North Carolina Newspapers

l AS^^j • DISPATCHES i VOLUME XXV lEmm NSMED FOR OFFICE B» THE GOVERNOR H. Hoyle Sink Appointed Commissioner of Pardons Under Act Passed by the Last Legislature. PARDON REQUESTS BE BEFORE HIM He Will Report to Governor Who Wfll Still Be Vested With Clemency Power as In the Past. Raleigh. March 28 (By the Associated Press).—Governor McLean today ap pointed H. Hoyle Sink, of Islington, in Davidson County, to be commissioner of pardons under the act passed by 1025 (ieneral Assembly. The Governor's action put an end to speculation in official circles, which h«s been rife during the past few weeks, as to who would be given the commission. The pos'-tion was first tendered former Judge J. Ix>yd Horton, of the Superior Court, who declined it because of a de sire to return to the practice of law. Mr. Sink is a lawyer. As commissioner of pardons, Mr. Sink will hear all appeals for executive clem ency matters which heretofore have taken a major portion of the Governor's time. He will make investigation of all cases and report the findings to the Governor. The clemency power, however, will still be vested to the Executive, the pardon commissioner being an of ficer. Bodies of Mrs. McCUntOck and Dr. Obon Are Exhumed. Chicago, March 27.—Prom the grave in which It had lain for fifteen years the body of Mrs. Emma Nelson McClin tock, mother of the late William Nelson McClintock, youthful millionaire, was taken today for a belated autopsy. Like wise, the body of Dr. Oscar Olson, broth er of Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal courts, was exhumed after a three years’ interment. Both will be examined by coroner’s chemists to de termine if passible the cause of their deaths. MfA Buchanan Sentenced to Priam. aim««esr***u*.r >- • " Washington, March 28.—STF3C Marga ' ret Buchanan, former secretary to Repke . sentative Kendall, of Pennsylvania) War sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the District Os Columbia Supreme Court today on conviction of forgery. Preparing for Masonic Meeting. (By the Associated Press) Gastonian, March 28. —A group- of 25 Masons is engaged in making prepara tions for the grand lodge of grand bodies to be held here in May. CAGED BY CIRCUM STANCES Opportunities come and go untouched and unaccept ed by moat people. - Because they are tied down, caged and fettered by having no money ahead. Graspirtg opportunity is not so much a matter of courage or alertness, as it is of having a starter in the form of ready-money saved. Start toward freedojn and success at once by— Taking Shares » Series No. • 55 of this Old Reliable Build-? ing and Loan Association. All Stock is Non-Taxable. Shares have been matur ing in 328-weeks. Running Shares 25 cents per week per share, Prepaid Shares $72.25 per share. NOW IS THE TIME CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAVINGS ASSO CIATION - Office in Concord National Bank The Concord Daily Tribune i I Sira. Louise Uriinm. Oskanip of On- L-lfmaO. 0.. was awarded fioo.uoo damages from her father-in-law. W. B. P. Oskump. wealthy jeweler, when she accused him of having alienated the love of her h uuband, W. Herbert Oskaiuo. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Today at Decline of 7 to IS Points Under Continuation of Selling Movement. (By the Associated Press) New York, March 28. —The cotton- mar ket opened today at a decline of 7 to 16 points under a continuation of yester day’s • selling movement. Liverpool was relatively steady as n result of subsiding liquidation, covering and trade buying, but showing 6f the cables seemed to make little impression on the market locully and active months sold 22 to 24 points lower, May declining to 24.70 and Oc tober 4«» 34J17. for uhfs*flled Weather ftti-i- Sunday in the southwest'may have ac counted for some of the selling and it looked as if old long lines carried over yesterday’s break were coming on the market this morning. Spot house brok ers were buyers of May and there was considerable covering, but tlie market was within a point or. two of the lowest at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. May 24.88; July 25.14; Oct. 24.47; Dec. 24.49; Jan. 24.30. CAMBRIDGE WINS BOAT RACE WITH OXFORD CREW Latter Crew Had to Abandon Race Ow ing to 'Water Logged Condition of Their Boat. Putney, March 28- (By the Associated Press). —The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race ended sensationally this after noon when the Oxonions after rowing about two miles in very rough water, were forced to abandon the contest, ow