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ASSOCIATED ' PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Abandon All Hope Os Rescuing Miners Who Are Trapped In Mine Entry to Mine Sealed So the Fire Raging Can Be| Smothered to Aid thej Rescuse Workers. f ' 3 BODIES HAVE I * BEEN RESCUED Only Two Miners Came Out Alive, and There Is No Hope Held for Those f Entombed. Pittsburgh, Feb. -4.—UP)—Abandon ing hope that any of the lti miners unaccounted for after an explosion in the Horning Mine late yesterday were alive, rescue workers early today seal ed up the entry where they were en tombed in order to smother a fire that lias 'been raging for hours and make possible the recovery of the bodies. Twenty-one men were at work nt that section two miles back in the pit, when the blast occurred.' Two escaped alive and three bodies have been re covered. * Announcement that the entry had been walled up was made by C. E. Tuttle, president pf the Pittsburgh Terminal Co. The notion was taken on orders of John I. Pratt, state mine inspector. A check early today disclosed thnt Edward Travis and I.ewis Powell were the only miners to come out alive. Ralph Holtzhauser previously report ed rescued, remained unaccounted for, officials said. Others in the mine nt the time of the blast included Howard M. Ernst, general superintendent of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. mines, and George Travis, manager of the Horning Mine. The rescue workers were overcome and a score of others had narrow es capes when a second explosion occur red as they were endeavoring to reach the entombed men. Thnt blast which is believed to have come from the same general area ns the first, was described ns being of slight force. Two of those overcome were officials of other mines of'the Pittsburgh Ter minal Coal Co. They required medi cal attention when brought to the sur face, A number of other rescue work ers were overcome during the night ; T , RAILROAD PRESIDENT DROPS DEAD ON STREET Was In Canal Zone on Pleasure Trip With Friends. New Orleans, Feb. 3.—A cable to the Timcs-Picayunc this afternoon an nounced the death of W. L. Mapoth er, president of the Louisville and Nashville railway at Panama City, Canal Zone, today. The dispatch said that Mr. Mapother dropped dead on the street. His home is Louis ville, Ky. Later dispatches added that Mr. Mapcther wns accompanied to Pana ma City by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. IVbitford Cole. Mr, Cole is presi dent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad. The members of the party were on a pleasure trig. The body will arrive in New Orleans in about ten days and he sent imme diately to Louisville for burial. A later message said that Mr. Ma pother’s body would be brought to New Orleans on the United Fruit Com pany's steamship Turrealba, which leaves Panama-City tomorrow and is due to arrive here on February 12th. The metabers of the ’ party left New Orleans on th*ir vacation tour aboard the same vessel on January 20th. Mrs. Mapother and Mr. Cole, it is said, will accompany the body here. Spanking to Give Way" to Psycho Analysis. Chicago, Feb. 4—Psycho analysis has succeeded spanking in Evanston ir>yi disciplinary measure for chil wen. . Hereafter children whs cut up in school in this exclusive suburrU will be sent to a psychological clinic to he held at College Hall, Northwest ern University. , Delinquency in children is said to have a foundation in diet. Working on this belief, mothers of Evanston have launched a campaign to spread the doctrine of good nutrition. A carefully planned system of diet, the mothers contend, will help do away with naughtiness and need for chastisement. Parks-Bclk Co’s. Big Clearance Sale Continued s Few More Dhys. The big clearance sale at the Parks- Belk Co. will be continued a few more days. In both The Tribune and The Times today you will find a whole page of new specials which they have ■ put on. If you will read It you sre sure to find something yon want. They have just received a Carload of oranges and grapefruit at £3.95 s crate. * —, . i',i ■■•■ li. .m-i-j. j/_i. .-4.,uh Basketball Tonight CONCORD “Y” VS. CHARLOTTE ‘Y” Concord Y. M. C. A. at 8:30 jaw ’ ’ . Admission 88 and 50 Cants 1 . <■ ' , ■ v -. , • ■’-—*l -i-AAik-s The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ! — * j OLD AGE DOES NOT !| BEGIN AT 40 NOW i) * Modem Man May Be Young at Eighty. Declares Dr. 11. 8. Cum mings- Chicago, Feb. 4.