S DISPATCHES i
VOLUME XXV
YCampaignHereEnded
In Success Last Night
At Meeting At Y Building
Canvassers Reported That
More Than-$16,000 Sought
Had Been Scured
GIVE ALL CHANCE
TO GIVE SOMETHING
For That Reason Convass
Was Continued For Sever
al Hours Today—News Re
ceived With Rejoicing
The Y. M. C. A. drive to secure $16,-
000 for the coming year's budget went
over with a bang last night at the meet
ing of the - canvassers in the gymnasium I
of the Y, n total of $16,340 in pledges be- <
ing reported by the teams and the exec
utive committee.
Despite the fact that the amount re
quired has been raised, it was felt by the
persons in charge, of the drive that an op
iwrtunity should be given to every man,
womdn and child in the city to give some
thing and the organization of teams was
held intact for another day while can
vassers attempted to see as many of such
persons as was possible.
The chief point of interest in last night’s
meeting centered in the report of a num
ber of local firms that gave 100 per cent,
subscriptions. In addition to the firms re.-
ported the day before, C. H. Barrier Gro- 1
eery store, Starnes-Miller-Parker Co.,
Ivey's Shoe Store nnd Ruth-Kesler Shoe,
the following stores made 100 per cent. ]
reports at the close of the second day's
drive: Post Office. Efird’s, J, C. Penney, '
McClelland and St. Cloud Barber Shop.
The flowers, for the greatest amount (
of money raised, was given last night to
the team headed by F. C. Niblock, the •
presentation being made by L. M. Rich
mond, who won the bouquet the day be
fore. Dr. John A. Patterson felt that he
should have some recognition as the man 1
who had obtained the largest number of :
subscriptions and the personnel of the
teams facetiously decided that he receive
a rising vote of thanks and be given a
idnell of the flowers.
W. N. Northeott, who conducted- the >
drive, made a short talk in which he de
clared that he had never worked with a I
group of men who were more unselfish j
than the group of men in Concord con
nected with the drive, “I like t'oncord,”
he said, "nnd I like your splfit here, the j
way. you do things. I have enjoyed ev
ery tniuqte of my stay in Concord and !
hope- to again.”
F.’jCMiblock, president of the Board of 1
Directors of' the Y. M. O. A., thanked *
the men conducting the canvass for theit
loyalty and efficiency in the campaign. H.
YV. Blanks said that he was at a loss for
words in expressing his feelings at the]
wonderful campaign which had been con- .
ducted. "I know that it is hard to so- ]
licit money..'’ said Mr. Blank's, "but you 1 5
men took hold of the job and carried it |
out to a finish. Concord is the envy of 1
every town in the country on account of J
the work the Y is doing.”
The subscriptions raised in the second .
day's work were as follows: ('
Division A—Cupt. John A. Patterson!*
$160; Capt. G. S. Kluttz, $120; Capt. J
P&tterson Ritchie sls.
Division B: Capt. R. B. Rankin, $75;
Capt. C. W. Byrd $214.
Division C —Capt. C. F. Ritchie $00: ]
Capt. F. C. Niblock $540; Capt. E. E. ,
Peele SSO.
Division I)—Capt. A. H. Jarratt. $5; 1
Capt. C. H. Barrier $110; Capt. L. M. '
Richmond $215.
! Executive Committee SI,OOO, High !
School $27, and Harry Lee Johnston and (
Dewey Sapepnfield, working independent
ly $l2B.
81-PLANE CARRIES BIG
LOAD TO WASHINGTON
Had Two Baby Grand Pianos and Six ■
Men On Boarij During Trip \
(By the Associated Press)
Mineola, New York, April 23.—A bi
plane with two baby grand pianos and
carrying 6 men left Roosevelt Field today
for Washington.
One of the pianos was consigned to Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge and was to be delivered
to her secretary at Bolling Field, where
the plane wa| scheduled to land. Second
instrument wa sfor a Washington piano i
dealer.
