2 DISPATCHES 2
VOLUME XXV
LEKMPm
HERE WAS SUCESS
FRSTRERORTSSHOW
Canvassers At First Meeting
Tuesday Night Reported
More Than $1,700 Rad
Been Colected In Cash. *
PLEDGESCARRY
TOTAL HIGHER
Believed Now That Total Will
Reach $2,300 Mark—Fine
Spirit Os , Co-operation
Shown By All.
More thafn $2,000 was raised by can
vassers working in the city Tuesday for
the. American Legion Endowment Fund,
first reports submitted at a meeting of
tile team members Tuesday night, show
ing that the goal set for the city $1,700,
had been passed in the first day's work.
The campaign officially closed with the
meeting Tuesday night, but during today
subscriptions have continued to come in
nnd it' is believed the total will reach
$2,300 when all workers have completed
the round of prospects.
Van Walfer, adjutant of the local Le
gihu Post, is at work now dividing the
subscriptions by teams and his report will
be published in full when completed. Un
til his report is completed, it will be im
possible to tell which of the teams In the
campaign secured the most money.
The campaign was unusual in several
respects, notably because more than $1,700
of the total secured was in cash, and be
cause the campaign was successfully wag
ed in one day. At the meeting Tuesday
night members of the teams turned in
$1,764 in cash and other workers sent
in reports that they had'about $l5O more
which they coaid not carry to the meet
ing.
In addition to the cash, pledges report
ed at tile meeting amounted to about
S3OO, Adjutant Walter stated. That car
ried the total well beyond the $2,200 mark
and when today's subscriptions are turn
ed in Mr. Walter expects to hkve at least
$2,300.
The campaign here officially started
Tuesday morning when thd various team
members met at the Legion club rooms for
breakfast. Coffee and sandwiches were
served and final instructions given to the
wowsers. The entire city was marked off
by (wards and eertahf team# were seW)f tO
(■Main streets. Many of &e eanvMoers
completed their work by. noon, but others
continued on the job ’’during the aftet>
noon.
First reports were submitted at a meet
zing in the clnb rooms Tuesday night and
'the announcement that more than $1,700
had been secured with the great portion
in cash was the signal for a prolonged
demonstration.
D. B.' Coltrane, general chairman of the
campaign, presided at the meeting Tues
day night and when the reports had
been submitted and the cash counted,
he talked briefly to the team members,
thanking them for the splendid manner
in which they had conducted the cam
paign and commending them for the ener
getic way in which they had carried the
campaign to a speedly conclusion.
Mr. Coltrane also expresed appreciation
for the wholehearted manner in which the
citixens of the city had responded to the
call, declaring by doing so they were mak
ing possible the greatest work yet under
taken by the Legion.
The campaign here was conducted in
collection with the national campaign of
the Legion to raise an endowment fund of
$5,000,000 which will be spent for the
needs of sick and wounded veterans and
orphans of men who “went west” while
“over there.”
Fashionable Women Aid Revolutionists.
Rome. April 28.—Dispatches received
her from Sofia say the Bulgarian gov
ernment has discovered that the cental
committee of the revolutionists employed
fashionable women, who had entree in
the best social circles, as messengers to
transmit code messages between revolu
tionary agents in various Bulgarian
cities. A number of the alleged messen
gers were arrested. They did not deny
the charges but said they were not
cognizant of the contents of the mes
sages they carried.
The advices add that the police
frustrated an attempt to kill Foreign
Minister Kaloff, who had discovered a
. suspicions person near his home. The
man resisted arrest and hnrled two
bombs which failed to explode. He es
caped, firing numerous Bhots at the
police.
Explosion May Result in Death of Three
Persona
(By the AneetaM PMM)
Malden, Mass., April 20. — The death
list from an explosion which wrecked a
part of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., on
Commercial street in this city today may
reach three, officials announced after a
preliminary checkup. Two employees
who are known to have been at work
where the explosion occurred are miss
ing, and a third is dying in a local hos
pital.
NOTICE!