—lt ki difficult to define “old age.” Time was when j 1 forty years was looked upon as the beginning of this period. Now Rome ,jar? old at sixty while ofherß are ■ mentally alert, at eighty. I There is too great a tendency , among persons reaching a certain age to persuade themselves that they hgve reached the last chapter of tho book of life; they seem to think that both mental and physical activities I should be abandoned. They do not realize that effort Hhould be made to preserve the happy state of mind and purpose that renders old age a perioel of comfort and enjoyment. Mental, as well as phys-'-hl diver sion, nnd even useful occupation are essential to true happiness nnd well being in old age ns In nearly every other period of life. The helpless, hopeless, semi-deqpnlrlng attitude into which many elderly persons are allowed to sink ia conducive to pre mature mental breakdown. With reasonable attention to cer tain well defined and easily applied mensurts and the observance of simple nnd reasonable hygenie prin ciples it is possible to grow old gracefully and comfortably and hap pily- The time to prepare for old age is in youth and early adult* life. It is not expected thnt under pres ent conditions the layman will pos ses information which will enable him to apply all of these principles without aid. He must depend on his own family physician for guidance. He should learn to appeal- to his physician before he becomes ill. This is already being done to a . greater extent than is realized. In many cities, physicians are noting that they are receiving an increasing number of visits from business nnd professional men of all ages who want to know each year just where they stand phvsically. Many men on reaching middle life first lenrn that they are not well when they npply fnr an iuerense -in their life insur ance. They ace shocked when told they are not eligible for increased insurance eicept possibly at increas ed rates or perhaps not at any rate. Hgd these men been examined at discovered and in many eases the causes could have been removed and the trouble obviated. Among the diseases and conditions that bring about .premature old age and which cause mnny untimo'y deaths may be mentioned heart dis ease. cancer, rheumatism, hardening of the arteries, nervous and mental disorders of the milder classes, nnd diabetes. Much can be done to pre vent the development of these dis eases if effort is made in time. PREPARE FOR FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE Planes to Be Used in the Flight Will Be Taken to Alaska Saturday by Carl Eiolson. Seattle, Wash., Febg. 4.— UP) —Carl Eiolson. aviator of the Wilkins trans- Polar flight, will said for Alaska Sat urday with airplanes to be used in the expedition. Captain George Hubert Wilkins, leader of the expedition, will follow later. Wilkins and Eiolson first will fly from Fairbanks in the interior of Alaska to toint Barrow, where they will hop off for the flight across the million square miles, “blind spot” of the Arctlee Ocean some time between March 21»t and April 21st. English Sparrow Defended By Min nesota Entomologist. St. Paul, Feb. 4.— UP)— When Eng lish sparrows bring to their nest 500 destructive caterpillars in one day as ope pair did they are entitled to con sideration as a most useful bird, de clares Professor A. G., Roggles, Min nesota agricultural college entomolo gist. A second pair brought 500 insects of various kinds to their young in one hour. Besides, Professor Buggies es timates, many insects were eaten by the adult birds. The birds frequently consume insect’ eggs equivalent to one half of their own weight. Spanish Aviators Near End of Trip. Rie Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 4.— UP) — The Spanish trans-Atlantic aviators flying to this city from Pernaumbuco had but 400 miles of their voyage before them at 12:40 o’clock this af ternoon when they passed over Car avellas, in the state of Bahia. ‘r'lrij; * " I ■". l ™. l . l . l ‘p Means’ Story to the Grand Jury In American Metal Case Delayed New York World. The federal grand jury contfagjfagi ; its inquiry into the America* and Company case yesterday, wftMßt, however, hearing triitimony Aty* qhs ton B. Means, former '. Justice agent, iMMgMfi term in Atlanta. Means, who arrived mmWtttAn night, in custody of JWplaHKia guards, had a long session *Ul> As sistant United Btatta.«fttM& Ken noth F. Simpson and is expected to iNHStatul jury tomorrow or Frklafr /He is Losing Sight ! ■Hp*.. .jHHHHI mg/r Jg I afi!SlßS£' I I jßeaSSHfe Babe Ascher, a. E. F. bantamweight champion and pugilistic Idol of maqj an army corps, will shortly undergi sn operation to save his eyestshi Not only has the little fellow » rlni career been blasted hut he's threat ened with complete bllndnesa. Hh mse Is similar to that of Pete Her man. former bantam king. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WANTS DR. H. W. CHASE President of University of North Car . oltna Goes to Pacific Coast to Con ference. Raleigh. Feb. 4.—C4>)—l)r. Harry Woodburn Chase, president of the University of North Carolina, is en route to the Pacific £oaxt where he will consider a proposal that he be come president of the University of Oregon. The offer of the western institution which has 4,000 students, and is con siderably larger than the North Car olina university, wns made to Dr. Chase last summer, but he is under stood not to have considered it at that time. But the Oregon institution has urged Dr. Chase to come to the coast for n conference, and he recently .agreed. . .. ' The matter has been discussed be tween President Chase and Governor McLean, it was stated nt the Gov ernor's office today, and Dr. Chase told Mr. McLean that the matter was tentative both on h ! s part nnd that of the University of Oregon. The mat ter also came up nt the trustee’s meeting while Mr. McLean was out of town, it was said. Dr. Chase is expected to be gone about a month. He succeeded the late Dr. Edward Kidder Graham as presi dent. Dr. Chase is understood to be the first choice by the Oregon Univer sity for the iiost among a number of men it has had under consideration. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS ARE BEING DISCUSSED By the Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 4. — UP) —The educational association of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, South, in session here, had before it today res olutions proposing the classification of various church schools, proposals for the crention of a commission to outline' the curriculum of study for ministerial students nnd the setting aside of one Sunday in each year as a Christian Eflucation Day to bring before the church membership work being done by church institutions and to discuss means of financing. Other matters included a recom mendation that’ teachers after their retirement be classified ns superan nuated ministers and the adoption of a definite program of education to inform menfbers of the church as to what is being done by the education al institutions. FltE MEN REPORTED KILLED IN EXPLOSION Between 25 and 40 Osiers Injured By Accident in Foundry in New Brit ain, Conn. New Britain, Conn., Feb. 4.—(A>) — Five men are reported dead and 40 injured as a result of an explosion in the foundry of the North & Judd Manufacturing Co., on East Main Street a few minutes before noon to day. ■EH)) that the grand jury, scheduled SKlj?ar Means yesterday, had been Hj£ over documents and other mat m pertaining to the alleged fraud SV n'uich it is presumed Means will WK eventually questioned. W 1316 inquiry has been under way six rweeks. with four assistant United ' States attorneys working continually on the alleged fraudulent return of $7,000,000 worth of American Metal Company stock to Swiss owners by former Allen Property. Custodian Thomas W. Milldr. A superseding indictment, dispiac ; Ing the one which indicted Miller aa the sole American involved, is gen-' I orally looked for. x CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1926 COMPLETE JURY 111 I THE BOWMAN CASE; ! WITNESSES CALLEOj i Second Special Venire Had to Be Called Before Jury j Could Be Completed at Newton. 149 NAMES HAD TO BE CALLED! Former National Guard; Officer is Charged With! Attack on Twelve-Year- 1 Old Girl. Newton, X. C., Feb. 4. -The second i edition of the special venire in the ease against Major Wade V. Bowman! for an alleged attack on a twelve-1 year-old girl in Hickory last July came i into Catawba county court at 9:30i a. m. today. The first venire of 100 mpti was exhausted early yester day afternoon with two men lacking in the jury box. Judge Webb or dered an additional venire of 45 men summoned immediately and returnable this morning. The Bowman jury was completed at 10:30 after 14!) names had been drawn. Court launched immediately into the trial of the former major of North Carolina national guard for the alleged attack on the twelve-year old girl. Girl Tells Her Story. New ton, Feb. 4.