Col. H. R. Hartney, president of the
General Airways, Inc., who was aboard
the ship, says the company plans to op
erate an air freight line between Bos
ton and St. Paul, Minn.'
Whte Way In Salisbury Is Inaugurated
With Rejoicing.
Salisbury, April 22.—Salisbury's
beautiful white way was inaugurated
tonight, The event was witnessed by
several thousand residents. A fiand fur
nished music, Manager Roberson, of the
Public Service company, turned the
white way over to Mayor Henderiite
nnd the beautiful system which now
lights up the business section of the
city burst -'nto light. Beneath the lights
a street dance was held.
No Telegram Sent by Association.
(By the Associated Press)
Augusta, Ga„ April 28.—N0 cablegram
to Berlin of any nature has been for
warded or authorized by the executive i
council of the American Bankers Asso
ciation in session here, Wm. E. Knox, of I
New York, president, declared today in
regard to reports from Berlin saying such'
a rumor was current there.'
Mrs. Perkins Gets Divorce
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, April 23. —A judgment grant
ing a divorce to Mrs. Kate Fletcher
Perkins from Brooke Perkins on the
ground of desertion, was banded down
here today. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins were married in
Sarasota, Fla., in 1022.
THe Concord Daily Tribune
\
ZAIR LEDFORD ATTEMPTS
TO Cl’T HIS THROAT
Is Prisoner in Prison at Raleigh Charged
With Killing His Wife.
Raleigh, April 22. —Zair Ledford, of
Clay County, sentenced to serve 30 yehrs
in the Slate’s prison at Raleigh for the
murder of his wife, is in the prison hos
! pital in a serious condition, having cut
his throat from car to ear in an attempt
at’suicide. The attempt occurred yester
day morniug preceding the electrocution
of I-en Walton and was ‘witnessed by a
Raleigh officer and ail officer from anoth
er state who was in Raleigh with requis
ition papers.
Ledford, who began his sentence Mon
day, was assigned to work in the chair
factory. It was there that the attempt
at suicide took place. Without warning
the. prisoner seized a long knife and slash
ed his throat. He was immediately re
moved to the prison hospital and was giv
en medical assistance. He was reported
this morning as "doing well.” It was
stated at the prison that it was thought
be would live.
MAY NOT WAIT FOR
MORE DEFENSE WITNESSES
Government May Want to End Wheeler
Case After Senator Has Finished His
Testimony.
Great Falls, Mont., April 23 (By the
Associated Press). —Developments in the
trial of Senator Burton K. Wheeler hing
ed today on whether opposing counsel
would agree to end the case when the
testimony of the accused Senator is com
pleted or suspend court sessions pending
the arrival of additional defense witness
es from the East.
The Senator is accused of having illeg
ally appeared before the Department of
the Interior to prosecute oil prospecting
permits after his election.
Senator Wheeler On Stand
Great Falls. Mont., April 23.—Senator
Burton K. Wheeler resumed the witness
stand in his trial today to complete the
story of his connection with Gordon
Campbell, Montana operator for whom
he is accused of illegally appearing before
the Department of Interior in proseeu-
II . .i land permits.
4 New Newspaper Council Formed. I
(By the Associated Press)
New York, April 28.—Organization of
the American Inter-regionai Newspaper |
Council to serve as a clearing house of |
problems of 800 smaller newspapers of I
the United States and Canada was an- i
nounced today. The organization work I
has gone forward tips week in conjunc- j
Hon with the annual meeting wof the Am-!
erica u Newspaper * Publishers Association
Which began its. second day’s sesion this
morning. ,
Another Revolutionist Killed in Sofia.
Sofia. April 23 (By the Associated
Press). —The revolutionist Tehountouloff,
ohe of the principal terrorists under Nin
koif, the alleged communist leader in the
recent cathedral bomb outrage, who was
shot and killed by the police Monday,
met death today in much the same man
ner bn his chief. Discovered by the po
lice, he refused to surrender, they declar
ed, and was shot down.
