ASSOCIATED \ PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI COW DEATHS : HAVE RESULTED IN AN INVESTIGATION Attorney General of Ala bama, Upon Request of Several Persons, Starts j Rigid Investigation. GRAND JURY MAY GET FACTS ALSO, J. W. Taylor Started Desi-1 nite Action When He , Asked For Facts About Death of Son. Tuseumbin. Ala., Feb. 17.—(/P)—A general investigation into recent deaths of convicts in Alabama mines operated by convict labor is being conducted by Attorney General Har vell Davis, following the filing of complaints. J. IV. Taylor yesterday asked that an investigation be conducted into the death of liis son “Putc," who died at a convict camp after serving eight days of a ten years sentence. Announcement by the Attorney General also indicated a grand jury invest'gntion will be asked into the death of Janies Knox, West Virgin ian, who died in a convict camp in August, 192-1. He said efforts had been made to frustrate his inquiry in to the case. Mr. Taylor in his complaint filed with Sheriff Henry Cobb of Colbert County, charged that his son was beat en to death by two negro trusties who had been ordered to punish him. Pris on records show that Taytbr died of heart trouble but Mr. Taylor said his sou had never been troubled with Ills heart. He requested an exhumation of the body to determine if possible what caused his death. The Taylor case is similar to that of Knox, who, reports said, was scald ed to death when he failed to dig his share of the coal. The Attorney Gener al has been investignCng his death but has not given his reports, which, he said will be voluminous. Prison records state Knox died from poison, self-administered. WOMAN’S METHODIST MISSIONARY COUNCIL Sixteenth Annual Session to Be Hety at Raleigh March 10-17. Raleigh, Feb. 17. — Ost —Addresses by men and women of note and the quadrennial election of officers are ex pected to feature the sixteenth annual session of the Woman's Missionary Council of the .Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which is to be held here March 10th to 17th. Preceding by only two months the meeting of the general conference of the denomination in May, it is ex pected that the council will formulate recommendations for legislation by the general conference. Session* of the council will be held at Edenton Street Church, of which Rev. W. A. Stnnbury is pastor. Among the speakers who are on the program for the meeting are: Dr. J. 11. Mntthcws, professor of Old Tes tament at Scarritt College for Chris- ; tiari Workers and former missionary, who will be in charge of the daily noonday Rible hour; Dr. Daniel J. Fleming, of New York, a Presbyterian minister who has been a missionary to India, and who is an author of books on missions j and Dr. Charles R. i I.hnister, executive secretary of the i City Federation of Churches, Pitts- < burgh, Pa., who will speak on “The : Church in the Community.” 1 In the council meeting North Caro lina will be represented by Mrs. W. A. 1 Newell, of Winston-Salem; Mrs. C. H. Early, Gatesville; Mrs. H. C. 1 Bouey, Rose Hill; Mrs. Lucy H. Rob- 1 ertson, Greensboro, and Mrs. A. H. 1 Dunham, Asheville. Among the visitors expected at the 1 meeting is Miss Sse Vong Pau, for ' many years president of the Woman's 1 Missionary Society of the Chino con ference. Miss Sxe will'llot only rep resent her conference at the council meeting in Raleigh, but she has been elected an official delegates to the gen eral conference meeting in Memphis, Tenn., in May. The Woman’s Missionary Council has a membership of approximately 200 delegates, representing every sec tion of the church’s territory, and a constituency of approximately 300,- 000 women, members of missionary societies. Through this organization, women of the denomination are doing missionary work in Africa, Brazil, China, Cuba, Korea, Japan and Mex ico, as well as at home. LET CONTRACT FOR CITY IMPOUNDING DAM Work Will Be Dene by R. J. Patter son. of Charlotte, at Cost of Ap proximately $54,000. Meeting here Tuesday to receive bids for the new impounding dam for the c’ty, members of the water and light board heard various offers and let the contract to R. J. Patterson, of Charlotte. The cost of the dam will be ap proximately $54,000, and work will be March first. The company plans to complete the work In 120 working days. The new dam will have a storage rapacity of 343,000,000 gallons and once It is filled the city will have a water supply of 2,000,000 gallons dai ly. The English derby is considered the greatest racing event in the world. The Concord Daily Tribune ====r _______ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily N<^gte ars Mr*. James Wire of Kountze. Tea. “* «w«ya been proud of her hair. Now. she say*, she wont bob It, aa natter what the flappers do. MINERS TflfiG if CLOSE MINES FAIL Union Members Dispersed by Police When They fathered Near Mine Us ing Non-Union Help. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 17.—(/P)—Un ion sympathizers who have been con ducting a campaign to cljsc non-union mines in the Indiana coal field were dispersed by police and deputy sher iffs when they visited the Sunnyside Mine near here this morning. Non union men entered the shaft unmolest ed. The visit to the Sunnyside Mine followed calls on three mines in War rick County yesterday during which some disorders developed. Lee Gor bet a non-union miner, stabbed in fighting between factions at Newbevg yesterday, and brought to a hospital here, is recovering. N. C. COLLEGE FACULTY STRONG FOR DR. CHASE Endorse Him as Friend of Toleration and Freedom In North Carolina. Greensboro, Feb. la—Members of the faculty of the North Carolina College for Women here, meeting to day, pased a resolution that de clared if President Harry W. Chnso, president of the University of North Carolina leaves the University, it will be a distinct loss to the State and endorsed him as the friend qf toleration and freedom in North Carolina. They expressed the hope that he will not leave the University to accept the presidency ofthe Uni versity of Oregon, which has been offered him. Pledge of support of Dr, Chase in his stand for educational and moral progress was made. The president of the college, Dr. J. I. Foust, attended the meeting and aid ed in the passage of the resolution. And he wired Dr. Chase now in the West, of the action taken. Three Changes That Interest Caro linians. Washington, Feb. 16.—1 n addition to the changes Senator Simmons needed in making the tax bill in the Senate, already printed in this paper, there are three others which he deems of importance nud specinl interest in North Carolina. They are: 1. Repeal of the 8 cents per pound tax proposed by the House on the sale of leaf tobacco by dealers to the consumers. 2. Restoring the S3OO building and loan exemption which had been cut out of the bill, and which Senator Simmons had put back in. 3. Defeating the efforts as re flected in the House bill indirectly to tax farm loan and joint etock laud tank bonds and other public securi ties- Senator Simmons knocked this out in the Finance Committee. Give Young Men Hearing Today. Morganton, N. C., Feb. 17.—OP)— The preliminary bearing of the four young men charged with the murder of Frank Butler, Burke county man, on the night of January 30th, Which was continued until today, is schedul ed to begin at 3 p. m. before Justice of the Peace George H. Battle in the Burke county court house. The young men charged with the crime are Charles Kendrick, Wells Green, Roy Hill; and Otis Jolly, all of Gaffney 8. C. CONCORD, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1926 imrisiK | FOLLOWING SEVERN. WSOFSffIESS | Went to His Office Today But Soon Returned to ! ! White House Because of 11 Very Heavy Cold. condition!^ NOT SERIOUS Resting as Precautionary j Measure Since Cold Has Been Hanging on Sev eral Days. Washington, Feb. 17. UP)—Pres ident Coolidge after a br’ef stay to day in his office returned to his liv ing quarters in the White House to seek relief from n heavy cold. The I*resident conferred during the morning with Chairman Madden, of the House appropriation committee, and received a call from Ambasador Riano. of Hpain. He then cancelled other engagements for the day. The President appeared at his desk at tile usual time and transacted bus iness demanding his immediate atten tion. He has suffered for a long time from a nasal trouble and lias taken regular treatments for if. White House officials did not con sider the cold as serious. They su’d it could be more quickly dissipated if more rest is afforded the Presi dent. J. D. NOi.WOOD FILES A FORMAL APPEAL Former Bank Official Will Fight Federal Prison Sentence. Greensboro, Feb. 16.