North Carolina Newspapers

» * DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV- BUS LEGISLATION IS GIVEI ATTENTION BY STATE LEGISLATURE: ■*- - \ Matter Will Be Referred to the Sub Committee After Hearing in Capital—Minor Bills in the Senate. WOULD REPEAL THE STATE STOP LAW Rep. Pittman Introduces Bill Which Would Repeal Bill Passed Four Years Ago.— Local Measures Received. Raleigh. .Tan. 27V—The bus bill was scheduled t<# come up at a public hearing before the House and Senate road com mittees this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. It . was indicated by members of the commit tee that there would be no definite action today, but that a sub-committee would be appointed to take the proposed amend ments nnder consideration, and incorpor ate them into a draft of the bill which will be submitted for final action. Before noon both the Senate and House had recessed until tomorrow morning but many of the members planned to keep busy throughout the afternoon on com mittee work. During the mortiing session of the House, Speaker Pharr for information of the members and without consent, an nounced that during the first sixteen days of the regular session of 1017. sev (Mi hundred bills had been introduced in in the House. During the same period in the special session of 1021, 600 had been introduced, he said. At the end of the sixteenth day of the present ses- ( sion, 240 had been introduced in the . House. When the inquest finally began, the ( public was excluded and tote’s Attorney Boswell warned the newspaper men they were admitted only by sufferance .and that they would be excluded unless their rejiorts were fair. ADD RALEIGH Would Ropeal Stop Law. Raleigh, Jan. 27.—The stop law re quiring all motor vehicles to come to a full stop before passing over a grade crossings, would be repealed. Under the provisions of a bill introduced In the May,by, tyepresentgtfvi! .£i.tt|»»an, i <SF PltT County. The law was enacted in the 1923 session. A number of local measures were in troduced and referred to the committees during the session today. Miner Matters in Senate. Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Minor matters occu piW the attention of the Senate this morning. Ten new bills of local charac ter were introduced, and a mass of local ’ legislation was given final reading. * A 1 number of minor measures also were rat. iiied and sent to the Secretary of State’s ! office for final engrossing. i MRS. KIRK DIES IN GRENSBORO HOSPITAL i * Was Fatally Injured When Struck by Auto Driven by Joe C. Taylor Mon day Night. (By the Associated Press) Greensboro, Jan. 27.—Mrs. J. F. Kirk, wife of the pastor of the West Market Street Methodist Church, died in a hos pital here today ns a Result of injuries received when she was struck by a car driven by Joe C. Taylor last night. The accident occurred immediately in front of her home as she was attempting to cross the street and join some friends who were waiting in an automobile to take her to a lecture. Mrs. Kirk was widely known in North ’ Carolina, having lived in Salsbury. States vlle, Albemarle, Shelby and other pouts in the state. Burial services will be conducted at Albemarle Wednesday at 2 • o’clock by the Rev. J. B. Craven, presid ing elder of tbe Charlotte district. The Hardy B. Lenta Co. Makes An As signment. Salisbury, Jan. 28.—The Hardy B. Lentz, Inc., doing a general retail furni ture business in Spencer, filed a deed of ass’gnmeut Saturday for the benefit of creditors, naming Attorney P. S. Carl ton and I). A. Randleman as assignees. The concern had done considerable busi ness in and around Spencer for the past three years and inability to collect ac counts fast enough to satisfy creditor is said to have prompted the action. The liabilities are given at $17,000, while stock on hand valued at about $7,000 and accounts at about SIO,OOO are said to comprise the askets. Judge Carlton states that the place Will be closed ten days after which the stock will be dis posed of tp the best advantage. WoodHck Succeeds Potter. Washington, Jan- 26.—Thomas M. Woodlock, of New York, a financial writer, was nominated by President Ooolidge today to succeed Mark W. Potter of the same city as a member of the interstate commerce commission. Mr. Potter has resigned. Strong efforts were made by South ern Commercial interests to obtain ap ]K)intmeht of a man from that secton to succeed Commissioner Potter and nearly a dozen names were submitted through southern members of Congress. Five Persons Burned to Death. (By the Associate* Pran.) Barnum, Minn., Jan. 27.