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[volume xxvi
RobertTOutlines The
Case Against Men Who
Negotiated Oil Lease
' '■
Opens Trial of Albert Fall
and Edward L. Dohney,
Charged by Government
With Conspiracy.
TALKS ABOUT CASH
•GIVEN BY DOItENY
Points Outsat Fall Had
New Ruling so He Could
Handle Lease of Gov
ernment Property.
Washington, Xov. 23 OW—Before
n jury that remains under guard until
it renclicH a verdirt, the • Keder.il gov
ernment today began to unfold the ev
idence upon which it hopes to con
vict Albert H. Kail and Edward L.
J-h.lteny of criminal conspiracy in ex
ploitation of the nation's oil re
sources. j
t)wen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia,
opened for the government with a re
view of the negotiators that led up
to the leasing of the Elk Hill oil re;
serve to the Dolteny interests, while
Pall was Secretary of the Interior,
lie contended that the SIOO,OOO seiit
by Doheny to Pall in a little blaek
satchel was a part of the conspiracy
charged against the defendants.
As during the examination of pros
pective jurymen yesterday, the former
Interior Secretary and the oi{ mag
nate, friends for many years and once
prospectors together in the wast. sat
near together and listened tensely so
evi ry word.
'Hie opening preliminaries today
prnrecdiid peacefully enough after the
dash of yesterday afternoon over
whether the jury should be kept un
der guard. Justice Hochling granted
Hie government's motion for a lock
ed op jury..
This morning the Justice called at
tention to the rule p- uiif-dig only
one ot counsel on either side to exam
ine a wilne-s, and onh’ two on each
side to argil- the easel
Roberts reviewer! the legal steps
which led to the original establish
ment of the naval oil reper,••*. The
act if 11)20, he said, spi'cjijflgJly took
these icserver ont of the bauds of the
Interior JV-purtment and placed tliem
cwdrol of the Navy, but a ee-
IransfcrVVvpr made by
IRS*. slgiHsl
“'Secretary Vail had been in charge
of the reserves only a short lime,”
Roberts mill, "when he suggested to
Secretary Uenhy of the Navy that He
could work out a plan whereby royal
ty oil could be used for storage. Sec
retary Denby approved the plan, but
later he wrote a letter saying their
should he no drilling except to offset
wells on the edge of the California
reserve.” ,
_ Roberts adder) that while negotia
tions for the contract between Doheny
and Pall were on for the I‘enrl Har
bor storage contract, Kail asked Do
heny for $100,000:
“Doheny caused his son to draw
SIOO,OOO front his bank account in
bills of large denomination and to
bring it’ here to Pall, who gave his
demand note,” continued the govern
ment attorney, a “The whole transac
tion was shrouded in secrecy. Pall
took the money in cash to El Paso,
where he paid over most of it to pur
chase a ranch ndjoitiing his own. at
Three Rivers, New Mexico."
The expenditure became known t»
(lie senate committee, said Roberts
and Pall "did not tell the truth nboitt
It but tried in every way tn conceal
it.”
”\Ve shall show thnt three other
companies declined to bill o'n jhe stor
age tanks tacause they held it to be
illegal," he added. “Despite th's and
the opinion of the Solicitor of bis own
department, and of the legal officers
of the Department of Justice, Pall
went ahead with the execution- of the
contract." *
With Oar Advertisers.
Grapefruit, large siae, 10 cents each
at the J. & H. Cash Store'. Many oth-.
er things at proportionate prices. Thiir
store will be open till 10 o’clock Wed
nesday night. See ad. today on page
seven. '
Phone your orders today or tomor
row to tfce Cabarrus Cash Grocery 00.
The store will be all day
Thursday.
W. A..Overcash has a atore full of
Christmas presents for men. Make
your'selections early.
See the new ads today of the E.
1,. Morrison Lumber Co. Phone OTO.
Wlutt could be more appropriate as
a Christmas present from dad to the
family than a Prigidaire? Bee atf. of
the Standard liuiek Co.
Dine at Ritchie's Case Thanksgiv
ing and give your wife a rest and a
good dinner. New case at jjomer of
Union nnd Depot streets.
“THE GEORGIA
CYCLONE”
—IN— .
Schools and Fools
Tonight High School Au
ditorium
Admission 25c and 90c
Auspices Athletic Asso- j
ciation
Music by High School
Orchestra '
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The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s. Leading Small City Daily i ' ' .
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1 MAKING many inquiries
, ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA 1
Many Schools in OtherT-tS-'M Make a |
Pperia' Study of This State. i
TKhiinc finnan. .
, Sir Wn’ter Hotel. [
r Raleigh. Nov. 23—That North!
