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VOLUME XXVI
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LEXINGTON ON EVE
OF NEGRO S ML
1,000 Soldiers Sent to Lex
ington, Ry., to Keep Or
der During the Trial of
Ed Harris.
NEGRO TELLS OF
SEVERAL CRIMES
Will Be Tried For His Life
for Confessed Attack on
a White Woman Some
/ Time Ago.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. I.— UP)— With
1.000 Kentucky national guardsmen
guarding the eourt house, patrolling
highways leading into Lexington, and
generally policing the city to prevent
violence, Ed Harris, negro, who con
fessed a triple slaying and an attack
on a white woman, will go to trinl
here tomorrow on the latter charge.
The troops were ordered here to
prevent recurrence of a tragedy simi
lar to the one six years ago drring
the trial of William Lockett, negro,
when six persons were killed and more
than a score wounded when guards
men fired on a crowd attempting to
enter the court house while Lockett
was being tried.
Harris is to be brought here under,
military guard from the Frankfort
reformatory, where he was taken af
ter being arrested at Georgetown
while endeavoring to escape from the
state.
i -
HUNDREDB PRESENT AT
PET AND HOBBY SHOW
Y. M. C. A. Packed For Several
Hours Satnrday Night By Inter
ested Spectators.
Between 2.000 and 2,500 persons
jammed their way into the Y. >l. C.
A. building Saturday night to wit
ness features offered at the third an
nual Pet and Hobby Show.
When the doom were opened at
7 o'clock ticket holders and those
wanting tickets entirely covered the
big Y porch and extended into the
yard. Fromr that hour on until after
9 o'clock the building was filled to
capacity^
The number of exhibits this year
fej; exceed* the total of any other]
year, and a new feature was the doll
•type, he/d cm the second ffobr. aJossl
I than a 'hundred dolls, were entered
and created unusual interest.
. The list of prise winners has not
been announced in full, but the fol
lowing have been reported:
Most human looking doll—lda Pat
terson.
Prettiest doll—Sarah Yacheison.
Largest doll —Miriam Coltrane.
Sma’lest doll—Margaret King.
Best collection of Dolls—Lorraine
Blanks.
Honorable mention—Ellis \ Wed
dington, Francis Caldwell and Caro
line Rowan.
In the fancy work group the fol
lowing prizes were awarded:
First to Mre. C. H. Long.
Second to A. Brysinger,
s. Honorable mention to Miriam
Barnhartltj
Music by tlm Franklin Mill band,
under the direction of Mr. Overby,
was one of the finest features of tho
show.
Chickens, pigeons, dogs, cats, white
rats, goats, gold fish, and a fox were
among the hundreds of live-stock ex
hibits. Winners in these prizes will
bo published later.
TWO NEW HANOVER
DAIRIES ARE CLOSED
Flail to Employ Standard Methods
And Install Equipment as He
puired By County.
Wilmington. Jan. 30.—Dairies
operated by Melvin Heaton, on the
Federal Point highway, and Thomas
Boykins, Near Sea Gate, were closed
today by order of the board of heatth
because of their failure to employ
> standard, methods and install modern
equipment in handling their product.
Neither will be permitted to sell' milk
in city or county until rules and reg
ulations laid down by the board are
complied with in every detail.
Neither dairy was up to standard
• for class C. milk nnd since there are
no lower classes the health depart-'
ment was obliged to revoke their
permits. Boykin, who was operating
a six-dow dairy, will retire from
business.
Heaton, who operated a 12-cow
dairy in the southern section of the
county, may move his cows into mod
ern barns and continue to handle
milk. Like Boykin, his cows are
healthy and safe but his methods and
x equipment not up to standard.
Kißod When his Auto Smashes Into
a Tree.
Raleigh, Jan. 31.—J. B. Setzer,
Western Union operator in Durham,
was killed in an automobile wreck
this morning above Method when the
machine which carried him, J. C.
Aldridge, H- H. Hart, apd H. W.
Matthews ran- into a ""tree after leav
ing the road near the Asbury cross
% . H. Hart received a broken arm,
but the other men escaped With trif
ling injuries.
