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« ASSOCIATED * • PRESS « * DISPATCHES » VOLUME XXV STONE INVITED BY SENATE COMMITTEE TO IKE STATEMENT Attorney General Asked to Appear at Public Session and Clear Up Matters Now Under Discussion. SENATORWHEELER INTO CONTROVERSY Attempt to Get Second In dictment Against Hjun Said to Be Chief Reason Nomi nation Is Being Held Up. (By the Associated Pnn) Washington, Jnn. 28.—Attorney Gen eral Stone was invited today by the Sen nte judiciary committee to appear before it at a public session and make a •state ment relating to the controversy which is delaying his confirmation as a Justice of the Supreme Court. The principal subject of discussion was the effort of the Just ; ce Department to secure n second indictment here against Senator Wheeler, democrat of Montana, already under indictment in Montana on a charge of accepting money for practic ing before a government department. The attorney general took with him copies of his correspondence with Sena tor Walsh, democrat of Montana, who is Senator Wheeler's counsel. These letters containing an outline of the new legal proceedings, had been kept heretofore in strictest confidence. The decision to throw the doors of the committee open to the public wastunus ual, the rule being that matters relating to Presidential nominations must be kept secret. The open session was proposed in the committee by administration senators who said the plan had "the approval not only of the attorney genernl, but also of President Coolidge. Attorney Genernl Stone told a commit tee today that the Justice Department - was fully determined to go nhead with its new case here Senator Wheeler, , of Montana. Mr. Stone declared the. case to be brought, here is wholly independent of the Montana proceedings in which Senator Wheeler is already under Indictment. I ‘Thtp principal acts were performed at , the Stone said. “Much »f 1 the eridence is documentary in character, and is located in the Interior Depart . ment." “The case could not be submitted to the . grand jury without developing Senator Wheeler’s connection," he said. , Decause of this he had directed that in : all fnirness Mr. Wheeler should be given i nn opportunity to explain before the ! grand jury. , Numerous overt acts, the Attorney Gen eral said, had been committed in the ] District of Columbia and lie added that the evidence could not be reviewed with out giving the impression of a possible connection by Senator Wheeler with these 1 acts. He asked that Senators McKinley, of Illinois, and Keyes, of New Hampshire, republicans, and Harrison, democrat of Mississippi, members of the committee, be ] named as conferees. UNDERWOOD BILL AGAIN IS GETTING ATTENTION 1 _ i Senate Ashed to A point Conferees jo i Meet With Committee Apolnted by House to Consider Bill. i (By the Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 28. —On motion of 1 Senator CnderA'Ood, democrat, of Ala- 1 bnma, the Underwood bill authorizing 1 the lease of Muscle Shoals today was laid 1 before the Senate with the request of the House for the appointment of conferees ■ to consider the bill in conference between the Snate and House. The Alabama senator declared that ( since the ranking members on the Senate agriculture committee who under the cus- ! t6m, would constitute the conferees, were j opposed to the bill, and the senate’s ac- ( tiou in passing it, they could not reflect ( the sentiment of the Senate in conference. i Question Os Bobbed- Hair Still Keeps i Men Arguing London. Jan. 28.—Arguments for and against bobbed hair are prolific, and j have agitated the minds even of learned i professors. Lecturing to members of the • London College of Physiology, Professor ( H. J. Harper Roberts saV bobbing had evidently come to stay. Its advantages i were threefold; it was becoming to, a i certain type of woman, it made for free- | (lom, and it was easy to dress and wash. The disadvantage was that it exposed ; n sensitive part of the neck, which often i broke into a rash for about a month af terwards. i A beauty specialist, Dr. Jacques Bret- : mon, takes exactly the opposite view. , He comdemns the modern craze for bob bed and single hair, and says many wo- ; men have told 'him they wish they had not been bobbed. “Man’s ideal woman is still the ideal of the ages.” Dr. Brettmon says, “a wo man with flowing hair over her should ers. When she bobs her hair she cuts just so much from our comception of her. In our eyes it enhances the beauty of very few women.” Frederick A. Siebold. Jr., Takes Own Life. (By the Associated ness) Chicago, ian. 28.—Frederick A. Sei bold, Jr., once planner and bnilder of hotels and amusement places, and for merly owner of a steel construction com pany at Miami, Fla., killed himself in a downtown hotel here last night with a shot gun as his wife whom he had called listened on the telephone. ■ ■ ’ v \ The Concord Daily Tribune Got Rich Quick dip —j?