. Carolina's progress ha* some strong j
admiretM aming nowspupem in neigh- j
■ boring States Wm- pointed out in a !
J le ‘or received by the State Depart- I
| merit of Agriep'ture. The writer.'
now • resident of Atlanta, stated j
lhat he was born mid reared in i
Smith Carolina, lie said he had read j
w inueli in newspapers about North |
i Carolina's rapid strides that he has ’
I wanted to get more data on the sub
-jrs-t and was writing for some bnllc
tins issued by she Depart menl.
The writer cone 'tilled bis letter l»y
stating that the Gcoygia nenspapein
• were continually referring to North
OgroWna as a remarkable Stare and
that the texts far their good roads
sermons are invarinb'.v taken from
■ North Carolina’s action in providing
' an adequate State highway system.
1 It was stated at the Department of
’ Agioiilture that numerous schools in
' viwious sections of the country we-o
making a special istndy of the
geography and products' of North
Cnrr.liha. ns shown by the many let
ters that are received from pupils.
Many of these pupils are requesting
North Carolina maps, while others
- have asked for actual samples of
North Carolina products to use in
project work.
SHERIFF CONTROVERSY
PENDING IN CHARLOTTE
Trouhk Comes Over Tax CoHerthms
—Pharr Considers Entering Race
for Congress.
Charlotte. Nov. 22. — Rumbling of
a war to the finish between Sheriff
elect John R. Irwin, who takes of
fice December 6. and Sheriff W. O.
Cochran, who gives up the office oil
thnt date, over the question qf col
lecting Charlotte, township taxes i
were beard here today and indica
tions were that the issue may lie
taken into the courts for a spirited
legal battle.
The sheriff is tax collector tor
Charlotte township, deriving a great
er part of hip pay from commissions
op tag eoUeetions. The tax books
. -wm MtM*.
Ml*. Irwin when he- taken office, con
tending that ho has the right to com
plete collection of this yeatlr taxes.
Mr. Irwin. it was said, will do;
inn ml surrender of the tax boos* to
hltn and todftv it was expected thnt n
real legal battle will be waged on
this point. s ,
Tbe sheriff in Mecklenburg county
i.r paid by fees and. as stated above
n large portion of bis pay comes in
the form of Commissions on tax eol- ;
’eettona in Charlotte township. The
income from commissions on tax coi-!
lections In the township-is said to ex
ceed $15,000 per year. In this con- ,
nection it has been Mid that the ,
sheriff of Mecklenburg county is the
highest, paid civil officer in, the state.
This’ is the first time the tax book
question has come up. It is said that
the custom has been -for the out
going sheriff to turn over the tax
books to his successor in December. 1
Edgar Pharr, former speaker of 1
the North Carolina house of repro- 1
sentatives is considering running fqr J
Congress from the ninth district in 1
1028. it bacame known here today. 1
Mr. Pharr made known J)is position !
following an announcement that Soli-,
cltor John G. Carpenter, of Gastonia.' 1
is planning to enter the raeo in oppo
sition to Major A. L. Bulwinkle in
cumbent.
——
Sentenced to Go to Church Every :
Sunday For Two Yearn. 1
Charlotte, Nov. 22.—L. L. Her- i
tin, North Carolina youth, must go '
to ehureh every Sunday for the next -
two years. 1
Herrin received this sentence in
Superior court here today in addi
tion to paying a fine of SIOO nnd
costs for driving an antotnuoile
Mlc Intoxicated.
“You caa’t help getting a little re- ,
iigion in that time,” Judge R. Lee
Wright told Herrin
“lf you don’t want to go to church
nnd o bring this court a written at-1
tendance report from your minister,
you may take the other alternative
any time you see fit. It is a sen
tence of six months on the roads."
Ca«»e Intends Tighten Hold on Guil
fard Mills.
Greensboro, Nov. 23—The Cone iu
tererts here have purchased the
•tock owned in the Revolution Ont
; *®n mills, of this city, by Mr*. E.
Sternberger. of this city. She is
president of the mill.
Julius W. Cone, of this city, stated
that Mm. Stern berger's stock bad
been purchased, but the considera
tion was,, net divulged. The Cone*
, own the White Oak mills, Proximity
«UUs and Poximity print works, all
of this city, and the seal gives them
Complete control of ail the cotton
rniHa here except Pomona mills.
Cackle Os Hen Sweet Music.
, Memphis. Tean., Nov. 23.—During
thM» times of low cotton prices tbe
sweetest music -a fanner can bear
is the cackle of a hen who has just
done her duty.
Bcss were selling/jit 23 cents u
down earty this fall but today the
whole price is 40 cents per doaen.