—Attorneys for J. D. Norwood, former chairman of the board of directors of the Peo ple’s National bank of Salisbury, which failed June 8. 1923, today in the office here of the clerk of ’ the United States court, western district of North Carolina, filed formal ap peal from verdict of guilty brought against hm in the court here last December 19 on chage of violation of the banking laws. He was sentenced by Judge H. H. Watkins, of western South Carolina federal district court, who presided over the trial, having exchanged courts with Judge E. Yo to- Webb, of Shelby. The sentence was three years in federal prison in Atlanta. Appeal is also taken from the sen tence imposed. The attorneys base their appeal for one thing upon the refusal of the judge to direct a verdict of not guilty, before the jury retired, as he did in the case of J. K. Doughton. who was president of the bank when it failed. He and Norwood were tried on joint indictment, of six counts, charging misnpp’iention of fundß of the bank. Doughton was cleared by order of the judge. The district attorney has thirty days in which to file answer to the exceptions noted by the defense at torneys in their appeals, and the matter then goes to the United States circuit court of appeals, sit ting at Richmond. Va. Norwood, who was formerly head of the Mecklenburg Mills company, a chain of four plants, with offlffices at Salisbury, is now engaged in busi ness in Birmingham, Ala. He is out on bond of SIO,OOO, which was fiyed when he gave notice of intention to appeal from the verdict and the judgment imposed. Clyde Hoey, Shelby, and A. L. Brooks, of this city, are his attorneys. With Our Advertisers. The best meats of every kind at the Sanitary Grocery Co. Phones 670 and 686. Your garments made germ-free and clean at Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. See “Town Topics” in the new ad. of Fetzer A Yorke today. Now iB the time to get your awn ings from the Concord Furniture Co. Terms to suit your convenience. Dancing lessons each Saturday af ternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock at the Merchants and Manufacturers Club by Miss Dorothy Mallard. “The Early Bird,” J. C. Penney Co’s, spring Waverly cap, only $1.98. The newest spring hats at Efird’s, a rich and varied collection. Prices, $2.95, $3.95 and $4.95. Stetson and No Name hats for spring at the Richmond-Flowe Co’s. At the Broadway Theatre in Char lotte February 18, 10 and 20 the pre mier southern showing of “The Sea Beast,” with John Barrymore and Dolores Costello will be given. Per formances at 1, 3:10, 7 and 9 p. m. Its a Warner classic of the screen. Special stage prolog with scenic and lighting effects. See ad. e’.Bewhere. If you would benefit by the special terms now being offered by the Con cord and Kannapolis Gas Co., note 1 that the sale ends next Saturday. Read the ad. on last page today. All prices reduced on winter goods at Pnrks-Belk Co.’s. The goods are priced low to clean them up quick. Everything is now on new spring rner . chandise in all the latest styles. Phone ■ your grocery wants to 138. 1 Ellison May Be Next Mayor of Char -1 lotte. Charlotte, Feb. 10.— Developments ’ in the mayoralty situation Tuesday ' indicated that Ernest Elison, well- I known Insurance man, may be the ‘ next mayor of Charlotte. He has been a resident of Chartotte lor 19 years and is prominent m many phases of the city's life. _ A Tragedy o( the Night Air Mail , fill tfuit is left ot tn£ Hjrpiniiu iu which Ait Smith,' veteran pilot, crashpd ns he was making a insht flight on the airmail route between Chicago ami Cleveland. His plane struck a tree, fell to the ground aud burst into flames near Bryan, O.,killing Smith and leaving only the charred wreckage for the rescue party. FOiIMK FOLLOWING WRECK Six Others Hurt, Three Se riously, When Two Boats Collided in the East Riv er Today. New York, Feb. 17.