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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI UHSTIL GIVEN EMINENT EUCE BEFORE COMiITTEE Still Erected in Room as Exhibit During Debate on Modification of Vol stead Act. ANDREWSAGAIN DISCUSSES WORK He Is Called as Last Wit ness by Wets, and Dis cusses Troubles With the Illicit Distillers. Washington, April 14.—OP)—The progenitor of John Barleycorn him . self—ji large whiskey still—sat with members of the Senate prohibition committee today while they listened to Gen. Andrews, the prohibition chief 1 relate how illicit distilling is becoming \ more and more n problem to the en forcement staff of the Federal govern- | ment. The still was set up in the commit tee room as an exhibit, standing on j three ginger ale cases. It consisted \ of a huge copper kettle on a three 1 burner gas range, with a shining cop per coil leading into a five-gallon keg. Gen. Andrews, who has testified once before in the inqu ! ry was recall ed as the last witness for the wets. He is expected to complete his testi mony today, leaving the way open for the drys to take over the hearings to morrow morning. Documentary evidence of various kinds was submitted by the wet coun sel during the session, and went into records along with General Andrew**’ description of his troubles with the il licit distillers and other law break ers. • A sworn statement from Dr. Wil liam Roby Sr., of the Boston City Hospital showed increase in the num ber of admissions of alcoholic patients in recent years under prohibition. A statement of like import from Dr. U. B. Gray, superintendent of the Washington Home for Inebriates also was ndmmitted to the record. Among the documents placed in evidence was a compilation of the results of the poll conducted recently ■faj'iljl ,WHnher ..of newspapers, showing vo&'fnr thr nf the Volstead Act. and 697.083 for prohibition. Figures then were submitted show ing that seizure of stills advanced from 5)5,933 in 15)21 to 172,537 in 1925, “Does that indipate an increase in illicit stills?" asked Julian Codman, counsel for the wets. “That's a fair inference, but it may be that there has been greater activ ity of agents" General Andrews re plied. “Isn't it true that there prob ably are more stills you don't know about than those that are seized." “I don't know about that. I de pend on local law enforcement for seizures.” Wants Non-Intoxicating Beer. Washington, April 14.—(A’l—-Re .strieted government sale of non-in toxicating beer probably \yould aid in prohibition enforcement, Assistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury, declared today before the Senate pro hibition committee. The prohibition chief expressed this opinion in reply to a series of ques tions narrowing down the field of consumption of such beer and stipu lating that sale should be by the gov ernment itself. “Do you not believe that the legal sale of liquors, non-intoxicating in fact would bring about improved con ditions?’' was the first question of the series asked by Julian Codman, coun sel for the wets. “We would have to know the condi tions of manufacture and distribu ion," Andrews replied. SURRENDER OF RALEIGH OCCURRED 61 YEARS AGO Confederate Soldier Was Hung For Firing Revolver at Approaching Federate. Raleigh. Apr. 13.—Sixty-one years ago today, in a drizzling rain, mark ed by cold, Raleigh, the last con federate state capital to be occupied by federal troops, was peaceably sur rendered to General William T. .Sherman by a committee of.provate citizens. The confederate flag which had flown over the state house for near ly four days after General Lee's surrender, came down, and in its place was raised the stars and stripes. Late in the same day a con federate soldier, who hnd riden up Fayetteville street in advance of the approach of the federate and fired a pistol at the troops, was hanged by order of General Kilpatrick, follow ing a brief trial. Car Ivoad Sale of Kitchen Cabinets. The big ear load sale of Sellers Kitchen cabinets by the Concord Fur niture Company will close next Satur day. If you buy your Sellers now, you get a 32-piece set of Dinner China without cost. Glenwood China. This set consists of Cups, Saucers, Plates, Bread and Butters, Fruit Dushes, Vegetable Dish and Platter—enough to set the table for six persons. The smullest of down payments is all you need make on this famous Sel lers Kitchen Cabinet. The dishes are given with the cabinet free. Pay the balance on the cabinet while you use both the cabinet and dishes in your home. See big ad. in this paper. The Concord Daily Tribune _ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Refutes Charges That Modem Newspaper Is Crime Scavenger Birmingham, Ala., April 14. —</P) —ln refutation of the charge that the