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• ASSOCIATED* S • DISPATCHES .« VOLUME XXV HM OF JOE HEEDLEiIIM TO BF StlllS i* Man Was Taken From Jail by Mob and Serious (Opera tion Performed (by Them ' on Him. MOB CUTWAY" INTO THE JAIL Needleman Was Charged ■ With Assault on a Young Woman After i He Had Taken Her For Ride. i (By the AeaoclateO Pitai.) Washington, ,N. C., March 30—Joseph A. Needleman traveling salesman for a tobacco coihpany, was in a serious condi tion at a local hospital this morning as a result of a serious operation upon him yesterday. The man was taken from the Martin county jail by a band of men. Hi had been imprisoned charged with an at> * tack on a young girl near Williainstonj 1 The operation was performed in a near! 1 by woods, after which he was freed by * the men. He was found by Sheriff H. * T. Robeson, and a posse, nnd taken to 1 the hospital. The salesman was accused of commit- J ting the crime against the girl last week ‘ at the point of a pistol after he had tak- * en her for a ride in an automobile. He 1 was arrested Saturday and (placed In Mar * j tin count/ jail, which has no jailor or 1 other person to remain at the jail oil ' night. Early Sunday morning, stated Sheriff * Robeson last night, a band of men came 1 to his residence and demanded the keys , to the jail. He refused and they left, ‘ while he summoned a posse of men to ‘ assist him. Before the posse assembled. . the men broke into the jail and carried off the prisoner, on whom they carried out their designs. Everything was reported quiet in Wil- * liamsou today. Sheriff Robeson, though " without clues as to the identity of the : men, was making a thorough investiga- , tion - a WANTS TO FIND MAN . WHO KILLED JIIS WIFE ' Dr.. Edwards, Found Not Guilty of .the Crime. Wants to Find the Criminal. C. (By til* AsooetatMl Promt) I Bessemer, Asa.. March 30.—Following * his aequital here yesterday on a charge e of slaying his wife, Dr. George T. Ed- * ward’s first thought was to reclaim hid ® two children who were sent to the home V of Mrs. Julia Dudley, Mrs. Edward’s t mother, on December 2nd, the date of a the tragedy. o Dr. Edwards now is in Selma, the a home of J. Litt Edwards, bis aged fath- n er, who was with the physician through- a out the trial. After a few days rest t Dr. Edwafds will go to Montgomery to claim his children. Further than this C move he said his plans for the future - are indefinite except that he expects to begin at once to search for the slayer I of hie wife. d a r We Can’t Afford to Be * « Generous With Other Peo- i ( pies’ Money. i When people come to us for & 4 home loan, we make a careful and fair appraisement of the property. We go thoroughly into each detail and loan money only after we aye ( satisfied that the transaction is , sound from everybody’s standpoint. j We must exercise every precau- J tion since our institution nets as ( the guardian of funds that belong | to thousands of thrifty people throughout this community. This association points to its , splendid record of earnipgs. We' ( must keep that record clean, and ■ will. i Our directors are all high-grade ( but conservative business men, ser- 1 ving on 9ur board, not for profit, , but because they realise the value to this community of an institu tion like ours. We help, the average American family to home ownership. We provide an ideal savings in vestment fpr everyone. Come in today .and take some shares in Series No: 55 now open. CABARRUS COUNTY R. L. & SAVINGS ASSO CIATION Office in Concord National Bank • I Prepaid Shares *78.95 Per Stare The Concord Daily Tribune WARRANT FOR HORSBURGH RECEIVED f AT ASHEVILLE Police in That City Has Been Unable to Loate Him So Far, However. (By ihe Associated Press) Art Seville, March 30.