Eggs am selling for 46 to SO cents a
docen retail.
Fanners in this section have been
marketing many cases of eggs during
i the past few week*-
mn.
' Tells Foreign Minister Bri
and He Does Not Want
to Return to This Coun
j try as Ambassador.
I WANTS TO" GET
BACK TO WORK
Came Merely to Solve the
Debt Problem and Feels
j That Te Has Done All
' He Can in That Mission.
Paris. Nov. 23.—08-Hcury l!e
--migrr today declined renewal of his |
appointment as ambassador to tliei
United States.
When notifies! by Foreign Mini-!er
Rriaml nt the council of ministry* ]
hud derided to renew Ills commission j
for another six months. Berenger im
mediately submitted a long letter in
which he rocaHrd that he went to
Washington to negotiate the debt
funding aetlement. find added : ”1 ful
filled the mission you entrusted to
me."
Berenger said he had accepted the
appo'ntinent to his second six months'
term in order to assist in ratification
of the debt funding agreement, but
now felt that his duty was done, and
that lie ought to return to his place in
the Senate.
Hrinud, thanking him, for his ser
vices. said he knew whnt his wishes
were, but hoped to influence him to
return to Washington.
CHARGE GOVERNOR AND
FRIENDS HAD LIQUOR
Chief Executive of Alabama lo Ap
pear in Court to Answer to Chargee.
Bay Minrtte. Ala.. Nov. 23.—04*)
Governor W. W. Brandon, of Alabama
and u party eight friends were or
dered to appear in eourt here today
as the result of u raid last night on a
fishing camp near Magnolia Springs,
across the bay from Mobile, where
more than a dozen quarts of liquor •
were found in a room occupied by the
state's chief executive. Sheriff Ram
sey Stewart, of Baldwin County. w»*
ta swear out a warrant charging the
entire party will violation
ptfrty were to he orM
rnlgned in a Bay Minette court today,
according to Sheriff Stewart.
Tlie raid was conducted by a squad
of deputies headed by Deputy Barney
Williams, who had a search warrant.
Those in the party with the Gov
ernor: Atticus Muilin, of Montgom
ery: Jack Daniels. David Castlenian.
William T. t'astlomun, Charles I*.
Anderson, Addison R. Smith, Carr
McCormick, Joe H. Sutt.le and Will
Heed, negro porter.
According to the arresting officers
the men were seated around a card
table when the raid was made. Some
of the liquor was found in a suit case,
and- other bottles partly emptied were
found around the room.
According to Frank Barehard, edi
tor of the Foley (Ala.) Onlooker, who
was present when the raid was con
ducted, declared that the governor
characterized the raid as “merely tn
embarrass” him and members of hit
party. He was quoted by Editor
Barehard as saying that if “the boys
arc convicted all I can do is parole
them."
Belled Buzzard Reported From Near
Pfafftown. "•
Winston-Salem. Nov. 20. A. 11.
Pfnff of the Pfafftown community,
today reported he saw a belled buz
zard near his home on Friday-. The
bell was attached to the bird's neck
and could be heard foT quite a dis
tance ami the bird was flying low
enough for Mr. Pfafftown to see it.
The bird had several followers with
it.
Snow in Charlotte.
Charlotte, Nov. 22, —A light snow
fell here today. It melted as rapidly
as it fell however.
Ownership Will Have No Bearing on
Liquor Auto Seizures, Says Court
Washington, Nov. 22.—Automobiles
siaed while engaged in the unlawful
transportation of intoxicating liquor
may be forfeited by the government,
whether they are being operated by
their owners or someone else, tbe Su
preme Court ruled- today in deciding
a case from Alabama involving one
Ford coupe.
There was sharp division in the
court over the question whether the
old internal revenue laws iinprosing
taxes on the manufacture anil sale of
liquor were in effect. Justices Mc-
Reynoids, Sutherland and Butler
joined in a vigorous dissent, contend
ing that the manufacture and sale of
liquor for beverage purposes bad been
prohibited by the 18th amendment and
that the old revenue laws taxing,4he
manufacture and sale of beverage
liquor had been inferentially repealed,
by the prohibition jaw.
Haw It Hits Credit Concerns.
The importance of the issue arose
ont of the assertion of the right to
ualawfuly transport liquor. Manu
facturers and automobile sales agent*
were interested in the case. The
coupe was being sold on the install
ment plan by the Garth Motor Cota
pany which claimed the right to re
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1926
FKML OF NOTED
: inis editor is
i SETFODFOIiM
■ Charles Patrick Joseph
Mooney, of Memphis,
Commercial Appeal, Will
Be Buried in Memphis.
