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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI LOCAL MINISTER IS UGDMBOF RALEIGH NEWSPAPER Dr. J. Rf Pentuff Asking Damages in Sum of $25,- 000 as Result of Article in Raleigh Times. COMPLAINT FILED DURING THE DAY! Complaint Says Article Re ferred to Plaintiff as! “Immigrant Ignoramus” Other Complaints. Damages in the sum of $25,000 are asked in a suit filed today in Cabar rus County Superior Court by Dr. James If. Pentuff, pastor of the Mc- Gill Street Baptist Church, of Con cord. against John A. Park, O. J. Coffin and The Times Publishing Com pany of Kaleigil, it being charged that an article which appeared in The Times of February 23, 1020. was in jurious to the plaintiff as an individ ual, educator and minister. The complaint charges “that by reason of said publication in said Rai c:gh Times * * * and by means of committing of several wrongs and grievances by said defendant. the jdaintiff has been and still is injured in his good name, fame, credit, char acter and reputation both as an in dividual and professionally as an edu cator and minister of the gospel and brought into public ridicule, contempt, disgrace and disrepute with and amongst a large body of citizens to plaintiff unknown, the same being readers of said Raleigh Times, and be ing persons who have rend libelous and defamatory article in said Raleigh Times * * “By reason of the allegation that plaintiff was so ‘unmannerly' and ‘dis courteous - before the legislative com mittee that plaintiff was ‘suppressed' by Chairman Connor, the character of plaintiff is injured both as an indi vidual and as an educator and as a minister of the gospel by leading peo ple to believe that plaintiff is in fact ‘unmannerly’ and ‘discourteous.’ "By reason of the allegation that ‘that there lias not to our knowledge appeared in public within the memory ol the present generation a more ig norant man Lhiui Pentuff, or one less charitable' and by reason of the fur ther allegation that ‘if Fuqua.v Springs will insist on taking the word of an ‘immigrant ignoramus' against that of men of ‘proven character and intelli gence such as Drs, Vann and Poteat. we suppose there is nothing that can be done about it,’ * * * It is further charged in the com plaint that the article affects the live lihood of Dr. Pentuff and has caused him and his wife mental anguish. It is further set forth that the plaintiff "five or more days before the com mencement of this article, served no tice in writing on the defendants * * and the defendants have made no re traction or apology therefore.” The article referred to, according to the complaint, follows, under the cap tion, “Pentuff Re-enters Evolution Fight “We see by the Sunday morning pa lter of this city that Fuqua.v Springs under the leadership of one Pentuff of Concord has declared war against what it is pleased to term evolution. “We can’t say that Fuquay Springs does not know its stuff, but we do state without fear of successful con tradiction that if it learned about ev olution from Pentuff, it might just as well go back to the encyclopedia or some other authority for aditional in formation. "For Pentuff, if our memory does not play us false, is the same chap who tried to tell the legislative committee on education all about evolution at the last session of the General Assembly. He was supposed to be shedding light on the Poole resolution and its proba ble results. Beyond stating categori cally that he had been president of a college or two of which nobody in the audience had ever heard and that sci ence had disproved something that he called “evolution’ but had evidently never met, he contributed anything to the discussion. “He was, indeed, so unmannerly in h ! s approach to the matter before the House, so discourteous to those whom he deemed to be in disagreement with him, that the chairman of the com mittee, Representative Connor of Wil son, suppressed him. “At Fuquaq Springs, with none to check his observations or to make him justify his conclusions, we have no doubt that he convinced the more voc iferous members of h ! s audience that he knew something about the subject on which he elected to converse. “There has not to our knowledge ap peared in public within the memory of the present generation of North Car olinians a more ignorant man than Pentuff, or one less charitable toward men who might honestly disagree with him. If Fuquay Springs will insist ou taking the word of an immigrant ignoramus against that of men of prov en character and intelligence such as Drs. Vann and Poteat, whom it has known all their lives, we suppose there is nothing that can be done about it. “But it does the intelligence fothe people of this Wake County commun ity scant credit.” Morrison H. Caldwell, of the Con cord bar, and Z. V. Turlington, of the Mooresville bar, have been retain ed by Dr. Pentuff. The Concord Daily Tribune Prohibition Poll Complete Shows Eighty-One Per Cent. Wet 18 IT HEAD .. 