—Five per sons were burned to death near here to day when the farm house of Mrs. John Gerard was destroyed by fire. Three per sons escaped.' The dead are: Mrs. Ger ard. a widow, her two eh'ldren, Ruth, 14, and Russell, 12; two grandchildren, Es ther Walberg, aged 3, and Arthur Jr., one year old. The Concord Daily Tribune **************** * * Persons who have engaged tickets Sfc for the Fried* Hempel concert, ik are asked to get them as soon as iK possible so as to avoid tbe Inst niin- * IsK ute rush for tickets. These tickets ik 5K may be obtained at the Chamber of sk $ Commerce at any time during the i* d »y- * i * X * **************** MAY INSTALL STATE SYSTEM FINGER PRINT IDENTIFICATION Bill to This Effect Now in Hands of Senate Judiciary Committee. Raleigh, Jan. 27. —If a bill now in the hands of the Senate judiciary com mittee No. 1 is adopted by the general assembly, North Carolina will have a statewide criminal fingerprint system in stalled in the near future. The bill, introduced by Senator Ev erett, of Pitt, provides for establishment of a "State bureau of identification for the purpose of gathering and disseminat ing- criminal intelligence of police infor mation.” It provides further for in stallment of the "Henry system” of fingerprint identification. * If the measure is adopted the governor tyill be directed to employ a fingerprint expert to operate the identification bu reau within ninety days after ratifica tion. This expert would receive a sal ary not to exceed $2,400 a year and he would be authorized to employ an as sistant to be paid not more than SI,BOO a year. Offices of the bureau would be set up at the State prison. The bill provides for necessary expenses of op erating the bureau. The principal work of the bureau is! 1 outlined in Mr. Everett’s b'ill as foi-j lows: ‘That it shall be the duty of the said I Bureau of Identification to receive and I collect police information, to assist in lo- ■ eating, identifying and keeping records I of criminals in this state, and from other states, and to compare, classify, compile, publish, make available and disseminate any and all sueh information to the sheriffs, constables, police authorities, the courts or any other officials of state, re quiring sueh criminal identification, crime statistics and other information concern ing crimes, local • and national, and to conduct surveys and studies for the pur- ; pose of determining so far as is passible the source of any criminal conspiracy, crime wave, movement or co-operative ac- , tion on the part of criminal, reporting such conditions and to co-operate with all officials in detecting and preventing crime.” Two other important sections of the’ bill provide for collection of criminal in- < formation by the various police depart- j ments and sheriffs’ offices of the State i and for introduction of ’records of the i Identification Bureau in eoiirt trials, i “That every police chief and sheriff I In the State of North Carolina is hereby < required to take or cause to be taken on 1 forms furnished by this bureau, the finger I prints of every person convicted of a i felony, and to forward the same imme- : diately by mail to the said Bureau of i Identification. That the said officers are i hereby required to take the fingerprints 1 of any other person when arrested for a i crime when the same is ordered by any i mayor or judge, and forward the same for record to the said bureau. “That tbe director shall provide a 1 seal to be affixed to any paper, record, copy or form or true copy of any of the , same in tbe files or records of the said Bureau of Identification and when ho certified under said seal such record or 1 copy shall be admitted as evidence in any court of the state.” R. M. HANES TESTIFIES IN BAILEY BROTHERS CASE Vice President of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company First Government Wit ness Called. ' (By tbe Associated Press) Greensboro, Jan. 27.—The question of intent was injuected into the trial of forty-one officials and stock salesmen of Bailey Bros. Ine., here today, during the cross-examination of R. M. Hanes, vice president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, first government witness in the cases charging misuse of the mails as a result of the Bailey stock selling campaign. Attorneys for various de fendants plainly stated that they would repend largely upon the question of in- , tent to defraud or wrongfully using the ( mails, and Judge Webb Mated that in- ( tent was a very important, factor. This was the outstanding factor of the first day of evidence taking. It brought , from Mr. Hanes, certain new financial facts concerning the Bailey corporation, together with the wrank statement that his bank had, during the period follow ing the sale of the stock issue, advised , investors that the