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> DISPATCHES 1 VOLUME X?CV Says Threat of War Was j Real Cause of Oil Lease - Edward L. Doheny Gives 1 Own Story About the Oil Leases, Saying He Thought Was Coming In 1921. TALKED AGAINST * COUNSEL’S ADVICE Says Secretary Denby Was Official Who Asked Interi or Department Be Given Power Over Leases. (By (be Associated New York. July 1. —The New York Times publishes a copyright interview ; n which Edward J.. Doheny giving his own story of the naval oil lenses, discloses what he indicates has been regarded hith erto ns n great military secret. Speaking at I.os Angeles to a staff cor respondent against the advice of counsel The. Times says Mr. Doheny declared there never would have been an Elk Hill lease, nor would his company' have under taken construction of the Pearl Harbor naval oil base, had not Hear Admiral John K. Robinson, chief of the naval bit rfnu of engineering in Washington, con vinced him that a great war in the Pa oitir threatened the l’ll i ted States in 15)21 nud that the proposed Hawaiian navnl oil bnse was the one link In the national defense chain on which depend ed victory or defeat for the I'nited States. Mr. Doheny will go on trial in Wash ington in October on a charge of crimi nal conspiracy with Albert 11. Fall, for mer secretary of the interior, in connec tion with the Elk Hills lease which the government in Los Angeles federal court has succeeded in invalidating. The story of naval officers’ fears of wars in the Pacific, Mr. Doheny says, was contained in a deposition by Admiral Robinson, put in evidence at the trial of the suits to annul the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill leases, but the portion re lnt'ng to the military secret was strick en out. In this connection Secretary \\ ilbur subtsieuaed to prod nee certain documents, sent a certificate that it would be against the national interests to do so. Mr. Doheny said. He called attention trf remarks by Judge Kennedy in the Ten- I*ot Dome decision that there was no fur ther need of secrecy. Mr. Doheny said that everyone who had been informed of the situation had been warned of its highly-ponfideut'al gnd secret rtwratfer because of the fear thtft the an»« co»fer**wu. ()wm in session'. %r OHniiigton, might be wrecked by*reve lntion of plans for a naval base in Ha waii. Mr. Doheny further discloses. The Times says, that the famous executive order of l*resident Harding, which gave the interior department under Mr. Fall administrative powers involving the naval oil reserves, was suggested not by Mr. Fall, but by the then secretary of the navy, Denby: that the war fear of naval officers had been communicated to Sec retary Denby who brought up the mat ter of joint control in a cabinet meet ing. CAROLINA WILL COLLECT MILLIONS IN ALTO TAXES Week’s Rvteiv on Granted in Master of Equipping With New License Tags. Raleigh, June 30.—The state will col lect between five million and six million dollars in automobile license taxes be tween now and next June, 73 per cent of which will be in hand by July 15, was the estimate given out today by Sprague Silver, of the automobile gaso line taxes during the next fiscal year. Automobile owners, under the law, are required to carry new license tngs on their cars have been granted a week’s extension. It was stated at the automobile registration department to day that approximately 300,000 cars had been licensed and that the probable total during the coming fiscal year would be 425.000.- Total collections for the fiscal year ending today had not been compiled. It was stated, however, that the total from automobile licenses and gasoline taxes for the year just ending would be nearly ten million dollars. Only Three More Days of 14th Birthday Event. The Big Fourteenth Birthday Event at the Parks-Belk Co. will close next Satur day night. As July 4th comes on Satu-- day, this store will be closed on Monday, July Bft,‘ all day. On Friday and Sat urday mornings at 10:30 o’clock and at 4:30 each • afternoon they Wijl sell one boys’ baseball bat for only 10 cents. See page ad. today for other bargains and specials. The State Normal School for Negroes at Elisabeth City was founded in 1805. The total value’ of its buildings now is nearly $400,00 and of. its lands $50,000. Concord Theatre ((COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN) TODAY AND THURSDAY BETTY COMPSON in "Woman to Woman” Ilfs a Remarkable Production | Abo Our Gang Oomedty "It’s a Bear” Real Organ Music 1:30 to 11 P. M. The Concord Daily Tribune BEVERIDGE SPEAKS ON THE SENATE Ri LES S«ys the Attack on Them Is an Assault on American Institution. (By the Aianoclated Pres*.) Indianapolis. July I.