< C"j i §* % £in ( JjHfe Raymond J. BischolT money for investors in his brokerar* office. Federal officers investigated and now Bischoff is on his way from California to Chicago to answer Charges of operating a "con” game. He is charged with robbing CSOO per sons out of $3,000,000 in an oil swindle. BUILDING UP THE JB. O. U. A. M. MEMBERSHIP Councils All Over tlie State Arc Now! Engaged In Their Task. Durham, Jan. 28.—With the state! council meeting of the Junior Order ap proximately seven months off. the coun cils in all meetions of the state are n<*v engaged in the task of building up their membership in order that, the guai for new members set for flip state councilor. It. M- Gantt, might be attained during the present fiscal year. Then thousand new members for the present fiscal year is the task that Coun cilor Gant-t has set for the order in this state. Reports being received by him from many councils over the State are to the effect that great activity is being shown in adding to the member ship and present indications make it ap parent that the number of new members desired by the present state councilor will be secured witli some to spare. One of the cardinal principles of the ofder is the teaching of the Bible and patriotism to every boy and gil and Councilor Gantt is emphasizing this as one of the things in which every coun cil and evfry Jim Jot iß'TTie slate should take an interest. The presentation of Bibles and flags to schools -throughout the state which do not have them is al so being stressed ns an important fea ture of the work of the order. Numbers of Bibles and flags have already been presented to schools in all sections of the state by the order but others still remain without them. The order is doing much towards training the com ing citizens of the state from the view point of religion and patriotism. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Unchanged to 4 Points lower, and later May Was Carried up to 23.72. (By the Associated Press) New York, Jan. 28.—Reflecting sales by the South and spot interests, together wis disnpointing cables, the cotton market opened unchanged to 4 points lower to day. After slight improvement which carried May contracts up to 23.72 with the general market selling 1 to 4 points net higher, moderate reactions occurred. Local pressure, based partly on light rains in the southwest forced May off to 23.(13 in the first hour, but notwith standing the declines the market appear ed to' have a fairly good undertone with fnrthet trade buying a feature on all dips. Opening prices were: March 23.35; May 23.08 ; July 23.92; October 23.81. With Onr Advertisers. A drastic reduction sale of all coats and dresses will begin tomorrow (Thurs day) morning at Robinson’s. Mr. Rob inson is remodeling his store room, and the ready-to-wear department will be mov ed to the second floor. If you buy before the removal, you gaiji. Making “home, sweet home,” is a job in which the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. boys are engaged in every day, and in which they take great delight. If you will tell W. J. Hethcox of your plans for effecting a change of lighting fixtures in your home he will furnish you with a minimum estimate of what it will cost to do the job right. Everything to keep the, children warm at Fisher’s and at clean up prices too— sweaters, bootees, underwear, outing gowns, etc. Small sugar cured picnic hams, only 20 cents a pound at the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. Only four more days of the January Clearance and Big White Sale at the Parks-Belk Co.’s. See list in today's ad. of a few of the many big specials. Vinol—pleasant to take —at Gibson Drug Store. Says America Must Reduce French Debt. Paris, ’ Jan. 28 (By the Associated Press). —Refraining from sentimental out bursts and treating the debt of France to the United States from what he char acterized as a business man’s viewpoint, Louie Dußois, former president of the reparations commission, declared at the J conclusion of a long address in the cham ber of deputies today that the United States must considerably reduce her claims against France, not only in equity and right, but also to safeguard her own interests. Many fish are capable of producing sounds, some by the scraping of fins < or other organs, some by means ol teeth, j and some by means of gas emitted from the airbladder. CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1925 'AMENDMENT SEEKING - FEDERAL CONTROL OF CHILD LABOR BEATEN Either In Legislatures or by Referendum 13 States Al ready Have Disapproved the Amendment. ONLY TWO STATES . ACTED FAVORABLY Sixteen Have Acted on Pro posal and California and Arkansas Were Only Two to Vote for the Change. (Br the Associated Press.) Chicago. Jan. 28.