Frpw fu Rmmim]
New York, Feb I. crew
■of the Dutch freighter, Alk aid. dis
abled by the storm about 1,000 east
of New Foundlatd, was rescued today,
by the Hamburg-American liner West
phalia. The crew consisted of about
■ twenty men and officerg.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
■ . 1 v North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
■
(SB I
This ta Sir Henry Wickham, who
first transplanted rubber trees from
Brazil to England and thus founded
the British rubber monopoly, which
has brought millions to British rub
ber men. But he himself Isn't profit,
tng by It. ' All he got out of the deal
was hi* title, conferred four years
ago. 1
WIN IN EAST
WMTROREWUES
Demand For More Money
Must Be Answered by
March 2.—The Increase
Amounts to $1 Per Day.
New York, Feb. I.—OP)—Eastern
railroads today received demands for
increased pay for trainmen and con
ductors and were given until March 1
2nd to make their answer. The in
crease demanded amounts to about $1
a day; ,
The demands were contained in
joint letters from the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the Order of
Railroad Conductors. Each railroad ,
received an individual letter and was
asked to make an individual reply to
the demands.
The communications were con
cerned almost entirely with wage mat
ters and only minor changes in the :
working conditions are being request
ed.
--AgpiXeaHortx r Hgc^jfnqa. 'Pay. ■
"-GWcago, Feb. I.—<A»>—tfLeTL S,
Railway Labor Board had before it '
today approximately 70 applications
for increased wages or revisions of
rules, while the train service brother- •
hood filed with individual railroads
requests for increases. Railroad of
ficials said that the increases asked 1
by the trainmen and conductors in 1
some eases exceeded the peak wage of
1020. i
Officials of the Chicago and North
western Railway, were informed by
train service employees who filed de
mands that the same demands being
made simultaneously on all roads. (
SOLOMON ISLANDS ARE
ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKE
Catholic Mission Destroyed and It is
Supposed Other Building* Suffered '
the Same Fate.
New York. Feb. —UP) —A cable- '
gram received today by the national ,
office of the Society for the I’ropoga- ;
tion of the Faith reports that the
Solomon Islands in the South Pa- \
cifie has been shaken by the worst
earthquake experienced there in years,
centering in the vicinity, of Tulagi.
A Catholic mission church of Visala
has been destroyed, and it is supposed ,
the majority of the buildings in the
village suffered the same fate. The
message gives no report of the loss of
life.
The Solomon Islands are owned by
Great Britain.
Fatally Hurt in Flail From Window. :
St. Louis, Feb. I.—(#)—Gustav
Altchul, 30, of Detroit, a nephew of
Julius Baer, vice presideut of the
Stix-Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Com
pany, of St. Louis' largest depart
ment stores, was injured fatally to
day when ht jumped or 'fell from a,
ninth floor window of the store.
Medal for Captain Fried.
London, Feb. I.—(A>)—The British
government decided today to award a
medal to Captain George Fried, of
the American liner President Roose
velt for the rescue of the crew of the
British steamer Antinoe.
Star Theatre
Program Week of February t to «
PARAMOUNT WEEK
It’s a Paramount
MONDAY-TUESDAY
"A KISS FOR CINDERELLA”
With Betty Bronson, Tom Moore and
Bather Ralstaon. Also a Fox News
No. 85. Admission 10c-250.
It’s a Paramount
WBDNBSDAY-THURSDAY
D. W. Griffith’s Production
"That royle girl”
With Carol Dempster, W. C. Fields,
James Kirkwood and Harrison Ford.
Also Fox News No. 36. Admis
sion 10c-25c.
FRIDA Y-BATURDAY
Zaqe Grey’s <
"THE LIGHT OF THE WESTERN
STARS’* ,
With Jack Holt, Billie DoVeand Noah
Beery. It’s a Paramount.
I Also a Comedy
Walsh Recommends An
Inquiry Os Aluminum
Company Os America
—
“OUR SUNDAY GANG” IS
ORGANIZED AT MEETING
Joe Wjdenhouse Bccted First Presi
dent of Organisation. —Members
Attend Church.
Formal organization of'"Our Sun
day Gang” in Concord was made at
a meeting at the Y. M. C. A. yts
terduff afternoon.
Officers elected were:
Joe Widenhouse, President
M- L. Widenhouse, Judge Advo
cate General.
Felix Fink, District Attorney.
William Kestler, Secretary.
Willard Jenkins, Mickey.