—Proposed rules to prevent unlimited debate in the Senate were described last night by former Sen ator Albert J. Beveridge, Indiana, as “an assault upon the theory and nature of American institutions.” Addressing the National Educational Association convention here. Mr. Bever idge asserted that the modification -of rules, as urged by Vice President Dawes, was a blow, ‘‘though unintentional, of course.” at the system “of those checks and balances which assure to the people safety from impulsive and immature leg islation.” Several alterations ‘ f of our form and methods of government” are proposed at present he said, and “three of these schemes are radical changes in American fundamentals.” “Not one of them is new.” he added, “and each of them is frankly destruc tive of an institution which is peculiar-;’ l.v American, atid each of them proposes to adopt a European institution in its place. All three today are sponsored of late by able and honest men. just as was the case when they were offered in days gone by. “One proposal is that we should alter our constitution so that a temporary ma jority of the Senate can ratify a treaty. Another proposal said we should alter our constitution 1 sd a temporary major ity of Congress could reverse constitu tional decisions of the Supreme Court, and another says we should alter a basic rule of the Senate.” Os these proposals. Mr. Beveridge de clared. the “most Cadioal” is that of clo ture of the Senate, and “in practical re sults. if adopted, it would be worse than the other two combined.” “The American Senate,” he asserted, “was established to prevent hasty action. Its purpose was to check unworthy or questionable projects. It was designed to be the refuge Inf the minority and was meant to be a deliberative body—not merely a voting* machine to register the fancies of a temporary majority.” Cloture by a temi>orary majority, he argued, would destroy the deliberative function of the Senate and annihilate the “reason for its existence,” making it “automatically a mere annex to the House of Representatives.” Reviewing arguments in behalf of the cloture proposal, he declared ‘if any purely domestic danger threatens the t-Uut (l*JijgsjUa..m*»‘ legislation, and rtrgcd those who en dorsed the proposal to point out “a sin gle great wrong that has been perpe trated upon the American people” be eause of unlimited Senate' debate, and to name ‘‘a single benefit which has been denied the American people” because of it. “Throughout our history,” he contin ued. “to filibuster ever succeeded which, in the end, the people disapproved : and no filibuster ever failed which, in the end. the people did approve. ‘■Public opinion is the most powerful force on earth; no sane man wants to oppose it, and no sane man ever did resist the ultimate majority and final judgment of a nntion.” “When at sea,” he concluded, “the most reassuring command that ever comes from the bridge is ‘steady as she goes.’ Whether in storm or calm, those words mean all is well and that the course of the ship is true. Be that our comfort and our guide today. Amid the clamor of impatient passengers who i would re move essential part? of the engine, tear this plate of steel and that beam of iron from the body of the vessel and alter its course into troubled waters, let us heed the voice inspired by those who designed and built our ship of state and chartered for us the seas—the voice which gives to the .crew again that ancient order of se curity and well-being, ‘steady as she goes’.” Senator Simmons Gets Brawrey Fine Remitted- Washington. June 30.—M. Brawley. of Mooresville, in July. 1024, with his family made an auto tour of the western part of the United States, going into Canada, while crossing the border from Canada into the United States. Mr. Brawley failed to see the U. S. customs official at Emerson, Montana, and was fined SIOO. Mr. Brawley advised Senator Sim mons that his failure to see the customs official was due to the fact that the of ficial was not in his office, and that after' waiting an hour or more he c?tne on ibto the United States and made af fidavit that he brought nothing into the United States which he had purchased in Canada. On presentation of the matter to the treasury department by Senator Sim mons, the fine of