Will Not Discuss .Reported Loon.
(By the Associated Press)
London, April 23. —British treasury
officials decline to comment on reports
that Great Britain is seeking a large
loan from American bankers for the pur- 1
pose of keeping the Pound Sterling at par I
when that value is restored. Financial i
papers published here recently have hint
ed that such a loan is being negotiated.
Treasury officials declare the report ‘en
tirely unofficial."
He track and feild championships of
New York State Public High School
Athletic Association will he held at
Ithaca on June .6. \
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The State Salary and Wage
Commission Is Meeting Today
(By the Associated Press) i
Raleigh, N. .C., April 23.—The State
Salary and Wage Commission, a bill pro- ]
viding for the creation df which was pass- ,
ed by the General Assembly of 1925, will <
hold its first meeting, in the office of the
Governor, today. The call vyas issued by
Governor McLean, on April 15. He said
that this initial meeting would be “for .
the purpose of organizing and performing
such other duties as provided in ‘the art
authorising th eappointment of said Com
mission.”
Following the enactment of the Salary
and Wage Commission law, Governor Mc-
Lean named the following to be mem
bers: P. H. Hanes, Jr„ ''Wjnston-Salem;
Julian Price, Greensboro; George A. HoJ
derness, Tarboro; Robert N. Page, Aber
deen, and Samuel L. Rogers, Franklin.
Members of the Commisison. engaged in
manufacturing and other business, are
all employers of labor. ,
Passage of the bill providing for the
appointment of the Salary and Wage
Commission by the Governor, followed
public discussions on salaries and wages
paid in State Departments and insti
tutions. During these discussions, which
occurred While the General Assembly was
jin session, some newpapers printed lists
of State employers and the salaries they
'were receiving. Shortly thereafter Gov
ernor McLean appeared before the Gen
' eral Ailaembly to deliver a brief special
message. In this message he called attep
tio nt ocharges of inequalities existing in
the State’s payrolls and asked for the
appointment of a commission to thorough
ly investigate the matter and with pow
' er to fix and equalize the pay of State
* employers, commensurate with tbs services
performed by them. The General Assem
bly, without discussion, passed* the leg
isolation sought by the Governor and em
powered him to procesd with, naming a
Supports Widows
L ■
Paul Fountain, 11-year-old evangelist
of Sulphur Springs. Axle., is believed
to be the youngest evangelist in the
world. On ttto proceeds of Ms work
** *■ traveling preacher he supports
an institution for destitute widows
with small children and sends youths
to college.
REPUBLICAN WOMAN
NAMED BY, MrLEAN
i Mrs. Lindsay Patterson Chosen a Trustee
] Os Negro School. Other Appointments
Raleigh, April 22.—Mrs. Lindsay I'at
terseli, of Winston-Salem,, today was np-
I pointed for four years to membership on
the board of trustees of State Teachers
I College for Negroes in Winston-Salem
I to succeed J. Gordon Hackett, of Wilkes
i county, who resigned.
' The governor was generous to Republi
leans today. He named Sjrs. Patterson
land then placed Judge E. W. Timberlake,
]of Wake Forest, On the'state ’ hospital
board for Goldsboro, succeeding YV. H.
Belk. of Charlotte, who had resigned. This
appointment is for four years.
He crowned Judge W. S. O'B. Robin
son. of Goldsboro, the third Republican,
with authority to hold membership ofi the
state hospital board for Ita'.eigli. suc
ceeding Stephen Mclntyre, of Lumberton.
who has been made city alderman and dis
qualified.
Colonel Santford Martin, editor of the
YY’instpn-Salem Journal, to succeed May
or E. N. Johnston, of Lumberton, on the
! board for the deaf and blind institute of
Raleigh. Colonel Martin is not d Re
publican.
Favors Unification.
(By the Associated Press)
Richford, Vt., ApT-il 23.—The Vermont
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Chruch today by unanimous vote favored
| the proposition submitted by the Gen
eral Conference for unification of the
north and south churches.
