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VOLUME XXV
IMOUESTSHE
BE MIOWED TO GO
to pnnmoicE
Surrenders to the District of
Columbia Supreme Court,
and Says He Is Ready For
His Sentence.
MATTER IS NOT
YET AGREED ON
May Be Thatlle Will Be
Held In Washington and
Tried on Charges of Forg
ing Name of Senator.
Washington, May 10 (By the Associ
ated Press). —Gaston B. Means, storm
center in the Daugherty investigation,
and outstanding figure in many court ac
tions, surrendered to the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court today and re
quested that he be allowed to begin n
two year prison term immediately.
Menns was convicted on a conspiracy
charge in New York. He was also under
indictment here charged with forgery in
connection with handling of papers in the
Daugherty investigation.
Defense attorneys yesterday asked that
his trial be postponed while he asked a
stay of the mandate of the New York
courts. The mandate reached here today,
however, and Menns at once that
lie be sent direct to the Atlanta peniten
tiary without the necessity of having to
return to New York.
District Attorney Gordon referred the
question to the Department of Justice,
which will decide whether Means must
be tried here at once on the forgery
charge in which it is alleged the name of
Chairman Brookhart of the Daugherty
committee, was unlawfully used.
YOUNG MAN KILLED BY
PROHIBITION AGENT
«J. Reeves Pearson Says Young Mooney 1
Had Drawn His Pigrol-
Lenoir, May. 18.—J. Reeves Pearson.
Federal prohibition agent, killed Fred '
Mooney, 19 year old youth, who inter
fered late last night when Pearson had
his brother under arrest. According to
the officer. Mooney, had drawn his pistol
and had ordered him to - release his
brother.
Sunday afternoon Pearson searched ,
the Mooney home and found evidences j
of whiskey there. Last night he visited
the home again and waited nearby until j
n darkey came up. Robert Mooney came
out with a fruit jar andthe officer rush- j
ed up, seized the par and placed Mooney |
under arrest. He then started with his
prisoner up the road to the automobile j
which had-been parked about half a mile
from the house, enroute they met Fred
Mooney, who threw a flash light on the ,
officer. Officer Pearson asked the man j
to give hie name, but the only answer he .
received was a demand that he turn his
brother loose. When this demand was
made the officer says that the unknown |
brought his hams from behind him and !
drew a pistol on him. At the name time,
he cursed and demanded again that his
brother he turned loose. Mr. Pearson
tired nt this point, the bullet taking es- '
feet just under the right arm.
The officer then brought his prisoner
into town where he was lodged in jail,
and secured Chief of Police Walsh and
officer Thompson and returned to the
scene of the shooting. They found Fred
Mooney dead with a pistol and a pair of '
knocks on him. Officer Pearson was
placed under arrest and held in custody
until today when bond was allowed in
the sum of $5.000.. 1
This is the second man to be killed by
Officer Pearson within the past month.
About three weeks ago while making
an arrest near Danville, Va., he shot
and killed a man by the name of .Tesse
Martin, being later exonerated of blame
on the ground of self-defense.
Few Rum Row Ships Left of the Big
Fleet.
New York, May 18.—Rum row, once
so populous, had dwindled to seven ships
in capitulation to the little vessels of
the United States coast guard which
started it sfamous mid-Atlantac blockade
thirteen days ago.
This information was received by -wire
less today fro mthe blockading fleet to
Commander Stephen S. Yenudle, aide
to Rear Admiral Billard, commandant
of the coast guard.
Five of the ships weighed anchor and
slipped out of the blockade zone Satur
day and Sunday, Yeandle was informed
by the officers in charge of the const
guard offensive. One of the quintet
sailed Bermuda-ward, a coast guard pa
trol bobbing along in 'its wake until it
had gotten 10C miles out to sea. The
others are believed to have joined the
other floating liquor warehouses which
have anchored at various points IQO to
200 miles off shore, in the apparent be
lief that the blockading forces will re
lax their vigilance as time goes on.
Earthquake Registered at Washington.