SIOO is being remitted, according to advices from the depart ment today. Zeb Turlington, of Mooresville, brought the matter to the senator's at tention. M. Suanne Lenglen Wins. Wimbledom, July 1 (By the Associated Press). —M. Huzane Lenglen defeated Miss Kathleen McKane, of England, (I to 0 and 0 to 0 in the semi-finals of the womens’ singles in the all-England ten nis championship today. M. Lenglen will meet Miss Joan Fry, English girl champion, in the finals. The State Text Book Commission, consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor and the State Superin , tendent of Public Instruction, was i created by the General Assembly of 1021. Two Sections Ten Pages Today CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1925 Quake Picture Dispatched by Wire ' • Col T Thc t '\Hi.'Zno i ;T <>f tl r,. Arl,,lKt /"\ IIOt V 1 NI,OWS Drably better than any other picture could show the gigantic force of uthquake at Santa Barbara, f r . Arlington is ont of the most strongly constructed build ngs on the California coast, but. as this picture shows, its strength was as nothing in the gigantic Tie pi ure M wart S ,‘keii^vNFA£!• T “° k , tI,P tOWD ’ injury and desolation to many and causing property damage running into millions of dollars. A, ~, ~ ' i i k im . S ' ,v ‘ ' < ' flmorameu who t™nspnrted it by airplane to San Francisco where it was relayed to New York over the wires of the American Jclophono and Telegraph Company, then dispatched to The Concord Daily Tribune by fast train. FI WEATHER IS MREBUILDINGWDRK i Citizens of Santa Barbara; Hard at Work Clearing Up' * Was^l ter of Earthquake. Santa Barbara, July 1 (By the Asso ciated Press) —A bright dawn spread over Santa Barbara, earthquake stricken city of the Pacific, as her thousand* of sons ami daughters arose to face the serious problems of reconstruction in returning their city to what formerly was described as the millionaires’ playgrounds and mu nicipal gem of the Pacific coast. Ten people have lost their lives in the earthquake described as the heaviest to visit the Pacific coast. Five major shocks have been recorded since Monday, but throughout the night there lias been al most a score of slight shocks. No exact estimate of the loss has been announced, but it lias been described be tween $20,000,000 and $25,000,000. NAMED ON MISSION TO DISCUSS CHINESE CRISIS New Commission Will Discuss Only the Actual Occurrences During Shanghai Strike. 1 11 y the Associated Press) Peking. July I.—Count de Materl, the French minister. Signor Ceruti, the Ital ian minister, and Ferdinand L. Mayer, the American charge de affairs, consti tute the foregn mission named for dis cussion beginning probnbly next Monday, of the Shanghai affair with Chinese au thorities. Discussion will be limited to actual oc currences during the strike and rioting at Shanghai, virtually resuming where the recent conference at Shanghai was inter rupted. Halt Plans for Funding Italy's Debt. (By the Associated Press) Washington, July I.—Discussions here of a plan for funding Italy's war debt to the United State* will be delayed at least one month while Mario Alberti, technical expert of the Italian debt mission, re turns to Rome for additional data on Italy'* capacity to pay. He will leave Washington immediately, it was an nounced after two conferences yester day with the American debt commission, and the negotiations will be resumed af ter August let. Jesse Wyatt’s Trial to Start Today. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, July I.—The trial of Jesse Wyatt, former police captain of Raleigh, is expected to begin in Wake Superior Court today. Wyatt is charged with the murder of Stephen S. Holt, prominent lawyer, of Smithfield, on the afternoon of Julie Ist. Japanese Show Sympathy for Quake Suf ferers. Tokyo, July 1 (By the Associated Pres*).—A meeting of the “Pacific Civ ilization Society” is to be held today to express opposition to United States im migration law*, was cancelled as a ges ture of sympathy for the Santa Barbara earthquake Bufferers. Throws Case From Court. (By the Associated Press) New York. July I.