North Carolina Newspapers

•ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI FOUR ClttfKD WITH MURDERING BUTLER ITHOIOTDM Four Young Men of Gaff ney, S. C., Being Held in Morganton Jail as Re sult of Death. DEAD MAN’S WIFE TELLS HER STORY Says Youths Came to Her Home Secured Liquor and Shot Husband as y They Drove Off. Morganton, N. C., Feb. 6.— UP) — Four young men were gathered in the Burke County rourt Tiouse at 8:30 o’eloek last night as prisoners at the bar, charged with the murder of Frank Butler, of Lower Folk town ship 12 miles south of Morganton. They Were Charted Kcndrix, Wells Green, Boy gHifl arid Otis Jolly, all of Gaffney, SC'C; The preliminary hearing was con tinued until Tuesday ' afternoon, Feb ruary 16th, after they informed So licitor R. L. Huffman, who drove up from Newton, where he'ls prosecuting the Bowman ease, for the hearing, that they had not completed their arrangements for counsel. Mrs. Butter, wife of the slain man, was In the court room and) she told her sordid story to a newspaper men. She said at 2 o'clock last Saturday morning she was awakened by sounds in the house. She punched her hus band and he got up. There were two men in the room, one of which she identified as Wells Green. They ask ed Butler if he had 25 gallons of liquor. He said he thought he could find them ten gallons. Butler got up and dressed. He went with the boys, aecordiug to Mrs. Butler and was gone half an hour. She heard a car drive near the house and then heard a shot. The woman snid her husband stumbled Into the room shortly after the shot and fell to the floor saying "the devils shot me.’’ Mrs. Butler's father is Aaron Cook, former deputy sheriff of Burke eoun \ ty. He told Solicitor Hoffman that he whs guarding her from this possible trouble. • r r Thirty-Foar Daily Paper* in North Carotin* Are Members of the As sociated Press. Greensboro, February C.-A —Plans had been completed here today for the meeting of the North Carolina AssoeiatedJPress Club which will con vene Monday for a one-day session. Managing editors and publishers of the 34 member papers in North Caro lina of the Associated. Press were ex pected to attend the meeting. Among those who will attend rep resenting the organization will be Kent Cooper, of New York City, gen eral manager of the entire Associated Press system, and Milton Gorges, of New York, chief of the traffic depart ment of the organization. IT. 1,. Mc- Call, superintendent- of the southern division of. the Associated Press with headquarters at Atlanta, also will be in attendance. ' < Plans for the meeting have taken shape under the guidance of J. L. Horne, Jr„ president of the club, and published of . the Rocky Mount Tele gram. A meeting of thq managing editors will be held at two o’clock, - which wilf be the first business meet ing of the day. During the morning conferences between publishers and representatives of the organization are expected ,to take, place. The meeting will lie .the first full gather ing of the elub since the election of N Kent Cooper aa manager* of the As sociated Press and ia the evening there will be .a dinner ht honor of the general manager at which all edi tors and publishers will be present. The final session of the meeting will at night when a general meet ■ Ing of editors and publishers and As sociated Press representatives will be held. The news situation In North Carolina will be considered and plans made for its improvement and exten sion. ' < Local, arrangements for the meeting were made by E. B. Jeffress, publish er of the Greensboro Daily News. Warns of Acste Shortage Os Hones For Farm Work- Alnes, lowa, Fob. 6.—OP)—The United States is approaching an actual shortage of horses for farm and other vfbrk, in the the opinion of Dean C. F. Curtis of lowa State college, who views- this as “one of the most disturbing conditions now confronting American agriculture.” As a remedy, Dean Curtiss sug gests a government subsidy, declar ing that to cubeidigq the none in dustry for a ten year period "would probably cost less than the price of a single battle ship.” He said there are five million few er horses in the United States than ten year* 'ago, while the need lb greater. » -i., .. Princess Murdtred in Moaeonr. * Moscow,’ Feb. B.