(By (he Associated Press)
Washington, May 19.—A pronounced
earthquake was registered early today
at the Georgetown University seismo
graph. It began at 12:43 this morning
and lasted until 2:34 a. m.
Director Tondorff estimated its loca
tion at 8,000 miles from Washington.
The definite direction was not determin
ed.
Two French Aviators Killed.
Tours France, May 19 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Adjutant Foiny, a war
aivator, and his mechanic, Jean Fouch
er, were killed today when their plane
crashed soon after they had hopped off
in the airplane race in military cup com
petition.
The Concord Daily Tribune
Y? ’
GRAY OF SOUTH AND
BLUE OF NORTH ARE
- TOGETHER!TEXAS
Heroes of Confederate Army
Mingle as Friends With
Men Who Fought Them n
the Civil War.
HOLD REUNIONS
IN TEXAS CITY
Not Known Until Confeder
ates Gathered That G. A.
R< Reunion Was In Session
at the Same Time.
(By the Associated Press)
Dallas, Texas, May 19. —The gray of
the South and the blue of the North
mingled again today, this time as friends,
when the United Confederate veterans
here for their thirty-fifth reunion begin
ning today discovered a meeting of the
Texas branch of the Grand Army of the
Republic in session.
The fact that the Texas G. A. R. was
to meet today did not become generally
known until last night when a few of
the boys in blue began to arrive and were
teeeived by members of the woman's re
lief corps. About 100 men who fought
for the Union are attending their meet
ing in down-town Dallas, while the Con
federate veterans are at the State Fair
Park several miles away. The G. A. R.
members planned on making a visit to
the camp of the Confederates to pay their
respects and swap yarns "across the
lines.” There were numerous incidents
of meetings on streets between veterans
of the opposite camps. Registration of
Confederate Veterans far beyond expec
tations were in progress yesterday. Fight
special trains yesterday brought ip al
most 2,000 and fourteen special tra’ns
arc due to arrive today. Beside those
coming by traiu a great army is converg
ing on the city by automobile. Sons of |
Confederate Veterans also are eoming by
thousands, the early registrations indicat
ing the reunion will be one of the larg
est in recent years.
REGARD FOR ARREST
OF PUNCTURE MANIAC !
Many Complaints of Nails and Glass
Being Planted on Clayton Road-
Greensboro, May 18. —A reward of 1
-$25.00 is offered by the Carolina Motor I-
Club for the arrest and conviction of
parties guilty of “maliciously planting 1
nails on the asphalt highway between
Raleigh and Clayton.” it is announced
in a bulletin issued by that organization
today. The reward is .offered through re
ports from several members of the club i
that “nnils, taeks, and glass are being
planted on Route Nol 10, fifteen miles
from Raleigh toward Clayton.” Motor-
Ists are warned to avoid the section of
highway where the obstructions are !
being placed.
Several rewards have been offered by
the club for the prevention of this de
structive meanness. J. Early Mnlpnss.
white farmer of near Goldsboro, was
recently convicted and sentenced for
planting an iron and nail combination
device on the highways. It was not
brought out as to the purpose.
R. C. Young, of Greensboro, a vic
tim of the Raleigh-Clnyton trap, picked
up a dozen nnils in a few hundred feet.
A filling station nearby, according to
Mr. Young, cited n number of similar
eases.
BILLY SUNDAY SCORES
MODERNIST PREACHERS
Evangelist Calls Them “Liars,** Cut-
Throats and Religions Bootleggers’.
Charlotte. May 18. Denouncing
“modernist” ministers who deny the
virgin birth of Christ and the infalli
bility of the Bible as “liars, cut-throats
and religious bootleggers,” Billy Sun
day delivered one of hie characteristic
sermons before a great audience Monday
in the exposition hall.
“If Mary was not the virgin mother
of Jesus, then she wae a bad woman
and Christ an illegitimate son; if
Christ is not all that He claims He was
and that other writers in the Bible
Claim that He was then He is the big
gest impostor in the world's history and
well deserved to have been killed by the
Jews,” declared the evangelist.
