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VOLUME XXV
■ GOVERNOR rum -
111 MESSAGE TELES
• OF STATE'S NEEDS
Says Whatever Curtailment
Is Made in General Activ
ities Education Must* Not
Be Neglected.
MANY SUBJECTS
FULLY COVERED
Governor Thinks Road Pro
gram Should Be Completed
But Does Not Offer Plan
For Raising Money For It.
Raleigh. N. C., Jan. 21 (By the Axso i
oted Press). —‘Whatever curtailment
there must Eh* in the general activities of
the slate on account of lack of revenue,
education, and particularly the public
schools, must not be neglected.”
With this declaration, Governor Angus
W : lton McLenn, appearing before the
general assembly today at noon for his
first message with- reyominendattions,
launched into a discussion of the state's
neodß, based upon observations which he
has already made. He will appear before
the law-making body at a later date to
discuss the state’s financial affairs and,
in this connection, its future fiscal policy.
The governor did not discuss bond is
sues today. ‘‘A newly-elected governor,"
he expla’ned in his introductory remarks,
“is at a disadvantage in that he is plung
ed into the midst of legislative session
without having ,had opportunity to in
form himself thoroughly as to condition's
and to determine many details relating to
governmental matters.”
Governor McLean made no recommen
dations as to how future road buildingJn
North nroliua shall be financed, but corn
knitted himself to ' the continuation of
highway construction until the entire
system is completed. “I shall within a
very short time,” he said.“give this
phase of the situation the most careful
consideration and make such recommen
dations as in my judgment will be as lib
eral ns the general credit situation of
the state will justify.”
Beginning with the public schools,
discussed training in agriculture, health
and economical adminWtation of govern
ment, the cxeeutive h*(Ugt<t, the psroent
state system of Wffm
freight rates afftf the development of
water transportation, highways, treatment
. of the afflicted, the pardoning power, the
“blue sky" law, conservation and devel
opment o fthe state's natural resources,
industrial development, development of
the coastal plain, the treatment of Tabor,
workmen’s compensation, the treatment
of prisoners, the state's prison, truffle
regulation on the public highways and
the fish and oyster industry.
Definitely. Governor McLean recom
mended gradually increasing the equali
zation fund for the support of public
schools, continued expansion of the health
work of the state, the establishment of an
agricultural experiment in the sand hill
section for the benefit of agriculture and
horticulture, the creation of an executive
budget system, action looking toward the
reduction of crime, a standing judicial
conference, the appointment of a com
missioner of pardons, converting the
North Carolina Geological qud Economic
Survey into an emergency to advertise
the state’s resources, and the enactment
of an adequate workmen’s compensation
law.
“We must provide for the administra
t:on of the various departments, institu
tions and other agencies of government
in such away that they will serve the
purpose for which they were created,”
said Governor McLean, adding,' “but
without losing sight of the necessity for
economic administration.
“The deficit which has arisen on ac
count of the failure in the past to pro
vide sufficient revenue to meet expenses
must be provided for,” he continued,
“and, at the same time, adequate steps
must be taken to prevent any possible
recurrence Os a (deficit in the future. The
cardinal principle of our fiscal policy
should be that our budget must be bal
anced for each operating period. This
fundamental principle should never be
violated, because its violation is certain
to rise up and plague us on every future
occasion, and, moreover, if such violation
is persisted in. it Will sooner or later cre
ate chaos in the financial affairs of our
state.”
The new governor declared further:
“With the beginning of this session of the
general assembly I believe our state is
entering upon a less spectacular period,
because necessarily leas money must be
spent upon expansion and permanent im
provements. t
“This is not surprising,” he went on,
“for the reason that the need is not so
acute; and, besides, our capacity to bor
row money, secured by long term bonds,
should not be used to the straining point.”
Governor McLean declared that the
state should have a just pride in its ed
ucational progress. “If the present prog
ress is mainlined,” he said in this con
nection, “it will be only a few years un
til every county will have a unified sys
tem and oar rural schools, co-operating
with the departments of research and ex
tension. wiU become the centers of edu
cational progress and 'community better
ment. This is the safest basis on which
to build an enduring public school sys
tem and one in whieh the people will have
(Continued' on Page Bight).