Bailey company had a good reputation, was reliable and was managed by the same men who had di rected its affairs for thirty years. With Our Advertisers. Government adjusted compensation certificates of ex-service men will be kept in the fire and burglar-proof vault of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. free of I charge—and this hank is glad to extend | the accommodation. M. R. Pounds will dean and rebtoek your hat for you. Dry .cleanihg and tail oring too, of course. Vinol at Gibson Drug Store. San-Tox cough syrup 25 and 50 cent bottles at Cline’s Pharmacy. See the hew ad. today of Howard's Filling Station. New hats for spring, $2.98, at J. C. Penney Company's. Flowers, ribbons, pompons, straw effects, and feathers are the trimmings-used. The Tyrolean crown is fashionable. Oranges—fresh car each week at 41 South Union street. The exquisite painter Ko-teu was often reproached by an industrious • fiend for his fits of idleness. At last he excused and explained himself by say , ing, “You ae a watermill—a windmill. ■ can grind only when the wind blows” , —Allen Upward in “Scented Leaves from Chinese Jar,” CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1925 He Caine Back jsjhb H»| \ Twenty years ago, Tim Burton of Fairmont, Minn., a bootblack, waa evicted from his basement shop be cause he couldn’t pay $5 a month rent. “I'll own this building some day,” he told the landlord. The pther day, Tim,, now an alderman and restaurant proprietor, paid SIO,OOO for the building. He owns another across the street. THE COTTON MARKET * Disappointment Over Trade Reports Chiefly Responsible for Opening De cline of 6 to 13 Points. (By the Associated Press) New Y’ork,. Jan. 27.—Disappointment over trade reports was chiefly responsible for an opening decline of 6 to 13 points in the cotton market today. Not only was there a prospect for a reduced work ing hour schedule in the English spinning here were unsatisfactory and it was stat ed that worsted operations in one of the largest mills of the country had declined to a 50 per cent, basis. May contracts dropped as low as 23.45 in the first hour and while there was a moderate volume of trade buying at the decline, it was supplied by spot houses and southern hedge sellingjso that the undertone of the market continued heavy throughout the early dealings. Opening prices were: March 23.13; May 23.47: Jnl.v 23.74; October 23.60; December 23.55 bid-. ANOTHER BREAKFAST CONFERENCE IS HELD President Seeks to Pave Way for Action on Recommendations of Agricultural Commission. (By the Associated Press.l Washington. Jan. 27.—President Cool idge sought at a White House breakfast conference today to pave the way for transmission to Congress of the legisla tive recommendations of his agricultural commission. 1 Those present at the con ference included the ranking members of the Senate and House Agriculture com mittess; Secretary Gore and Senator Curtis, of H^ansns; and Representative Longworth, of Ohio, the republican 1 lead ers of the Senate and House. To Enlist Students in Christian Work. (By the Associated Press) Nashville, Tonn.. January 27. — A number of North Carolinas are plan ning to attend the meeting of the pro fessors of religious education in Meth odist schools and student pastors of churches in centers where there are State institutions of learning, which will be held in Memphis February ' 3, according to an announcement made here today. An all day wesson will be held and many techiuicnl matters pertaining to units of study wll be discussed. Ways and means of reaching students and en listing them in Christian work will al so be a topic for eonsderntion. Among • the North Carolinians expect ed to attend this meeting are: Dr. H. E. Spence, Durham; Dr. David F. Nicholson, Greensboro; Dr. W. I*. Few, Durham, President of IDuke University; Dr. S. B.> Turrentine. Greensboro, President of Greensboro College; Dr. E. J. Greene, Mijxton, I President Carolina College; Dr. C. L. | Hornndy, Lenoir, President, of Dnven ]H>rt College; Dr. A. W. Molin, Louis burg. President Louisburg College; Dr. M. T. Hinshaw, Rutherford, President Rutherford College; Dr. C. H. Trow bridge, Weaverville, President of Weaver College; Prof. It. L. Flowers, Durham; Dr. W L. Sherrill, •Charlotte, Secretary-Treasurer of the Western North Carolina Conference; M. Brad shaw, Durham, and G. T. Rowe. Approves Conference Report on Smlth l Hoch Resolution. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 27. —The Senate to day approved the conference report on the Suiith-Hoch resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Oommision to con duct an inquiry into freight rates with a view to their readjustment. ' Fifty women have been added to the Buenos Aires police force, to patrol the parks. Their uniform is a black straw hat and a navy blue dress. RELIEF Ffflli BITTER WEATHER PROMISED MIDDLE WEST TOD!! Several States Have Been Gripped This Week by a Wave That Prove Temper ature Below Zero. SNOW ADDED TO THE DISCOMFORT Mercury Dropped 32 Degrees In Chicago ip 12 Hours.— Wave Headed Toward the Gulf of Mexico. (By (he Associated Press) Chicago, Jan. 27.—Relief was promised today for the middle %est and northwest which yesterday saw .temperatures slide to below zero, while snow driven by high winds added to the general discomfort. Tile mercury here dropped 32 degrees between 10 o'clock Sunday night and 10 p. m. yesterday, but I’isng temperatures and moderate winds- were forecast for to day. The cold today had- spread southeast toward the gulf of Mexico.. Drops of more than 40 degrees in 24 hours were reported in Oklahoma. In the north west the mercury had risen to points close to zero, from iharks of 30 and 40 helow in sections of the Dakotas and Canada. ARGENAINE COURTS TO DECIDE LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF METEOR * Question Raised - When Frve-'Ton Celestial Body Digs Hole in Field of fiative Fanner. Buenos Aires, .Tan. 27.—When a meteorite falls,to whom does it belong —the owners of the land which it strikes, or the is a legal question placed before the Attorney General by *tho Argentine National Museum of Natural History to de termine its right to possession of a meteorite weighing more than live tons, which was discovered some time ago in northern Argentina. While Argentine law makes fossil and archeological discoveries the property -of the nation, the Attorney General could find nothing in the statutes applicable to the discovery of a re’ic of this sort. tyH. a meteorite could jjwfvlly oe classed as ah historical object so far as this planet is concerned. The meteorite being a mineral, he applied the mining law, holding that it was the property of the owner of the land on which it fell. While the land owner willrng'y sur rendered the meteoric to the museum the diretors of the institution want, an interpretation of the law, so that when the next one falls it can be claimed by the museum without question. LARGE SUM ALREADY USED IN SURVEYING RAILROAD More Than $48,000 Spent on Proposed Line Senate Measure Would Stop Bufiding. 1 Raleigh, Jan. 26. —The commission di recting Tam Bowie’i “Lost Provinces” railway project, which tonight's Senate bill proposes to junk, has already ex pended $48,390.54 in making a prelim inary survey of the route, the state audi tor’s report reveals. In addition to authorizing a bond issue of $10,000,00(1 'for the construction of the road, which the Moss-Tapp bill would now withdraw, the Bowie measure carried an appropriation of $50,000 from the general fund to conduct the survey. Less than $2,000 of this amount re mains to be expended. The route has already been surveyed and application mkde to the interstate commerce commission for authority to construct the road. And Sir. Bowie and his supporters are expected to fight the legislature to let the courts decide upon its constitution ality. Many New Industries Established in Soldi. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 27.—Con tinued industrial development in the ter ritory served by the Southern Railway system is shown by the animat report of the Southern’s development service covering the year 1924. Tht report listj a total of 132 new industries placed in operation during the year, 28 new industries under construc tion on December 31st, 84 enlargements of existing industries placed in opera tion during the yeary and eight enlarge ments under construction *at the end of the year, a total of 253 new industries and < niargemedts. As in former years, the greatest activ ity was in the building and enlarging i f textile plants. New installations of textile machinery in new milts and in enlargements at points served by Hie Southern included 172.473 spindles, 4.- 307 looms, and j. 380 knitting machines. Woodmen of State to Meet in Wlbning -1 ton. (By (be AmoeliM Press) Salisbury, Jan. 27.—W. L. Ross, head clerk of the North Carolina jurisdiction of the Woodmen of the World, announced here today that the biennial convention of the order in this state would be held at Wilmington beginning Wednesday. April 15th. The state meeting of the Wodmen circles, the women’s auxiliary ■ of the fraternity, will be held in Wil i mington at the same time. Horace Ford Questioned. ( (By the Associated Press) New York, Jan. 27.