—Beaten in either the legislatures or by referendum in thirteen states, the proposed child labor amend ment to the Federal constitution virtual ly has been defeated. The adverse action of the thirteen has rendered impossible the necessary ratifi cation of three-fourths of tile forty-eight states, unless some legislature.! recon sider. No move in that direction has been made. Sixteen states have considered rhe Con gressional proposal to amend the eonsti- I tutiou, so Congress might legislate in re- Jgard to employment of children under 18 years of age. One or both houses of J the legislature rejected the amendment in North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia. Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma. North Da kota, Kansas, Ohio, Washington Und Delaware. In Massachusetts the proposed amend ment was rejected by a referendum vote last November. California and Arkansas were the only states favoring the proposal. Chicago. Jan. * 27.—Barring possible reconsideration, the child labor amend ment. to the constitution tonight had been defeated, the proposal having been rejected in either one or both houses of the legislatures or by referendum in 13 states. Under the constitution the amend ment would have to be ratified by three fourths -of the forty-eight states so that, an adverse vote in 13 states would make this impossible. Oklahoma, Kansas and Ohio today were added to the list of states finnlly re jecting the amendment while similar ac tion was taken in the senate of' North Dakota and Washington.* In Washing ton. however, the senate sent to the house a bill which would submit en dorsement to the people in a re ferendum in 192(1. Fifteen state legislatures have acted upon . the eongressionel proposal to amend the constitution so that Con gress might legislate in regard to em ployment of children under 18 years of age, while in Massachusetts the pro posed amendment wai rejected by re ferendum last November. Ca’ifornia and A.kansns were ‘the only states favoring the proposal, while the amendment was rejected by one oy both houses of the legislature in the following states: North and South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas. Oklahoma, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Ohio, Washington and Dela ware. In Wyoming the senate voted to post pone indefinitely a resolution of rati fication. While it ’s possible in some states for the legislatures to reconsider, no move in that direction has beeni made and in several instances the vote has been so large against the amendment that re consideration apparently would be furtile. t WANTS ARKANSAS TO FOLLOW’ NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS Arkansas Governor Praises North Caro lina’s School System. Raleigh, Jan. 28.—“ We have a great state, one of which I am proud. It is not necessary for me to state that Arkansas has the only diamond mine. It would be useless for ine to rehearse that Arkansas has a good food produc tion, and is a great timber state, that Arkansas is making progress at a rapid rate, but my whole heart’s desire is to make the school situation better in the state and to make Arkansas another Car olina.” That is the boost given North. Caro lina by Governor Tom J. Terral in wel coming the Southern Foresty Congress when it assembled for its recent annual session at Little Rock, Arkansas, ac cording to J. S. Holmes, state forester of the North Carolina geological and economic survey, one of the representa tives from North Carolina attending the meeting. That the governor's . words were not merely oratorical, said Mr. Holmes, was proved by his indorsement of the aims of the Congress ns set forth in a bill so inaugurate a system of for est fire prevention, reforestation and ■state forests, which is to be organized largely along the lines of the forest fire prevention Bervice of North Carolina. Mr. Holmes, who retired as president of the Congress, is now a member of the executive committee. Its member ship is composed of a number of forestry experts, large land owners and represen tatives of lumber interests in all the southern and several of the southwestern states. The newly elected president, who will serve for one year, is H. L. Tilgham, of Marion, S. 0., who has large timber interests. The program of the recent meeting, said Mr. Holmes, includ ed papers from a number of authorities on such subjects as reforestation, timber management, forest fire prevention and paper making in the South. | Boarding houses in Japan are requir ed to place out side their doors a list of their boarders’ names for all to Bee. DAUGHTERS TO ENCOURAGE HISTORICAL RESEARCH U. D. C. to Offer a Total of Thirty Pu pils This Year. (By the AwMctated Press) Fayetteville. Jan. 28.