Women Killed For Murdering Child
(By the Associated Presa)
Gero, Germany, April 23.. —Frau
Sohellhardt, convicted of murdering her
10 year old daughter, was decapitated, here
today. It was first decapitation in 17
| years.
commission.
Already, in advance of official action
by the Salary and YVage Commission,
there has been a readjustment of wages in
one Department, that is, in one branch of
the State government. When the Com
missioner of Revenue took over the force
in charge of automobile registration, he
announced drastic cuts, and many of the
employees, mostly young women, were
taken from the State’s payroll. However,
there was no announcement made as to
a revision of salaries in the Department
of Revenue, in advance of the meeting
of the Salary and Wage Commission. Sev
eral members of the automobile registra
tion force, including J. E. Sawyer, who
had been with the pepartinent of State
since the registration of automobiles in
North Carolina began and who was chief
of the registration department, resigned.
Mr. Sawyer’s salary was stated as SO,-
000 a year. Other employees resigned. The
majority of them, however, went to Com
missioner Doughton's jurisdiction with
the transfer.
The law provides that the members of
the Salary and Wage Commission shall
receive their railroad fares and susten
ance not to exceed $5 a day when railed
to meet. Their accounts shall be audit
ed, by the Budget Bureau and paid out of
the emergency contingent fund. They
shall also be allowed clerical assistance,
the money for which will come out of this
same fund.
The Commission, under the law, is re
quired to “carefully investigate the cost
and value* of the wages and services ren
dered the State by all subordinates and
employees of these departments and agen
cies, and they shall classify the same and
fix salaris and wages of each class or
division and Hball report the same to the
Governor."
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925
CENTMLITY OF THE
CHRIST IS SUBJECT
OF STRONG SERMON
Sermon Was Delivered Last
Night In Central Church
Here By Dr. J. A. B. Fry,
Now Os California
BIG CONGREGATION
HEARD THE SERMON
Problems Os World Will Be
Less When (People Make
Jesus Centra Figures In
Lives, Speaker Said
.lie
“The centra’ity of Christ" as the
panacea for the ills jof the world was
offered by Dr. J. A. R. Fry in an inspir
ing sermon delivered last night in Cen
tral Methodist Church to a congrega
tion that filled the auditorium of the
Church. Dr. Fry left immediately after
the service for his California home.
Dr. Fry has been in North Cnrolinn
for the past week nnd it was at the
urgent request of his many friends iu
the city that he agreed to sneak at the
prayer service at Central Church last
night. The great love nnd esteem in
which lie is held by Oancord people was
clearly demonstrated by the fact that
members of mnny other Churches than
Methodist tnade up the large congrega
tion that heard him.
Before beginning his sermon Dr. Fry
expressed great pleasure nt being in
Concord, a city which he said “is
precious to me.” “In later yenrs if it
shall be my lot to be bent of shoulders
and crippled of limb.’’ he said, “I slial'
ask nothing better than to be allowed to.
walk with my spent body on your
streets and in your hofhes."
“The Master’s Triumphal Entry In
to Jerusa’em" was the text chosen by
Dr. Fry for a sermon devoted almost
wholly to a discussion of the power of
Jesus Christ to remedy the evils of the
human being nnd of the world. “There
are no settled problems today.” Dr. Fry
began. “Problems of the Church, prob
lems of Stnte. problems of politics, eco
nomic and sociological problems are un
settled. The war 'eft us all, uncertain. I
do not know what Will happen to
France, soviet Russia, Eugland or Ger
many. America is the surest of all
nations but we are notveertain where we
are going. However. T believe America
will win for I have faith in the Ameri
can consciousness to meet all crisis.
“There is just one great certainty—
Jesus Christ. There is no voice of great
leadership in America. The great de
mocracy will win .but I do not know in
what way. The problems of the Church
are not solved. There were never so
many Church problems, but neither was
there ever before such an assurance of
Jesus Christ.
