North Carolina Newspapers

5 ASs' W J 2 DISPATCHES t VOLUME XXV 1 STATE'LEBBUTURE i DOWN TO HARD WORK! 111 FINAL SESSIONS Day and Night Sessions Are Held Daily as the Solons Strive to Pass on Bill Pre sented to Them. i DETERMINED TO FINISH TASKS Solons Were Slow Starting But They Are Working Double Time Now to Com plete the Work. (By the Associated Frees) Raleigh, Feb. 25.—That the 1025 Gen eral Assembly has hit its stride and got ten down to hard work is not .doubted in Italeigh now. Almost any time of day and the early t'me of the night there is something go ing on in the eapitol—if not a session of either house or senate, then a meeting of some committee. It is. very noticeable that there are very few legislators at the shows this week, and even the hotel lob bies appear more empty except around meal hours. ■ Hearing Set For Friday. Raleigh. Feb. 25.—A committee hear ing will be conducted here at 3:30 Fri / day afternoon on the bill launched in the house several days ago by Representative Braswell to allow withdrawals from the co-operative associations. The bearing is expected to attract* one of the largest crowds seen in the eapitol since the Poole anti-evolution bill was under consideration. Wants More Money For Confederate Vet erans. Raleigh, Feb. 25.—A bill to increase the Confederate pensions by approxi mately 33 1-3 per cent, was introduced In the Senate today by Senator Heath. A large number of local measures were al so introduced. New Record For New Bills. Raleigh. Feb. 25.—The greatest num ber of new bills introduced at any one day's session of the 1025 General Assembly was sent forward today in the House. Miss Julia Alexander, of Mecklenburg set. a new individual record?by introducing 15;of the 82 new bills. Though a number of Rfpre»ent*tSve Alexander*- bills were, of a local character, some were' of a state wide nature, and some of the locals were of more than ordinary interest. Among her bills were: To’make it violation of law to publish the name of the woman in cases of crim inal attack. To retire teachers of the state on pen sion after 25 years’ service. To make it a misdemeanor for officials ' to obtain by third degree methods con fessions from criminals. To repeal the absentee voters law. To pi-event public officers from being election officials. Representative Connor introduced a bill which went forward in. the Senate yesterday to provide a third $5,000,000 school loan fund. The minority report on the Australian ballot system bill was introduced and adopted in the House, bringing the measure directly before the body for consideration. II ATTORNEYS. FOUR , DEFENDANTS STRIKE Row in German Court Between Law/ yers For Communists and Judge Comes to Head. Lcipsic, Feb. 24.—A row in court to day between Judge Nieder and at torneys for the defense in the trial of 13 communists charged with murder and terroristic acts, reached a climax this afternoon in a strike of 11 attor neys for the defense and Os four of the defendants. ■ i The morning session came to a pre cepitate end with the forcible removal from the court by the police of Attorney Arthur Banter, one of the lawyers for the prisoners, after a hot verbal ex change with the judge over the court procedure. After luncheon the de fendants’ attorneys’ attorneys requested the court to adjourq until Thursday while they made representations to the department of justice with regard to the handling of the case. When the states attorney objected, claiming such procedure would , lower the judiciary in the eyes of the people, the court withdrew for a deliberation which lasted an hour and a 'half and then declined to accede to the wishes of tho defense. • - All the attorneys except two assigned by the state to defendants unable to secure counsel, left the court room. Court adjourned until tomorrow. Mrs. Sheppard Refuses to Testify. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. 25.— Mrs. William D. Sheppard who was a co-guardian of the ■millionaire orphan, WillUpi N. McCHn lock, today refused to testify at the in quest into the death of the young tnan. Her. husband, foster-father and chief beneficiary of the ot|>han’« will which was drawn leas thn^ ( •». year ago, right after he became at a pre i vious session had refined to testify. Prisoner KHled Trying to Hwape. (By tho Associated Press) Raleigh, Feb. 25.