City privilege license are due
May Ist, Call and get your li
cense tags for private autos,
trucks, cabs, trucks and drays for
hire.
CHAS. N. FIELD,
City Tax Collector.
The Concord Daily Tribune
“It’s Absurd”
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mam a ruUag which requires a wo
■ana married name must appear
tut **y Mrs. Herbert
former instructor of journal-
the University of Wisconsin.
. »°° «tooe her marriage has been
*««• maJdeu name. Ruby
»ack. She asked the National Wo-
at Washington to seek
I * C °^ nge to *>»e ruling after Becre
■ry Kellogg allowed her a passport
nthe name of Ruby Black with a
•otntkrn that she was the wife of
Little.
MISS ALEXANDER NOT
DISCOURAGED BY LOSS
Charlotte Woman. Beatpi For Mayor,
to Fight For Governor’s Post.
Charlotte, April 28—“ Three years
from now women will occupy a much
stronger position politically than they
do today,” declared Miss .Tnlia Alexan
der this afternoon in commenting upon
her signal defeat yesterday in her race
for mayor of Charlote.
“The resalt of this municipal elec
tion will have no effect upon my candi
dacy for governor in the next gub
ernatorial campaign,” Miss Alexander
declared. “I see no reason for dis
couragement on my part,” she con
tinued.
Miss Alexander declared that she was
“much gratified to receive such a
splendid vote." This vote, she said,
“shows the confidence of a large number
Os ihe citizens of Charlotte in my
ability- to take part in the city govern
ment.”
Miss Alexander was defeated in yes
terday’s primary by Mayor Harvey
it core, who polled 4,688 votes to 1,191
for Miss Alexander.
Major W. R. Robertson ami N. W.
Wallace, commissioner of public safety,
will run over for commissioner of ’pub
lic safety, and W. 3- Stancill nnd L.
W- Wingate will enter the city general
election May 5 for-commissioner of pub
lic works.
AUXILIARY MEETS
AT ROCKY MOUNT
“Quiet Hour” Opens 43rd Annual Con
vention of Women’s Body.
Rocy Mount, April 28.—'With delegates
arriving on every train, the Forty-Third
annual Convention of the Women’s Auxi
liary to the National Council, Diocese of
North Carolina, opened at the Church
of tjhe Good Shepherd here late this af
ternoon with the Observance of a “quiet
hour” conducted by Bishop Edwin A.
Peniok, of Charlotte. The convention
will continue in session’ through Thurs
day.
Scores of delegates had arrived by the
time the evening session which was fea
tured by addressee by Rev. Henry D.
Phillips and Miss Grace Lindley, of the
Church Mission House at New York, con
vened at 8 o’clock and the total attend
ance Is expected to reach nearly 200 by
the time the convention gets in routine
business swing tomorrow morning.
With Our Advertisers.
Look over the big stock of tires at
Howard’s Filling Station.
The Removal Sale at the Musette con
tinues all this week at the old stand in
the Cannon building.
A good spring tonic for your car can
be had at Corl Motor Co.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Company
has just received a car load of Continent
al bed room suites.
When W. J. Hethcox tells you a job is
done, it is done.
The New Efird Store has a basement
full of bargains for you in gingham, tick-,
in*, denims, sheeting, etc,
Drink Bine-Bird and Save the caps.
See ad. of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
Ninety-five cents down, installs a Ruud
1 water heater In your home.. See Concord
A Kannapolis Gas Co.’s ad.
City privilege licenses are now due.
1 Call and get yours from City Tax Ool
■ lector Fields.
1 C. H. Barrier and Co. will pay from
35 to 46 cents a pound for friers and
i broilers. Hens 20 cents.
• Fisher's is now offering ensenble cos
■ tumes and spring coats from 20 to 33 1-3
■ per cent. off.
Begin saving noyr by taking out a few
shares in the new series of the Citixens
p Building and Loan Association which
opens next Saturday.
Another Brooklyn Baseball Magnate ID.
