North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ; VOLUME XXVI - • TWO PATROLMEN ARE SKOTBVGUNIENAS - THEY SEEK ROBBERS As They Lay Helpless in Street Each Was Shot Through Heart by An Unknown Man. ROBBERS ACTIVE 1 FOR MANY HOURS ' Officers Were Shot as They Looked Into Auto Which < Was Driving in Vicinity of the Robberies. St.'Paul, Minn., Feb. 23.—-OP) t Two St. Panl patrolmen were shot by an unidentified gunman in the resi deuce district hdre early today and they lay helpless in the street. Each wns shot through the heart. „ "The slaying cauie as a climax to a search for robbers who had terrorized the residence district Monday night and early today and who had commit ted seven holdups In three hours. The slain policemen. John Schultze and Fred A. Poitsch, were patrolling the district in nri automobile and had started to invest ; gate a large car when the shooting occurred. Poitsch flash ed his lljjht into the machine and was met with gunfire, two bullets hitting him. As Schultze started to aid his com panion he also was struck. Mrs. Thcmas Cameron, living near by, said she was awakened by first shotß and saw a man walk to the spot where Schultze was lying. The man, she said, held his revolver blose to the wounded patrolman's head and fired. He then walked to Poitsch, pressed his revolver eloHe to the dy ing officer's head and fired again. After the second shot, Mrs. Camer on said, the slayer examined both bod ies and then leaped into the car and was gone. She called the police. Mrs. Cameron who put the time of the slaying at 3:80 a. m.. said that j the slayer spoke to someone inside the automobile before he leaped in and was driven away.. All available detectives and pntrol nien were ordered in gun sqund ma chines to patrol tbe city in search p( the murder car. Roth Schultzc and Poitsch are sur i »vived by 'families. I'oUaeh was 81 l *«nd had been a member- of the polite * force since 1011. Schultze, 30, became a patrolman in 1019. 1 TOLD SONS OF DEATH APPROACH AND DIED S. O. liege, of Davidson County; Com mended Sons.—Was Apparently in Good Health. _ Lexington, Feb. 22.—News reached here today of the death Saturday af ternoon under peculiar circumstances of S. O. Hege. well known farmer living about fifteen mile* north of Lexington. Mr. Hege is said to have walked from his home to a spring a short distance away, then walked hur riedly to where his two sons were working near the house, informed them that he was about to depart life, commended them for their worth ns sons, expressed the wish that they w’ould do well in life, then sat down far a little while on his front porch. Shortly thereafter he lay down on a bed and expired in a few minutes, ac cording to information received here. Mr. Hege had just returned from Winston-Salem, where he went to sell a load of-wheat, and is said to have been apparently in good health. He was in good financial circumstances, so far ns learned, being a hard work-, ing and thrifty farmer. He was a son of the late Phillip Hedge, of Reedy Creek township, and one of several heirs to large land holdings of his father. Funeral services were conducted yesterday by Rev. R. F. Huneycutt, of Arcadia community, and Rev. ,1.. F. McCuiston, of Friedberg Church. The C deceased was 40 years old and leaves I’ a widow, two sons and one daughter. ANOTHER MOVE MADE BY FALL AND DOHENY \ Want Court to Deride Question of Law Procedure Before Trial in Federal Court. Washington, Feb. 23. — ( A") —Coun- * sel for Albert B. Fall and Edward L.' Doheny, noted a special appeal today from a decision of the District of Columbia Supreme Court sustaining the validity of the second - indictment ugainst them tor conspiracy 'to de fraud in connection with the leasing of the naval oil reserves in California. The purpose of the appeal' is to have the District of Columbia Court of appeals decide a question of law procedure before actual trial on the indictment. Charges Prince Worse Than Co antes*. Washington, Feb. 23.—(A*)—Repre sentative Celler, Democrat, of New York, suggested today that the offenses of the Countess of Cathcart amount 1 to “nothing” compared to those of the Prince of Wales, “Why- was lie allowed to enter?" asked the New York representative in a statement, “His parents are up all night worrying about his night life.” Noah Webster, author of the American Dictionary of the English Language, was responsible tor the I change in America of the “our” L ending to “or.” Thus labour, honour, behaviour, became labbr, honor and behavior in America. The Concord Daily Tribune • North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily * - STATES CHEMICALS IMEIKHCE mtorpm Harry A. Curtis, Profes sor of Chemistry at Yale! University, Speaks Be fore Senate Mommittee. ADVISES~ABOUT MUSCLE SHOALS Says Plant There Should Be Used for Manufac ture of Chemicals Which Are Badly Needed. Washington, Feb. 23.