! WORKED ALWAYS J
, p TO HELP SOUTH
■ Jew, Catholic and Protes
i’; tant Always Found Him
1 1 Sincere Friend.—Many
. j Messages of Sympathy.
I Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 23.—(/Pi—
i! Funeral services for Charles Patr'ek i
• | Joseph Mooney, managing editor of I
jibe Commercial-Appeal;and president ]
■ | of the Commercial Publishing Co., wiU
; i lie held tomorrow morning at 10 j
| o'clock with solemn requiem high mass
at the church of the Immaculate
i Conception. Until that time the body j
, frill lie in it'll home here.
Mr. Motley died yesterday morning |
while Rentyff at his desk. He was a
, victim of apoplexy.
Tlie grief of the nation is being ex-!
. pressed in a flood qf messages, edi
torial comment in newspapers, and by j
word of mouth to tlie bereaved family J
and personal associates of the late e4-!
itor.
Seldom has the news of a death
rocked the city of Memphis ns that
which was broadcast yesterday telling
of the passing of Mr. Mooney.
Catholic, Jew nnd Protestant always
found Mr. Mooney a sincere friend,
the same to all, though he-adhered to
the faith of his fathers. Roman Cath
olic. and was a devout supporter of
faith. His religious or personal
ideas never predominated his editor
!al coimuns.
Everything Mr. Mooney did public
ly was designed for the benefit of the
Mouth. Never during liis life as a
public servant has the South faced an
emergency thnt he was not called into
it in an advisory capacity. The most
j recent of his southwide activities was
! when he was made chuirman of the
Sonthwide cotton conference, held la
Memphis, when lenders gathered to
formulate plans for warding off fhr
threatened cotton price crisis.
.. JThe ‘%!»tib Bandit”
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 22. —A new’
criminal has been added to Memphis'
unique lot of tingpprtficiided law vio
lators. •
He's the “club bandit.”
A series of robberies, whore the vic
tim was clubbed from behind and his
pockets looted, have been reported to
police.
The “club bandit” has taken his
plaee in the underworld, along with
the sheik bandit, the shadow gang,
the nude burglar, and foe petting
party party shotgun artists.
Police are seeking these, criminals.
Tttr "i
Values Wife’s Affections at $11.00!),-
000
New York. Nov. 23.—(AO—A mil
lion ilollars is the value set upon his
former wife’s affections by Charles
Burnhan Squier. financier, who was
divorced last May in Paris.
He has filed an alienation suit for
tifat amount against Hpraco Ray
mond Paige, real estate dealer, whom
Mrs. Squier married after her-divorce.
Thread Cut By Broken Windshield.
Washington, Npv. 20.—Ilis throat
cut by a piece of broken windshield,
t,igo Wooinrd, of Runyan, was al
most instantly killed shortly after
six tonight when he drove his auto
mobile into a car parked on the side
of a road a few miles from Here.
He died without having regained
consciousness while being carried to
a hospital.
Swift R Company Wins Point,
Washington, Nov. 23.—OP)—The
Federal Trade Commisaion lost its
main contention today in a fight to
curtail the purchase of additional
packing plants by Swift tc Company in
Alabama and Georgia.
i cover it upon a showing of ownership
I iiiql unauthorised use in liquor trans
r portatlon. 1
The government was supported by
' a Majority of the eourt in its posi
■ tion that the old internal revenue
[ taxes oh liquor remained in force un
■ der prohibition and that it was im
material ia forfeiture proceedings, un
‘ der those laws, whether the machine
‘ was being used by its owner or some
! one else. Tbe opinion was handed
F down by Justice Brandies.
OM Law Repealed.
r Justice Butler, delivering the dis
- senting opinion, declared that the
f 18th amendment hod made the nianu
i feature for beverage purposes unlaw-
I fill and, in effect, had repealed the
i old internal revenue taxes upon ber
s erage liquor. The minority insisted
I, that automobiles seized while being
used unlawfully in Uquor transiwrta
tion must be proceeded against under
? the prohibition law whieh gives inno
> cent owners an opportunity to recover
- the ears upon proving that illegal^use
* had been hnsuthorized. The minority
* also pointed out that the court's rui
- In* deprived owners of all opportunity
- to recover their property when the
- evidence showed unlawful nse.
|
Seven Escapes From Prison of Otto
Wood; Three From North Carolina
ji * .
I Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Nov. at.—Otto Wood, onc
|j handed killer and jail breaker extra*
[ ordinary who simply refuses to stay
I behind prison bars, is agaift a fugi
‘ lirel „
| The slkyer of A. W. Kap'an.
