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1,, ,_ . ■ JjfcillS " ASSQpATitt DISPATCHES ' , , *+' L - ' ' VOLUME XXVI COHON MILLS LUST MONTH MORE iCTIVE THUN MONTH BEFORE % larger Average Number of Spindles Were in Opera* tion in November Than During October. INCREASE OVER ' PREVIOUS YEAR Active Spindle Hours for November Totalled 8,- 080,410, or Average of 227 Hours. Washington, Poo. 21. (4>)_The col lon spinning industry continued its activity during November, with n Inrgor fiverage number of spindles in operation than in October this year, or in November a year ago. the Cen tum Bureau’s monthly report shows. Active spindle hours for November totalled 8,080,410,447. or an average of 227 hours per spindle in placet compared with 8,300.684.075, and 224 •lours per spindle for October this year and 7.833.702,018 and 207 for No vember last year. Spinning spindles hi place Novem ber .12,586.770 were ncstivc at some time during the month; compared with 37,- 428,308 and 32,502.80<1 for October this year; and 37.010,358 and 32,- <102.324 for November last year.. Tlic average number of spindles op erated during November totalled 37.- 877.570, or 101.2 per cent capacity on a single shift basis; compared with 37.020.077 or 08.0 per cent, in Octo ber this year, and 30.417.012 Slid 00 ]>er November last year. ' CLAIM FORSYTHE STRI'CK HEAD ON WATER HYDRANT Defense Lawyers Claim Hydrant Is Clayton Shows Blood and Human Fleshh. ltaleigh. Pec. 21. — UP) —A fire hy drant spotted with alleged particles of flesh and blood was injected into the Forsythe case today by defense counsel as “probable solution of the death mystery.” The hydrant is located on* tiie njjiiii Streep of. /'fa.vton. Johnson County. • • ‘-K'flere Foysythe is Hioovht to July* , met hie dfeu.,. ju S*ru»r».-(k.r“i-wd tie-) fendnntir In the ease publicly eiaim it was the “blunt instrument” which {•rushed the skull qf the Alleged rum runner. Robert Separk, of Raleigh, \vith a police record ns a rum runner, and Evelyn Britt. Pnrliam girl, who was In Sepnrk's car the ;iiglit Forsythe was killed, are being hold. Separk is in .Tohimton County jail without bond, hut the girl is free eu SIO,OOO. Robert Stephenson, of Raleigh, another alleged occupant of the death car, has not been taken. All three vfere ordered held on mur der charges by a Wake County coro ner's jury after a lengthy examination. Botli Separk and the girl claim For sythe was not murdered, but fell from the speeding car as it passed through Clayton with a load of hootch. Physi . cians testified that the wound was in flicted with a blunt edged instrument. Forsythe's clothing was not soiled enough to indicate he had fallen from the swiftly moving car, it was brought out in the inquest. ' ANOTHER BASEBALL SCANDAL TO LIGHT Commissioner Landis Says Speaker and Cobh Mentioned in the 1-atest 8 iulil) Chicago. Dim'. 21.—W)—T.v Cobb and Tris Speaker were linked today in an investigation conducted by Base ball Commissioner Landis, involving an nlloged irregularity .of a game be tween Detroit and Cleveland, played in Detroit September 25. 1910. Commissioner Landis, without mak ing any decision, made public morit (ban 100 pages of testimony taken ini connection with the case. Cobb and Speaker recently resigned ns managers of file Petroij and Cleve land clubs respectively. Dutch Leonard, once pitcher with the Detroit club, and Joe Woodr an other American league pitcher, also were named in the investigation which Copimissioner Landis indicated in volved betting on the results of -the game. Today's scandal was the third to be exploded on the American baseball public within the last six years. Record and regulations of rue American Automobile Association are now officially recognized by the international Automobile authori- ties. Probably raip tonight; and Wednes day, colder iu Central and west por tions Wednesdtfr. Fresh soqthvfest winds. “. ” . si {y < £ ' The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ■ im=g===e. ■ , ' H-,■ -■' r ' '• ' 1 I ll 1 .. T rri*t— t. - , '—■■ i... . I ■■ ■■ "jT-- I SAYS SMITH ILLS' DECIDED TO GO TO SENATE NOW Chicago, flfce. 21. UP)—' The Chicago Ibiily Journal in a copy righted news story today reported the acceptance of Colonel Frank , L- Smith of tlic' appointment by GovetnorT.cn Smalt to the unex pited term of William B JfeKin . ley in tiie United fjftates Senate. j AUTOMOBILE SALES ECLIPSE ALL RECORDS Makes the Need for Still More Good Highways More Urgent. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Ra oigh, Dec. 21. Automobile sales this year tmve eclipsed ail rec ord'. Sign of prosperity, says the average mail, dismissing the subject. Sign of more congestion unless road building keep pace with the tremend ous popularity of the motor ear, says the more far-seeing individual who believe* the full advantage of auto mobile transportation demands tbe • utmost in flexibility. "There is n vitally significant note in the monthly sales reports hy the vnrlttis * ear manufacturers mat! should not lie missed by the average motorist,” says C. W. Roberts, Vice President of the Carolina Motor Ciub- "~ "That note,’’ says Mr. Roberts, “is the ever-growing need for more and better highways. Os course, with tbe States spending nearly $050,000,000 yearly for highways, it may strik; the casual observer that' there is not much room for extension. From an economic standpoint, this is not the case. Good highways are among the best of public investments.. They have been a tremendous factor in Amer ica’s march to the position of the richest nation in the world. “The American Automobile Asso ciation, with which this club is af filiated ever since its inception has made good roads its primary objec tive. Good roads have made the; motor ear the marvelous adjunct that it is to our national life. “Now, however, instead of having ; the automobile following the good road- movement we hove, in effect, the roads movement following the automobile. The situation is being given somewhat of reverse twist. i "It is a subject upon which every motorist should do some thinking. All he needs to do is realize the deed, then he will ally himself with the i agencies that are backing more and | better highways.” Conference on Motor Legislation Con-1 fiaan. Rileigh, Dee. 21.—-(A*)—Conferences eovni aoosed motor legHdatiqu hCjbßfflm | "oT the Xortli varmu? ua Automotive Trade Association, 1 Commissioner of Revenue R. A. | Houghton and Highway Commissioner | Frank Page continued today. Com missioner Dottghton is insisting on a thorough check of the proponed new laws in order to make certain there will be ho decl-ease in revenue aceru- ‘ Tug to the general fund. The Ottawa Senator are the first j team to win the Djminion senior rugby eliuiiipioikTiip fortwo sueecs- j sive years. I How Could the Revenue For a Rural Patrol Force Be Raised? Raleigh Tribune Bureau . Sir Walter Hotel • 1 By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Dec. 21. —That there is considerable difference of opinion as to how revenue for a state highway I patrol force is to be raised between the members of the board of directors ; ofT.ie Carolina Motor Club and the two state departments most directly concerned, namely the department of revenue and the highway commission, i is'evidenced by the fact that the tt*n- ; tative bill prepared by Albert L. Cox and discussed in a joint conference this week between officers and direc tors of the ciub, Mr. Cox, K. A. Doughton, commissioner of revenue, and Frank rage, chairman of the high way commission, is now being re written and will be taken up again, with u number of revisions, in another conference Monday afternoon. What these changes (that are being made in the bill consist of Mr. Cox declines to reveal, but it is generally understood that the revisions Chiefly corteeru the size of the police force and the manner in which the revenue to finance the force is to b« wised. The bill presented lastvyeek provided for the creation of a state highway pgtrol force' with a personnel, of qp proximately 175 men, divided into four districts, wif.i a patrol of about forty mep, not including officers, for each district. There would be a captain of pqlice in charge of each district, these in turn to be under a state su perintendent of state police appoint ed by the governor, with the concur rence of the deflate. Although defi nite estimate of cost was given, it is generally conceded by those who examined similar costs in other stntes, that the maintenance of such> n force would be in the neighborhood of $750,- 000 a year for salaries, equipment and maintenance. In order to raise this revenfte, those advocating the highway police are al so advocating a statewide drivers’ li cense gystera that would require the drivers of all motor vehiclea, whether owners or jiot, to secure a state li cense after *an examination as to their ability to drive a car, the license to cost one dollar. That there .will be considerable op liosltion to both the proposal for the 'highway police force and the drivers’ license in tbq\ legislature ia a well known fact, and many believe that tbe proponents of thq highway police would do well to get through a uni THE mu PUHES STIRT WITH WEATHER PERFECT ' Five Planes Hop Off From ; Kelly Field on Journey That Will Take Them to 1 Twenty Countries. EVERYTHING FINE FOR THE START Major J. A. Dargue, in Command, Occupied the First Plarfe, Using Ship New York. Kelly Field, , (San Antonio, Tex.. Dec. 21.