—A total of thir ty prizes are being offered this year by th> United Daughters of the Confederacy for the purpose of encouraging historical research, according -to an announcement I recently made by Mr's. John H. Anderson, state historian. Mrs. Anderson states that this is a larger nnmber than has ■ ever been offered before and she urges that all essays and reports be in her ’ hands not later than September 15th. I I The chapter prizes offered, according to Mis. AnilerUon, ire as follows: Martha Glenn laving cup, given by Mrs. S. A. Kindley in memory of her mother, for the chapter submitting the . best historical report along al Hines. The Julian S. Cajx-r prize of S2O. of fered by Clairborne Carr in memory of his father, General Julian 8. Carr, to the chapter doing Mid best historical work 1 in the schools of the town or county. The William Ruffin Cox prize of $lO, offered by Colonel Albert Cox in mem ory o fhis father, General Cox, to the chapter sending in the greatest number of original esuays in .this’ gear’s historical contest. The prize of ten dollars offered by Mrs. Eugene Glenn, in memory of her father, Wallace Lumpkin, of Georgia, to the chapter sending tn the greatest num ber of “records of their Confederate an cestors.” Chapters must keep a carbon copy of these reeftrdh. * In addition to the chapter prices twen ty-five prizes are offered for essays. Among those offering prizes in this, de partment: are: Mrs. T. T. Spruut. $25; Mrs. Mary Bennett Little, S2O; Mrs. H. A. London, $10; Tfie Margaret Crom well prize of $lO offered by Mrs. Jack sie Daniel Morrison ! Mrs. Mary Parker Battle, the Frank M. Pnrker prizes ;’ Josephus Daniels, S2O; Miss Georgia Hicks, $10; Colonel. Beneham Cameron. $25: $lO for the best paper on General Robert F. Hoke; The New Bern chapter, $10; Mrs. Alfred Williams, $1(V; Mrs. J. A. Yarborough. M 0; Frank Spruill, $10; Mrs. E. E. Most, $10: the Battle of Rentonville chaptjer. $10; Mrs. ,T. Harper Irwin, $10; tjie Burlington chap ter. $5; he Ranson Sherrill chapter of Newton. $5; the Wilkes Valley Guards chapter of North Wilkesboro, $10; Mrs. Mary Parker Battle, $5; Mrs. J. E. Kirkmon, $10; "D. B. Coltrane, S2O: Mrs. J. E. Dickerson, $10; Mrs. Sydney Cooper. $10: the James B. Gordon chap ter, Winston-Salem, $lO. . The list of subjects assigned for these essays covers a wide range, and the prizes offered, in most instances, are given in memory of friends or relatives. In an nouncing the prizes offered Mrs. Ander son states, that all manuscripts submit ted must be typewritten and there is no limited placed on !%■ number of words in State contests. ■ " • north CAROLINA POULTRY AT NEW YORK SHOW Blue Ribbons Wen By Boys and Girls of the Poultry Clubs. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, N. C.. Jan. 28.—A reel'd of winning never before established by -farm poultry grown and finished by rural club boys and girls was made by poultry from North Carolina at the Madison Square Garden Poultry Show in New York City Inst week, reports Allen G. Oliver, Poul try Extension Specialist for the State College of Agriculture. Mr. Oliver has just returned to Raleigh from New York where he attended this show, bringing with him four first ribbons, one third and one fifth ribbon. These ribbons were won by farm grown poultry and exhibited by farm boys and girls under the leadership of Mr. Oliver. The winnings were made by representatives of the Wyandoit?, Leghorn and Sussex breeds grown in An son. Wake and Catawba counties. One first place went to Norris Jeffry, of Wake County, with nn entry of Sussex poul try. Catawba county won three first ribbons and the third and fifth places went to Anson comity. Mr. Oliver states that credit for the showing made by these club birds must be largely given to the county agents of the extension division who have worked with the young folks in developing good flocks of pure bred b-'rds. The entries competed against the world and some of the best known fanciers of birds of the country had their birds on exhibit. Over 5,700 birds were shown, states Mr. Oliver, and more would have been entered except for the fowl plague quarantine which pre vented many shippers from sending their birds to New York. Mr. Oliver expressed himself as high ly gratified at the fine showing made by these club boys and girls, stating that -the good work with poultry in this State is beginning to bear fruit, TEN CENT MOVIE SHOWS FOR YOUTHFUL PATRONS “Goody Gooff’ Pictures to Be Barred From Chlkk-en’s Programs. New York, Jan. 28.