HEMPEL IS COMING
in her famous
JENNY LIND CONCERT
The Concord Daily Tribune
FEATURES OF PICT
SIGNED B) Will
I AND SONET RUSSIA
t Seven Articles in the Treaty
Which Means Resumption
of Diplomatic Relations Be*
tween the Two Nations.
MANY TREATIES
1 MADE WORTHLESS
’ Both Countries Promise to
1 Do-Ail Possible to Keep
Peace—Russians Give Coal
and Oil Concessions.
Peking. Jan. 21 (By the Associated
Press).—The treaty between Japan and
Russia providing for resumption of dip
lomatic relations, whieh was signed here
at midnight,,consists of seven articles/
Among these is soviet recognition of
the validity of the Portsmouth treaty, but
it is understood that Kufwia dpes not as
sume responsibility for the completion of
the provisions of- the treaty.
All other treaties concluded prior to
1017 will be revised or abolished at a
conference to be held shortly. Both
Russia and Japan promise to restraing
their nations from acts likely to endanger
the order and security of the other coun
try. Both a’so promise to restrain per
sons in gnperimiehta) service or receiving
governmental financial assistance, from
such acts.
Neither party will permit any terri
tory, organizations pretending to be the
government, or any part of the Territories
qf the other party, or aliens carrying out
activities for sneh organizations.
The soviet agrees to give coal and oil
concessions to approved Jnpanese on ad
vantageous terms for a period of 40 or
50 yard, also the right to exploit oil
fields.
SENATOR EDWARDS IS
NOT TO TAKE STAND
Win Not He Called as' Witness in Trial
of Ton Weehawken Policemen.—Case
’ I» Speeded Ip.
Os the Amuwfatett Press. I
Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 21.—An- ,
nouncement that Senator Edward I. Ed- ,
wards of New Jersey, would not appear |
jut a witness ia ( ths- tea
of eohfijtortiey lb vlrlthfe fhe~ pro-’ (
hibltion laws, was mnde at the resump- t ]
tkm of >the trial in county court today. (
George E. Cutley. of the defense coun
sel yesterday invited Senator Edwards to
appear after fwo prohibition agents had !
accused the Senator of being the backer 1
of the defendants on trial.
With the non-appearance of Senator
Edwards summations in the trial were
expected to start this afternoon.
Lionel Wilson, one of the three New '
York prohibition agents who yesterday
aeeused Senator Edwards of having ac
cepted $3,800 in a projected bootlegging
deal, was called to the stand for further 1
cross examination, and admitted that he
had been convicted of petty larceny in a ‘
New York court several years ago. The *
conviction was based on the charge that 1
he had rifled coin boxes of the New 'fork '
Telephone Company, by which he was I
employed. He was dismissed from his 1
position as a result of the conviction, ho
said.
Church-wide Mission Study Work. j
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21. (By the
Associated Press). —February, 22 to
March 1 has been designated ns a
church-wide mission study week by
leaders of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. During this tiinee it is
expected that many members of the de- |
nomination will engage in the study of
the new mission study book; issued
under the auspices of the Centenary j
Commission for the purposee of giving !
Methodists of th South latest informa- '
tion concerning heir . twenty-four home '
and foreign mission fields, particularly
regarding the wide extensions made '
since the inauguration of the Centenary '
movement six years ago-
Tliis book is just off the press, and it j
is said to be the only book ever issued
by the Southern Methodist Church
covering every home and foreign mis
sion field, both general and woman’s
work. It has the united backing of the
Centenary Commission, thq Board of '
Mansions, the Woman’s Missionary
Council, the Sunday School Board, the
Epwor+h League board and the Board
of Lay Activities. No other Methodist
book, so far as known, has ever had
such backing. It s the purpose of these i
organizations during . mission study
week to organize classes /to study the
book, in whieh it ’> hoped to enroll
every member of Methodist congrega
tions throughout the connection.
The book is bound in c'.oth and is I
profusely illustrated with pictures
fresh from the mission fields. For use
with the book there has been prepared
a manual of instruction for teachers of
classes.