)! Greensboro pawnbroker, who has ee
; taped more tbah seyen times from
■ j penitentiaries in five states—three
j. times from the North Carolina State
prison l —is at large onee more. Al
though no reports have been received
S j yet of eornmandered automobiles and
1 1 fast rides through the night, such
j | stories mt\y ,ve: be beard before Otto
I (Wood is again captured, depite the
;.|s2so reward. For while Wood dis
. Idaias the word "kii>r" ns applied to
1 him. and boasts that ill all his breaks
for liberty fie has never been armed
'| and that be depends upon bis brain
j rather than brute force to effect his
j escape,- is n dangerous man and one
I who takes long chances. There are
j some who still remember when Wood
j j escaped from the Slate prison here
about a year ago. and bow be com
ma ndeered an automobile in east
1 1 ihirl am.
!| Wood stopped t’.ie cab and its driv
-1 er n little past midnight, climbed in
‘ and poking a gun into the driver’s
ribs, ordered him to,"drive like hell”
towards Greensboro. And the driver
: did. Ilut he also begged for mercy,
asking to go home to bis wife and
children.
"If yon had been home with your
wife and children instend of being out
in this section of town this time of
uight, you would not have been both
' | errd by me,” Wood replied and the j
man drove onward.
And that is characteristic of Wood.
He is always equal to any emergency
and has the faculty of making one be
lieve be is perfectly honest, no mat*
1 ter wbnt his eventual intentions may
be.
Otto was kept in solitary confine
ment in "Donth Row” in the prison
for nearly nine months after his re
caprttre following his second escape
about a year ago. The first six
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 1 to 3
Points, With Price Rallies Later.
New-York, Nov. 23.— UP) —The cot
i ton market opened steady today at a
deleine of 1 to 3 points, active months
showing net losses of 5 to 7 points
1 under a little southern hedge selling
and near month liquidation in prepa
ration for possible December notices
tomorrow. Spot boase hrfikers were
. buyers of December agsipgt sales of
later - deliveries, however. While tne
southern offerings here were light. Af
ter selling off to 12 53 for January,
prices rallied a few points on cover
ing. Private cables said trade call
ing and continental buying hud been
offset by liquidation and hedging in
; Liverpool, and that yesterday’s big
crop figures were cheeking business in
cotton goods at Manchester.
Cotton futures opened steady: Dec.
12.50: Jan. 12.57: March 12.77; May
13.0(1; July 13.10.
STRONG DISLIKE FOR
CHURCH HYPOCRITES
College Students in Atlanta Terri
tory Gives Opinions on the Church.
Atlnnta, (la.. Nov. 22.—A hearty
dislike for hypocrites ill the churches
has been found by Dr. Will H.
Houghton, pastor of the Baptist
Tabernacle here. to predominate
among col’ege students in the Atlan
ta territory to whom he addressed r,
questionnaire.
“What is wrong with the mo.leri
church ” was a question to which
Dr. Houghton invited answer and lie
told his congregation last night tbit
the percentage of reference to hypo
crites was remarkable. He said he
believed there were not so many as
were popularly supposed.
Most college students are agnos
tically inclined, one student informed
hftn. and do not believe in a heaven
or hell. Another described the pas
tors as “ceremonialists who fail to
reach youth." while still another
complained that he “is ever slam
ming us.”
One reply commented that the av
erage preacher should be more mod
ern in the presentation of his :er
tnons, while another said the trouble
with the average preacher is s hat he
Is not “a regular fellow.”
Girls were not more Oonffdimch
tar.v than boys.” The average preach-,
er” said one, "is n carping, unthink
ing hypocrite."
Dr. Houghton approved many sug
gestions included in the replies. "I
ant not a Modernist at all in theo
logy." he said. “but. I am in method.
To be true in the faith it is not
necessary to have the type of serv
ice our grandfathers had. ft is not
the charm of a place of amusement
that attracts youth, but the lure of
the unknown.”
The Reason Why.
Madrid. Nov. 23.— King Alfonso has
to be sure of the loyalty of his troops
during these uncertain times in Mad
rid. The other day he stopped a sol
dier and said: “You know who I am.
Now tell me. if I ordered you to fire
1 on me. what would you do?" “I
would obey orders, your Majesty.”
Three other soldiers, on being ques
-1 tioned, gave tbe same answer. The
fifth, however, declared that he would
I refuse.
“Bravo, my boy!” said the King.
“Here at last is a soldier who place*
’ his sovereign’s life above any of his
commands. But just why wouldn’t
’ you fire?” “How could I. your Maj
esty? lam a drummer,” was the
reply
Life is a sucMsMon of lessons,
‘ Which must be lived to be under*
stood.
rar.nf.is be stood it pretty well. He
ienrneil t« p’a.v poker with himself,
and then wrote his book, which he
later published, and of which nearly
■ a thousand ■copies have been sob).