modern newspaper is a “crime scavenger.” K. H. Henderson, of the Associated Press, declared that less than one per cent, of news in the average newspaper dealt with oriine. While SXI per cent, of the average news text was of a strictly conatruc- I five nature. Mr. Henderson was addressing the | quadrennial convention of the Inter t national Council of Religious Educa tion. He spoke on the subject, t “Clean News." Primarily in his address thespeak jer defined publication of so-called | “crime” news, properly written as a ! • necessary element in the betterment! of society. It was his opinion that i psychologists would never make edi ! tors. “The news of the day is a repro duction of a picture of life.” he de clared. "There can be to the stand ard of tile American newspapers but one mollification or qualification to this picture—highlights and shad ! ows which violate good taste and are repugnant to the senses of a civilized | people, may be touched by the art ist’s brush. Tlie retouching process means simply this : tile felling of the story in language that portrays the whole truth without injury to the delicate fibre of the most exacting and sensitive reader. The story in point might be seamy, sordid tragedy. A suicide, mayhap. The public is •entitled to the truth. Four things must be told about the person in volved: who. when, where, why? So ciety is made up of individuate. One of society's number, in a fit of mental aberration, leaves this mortal sphere. Are not the members of society en titled to know what is wrong with itsellf? Cover it up—wliat then? So ciety goes on in society’s smug com placency and the very fundamental error which caused that one death FACTIONAL FEUD AGAIN BREAKS OUT IN HERRIN And 6 Men Are Slain. All Are Mem bers or Former Members of Police. Herrin, Ills., April 13.—Six men are dead as a result of a renewal of Herrin’s factional trouble late to day in connection with the hotly con tested primary election here. The dead: Hariun Fuaru, brother of former Chief of Police John Ford;; Mack Sizemore and brother, Ben Sizemore, both constables: De puty Sheriffs Treadway and Briggs; \pble Weaver, deputy sheriff. Company K. Illinois national guard, smiuiiod at .Cairo, Ills., wicv exjiected to arrive here tonight, re. ports from that city saying that the guardsmen were being mobilized in prepartion for the trip to the riot scene. Along with this word came announcement that Lieutenant Col onel Davis would ask Adjutant Gen eral Black for enough troops to place the city under military law until the disorders subside. Since the trouble started early this afternoon. troops have been guarding the homes of two alleged klan clergymen, the John Smith garage, where the trouble started and the Masonic temple, where the killings took place. Bitterness, dating back to the days when S. Glenn Young was dictator of Williamson • county, is believed re sponsible for today's rioting. The most bloodshed was near the Masonic temple where two carloads of alleged gangsters got'out of their cars and opened fire upon Klansmen. In anticipation of rioting at the polls, many voters did not cast their ballots today. NORFOLK SOUTHERN’S NET INCOME LARGER Increased 25 Per Cent Last Year; Efficiency Responsible, Says Loyall. Norfolk, Va., April 13 Net income of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad jumped from |40.X,521 in 1924 to $512,523 in 1925, an increase of $104,002, or 15.40 per cent, accord ing to the sixteenth annual report submitted to the stockholders here today by President George R. Loyall. The gain was shown despite the fact that passenger revenues decreased $224,225, or 19.49 per cent as com pared to 1924, and a decrease in gross revenue of $100,050. General improvement in operating efficiency made possiible the increased earn ings, Mr. Loyall reported- Operating revenues for the year were $9,131,877, with operating ex penses of $6,686,085), showing a net 1 railway operating income cf52.445,-1 789. The company reduced its fund- | ed debt by $240,708. The ratio of! operating expense was 73,22 per cent i as compared with the average of j 74.08 per cent for all Class One rail- - roads. Total assets ofthe road were i given as $42,537,252. Mellon Puts O. K. on Railway Re fund to the Government. Washington, April 13.—Legisla tion authorizing the refunding of the $230,000,000, owed the government by railroads as the result of war pe riod loans, was approved today by Secretary Mellon, in a letter to the senate interstate commerce com mittee. The secretary said, however, that the roads should be given 30 yeans to liquidate the debt instead of 40 years as provided in a bill pending in Congress. He also recommended that the interest rate be reduced from 6 per cent, to 4 1-4 instead of to 4 per cent, as proposed in the measure. Reappointed to Libor Board. Washington, April 14.