“In the great world problems men
are turning to Christ. Never before were
there so many men seeking to give a
square deal; never before. were there
such efforts by men to be honest with
their money. We never knew before
such philanthropies. In greater numbers
than ever before men of great wealth
are dividing their fortunes among the
men and women who worked for them.
This shows that men are finding the
way out of their problems by using
Christ as the central figure in their
fives.”
God’s greatest and final revelation to
man ih Jesus Christ. Mr. Fry said in
stressing the point that personality is
greater than all else. '"Hie greatest reve
lation is Jesus which the Bible reveals,”
he continued. “Personality is greater
than all else and all things *are for per
sons. Money, houses, Churches nnd
power are not created for themselves.
They are created for persons, and in the
personality of Christ, God made his
greatest revelation.”
Theological, scientific and economic
problems must be decided, Mr. Fry
added, but he declared these questions
hold no fear for him. "The problems are
serious and grave ones,” he admitted,
“but I have no fear for the final issue
for I have faith that my Master will
win.”
Mr. Fry warned Ills hearers against
trying to define personality. “Here is
where some of the trouble comes,’’ lie
said, “for we try to describe the in
describable? You can’t shut God up in
definitions; He is too big for that. You
can’t define or describe yourself. Neith
er can you define your love for a child.
I find many people are worried over
and afraid of such questions. But I
am not for I believe God reigns and will
not be dethroned.”
Issuing a warning against the prac
tice of ignoring what the world calls
“common place” things, Mr Fry de
clared that “Christ, comes first” but “He
uses the other things.” In this con-1
nection Mr. Fry told of the entry of
Pompey into Rome years before the
coining of Christ. “Pompey rode into the
i city in fine vehicles, with hundreds of
captives and with the people applauding
* him. Today he is a memory. Jesus rode
into Jerusalem on a donkey and today
. he is Master of the world.
[ “God needs you as really as you need
. Him, and He needs the things you
> create with your hands. There Is no dis
. ferenee between secular and sacred if
you live right. To the Christian Monday
] is just like Sunday. I •am just ns re
sponsible to God for the use of the
money I have as I am for the use of
' the Bible. All things are divine, to him
f who thinks divinely.
' “You can’t build God’s kingdom and
* ilenve out the material .things. The work
!| of a man in an office is just the same
’ as preaching if he doe* it with the
£ consciousness of cooperating with God.
(Continued on Page Six.)
Field Glasses Give Hubby Away
ML*- ,
- -mm -
One day when Mrs. Clara E. Starr, 62, of Liberty Center, 0., -looked
through her field glasses she received a shock. For, she says, her hus
band was “Wickedly loving and embracing” another woman. So
Mrs. Starr divorced her husband and has sued Miss Dorothy Sohreilter, 21,
pretty heiress of O., for $36,000 for alienating Starr's affections.
The case has been continued until June.
DID HOMERIC DO ALL
POSSIBLE IN DISASTER?
Passengers on Board Vessel Do Not Seem
to Agree on the Question.
(By the Associated Press)
NUew York. April 23.—Passengers
who arrived on. the YY’liite Star liner
Homeric after seeing the Japanese
freighter Raifuku sink with its 38 offi
cers and men. expressed widely divergen*
views as to whether every possible effort
had been made by the Homeric officers
to save the Japanese seamen.
The domeric docked laNt night. It lost
in a race with death Tuesday.
The division among the passengers was
about equal, some saying that everything
humanly possible had been, done, nnd it
would have been suicide to lauuch the
Homeric’s lifeboats; others saying they
believed some lives cottld have been saved
had the boats been launched or rafts set
adrift towards the sinking vessel. Capt.
John Roberts was given a testimonial
signed by 123 of the 238 first cabin pas
sengers.
STILL FIGHTING SALE
OF AMERICAN SHIPS
Losing Out in Injunction Pacific Mail
Co. WIU Keep Up the Fight.