—OP)—Harry A. Uurffs, professor of Chemistry at Yale University and n member of the President's' Agricultural commission, told the senate agriculture cqjnmittee that he favored the use of all the piw er at Muscle Shoals for the produc tion of chemicals. Chemicals, he said, are of more importance to the coun try than the production of power. “The real problem before the' Unit ed States is tbe production of phos phates," Mr. Curtis added. “The ni trdgen problem is rapidly disappear ing. Thy national defense requires phosphates more than it does nitro gen, and experiments should nlso be conducted into processes of production of patash nnd other important, chemi cals. “When the chemical production would reach full capacity all of the power would be consumed, and none would be left for public utilities. Un til this time is reached, I favor crea tion of two federal boards, one to handle power production, and the oth er the fertilizer plants. I do not favor a subsidy in any form, but that extremely favorable conditions should be established to encourage private enterprises at Muscle Shoals." “The private fertilizer companies are afraid for the government to pro duce fertilized at Muscle Shoals be cause a monopoly on the business might be created by the free power. Less ami less power is now being needed to make fertilizer, and it should be turned into the production of other chemical* for which the country is now dependent on foreign supplies.” WOtILD CREATE NEW FBDRHAL DEPARTMENT Tbe National Educational Association Wants Department of Education. Washington, Feb. 23.— OP) —To meet she nation's "most fundamental need" the legislative commission of the Nationnl Education Association went on record today in favor of a bill before Congress creating a de partment of education with a secre tary in the cabinet at its head. Declaring the American publid school is “the bulwark of our civil and religious liberties.” the commis sion's report which was submitted to the meeting here of tbe association's department of superintendents, de clared its hearty endorsement on the bill ns a means of bringing about co ordination of government educational 1 activities. “This bill,” said the report, “does not permit of any interference with the complete autonomy of the states in the administration and control of their .schools, but it does provide for the more efficient participating of the federal government by co-ordinating its present educational activities, and by extending the scope of its scien tific investigation. ‘“The bill further provides by its creation of a department of educa tion with a secretary In the Presi dent’s cabinet, for that recognition and service with the importance of public education merits and the ad vancement of education requires." AEROPLANE WRECKED NEAR WINSTON-SALEM Machine of R. J. Reynolds. Jr„ Falls to Clear String of Power Wire*. Winston-Salem, Feb. 21.—A stan dard aeroplane, owned by R. J. Rey nolds Jr„ of this city, and piloted by Bmest Smith, of New York, waa completely about two o’clock this afternoon when it fell while an attempt was being to take off from a field near the Country Club. Smith, who ia mechanician for Reynolds was the only occupant and escaped injury. V The ship was unable to gatn enough altitude to clear a string of power wires nlong the highway, and as the tail ofthe" machine struck these it was hurled to the ground. The wires were torn loose for some distance, and the plane buried its nose in tbe dirt across the road. Cooperative Baying in Davidson. Lexington, Feb, 23.