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»«*«•••*« * ASSOCIATED * » PRESS « • DISPATCHES * &•«&««««« » VOLUME XXV Angus Wilton McLean Today Inaugurated As Governor Os The State Os North Carolina CEREMONY ATTEHOEO BY SEVERAL HUNDRED Raleigh Is In Gala ( Attire, and Persons From All Sections of the State Are In the Cap tal City Today. OTHER OFFICERS OF STATE TAKE OATHS Retiring Governor Met Gov ernor McLean and Escort ed Him to Mansion and Then to Auditorium. , Raleigh, N. C., .Taif 14 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Angus Wilton McLean, if Lumberton, became Governor of North Carolina for a term of four years today. He succeeded Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte. The new Chief Executive was to take the oath of office shortly after noon at the City Auditorium. He arrived on n Rl>eeial train from bis home at Lumber ton this morning, aud was escorted to the executive mansion by the National Guard company of Lumberton. Arriving there, he was met by Governor Cameron Mor rison and other state officials, who es corted him to the Auditorium where the official proceedings which were to make him Governor took place. Raleigh is crowded with thousands of citizens from all sections of the state for the innugurnt : on festivities. From Robe son County alone, home of the incoming Chief Executive, there came more than 300 citizens. Among them was Mr. Mc- Lean's three children. His wife, ill in bed, could not come. With the Legislature it was a day turn ed over entirely to the inauguration. Meeting at 11 o’clock both houses recess ed to the Auditorium where the admin istering of the oath was witnessed. After tion, the Governor delivered an inaugural address, and the Legislature returned to the capitol only to formally adjourn until tomorrow. The one state officer who did not take the oath of office today was State Treasurer B. R. Lac.v. who is reported seriously ill at New York City, where he had gone on business of the state. A luDcheon at the executive mansion for friends of the retiring and incoming governors and state officials and a public reception tonight at the mansion, follow ed by au inaugural bail at the Auditorium were to be the concluding features of in auguration day. Takes Oath. Raleigh, Jan. 14 (By the Associated Press).—Angus W. McLean, of Lumber ton, took the oath of office as Governor of North Carolinat at 12:30 this after noon. He succeeded Cameron Morri son, of Charlotte. The governor was sworn in by Chief Justice W. A. Hoke, of the State Su preme Court. Before the governor took the oath, all other state officials were sworn in. Immediately afterward Mr. McLean began the delivery of his in augural address. Arrived in Raleigh Tuesday Night. Raleigh, Jan. 14.—Angus Wilton Mc- Lean arrived in’ Raleigh unexpectedly about midnight for his inauguration at noon today as Governor of North Caro lina. He was not due to arrive until 11 o’clock this morning. . The only explanation for his early ar rival was that he just stole a march on everybody. The legislative inaugural committee knew nothing of bis coming last night.’ Much to the surprise of its members he came on ahead of the special train which was bringing him from Lumberton this morning. It was very characteristic of him, re marked one person closely acquainted with the Governor. Mr. McLean’s three children, Angus Wilton, Jr., Margaret French, and Hec tor, accompanied him. At first it was thought that Mr. Mc- Lean’s advance arrival would upset the plans of the local inaugural committee to stage a big military welcome for him at Union station. However, later in the morning Col. Albert L. Cox, chairman of the committee, said it would make no difference at all for Mr. McLeaen motored to board his gubernatorial special at that point. Mt. McLean, of officially arrived at Raleigh aboard a special train from Lumberton at 11:2S o'clock this morning. Mr. McLean was met by deputations of state officials, committees from the House and Senate of tjie General Assembly, Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, general chair man of the inauguration program, and Brig. Gen. A. J,.Bowley, of Fort Bragg. Two bands played “Dixie” as Mr. Mc- Lean stepped from the train. A large crowd was bn hand 55 *) witness his arriv al and severral hundred Robeson county citizens 'were on the special train. The Governor-elect was immediately escorted to the executive mansion. Five thousand North Carolinians filled the Raleigh Auditorium to capacity and saw Mr. McLean take the oath. Hundreds of others stood outside the building. Long before the hour eat for leading auditorium swarmed with The Concord Daily Tribune LACY COULD NOT TAKE THE OATH I Has Been 111 in New York City for Several Days.