(By the Associated Presat
YVashington, April 23.—The final or
der dismissing the plea of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co. for an injunction
against the Shipping Board was signed
today by Justice Hitz in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
Counsel for the Pacific Mall said they
would advise the court later ns to their
decision on a further effort to restrain
the board from consummating the sale
of the five President type ships now op
erated by that company to the Dollar in
terests.
With Our Advertisers.
Venetian Cleansing cream for cleansing
the skin at Gibson Drug Store.
Picture yourself in a handsome modern
bathroom installed by E. B. Grady.
Yorke & Wadsworth has a real steak
hammer at last.
Washing and storage nt Corl Motor Co.
Authorized Dodge dealers.
See the new ad. today of Bob's Dry
Cleaning Co. Dresses look like new when
returned.
Ten to 20 per cent, off on spring coats
at the Parks-Belk Co. Read new ad. for
prices.
Friday, Saturday and Monday Efird’s
will have another big 88 Cent Sale. Read
about it in half page ad. today.
Los Angeles on Way Home.
(By the Associated Press.)
Los Angeles left Bermuda at 8:57 a. m.
Washington', April 23.—The dirigible
today for Lakehurst, N. J.
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THE COTTON MARKET
>
Opened Easy Today At Decline of 16
, to 28 Points—July Down to 24:60
(By the Associated Press)
New York. April 23. —The cotton mar-.
, ket opened easy today at a decline of 10
. to 28 points under local. Southern and
, YY’all Street selling promoted by reports
of rains in -northwest Texas and Okla
, lioma. Early cables from Liverpool were
I relatively firm but the market there eased
( ' off later under Texas rain news, and prices
here sold 20 to 30 points lower in the
first few minutes, July declining to 24 :60
and October to 24:55.
Some stop orders were uncovered on
] the break and after the execution of these
1 the market stiffened up 10 or 15 points
from the lowest on covering. Better
| weather news encouraged selling and ral
lies, however, and the market was 15 to
• 18 points net lower at end of first
• hoar. - ,
1 DUKE ELECTS STUDENT 1
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
YVhiteford S. Blackeney, Os Monroe.
Wins Out as President After Close
I Contest.
i Durham, April 22.—After a warm
I week of campus politicking, the Duke
university student body has completed
its election of officers for the men's stu
. dent government association. Whiteford
• S. Blackeney, of Monroe, was elected
i president, winning out over L. L. Wail,
| of Morganton, after a very close race,
. which required the holding of three
separate elections. He will succeed YV.
r Speight Barnes, of Raleigh, present in*
- cumbent. L. B. Hollowell, of Durham,
, was elected vice president, and W. A.
, Biggs, of Raleigh, secretary-treasury.
64 Liquor Indictments at Asheville.
(By the Associated Press)
Asheville. N. C„ April 23. —With 30
new indictments for alleged liquor viola
tions returned by the grand jury here
’ this morning a total of 04 such indict
ments- have been made since last Monday.
1 Sheriff E. M. Mitchell lias been imaging
a concentrated drive against blockaders
1 and bootleggers and lias nearly a score of
deputies securing evidence and making ar
• rests. - The sheriff recently announced a
policy to .conduct continuous war against
’ liquor violators in Buncombe county.
i
Claim Ernest Key Has Confessed.
(By the Associated Press)
Winston-Salem, April 23.—Ernest Key,
s one of the two negroes held here on a
J charge of murdering J. H. Vaughn, local
1 merchant, Saturday August 2. 1024, lias
• confessed to the part he played in the
crime, according to the police. John
YY’esley Dawkins, Key's co-partner accord
ing to the confession, tired the shot which
. killed Vaughn which was with a shot
s' gun. Dawkins denies the statement, de
claring his innocence.