This hook was in the nature of aft
antßb.qf rupliy in which he gave the
. history of his life and bow ’’he got
■ started in a life of crime. In the
i preface Otto stated that lie was writ
• ing it that his life might be a lesson
■ of warning to others.
Despite the protest of Mr. Fou and
I the other prison officials, t'.ic board
I ordered Otto put to work in the boiler
i room of the prison, believing he would
i be fairly safe .there under the con
■ stanf guxe of the guard. And Otto
was a good worker. Though his left
i hand is severed at the wrist—shot off
while hunting—he says he is almost
as adept as a man with two good
hands, and swings a mean sholvrl of
coal. He is also mechanically in-;
dined and soon developed into a good
all ’round mechanic. Prison officials
were beginning to wonder if after all,
1 they had not done him an injustice
when—
" Otto Wood can’t be found. He I
must have escaped again.”
This was the word taken to Mr. \
I’ou and I)r. Norman early Monday
I morning. Their original fears and
premonitions had been borne out.
Tlte temptation had been too nmch
1 for him.
As he had walked down to the
boiler room every day. he had noticed
the steel bars of the big gate in the
rear wall. He had thought how sim
ple it would be to go through that
gate early some morning, if the guard
j would only forget some night tfc re
place the big iron pin in the slot on
fop of the wall that holds it shut-r
--and he kept on thinking.
And tlint is just what happened!
When Otto Started for the boiler
room Monday morning, he did not go
to the boiler room, but to t’.ie gate
through it—and no one knows where
he is now. He may have "hopped”
a freight—or he may have been met
1 by a ear at some as yet undetermined
point.
TEXAS WOMAN TO RUN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Mrs. W’ifauans May Be a Candidate of
National Woman’s Party.
(By International News Service)
Dallas. Texas. Nov. 23.—Mrs. Edith
Wiimans, of Dallas, may be a can
didate for tJic vice presidency of the
United States in 1928.
i - Mrs. Wiimans has been approached
! by officials of the National Woman’*
: party, jtte says, with a view to hav
■ ing her cast her lot with ttem.
Defeated Sir the Texas Democratic
gubernatorial nomination, Mrs.' Wil
man’s is one of the pioneer women
officeholders of the Lone Star state.
: She has the distinction of being the
i first woman legislator to sit in the
: lower House, ns representative from
Dallas county in the thirty-eighth leg
islature.
"From my experience and observa
tion from many years in the Demo
cratic party,” Mrs. IVilliams said, "I
have about come to the conviction
that so long as women are in either
the Republican or Democratic party,
those parties will continue to be doini- 1
nated, at least to a considerable ex- j
tent, by the masculine element.”
Mrs. Wiimans charged that the two
big parties are more concerned with
the election of office-holders who could
be controlled than with the principles
upon which the parties are founded.
Regarding her attitude toward join
ing forces with the National Woman's
party, Mrs. Wiimans said she had not
made up her mind yet. Direct po
litical activity by n woman's pprty.
however, appeals to her, she says,
and if (file does decide to enst her lot:
with such a group it would mean that:
‘ she probably would be a candidate 1
of that party for a national office in
1028.
MARINES IN SALISBURY*
- TO GUARD THE MAILS
Sent to Protect Mails From Bandits.
Case Against Frank Brown Con- 1
tinned. * !
Salisbury. Nov. 22—Four marines, ]
under command of Sergeant Monsop.
of Norfolk, arrived here this morn
ing to do duty in connection with
protection of the mails.
The November term of Superior
rmirt. is in session with Judge P. A.
MoE’roy iwesiding. What would
have been the most important ease of
the term, that against. Frank R.
Brown in connection with the inil
ure of the Perpetual Building and
I stall association, was continued to
the February term of court.
Bum Millionaire Dead.
Havana. Cuba, Nov. 23.—(A*)—Va
cundo Bacardi, rum millionaire, is
dead. He was 84 years old. Senor
. Bacardi with his brother, Emilio.
. founded the famous rum distilling com
' pany which bears their name. The
, brother died a few years ago. The
i two brothers through their business
. ability rose from poverty to multi
. millionaires.
. Condition of Former Emperor Im
proved^
Doom, Holland, Nov. 23.— UP) —
■ Hie condition of former Emperor
■ William, who has been confined to
bed with what has been described as
rheumatism, or a bad attakc of luffi
. bago. is now such tliat he will be able
i to leave bis bed when good weathet
i sets in. This announcement was made
t by Court Physician Rummurt this
- morning.
> —.