Robert Cook. Fatty.
Joe Glass, Farina.
Jurors—Claude Whitley. Everett
Yertcn, Bud Simpson. Vurtis Ket
ner, Ralph Holland, Robert Dorton,
Lax Shoe, John Query, Ralph Caton.
Ralph Widenhouse, Craig Stafford
nnd Billy Howard.
One hundred nnd forty-right boys
were present for the organization nt
the Y. M. C. A-, and later marched
in a body to the First Presbyterian
Church to hear a sermon for Young
people by Dr. J. C. Rowan.
Boys between the ages of 8 and
14, inclusive, are eligible for mem
bership in the “gang,” which has as
its real purpose increased attendance
at Church and Sunday school by the
boys. As incentive, a camp has been
planned for nextasummer and mem
bers who are not absent from Church
or Sunday School from now until the
date for the will be allowed to
attend.
Members sign the following
pledge:
I promise to attend Sunday School
and Church every Sunday-
I promise not to swear.
I promise to abide by all rules
governing "Our Sunday Gang.” «
If I disobey or break my promises
I forfeit all rights to "Our Gang
Summer Camp”, and recognize the
right of the Gang to bring me before
the High Kangaroo Court of Jus
tice.
Sentences to be passed by the
eourt have not been agreed upon yet.
However, the court is now ready to
function.
In addition to the boys, several
Sunday School superintendents,
teachers and parents were present
for the meeting at the Y,
Extra credit will be given to the
boys who attend CUurch twice on
make it possible for the holders to
enjoy the camp season without doing
“kitehin police”.
The characters Mickey, Fatty and
Farina are incorporated in a play to
be given at the camp.
The “gang” will meet hereafter on
the last Sunday in each month at
the Y. M- C. A.
Banquet at the y
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Will Be Given By Brotherhood Class
of St. James Lutheran Church.
The Man's Brotherhood Bible
Claes of St. James Lutheran Church
will give a banquet Wednesday even
ing at 7 o'clock in the gymnasium of
the Y. M. C. A.
The banquet iq intended for ail
men of the Church and is looked
forward to as one of the largest l
events of the season.
A fine menu already has been
planned and a program instructive
and entertaining is being formulated.
Music nnd good speeches will be
carried out through the evening.
Hon.. J. Carpenter, of Gas
tonia, solicitor for his judicinl dis
trict, will deliver the principal ad
dress. Those who have heard Mr.
Carpenter say he is a speaker of
rare ability and that he combines
humor and real oratory in away
that makes his speeches espenally
pleasant and profitable.
Two hundred and fifty invitations
have been issued and an evening of
rare' entertainment and fellowship
is in store for those present.
Only Two Operas to Be Given in
Charlotte.
The Manhattan Opera Company
will give two operas in Charlotte to
morrow, Tuesday, February 2nd. In
the afternoon at 3:30 “Ca Traviata”
will be sung with Mariua Polizzi and
Ricardo Martin, the celebrated Amer
ican tenor. At night “Madam But
terfly” will be presented with the dis
tinguished Japanese soprano, Tamaki
Muira.
Word received in Concord this
morning stated that the opera com
pany could not be in Charlotte Thurs
day ns expected. An advertisement of
the operas will be found elsewhere in
this paper.
Pays For Stolen Chickens.
Evansville, Ind., Jan. 30.—Joseph
Appel, an insurance man living at
Boonville, has received a money or
der from a woman in Oregon who
was conscience stricken. Some yearn
ago Mr. Appel and his family lived
in Avondale, a suburb of Evansville,
and many of their cbickena disap
peared. They were never able to find
the alleged thief. A letter in which
was inclosed a money order told the
whole story. Tho woman sent the
money to pay for the chickens.
John McCormack Now Insured For
Million.
New York, Jan. 31—John McCor
mack has insured himself for $1,000,-
000 and will, within a few years,
begin receiving payment or annual
installments so that he will have the
entire amount of his policies back by
1036. It is said to be a record figure
for endowment insurance.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1926
]
Report of Senator Walsh Is
Made to Judiciary Com
mittee of Senate, Follow
ing: Recent Inquiry.
DOUBT AROUSED
SAYS SENATOR
Who Thinks Inquiry Will
Show Whether or Not
Department of Justice
Has Done Duty In Case.
