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XXVII
Would Urge Tar Heels
In Congress To Fight
Any Warlike Policies
ft>lk County Solon Pre
sents Resolution Which
Would Express Attitude
of Legislature. I
NO DECISION ON
RESOLUTION NOW
Matter Goes Over Until
House Meets Monday
Night. - Constitutional
Convention Is Proposed.
State Capitol, Raleigh, .Tan. 15.
a handful of legislator*
"were present today when Representa
tire Little, of Polk county, plunged
the general assembly into internation
al completions with a joint resolu
tion opposing a warlike policy of the
United Staten and Mexico.
The resolution came at the tail end
of the House session, and was pre
sented with n ropiest that the rules
he suspended and the measure placed
on its immediate passage. Appar
ent y it caught the feW members on
hand by surprise, ns it was generally
understood that no statewide bills
would be introduced today.
Judge Winston, watching over the !
house etiquette, was up immediately. I
He opposed passing a measure of such i
weight without due Consideration and
moved that it go to a committee.
Rev. Oscar Haywood, of Montgomery,
couldn’t see it that wrt.v, and moved
to amend the motion so that it would
be tabled. Parliamentary waters be
• came muddled, hut the bill reimsed on'
the table.
Representative Little promised to!
rescue it Monday night with another |
move even more tainted than his first,
to have something done about the Mex
ican situation.
Not to be outdone by the Polk
county lawmaker's sally into diplom
acy, Judge Winston sent up a bill
cnlling for a contitutionnl convention.
Buch conventions have been frequent
ly sought, but not In 52 years has
there aetuall.v been one
If Judge . Winston's measure goes
tlirough, it would require" a three
fiflhs vote.in both house*, and a ma
jority of the f vote of .he people in
November, 19£8, the convention would
reason for presenting the bill, that so
ninny proposed amendments to the
coifstitution were being brought up
that it looked like it would he best
to call a convention and get through
with all at once instead of submitting
sueh a diversity of issues to a general
referendum.
In all, only three bills reached the
house. Judge Winston presented pe
titions from citizens in Herlie county
asking that drink stands outside of
incorporated towns ho closed on Sun
days.
The house session was opened with
prayer by l>r. Peacock, president of
fg Shaw University, Raleig’.i, and closed
on recommendation of Harry Netties,
Buncombe, that it not meet again un
til X o’clock Monday night.
The senate, after being prayed for
by Ur. Livington Johnston, editor of
the Rib'ical Recorder, failed to pro
duce a single new bill, or committee <
report.
It pnssed three local bills and ad- |
journal until Monday night, at 8:30. i
Doesn’t Like Warlike Policy. !
Raleigh, Jan. 15.—04*)—The North i
Carolina Legislature on Monday will
consider urging the state’s delegation |
in Congress tpi oppose.any warlike
policy on the part of the Federal gov
ernment in dealing with the Mexican-1
Nicaraguan situation.
A joint resolution introduced in the
House today by Representative Little,
of Polk County, opposing a “warlike
policy on the part of the United
States'’ met a short warm debate when
be called for immediate passage, and i
v wag tabled with a motion to reconsider
going over until Monday, j
Chaplin Denies Chargeeof Misconduct
of Wife.
Elkhart, Ind., Jan. X 3 -—“You may
say that I emphatically deny ail
charges .of misconduct with motion
picture aetresseo made by my wife in
her suit for divorce,” declared Charles
Chaplin to a reporter who interviewed
him on the Twentieth Century Lim
ited, New. York bound; when it Stopped
here to change engines this afternoon.
Chaplin said he was preparing his
defense against the suit and could s*y
nothing further about it
Bishop Diaz Leaving Mexico.
Metico City. Jan. 15. —OP)—Spe-
cial 'dispatches from Tapachula which
is twenty-four miles from the Gua
temalan border, say that Bishop Diax,
of Tabasco, left that place last night
for the Guatemalan border and will
embark to Puerto Barrios for New
Orleans.
6CNSC.7D
MONDAY TUESDAY
Corrinne Griffith
—in—
“SYNCOPATING SUE”
Corrinne Griffith, an actress of note,
acclaimed aa the most beautiful wom
an on the screen—
In a play equal in amusement value
to “Classilled.”