iqg to water logged condition of their boat. Cambridge led almost from the start, and at the time the dark blue collapsed was leading by about 120 yards. Cambridge finished the race, winning in 21 minutes and 51 seconds. The course was a little more than four miles long. With Our Advertisers. The Efird chain, of which the Efird store in Concord is a link, is the south’s greatest merchandise distributor, says ad. You can buy with safety from any of them. J. A. Simpson, the photographer will pay $5.00 for a name for the studio he is opening over the Porter Drug Store. See ad. Have you heard the New Columbia with the new process records? Go to the store of the Concord Furniture Co. and hear it. You are $12,000 richer than you were yesterday. Read the ad. of Hoover’s. , Expert workmanship at W. J. Heth cox. .When in need of electrical work see him. Advance Spring styles in fashionable footwear at PSrker’s Shoe Store. Priced $8.45 to $7.50. Lenten services at St. James Lutheran Church tomorrow. Special music at the vesper service. Last chance to get shoes at the Rich tuond-Flowe Co.’s big sale in the Py jthian building. Are you “caged by circumstances?” See the ad. of Cabarrus County B. L. & S. Association. Coats for every need, pleasing in style and price at the J. C. Penney Co. Priced $9.90 to $34.75. Bead the'new ad. today for description. j Brown Finch Killed in Accident. (By the Associated Press.) High Point, March 28. —Brown Finch, aged 30. was killed instantly when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a Southern passenger traid at a crossing near Thomasville at 8:30 this morning, according to advices received here. I Edwards Case to Jury Today. I (By the Associated. Press) 1 Bessemer, Ala., March 28.—The case of Dr. George T; Edwards, charged with wife murder, was expected to be in the hands of the jury late today. • CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1925 NORTH CAROLINA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES The State Last Year Shipped 17,135 Car Leads and 416,488 Express Packages. IMy the Associated Press) Raleigh, March 28.—North Carolina last year shipped 17,135 earloads and 416.488 express packages of fruitff and vegetables, according to figuies announc ed here today by Alberf E. Mercker, of the State division of markets. Carload shipments included 12,937 from the eastern comities, divided au fol lows: Potatoes. 6,634; lettuce. 2,7X1; .cu cumbers, 1,639; green corn, 101; beans, 558; mixed vegetables, 1.093; peas, 115; carrots, 5; beets, 32, and strawberrA' 2,046. ,} All the material shipped was grown, in North Carolina. It went to nearly ev ery section of the United States, espe cially to northern and.eastern markets. Much of it was early truck. There be ing a difference of thirty .day* between tlie last killing frost in the eastern coun ties of North Catolinh and that occurr ing in tlie extreme festers part of the state, the planting season is much ear lier in the east, which has products on the market before planting has begin! in the western counties. Carloads of fruits and vegetables were shipped from North Carolina last year, as follows: Apples 419. peaeltes 1,650; dewberries , 288, strawberries 2,046. cantalopcs 301), watermelons 621), grapes 1, Irish pota toes 6.634, sweet potatoes 697, lettuce 714, ( cucumbers 1,639, green corn 101. mixed vegetables 1,093, string beans 55, cabbage 263, peas 115, carrots 5, beets 32. tomatoes 4, spinach 21, peppers 6. and turnips, 2. It will be observed that the total for the state, in many instances stated above, corresponds with the total num ber of carloads shipped from eastern North Carolina. to such instances, the vegetables named aif* more largely grown in the east. In addition to the carload lots pre viously enumerated, the following fig ures relate to the number of packages sent from North Carolina by express during 1924. Asparagus 59, beans 87,531, beets 219, cantaloupes 3,555, corn 60,763, Chinese vegetable 622, cucumbers 9,450, egg ] plants 85, dewberries 6,446. huckleber ries 24,95!), strawberries 74,603, lettuce' 30.912, radishes 183, okra 7,081, onions 2,223, peas 44,879, peaches 20,011, pep pers 39,260, plums 130, squash 1,794 . spinach 100,. turnips 1,462, and toma- : toes 102. The number of express packages of , fruit and vegetables sripped from North 1 Carolina in 1923 was only 358,970, as ' compared with 416,488 last year. This shows a substantial increase. , It will be noted that larger quantities 1 of perishable stuff was sent by express than by freight. However, seme prod- 1 uets can be sent with safety by freight. The growth of strawberry shipments *r*m North -Carolina RiH be. seen from i the following comparison of carload ( shipments, exclusive of express package i shipments, for which the figures are not J available farther back than 1923: In 1920, 446 carloads; 1921, 479 carloads; ‘ 1922, 1,001 carloads;, J 923, 1,667 car loads. and 1924, 2,046 carloads. In 1923 there were 69,071 “packages” ' of strawberries shipped from North Caro lina by express, as compared with 74,- 603 in 1924. YOUNG WOMAN SHOOTS MAN 1 WHEN TAMPA JURY ACQUITS ■ Bullet Fired Through Blanket About Her i Baby—Claims Injured Man Its Fath er. Tampa, Fla., Mfcrch 27.