AahevlUe Believes Flood Danger Passed.
Asheville. Jan. 20.—The French
Broad and Swannanoa rivers hnve be*n
steadily rising during the past few nays
on account of the heavy rains in this
section of the State. Only a slight
change was noted today, however, add
city officials feel confident that the dan
ger of a flood has passed.
Mrs. C. W. Toms Dies Suddenly.
■ Durham, Jan. 20. —Mrs. Clinton W.
Toms, Sr., beloved society woman of
Durham, died suddenly this morning
shortly after 10 o’clock, at the home of'
he rdaughter, Mrs. J. Harper Erwin, |
Jr., in FranklinviUe. Death came in
the form of a stroke of apoplexy.
—
CONCARD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925
- Royalty Worships Her Eyes!,
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I These eyes have vamped all Europe. Royally and nobility worship them.
I They belong to Allx Dorane, young French actress. She is visiting the
* Untied States now.
HEBEB H. VGTAW HAS
RESIGNED FROM OFFICE
Brother-in-law of Late President Hard
ing Quits as Superintendent of PHs~
ons. !
(By the Associated Press.).
'Washington, JaD. 21.—Heber H. Vo
taw, superintendent of prisons, and broth
er-in-law of tile.-bite President Harding
has resigned from government service.
present he is in a local sanitarium, where
•he underwent an operation for appendi
citis.;
Department of Justice officials declin
ed today to discuss the resignation, but
indicated that Attorney General Stone
might make a statement inter.
With the withdrawal of Mr. Votaw
from official life, and the indicated re
tirement soon of Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes, the circle of the intiritiate
fr'eads of President Harding, brought to
Washington by him at the beginning of
iiis administration, will virtually have dis>-
appeared.
Before, lie became Superintendent of
Prisons, Mr. Votaw was a minister of
the Gospel. His office came under fire
during the Daugherty investigation in the
Senate, and recently he has had a large
part in the reorganization of the official
force at the Atlanta penitentiary.
, THE COTTON MARKET
Relatively Easy Liverpool Cables and
Unfavorable Trade Advices Affected the
Market. ,
ißy the Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 21.—Relatively easy
Liverpool cables and unfavorable Man
chester trade advices were followed by
hardy steady opening in the cotton mar
ket today.
First, prices were 3 to, 12 points lower,
and active months soon showed net loss
es of !) to 15 points. March selling off to
23.05 and May to 23.05 under liquidation
and local, Liverpool and Southern sell
ing. Offerings were restricted, however,
owing to the firmness of foreign ex
change.
Opening prices were: January 23.50;
March 23.70; May #4.02; July 24.21;
October 23.85. ,
Young People’s Body Approves Juna
luska.
Lake Junaiuska, N. C., Jan. 21.
That the Epworth League organization
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, will back the 1025 season of the
Methodist assembly at Lake Junaiuska;
is indicated by resolutions of apprecia-1
tion of the assembly pledging continued
support passed by nearly 200 Epworth I
League presidents and other officials at a
church-wide meeting of Epworth League
leadws held in Dallas recently, it is re-.
ported by J. Dale Stentz, manager of the
Junaiuska Eouthern assembly.
• According to Mr. Stentz the outlook!
for. the approaching season at Junaiuska 1
is bright. Not only the Epworth League ‘
board, but practically all of the boards of,
the Methodist (Jhurch, South, will enter
prise schools and programs covering ses
sions of from two to six weeks during
July and August. It is probable that
I the Epworth League board will put on
its summer school in August. As in pre
vious year, it is expected that their sea
son will be /one of the strongest in the
schedule, "since it brings to Lake Juna
iuska young people and leaders of young
peaple from many sections in the South.
Making Stone Mountain Half Dollars.
(By the Associated Press.)
Ph:ladelph f a, Jan. 21.—Coining began
today at the Philadelphia mint of the
Stone Mountain half dollars, eonimemo-j
Irnflug the valor of the soldiers of the
| Confederacy and the Carving of the col-
Jotwsl memorial on the Georgia moun
tain. ’
34,000 FALL RIVER STRIKERS
RETURN TO WORK IN MILLS
Thousands of Weavers and Other Work
ers Elsewhere In New England, How
ever, Remain Idle.—lndustry Confronts
Greatest Crisis la Its History.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 20.—The most se
rious crisis iu the history confronts the
textile industry of. New England.