“What Think Ye of Christ?” was
Mr. Sunday’s subject.
He declared that Christianity stands
or falls on the miraculous birth of
Christ.
“Denial of the virgin birth,” de
clared Mr. Sunday, “undermines all the
Christian religion.”
Learn to Swim in Winter.
Greensboro. May 18. —Stressing the
importance of using the vacation period j
to gain a new perspective, L. E. Blauch, i
professor of education at North Caro
lina college, gave a very helpful talk to
students and faculty in the auditorium
at assembly hour this week. “According
to William James,” said Dr. Blaueh,
1 “we learn to swim in winter and to
sknte in summer.”
The value of a complete rest during
vacation was also brought out by the
speaker.
Miss Marie Wilkins, of Henderson
ville, and Miss Elizabeth Hannaman, of
■ Asheville, gave a very entertaining
■ violin duet nt the exercises. Miss Her
■ mene Warlick, of Hickory, p'.ayed .the
piano. f
New Belgian Cabinet May Be Defeated.
■ . Brussels. May 19 (By the Associated
? Press). —The Belgian Chamber of Depu
- ties which was elected'April 5, convened
i today. The new premier Aloys de
f Vyvere will ask for a vote of confidence
■ but, it now seems doubtful whether he
can secure it.
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1925
Monkey Business |
EHfTAPWncfcg hw? war.
i'~ OFCOOBSeThETC AEfe EXCEPToRS EDUCAIio.M HAS iFS EHSAPVAN&CSES
— . / <
THE COTTON MARKET
Showed Renewed Steadiness at Opening,
With First Prices Up 16 to 20 Points.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, May 19. —The cotton mar
ket showed renewed steadiness at the
opening today owing to relatively steady
cables, further trade buying and covering. '■
First prices were firm at an advance of
10 to 20 points, active mouths showing ad- ,i
vancea of 22 to 28 points before the end
of the first hour, with July selling up to
22.72 and October to 22.43.
Early weather advices were consider
ed generally favorable, but offerings here 1
were comparatively light and trade sell
ing seeled to be restricted by uncertainty
whether the end-May condition figures 1
would meet the mor eextreme views of
recent sellers.
Private cables reported the advance in
Liverpool was due to trade calling and
Manchester buying.
Clotton futures opened firm. May
22.55; July 22.65; Oct. 22.33; Dec.
22.55; Jan. 22.17.
AMERICA GAINS HER
POINT AT CONFERENCE
Ships Suspected of Carrying Arms Illeg
aly Cannot Be Searched Under Agree
ment.
Geneva.' May 19 (By the Associated
Press). —The amendment to establish the
right to search ships suspected of con
veying arms illegally was eliminated to
day from the proposhed convention of
the international conference for the con
trol of traffic in arms and munitions. The I
American delegation led the opposition'
to the amendment.
Representative Theodore E. Burton,
head of the American delegation, said the
Upited States objected particularly to j
the indiscriminate search of ships which I
was implied under the provision. He
asserted The proposed searching of ships
would probably result in misunderstand-1
ing and abuse. Because of this, the con
fernece decided to delete the amendment.
With Our Advertisers.
Twenty hams will be given free to the
people attending the auction sale of the
lands of C. H. Peek and others on the
Kannapolis road next Saturday, May 23,
at 2 o’clock p. m.
Have your winter garments cleaned
before storing them away. See new ad.
of Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co.
Read Patt Covington’s} new ad. today,
“Us Is Old Timers.”
Yon get $1.45 worth of soap all this
week for only 95 cents at Cabarrus Cash
Grocery Co.
Sample free with three cakes of Coleo
Sonp at Cline’s Pharmacy. See ad.
Champagne Kid is fashion’s latest child
'n pumps. Sizes AA to C, per pair $lO,
at Ivey’s.
Vacuum bottles, 69 cents, and 7-piece
water set cut gIaRS, only $1.48 are among
I the Wednesday specials at the Charles
| Stores Co.