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
—■—
' TO PUT ALL CONFEDERATE
VETERANS ON PENSION LIST
Was Unanimously Approved Friday
j on Second Reading in the House.
The Tribune Bureau,
I Sir Walter Hotel, i
Raleigh. Jan. 15.—Favorable ae- j
tion by the house in passing the bill j
< n second reading to put ail Con
federate veterans on the persion list
of tlie state, the introduction of a
measure to give the highway' rom
niiwion full authority in the location I
of roads and the introduction of a
bi.l in the senate that would put all
the public schools in the state under
a mate system, supported by a state
tax on property. instead of. the
present county system, were the out
standing events in the General As
sembly Friday, and were still being j
discussed today in the absence of
any new measure The senate and
house met only to adjourn today,
with scarcely a quorum in eitner
house to re-eonvi'iie Monday night at
8:30.
The hill to include all Confederate
veterans on the pension list of the
statae, regardless of their income
from other sources, was unanimous
ly approved on second rending, after
a motion to rc-oommif to the com
j mittee had been defeated. There is
| little doubt but that it will be ndopt
'cd by both house and senate. Hepre
! sentatlve Turlington of Iredell, was
author of the bill,
The state-wide school measurS.
which would re-valuate property at
its real value.nnd levy a uniform
school tax against it, was proposed
by enator J. M. Sharp of Reidsviile.
'The funds collected under the act
I* would be paid in to the state treasur
er and re-apportioned to the various
counties according to their needs, as
evidenced in budgets submitted to
the stute superintendent of public
instruction.
The act to' give the highway com
mission more authority in the loca
tion of rnails was offered by Repre
sentative Willis Smith of Wake
county, and is designed to strength
en the present highway act against
the effects of the recent opinions of
the State Supreme Court.
There were 20 new bills offered in
the house and seven new ones in the
senate, most of them of a purely
local nature.
DISCUSSES BUILDINGS
Executive Committee Agrees That
Undertaking of Unilnised Pro
gram is Necessary.
Hickory, Jan. 14.—Plans to provide
the necetatary buildings and endow
ments to place Lenoir-Rhyne college
on the standard level of higher edu
cational institutions, were discussed
h.v the executive committee of the
college board of trustee* in a cnliol
meeting held here Thursday.
It wan uuanimottsly agreed that
no attempt be made to rebuild the
administration building. destroyed
by fire on January 6th, or to provide
Inadequate temporary construction
at the college,' The committee is
convinced that the destructive fire at
the college necessitates the immedi
ate undertaking of the unfinished
building program of development
contemplated for years, anil a cnal
i lenge is being issued to tbe support
ers of the college to respond in full
| measure to the call for funds.
I Atwood and Nash, a Chapel Hill
| firm of architects and engineers,
i who have been serving tbe college
in an unofficial way, have been re
| tained for preliminary counsel.
ELUSIVE OTTO SAID
TO BE IN CHARLOTTE
"They Say He’s in Town.” Cfiief
West Asserts—But That’s As Far
as the Evidence Ones.
Cbar’otte, Jan. 14.—(Reports that
Otto Wood, thrice escaped from tne
state prison, was in Char'otte today
caused local police to keep ’a look
lout for Mm.
I But all the police learned about
tus -whereabouts was summed up in
| a laconic statement of Chief of Po-
I lice West.
“They day he’s jn town,” the of
ficer enlightened. The general opin
ion was that the rumors were ru
mors—and that’s ail.
Stats Prison Officials Ignorant of
I 1 Whereabouts. j
Raleigh, ( Jau, 14. —Officials at
slats prison today professed ignor
ance of the. whereabouts of Otto
Wood, champion escape artist. They
said, they had received no official no
tice of his presence in the state and
had nothing to indicate that be bad
been captured.
With Our Advertisers.
The Atwater Kent radio never dis
appoints. See new ad. of tbe Yorke &
Wadsworth Co.
Coats $3-95 to $29.50 at Fisher’s
After Inventory Clearance of all win
ter apparel
Tbe Standard Buick Co. has lire
used cars for sale or exchange. See
list in new ad. today.
1 Hoover's January Clearance Sale is
going big. Every item in tbe store is
included. Don't forget that the sale
will close January 22nd.
