North Carolina Newspapers

•Stiff; The Concord Daily Tribune flTi f -f p-- . - . l * ... VOLUME XXV HARDSHIPS FAIL 10 I STOP DIGGERS WHO , WOULD FREE COLLIHSj Men Are Working In Mud Now But They Keep to the Work and Have Driven the Shaft 35 Feet Deep. BOULDERS AIDING THEM WITH WORK Rocks Give Them Something to §tand on and Keep Them From Sinking in the Mud Caused by Seepage. Cave City, Ky.. Feb. 10 (By tine Akso < riated Press); —The heroes of the Col lins rescue, the volunteers who are driv-* ing the shaft toward his underground prison, early today were more than 33 feet down after five days of ceaseless la bor. The work was progressing slightly faster as much of the material to be re moved and hoisted was heavy rock slabs. The bottom of the six-foot square shaft is now constantly saturated with seep age water, but more boulders are being encountered, so that the diggers do not siDk very deep into the muck. ' Some time tomorrow officials expect to strike limestone strata when they hope for rapid progress with little timbering necessary to protect the diggers from the same fate as Colilns. Dmpth of Shaft Now 38 Feet. Cave City, K.v., Feb. 10 (By the As sociated Press). —A depth estimated nt more than 38 feet had been reached in the shaft at Sand Cave at 10:15 a. m. today. Rescuers continued their efforts to reach the cave prisoner, but specula tors had largely moved to Cave City where the preliminary session of the mil itary court of inquiry was being con ducted. Military Court Adjourns. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 10 (By the As sociated Press).—The military court of inquiry investigating circumstances sur rounding the imprisonment and rescue work of Floyd Collins in Band Cave, ad journed shortly after noon until 3 p. m. after hearing three witnesses. More tes timony was in prospect when the session was to be resumed. '*■" , Wm. B. Miller, reporter for the Ootir icr-JpwrttaJ-jOj-ouisvilie. and B. <l. Fish bdMr. a farmer, were heard (turtlfit the two hour morning session. Their testimony was to the effect that rumors speculating on whether Collins was still in the cave were false, and that threats of danger to the reporter in his cave rescue efforts were delivered by his friends, not enemies, seeking to warn him of the hazardous undertaking in which he was enguged. NEWTON GIRL KILLED IN AN ALTO ACCIDENT Miss Evelyn Rowe Was Riding on the Running Board of a Roadster When Side-Swiphd by Hudson. Newton, Feb. 1). —Miss Evelyn Rowe, Isl-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Rowe-, was instantly killed, and Miss Mi hirer) Phillips, daughter of Mayor L. H. Phillips, seriously injured, in an automobile wreck in this city tonight at 10 o’clock. The young ladies were {iding on the running board sis a Ford roadster driven by Paul Yount, when the car was side swiped by a Hudson driven by Robert Michael. Michael ‘ and Wilfong Trott, who was also in Jhe Hudson, were ar rested and placed in jail. Solicitor Huffman, after examining several wit nesses in .his office in the court house tonight at midnight, declined bail to the parties arrested. 'Witnesses said the t car driven by Michael was running at a terrific rate of speed. ’ Both cars were demolished. House Takes up Aircraft Controversy. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 10.—Taking a hand in tlie aircraft controversy, the House naval committee today unanimously adopt ed a resolution declaring that so far as its 'members knew no naval officers had ever appeared before it under any re straint whatever from the Navy Depart ment. Two Officers Killed. (By the Associated Press) \ San Antonio. Tex., Feb. 10. —Major Lee O. Wright, of Lyons, Ind., and Lieut. Arthur L. Foster, whose parents live at Weir, Texas, were instantly killed and their bodies burned in nn airplane crash nepr Broks Field today. - ____________ . . t Rear Admiral Hawley Dead. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 10.—Rear Admiral John Mitchell Hawley, retired, died here late yesterday, aged 79. Tom Newman, the famous English billard player, was an expert with the cue at the early age of ten years. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE TIMES-TRIBUNE OF FICE 10 Per Centf^Mount ON ALL ORDERS FOR Engraved Wedding Invitations and Announcements and Monogram Stationery . - We represent one of the best engravers in America. Call and see handsome line of samples. UUDICHL DISTRICT BILL 111 HOUSE OF j STATE LEGISLATURE Lower House Debating Bill Which Would Create New Judicial Districts in This State. diyorceTaw - [S - GIVEN ATTENTION Amendment Would Give Ab solute Divorces Only Af ter Year of Separation by Couples. Raleigh. Feb. 10 (By the Associated - Press). —While the House of Represen -I tatives debated the judicial districts qucs t tion today the Senate discussed the bill i by Johnson, of Robeson, to strengthen - the divorce laws of the state by pro tiding interlocutory degree to be effec tive for one year before granting an nb . solute divorce. Early this afternoon the t House hiM not acted on the judicial dis . triots bill. The Senate, however, reached { a vote and passed the divorce law ainend t ment, 2!) to 15 on its second reading. An effort wns made to pass the John > son bit on its third reading but Senator , Everett, of Pitt, one of the opponents, , objected, and a motion to override his > objection failed. A two-thirds vote was necessary. Whpn the motion was put the apparently gained strengfh for the vote was 27 for and 19 against.- Prior to taking up the judiciary bill ; sixteen new local measures were intro duced and four others passed. ; Argument on the judiciary bill opened today on the amendment by Represent tative Wakefield, of Caldwell, to limit the number of added districts to four instead of seven as provided for in the bill reported by the committee in charge. , The Senate passed without exended discussion th# repealer of the law which forbids white nurses to attend negro pa tients. The Wade game bill came up with a favorable report from the game committee, but was referred to the ap propriations committee under the rule passed early in the session requiring all measures carrying appropriations to be considered by the appropriations commit tee. VAlA^E^^lziD^^ Men Used Autos to Carry Off Wine Val ued at More Than *12.000. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. 10 —Fifteen armed men in five automobiles early today raided a Chieago-Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail road Company warehouse here, and es caped with forty-six barrels of port wine after they forced Dan Kelleher, ware house engineer, to assist them. 'Un wine was valued at *12,000. The wine was valued at *12,000. and , was the property of the Italian Vineyard Company. Six of the ring leaders of the robber band invaded the warehouse shortly be fore midnight and forced the night engi neer to aid them. The engineer told tUe police there were a number of men out side. Tlie engineer was bound before the robbers departed, but lie told the police he freed himself. » AGRICULTURAL METHODS EXPLAINED TO DEPARTMENT Members of Commission to Explain How They Arrived at Recommendations. (By the A-soelatet Press I Washington, Feb. 10.—While methods of carrying its recinmendations into ef fect were Deing assailed today before a House, committee, members of President Coolidge’s agricultural conference appear ed before the Senate Agriculture Com mittee to explain their suggestions. B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the farmer to-consuiner league, occupied the stand before tbe House agriculture committee, and he delivered a vigorous onslaught against the Wiliam* bill designed to car ry out the reeommeudatioris of the con ference, at tbe same time urging the Cur tis-Aswell measure for a system of co operative marketing agendas. Before tbe Senate Committee W. M. Jardine, a member of the conference, de clared the recomemndations were based on views widely held by farmers and fol lowed testimony of authorities on agricul ture. COMMUNISTS ATTACK CATHOLIC GATHERING Nearly 100 Persons Wounded or Bruised During Attempt to Stop Meeting. ' Marseilles, France, Feb. 10 (By the As sociated . Press). —Nearly 100 persons were wounded or bruised during attempts of communists to break up a meeting of tbe newly organized Catholic party, pre sided over by Gen. de Gastelnau here last night. The list of casualties at first estimated at slightly more than a score was in creased today by reports from hospitals and police stations where many of the victims presented themselves. Senator Slaissieres, the socialist fnay- I or of Marseilles, has forbidden all public meetings for an indefinite period. The population of Marseilles is at a high state of feeling, especially the Cath olics, who resent the interference with tibeir meeting, and allege that the police failed to afford it proper protection. Gibbons Denies He Has Signed Contract. St. Paul, Minn., Fob. 10.