Washington, Feb. I.— UP) —Senate!
investigation of the Aluminum C*om-1
pnny of America in which Secretary
Mellon is a large stockholder is rec
ommended in a report submitted-today i
to the Judiciary Committee by Sena- i
tor Walsh, Democrat, of Montana.
This proposal is made, the senator I
says, because of "doubts aroused asi
to the vigor and good faith of the
Department of Justice” in the condnet
of its inquiry to establish whether
the aluminum company has violated a
federal court consent decree entered
against it in 1012.
Besides recommending what would
be a third government investigation
of the Mellon company within four
years. Senator Walsh asked that the!
Senate direct the Federal Trade Conk
mission to turn over to it all of tli
evidence furnished by the aluminum
concern, nnd which the commission
withheld from the'Justice Department
on the grounds that it is “conflden
tinl.”
Describing this action of the com
mission ns “senseless.” Senator Walsh
takes the position that since the Sen
ate ordered the commission to make
the investigation in the first instance,
it can compel production of the evi
dence.
Attorney General Sargent and oth
er officials of the Justice Department
are assailed sharply by Senator Walsh
for the manner in which the inquiry
was prosecuted after the trade com
mission had reported to the depart
ment in October, 1024, that the Alum
inum Company had violated the con
sent decree.
Calling attention that evidence ad
duced at the Judiciary Committee
hearing on the subject showed that
months elapsed before any move was
made.tlhM.cnator, declares that to*,*
tm> <?cp8 rrment 'moved with celerity it
would have obtained the “confiden
tial” evidence subsquently withheld
from it.
The report emphasizes that while an
agent of the department was finding
from a field inquiry that the alumi
num industry was well satisfied with
existing conditions, an investigator of
the trade commission found much com
plaint against the Aluminum Com
pany of America, and obtained evi
dence on which the commission is
sued a complaint last summer. This
complaint is to be brought to trial on
February loth.
Washington, Feb. I.— UP) —With
Senate judiciary committee consider
ing n proposal for congressional in
quiry into the affairs of the Alumi
num Company of America in which
Secretary Mellon is interested. At
ltorhey General Sargent today refused
to give the Senate an opinion as to
the right of the Federal Trade oCm
missiop to withhold evidence in its
possession.
Basing his refusal on a policy
which, he said, had obtained “for
more than a century,” the attorney
general advised the Senate in a letter
that he could find no authority for
the rendering of formal opinions on
points of law at the request of either
house of Congress. Mr. Sargent’s
letter added, however, that he had
no objection to giving informal ex
pression of his views on the question.
He then said it was his unofficial
opinion that the refusal #>f the Fed
eral Trade Commission to turn over
the evidence it had gathered “cannot
now under existing laws be remedied
by any proceedings brought about by
the attorney general.”
Blind M«n in London Fed Loss Be
cause of Few Fogs.
London, Feb. I.— UP) —Blind men
who act as guides to pedestrians when
dense fogs settle over London have
been complaining because of lack of
“businesa” due to this winter’s
weather, which has been exceptional
ly clear and cold.
Thousands of persons frequently be
come lost in the fogs, even within a
block or so of their homes or offices.
It is on such occasions that the blind
men, who find their way by “feel” and
instinct, take up their stands at
prominent corners and offer their ser
vices as guides.
It has been estimated that a real
fog here entails a loss of approxi
mately 350.000 pounds to business in
less than 24 hours.
Albemarle Divides With Baffin
Highs.
Albemarle, Jan. 31. —The Badin
bigh’s fast Purple Hurricane invaded
Albemarle Friday night and split a
double bill with the locale. The first
game between the girls wae won by
Badin 33-11. The visitors were never
threatened. Their general teamwork,
together with the shooting of Butner
and Buroe, played the local lassies
off their feet.
.The boys' game was decided in
favor of Albemarle 19-10. The
shooting of Gasper and Horton andi
the defensive work of Captain Cress
well of the visitors featured. This
was Albemarle’s fifth consecutive
victory.
COLONELMTCHELL
PRIVATE CITIZEN
Os AMERICA TODAY
u
His Resignation From the
Army Having Been Ac
j cepted as Effective To
| day, He Leaves Service.