—1 n the third break for freedom oLState prisoners is as maay weeks, Charles? Jackson, 29, of Edgecomb county, was instantly killed aha John McDowell, negro, of Rockingham, was wounded by guards this morning, break occurred at the ftefero prison-farm, just outside of Raleigh. . . ■ .i NEW INTEREST CREATED IN THE STOKES TRIAL 'Arrival rt W. E. D. Stokes, Jr., in CW | cage, Gives Rise to New Sensation. , (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. 25.—The trial of W. E, |D. Stokes, New York millionaire, and three co-defendants, charged with conspir ing to defame hiq second wife, Mrs. Hel en Wood Stokes, received increased at- I 1 tedticn today after the unexpected arriv al from New York of W. E. Stoke*. Jr. No announcement was forthcoming from attorneys as tot the probable part of the young man who was mentioned in the defense's opening statement in the trial and who w;(s sued by his step-moth er in 1023 after id letter alleged to have been written by him in revelation of inti macy with Mrs. Stokes was read in the first Stokes suit for $1,000,000 which al leged character defamation, never has been brought to trial. In outlining its present ease the de fense asserted that the allegations of in timacy with his stepmother Young Stokes made in what has come to be known as the "darling pop’’ letters would be prov en. That letter read: "My darling Pop: I'm sorry to say that I was intimate with Helen at Xar ragansett Pier this fall. W. E. I). Stokes, Jr., Jan. 11, 1919." FRENCH IN FURY OVER CLAIM UNKNOWN SOLDIER IS GERMAN Story Spread That Man Buried (o Typify Heroes Was ' Not ' French Rouses Rage. (Copyright, 1925, “Philadelphia Record" and New York. World.) Paris, Feb. 28.—Some German papers are trying to make the people believe the Unknown Soldier buried beneath the Arc dc Trlomphe is not a French war rier, but a Buerttemburg infantryman, and Paris is seething. All France has built up a cult about this unidentified man, who symbolixes the sacrifice, devotion and bravery of the French army. The people’s fury at the German insinuation is equaled only by their contempt for what one papei calls German “stupidity and bad faith.” The Stahlheim, organ of a German nationalist organisation, credits the story to a Swiss source. It gives the name of the German soldier as August Schultz of the twenty-third Stuttgart regiment. The article declares the Freeh authori ties. when they opened he coffin, actual ly found the man’s German identification button. APPROVE PLAN FOB THE WALTER PAGE SCHOOL North Carolina Society of Baltimore Adopts Resolutions Approving of the Plans for the School. (By the Associated Press) Baltimore, Ff>b. 28. —Establishment of the Walter Hines Page, School of inter national relations at Johns Hopkins Unt- TBKltp was commended as being ‘‘worthy of the most) active and- generous sup port” in a resolutions adopted unani mously at the annual dinner of the North Carolina Society of Baltimore last night. Walter Hines Page after whom the new school at Hopkins is named, is a native of North Carolina, and similar resolutions endorsing the establishment of the school at Hopkins have befen adopted by the North Carolina Society of New York and other, cities, it was announced at the dinner. Representative Charles L. Abernethy, of the third North Carolina congression al district, was among the other speak ers. Killed Sister to End Suffering is De fense in Court. Paris, Feb. 24.—“1 killed her because I wanted to open the gates of heaven to her,” said Anna Levasseur, a middle aged dressmaker who sho-t and instant ly killed her sister Annis on February 16. when she was arraigned before the investigating magistrate today charged wth murder. The woman explained that her sister was suffering from tuberculosis of an advanced stage and that she shot her to relieve her suffering. She denied her act had been influenced by the killing by Mile. Uminaska, a Polish actress, of her fianeee to believe him from agony of an incurable disease. Mile Uminaska recently was acquitted. “I am a firm be’lever in the here after,” declared Anna Levasseur today. “I have no fear of going to the great beyond to meet my sister if men sen tence me to die.” , ~ The physicians who have examined the Levasseur woman say she is ration- V— Wants Cotton Statistics. (By the Press I Washington, Feb. 25.