While thousands of weavers and other
»»}< Btri /*‘ * n tbe
Rhode Island, the trouble has spread th
Boston and mill owners ate openly
alarmed at the danger of it general, if
not unprecedented, labor War in the in
dustry.
Weavers and other workers to the
number of 30.000 are out on strike in
New Bedford and immediate vicinity as
a protest against the general 10 per cent,
cut in wages. The situation is acute
and mill owners, city and state officials,
and the state department of labor appear
helpless.
One of the greatest blows to the un
ions wns dealt at Fall River this after
noon when 34,000 strikers, after listen
ing of speeches made by representatives
of the Davol, Tecumseh and Barnard
mills, dealing witli souther competition
and alleged propaganda, returned to their
work.
“The entire South is watching you,
realizing that the southern competition
is having its innings, that we are feeing
the pressure and the runation of the in
dustry in New England is at hand,” they
were told. “Sheer propaganda relative
to your cut in wages and the alleged
increase in officials’ salaries and divi
dends is getting the results. You are
killing your own chances, putting your
own thorats, closing up your own mills
and driving them out coexistence to the
delight of the southern manufacturers,
and you ean’t seem to see it,”
F olio wing an appeal for the workers
to return to their halls and debate the
matter with these thoughts in mind, men
and women in groups of fifty and a hun
dred returned to work. When the weav
ers returned in a body this afternoon the
remaining strikers returned in a body.
While the situation cleared in Fall
River, it grew more acute in other cities,
especially in Rhode Island.
MUSCLE SHOALS BILL TO
CONFERENCE VERY SOON
House and-Senate Anxious to Get Con
ferees Friendly to Bill on the Joint
Committee.
(By the Associated. Press.)
Washington, Jan. 21.—Senate aud
: House leaders hnd progressed to a point
today in their efforts to obtain assurance
of the appointment of conferees friendly to
; the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill should
it be sent to conference, that they hope
to move toward directing the b : !l to tlmt
I course within the next day or two. The
plan of Senate leaders, however, to seek
j the appointment of three members of the
I Senate Agricultnre Committee as confer
i ees other than those eommitteemembers
• including Chairman Norris, who would be
appointed should custpm be followed,
I still faced a snag in Senator Norris’ indi
cated opposition to the otfier selections.
Whose Neighborhood In Fear of Buboes
Statesville, Jan. 20.—W. A. Sum
mere, Concord township, wns disturbed,
by a mix-up with his dogs. He discover
ed a strange dog precipitating the
trouble and killed it. The head was
sent to Raleigh and a telegram from
there, this morning, from the State
laboratory of Hygiene, states the dog
was mad.
Mr. Summers back-tracked rne dog
and found that it had visited the home
i of mast everybody on the road from
•i Trinity to Stony Point and had bitten
•{dogs promiscuously, which means that
i neighborhood wtll be in fear of an out
• break of rabies unless all the victims of
the maddog can be apprehended and dis
posed of.
REPORT QF AUDITOR
DURHAM SHOWS BIG
STATE OVERDRAFT
More Than $6,000,000 Over
draft for State at the End
of Fiscal Period in 1924,
Report Shows.
REPORT IS SENT
TO THE SENATE
Auditor Durham Sent Re
port to Governor and He in
Turn Sent It to the Upper
House.
Raleigh. Jan. 21 (By the Associated
Press). —The report of State Auditor
Baxter Durham, transmitted to the Sen
ate this morning by Gov. Angus W. Mc-
Lean. showed a net overdraft in the gen
eral fund of the stnte of $6,5(57.080 28.
The figures compiled by Auditor Dur
ham, are up to the close of the fiscal
year of .Tune 30th, 1024, and show the
condition of the general fund account
of the state as of that date.
