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VOLUME XXVI
Fall And Doheny Freed
Os Conspiracy Charges
By Jury In Washington
*
Verdict Came After Jury
Deliberated 19 Hours on
Charges Growing from
Oil Leases.
OTHER CHARGES
AGAINST THEM
Defense Predicts These
Will Be Dropped.—De
fendants Unable to Dis
guise Happiness.
Washington, Dec. 10.— UP) —Albert
B. Fall and Edward 1,. Doheny were
acquitted today of the conspiracy
• hantc which grew out of the Senate
oil disclosures.
Nineteen hours niter the ease had
been placed in its hands, a jury in
criiniual court here decided there had
been no proof of criminal conspiracy
in the oil leasing negotiations of 1921
? and 1922 resulting in the award of
government leases te the Doheny in*
terests. while Fall was Secretary of
the Interior, and after Doheny had
sent him SIOO,OOO in a little black
satchel.
The verdict was reeturned a few
minutes after Justice Hoehling had
reconvened court, after an overnight
recess. At the opening of today's ses
sion the judge indicated that if no
verdict was reached he would hold
the jury over another night, at least.
Five minutes later, however, a mes
sage came to the bench that an agree
ment had been reached. The jurymen
Wed into the box. and at 10.0 T their
foreman announced a verdict of ac
quittal. The case had been placed
in the hands of the 12 men at 2:4T p. i
m. yesterday.
The verdict ended the conspiracy
proceedings against the former cabi
net official and the oil magnate, aa no
appeal is possible. Both are still un
der indictment for bribery, however,
as a result of the SIOO,OOO transac
tion. Their counsel believe that that
charge will not be pressed, but the
prosecution indicated today that no
decision to drip the bribery charge
had been reached.
Fall and Harry Sinclair, with whom
lie also negotiated at) oil lease alsQ,qye
_ UUIUr bont conspiracy and bribery
t charges.
.defendants And tieir relatives
received the verdict with indisgttioed
emotions. Mrs. Fall wept in happi
ness, giving any unashamed before
the crowded court room. Fall himself
sa ! d that his confidence in the court
“had been justified."
"I bnvc said all along that I would
leave it to the courts, and that I had
confidence in them." he said. “I have
never liked to try a case in the news
paiiors, and I have nothing else to
say now."
Doheny said that he was “gratified"
and that “the ordeal has been a terri
ble one." From her sick room at the
Carlton Hotel Mrs. Doheny sent word
to defense counsel that her joy was
"inexpVessible." "My prayers have
been answered,” said her message.
Owen J. Boberts. of government
counsel, had only this to say,‘"lt has
been submitted to twelve men and fair
ly submitted. Os course we will go
along with the other case.”
Daniels Denounces Verdict.
Raleigh, Dec. 16. — UP) —The ver
dict of the Fall-Poheny conspiracy
trial was denounced today by Jo
sephus Daniels, former secretary of
the navy* as “the worst thing that
has happened to free people since the
barons obtained Magna Charta at
Runneymede."
He declared all the efforts he had
made during his service as secretary
of the navy and those of others had
heen sacrificed by the oil leasing poli
cies of the administration which fol
lowed.
“What I Would have to say on the
Fa'.l-Doiieny verdict of not guilty
would have to he printed on asbestos,
as it would burn up any newspaper,”
he told the Associated Press when
L informed of the verdict. “It is the
fj % wOrst thing that baa happened to
|f free people since Runneymede."
Oil Case in Nutshell.
‘May 31, 1921—President Harding
transferred the oil reserves from the
n*vy to the interior department.
November. 1921 —Edward L. Do
heny sent SIOO,OOO to Interior Secro-.
tairy- Albert B. Fall. , ’'
April 19, 1922— Doheny’s Pan-
American Petroleum and Transport
Company was awarded the Pearl Har
bor contract, carrying a clause giving
ifr it "preferential rights” on future
leasee in the Elk Hills oil reserve.
