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DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII the mm snows 10,000,017 HALES GINNED TO LAN. 16 Census Bureau Report To day.—Ginnings to Same Date Last Year Totalled 15,499,893 Bales. 1 PLACE SIZE OF CROP “ . AT 18,618,000 BALES It Is Uncertain What Part of Crop Will Be Left in Fields in View of Low Price Prevailing. Washington, Jnn. 24.—C4>)—Cotton of the 11126 crop ginned prior to .Janu ary 16th totalled running bales, counting 611,052 round bales as half bales, and excluding lintern, the census bureau announced today. Ginnings to that date last -year to talled 15,409,603 running bales, in cluding 330,998 round bales. The department of agriculture, in its preliminary estimate of produc tion based on December lat condi tions, placed the crop at bales of 500 pounds gross weight, the largest crop ever raised. At t'jat time a large amount of cotton still remained to be picked, and it was un certain as to what part of it would be left in the fields in view of the low price prevailing, i'ntll the final government ginning report is issued on March 21st the exact size of the 1920 crop will remain doubtful. , North Carolina ginnings were 1,- H 153,265 bales. “INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS” ALLEGED IN WAIF’S HOME Food Served to Inmates Cost Only Ten Cents, a Day. <By International News Service) New Orleans, La., Jan. 24. —The new administration for the inmates of the former Waifs Home, now known as the Municipal Boys Home, where 40 to 50 youths between 11 and 17 years of age, have been iiviug under what- I)r. J. W. Newman describes as "intolerable .conditions'', begins tor day; I‘ J. R. Mil, well knowu,. welfare fe* ****** Newman said that the fbod served to inmates cost about ten cents a day for each individual during the past five years. For breakfast a beverage called coffee and bread was served; dinner consisted of beans and rice, and -supper bread and syrup. Sanitary conditions were said to be appalling; no clean towels or wash basins; one bath a week; 1 - dried themselves on old suit of underclothing. The med ical attention, according to* Mr. Ball, consisted inanity of castor oil. Ball says that the conditions will be much improved under bis man _j agement. V* Investigation of sale ' OF FEDERAL PATRONAGE Recommended to Senate Today by Its Judiciary Committee. Washington, Jah. 24.— (A*) —A blan ket investigation of the sale of Fed eral patronage was recommended to the Senate today by its judiciary com ' mittec. Starting ont with the consideration of charges made in Congress of the sale of such patronage by republican party officers in the South, the-com mittee decided to broaden the scope to take in all states in the event there is any charge to justify an inquiry. The committee approved a substi tute resolution offered by Chairman Norris, which recited the charges of such sale of public office. JUDGE BEN LINDSEY OI’STED FROM COURT Decision of Superior Court Put Him Out as Judge of Denver Juvenile Court. Denver, Col., Jan. 24. — (A*) —Judge Ben B. Lindsey was ousted as judge of the Denver juvenile court through a decision of the state supreme court today. rThe high court reversed the. decision of the Deliver district court in contest proceedings brought by Royal W. Gra ham, landneyLs opponent in the 1924 election, and held that the ouster, prayed‘by Graham should be entered, j -Graham, -who brought, the - contest fj proceedings, is now dead. DEMOCRATS CARRY TAX FIGHT TO HOUSE FLOOR Republicans Voted More Than a Month Ago to Pigeon Hole Bill. Washington, Jan. 24.—(A*)—The democrats today carried their tax fight to the floor of the house, where Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, the minority leader, placed upon the speaker's table a petition to take the $335,000,000 Garner tax reduction bill from the ways .and means com mittee, where republican voted more 'than a month ago to pigeon hole it. Ask Government to Lift Chaplin In coaw Du I Am*. Washington/ Jan. 24.—OW—Attor neys for Charlie Chaplin today asked the government to lift its income tax liens on money held in (he banks by the movie ntar. The trucks of the fire department were called out early Sunday after noon to the home of Carl Honeycutt, ton Eudy street. The Are was extin guished in a short time and firemen estimated the ion at about SSO. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Opposition to the Budget and Appropriation Bill Has Disappeared Tribune Bureau i Sir Walter Hotel BY J. C. BASKERVILLE. Raleigh, Jan. 24. —With virtually all opposition to the budget and ap propriations' bill having disappeared and with committee bearings proceed ing uniterruptedly, the outlook is favorable for‘both houses to receive these measures from the joint com mittees possibly during this Week. Os course there will probably be some flare ups here nnd there as the bill is taken up on the floor of the generul assembly, but those in closest touch with the situation say that the op position has dwindled to a mere hand ful and that neither the budget act nor appropriations till are in any danger. There was a sporadic