ’ a
swing around the circle.”
Mr. Davia will Ihake Chicago' his base
and will make successive trips to speak
in (hose cities which have been or will be
included in his itinerary.
The nominee will be accompanied
westward by several of his closest advis
ers, among them Senator Pittman, of
Nevada, who has juul charge of arrang
ing tiie details of the speaking trip, and
Cordell Hull, former chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
FORMER BURKE OFFICER
FACES SERIOUS CHARGE
T. L. Sigmon Is Charged With Immoral
Conduct With His Stenographer.
Hickory, Aug. 28.—T. L. Sigmon, of
Morganton, former superintendent of
public instruction and at the same time
county welfare toffider of Burke county,
yesterday afternoon was arrested under
a warrant sworn out by Solicitor R. L.
Huffman, charged with immoral conduct
with his stenographer. Myrtle Godfrey,
according to a statement made by. Mr.
Huffman today. V
Mr. Sigmon’s regtanation from the of
fice of superintend#! 4f public tnstruc
-1 top,.-gad welfare Shirk county had,
been demanded by the .county commis
sioners several weeks ago, according to
a statement made today by Solicitor
Huffman. He had held the officer for
over 12 years during which time he had
done much to build tip the public school
system of Burke county.
The girl, according to Solicitor Huff
man is about to become a mother, and
on that account hearing was postponed in
the case until tomorrow afternoon. Mr.
Huffman stated this morning that he
thought the woman would be able to ap
pear at that time. Sigmon is out un T
der bond.
According to the statement made this
msrning by Solicitor Huffman, the al
leged misconduet of the former school
head toots place in the offices of the su
perintendent of public Instruction and
has been taking place for a period of
time starting last October. -The affair
became generall known in the city, Mr.
Huffman stated and when it came to Ills
attention the facts were ascertained and
the arrest made. The pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Morganton, Rev.
F. A. Bower, was the direct cause of
the case coming out into the public
glare, it is said. He received informa
tion about the affair »and presented it
to the solicitor who Immediately made
an investigation and swore out the war
rant. Sigmon was « member of Mr.
Brower’s Church.
The Godfrey girl is a daughter of
W. W. Godfrey, of Morganton, a re
spected and honored citizen who has held
public office .in the city and county, at
one time being a member of the Morgan
- ton school board. Solicitor Huffman
i stated today that he would try to get
■ the maximum sentence of two years for
, the accused man when the case came
up.
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To Celebrate 103rd Birthday Anniver
sary, \
Greenville, N. C., Aug. 29.—The one
hundred and third birthday of Mrs. Mar
tha Jane Mills, of Pitt county, -will be
celebrated by the holding of a basket
picnic on September 13th, which will be
attended by her numerous relatives and
friends. The picnic which is annual
affur in honor of the aged woman and
which is always largely Attended, will be
held at Mills school house.
Mrs. Mills is now making her home at
the residence of J. R. Buck, of Chieod
township, Pitt county.-. She ia apparent
ly in the best of healt and is very spirited
for one her age.
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Many Hurt lit Accident.
(By the Asuoelntnd Brass.)
London, Aug. 29.—More than 100 per
sona were killed or injured in a collis
ion between two passenger trains near
Lahore, in British India, according to
an agency dispatch quoting incomplete
reports received at Lahore.
Freeh vegetables are becoming mighty
scarce 4n Cabarrus county now due to
the prolonged drought. Truck farmers
declare they would have had a big supply
of vegetables for Concord If there had
been rain enough tot keep them alive.
The vegetables have been virtually burned
up during tbe excessively hot and dry
days of the past several weeks. Through
out this part of tbe State there has been
s&aaoßz&nrjs
rain, according to reporta reaching Oon
SI ::
Us
The honor of piloting Epinard in the
French horse’s match races in this)
country goes to Jockey Everett
Haynes, or.e of the stars of the Eu
ropean turf. Haynes ts an Ameri
can who has heen doing most of his
riding abroad.
THE COTTON MARKET
Business Only Moderately Active Early
Today.—Opening Easy at Decline.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 29.—Business on the
cotton market was only moderately act
ive early today. Much of it *vas attrib- 1
uted to further evening up of accounts
in preparation for the approaching holi
day.