Ambulance service day and night at
Wilkinson’s Funeral Home. Phone 9.
The service of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. as executor or trustee
closes the door to inefficiency and fi
nancial iqistskes.
The Bee-Vac vacuum cleaner is now
only $84.60, including a full set of
$7.50 attachments. Sold by H. B.
Wilkinson.
In the Nicaraguan Crisis
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PR.ALSJMTORO CESAR cJQ/YQUIM CtTAPRA
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Hit
LA SUARDIA E. BORAH-
Dr. Alejandro Cesar, new Nicaraguan Minister to the United
States, 'approved President Coolidge’s stand in support of
the incumbent Nicaraguan faction. Dr. Cesar was accom
panied to Washington by Joaquin Cuadra, legation coun
selor. Meanwhile, Representative Fiorello H. LaGuardia
told Congress that seven ty-five New York policemen could
£ protect all American property in the southern republic, and
Henuior William G. Borah threatened an attack on the
Administration policy.
(International Newell
WOULD ABOLISH
‘ PETTING ON HIGHWAY
Dr. Oscar Haywood’s Bill to “Regu
late the Use of Public Reads.”
Raleigh, Jan’. 15. —It.’* ti long lane
that ha* no parked automobile.* at ■
night, and (letter* should not )iet I
along the' roadside, l>r. tlscar Hay-j
wood, pfoacher-lnwinaker .■ from ,
Montgomery county, believe*. Conse
quently he ha* introduced a bill
under the very innocent-looking title
of “a bill to regu'nte the use of pub
lic roads” which would empower
sheriffs or deputy sheriffs to search
and inspect all automobiles found on
the highways “not in motion," to see
if they nro being u*e for immoral
purposes, and. to search the oc
cupants for the possession of spirit
mis liquors, which according to tli«
Reverend Doctor, are often in evi
dence as adjuncts to these “naugh
ty" roadside parties.
“Os course, if there is no immoral
conduct evidenced, no arrests will be
made, but the officers will be urged
to ask the occupants of these cars to
proceed," Dr. Haywood snid in dis
cussing his anti-petting measure.
"Os course I know that boys will he
boys, and that they like to hug the
girls—which the girls often do not
object to- And I am not at all op
posed to 'ovemaking. But there is no
doubt but that the old-fashioned
family sitting room has been too
greatly pre-empted by the family
car as the place for lovemaking by
the younger generation of today.
Ami as long os the cor stays in mo
tion, in the highway it is all right.
But when it parks—well, that is
something different.”
Dr. Haywood said in some sec
tions people in the rural districts;
were complaining that the petting
parties in parked cars at night were
becoming a 'real nuisance, in that j
they were disturbing entire com- ,
munities. and that it wa.< to protect'
these rural residents and communi
ties that he bad introduced bis bill.
Several other members of the legis
lature have suggested that tbe bill
be amended so ,as to apply only to
those cars have lights turned
out altogether, : rather than to any
parked ears, whether with lights
displayed or qbt. 1 ' ; ;
Berlin has been enlarged to the ex
tent of 1852 acres by the purchase of
the estate “Dueppel-Dreilindeu” in tbe
adjoining county of Teltow.
AT
FIRST METHODIST PROTEST
ANT CHURCH
Sunday, January 16, 1927
11:00 A. M.
“FELLOWSHIP WITH
CHRIST”
By Pastor
7:00 P. M.
FAMILY NIGHT
Fifty Voice Female Chorus
N “A GREAT HOME ”
By Pastor
DVr< CROWD
Kll « CHORUS
*‘** V «* WELCOME
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 15,1927
MOVE FOR ESTABLISHMENT
FOR FIRST GAME PRESERVE
To Seek to Have Federal Government
to Take Step* to That End.
Raleigh, Jan. 15. —A direct mote
■ for the establishment of the fird
I game preserve in North Carolina
j xvns launched recently in the House
, through n resolution introduced by
Representative Franeis D. Winston,
of Bertie County requesting Con
gress to take steps in this direction.