attempt made soon after Governor Mcl/ean had pres ented these measures in behalf of the budget commission, to make it appear that the budget act endangered the legislative authority of the general assembly, in that it gave the Governor as director of the budget the power to scale down appropriations when it ap peared that the revenue would be in sufficient to pay for the appropriations. It was also made to appear that this amounted to n virtual veto power on the port of the Governqr over the acts of the legislature. However, when it was made clear tie the members of the general assemb ly generally that this was an emerg ency power vested in the execu tive director of the -budget to protect the state against a deficit, and that it could not be invoked except in ap propriated than needed, opposition to it at once disappeared. REPORT OF THE STATE ’ EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION Is Being Awaited by the Legislators With Expectancy. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel BY J. C. BASKERVILLE. Raleigh, Jan. 24.—The report of the state educational commission is being awaited by the members of the general assembly with expectancy, especially its recommendations with regard to. the advisability of the eight mouths school term and other matter relating to the needs of the state's school system. The report is now in the hands of the printers and it is expected that it will be possible to deliver the report to the members of the general assembly early this week, according to Governor A. W. McLean, who announces that he will release ft Is already known in a general way what the report will contain re garding the eight mouths school. The entire commission agrees that, the eight months school term is sound in principle. But the majority holds that many sections of the state are uot ready for the longer term, and that the Cost of establishing it for the state as a whole at the present time is prohibitive because of the additional taxation it would entail. Thus the majority report will propose that the eight months term be held in abey ancy forth« present, and that in the meantime efforts be directed toward building up the present school term to a greater degree of efficiency, grad ually lengthening it into the eight mouths term as conditions warrant and as Ways and means to finance it become available. The minority report, on the other hand, favors the immediate adoption of the eight, months term on the grounds that it is necessary and should be provided even if it does boost taves. The three women mem bers of the commission and the two school men make up the minority. So far the only proposal that has been made for the raising of the ad ditional revenue necessary to finance the eight months term has been by the Raleigh News and Observer, suggest ing that it should be raised by increas ing the income tax on larger incomes, by increasing the tax on public service corporations, such as railroads, hy increasing the tax on insurance com panies. It is also suggested that the proposed license tax on automobile drivers be diverted to securing the eight months school instead of for a state highway police force. These sources* suggested will not provide enough of the necessary re venue, the suggestion is made that soft drinks and cigarettes might I*. taxed. However, the sentiment of a large number of the members of the general assembly seems to,bp In line with the stand of the majority report of ,the educational commission, to the ‘ effect that the cost of the months school would be top, great |at present, that the sections Where it would go into effect are not only not prepared lor it but are opposed to it, and that the best thing to do now is to increase the efficiency of the six months school, looking toward a gradual turn over to the eight months school. A number of experienced legislators have not to say that if the question of the eight months school were sub mitted to a vote either in the legis lature of the state today that it would be overwhelmingly defeated. Not that moat people do uot approve of the theory, but because the expense at this time does not seem to be econ omically justifiable. And as tp the various methods sug gested for increasing the revenue, there is alnpoat unanimous agreement that it would he unwise to increase the state income tax beyond its present graduations, and a tax on cigarettes, tobacco and sofl drinks has always been unpopular, aud there is little evidence of change. The public ser vice corporations and bottlers are al ready objecting to the present revenue . bill on the grounds thst the tax rate , is too high. 8o while the advocates of the eight i months school argue that "where there is a will there’s away,” Indies- I In the same manner the claim that was made by the few who opposed the budget that it gave the budget director 1 power to transfer appropriations from • one institution or department to I another, was effectually chloroformed when it was brought out that not only i waR this not the case, but that the i provision whereby department and in stitutional heads could request the transfer of