— 0 P ers in Davidson county have bought co-operatively over 2,000 bushels of soybeans for planting riiis year, as against 800 bushels last year, re port* County Agent C. A. Sheffield. This is about three time as many seed as were u«ed last year, and It 4s expected that more than four times as many will be planted. The farmers are now talking prin cipally about legumes, limes and fer tiliser, states Mr. Sheffield, and hun dreds of idle acres wilf be reclaimed this year and many more brought in to "a high state of cultivation. In Durant, Okla., twenty high school girls voluntarily donated parts of their skin to save the life of a schoolmate badly burned in an oil explosion. « * CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1926 FIRST PICTURE OF HAVOC DONE BY UTAH SNOW SLIDE __ iff Plunging masses of snow, loosened from surrounding mountain sides, wrought this devastation in the little community of Sap Gulch Utah. Two score or more of lives were lost as the snowslides rent dozens of homes and then buried the wreckage. Rescue workers shown in the picture seareffed the ruins for persons entombed nlive as well as for bodies of the dead. For rescue work, hundreds of nrners volunteered. MAYOR C. E. HOUSTON DIES OF HIS WOUNDS Circumstances Lead to Belief He Was Not Conscious of What He Was Doing in Using Knife. Monroe, Feb. 22.—Mayor Clarence E. Houston of this city who yesterday morning, evidently in a state of men tal aberation. cut liis throat on both sides and stabbed himself in the ab domen with a knife, died tonight at 8:30 o’clock at the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital, where he was taken imme diately after lie was found unconscious in Ilia home Sunday. No funeral arrangements had been made tonight. From the first there "and been little or no hope entertained for the mayor's recovery. In addition to the self inflicted wounds, the mayor lmd high blood pressure, and an abnormal liver twice Its natural size. Mr. Houston had been in poor health for some time, but until recently bad been very active in his private busi ness and in the affaire of his town nnd county. He was a director of the Monroe-T'nion County Chamber of Commerce and an active Kiwanis man. It is not thought here that pre meditated or intentional suicide was the cause of his rasdi act. but that a severe attack of high blood pres sure deprived him of his reasoning faculties' and drove him frantic with pain. He had no worries other than that of ill health. He was in splen did s'.mpe financially and had consid erable holdings in real estate and bonds. He left a short note expressing his love for his family and all the people of his town, nnd, although his note expresses his normal feeling, it is not thought that he was conscious at file time he was writing it. He used in the deed a sniall pen knife, which he carried in his vest pocket, while in the house were a bird gun and good pistol. He was a registered pharmacist and followed the drug business for years. Tho fact that in the fact of these facts he used .the small knife and did not know today that he hnd injured himself, but merely complained of be ing sore in his stomach nnd throat, is evidence, it is said, >of his uncon scious state at the time he inflicted his wounds. Mayor Houston was of a prominent family, being a son of the late R. V. Houston, who was several times may or and several times in the North Car olina legislature. . D. A. Houston, who some time ago resigned ae presi dent of the Qolumbia Farm Loan Bank and is now a prominent finan cier of Raleigh, is a brother, and was at the bedside of the afflicted man at the time of his ijeath. With Our Advertisers. This will be the .last week in Con cord of the fruit store in front of the new hotel. See ad. today. Watch for Friday, March, sth. See big interrogation point at top of page three. The. newest lines, the Smartest shades, the important fabrics in hats at Robinson's millinery department. You get 500 votes for every dollar spent on rugs and floor coverings at H. B. Wilkinson’s this week only. Many new patterns and designs to se , leect from. Smart footwear for Spring at the 1 Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store. Colored' kid leads. Several beautiful models of ; opnl and parchment gray kid. Widths AAA to D. A depositor who opened an’ account 1 with the Cjfiaens Bank and Trust Company in January, 1020, deposit ing three dollars a week, now has a balance of more than SSOO. You can | do Ae same thing. Mrs, E. M. Bolton, a grand-niece of Sir Huiqptjy Davy, lias invented a i “ebneertina ’ stair-carpet sweeper. The i brush Is attached to the tray by an i extending device and the dust is 1 swept directly into the tray without rising. MISS GRAHAM TALKS ON MODERN DRESS The Young Man Should Give the Young Woman Some of tbe Cloth in Their Big Bottom'd Trousers. Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 23.