(By It* Associated Press)
New York, April 20.— Edwin J. Mc-
Keever, pgrt owner of the Brooklyn Na
: tional League baseball club, and acting
president since death of Chas. H. Ebbets
oh April 18th, is critically ill of pneu
monia at Ala home In Brokfyn, It was
’ learned today. Mr MeeKever contracted
- influenza the day before Mr. Ebbet’s death,
but Insisted on attending the funeral.
Mr. McKeever is 62 years old. He and
Ws- brother, Stephen W. McKeever, ac
quired half interest in the baseball elub
TracoraS
THE fIUPDER OF GIRL
Pair Os Glasses For Middle
Aged Man And Suede Shoe
For Left Foot Are Latest
Clues In Mystery.
DENTAL WORKOF
v GIRL IS STUDIED
Police Believe Arms and Legs
Os Girl Will Be Found In
Lake Which Is Being
Pumped Dry Now.
(By the Associated Press)
Gary, Ind., April 21).—A pair of eye
glasses for a middle aged man and a
woman’s grey suede left shoe were clues
held today by authorities investigating the
death of the unidentified girl whose dis
membered, burned and bullet riddled body
was found Sunday near Chesterton, Ind.
A possibility that solution of the mys
tery hinged entirely upon the eye glasses
was considered by officials in a confer
; cnce last night.
The shoe with one strap burned off was
found by a police dog about 300 feet from
the spot where the body was discovered.
The dog followed a trail to a small lake
, in a swamp a short distance away where
authorities believed the missing legs and
right arm of the girl may be found when
the lake is pumped dry.
Tracing of dental work on the girl’s
teeth was started when a chart of the
mouth was made.
BILLY SUNDAY HAS BIG
CROWD AT GREENSBORO
Evangelist Takes Fling at Preachers
Whom He Terms Thea logical Bootleggers.
Greensboro, April 2$. —-Hilly Sunday,
than 17 candidates did- in a municipal
noted revEvalist, drew more people here
election yesterday. Coming from Wins
ton-Salem, where he is conducting a re
vival, the preacher had about 4,000 lis
tening to him in the National theatre,
while the highest vote given yesterday was
2,200.
People filled the theatre an hour be
fcrc the sermon began and bundle is were
turned away. Outside the lobby, after
the dbors were closed, was packed and the
suit-walk crowded, people hoping to catch
just a word now and then.
Mr. Sunday was 7 in regular style, free
action, spiting dynamite against the devil.
The trouble with the world today, he
said, is that people have gone crazy, luna
tics over pleasure, mad after fame, wealth
Bnd lust, drinking at the fountain of
pleasure, but what they hope for is not
there.
None of those will lift man an inch
toward God, he said, but people are get
ting tired of helping these theological
inf, to modernise God. “He was good
enough for our forefathers, but He is not
good enough for ns, and I’m here to tell
you that all these new-fangled notions
about God are not coming from the pews,
but from the pulpits.”
“I, for one,” he continued, “am get
ting tire dos helping these theological
bootleggers advancing their so-called mod
ernist views about God.”'
SUIT AND CLOAK PLANT
. DAMAGED BY INVADERS
Ten Men With Black Jacks and Iron
Pipes Did Much Damage To Factory.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, April 29.—Ten men armed
with black jacks and iron pipes invaded
the East Side Cloak and Suit Factory of
Schneider, Schanofsky & Seidman today,
beat up 24 persons in the shop, and wreck
ed several thousand dollars worth of ma
chinery and cloth.
Police believe the outbreak was a re
sult of union strikers. Philip Schanof
sky, one of the owners of the factory,
may die of injuries. . Chas. McGarry. a
city fireman, was seriously injured. One
of the men was captured but the others
escaped in two waiting automobiles.
Walking Stick Made of Shark Back
bone Presented McLean.
Raleigh, April 28. —Captain E. D.
Williams, harbor master of thq port of
Wilminton, today presented Gov. Mc
iean with a walking stick made of the
backbone of a shark. Captain Williams
secured the shark’s backbone from a sea
faring man from San Salvador, where
the fish was caught.