— • Condition Is Now Report* | ed as Improved. Raleigh, N. C.. Jan. 14 (By the Asso . ciated Press).—Benjamin R. Imcy, state treasurer of North Carolina for the past 24 years, and whose seventh four-year term begins today, was absent fron\ the inaugural exercises. He was the only i state officer missing. His absence was 1 due to the fact that he is ill in New York City, where he went to sign £15,- , 000,000 highway bonds. Reports .re ceived here yesterday indicated that his ' condition was critical. There seemed' to i onbt as to his recovery, but later re rts indicated that he will recover and he will be able to ’come home this week. Mr. Lacy has served as a member the council of state by virtue of the con , stitutional office he holds, with six gov ernors, Aycock, Glenn, Kitchin, Craig. Bickett and Morrison. When he took i up the duties pf his office the state was spending less than £1,000.000 for public ! education. This year, according to the report of State -Supt. A. T. Allen, total expenditures for schools by the state and its subdivisions will total £35,000,000. ! There was no such thing as a state high way system when he began to hold office. In fact, no such thing had even been contemplated. When he concluded sign ing bonds on this trip to New York he had affixed his signature to issues ag gregating £65,000,000 for public roads. Condition Improved. New York, Jan. 14.—The condition of Benjamin R. Lacy, State treasurer of North Carolina, was such today that his physicians said he eould leave for North Carolina later today with a nurse. The fact that Mr. Lacy had not corn signing the £15,000,000 issue of North Carolina highway bonds will not affect their validity, it was asserted today by Chester B. Masslieh, New York counsel for the State of North Carolina. About 3,500 bonds remain to be signed by Treas urer Lacy, raid an official of the First National. Bapk of MvJ&rih a.pwtobar •f the synoipate tnat bought the issue. A special act of the North Carolina legislature, it Was said, will be necessary to authorize the already affixed signa ture of former Governor Morrison on the certificates, which have as yet been un signed by Mr. Lacy. New Bills Introduced in the -House Tuesday. (Mr the Aeseefated Press.) * Raleigh, Jan. 14.—The following bills were introduced in the House of the gen eral assembly on Tuesday: By Byrd: To place Martha Rogers, Widow of John Rogers, of Wayne coun ty, on tbejjension list. By Poole, of Alexander: To elect the committeemen In Bethlehem school dis trict in Alexander -by popular vote. I By Dellinger: To prohibit the issu ance of insurance without the consent of the insured and to regulate the insur ance of infants. By Dellinger: Calling for a closer in spection of electrical wiring. By Dellinger: For better fire protec tion in the hospitals and aylums of North Carolina. By Green, of Caly: To fix the com pensation of the register of deeds and the road supervisor Tn Clay county. By Brown, on Stanly: To increase the membership of the board of educa tion in Stanly county from three to five. By Ward, of Duplin: To amend the charter of the .town of Beulahville. By Ward, of Duplin: To abolish the county highway commission in Duplin county and transfer their duties to the board of commissioners. By Barker: To provide for a school - committee of five for Elkin townshin hi , : Surry county. By Galloway: Relating to courts in | Transylvania. By Horne: To extend the ttime for collection of taxes in Macon county. By HhOrne: To regulate the taxa tion of dogs. By Madison: To authorize a special 1 tax in Jackson county. - “No smoking” notices are now dis -9 played in the women's waiting-roomß of i nearly all the English railways. the officials filed down the auditorium aisles. Already the seats were taken and the fight for standing room had begun. There was a demand for passage space for the approaching dignitaries of state. A cheer tburst forth as Mr. McLean en tered. I Rev. J. E. Purcell, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Wilmington, and a kinsman .of Governor McLean, invoked the bless ings of God on the occasion. Senator Johnson, of Robeson, who presented the other officers to the Asso ciate Justices who swore them in, pre sented Governor Morrison, who introduc ed the new executive. His introduction was simple. Gover nor Morrison said: "I appear before you for the purpose of presenting your Governor-elect, the Hon. Angus Wilton McLean, of Robeson county, who appears for the purpose of taking the oath of office prescribed by tbs constitution and laws of this