— UP) —Taking of testimony began today in the trial of Wade V. Bowman, former national guard major, charged with attacking a 12 year old Hickory girl last July. The jury was completed at 10:30 this morning and the court launched immediately into the hearing. Tile defense used 10 premptory chal lenges and the state used two. There was only one name left in the hat; and the last juror is A. B. Young. Eleven out of thirty-nine examined this morning were opposed to capi tal punishment. The percentage from the entire venire which eexpressed opposition to the death penalty is over 35 per cent. After the jury was em paneled 'Judge Webb ordered a short recess for counsel to confer. Taking of evidence began at 11.05 this morning. The prosecutrix, her mother-and father. Dr. H. C, M«ar zies and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, ail of Kentucky, were the first sworu by the state. The prosecutrix was the first to take the stand. She will be 13 years old on June 10. Her home is two lots from Major Bowman's house in Hick ory. In a low voice, hardly audible at times, she began telling the story of the alleged attack by the former army major in his then ineompleted house in Hickory. She said that on July 28 last year Rhe passed by the Bowmanlj new house on her wheel. He was standing in the back hall, said the child, and called to her. She began crying, and Judge Webb had the witness chair moved closer to the jury box. She said Bowman induced her into the bouse and attacked her. A. A. Whitener conducted the di rect examination. The witness said Bowman toid her not to tell anyone what had happened and then asked her to come back next afternoon. The court room was packed beyond its capacity during the testimony of the child. W. A. Self, pf the defense, staff, took the child over for cross ex amination. She regained her com posure and answered the questions in a louder voice. CARDINAL MERCIER LEFT HIS ESTATE TO CHARITY Says He • Was Without. Fortune Be cause He Gave Away Practically All of His Income. Brussels. Feb. 4.— UP) —The will of Cardinal Mercier, executed in 1908 and made public today, says he wns without personal fortune, having con secrated to good works his income from publication and other sources. Moneys on hand at the time of his death, the will stipulates, will be spent in paying for his funeral and for arrears in household expenses. Any surplus Is to go to charity. The cardinal lenves to his nephews his equity in a cottage in the country and advises them to make their liv ing by their own work. The document dedicates the life of the cardinal to God. It asks the par don of all those he may have wronged, and forgives those who may have wronged him. A McFADDEN BANK BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Gives Certain National Banks Right to Operate Branch Banks. Washington, Feb. 4.—tA’)—TheMe- Fadden bill lo authorize national banks to eugage in branch banking in cities where the state banks employ this ’ practice was passed today by the House. The measure now goes to the Sen ate. Its passage came after the House had rejected an amendment by Repre sentative Stegall, of Alabama, rank ing Democrat on the banking com mittee, designed to reduce materially the powera the bill would confer to ! national banks. Final passage was by a vote of 292 to 90. A similar measure was passed by i the House jn the last Congros but failed in the Senate. i The average age of the German ■’ bride is now 27 years, whereas be fore the war it was 24. ' Protected MMLS,. a*" 7' ' ‘ Hik BHHk j One thousand Kentucky militiamen, i with five tanks, three field pieces iand 137 machine guns, were ordered to i duty at Lexington, Ivy., when Edward ; Harris, above, went on trial for kill ! ing Mrs. Mary Bryant, her husband j and their two children. Business ! places were closed, interurbaus and I busses did not carry passengers into I the city and all persons were kept away from the neighborhood of the court house. Convicts at the state prison, where Harris was kept, tried without sucfcess to lynch him. MILK MARKETED BY CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION i Survey (Shows That 1,700.000,000 Pounds Were Sotd In 1924. Italcigh, N. C„ Feb. '4.— UP) —More than 1,700,000,000 pounds of milk was marketed by farmers' co-opera tive associations in the United States in 1924, it is shown by a survey re completed by the United States De partment of Agriculture. The results of the survey are shown in a bulletin of the department, released for publi cation tonight. The figures, the department says, are based on reports received from CO associations which sold the bulk of their milk wholesale, and 25 of which were selling mainly at retail. The former group handled 1 ~*40.254.(100 pounds, and the latter group, 158.- 273.000 pounds. Nearly OO per cent, of the total was handled by 15 nsso ciations-in New York State, while two associations in Minnesota handled 252,552,000 pounds, and eight asso ciations in Vermont, 101,152.000 pounds. Altogether the department obtained reports from 128 associations. Os this number, however. 