Captain Williams, the oldest ship
man of .the Cape. Fear river section, has
been “on the water” for 52 years, he
said. He is an wrderit admirer of Gov
ernor McLean, he added, and wanted
the executive to have the unique walk
ing stick as a keepsake. ’
Governor McLean sa'id that he was
going to place the cane in the hall of
history with a signed statement as to
ita history, the date of presentation,
etc.
Find Dead Body at Atlantic City.
(By tin Associate* Press)
Atlantic City, April 29.—-The body of
a man believed to be Thos. P. Wilson,
1 of Ashburn, Va„ floated ashore at Som
-1 ere Point today.
The body was fully clothed, even to
overcoat and overshoes. Letters found in
• the pocket bore Wilson’s name.
The police are making an investigation.
■ Must Fingerprint Children Bern in Hos
pitals.
I (By the Associate* Preaa)
• Harrisburg, Pa., April 29.—Governor
1 Pinchot today signed a bill making it
I mandatory to fingerprint or footprint, in
i'fants born in public or private hospitals
j in Pennsylvania.
- 1 The condition of Mr*. J. F. Harris, who
) has been ill for several days, is .improved
today. - »,
CONCORD, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,1925
FOREIGN FVLICf OF
rnmimr
: BE ULTEHED NOW
! Election Os Von Hindenburg
i Does Not Mean Change In
Policy Is Planned, Accord
ing To Hails Luther.
LUTHER wELBE
KEPt IN OFFICE
i And After Talking With
President Elect He Makes
: Fact KnoMi That No
Change Is Pl|nned. ,
Berlin, April 29 (By the Associated
1 Press).—Germany’s foreign pol'ey will
not be changed, Dr. Hans Luther, the
; German chancellor, declared emphatically
1 today in an address before the annual con
gress of the I/eagpe of German Industry
and Commerce. The declaration is un
derstood to refleet also the viewpoint of
president-elect Von Hindenburg. with'
i whom the chancellor conferred yesterday.
While Dr. Luther did not refer to the
recent election, it is generally understood
he spoke with the full authority of Hin
denburg and the groups promoting the
field marshal's candidacy.
“The people of Europe desire the re
moval of uncertainty ami lack of clear
ness,” Dr. Luther had previously declar
ed. “A policy having that end in view,
would naturally be -governed by the law
of continuity and cannot arbitrarily
change its direction.”
That Germany does not desire war
was a further categorical declaration by
the chancellor, who laid great, stress upon
Germany's adherence to the security pact
idea.
“Germany desires to protect herself by
treaty.” he observed, “and as I wish to
emphasise at this time, does not desire
to conduct war.”
With regard to the failure to settle the
evacuation question, Pr. Luther declared,
“the whole European policy suffers from
delay of this question.’’ - .
Reverting to the security problem, the
chancelor reiterated “it is self evident
that the standpoint adopted by the gov
ernment stands unchanged.”
The chancellor followed with a pledge
of international co-operation.
“German statesman and German men
of industry and commerce will never fail,”
he said. *‘tb cotitrimkc their share to
pea’ceful understandings and. local co-oper
ation for the international co-operation
of nations.”
SALISBURY MAN DEAD;
NEGRO IS SUSPECTED
Special Agent of Southern Hallway
Found Murdered—Alleged Assailant
in Hospital.
Salisbury, April 28.—Coroner Sum
merset will tomorrow hold an inquest
over the body of C. E. Kitchen, special
officer of the Southern railway and
deputy sheriff who was found dead in
a Creek near the city this afternoon. Mr.
Kitchen’s pistol, which has been identi- .
fied by fellow officers, of the slain man,
was found this evening at a negro's
house where it had been left by a negro
man who is now in the Salisbury hos
pital where he was operated on for an
injury caused by a pistol shot in the
bowels.