— OP) —The young men of; today would do well to donate some of the extra cloth in their big-bottomed trousers to Klje young women qf the land, in the opinion of Miss Margaret Graham, one of Charlotte’s best known octogen arians. Speaking of the short skirts, Miss Graham declared: "They say that I am old fashioned when I tell them that their dresses are too short, but I know what's right. Now a dress which shows the ankles is not so bad. But them’ dresses up to the knees- ” She then turned to the subject of the styles worn by young men, and made the comment with reference to the trousers of the day: “They ought to give some of that extra cloth to the girls for their skirts. But what I think about the boys and girls is that they both are sights.” Miss Graham is equally disgusted with automobiles and elevators. She scoffs at diets, and her one hobby, she says, is going to church. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Whh First Prices 3 to 7 Points Lower. — May Off to 10:59. New York, Feb. 23.—(A s)—Al though the local cotton market opened steady today with first prices 3 to 7 points lower, it soon developed con siderable weakness, May easing off to 19.59 and October to 18.12. represent 'ng declines of 4 to 9 points under the previous close. The small number of notices of in tention to deliver on March contracts offset to some extent the weak Liver pool cables, but pressure increased sen timent apparently favoring the bear side of the market in view of favora ble weather in the South for farm preparations and intimations that up wards of 15,000 bales either were on the wa'y here or in process of ship ments for delivery on March con tracts. / Spot houses continued to sell March and buy May. There also was moder ate New Orleans selling bases on un settled spot markets and reports of a slack demand for cloths. Cotton futures opened steady. March 20 25; May 19.68; July 18.95; Oct. 18.14; Dee. 17.75. COMPROMISE REVENUE BILL UP IN THE HOUSE Leaders Are Expecting Quick Action on Measure In Lower House. Washington. Feb. 23.—(4>)—With leaders expecting quick action, the compromisif'revenue bill agreed to by the senate and house conferees and proposing a tax reduction of $387.- 000,000 was brought up for ratifica tion today in the House. Several members offered the con ference recommendations, but mana gers for the measure were confident the House would accept the bill be fore tonight. Greensboro Flu Wave Shows Signs of Decline. Greensboro, Feb. 22.—With fair weather, the influenza epidemic here, estimated at the height to have been 1,000 cases daily, has greatly de creased. Influenza, while contagious, is not listed among the disenses re ported to health departments, os the local city health department does not ’ know how many cases there are now. but does know that the call for public nurses, medicine nnd supplies lias greatly decreased. Deaths have been ■ few. t i Because Momnhhed forbade roprn i duct ions of human beings, animals or i plants in picture or plastic form. : these decorations are absent in all Moslem architecture. LITTLE GIRL KILLED BY CAR IN SALISBURY Virginia Coleman Struck by an Auto Driven by James O. Coleman.-r- Aeeldont Called Unavoidable. Salisbury, Feb. 22.—Virginia Cole man. five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James (). Coleman, of 421) North Ellis street, was run over by an automobile this evening about (5 o’clock and almost instantly killed. The little girl, with some neighbor children, lind crossed Ellis street near her home and Virginia for some rea son darted back across the street, one of her companions tried to stop her but who got far enough in the street to run in front of a car driven by John Gullett, of Rowan county. Mr. Gullett ran his care onjthe side walk in trying to miss the child. The little one was rushed to* the hospital by Mr. Gullett but she lived only a few minutes. Coronor Som merset investigated the accident and pronounced it unavoidable. The po lice also believe it unavoidable, but placed Mr. Gullett under a S3OO bond for a hearing Thursday. Virginia was an unusually bright little girl for her age and was a general favorite in the neighborhood. Her father conducts a U-Drive-It Car service and the family have lived "here about a year. TAR HEEL SOLONS BACK EXEMPTION Senator Simmons Assured of Sup port of Conference Tax Bill. 1 Washington. Feb 22.