39 organi sations described as btirgafning asso ciations. These do not, as a rule, sell milk directly, although there is a tendency for them to evolve into ac tual marketing boncerns. These or ganizations. the department estimates, handled 90 per cent, of the total fluid milk business done co-operatively in 1924. Their membership exceeded 204,000,- About one-half of this membership, however, wns in the private bargain ing associations, 40 per cent, in the association engaged in the wholesale distribution, and less, than four per cent in the retail distributing associa tions. The Middle Atlantic States, the department says, with a large membership concentrated in New York state, had nearly one-half of the to tal dairy marketing association mem bership ; in the country. Indicative of a tendency toward large organizations in the co-operative marketing of milk, the department cites the fact that 72 per cent, of the total membership of the country was found in eight large associations. By states. New York led in association membership, with Pennsylvania. Ohio. Massachusetts. Illinois, and Michi gan following in the order named. Eighty-two organizations, not in cluding those grouped as price bar gaining associations, did an aggregate business of $110,820,000 during the year. New York led in the volume of business, as in membership. Thirteen associations in that state reported a gross business amounting to $79,679,- 000. Although the associations fall roughly into the three general classes of bargaining, wholesaling, and re tailing organizations, there is no sharp line between them, the department says. Many of the Associations en gaged mainly in wholesaling also do considerable retailing, and on the oth erhand, most of the retail associations do a certain amount of wholesale bus iness. In lite manner, the so-called bargaining associations, which were formed originally for the sole purpose of agreeing on prices with distributors are setting up machinery for whole sale and retail distribution of milk. Milk marketing associations were first organized to serve customery, the department explains. The next step was the development of wholesale distribution by farmers’ organizations. The bargaining association is the lat est development. Succeeds Norman Black Here. Charlotte, Feb. 4.—(A 5 ) —J. R. Leigh, formerly of the Shelby district of the North Carolina Co-operative Marketing Association, has been nam ed to succeed Norman Black of Cabar rus county, as field representative of the Fourth District, and will have headquarters nt Charlotte. Mr. Black -has been transferred to Monroe. V Snow Along Atlantic Seaboard. New York, Feb. 4.— UP) —The en tire north and central Atlantic sea board was blanketed in show today as a result of the storm which '.ias swept from Georgia to Maine on the wings of a heavy gale. Hand-pnisted shoes and hand painted hats are the latest fancy of fa«Wonable women in Parks. Troops on Duty in Lexington Ohio thousand national guardsmen were on duty in Lexington, Ky.. when Ed Harris, negro slayer, went on trial. Photo above show’s a machine gun emplacement guarding the appro aehjjto the court house. PEACH HITE HEARING IS HESUHED TODAY, Peach Industry in Georgia Will Soon Be “Past His-1 tory” Unless Rates Are Cut, Witness Testifies. Macon, Ga . Feb. 4.—OP)—Hearing of testimony intended to show that excessive rates are charged for ship ment of peaches from Georgia was re sumed here today before Burton Ful ler, examiner of the Interstate Com merce Commission. Tiie pearh industry in Georgia will be "past history" unless relief is af forded the growers on freight and re frigeration rates, witnesses for the growers declared yesterday, the first (lay of the hearing. COMPROMISE SURTAX RATE AGAIN ATTACKED Senator Norris Attached Senator Sim mons For Accepting Any Compro mise. Washington, Feb. 4. — UP) —Tile compromise on a, 20 per cent, maxi mum surtax rate in the revenue bill again came under fire in the Senate today although already approved by the vote of a coalition of republican and democratic “regulars.” Senator Simmons, of North Caroli na, ranking democrat on the finance committee, explained that the minor ity members had agreed to the 20 per cent, mnximnm rate only after part of their projiosal to increase the reductions on incomes between $20.