—OP)—Four men were missing after a oollis’on to day between a New York Marine Company's tug and the Fall River Line steamship New Hampshire fn the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge. Six others, three of whom are in a serious condition, were taken tp Breekman Street hospital suffering from submersion and exposure. All of the crew of tile tug boat wen thrown into the icy waters by the force of the collision. Nine men man aged to cling to floating ice cakes un til rescued by the New Hampshire, nitd. scveraMngs which tvcqt to tsff* scene. A ihree-liour search failed to locate the four remaining men known to have been on the tug. The tug sank immediately after ihe crash, only the top of its smoke star! remain’ng above the surface of the water. The New Hampshire with a damaged bow, proceeded to her pier'. TOO MANY INOUIRIFS TO SUIT REPUBLICANS Methods By Which Inquiries Can IF Halted Discussed at Conference. Washington. Feb. IT.— UP) —A move to put the brakes on the Senate inves tigations was launched today by a conference of Senate Republicans. To discourage adoption of the res olutions of inquiry at the request of one senator, the conference went on record in favor of referring such measures to the standing committee which has charge of the subject mat ter of a proposed investigation. This committee would conduct a preliminary survey, and if a favora ble report were made the measure then would go to the committee on audit and control for its approval. Cotton Seed Fgures. Washington. Feb. 17.—Cotton seed crushed in the six months period August Ist to January 31st totalled 3,508,697 tons, compared with 3,248,- 452 tons in the same period a year ago, and cotton seed on hand at the mills January 31st totalled 1,099.371 tons, compared with 900,899 tons a year ago, the Census Bureau today announced. says: i If a girl doesn’t walk ( around with her eyes on the ground and her mind on the Lilies people think she's got a > date with the devil. , Watch Hits paper lor fur■ f ther nevm ot Joanna' i thrill ing love ttory. ) What Would You f Do With a Million Dollar*? GENERAL PATRICK MUST WOVE NEXT What Is to Be Done With Officers Who Oppose Air Service Plans Now Rests With Air Officer. Washington, Feb. 17.—UP)—“Nec essary disciplinary action” as a re sult of the War Department’s inves tigation into the reported air service propaganda aetivit ; es has been left to Major General M. Patrick, chief of the air service. General Patrick, who made the in vestigation at the orders of Secre tary Davis, submitted his findings to day to the Secretary who immediate ly delegated to him authority to take the proper steps. This statement was issued by the Secretary: “General Patrick submitted to the of War this morning the report of the investigation undertak en lo determine the parties respons : - ble for the unauthorized attempts to : nfluenco legislation affecting the air service. “The matter of the necessary dis ciplinary action has been left by the Secretary of War in the hands of Gen Patrick.” Officers Will Be Reprimanted Washington, Feb. 17.— UP) —Majors H. H. Arnold and H. A. Dargue, army air service, have been found re sponsible for “objectionable” activi ties in attempting to influence air service legislation and will be repri manded. The findings resulted from an in vestigation ordered by Secretary of War Davis following distribution of eirclars urging suppbrt for air service legislation favored by Major General Mason M. Pattrick, chief oto the army air service. Major Arnold is information officer in General Patrick’s office and the general who has been given authority to administer the discipline found him most cuplable and announced se would be sent to duty outside of Washing ton. Major Dargue is chief of the war plans division of the air service. General Patrick in announcing his findings issued a statement replying to intimations in Congress and else where that lihe investigation was real ly intended by the war department to force him out of the service. In his belief, he said, “there was absolutely no foundation of fact for any such nonsensical statement.” v In the course of the investigation in his office. General Patrick closely questioned every officer on duty there. “The investigation,’ the statement) said, “disclosed the fact that only two; officers in this ojee were concerned in an attempt to influence legislation in what I regard as an objectionable manner. Both of them will be repri-; manded, and one of them no longer wanter in my office, will be sent' to another station.” Color Gravure. The Color Gravure section of next Sunday’s World on the first page will lmve three beautiful pictures suitable j for framing. Portrait of George Wash ington by Rembrandt Peale, N. A.; portrait of Stephen De Lancey by John Smilbert, Stephen De Lancey Was the original owner of Fraunces Tavern, and a magnificent reproduc tion of Wadsworth Thompson, N. A., “Passing the Outpost,” Your news dealer’s supply of Sunday World is limited to advance orders. Order a copy in advance. Approves Air Service Program BHL Washmgton, Feb. 17.