Effective next Monday, the prices at
the New Concord Theatre will be, lower
floor, 30 cents; balcony, 20 cents; chil
dren 10 cents.
Get Q. It. S. Player Rolls at Kidd-
Frix Music and Stationery Co.
Normandy Voile Frocks for warm
| weather at J. C. Penney Co.’s for $4.98.
Bride Killed 1 in Her Weddliqt Gown.
! Just nn hour after her marriage ,in
; Chicago Mrs. -A'dele Kailfman .was kill
- ed, her husband injured and his beet
> man nt. the wedding killed in an auto
mobile crash. The bride was pitched
from the ear and lay dead in her white
• and veil.
Will Sell 200 Vessels For Scrapping.
i Washington, May 19.—A program of
e • selling 200 government vessels for scrap
-8 ping has been tentatively agreed upon by
b the sub-committete on scrapping of the
shipping board.
PAY HOMAGE TO GENERAL
MILES IN WASHINGTON |
President Coolidge and Other High Os- ]
floials Present at the Funeral Serv
ices.
(By the Associated Press) i
Washington, May 19.—Washington (
stood with bowed head today to express i
the nation’s tribute to one of its great 1
military heroes, Lieutenant General Nel- I
son A. Miles. >
President Coolidge arranged his as- 1
fairs so that he might occupy a place
in the funeral cortege signifying the i
country’s reverence for the memory and
achievements of the famous campaigner. ,
The military service loved and served ,
so faithfully by him was the general's ;
body entrusted for the last march to the ,
Arlington national cemetery, there to re- ,
pose beside the body of his wife, and ,
among the comrades of three wars now ,
sleeping beneath the grassy slopes. ,
A troop of United States calvary, an
arm-of the service which the general ,
used so well in wrestling the western
frontier from the Indians, assembled at ,
the residence to escort the body to St.
Johns Episcopal Church where the simple
rites of that faith were prepared by Rev.
Dr. Robert Johnson. Tile solemn inarch
ending at the Mausoleum constructed un- (
der the general's direction, followed on
the program of ceremonies.
Six glistening black horses were select- '
ed to draw the laden caisson and officers
of the army, navy and marine corps were
designated to pace beside them. Sur
rounding the group battalions of soldiers.
sailors and marines led by Brigadier
| General Samuel I). Roekenbaek. com
mander of the District of Washing! on,
formed the escort of honor.
DENY FORD ENTERING
WALL STREET BANKING
I
New Company in New York Does Not
Mean Ford Is Entering Wall Street. •
(By the Associated Press)
New York, May 19.-—The connection |
of associates of Henry Ford with a New
York bond house was generally hailed in
financial circles today as meaning the
manufacturer’s entrauce into Wall Street.
Yet from Detroit came a denial that it
had any such significance.
The newly organized Guardian Detroit
Company opened for business yesterday
in the Equitable Building on Broadway,
near Wall Street. One of the directors
is Ernest Kanzler, vice president of the ,
Ford Motor Co.
The Guardian Detroit Co., is announc
ed as an investment branch of the Guard
ian Trust Co., of Detroit, of which Edsel
Ford, Henry’s son. is a director.
The Guardian Detroit Co. is taken over
the municipal bond business of Keane
Higbie & Co., of Detroit and New York,
who will continue in business as under
writers.
EDOUARD BENES NAMED
HEAD OF CONFERENCE
Chosen President of Annual International
Labor Conference at Geneva.
Geneva. May 19 (By the Associated
Press). —Edouard Bones, foreign minis
ter of Czeclio-Slovakia, was unanimously
elected president today of the seventy
annual international labor conference at
its session here. ' XI
The delegates at the opening session
qf the labor conference applauded and
eulogized the youthful Czeeho-Slovakian
foreign minister jas one of the greatest
peacemakers of Europe who they said is
sincerely attempting to put Europe’s house
in order.
Approve Bill Against Secret Societies.