— (At*) —Princes* Obolonsky, 28 years old, member of one of the ofcleofc, families in Russia, was found murdered today in the enow outside a bath hotue in one of Mos * —* The Concord Daily Tribune | - North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily . STILLMANS TRYING 'TBIIL HONEYMOON' NEWSPNPffI STATES New York American in a Copyrighted Story Says Banker and Wife Sailed Together For Europe. WILL START OVER AGAIN, THEY SAY Couple Quoted as Saying They Are Through With Courts, Lawyers and Ad vice From Outsiders. New York, Feb. 6.— UP) —The New ■ York American- in a copyrighted story I today says that Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. ' Stillman sailed for Europe aboard ' the Olympic at midnight, hnppy in a trial reconciliation after sensational , five year divorce litigations, i The banker and his wifq. it is stat ' ed, are planning n new start in life on g "trial honeymoon” after cleaning the state of their marital difficulties. Mr. Stillman recognizes Baby Guy Stillman, now 7 years old. ns his son. > and withdraws his allegations in his suit that the boy is a son of Fred Beauvais,' Indian guide. 1 - A divorce suit recently started bv Mrs. Stillman is to be dropped, anti, lawyers of both have been notified that their services no longer required. The couple held a quirt farewell din ner at Mrs. Stillman's home at West 52nd street last night, with the 14 year old son, Alexander. “From no*- on we march-forward together, we hope,” the American qnotes them as saying. “We don’t know what fate holds for us in the fu ture. , Tonight we leave for a new honeymoon, a sort of trial honeymoon. "We are through with lawyers, through with outside adviser. We nre going straight with each other. Wheth er this reconciliation will be perma nanent only time can tell. We hope so.” The American prints in facsimile a note wriyen by Mrs. Stillman oh her departure. It rends: “Life and love are not fairy tales.” "They are aa bitter as death some times. and aa splendid as God if there is one.” New York, Feb, 6.— W) —Mrs. Anne U.'SrtmmriTfra ttulTb'mcHsftge to the Associated Press this afternoon con firmed her presence on board the S. 8. Olympic. Which is bonnd for Europe. Mrs. Stillman made no mention of whether her husband, James A. Still man, also was a passenger on the liner. Her message was in answer to one sent her by the Associated Press. Indications that her hurimnd was with her was seen in the fact that in her message/she referred Inquiries to the newspaper reporter whose article published this morning said that they had sailed together abroad. Girl Missing For Five Months Found Prisoner. Camden, N. J„ Feb. 5.—A five months search for 17-year-old Gene vieve Cq»e, of Oneida,- N. Y.. ended today when she was found in an iso lated cabin with Myton Failing, 32. of Syracuse, N. Y., whom she accused of abducting her. The girl said she was threatened with death .when she tried to escape. Failing waived ex tradition and was returned to Syra cue. The pair had been at the cabin about months, .police said. Fail ing, who has a wife, and three chil dren near Mt. Vernon, N. Y., said the ‘ girl's beauty had caused him to ab duct her and insisted he had not mil treated her. Miss Case corroborat ed this. Curious Color Control. , Paris, Feb. 6.—A novel competi tion has been devised by the editor of a French radio journal. listeners are Invited to state the color of the hair of the various singers being broadcast. Science has established that- blind. persons can often tell the Color of' a speaker’s or singe/p hair by the sound of the voice, and the purpose of the competition is to de termine whether ordinary persons, When deprived qf sight of the speak er, can exercise a similar. gift. -• Would Pot Dry Agents Under Civil Service. Washington, Feb. 6.——The House civil service oommittee today reported a bill to place all employees of the prohibition unit under civil service regulations. Navy Cross to Copt. Fried. | Washington, Fdfo ft. ——Presi- dent Coolidge today Swarded the Navy Ckoro to Capt. George Fred, whose ship, the President Rooftevelt, made the thrilling rescue of the crew of the . British steamer Aotinoe. i . - ; ; Postpones A*Uon Again. Washington, Fob. 6.