—Tommie Gib bons, contender for the world’s heavy weight boxitig championship, denied here today that he had signed h contract with Tex Rickard, New York promoter, to ! meet Jack Dempsey as announced In New York last week. ' ' ~~ T' 'll) ■ ' ....... CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1925 Latest Flapper ! x JHU ...... ' "- , Nfcttn Stile? waited 75 years for the chance to be a reg lar film flapper, and now shea in Hollywood telling all the folks “sure, it's all In tha clothes, and acting .young.” EDISON IN SOUTH ON BIRTHDAY I Noted Inventor To Celebrate Anniversary I of His Birthday Tomoroy. New York, Feb. 10.—Thomas A. Edi son will be seventy-eight tomorrow and still he’s cheating Old Man Time. For years the wizard of West Orange has always celebrated his birthday at the shrine of his god—work. Each recurring anniversary has found him in his labora tories, though it has been neoessnry for him to break the customary routine of the day by receiving the congratulations which have poured in upon him from all parts of the world. In recent years he has always been given a birthday luncheon by the Edison Pioneers. This year, for the first time, a change has been made in the program. His j birthday anniversary wiil find him en joying the balmy breezes pt his home ini Fort Myers, Fla,, where lie b«a gone ftw-j a brief vacation. Mr. Edison wants it to be understood that he did not flee the j rigors of the northern winter because of | his age or any physical disabilities. So I far as bodily strength is concerned, he j still considers himself in his prime and • remains confidently hopeful that, he will reach the century mark. He proudly points to tlie record of his ancestors and vows lie will beat them all. His great grandfather lived to be 104 and his fath er was 94 when he died. Here are some of the milestones Mr. Edison can look back on tomorrow: IKS7 —Started chemical laboratory in cellar of his home in Port Huron, Mich. 1859—Became newsboy and “candy butcher’’ on trains* of Grand Trunk Rail- 1 way, running between Port Huron and Detroit. 1862—Printed and published a news paper on the train. First newspaper ever printed on a moving train. Put up a telegraph line from Port Huron station to village and worked in- local office. 1868— Made his first patented inven tion—electrical vote recorder. 1869 Went into partnership with Franklin L. Pope as electrical engineer. Improved stock tickers and made new in ventions, among them the Unison de vice. . 1870 —Received his first money for in ventions—*4o.ooo. Opened inanufactur- j ing shop in Newark, N. J. 1876 Invented the carbon telephone transmitter, which made telephony a commercial art. 1877 — Invented the phonograph. 1879 Invented incandescent electric lamp. Gave public demonstration of electric lighting Rystem in streets and buildings at Menlo Pnrk, N. J., using underground mains. 1880— Invented and , installed first life-1 sized electric railway ..for i freight and passengere at Menlo Park, N.yJ. 1801—Invented the motion^' picture camera. 1907—Introduced tly: Universal elec tric motor for operating dictating ma chines on all commercial lighting cur- , rents. 1910 —Started working on improving disc phonograph. 1012—Introduced the Kinetophone or talking motion picture. 1913 — Completed , Transphone. new type of transcriber’s dictating machine j operated electrically from the keyboard ■ of the typewriter. | 1914 Plant at West Orange, N. J., burned nnd rehabilitated. 1 1915 —Conducted a wide variety of successful experiments with chemi cals. > Fowler’s Wounds Prove Fatah (By the Associated Press) Monroe, N, C., Feb. 10.—Frank Fow ler, aged 34, a member of a prominent family in this section, died at a local hospital today of a pistol wound alleged to have been inflicted by Kate Murphy, aged 32, of Hamlet, with whom he is said to have lived at times, representing her as his wife. It wps at first reported that the woman was his wife. Fowler in his dying .moments begged that the woman be allowed to go free. President Approves of Flexible Provi sions. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 10. —Suggestions in Congress for the abandonment of the flexible provisions of the tariff act, are disapproved of by President Coolidge. THE COTTON MARKET • Cables Better Than Due, and Market Opened at Advance of 7 to 13 Points. (By (he Associated Press) * New Ysrk, Feb. 10.—Reports that Lan cashire spinners of American cotton had 1 voted to reduce their working hours from 39 1-4 to 35 a week, appeared to ’ have little effect on the cotton market ' here or in Liverpool in today’s early , trading. Cables were better than due and the local market opened steady at an advance of 7 to 13 points. Prices eased off a’few points after the 1 call under liquidation. May selling up to 24.52 and July to 24.81, but the market soon stiffened up on covering and trade t buying promoted by continued complaints lof dry weather in Texas. May sold up | to 24.61 and July to 24.88, making net Mjfc'S'SMS.ii.* 11 to 12,(viuts on old crop J positions, while OctobeV ut 24.69 showed | a net advance of 15 points. i j Opening prices were: March 24.29-, | May 24.63; July 24.87; October 24.61: j December unquoted. DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC IN NOME UNDER CONTROL No New Cases Have Developed in Alaska During Past Four Days. Nome, Alaska, Feb. 10 (By the Asso ciated Press). —No new diphtheria cases have been reported in four days and epi demic conditions have improved greatly, the board of health disclosed, following a survey made yesterday, i The board sent word to the Fairbanks Airplane Corporation that an attempt to tty from Fairbanks to Nome with 620,- 000 units of antitoxin was not necessary nt present, as a shipment of 480.000 units of serum now being relayed by dog teams from Nenuna was due to arrive Friday. With Our Advertisers. Healthy hair is beautiful hair. It can be secured and kept only by having a healthy scalp. See ad. of Parks-Belk’s Beauty Shop today. Everybody enjoys a Crossword puzzle. The Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co. has one in a new ad. today that will prove interesting ns well as profitable. Look it up. Why experiment with new cleaners, when you can send your garments to a careful and experienced one? See ad. of M. R. Pounds. The Eagle Company cleans caps and ladies gloves free, if sent in with a suit or dress to be dry cleaned. Call 648. The Concord Furniture Company has a new oil range for sale, which actN like | a gas range. Look up this range in a new ad. today. Everybody is flocking to tbe big jewel ry sale at the W. C. Corell Jewelry Com pany. Look up ad. today and go to the store. Go to Howard's Filling Station for .your gas and oil. See new ad. today. Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. has just received another shipment of smal picnic hams fit 20e per pound. With the protection that tlie strength of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company affords, and with tlie reputation for rour | teous and helpful attitude toward all of I its patrons, it solicits the business of I those seeking new or additional banking j facilities. Asheville Robbers Secured Only About $2,000 in Cash. Asheville,, Feb. 9.—A check of records of cash amounts stolen Sunday from the Bon Marche and the Dentons department stores by three yeggmen, in the most dar ing safe robberies ever staged in Asheville, revealed this morning that less than *2,- 000 was missing. The management of both stores announced that their firms had lost less than *I,OO each although it will be difficult to ascertain the exact amount. At Dentons it was discovered that much cash had been overlooked by the robbers in their haste to make their get-away. Funeral of Rev. Paul Barringer Wednes day Afternoon. Advicea ,from ML Pleasant at two o’clock tliia afternoon, stated that the fun- ] eral of Rev. Paul Barringer, who died ‘ there this morning, will be held Wednes-, day afternoon at 2 o'clock in Mt. Pleas-' ant. ANOTHBISTIIOENTAT ohio uomii IS UNDER SUSPICION NOW May Be Arrested For Some Part in Poisoning of Sev eral Students at University Several Days Ago. ARREST EXPECTED SOMETIME TODAY Small Quantity of Narcotics and Poisons Have Been Found in Suspect’s Room, the Officers Declare. (By tbe Associated Press) Columbus. Ohio, Feb. 10.