—Horace Ford, sec ond baseman of the Philadelphia National > I/eague baseball club, was interrogated to ; day by Assistant District Attorney Brotli r ers, in connection with the investigation iu the Dolan-O’Oonnell bribery scandal. Barber Strikes jjpjjjjj' Most barbers exact a tip from pa* tiona, hut Mrs. Blanche Manning of Cincinnati complains in a petition for divorce that she had to shave her husband three times a week — and the only tip she got was a heal ing. Sd she has gone on a strike and asks a divorce so that she can be free to enjoy the living she has always made for herself. NOTED ENGLISH PIANIST IS BEING SOUGHT NOW Disappeared Monnday Night While Audi dience Waited to Hear Her Play. (By (he Associated Press) New York, Jan. 27.—Ethel Leginska. world famous English pianist, conductor and composer, is the center of intensive search today, begun last night after her friends became alarmed when- she failed to appear at a scheduled concert at Car negie Hal] where a large audience await ed her. So deep was concern over her disappearance that police were requested to send out a genera] alarm. Miss Legins.ka’s disappearance was re ported by her secretary, Miss Lucille Oliver, who said that while she had gone to call a taxicab, the noted pianist left her home without eseort. Search at Carnegie Hail and again at her home failed to reveal th/e whereabouts of the pianist. ONE REPORT DECLARES DR. SUN YAT SEN IS DEAD ] However, Report Prom Peking Has Nothing to Say About Him Being i Dead. Tokio, January 27 (By the Associated Press). —Dr. Vet-Sen, one ofCbinw* most noted political leaders, is dead at Peking, according to a dispatch received here this afternoon by the Japanese semi official news agency. Peking Says He Is Seriously 111. Peking, Jan. 27 (By the Associated Press). —Dr. Sun Yat Sen. head of the , government of South Chinn, with head- j quarters at Canton, is suffering from a cancer of the liver, which is expected by | physicians to prove fatal within ten days. That announcement was made after an j operation yesterday. BUCKINGHAM PALACE PEELS STRIKE’S EFFECT < 1 Electric Lighting, Heating and Other En gineering Service Being Run by Voiun- i ters. (By the Associated Press) London, Jan. 27.—The electric light ing, heating and other engineering serv ices /at Buckingham Palace, the houses of parliament, Hampton Court, and Kew Gardens, were run by volunteers today owing to a strike. Two hundred mem bers of the engineering staff of the office of works, went out because of the em ployment of a non-union man. It was expected that 900 in all would be in volved later. Checks Being Mailed to Cotton Growers. Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Checks amounting approximately to one-half billion dollars are being mailed from the headquarters of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co-operative Association this week. These checks cover the second distribution on all cotton delivered to the association during the month of December, 1924. Members of the association will have re ceived approximately eight and one-balf million dollars in advances on 1924 cot ton when these checks are all distributed. Notwithstanding a very short crop in North Carolina the management of the association is gratified at the marked in crease in deliveries this season. Reports from every section of the cotton grow ing counties of the State indicate a spirit of confidence in the Cotton* Grow ers Co-operative Association and deliv eries continue to be made in those sec tions where ginning was late. In the season of 1923-1924 the association hand led approximately twelve per cent, of the crop. Indications are that this year the association will handle 15 per cent, of the crop—a marked Increase. New members are. joining the associa tion every day, more than 100 having been added during the last two weeks. One striking feature in this connection is that the bulk of the new members are landlords, men who h,ave watched the progress of the association through its history and have become convinced of its reliability. Another (Note to Chinese Government. Peking. China, Jan. 27 (By the Asso j ciated Press). —Representatives of the powers today presented a note to the for ; eign office emphasizing the Chinese gov ' ernment's responsibility for the protec tion of lives and property during the re newed fighting in the vicinity of Shang hai, which the communication stated, "has already proved a real curse for both the foreign and Chinese population in this country.” 