It Ls the idea of Representative
Winston, he dee'ared today, to seek
to luive the Federal government no
quire property for this purpose in
the eastern part: of the State, where
there are extensive area * suitable 1
for this purpose, especially, he point
ed out, along the iChowan and l
Roanoke rivers and Albemarle
Sound. i
“There are thousands of acres in J
this section,” explained Ilepresenla
tive Winston, “that are unused and 1
which could be obtained for a small
price. The nature of the growth, the 1
typography of the country and the 1
climate make the section admirably
suited for the preservation and pro
pagation of wild life.
“A wide variety of game such a* J
bears, deer, coons, opposeums, rab
bits, geese duck, brnndt and plover
arc native to this section ami by pro- 1
tection, would multiply rapidly, 1
cventual'y furnishing enough game 1
from which other parts of the State 1
could he replinished with species '
that are ra-pidly becoming virtually
extinct' in the state. i
'The establishment of n game re- <
serve there would fit in admirably I
with the national system of forest a- '
tho territory couhl also bo dedicated
for that purpose and a model forest
' established. There is not a national
forest in our section, and its im
portance warrants one being estab
lished there-
I “Leading sportsmen agree that
with the rapid extermination ot our
wild life that preserves or snnetur
aries are the logical, solution toward -
preserving onr game life. This meth
od has proven especially beneficial j
in such states as Pennsylvania. New
York and Maine, where at one time (
game was almost shot out. Not only ,
is hunting again furnishing a great
dteal of sport Tn these states, but it ,
is bringing Considerable revenue."
Judge Winston also expresses ap
proval of efforts that are being made
toward the passage of a state-wide
game law, emphasizing the need o!
better proteeion of he wild game
life.
He also declared his sympnh.v with
the work of the Department of Con
servation and Development toward
tho preservation of game, and other
features of the departmental pro
gram.
Intensive Search for Ray 8001.
(By International News Service)
Durham, Jan. 14.—Following his
mysterious disappearance from bis
home December 15th, police bare are '
conducting an intensive search for
Ray Pool, fifteen-year old Raleigh boy.
The youth is said to have left Kal
eig’d for Durham to visit relatives
here, but failed to arrived at their
home. When his parent* found that
he had not reached the home of his
relatives they Immediately instigated
a search, which baa become state- 1
wide.
Police of both cltioa are co-operat
ing In an effort to trace-the missing
boy.
EVOLUTION LAW IK
TENNESSEE UPHELD
BV HIGHEST COURT
Court in Opinion Upheld
.. the Law But Reversed
' P Verdict of Lower Court
in Scopes Trial.
FINE TOO MUCH,
COURT DECIDES
Associate Justice McKin
ney in Dissenting Opin
ion-Court Suggests the
r Case Be Nolle Prossed.
Nashville. Tenn., Jan. 35.— (yp)—
The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld
. tbe state’s anti-evolution statute to-
Idty, in an opinion which reversed the
verdict of the lower court in the
Scopes case.
> The Opinion delivered by Chief Jus
tice Green, while deelaring the con
stitutionality of the anti-evolution law, |
reversed the lower court's verdict on
the ground that a judge cannot assess
a tine of more than SSO, that being the
duty of the jury.
The court’s ruling suggested that
the prosecution of John T. -Scopes, who
was convicted in district court at
Dayton in July 1025, be nolle prossed.
Associate Justice McKinney, in a
dissenting opinion, declared his belief
thht the act is invalid.
The whole court agreed that the ver
dict must be reversed because only a
jury may assess a fine of more than
*SO.
The‘opinion declares it seems plain
that the legislature only intended “to
forbid teaching that man descended
from a lower order of animals. The
denunciation of any theory denying
the Bible story of creation Is restrict
ed to tbe caption and by the final
clause.” '
*'So interpreted." the court contin
ued.'’ the statute does not seem to be
uncertain in its meaning, nor inoapn
; ble of enforcement for sueh a reason,
notwithstanding the great argument to
’ the contrary.
“The indictment follows tbe lan
guage of the statute."
The court found “little merit" in the
j contention of Scopes' counsel that the
- act violates the Tennessee constitu
tion. and the 14tb Amendment to the
federal’«matitntfo«u »n4**h*„“ilue
process of law clause" of the Federal
constitution.