—Will H. Hays hnd good news today for child motion picture fans throughout the country. He announced from the offices of the Motion Picture Producers and Distribu tors of America, of which he is president, that 3500 reels of first-class films of es pecial appeal to girls and boys will be shown, with the co-operation of theatre owners, on Saturday mornings during this year at an admission price of 10 cents. Each program is to confeist of a full i length picture, a one or two-reel comedy . and a one-reel semi-educational subject, it was said. It was emphasized that . these will not be of the “gbody good” type , but interest-eompelling pictures. ' May Wheat Above $2.00 Mark. (By the Associated Press.) ; Chicago, Jan. 28.—May wheat went , above the $2.00 mark shortly after the opening of the Board of Trade today. ( General buying by commision houses' as . ter the opening nbsorbed immense profit I taking sales, which quickly sent the ini tial values upward. For some reason which no one under - stands, whooping cough is always mom 1 dangerous to girls than to boys, it ~is the only disease of which this can be said. 'BIH PROPOSES TiT , BUm PUNISHMENT UHS BE ABOLISHED K , * Such Bill Presented to North Carolina Legislature by : Rep. Wade—Has Support • of Clarence Darrow. NOTICE NECESSARY TO GET LICENSE : Bill Would Make It Neces sary for Couples to Post Notice 15 Days Before Get ting Marriage License. (By the Anochifell Press.! , Raleigh, N C., Jan. 28. —Capital pun . isliment would be abolished in North Car ( olina under a bill introduced in the House today by Representative Wade, of New Hanover. The measure is said to : be one sponsored by Clarence Harrow, noted criminal lawyer. Representative Whitaker, of Guilford, sent forward a measure which would re ' quire 15 days' notice of intent to the register of deeds before a marriage li cense could be obtained. A bill also was , introduced which would make the use of nitroglycerine or other high explosives in robbing a bank a felony. A joint resolution introduced in the Senate this morning would require the state auditor to obtain within ten days statements from all departments and in stitutions of the state as to the amount paid in salaries and he number of auto mobiles and the prices paid for each. The information would be for, the finance com mittees of both bodies in framing financial legislation. Senator Howard sent for ward a measure providing for the crea tion of additional emergency judges for a period of eight years. A number of lo cal bills were also introduced and the body adjourned until tomorrow. Bills Introduced In the House. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 28.—The follow ing house bills have been introduced: By Connor: Relating to settlement of disputed county liens. By Grant and Eure: Prohibiting punch boards and other devices of chance in Gates county. By Kittrell: Providing for the election of a board of commissioners in Vance county whose terms shall be rotary. ‘ By Klttrellt ~fielafiiffe 'fl'TMllffg dogs in Vance county. By Dellinger: To provide for fire drills in the public schools. By Horn : To place Mrs. Sarah Gilles pie and Mrs. H. R. Raby on the pension list. By Brown, of Stanly: Requiring the board of education and the road commis sioners of Stanly county to make cer tain financial statements to the county commissioners. By Brown, of Stanly: To prohibit shooting in Oakwood, a suburb of Albe marle. By Davenport: Relating to executors’ sales. By Davenport: To provide for private sales by executors. By Davenport: Relating to warrants of attachment. My Madison: Relating to recorder's courts in Jackson county. By Eure: ’to fix punishment for driv ing automobiles in Gates while intoxicat ede. By Moss: Relating to the working of roads in Colfax township; Rutherford county. By Johnson: Providing for the elec tion of three highway commissioners in Currituck county. , By Dowtin : Relating to compensattion for deputy court clerks in Warren coun ty. By Dowtin: Relating to fees of pro cess officers in Warren county. By Dowtin : For the protection of foxes in Warren county. By Massenburg: To amend the Louls burg graded school act. By Tarkington: To exempt Camden county from the law requiring twelve months’ grand jury service. • By Smith: To validity Southpaat im provement bonds. The following local bills have passed their third reading: Permitting the commisioners of Jack son county to levy special taxes. Validifying certain Alexander county to levy special taxes. Validifying certain Alexander county bonds. Relating to Perquimans county bond issues. To authorize bonds in Macon county. To submit a bond issue in Catawba to popular vote. Relating to good roads in Franklin county. To ratify certain Transylvania county road bonds. To authorize Rockingham county to issue bonds. The following bills have been introduc ' ed in the Senate: By Johnson, of Robeson: In regard ’ to employment of clerks by the cjerk of court in Robeson county. By Sharp, of Rockingham: Providing for uniform school books in Rockingham ‘ county. Wants Measures Enacted Into Laws. (By the Associated Press) t Washington, Jan. 28.