— UPt-fFor the • third successive session the f Senate i agreed today to postpone *> decision i on the propotsl in tty tut Wdtlctloi. Dill repealing the law allalwibg the publication of income payments. Night traveler* in thfc* wooded \ seqtlons of RmolaM, Sweden, ; ,*** t Thomas Meighan, njotlon pleture » actor, says that tty citi of Killarnty f boston, saloon for Avery Mt, T& - 1 1— 1 -■ ■ ■ 1 J'-a-'-'■ 1 ‘Hofei Concord’ Is Name Chosen For New Hostelry - r *’. i ' it * Name Chosen at Meeting of Hotel Company Direo I tors Held in This City Friday Afternoon.—Vote Made Unanimous. “Hotel Concqyd’ is the name of the | new hostelry nearing completion here. Directors of the hotel company, 1 meeting Friday afternoon at the Mer chants and Manufacturers Club, vot ed on several names, the-one chosen re ceiving the majority ot the votes and later being unanimously chosen. It was stated bfter the meeting that three directors voted to name the ' hotel “The Stephen Cabarrus,” two ' wanted it called 'The Benjamin Pat ton” and nine wanted it called "Hotel Concord.” After the first vote the di rectors voted unyiimously to call it “Hotel Concord." It was stated by one of the direct ors thnt fully 90 per cent, of the stockholder* with whom lie had tnlk ed were well pleased with the name. At a stockholders meeting recently a vote was taken and the “Hotel Con cord” received a majority of the votes. The matter was left open, however, at the request of several directors who stated they wished to give the public LIEUT. GOVERNOR AT KIWANIS MEETING HERE Joseph B. Johnson, of Statesville, “Talk* at Weekly Club Meeting. A splendid talk by Joseph B. John son, of Statesville, Lieutenant Gov ernor of the Carolina Kiwanis dis trict, was the feature of the weekly meeting of the Concord Kiwanis Club Friday at the Y. M. C. A. Governor Johnson was introduced to the Club by B. E. Harris, ehnir man of the program committee for the day. His talk covered some of the “Kiwanis Principals” and was well received by the members, The committee appointed some time ago to arrange for Ladies' Night an nounced flint the event has been post poned from Friday evening, Febru ary 12th, to Friday evening February 19th. Music at the meeting was directed by Mrs. Leslie Correil and Mrs. H. G. Gibson. Tlie attendance prize was drawn by R. E. Ridenhour. The meeting next week will be un der the direction of L. T. Hartsell, Jr. Committees For IMS. President Barrier announced the folltusLug committee* for this year: Attendance-—Brevard E. HaWfs, Thos. M. Rowlett, Fred R. Shepherd, Business Standard*—Fred Young blood, Noel Reid, Chas. A. Cannon. Classification—Albert I’almer, Luth er Hartsell, Jr., Harold Ruth. Good Will and Grievance—Ralph Gibson, Herman'Trtieblood, Joe Pike. House Committee—Gilbert Hendrix, Boyd Grady, Julius Shnuers. Inter Club Relations—Hownrd Col lie, Tracy Spencer. Brevard Harris. Kiwanis Education —Buxton Rob ertson, Hinton McLeod, Bob Riden hour. Public Affairs—Tracy Spencer, Howard Collie. Ebb White. Publicity—Jno. B. Sherrill, Jas. P. Cook, Caleb Underprivileged Child—Morrison King, Mortimer Rixley, Jno. R. Que ry- . ' Agriculture—Duties assigned to committee on Public Affairs. Finance—Board of Directors. Laws and Regulations—Assigned to bogrd of directors. 'Membership—Assigned to Classifi cation Committee. Music—Assigned to program com mittee. Program—Each Member, taking roster in alphabetical order. Reception—Duties assigned to At tendance Oommittee, Escapes Chair After Facing a Jury Three Times. Mineola, N. Y„ Feb. 5. —Stanley Kalvana, who foeed the jury three time and spent eleven months in the death house at Sing Sing, today is free from the shadow of the electric chair. He was acquitted of a murder charge last night by a jury which re fused to believe the (of Ambrose Rosa, three times tempo rarily reprieved within a few hours of his execution, who implicated Klavana in the murder of a. bond salesman during a holdup at the Bell more National Bank in 1024. Kelvana was held in $25,00 vail as a material witness of the robbery. Boss is condemned to die the week ot February 15th for the murder. The jury was out only an hour and a half. Ross was brought to the trial from* the death house under heavy guard because of fear that the underworld would take vengeance on him as a “squealer.” With Oor Advertisers. Indecision will not protect you from fire loss. Read the