—Warrants were received by city police this morning from ■ Fayetteville, N. C., sos the arrest of Robert Horsburgh, former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Fayette ville. The warrants allege specifically lhat Horsburgh secured SIOO arid slso' on forged checks at Fayciteville. The police siiid they ltad been unable to locate Horsburgh though a search is being made of sanatorium* in and about the city. Horsburgh, missing from Fayetteville since January 6th. was found in Mem phis, Tenn., last Friday, working under an assumed name, as clerk for the Salva tion Army. He was brought back to this city Saturday. Relatives say he was suffering for. asthma, with complete loss of memory. _ It was stated he had been taken to a sanatorium for treat ment. Horsburgh was identified in Memphis through a description of the missing man published in the Salvation Army jour nal. THE COTTON MARKET , . Opening Was Eary at Decline of 11 to 20 Points ajfid Active Months Sold Low- . (Byptfi* Associated Press) New York* March 30. —Reports of rains in northeast Texas, combined with rela tively easy Liverpool cables led to a re newal of selling in the cotton markete at today’s early trading. The opening was easy at a decline of 11 to 20 points and active months sold 20 to 24 jtoints net lower, July declining to 24.57 and Octo ber to 23.08. There was some -trade buying on the scale down, as well as cov ering and execution of Stop orders below the 24 3-4 cent 'level for July. Prices rallied several points from the lowest. Be lief that the drought area in the south west had considerably reduced en couraged bearish opinion, however, and tile market was unsettled at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. May 24.43; March 24.75; Oct. 24.10; Dec. 24.14; Jan. 23.85. WIH Get Along on 30 Cams a Day and Hardtack as In Sixties, Say Veterans. Durham, March 28—For failing to give the Confederate veterans of the state an increase in pensions, the gen eral assembly of 1026 was ridiculed here today in a meeting of the loeni camp of Confederate veterans in resolutions adopted. They expressed appreciation because the legislature did not erase “from our statute books the Confederate pension laws.” - The resolutions, said in pari. “That R. E. Webb camp of United Veterans, desire to hereby extend to each and every member of our last geu fral assembly our heartfelt thanks for not erasing from our statute books the Cnfederate pension laws. We also thank them for creating ' new offices Aver our state and raising the salaries of the old ones. God being willing, we have a few more days on earth and we will try and make out the best we can on 30 cents a day by eating hard tack as wc nad to do in the sixties.” Owner Not Responsible For the Kick From His Flivver. New Orleans, La., March 28.—The Louisiana state court of appeals has de cided that if you crank. somebody elsr’s automobile you. do so entirely at your own risk. Harry Perkin of this city broke his arm in obliging J. K. Lewis, a produce broker, whose car would not start, and then sued Lewis for $1,250. The court's decision was that Perkin knew, or should have known, the risk he was running. Perkin claimed Lewis asked his aid in cranking the automobile, and also as serted that Lewis gave the engine too much spark as it was being cranked. Protest Against Freight Rates. (By the Associated Press.) Tallahassee, Fla., March 30. —The rail road commissioners of Floridn today filed a formal complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, attacking as unjust and unreasonable all' Tailway transportation rates from Flori da on citrus fruits, pineapples, water melons, cariteloupes, strawberries, toma toes, celery, potatoes and all other vege tables. Postal Suporvisora Reinstated. (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 30—Postmaster General Npw today, directed storation to duty with demotion of each of the six postal supervisors, .officially suspended January 2nd fpr (their connection with efforts to influence legislation at the time of consideration of postal pay increase bill. _» Reorganising WUson & Co. Chicago, March 30 (By the Associated Press). —The reorganisation of Wilson A Company, packers, which have been in the hands of receivet's, is underway in New Fork and Chicago, and may be effected today'or tomorrow, it is learned today. STAR THEATRE “Home O fAll Good Pictures” PROGRAM WEEK OF MARCH 30th TO SATURDAY, APRIL 4tb . Monday and Tuesday "GALLOPING FISH” With Sydney Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Louise Fasenda, Chester, Conklin,' Lip. file Ricksen and others. A special! It's ,a First National. Wednesday and Thursday. “COMING THROUGH" With Thomas Meighan. His latest pic ture. A Paramount. Friday Only "WORLDLY GOODS" With Agnes Ayres. A Paramount \ Saturday “HIDIN’ WEST” | Wkh Jack Perrin And a Comedy “STEP FAST” With Jimmie Adams 5 Seek Evidence in Tomb ill i Ihi 1 T . Authorities have exhumed the body of Mrs. Nelson McClintock, mother of William McClintock, Chicago's —millionaire orphan." for whose death William Shepherd, foster-father, has been- indicted. The body was removed after having laid in a tomb for 16 years, in an effort to determine whether Mrs. McClintock died of natural causes. ' SOUTHERN POWER CO. TO BUILD NEW PLANT HyA-o-Eleetriet Development on Grassy Creek. South Carolina, to Cost sl,- $250,000. Charlotte, March 28.