1 The actual voice of Florence Night - ingale, la>rd Tennyson, Queen Victoria - and Gladstone are preserved, by means i of phonograph record now in the British Museum. ♦ ***•*•******■***■*♦' * CHARLOTTE WILL COME fj * HERE TO HEAR HEMPP*'" * W#*® The Charlotte Observer of morning has the following: “Concord has made engagement JK ¥6 with Frieda Hempel. the great W: coloratura soprano, who is to ap- '■% pear in concert in that city Friday evening. This is one occasion wlien '■£ iK Charlotte will be going to Concord % in unusual force. A Hemiiel con- 96 cert does not. come this way often. JK and it is a treat not to be passed SK * by.” * * * ******•*■«**;*'***♦ DAUGHERTY TO APPEAR IN MEANS-FELBEK CASE Called to Testify by Defense and Was Ac ccmpauied by William J. Burns. (By (he Associated Press) New York, January 27.—Harry M. Daugherty, former United States attor ney general, appeared to testify for the defense today at the trial of Thomas It. Felder and Gaston B. Means, former agent of the department of justice, be fore IYredal Judge William E. Liadlcy and a jury. He was accompanied by William .1. Burnt), former chief agent of the depa”t lnenr of justice., When Mr. Daugherty was called to the witness stand, he was refused per mission by Judge Lindley to tell the details of the “situation” existing at Washington during the events leading up to the indictment of the defendants. Mr. Daugherty said that for some time j the state of affairs in Washington was such that there were men in the capital i who were “hell-bound and spell-bound.” “I would like at this time to te’.l the | true story of that situation if I am per- 1 mitttld to do so.” said Mr. Daugherty. Judge Lindley, however, refused him per mission. Mr. Daugherty denied that Thomas B. Felder, one of the defendants, ever talked to him about indictments then pending against the Crager system, in connection , with the sale of stocks of a glass casket company. Felder and his former client. Means, are being tried on charges of con spiring to bribe high government officials, including Mr. Daugherty, in attempts to quash the glass casket indictments. Mr. Daugherty in answer to questions by Frank P. Walsh, defense attorney, denied, that Means. Felder or Jarnecke, Means’ former secretary, ever had dis- cussed the case with him. ] ] DROPS TO TWELFTH PLACE t IN VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS t 1 Tl»e Value of AH Crops in North Caro lina in 1924 Was $320,410,000. | (By the Inwcir'et Press.) i " RaleiglirN:- CrTan-T^—-Worth Cnrw 1 lina dropped to twelfth place in the val- < ue of farm products in 1924, according to a tabulation of crop values of the i leading states compiled by the United t States Department of Agriculture and made public through a bulletin just is- i sued by the North Carolina Department 1 of Agriculture. The value of all crops in < North Carolina in 1924. according to 1 the report, was $320,410,000, Texas lead ing the list with a valuation of $920,- 1 081,000. ' In 1923 North Carolina ranked fifth in f the value of farm crops, with a valuation < of $415,737,000. According to the report 1 the value of farm crops in 1924 was $95,- 1 322.000 less than in 1923. This loss, is * said, was largely due to weather condi- < tions. In commenting on the loss of the report says: 1 “In spite of adverse weather condi tions throughout the year, North Caroli na farmers have complained much less J than they had reasons for. Our produc tion has decreased greatly, while much of the rest of the South have made good crops. The cotton was hurt perhaps more than any other crop. * "The late spring cold, the June weath- 1 er. the dry summer in the Piedmont and 1 September’s disastrous rainy period told heavily at harvesting time. October and November were quite favorable for har- 1 vesting. The September delay and shortage of farm labor prevented the har vesting of crops as soon as they should havet been out of the fields. The belated farm work also had its effect on fall plowing and planting of small grains. This is quite in contrast to the work of a year ago. “Tlie North Carolina farmers may be depended on to go ahead with the 1925 plans with more optimism than might be expected,” the report concludes. STATESVILLE ATTORNEY KILLED BY ENGINE 11. T. Weatherman Was Fatally Injur ed Wien Struck by Train After He Fell on the Track. (By the Associated Press.) Statesville, N. C., Jan. 27. —R. T. Weatherman, local attorney, was killed today by a switch engine in the Southern Railway yards here. He apparently fell across the tracks when the engine was eight or ten feet from him, and too close for the engineer to stop. Mr. Weatherman told a client who had offered him some business that he was feeling badly today and could not attend to it. At about 10:30 o'clock the attor ney went to the railway station. He was walking west along the track when he fell. Mr. Weatherman was about 45 years old, and was the sou of Rev. aud Mrs. ,T. G. Weatherman, of Union Qrove town ship. He is survived by his widow, sev en children, his parents, three brothers and three sisters. He had been in ill health for some time., Guests Driven From Hotel by Fire, (By the AHorhied P.