state. I take great pleasure in presenting the Governor of North Carolina.” There was another buret of applause ss Mr. McLean, hie hand raised, took the oath aa administered by Chief Justice Hoke. CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1925 , CHIEF TOPICS OF : INAIORAL SPEECH '/-* “• Education, Agricultural De velopment, Rural lMgter ment, Taxation and E&m --\ omy Discussed by McLean. NEW SUGGESTIONS : WILL COME LATER • Says Governor McLean in ' First Address to Legislature , —Stands Definitely for Ed ucation in the State. Raleigh, N. C„ Jan. 14 (By the Asm • ciated Press). —Education, agricultural , development and rural betterment, econ : omy in government aud taxation were the i i outstanding topics discussed by Governor : • Mr Lea u. in his inaugural address today. • Definite recommendations to the General 1 l Assembly were reserved for future mes- ■ I sages to that body. i “I expect to discuss other subjects of public concern in later messages,” said 1 the incoming Governor. “Among the sub- < i jeets which I have in mind are: The exec- ! • utive budget, administrative reform, the 1 - banking laws, the issuance aud sale of - and other securities, conservation i and development, freight rates and water 1 transportation, reform in judicial proced ! ure, the regulation of commercial traffic on _the highways, regulating the holding of primaries nnd elections, the treatment of labor, increase of crime, law enforce ment, and othere measures which may contribute to the sensible and more ef fective solution of our economic aud wel fare problems generally.” Throughout his address, Governor Me- 1 Lean stressed economy in government. He brought this principle into play in deal ing with every subject touched upon. 1 The speaker committed himself un- , tfnaiifiedly to tke-oa«*e~«f education. -It; I was the first topic which be definitely dis- , cussed. He linked it with agricultural improvement and rural betterment, de claring: “If I should be asked to say j what I found to be the outstanding needs in North Carolina, as I visualized them ] during my travels covering some forty thousand miles in ninety-eight counties in the past twelve months, I would unhesi- i tatingly reply: Agricultural improvement i and rural betterment. If I should then . be asked, to suggest what I considered i the prime remedy for supplying this i need, I would say: More education, both academic and vocational. When I refer i to vocational education in this connection I mean training in scientific and practi cal agriculture." i J Further, he made an urgent plea for i , continued equalization of school facili- ; 1 ties nmong rural children. "I hope the ■ day will soon come,” he said, “when ev ery boy and girl in the most remote rur- ■ al sections of the state will have the op portunity for at least a high school edu cation. We must constantly strive to ■ reach this goal.” During his discussion of economy in government, Governor McLean declared . that sound economic principles should be applied to government as well as to pri • vate business. He urged a policy that . will call for the greatest service at a . minimum tost. “The ultimate goal for ■ which We should constantly strive,” he asserted, “is to see that the government • is administered wisely, honestly, efficient i ly and economically.” ‘ The debt of the state and its subdivis ions, individually and collectively, was 1 discussed by the new Governor at some i length. He declared that it is time to call a halt, to take stock. The total debt i of the state and all its subdivisions, he pointed out, is now more than three hun ■ dred .million dollars. “If taxes are too heavy,” he warned, “the efficacy of gov ■ ernment is destroyed.” He continued: “Public service becomes first a handicap’ 1 and then an intolerable burden. Confi dence is weakened and co-operation made impossible.” The wise traveler, he de . dared, rests a while at the/wayside inn f before continuing his journey. “Let us follow this example by resting for a little while on our journey for the purpose of refreshing ourselves and starting again j with n fresh impulse and renewed • strength in the form of increased wealth • and tax paying power, in order that we e . may reach the end of the journey in - safety.” Governor McLean was unstinted in his praise of what the state has done in the construction of highways. He made it plain he does not want the state highway crippled. But he was not ready at this time to make definite, recommendations as to the further financing of the state high way system. He reviewed several pro posed plans and ventured the assertion that under whatever future money-rais