new ad. of Fet zer A Yorke, insurance agents. Gloria Swanson in’ “The Coast of Folly” at the Star Theatre Monday and TuesdaV, February 8 and o.' Read the new kd. of C. Patt Cov ington today. Now you can have a Frigidaire. See ad. of this electric refrigeration system., Sale sale by Standard’Buick t Co. • 4’’ Read the ad. today of the First Baptist Church', regarding the Sunday, : row ice* at that ehnreh. ' '-j-. . Set-rod. of W. J. Hetheox about an f#foet plumbing is the only , kind you should havoif See ad. of Concord ■k . ■ CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, IST" • a chance to suggest names for the . hostelry. Now that the name has beqn defi; nitely agreed upon offic'al* of tty ty* ■ tel company plan to immediately p{tr • chase equipment and furnishing*,'R is probable that the committee ftp-' pointed by flic hotel company to have charge of this work will go to Highi 1 Point in the near future to See at first hand furniture which has been recommended to them. O. ,W. Donnell, secretary nnd treas urer of the William Foor Hotel Op erating Corporation, who has secured the lease on the building, plans to as-- sist the committee -with the purchase! of the equipment. .Mr. Donnell wils be manager of the new hotel upon itsj completion and he will-suggest to tint committee the various articles and the quantity wanted, for the equipping of the structure. Linen and silver, which -will I>e mnrked with the hotel’s name, also will be purchased at once. CHECK FLASHER IN ‘ *| CONCORD TODA^ Visits Coal Yard of K. L. Craven & Son and Gives Cheek in Payment For Fuel. The public is warned to be on the lookout for a flasher of worthless checks in Concord and vicinity. The presence of this party in Concord be came known today when a visit was paid to K. L. Craven & Sons, coal yard. A man, giving his name as John Lee, called at the above mentioned wood yard this morning, nnd pur chased 500 pounds of coal and one load of wood, amounting to $4.75. He left orders for the fuel to be delivered at 21 Peard street.’ In payment he tendered a check drawn on the Bank of Cornelius and signed by Mrs. Fran ces lav. The check was for $ll.OO. and ha was given the $0.25 change. When the wood and coal were taken to the address as given, persons jiving on that street knew nothing of any parties by the name given at the wood yard, and it was then discovered that the local fuel dealers were the victims of check flashers. A telephone message to the Bank of Cornelius revealed that neither tha, man nor the woman of that naihe hail an account there, or that any such parties were known to the bank offi cials. D. 0- PLOTT HURT WHEN MULES STAMPEDE Was Knocked Down by Mules Which Were Being Taken From Car at Harrisburg. D. O. Plott. well known farmer of No. 9 township, this county, was in Concord Friday after being confined to bis home for several days with in juries received in an aecidentl Mr. Plott was at Harrisburg last’ week unloading a ear of mules. He stooped down to pick up a board to be used in driving the mules into the pen and as be did so the animals stampeded, knocking Mr. Plott down and inflicting painful injuries. Several of Mr. Plott’s ribs were broken, hia watch was crushed and he was knocked unconscious by the mules. Meditml aid was summoned and an examination showed thnt he was not seriously hurt. Mr. Plott still walks feebly as a re sult of his experience, although he is recovering as well as eoOld be ex pected. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 5 Points to an Advance of'2 Points. New York, Feb. 6.— UP) —The cot ton market opened steady at a decline of 5 points to an advance of 2 points. Offerings were comjJartively light, but demand appeared limited to covering by near month shorts with a little foreign trade buying of new crop positions. Buyers of March again were sup | plied by the 1 selling of trade Interests against purchases. of May at a dif ference of about 59 points. The mar ket otherwise Showed no particular feature. At the end of the first hour active months were 1 to 4 points net lower, May selling around 19.69 and October at 18.20. Boston reported that receipts of cotton there today included 500 bales of American cotton from Liverpool. Cotton futures opened steady. March 20.25: May 19.68; July 18.08; Oct. 18.21; Dec. 17.87. Would Create Prohibition Bureau. Washington, Feb. 6.