— UP)-— The House naval committee today report ed a bill to carry out its new five year building program for the naval air service at a cost of nearly SIOO,- 000,000. Miss Isabel Craig Bacon, an agent of the United States Board of Voca tional Education, is gridge, N. Y'„ Feb. 17. — ! C4 3 )—Mrs. Elizabeth B. Teale, 29. and six of her children were burned to death when fire destroyed their apart ment over a barber shop early today. Tlse father, Edward Teale. escaped wit'.i two broken arms and the eldest child, a daughter, was uninjured. Rev. Harrison Black, pastor of tile Methodist Church, was severely burned in attempting to rescue the victims. The clergyman saw the flames, heard cries of members of the Teale fam ily and made his way to the - second floor where Teale, unable to force his way through the flames to bis children, was trying to drag his wife to safety. Mrs, Teale, however, strug gled successfully back to her children and perished in the blaze. Flames forced the pastor and Teale to jump from the second story window. CHECK-FLASHER POSES AS UNIVERSITY AGENT Charged With Falsely Declaring | Himself Duke Representative. Durham. Feb. 16.—Posing as a i representative of Duke University in search of new students for that institution, a young man in touring several of the Southern States on a ( check-flashing trip, according to word received here by University of ficials. Numerous inquiries have been received concerning checks given by . him. Georgia merchants have been the , greatest sufferers at the hands of the impostor, according to informa tion received. In August, he made 1 ,away witli a considerable sum of money. There he is raid to have in- 1 terviowod high school f students re- ' yarding their entrances- into Duke ' University. In this manner he es tablished himself among the people ' and . proceeded to cash cheeks 1 amounting to hundreds of dollars. 1 The checks were on a local bank- ( ,— t Mere Consumers Fastidious in ! Taste. Mnxton, Feb. 16—Deputy Sheriff J Smith reports a rather dull period in ' rapturing stills—he has only cap- s tured three stills in the past two ' weeks. One of these was a brand new 1 copper outfit, newly made and new- I ly set up, just ready to run. It sat ' along the side of a galvanized tub - outfit, both being captured on the j old Purcell place', near Daniel Me- > Eachin’s bouse. The operatives were ' not captured but the assumption is i that to whomsoever the old outfit v b longed lie had found ou that the i pub'ic demanded a copper distilled quality and that liis customers no I longer would tolerate a cheap brand of liquor, hence the up-to-date out fit. ] The other still was located south of town on Alford Smith's place. The < offender was found and is now under ] bond for trial. The trial was delayed i because of bis having contracted c pneumonia frpm the exposure- The t outfit was a cheap affair. - i Hickory Protestant Asks For Re- s prieve. < R. O. Abernethjv of Hickory, who refused to work the city streets or to < nay a special street ttax, has asked ’ for a reprieve of his 30-day sentence 1 in jail in order to present his case I to Governor McLean. He appealed ! from the sentence of the lower court ' to the Supreme Court and lost. He maintains that the city of Hickory 1 lias not the right to force him to work the streets or to attempt to collect a special tax after having provided for a street tax in its regu lar budget of taxes. He has con- ■ sistently fought the special street 1 assessment as a matter of principle i for which he is willing to suffer, be- 1 lieving it to be unjust and improper, but be wants to present his case to ‘ Governor McLean, and has been 1 promised a hearing by Pardon Com- 1 miasioner H. Hoyle Sink. Match Toters Develop New Disease of Skin. Berlin, Feb. 17. —“Matchbox in flammation” is the name given a newly diagnosed skin disease. Phy sicians of the University of Berlin clinic say it is caused by carrying boxes of mntchcS in trousers pockets. Hundreds of eases of what ap peared tp be eczema pn the thighs of men led to an investigation. It was found the phosphorous sandpaper on the match boxes vaporized under the heat of the body and penetrated the skin. The inflammation is painful and slow to heal. Ready to Race at Tampa. Tampa Fla., Feb. 17.