—Plans for erec tion of a bydro-electrict plant capable of generating 60,000 horsepower of elec trical energy on Rocky creek, in Lan caster county. South Carolina, were an nounced here tonight by W. S. Lee, vice president of the Southern Power Com pany. The plant will cost according to the announcement, $1,250,000. This will be the twelfth hydro-electrict devel opment built by the Southern Power Company, which has plants - located throughout Piedmont North and South Carolina. Completion of the new project will give the Southern Power Company a total power output of 025,000 horsepower, it was said. The Sonhern .-Power Con— puny will undertake thru *- <Mffstrnctiotr with its own forces and not award the contract to outside building firms as It usually does, owing to the fact that its eonstrution units at this time are in position to go immediately into this pro ject. Work on the project will be started at an early date and will be rushed to completion, Mr. Lee said. Early com pletion of the plan is made necessary, according to Mr 1 . Lee, by the growing demand in thi Carolinas for electrical energy, which' now is taxing the capac ity of the company's other plants in this section. The General Electriet Company has been given the contract for the giant generators and other equipment neces sary for the establishment. Rickard Is Fined $7,000. (By (fie Associated Press) Newark, N. J., March 30. —George C. "Tex” Rickard, nationally known fight promoter was today fined $7,000 by Fed eral Judge Bodine for conspiracy to vio late the law reguarding illegal transpor tation of prize fight films. , Rickard and four co-defendants were convicted in fed eral court in Trenton on March 19th on the charge which was brought in con nection with the transportation of the Demsey-Carpentier tight films. Bigadier General Mitehel to Go to Texas. (By the Associated Press) Washington, D. C., March 30.—Briga dier General William M. Mitchell, assist ant chief of the army air service, will be assigned on April 26th as air service officer jof the eight corps area, with headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Five Escaped Convicts Caught. (By the Associated Press) Pittsburgh, Pa., March 30. —Five of the seven convicts who escaped last night from the Western Pennslvania peniten tiary. were .capttfred today in a stolen automoMle just'outside of the city limits at Butler, Pa., near here. I WRITE XQUR OWN FORTUNE | li. -., ■ i;fc> ;jjc j : ij Industry, knowledge arid the ability to save a part of your 1 | income form a,, combination almost certain to lead to ad- | i vancement. . if it • l jj, April Ist is the beginning of a new interest quarter All | jj deposits made through April 10th Will draw interest from 1 ' <■ . April Ist. ij| ' -g|[ j OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY j CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK . j CONCORD, N. Cv MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1925 GOVERNMENT TO SELL HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER Will Ask for Bids for Purchase of Power Developed a* Muscle Shoals. (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 30.—Bids for the purchase of the hydro-electric power de veloped by the Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala., will be Invited by Secre tary Weeks. Estimates given the war secretary by army engineers reveal that the Wilson Dam will begin development about July Ist of 100,000 horsepower daily. A decision to sell the power was made because of the failure of Congress to dis pose of the Muscle Shoals development through legislation covering that phase of the Alabama project. ASK FOR AMPLIFIC ATION OF ARBITRATION AWARD CmuJgjkfay Re Organ- L ized to Fill Provisions of. the Award. Washington. March IJO (By the As sociated Press). —A communication ask ing for amplification of certain features of President Coolidge’s Taena-Arica ar bitration nwqrd probably will be pre sented to the State department late to day. , After calling attention to reports of the Chilean atrocities that might affect the result of the forthcoming plebiscite in the province, the communication will sug gest that a native constabulary be or ganized to replace the present Chilean garrisons in Taenn-Arica until after the election. Bok Makes Gift to W. H- Page School. New York, March 28.