—(A*)—Kissed by wives and mothers, and carrying the benediction of the nation, pilots of the army’s Pan- I American nir argosy departed today from Kelly Field to blaze a trial of friendship into the hearts of twenty nationalities. There were five planes. With Major J. A. Dnrgue in com mand. guiding the great ship New York, the planes glided along the run way and were off in n twinkling con fronting with the many hours of slow and laborious preparation which made possible this moment of the success ful getaway. The other pilots followed quickly. The beaklike prows of their ships' carry the names of five American cit ies and at least eight sister cities of the Southern continent and the planes quivering sides are emblazoned with the American eagle, whose spreading wings bear their republic's colors and , emblem to the the South. In the New York with Major Her bert A. Dargne, commander, was I [Lieutenant E. C. Whitehead. The San Antonio was second to take! off with Cnpt. A. B. McDaniel at the j wheel, and Lieut. C. McK. Robinson i in the cockpit with him. The San j Antonio skidded off the runway j I slightly and just above the heads of i men taking pictures. One of the men | had to duck to save himself from be-1 , ing hit. | Then followed the other machines .at one minute intervals, the San Fran cisco with Oapt. Ira C. Eaker and j Lieut. Muir S. Fairchild; the Detroit .with Captain Clinton F. Woolley and, Lieut. John W. Benton; and the St, Louis with Lieutenants R, F. Thomp i 3 Sentence of Good Bath Is Imposed by Judge. | 'Winston-Salem, Dee. 20—After Henry Bates, a white man. had been declared guilty of trespassing in the municipal court today. Judge Watson i imposed a three-year suspended sen- I tence. with the request that the jailer ] proceed to give the defendant a good | bath. “It may take sandpaper, but i be sure to use plenty of soap and hot ; water,” his honor added in his in | struetion to the city keeper of the prison and boarding house. , versal state drivers’ license act, and that they «liould be satisfied with such I a move for the present, since it is regarded as very unlikely that both [the drivers’ license act a highway (police act can be enacted at the same 1 session. However, there is- no doubt • now but that the Carolina Motor Club and its supporters are going to go after both acts with an intensive eam paign. j Neither Commissioner Houghton nor Frank l*uge would commit themselves today vqith regnrd to the tentative bill drown by Mr. Cox, both stating that they had given the measure but very brief examination and thought, and that there were of course many details which would have to be worked out. While both are in favor of some measure that wfluld tend to regulate traffic, ' neither ns yet has come out in favor of any, definite measure, and both make it clear that they are attending the conference on the present measure in merely qn ad visory, capacity and at the request of the directors of the Carolina Mptor Club. !' ' Iu addition to the state highway police and drivers’ license act, the motor Club has twelve other measures upon which ir is going; to conduct a referendum among its members with a view to ndvocating those approved before the legislature. These are: 1. The issuance of two stnte li cense plates and the elimination of local license plates by municipalities. 2. The reduction of' state license fee 50 per cent January Ist and 75 per cent April Ist. 3. Driver’s license for reckless driving while intoxicated. 4. Distribution of lieensc plater through branches. •* 5. Adjustment of license fees on various horsepower ratings. 0. Adoption of three standard hand signals indicating direction. 7. Increase speed limit to 45 miles ■ an hour on highways. 8. Increasing speed limit in cities > to 20 miles an hour. ‘ 0 V Require tail lights on all ve • hides. ‘ 10. Require rear view mirrors on 1 all motor Vehicles. 11. ’ Require motor vehicles to ob • serve law at roil crossings only at > crossing especially designated by high ’ way commission, I 12. That vehicles on right have s foe right of way. >| A more adequate glaring headlight ■I law. win also probably be advocated. CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926 Have We a Job or Not? Say the Prohibition Agents (By International News Service) • Charlotte, Dec. 21.