—Taking the law as she thought, into her own hands, Jennie Sacco, 17-year-old mother, shot | through a blanket enfolding her 40-day- i old baby and seriously wounded Simon Mercedes as he was leaving a Hillsboro ; county court room after misttrial had been declared in his trial upon a statu tory charge here today. The mistrial declaration had been in terpreted by the young mother as an ac quittal for Mercedes. During the trial she had declared on the witness stand that Mercedes was the father of her baby. This he denied. The girl was taken to the jail with her baby and held pending the outcome of the man’s condition on a charge of as sault with intent to murder. STILLS ARE DISCOVERED IN FASHIONABLE HOUSE Capitol Dry Raiders Gets Rich Haul in Former Embassy. Washington, D. C., March 27. —One of the most complete distilling establish ments ever uncovered by prohibition agents was found today in an imposing residence near Connecticut avenue and JR. streets, which once had been the : Spanish embassy. Thirteen stills, mostly designed for the manufacture of peach brandy; 70 gal lons of brandy and 700 pounds of mash were seized. Charles M. Reed, the pres ent occupant of the house, which is in one of the most fashionable residential sections of the capital, was arrested. i Germans to Vote for President Tomor row. | Berlin, March 28 (By the Associated • Press). —For the first time in its his tory of more than a thousand years, dot . ted with turbulent rain of Margraves, electors, kings and emperorors, the Ger man nation tomorrow will be given an . opportunity of electing its head through | the medium of a popular vote. Seeks to Prevent Proposed Merger (By the Associated Press) Columbus, 0., March 28.—A petition seeking to enjoin the Hocking Valley Railroad from carrying out the proposed i merger by the Van Sweringen Nickle ' Plate system was filed in common pleas * court here shortly before noon today by I a group of minority stockholders. 8 T 1 Bennett Case Given to Jury. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 28 (By the Associated Press). —The caae of W. H. Bennett and bis wife, of Rome, Ga., charged with the murder of Miss Au e gust a Hoffman, was given to a Hamilton j county jury today after a trial opening e Monday and continuing throughout the week. .E: - ' " ' 18-'' ■ ; I Pi ; ? i i $ 4 1 ( 1 * ' j i | ' t I i c t : t i i worn at the Bal de to Couture, or the dreosmakers' bell, in Fatto. UNIFICATION MATTER NOT YET CLEARED UP Baltimore Methodist Conference More In- i vclved Now Than Ever, j (By the Associate.) Press.) Washington, March 28.—The controver sy in the Baltimore annual conference M. 1 E. Church South, over unification of 1 Methodist became more involved today when Bishop Warren A. Candler, of At lanta, ruling on an appeal from his de cision Monday permitting a yea and nay vote, insteadi of a secret -ballot, decided ■ the matter was one of parliamentary pro- ' ceedure and not of law. He therefore : was “not authorized to review the judg ment rendered.” Wes For Unification. | Newark, N. J., Matph/28.—The New- , VS Methodist Episcopal Conference to- ] day voted unanimously torn the proposed i unification of the Northern and Southern , Methodist conferences. ] ellJngson case to get STARTED MONDAY MORNING ! Sixteen* Year-Old Defendant Gratefully 1 Accepted Respite Today When Court ’ Was Not In Session. (By the Associated Press) j San Francisco, March 28. —Dorothy El lingson, 16-year-old matricide, gratefully accepted a respite today in the ordeal ■ she has been undergoing in the proceed ings to obtain a jury which will deter mine her fate. The jury of nine tpen and three women was sworn in yesterday. The jurors were allowed to go to their homes. The girl was to return to her cell in the county jail, not the same girl who en- • tered there almost two months ago, but ' a chastened girl whose frequent collapses