—With several hundred horses already here and many others en route, the initial mid-wint er race meeting of the new West Coast Jockey Club will open tomorrow, to continue until April Brd. A number of the. most prominent stables in the country are represented and the club officials are optimistic over the out look for the success of the meeting. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAYJi ANTHRACITE MINES ; WILL RF OPERATED TOMORROW “ After An Idleness of More Than Five Montha Min ( ers Will Go Back to Work in Hard Fields. j GETTING~TRAINS i READY TO MOVE Some Will Be Sent From Mining Towns When the Breakers Quit Work To morrow Night. Scranton, Pa., Feb. 17. — OP)—An thracite production will be underway tomorrow. After 5 months and 17 days of idle ness, men and boys will wend their way through the snow-clad valleys tp the mines. After tile breakers quit for the day in many sections, coal trains will be on the way to the con* sumers. At a miners convention final ap proval was given late yesterday to the peace pact arranged in Pliiledelplria last Friday by the representatives of the operators and miners. The agree ment is expected to insure five years of peace and prosperity in the anthra cite fields. The agreement will be signed by op erators aud union leaders here late today. Tile convention discussed provis ions of the new contract for four hours. Not until the miners were fully as sured that there is no compulsory ar bitration in the new agreement did the men from the pits cease quea- f tioniug the mine leaders. V 3 THE COTTON MARKET Opened Today at Decline of 1 to 4 Points But Lower Prices Brought Covering. New York, Feb. 17.— OP) —The cot ton market opened today at a decline of 1 to 4 points but the lower price* brought in renewed covering by near month shorts and some trade buying in later deliveries. After selling off to 19.98 at the start, March rallied to 20.04 while October sold up from 18.11 to 18.15, the market showing advances of about— -1 to 3 points at the end of the first 1 hour. Selling of new crop months deve'oped at the opening of the week- * ly report of the weather bureau iudl- ’ rating good progress with plowing and oilier preparations for seeding cotton ami corn in the southwest. * I Liverpool was relatively steady,] private cables reporting that buying for a rally had offset hedge and straddle selling, also stating them j was a good business in cotton cloths with India. The market was com paratively quiet but generally steady iter in the morning. Demand for March contracts around the 20-cent level at the opening made favorable impression on sentiment, and that de livery sold up to 20.07 during the j middle of the morning on covering 1 while October advanced to 18.17 rep resenting net gains of 3 to 6 points. First D-gree Murder Charged > Against Van Dyke. Gastonia, Fob- 16.—Jesse* Vaa- Dyke, alleged Cherryville bdd ’ man, confined in the local jail oa, charges of murdering Chief of Police A. L. Fainter, of that place, will face first degree murder carrying tl}e death sentence, So'icitor John G. Carpen ter stated today. - “We will call the case Tuesday morning March 9,” Mr. Carpenter stated. "Jail cases will be triad Mon day.” A special venire will probably be ordered by Judge C- C. Lyon, who will preside at the special term. A list of men. ranging in number i from 50 to 100, will be secured from : the county outside of Cherryville : township. Report Lutheran Missionary Has Been Killed in Far East. Mtfnesipolis, Fob. ,16—Rev. Dan iel Nelson, 08, missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran rkurch of American, who was reported killed in China, was shot February 8, accord.- ing to a message received at kead - - quarters of the mission here. $ Dispatches representing ais death said lie had been killed accidental? but Rev. J. It. Birkeland. secretary of the mission snid that a code mes sage received yesterday declared that the missionary had been shot. It gnve no details. He had been a missionary in China 30 years. j The late Pancho Y r iUa was the first Filipino to win a world's pugilistic title. '■'l....*—'■ 1 ' — — ■ 1 ' ' ——■