The negro told other negroes when
he appealed for help that he had been
shot at Greensboro last night but of
ficers claim to have evidence that he ,
was shot by Mr. Kitchen during a scuf
fle near the point where the dead of
ficer was found. Mr. Kitchen’ death is
said to have been caused by licks over
the head. It is thought that the assnilant
then threw him in the creek to dispose
of his body or to drown him if the in
juries did not prove fatal.
Mr. Kitchen has been special officer
for tfie Southern railway for several
months. He lives in the Kress apart
ments in this city nnd is survived by a
wife.
HINT AT PLOT TO KILL
AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN
Additional Guards Ordered To Protect The
British Foreign Secretary.
(By the Associate* Press)
London, April 29.—Additional guards
have been assigned to protect foreign sec
retary Austin Chamberlain, presumably
in connection with discovery of a plot
agairifet his life.
The news of additional police protec
tion to rthe British foreign secretary came
from official quarters, but there was much
reticence about discussing nature of
theiproposed plot. It was intimated that
some of the details were discovered out
side of London.
Calling Florida Women “Flappers’’ Arous
es Ire Os State Legislator.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 28.—Reference
to any woman as “Flapper” in Florida
would be considered against the dignity
of the State, under provisions of a reso
lution introduced in the House today.
Speaking on the measure, the author
, Representative Branch, of Liberty, stated
■ that he was serious in ita introduction.
“The women of Florida are about all
i tit* have left to look to for decency,” Mr.
i Branch stated, “and I resent the refer
ence to young women of Florida that they
. are like a heuse, pointed in front, shingl
ed in the back and empty in the attick.
■ I trust this measure will meet with seri
ous considerations.”
The resolution was placed on the House
’ calendar for further action tomorrow.
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Namrf^ArehkantJ^wey^General.
Os Parkertdmrg, W Va„ was°a£prinred to
wgnra.
Champs Sign for Bout
fH H
Bare we have Mickey Walker and Harry Greb signing articles for their
championship fight at the Polo Grounds, New York City, June 19. Walker,
welterweight king, is on the left: Jimmy DeForost, matchmaker, in the
center, end Greb, middleweight title holder, on the right. The bout wili
be for the middleweight mown.
MORE FIGHTING TODAY
REPORTED IN SOFIA
Reported That Bulgarian Troops am.
Communists Have Clashed Again.
(By the Associated Press)
Rome, April 29. —A dispatcli to tin
Tribuna from its Sofia edfrespondent re
ports a new outbreak of lighting betweei
Bulgarian troops and communists. Cns
ualties are unknown but the dispatch say:
they are believed to be fairly heavy.
The dispatch to the Xribnuu says t:
sanguinary battle was fought yesterday
between government troops and commnii
lets.
The population of Sofin became panic
stricken because of the intermittent ex
plosions. A strict censorship prevails, it
was added.
The Tribuna dispatch says the explos
ions were caused by attempts of govern
ment forces to blast the communists out
of underground tunnels where they lead
taken refuge.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Today at Decline of J to 7 Points.
—Offerings Were Comparatively Light.
However.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 29.—The cotton mar
ket opened today at a decline of 1 to 7
points under liquidation, renewal of lo
cal and Southern selling inspired by re
ports of further rains in the southwest,
and relatively easy Liverpool cables.
Offerings were, comparatively light,
however, while the decline in Liverpool
was offset by advance of Sterling exchange
and priees soon steadied dn covering. The
tp ade buying also was reported and
while general business was-quiet the ihav
ket showed wet advances 3 to 11 points
at the eml of the first hour. July ell
in* up to 24.08 and October to 21.31.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
23.70; July 23.95; October 23.65; De
cember 23.84; January 23.58.
ATTACK BY KLANSMEN
MAY START AN INQUIRY
Klan Members Attacked As They Left'
Meeting Place.—Stones Hnrled During
Attack.
(By the Associated Press)
Whitinsvile, Mass., April 29.—Police
were planing today to conduct an investi
gation into the disorders which marked a
meeting of the Ku Klux Klan in North
brioge early this morning when 150 mem
bers of the Klan were attacked by 200
men as they attempted to leave the
meeting place. State police were also
considering the possibility of an inves
tigation to learn the leaders of the at
tacking force which met the Klansmen
with a fusillade of stones, smashing auto
mobile windshields and otherwise dam
aging the machines. Members claim sev
eral of the Klansmen were struck by
stones during the fracas. *
Mathewson Recovering From Cold.