in court have given an entirely different aspect to her legal status. The jury trial is to begin Monday. It was stated the taking of testimony will begin then. TESTER JUPMS 1,500 FEET ERE OPENING PARACHUTE Experiments Indicate It’s Sudden Stop, Not Fall, That’s Soporific. Garden City. N. Y„ March 27. —By his fall of 1,500 feet through space be fore opening his parachute in a test jump at Mitchel Field today, Sargeant Randle L. Bose is believed by army offi cials to have established a record. In two subsequent jumps before opening his parachute he dropped 1,000 feet with out losing consciousness, and examining physicians found he had suffered no ill effects as a result. Each of the three jumps was made from a plane flying at a height of 3,000 feet. The teste tend to overthrow the.theory that a person falling in a great height loses consciouncesness from the rush of air. Disturbance Increasing on Coast From Hatteras North. Washington, March 27. —The weather bureau late today issued the following storm warnings: "Advisory 4:30 p. m. Northwest Rtorm by strong northwest winds and probably gales tonight diminishing by Saturday ing in intensity and it will be attended warnings displayed Cape Hatteras to Provinceton, Maas. Disturbance increas morning.” First Ford Plane Flown. Detroit, Michigan, March 27.—The “Maiden Dearborn,” the first airplane built at the new Ford airport, success fully completed its first test flight to day. It was piloted by Eddie Hamilton. The plane is the first of a group of seven eight-passenger all-metal mono [ planes of the “air Pullman” type, to be ( constructed. Students Clash. Paris, March 28 (By the Associated Press). —Republican and royalist stu dents clashed in the Palaee Du Pantheon ‘ this afternoon. Four students were - arrested and three were badly beaten • with canes. Police and students later ’ engaged in scrimmages. i [ Birmingham is to be the host .to this » year’s tournament for the Southern inter collegiate golf championship. '■ i GRAPHIC STORY TOLD IN THE MITMATX KIDNAP CASE Court Hears How Four Englishmen With < Golf Clubs Bent Off Nine Assailants 1 Who Had Knives and Pistols. < Bombay, March 28 (By Fhe Associat- t ed Press). —A graphic story was told in t court today of a desperate fight on Mala- t bar Hill on January 12tli, in which four > British officers armed only with golf ; clubs, routed nine alleged kidnappers f equipped with knives and pistols and ] rescued Mumatz Begam, the young In-' c dian dancing girl who since has become i famous as the former favorite of the j Maharajah of the Indore, from whom she t is said to have run .away. j Mumatz was rescued from kidnappers, , bat not before a wealthy Indian lieu- , teiiaut With, whom site, was riding was killed. Lienrtemmt Hatley, of the Gttrk- 1 ba r Rifles, testified that, with three broth er officers he was motoring bark to Bom bay from his golf club when they en- j countered the armed party attempting ( to abduct Mumatz from the motor ear. ( The four British officers ran to the res- i cue, and a fierce contest followed, in | which natives used knives and revolvers, t while the officers depended upon their j physical strength and their dexterity in , wielding their heavy golf clubs. j v BODY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY IS MOVED TO CATHEDRAL 1 Full Military Honors Attended Transfer | of Body From Arlington Cemetery. j (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 28. —Memories of t the Spanish-American war days crowded in today on the occasion of the removal t of (he body of Admiral George Dewey, ] hero of Manila Bay. from its resting i place of nearly eight years in Arlington i National Cemeter to the Bethlehem Chap- I el of Washington Cathedral, to repose i there with other noted dead. t Full military 1 honors attended arrange? i ments for the transfer of the body, in- ■ eluding the stationing of a two-company i line of bluejackets and mnrines and navy band to face the caisson within the en trance to the cathedral grounds. ! FIND BODIES IN VESSEL DESERTED BY GERMANS Bodies Were Found On Vessel Which , Was Sunk on Purpose by Germans. (By the Associated Press) Scapa Flow, March 28. —Wokrmen en gaged in breaking up a scuttled German destroyer beached in mid bay. havei dis covered under a mass of wood which 1 completely concealed them, tlie bodies of five German officers and sailors who evi dently were not warned at the time the fleet was sunk by the German erew. The surrendered German fleet, includ ing eleven battleships, five battle cruis ers, six light cruisers ami auxiliary craft, was scuttled by the German erew on June 21, 1919. Much Commerce Moves Over Cape Fear. (By the Associated Press) Wilmington, March '2B.