—Arrest of another Ohio State University student in connection with the poisoning of two • students was forecast this morning by Piosecutor Chester. He said evidence had been found against a student who previously had testified before the in vestigators. The authorities are said to have found a small quantity of narcotics and poisons in the suspect’s room. Proescutor Chester said ho had in ’vestigated the story previously told by the student, and had found that it did net check in several instances. He would not say when the student wonld bp ques tioned further, or when he would be ar rested. Louis Fish, 19, freshman in the col lege of pharmacy, was being held in the city jail here today for further question ■ ing, following his admission last night that without permission he had dispensed poison capsules to David I. Puskin, a fellow student, which caused his death. Fish was held in communicado. DAVIDSON COLLEGE TRACK SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED Meet With Duke Only North Carolina Match—Three South Carolina Schools On Card. Davidson, Feb. 9.—Conch Tex Tilson and Manager J. M. Parkton today an-' nounced the 1925 track schedule for the Davidson team. The Wildcat card car ries one Virginia team, one North Caro lina, and three South Carolina schools, besides the State Olympic meet at which all the schools of the state will meet. Woffords- will be met at Davidson as will, Clcrokin CoHeae. -while -(be team yvill make trips to Blacksburg, Va., Co lumbia, S. C., nnd possibly Durham. It was desired to have the State Olym pic meet this year at Davidson on the beautiful new athletic field, but on ac count of the necessary accommodation not being available this could not be done. Practice under the supervision of Coach Tilson will begin in about two weeks. W. M. Graeey is captain of the team, being one of tlie best men in the state in the field events and the hur dles. He holds several Davidson rec ords. Tlie schedule follows: March 28 —V. P. I. at Blacksburg, Va. April 4—Wofford at Davidson. April 11—South Carolina at Colum bia. April 16—IMke at Durham (pend ing). April 26—Clemson at Davidson. May 3. —State meet at Chapel Hill. U. N. C. Quint Begin Drive to Win the Southern Crown Again. Chapel Hill, Feb. 9.—-Just back from its northern trip and with a clean slate of victories against southern teams, the Carolina bnsketball squad begins this week a series of games that should defi nitely settle the State championship and determine to a great extent the Tar Heels’ chances of winning the southern conference crown a third time. Carolina hijs met all the mnjor state quints save N. C. State which will be played tomorrow night in the Italeigh auditorium. This contest always draws large crowds. Word received here is that the girls’ colleges there will permit their students to attend en masse, thus lending to the occasion a color that, is always desirable. Choir Leader Huggins and hundreds of University students will go to Ra leigh to lend moral support to the quint, and they Will probably be accompanied by the University band. Carolina is looking for n hard fought, close game. State has defeated Duke University and split even with Wake Forest, which leads to the belief that the Teehraen have a strong team. Go to Bottom of Lake in Anto, But Are Saved. St. Paul. Feb. ().•“-' Trapped in their au tomobile 25 feet beneath the ic.v sur face of Bush lake near here, throe St. Paul men and a 12-year-old boy escaped by tearing away the side curtains and j fighting their way to the hole in the ieei through which the car had plunged. Word received here today said that the men were returning from a fishing trip Saturday night and were crossing the lake when their car dropped through a hole 20 feet square left by ice cutters. The four, quickly ripped away the side eurtnins when the car struck the bottom of the lake, and swam to the edge of the ice. Men in an automobile following pulled them from the water. Underwood Bill in. Senate Again Today. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 10.—Senate manag ers of the Underwood Muscle Shoals leas ing bill plan to call up the conference re port' on the measure in that body today. Consideration of the report was put over 1 j yesterday. ! Although supporters of the bill , were predicting adoption of tlie report by both • I the Senate and House, considerable dis cussion of the conference action was in prospect in the former body. Herrin Pacifier Anyhow, that’s what Randall Parks. 