December, 1922 —Doheny’s Pan-
Fair tonight, slightly colder in cen
tral portion, freezing temperatures to
_ the coast; Friday partly cloudy and
► not so cold. Moderate northwest
\ triads becoming variable.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ■
: CHARGES GERIKf
IS MIKING MS
[-: . i
, Charge Made in the Reich
stag and Caused Demon
stration—Says Arms Are
Kept in Russia.
j Berlin, Dec. 16. —C4>) —Bedlam
r i broke loose in the reichstng today
• when Philipp Schiedemarin, head of
i the social democrats, attacking De
- 11 feline Minister Gessler, charged that
j a secret fund existed in the budget
for the manufacture and hoarding of
arms, and airplanes in Russia.
To this tire tight parties shouted,
I “Traitor," “Blackguard,"
I Pointing to the diplomatic box in
1 which .foreign representatives, includ
• ing American Ambassador Schurman,
were seated, the nationalists cried,
"Why reveal these things to our ene
mies t" then they left the chamber,
JAPANESE EMPEROR’S
CONDITION IS CHANGED
All Princes and Princesses of .Royal
House Called to His Bedside.
Tokyo, Dee, IC.—WP)—AII of the
princes and princesses of the royal
house and other relatives of the Im
perial family left here- on a special
train late tonight for Hayamn, where
Emperor Yoshihito lies near denth as
j the result of an attack of bronchial
j pneumonia. Hnyama is only an hours'
I ride from Tokyo.
A bulletin issued at 9:20 o’clock
tonight said the condition of the Mik
ado was practically ■ unchanged. He
suffered a relapse during the after
noon after having shown improvement
in the last two days.
Florida Bus Drivers On Efficiency
Basis
Daytoua Beach, Fin., Dec. 10—*
Jitney bus drivers here have gone on
an efficiency basis.
across
n five minute schi-dtJfj^^B^^t,
no Burgoyne.
To keep the
J&Mfe ■
' Disliking this extra expense, the
drivers got together and Invented an
automatic time signal.
They got an alarm clock, removed
the glass face, set a series of con
tact points at each five-minute in
terval of the largo hand, collected
tluse contacts with batteries and an
electric (jell, encased the entire
works in u wooden box, and wound 1
the clock.
Then they fired the timekeeper.
Today, at regular five-minute inter
vals. an electric bell rings in front
of Casino Burgoyne. and a bus rolls 1
out.
Jesse Wyatt is Given Back His
Citizenship. <
Raleigh, Dec. 15.—J esse H. Wyatt
was restored to citizenship here to
day. The order was signed by Judge 1
W. M. Bond in Wake county su
perior court.
Wyatt, former captain of detec
tives of the Raleigh po’iee force, lost l
bis citizenship when he was con- I
vieted of Killing Stephen S. Holt.
Smithfield attorney, in June, 1925.
The former officer was Sentenced to ‘
serve eight months in State prison,
but was paroled by Governor Me- 1
Dean before he completed it.
The killing occurred near Raleigh
when Wyatt mistook Holt’s car for
ii rum runner and fired upon it. The
awyer was instantly killed. Public
indignation followed te incident an I
Wyatt was rushed to state’s prison
to avoid possible mob violence.
Public interest in six-day racing
slmws that while the bicycle may
have lost ite position as a popular
means of transportation and recrea
tion. it certainly has not lost in favor
as a popular means of providing cn
tainment.
American company was awarded a
lease to the Elk Hills reserve.
March, 1923—Fa1l resigned as sec
retary of interior. ’ 1
January, 192*— Doheny told the
Senate oil committee he advanced Fall
! SIOO,OOO as a private loan,
j February, 1924 —Secretary ot the
Navy Denb.v, who with Fall had ap
proved the leases, resigned from the
cabinet.
May, 1925—Fa1l and Doheny were
indicted for criminal conspiracy in
the District of Columbia.
--May, 1926—Federal Court in Dos
Angeles Invalidate Elk Hills lease,
a decision subsequently affirmed by
the court of appeals, and now on ap
peal In the supreme court.
November 22, 1926—Trial of Fall
'and Doheny began In Washington.
| Senator Walsh’s Vieira.
I Washington, Dec. 16.—M*>—Sena-
I tor Walsh, of Montana, prosecutor
lof the Senate oil inquiry which led
' to the conspiracy charges against Al
bert B. Fall and Edward I*. Doheny,
pnt Into one sentence today his men
tal reaction to the verdict of acquit
tal.