—Commerce amounting to .880,583 tons, valued at $61,786,026 moved over the Cape Fear River, between‘Wilmington and tlie sea, in 1924, according to figures released for publication from the office of the United States district engineer here. Included in this was' cotton worth $13,000,000 annd fertilizer material worth $20,000,- O(X>. Foreign commerce amounted to 251.000 tons, valued at nearly $28,500,- 000. Expects Tax Revision. Washington, March 27.—President Coolidge expects Congress to make a gen , eral revision of the tax law at its next session, but he does not look for any ex tensive readjustment of tariff schedules. He has no present intention of propos- I ing traiff revision, although tfie way is . open for consideration later of a new. t schedule. i Prince of Wales Off For Africa. r London, March 28 (By the Associated Press), —The Prince of Wales left for Portsmouth ort the-royal train this morn • ing to embark upon the battle cruiser - Repusle for South Africa and South America. * ********* * iff * * JOINTS FOR ADVERTISERS. -K * * & Advertise consistently. -K $K Advertise regularly. )K iK Tell the truth anil back up your -K SK statements with the goo<ls. 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Inter ment will be in Elmwood cemetery. Mr. Milstead was a native of Balti more but had lived for many years in the south. He moved to Charlotte, from Alabama in 1918 and since that time had been prominently identified with the civic and business life of the city. He was connected with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is survived by the widow, a daugh ter and four sons, all of Charlotte. DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA FROM NURSING PET DOG Disease Is Positively Identified at Sitate Laboratory—Went Into Convulsions. Fayetteville, March 27. —Contracting one of the rarest and most dreaded of diseases from nursing a pet dog which he refused to kill, Alexander Kennedy, overseer on a Cumberland county farm, died today from hydrophobia- The dis ease was positively identified at the state laboratory when the stricken man was sent there from the Highsmith hos pital in this city, there being no place for the care of such cases in Raleigh. Kennedy was brought back hbre and carried to his brother’s home in seventy first township, where his death took place. Dr. Highsmith was convinced that the case was one of hydrophobia when Kennedy came to him Wednesday and went into muscular convulsion when given a drink of water,-- ( j The Law in Regard to Meat Inspection. , (By the Associated Press) Raleigh. March 28. —In order to put into effect the law passed by the 1925 general assembly providing for inspec tion of meat in North Carolina, William A. Graham, commissioner of agriculture, has mailed copies of regulations, effec tive March 25th. to those affected. The law places responsibility for enforcement with Hie department of agriculture. It is styled "An act 'to promote and de velop the meat packing industry in the state of North Carolina, and to regu late the sale and transportation of meats and meat products slaughtered and pre pared under municipal and county su peiwision.v - Commissioner Graham’s regulations read, in part, as follows: "A permit will be granted in accord ance with this law to those making ap plication for same, provided it is found upon inspection of the plant and prem ises that same is being operated and will be operated in a sanitary manner, that adequate inspection is maintained and that the plant will operate under mu nicipal or county inspection regulations which meet the approval of the depart ment of agriculture.” The commissioner added that these regulations became effective on March 25th. Governor to'Attend Conference. (By the Asuoclsted Press) Raleigh. March 28.—Governor McLean has tentatively accepted an invitation to attend the conference of social workers in Asheville, in June. The invitation was extended by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Mor ris. To Start Work Soon on Lake Lure Dam. (By the Associated Press) Gastonia, March 28.