LANDIS DENIES
A NEW SCANDAL
Says That “Stale Beer And Mince
Pie" Has Started A Lot of Talk.
Chicago Jan. 14. —Baseball Com
missioner K. M. I-nmlis took occasion
today to flntly deny published reports
that he is investigating the 1922
world’s series between the New York
Giants and the New York Yankees.
The Giants won four out of five
games from the American League club
that yenr.
The commissioner is growing weary
•of reported scandals. “Some of the
newspaper boy," he said - , “Get full
of stale beer and. mince pie and a
new scandal is created. Theu the
boys have a follow-up story printing
denials."
The “squire" smiles when telling
you he soon will be starting south
ward for the golf links and baseball
training camim.
A detective traveled with the New
York Yankees in 1922. Several “bad
actors” were members of the club,
boys who often stepped "off the res
ervation," so to speak. There was
much betting on horse races. Ruth
was one of the principal offenders.
In June, after the detective had
made his report, the Yanke efficients
called the "bad boys” on the carpet.
Some among them, Pitcher Carl Mays,
were fined.
WITNESS SAYS CHIPPS
THREATENED IUS SLAYER
Eye Witness Testifies For Defense at
Trial of Dr. J. Frank Norris.
Austin, Tex., Jkn. 15.— (A*) —Dexter
E. Chipps lost his life in the office of
Dr. J. Frank Norris, at Fort Worth
last July because he threatened to kill
Sforris, L. H. Nutt, eye witness, testi
ed in court here. Today,
Nutt was conferring with Norris as
Cbipps entered tbe door about 5 a. m.
on July 17th. ,
Chipps warned the pastor to cease
'ai» attacks on his, friends, Mayor
Meacham, W. E. Austin and a Mr.
Roach, of Fort Worth, or he would
kill him, tbe witness testified.
Nutt said Chipps made a move to
ward bis hip pocket in a threatening
manner, and said “let’s go to it.”
Norris then shot three times and
Cbipps took a few steps and dropped
to the floor.
Chinese Students Attack Spanish Or
phanage.
Foochow, China, Jan. 15. MB—A
mob pf students representing the
Fukien students union, last night at
tacked the Spanish Dominican Or
phanage. vicarage and church here,
drove out the nuns, abducted the Chi
nese orphan girls, and wrecked the
property. Tbe nuns are safe in the
foreign quarter at Nantai.
Will Seek Injunction in Mexico.
New York, Jan. 15.——Injunc
' tion suits will be filed against tbe
Mexican government by all American
companies operating in that country
if President Calles carries out his in
tention to canceUeall drilling permits
loaned since the beginning of tbe year,
it wa* learned here today.
Progress of the Work Being
Done on Stone Mountain Memorial
Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 15.-—Thorp has
now licen removed from Stone Moun
tain. in the carving of the great
■ Confederate Memorial. a total ot
4ta).(Hg| cubic feet of granite. ae
(vrdiog to a progress report jest is
sued by J, J, Haverty. chairman of
the construction committee ot tho
| Stone Mountain Memorial Associa
‘ tion.
I Mr. Haverty stated that tbe first I
operation, consisting in the removal
“of superfluous stone, is almost
j finished, and that the roughing oiit
|of the figures of riders and horses,
i which will tbe seeond operation, will
j commence in the latter part of Jan
, I uary.
| The carving contractor. Mr.
j Haverty stated, continue* to run at
1 least three monthA ahead of sche
. dule and the officials of the Associa
tion. as well ns the sculptor, Augus
tus Lukeman, are delighted over the
rapid progress and the economical
cost of the operation.
Mr. Haverty's statement j* as
follows:
“As of December 23. ttierc has
now been removed from Stone Moun
tain. in the carving of the first sec
tion of the central group, a total of
400.060 cubic feet of granite, which
is the equivalent of forty solid trnin
loads, of twenty-five cars (*>r train,
and thirty-five tons per car. This
enormous volume of granite has been
removed in a little over ninety days,
at a labor cost of two and onp-lmlf
cent* per cubic foot.
“The carving contractor in tfie
present operation attained full head
way above September 15th. The first
COMEDIAN WILL FIGHT TO
RETAIN TWO CHILDREN
| Chaplin Presents Dejected Figure m
He Stops Over En Route to New
York.