8.. 6..Mz- o*B* Cleveland. March 23.—The great est newspaper referendum in history I is complete. Final tabulation of the returns on the poll taken by 375 newspapers throughout the I'nited States, which co-operated with Newspaper F.nter • | prise Association service in taking tlie gigantic straw vote on prohibi -1 j tion. shows a grand total vote cast of ,i 1,740,062. 1 Tlie finql vote on the three ques | tions which these newspapers sub- I mitted to the voters of the country j stands as follows : j For retaining the prohibition I amendment as it now stands with j strict enforcement. 320,274. i For repealing the prohibition ' amendment, 545,830. I For modification of the prohibition law so as to allow sale of light wines and beer, 884,040. Grand total vote cast. 1,740,082. Drys and wets may differ justly as to what these figures really mean, but here are the outstanding points re vealed by the detailed tabulations: Those favoring modification polled 40.7 per cent., slightly less than half the total. Those for outright repeal of the amendment represented 31.3 per cent, of the total. Those for the retention of the pres ent amendment with strict enforce ment of the Volstead act as it stands polled 10 per cent, of the ballots. Thus the wet strength amounted to 81 per cent, of tile vote. A comparison of these percentages with those of the Literary Digest poll on the same questions in 1022. with a total of 022,383 votes, is interest ing. In that poll, the dry strength represented 38.0 per cent, of the total I j J. C. REID APPOINTED To Succeed A. Morris McDonald as Deputy Revenue Commissioner. Tribune Raleigh Bureau 208 Globe Building. Raleigh, March 23.—J. C. Reid, of Charlotte, was appointed yesterday by Commissioner R. A. Doughton, head of the department of revenue, as dep uty commissioner of revenue for the Charlotte district, to fill the vacancy left by the death of A. M. McDonald, a few days ago. Mr. Reid is a farmer by profession, but secured valuable experience for his new position when, as supervisor, he was in charge of tile revaluation of properties for taxation purposes around Charlotte. He was endorsed for the nppoint ment by 50 or more personal acquaint ances, many of them of state-wide prominence. Among them were for mer Governor Morrison, AY. H. Wood and Edgar W. Pharr, of Charlotte, speaker of the House of representa tives. Much interest in the appointment was manifest by Mecklenburg citi zens nud literally hundreds of en dorsements for various candidates were received by Commissioner Dough ton. Among those whose uatnes reached the commissioner's office were: AA T . A. Garrison, (assistant registrar of deeds in Mecklenburg County; Julian S. S. Miller, editor of the Charlotte News; Mrs. AA’inuie B. I’egram, who has been active in the sale of Stone: Mountain memorial coins; P. G. Kis er, temporary incumbent of the office in question during the illness of Mr. McDonald; AA\ R. Taliaferro; John F. Love and W. W. Newell. EDITOR SAUNDERS NOT LIKING HAM’S PRAYERS Resents Revivalist Praying For Him When Dangerously 111. Danville. Vn., March 22- —It is not expected that Rev. M. F. Ham will make any reference to AA T . O. Saunders’ most recent attack on the revivalist, who is conducting a re vival here to end next Sunday. Copies of Saunders' paper haVe been received here containing a vitriolic editorial in which Mr. Ham is characterized as a “theological mountebank ” Saunders has just re covered from a dangerous illness which carried him to death’s door. The evangelist heard about his ill- j ness, secured information regarding his condition and remembered the I North Carolina publisher in his J prayers. This appears to have arous-1 cd the ire of the North Carolinian who gives voice to it in his last is- I represent a system of full returns from every dollar— _ —a system of wise expendi- Jkm tures and regular savings. I endorse the “building and jA loan” plan because it is a safe -®F V plan, ideal for the thrift pro- f , ffaj a gram of every man. | || •[ Series No. 57 Now Open AM IJ Running Shares 25 Cents Per TWWPTOB Prepaid Shares $72.25 NON-TAXABLE I) ‘ Cabarrus County B. Lj & Saltings Association OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK while the modificationist percentage was 40.8 per cent. Those favoring repeal ran Inst with 20 0 per cent. Big Cities Overwhelmingly Wet. Cities from the great metropolitan center of New York down to some of the smallest towns that support a daily newspaper, participated in this poll, and thus it is the only one which mqy be said to give a truly