I “Proof in a criminal czse must show
I guilt of the defendant beyond area
- sonable doubt,” he said, “and in
i view of that rule I apprehend that the
I widespread conviction that the trana
t action was a reprehensinble one will
not bo diasipatod.” ' <7
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1/ lEff f -Irlfci
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Vfrs. Marbury Taylor, fomiei
French actress, was held up
it Ellis Island when she ar
rived in America with her
Hisband, former A. E. F. cap
lain. because of an irregular
ly in her passport vise. Shr
was on her way to visit, hi'
Bother at Richmond. V«.
(inthniMliAnbl Neuar-V*!»
MOSLEMS AROUSED BY
EGYPTIAN MODERNIST
Cario, Dec. 10 (AP) —Egypt- bus
■Rs own fiiudamentulist-mmleriiist as-
IBfethe case of Dr. Taba Hussein, proj
feasor of Arabic literature in tW
i i!lHl!n»o»ainas»i&»i,M*v. tot r', *». f -adibStini®
ing the Moslem religion. *'r
Dr. Hussein, a blind scholar and
poet, has appeared before the Cano |
courts for investigation of the charg- j
es which reunited from publication of
a book in which ho stated that the
various Moslem traditions ns well ns
the text of the Koran could only he
interpreted figuratively, the wngnt
of evidence being overwhelmingly n
gainst literal acceptance.
Priests Suppress Book
Among the traditions mentioned
in the book, entitled “Pre-Islamic
Poetry,” is the visit of Abraham to
Mecca and the origin of in < > >us
Black Stone venerated by Moslems.
The book, published las ,ear.
caused the high priests to make a stir
about what they called nri 'outrage'
to Islam, and they demanded the
dismissal of Dr. Hussein from his
professorial post. They' failed to
bring about his dimmissal, but they
succeeded in having the whole edi
tion of the book bought up and the
type destroyed.
Members of the family of one of
the defending lawyers have sent u
statement to the press disowning
their relative on the grounds that
the" family cannot recognize a man
“who undertakes the defense of an
infidel.”
Law Protects Religions
The Egyptian constitution asserts
the right to liberty of opinion and to
its free expression “within the limits
of the law.” The law provides penal
ties against defamation of any re
ligion. whether Moslem, Christian,
Jewish or any other, for the reason
that in a cosmopolitan country like
Egypt attacks on tho religious views
of others are linblc to lead to
breach of the public peace.
If Dr. Hussein is held for trial,
the courts will be called upon to de
cide whether assertions such as he
made constitute an “attack” on the
Moslem .faith, such ft s tile law in
tended to punish. j
Southern Railway Headquarters May
Leave Washington- -
Wasingtoa, Dec. 16.*—-Reports that
the operating headquarters of the
Southern Railway might move away
from Washington brought from Faii
fax Harrison, president of the""road,
the following statement:
“No decision has beeu reached as
to where our operating headquarters
are to be in the future. Such a de
cision cannot be made until wt> know
certainly that we must move from
the location where we hnvc been es
tablished for forty years. If and
when Congress shall authorize the
expropriation of our Washington of
fice building, our decision as to the
future will he made promptly, and
that decision will be solely on the
merits of the company’s own prob
lem of efficient administration.” *
The report became current as a
reult of the government’s new build*-
ing plan for the capital. Under this
plan much property in the vicinity of
the Southern’s building here will be
taken over for government building
projects.
Ten Pages Today
i . Two Sections ■
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1926
SMITH NAMED FOR
SENATE AND PLANS
TO ACCEPT OFFER
Declines to Be Guided by
Republicans Who Urged
1 Him Not to Accept the
Appointment,
FIGHT OVER SEAT
IS NOW CERTAIN
jlt Is Said Republicans Did
Not Want the Fight to
Come at Present Session
of Congress.
Chicago. Dec. 16.—OP)—Frauk L.
I Smith, United States, Senator-eleet
from Illinois, has been appointed to
I thri senate seat ’of the late W. M.
McKinley, lias accepted and will go
to the capitol in a few days.