ing plan the state adopts, highways will be taken into full consideration. During the course of his inaugural ad dress, Governor McLean declared: “I am opposed to levying any tax for state pur poses upon real estate or personal prop erty. It must be apparent to every thinking man that real estate, especially farm lands, is already bearing a heavy burden in many counties, a burden none the less heavy because incurred for local taxation and local schools.” Governor MeLean declared that institu tions for the unfortunate and defective (Continued on Page Five) NATIONALISM™ AMERICAN PLACED IN JAIL IN MEXICO | Not Known Yet Why the Men Were! Placed Under Arrest. (By the Asaoffiaged Press.) Washington, Jan j 14.—The captain, members of the of the American sailing vessel Ruth, sos Pensacola. Fla., nnd a man claiming tp be Dr. W. F. Lo renz, chairman of pie Disconsin state board of control, have been placed in jail at Progreso, Mexico, by the order of the captain of the ]>ort of that place. The State Department announced the arrests today after Receipt of a report from the consul at Progreso. Represen tations were made at once to the Mexi can government thrlugh the American Ambassador in Mexic* City, nnd the con sul was instructed tp; make a fair inves tigation and report’’details of the affair. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Today at Utadianged Prices to a Decline of 4 Points—March Off to 23.90. (By (be Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 14.—The cotton mar ket opened today at unchanged prices to a decline of four point in response to relatively easy Liverpool cables and the lower ruling of foreign exchange rates. Offerings were not heavy. After easing off to 23.90 for March and 2*20 for May, about 10 points bet KWißy the market held barely steady on a little covering and trade buying. The opening prices were: Jan 23.78; March 24.00; May 24.25; July 24.48; Oct. 24.04. Model Husband Threw Wife's Teeth in Stove. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Joseph Kort is a model husband, with one slight excep tion— he will not work. When his wife complained that unless he provided some food they would not eat, he as sured her she would not eat for some time, and to prove it he seized her false teeth and threw them in the stove- r Mrs. Lillian Kort, the abused wife, thereupon caused his arrest on charges of disorderly conduct, and the ease came up before Judge Walker today. Mrs. Kort said she loved her husband de votedly and that she would be thorough ly satisfied if he Would do a little work, enough to provide food nnd clothing. The Judge took note of the fact that she had replaced the burned teeth with a new set, and declared that her hus band’s act could not be classed as an as sault, but he advised Lillian to sue him for non-support. Cross Words Puzzle Craze Strikes Pages in Legislature. Raleigh, Jan. 14.—Cross word puzzles are absorbing most of the spare time of the legislature’s pages, especially those in the Senate. What’s this and what’s that in three, four or seven letters beginning with “x” nnd ending in “t,” the pages are con tinually asking while they are off duty. This is particularly true in the Senate chamber before that house has convened in the morning. Investigation among the young mes sengers brought to light the reason for the lively interest in the day’s most ab sorbing fad. That reason is a daily prize of 25 cents, offered by Senator E. R. McKeithan, of Cumberland county, to the first page to hand him each mor/iing the correct solution of the cross word puzzles carried in' the morning papers. The youngsters, some of them not more than ten years old, have become adepts to the game and frequently Mr. Me- Keithnn is besieged by several of them at the same time, all of t whom have worked out the morning’s “brain twister” long befoire he appeared in the Senate cham ber for the day’s session. Charlotte Will Hear Fin J. Garrett. Washington, Jan. 12. —Charlotte is : playing in a great run of luck, for it is to have as the speaker at a coming big event Congressman Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee, the Democratic leader of the House. News of this came today with the announcement by Congressman Rul wink'e that he had secured from Con gressman Garrett an acceptance of the invitation extended through him to make an address at the annual meeting of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce on January 23, the Charlotte organiza ■ tkm planning to make the event a most notable one. South Carolina Rejects the Child Labor > Amendment. (Hr the Associated Frees.) * Columbia, 8. 0., Jan. 14.