* NEWS
• TODAY
NO. 96 '
COLLINS' BODY IS I
FINALLY FREED Os
MineFs'TVho Have Been At
Work In Cave For Several
Weeks Succeeded Yester
day in Freeing The Body , \
SMALL ROCK ONLY
WAS ON THE BODY
Morsels Os Food, A Rope,
Chisels And Haminars
Were Found By His Side—
Body Taken From Cave
Cave City. Ky„ April 23 (By the As
sociated Press).—Floyd Collins’ body to- £
day was freed from the underground trap
where he met slow death two months ago
while a nation vainly prayed and fever
ishly waited for word that did not come—
that he had been saved alive.
As flip sun rose over the cavernous hills
of Barren County this morning, its rays
revealed a long guard standing sentinel
over the mouth of Sand Oave, at the hot
tom of whose pit rested the body of the
cave explorer, free at last from the rock
that fell on him January 30th and held
him till death relieved him after 17 days
of suffering.
I.ate yesterday miners engaged in a
second attempt to release his body suc
ceeded in tunneling under a huge lime
stone rock in the path of a new lateral at %
the 70 foot level, and came upon the |
body. Instead of encountering a mam- |
moth rock supposed to be pinning the
body', they found a stone of but 75 to : 1
100 • pounds weight across his ankles.
Morsels of food, rope, chisels and ham- -|
mers carried to him during the early
days of his entrapment were found by his
side. It was the work of but a short |
time to clear away debris, and soon as- -
terward the miners had dragged the body • A
to safety at the foot of the shaft.
Their efforts bent disaster by only a * *•
few minutes, for shortly after the body
had been withdrawn, the lateral where ;
they had ben working collapsed, and slid ' <
100 feet below into a dark pit. This sub
stantiated Collins’ remarks to rescuers • A
who crawled to. him in the early days of
his imprisonment that a deep pit was
right behind him.
National Swimming Events. j;
San Francisco. Cfclif.. April 23. " V
IThaf promises to be the most notable
and successful championship swimming
tournament ever held under the aus
pices of the National A. A. IT., was
inaugurated here today and will be con- *
tinued over tomorrow and Saturday. -
The speediest swimmers on the Amer- i
icnn continent are entered, together
with a number of star performers from
other countries, and it is generally ex
pected that more than one record will
go by the board before the meet is con
cluded.
The championships are being held in
the new Fleshhacker swimming pool at
Ingleside, which is said to be the largest
in the world. The pool measures 1000
feet in length. It is }OO feet wide; with
a wider stretch in the middle, affording
a course 50 by 50 yards, which will
permit the laying out of fifteen 10-foot
lanes. It is an outdoor pool, but the
temperature of the water can be regulat
ed.
Ilepew’s Birthday
(By the Associated Press)
New York. April 23.—Chauneev M.
Depew. chairman (f the board of di
lectors of the New York Central Rai 1 -
road and former United States Senator
fivm New York, planned to celebrate his
01st birthday today, he announced “by
plugging away at my job,” entertaining
”a few old cronies at dinner tonight.” and
leaving providence to worry about the
number of years he is to live “beyond
a hundred.” •
Girl Identifies Negro as Assailant.
(By the Associated Press.)
Carthage, N. C.., April 23. —Will Ty
son, negro was arrested as a suspect to
day in connection with an attack made
on a young white girl here Monday and
is being carried to Raleigh for safe keep
ing. The young woman is said to have
identified him as the man who made the
attack on her.
Mrs. Howard EUott Dead
(By the Associated Press)
Baltimore, April 23.—Mrs. Howard
Eliott, wife of the Chairman of the
i board of the Northern Pacific railroad
1 died last night of pneumonia at the Bel
! videre Hotel here. She and Mr. Eliott
i had been at Jekyl Island, Ga., for a
! short stay and were on their way to New
I York.
Wants Provisional Credits
I Paris, April 23.—Provisional credits
i asked by finance minister Caillaux today
! for May and June amounted to 6.969,-
( 377,287 francs. Os this sum, 101,507,574
> francs is for the maintenance of French
[ troops of occupation abroad.
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