Governor Small's action in naming
Col. Smith to complete {.he unexpired
term was hastened, the Chicago Her
ald and Examiner says, by efforts of
republican leaders to dissuade the
former head of the state commerce
commission from accepting. 'g.<
Col. Smith acknowledged that Sen
ator James E. Watson of Indiana, a
close friend, telephoned him yester
day urging that he decline the ap
pointment. to avoid precipitating a
senate fight over his seating because
of the revelotions of the Congression
al investigation of campaign expendi
tures.
“At the general election on the sec
ond of last month,” Governor Small
said “after an exhaustive public cam
paign, the people of Illinois chose
Frank L. Smith by a decisive vote for
United States Senator. In the six
weeks that have elapsed since that
date not a charge or suspicion of un
dito influence or corruption at that
election has been made. It was a
j fair and general election.”
Will Face Opposition.
Washington Dec. IC.—OP)—S*na,-
tor-eleot Frank L. Smith, of Illinois,
will face vigorous opjiositiort if he at
tempts at this session of Congress to
take the senate seat vacated by the
death of Wm. B. McKinley.
This opposition includes even per
sonal friends, who are members of the
"senate. They have attempted to por
j satjde him iu the interests of the
Eifys leaders*' legislative program not!
lo accept the appointment to the vit-J
j oaney and thus precipitate a lengthy
: fight over campaign expenditures
Which might in view of the shortness
of this session. make necessary a
special session of the new Congress
by preventing passage of essential
measures. Smith, however, has been
represented ns desiring to get his side
of tlie controversy before the Senate.
Senator Ashurst, democrat, of Ari
zona. meanwhile is ready’ to offer a
resolution in the senate to prevent
Smith from taking the oath as Mc-
Kinley’s successor. It would direct
that the qualifying oath be not ad
ministered. and that, special seuate
campaign funds committee which in
vestigated Smith’s primary expendi
tures, be directed to recommend what
proceedure should be taken. _
The possibility of a coalition of
republican and democrats to prevent
Smith from taking the oath has been
suggested, in view of the desire of
majority leaders to avoid a special
session .of the 70th Congress. Under
such a plan the leaders considering ct
would hope to postpone until the next
session the inevitable campaign funds
row since Smith would be turned away
at the threshold of the Senate, and
would not appear there again until
March 4th to present his claims to
the seat by virtue of his election, in
stead of through the appointment of
Governor Small.
Fight Is On.
Washington, Dec, 16.— UP) —A reso
lution designed to prevent Frank L.
Smith from taking his seat as a sena
tor from Illinois was introduced to
day by Senator Ashurst, Democrat,
of Arizona.
The resolution would provide that
the senatorial oath be not adminis
tered to Governor Small’s appointee
until the Senate has considered the
report of the Reed campaign funds
committee which investigated Smith’s
acceptance of campaign contributions
from public, utilities sources during
fje Illinois senatorial primary cam
paign. The committee went into
session today to consider its report.
Senator Ashurst said he was willing
to let the resolution lie on the table
until tomorrow, but other senators on
both sides of the chamber asked for
a vote at once.
Before a decision was reached the
campaign funds committee submitted
to the Senate without recommendation
its report of the evidence of the Illi
nois investigation.
The committee report showed total
expenditures of $458,782 in belutlf of
Smith's candidacy in the primary, in
-1 eluding $253,547 spent personalty by
1 the candidate. The contributions in
" elude $125,000 from Samuel lusull,
1 the public utilities magnate.
| Chairman Reed explained that the
committee hastened its report be
, cause of the appointment of Smith to
. fill the unexpired term of the late
Senator McKinley and said reports of
inquiries in other states would be
- made later.
Senator Ashurst declared he would
demand action on his resolution not
later than tomorrow so that Smith
would know the “fading of the Sen
ate,”
Santa Claus Abandons Reindeer;
Adopts Airplane With Parachute
(By International News Service)
Newburyport. Mass., Dec. 16.
Santa Clnns instead of using the
I j time-honored chimney in making hip
! descent upon Newburyport, adopted
j .’.ie more modern plan of dropping
j from .an airplnhe with the aid of a
j parachute. The descent was made on
|lhe marshes at Plum Island as a mat
dler of safety, after which he and hie
M hags were bundled into an automobile
,1 and rushed to this city where a throng
'of young people were waiting to ex
j tend a grand reception.