— UP) —Several change* in the present prohibition reg ime, including a proposal to create a new gnd separate prohibition bureau, was sponsored in Congress by the administration today. The bill for the prohibition bureau ranking with other bureaus in the Treasury Department was introduced by Senator Sntoot of the Senate Fi napee Committee, with backing of treoeury officials. ' At present the pro hibition forces are under the juris diction of the Bureau of Internal Rev enue, .* Senate Couiml-tee Methods Attacked, j Washington, Feb. 6.— UP)— The methods ot.fhe Senate oomjtatttee which investigated the Internal Revenue Bu reau were sharply attacked today by a minority of the committee which I bold that the Bureau hied emerged with a clean record. . '*. S" <* .. , ' 'Le. JrfeTirr?— ■■■.. ■ ■ ■ "■v.'ag. . . . ■■ , rs& rrr- So Close the Judges Couldn’t Pick One —l :7T\A, U o | • H ■■ ~ ” v ;' xc 1 For the flret time In the history of racing at the Louisiana Jockey Club track. New Orleans, two horses ran a dead heat—and Photographer “Doc'' Ashby was lucky enough to get the picture. It was at first thought that fpnr hones had run a dead heat, but after a conference the judges decided only two were tied. The photograph x>f the finish shows Georgia next to ; he rail; Harlan second to the rail; Hilary next, and Spandor on the outside From the .angle at which the picture was qnapped it does not look as though the four are abreast, but th« Judges declare there was not a whisker's breadth between any of the four. WAS ARTHUR DODD KILEDINTRANCE? Man Purporting to Be Him Is 111 In Hospital.—Dodd Was Reported Killed fti Prance in World War. Gadsden, Ala., Feb. 6.—C4 s )—Word was received here today from a hos pital in Augusta, Ga„ that Arthur Dodd, world war soldier who was re ported to have died in France, and whose purported body was sent here by the War Department for burial, is very ill and would like to see his kins ,men. Mrs. Dodd has remarried and lives at Alabama City near here. The body was sent here was buried at Crossville, Ala. Relatives of Dodd are well known is this community, and an ef fort is being made to determine if the man in Augusta is in reality their kinsman who was reported dead. DATES FIXED FOR MID-STATE FAIRS Representatives Express Regret That Thors Will Be No State Fair. * , Greensboro, Feb. s.—Meeting here S this' afternoon representatives of fairs i in the mid-Carolina association of ■ fairs, agreed upon dates for the fairs this autumn and negotiated with showmen for free acts, fireworks dis plays and other attractions. Follotv- I ing are dates for the fairs in the as sociation : i Six-county Fair, at Mebane, week of September 13; Randolph County Fnir, at Asheboro, week of September : 20; Rockingham County Fair, at Leaksville-Spray, week of September Oth. Cabarrus County Fair, at Concord, week of October 11th; Old Hickory - Fair at Lexington, week of Septem ber 27 ;th Cleveland County Fair, at , Shelby, week of September 27th; Johnston County frair, at Sinithfteld, week of September 27th; Catawba County Fair, at Hickory, week of September 27th. It was also learned that dates for some ot’her fairs not in the mid-Caro lina circuit but in the North Carolina grand circuit are: Central Carolina Fair, at Greensboro, week of October 11th; Virginia-Carolina Fair at Mt Airy, week of October 18th. Garland Daniel, preaident of North . Carolina grand circuit; Fred N. Tay lor, secretary of that organization, and John L. King, its treasurer, sat awhile with the mid-Carolina folk. W. C. York, of Asheboro, mid-Caro-1 lina secretary, was in charge of the; meeting. From Mebane's six county fair were A. C. Parnell, secretary, and J. S. Vinson, treasurer. Dape Pope, Raleigh man. with a string of racing 1 horses, was also present, as were a number of showmen. TDe fair people expressed regret ! that there will not be any State fair ' at Raleigh this year. Would Improve Appalachian Forest. Washington, Feb. 6.