—President Cool idge asked Congress today to enact into law “at the earliest possible date*’ the . measures recommended by the agricul t tural commission. The report recommends the creation of a Federal board to encourage co-operative marketing, greater assistance to agricul ■: tural experment stations, added protec t ] (ion under the tariff law for farm prod : : uets, and enactment of several pieces of legislation related to agriculture. Niece of Czar rp The Princess Maria Pavola, niece of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, has opened -a fashionable embroidery shop in Paris. MEANS AND FELDER ARE BOTH EXAMINED AGAIN Defendants Subjected to Vigorous Cross- Examination by Government Counsel. <By the AMMociated Pre*M> New York. Jan. 28.—Gason B. Means and Thomas B. Felder underwent a vig orous cross-examination in their trial in federal court on charges of conspiracy to bribe government officials. ‘"Did you ever say, ‘I have talked with ' Attorney General Daugherty and will see • his deputy, Crim, in a few days and have ; the indictment thrown out’?” the prose ■ cutor asked Felder eoncerning the Crager system mail fraud case. “Did you say, 'This would have been ■ done long ago if it hadn’t been for the lawyers who ' have been saying I’m a fixer’ ?” “I never had such a conversation,” was Felder's answer. Yleans, recalled to the stand, denied he ever had testified during last year’s pro ceedings at Washington, that his diaries had been stolen. "I testified they had been taken,” he said, “not all of them, only some. I testified that men alleged to have been sergeants at arins of the Senate came to my house to get certain diaries.” Judge Martin Manton, of the United States circuit court of appeals, and for mer Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia, appeared as character witnesses for Felder; Simon Herr, former partner of Joseph .-Q. Kostamv Chicaga-AWet«an, whp.ii**, figured prominently in the testimony, as serted that Kostner returned to Chicago after a trip to New York during which he had consulted with Felder. “Kostner told me that Felder’ said that SIO,OOO must be forthcoming in the glass casket mail fraud case,” testified Herr. With objections to every question put by Prosecutor Todd the witnesses were allowed to testify as to another trip which Kostner made to New Y’ork. After his return, said Herr, “he told me that the defendants in the Glass Cas ket case met in Felder’s office with Fel der's partiiers and a man by the name of Means, and that the sum of $47,800 was turned over to a man named Spiel berg, one of Felder's partners.” HEATING BY GAS HITS LEGAL SNAG High Thermal Units Laws Factor in Retarding Progress. Raleigh, X. C„ Jan. 28.—Gas heated homes! No more coal dust! No more furnaces to stoke; No more ashes to cart out! No more sooty walls and cur tains! No more cussing when the bin is empty and the coal man can't make im mediate delivery! It will come some of these days- Dad will welcome if. for the average dad's idea of the nether world is built around furnaces. Mjom will welcome it because it will mean a neater and cleaner home. And it will come some day. Possibly the public generally does nojt know that State laws are in part rc : sponsible for the slow progress toward realization of these dreams, pie price of gas keei* many a householder from using it as heating fuel. And the price of gas is materially affected by the State requirerofcnts as to heating standards or thermal units. The following from the Age- Record is interesting in this connection: "The only thing holding back the in dustry is the high heating standards for gas manufacture required in all ■ States except Washington and Colorado. “The gas industry must be permitted [ to manufacture gas and other by-pro ducts from grades of coal not now con sidered desirable. This means a revolu , tion in the technique of the gas Dusiness. It means new gasification machines and i new methods. It means the product of gas in quantities not now visualized. It ■ means the transportation of gas in many places over long distances. , “Unless this is done the householder may be deprived es the benefits of cheap . er gas.” I Lethal “Gas Pistol” Crooks’ New Weapon [ New York, Jan. 28.—Discovery of a I new weapon, known as a “gas pistol,” , was made by the police today with the I arrest of a suspect in whose possession they said they found such a weapon, loaded with what was believed to be lethal gas. The prisoner, who described himself as Elmer Low. was arrested while lurking in a hallway in Second avenue. The pistol 5 was of German make. Inspector Gough e lin, in charge of the detective burenn, said the shell in the pistol was one and a half inch in diameter. e Nominated to Be Postmasters. Washington, Jan. 28.