Rome, Ma.V 19 (By the Associated I
Press). —The Chamber of Deputies today
. approved a bill agaiast secret societies
I I by a vote of 394 to 0.
’I
’ 1 Ths year’s attendance at the home
! I games of the Chicago White Sox have
{broken a’l early season records.
THE STONE MOUNTAIN
MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION
- 1
Leading Citizens of Various Sections on 1
Board of Directors. i
Atlanta, Ga.. May 19. —Announcement 1
of the election of governors from south- i
crn states and leading citizens from va- t
rious sections of the country as mem- t
bers of the board of directors of the
Stone Mountain Confederate Monument- <
al Association, has'been made by Hoi- •
lins N. Randolph, president. In an- »
nouncing the new directorate, Mr. Ran- 1
dolph said': 1
“With the new directorate, including 1
the governors of the original confederate *
states and distinguished citizens from the
South and other parts of the country,
the Stone "Mountain Memorial now be- 1
comes wlrtkf those who have directed its
destiny from the beginning have desired, j
a truly national undertaking. If any (
evidence were needed as to how com- ’
pletely the entire South has taken this
great memorial to the Confederacy to 1
its heart, it can be found in the enthu- 1
siastic repsonse now being accorded to .
the distribution of Confederate memo- ■
rial half dollar to be released over the 1
nation ou July 3rd. Proceeds from the '
premium on these coins are to go the 1
completion of the monument.”
Southern governors announced as ac- j
cepting election include Clifford Walker. |
Georgia; John W. Martin, Florida; |
W. W. Brandon, Alabama; Thomas G.
McLeod, South Carolina; William J. ,
Fields, Kentuck; E. Lee Trinkle, Vir- ,
ginia; Henry Whitfield, Mississippi; ,
Henry L. Fuqua, Louisiana; Miriam A. ]
Ferguson, Texas; M. F. Trapp, Okla- ,
homa; Thomas J. Terral, Arkansas.
Southern men added to the Stone
Mountain board are: I)r. Hugh W.
Young, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti
more : Herbert W. Jackson, banker, of
Richmond, Va.: Cameron Morrison, for- i
mer governor of North Carolina: Leroy i
Springs, cotton manufacture, Lancaster, i
S. C.; Duncan U. Fletcher, T’nited
States senator from Florida; Victor 1
Hinson, newspaper publisher. Birming
ham, Ala.; Oscar Wells, banker, Bir
mingham ; Thomas R. Preston, banker. 1
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dr. Edwin A. Al
derman, president, University of Vir
fiinia; R. E. Kennington, capitalist,
Jackson. Miss.; R. A. Sneed, secretary ,
of state of Oklahoma; General K. M. ,
Van Zadt. banker, fort Worth, Texas;
M. B. Welborn. governor Federal Re- ,
serve Bank of Atlanta.
Directors elected outside of the South
are as follows: William M. Butler, Unit
ed States secantor, Massachusetts; New
ton D. Baker, former secretary of war,
Cleveland; Edward N, Hurley, former
chairman of the shipping board, Chicago;
Frank O. Lowden, former governor of
Illinois; William F. Zuinbrunn, lawyer,
Kansas City; Gavin McNabb, lawyer,
San Francisco; Thotnns W. Gregory,
former attorney general of the United
Sates, Houston, Texas; William G. Mc-
Adoo. former secretary of the treasury,
Los Angeles.
Don’t Want Petticoat Rule.
The candidacy of Miss Julia Alex
ander, lawyer, for the .Democratic nomi-
( nation for governor of Nbtth Carolina
in 1928 struck a tmag when she was
defeated by a four-to-otie vtote for mayor
of Charlotte in the preferential primary.
She is a member of the State legisla
ture.
There has been some talk of boom
ing Mrs. A. Hubbard, a Baltimore Demo
crat, for Maryland’s governor but va
rious political organizations in that state,
including the Baltimore Federation of
Democratic Women, have gone on record
as being opposed to the nomination c #
any women for the governorship.
Moving Picture Merger.
