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S DISPATCHES • VOLUME XXV Find Evidence of Vice and Liquor Syndicate Chicago Police Raid Head quarters of Group Which Is Said to Have Done Big Business Each Year. LIQUOR CUSTOMERS’ NAMES ARE FOUND Also Claimed That Prohibi tion Officers Have Been Bribed and Rum Has Been Shipped From New York. (By the Associated Preen) Chicago, April 7.—Evidence of a liquor and vice synd'cate which the police said have been doing a business of millions of dollars a year was found here yesterday in a raid on headquarters of the organi zation, where eight men alleged to be sub ordinates, were arrested. Records of wealthy liquor customers, names of bribed prohibition enforcement officers, accounts of beer deliveries and de tails of the channels whereby liquor was brought from rum fleets off New York, Miami, Fla., and New Orleans, were con fiscated. The raiders said they found an accounting system as efficient as that of a big business concern. Several thousand dollars in checks from saloon men and druggists, including one for .$15,000 from a North .Side drug store, were seized. Aiming the papers was a telephone toll bill of $287 for calls to New York, Miami and New Orleans. John I’aton. former mayor of Burn ham, a subtlrb, one of those arrested, was charged by Sgt. Kdward Birmingham bf the raiders, with having offered him .$5,000 “to forget the book keeping sys tem.” | The others arrcßted, the police said, wore underworld leaders. The office suite had a doctor’s name on the door and the first room entered was fitted up as a reception room. Shelves were stocked with half pints of various brands and kinds of liquor available for prospective customers to stock their own chemists for analysis. In the itemized account brought, and loose leaf ledgers, detectives said were listed names of more than 200 well known I Chicagoans and many hoteU here are j jintroiis. customers of ale. beer and liquor | here are In outlying towns. Details of the management of the four lqrge brew eries here, accounts for deliveries.,of car .brer and liquor . and the cost ilfiriii m The Charlotte Speedway Rat*. ; The automobile race on the Charlotte Speedway will take place on Monday, l May 11, a 250 mile rnce. The world’*) greatet auto drivers will be there. There tvill be room for 60.000 people, and 18,- 000 automobiles. There are 21,000 re served scats, tickets for which will be on sale. The favorites are returning, ffew entries will be there—Tommy Mil ton, Phil Shafer, Wade Morton, Harry Hartz, Pete Kreis, Robt. McDonough, Karl Cooper, Jerry Wonderlich and oth er daredevils of the track. Make your reservations now and get the pick of the grandstands. Mail checks to Osmond L. Barringer. mmmm We are perfectly willing to let the cat out of the bag. A lot of people ask us why it is we can safely pay high i er returns on savings? That’s a fair question and we want everyone to know the answer—yes, we’re glad i to let the cat out of the bag. Funds invested with us are lent out to people to build or buy homes—on a convenient monthly re-pay , ment plan, secured by sound > first mortgages. ! That is how we produce j earnings. But here’s the big point; we are so organized that these transactions arfe hand led at very small expense while our earnings are dis tributed on a mutual or non profit basis. When you ihvest with us; you become a shareholder or stockholder and it is a case of share and share alike with all. Running shares 25 cents per share per week. Pre paid shares $72.25 per share. Stock -has been maturing in 328 weeks. ■» All stock is non-taxable. CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAVINGS ASSO omc&RD M ; Concord Daily Tribune .♦ “ PAUL G. HOFFMAN VICE l PRRBlDßjqfTpi CHARGE OF SAI.ES f Oof die 81 mteb Utter Corporation—ldeally Hutted tor the’Work. New York,' 7. —The directors of the Studebahbrv Corporation, at their meeting teday, ejected Paul O. Hoffman . as vice president charge of sales to ' succeed H. A. Biggs' resigned. Mr. Hoffman dittand the employ of j , Tiie Htndcbaker in 1!I11 as a salesman in laJa In 1010 ! l he was made i.ftles manager of the Los [ Angeles retail brajiftff and in 11)17. branch manager of fbo T<<* Angeles dis trict. / He served in the artillery division of the army in 191J-18t anti upon leaving it ■ in March. 