—Creation of a joint Congressional commission on cot ton statistics to inquire into cotton rec ords in the Census Bureau would be au thorized in a resolution approved today by the Senate and'sent to the House. The resolut : on, introduced by Seenator Smith, democrat, of South Carojina. would order an examination and audit of cotton statistics in the Census Bureau with a view to determining the amount of surplus cotton, if any, on hand. The commission would be composed of three Senators and three Representatives. Watson Case In Charlotte Court. (By the Associated Press) Charlotte, Feb. 25. —That Thomas I. Watson, of Greensboro, who killed Jos eph E. McDonough, of the same city, February 15th, was so overcome with the shock when he found the man in a room with Mrs. Watson at a local ho tel, that he was irresponsible was the general tenor of the plea the defense was prepared to make with the calling of the case in Superior Court this afternoon. Hie U. B.—Mecklenburg Seaqul-Centen ntal Commission. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 25.x-Establishment of the United States-Meeklenburg sea -1 pui-centennial commission would be au i tborised in a bill approved today by the i Senate without debate. It would com i prise three persons appointed by the , President, four senators and four repre sentatives. f : " *”’ CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1925 TWO HIRE *sTs HIDE IN CM FOR DRUG PEDDLERS Dallas Dentist and Pretty Gastonia Girl Are In the Hands of Officers as Re sult of Raid Tuesday. MISS ORAN HICKS GIRL ARRESTED Dr. A. V. Boyles is Dentist Arrested—2s People Have Been Arrested in Drive During the Week. (By the Associated Press) Ohar'.iAte, Feb; 25. —A Dallas dentist and a pretty Gastonia girt today were in the hands of Federal agents who are con ducting anti-narcotics drive in this pa,rt of Nortli Carolina; Miss Oran Hicks, arrested after offi cers had raided her home in Gastonia and found a supply of morphine valued at $2,000. and nine hypodermic syringe*. Dr. A. V. Boyles was arrested in Dal las while in his automobile hi the act of selling n container of morphine, according to officers. His automobile was confis cated. These arrests brought the "total num ber of person* that have fallen into'the . far flung net* of the agents to approxi > mutely 25. The pretty Gastonia girl has been used as a plant in the opinion of officers, and her home utilized for storage purposes. She confessed, agents said, that site had been distributing narcotics under the di rection of someone else, to Charlotte, Greensboro and several other cities in the state. TRAFFICKING IN YOUNG GIRLS IS CHARGED Well Organized' Ring at Work In the -Judgment of Welfare Official. Durham, Feb. 24.—What is regarded ; as an organized ring in the traffic of , young girls, creating a situation here more serious than it has been for years, is expected to be broken up with the ? arrest of alleged ring-leadera wjthin the next forty-eight hours. ' "White slavery in its worst aspect.” , is how the condition ig characterized by . one local official. Girls Of-age*eanging from fourteen -to nineteen years of age have been reported missing from their > homes here and near here. During, the past two weeks, seven young girls, most pf them sixteen and under, have disap- : peared from homes here. One of them. Margarett Bennett, sixteen, of Pope j Street, has just been returned to her home after her discovery by police in a Goldsboro resort, where she had been an inmate for two weeks. Violet Wilborn, age 17, of Morning Glory Avenue,- disappeared from her home last night and no trace of her has been uncovered. Evidence has been coL , leeted by W. E. Stanley, superintendent of health and public welfare here, that a well organized gang is operating in Durham and in other cities in North Carolina. The girls are being procured deliberately, in his opinion, for road houses and resorts in and near ejtiee of the state. A road house near Durham, under sus picion. will probably be raided within ( the next twen y-four bouts. In most insta wees, it appears, the young girls have been approached through cas ual aoquanitances They have been per suaded to oast their lot in the road | houses of this and other counties and have apparently left of their own free' will, accepting the new order and prov ing easy prey for the procurers. Noted Speakers for Sunday School Con- 1 vention. , (By the Associated Press) Greensboro, Feb. 25.