ASSOCIATED PRESS * DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI ALLIANCE BETWEEN MEN SOUTH AND WEST OFFERED As One Solution to Farm Problem.— Representa tive Fulmer Affered the Suggestion. NATIONAL PLAN WOULD RESULT F. W. Murphy Is Again Heard by the Committee Which Is Seeking Way to Aid Farmers. Washington, March 22.—04 s )—An alliance between cotton growers of the sont'.i and wheat, corn and cattle growers of the west, to solve the farm problems, was suggested to the House agricultural committee today by Rep resentative Fulmer, Democrat. South Carolina, in interrogating F. W. Murphy, of the American council of agriculture. Mr. Fulmer said the cotton farm ers were eager to join in some na tional plnn for relieving agriculture. Mr. Murphy underwent his fourth day of cress examination on the mid dle western farm delegation's bill to finance surplus crops by assessing fees against certain agricultural com modities. r" “The soutti,” said Representative Fulmer, “does not understand why the middle west has wanted to handle this matter alone.” Mr. Murphy replied that the corn belt was desirous of such united ac tion. and believed that agriculture as a whole had the same problem. PKESIDTNT RETURNS TO WHITE HOUSE He and Mrs. Coolidgc Show No 111 Effects From Trip in the Vermont Stonwstorm. Washington. March 22. — UP) — President Coolidgc was back at his desk today apparently suffering no ill effects from exposure to raw weather during his stay in Vermont where his father wan buried Saturday. Mrs. Coolidgc, who like the President had a severe cold recently, also appeared to be in the, best of health. Although social engagements will be called off during a period of mourn ing, the President,-expects to..deliver j several addresßCS here arranged for the next few weeks. Secretary and Mrs. .Tardine have recalled invitations for n dinner they were to have given tomorrow night in honor of President and Mrs. Coolidge. YV. E. D. STOKES, JR.. AND CREYV OF THREE SAFE Reach Florida Per. After Drifting at Sea For the Past Seven Days. Key YVest, Fla., March 22.—C^)— A message received here today by Miss Florence Grittenton, said YY". E. D. Stokes, Jr., son of the New York hotel owner and a crew of three men had reached Cape Caruave Ral. Fla., in a small boat after drifting helpless ly at lea since March 15. The engagement of Stokes to Miss Grittenton was announced reeeently. The message said the Stokes yacht, the Calliope, was wrecked March 15. about 50 miles off the port of Char leston, S. C„ and that he and the crew had taken to sea In a small boat. Details of their experience were lack ing. Harrison Attacks Coolidge Adminis tration. YY’ashington, March 22. —04 s ) —The Coolidge administration “has gone back to the old order of secret diplo macy behind closed doors and under dark lanterns,” said Senator Harri son. democrat, of Mississippi, today in the Senate. Referring to the present visit of Ambassador Houghton and Minister Hugh Gibson and statements attrib uted to them regarding conditions in Europe, he charged the Ambassador to Great Britain with starting "a sub tle propaganda” to “tear up the work other men are trying to do.” Will Review one Phase of Oil Con troversy. YVashington. March 22.— UP) —The Supreme Court agreed today to re view lower court decisions cancelling oil leases and contracts which Erward Ij. Doheny negotiated with Albert B. Fall as secretary of the interior. Involved in the case are the Elk Hill naval oil reserve in California, and the contract between Dobeny's companies and the government, by which the oil magnate has construc cd huge oil reserve tanks for the navy at the Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor. Officer* Appropriation Bill Passes Sen ate. Washington, Mnrch 22.— UP) —The $521,000,000 independent offices ap propriation bill, carrying $463,000,- 000 for the Veterans Bureau, and $23,- 000,000 for the shipping board, was passed today by the Senate. It now goes to conference to smooth out dif ferences between the House and Sen ate proviiions, The condition of Mrs. J. M. Rogers, who is ill at her home in No. 5 township, is reported an being improved today. In the Congo region of Africa, men alone are permitted to take snuff, while the women smoke the strongest tobacco. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily POLICE WO FOO SAFE DEPOSIT BDX AND ITS CONTENTS ;Part of $500,000 Loot of Numerous Crimes i n Four Cities Believed to Be in the Box. WHITTEMORi BEING j HELD BY POLICE Hope to Link Him Up With Several Murders Which Were Committed About One Year Ago. New Y'ork, March 22.