PREPARING TO
CONTINE FIGHT
| Is Not Going to Let Up in
Campaign For Unified
Air Service.—Statement
Comes Out Tomorrow.
Washington. Feb. 1. —OP)—The nr
, ! my rarwr of Win. Mitchell ended to
i day.
; It wan brought to a conclusion by
1 a formal notification from the War
I Department that his resignation from
i the army had been accepted by diree
j tion of President Coolidgc.
| Acceptance automatically cancelled
| the sentence of five years' suspension
from rank and duty in the army im-
I posed on the former air officer by the
court martial which held him guilty
of iusubordination.
Mitchell had expected to reopen to
day the fight on the administration uir
policies which led to his trial, believ
ing that his resignation would be ef
fective ns of midnight January 30th,
but delay on the War - Department’s
part in notifying him of the accept
ance caused a change in his plans. His
first nttnek as a civilian on aviation
defense will be launched today in the
form of a statement for publication in
the morning papers of tomorrow.
MISS GAINEY IS. BEST
DEMONSTRATION AGENT
Will Be Given a Free Trip to Wash
ington as a Reward.
Raleigh, Feb. I.—( A 3 )—Miss Eliza
beth Gainey, home demonstration
agent in Cumberland county, and J.
T. Lazar. farm demonstration agent
in Columbus county, have been se
lected by the administrative forces of
the agricultural extension service at
State College as the two county
agents most efficient in their work in
1925.
. They will be given free trips to
Washington, D. C., as a reward, ac
cording to I. O. Sohaub, (Man of th«
school of agriculture of ft* College,
who today made the announcement of
their selection.
Miss Gainey made a score of 95
out of a possible 100 points. She
began her work in Cumberland county
in 1924, when she served as assistant
county agent. After serving in this
capacity for two years, she was trans
ferred to Durham county to have
charge of the home demonstration
work, but was recalled to her home
county after only six months of serv
ice. Since that time, she has de
voted her time to the farm women
and girls of Cumberland.
Miss Gainey has been unusually
successful in organizing her work
among the women and girls, it is stat
ed. She has now twelve active wom
en's clubs with a membership of 180,
and fourteen functioning girls' clubs
with a membership of 500. Os these
members, 459 girls and 117 women
reported on their projects for last
year. These clubs are scattered in
seventeen communities of the eleven
townships of the county.
(Miss Gainey lived in Concord a
number of years ago, having been a
stenographer in the office of the Odell
-Manufacturing Co.—Ed.)
CANNOT AGREE ABOUT
MUSCLE SHOALS LEASE
Soito Senators Want New Resolution
Drawn in the Senate.
Washington, Feb/ I.—(A“)—A di
vision in the Senate agriculture com
mittee developed today over whether
the committee should report the House
resolution leaving the leasing of Mus
cle Shoals to a joint committee or
draft a new bill of their own.
Senator Smith, democrat, of South
Carolinu, who has drafted a new
measure calling for the distribution of
power and experimentation into pro
cesses of nitrate manufacture, declar
ed the committee should report a bill
dealing specifically with the question.
If the House resolution is adopted,
he declares). Congress would continue
“going in a vicious circle, and would
get nowhere."
He is supported by Senator Randell,
democrat, of Louisiana, who declared
that he believed a new bill should be
produced that would dispose of the
issue promptly.
Ohio State University Faculty Exon
erated.
Columbus. 0., Feb. I.—OP)—Full
and complete exoneration of the fac
ulty of Ohio State University on
charges of teaching communistic prin
ciples in their classes or advocating
them on the campus, is being made by
the committee of university trustees
which investigated the charges. The
report was filed today with Governor
A. W. Donahey.
Alamance Young Man Missing Many
Months.
Burlington. Jan. 30. —Clem Stan
ford, young whtc man of the south
ern part of the county, disappeared
from his home months ago and has
never been heard from. Relatives un
laUe to account for the silence that
lengthen* month after months are
afraid that disaster has waylaid him
in hia wandering, even that he may
bo dead.
Doesn’t Pet, but Popular
Ik Mm Safe;.!
% iB ■HKagSMHH?*
ijlll akai Wr
Martha Walker, co-ed at the University of-Wisconsin, doesn't pet, doesn't
smoke, won't bob her hair and thoroughly approves of chaperones—but
•he has been elected queen of the annual junior prom this year. Hei
home is in Peking, China.