represen tative cross-sectional view of opinion in tile country today. The big cities without exception voted overwhel mingly wet, the majority in some places being more than fifty to one. Almost ns large dry majorities were piled up in several of the smaller communities. Seventy-eight cities showed a clear cut dry majority. The largest city in this class was Winston-Salem, X. C.. witli a population of 80.000. In thirty cities, the drys had a plurality, but the combined repeal and modification vote exceeded tlm <jry total. But in seventy-nine cities with populations of 150,000 or less. Modification Vote Exceeds Dry. The modification vote alone was greater than the dry total. This is considered one of the most significant features of the poll. The wets carried all states except Kansas and South Carolina. In six other states the drys laid a plurality but not a majority. These were Ar kansas, Kentucky, Maine. North Car olina. Oklahoma and West A’irginia In Arizona. Florida. Georgia. Michi gan, Tennessee and Texas—six states —the wet majority was 2tol or leas, but in all others, the majority was greater. The largest vote was polled in New York state, where the total was 2!)0,- 854. The wet strength was nbout 15 to 1. The only city lliat failed to go wet was Beacon. READJUSTED FARE SCHEDULE Fare Between Raleigh and Greens boro Now s3.oo. —Complaints to Be Heard. Tribune Raleigh Bureau 208 Globe Building. Raleigh. March 23.-—A readjusted fare schedule was placed in effect Monday by the Carolina Coach com pany. operating four routes out of Raleigh, with some increases in rates and a few reductions. The route between Greensboro and Rnlcigh is principally affected by the revised tariff. The fare from Raleigh to Durham is increased 25 cents to $1.00; from Raleigh to Greensboro is boosted 50 cents, the fare now being $3.00; from Raleigh to Morrisville. a reduction of 10 cents, to 40 cents; a reduction of 5 cents between Ral eigh and Hillsboro and an increase of 5 cents between Greensboro and Bur lington. The fare between Raleigh and AA'il son remains at $2.00. and that from Raleigh to Fayetteville at $2 80. but there is a change in the fare to Dunn. The only material change in the Raleigh-Rocky Mount route is an in crease of 20 cents between Raleigh to Zebulon. The fare to Rocky Mount remains at $2,50. A copy of the new rates has been filed with the state corporation com mission and temporary approval has been given, pending hearing of any complaints that may come in. _ The revision is no more than an es ! fort to equalize the rates, that passen gers for all points may be required to pay on tfie same mileage basis, the company explains. Virginia Raises Promised Quota For National Park. Washington. March 22-—forma' announcement of the raising by the State of Virginia $1,200,000 toward the purchase of lands for the pro posed Shenandoah National park was made by Governor Byrd of Vir ginia in a personal call on Secretary of the interior Work toaay. The sum is a little less than half that re ouired for the proposed and an ef fort now will be made to raise the remainder from sources outside the State. Secretary Work expressed satisfaction of the result ot the suc cessful efforts by Virginia to raise its share of the cost of the park. Students Have Narrow Escape, i Mt. Vernon. AVash., March 23.— UP) I —Thirty students, members of the I Glee Club of Washington State Col | lege, escaped by ropes, torn seats and | ladders as the A\ T indsor Hotel burned here today. One guest was reported missing. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N.C., TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1926 CONFERENCE IS HELD : DESIGNED TO REDUCE i TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS t < ; Complete Draft of Safety i : Measures Taken Up To day at Conference on Highway Safety. 23,900 LIVES LOST LAST YEAR Secretary Hoover Open#! the Conference, Whidi Was Attended by About Thousand Delegates. AA'ashington, March 23.— UP) —-A complete draft of safety measures de i signed to reduce traffic accidents which last year took a toll of 23.fKK) lives and approximately 600.000 in jured in the I’nited States was taken np today at the first of a three-days session of the second national confer ence on street and highway safety. Secretary Hoover, in opening the conference, attended by about 1,000 delegates, including representatives of governments of forty-three states seht j here at the request of President | Coolidge, emphasized the need of uni- j formity of lnws as between the states, and uniformity of traffic ordinances as between cities in the same states. The model motor vehicle code of three aws, as suggested by the committee on uniformity of laws and regula tions. was endorsed by the secretary as “perhaps the