—House mem bers of the North Carolina delega tion, following an hour’s conference with Senator Simmons this morning, agreed to support the conference re port on the tax bill which will be attacked by Representative Walter Hughes Newton, Minnesota Republi can, when the report is made to the House tomorrow. Mr. Newton will offer a motion, he said this afternoon, to send the tax bill back to conference with the in struction that the House “standpat” on its opposition to the retroactive in heritance tax rate which was put in the bill in committee by Senator Sim mons in order to save six to eight million dollars for the Duke Foundation. Senator Overman attended the con ference. called hurriedly this morning, and afterwards announced that he would support Senator Simmons in the fight. House members in the conference included Representative Doughton, member of the House ways and means committee, who will prob ably speak tomorrow in defense of the j exemption to the Duke estate, and also Representatives Stedman, Kerr. 1 Lyon, Abernethy and Hammer. Oowimmity Agricultural Ohibs. Slyva. X. Feb. 23.—OP)—Six community agricultural clubs, with an average enrollment of 25 boys and girls, fiave been organized in Jack j son county during the past week, re j ports C. \V. Tilson, the county agent. There are now nine of these clubs ' I organized in the county, and others j will be formed as soon as meetings 'can be arranged. The co-operation I of the parents is being given empha sis, asfa necessary factor in the final success of these new club members, j says the county agent. Many of the i'l parents realize this responsibility, fie . says, and are co-operating tit help i make the boys and girls of today bet ter farmers and farm women of the . future. B. & 0. to Issue Bonds. Washington, Feb. 23.—04 s ) —The . Interstate Commerce Commission to ■ day authorized file Baltimore & Ohio ! Railroad Company to issue $84,308,- i 500 of refunding and general mort gage five per cent, bonds. - < Alexandra Kolloutal. the world's r only woinnn diplomatic minister, is re . ported as about to give up rer posi -1 tion as the Soviet}- minister to Nor way. NABBED FOR PRANCING IN NATURE'S COSTI'ME Fifty Members cf European Cult Ar rested For Being Disorderly. Munich, Feb. 23.—Fifty members of a cult called “the friends of light’’ have pleaded guilty to charges of prancing about the wooded Bavarian Alps, clad in costumes of Adam and Eve. Each was fined from 100 to 150 marks for disorderly conduct. A jealous wife, her husband a mem ber, oblivious to tile high ideals pro fessed by the lOtitied the police. A raid followed while the men and women were singing and dancing in the moonlight on the shores of l.ake Teginn, their clothes hanging on noarby bushes. The friends pro tested against the rnde interruption. The blushing policemen took their names and ordered them to appear in court. Only one of twenty arresting offi oers testified that he was not shocked by the nymph-like dance. Counsel for the league explained that the organi zation sought “to develop ajd strength en the noblest traits in man." Other persons testified that had the police failed to stop the performance the White Caps of the Mountains, an organization of rural highlanders would ’have administered a series of sound thrashings. BANK AT KING GIVES ITPl T P CASH TO ROBBERS Cash. Notes and Negotiable Securi ties Valued at $50,000 Taken by Band of Robbers During Night. Winston-Salem. Feb. 23.—(A s )—The Rank of Stokes County, located at King, N. C., fifteen miles from here, was robbed early this morning. Offi cials of the bank say the loss will ex cecd $50,00. An acetylene torch was used to cut a hole in the back of a small safe, and from this the thieves lifted their loot. They left n pari of the contents in the safe, being unable to handle some of the article on account of heat created by tin torch. Id. H. Lenke, cashier, said the su fi last night contained $7,000 in our rency, SI,OOO in gold, and $1,200 in silver. There was also stocks an i bonds in considerable amount, all reg istered, and about $35,000 in nego tiable notes. The entire loss i- ei-v --, ered by insurance. > The robbers left no clue to thei r i identity and altohough a finger prut expert, has made careful survey • t the i scene he has not yet found much tha: will give a clue, l SoH Building Campaign in Manly. Albemarle, Feb. 23.