—A number of specialists in Sunday school work will make addresses at the annual State. Sun day School Convention which is to be held here April 28, 29 and 30, according to an announcement received here from D. W. Sims, general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School As sociation. • , Among the speakers that have been announced are Dr. Charles W. Brew baker, Dayton, Ohio, general secretary ’ of Sunday school work for the United Brethren Church; Charles Darise, St. Louis. Mo., who will do special work in the convention along the line of the organized adult Bible class.; Dr. Persy . R. Hayward, Chicago, 111., will be in charges of the special conferences for ■ workers for young people; Mbs Meme I Brockway, Philadelphia, Pa., who will . be in charge of the cradle roll depart ' inent workers, and Thomas S. Evans, who will work in the interest of the Daily ' Vocation Bible School. Mrs. Fulton Bagtey. High In Society, Found Drowned. West Palm, Fla., Feb. 24.—Washed on the beach a half mile below the Breakers pier early today, a woman’s partially clad body quieted all doubt as to the Vera City rumors that someone had jumped from the pier last night at 9 o’clock. The identity of the victim was established as Mrs. Fulton Barley, guest at the Breakers hotel and social ly prominent in New York, where she lives at 957 Park Avenue. Shortly after the discovery by Cecil Connelly, Palm Beach town employe, had been reported to the Breakers, Mrs. Fos ter Gilroy, of New York, reported Mrs. Bagley. her friend with whom she was sl.aring a room, had been missing all night. She identified the alipuers and hat found on the pier last night ay be longing to Mrs. Bagley. "Fib” is an abbervlation of fable, An improbable atory. LKNTKM ajcABON BEGINS j Forty Days to Be Observed In Many Churches as Special Period of Prayer. New York, -Feb. 25.—-With the bless ng and placing on forehead of ashes, th* Lenten season of 40 days of penanee was usherea in - today. It was Ash Wednesday. the city, ih Catholic, Eploeopal and some of the Lutheran churiliea the day was observed with special services. In the Catholic churches special masses were said and sermons bearing on the season were; (treadled. Previous to Hie mass, howev-: er, the ashes, mqile bjt burning palms' left over floin last year; were blessed. After the mass they f'vcre distributed. With the advent W Lent there comes 1 a slowing up of-fioci|l gayeties in town.; In fact, the sfeason ’ ft practically closed,j and departures- for the' 1 South, the Pa cific const or Europe are increasing daily. Dinners, opera, bridge parties and sew ing, classes, varied by numerous concerts and other enteriaintbents for charity, with a few very Small and private dances thrown in, comprise the usual diversions of New York high society during the penitential period. This is the time when society women remaining in town rest and recliperale after their winter of gayety and get them Selves in good con dition for spring travels and summer dis sipations. Lectures are a daily diet. Art, literature, polities, history and hy giene are discussed to the mental and physical improvement of the listeners. It is a harvest time for teachers of va rious arts. Riding lessons 'form a part of the program durißg Itent, while sing ing. fancy dancing, swimming, fencing skating and gymnastics ail are prac tised by the fashionable young women of society who, as d matter of fact, en joy these occupations as a contrast to their more conventional life of the wint er. Lent is a season Os forty days, not in cluding its Sundhys. .Up to the sixth century, however, it was only 36 days, this being q tenth of the year and, figur atively, a tithe of the Christian’s time. It is generall accepted that the time was lengthened by Pope <sregory the Great. The word "Lent.”: which is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “leneten spring.” from the season in lrliich it occurs, is used to. designate thq solemn period of devotion and abstinen [e which has from early times preceded i le feast of Easter. It is mentioned as ei rly as the time of Irenaeus in the seem i century and he speaks of it as not n trely something of his ow : n time but of n*ieh earlier date. The forty days of Lent, ecclesiastical ly, call upon the faithful children of the church for abstinence from the ordinary social pleasures, for special devotion to the duties of the Christian life, for the .exercise of self-restraint