About 200 Bwedish engineers and
technical experts will serve the Boviet
, | government in its different lines of
•! industrial activity In response to a
| Moscow invitation.
EKPfRTSOtIY ft
HMGEBPI jfei
: MW' 1 .!?
; J. H. Taylor, of United)
! States Navy Fingerprint I
, Bureau, Witness for De-!
i sense in Hall-Mills Case, f
CARD PRESENTED
y jBY THE STATE!
Card Was Found Near the )
Dead Bodies of Rector!
and the Choir Singer.—
Taylor Questioned. j
Court House. Somerville, X, J.
Nov. 23.—C P) —That the linger prim |
on a calling card found near the body)
of the Rev. Edward W.’ Hall and the
; finger print of Willie Stevens arc not
! the same was the tesf’mon;.’- of de
fense fingiT print experts eniled in (lie
Hail-Mills case today ,T. 11. Taylor,
in charge of the U. 8. Navy linger
! i print bureau, asserted that the ptuiis
( were not made by the same jierson.
, I Willie Stevens, on trial with ins
I brother Henry, and sister, Mrs. Frnn
, | ecs Stevens Hall, is .charge.! with the
j murder of Mrs. Eleanor I{. Mills.
! | slain with the Rev. Mr. Hall, hns-
I band of Mrs. Hall, and brmlier-in-law
j of the other defendants.
| The Navy expert was railed after a
photographer had testified that In
made enlarged photographs of the
print on the calling card and of the
, left indek finger of the defendant.
State finger print experts had testified
that the print on the card was that
of Willie Stevens,
Taylor was examined by Special
prosecutor Alexander Simiwon as to
his qualifications as an expert, wifu
an improvised easel bearing greatly
enlarged photographs of the two fing
er prints. •
The witness was asked if he had
i examined the two finger prints and
replied in the affirmative.
- "Are they the same?” asked the
former Attorney General Robert H.
McCarter, ’conducting the direct ex
amination.
“They are not." replied the wit
, ness.
Taylor then took a position before
I the easel with the long pointer used
, previously by
. feijtte counsel, to point! out. the eharsc
teristics of Do Rosary’* Lane, -tinge*.
. prints as shown on a reap pinned lb
. the wall, and indicated the discrep
ancies in the prints as he observed
them. He said he found a blank in
one and not in the other, a dot in one
. was missing -in the other, and where
one showed an abrupt ending of a
ridge, there was a vacant space in
the other. Cross examination went
over until tomorrow.
NOTHING HEARD SO
FAR FROM PRISONER
Otto Weed Seems to Have Succeeded
This Time In Making Getaway.
, Raleigh, Nov. 23.— (A>) —Apparently
vanishing without leaving a trace, Ot
to Wood, notorious criminal was still
at \arge early this morning. Despite
a drag net thrown out by central
prison authorities, and a $250 reward
which enlisted the aid of hundreds of
county and municipal officers in the
man hunt. Superintendent George Ross
Pou and his aides at Stute prison ad
mitted that they were baffled, and that
twenty-four hours after his escape
the Guilford county murderer appear
-1 ed to have made a dean getaway.
! Wood, generally recognised as the
, most colorful criminal ever held nt
State prison, boasts a checkered co
ree. Yesterday marked his third es
; cape from the prison. It was, bow
! ever, the most prosaic of the three.
In his recently published book, the
only volume ever issued from a cell
| on death row, Wood declared that be
fore he came to-the central prison in
I 1923. be had been the object of three
I man hunts.
I — : > —; —
i Negro Woman Slashes Her Way to
Freedom.
Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 23.—A near
, panic resulted in the downtown busi
ness district of Memphis when a
negress, who had been apprehend! d
. by citixens after snatching a whit
woman’s purse, whipped out a knife
and slashed her way to freedom.
I Two men were taken to hospitals
for treatment for “knife wounds in
; flirted by the negroes.
Several persons pursued the
negres and summoned police.
The negroes was overpowered ami j
■ arreected. She gave her name as Ola
*; Montgomery and was charged with
’, larceny and assault with a knife.
Government Wins Case.
’. Washington. Nov. 23.—<A>)—The
tj United • States 1 won ,in. the supreme
i court today in its prosecution -of
• manufacturers, contractors and union
j carpenters in Chicago, on charges of
' criminally violating the anti-trust law
*iby restra'ning interstate commerce in
i mill work.
r Left Bulk of Fortune to Tulmne.
> New Orleans, Nov, 23.— UP) —The
i residue of the $3,000,060 estate of
- William Ratcllffe Irby, chairman of
> (6e Canal Bank k Trust Company,
r .who killed himself here Saturday, will
s be given to Tulane University, under
i conditions of his will, filed for probate.