The cash overdraft for the fiscal year
June 30. 1923, to June 30, 1924, was giv
en in the auditor’s report as $2,106,974.-
80. It sliows the amount the state funds
were overdrafn during the year the gen
eral fund cash receipts for the year were
$8,568,070.50 and the general fund cash
expenditures were $10,675,051.30.
“On page two you will find statement
showing balances due the various funds
by the General fund, which total $14,443,-
722.81, aud the general fund wnrants out
standing are $251,123.81. making a total
of $14,694,846.62. To pay these balances
and warrants outstanding, the State treas
urer hnd on hand in cash on June 30,
1924, $8,12(i,866'34, leaving a net gener
al fund overdraft of $6,567,980.28. The
items that make up this are:
“The old state public school fund defi
cit which the general fund nbsorbed, of
$710,000.
“Appropriations made for permanent
improvements out of the general fund,
exceeding bond issues • for that purpose
approximately $1,000,000.
"Emergency loan fund to counties for
building school purposes $120,470.
“The revenues of the general fund have
not been sufficient to meet the expenses
of the .gdusral fund, the differac being
s4;OOfls*«* )• '■ .
“On page one you will find a statement
of the treasurer’s cash account, covering
operations from July 1. 1923, to June
30, 1924. You will see from this that the
general revenue rash receipts were SB,-
568,076.50, and the general fund casli
disbursements were $10,576,051.30, mak
ing a cash overdraft of $2,106,974 against
the general fund revenue receipts.”
Would Adjqum for More Than Day.
Raleigh, Jnn. 21.—A resolution passed
the House this morning which would au
thorize adjournment after tomorrow's ses
sion until Friday night. The reason
given was that the general assembly will
attend in a body the dedication of Man
ning Hall, at the University of North
Carolina, Friday morning. The mea
sure was sent to the Senate by special
messenger.
JULES J. JUSSERAND
LEAVES yHE CAPITAL
Has Been in Washington For 22 Years
as French Ambassador.—Leaves Many
Friends in This Country.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 21. —Washington
felt in the departure of Jules J. Jusser
nnd today, more than the loss of the
dean of its diplomatic corps, for the re
tiring French ambassador's 22 yenrs of
residence here have builded associations
thnt' had almost forgotten he must one
day hand over the burdens of office. M.
Jusserand before leaving for New York
and thence Boston, where he will sail for
France January 28tb, presented to Presi
dent Coolidge in person yesterday his re
call papers. He will be succeeded by
Emile Daeschuer, now en route to this
country. ,
Ambassador Itaino, of Spain, becomes
dean of the diplomatic corps.
Blames Fattier for Son's Transgressions.
Goldsboro, Jan. 20.—John Watkins
nnd his son, George, of Brogden town
ship, were convicted of the illicit manu
facture of liquor in Supreme Court here
and the son was given four months on
the road while the father was.given six,
the judge holding him responsible for
the trausgreossion of .liis son, According
to the evidence, the elder Watkins re
moved the eon from school about two
years ago, presumably to secure his aid
in the manufacture of liquor and his
honor severely reprimanded the man for
his action.
CoL Fred Olds Has Stroke of Paralysis.
Raleigh, Jan. 20.—C01. Fred A. Olds,
veteran newspaper man and custodian of
the hall of history, is in a hospital to
night with what appears to be an incip
ient form of paralysis. The colonel
worked today as usual nnd suffered the
stroke which came gradually on him. A
walked of many miles every day and ap
parently in good enough physical trim to
make the best army on the globe, his
illness shocks. Reports from his ward
do not sound, altogether good.
Ernest Harold Bayne Dead.
(By the Associated Freest
Meriden, N. H., Jan. 21. —Ernest Har
old Bayne, author and naturalist, died
today in his fifty-seventh year.
16 Pages Today
Two Sections
t La.:/
CHURCH PUBLISHERS
Meet January 2otijJ
Will Survey Year’s Work an* 1
Wll Smvey Year's We'' , e
Plans. V
(By the Assortstem.. .esn.) f
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21.—Managers
and department heads of publishing hous
es of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, will hold their annual meeting in
Nashville, January 20th. it is announced
by Dr. A. J. Lamar and John W. Bar
ton, publishing agents for the denomina
tion.