—A gift of $50,- 000 by Edward Bok, of Philadelphia, to the Walter Hines Page school of Inter national Relations at John Hopkins University, was announced today by Owen D. Young, president of the board of trustees of the school. The donation constitutes Mr. Bok’s pledge of financial backing to the school for one year, the announcement said. In making his pledge Mr. Bok said the new institution means development of an international mind which is needful and imperative to our national life. “We must recognize thnt our isolation from other nations is over,” he said. Communists Under Arrest At Detroit. Detroit, March 28—Police held for questioning today seven men and one woman after the officers ’ had broken up a demonstration of about 200 persons in front of the Polish consulate here. The police acted on request of Dr. S. Gi'uszka, Polish consul, who said that the demonstration was a protest against the death sentence recently passed in Poland on Stranislaw Lanzutsky, Com munist member of the Polish parliament. The coigiul said the demonstration was staged by Commanists. Dr. Z. Shel micki. vice consul, told the demonstra tors that he would advise his govern ment of the occurence. ’ ♦s*******s*****« * * * PENNY ADB. ARE CASH. * * V* JK Please don’t ask us to charge Pen- JK 3? ny Ads., as terms on these is cash. & ,JR The amounts are so small that we * j* cannot charge them. If you tele- * 'JR phone a Penny Ad. to the office you * JR will be told the amount of the charge * JR and will be expected to send it to JK JR to the office promptly. 'fc * i jjR * * * JR * JR JR * * * | SNEEZES AND DISLODGES DRILL FROM HIS NOSE Quarter of an Inch Drill and Inch and a Half Long Had Lodged in Man’s Nese. i (By the A«»oclate«l Pre*«) Philadelphia, I’a., March 30.—Suffer ing from a perpetual headache, and ap proaching blindness, the cause of which physicians were unable to determine, Harry Hutohnson. an electricialf has sneezed from his nostril an inch and a half piece of a one-fourth inch drill with which he had been stabbed twelve years ago. Hutchinson said he had been stabbed through the bridge of the nose with a steel drill during a fight with a fellow workman, but did not 1 know the itoint of the drill had broken. The wound healed nnd for two years gave, him no further trouble; then lie said tire head ache started. Yesterday while reclining in a bar ber’s chair, he was seized with a par oxysm of sneezing and dislodged the ar ticle. PHYSICIANS WATCH PIN PASSING THROUGH CHILD Small Boy Swallows a Scarf Pin, But Has Suffered No 111 Effects Thus Far. Detroit. March 28.—The proggress of a scarf pin through the body ot a two and a half year old child is being watch ed by receiving hospital physicians us ing a fluoroscope kn instrument that will show foreign objects and substances in the body. The boy, Lawrence George, swallowed the pin February 25. “When we X-rayed the child next day,’ said Dr. Lewiij Gerapy. chief sur geon nt the hospital, today, “we located the pin in the stomach. We have been watehing the movement of the pin twice daily through the fluoroscope. “The pin passed gradually from the throat to the stomach. Then it went through the upper intestine and it now is in the lower intestine. The child is out of danger and we are hoping that the pin will be eliminated naturally.” Building and Loan Associations Have a \ Fine - Year. Wilmington, March 30. —Assest of the -buHdiitg irri: hwn asMctatioux in this state increased between $10,000,000 and $11,000,000 during 1024, according to a survey recently conducted by the North Carolina League of Building and Loan Associations.! Supplementing this fine record is the statement of Hon. Stacey Wnde, insur ance commissioner, who is ex-officio the supervising official of building and loan associations, that since his department has maintained supervision over this in- ; dustr.v, not