Melbourne, Australia, May 19. (By the
Associated Press). —A merger of Austra
i lian and New Zealand moving picture ifi
j terests was announced today.
HTHER MED
THE FESTMIIES IT
■LOTTE illy
Pageant Which Was to Have
Been Presented at Night
Had to Be Called Off On
Account of the Rain.
PROMINENTMEN i
GUESTS IN THE CITY
The Delegation of Congress
men Entertained During
Day—Pageant To Be Giv
en When Weather Cleans.
(By the Associated Press)
Charlotte. May 19.—Another day of
low hanging clouds indicated a second
postponement in the presentation of the
150th anniversary drama of the signing
of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde
pendence. Last night's pageant was de
clared off after drizzling rain had de
scended for several hours.
The congressional delegation including
senators and represenatives was to be
given a reception at 9 a. m. today and
be entertained throughout the day.
The program calls for presentation of'
the drama tonight at Independence Park
in the specially constructed open air atn
pliiteatre. Eight hundred persons in
cluding many officials of Charlotte and
North Carolina are participating, and
will depict the fight for freedom in 1774
and the subsequent signing of the decla
ration of liberty from the rule of George
111.
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
FOR THE DEAF MUTES
Conducted Under Supervision of the De
partment of Labor and Priting.
(by the Associated Press)
Raleigh. May 19.—An employment bu
reau for the deaf mutes of North Caro
lina is conducted under state supervision,
in connection with the department of la
bov and printing. It was created by
an act of the general assembly of 1923
and hae continued to function since that
time.
“The labor problem confronting the
deaf of North Carolina." said Hugh (!.
Miller, chief of the bureau, "has been
solved and adjusted on a permanent
basis. Before this bureau was estab
lished,” he continued, “the State depart
ment of labor and printing was unable
to aid the deaf in securing employment.
This was not due to a. lack of interest
but to a lack of understanding as to the
needs of the deaf.” f
In order to bring about the under
standing referred to by Mr. Miller as
being lacking, framers of the bill creat
ing the employment agency provided that
there should be a mute at its head. An
appointment was made as soon as the
proposed will became law.
“A great many deaf persons,” said
Mr. Miller, present bureau chief "have
found suitable employment and their
work lias given entire satifaction. Their
efficiency has been demonstrated and
many obstacles in the way of their suc
cess have been removed. The bureau
is trying hard to overcome prejudice on 2
the part of employers against deaf em
ployes.
"It is a sad sight to’find an ambitious
dpaf boy struggling against odds to make
good in a position to which he is not
suited, when there is some way to get
him work that he can do and to correct
erroneous ideas concerning the deaf and
their ability. The bureau is striving
to help the deaf over difficult .places.”
Mr. Miller stated that the present
commissioner of labor and printing,
Frank D. Grist, had given him every as
surance that he was heartily in sympa
thy with the work and had peldged him
the co-operation of the entire department.
EXTRA CASH DIVIDEND
ORDERED BY A. C. L.
Dividend of One Per Cent, on Common
Stock Will Be Paid.
(By the Associated Press)
Richmond, Va., May 19.—An extra
cash dividend of 1 per cent, on common
capital stock of the company was voted
by the Board of directors of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad in annual meeting
here today.
The Board also declared the regular
cash dividend of 3 1-2 per cent.
The extra cash dividend is payable
out of non-operating income to stoekhold
ers of .Tune 15 next. Directors and gen
eral officers of the railroad were re-elect
ed.
No Progress at Shepherd Trial.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago. May 19.—Efforts today to
obtain a jury for the trial of Wm. D.
Shepherd, charged with murdering his
wife’s milionaire ward, Wm. N. MeClin
toi'k, by administering typhoid germs,
netted only lost ground.
Veniremen locked up over night as jur
ors, tentatively acceptable to both sides,
were eliminated this morning and left in
the box at noon recess were three men
whose availability had been passed upon
only by the prosecution.
Indictment Against “Baby Farm” Pro
prietor.