outstanding concrete accomplishment” of the two years work of the conference. Answering those who doubt the wisdom of uhiform traffic laws, Mr. Hoover catied attention to reports of a study recently made, indicating that accident hazards in states having modern vehicle codes are leds by 25 per cent to 30 per cent than in states not having such laws. These figures, he added, appeared to be supported by data gained from the experience of automobile insurance companies. He advocated drastic penalties for tlie deliberate law violator declaring a belief that "much of the solution of the present high accident rate on our city streets and rural highways lies in the enforcement of the law by the police, and by properly organ ized traffic courts.” Harold 8. Buttenhelm, editor'of the American City .Magazine, told the conference that a canvass of near ly 500 police chiefs showed them al most unanimously in favor of limit ing the speed capacity of automobiles to forty miles an hour, while Fred AA’. Johnson, director of the Citizens Safety Committee, of Philadelphia, urged manufacturers to establuA a "board of safety control" to stress safety factors in building motor cars. MABEL NORMAND SAYS SHE WILL TELL ALL SHE KN’OAVS Motion Picture Actress to Be Quizzed Again in the Taylor Murder Case. Los Angeles. Cal.. March 22. Mabel Normand, who returned here recently to re-enter motion picture work after a lapse of two years, said today she was “quite anxious” to tell District Attorney Keyes any thing she knows regarding the AA’il !iam Desmond Taylor murder sev eral years ago. “I have nothing to add to what I told Mr. Wool wine (former district attorney), after Mr. Taylor was killed," she said. "However, if there is any assistiAee I can give Mr. Keyes I shall be only too glad to do so. I earnestly hope the case can be cleared up.” Miss Normand and Mary Miles Minter, also of the pictures at that time, were among a number ques tioned by Mr. AA’oolwine immediately after Taylor's death here in 1922. They were said to have been among the last persons to visit the motion picture director. Edward Sands, his valet, for whom a nation-wide search has been in progress for several years, disap peared about the time of the shoot ing. CHAMBERLAIN DEFENS POLICY AT MEETING Thinks He Acted For Best Interest of Country by Action at Geneva. London, March 23. — UP) —Sir Aus ten Chamberlain, the foreign, secre tary, took the floor in the House of Commons this afternoon in defense of, his policy at the league of nations meeting in Geneva. Replying to David Lloyd-George, who had spoken before him, lie said the former premier came before the house in the guise of an open miuded and disinterested inquirer. Howev er, he did not even await his (Sir Austen's) return from Geneva, be fore telepgraphing to the American press bis condemnation of the foreign secretary's action, and his suspicion of his honor. Will Not Send Representative to Ex plain Reservations. Washington, March 23.— UP) — President Coolidge doubts that it will be necesaary for the United States to send a representative to the Geneva meeting of the forty-eight world oourt states to explain the reservations at tached by the Senate to American adherence to the court. The song “Queen of My Heart" is said to have made four substantial fdr-y tunes, and in one year to have earned $200,000, yet under the title of “Old Dreams” it had been on sale for years before it “caught on.” BELOVED CHINESE : MERCHANT HANGED i AT LIVERPOOL TODAY Executed for the Murder of His Welsh Wife and Their Two Daughters, j Doris and Cecelia. SHOT THEM DEAD j IN THEIR HOME Lock Ah-Tam Was Known by His Countrymen All Over the World—Crimes Were Without Reason. Liverpool. Aiareli 23.— UP) —I.oek Ah-Tam. benevolent Chinese mer chant, beloved by all who knew him, was hanged today for the murder of his Welsh wife and their two hand some daughters, Doris, 20, and Ce eelia, 17. T’lie crimes were committed appar ently without reason during a cele bration in his home. After he had shot them dead. Lock Ah-Tam calmly called the police on the telephone and told what he had done. He was im mediately arrested. i The murderer was 52 years old. and was known by his countrymen throughout the world. He came to England twenty-two years ago. be came enamoured and married a Welsh girl. He became wealthy through his business transactions, and was powerful but mysterious. Thousands of his needy countrymen were aided by him. He was well known in Chinatowns of New York and San franeiseo Whether he was affiliated with one of the big Chinese societies is not known, but he was influential in many countries. When he was arrested Chinese in Europe and the L'nited States raised a large fund for his defense. Sir Edward Marshall, one of England's most distinguished lawyers, defended him. He advanced the theory that his client's mind had been unbalanced by business worries, but nevertheless he was found guilty, “I am ready to meet my fate.’’ Lock Ati-Tam said last night with calm stoicism to Percy Loud, a local politician who organized a petition for reprieve. "Tell everybody who signed the pe tition." the condemned inan added, "that I am extremely grateful to them. lam content and happy. I am aware that I have done wrong, but I shall shortly join my loved ones, and they will understand.” VERDICT OF *14,000 AGAINST KIRK LINES Verdict Returned at Charlotte In Case of Guy A. Myers. Charlotte. March 23.— UP) —A ver dict of $14,000 damages was returned in the suit of Guy A. Myers against the A. B. C. Kirk Bus Line of Salis bury, and others in Superior Court here today. The Myers’ suit for $50,000 was for injuries received last year in a bus wreck. The trial opened March Bth and continued through yesterday when it was given to a jury. This is believed to set a record for length of hearings in this county. With Our Advertisers. The Bamby bread is made by the Blue Ribbon Bakery of Charlotte, and is delivered fresh here every day. Now is the time to see Florida at its best. The present price of Holly tvood-by-the-Sea tours has been extend ed to April Ist. Price $57.50. See Miss Helen Marsh, 304 Cabarrus Savings Bank building, or phone 921. After today all women's Oxfords and pumps, at the old J. E. Love stand will be sold for $1.95. All children's shoes and pumps SI.OO, silk hose 05 cents and full-fashioned hose 85 cents. See quarter page on page seven today. Last time today at the Concord Theatre, Norma Shearer and Lew Cody in “His Secretary,” a Metro- Goldwyn picture. Wednesday only “The Reckless Lady.” Series No. 57 in the Cabarrus County B. L. and S. Association / is now open. Running shares 25 cents a share. Prepaid shares, $72.25. All stock in non-taxable. Nunn and Bush ankle fashioned oxfords at Richmond-Flowe Co. Get your clothes cleaned now for Easter. See ad. of Bob’s Dry Clean ing Company. See “Twelve Reasons Why You Should Use a Buck" in new ad. of the Concord Furniture Co. Star Theatre YVEDNESDAY-THURSDAY THOMAS MEIGHAN and LOIS WILSON in “Irish Luck” The story of a New York traffic cop who won a free trip to Ireland, I and stirring adventure not included in i the itinerary. A Victor Heerman Pro duction—A Paramount Picture last Showing Today “HANDS UP*’ 1 With Raymond Griffith.. Just a Real Good Picture Wet and Dry—But They ’re Friends j 4111 F ■►j Jk v r ? re ;T ntatlVe from op . • her best friends 8 who ß . o Ut lere1 ere she is < left > shaklr >8 hands with one Fads h iT 6 other than Miss Laura. Volstead of Granite Falls. Minn., daughter and law-partner of the author of the national en forcement act. HARTSELL NOT CHOSEN TO DELIVER KEY'NOTE Chairman Dawson Denies Salisbury' Rumor That Concord Man Will Speak at State Convention. There is nothing to the report, said to have emanated from Salisbury, to the effect tiiat Hon. L. T Hartwell', of the Coueord bar, will serve as tem porary chairman of the State Dem ocratic convention. Chairman John G. Dawson, of the State executive committee, denied the report from Raleigh Monday and at the same timp friends of Mr. Hartsell were denying it. Everybody agree* that Mr. Hart sell could handle the assignment in excellent fashion, but ’tis said that another man Ims been selected, his name to he made public in the near future. Concord first heard that Mr. Hart sell would be the keynoter of the con vention in the Tom Bost story in T'ne Greensboro News of Monday. Mr. Hartsell was out of the city Monday so the report could not be verified here. However, the state ment by Mr. Dawson settles the mat ter. The Raleigh News and Observer of March 23rd carries the following story concerning the matter: John G. Dawson, chairman of the State Democratic executive commit tee. yesterday stated that the pub lished report said to have emanated from Salisbury that former State Senator Luther T. Hartsell, of Con cord, would be named as temporary chairman of the Democratic State convention were incorrect. Mr. Hart sell is understood to have been equal ly in ignorance of the reports. “1 have not mentioned the matter to Air. Hartsell and have authorized no one to do so for me and sfoall not do so,” stated Mr. Dawson. “Air. Hartsell is well qualified to serve a« temporary chairman and make the ‘keynote’ address, but another man has already been agreed upon and I expect to make the announcement within the next day or two,” stated the chairman. The convention will meet in Ra !cigh on Thursday, April 29t'!i, and the selection of a temporary chair man has given Air. Dawson consider able concern and has been the sub ject of conference with a number of party leaders. It is conceded that the selection will be made from the west as the party ’has been rather liberal with the east in recent years, the national committeeman, the State' chairman and the governor all com ing from that section. FOURTH VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT DIES Raymond Green, 12 Injured Satur day at Aquadale, Died Yesterday. Albemarle. Alarch 22.