—OP)—A safe deposit box which the police believe holds port of the $500,000 loot of numerous crimes in four cities, alleged to have been committed by a gang led was Richard Reese YY’ittemore, escap ed convict, whs sought today. The iiolice also were working on evidence tending to link the gang to seven murders committed a little more than a year ago in Baltimore, Buffalo, New York City and New Jersey. As the result of evidence found on one in the seven men under arrest, state officials were undecided today whether they would permit the extra dition of YY'hlttemore to Baltimore for trial for slaying a Maryland peniten tiary guard during his escape last year, or attempt to convict him and others of the gang for killing two guards in a ST>3,OOO holdup in Buffa lo last October. Among the murders laid at the gang's door are those of two former members of the gang. Simon 1.. Gil deu, whose body was found in Trinity churchyard In December; “Chicago Tommy" Lagrella. found dead in New Jersey. The seventh supposed victim is former police captain Henry Hel wag. who disappeared after a band recently hfld up two jewelers on Fifth Avenue and escaped with $150,000 of unset diamonds. First Question lists Placed in the Mails. Greensboro. March 20.—The first copies of tlje questionnaire adopted by the executive committees of the North Carolina Farmers Union and the North Carolina Federation of La bor for candidates in t'.iis state went °ut from here this morning, mailed to Senator Lee S. Overman, at Wash ington. and Robert R. Reynolds, at Asheville, who is opposing Senator Overman for the Democratic li.imina 'ion fer United States senator. R. YY r H. Stone, president of the Farm ers Union, mailed the questionnaire, which was adopted at a joint meet ing of the members of the two com mittees tiere last Monday. Answers are expected to the ques tionnaire, which was 35 questions. Dairy Feeding Schools in Stanly. Albemarle, N. C., March 22.— CP)— As a result of the dairy feeding schools held in Stanly county by A. C. Kim rey. dairy specialist of State College, several dairy farmers are planning to grow more feeding crops, Such as soy beans and stock beets, this year, re ports County Agent O. H. Phillips. One farmer ex pressed tlie opinion that if he fed his cow according to Mr. Kimrey’s recommendations, he was sure she would prouce more milk, and profits would be greater. The gen eral opinion is that less cotton and more dairy feeds should be grown, and many farmers are planning to follow this program, the county agent says. 1 Five Men Rescued. Washington, March 22. — UP) —Five men aboard a schooner adrift off the Costa Rican coast last week were res cued by the Norwegian steamer Ny hawen, and the ship sunk by gunfire from the destroyer Moody. An intercepted radio dispatch re ceived today by the navy department said the schooner broke adrift from the steamer Santa Inez. Notables to Attend Funeral. Copenhagen, March 22 % — UP) —King Haakon, of Norway. King Gustav, of Sweden, and probably the Prince of YY’ales will be present at the funeral next Sunday of Dowager Queen Lou ise, of Denmark, who died Saturday from a heart attack superinduced by pneumonia. L. T. Hartsell, Sr., May Make the Keynote Speech at State Convention Tom Boat in Greensboro News. Raleigh, Mar. 21.—Senator Luth er T. Hartsell. Sr., of Cabarrus, will make the keynote speech at the state Democratic convention April 2D, ac cording to Salisbury people who are in Raleigh. They give it to the Daily News bu reau as it came to them, which is to say that Mr. Hartsell has been asked by Chairman John G. Dawson to speak the word in season. The eli mination of speakers was very dif ficult. In the east were Josephus Daniels. J. YV. Bailey, J, C- B. Ehrlnghaus and YV. L. Long. But it was not the time for the east to talk. It keynoted two years ago, really, and again in 1022, though Secretary YV. N. Everett, of the department o l state, was not exactly an easterner. He was very close to Governor morrison though, and that was im portant How close Messrs Daniels, Bailey, The Latest Photo of Uncle Joe ■ Sr Here is the most iccent photograph of “Uncle Joe” Cannon, former czar of the House of Representatives, taken at his home in Danville, 111. Can non is in failing health, and this may prove the last photograph ever taken of lrm. TALBER IS YY-ED IN HOSPITAL CEREMONY Charlotte Man, Seriously Hurt at a “Stag” Party, Claims Miss Stewart as His Bride. Charlotte, March 20.—T. L. Tal bert. Jr., prominent young business man, who sustained serious injuries Thursday night during a “stag” party at the Hotel Charlotte, in celebra tion of his approaching marriage, this afternoon married Miss Edna Stew art, well known local young woman, at the hospital. Rev. John F. Crig ler. pastor of St. Marks Lutheran Chtfreh. conducted tfie service, which was witnessed by only a few rela tives and close friends of the young couple. Mr. Talbert was reported after the wedding as resting well. The bride groom was the victim of a peculiar accident on Thursday night when he sustained a severe!! jugular vein and other injuries during the celebration party. According to published re ports other members of the party began “joshing” him and one was in the act of throwing water on him when the glass slipped, fell to the table, broke and one of the pieces struck Talbert on the neck. He bled profusely before medical aid reached him and for a time it was .feared that he would not live. Mrs. Talbert, the bride, is a daugh ter of Mrs. Thomas Stewart, of this city. She was educated here and at Flora McDonald College and is well known and popular. Mr. Talbert is prominently identi fied with the construction business here. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Talbert, of Euclid Avenue. Will Realize $<(00 From Broilers. Newton; N. C., March 22.— (A>) —C. if. Rockett, of Conover, in Catawba county, will net over S6OO through the sale of broilers from his poultry flock this year, reports County Agent .T. YY T . Hendricks. Five hundred fifty have already been sold, and he has 1,000 more which will be ready for the market within the next 15 days. The aver age weight of those sold was 1.9 pounds, and Mr. Rockett finds a ready market at good prices for all he can produce of this we ! ght. This is Mr. Rockett's first attempt at raising poul try for the market." and according to the county agent, he is so well pleased withthe results that he is planning to increase his flock another year. Two billion dollars worth of mer chandise are in daily transit on rail roads in the United States. Ehringhaus and Long are to the exe cutive is not certain. But any of them could hsvo mnde a whale of a keynote had there been an inclina tion and invitation, YY r he'n the west was sighted the difficulty was just as greaat. There were Broadhurst and Scales, of the Gate metropolis, but they would probably be a little too swift for the day. There was Governor Morrison and he would have been a headliner to beat the wor'd, but Mr. Morrison before the convention might have done u Bryan act. Clyde Hoey had done the speak ing within six years. Max Gardner is a candidate. Bob Reynolds is ditto. And then, says Salisbury, Mr. Dawson though of Senator Hartsell, a most impressive campaigner who doesn't bother with polities very much, but when he does always de livers. They say in the west that he is going to make that speech over which Chairman Dawson is alleged to have agonized both day and night. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926 THREE KILLED IN CROSSING SMASH Effort Made to Drive Car Across Track Ahead of Oncoming Train. Albemarle, Mar. 20.—Marvin Hill, aged 22, YValter Green, 35, and Charlie Green, 21. brother of YVal ter Green, are dead and Raymond Green, ten-year-old son of Walter Green, is seriously injured as a re sult of a grade crossing collision on the Charlotte branch of the Nor folk Southern Railway at Aquadale. teq miles South of Albemarle, at 4 o’clock this afternoon. YY,alter Green and Hill were KV staiitly killed. Charlie Green died at 6:30 o’clock tonight at a hospital 1 here to which lie and Raymond Green were brought following the accident. It is thougnt tnat the boy will recover but it will not be known definitely as to this until later. The victims of the accident all lived in the Aquadale section. They were on their way to Albemarle and were traveling in a souring car which was struck by an oncoming train. The car was literally smashed into fragments. It is stated that the driver of the car seeing that he could not cross ahead the train turned the auto mobile to cut down beside the track. YY’hcu lie did so the car ran in a ditch, turned over and landed partly on the track. The train was No. 31, leaving Raleigh at 7 :30 a. m. for Charlotte, H. G. Hunt, of Raleigh, conductor, and YV. B. Thomas, of Raleigh, en gineer. YVnlter Green is the father of seven children while Marvin Hill leaves his wife and one child Char lie Green was unmarried. Both the Greens were members of well known families and had many relatives in Stanly county, TRIPLE FUNERAL HELD FOR ACCIDENT YTCTIM9 Five Thousand Attend Services For Men Killed ih rossing Crash. Albemarle. March 21.—The three victims of the Saturday afternoon grade crossing tragedy at Aquadale in Southern Stanly, 10 miles south of Albemarle, were all laid to rest this afternoon in the same cemetery. YValter Green and his brother, Char lie Green, were both buried in the same grave while Marvin Hill was buried in another part of the ceme tery at Silver Springs Baptist church, which is located two or three miles from the place where the boys lost their lives. A crowd estimated at 5,000 people attended the triple funeral. Raymond Green, the 12-year-old son of YValter Green, is stili. living and a report from the hospital phy- Isieinn is that there is hope for the | boy’s recovery. This boy is the old lest of YY’alter Green .seven children. The triple death has caused a pall over the entire county nnd peo ple from all parts attended the fun erals. It is stated that the car in which the three men nnd boy were riding was swerved suddenly to the right when the driver saw that he wou'd run into the train and the automo bile turned on its side and threw the occupants under the oncoming train. Cross ties stacked along the highway and railrond are said to have ob structed the view. It is also stated that the automobile was coming at a rapid rate of speed. Just what the facts are ns to the cause of the wreck are yet unknown. Thp grade crossing though has again taken its toll. The YY’hite Auto Co. will give 500 votes in the California tour contest for each dollar received for used oars this week. The Un-'ted States Steel Corporation was the first billlon-dollar corporation to be formed in America. PROHIBITION TALK 1 CONTINUES IN ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY' Foes and Friends of 18th Amendment Watch Ev ery Move for Opening in Verbal Warfare. BUCKNERWANTS LAW MODIFIED Thinks States Should Take More Active Part.