—" Have we a job or not ?" •j That is the question that is givinf j considerable worry to some thirteen 1 prohibition agents in North Carolina I these troublesome days, while in j Washington official* of the national . ! prohibition force are debating on ‘I during the force in this state from 41; ’ the present number, to 30 men. I This wns vouched for by R. G. Mer rick. of Richmond, administrator for North Carolina and Virginia, who re cently took over his new duties. The organization of the new district will , be completed about January Ist, he said. It is certain that some of the North l Carolina officers will have to be , dropped from the list, due to order* from the higher ups for a reduction I not only in this state, but throughout (lie country. However, some of these men perunps will be transferred to other sectors in the prohibition tieldf An order from Washington ordering the transfer of two of the North Car| olina men is expected, said Mr. Mer rick. Mr. Merrick says that the fate rtf tiie eleven remaining officers will de pend on the allotment of money given the new division. • From other sources it was learned that Jim Riddle, war horse of Ben C. Sharpe's old eighth district forces, I TO BE NO MOVES FOR AN INCREASE OF TAXES No General Trend Toward a Definite Increase of Taxes. Tribune Bureau. ■ Sir Waitter Hotel. By J. C. Baskervill. Raleigh, Dec. 21—There just tiafit | rally isn’t going to be any move for ian increase in. taxes in the forth coming legislature! Os course there may be some Slight adjustment of i tax schedules hcreand there, but ne ■ far as any general move toward a (definite increase in taxes is concern led. there isn’t going to be nay! | This is the opinion of a man who I probably knows more of what is [going on inside of political circles (than any other man in the state, ibut who preferred not to be quoted at this time. He knows the state and its people intimately and when he speaks, he is always listened to with deference- He does not live in Ral eigh. and thus is able to keep in closer touch with all sections of the state than if ho renlly resided in the capital. I— “For si while it looked as >f might be a concerted move on rin part df some members of the Icgisla ture. to put over a slight increase in some taxes, in order to boost revenue to the point where it really should bo. But that .-possibility is gone now. With 12 cent cotton in the east, and the slump in real estate in the west, ami with no one in the Piedmont section clamoring for high er taxes, there is not a chance in the world for a boost now." he said. Thus the chief business of the i legislature will undoubtedly be the difficult task of paring down the al ready too-robust state budget so that it can be taken care of by the a’- ready too-insufficient revenue deriv ed from the present tax schedule. And this in turn means that more than one state department and in stitution will go without its Christ mas c-nndy. and perhaps a toy or two. Os course these various depart ments and institutions will cry lust ily when they find that the toy they wanted most was omitted from their stocking by the 'budget commision. and there is every indication that considerable odor will be raised in the legislature from time to time hy the disappointed children of the state. But pigs is pigs, taxes is tax es and hard times is hard times, and it has always been rather difficult to extract blood from a turnip. So the chances arc that at least a consider able number of the tears which will be shed will splash in vain upon tne stone floor of the capita). This is undoubtedly the reason thv clamor which was raised some weeks ago—quite some weeks ago-—in favor of lavish appropriations add big ex penditures has been hushed, so ef fectively that not even the echo answers when inquiry is made. For what some politicians a( first thought wns the voice of the people raised in sanction, has turneo Out to be u gro\jrl of disapproval. Ami most poli ticians have good hearing.,. Even the State Highway Coin missipn;thnt (favorite odd sometimes almost pampered Child, of the state, has decided to ask sos .the bond issue of only S3O,<KK),OOO instead of $50,- 000,000 oy more, os it had at first in tended, because it is beginning to realize that the state had better s’ow up a little in issuing bonds and bor rowing money .accord ing to latest re ports current here. That-does