101, purchased from the cor poration its retail bufSiuesH at Los An ' Betas and became a Kludebakor dealer on his own account. The Paul G. Hoffman Company, starting business with $60,000 capital, now has $1,500,000 assets. Mr. Hoffman ha* beep quite active in the civic affairs of liis city. For the past two years he has taeen president of the traffic commission, a voluntary or ganization of business men formed for the purpose of studying measures of re lief from traffic congestion, including re routing of streets and city planning. He is a director of the Chamber, of Commerce and chairman of its roads committee, al so a director of the California Bank of Los Angeles. In securing Mr. Hoffmnp for the im portant position of , vice president in cluarge of sales. President Erskinc feels that he has obtained a man ideally suited for the work. Mr. Hoffman’s' head quarters will be at the general, office at South Bend. Indiana. -'He has been elected a director of the corporation and a member of .its executive and finance committees. ' H. A. Boggs, who is being succeeded by Mr. Hoffman, is retiring from active business. His services to the corpora tion and administration of the affairs of the sales department for six years were highly satisfactory and successful. His numerous friends in the automobile in dustry as well as in the Studebaker or , ganization will miss him. He is com pelled to establish his residence in a mild er climate, and expects shortly to move from South Bend to Southern Califor ! nia. | WARREN WOMAN DUPED BY CROOKS Allows Swindlers To Foot Her Ont of __ The Sum Os $250 of Warren Plains, into Rigning a check in their favor for $250. When the Citi | zens Bank here refused to pay it with out an order, they returned to the Wil ker home where Mrs. Wilker wrote an order which released the cash to the men who deported at once. Mrs Wilker, according to her story told here this week, signed the check after one of the crooks had passed a handkerchief, saturated with a sense benumbing drug, before her face and told her that if she did not buy the eye glasses which he offered, she would die within six months. The two men drove to the Wilker home, which is off of the main road. One entered the house and the other waited in the car. Mrs. Wilker consent ted to have her eyes examined, and the man was called from the automobile while the first of the rogues took his position at the rear door. Henry Wilker. who is paralyzed, was in the house when the examination was held. Death in six , months was predicted by the Vpecialist” unless the glasses which he had were Wilker had been inhaling fumes from n handkerchief which was bandied deftly by the humbug. A slick tongue and the drug over powered the caution which had been us ed in accumulating the money through the years of work and Mrs. Wilker sign ed the check. When the men returned for the order, saying that the bank would not pay such a sum without it. Mrs. Wilker gladly wrote a part of her fortune awa^. With Our Advertisers. Easter coat suits and ensembles, $7.05 and up, at Fisher's. Just the garments you want for Easter. When you take shares in the Cabarrus County B. L. and S. Association you be come a shareholder or stockholder and it is a case of share and share alike with all. Running shares 25 cents per share per week. Prepaid shades $72.25 per share. Stock has been maturing in 328 weeks. All stock is non-taxable. Nice small hams for Easter at the San itary Grocery Co. Get your Easter clothes pressed this week before it is too late so you have them ready. Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. will do it for you. Esster candies and novelties, some thing different, at Cline's Pharmacy. Sohloss Bros.’ suits $25 and up at Hoover’s. Give Bflrd’s Beauty Shope a trial. Call 890 —Miss Lewis annd Miss Jones. This Is Automatic refrigerators week at the Concord Furniture Co. With each refrigerator you set 500 pounds of ice free, delivered as you need it. The last word in spring coats at J. C. Jenney Co’s. Prices range from SB.OO to $34.75. Negro Centenarian in Toils of the Law. Wilmington, April 6—William James, 102-yeanoold negro, who Claims to be the father of eighty children, was ar-1 rented with his 65-year-old wife herel last night charging with operating a moonshine still in his hut but in an alley. 1 T%e distilling outflits were also seiaed. | James says he was born a slave on a Brunswick county plantation in 1823, and came to Wilmngton seventy years] •«° ! Tbs Japanese believe that the soul* of | lltbrir forefathers are housed in corco-' CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925 Ctti DEVICE WILL GIVE RADIO MOVIES BEFORE VERY LONG ’ Device Known as “Prismatic j Ring” Will Change Aiti * tude Toward Radio by All, ' the Inventor Declares. SIT AT HOMELAND SEE WHILE HEARING Olympic Games, Baseball Games, Flower Festival or Anything Else Will Be Seen, It Is Predicted Now. (By the Associate* Press! Baltimore, April 7. —Inventions of a device known as “the primatic ring” will enable radio fans to sec the next Olympic games, as well as hear the cheering, it is predicted in a report to the American Chemical Society in session here today by the inventor, C. Francis Jenkins, of Wasliington, D. C. He also promises that the stay-at homes may see the Presidential inaugu ration ceremonies from their own fire sides, see a distant football or busebnll game as it is happening, a regatta, Mardi Gras, flower festival or baby parade while these