, Chicago, Jan. 13.—Charles Speacer
I Chaplin intends to fight for his two
. children, lie said here today in the
. only revelution of plans to meet the
! divorce suit with its startling charges
filed in Los Angeles by Lita Grey
Chaplin.
Tonight Cliaplin was on route to
, New York aboard the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited, leaving behind him in
addition to the above statement only
, words of regret over what he termed
a "ferrible, terrible mesa” and the as
surance that he would talk at tbe
proper time and place.
The little film comedian moved into
Chicago last night far from the self
possessed, smiling, over-ready to pose
figure of his previous passages upon
passenger had left the train which
briught bini from the west before, a
dejected picture, he swung out into
the long train shed with overcoat col- ,
lar up and hat drawn far over liis
eyes in an apparent effort to prevent
the recognition by newspaper report- ,
ers and photographers.
He avoided a snapshot by agreeing
to pose for one flashlight, uttered his
words of regret and refusal to reveal
plans and quickly eluded the reporters ;
when his taxicab eiuded a horde of <
pursuing newspapermen.
No trace could be found of the
tragic comedian until shortly before t
time for tbe departure of the New I
York bound train today when he was i
found iu un exclusive northside hotel. I
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 4 to 10 1
Points.—March Up 'o 13:45. 1
New York, Jan. 15.—C4>) —The cot- 1
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 4to 10 (mints. March sold
up to 13.41 and July to 13.80 on the |
firmness of Liverpool and reiterated
reports of a broadening demand for |
cotton goods, both in Manchester and
domestic markets.
The low temperatures reported in
the South following recent rains were ,
regarded as likely to delay picking ,
further, and may have contributed to
the advance. But the higher prices |
attracted a good deal of week-end real
izing, and the market showed reactions |
of 3 or 4 points from the best at the ,
end of the first hour.
Private cables said that early hedge ,
selling in Liverpool had been absorb
ed by good trade calling with conti- ,
nental and Bombay buying, and there ,
had bebn encouraging cloth sales iu
India.
Cotton futures opened steady: Jan.
13.28; March 13.41; May 13.60; July ,
13.80; Oct. 13.97.
Closed Fairly Steady.
New Y’ork. Jan. 15.—‘Cotton fu
tures closed fairly steady : Jan. 13.24;
March 13.37; May 13.57; July 13.78;
Oct. 13,98.
Sacasa Will Stick to HU Post.
New York, Jan. 14.—Dr. Juan 11.
Sacasa. head of the liberal regime
which is fighting the conservative gov
ernment of Managua for control of
Nicaragua, today cabled tbe Associat
ed Press that he would remain at his
post “to the last extreme." When
notified that it was rumored he was
contemplating flight from Nicaragua
Dr. Sacasa replied: “The report of
my leaving is incorrect."
“SPIRITUAL IDENTITY” Or
SHALL WE KNOW EACH
OTHER IN HEAVEN?
Pastor’s Subject at the
First Baptist Church
SUNDAY NIGHT
The Male Quartette Is Expected to
Wag
operation was to remove the super
fluous stone presented by I In' curv
ing contour of the mountain, no '
to tiring the carving area lu,r ■ -<
prminmtoly perpendicular
The contractor started at the
Ihe heads of t tip rider* and has --
od downward. I»y a series of bench
es.
"On the first bench there was re
moved 13.320 cubic feet; on the
second bench. 14.183 cubic feet; on
the third bench. 80.H00 cubic feet:
on the fourth bench. 84.000 cubic
feet; on the fifth bench. 108.000 1
cubic feet; on the sixth bench. 138,-
000 cubic feet ; making a grand to
tal of 400,283 cubic feet of granite
removed to date.
"The contractor is now working
on the last and final bench, the top
of which is on the level of. the knees
of the horses. This Inst bench will
come off about the middle of Jan
uary. and this will conclude the
dressing down of the carving area.
The second operation. which wi4
commence immediately, will con.' ist
in outlining roughly the figures of
horses and riders. The third and
final operation will be finished
carving.
"The contractor has proceeded so
rapidly that he is already three
months ahead of sehedu’e. The cost
per cubic foot of the first operation
has been reduced lower and lower
with each succeeding bench removed.
| We have every reason to believe that
succeeding operations will be con
ducted with corresponding rapidity
and economy of cost.”