PEACH RATE CASE
BEGINS WEDNESDAY
Four Million Dollars In
volved in Case Which
Will Be Fought Out In
Federal Court at Macon.
Macon, Ga., Feb. I.— UP) —Hearing
of evidence in the peach rate ease in
volving $4,000,000 will begin here on
Wednesday in Federal Court, with
Examiner Burton Fuller, of Washing
ton representative of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, presiding.
Associated with Mr. Fuller will be
A. J. Maxwell, of the North Carolina
Railway Commission; Frank Sheely,
of the South Carolina Railway Com
mission; and W. R. McDonald, of the
Georgia Public Service Commission.
The Georgia Peach Growers Ex
change is attempting to have freight
rates on peaches reduced and the de
cision is expected to influence other
big rate cases pending.
Attorneys and traffic experts rep
resenting the carriers as well as the
shippers will present testimony.
THE COTTON MARKET
Steady at Opening With First Prices
4 Points Lower to 3 Points High
er.
Now York. Feb. I.—(/P)—The cot
ton market was steady at the open
ing today, with first prices four points
lower to three points higher. Near
months were relatively easy under
further liquidaaion or transferring of
old long accounts to the later deliv
eries.
Prices stiffened up a point or two
on covering, but soon eased off again
owing to continued near months liqui
dation which seemed to be promoted
by relatively easy Liverpool cables
and continued talk of easing spot
basis in the South.
March sold off to 20.14 or 8(i
points net lower, but October held
around 18.17 or within three points
of Saturday's cloying quotations.
The first, trading in cotton for de
livery during January. 1927, was re
ported in the market here this morn
ing at a discount of 15 to 20 points
under the price of December.
Cotton futures opened stead. March
20 22 ; May 19 00; July 18.90; Oct.
18.18; Dec. 17.95.
Estate Valued at Two Million.
Winston-Salem. Jan. 30. The
final report of the executors of the
estate of the late D. Rich, for many
years treasurer of the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco company, has been filed in
the office of clerk of the superior
court. The report plnces estate valua
tion at $2,001,897.88, which together
with secured interests and dividends
received over a period of time, gives
the final valuation at this time at
$2,032,902.35.
Pennsylvania Station Busiest in' the
the World.
Nerw York. .Tan. 31.—A number
of persons equal to more than oi«p
third the population of the United
Stpte* and to six times the popula
tion of New York City pass through
the Pennsylvania Railroad's Thirty-
Third Street station each year, ac
cording to a recent estimate. This
terminal receives more railroad traf
fic than any other in the world.
Central Stewards to Meet tonight.
Hie stewards of Central Methodist
Church will meet tonight at 7:30
o’clock in Prof. Webb’s class room.
9 BUSINESS HOUSES
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Blaze in South Bend, Ind.,
Resulted in Loss of More
Than $1,000,000 in the
Business District.
South Bend. Ind.. Feb. I.—CP)
mo n the business district here to
day destroyed nine retail establish
ments causing a loss estimated at sl.-
200,000. While the down-town fire
was burning, a blaze destroyed the
Standard Oil Company’s office build
ing in the southeast section of the
city with a loss of $300,000.
John DeVlechower, captain of a fire
company, was killed when blinded by
smoke, he fell from a building. Two
other firemen were injured.
The origin of the down-town fire
which was discovered at 2 a, m., is
unknown. Sparks carried by a high
wind are believed to have set fire to
tile Standard Oil building.
The first fire started in the base
ment of the Brandon-Durrell Depart
ment Store, and swept through a
quarter of a block bounded by Michi
gan Street and Jefferson Boulevard.
PRICES PAID FOR PLAYERS
NO LONGER ARE REVEALED
Each League Has a Different Way
of Expressing Sum Paid.
Chicago. Feb. I.—UP)—Announce
ments of large sums changing hands
for baseball players, which used to
provide the fuel for the base burner
league, are heard no more. All the
fans have received this winter to mull
over, have been expreslions referring
to big but indefinite amounts of cash.
Since the days of the “$20,000 lem
on" years ago, the cost of minor
league talent has mounted until SIOO,-
000 for one player was reached, and
one brillinnt pitcher this winter was
tagged at $125,000.