things are actually happening. Mr. Jenkins explained that still pic tures are now excellently done both by radio ami by wire, ami that as the xpee-1 of the apparatus is the only difference between stills and movies the public are confidently expecting radio movies soon. It is now n daily laboratory demonstra tion. The prismatic ring is a new Contribu tion to optical science, the report said, adding: “By means of this prism a tiny point of light is made to travel across a pho tographic plate in a succession cf parallel adjacent lines, the strength of the light constantly changing by reason of the i varying strength of the incoming radio I signals.” PROF. PRICHARD. OF WAKE FOREST, DIES SUDDENLY Died Before Students, Who Were With I Him, Could Get Him to the Hospital. I Wake Forest, April 6.--—Funeral serv-1 ices for Prof. R. S. Prichard will be ,cgftiii>£ted Jxqm the Baptist Church here Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock and [ will be in charge of Dr, J. W. Lynch, | assisted by .Rev. J. A. McMillan. | - Prof. Prichard, a member of the Wake | Forest faculty in the department of : chemistry since 1919. died suddenly at 9:30 today with heart failure, while'. walking from the Lea laboratory build ing to the office of Supeirtendent of Grounds Holliday. He was suddenly , stricken and died before students who . were with him could get him to the hos pital, less than 200 yards away. ] The sudden death of the much-loved professor left the college community and town dazed. Classes were suspended for the morning and the Elon-Wake For- ■ est baseball game scheduled for the as- ■ ternoon was cancelled. Arrested While Drunk, Drinks Poison in Jail. Asheville, April 6.—Arrested on a charge of drunkenness Sunday night, J. B. Denis, 30 years old, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing the con- ; tents of a small bottle of Bichloride of Mercury while confined in a cell at police headquarters. Attendants at the hospital reported to the police that the condition of the man is grave and that there are serious doubts that he will recover. Easter Offerings at. Parks-Belk Co.’s The Parks-Belk Co. has a beautiful line of hosiery for you for Easter, the price of pure thread Rilk ranging from 98 centß to $2.25. You will find here the Gordon hose in chiffon silk, newest eol >ors, for $1.48. Y’ou will find also the lat est offerings in neckwear, haud bags, gloves, braids, belts, and hundreds of other seasonable things, and of course, the price is right. Emigration BtU Unheeded. Bucharest, Rumania, April 6.—Par liament today adopted the emigration bill without paying any heed to the pro test of Great Britain. A dispatch from Bucharest last week said the British government had lodged a strong protest against the measure, then before parliament, for the control of emigration. Great Britain declared that if the bill was enacted into law it would.'drive British steamship companies out of Rumania. ’ 11 U-13 XL.IL . I ' '—in MiiiiiiniiiiiiimmiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiimiig WHY NOT START NOW? g A new interest quarter in the Savings De- E S partment of this institution began April the E a ist. . m All deposits made in our Savings Depart- fH 3 ment on or before April I Oth draw four.per |jg Scent, interest, compounded quarterly from E J April Ist. ■) ( iIT , ■■ an t flPgph* I /iITiZENS mma | I BANK Be TRUST * concohu m lllESHHßsLilsf Qjarles L. Flagstad of SupenoK wis., la able to speak again after be ing deprived of that faculty for three years. In 1921 hia larynx was re- 4 > ®<»Ted when cancer had aet in. A' fn» rt 3P * BBtad used *nj automatic larynx, a new invention, wri baa so mastered the use of it that he can carry on an audible con- Tarnation. 'll IIWS-I- THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance cf 3 to 6 Points and Sold Higher During First Hour. (By the Associated Press) New York, April t.—Cotton futures opened steady today as an advance of 3 to 6 points and soldi about 14 to 16 points higher before tie end of the first hour Dll covering and light trade or spec ulative or buying on continued southwest drought. May advanced to 24.53 and Oct. to 24.52. gains of about’. 44 to 50 points from the recent low prices. The mar ket held generall steady iirspite of some commission house realizing and a little hedge selling by the South) Private cables reported a small mar ket in Liverpool with prices steady on pre-holiday covering. Mirih of the busi ness locally represented efsuing up in I preparation . for the approaching three days’ adjournment. I Cotton futures opened i6teadv. May 24.40; July 24.72; Oct.l 24.38; Dec. 24.44; .Tan. 24.24. FATHER DRIVES INTO TREE WHEN “DEAD” SON MOVES ! Parent Injured After .Boy Supposed Kilted is Relived. | New Holstein, 7.