—OP)—Chair man Ben W. Hooper of Tennessee, and Samuel Higgins of New York, were reappointed to the railroad labor board today by President Coolldfe. might be the source of a revolution, j “But you argue: What about the j psychology of the thing? Will not (these things run in cycles? I an i sw<*r emphatically, no. There is no season for suicide or arson or murder or theft or any of the other crimes— except violation of the prohibition law and that crime has all seasons for its very own.” The speaker declared that the or thodox contention of the psychologist concerning power of suggestion dis proved in t’ie very fact that even so called suicide epidemics" were limit ed. Even though newspaper stories i grow with the number of suicides in | the so-called cycle, there is always a j halt, he pointed out. In his opening remarks Mr. Hen derson analyzed clean newspaper mat ter as "that which does not contain misinformation, censored matter or denatured statements, (’lean news is that which is not ’policy’ matter; that which contains no fakery or bias. , Glean news is exactly what it pur j ports to be; not a medicine ‘reader’ nor an advertisement in disguise. Glean news is not prejudicial state ment or one-sided viewpoint: it does not reek of the fi.ltli of the street or the scum of. the alley; it is always fair. Glenn news is unvarnished truth, properly told.’’ Tiie speaker laid particular empha sis upon the declaration that crime news was “clean” news when proper ly presented. To sustain this, he compared the crime news and trag edy of the modern newspaper with the literature of all ages—that literature found in the home, the Church and j the school. “And sixty per cent, of everything embraced in our best lit eratures—the classiest—deals in trag edy and human weakness," he de clared. “The remaining forty per cent, speaks gloriously of the magnificence (Continued on Page Three) SURPLUS IN GENERAL FUND Gcv. McLean Able to Make Good His Balanced Budget Policy. Raleigh. April 14.—( JP ) —The re port of the . state auditor and state treasurer for the month of March, by which a deficit in the general fund of the state was changed into a sur plus. constitutes a successful carry ing out of a prediction made by Gov ernor McLean. When, late in 1025, the monthly statements began to show that the state’s general fund was operating 'at an increasingly large deficit each pmliotvd whan the coliectidEw of income taxes hail been made during the first three months of 1926. there would be a surplus. January and February statements increased the size of the deficit but Mr. McLean was in no wise alarmed. Revenue Commissioner Doughton pointed out that the action of Con gress in regard to the national in come tax had been so uncertain that tile people did not know what per centage of national tax they would he required to pay and. undoubtedly, they were also delaying the payment of state taxes until both state and national could be paid at one time. Mr. McLean merely pointed out that his first fiscal year of administra tion had paused through its leanest collection months and that the pe riod of greatest income still was ahead, and continued to predict t'aat by the end of the fiscal year, July 1, 1920, the general fund would show a surplus, or at least a balanced bud get—one of tlie chief aims of the McLean administration. And now the report for the month of March has been made and it s'.iows that a surplus of $3,217,380.04 has been created out of a “deficit” or "cash overdraft” of $1,238,087.15 on the first day of March. During the month the collections totalled $5,- 516.450.33 while expenditures to talled $1,000,977.14. After the over draft existing at the first of the month and the disbursements had been subtracted from the receipts, the general fund showed a handsome bal ance. This balance probably will enable the state to operate safely within its income during April. May and June for in those three months there will also be some collections of late in come taxes and other forms of taxes which are due. Governor McLean predicted if he could get his fiscal policies adopted that the state would operate on a balanced budget—that is, expenses ! would be curtailed to income. His fiscal policies were adopted. When, early in tlie present fiscal year, it I appeared that collections might be ’ less than had been anticipated, the ' governor, as director of the budget, took prompt steps to cut down itli appropriations five per cent, in order that income might cover all expendi tures. As director of the budget he has the authority to allow the de ! partments and institutions to have this five per cent, which was taken away if he feels the income Will be sufficient. With the