—(A*)—Two , amendments to the agricultural ap propriation bill making available ad ditional funds for- improvement of the Appalachian Forest were offered to day by Senator Overman, democrat of North Carolina. One would make available an addi tional $1,000.0(H) for the purchase by the government of additional lands at ‘he headwaters of navigable streams, while the other would provide $40,- 000 for enlarging the Appalachian Forest experiment station and con ducting experiments in North Caroli na, Virginia, Maryland, West Vir ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to de termine the best methods of growing and protecting timber crops. Mother of Marie Prevosi Killed in Accident. Los Angeles. Feb. 6.—(A>)—Mrs. H. Provost, mother of Marie Prevost, the film star, was killed and A1 Chris tie, screen comedian produce j, and Vefs Stedmnn. mot'on picture actress, was injured in an automobile acci dent last night near Lordsburg. N. M., said advices received here today. Preparatory Disarmament Meeting Postponed. 11 Geneva. Feb. 6. —G4>) —President Sclaloia of the league of nations coun cil today officially postponed the pre paratory disarmament meeting from OTNtaaary 15th to a date to be fixed at tba March eesion of the council. "arguments™ ' IN BOWMAN CASE i Full Day of Arguments by I Counsel Expected Be t fore the Case Is Given to Catawba County Jury. Newton, Feb. o.— lff) —A full day of argument was expected to come be fore there is any light on the proba ble fate of Wade V. Bowman, on trial here for an alleged attack on a 12 year old girl last July in Hickory. W. A. Self, counsel for the defense, open ed this morning. Yesterday was end ed after Louie Whitencr had spoken for the state, and former Judge W. B. Council for the defense. After Mr. Self there are four more lawyers* to address the jury before Judge James L. Webb’s charge. Mr. Self argued along the lines of the advantage gained by the defense yesterday when Bowman went on the stand and admitted certain indecent relations with the little girl, but said 1 the lawyer “cleared himself positively of any element of the criminal as ; sault which the state would nail to him.” Mr. Self began speaking at 9 I o’clock this morning and was going i strong a* noon approached., PERSON LOSES SUIT TO BREAK TOBACCO CO-OPS Judge Calvert Finds No Proof of Insolvency of Association.—Per son Notes Appeal. Raleigh, Feb. s.—The suit seeking the dissolution of the Tri-State To bacco association, which operates in Virginin nnd the Carolinns, and the appointment of a receiver, was dis missed in superior conrt here late today by Judge Thomas H. Calvert. An appeal was noted to the ruling. There was no proof of fraud or of insolvency. Judge Calvert said. at the conclusion of the five and a half hour hearing, and the matter of management and the policies of the association, he said, was an internal affair, to be remedied by the mem bers from within. He had no coni . ment to make upon the efficiency or inefficiency of the management. Col. W. M. Person of Franklin, who, as a member of the association, brought the suit, announced after the case was dismissed that he would seek to bring a case against the as sociation before a jury in civil court in his home county. Features of the hearing included Colonel Person's nttnek upon Aaron Sapiro, of Chicago ' and California, general counsel for the association, who, he insisted, should not be al lowed to appear in the case; Judge Calvert's ruling, later in the day, that Mr. Sapiro might not appear in the case, nnd the motion of defense counsel during the afternoon to dis miss the ease on the ground that Mr. Person, n member of the associa tion, had not complied with the terms of his contract with the as sociation, and therefore was coining “into court with unclean hands.” II This motion was overruled and nn exception noted. a World's Largest Water Tank. London, Feb. (I.—Nairobi, in East Africa, has the distinction of possess ing the largest municipal steel water storage tank in the world. It holds a million gallons and was erected by the Nairobi Corporation to prevent the nightly waste of 200,000 gallons of water, owing to lack of storage facilities. The task is mosquitol proof, is erected with manholes to facili tate cleaning, is painted inside with a special paint to prevent corrosion, ' and is halved by a partition to enable ■ one portion of the tank to be used while the other is being cleaned out, which will be necessary about every 1 five years. The weight of the water to be stored is 4.500 tons, over an • area