—Supreme Court Justice Ford today threw out. of court the divorce suit of Thos. H. Symington, wealthy manufacturer, against Mrs. Ida May Symington, in which he charged in fidelity. The- trial of the case was near ing its end. THE COTTO>j MARKET Reports of Showers inkevas Led to Good Deal of Realizing During Early Trad ing. 4 (By the Associated Press) ■New York, July 1.4-Iteports of show ! ers in Texas, combined with the prox- I imity of the government crop report led to a good deal of realizing or liquidation ; in the cotton 'market,'early today. The i opening was .barely.at.;idy at au advance t o#• lii qmim-x on .1 hlyv't’ot generally nn- I changed to 10 points lower and the mar ket soon showed net losses of 5 to 18 points, October selling off to 251.5)8. Private advices reported showers in some of the central portions of Texas, which hud been suffering from drought, and better weather news seemed to ffset another of the private end-June reports estimating the condition at (i!M> and the indicated crop at 1.3,383,000 bales. Liver pool was relatively steady and bought some cotton here, but the market was un settled and within a point or two of the lowest at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. July 24.10; Oct. 24.13; Dec. 24,20; Jan. 23.58; March 23.80. NEW ENGLAND ELECTS FIRST CONGRESSMAN Mrs. Edith Rogers Elected to Congress With Big Majority Over Democratic Opponent. (15y the Associated Press) Lowell, Mass., July I.—New England has elected its first congresswoman. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, republican, by a vote of more than 2 1-2 to 1, was swept into office yesterday, receiving 23,014 votes in the special sth Congressional district election to 0,251 for her Demo cratic opponent, former Governor and former Representative Eugene N. Foss, of Boston, once a candidate for the Dem ocratic nomination for President. Mrs. Rogers succeeds her husband. .Tno. Jacob Rogers, who died last March after making a distinguished record. She re ceived a larger portion of the total vote than did he last November. PRESIDENT COOLIBGE IS RACK ,AT SWAMPSCOTT Resumes Regular Routine Upon His Re turn to the Summer White House. (By (he Assotvited Press) .Swampseott, July 1. —Again at the summer White House today. President Coolidge resumed his regular routine, in terrupted by his hurried trip to his father's bedside in Vermont. Considerable business was laid before him by Secretary Sunders, who remain ed on duty at the executive offi< i e in Lynn during his absence. The Executive’s next important engagement is for an address Friday in Cambridge at a celebration of tile 150th anniversary of Washington's taking command of the Continental I Army. Raleigh Ball Club to Have New Mana ger. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, July I,—Hardin Herndon’s successor as manager of the Raleigh base ball team had not been named this morn ing although it is predicted that Duke Duncan-, busiuess minager of the team will assume the reins for the remainder of tlie season, Herndon tendered his resignation on I Tuesday to accept tile manogemeut of the | Greensboro team. Lee Gooch, forpier malinger of the Greensboro team Was injured iu a game last Saturday and will be *ut of the game several mouths. State Board of Agriculture to Meet. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, July 1. —The State Board o's Agriculture will meet here July 8 for the purpose of discussing the financial budget for the ensuing year, and transacting rou tine business. EPAVORTH LEAGUERS ARE MEETING IN SALISBURY ‘‘Christian Citizenship” ami “Bible and Religious Music” Subjects Under Dis cussion. (By the Associated Press) Salisbury. July I.—The morning of the conference of Epworth Leagues of North Carolina was given over to classes and discussion on “Christian Citizenship" and “Bible and Religious Music” led by Mrs. Ednie Hehrooce, .of Nosltvilte Teon.. and I’rof. C. CV AFaShburn, of the Scar rett Bible School. Rev. John \V. Moore, of Winston-Sa lem. will address the convention at luncheon. An old fashioned barbecue has been planned for this afternoon. Registration of late comers has con tinued this morning and it is expected to day the number of delegates will reach 460 by this afternoon. HAYNES MAY RESIGN FEDERAL POST SOON Said He Plans to Content for Governor ship of Ohio in Next Election. Washington. July I.—Roy A. Haynes, soon may close four eventful years as prohibition commissioner to contest so the governorship of Ohio. The com- i missioner is not yet ready to make for-1 tnal announcement, but a conference of j his supporters will be held here soon to consider the move. Mr. Haynes, who is said to have been persuaded by President Coolidge to aban don his plans to run for the governor ship last November as prohibition candi date, will seek nomination for the of fice now held by Governor Donahey, Democrat, in his second term. STILL FOUND THAT . ~i IS WITHOUT SMOKE New Fangled Contraption. Operated By I Gasoline—Sixty Gallons Capacity ! Booze Plant. Newton. June SO.