25, hopes to be He is acting sheriff of Williamson county. 111., under terms of the agreement between the Ku Klux Klan and opposing fac tions. succeeding Sheriff George Galligar. who is to remain out of the state two vear3. I < MONROE WOMAN SHOOTS HER HUSBAND •. Frank Fowler Receive a Bullet in His I Stomach. . t Monroe, Feb. it.—Frank Fowler, cous . in of Cheriff Cliff Fowler, of Union . conty, was shot and possibly fatally wounded by his wife early today. Im - mediately after the shooting, which took . place at the Fowler home, the wounded . man was rushed to Ellen Fitzgerald Hos t pital. where physicians said Mr. Fowler | had little chance for recovery, i Mr. Fowler and his wife are said not to have been living together peaceably at times, and are said to have been sep arated once or twice. Only one bullet took effect, this in the i stomach, the colon and some of the small intestines being penetrated. There were no eye-witnesses, and Mr. > 1 Fowler is said to have expressed the de sire that no action be brough against his wife in the event of his death. No 1 ' charge lias been made and no arrest or dered. An operation was performed imme diately after he had been brought to the hospital. At 11 o’clock last night, hospital au thorities said his condition was regarded ! as extremely serious. ” 'The—Fowlsre -iutTc -ope- little, sop.- ■ ■ Mr, ■' Folwer is about 35 years old. DEPUTY BOUND OVER ON GIRL’S EVIDENCE Carl Smith, of Seven Springs Section, Wayne Connty, Accused of Sordid Of fense. Goldsboro. Feb. o.—Deputy Carl Smith, of the Seven Springs section of i Wayne county, charged wifh'huving car- , nal knowledge of a girl under 16 years , of age, was tried in the county court here today and released under a bond ] of SI,OOO for his appearance at the Su- ( perior Court which will convene here* , some time in "March. Smith still claims he is innocent of j the charge brought against him and ways j he will be able to assert that he can prove his innocence in the higher court. Lottie Morgan. 15 years old, the girl in j the case, told her story clearly although faltering here today and maintained that j Smith is the only person who compromis- 1 ed her and that there were not several, as claimed by the deputy. The elder Morton asserts that he allowed the girl to "go on numerous automobile rides with Smith, but believed him to be an up right and honorable man. He refuses * to halt the prosecution by marriage or j monetary settlement. Secs South Advancing Rapidly In Pros- 1 perity. New York, Feb. !).—A spirit of pro gressiveness prevails in the south which promises well for its future growth and prosperity, according to Edward E. Loomis, president of the Lehigh railroad, who has returned from a trip to Havana and the Florida resorts. Large sections of . the south gained especially 1 through water power development, he said, and the extension of transmission lines is making itself felt. Cities and towils in Florida, he asserted, were boom ing with the spirit reminiscent of the ear ly days of larger communities in the west. i Continued Increases Shown in Retail 1 Price of Foods. Washington, Feb. !).—Continued in crease in retail food prices during the month ending January 15. was shown in ( 20 out of 22 cities for which figures were ( announced today by Hie bureau, of labor , statistics of the department of labor. The maximum increase of 4 per. cent. • wns reported at Cincinnati, Kansas City J and Savannah. A 3 per cent, increase j was shown at Butte. Mont.; Little ltock, ( Ark.: Louisville, Omaha and Peoria, 111., and 2 per cent, at Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo. Detroit, Indianapolis, Norfolk, Portland, Me., and Springfield, 111. Lincoln Given Life Sentence. (By the Associated Press! Gcneval, 111., Feb. 10.—Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer-tiorist, was sentenced to life imprisonment last night by a jury which found him guilty of the murder of his wife, Lina, whom he confessed he killed with Byron Hhoup, her brother, 1 burning the bodies and sealing their heads in a concrete block. v Lincoln's attorneys accepted the ver dict. Dr. Hun Growing Steadily Weaker. Peking. Feb. 10 (By the Associated Press). —Dr. Hun Yat Sen, whose spec tacular career in public life of" China was checked by illness after an opera tion for cancer at a hospital here about j two weeks ago, was growing Bteadily, weaker today. NO. 35 ffiUBIBEOFFERED AUTHORITIES AT ATLANTA IN ID? 4 Witness Says He Told War den Fletcher He Would Be Given Money If He Would Care For Prisoner. FLETCHER AGREED TO PROPOSITION Witness Says Fletcher Said It Would Be All Right- Former Warden Is Being Tried In Atlanta Court. Atlanta. Ga.. Feb. 10 (By the Associ ated Press). —Samuel Rothberg, Atlanta business man, testified today in the trial of A. E. Sartain and L. J. Fletcher, for mer officials of the Atlanta federal peni tentiary. and Lqwreuce liiehl of Colum bus. Ohio, that he told Fletcher early in 1924 that if he would take charge of Fred Harr. Sr., of Savannah, Ga., con victed of violating the prohibition law. ha would'be given *I.OOO. Fletcher, Sartain and Riehl are charg ed with conspiracy and bribery as a re sult of a Federal investigation of alleged . conditions at the prison. As a result of a eonferenee with Mr. and Mrs. Marshall McKenzie, formerly of Atlanta, but now of Savannah, Rothberg said he first told Fletcher, deputy ward en at the prison, that he was sure Willie Haar, the elder Haar’s son. would appre ciate any courtesy shown his father. This conversation with Fletcher lie testified occurred in December, 1!>24. Later, Rothberg said, he again saw Fletcher, and told him if lie would take care of the elder Haar, “Wilie Haar would see to it that the deputy warden would be cared for in the sum of *15,000.” “What did Fletcher say,” District At torney Clint W. Hager, asked. “He said that would be all right.” FAYETTEVILLE MAN IS* TOLD WILL GET RICHES Lawyers Assure Edmund Edwards He Is Sure of Wraith From Edwards’ Es tate. Fayetteville, Feb- 10.—“ It may come, but I don t know that will cliange iny iife much,” said Edmond Andenson Hd 5?«r.(K engineer, at. Uje Pittman hospital . . here today and when asked about the fortune of *12.000,000 which New York, and Norfolk lawyers say he will in herit if the Edwards heirs win their suit for the possession of the land on which Trinity church is situated, in the heart of New York's financial district. "Dr. Pittman says he can’t do with out me,” he added, “I attend to the laundry and keep the building at the right temperature.” And the old man de clared that if the money fell to him he would give most of it to orphanages nnd hospitals, after providing for his chil dren. “I don’t need it myself,” he said, “and my* children have plenty, but I have made a will and provided for them, and there will be enough to fix them all.” A Norfolk lawyer made the trip to » Fayetteville nnd assured Edwards that hin claim' had been established to tbe property, which he aid wns valued at *4,000.000 and that the city 6f New York urns anxious to settle the case. Edwards is a retired ministers of the Missionary Baptist church and hns preached’in Charlotte, Norfolk, Rome, Ga., and Oxford. Miss. He hns live children, 19 grandchildren and tive great-grandchildren. The oldest son is said to have a fortune of *IOO,OOO in vested in laundrys in Atlanta and Char lotte. Six Killed in Accident. (By the Associated Press) Chester. Pa.. Feb. KU —Four men and two women were killed and another wom an seriously injured today when a shift ing locomotive on tlie Pennsylvan : a Rail road. struck a motor truck and motor car nt a grade crossing in Marcus Hook, near here. Fog Still Envelopes New York. (By the Associated Preaa) New York, Feb. 10.—Tlie heavy fog which yesterday caused a series of ele vated railroad accidents resulting in the death of two men and injury to sixty persons, still lay over the city today. Traffic on land and sea was delayed. Tlie Prince of Wales, who has been elected president of the Royal Cale donian Curling Club, is not the first ro yalty to honor the ‘roarin’ game's” gov erning body. As far back as 1843 tlie Prince Consort became patron of (he club, and in later years his example wns followed by King Edward nnd King George. The. Prince of Wales, however, Will be the first royal president. He as sumes office in July, and it is hoped will be present at. one of the functions connected with the visit of the Canadian curlew. WHAT SMITTTH CAT HAYS Unsettled with occasional showers to i night and Wednesday, colder in the west ■ portion Wednesday; colder Wednesday < night. -• ——