not mean, however, thr.t others nre not going to ask. for the usual numher of departments, insti tutions and what not. will be us severely afflicted with the “gimmies” as in years past. There will bo those advocating a state highway police Charity Ball Tonight Ball Room Hotel Concord 10:00 To 2:00 Hotel, Charlotte Orchestra Dancers $2.50 a Couple Spectators 50 Cents under which regime he was head of i the automobile squad, wns slated to !. he sent to the middlewesi to trv our 1 his nelies in chasing Chicago rum ( hounds. I Other agents to be transferred or j discharged will he TV. H. Ashburn, [ Goldsboro: 8. M. Snell. Plymouth; tY. L T. Kennedy and Roy Shiplett, of I nigfi Point; C. G. flosemnn, Raleigh and R. Tl. Lovelnee, of Eikin. , The forces of the new distriet will j he mobile, Mr. Merrick said, and will I conYcntrnte on raids against the man-1 i ufneturers and importers. [ The prohibition unit fee’s that, it is j n up to the police officers of the stntes to enforce the law against bootlegger | and small operators, and that the job , of the prohibition agents is to at- j , lack the source of supply. That will bo the basis of operations after Jan uary Ist. he said. | By (lie use of a mobile foree. with . approximately fifteen agents assigned 4 to shift agents from one section to [ another, when conditions warrant j such. p Cola M. Early, a North Carolina man. formerly assistant divisional , chief at Milwaukee, Wis., will ar rive in Richmond this week to become assistant administrator of the Vir ginia-Carolina district, Air. Merrick said. N. C. Alexander, deputy adminis trator, formerly of Richmond, will be I transferred to Roanoke. POSTMASTER HAD LOTS OF 1 BOOZE IN HIS HOME i Buckner Is Former Prohibition Officer 1 But Now Handles Mails at Big 1 Ivy. Asheville. Dec. 20. —Tuc-k Buckner. 1 former prohibition officer and now 1 postmaster in the Big Ivy section of Buncombe county, was the victim to day of Sheriff Laurence Brown's Christmas liquor activities, a raid on the postmaster's home netting 18 >-2 gallons. Mr. Buckner was not at home when the officers called and searched his premises and another visit will proba bly he necessary before he is taken into custody. However, the officers did not stand back on ceremony but entered and obtained the quantity of anti-Volstead fluid. The coffers of the county today were further swelled by the addition of 97 hulf gallon fruit jars full of liquor which were seized by Sheriff Brown and his men in the AYeaver vilic The stuff was taken at the home of Will MycrfOjK'Cording \+> hr officers, but Will wnV not ap-j ptrfoended, he also being out when ‘he sheriffs paid their visit. Little | trouble in taking him, however, is an ticipated. I Sheriff Brown now has on hand at his offiec 250 gallons of liquor which he has seized in a series of raids since he came into office two weeks ago. V good part of the stuff taken under the co-operative plan has been al lowed to go to t’lie storing- rooms of other counties, as officers from there were assisting the local men and Sher iff Brown is more interested in see ing the captures made than he is iu lugging home the stuff to be poured out later. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 4 to 12 Points.—January Up to 12 26. New York. Dec. 21.— UP) —The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 4 to T 2 points on cov ering and local buying, which appeared to be influenced by- the steady show ing of Liverpool nrtd reports of heavy rains ill some sections of the belt., where considerable cotton is believed to bo still in the fields. January sold up to 12.20 and May to 12.72 on the initial demand, net advances of about C to 0 points, but f.te bulge seemed to meet realizing or liquidation, while there also was a little southern selling and later fluc tuations were irregular. Private cables said trade and con tinental buying had absorbed hedge selling in the Liverpool innrket, but complained that cotton elotli business wns slow in developing. Yarns were being offered freely. Cotton futures opened steady: Dec. 12.65; Jan. 12.2 C ; Alarch 12.40 ; Mav 12.72; July 12.03. $145,000 Worth of Booze in Garage. New York, Dec. 20.