-—Sheriff Bost and j Policemen Gabriel and Jones came in | tonight with another new fangled block- 1 ade still. It was captured one mile east j of Sanford bridge on the South Fork river. It was kind of a gasoline affair that, was entirely smokeless when in j operation. It had a capacity of 00 gal lons of beer at a boiling. No arrests have yet been made. A large quantity of beer Was destroyel and the still brought to Newton for exhibition at the Sheriffs office. Riffian Attacks Driven Off. IBy the Associated Press) Fez, French Coroeco. July I.—Violent Riffian attacks on French outposts have been beaten off with heavy enemy losses, states a French communique today. The Riffian forces were ordered to take the upper group of outposts at all costs, with threats of punishment if the offense fail- ( ed. Send Instructions to Minister Mac Mu rray. (»r the Associated Press) AVashington. July I.—lnstructions for Minister Mac Murray, who will arrive at his post in Peking by July 4th, are ex pected to indirate a desire here that the whole question of extru territorial rights in China be taken under consideration at the earliest practicable date. The constitution of North Carolina provides that "if. the owner of a home stead die, leaving a widow but no chil dren, tlie same shall be exempt from the debts of her husband, and the rents and profits thereof shall insure to her the benefits during her widowhood, unless she be the owner of the homestead in her own right.” Every child should have one of The Tribune’s beautiful infant dolls—it’s easy to get one. FRANCE EL SOON OPEN NEGOTIATIONS About Ready to Start on the Plans by Which She Hopes to Clear Up Her Debts With United States. (My (lie Associated Press) Paris, July I.—lt is understood that the French government is soon to inform tiie 1 nited States of its desire to open negotiations ill AA’asliington for settle ment of the French debt. „ Instructions to this effect may be sent by Foreign Minister Briand to M. Daes chner. the French ambassador in AA'asli ington. Anxious consideration is being given at the foreign office and ministry of finance as to what specifically can be proposed or accepted. The advisers of the foreign minister do not appear to have reached their con clusion as yet. but it is recognized both the American and British debts must be arranged as part of the French govern ment's program to stabilize the country’s finances this autumn. SENATOR l NDERAVOOD NOT TO BE CANDIDATE Will Retire From Active Political Affairs AVhen Term Expires in March. 1927. (By the Associated Press) Birmingham, Ala., July I.—-Senator Oscar AV. Underwood will not be a can didate for re-election when his present term expires. Alabama's senior senator today an nounced his intention to retire from act ive political affairs after March 4, 1927, in a letter to A'ictor Hanson, publisher of the Birmingham News. The letter fol lows : ; “Will you allow me to say in the col umns of the Birmingham News that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate. AA'hen my present term expires I shall retire from politics.” With Our Advertisers. The store of the Parks-Belk Co. will not close Thursday afternoons, but will be open six days in the week. Efird's stock of silk and voile dresses is complete and is offered at .mid-sum mer prices. See the letter to the people of Con cord from the New Concord Theater on page five. The best of pictures al ways, with music on a Ilope-Jones AA 7ur litzer pipe organ. Every child should have one of our beautiful infant dolls. It’s easy to get one. See ad. on page two. Today and Thursday, Betty Compson in “AA'oman to AVoinan,”. at the Concord Theatre. Also a great comedy, “It’B a Bear.” Enters Race For Late Senator's Seat. (By (he Associated Press) Eu Claire, AA’is., July I.—With the as surance of a statement that he would be n candidate for the senatorial seat of the late Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Roy M. AA’ih-ox, of Eau Claire, president of the AA'iseonsin Bar Association, today stood as the first person to make definite announcement he woud contend for the sent. Caillaux Proposal Defeated. Paris. July I.