1 Prior to arriving nt Newburyport
;o!U St. Nicholas stopped in Boston
FOR HIGHWAY POLICE
ft i
Only Objection Seems to Be the Cost
1 of Maintaining It.
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir,Walter Hotel
By J. C. B.VSKERVILL
Raleigh. Dec. 16. —Tnnt a most de
termined effort, for the creation of a
state highway police force or con
stabulary by the forthcoming of or-.
gnnizations and state departments ap-1
pears now as a fact, the opening gun
of which was fired here Wednesday
afternoon iu an extended conference
between C. W. Roberts, of the Caro-,
lina Motor Club, Albert H. Cox, at
torney for the club; R. A. Doughton, j
commissioner of revenue ; Frank Page,'
chairman of the Siatc highway com-j
mission, and a number of others who |
are interested in the matter.
However, there are indications that
all is not going to be fair sailing for
the highway police advocate, despite j
tho fact that an act creating a State.
constabulary is being urged by the
North Carolina Automobile Trade As
sociation, the Carolina Motor Club,
the State highway commission and the
State department of revenue* while
a number of other State departments
and officials are known to be in favor
of such a measure including the insur
ance department and the opposition
is not to the principle that the high
ways should be policed—for virtually
every one Is in favor of some measure
that will curb the number of traffic
accidents—but is due largely to the
cost of maintaining such a’ police
force.
The first definite, tangible plan for
a State highway police force was pre
sented for discussion to the confer
ence yesterday, and it is understood
that this plan, in the form of a bill,
will be the bnsis for a similar bill
which will be offered in the legisla
ture. The bill, which was drawn by
Albert L. Cox, provided into four
.patrols, or districts, with forty police
ffirteu, • wim the necessary' officers to
[each district and patrol. Each pn
-1 (ml would lie under the command of
fl captain who in turn would be re
responsible to the superintendent of
Stale police, who would bo Appointed
by the governor with the approval of
the Senate. The rate of pay for the
men and officers would be fixed of
course by the legislature. j
But that is just where the rub j
comes. Those who advocate the sys
tem admit that it will be expensive,
since the right type of men cannot be
obtained at a cheap price, since a po
lice system that was not made up I
of the proper type of men would be-] 1
come exceedingly dangerous. Conse-; 1
quently, it is generally agreed that it 1
would not be possible to get officers 1
of the proper intelligence and charac
ter for less than an average salary ]
of $2,500 a year each. Then it would ‘
cost at least SI,OOO a year additional ’
to equip each patrolman and main
tain his equipment—even more, since
motorcycles are being discarded in
favor of small, fast automobiles for
highway patrol duty in many states. '
Ihus the minimum cost per year per '
man would bo at least $3,500.
So the question of how such a police
force is to be financed becomes a most,
pertinent and vital one. The ad
vocates of the patrol force are going
to urge 'n statewide driver’s license
'.aw, under which every operator of an :
automobile must be licensed by the
state, after proper examination and i
whether owners of an automobile or i
not. The AuatomotiVe Dealers’ As
sociation proposes that such a license ;
cost $1.50, but others think it should
not be more than SI.OO. And in
the rural districts opinion is already
solidified against any tax for drivers
of cars. And there will come the
final rub in the legislature. But its
advocates point out that this driver’s ,
license, say at SI.OO a driver, would
yield at least $1,000,000 in revenue.
John Wanumazer, one of the most
successful retail merchants the weirld
has produced, was the.firqt .advertiser,
tevtige' full'pages in fiewsimjzer!*.
• “ ‘
The White House, the official resi
dence of the President, as the first
public building erected in Washing
ton- 1
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long enough to visit the offices of
Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of mo I
tor vehicles and obtain permission to
make his airplane descent, which as I
far as known will be the only one of
its kind in New England.
Plans for the reception of the an-1
nual visitor were completed in every
detail, the children’s committee re
eeiving the co-operation of a commit
tee of merchants in the arrangements,
for a Christmas costume parade of,
children. i
The affair provided a novelty very .
much different from any previous!
event of its kind in this vicinity. j
BEST ENFORCED OF ALL
LAWS, SAYS JUDGE WEBB!