and self-sacri- j fice ami for a general bracing of the , tone of the spiritual life by devout ref- - erenoe to the standard set by Christ Hiin •etf. ■ v £ ■ It,is. in fact, an episMe in the Chris flaw life not to bp- mmSt by those who toakft the year the following of the path way of Christ through human life from the manger of Bethleheih Which is in sight at Christian to the triump of Eas ter. Along this pathway leads inevit- I ably to the Passion and those who learn the meaning of that Passion in the volun . tary observance of the Lenten season will | not, says the church, blench from the temptations and sorrows of life when they eOme in the sure eburse of expe rience. Thus Lent becomes not a dreary round of ascetic observances but a very prac tical opportunity for testing the readi ne«s of life for its storms and sorrows and, a means of deepening and strength? ening' the hold of the soul On the things which make forthe 1 highest happiness and value of human life. EXCUSES TO STAY OUT BULK OF TELEPHONING Men Explaining to Wives They Have a “Conference” Keep the Wire Busy. Los Angeles, Feb. 25. —Dnily con ferences held after business hours in (Los Ange’es mount up into the thous ands, according to N. R. Powley and ‘G. De Nevers, Southern California tele phone officials, who say that around 5 o’clock every evening several thousand business men call up to inform their wives that they can't get 'home to dinner, usually because of n "confer ence.” “During the brief (jeriod between 4:46 and 5:10 p. m. the teiepuone girls handle more calls a minute than at 'any other time during the day,” said Mr. Powley. “The bulk of them are men calling up their wives about not being able to get home to dinner.” Various other factors that make the traffic in telephone cal's jump and cause switchboards to light up like the proverbial Christnins tree, said Mr. De Nevers, are fires." explosions and radio announcers requesting listeners-in- to “call up and let us know how you hear us.” If a day opens With clear weather and rain comes up later the number of phone calls increases 'Unbelievably the officiate said. Everybody 'Seeifii te be calling up to cancel engagements : or to rent. taxicabe; i Checking over tlie 1,750, 000 calls a day,? the telephone operators say that the popular notion is correct, men can not compete with women in long con fersations. , Representative Christ Out Improved. I (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, Feb. 25. —Representative Christian of Cumberland County, who was knocked down by a taxicab Monday and seriously hurt, was reported slightly better this morning. It was stated at the hospital to which he was taken that he had partially regained consciousness. Senator Stanley Besting Comfortably. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 25.—Senator Stan ley, of Kentucky, who was injured yes terday by a “bit and run” automobile driver, was resting more comfortably this i morning at an emergency hospital here. I postal Pay Conference Report Adopted. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 25.— The confer ence report on postal pay and rate invi ' crease bill was adopted todsy by the House. SENATOR M’CORMfCK DIED DURING DAY AT CAPITAL HOTEL Senator Was Found Dead in Hotel Room After Attempt Was Made to Gain En-; trance to tlie Room. PARTICULARS”OF UNKNOWN Death Was Caused by Gas tric Hemorrhages One Re port Issued During the Day Declared. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 25.—Senator Medill McCormick, of Illinois, died here early today. The Senator was found dead in his room at the Hamilton Hotel at 10 o'clock. ' Circumstances surrounding hi* death were not immediately available./ His, office declined to make any announce ment. It was said at the hotel, how ever. that the death was the immediate result of gastrict hemorrhages. Senator McCormick’s death was dis covered when Dr. Noble P. Barnes, who had been attending, was called after ho tel attendants found his room looked and couUl get no reply to requests for admittance. Formal announcement of the senator's death was made ,in the Senate by his colleague, Senator McKinley, and the Senate immediately adjourned until to morrow out of respect to his memory. Shock to Chicago Friends. Chicago, Feb. 25. —News of the death of Senator Medill McCormick in Wash ington was so entirely unexpected that at the moment press wires were carrying bulletins of his death, the Senator's of fice herb could not credit the dispatches. Mrs. McCormick, who is here, had not at the time received the news, Gen. Frank Dixon, the Senator’s personal represen tative here said. Mrs. McCormick was entirely unprepar ed for the shock of the news of her hus band's death. She was virtually prostrat ed, but nevertheless prepared to depart at , Up. m. for Washington. CHAMPION CLAIMANT ADMITS Philadelphian, Tiring as Senator and Governor, Agrees to Defer Inaugural da Holday. Washington, D. C.. Feb. 24.