—John | Scherer, St. Nazisms. Jriving home with what he supposed was the dead body of , his son, Florentine, 6 was so startled i by evidences of life ii the boy that, 'he lost control of his car and was severely , injured when the machine hurtled down a steep bank and tinted over, riis son, who had been run down by a bicycle and knocked unconscious earlier in the day. escaped further injury in the auto accident and is expected to recover. Hall Caine Says There is no Book in the World Like the Bible. Owing to the great recital of Bible reading which is spreading over the world, the ideas of many eminent writ ers have been collected and the follow ing expression of HalL.Caine as to the Bible is dike a great tribute or acknow ledgement of deep debt. “I think I know my Bible as few literary men know it. There is no book in the world like it, and the finest novelß ever written fall far short in interest of any one of the stories it tells. What ever strong situations I have in my books are not of my creation, but are taken from the Bible. The Deemster is a story of the Prodigal Son. The Bond man is the story of Esau and Jacob- The Scapegoat is the story of Eli and his sons, but with Samuel as a little girl: and The Manxmau is tjie story of David and Uriah.” Wins His Bet, But, Lands in Asylum. Bergamo, Italy, April 6.—Angel O. Fatutti, a shoemaker. Sunday literally jumped his w-y into an insane asylum. Fatutti made a bet that he could jump from a height of 100 feet into the water with an egg in his hnnd, without injuiy to himself or without breaking the egg. He did it successfully and won his bet. Before he could collect, however, the authorities pounced on Wifi and took him to an asylum to ascertain his men tal status for havin made such a hazard ous undertaking. Bobbed Hair Is Blamed For Death of Old Woman. Coleridge. Neb., April 7. —Mrs. Rose West, 80 years old, is dead and it is said the immediate cause was the bob bing of her hair recently. She took cold soon after having her hair bobbed. This developed into pneu monia and resulted in death. MOTHER CRUM BIHOKCTITU® TOIMDCin City Authorities of Steubens ville, Ohio, Think Friends of Chapman Responsible For Fire In Garage. GARAGE iMPLOYES STATE WITNESSES And This Fact Leads Officials to Believe the Garage Was Burned In Revenge by the Friends of Chapman. (By the Associated Press) Steuben sviile, Ohio, April 7.—That the Stanton Motor Company garngeVfire here this morning which resulted in complete destruction of the buileling and thirty' automobiles, with an estimated loss of $200,000, was started by former asso ciates of Giwald Chapman is the belief of city authorities who are investigating. The garage is owned by William Sny der and Miss Catherine Bourne, who were State witnesses against Chapman at his recent trial in Hartford, Conn. They testified that the automobile which tig * ured ill the robbery the night Patrolman .lames Skelly was slain was stolen from the garage here some months previously and both identified Chapman as the man who made inquiries about the price of the car a few hours before it was stolen. it ijS believed associates of Chapman bred the garage as an act of revenge for tbs act of the couple at the triaj. COOLIDGE~UNABLE TO ATTEND CELEBRATION Finds It Will Be Impossible for Him to Attend Celebration id Charlotte. (By the Associated Press) Washington. April 7.—President Cool idge today notified those in charge of the Mecklenburg county celebration to be held at Charlotte, N. C., on May 20th that lie would be unable to attend. The celebration is the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by Meck lenburg county. Mr. Cooiidge has been advised that a committee plans to come to Washington to renew the invitation to deliver an address a£ Charlotte, but he has sent word that while he would hear the com mittee, he ! dfa- not ace the slightest' pus- : sibility of attending the celebration. An announcement also was made at the White House today that President Cooiidge has not planned for trips away from Washington to deliver addresses prior to going to Minnesota early in June to attend the Norse Centennial celebra tion. , THE AIRPLANE CARRIER SARATOGA IS LAUNCHED Craft Will Be Largest and Fastest of Its Kind In World When Completed. (By the Associated Press) Camden. N. J., April 7.