—The proposed ! twentieth amendment to the constitution | relative to child labor wag rejected by the legislature of South Carolina today. . First the Senate snd then a short time , later the House adopted a resolution fto ’ fusing to ratify the amendment. In each case the vote waa unanimous. FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS POSTAL | CLERKS HAVE TO BE DISHONEST j Court Cites “Scandalous in Ex tenuation of Thefts of Four Old Em ployees. New York, Jan. 14.—The “scandal ous ]>a.v” of postal clerks compels them • to be dishonest. Federal Judge Francis A. Winslow said today in postponing sen tence .upon four clerks who pleaded guilty to transferring canceled stamps at a profit of about £IOO to each. “I have looked into the records of these men," Judge Winslow said, “and find that though they have given from 16 to 30 years’ service to the Government they now receive salaries of only £IBOO and £2OOO. “I will not send them to prison be cause they do not belong to the criminal class. I wish some of our welfare so cieties would look into the troubles of postal clerks instead of attempting to re form habitual criminals.” ; The men were released under suspend ed sentences on condition that they re turn to Court June 1 with proof that they have lived honestly. TWO CHILDREN SLAIN BY DEMENTED FATHER Parent, Ah" Killing Two and Attempt ing to Kill Two Bothers, Ends Own life. . Scranton, Pan., Jan. 13.—Anthony Kersey r* 45,' believed to lmm***** mented as the result of excessive drink ing, today killed two of his children, attempted to kill a third and his wife and then ended his own life. Tierney used a meat knife and a jag ged-edged razor in slashing the throats of his daughter, Nora, 10, and his sou, John, six. He had attacked another daughter) Sarah. 13, when her screams attracted the attention of the mother. Mrs. Tierney saw the bodies of the two children and her husband grappling with the oldest daughter. The woman suc ceeded in holding her husband until the daughter made her escape. Tierney then turned on his wife, slashing her across the hand before she was able to free her self. The woman ran a half hime to the nearest telephone to summon a doctor. When the physicia narrived all three were dead. With Our Advertisers. Read the new advertisement of the J. G. Penney Company today. Galvanized roofing £5.00 per square at the Yorke and Wadsworth Hardware Company. Hoover’s is ready to show you every thing you need for mid-winter wearables. Highest grade, gasoline, lubricating oils, grease, etc., at Howard’s Filling Station. . Let W. J. Hethcox demonstate to you how nicely one of his small motors will operate your sewinfc machine. See ad. of tiie “Parker D. J.” fountain pen sold here by the Starnes-Miller Parker Cqmpany. The Auto Supply and Repair Com pany has installed a Cady brake lining machine. The big hour sale at Efird’s will con tinue all tomorrow too. Special bar gains every hour in all departments. The big store of the Parks-Belk Co. is closed today while the employees aare engaged in marking down the goods for : the January White and Clearance Sale which begins tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. i New Use for Honey. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 14.—A new use : for honey was explained here today I when L. K. Hostetter told the members ; of the Lancaster County Bee Keepers’ - Association that he kept a solution of honey and water in his automobile radiatoj* to prevent freezing. “For twrt years it has worked satis ' factorily,” Mr. Hostetter declared, adding 1 that he has used the mixture for two ■ years without a freeze up. President Discusses Agriculture. (By She Associated Press.! Washington, Jan. 14.—Desiring to pre sent to Congress at the earlies possible date recommendations as to farm legis lation. President Coolidge invited mem bers of his agriculture commission to the White House today for a breakfast table discussion of views of the.commissioners as thus far developed. Will Make Attempt to Float Subma rine S-l». (By the Associated Freest Chatham, Mass., Jan. 14.—Shortly af ter 10 o’clock this morning the naval tug Wandrek suceeded in putting a line on board the submarine S-19, which has been aground on the outer harbor of Or leans harbor since early yesterday. It was,planned to make an attempt to float the stranded vessel at high tide this af ternoon. ' UNDERWOOD BILL IS RESTORED IN SENATE For Second Time It Is Accepted Over the Norris Plan For Control of Mu'' Shoals. \ SUO (By the Associated Press.) \_ _ , Washington, Jan. 14.