—Pierson M. Stackhouse, df Nineteenm street above Columbia avenue .Philadelphia, who came to Washington anout four years ago, announcing that he was to be sworn in to succeed Senator Boies Penrose, aghin showed up in the national Capitol today, and this time it was no mere Senatorial toga which lie sought. He told guards at the Senate chamber, where he went directly from the train, 1 that he was there to be sworn in as President of the United States, to ’which 'high office he had been elected by a majority of 13.000,000 votes. Stackhouse, who te 75 years old, was well dressed and Dignified in manner. He wore an ddd-appearing gray derby, with a flat top. and his finely chiseled features would attract attention any where. He was informed that a» today tea holiday it would be impossible to have the inauguration ceremonies for him today.and he was advised to return to Philadelphia to await, developments. He left for home on an afternoon train. Mr. Stackhouse informed some of those who talked to him while he was waiting around the Senate door that he had been serving ns Governor of Penn sylvania. Finger Prints by Radio Flashed Across Atlantic. London, Feb. 25.—A1l the police chiefs in the principal cities of the United States, and other parts of the world, have been supplied with the key of a new telegraphic code perfected by Superintendent Charles Collins, of the finger print bureau at Scotland Yard. Undef this plan, by which tlie radio is brought into play to asist tlie work of detectives in tracing criminals, the rec ords pf'ipersons held on suspicion may be obtained by wireless broadcasting of their finder prints. The, first use °f toe new system was made recently ‘when a man arrested in London waS identified in New Yqrk upon receipt of‘finger-pritits taken here. The suspect had no police record in Lon don, but Scotland Yilrd officials doubled the .man’s alibi and sent his prints by radio ito 'the New York police, the records of the bureau in that city re vealing him as a well known criminal. I In establishing the identity of the (prisoner held in London, approximately sixty letters and figures were used in the Scotland Yard code system. American Flagship Is Aground. Manila, Feb. 25 (By- the Associated Press). —The'U. S. S. Huron, flagship of the American fleet in Asiatic waters, is aground off Maiampaya Sound, Island of Palawan, 200 miles southeast of Ma nila. a radiogram received here today said. Advices fronj the Huron said the ship was resting easily and' probably would ibe pulled out of danger and re-floated by three navy tugs from Tugs will not reach the Huron until tomor row, however. Salisbury Physician Leaves Luge Prog wiy. Salisbury, Feb. 24.—D. F. Watson died today at the borne of a son, J. ■H. Watson, in this city, at the agr of :t 94 rears, leaving five children, thirty > six grandchildren and sixty-seveu great grandchildren. ' THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness at Opening With First Prices Ranging 11 to 2# Points Higher. (By the Associated Press) New York, Feb. 25. —The cotton mar ket showed renewed firmness at the open ing today owing to the continued strength of Liverpool, complaints of inadequate rains in the southwest, and reports that no further notices had been issued. First prices were 11 to 26 points higher, and active months sold 15' to 22 points above, yesterday's closing, with old crop posi tions making new high ground for the movement. May contracts sold up to ■25.00, the highest price touched- since the decline to for that position toward the end of last month, and trade inter ests were good buyers of neqr months, while there appeared to be broadening commission house deipand. A good deal of realising at the advance was absorbed on comparatively slight reactions. Opening prices were: March 24.65; May 24.95; July 25.27; October 