—Raiding a Brooklyn garage guarded by two dogs so fierce that they had to he shot before entrance could be gained, prohibition-, agents today seized an alcoholic redistilling plant valued v*t $45,000 and "10,000 gallons of alcohol valued at SIOO,OOO on the retail boot leg market- Bruges. is so named from its num erous bridges (Flemish, Brugge). g-!!t L y A . . force, even if it will cost $750,000 a i year to maintain it;'a universal 1 drivers license for driver* of all , automobiles, will*also be asked, to , cost a dollar a head. BASKETBALL Tonight DOUBLE HEADER Concord “Y” Team vs. China Grove Athletic Club Winecoff High School vs. Kannapolis Junior “Y” FIRST GAME 7 P. M. ADMISSION 85 CENTS ADMIRAL LATHER HURRIES BACK TO : NICARAGUA!! POST ft, - j Expects Further Fighting ’ There Soon Between the! Conservative and Liberal j Factions. j GETS DATA FROM OTHER VESSELS The Reports Received This Week Lead Him to Be-j lieve Fighting Is Not Yet Over. Panama, Dec. 21. — UP) —Expecting' further lighting in Nicaragua soon between forces of the rival conserva tive and liberal governments, rear! Admiral Julian Ijatimor has cut short his stay here, and is heading back to Nicaraguan waters in his -flagship thegU. S. S. Rochester. In n statement to tbe press before leav ing, lie said; , | “I have bbeen in communication with vessels from Nicaraguan waters since the day I. returned. From the reports received I conclude there will be some fighting soon and naturally I want to get back to see it and pro tect American interests. I'had in tended to stay here until after Christ mas." The admiral added he expected to reach his destination tomorrow steam ing slowly. SEARCHING RIVER FOR BODIES OF TEN MEN Missing Men Believed to Have Been on Launch Which Was Capsized. New Y’ork, Dee. 21.— UP) —Police and firemen today continued grappling along the ice floes of the Hudson River for the bodjes of ten men be lieved missing from among more than two score of kormen in search of jobs who drowned yesterday when the launch “Linseed King" capsized. Thirty bodies had been recovered. Relatives who visited t’ite morge failed to find at least ten others they sought. Twenty-seven of more than sixty men who crowded the 42-foot craft in its perilous trip across the river from 05th Street, New York, to Edgewnter, N, J.. were rescued after clinging to ice cakes and the sides of the ship for ! almost an hour. I Captain John Itohweider, 29-yoar i old skipper of the craft. Who swam more than a mile toward Guards, the Jersey shore, before lie was picked up, was under guard at Knickerbocker! Hospital today, suffering from ex posure and threatened with pneu monia. He was under technical charges of negligence and homicide. Want Freedom For Stephenson. Michigan City, Ind., Dec. 21.—(d 3 ) j —Petition for a writ of habeas corpus | to obtain the release of D. C. Stephen son from the Indiana state prison here was filed here before Judge Harry j L. Crumpaeker of the La Porte Stipe-1 rior Court at Michigan City today. 1 Is There a Political Squabble in Ranks of American Legion?! Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dee. 21. —Now that Lieut. Col. John Hall Manning, a member of the American Legion, is commis sioner of the World War veterans' loan fund of $2,000,000 at a salary of $.‘{,500 a year—and a part-time job at that, at least so far—together with the report that the legislative com mittee of the American Legion would ask the legislature to remove the slate service officer from under Cue jurisdiction of the department of labor and printing, of which Frank D. Grist, also a Legionnaire, is commissioner. , it is beginning to make people think. And what they are thinking is that it looks very much like the Legion is becoming involved in. politics, even though its constitution and officers deny the fact. That there is politics in the Legion itself, cannot be denied, however, since those w'uo are in any way familiar with'the workings of the Legion know that there are tuyo distinct factions in > the Legion, which may be designated as the "ins" and the "outs.” And the division has been brought about quite largely by that section of the Legion that has stood wit'j Frank Grist, Manning and their friends, and the other section which backed Haul Younts, of Charlotte, the present com mander, and the other officers of the present Legiom administration. At the Fayetteville convention of the Legion two years ago. Manning was running for commander, oppos ing Henry Stevens, who was finally elected, and it seemed then that the Grist faction, which had supported Manning, was effectively and effectu ally defeated and downed, and since then the “ins” have felt more or less secure. But now since Manning has been successfully put over by the “outs” as commissioner of the loan fund the “Ins” have been stirred to action with the result that they may attempt to carry the Legion poli tics into state politics in order to "get even.” At least this is the construction a number of people here plade upon the action of the Legion legislative com mittee as a result of the report which evidently got out prematurely that an . OTIS ELEVATOR CO. PAYS $4,250,000 I 1 TO STOCKHOLDER*" New Dec. 21.