At the approaching meeting, church
publishers will discuss plans for the year,
submit budgets, survey publications with
a view to finding out further needs, and
discuss every phase of the publishing
business as it relates to the M. E.
Chiircb, South. They will probably be
in session several days and expect to
spend much time in inspecting the va
rious departments of the publishing plant
here.
In addition to the central plant at
Nnshville, the M. E. Church. South, main
tains branch houses at Dallas. Richmond
and San Francisco, where modern book
stores and denominational offices are
housed. Managers of branch Methodist
publishing houses are P. L. Turner, Dal
las; B. A. Whitmore, Richmond; and
W. H. Hunter, San Francisco. Mr.
Turner, of Dallas, is book purchasing
agent for all of the houses. Dr. Lamar .
and Mr. Barton are located in Nash
ville. and together with a force of fifteen
or more department heads supervise that
plant in addition to their duties as con
neetional publishers.
The publishing house at Nashville con
sists of a five-stoiy building at 810
Broadway, a downtown book shop, and I
a manufacturing plant covering a city ’
block. In the building on Broadway,
are wholesale* book headquarters, mail or
der business, advertising departments, li
brary, chapel, committee rooms, editorial
office, denominatiosal headquarters, for
the bishops and Sunday school, Epworth
League, education and lay activities
boards of the church. All I>f the print
ing, electpotyping, and binding is done
at the manufacturing plant. Printing
the Sunday school literature, denomina
tional organs, books, pamphlets and hym
nals brings the output of the manufactur
ing department to an immense volume.
Po'tage on orders amounted to more than
SOO,OOO during the past year.
According to the publishing agents, the
Methodist publishing house is not ope
rated* for profit, but every effort js made
to run it on a sound business basis, and
to enlist the suport of all Southern Meth
odist organizations and individuals, since
the net proceeds are turned over to the
superannuated preachers of the Southern
Methodist Church. During the jxast year
these wards of the church realized $60,-
000 from dividends declared by Metho
dist publishing house.
' \ OONTMTTOVS
Made to Appear That Beds Are Kept
Continuously Warm by the Shift
Process.
Raleigh. Jan. 20.—Children of 10
years and leas, living in the cotton mill
and working shifts so that beds are
kept continually warm by occupancy of
one shift as quickly ns vacated by
another—That apparently is in line
with the propaganda going on in the
middle western states to gain support
for the federal child labor amendment.
Daniel B. Luten, consulting en
gineer. of Indianapolis. Ind., wrote
Secretary of State W. N. Everett to
that effect, nnd inquired ns to the truth
of the statement. He also wanted to
know if similar stories were in circula
tion about Indiana and Michigan.
Secretary Everett turned the letter
over to E. F. Carter, chief of the state
child welfare bureau, for a denial.
The letter read as follows i
“I have heard this statement, that in
North Carolina, South Carolina or
Georgia, in a cotton mill in which
children of tender years who have come
down from the mountains are employ
ed, and who live at the mill. They are
employed in shifts so that beds are
occupied by one shift as quickly as
vacated by another. The story is that
these beds are thus kept continually
warm by the bodies of these children of
perhaps 10 years of age or less. The
story is used to promote the twentieth
amendment.
“WiR you kindly refer this letter to
some state official who can authorata
tive’.v confirm or deny it? I atn writ
ting to South Carolina and Georgia,
and would greatly appreciate informa
tion. Are any similar stories in circula
tion there about conditions in Indiana
or Michigan?” ,
Trotzky Dismissal Causes No Comment.
Moscow, Jan. 20.—The announcement
of Leon Trotzky’s dismissal as soviet war
minister by the central executive commit
tee of the communist party was received
today by with complete calm
and apparent iundifferenee.
The Russian people learned only to
day through the bolshevik press of the
decision of the soviet military leaders.
It has been long understood, f however,
that the leaders of the copimunist party
would take severe disciplinary measui'cs
against the iiead of the red army.
Miss Sibyl Gertrude Overton, the
first woman doctor to be appointed as
medical inspector of factories in Eng
land, is not yet 3Q years of age. The
salary of her new position is $3,000 a
year, with a bonus.