The opening was easy at a decline of
18 to 27 points, in response to relatively
easy Liverpool cables. The. market was
steadier right nfter the call by continued
covering, promoted by doubt as to the
present progress of the crop, but, after
selling up from 24.23 to 2-L55 Decem
ber broke to 24.15, active months showing
net losses of about 26 to 32 points.
A . private crop report making the
condition 62.9 per cent, of normal with
an indicated yield of 12,529.000 bales
based on the government estimate of
acreage, had little effect on tiie immedi
ate market.
Opening prices were: October 24.5,8;
December 24.23; January 24.23; March
24.47; May 24.60.
PRESIDENT AND FAMILY
BACK IN WASHINGTON
Arrived Early in Morning From Visit of
’Tw* WNb In Vermont. .
dent Cooiidge returned to Washington at
7 a. m. today after a two weeks’ vaca
tion on his father's farm at Plymouth,
Vermont.
The President, with Mrs. Cooiidge and
their son, John, left the train immediate
ly for (he White House for breakfast,
after which he took up at once the chain
of his official duties. Beginning the
day’s work with a cabinet meeting this
morning and an address later in the day
before delegates attending the conven
tion of the National Fraternal Congress,
his’ first vacation since taking over the
Presidency was definitely ended.
BOYS AS “COLLEGE RISKS”
ARE PLACED ABOVE GIRLS
Declared For Every Two Boys, Three
Girls Fail For Graduation.
Washington, D. 0., Aug. 27.—80ys
are better “college risks” than girls,
; says a report on the intelligence of high
1 school seniors received by the Interior
. Department from the Massachusetts
, Board of Education.
For every) two boys apt to fnil for
! graduation, tbe figures show three girls
| are likely to lose their chance. Forty
. per cent- of the boys and 22 per cent,
of the girls are listed as “good risks."
Ten thousand of the 16,000 seniors in
[ Massachusetts high schools, the report
. adds, will enter as freshmen in higher
I institutions of learning this fall.
Dust as Evidence.
Paris, Aug. 2!).—Microscopic examina
tion of the dirt and dust ujion the cloth
ing of suspects is a new scheme of the
French police to catch criminals. After
cross-examination the suspects are strip
ped of their clothing, whose superficial
dust i 9 first examined under a strong
microscope. A vacuum cleaner is next
applied to draw out other dirt into a
pan.
In some instances a more thorough pro
cess, in which heating figures, is used to
separate all particles' of foreign matter.
From the dirt thus secured the detectives
determine whether the suspect has been
telling the truth.
One murdered tried to prove an alibi
by saying that he had slept in an open
field the night of the crime. Microscop
ic examination of his clothing showed
that he had slept in a quarry.
An unsuspected carpenter was connect
ed with a murder by means of sawdust
found on a piece of overall which the vic
tim had torn from his assailant and
which was found at the scene of the
crime. .
The chief value of the new (dan has
been in breaking down the bravado of
criminals. They frequently confess when
shown that their first stories were lies.
German Loan Looks Near.
New York World.
Bond traders close to large bankers
expressed the opinion last night that
the German loan will be seen within
three weeks. Foreign Ixtnds show great
resistance to profit-taking, they point
out, and the market generally is in
prime shape for the offering. Delay un
til early October, these i experts believe,
may prove a mistake, and this view,
they ray also is that of financiers in
volved in the financing.
The landscape gardener for J. Van
Lindley Co. will be here on the first and
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Senater Wheeler Attacks
Again “Daugherty Gang”
MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY \ atc
STORM AT ROCKY '
Wind at Times Assumed Almost Cy.
clonic Proportions—Hail Crashes the
Windows.
Rocky Mount. Aug. 28.—Rocky Mount
was in partial darkness tonight as ef
forts were being made to check up dam
ages caused by a violent storm which
hit this city and vicinity late today.