Wants MilitanTcontrol Withdrawn.
I Berlin. Nov. 23.—0 W-Germany un
t demands withdrawal of
. _ “ 1 ' "'"Till
THE TRIBUNE
TODAY’S NEWS TOD^O
NO. 276
* t’~£*sß3Mno|M
Gov. McLean Will Takf § i
I Positive Stand for Tlts| J
Reform Before the Next *
FOR UNIFORM
■Each Plan Should Contain |
That Would Be More^|j
j Raleigh Tribune Bureau;^
j j By J. C.
in favor of legislation looking towutil
better county government will fjg
on by Governor A. W. McLean fhltlipM
the coming session of the legtsb|3jHH
Usually unwilling to make gny ato|Hg.||
ment regarding possible future
and always reticent to
still in a formative state,
McLean did not hesitate to
himself in favor of comity govern*
ment reform, particularly with
to a uniform system of accouuthjjp9H|
fiscal control. ,fl
Now that the counties collect |jlß|9
expend more money than any otheSßll
single agency, it is highly important ”1
thar some uniform measures be enact
ed by t’lie legislature in order to 'MpM
sist the counties in performing ikjg ,
highly important work, the governor
feels. Consequently that ndrUflf apl
the report of tin- commission,,enJgptMl- i|
t.v government which reoommwjijHOHL i|
creation of a better fiscal system ft$ v |g
county governments, will receive hw A
whole hearted support when it vs tab- |
en tip in the general assembly
Governor McLean is not <wmHMjjHa|
to any one definite plan or system gup,
believes Chat it might be well for IN-’l
legislature to set up a number of figt* -3
tionnl systems of county koverfioMjifl
and permit the counties to select
particular system best suited to-tk^ i .{9
individual needs. However, each plan i
should contain a fiscal system and a 3
system of accounting that would IMi m
more or less uniform, no matter wh#t »
particular form of county government:JW
is selected so that the financial at* M
fairs of the counties would all be vie- M
• Inii IK i titaen..iita . t —!■ •’’sJ
TtifFTPj cm rifp wnif wtwfi. •
“At present, the chief complaWl|||M :
with regard to taxation and. oxtresj»«M
nganeo come front individual counties, '■s
rather than Staving reference- ifi tkh
state government.” the governor (K* J|
dared. “This in its self is a ppRiM
sufficient evidence to show that tiia |
principal need for fiscal refqrtn kja ' j
the counties themselves, where
existing methods ill use, it is- impos- 1
sible to keep a sufficient check J®
Everyone is familiar with nfftjl
proveineut that has come in fae fiscal 1
affairs of the towns and cities oglUfi %
state since the enactment of tfie mn* j|
nieipal finance act several yeat-s ago, -|
through which tin- state exercises $ “ i
regulatory power over
in the issuance of bonds and
matters relating to finances. Tfcißpiiflß
is no such act extending the same s*ig£ vijl
illation to counties, but fiterc should S
be and it is an act similar to this j
which the commission on county fffixjf’Sa
eminent evidently had in mind iu
making its recommendations,’*] jjjfe fio** : a
Any act relating to the counties S
should provide a provision simnat JmpjM
the daily deposit act, under wfitdk
the Sheriff or tax collecting officer as 9
well as all other offii-erjt of the S
who 'handle its funds, would \jie IS- 1
quircd to deposit all funds tyccivedf \
in the regular county depository at 1
least within fourty-eight hours aftek |
they have been received. There are M
already several counties in the awKgffij
which have this itrovisiou and ip j|
which it is regarded as a vital
provision. Another provision *|
be made setting forth certain dates
upon which the sheriff or tax
ing officer must render a fujl it nil,a|
complete statement of his
and disbursements. A uniform
accurate system of accounting
also he instituted in every county.
"The government of a county these «J
days is a big job, especially from the i
financial end. and the people of thMfig®
counties should insist that some ad- f
ditional safeguards he set up BO
they can be sure they are getting-TM 9
■ per cent, results for every dollar of; J
; taxes paid into the county or cx
pended byit. And the state legists* "%
lure, as the representative of tbe pto* > I
pie. should do all it can to help ye- _va
habilitate the present system of coup* "fj
ty government which has far out- Jj
grown the conditions for which it Wfts
originally set up. That is why I atfi
greatly interested in any measures yjjj
that may be proposed relating to the,
building up of a better system of cortlt*,jJg|
ty government," the governor conclujfr’J®
Tlte horse chestnut :•* so calttil ’i
front the fact that the Greeks iMHH
' Turks used the seed for curtfijf : ' : i
: glanders and other ailments
THE WEATHER
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