- 000 and SIOO,OOO was accepted by the republicans. “Why did you surrender?” asked Senator Norris, republican, of Ne braska. “Why surrender your rights to tax men of great wealth a just levy of at least 25 per cent.? Why did you not stand on your principles of two years ago?" Senator Sftnmons said that ns it was a cut of $23,000,000 on incomes between $20,000 and SIOO,OOO was made on a demand of the democrats. “I wouldn’t have had enough votes from your insurgent republicans to put over any other rates as two years ago,” he added. John H. McElwee Dead. Statesville. Feb. 4.—oP>—John Har vey McElwee, 01. tobacco manufac turer here for more than fifty years, died at his home today. Funeral services and interment will be tomor-l row morning at 11 o’clock. He is survived by five children. Footprints of 25 Million Years Ago Revealed in Grand Canyon Washington, Feb. 4.—Footprints ; made in the sand approximately 25.- 000,000 years ago by animals long , since extinct hbve been discovered in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. have been preserved indelibly in* the record of the rocks, in this instance of the Coconino sand stone of Arizona. Dr. Charles W. Gilmore, the pale ontogolist who uncovered many of these ancient tracks, has brought specimens of them to Washington. He describes the unique exhibit for the fitat time in a bulletin of Ihe Smithsohian Institution made public today. The human mind, says Dr. Gilmore, can scarcely grasp the idea of the vast age of animal life on earth presented by these strange footprints. Some tracks of extirict quadrupeds were first discovered in ’the Grand Canyon in 1015 by Prof. Charles Schuchert. In 1024 Dr. John C. Merriam, presi dent of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, conceived the idea of '.laving a permanent exhibit of the footprints in place, just as they were found, so that the tourist that visits the Grand Canyon may see them. Such an exhibit has been prepared on the Hermit ‘Trail by Dr. Gilmore, in addition to the specimenta brought to Washington. The tracks include those of new and unknown species that lived in the wet sand of this FORTY ALIENS WILL j BEDEPORTEOTODAY Most of Them Were Ar rested in or Nepr San Antonio.—Fifteen Mex icans Among Party. San Atonio, Texas, Feb. 4.— UP)— Deportation of about forty aliens, most of them arrested in and near San Antonio, will be completed to night when a dozen Europeans are taken to Galveston to be “shipped.'' Thirteen aliens were started toward Mexico and the far East today. All are charged with illegal entry. Fifteen Mexicans were taken to Laredo Tuesday night for deportation following their recent arrests in Kan sas. City and Chicago. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at an Advance of 1 to 5 Points And Ruled Higher in Early Trading. New York, Feb. 4.—OP)—The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 1 to 5 points and ruled about 3 to 5 points net higher in the early trading on covering and trade buying promoted by steadiness in Liv erpool and continued encouraging re ports from Manchester market for cotton goods. Further liquidation of March was absorbed by spot house brokers who bought against sales of May at a dif ference of 58 points while the trade and foreign buying absorbed offer ings of later deliveries. , March held around 20.19 and Octo ber 18.82 at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: March 20.18; May 19.58; July 18.88; October 18.32; December 17.90. System Works Well In Ohio. Gastonia. Feb. 4.—OP)—The erec tion of large white wooden crosses at spots on North Carolina highways where a person has been killed, as a striking reminder to passing motor ists that they should'be careful, is being advocated in North Carolina by C. M. McDonald, a Long Island, N. Y.. attorney, who is in this state on business. The system, in use in the state of Ohio, is working well in that state, Mr. McDonald declares. Former Governor Cameron Morri son favors the plan, he stated, and - has suggested that he bring the sug gestion to the attention of Governor | McLean and Frank Page, chairman of the State highway commission. region millions of years ago. The Smithsonian Institute hopes later to do similar work in other localities and to take steps to preserve such natural phenomena. “The great antiquity of these foot prints, which occur from 900 to 1,080 feet below the level of the present rim I of the Canyon,” says Dr. Gilmore, “is cleariy demontsarted at this locality.” It is obvious that since the day when those animals impressed their feet in what at that time was moist sand, more than 1,000 feet of rock making materials were piled up in successive strata above them, and this does not take into account many hun dreds of feet more that have been off from the present ton of the canyon wall. “The great length of time required for the cutting away or erosion of the rock to form the deep canyon, and the even longer time necessary for the original deposition of this great mass of stone is, when translated into terms cf years, if that were possible, so stu pendous as to be almost beyond hu man comprehension. “It is hoped that the object lesson so graphically taught by this unique exhibit may serve as an example to stimulate the preparation and preser vation of other natural phenomena to be % found in our government controlled parks, monuments and reservations.” 