SAYS NORRIS SHOT
AS CHIPPS TURNED
Surprise Witness Offered By State
In Case Against Pastor.
Austin, eTx., Jan.. 14.—After pres
enting testimony striking at the self
defense plea, the State closed its case
here late today against Hr. J. Frank
Norris, Baptist minister, for the slay
ing of I). E. Chipps, lumberman, at
Fort Worth last July.
Testimony was adduced by the pros
ecution to show that the Fundamen
talist minister killed an unarmed man
and a surprise witness declared on
the stand that I)r. Norris fired the
shots that ended Chipps’ life as the
latter was turning away to leave the
defendant’s church office.
Presentation of the defense case will
get under way tomorrow. The de
fense contends that Dr. Norris killed
Chipps in self-defense, fearing that
the lumberman had called at the
church study to take Norris’ life. De
fense attorneys announced they would
show that Chipps had threatened Dr.
Norris.
The State’s case was laid before
the jury in whirlwind fashion. Only
six witnesses wsre called.
Mys. Itoxie Parker, widow of the
late Judge W. R. Parker of Tarrant
county, who lives on a farm 22 miles
from Fort Worth, was the surprise
witness for the prosecution.
Mrs. Barker testified she witnessed
the slaying as she called at Dr. Nor
ris' office to discuss with him the pur
chase of her farm home for a Sunday
school camp.
-Vs she stepped to the door of the
ante-room leading to the pastor's of
fice, she related, a man came out the
inner door. An unseen hand sudden
ly flung open the door of Norris’ in
ner room an Chipps appeared.
"Through the open door I saw Dr.
Norris in his office, and another man,"
she continued. “This picture flashed
across my mind for just the fraction
of an instant.
‘■The man said, “I'll come back.’’
He turned slightly ns though to car
ry his words into effect, llis hand
was raised in the air. Just then
there was the flash of u gun. Shots
were fired, in rapid succession.
"The man staggered. That is all
I know. 1 fled down the stairway."
Dr. Norris was about five feet from
Chipps when he fired, Mrs. Parker
said.
Defense attorneys failed to shako
her testimony.
W. O. Phillips, Fort Worth em
bnlmer, and Fred Spreen, undertake
er. described the location of the bul
lets which tilled Chipps and the posi
tion of the body when found. C. B.
Bush, Fort Worth detective, told of
seeing a spot of blood “about the
size of a half dollar" on the floor of
the anteroom. Bush said he found
no weapons on or near the body.
H. H. Rains, who worked iu a tire
shop below Norris's office, told of
hearing the shots and rushing upstairs
where he said he saw Norris, a negro
named Rogers, aud an unidentified
white man. He testified Norris came
from bis office ami said:
'‘l’ve killed une. a man.”
Dealers to Bum Mail Catalogues of
Competitors.
Goldsboro, Jan. 14.—Merchants
here soon are to be safe from com
petition by mail order houses if
their plan of disposing of catalogues
of foreign firms continues to be car
ried out.
One hundred catalogues of two
nationally known houses have been
delivered to the management of a
theater and, will be burned. A special
program is being prepared to cele
brate the lighting of the bonfire. De
partment stores here are said to be
jubilant over the proccedure.
Citizens were induced to bring
the catalogues by the offer of two
free tickets to the theater. Mer
chants and the theater are co-opera
ting in the plan to destroy the
catalogues.
Reae Julio da Costa Arrested.
London. Jan. 18.—OP)—An Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Lis
bon says that Jose Julio da Costa,
who assassinated President Cidonio
Pass, of Portugal in December 1018,
for political reasons, was arrested to
day at Oporto.
THIS TRIBUNE
J PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAlfi
NO. 8 ~
REPORT m ROAD :
[pr CAUSE Os
IN GEORGIA
The Bureau of Safety S§yf
Road Foreman Pearce
Caused Wreck at Rock- -
mart, Georgia.