-—OP)—Stanly county farmers are getting an early start in their soil building campaign Already 2,000 bushels of lespedeza and a large amount of red am! a'.sikc clover seed have been ordered, the 1 county agent, O. K. Phillips, reports Many soybeans will also- be planted ■ thin year, as a result of demonstra tion* last year. These trials fixed ■ the value of the soybeans as soil building crop, he says, besides the 1 value of the crop for hay. 1 Cow peas will be sown again, nml 1 indications point to a much larger ■! acreage, the county agent believes, as ! ' many farmers are planning to plant ! pea« as a grain crop. ’ 300000000000000000000000 I Place Your Application £ With i Mgr. Concord Q Theatre For j j Charleston l Contest < Ist Prize—sls in gold o 2nd Prize—#lo in gold. X 3rd Prize—Season Pass. ' l 1 000000000000000000000000 . • " NO. *4im NORTH CAROLINA] STILL LEAOiNG THE NATION IN TEXTILE State Continues to Hold the Lead Which Was Taken From South Caro lina and Massachusetts. SISTER STATE RANKS SECOND Active Spindle Hours in South Carolina More in January That in Massa chusetts, Records Show. Raleigh. Feb. 23.—(A s )—North Car olina continues to hold the lead in the textile industry which was taken some months ago from Massachusetts and South Carolina. The department of commerce figures show that in North Carolina during the month of January the active spindle hours were 1.849,45(5,820, as compared with 1 .G 89.782.056 for South Carolina, and 1,1>30,230,457 for Massachusetts. The average spindle in North Caro lina mills operated 305 hours during the month or an average of more than ten hours per day while the average for the month in South Carolina was 317 hours and in Massachusetts 141. There were 8,019.142 active spindles in Massachusetts during the month, 5,773.544 in North Carolina, and 5.- 299.092 in South Carolina. HAVE THE KIRK BUS LINES CHANGED HANDS? Being Considered in a Deal Which Involves Four Lines and $250,000. Salisburg, Feb. 22.—The Kirk bus lines of this city, operating between Charlotte and Greensboro, Salisbury and Albemarle, Albemarle and Con cord, and Salisbury and Moeksville, are being considered in n deal of the Southern Coach company of Greens boro which involves four bus .ines iml a kuin of $250,000. When questioned this morning about the reported sale or his lines to tliis company. Mr. A. B. C. Kirk, owner and manager, said that a deal was being considered, but that it had not gone through in its entirety. The Blue Star line of High Point and he Digie ljne, organize)) by a group -if Charlotte men, are reported las having sold out to this new oom oaiiy. The Cress and Lotvdcr line, ’lie fourth one operating between Greensboro and Charlotte with head piarters in Cneord. and Charlotte, iik' being sought by the new company, and negotiations arc now under way. While Mr. Kirk would not admit that he had closed a deal with the new project, he did say that he lead been dickering with the new- cont nflny for some time, and probably would come to terms with the next day nr so. The Southern Coach com pany is headed by Mr. G. T- Elliott if Norfolk, Virginia, and he and his associates are now trying to buy out all the lines operating over the highways from Char’otte to Greens ■aro. This stretch of road i« said to be a very rich one for bus operators, md to yield a splendid revenue! A barter was granted the new eom onny Saturday, it is stated. The state corporation commission •c'-cntly allotted 13 runs each way n-er the Charlotte-Grceneboro bigh ■ay among the four companies and schedules have bedh a constant mi roe of worry since that time. The new company will have control of ill the lines if the deals go through, mil a better system of schedules will then t>o worked out. it is expected. The Kirk line is probably the lar gest of the four companies, and n total of 19 busses and cars is owned by Mr. Kil-k. The Salisbury bus magnate start ed business here in 1915 with a l ord jitney, which was used sot rips about the city. Later, trips vee made to Granite Qunry and re im. In 1917, bus service from Salisbury to Barber and Kannapolis '■as inaugurated. The next town in haled in the line was Lexington in 1919. Moeksville and Winston-Salem hues wore established in 1919; and n 1922 the business had grown to such an extent that a Snlisbury llmrlotte schedule wns establish!*!. Vnotber expansion oecured in 1923 "lien a Salisbury-High Point line was established. In 1924, Mr. Kirk lurted his through trip scnedules from Charlotte to Greensboro, and his business has steadily grown. At the present time, in addition to the through schedules from Charlotte 1 lo Greensboro, Mr. Kirk operates 1 lines from here to Albemarle, here to ’ Moeksville. and from Alueinnrle to I 'oncord. Ninteen busses and cars are owned and operated by the com ’ oany. and are divided as follows: (1 (-von.passenger cars, (5 twelve-pas : sengors busses, 3 fifteen-passenger busses; ntid, 4 of the big White , busses which Bold 2l passengers each. . The R’ue Star Line, owned and - operated by Mr. Marvin Farlow of I High Point is said to have trans t 'erred its holding to the Southern ; Conch cdm'pany for $25,000. Mr. Kirk | refused to state whnt consideration l had been made him for the Rale of | his company. | Spring Football Practice at Davfcßon. 