25.08; December 25.11. POST OVERSEAS CONSIDERED FOR MRS. PATTERSON Consider North Carolina Woman as Min ister to Siam. Washington, Feb. 24. —Mrs. Lndsny Patterson, member of the Republican i,a- ' , timial committee for Nor/h Carolina, is 1 here for a short stay. Mrs. Patterson ' is receiving serious consideration by the ' State department for a foreign post, and 1 she has strong backing by Republican ! national leaders. Mrs. Patterson par ticipated in the last presidential cam- 1 paigu in a number of states under the 1 auspices of the speakers’ bureau of her 1 committee. Should the State department inquire of the North Carolina senators with re spect to the fitness of Mrs. Patterson for employment in the foreign field they will put in a good word for her. Os late days the name of Mrs. Patterson has figured in connection with the position of minister to Siam, and her friends are under the impression she would ho very glad to accept this post. CHARGE HIGH POINT MEN BURNED THEIR STORE David Harris and Henry C. Zaban Were , Bound Over to Supreme Court After , Hearing. (By the Associated Press) High Point, Feb. 25.—David Harris | and Harry C. Zaban, High Point 'mer chants, today were at liberty under bonds ] of $2,000 each, following preliminary j hearing in municipal coart last night ) when they were ordered held for Guil- i ford Superior Court on charges of in- , cendiarism. I Harris and Zaban -are charged with , having burned their store here on the night of January 22nd The State eon* | .tfWwi. fit the hearing that firemen smell- . ea gasoline when., they entered the build ing to fight the blare. The two tfe- 1 fendnnts denied the charges. Harris claiming he was ouf of the city at the time of the fire. 1 REVOLT BY KURDISH MEN REPORTED IN LONDON ’ _ l Extent of Revolt Ta Not Known as the 1 Dispatches Give Meager Accounts. i Constantinople, Feb. 25 (By the Asso- i dated Press). —Kurdish insurgents are i reported to have captured the city of Kharput in eastern Asia Minor. i Not Known Whether Revolt- Is Serious. 1 London, Feb. 25.—Authentic details i regarding the outbreak in Kurdistan re- i ported from Constantinople have thus far been insufficient to establish wheth- ■ era serious revolt against Turkish rule 1 is in progress or whether as officially 1 represented at Angora, the trouble is ’ merely local. 1 War Game on Large Scale Staged for ] Pacific Coast. (By the Associated Press) 'San Pedro, Calif., Feb. 2a.—Half of 1 the personnel of the United States navy 1 will engaged in what is declared to be one of the greatest sham battles in 1 American naval history, off the coast of Lower California, Mexico, some time be tween February 25th and March 12th, when the Pacific battle fleet, based here, is to go forth to meet the scouting fleet from the east coast, theoretically trying , to force an entrance to Los Angeles har bor. The combined strength of the fleets engaged in the maneuvers will be 13 battleships, 120 scout cruisers, destroy ers and other war craft and 12 squad rons of* aircraft. These Will be manned by some 40,000 men. The eastern fleet of Vice Admiral Josiah S. McKecn is scheduled to leave its winter quarters at Guantanamo Bay February 13th, but, theoretically, it will be late in the month when Admiral S. S. Robison, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, learns that the "enemy” is approaching ind leaves' here to meet them. The probahle meeting place will be Magdalena Bay, Lower California, as the eastern fleet will seek to es tablish a base there. Admiral Ooontz, cotnmsndei'-m-ohief of the naval forces, will witness the "battle” from his flag ship, the Seattle. After the battle problem has been solved the two fleets will unite and pro ceed to Los Angeles harbor for over hauling. preparatory to sailing to Ha waii about the first of April. With Our Advertisers. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. has just received a big lot of beds. See new ad. for particulars and prices. Curtain goods in a .big variety at the Parks-Belk Co.'S store. Read the new ' ad. today if you need anything «-in this [ line. I Nobody knows what electricity is, but , we all know what it dods. W. J. Heth cox can make it work for you. See ad. Another ear of those good Florida oranges at the Orange Store at 41 South . Union street. Do you need an attractive new table? i The Concord Furniture \ Company has . Just what you are looking for..' E New dresses of flannel, both practical - and stylish may be found at the J. C. t Penney Co, They are reasonably priced too at $9.00. % W 1 • TODAY i e ft ft ft ft ft ft ft NO. 47 LipfiiH WHEN SHE DOCKED Several Hundred Gallons of Liquor Found on Transport Beaufort When She Put In at Norfolk Harbor. LIQUOR DISCOVERED IN OFFICERS ROOM Inquiry Will Be Made to Place Blame.