a single failure has been re ported. j During 1924, assets of the various as sociations doing business in North Caro lina increased from approxirately $60,- 000.000 to more than $70,000,00. Al though more than 90 per cent, of the associations reported substantial increas es, the vast amount of funds now invest ed is still insufficient to meet the de mands of those who are dependent upon this means of owning their own homes. The record of building and loan as sociations has not only proven that it ' has been a grea(t factor in the construc tion of homes but has also proven to be a safe place to invest funds and has developed into a real savings institution. It further shows that there are overi 80,000 stockholders in the state and nearly 1,500,00 shares in force. This prosperity not only applies to North Carolina but it seems to be general throughout the United States. Not a state so far reported but what shows a splendid healthy increase over the year , 1923. Four Men Steal Diamonds. (By the Associated Press) New York, March 30.—Four men with pistols today raided the offices of Sobel & Kaleko, diamond brokers, of 45 Mai den Lane, and escaped with unset dia*- morals valued at between $50,000 and SIOO,OOO. The robbery was opposite the new Federal Reserve Bank building. Mother and Small Son Shot to Death; Husband is Held. ' Los Angeles, Calif., March 29.—Mrs. Irene Conway. Hickey. 24, and her two year-old son, James., were sjiot to death here today. Police are holding the wom an’s husband, Patrolman James J. Hickey, of the Lqe Angeles police de partment on a murder charge. 3 April the Ist marks the beginning of a new £ quarterly interest period in the Savings De- p partment of this institution. !■ SB 2 * A good time to start an account, or a good I§| - me *° *° one y° u ma y already have. & /citizens If. ■ COJ |S i , Chapman Gerald Chairman, “big business man of crime,” to put up a stiff front while marching to the courthouse at Hartford, Conn., where he is being tried for the murder of a New Britain (Conn.) po liceman. Note how he has pulled his sleeve over the detaining steel bracelets. ELLINGSON CASE IS AGAIN POSTPONED FOR 24 HOURS Postponement Made So Mental Examina tion Can Be Made of the Defendant. (By (he Associated Press) San Francisco, March 30.—Judge Har old laruderback postponed today for 24 hours the murder trial o£ sixteen-year old Dorothy Ellingson to inquire into the present mental condition of the girl who is charged with having killed her mother last January as a result of a dis pute over the girl’s behavior. Want Mental Examination Made. San Francisco, March 30.—Defense counsel in. the capae of Dorothy EHing son presented, to Judge Louderlmck this morning a motion to have the murder trial of the sixteen-year-old girl matri cide altered, ami the present jury instruc ed to inquire into her mental condi tion. Declared Insane. San Francisco, March 30.—A shift in the defense of Miss Dorothy Ellingson, charged with killing her mother, took place today after overnight reports from alienists, the girl as one “who not alone was insane at the time of the alleged crime, but is insane now.” On the strength of these revelations, attorneys for the girl approached court with a motion to dismiss the jury empan eled to try her for murder, and another proposal for a jury to pass upon Miss El lingson’s mental condition. With Our Advertisers. Industry, knowledge and the ability to save a part of your income form a com bination almost certain to lead to advance ment. Read ad. of Cgbarrus Savings Bank. Read the flew ad. today of the Cabar rus County Building, Loan and Savings 'Association. Series No. 55 now open. Investgate this form of saving. A9DD April Ist marks the beginning of a new interest quarter in the Savings' Depart ment at the Citizens Bank and Trust Com paany. Get wise. The private chapel is one of the main features pf Wilkinson's Funeral Home. Read the new ad. today. Automobile insurance is a good invest ment. Read the ad. of John K. Patter son & Co. ami learn why. Boys' clothing of style and quality at Hoover's. 'Read new ad. today. Uniform courtesy and service to all is the policy of Cabarrus Savings Bunk. Try it and be convinced. Folks who burn K. L. Craven & Sons’ coal laugh at the cold. See new ad. Standard Buick Co. has a number of used cars for sale or exchange. See list in new ad. today. Ijadies’ Wash Dresses at the Parks- Belk Co.’s for 79c to $6.95. Visit Efird’s Beauty Shoppe for hair dressing and scalp treatments. * Read the ad. of C. Patt Covington in this paper today. 