—The giant air plane carrier Saratoga, will be launched today at 12:45 p. m. at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, wife of the Sec retary of the Navy, will act as sponsor at the christening ceremonies, with high officials of the navy and other govern ment departmental officers witnessing the ceremony. Secretary Wilbur will speak. A sister ships, the IT. S. S. Lexing ton, is to be launched this fall at Quincy, Mass. Originally these two ships were to have been battle cruisers but under the arms limitation treaty they were con verted into airplane carriers before their construction was far advanced. When completed and commissioned late in 102(1 the Saratoga will be the largest and fast est craft of its kind in the world. FIFTY ZULUS DROWN In An Attempt to Repeat the Red Sea Miracle of the Bible. London, April 7. —An attempt by the leader of a party of Christian Zulus to repeat the miracle of the Red Sea has resulted in the drowing of fifty Zulu men, the Cape Town correspondent of the Sunday Express cables. Floods have turned Zululand into a swamp, destroying roads and blocking railways. Tbe party, returning from a tribal gathering, reached a wide drift which had become a raging torrent. Determined to ford it, they knelt and prayed; then the leader struck the wat ers with an iron rod, commanding the waters to roll back ami let them pass. The party advanced and all were swept away, according to the cable. Governor McLean Makes Statement. Raleigh, April 7.—Governor McLean, though recently quoted as having set forth a policy of not appointing any Republicans to office, states that when making the statement referring to Re publicans he had only the budget'com mission appointments in mind. The governor said lie would not fol low out the policy, heretofore required by law but now not obligatory, of ap pointing a Republican to the budget com mission but would appoint only Demo crats. He says that he did not intend this statement as a declaration of policy with reference to other boards and com missions. He added that he knew«nan.v able Republicans in North Carolina and whenever he felt that the use of their services would be beneficial to the state, ' he intends to call upon them. Senator Overman WiH Be Candidate. (By «»• Associated Press) Salisbury, N. CL, April 7.— With his attention called to some editorial sug gestions regarding his candidacy to suc- NO 82 May Get Office II H Ip ■ Ik m ■ Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of Gov ernor Plncbot of Pennsylvania, will pet a seat in Congress, according to rumors in Washington. These same I rumors say that the governor will become a member of the Senate. SOUTHERN MOVES FORWARD Tile States and Counties of the South to the Front in Textile Ranking. Washington. T). ('., April 7.—South ern states and counties moved forward in the textile ranking contained in the an nual report of the U. S. Census Office' for the year ended July 31, 1024, in Which are listed all counties having more than 100,000 cotton spindles. Georgia with 2.708.242 spindles, a piin of 104,707. took fourth place, pass ing Rhode Island which showed a de crease. North Carolina with 5,801.300 spindles is second. South Carolina with 5,260,378 is third, while Massachusetts stil lholds first place with 11,702,160. Gaston County. N. C„ with 1,110,260 spindles, a gain of 157,208, is die first Southern county to pass the million mark and is now the fourth county in the United States in number of spindles, be ing exceeded only by three New England counties each of which showed a decrease for tl»e year. f ■ Wfbfr ’BS etoAtaartt Rhf Pni, cl su te h with more than 100.000 'spindles, 21 are in North Carolina. 14 in South Carolina, 8 in Georgia, 5 in Alabama, and 1 each in Louisiana, Tennessee and Virginia. Four Southern counties—Gaston, N. C., Spartanburg. S. C.. Greenville, S. C.. and Anderson, S. C.—have more than 500,000 spindles in each county. The relative prosperity of the indus try in the South is shown by the fact that North Carolina worked 17,332,650,667 spindle hours and South Carolina 16,- 600,845,707, while Massachusetts with more spindles in place than the two Car olinas combined, worked only 17,7(i2.675,- 016 spindle hours. These figures have been abstracted from the Census Re)>ort by the Development Service of the Southern Railway Sys tem. THOUGHT GIRLS WERE BURGLARS AND FIRED Fortunately. However, College President Merely Damaged a Door. Danville, Va„ April 6,—Danville’s latest college sensation became known this afternoon when it was learned that Miss Winifred Myers, of New York, and Mrs. Helen Smith, of. Richmond, stu dents at. Averett Baptist College had been mistaken for burglars late Satur day night in the college kitchen and had been shot at by James P. Craft, presi dent. of tbe college- The girls were not harmed. They were out of bounds pre pring dainties for a night feast. Dr. Craft heard a noise, armed him self and was stealthily making bis way past the pantry when he saw the door move. Stepping back he called on the person within to come out threaten ing to shoot. There was no answer and he sent a ball ripping through the door panel, a second later two haggard girls emerged, the bullet had passed less than six inches from the head of one of them. The faculty which usually votes on penalties for broken rules this afternoon declined to punish them. Stealing Os Its Safe Forces Bank To Close. Terre Haute, Ind.. April s.