end of the first fiscal year of the McLean administration in sight, it appears, from the present financial status of the state, that Mr. McLean will be able to make good his balanced budget policy and may have a surplus to his credit. Hotel Man Sentenced to Six Months on Roads. Charlotte, April 13—Charged with aiding anil abetting in prostitutioii, L. Auston. manager of the Rialto Hotel, was convicted and sentenced to six months on the roads after trial before Judge Currie In police court Tuesday. Austin took nil ap peal and his bond for appearance at Mecklenburg Superior Court was fixed at SSOO. CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1926 Has 200 Letters, Asks $50,000 WkH: • IIP Two hundred letters form the basis of a $50,000 breach of promise suH which Miss Marie C.rischeau of Chicago is prosecuting against Dr. Leonard A. Ensmiocnr of Indianapolis (Inset). She says she met him as he w«* Si* outo tt ChU»^ LUTHER BURBANK IS DEFENDED BY FRIEND Henry Ford Defends Dead Friend Against Charges of Infldelism. Detroit, Mich.. April 14.—OP)—- While the body of Luther Burbank was being laid to rest at Santa Rosa today Henry Ford defended his friend against charges of infidelism. Luther Burbank. Mr. Ford sail, was not a disbeliever in the permn ljeuge of spirit, and not an V)- ndel. His statement of his religious views, Mr. Ford added, ‘‘was either grossly misunderstood or misquoted by the press.” “I knew him well,” the Detroit mo tor ear manufacturer said. “I vis ited him often, and frequently talked with him about the life of plants, of flowers and of the entities that go to make up our world and ourselves. And I know positively that there was in Luther Burbank a beautiful and abiding faith in the permanence of that which now lives, whatever form it may take here or hereafter, and whatever function it may perform in what wc call ‘world of matter.’ He believed that no life was every lost.' “If he could not endorse the par ticular conception of the Diety and of the human spirit which some oth ers held, it was perhaps because be had thought more deeply than some of us had, or had approached the problem from a different angle.” HERRIN IS AGAIN UNDER CONTROL OF MILITIA Six Men Killed and More Than a Score Hurt in Fighting Tuesday. Herrin, 111., April 14.— UP) —Herrin was again under military control today as official machinery was put into motion to investigate the death city’s latest renewal of Klan anti-Klan factional strife which yesterday at the municipal elections here resulted in the death of six and injury of more than a score of persons. The bodies of six men in morgue establishments here today, and an inquest was planned for this after noon. Corner George Bell, of Marion, arrived last night with State’s Attor ney Arlie Boswell, conferred with Lieutenant Colonel Davis in charge of the situation, and John Ford, only known eye witness to the shooting. Dam at Muscle Shoals Described. Washington, I). C.. April 14. In a well-illustrated booklet, just issued by the Southern Railway System, a detailed description is given of the famous Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala., with particular reference to the opportnities for industrial development in the Muscle Shoals district, based on a wide variety of natural resources and the abundance supply of available power. In this booklet the dam itself, the nottnte plants erected by the United States government, and the general scheme for the improvement of the Tennessee River are described by Captain L. R. Lohr of the Corps of Engineers of the V. S. Army, editor pf the Military Engineer and an au thority on great engineering projects. The booklet consists of twenty-eight pages and contains an excellent map of the Muscle Shoals district together with photographs showing the Wilson Dam at Various stages of construc tion and interior views of tlie nitrate plants. Killed in Airplane Crash. Richmond. Va.. April 14.—(-P) — Neil W. Abbott, of Rochester, X. and Clarence W. Mix, of Durantp Mirh.. attached to the marine base at Quantico. Va., were killed in an airplane crash near King and Queen court house today. SUES HOTEL LESSEE FOR SIO,OOO DAMAGES Lexington Woman Fell Over Truck and Suffered Arm Fracture. Lexington. April 13-—Mrs. Reba Shutt, a young matron of this city, has filed complaint in Superior Court here against the American Hotel Company, lessee of the Elwood Hotel at High Point, for SIO,OOO for per sonal injuries. Mrs. Shutt alleges that on the flight of March 17 she vyent tp High Point to purchase merchandise for a local store through a show ing in the sample room of the El wood. To reach this room she con tends it was necessary to pass through an unlighted hallway. In this, it was alleged, a trunk track had been left lying and she stumbled over it in the darkness, breaking both bones of the right arm just above the wrist in the fall. Her com plaint declares that it was necessary to have the injured arm reset and that she has sustained permanent in jury. It was related at the time that after the fall Mrs. Shutt went on to the sample room, selected the goods desired and signed her name to the order, not realizing that she had been injured. It was noticed by oth ers that her forearm appeared crook ed and examination disclosed a rath er severe break. SENATE BODY PASSES FARMER RELIEF BILL But Whether Administration Will Approve Measure is Not Yet De termined. Washington, April 13.