2 T news S I * TODAY 4 NO. 75 t j STATENOTTHROUGH WTH EVIDENCE 111 A® 1— . 8j ‘ Trial Starts Second Week With State Still With Much Evidence to Be Presented. 1 —22 Witnesses Heard. ATTEMPT TO SHOW CHAPMAN MURDERER One State’s Witness Has Con fessed to Part in Robbery and He Has Named Chap man as Partner in Crime. fßy the Auoriatrd Press) * Hartford. (’sun.. March ;{0. —The trial of (ireald Chapman, spectacular bandit, f< r the murder of James Skelly. New Britain patrolman, entered its second week today with the State's case far from completed. Shelly was shot by one of two safe crackers, who had been surprised while * looting the safe of a department store. | Walter Shpim, son of a wealthy Spring field, Mass,, family, was arrested a short SI time after the crime. He told the po- -i lice that Chapman was one of the rob- ’ bers and he himself was the other. Chapman was at that time a fugtive as , ter a sensational escape from the Atlan- ‘9 ta penitentiary. Twenty-eight witnesses already have testified for prosecution, in an effort to prove that Chapman was Shean’s com panion. Alfred E. Atwater, a New Britain po lice officer, testified today that he trad : seen (Jerald Chapman, sensational mail looter, shoot Patrolman James Skelly in a New Britain department store last Oc tober 12th. Dramatically pointing to Chapman, who was seated at his attorney's table) he said in tense tones “That man there did the shooting.'’ Chapman did not flinch under the ac cusation, nor did he abandon his indo lent [lose. His cold blue eyes, however, never left the policeman's face. T'nder cross examination in which Frederick Groehl, Chapman's chief coun sel, accused Atwater of having exhibited cowardice at a New Britain fire 18 years ago. the policeman said he recognized Chapman -as the gunman because of his prominent Cheek hemes. This was his only -means of ideßtifieaiioß, he admitted. - ’ Atwater said that Chapman, after « r send'ng three bullets into Skelly had shouted, "Go down, or I’ll kill yon." Asked why he had not. seen the assail ant escape. Atwater replied he had drop ped to hfs knees at the second shot. “Did you return tfce fire?” asked Groehl, “No” was the reply. “Was it because you were lyißg on your stomach behind the counter?” roar ed Groehl. “No,” was the feeble answer. Under cross fire of Groebl's question ing, Atwater, a ruddy gray haired man of .W. admitted he had heard he was considered a coward by New Britain eiti- ) zens. 'So you dropped to your knees, leav ing poor Skelly to get the bullets?” de manded Groehl. "That's light,” replied Atwater. The witness admitted he had told a store keeper on his beat a few days after the shooting that he had not recognized the murderer. “I told him that to get rid of him/ he said. Atwater admitted he had not contra dieted other itolicemen at a New Britain hearing a few days after the shooting when they said that Skelly had identified alter Sbean as the man who had shot him. Sheau, of Springfield. Mass., ar rested near the scene, was the first man to tell policemen Chapman was Skelly'* murderer. DOUGHTON WILL NOT ENLARGE HIS FORCE Sprague Silver Will Direct Automobile Bureau When it Moves to New Quar ters. lialeigh. March 28.—Following . the : corporation, commission's course in re fusing to take on more salaried help, the revenue office will not add anything to its official force when it goes over next week to the Morgan street automobile department and absorbs it. Os course the workers in thnt de partment will have to be retained- nnd • Sprangue Silver, who has been head of the title registration end. will direct the ■ automobile bureau. J. E- Sawyer, 16" years in the secretary of state’s office : and retiring Chief A. L. Fleming and C. I). Sparger leave vacancies which will , not be filled, though J. N. Ooppedge, former employee of the Wachovia, of Winston-Salem, will fit into the chief clerkship of automobile department made vacant by the Fleming resign% tion. Too many public offices are private. WHAT SMITTV’S CAT SAYS By* <* ■yj Fair tonight, heavy frost in interior* Tuesday fair,/ moderate to fresh nortlg , winds.