5 Davidson College, N. C„ Feb. 23. t (A s )—Coaches Tex Tilson and Monk j Mattox are putting a squad of 80 j football candidates, including 13 let- C ter men; through daily spring prae j tice in preparation for the 192<5 ; football season. The squad is more I than ten per cent, of the student body. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY ,— «QUITS POST SINCE NPPOINTINT BS NOT PROBABLE Member of Shipping Board Sends His Regisnation to President—Was Asked For by Chief Executive. SAYS CONDITION MUCH IMPROVED Mr. Haney Refused to Quit When the President Asked Him to, But Says He Is Ready Step Down. Washington, Feb. 23.—(A I )—Robert E. Haney. Democrat, of Oregon, re signed today as a member of the flip ping board, effective March Ist. The action brings to a head a trou blesome situation which had existed since last August when President Coolidge requested Mr. Haney’s res ignation on grounds that by propon ing to remove Leigh G. Palmer ns pres ident of the fleet corporation, the commissioner had run “contrary to the understanding I had with you when I reappointed you.” Mr. Haney declined to resign on any such grounds, denied any knowl edge of an understanding with the President to support Mr. Palmer, and asserted that the Chief Executive knew of his opposition to Mr. Palmer. Mr. Haney declared that to accede to the President’s request for his res ignation “would carry an implication which I cannot permit."-- In his letter of resignation the com missioner said he felt he could prob ably end his service now, as three months had elapsed since Congress convened and Mr. Coolidge had stat ed that he would not be reappointed. The letter declared that since the shipping board had “reasserted it* power" over the government merchant fleet after the dismissal of President Palmer by majority vote of the ship ping board, conditions had improved to the point that “American shippers today are being furnished a substan tially better service, and foreign ship ping no longer is gaining ground at the expense of the government owned fleet.” WOULD DEPORT SALM - r FROM UNITED STATES ™* Representative LaGuanHa Asks If Count Has Vihlble Means of .Sup port. Washington, Feb. 23.—(A*)—Rep resentative La Guardia. socialist, of New York, ann»uneed today he would ask the Labor Department to inves tigate the status of Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogestraeten. husband of former Millieent Rogers, to determine if he was subject to deportation. on the ground that lie might become a public charge. Count Salm arrived here from Palm Beach accompanied by his mother, but kept closely to his hotel room. Mr. La Guardia said he expected to forward a letter to the Labor De partment late today asking an inquiry into the Count's ense, and if it were found he was without visible means of support his deportation would be requested. Wilson & Company Sold for $23,150,- 000. Chicago, Feb. 23. —(AO—Wilson & Company, packers, was sold today to the reorganization committee for $23,- 150,000. and the reorganization plan which has been in the making since the receivership in 1923 will be put into effect. Thomas E. Wilson, president , since the founding of the company in 1916, will continue as its head. Another Increase in Gasoline Prices. New York, Feb. 23.—0 P)— I The Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey has advanced tank wagon price of gasoline 1 cent per gallon, in Vir ginia, North Carolina and South Car olina, making the new quotation 17 cents a gallon. In Weßt Virginia the price has been advanced one-half cent to 16 1-2 cents a gallon. Class Gift at Davidson of Class 1925. Davidson College, N. C., Feb. 23. (A>)—The Class of 1926 of Davidson College will present eight campus benches as the annual class gift to the College, it is announced. There are no chairs in some rural , Japanese restaurants, but the wait , reuses bring kimonos to wear and , mats to sit on. When he won the heavyweight championship from Corbett in 1897 Bob Fitzsimmons was only a few pounds over the heavyweight limit. SAT'S BEAR SAYS: f— —— 9EU I • > Vgs I • LX I *•* ~) ■ ill - v jjajg Fair tonight and Wednesday, cold-t er tonight, rising temperature Wed nesday in west portion. Moderate to fresh northeast and north wind* be coming variable Wednesday.