1 - V > THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j; NO. 27 i WARD CORPORATION !TJT :ST!GATED f BY FEDERAL BODY New Corporation Was Re i cently Organized to Deal in Materials Used by the Baking Industry. INQUIRY APART , M FROM 2 OTHERS William fiTward Says He Is Ready and Willing For the Inquiry to Be Completed. Washington, Feb. 4.— UP) — A cial investigation has been ordered*' by the federal trade commission into the Ward Food Products ( 'orporg. I tiou, recently organized to deal in materials used by the baking ndus try. The investigation will be conducted I by the legal department of the coiili , mission and will be apart from the economic investigation of the entiffc baking industry which has been jit progress for several months as direct ed by a senate resolution. The gen- ! eral investigation is not to be eom i pleted for several months and hereto fore it has been the general view in comnnnission circles that it would em brace the newly formed Ward com pany. As ordered, the new investigation is distinct from the one proposed lit the senate yesterday by Senator La Follette. Republican, tViseonsla, who asked that a senate committee inves tigate nil companies directly or in directly controlled by William Ward, who with his associates organ ized the Food Products Corporation, Replying to that move Mr. Ward wired Senator La Follette that h 4 would welcome senatorial scrutiny of the project. With Our Advertisers. 'll New hats and spring frocks at Fisher's. Hats $2.95 and $5, and dresses $9.75 to $15.00. From February Ist to February 10th, inclusive, the Kidd-Frix Music & Stationery Co. will give 500 votes for every dollar paid on charge ac counts. The new all-steel Ford body sepa rate from the chassis is. now bein** displayed in the show moms of tbs? Reid Motor Co. Dresses, new and modish, foremost styles for spring, only $14.75 at J. C. Penney Co.’s. Don't listen to the blue sky promot er but safeguard your heirs by having' the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. act as trustee of the money you bequeaths D’Orsay perfumes on sale at Gib son Drug Store. Let the Central Filling Station grease your car with Alemite Chassis and Tiansmiss'on Lubricant. Look up new ad. The poultry market is again active! C. H. Barrier & Co. wants to buy 1500 pounds of hens before February | 11, and will pay 20 cents a pound; Read what they tell you in a new ad. (oday. H. Hoyle Sink at Asheville. Asheville, Feb. 4 —UP) —H. Hoyle Sink, commissioner of pardons, bwi to investigate a number of appKe&t tions for exedutive clemency,,' wiH have presented to him the appeals of a number of the men convicted of parr ticipation in the mob which stormed the Buncombe county jail last Sep tember in an effort to get Alvin Magi sel. negro. Mansel was later eonvictecf'of an attack upon a white woman, and serir, tenced to die. He now has an ap peal before the Supreme Court. His case also is being investigated by the pardon commissioner. When Mr. Sink reached Asheville, , the families of fifteen of the twenty men convicted of participation in the mob were ready to present persojiqj appeals to him. And in two cases, petitions, said to bear the signatures of a large number of persons, had been prepared. Music Contest at North Carolina Cel* lege. j Greensboro,, Feb. 4.— UP) —Early in terest manifested in the seventh an nual North Carolina music contest at North Carolina College indicates an even larger number of participants l than last year, according to Dr. Wad# I 1 1 R. Brown, dean of the school of music jat the institution. The contest wiH ' be held April 29th and 30th. Last year 964 high school students from various points in the state took ■ part in the contest, and n number of high schools have already indicated . their intention of competing this i spring, says Dr. Brown. ‘ ! SAT’S BEAR SAYSI r"* 1 ■" ! ‘i Fair tonight, Friday fair in eqgfli > increasing cloudiness in west pdrtlMH i not much change in temperatara.JSß minishing northwest winds. i i