*eet Sheboygan, Mich.,' Jail. 27.—With the , mercury 17 degrees below zero, ninety guests of the new Sheboygan Hotel were forced to run from the hotel in their night clothing at 2 o'clock this morning when fire broke out. The south wing of the hotel was destroyed, but the remain der of the three story structure was saved. j »•*«•••• 3* TODAY’S * NEWS * TODAY NO. 23 Er-naM j miy into oeith OF BITTER ENEMIES Inquest Is Being Held at Her rin But Beyond Stating That It Began Today the Coroner Is Silent. GREAT SECRECY IS BEING MAINTAINED Place Where Jury Is Meeting Is Not Made Public—Fun eral Services for Young and Thomas Arranged. Herrin, 111.. Jan. 27 (By the Associ ated Press). —Secrecy shrouded plans for the coroner's impest into the deaths of S. Glenn Young. Ku Klux Klan liquor , raider Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff, and two companions of Young, slain Saturday night when Young and Thomas settled their long standing grudge in a fusiladS of pistol bullets. Beyond announcing that the inquest would begin today, the coroner refused to say anything. Even the time and i place were not divulged. It was general ly believed, however, that the jury would | meet in an undertaking establishment or in the city hall. I Funeral services for Thomas will be | held this afternoon, and those for Young Thursday afternoon. They will be buried in the same cemetery. Thomas in his family plot on the extreme south side of the burying ground, and Young in a con crete vault in the northern section. WEATHER PROPHET . DENIED AMBITION Andrew J. DeVoe, Nationally Known Amateur Forecast ec. Missed the Eclipse. Hackensack, N. J., Jan. 26. An drew De Voe, 80 years of age, national ly known amateur weather prophet, died nt his home of heart disease here, disappointed because of failure to rea- lize ope of his life's greatest ambition. For years he had been looking forward to view the eclipse of the sun; but when the great solar spectacle came Saturday he was too ill to behold it. For more than a quarter of an cen tury De Voe had corned several thous and dollars a year by providing copy- TtgMtsP--toreroStir -hr- * patent- - loerttrtne - companies issuing yearly almanacs. He also prepared weather predictions for farmers, cotton brokers and specula tors who applied for his services. De Voe is said to have won his first reputation by his prediction' of the blizzard of 1888 that buried New York City deep in snow. He is reported to have foreseen that event by two weeks. A few yearn ago, De Voe visited Washington in an effort to induce the United States government to adopt his system of forecasting, which, he assert ed. was superior to the system by, the Weather Bureau. He failed in this, however, as he, neither employed in struments nor the calculations recogniz ed by the official forecasters. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS TO BE HELD FRIDAY At That Time They Will Deride on Candidates for Speaker and House Floor Leader. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 27.—House Republi cans will caucus on Friday night. Feb ruary 27th, to decide upon their candi date for speaker and floor leader. This decision was reached today at a meeting of the Republican committee on committees of the house, and was said to be agreeable to the forces of both Repl resentative Longworth, of Ohio, and Mad den, of Illinois, who are candidates for the speakership. Under a resolution adopted by the com mittee, Republicans who will serve dur ing the sixty-ninth Congress, and not members of the present house, will be in vited to participate in the conference. No action was taken as to whether La Follette insurgents should be invited to attend. Aged Messenger Held Up and Robbed. (By the Associated Press) Collinsville, 111., Jan. 27. —Win. Math ies, 04 year old messenger, was held up here this morning by several armed men who escaped with a mail pouch believed to contain $15,000 in cash. He was en route from the depot to the Colinsville state bank. The money, it was under stood, was to have been used to cash the pay roll checks of the Lumaghi Coal Com pany, owner of the mines here. .One mnn walking the length of the Shenandoah, the United States Govern ment airship, when the engines are not running, changes her level three degrees, so carefully is she balanced. After the ship is under way the men can move at will, as the elevators by their resistance to the air keep her trim. WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS \\ u | , 4 ™ (j - 9i-, ft