The Judge Went Back to the Days j
When l.iquor Flowed Freely. j
(By International News Service) |
Greensboro, Dec. 16. —Considering
that tlie prohibition law is one that
effects tlic appetites of men, long un
restrained, “it is the best enforced
of all the laws."
I That was the statement made by
Judge E. Yates Webb, of the United
States court, western North Carolina
district, in charging the grand jury
here recently at the opening of the
| two weeks term of court,
j The court room was full of people.
: jurors, witnesses, lawyers and de
i fendants. They were standing in
] the aisles, while the lobby outside
‘ was full of others. The docket, had
' a total of 496 oases, the majority of
them for alleged violation of the pro-1
; hibition law, although there are some i
j for alleged violation of the anti-nar-.
| cotic law, violation ot the postal law
and violation of the bankruptcy law.
In. his charge Judge Webb went
back to the days when liquor flowed
freely, contrasting those days with
tho present period of good roads, good
schools arid prosperity in North Caro
lina. Never has there been such a
transformation as has come about be
cause of prohibition, he said, "with
the people who used to say that taxes
from the liquor business were needed
for education being utterly confound
ed. Why. the fine school buildings in
tho rural districts, built since prohibi
tion became effective, would have been
a few years ago a credit to such uni-;
versifies as Yale and Harvard.
“And if liquor were again free, the
good roads would be a menace, not
a b’.Cßsing to the people, with drunken I
drivers on them.” The judge said j
he would take to the woods instead
of using the roads if there was sale |
of liquor legalized.
The economical effects have been
wonderful, he said, with North Caro-;
lina solid in prosperity and progress' j
along with the rest of the world, be- I
cause of prohibition.
CHARIiOTTE SPEEDWAY
FACING BANKRUPTCY
Roberts Admits It Is in Bad Way
j Financially—Audit Is Now Being
J Made.
Charlotte, Dec. 15.—(’harlot to
speedway is in a bad way and faces
the possibility of a receivership or j
bankruptcy, it became known today
| when W. Roberts? of Charlotte
land Greensboro, general manager, ad
! mitted that the poor attendance at
the Armistice day races had put the
association “in the hole.”
However, Mr. Roberts said that no
move had been mnde toward either
a receivership or bankruptcy and
said that there is a good chance that
the association will pull through j
without going under.
Mr. Roberts said that auditors are
now at work on the books of the as
sociation and indicated that a report
showing the exact status of the asso
ciation is expected within the next
few days.
Several championship * races have
been held at the $300,000 plant near
Pineville. nine miles from Charlotte,
the last being held on November 11,
when, according to Mr. Roberts, the
association lost heavily. The track, a
I mile and a quarter bowl, is located
on a 200-aere tract of land, the prop
erty of the speedway association.
Hotel Man Absent When Case is
Called.
Salisbury. Dec. 15.—As a result of I
a raid on the Rowan Inn, formerly j
the Terminal Hotel, cases were called
in county court today against the
proprietor, George Doby, and two
couples arrested in the hotel at the
time of the raid- Doby. who was
charged with maintaining a nuisance
operating a bawdy house and having
liquor for sale, failed to show up for
trial.
The legend that Christ’s grown of
thorns was made from the twigs of
holly and that the berries sprang from
his saejred blood raised the tree to
high esteem in the early days of
Christianity in Europe.
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i BAPTISTS FACED
WITH DEFICIT AT
MEREDITH COLLEGE
Raleigh, Dei'. 10.- ——Faced
with demands for payment on a
I million dollar mortgage, the gen
j eral board of the Baptist £•-
1 Convention has been, r
j meet here next Tuesda\
j means of saving Meredl,
I from attachment and salt ..r'satis- ]
i fy creditors.
Dr. C. E. Maddry, corresponding j
sec:-etary, today declared the de- |
1 mands would be met. and that the i
'j Baptist denomination in North !
Carolina was far from insolvent. \
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| BEAFTIFYING THE HIGHWAY
; Drive to Enlist the Aid of Property
Owners Along the Highways.
J (By International News Service)
i Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. IC.—Hfive you
j donated your tree?