The storm was marked by an unprece- \
dented rainfall, violent wind, which at
times assumed almcst cyclonic propor
tions, a terrific electrical display and a
heavy fall of hail which shattered win->
(lows and leveled fields of cotton and corn
over a wide area. The storm continued
with unabated violence y here for nearly
two hours. •
Here ill the city large trees were up
rooted or blown douyi. A number of
small honset* and outbuildings were re
ported Irestroyed, while chimneys were
leveled in a number of instances In
several places streets were blocked by
falling trees. Havoc was played with
local telephone and electric light serv
ice. Numerous telephone posts and
tines were down, wljiie it was necessary
to cut off the electric current on account
of the wires being broken and across the
sidewalks in a number of places.
Basements were literally flooded by
the downpour of rain, and streets in sev
eral seetioas of the city were veritable
lakes tonight. In the business section
a service station and billboards were par
tially blown down, while several big
plate glam windows wei'c shattered. The
violent wind and hail stones almost as
large ns marbles combined to play havoc
with windows in the residential section.
No reports have been secured tonight as
lo how wide an nren the storm visited or
the damage which is caused in outlying
sections. Crops, however, were believed
to have been .leveled by the violence of
the elements.
At an early hour tonight no casual
ties had been reported, although author
ities were still engaged in making a sur- .
vey of the situation here and in the out
lying sections where it was said equally
heavy damage ensued.
GOVERNOR SMITH DECLINES
TO RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM
Tells Tammany Chief He Must Turn to
Business to Retrieve His Personal
Fortunes.
New York. Aug. 27.—Governor Smith
definitely eliminated himself today as a
potential candidate for. Governor. This
b* ? ,,
tween the Governor and George Mv
Olvany, leader of Tammany Hall. Mr.
Olvany has accepted the Governor at
his word and is beginning immediately a
series of conferences with lenders of his
organization to determine which of the
other available candidates will be ac
ceptable to the rank and file of New
York Democrats. /
The Tammany lender went to Mr.
Smith today hoping he might be able to
induce him to fall in. with the repeated
. ly expresse desire of other State and
national leaders that he run again. But
the Governor told him his decision was
made —that it was imperative that at
the conclusion of his present term of
office he go into some business by which
he can retrieve his personal fortunes.
The upshot of the conference was to
leave the Tammany organization com
pletely up in the air as to its choice
for a candidate. The Governor is said
not to have made any suggestions, al
though there are some who believe he
would not be averse to seeing Colonel
Frederick Stuart Greene, /his Public
Works Commissioners. try for tiie
nomination.
KANSAS G. O. P. SILENT
ON KU KLUX KLAN ISSUE
Hooded Order Denounced By Demo
crats of tiie State.
Topeka. Kan., Aug. 29- —The ' Ku
Klux Klan has flared up as one of the
major issues of jhe November election
campaign in Kansas—with the Demo
cratic party of the State definitely on
record as unalterably opposed ro the
seeret organization and the Republican
party si’ent.
Following the lead of their national
standard-bearer. John W. Davis, in de
nouncing the Klan by name, the Demo
cratic State Central Committee yester
day adopted a plank openly condemning
the order.
The Republican State party council
in drafting a platform made no refer
ence to the Klan, despite a spirited
fight waged by Attorney General C. B.
Griffith and others. Griffith was op
posed for renomination in the recent
primary by Klansmen because of his
suit on behalf of the State to oust the
Klan from Kansas. He won the re
nomination, however, by a large ma
jority.
pr. T. F. Jones Found Guilty of Violat
ing Narcotic Law.
Raleigh, Aug. 28.—Dr. T. F. Jones,
local physician, today was fonnd guilty
in city court of illegal sale of narcotics
and sentenced to 60 days in jail by
Judge Buck Harris. The physician indi
cated he would not appeal-
Dr. Jones was found guilty in fed
eral court laßt fall on a charge of
violating the Harrison narcotic law.
Prayer for judgment wns continued in
this case and Dr. Jones’ federal narcotic
license was revoked.
In the amount of taxes paid the fed
; eral government last year North Caro
lina led all the states except NeW York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michigan.
Tar Heel stated stands near the top in
the value of its agricultural products.