—Work on the $700,000 dam at Lake Lure, at Cbimney Rock, will be well under way by April 15th\ it has been announced here. The dam will be 104 feet high aud 585 feet long across the top. CT-rr-Tl^ St. James Lutheran Church 1 LENTEN SERVICES | Sunday School 9:45. \ Chief Service 11. Subject jf jj of sermon: “Treasures of the | Christian Life, or What Ad- | » vantage Does the Believing | Christian Have Oyer Other | ; Men?” u Vespers 7:30. « * SPECIAL MUSIC Anthem: The Lord Is My .IJigbt w —Speaks, Solo: My Task —Ashford Mr. Fred Young Anthem: Consider and Hear Mo ’ | 1 jj —Pfleuger. : ; Solo : There Is a Green Hill Far ' Away—Gounod Mrs. H. G. Gibson j] Quartet —Holy Father Cheer I a Our Way—Huhn. ’jj Solo: The Living God—O’hava ; f Mr. Fred Young ’ Anthem: Trust ih the Lord— -1 Handel. , 1 'fajraxrrmmCTgi.M -u .u,nJ • TODAY’S ’7* « NEWS I * TODAY € NO. 74 OFFICERS FOLLOWING \ ANOTHER THEORY IN JS^SSCKE Officers Told That Edward T. Clark, One of State Wit nesses, Has Been Offered Money to Leave Chicago. DETECTIVE IS ALSO 1 TO BE,QUESTIONED | Detective Is Said to Have Os- - J sered Clark $5,000 If H« Would Leave the City at Present Time. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, March 28.—Edward T. Clark, , one of the first witucMses in the inquiry that led to the indictment of William :5 I). Shepherd as the stayer of his foster son. William Nelson MoClintock. orphan ' millionaire, v.as questioned by State's attorney today on information that he had been offered $5,000 to leave the jffij city. - Detectives were sent to bring in also for questioning the head of a detective J. rig e tic y who was said to have made the offer. Clark was formerly a salesman of the National University of Sciences, 'J* whose head, Charles C. Faiman. was ? jointly indicted with Shepherd after he -f had said he had given Shepherd typhoid germs and instructions on administering . them to McClintock. Shepherd Now Accuses Faiman. Chicago, March 28 (By the Associated Press). —An affidavit charging that C. C. Faiman, whose confession has been made the principal evidence against William D. Shepherd, charged with mur- , df>r, once operated illegally upon a wom an in his science counsel and that the W woman died, and was taken into criminal ■; court today by Shepherd’s counsel. The affidavit, sworn to by W. S. Stewart, attorney for Shepherd, who is i fighting to have the court reconsider its decision denying Shepherd's freedom on bail, further charged that the body was disposed of by turning it away to a lab- ’ 5 oratory. The affidavit set forth that according to Earl Clark, former agent for Fai- jj man's school, the woman was taken to the school by a man, and there the oper ation was performed by- Faiman ami death followed. The name of the woman £cas not gSven:—'——*4j| SAYS SUIT WILL SHOW REASONS FOR DEFEAT Advertising Agency Man Says His Suita Will Throw Light on Campaign Ex penditures. (By the Associated Press) New York, March 28.—L. A v Van Van Patten, \niose advertising agency is in volved in a wrangle with the democratic national comimttee over an advertising campaign during the I ‘residential cam paign last year, promised that ’fire works” will be produced at the trial of suits filed yesterday by both sides. "The Borah committee investigating campaign exiienditures will be interested more tjian a little in this suit,” saitf Mr. Van Pattern He .added that the trial of the case will.shed great, light on'ttye ;riss.B - why John W, Davis, Democratic Presidential ,candidate, l and Chase W. Bryan, vice presidential candidate, suf fered such a crushing defeat in the elec tion last fall. NO SESSION OF TRIAL - A •£:' OF CHAPMAN TODAY Jurors WW Use Entire Floor of Hotel, and \VHI Be in the Custo# of the Hartford! Conn., March 28 (By the Associated "Press).— -There was no Ses sion today in the trial of Geraldi Chap man, mail robber and jail breaker, who is charged with the murder of a New Britain police officer last October 12th. Judge Newell Jeniugs yesterday ad journed court until Monday ordering the jury kept in the custody of the sheriff. The entire floor of a local hotel has been retained for the jurors. Chapman expects to confer with his at. ■ torneys today in the state prison at Weatherfield. Criticise Land Companies Methods. (By the Associated Press) Washangton, March 28.—Land cotn , panics operating in the Great Lakes , states have employed sales methods “which approach very close to the bor der line of fraud,” declared a statement S today by the department of agriculture based on its investigation of land settle- Iment and colonization in the Lake states. Schumann-Heink 11. Worcester, Mass., March 27.—Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, opera, sing er, hurriedly left Worcester this after noon to return to New York, after canceling a concert here. She was fight ing off a bad cold. what sMirrrs cat says