of 10,800 square feet. J “Miracle” Arouses Alsace. Parle, Feb. 8. —People in Alsace, ' believing that a miracle has taken place, have begun pilgrimages to a • girl's grave, which, when opened re ' cently, Was found to contain only a handful of pearls and a rosary. : An inquiry began immediately, and it was ascertained that tile coffin, which '■ had not been tampered with, Whs - nailed down by a workman in the ■ presence of an undertaker. A number i of peopre recall the saintly life of the : girl, which strengthens the prevalent belief that a miracle baa happened. \ ‘ KNOTT AND MARTIN MAY BE TRIED SOON Indications in Charlotte Are That Governor Will Be Asked to Call Special Term of Court. Charlotte, Feb. 6.— OP) —Indica- tions here today_ were that Governor McLean would be petitioned to call a special term of criminal court for the trial of Jiin Knott of IJ-ekory Grove, and Oscar Martin, of Charlotte, held on a charge of attacking an aged New ell woman Thursday. Solicitor John G. Carpenter, of Gas tonia, was expected to confer today with Chief of Detectives Bradley re garding the case. Knott nnd Martin have been remov ed to a jail outside the city as a meas ure of safety. Both men are said by the police to have confessed. DEAD GIRL IDENTIFIED AS MISS MARY HASKINS Young Woman Who Ended Life in Richmond Had Been Teaching at Belmont. Richmond. Va, Feb. 5,—-The young woman who committed suicide yester day in the boarding housF'oFTffrS. L. R. Watkins, 1034 West Grace Street, by turning on the gas and then lying prostrate on the floor, clad only in her night gown, was positively iden tified tonight as Mary Haskins, of South Boston. The identification was made by Kolbe Curtice, health officer of Halifax county who came here from South Boston. Earlier in the day Dr. Thomas F. Wheeldon, orthopaedic surgeon, had partly identified the body as that of Miss Haskins by taking prints of her feet and comparing them with a mould he had made of the feet of a young woman resembling her, whom he hhd treated for flat feet in South Boston, within the past year while holding a clinic there. After making the comparison he was not willing to Say definitely the dead girl was Miss Haskins, but he spoke as if he was almost sure that she was. He recalled that he had also treated Elizabeth Haskins, sister of Mary Haskins, for the same trouble at South Boston. N. T. Haskins, of 306-A North Davis Avenue, this city, an uncle of the two girls, went this afternoon to Bennett's morgue, where the body is being held, but he was so overcome at the sight of it that he did not un dertake to identify it. He said later that he had not seen his niece, Mary Haskins, in several years and that her features may have changed ma terially in that period. For that rea son he would not make another effort to identify the body. Mary Haskins is said to have been teaching school this year at Belmoitt, N. O. According to advices from North Carolina, she left that town Thursday night of last week, saying that she was coming to Rich fond. The girl arrived at Mrs. Watkins’ hoarding house last Friday morning, saying that she had come here from ' Charlotte, N. C., to evade marriage to a man she did not want to marry. She obtained lodging for a week and kept to herself toost of the time she was in the house. ■ l’apers among tier effects indicated that her name was Mary Harper. A card bore the name of Robert E. Eller, with no addres. In & small memorandum book bearing the stamp of Garibaldi and Brun, jewelers of Charlotte, was the name of A. R Johnston, box 421. Greensboro, N. C. Topping the names of seven girls pen cilled on the hjack of a raazagine, was the name Mary Haskins. A handbag had the najne of M. Harper written inside of it. Mary Haskins’ parents, David W. and Elizabeth Haskins, of South Boston, are bol'.i dead, accord ing to her uncle. Her sister is said : to be reaching school in South Boston. Said She Was- to Attend a Wedding In Richmond. Charlotte, Feb. s.—Miss Mary Has kins, who ended her life in RlMimond- Va., had been a teacher In the Bel mont schools. She left Belmont Thursday night of last week for Richmond, saying she was going to attend the wedding of a friend. Mon day she wrote to he* roommate at Belmont, saying she had suffered an attack of Influenza and would be de layed in returning. Friends at Bel most were unable to assign ally reason for suicide. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 29 ANDREWS SUGGESTS 3 IN VOLSTEAD LAW These Changes Have Been Approved by Sec. Mellon . and Will Be Presented ; Later to Congress. CHANGE NEEDED k SAYS DIRECTOR J The Changes Have Become Apparent to Him Since He Has Been Director of Prohibition Bureau. * Washington. Feb. C. —GW—The treasury has drafted recommendations for a series of changes in the Vol- - ■ stead act and other statutes having to do with enforcement of prohibition iti order to meet new conditions. T The proposed changes were draft" ed by Assistant Secretary Andrews in the light of his experience as chief enforcement officer, and have been ap proved by Secretary Meilon, They I will be submitted to Congress imme diately. The character of the changes de ! sired was not disclosed at the treas" J I ury today but were indications that '} the program included application of l n graduated scale of penalties to dif ferentiate between wholesale viola- *■ tions and hip pocket offenders. gm Renewing his demand'for consider ation of his bill to modify the Vol stead act. Representative Boylan, Democrat, of New York, wrote the House judiciary committee today that in his opinion Congress was blinding its eyes to prohibition situation and would rather listen to fairy tales by the Anti-Saloon League than face distasteful ralities. "Clear sighted and honest men, in- i eluding the chief of the prohibition unit, Assistant Secretary Andrews of , the treasury, admit that prohibition * has not beeu enforced,” he said. “With the government , spending ; millions to enforce one foolish law, it \ is little wonder that Congress cannot ' afford sufficient sums to keep our army, navy and air service on a par *f with those of foreign countries.” T ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO AID IN COAL STRIKE \ tftohftinoß Woold Crmtc PoJ era! Beard of Industrial- Adjust ment. Washington, Feb. 6.— Of) —Legists- tion to create a federal board of in-, dustrial adjustments for the purpose of invoking public opinion to prevent \ anthracite coal suspension was offered today in the Senate by Senator Rob inson, of Arkansas, the Democratic- 1 leader. The measure was introduced after - a conference of Democratic leaders at which the soal situation was dis cussed. Senator Robinson had the bill sent to a Senate committee with a request for early action so that the subject, can be taken up by the Sen- ' nte after passage of the tax bill. Democrats Discuss Coal Situation. Washington, Feb. 6—OP)—The coal situation was discussed today at con ference of the Democratic leaders, with a view to gome action of Con gress after the tax bill has been passed. Mrs. Overman's Party a Brilliant Af fair. Washington ,F e b. s.—The Over man party yesterday was a splendid affair. Mrs. Overman, wife of Sena tor Overman, was at home to a large number of friends. She was assisted in receiving by a distinguished group of Nortli Carolinians, among them the j former Governor and' Mrs. Cameron Morrison, Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, ' wife of Senator Gerry, of Rhode Is land. formerly Mrs. Vanderbilt; Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory and Mrs. Edgar Nciris Snow, daughters of Senator and Mrs. Overman. Mrs. Laurence I). Tyson, wife of Senator Tyson, of Tennessee, a native of North Caro lina, and Mrs. Carter Glass, wife of Senator Glass, of Virginia, pretided at the tea table. Mrs. Overman was beautifully gowned nnd Very spright ly in spite of the fact that shf; is n great grand-mother. The reception was held at the , Powhatan Hotel where the Overmans reside. (Miss Alice Yorke and Miss Mary Penelope Canon, of this city, were guests at the party.—7d.) " Killed by P. & N. Train in Charlotte. Charlotte, Feb. 0, — OP) —Struck by an outbound Piedmont & Northern | train while crossing the tracks, Fate Smith, aged 27, was killed almost in stantly here today. Partial deafness resulting in his failure to hear the engine was given as a cause for his stepping in front of the train. ■ ■■■ B ' ll * ll *1lff|j!B!)!| •. SAT'S BEAR SAYBr ’ IH i Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer J tonight. Moderate to fresh sout!> shifting to wezt winds.