— ii' other substantial holiday gihpjjw . | indui-ttrial corporation today! ss made to common stockholders of the Olis Elevator Company, the di rectors authorizing a stock dividend of 25 per cent, on the common stock amounting to about $4,250,- | 000. '\~ ' * *' FIVE YEAR SENTENCE FOR | USING "SMOKE SCREEN” I At Least This Is What the Users May Get.—Devise May Be One of Death. (By International New Service.) Atlanta. Gn., Dec. 21. —All ot them may not know it. nor particu larly cure, but those rum runners I who have if way of using a “smoke screen” to shield their whiskey cars I from officers, arc liable to a five year sentence in the penitentiary. ! What's more, if the smoke s. roen ] were proven to be deadly—they; the defendants, would be liable to as! much as ten years behind the bars. 1 ! This is tile advice of Federal Dis-1 triet Attorney Clint W. Hager, bore, in discussing the recent conviction in DoKalb county, Georgia, of two men on a charge of intent to murder, for .using a "smoke screen.” | Attorney Hager said that a simi lar case would be tried very soon in Federal court here on the Charge of interfering with an officer by means of a : 'smoko screen.” Prohibition Director William T. Day, discussing the "smoke screens” that bootleggers often use. said that this device was one of death in that it always endangered the lives of i>jr stting officers, and made all the less possible chances for capture. He pointed out, however, that “teeth" would be added to the prohi bition law—real big tVetli at that— if a Federal court conviction is made for the use of "smoke screens.” Convoy cars equipped with “smoke screens.” but in reality containing no whiskey, are frequently captured while the rum oars make their get away. said Mr. Day. And in sneh ease, he said, there is no evidence for prosecution under the prohibition law.and federal agents have been forced to release, the convoy driver and his car. But attorney Hager thinks it will be harder for the “smoke screen" hereafter. ERNEST BOSWELL AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR MI’RDER For Second Time Within Year Wilgon Man Bum Murder Charge .in Court. Wilson. Dee; 21.—OP)— Ernest Boswell went on trial on a charge of murder here today for the second time within a year. Boswell was convicted of second degree murder in connection with the I death of Clayton Beaman here in February 1925, but he was allowed a new trial by the Supreme Court. The high court found that the trial Judge erred ;n admitting certain letters as evidence. His attorneys contended that without the letters he could not j have been convicted. I The jury today was selected from a special etiire of 50 .men. Judge M. V. Barnhill is hearing the case. I ifont St. Jean is the French name 1 for the battle of Waterloo. effort would be made to have the office | of state service officer removed from | Grist's jurisdiction. Officers of the Legion arc said to have denied already that such an effort will be made and that their only desire is to enlarge the scope of the state service officer and to bring the office into closer touch wii'a the Legion. Be this ns it may, this report is being generally interpreted as the lat est move on the part of the anti-Grist faction to shear Grist of some of his authority and an entering wedge in a campaign to defeat him for commis sioner of labor, should he seek re eVction in 1928. And Grist hns giv en no intimation that he would not run again in 1928. Still another interesting phase of tlie situation is that the announcement of the intentions of the Legion legisla tive committee to have the office of service officer transferred, from the di rection of Grist to some other branch of the state government, where the Legion would have greater control ov er the Greensboro man, who is a Re publican. The state service officer, it may not be generally known, is paid by the state to assist war veterans secure proper compensation and hospitaliza tion through the United States vet erans’ bureau. This officer at pres ent is E. A. Hutcheson, and has his office in Charlotte, to be in close touch with the veterans' bureau there. Since the office was created, 1,;>07 claims have been investigated, examinations have been secured for 280 North