—Ahe corn belt farm relief bill was approved to day by the senate agricultural com mittee but no indications were given that it was acceptable to the ad ministration. Secretary Jardine, outlining a leg islative program in a letter to Chair man Haugen of the house agri culture committee and Senator Cap per, Republican, Kansas, made after the senate committee had acted, ad vocated creation of a federal com mission to aid farmers, through the agriculture department and their own organizations. in marketing their products. He made po reference to the corn belt measure, which would levy a fee on basic commodities with a view to stabilizing surplus prices, but i the inference was given that he does not look on it with favor. Presi dent Coolidge has indicated that in determining his position on relief legislation he will be guided largely by the recommendations of the secre tary of agriculture. VIRGINIA IS VISITED BY APRIL SNOWFALL Fall Was of Slight Duration, Being Preceded and Followed By Steady Rains. Richmond. Va., April 13.—Vir ginians were agape early today by snow flurries which swept practical ly all sections of the commonwealth with the exception of the country along the Atlantic coast. It was a condition so unusual that a weath er experts classed it as a virtual phenomenon. Shortly before 8 o’clock the first flakes drifted out of skies overcast and gloomy. Tlie ru6w was of com paratively short duration, negligible in quantity and was preceded and followed by general rains. The flakes meltd immdiatly as they struck tDe damp earth. Earthquakes in Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua, April 13. i/P) —Two severe earthquakes occur red in this vicinity yesterday. Little damage was caused. Bob Reynolds Replies to the , 0 Federation of Labor Questionn 1 Raleigh Bureau of The (’oneord Daily Tribune. Raleigh. April 14.—Replying to 32 our of the 35 quest : ons contained in the questionnaire sent out to candi dates hv the North (’arolina State Farmers’ Union and the executive council of the State* Federation of La | bor. Robert R. Reynolds gives his ; stand upon most of tlie issues likely to I have a hearing upon the primary \ campaign for the United States senn | torial nomination, now getting under ! way. | The Asheville opponent of Senator | Lee Slater Overman is in favor of a I secret ballot ami considers the Aus j tralian ballot as good as any. He is I against modification of the Volstead (act and believes if a sufficient nuni- I her nf the states are opposed to prohi j bit ion. they shauld repeal tlie amend | ment instead of further complicating matters. He is in favor of giving the j "World Court a trial, now we are in fit. He believes in “America for Am ericans” and. if changes in the immi gration laws are made will be in favor nf making them more stringent. He is in favor of governmental aid in the organization of marketing agen cies to enable the farmer to secure more for his products. His answers to the questionnaire, as just returned, are as follows; I 1. Do you favor the real Australian ballot system and law with all se crecy, to govern and control our pr : - i maries and elections? Answer. I favor a secret ballot. Tlie Australian is a satisfactory form of this. 2. I)o you favor repealing or strengthening our primary laws? Ans. I favor strengthening tlie primary laws. 3. Do you favor making it a fel ony to use money to influence votes in primaries and elections? Ans. Election bribery should be dealt with even more severely than other forms WADE MARK ELECTED ROTARY GOYERNOR Raleigh Man Chosen Head of ISTtli Rotary District at Meeting in Dur ham. Durham. April 14.— UP) —'Wade Marr, of Raleigh, was elected Presi dent of the new 57th Rotary District, at the annual Rotary Convention here today. Wilmington was chosen as the place for holding the next an nual convention. Mr. Marr received 41 official votes, Pat O’Neill, of Henderson, the other candidate, receiving 5. The new 57th District is composed of 40 Tar Heel Rotary clubs. It em braces all the North Carolina territory from Salisbury to the coast. With Our Advertisers. The Auto Supply and Repair Co. has been appointed Dodge car dealer in this county, and also dealers in Graham trucks. You are cordially in vited to inspect the cars and trucks they have on display at 0 and 8 East Corbin street. Phone 228. New creations in millinery, direct from the better New Y'ork houses, in Robinson's millinery department. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co is showing an unrivaled line of fur niture for the dining room. Hoover’s is showing a full line of boys’ shirts, suits and belts, 'n ev erything. Without any extra charge Wilkin son’s splendidly appointed funeral chapel is offered to those it serves. Phone 0. Open day and night. Save .$lO by buying your gas range during the Kitchen Happiness Sale at the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co. See ad in this paper. Barnhardt’s Pan-Dandy is a most unusual bread. This rich, nut-like bread is on sale at all dealers. Try it today. A novelty loaf whistle is wrapped with every loaf. See big ad. on page six. Blowing Rock Has a Blanket of Snow. Lenoir. April 13.—Blowing Rock is suffering from a blanket of ice and snow, according to reports reach ing here today from there. The weather here and in this sec tion has been very disagreeable for the past several days. Saturday night u began raining, and with the rain has continued to get colder. Closing day exercises will be held at Peck School on Saturday after noon. April 17th at 2:30. The pub lic is invited to attend. DREAMS COST NOTH IN T\ ING AND BRING ( / («0P ] JJ NOTHING (( V O But a account in Vx. p our safe “building and loan” association does bring you a big return on the effort you make in the regular saving w.~ -I-- |■ : : The “building and loan” plan is best since it partic \ ularly encourageis regular NEW SERIES NOW every month progress in money matters. OPEN No other sound ' invest- START AT ONCE ment is quite so good. CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAVINGS ASS’N OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK of corruption. 4. Do you fnvor a constitutional amendment increasing the pay of leg islators to SSOO per session of sixty days and S2OO per session for special sessions? Ans. The members of the legislature should receive at least SSOO per session. 5. Do you favor an amendment to the Constitution to enable the state to levy more than five cents tax on property for school purposes? Ans. Yes. and the machinery to equalize land taxes. 6. Do you favor a constitutional amendment providing that all persons registered in any election for Govern or shall be considered registered and qualified in all elections until the next general election? Ans. Why attack tliis piecemeal? I favor simplifica tion of registration and voting and safeguarding the ballot. 7. Do you favor the repeal of t hat part of the anti-trust law which per mits the manufacturers to sell to merchants or agents at lower prices to consumers in carload lots or more. Ans. I am not sufficiently familiar with the workings of this law to re turn an answer satisfactory to myself, much less to anybody else. S. Are you in favor of modifying our laws • concerning intoxicating liquors? Ans. The several states voted prohibition. If they tire of it. let them repeal the 18th amendment. Modification as suggested promimses nothing save more trouble. 1). Do you favor exempting shares of stock in foreign and domestic cor porations from taxation? Aus. I favor elimination of all double taxa tion. It is immoral to double tax domestic corporations. The same goes for foreign. 10. Do you favor a luxury tax, that is. an excise tax on the purchase of luxuries for school purposes? Ans. (Continued on Page Three.) THE COTTON MARKET More Active and Higher in Early Trading. With Net Gains of 9 to 12 Points. New York. April 14.— (A 3 )—The cotton market was more active and higher in today’s early trading, ow ing to heavy domestic consumption figures, an unfavorable interpretation of the weekly report of the weather bureau, and apprehensions t’aat the better weather reported in the South today would be followed by renewal of unsettled conditions. Cables were lower than due, but the opening here was steady at a de cline of one point to an advance of three points. Active months soon showed net gains of 0 to Y 2 points, May selling up to 18.81) and October to 17.57 on covering, trade and com mission house buying. ! The report of the census bureau showed domestic consumption of 634,- 593 bales for Marc y n, compared with j 583.407 last year, and with the pre- I vious high record of 624,204 bales re ported in March, 1923. Cotton futures opened steady. May 18.87; July 18 34; Oct. 17.44 ; Dec. 17.13; Jan. 17.02. SEVEN SACKS OF MAIL TAKEN BY MASKED MEN Sacks Believed to Contain Money as They Were Consigned to Large Steel Companies. Chicago, April 14. — (A 3 )—Seven sacks of registered mail believed to have contained money, were taken from a mail truck as it was being load ed at the rear of Indiana Harbor, In d., post office early today. Two armed men seized the sacks and drove rapid ly toward Chicago. According to the Indiana Harbor police, the mail sacks were consigned to seven largo steel companies. The robers intimidated the truck drivers, forcing him to help in trans ferring the bags. Overman Files His Candidacy Notice Washington. April 13.