—The Underwood Muscle Shoals private leasing bill was substituted for the Norris government operation plau today in the Senate. The amendment was supported by 33 repeublicans aud was opposed by 19 dem ocrats. The vote was 46 to 33. Immediately Senator Jones of Wash ington, reoffered his substitute to the Underwood bill to refer the Muscle Shoals problem to a commission. The Senate last year threw the Un derwood bill overeboard in favor of the Jones substitute, and then substituted the Norris plan for the Jones bill. Today’s I action restores the Underwood plan. SAYS SOUTH WELL LEAD IN PROGRESS And North Carolina Blazes Trail For the South, States Pennsylvanian. Greensboro. Jan. 14.—America is en tering on the greatest era of development in her history and the South wil lead in that development in the belief of Ed ward J. Cattell, of Philadelphia, banker, author and public speaker who addresed the local Chamber of Commerce tonight. •In an interview he declared that the South has tremendous reserves and spien- , did prospects. Samuel Rea. president of ’ the Pennsylvania Railroad, told him last ‘ Saturday night, Mr. Cattell said, that ' North Carolina: is making great strides. Mr. Cattell expressed the conviction that ' North Carolina is blazing the trail for ' Southern progress. BARELY MISS DEATH ON UNIVERSITY STACK Pole Breaks and They Cling to Rim of Stack, and Work Theiy Way Around 1 to Ladder. Chapel Hill. Jan. 13.—Three men em ployed in *the construeton of a brick smokestack for the university power plant narrowly escaped death here this afternoon when the pole used in the stack broke and, striking one side, tore away ( four feet of the topmost part of the . structure. j The three workmen, J. H. Leather wood, of Asheville, and E. M. Scott, and j Edward Joy, of New York, clung to the , part of the structure that remained, their arms stretched over the rim of the stack, aud managed to work their way around to a ladder. They were 100 feet from the ground. JOHN W. DAVIS RE-ENTERS BIG FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Democratic Presidential Candidate Elect ed Director of National Bank of Coqi ~ N«?T<trlr •'-Jtmr T!T-^totHr-WrT)«m’K; democratic candidate for president in (he , last election, was elected a director of the National Bank of Commerce today, in dieatiug a return to his former activities in the financial district. The announcement of Mr. Davis’ con nection with the bank revived reports in Wall Street that he planned to resume various directorships he relinquished prior to entering the presidential cam paign, notably his place on the board of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail way. Calls On God and Fall* la Swoon Bo- ' fore Kinston Cops. Kinston, Jan. 13.—The experience of a youth named Johnson may not have been ordered by Omnipotence, but it was very impressive, according to policemen who heard Johnson call upon the Divin ity to witness his innocence of a charge half uttered by officers aud saw him fall in a dead faint the moment he had spoken. The incident occurred at the police station. Five officials were grilling the youth as to his possible part in a series of auto robberies. Instead of confessing, Johnson told how he had associated with other accused boys until he learned that they had “borrowed” cars, then shunned them. There was no definite evidence against him. “I hope God may strike me dead if I had anything to do with it,” those pres ent quote Johnson as saying. The next instant he swooned and fell. When John son had come around, pale and weak, he ,wax dismisseed and told to go home. , Wheat Attains Highest Price For Peace Times. Chicago, Jan. 13.—More than £2 a bushel was paid in Chicago today/ for wheat, a goal long predicted. The top price was £2 1-2, an ex treme advance of 6 1-2 cents overnight. Purchasing, however, on this basis was exceptional and only for a small amount of No. 2 red winter wheat to be deliver ed at once to millers. Simultaneously, in the general specu lative market 'for future deliveries of wheat, the highest peace-time price in many years -were excelled, although the greatest speculative gain for the day was restricted,, to 3 1-4 cents a bushels. Speculative transactions reached a large ■volume ahd the chief trading month, May, mounted to £I.BB - high price records for the season were established at this stage by all | future deliveries, both of wheat and rye,| as well as by September corn and Sep tember oats. Morrisons Vacate Executive Mansion. Raleigh, Jan. 13.—The executive man sion was without a master tonight. Gov ernor and Mrs. Morrison and the mem bers of the governor’s family after a resi dence of four years left the mansion to day. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison and the gov ernor’s daughter and sister doing to Dur ham where they spent the night lit Mrs, Morrison’s former home. They will re-| turn ta Raleigh tomorrow for the inaug uration of Governor McLean. Following the inauguration members of the household will leave for Charlotte but it is understood that Mr. Morrison will board a train for New York to be at the bedside of bis friend, State Treasurer lacy, if the state treas urer should not be improved.' jaaaoH # TODAY • NO. 12 llillfi IS •XtOIMBBI CMRLOTTE BFFICtRS Rural Police of Charlotte Say They Have No Clue to the Identity of Slayer of Crouse Merchant. CORONER WORKING ON THE CASE NOW Suggested That Mauney May Have Gone to Spot Where He Was Killed in Search of Some Illicit Liquor. (By t» Associated Press.) Charlotte. Jan. 14.—Mecklenburg coun ty rural police today declared they still were without any clue to the identity of the slayer of A. L. Mauney. of Crouse, N. C:. produce merchant. They express ed the belief that he may have gone to the lonely spot four miles south of here, where his body was found, a bullet hole in the back of his head, for the purpose of seeking moonshine liquor. Coroner Hovis is continuing his inves tigations. Mauney was last seen alive when he left the Charlotte police station at about ,midnight Monday night after he had been arrested charged with being intoxi cated, and released. GIRL FROZEN TO DEATH Perished While on a Perilous Climb, to the Summit of Colorado Mountain. Estes Park,' Calif., Jan. 13.—Walter Kinier, companion of Miss Agnes Vaille, secretary of the Denver chamber of com merce, who perished during a perilious climb to the .sunjmit of Long’s peak Mon day today told the story of hardship and suffering encountered by the daring climbers in Arctic temperatures at an elevation of nearly 14,000 feet. Lying in a bed at Long's Peak InD, near here, suffering acutely from frozen feet and hands and exposure he narrated the details of the fateful climb. As the couple ascended the east side of the peat Sunday, there was a drop in temperature, he said. The thermome ter he carried showed it was 50 degrees below zero and this lowered temperature was accompanied by a swirling blizzard. E— “It- wa* sup dawn." .he. said. "We dteMed -wv*d jM«t as well go np: as tve would have to make the descent in the dark. Arrived at the top, we didn’t tarry—we started downward immediate-’ ly. “We were coming down a slope when Miss Vaille slipped. She slid and rolled 150 feet down before she stopped. She was not hurt physically but, aftere the hardships, it unnerved her. We con tinued. Finally early Monday morning Miss Vaille called that her feet and hands were frozen. “I can’t go on,” she de- - dared. “I tried to carry her and stmubled along for a while. But it was useless. Leaving her propped against the leeside of a boulder I struck out for the timber line cabin for aid. “Just a« I managed to get within call ing distance, I went down.” A rescue party near the cabin heard his cries aaid came to his aid. He told of Miss Vaille’s plight and they started upward fighting every inch of the way through a blinding snow storm. A member of the rescue party, “Herbert Sortland, strayed from the party and was lost. No trace of him had been found early tonight. Several hours later the searchers came upon the frozen body of Miss Vaille. FINANCIAL MEETING IN PARIS IS ENDED Agreement by Which German Reparations Win Be Divided Signed by Delegates. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 14.—Preceded by an eleventh hour victory for the American delegation the international financial conferenece closed today with the sign ing of the agreement for distribution among the various powers of the repara tion annuities received from Germany under the Dawes plan. At almost the last moment the Americans obtained the elimination from the text of the clause relating to $350,000,00 the amount of American war damage claims to be paid from the Dawes receipts. As revised,- the United States will receive its 2 1-4 per cent, of the annuities until its entire claims are paid. Testimony in Means-Felder Case. (By the Associated New Tork, Jan. 13. —Failure of ef forts of Attorney Thos. B. Felder to pre vent through bribery, indictment and prosecution of his clients in the Crager system Altoona Glass' Casket Company (case, in the fall of 1922, was attributed |by Kim to the enmity of a clique of Chi cago and New York attorneys, Samuel Rosenblatt, a Chicago lawyer testified for the government'today when the trial of Felder and Gaston B. Means was resum • ed before a Federal court jury. WHAT SHITTY'S CAT BAYB jjr
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