(By the Associated Press)
Saranac Lake, N. Y., April 29.—Chris
ty llathewson, president of the Boston
National League Baseball Club, is re
covering from a cold at his home here.
The former pitching ace of baseball,
who won a valiant fight against tubercu
losis here prior to his return to the game,
is in good health generally and his
condition cannot be considered serious
or alarming, his physicians said today.
Will Attend Bankers Convention.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, April 29. —Unless unfore
seen developments prevent, Secretary Mel
lon will attend the convention of Miss
issippi Bankers Association, which opens
May sth at Jackson, Misss,
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PASSENGERS MAY SMOKE
ON ENGLAND-INDIA AIR LINES
Airships Will Use Oil and Not Gasoline
on Trips.
(By the Associated Press) v
London, April 29. —England's giant air
thip. the R-101, which is to ply between
his.country and India, is to be construet
d of stainless steel, and is to have two
(operate decks and accommodation for
100 passengers. The use of stainless
(feel in the framework of the dirigible is
■onsidered by experts to be a decided ad
vance in airship construction because of
ts strength.
Passengers and crew on the R-101 may
■rnioke pipes, cigars or cigarettes during
voyages, as the engines will not use
gasoline as feul, but a heavy gas oil in
stead, and by this system virtually ail
clanger of fire while in air will be elimi
nated. Provision for a smoking room
has been made in the plans and this
compartment win be built along the lines
of those upon an ocean liner, only a
somewhat smaller scale, of course. The
sleeping quarters will consist of two-bed
cabins, also similar to steamship berths.
According to the present plans of the
builders, who are working in conjunction
with the air ministry, the keel of the
ship will be laid down some time in
July. The R-101 is to be 720 feet in
ength and 140 feet in diameter and is
expected to begin its flights via the great
eastern airway some time in 1926.
RESUME WORK ON BIG
MAF OF UNITED STATES
Map Will Show AlfFeirtorea of Country
and Will Coat Government $50,000,000.
• New York,. April 29.. (By the.. Aygoei- ,
a ted Press).—Four hundred government,:,
typographers are taking the field this
month to resume work on the $50,000,000
map of the United States, already 45 years
in the making, which the last Congress
decided must be had to completion (Nithlu
I the next 20 years.
j The American Engineers Council, rep
resenting 28 engineering societies, said to-
I day that this the greatest cartographic
panorama ever made of this country, is
being produced in such detail that it will
account for every acre, and will even show
every farm house,.
MAY CALL SPECIAL SESSION
FOB PAUL RUBBER CO. CASE
Judge Webb May* Call Special Session of
United States District Court In Ashe
vHle.
Asheville, April 29 (By the Associated
Press). —A special session of the If, S.
District Court will probably be called
here by Judge E. Yates Webb to try the
Paul Rubber Co. case of Salisbury in
which indictments are pending against the
officials of that company for alleged vio
lation of the postal laws.
This was learned today when the dock
et of the approaching May term of the
court for the trial of criminal cases was
completed. The Paul Company case was
not set for trial at regular term which :r
to continue in session about 3 weeks and
begins next Monday.
Lexington to Pay Tribute of Respect to
Mr. Varner.
Lexington, Apr. 28. —Business houses
of LexingtOD will close from 10 until 11 :
o’clock tomorrow as a signal mark of 1
respect upon the death of H. B. Varner,
whose funeral will be conducted at 10 1
from First .Presbyterian church. Inter- 1
ment will be in the city cemetery with
Masonic honors, the deceased having 1
been past master of the local lodge.
Messages of condolence from all parts
of North Carolina and a number from,
other states have come in throughout
the day.