—The State Bank of Hazel Dell, 111., discon tinued business yesterday, stockholders announced, as the bafik was no longer able to make money, because last De cember bank robbers carried away the safe. The directors have never been able to find it. The burglary insurance which the bank carried Was not sufficient to replace the safe, and it was decided to close tbe bank rather than make any ■ added investments. Tlie bank lost about S2OOO in cash and several Liberty bonds when tbe safe ■ was stolen. I Want Troops to Fight Forest Fires. (By the Associated Preen) Richmond. Va., April 7. —Authority to ' turn out the National Guard at Blacks- I burg to help rangers combat a forest fire ’ raging in the mountains near that town , was asked of the Adjutant General’s of fice here shortly after noon today. D. HD. Lyeriy Dies. Salisbury, April 6.—David C. Lyeriy, i aged 67, a weM known farmer of the Christiania neighborhood, died Satm - day afternoon, his death being caused ‘ ,udw * s r ?,+ m i / • TODAY* S m • TODAY SF 11V. CM WES OH nMontilfßUCE Measure As Agreed to by the Cabinet Sent to Chamber of Deputies for Quick Ac tion by That Body. CAPITAL LEVY OR , * FORCED LOAN HELD Bill As Agreed On Carries That Provision.—Capital ists Can Volunteer to Give Part of Fortunes. Paris, April 7 (By the Associated Press I. —The government's new financial bill embodying the provisions of the pro posed capital levy or forced loan, was in troduced in the chamber of deputies this afternoon by Finance Minister De Mon zie. The measure was agreed to by the cabinet this morning. He asked its im mediate reference to tile finance commit tee and report on it before the end of the day. Tbe mechanism of tbe system as ex plained by the finance minister after ad journment of this morning's cabinet meeting, is intended to afford property owners and capitalists of France a chance to come forward and contribute ■ proportionally of their wealth to the ren- • ovation of French finances. It contains provisions obliging them to do so if they refrain from voluntary sub scriptions. BLAIR ORDERS TAX BOOKS KEPT CLOSED Will Await Ruling of Supreme Court on Constitutionality of Publicity. Washington. April 6.—lnternal Reve nue collectors have been ordered by Commissioner Blair to -withhold the new income tax records from public inspec tion until given further authority from the Internal revenue Bureau. The tax returns will not be available until July 1 at tbe earliest for public perusal and treasury officials expect that the constitutionality of newspaper publication of the tax lists will bave been determined by the Supreme Court by that;-time. Commissioner Blair will set a date on which ail.of ttye tax beofea iidU, be opened to public inspection in event tfieTaw & * construed to permit it. The Internal Revenue Collector at ' Kansas City some days ago made public the tax lists in his district, but was immediately ordered to close them again. STUDENTS AID IN FIGHT AGAINST FOREST FIRES Number of Houses and Saw Mills Are Menaced By Virginia Fires. (By the Associated Press) Blacksburg, Va., April 7. —Fifty Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute cadets and more than 100 townsmen left today for the scene of the a forest fire in the moun tains four miles northwest of here where 150 houses and several saw mills are menaced by flames which have raged uncontrolled for four days. While the town of Blacksburg and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute grounds are not yet threatened, a half dozen homos and saw tnilis are in the immediate path of the fire, and it is es timated that more than 150 buildings on the side of the mountain will be de voured unless the flames are checked. Wears Suit of Clothing For Fourteen Years. Greenville. S. C„ April 6.—A suit purchased in Austria over 14 years ago for 12 krones, or the equivalent of $2.40 in United States coin, and worn con stantly since the purchasing, was re recinly sold by A. Stanck, West Green ville merchant, for $1.50, or 90 cento loss than the purchase price. The owner stated that he sold the suit because it was out of style, not because it was thread-bare and worn. It was of ex ceptional quality and would doubtless cost the purchaser about SIOO if bought from a tailor today, Mr. Stanck said. French Women Given More Righto. Paris. April] 7 (By the Associated Press). —The chamber of deputies this evening passed a bill giving women the right to vote in municipal elections, and also making them eligible for municipal offices if elected. The vote was carried by a show of hands. A similar bill was passed by the chamber in 1919 but was defeated in the senate. Try to Prove Dorothy EUingson Is Sane. San Francisco, April 7.—Prosecution in tbe trial to determine tbe sanity of Dorothy Ellingson was prepared today to introduce testimony of three expert witnesses, notably Dr. Floyd Bryan, an X-ray specialist, who it is believed would testify that tbe X-ray plates of the girl introduced by the defense discloses noth ing abnormal. WHAT SMUTTY'S CAT SAYS •, I : j ; I Fair tonight and Wednesday, warmed