! That may sound out of order to |
j some folks, hut it's strictly business
with the Hapcville. Georgia division
of the National Dixie highway auxil
iary.
And, being business, at a recent
meeting more than a hundred trees
were subscribed by the auxiliary as
the result of a drive to enlist the
aid of property owners of the sec
tion in beautifying the highway.
The purpose of the auxiliary, as
outlined by Sirs. Norman B. Sharp,
Georgia, vice president of the national
organization, is to beautify the Dixie
highway from Michigan to Sliami by
conserving the natural growth and
planting native shrubs, vines and me
j moriat trees.
Much work along flhis line has
• been accomplished in other states,
Ohio taking the lead, said Mrs. Sharp. |
It is planned that more trees be
planted at regular intervals along the
highwuy, alternated Hvitli flowering j
shrubs.
State Forester B. M. Lufburrow
also Was a speaker at the meeting,
discussing the characteristics of the
different species of trees and urged
planting for the future,
i
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There will be a special free foot
demonstration at Ivey's Shoe Store
on Friday. December 17th. Go and
] get a free sample of Dr. School's zino
pads for corns.
Only eight more days in which to
buy your Christmas goods at Efird's.
Over a million Atwater Kent ra
dios in existence. The Yorke &
Wadsworth Company has just re
ceived another big shipment.
Silk hosiery for gifts. tlB cents at'
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i Big lot of fresh oranges, cheap at
j t line & Moose’s. All lciutlii of Tlbfist
i mas fruits. They will buy your eottn
i try meat.
A small payment down will put a
Columbia into your home now. For
further particulars see the ad. of the
Concord Furniture Companl.
Give useful Christmas gifts. The
Parks-Belk Co. has them. Christmas
box free with shirts from $1.98 up.
Sep list of some things to give men in
their new ad. today.
Connie Talmadge at the Coneord
Theatre again today.
A tine lot of children's handker
chiefs for 25 cents at Fisher’s.
You may get gifts at S. W. I’res
lar’s that will last and in later years
will recall pleasant memories. See
list in his big new ad. today on page
five. Everything for father, mother,
sister, brother or sweetheart.
Give a Victor record for Christmas,
j A big selection at Bell & Harris'.
It is not yet too late for you to
have your photo taken for a Christ
mas present. See ad. of the Boyd
W. Cox Studio.
Special prices on oranges and ap
ples by the box at Cabarrus Cash
G ropery Co.
The latest silk muffler at W. A.
Overcash's, $5.00 to $7.50. In plaids
ail'd beautiful color combinations.
Aslronomcrs Plan to Shoot Bomb to
Moon.
Berlin, Dec. 16. — UP) —An attempt
to hit the moon with a bomb is the
announced purpose of a newly
founded astronomical society ,>r
| which Dr. Franz Hoeff, noted Vien-
I nese astronomer, is one of the lead-
I ing members.
Discounting American plans for
' shooting a man up to the moon as a
‘‘bit too fantastic,” Dr. Hoeff is
quoted as saying the society will at
tempt next year to obtain virtually
the same scientific results with a
light-bomb rocket weighing about one
ton. The moon rocket on which en
gineers and savants are now work
ing is designed to reach the moon in
10 hours, propelled through spaces at
the rate of a little more than six
miles a second by a series of powder
explosions within. When the rocket
, lands the impact is intehded to ex
plode a huge chemical bomb, the
b(azo of which is to be sufficiently
1 brilliant to be observed from me
' earth.
[ j Applause Too Heavy, Bo Paderewski
Quit Stage.
| Oxford. Eng., Dee. 10.— UP) ■—
! Paderewski has his own ideas eon
! periling inconsiderate applause atnl
jhe did not hesitate to show his dis
like to the custom es prolonged clap
ping during a concert here.
The pianist responded for several
encores. After completion of one of
his best known pieces, however, be
applause was louder than ever.
Paderewski finally went to the in
strument and held his hands over the
keyboard indicating his willingness
to give an encore Neverthless. the
audience continued to clap with un
ceasing vehemence, meant to convey
enthusiasm, but which Paderewski
considered altogether tactless and
with the result that he frowned, ran
his fingers through his hair, and
stalked off the platform.