NINETEEN DIED -
IN ACCIDENT
Pearce, Who Was Killed in
the Wreck, Was Reliev
ing Engineer at Time $£
the Accident.
m 1
Washington, Jan. 18.—C4?)—Pri
mary responsibility for the wreck on
the Southern Railway at Roekmart,
Da.. December 23rd, when 10 persons
died and a total of 123 were injured,
was placed by the Interstate <'ommercO
Commission bureau of safety in a ree*
port today upon an official of the road,
road foreman of locomotives- l’earcc. .
Pearce killed himself in the accir !i
dent, took over the engine on north
bound train No. 2, one of the SotOjj
ern’s fastest passenger express Just
before the accident, and relieved iijj
regular engineer who went back into
the train. A few minutes later the
express train crashed at full speed in
to train No. 101, southbound, instead
of slowing down and taking a side
track at Roekmart. The coramissipjp'n .
report noted as especially unfortunate
the fact that the Southern Railway
had installed all along this section of
the line an automatic train conjrm
device which was intended to prevent
collisions, but which was not en (ireff
complete, and consequently was not '
service until a day or two after the
wreck.
The regular Engineer Keith
that when he surrendered the locomo
tive to his superior officer he tolojjh*
road foreman of the orders he had re- ,
ceived to take the side track at Roek
mart. The engineer then went bacjt
into the train and the commission re
ports it that Pearce either failed to
tderstand the Roekmart order or
led to remember it.
KELOGC HAS “CORRECTED”
COPY* OF HIS STATEMENT
Senate Wanfs to Know Wliat He Had
Eliminated From Report Made Pub
lie.
Washington, Jan. 18.—(>P)—While
Congress was swinging into another
debate on the Mexican-Nicaraguail
situation today, a new source of con
troversy developed over a move to
make public the testimony given Wed
nesday before the Senate foreign re
lations committee.
What was described by the State
department ns a "corrected" copy of
the stenographic record of Mr. Jye)-
logg’s testimony was sent to the com
mit tec by the secretary with bis per
mission to make it public. But OjEgn. ; |
man Borah said some of the things
that took place in the committee meet
ing had been stricken out of the rec
ord. and that the committee 1 would
consider later whether to give out
what remains.
When Secretary Kellogg appeared
before the committee be took his ovyn
stenographer, who took down the rec
ord in lieu of the committee stenog
raphers who usually are present nt
such meetings.
100 ENTRANTS READY
FOR DEEP SEA DERBX |
Will Content for $40,000 In Prizes fltf.
sered to Winners by Willlan*
Avalon, Santa Catalina. OaT., Jan.
15.—C4 s )—The churning waters ,J|
Catalina Channel today met the chal
lenge of more than one hundred of tlis
world’s best swimmers ns they await
ed the crack of the gun at the atari
of William Wrigley’s $40,000 deep sett
derby—the Catalina Island to .CfctK jg
fornia swim.
The start was scheduled for 11 I
o’clock.
The sands of,the isthmus was (heck- 1
ered with marked-off plots of beadh I
from which each contestant was as
signed to plunge into the chilling wat* I
ers in the marathon race.
Fair weather was indicated' for the
start. Predicted light easterly wind*
were expected to aid, rather than han
dicap the swimmers.
Closing of Bank Hurts Cantonese. _ |
Shanghai. China, Jhn. 15.—(/W—■
Ail uneensored Reuter's dispatch from
Hankow today indicated the closing of
British banks and other business in
stitutions there as the result of the
anti-foreign riots of January 3rd, has _ J
plaeed the Cantonese government ia
a desperate situation. The en«itifts |
reaction cut off a big source of funds %
from the Cantonese which collected
taxes on business transactions! tCja
Want Court Order So As to Get Balk a
lOtS. #SBjM
Washington, Jan. 15.—OP)—A court |
order directing transfer to the senate rs
of the ballots cast in Philadelphia it) ;t
the Pennsylvania senatorial election a
last November will be sought by the i
Senate campaign funds committal |S
which* is considering the election con
test brought by William B. Wilson, M
the democratic nominee, against sen a- -j
tor-elect Wm, 8. Taro.
"weathrr forecast. "
' rj&jm
Fair and colder tonight? hard J
' freeze on the coast tonight; thUMBel
fair, slowly rising temperature In tie -J
■ Inferior. Much warmer Monday.
minishing northwest and north