—Navy Or ders Violated by All Who Had Any of Whiskey. (By the Associated Press) • Norfolk, Va., Feb. 25.—Several hun dred gallons of liquor were seized aboard the naval transport. Beaufort, when she docked here last night from the West In d:es, by a detachment of marines under the,direction of Capt. Wilbert Smith, as sistant commander of the Naval Base here. The liquor is said to have been found in the state rooms of the various officers, ranging in rank from pay' clerk to Lieu-t. Tiie order for the raid on the Beaufort was issued by Rear Admiral Roger Welles, commander of the sth naval dis trict, who is said to have received infor mation of tiie liquor being aboard the transport from customs officials here. ; The confiscated liquor was taken to ' the administration building at the base, where it will be held, it was stated today, until a court of inquiry can be convened to iuvest'gate and fix responsibility for its being aboard the-Beaufort. Naval Regulations Apparently Violated. Washington, Feb. 25. —Violations of the prohibition law as well as of navy reg ulations are apparently involved in the case of the Navy transport Beaufort. which transported liquor into Hampton Roads, it was pointed out here today by government officials. No report has reached the Navy De partment, and the action to be taken will not be announced until Secretary Wilbur has had opportunity to study the case. It is said, however, that those found guilty might be tried either by a Federal court for violating the prohibition laws, or by court martial. ' PISORD'KkIh FEATURE OF CHICAGO ELECTION f Only About One-Third of City’s Quali fied Voters Participate.—Kidnapping and Shootings. Chicago, Feb. 24.—Most of Chicago's fifty aldermen were re-elected today and seven bend issues totalling $13,500,000 were approved in an election in which only about one-third of the city's quali fied electorate participated. Upwayd of 500,000 voters went to the polls, where as a vote of more than 600,000 had been anticipated. The election dny was featured through out by disorders and kidnappings and ended with the theft of a ballot box and the shooting of one of four men who attempted to kidnap a precinct clerk. The main issue in the election was Mayor Denver's plan for the city to take over the street railway and elevated lines by purchase. In several wards where his issue was paramount, no can didate succeeded in obtaining a clear ma jority and the two highest candidates will fight it ont at the polls on April 7th. . There will be little change in the po litical complextion of the council, it was indicated. A number of aldermanic candidates and their lieutenants were kidnaped dur ing the day and taken away from poll ing places. Most of them, however, were dumped from automobiles i other parts of the city with warnings to stay away from the poll*. > Repeal Law Which Barred Cigarette Sale in Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 24.—The state senate today passed a bill repealing the old law barring the sale of cigarettes in ; Kansas. The vote was 26 to 0. The measure now goes to the house. The Kansas anti-cigarette law, adopt ed in 1000, prohibited the sale of cigarettes within.the state. In recent years, however, the statute has not Deen rigidly enforced. The effect of the law lias been to raise the retail price of a 15 cent package of cigarettes to 25 cents. Kansas was one of the first States to place a ban on cigarettes. Fate of the repeal measure in the house is proljlematical. ‘ ' T :i Gloria Swanson Improved. (By the Associated Press) Paris. Feb. 25. —Gloria Swanson, Am erican film star, who underwent an oper ation last week, passed an excellent night, says a report from the clinic where she is resting. Her condition is greatly im proved, her fever having distinctly di minished. WHAT SHITTY’S CAT SAYS U—iiwic.jn’ . ~„if '■.'ffiP I Showers tonight *nd Thursday morn. ing;, warmer- in . e»«t portion tonight, I colder Thursday, much colder ThuredaS n, « ht ' V;.-: . l