—Pub lic Hearings Ordered by the Committee. New York, March 22.—C4>)—A flood of prohibition discussion has come With spring, but unlike the balmy nature of the opening of the new season there was nothing mild in the views on the question set forth today as a result of a busy week-end of speeches and statements in various c|ties. yiThe hopes of the wets rose a bit Pjhen Emory It. Buckner, who since leaving the law firm of Elilm Root td become federal attorney in New York City, hns made an extraordi nary drive to enforce the Volstead act by padlock, suggested that t'ae law be modified to permit each State to define intoxicating liquor. Mr. Buckner’s suggestion was made in an address at Fordham Man or Church. A similur solution on enforcement problem was proposed in a statement in New York by William H. Hirst, formerly counsel for the brewers' association. Mr. Buckner said a patrnership between the United States and the states was necessary for prohibition enforcement and that at present there was a “muddle and cafnival of crime” where there were no state enforce ment acts. Public Hearings on Prohibition. Washington. March 22.—C43)—Pub lic hearings on the prohibition ques tion were ordered today by the Sen ate judiciary committee. Senator Walsh, democrat, of Mon tana, alone opposed the recommenda tion of the sub-committee of five in favor of open hearings. The sub-com mittee will conduct the hearings, giv ing six days to the wets and an equal length of time to the drys. No date has been set for the hear ing, which will be confined to five modification measures not before the committee. One would amend the 18th amendment so that states which were wet before the prohibition amendment, would again be wet with the government manufacturing, sell ing and distributing liquor. Three of the other four measures proposed to legalize beer, one for 4 per cent, beer, one for .75 per cent, beer, and the other for beer “non-in toxicating 'n fact.” The fourth would remove the restriet ; ons on prescription whiskey. Senator Means, republican, of Colo rado, is chairman of the sub-commit tee, and the other members are Goff. West Virginia, and Harreld. Okln.. republicans; and Reed, of Missouri, and Walsh, of Montana, democrats. THE COTTON MARKET Opened at Decline of 2 to 6 Points, But Soon. Steadied on Buying. New Y’ork, March 22.—OP)—The cotton market opened today at a de cline of 2 to 6 points in response to rather disappointing Liverpool cables, but very soon steadied. Liverpool and the continent were both sellers here in the early trading but offerings were absorbed by cov ering or trade buying. There also may have been some fresh demand for new crop months inspired by pros pects for rains in the eastern belt. May sold up to 18.66 and October to 17.53 before the first hour, the gen eral market showing net advances of about 4to 7 points. Private cables attributed the decline in Liverpool to hedging and continental selling, promoted by a bearish interpretation of Sunday's census report on ginnings for the season. Cotton futures opened steady. Mav 18.60; July 18.05; Oct. 17.47; Dec. 17.18; Jan. 17.12. Contest For Best High School Paper. Lexington, Va„ March 22. —CP)— The best high school newspaper in the South will be selected in an all- Southern journalism contest announc ed by the Lee School of Journalism of Washington and Lee University, it has been announced. Invitations to enter the contest have been mailed to more than 650 high schools and pre paratory schools in Southern states. The best high school magazme and the best high school annual will also be chosen. Silver loving cups will be awarded as prizes in the contest at a banquet which will close the Southern Inter cliolastic Press eonventtion at Wash ington and Lee University April 6. Washington and Lee, where the high school cd ! tors will gather to dis cuss editing and financing problems, was the first college in the world to offer definite instructions in journal ism. General Robert E. Lee inaugur ated a series of press scholarships in 1860. Two Japanese Officers Killed. Tokio, March 22.—(P)—A naval seaplane crashed today at Y'okosuka, a naval station thirteen miles south west of Yokohama, and two officers were killed and two injured, probably fatally. The Vote in North Carolina The following is the vote in North Carolina on the prohib titon question as recorded by the papers named : For Pro- For Repeal Modi liibit ion fiea t'on Hickory Daily Record 51K 9 (S 3 Durham Sun 479 181 782 Asheville Times 505 4