—Senator Lee S. Overman today forwarded formal notice of his candidacy in the primaries for the Democratic nomi nation to succeed himself as United States Senator to the State Board of Elections. Senator Overman is in with his formal notice in good time, as the law does not require tiling until April 24. The junior North Carolina Sena tor formally announced his candi dacy to the voters of the State in a statement issued some time ago. THE TRIBUNE I PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j • -] NO. 86 „JJM ['Month more tnm DURING FEBHUUT Cotton Consumed in the Month Totalled 634,593 Bales of Lint and 60,532 of Linters. MUCH COTTON ON HAND IN MONTH Imports During March Were Greater Than hi February, the Latest Re ports Show. Washington, April 14.—(AO—Cot ton consumed (luring March totalled ’ (134,593 bales of lint, and (50,532 of linters. compared with 507.244 of lrrrt and 53.97 ft of linters in February this year: and 583,407 of lint arid 58,821 of linters in March last year, the census bureau today announced Cotton on hand March 31st was held as follows : In consuming establishments Si -707,080 bales of lint: and 187.298 of linters: compared with 1,831.290 rtf lint and 174,970 of linters on Febru ary 28th this year; and 1,633.788 rtf lint and 158.049 of linters on March 31st last year. In public storage and at compresses 4.102.028 bales of lint and 84,458 of linters. compared with 4,744.000 df lint and 80.151 of linters on Febru ary 28th this year, and 2.028.38 k of lint and 02.30!) of linters on March 31st last year. Imports for March totalled 45,726 bales, compared with 38,355 in Feb ruary this year, and 33,955 in March last year. Exports for March totalled 519,732 bales, including 7.711 bales of lint ers. compared with 556.183 including 10,859 of linters in February this year: and 740,070 including .32,360 of linters in March last year. Cotton spindles active during March numbered 33.233.382 compared with 33.028,966 in February this year, and 33.217.162 in March last year. .Statistics for cotton growing states were: Cotton consumed March 438.396 I bales, compared with 399,046 in Feb ruary tliits year; and 392,027 in March last year. Cotton on hand March 31st was held as follows : In consum’ng establishments 1,068,- 604 bales, compared with 1.127.859 on March 31st last year. In public storage and at compress es 3.930,836 bales, compared with 4,520.920 on February 28th this year, I and 1,708,301 on March 31st last year. Cotton spindles active during March numbered 17.206.762 compared with 17.221.236 during February this year, and 16.917.166 during March last year. TAR HEEL, INVENTS AN AIRPLANE PARACHUTE Hasbrouck Williams, of Itrcvard, Says it Will Prevent Air Crashes. Greenville, S. C„ April 18.—A parachute landing device for crip l'led planes which, it is claimed, will enable them t o drift slowly to earth, has been patented by Hasbrouck J. Williams, of Brevard, N. C-. it was learned here today. The device, which was patented April 0 as a “resisting safety lander for aerial machines,’’ consists of a large oil-silk parachute carried on the top wiug of the plane. In an emergency the parachute enn be opened by the pilot by the use of a lever. Mr. Williams. an aviator at present connected with a westers North Carolina concern, said he con ceives! the idea while Hying in France during the world War. The device, he said, in an emergency would prevent a crippled plane from crashing downward She Didn’t Scream But Switched on Light. Kinston. April 13.—Miss Lucille Scott did not scream when a burglar invaded a room ill which she and two sisters were sleeping Sunday morning. Instead she switched on a light. The intruder, a negro, fled through the window by which he had entered the house, the home of John W Scott and family at, 200 East Grainger avenue. The man vanished | before male members of the family, [could lie summoned. Unfavorable Foreign Trade Balance. Washington, April 14.—OP)—For eign trade of the United States con tinued to show an unfavorable bal ance during March when exports were $375,000,000 against imports of $445,- 000.0(H). SAT’S BEAR SATO: Generally fair tonight and Thurs day. warmer tonight, colder Taursday in interior. Moderate to fresh shift ing, winds.