COMING
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WOMEN MIKE
HEIM HI THE
JAIL IT ASHEVILLE
Wholesale Delivery Made by
Woman Trusty, Who Un
locked Gates of the Jail
for the Women.
THREE RETURNED
DURING THE NIGHT
Women Were Serving Va
rious Sentences Up to 60
Days—Second Such Deliv
ery in Six Months.
IBy the Associated Press. 1
Asheville, Jaa. 21.—Eight women pris
oners pseaped from the county jail here
last night when one of the prisoners, a
trusty to whom keys bad been entrusted,
unlocked an iron gate and committed the
delivery. Thi’ee had returned this morn
ing. They were serving various terms
up to sixty days on statutory' and liquor
charges. V
Those escaping were Oallie Hensley,
serving ten months, Marie Powers sixty
! days to perve, Thelma Lee sixty days,
Bessie Smith recently sentenced to thirty
days. May Myers thirty days. Grace Bail
ten days, Frances Thompson, negro, serv
ing thirty days, and Beatrice Neighbors,
negro, serving thirty days.
Bessie Smith, who returned to the jail
at about 1:30 this morning said she and
the other had escaped about 10:30 o’clock
last night, after Marie Powers, a trußty,
had unlocked a gate at the rear of the
jail yard. The women got into an au
tomobile and made their escapes, the
Smith woman said.
Thelma Lee had yesterday been sen
tenced to thirty days for disorderly con
duct.
Ella Huntley, a government prisoner,
serving eighteen -months, and a negro
woman, ill in her cell, were the only ones
in the compartment who did not leave.
This is the second delivery of women
prisoners from the county jail within six
months, seven prisoners having made
their get-away last summer.
JARNECKE SAYS MEANS
HAS BEEN HIS FRIEND
Says Means Seat Lawyer to See Him and
Gave Him Appeal Money.
New york, Jan. 21—Eliner W. .Tart
neeke. who pleaded guilty and turned
State's evidence against his co-defend
ants, Gaston B. Means, former depart
ment of justice agent, and Thomas B.
B’ehler, attorney, charged with conspiracy
to obstruct justice, admitted under cross
examination fn Federal Court today that
he now was in the employment of the
government ns an informer. He said
he was getting $77 a week. ' Counsel
for Means drew-from Jarneoke the ad
mission that he had been a S4O a week
clerk before he became associated with
Means, and for whom he acted as secre
tary and that he had earned as much
as SI,OOO a week while associated with
Means. Jarnecke on direct examination
yesterday testified that Means had dis
carded him after their conviction several
months ago on a charge of conspiracy to
violate the prohibition laws. Today
Jarnecke admitted that Means after his
release from the Tombs on $25,000 bail,
had sent a lawyer to his cell to attend
to bis legal needs, and that his one-time
employer had exerted himself in his be
half on several occasions in addition to
providing $3,000 to purchase the court
records necessary for the filing of an
appeal.
The government completed its ease ,
shortly after noon.
Ex-Governor. Morrison on the Deficit.
Charlotte, Jan. 20.—As regards the
alleged deficit in State funds, Governor
Morrißon in his address at. the Chamber
of Commerce dinner insisted that it is
impossible to tell now if there is a de
ficit since all taxes for the past year
have no* been collected. All bills have
been paid, he said, observing that dur
ing the first three years of his ad
ministration the revenue bilks lacked
$590,000 of meeting expenses. There is
no deficit that a one-lmlf iter cent in
crease on incomes would not wipe out,
he declared, addiug that if the present
revenue bill is retained all will be well.
Expect Cape Fear to Reach 43 Feet
Today.
IFayetteville, Jan. 20. —The Cape
Fear River at this point will reach a
stage of 43 feet by tomorrow in (he
opinion of Frank Glover, United
States weather observers here. The river
was thirty nine and a half feet and ris
ing four inch an hour at five o’clock,
having risen more than six and one half
feet in twenty-four hours.
One and one tenth inches of rain fell
here yesterday and 1.50 inches since
yesterday.
Cleveland now as a force of 15 police
women, in command of Captain Dorothy
Doan Henry-
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