—A measure proposed by Finance Minister Caillaux wns defeat ed in the Chamber of Deputies 330 to 229 but the question on which the vote was taken was not made a vote of confi dence, so does not affect the position of the Painleve ministry. • TODAY’S • * NEWS • ft TODAY • ft ft ft ft ftft ftftft NO. 156 ALDERMEN AGREE TO IIP EAST DEPOT - artiEET FIVE FEET Four Members of the Board Voted to Purchase Five Feet of Land From the Reed Property. TWO ALDERMEN WANTED MORE They Wanted to Get Six Feet for Street. —Ask City to Pay $4,800 for the New Ex cavation Work. Under a decision reached by the board of aldermen at a meeting Tuesday night, East Depot street will be widened five feet from the square back to the property that houses the offices of the Concord Tel ephone Company. The decision ends one phase of a controversy that has waged in Concord for several weeks, but there are still other phases of the question to be decided upon by the city officials. The aldermen in their decision agreed to purchase five feet of land from the Jteed property on North Union street* this laud to be given to the hotel company which in turn will give five feet to the National Dank. The bank will give five feet to the city and this will be used in widening the street. It is understood that the purchase price agreed on for the five feet was SJHH) a foot, said to be a record price for prop erty in this city. It was pointed out at the meeting that the city could secure eight feet of the Heed land if it so desired, all of the heirs to the property having agreed to give an option for that much of the property. However, when it developed that by an agreement between a former board and officials of the bank the city had agreed not to take more than six feet off the bank property, the eight-foot proposal was dropped. Two of the aldermen. McEachern and Hullender, wanted to take every foot that was allowed by the agreement, but the other members of the board thought five feet would be enough. McEachern made a motion that the street be widen ed six feet. Hullender gave the neces sary endorsement to get the matter before the board, but the other members voted > against it. . *. lender and McEachern voted against the proposal to take five feet of the property. The vote on the question was four to two. The aldermen were in session about an hour and they heard a number of short talks. (1. L. Patterson, representing the hotel company, was one of the spectators and speakers. L. I). Coltrane also was present as a representative of the bank, and was heard during the meeting. Mr. Coltrane said the bank opposed the widening of the street along the hotel and bank property unless the same amount of land was to be taken all along the street. He said he thought the city should condemn five feet of land all the way from the square to the Dusenbery property on West Depot street if he was going to w : den the street on the East side of the square. The view of the aldermen, as express ed by Mayor Barrier and their vote, was that the city had not adopted a policy of condemning buildings already erected but was trying to care for the future. The aldermen were advised at the meet ing that it will cost the hotel company $480(1 to excavate the five feet of land to be purchased from the Heed heirs, and it was suggested that the city should pay the cost of this work. No decision on this point was reached at the meeting, but the aldermen intimated that he thought the cost was too high and fur ther that he could not see why it would cost any more to excavate on the north side of the hotel property than on the south side. The board members will take this mat ter up at their meeting Thursday night and some decision may be reached at that time. The decision of the aldermen to witlen the street has met with popular approval so far as it is possible to learn from opinions hoard on the streets today. The decision has been widely discussed and apparently the approval given the act is unanimous. May Tax Union Miners to Help Others. Scranton, Ja.. July 1. —The 158,000 workers in the anthracite fields will be assessed at least SI.OO each for two months to help finance the United Mine Workers of America through the cur rent demoralization in the s%ft coal fields if the tri-district convention adopts a res olution that is expected tp be submitted today. A resolution to this effect has been drafted by the resolutions commit tee, it is learned, but it takes precedence in the list of recommendations which that body voted at the final session last night to submit to the association. WHAT BAT’S BEAR BATS i Fair tonight, Thursday partly cloudy, probably thumlernhowera in the went por tion.