—Raymond Green, 12-year-old son of Walter Green, one of the three men killed last Saturday afternoon in a grade crossing collision of Aquadale. and who was the last survivor of the tragedy, died at Ta'ley Brunson hoc pital here this morning. The body was buried at Silver ( Springs Church cemetery, in the' Vquadate section this afternoon at 2 -.30 o'clock, and as at the one yes terday at the same church when the J other three victims of the wreck | were buried, a large crowd was | present. Alore than 1,800 outomo- 1 biles, it is said, were counted at the funeral of andthe two Green brothers Sunday afternoon. Rowan County Joins in Chicken Shipment Plan. Salisbury, March 21. Recently Rowan county joined in the plan to ship chickens by car lots to martlet centers north. During the past week three car loads of poultry left here. More than 160 farmers furnished chicken the total pounds of the ship ment from Rowan being 1C.785. The shipment averaged S2O to each far mer participating. Reid Succeeds A. M. AlcDonafd. Raleigh, Mar. 22.—Revenue Com-1 missioncr U A. Doughton this after-j noon named J. Calvin Reid ns the state revenue department's new dis- ■ trict deputy for the Mecklenburg- \ Gaston tax district. He succeeds the , i late A. Morris McDonald of Char lotte. THE COTTON AIARKET Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to Advance of 6 Points New York. March 23.— UP)— The cotton market opened steady at un changed prices to an advance of 6 points on acontinuation of yester- 1 day's buying movement which evi dently found encouragement in the relatively firm showing of Liverpool. Ala.v sold up to 18.79 and October to 17.05 at the start, but these prices attracted realizing and there was probably some telling on prospects for clearing weather over the entire South. Prices eased off a few points ill consequence, but the market was steady at end of the first hour, and about a shade over yesterday's clos ing quitatims. Private cables said the firmness in Liverpool was due to a cessation of hedge selling and liquidation combin ed with trade calling and covering, but that cotton cloth buyers were still apathetic. Cotton futures opened steady. Alay 18 79; July 18.26; Oct. 17.63; Dec. 17.33: Jan. 17.30. STILL SEEKING WOMAN IN THE TAYLOR CASE District Attorney Keyes Determined to Clear Up Murder Which Was Committed Some Years Ago. Chicago, Alarch 23.—(A 5 ) —District Attorney As Keyes, of Los Angeles county. California, was here today trailing a motion picture acress in his determination to solve the mys tery surrounding the slaying of \Vil liam Desmond Taylor, picture direc tor, in 1922. The district attorney, who has been in New York, Boston and Detroit, following new clues in the strange case of murder in fihndom’s real life, expressed the belief that he would find the actress today. The woman’s name and other in formation the prosecutor withheld. PROHIBITION DEBATE IS COMING IN APRIL Public Hearings Will Be Held Be tween the Fifth and Seventh in the Capital. AVashingtcn. Alareh 23—UP)—De bate on prohibition will reach flood tide in Washington between April j sth and 17th when wets and drys will) appear before the Senate judiciary sub-committee to testify on five mod-j ifiention proposals. The wets will [ hold the floor during the first week and. the prohibitionists will take the second period. M. P. C. I. Defeats Kannapolis. Alt. Pleasant, March 23.—The AI. P C. I. baseball team defeated the Kannapolis Leaguers to the tune <?f 7-2. Allman of AI. P. C. 1., and AleCarn. •f Kannapolis, were the heavy hit 'ers. each of them swatting the pill for four bases. The feature of the game was the splendid pitching of Cox. of AI. P. C. 1., and the air tight fielding of his team. j M. P. C. T. plans to meet to Bel j mont Abbey at Belmont on Fridnv. 1 Failed to Establish New Altitude Rec ord. I Washington, March 23.—(A 3 ) —Lt. I John A. Macßeady, of Ale Cook Field, failed in his attempt on March 13 to establish a new world's altitude rec ord. Recording instruments used by Aiacßeady have been officially cali brated by the bureau of standards, and show that the highest point reached by the aviator was 37.579 feet, which is 2,007 feet short of the record established by Lient, Callizo, the French avintor, in October, 1924. Big Shrine Meeting at Durham. Durham, March 23.