6 TODAY’S I
S TODAY J
No. 101
BUTCHER BEING HELD
1
AGAINST HIS WIFE j
Charged That Frank Kocurek
May Have Killed Woman
Whose Dead Body Was
Found Last Week.
TOLD FRIENDHE
. WOULD KILL HER ??
Wanted To See If He Could
Cut Up Woman’s Body So
No One Could Tell Wlto
She Was.
(By the Associated Prcil
Chicago. April 29.—Threats attributed ,
to Frank Kocurek, fonner army butcher, . :
that he intended to kill his wife, have led
to his detention in connection with the £
finding a week ago of the dismembered 1
and headless body of a woman in a catch
basin.
Kocurek wns taken into custody after
Win. Littleton, an acquaintance told the §
police Kocurek had said “I am going to
kill her, and when I do it 111 use my ,
army experience as a butcher and kill A
her in such away that should what's
left of her body be found no one will be
able to tell who she was.”
Kocurek admitted the body might be
that of his wife who. he said, was kidnap
ped by two men May 11, 1924. Later
confronted with the Littleton story he
changed his atory and said his wife had a
left him. He produced a letter he said
she had written him May 12, 1924, say- , ' |
ing she was returning to her home in De
troit. Another letter from her mother
written three months* ngo, from Ecorse. {
Mich., said she did not know where the
daughter was.
FRENCH MAY HAVE TO
RESTORE GOLD STANDARD A
Action by Great. Britain May Compel
France to Do Same, Financial Experts
Think.
Paris, April 29 (By the Associated
Press). —Tbe establishment of a gold
standard by Great Britain will necessitate ; J
France taking the same step, in the opin
ion of the beat French finance authori
ties. Miirster of Finance Caillaux is al- '
ready studying the question, and has in- , ,-l‘i
timated that it is necessary for the
Freheh people to mate sacrifices to ac*
rompftsh the return to the gold standard.
Veterans Urged to Ffle Application For
Compmaatian.
Charlotte. April 29.—“ Many veterans’ -S
of the World War are still defering tbe *|j
matter of filling claims for adjusted com*
peusafion (or bonus) under the World S
War Adjusted Compensation Act, as
approved May 19, 1924,” states ,T. 8. Pitt- |
man, Regional Manager of the U. S. Vet
erans' Bureau at Charlotte, N. C. “This
is evidently due,” he said, “to the infer
enee that there is ample time, in view %
of provisions in the Act shat the final
limit for filing claims does not expire -j
until January 1, 1928.”
Mr, Pittman calls attention to the fact g
that while existing laws fix the time limit
at January 1. 1928, the fact should be
taken into consideration that if death
should occur in the meantime (and they
are occurring more or less frequently)-the
estate of a veteran would be minimised
by failure to have filed claim.
“As an example,” Mr. ■ Pittman states,
“should a man file claim who may be en
titled to a service credit of $300.00. his
widow, or the estate, as the case may be,
would receive a death benefit of approxi
mately $1,250.00, depending upon age of
the insured at the time he may
have filed the application: whereas,
Should death accur prior to filing claim by
the veteran entitled to a service credit of
$500.00, his widow or' estate would re
ceive only the amount of service credit.”
The advantage of filing claims immediate
ly is obvious, and Mr. Pittman urges
all eligible claimants to give serious con
sideration to this important matter, at
the same time advising that the neces
sary forms may be obtained upon appli
cation to any office of the U. S. Veterans’
Bureau, American Red Cross, or Ameri- ■
can Legion Post.
Four Killed in lire.
(By the Associated Press)
Portland, Ore., April 29.—Four per
sons were killed and two others injur
ed probably fatally, in a fire which early
today swept the Hendricks apartment
house.
Forty persons, awakened when the fire
was burning, escaped from the building,
which contained forty-six apartmentß.
Tribal Leader Enters French Zone.
(By the Associated (Trees)
Paris, April 29.—Si Mohamed, brother
of Abdul Krim, Moroccan rebel leader, has
entered the French tone of Morocco at the
head of a big tribal contingent, accord
ing to official information received by
the French government.
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