(By the Associated Press)
1 'New York. May 19.—While one grand
jury was considering homicide evidence
against her, another grand jpry today
returned an indictment charging baby
substitution against Mrs. Helen Auguste
Geisen-Volk, former German red cross
nurse, widow of a Prussian officer, and
proprietor of the East 68th Street “baby
farm.” i
Cress’s Pond at Rimer will open for
bathing and fishing beginning May 21st.
6 TODAY’S •
* NEWS •
ft TODAY •
No. 118
75 MED DM >
ELafiM!
Blown Fuse Followed by a
Series of Electric Light
Bulb Explosions Caused
the Accident.
SCORES TRAMPLED
DURING PANIC
Train Was Halted and This
Fact Together With Explo
sion Threw Occupants of
Train Into Mad Frenzy.
(By the Associated Press)
New York. May 19. —At least 75 per
sons were injured, two of them probably
fatally, in a mad panic which swept a
crowded East Side subway train as it
was about to leave the Grand Central
Terminal station today. A blown fuse
followed by a series of electric light bulb
explosions, was reported to have enused
the accident.
The train, literally jammed with hu
manity, came to a sharp stop a block
from the terminal. Men. women and
children, massed into every one of the
cars, were swept off their feet with con
fusion which grew to panic proportions
when the car began to fill with stifling
smoke, caused by burning insulation.
A short circuit had occurred causing
the motorman to halt the long string of
cars. Immediately after he attempted to
start it up again with the result that ev
ery electric light bulb in the train ex
ploded. This was the signal for the panic
which sent screaming, fighting men, wom
en and children surging towards exits
and seeking to escape from their cage
like imprisonment by smashing windows.
Scores were knocked to the car floors
and trampled. The confusion was add
ed to when guards prevented opening of
emergency cars.
The lounge and several saloons of the
nearby hotel Vanderbilt were converted
into emergency hospitals where 25 per
sons received treatment. Thirty others
were removed to Bellevue Hospital.
BELGIUM TAKES STEPS
TO CLEAR UP DEBT
Takes Independent Steps in Negotiating
Funding Settlement With United
States.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington. May 19.—The first break
in the tangle of the inter-allied debts was
seen by high government officials here to
day in the determination of Belgium to
take independent steps in negotiating a
funding settlement with the United
States.
In official quarters the information
conveyed from the Belgian foreign office
in last night's dispatches was accepted as
being highly significant, since Belgium
must be classed as one of the major debt
ors to which the L'nited States extended
financial aid.
The Belgian statement to the Associ
ated Press created a feeling of optimism
at the Treasury.
King Edward’s Barber Dead.
London. May 19. —Charles Jaschke,
the royal barber, of Regent Street,
whom King Edward called “Charlie.”
and whose shop was known among the
elite asthe “House of Lords.” is dead
at the age of sixty-five. Jaschke's great
est achievement was the shaping of
King Edward’s beard, which won ad
miration thrughout the courts of
Europe, and set a fashion.
Nearly fifty years ago he came to
London from Czecho-Slovakia with a
few dollars in his pocket and started a
hairdresser's business in a small room.
He first attracted attention by his toilet
preparations, which were recommended
by the “dandies” of the 'eighties to the
highest in the land.
Charged Government Swindled Out of
Much Money.
(By the Associated Press)
Newark, N. J., May 19.—A conspiracy
in which it is alleged the government has
been swindled out of more than a quar
ter of a million dollars in taxes in which
. this center has been made the center of
activities for an alleged bootleg ring
. handling thousands of dollars worth of
alcohol is alleged to have been revealed
, today. It was announced that twenty
i individuals and two industrial firms are
under indictments charging conspiracy.
Deny Government’s Petition.
(By the Associated Press)
St. Paul, May 19.—Holding that the
1918 decision dissolving the Internation
( al Harvester Company had proven effec
tive, a special federal court of equity
j today denied the government's petition
_ for supplemental provisions to that de
cree.
The International Typographical Un
ion has nearly 2,500 members on its
' pension roll.
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Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday,
farmer Wednesday in west portion.