—Plans are be ing made for a huge parade to be held here May 20 in connection with the spring ceremonials of Sudan Tem ple of Shriners, which includes the | entire eastern part of North Carolina j it\ its area. Several hundred Shrin ers are expected. Invitations will ho • sent to Shriners of Oasis Temple, in | the western part of the State, and to I members of temples in South Carolina | and Virginia to attend the ceremon- I ials. THE TRIBUNE 1 PRINTS 1 TODAY’S NEWS TODAY"] NO. 07 „ ! SOI RELIEF FROi 3 FLOffijr "S UNO on'itSl! SAFE At Oil City, Pa., WatferS Are Receding Rapidly { and Some Business Has Been Done Today. ICE GORGE STILL Jl IS BIG MENACE River Men Do Not m 1 How Flood Waters Hati | Escaped Through Ice.— Rains Did Little Daittagg Oil City, Pa.. Alarch 23 J Flood waters in file Oil City busi ness district had receded greatly to day giving the city temporary reilbf 'J at least from the menace of high wal- § ers. Practically all the water wnich backed up Oil Creek in its sudden rise .J yesterday afternoon moved out dur ing the night, leaving only n portiojfi | of Seneca Street and other lower sec tions submerged. The main icefbf'Jh in the Allegheny River, the pfliiiiw r cause of the flood, continued to hold. | Rain which fell last night had stopped, but the sky was overcast, | bringing a prospect of a further down- | pour today. There was also a sharp drop in temperature from 50 dogreisb 3 at midnight to 38 degrees at day break. Observers had feared tfiSt jj continued high temperature, together with rain, would break up the ice gorge north of the city, and Back more high water into the street*. River men afforded no possible ex planation for the recession of most ci the flood waters, with the ice still s'didly jammed in the river. One was that the water might have found, a weak spot in the ice below Oil City, and was seeping through. The other ) was that the water was backing up Tioncsta Creek, a tributary, which i ; i was cleared of ice last night. THE TARIFF COMMISSION i INQUIRY GETS UNDERWAY j Defense i t Present Operation Made J By F. \V. Taussig, of Harvard. '-3 Washington, Alarch 23.— UP) —ttlb 9 Senate investigation of the tariff eojn- m mission got underway today with a I defense of the bi-partisan selecton of | its membership awl discussion of -thm™* propriety of commissioners to bold private conferences with persons interi*''“J ested in eommodites under eonsidera- | tion. F. W. Taussig. Harvard professor, % and first chairman of the comm is- m 3 sion, who was appointed by President Wilson, was the first witness called, and declared the bi-partisan personnel satisfied the public. Chairman Robinson questioned him as to private conferences with outside interests, and he gave it as his opin- J ion that a member of the commission I should be allowed to confer with any- 1 one, but that the information gained | should be submitted ot the commis- *J sion. He asked to be excused from am, 'm swerng another question by the chair man ns to whether it was “sound” to clothe the Presdent with authority to raise or lower the tariff, declaring that | was going into the field of politics. T Replying to further questioning he deelnred lie did not believe the pr!ncs- ■ pie of protection should be appled ex cept under unusual conditions; that freedom of trade should be encouraged between countries. Prof. Taussg. however, contended | that a commissioner should no more ; participate in a case in which either lie or his family was interested thali [ should a judge. Gives List of Alleged “Law Breakers’*. Harrisburg. Pa., March 23.—(A 5 ) —• M Governor Pinehot today made public a letter to Secretary of the Treasury I Mellon, accompanying a list of w'liat lie termed "law breakers in Philadel- J pliiu who are now withdrawing! aleo hoi under Federal permits.” The Gov ernor did not make public the list, but said it contained the names of 81 per mittee manufacturers and of ten dis- n tillers and others. Samarcand Building is Burned to Ground. Rockingham. Alarch 22. —One of the buildings at Samarcand. a state • institution for wayward girls, locat or! 30 mi’es north of Rockingham, | burned to the ground Sunday night about S o'clock. It is understood the i fire originated from u moving picture machine. German Reirlistag Approves Govern ment's Course. Berlin. Alarch 23. —(A s ) —The reich stag today approved tile government’s course at Geneva by a rising vote. SAT'S BEAR SAYSI hii jjJjM i Partly cloudy tonight, slightly cold i er in extreme west portion, possibly , \ i j iglit frost in* central and west pot - tion*; Wednesday fair. Strong south | winds this afternoon shifting to wait, |
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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March 23, 1926, edition 1
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