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TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j
NO. 295
MELLETT'S IDE IS
r» 1 ‘DTOTESTIFI
'.miOTDEIOTT
; Charles Gaston, Circula
t tion Manager of Mellett’s
I Paper, Tells of Defend
ant’s Call to Office.
o. e. crouseT
ALSO WITNESS 1
| Says He Saw Defendant
and Ben Rudner, Want
ed in Case, Together on
Sunday Before Murder.
I . msH
j Canton, 0.. Dec. IC.—OP)—Q. E. .
(Crouse, Canton sinking fund trustee, '
( testified in the trial of Patrick Eu
gene McDermott, charged with the
murder of Don -R. Mellett, Cantqp
publisher, that he saw McDerpiatf;
and Ben Rudner, also charged with
the murder, in front of Canton police
headquarters the Sunday night pre
cedlng the murder. . j, v'.’Jj
Chas. Gaston, circulation manager
of the Canton Daily News, took tbg
stand, and testified McDermott on the
afterenoon of July 15, the date of thf
murder, came to his office and said
he wanted to see Mr. Mellett. ' i
“I told him Mr. Mellett was in the
business office,” Gaston testified. "He
left, and I followed him to the busi-
I ness office w-here he stopped in front
lof a big window and watched |fr.
! Mellett about half a minute. Then
he left.”
DeOermott “Identified.” • "fi
Canton. 0., Dec. 16.— UP) —Patrick j
Eugene McDermott, on trial for
murder of Don R. Mellett, publisher
of the Canton Daily News, was “iden
tified" twice by state's wit nesses to
day.
Charles Gaston testified MeDersmtA-tp
came to the Daily News office the day
before the murder and asked to see
Mr. Mellett. Gaston is circulation
manager of The News.
Previously O. E. Crouse, Canton '
sinking fund trustee, had testified he
had seen McDermott go into police
headquarters. Che Sunday night pre
ceding the murder.
Gaston declared McDermott came
| to his office the afternoon of July
15th and asked to see Mr. Mellett and
was told he was in the buateaw bf-’fci
(ice. - McDermott went oet «»*d
ton said he saw him watching MeflH
through a window.
E. L. Mills, on cross examiaaddHaG
inquired about the campaign Mel|es
is said to have waged in The News
iigninse vice conditions in Canton.
Ho ill so asked Gaston if The New* fi
had not "paid a bootlegger fine” apd
"printed stuff from a disbarred it
torne.v.”
Gaston replied fie did not know. 1 '
Frank Woods told of having a CM)-
versation with A1 Ben ltudner, also
charged with the murder in whir'll
Rudner told him he expected “to be
framed in this ease.”
Wood said Rudner told him he was
going to be framed, because he and
Burton (Detective H. E. Burton, of
Columbus), had had words in
of ( anton police headquarters, ’ and
lie find knocked Burton down.
John Van Allman, the next witness
said a man under the name of Chas. ‘
Thompson roomed at his house in
July and left on a Friday. Mellett
was killed shortly after midnight on
the morning of Friday, July 16th. He
identified McDermott as Chas. Thomp
son. He said “Thompson left with
out making his departure known.”.
Vere Van Gunten then testified; He
corro|wrated Van Allman's story and
also identified McDermott as “Thomp
son."
Cheek Flasher’s Obituary’ Read to
Him—Alive.
Asheboro. Dec. 16.—A case jh
Randolph Superior Court last week
which had n' most unusual angle to it (
was that against an aged man, Hen
ry Wiliams charged with forging
checks. Williams, after forging the
checks, left for Florida and from the
town in that State in which he took
refuge there was sent to North Caro- i
linn newspapers an account of his
death. This account was published
in some of the daily papers in the
State and also in the local newspa
pers of this, county. Williams was *
found very much alive, lu>wever( when
he was brought into court last week.
His obituary was read to i)im in
open court by the prosecuting attor
ney Williams, however, stoutly do- :
nied being the author of the obituary. *
He was sentenced to the penitentiary
for a term of not less than' one
year.
sMJli
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"■SANDY FORBES '
HE GAVE A PRESnttl
ONCE\
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