—North Carotins - postmasters nominated today include: - Cramerton, Ike R. Forbes; Valdese f James B. Benfield; Eton College, Joseph C. McAdams. f- * * TODAY’S m » NEWS « * TODAY 0 000000000 NO. 24 , SNOW IHD SLEET IRE BROUGHT INTO STATE rniDEfl One of Greatest and Quickest Changes in History of the State Took Place Early Tuesday Night. 23 DEGREE DROP IN SINGLE HOUR Springlike Weather Followed By One of Coldest Days of Year.—lce, Sleet and Snow Reported. e J (By the Associated Press) Charlotte, Jan. 28.—Forcing the met- . eury downward with p’ummet-lik> speed, - (he predicted cold wave today had de s?ended upon North Carolina bringing [ temperatures well below freezing, where as tor days most of the state had been . experiencing springlike weather. Re ief is tcrecast for tomorrow, but meanwhile the thermometer <_on p ir>ued to descend. ( Precipitous drops were reported in va* - rious points. In Charlotte the weather i'bureau reported a drop of 23 degrees in one hour, from 61 above zero to 38 above, and with the thermometer reading 22 i above at 9 a. m., compared with 23 at e Sa. in. the descent continued. Greens i boro reported a fal lof 52 degrees in - twenty hours, from 67 at noon Tues r day to 15 above today. Raleigh report ed a drop of 49 degrees, Winston-Salem i 44. and Salisbury 44. * Snow and sleet accompanied the drop i in many places, with a slow’rain that was falling early last night turning to ' ice in some sections. Sleet was report ed from Wilmington while Raleigh re * ported iey snow-laden street. Salisbury - reported sleet. i Weather conditions were causing some delays in telegraphic and telephonic com ■ mnnieations, according to reports reeeiv ! ed here. 1 Bitterly Cold in New York. ’ New York, Jan. 28. —Colder weather , with the thermometer falling between 3 and 5 degrees above zero today is the' , early prediction of New York weather . observer. Later today tbe mercury was expected to rise to about 20 degrees, bringing some relief from the icy winds ' that swept the Middle Atlantic and New '■ !Wgft«fr v More-mnwr ••• i find higher temperatures are expected to : morrow. ' The Metropolitan district awoke this I morning under a blanket of four inches , of snow that had been flung down op a I northeast wind which at times attained a velocity of 40 miles-an hour. The gale coursipg down New York and New Eng , land eoast swept across New Jersey and other Atlantic States. Four thousand employees of the street cleaning department battled against snow drifts today and 12,000 additional men were to join their forces. From 8 a. m., when the first ra ; n which soon turned to ( sleet ami then to snow fell, the mercury dropped from 27 degrees to 6 above at 10 o’clock last night. Throughout New York State and the east the cold fingers of winter gripped towns, cities, hamlets and rural districts. Philadelphia last night report ed the worst blizzard of the winter. BOOTH TARKINGTON FREED OF PLOT STEALING CHARGE Woman’s $500,000 Suit Against Author Thrown Out of Court. 1 Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 26.—800th Tarkington. author, won a $500,000 I damage suit opened against him here to day without even appearing in court. He was sued by Miss Maud Green wood, of Palestine, Tex., who alleged that he had stolen her plot for one of hie ' film works. The Superior Court threw out the case. . Cold Wave Spends Force In Northwest And Middlewest Chicago, Jan. 27.—The brunt of the ' latest cold wave to descend on the north west and middlewest has been spent r ’ and warmer weather is anticipated to ’ morrow by the weather man, according to forecasts tonight. While near zero or sub-zero tempera ' tures prevailed throughout most of the ’ northwest states today, the high wind, J which yesterday brought wiht it a swirl ing snowstorm had died down tonight, j In Chicago, 10 persons were rescued by firemen and policemen and carried into freezing temperatures when their homes burned. ; Mellon Gives a Million. • Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 26.—Officials f of the Choate School here tonight an t nounced that Andrew W. Mellon, eecre- I tary of the treasury, Is the donor of a new library building, the cost of which r will be approximately $1,000,000. The gift was unsolicited, it was added. A son of the United States treasury ex ecutive is a student at the preparatory • school. 1 e WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS II f-t—mm ________ e, Unsettled followed by snow or raid <h late tonight and Thuradaj rising tempers ature Thurzday.