In the growth and manufacture of to
bacco it leads the world. Maesachusettr
alone excela in the textile industry, and
i this crow* Ib soon to be transferred to
I the commonwealth which wan a* one
■ I time noted for “tar, pitch land turpen-
I line!”
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1 «citr Candidate for
Tice President Publicly
Renews Attack on Former
Attorney General.
HOUSE CLEANING
STILL NECESSARY
Senator Goes Into the Liquor
Dealings Again and Says
He Has New Testimony
From George Remus.
(By the AMoetnte4 I'rewo
Washington, Aug. 29.—Senator Wheel
er of Montana, prosecutor of the Daugh
erty committee, and LaFollette candi- .
date for Vice-President, today publicly
renewed ids war on “the Daugherty
gang” in public office.
In a formal statement Mr. Wheeler
dealt at length with an affidavit said to
have been made in the Atlanta peniten
tiary by George Remus, once the Ohio
bootleg king, repudiating the sensational
testimony he gave last spring before the
Daugherty committee.
“Testimony before the investigation,”
the Senator’s statement continued, “dis
closed that the present warden of the
Atlanta penitentiary is a close friend
and political associate of Harry M.
Daugherty. The incident makes it dear
that President C'oolidge still has some
housecleaning to do because some rem
nants of the Daugherty gang are still in
office under the Federal government.”
According to information reaching Sen
ator Wheeler and other members of the
1 Daugherty committee the new Remus af
fidavit directly repudiated Remus' testi
mony that he had paid about $250,000 to
the late Jess Smith, Mr. Daugherty's
companion, for protection from prosecu
tion. On the contrary, Remus said in the
affidavit, he never met Jesh Smith or
communicated with him directly or in
directly. Testimony to the contrary, it is
added, was given before the committee
in the belief that it would aid him to se
cure his release from prison.
Senator Wheeler's statement described
in some detail the circumstances under
which Remus’ original testimony was ad
duced.
“The committee," he said, “got several
anonymous telegrams which in my judg
ment Rein us himself sent during the hear
ings, demanding that he be called as a
witness, and suggesting that he had val. -
asm
down to see him. He volunteered to :
come. That tiny promises were made to
him of any kind is absolutely untrue, and
of course the assertion that either Chair
man Rrookhart or myself had any in
fluence that would enable us to offer par
don considering our attitude toward the
executive branch of the government, is
and was highly amusing.” <jg|
The Senator added that before Remus
had left the witness stand information
reached the committee which led it to
proceed very cautiously in its further
relations with the witness who very
shortly afterwards was returned to
prison.
In another statement today Senator
Wheeler reiterated he was ready to go
to trial at any time fixed by the prose
cution on the indictment pending in Mon
tana. charging improper legal activities
after his election to the Senate.
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES
Fraternal, congress
Fratemalism Eulogised by President,
Who Says Organizations Do a Great
Work.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 29.—FVa'terhaliain
as a “strong reliance of ordered govern
ment. according to public law,” was eu
logized today by President Coolidge in an
address to a delegation representing the
National Fraternal Congress.
“The rituals of nearly'all fraternal or
ganizations, 1 r Mr. Coolidge sa«k “are
based upon religion. No true fraternity
can rest on any other conception. It is
for these reasons that they are support
ers of the true aims of society, strong
reliances of ordered government accord
ing to public law, able advocates of
righteousness and religion, and effective
promoters of peace and good will among
the nations of the earth.” ,g||
Bale of New Cotton.
W. Ed. Flowe, of No. 1 township, of
fered the first bale of 1924 cotton on the
Concord market today, having arrived in
the city with the bale at 12:30. The.bale
weighed 448 pounds, and was sold for
25 cents, having been bought by ,W. W,
Flowe.
For the past five years Mr: Flowe has
been the first planter to market a new
bale of cotton on the market here. He is
just a day later this year than last with
the cotton, as he marketed the first bale
last year on the 28th of August. The -
earliest he ever offered offered one before
was on the 28th of August. ’
The American Federation of Labor is
making a country-wide campaign for the
ratification of the child labor amendment
to the Federal Constitution.
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