Car olina war veterans, hospitalization hns been secured for 175 men, back com pensation amounting to $93,055 has been secured, as well as monthly com pensation amounting to $7,019, accord ing to reports on the activities of the office in the department of labor here. There have been no complaints on the eonduet of the office, accord ing to Commissioner Grist. Thus a political squabble within the ranks of the Legion itatlf promises to become one of the hottest political scraps in the state of North Carolina itself, involving at least thr«e state offices. And the fight seems only to have started. ; THE TRIBUNE .fl PRINTS ! TODAY’S NEWS TODJSI NO. 29ft J JCTIKTS ' MIST fill HD SINCLAIR DROPPED Counsel Presents Argu ments Asking Dismissal ol Charges Now Pend ing in Court. JUSTICE BAILEY 1 HEARS ARGUMENT Takes Matter Under Ad visement and Will Ren der His Decision at a i Later Date. I Washington, Dec. 21.—(/P)—Mo tion* to dismiss the Fnll-Sinciair |Tea])ot Dome conspiracy indictment? 1 were taken under advisement tbdny by Justice Jennings Bailey after Up 3 conclusion of arguments in the pds trict of Columbia Supreme Court. ' : ' Justice Bailey will rule on the mo tion Thursday. Meantime arraign ment of the defendants and the fixing of trial date will be determined Arguing the dismissal proposal to day attorneys for Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair declared the wholu proc<4dings should be invalidated as not constituting “due process of law” and Owen J. Roberts of government counsel replied that the move was “unquestionably dilatory.” . Martin W. Littleton, chief counsel for Sinclair, said the prosecution bad been characterized by unusual ttnd un constitutional steps all along, includ ing repeated attacks on the ants from the Senate floor. Ehnw W. Littleton, alluded to the Senate speech of Senator Heflin, of Alabama’, denouncing last week's jury verdict of acquittal in the Fnll-Doheny cake. ; “Even unto this day .even unto last night, and in the newspapers of the country this morning there is to found continued evidence of this thing 1 have in mind," he said in his argn- ' meats. “It smirches everything It touches—like a senatorial Vesuvius in constant eruption.” The Senate, and not the legal de partment of the executive branch of i the government, Littleton said, is in reality conducting the prosecution. - - "The Senate toid the President to ■ appoint special counsel.” lie said. “The | Senate has passed special laws to Week wi -appetst'tm -the demurrer. 'Phnaijg Senate has passed a special act to > enforce the attendance of witnesses now living nbrond. “Under no stretech of the imagina tion can such procedure be caWed-dilig -5 process of law.” - ; Levi Cook in behalf of Fall, said the (18th Congress was a “grand in quisition” and that any trial based upon its action was in the nature of, the case not due process of laww. . “If Mr. Fall fnces trial in this hon orable court and he is acquitted, fee a,ml his counsel are denounced a» shysters—in the Senate of the Unit«f States." he said. ‘‘lf we made a mo tion we are accused of seeking delay. If we do nothing we are guilty." 1 With Our Advertisers. Home-made candy for Christmas, at J the Cabarrus Candy Co. Prices run from 15 to 30 cents a pound. Phone 939. At 31 South Church street See new ad. today of the Cabarrus Creamery Co.. 105 South Union street, i Phone 292. I New Shoes from old at the Shep- I herd Shoe Hospital. I Richard Barthclmcss in “The Am nteiir Gentleman.” at the Concord Theatre today. Tomorrow “The Boy Fried." 10 cents to everybody. /Wi Living room suites, cane back and overstuffed. $98.50 to $129.50. at the Concord Furniture Co. Many big bargains in furniture. Practical gifts for Christmas are the most acceptable and the most last ing. You will find several of these illustrated in the big ad. today of the Bell & Harris Co. Cali the Sanitary Grocery Co. for all kinds of Christmas eats. Phone* 68(5 and C 76. Dr. Adam A. Kluttz Dies at Chape) 1 Hill. Chapel Hill. Deo. 20.—Dr. Adam . A. Klutz, a prominent figure in the life of the university community for flic last forty yeans, died suddeuly at six o'clock this evening. He had been ill for several days and Mrs. Klutz 1 and liis friends were -considerably ■ alarmed about his condition, but ■ death came suddenly. Only two or three minutes before he breathed Ida ’ last he was joking with his'friend, ; M. C. S. Noble. r HEEZA HOBO Y1 * ■ ] |
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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