The list of players who have eost
the major leagues more than $50,000
would fill several ball clubs, but open
tall; of big money no longer is
heard.
Each major league magnate has a
different way of expressing the size of
the sum paid.
When Ernie Nevcrs, the Pacific
Coast football sensat'on was signed
by the St. Louis Browns, Owner
Phill Ball said the contract was “up
in four figures.’’
Che Chicago Cubs bought Infielder
Ernest Holmau at “the highest price
ever paid for a player from a Class D
League.”
Earl Mcßee. an Indian pitcher
from the Southern Association, cost
the Chicago White Sox “a fancy
price,” according to Owen Comiskey.
Tony Lazerre and Mark Koenig, the
most expensive purchases of the
New York Yankees this winter cost
“plenty of money and players,” said
Manager Huggins.
For Walter Christensen, the St.
Paul outfielder, the Cincinnati Reds
"paid enough for him to mnke good"
Manager Jack Hendricks revealed.
The Coast League outfield star,
Paul Waner, and infielder Hal Rhyne,
cost Owner Barney Dreyfus of the
Pittsburgh Pilates “plenty/’
George Sisler, probably the great
est first baseman of all time, is one
of the shortest men who ever played
the first sack position.
Emerson Carey, Jr., the newly
elected grid captain at Cornell Uni
versity, is the holder of the Western
junior golf championship. ,•
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY}
NO. 24
FORTY-SEVEN DIED 1
IN SOUTH DURING
Florida Leads List With |
Nine Deaths and 59 bcil
juries.— Seven Deaths |
Reported in State.
270 HURT IN
THE ACCIDENTS 1
Thirty-Five Persons Were §
Injured in This State.—
Three Killed, 7 Injured I
in South Carolina. l]j
.
Atlanta. Feb. I.— UP) —Forty-seven :
persons yielded up their lives on the *
traffic altar in the South during the
week just ended, a survey by the Assig :.
dated Press today revealed. Two /
hundred more were injured. . kg
Tlie survey includes accidents by
automobiles, railway trains, trolley
air. motorcycle and one death by ft ;
man being thrown from his horse on
a Georgia highway.
Florida leads the list of deaths and s
injuries, scoring nine of the former .*
and 59 of the latter. Mississippi Was t
the only state reporting no deatlw. J
Alnbam reported only two injuries."’ 5
Georgia followed Florida a close
second with eight deaths and forty- |
two injuries.
There were no outstanding aeei- /
dents during the week. , :i/lB
A tabulation by states include*!
North Carolina 7 deaths, 35 injuries; If?
South Carolina 3 deaths, 7 injuries. >
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Millinery that is up to the minute <
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Valentine cards, tallies, peacecards, 1
favors, etc., at Kidd-Frix Music and !
Stationery Co.
New Spring goods coming in every j
day at the Parks-Belk Co’s, are being i’l
put in at their January clearance ' J j
sale prices. One lot of ladies' hats i
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Extra votes on California tour con* : j
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Pathologist Brings New Charge "i
Against “Petting.”
Philadelphia, Feb. I.— UP*) —A new
charge against “petting parties” has $
been brought by Dr. Allan J. Smith, -
profesor of pathology at the Univer- i
1 sity of Pennsylvania.
These occasions, he contends, prob
ably are one of the important meth
ods of spreading pyorrhea, particular
ly the type known as “trench mouth,” '
1 introduced during the war and becom
ing an increasing csuhc of infection.
Dr. Smith's statements were, based
upon research conducted by his as- y
sociate, Dr. M. T. Barrette, Instruct* |
or in oral pathology, at the university, i
Dr. Barrett said that while before the
war bacterial infection caused not
more than 3 or 4 per cent, of the py
orrheal infections, at present at least "
25 per cent, is due to the germ caus
ing “trench mouth.”
A small percentage of pyorrhea also
is caused by another type of bacteria,
known as streptoccoccus vicente, but
the majority of it still is caused by a
kind of amoeba, he said.
Dr. Smith and Dr. Barrett agreed ,
1 that pyorrlieal conditions of the
■ mouth could be removed through
proper treatment.
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SAT’S BEAR SAYSI |
' ,
Fair and somewhat colder tonight,,<lj
1 Moderate to freafi west shifting (a -i
northwest and north wind*, 1 ' ‘