allotments from one use ■ to another was included in the act at the request of these institutional heads, and not on the recommendation of Governor McLean, although he ap proved of it, since it would react to the benefit of the institutions. The director of the budget is not empow ered to re-allocate funds from 'One to another, though a part *of the same appropriation, unless the head of the institutions or department makes specific request thnt it be done. Several members of the general as sembly who were believed to be waver ing in indecision as the result of these reports misrepresenting the real intent of the budget act, have since come out solidly in favor of the budget and ap propriationa bills, ns the result of messages from the “people back home” who hove refused to be misled by the anti-budget propaganda which has eminated chiefly from Raleigh. As a result of the almost solid ap proval being given the appropriations bill, with the exception that many members of the joint committee think that a number of the estimates are too high, attention is rapidly being transferred from the henrings before this committee to the hearings on the Revenue bill which are pust being put | before the joint Finance committees. SENTIMENT FOR A DECREASE IN TAXATION i If Revenue Measure is Revised Downward, the Appropriations Win Have to Be Materially In creased. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Jan. 24.—Apparently not satisfied that taxes have not been in creased except within a few bracket*) ; in some of the privilege and franchise classifications, it iH becoming increas ingly apparent that a determined ef fort is to be made in a number of different quarters for a substantial i decrease in the taxes now being im posed. Notice has' already been served on the joint finauce committees that a number different, clmum* dotagerte. chief among these being the soft drink bottlers, ice cream manufacturers and similar industries who are maintain ing that the tax now being imimsed on them is too high. At the same time a vigorous demand is being made on the part of cham bers of commerce all over the state for a revision of the laws taxing cap ital on the grounds that the present laws nre so severe that capital is either being driven from the state into other states where the tax rates on money invested in stocks and bonds is not so high, or that it is being driven under cover. The commercial bodies in Charlotte, Greensboro, Wins ton-Salem and other cities are urging Governor McLean to act upon cue suggestion made in bis message and appoint, at once a commission to in vestigate taxation in the state from tliis angle, so that it may report be fore the present general assembly ad journs. Whether this will be done and a report made in time for con sideration this session has not yet been determined. However, there is a growing senti ment not only against any increase in taxation, but towards a definite de ■rease, and of the three major admin stration measures before the general assembly, it is not at all improbable to hazard the guess that more changes are likely to be made in the revenue measure than any other, although if it is revised downward, as now Reems probable, the appropriations will also have to be materially reduced. THE COTTON MARKET Report Shows 16,000,517 Bales Gin ned.—Prices Rallied. New Y'ork, Jan. 24.—Of) —The cot ton market opened barely steady to day at a decline of 9 to 12 points in response to easier Liverpool cables, but rallied almost immediately. , The report of the Census Bureau showing 10,609,517 bales ginned prior to January 15th. was evidently no larger than expected, and' failed to create any -selling pressure Os conse quence. On the. contrary,it appeared to bring in covering, there was also good trade demand, and by the end of the first hour prices were about 12 to 15 points net higher, March sell ing up to 13.58 and July to 13.98. Some stop orders were uncovered on the advance, and after their execution trading became less active, but prices held within 4 or 5 points of the best. Private cables reported hedge selling and some local liquidation in Lover pool in advance of the ginning report. Cotton futures opened barely steady: January 13.23; March 13.35; May 13.56; July 13.75; October 13.95. Wilmington IVstw Quite Chaplin Films. Wilmington, N. <j., Jan. 24. George Bailey, proprietor of the Roy al Theatre, motion picture house here, states that no more Charlie OhapHn pictures would be shown at the Royal pending the outcome of the mnrrial trouble between the comedian and Lita Grey Chaplin. tious are that the general assembly is not going to provide the way to fin ance the longer term until the will for it is much more strongly expressed than it is at present. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1927 ==■'■»— ■ ' -JUS Fought For J. ■*..... Mrs. Janet Beecher Hoffman, New York actress, wai awarded funds to continui ■ her fight for custody of hei son, Richard Hoffman, Jr. who was awarded to hit father for nine months a yeai * after a separation action. U»l—UImU - ■■ GREAT PROSPERITY PREDICTED IN SOUTH' Detwilter Says We Are Entering One of the Greatest Industrial Eras off Our History. (By International News Service) ff Atlanta, Jan. 24. —Declaring that! the southeast is entering one of the greatest industrial eras of the age,' Paul D. Detwiler. president of the American Institute of Bankin, assist ant cashier of the Philadelphia Girard National Bank of Philadelphia and an outstanding financier, told the At lanta bankers to prepare for progres sive business developments such as they never had seen before. Another noted banker who brought tidings of prosperity for I'd is section was J. Martyn Turner, of the na tional executive committee of the in stitute and assistant cashier of the Bank of Italy, San Francisco. In telling of the impression At lanta's growth had’ made upon him, Mr. Turner likened development oL this city to that of California and; ‘the fast growing centers there. the sound economic basis' jnhfefctfHto; southeast- possesses, CbtffaffM 6y the unusual campaign of your enterprising city, which has made it more widely known throughout the world, you have a right to expect growth very similar to that of Cali fornia. The South's industrial de velopment is similar to that of t’.ie West and differs fundamentally from that of the East and North.” CONFESSES TO MURDER Coffey Says He Kilted Mrs. Hattie Coffey, His Bigamous Second Wife. Miiuston, Wis., Jan. 24.—(M—Wil liam Coffey, Madison bond salesman, confessed today that he murdered Mrs. Hnttie Hales Coffey, his bigamous sec ond wife, and threw the body into the river at Dubuque, lowa. Announce ment of the confession was made by District Attorney Robert Clark. Coffey t,old Sheriff Wright that lie hit the woman over the head with a baseball bat while in a camp on the Mississippi River at Dubuqgue, on October 11th, before throwing her body into the river. The 48-year-old bond salesman who married Mrs. Hales at Winona. Minn., last September, although be had a wife and three children in Mad ison, had refused to admit bis guilt during several hours grilling last night. STATE AND DEFENSE IN NORRIS TRIAL CLOSE Judge Began His Charge at 9:50 A. ' M.—Fear of Injury to Norris. Austin, Jan. 24.—M>)—The State and defense closed their testimony in the Norris murder trial at 9:50 a. in. today, and the judge began his charge to the jury shortly afterward. Argu ments to the jury are to bbe limited to six hours to a side. Fear of possible injury to Dr. Nor ris caused his friends here today to ask bailiffs for permission to sit near him within the railing. When court op ened a • circle of close friends sur rounded him. Charlotte Pastor Resign* Charlotte, Jan. , 23-—-Dr. O. F Bell, resigned as pastor of Caldwell Mrtnogial Presbyterian dhurcb today after having been pastor here for nine years. His resignation is to take effect on February 15. Dr. Bell has accepted the pastorate of the Cres cent Hill Presbyterian church, in Louisville, Ky. Before coming to Charlotte he was pastor of the first Presbyterian church in Florence. Alabama. W. M. Sherrill is confined to bis home today by illness. Concord Theatre TODAY ONLY BUCK MeKEE’S TRAINED DIAMOND BACK MEXICAN RATTLERS —and— -TALKING WILD PORCUPINES, "KIRK AND FALL OF JESSE JAMES” An Impersonation, and on the Screen A FEATURE PICTURE “THE FIFTH HORSEMAN” RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THE APOCALYPSE SHOWS *:«fl «:M 8:SO AMte Me Children We (STEADY RISE OF THE I OHIO IS VIEWED I WITH APPREHENSION J . Residents of Five States j Along Nearly 500. Miles | of the River Note Steady Rise of the River. SOME TOWNS UNDER WATER I Many Persons Have Been Forced to the Second Stories of Their Homes. —Crest Expected Today. i Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 24.—OP)—Resi | dents of five states along .nearly 500 miles of the Ohio River viewed with 3 apprehension today the steady rise of | the river which has driven hundreds | of persons from flooded lowlands. While the water was receding some ' what in the Pittsburgh area, where 9 the Alleghany and Monongaheia riv ers merge to form the Ohio, with pros * peers that further danger «f floods had t passed there, the crest of the flood was lit moving steadily southward with dam- J age to Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky territory, jjj Flood stage has been reached and 1 passed in many localities, and fur '] flier rises were predicted for the next 3 24 hours as the angry waters swollen j by heavy rains, swept onward to the “ Mississippi The lower portions of a number of ! towns were underwear many persons \ were forced to the second stories of c their homes, or to seek shelter on high per ground; rail and automobile traf ] fi<‘ was hampered; water supplies j were endangered, and considerable t damage was done. Five days of rain in the Pittsburgh ,i area sent the on its rampage, ‘ and today the effect of the high wat er was felt as far west as Louisville. ■ The crest of the flood in Ohio was ( expected to reach Cincinnati today, ' with a 57-foot stage. Residents of I’.ie Louisville water . front also were preparing to move > after watching the Ohio creep to their i doorsteps. With Our Advertise**, i,. The BeU-Harrjs . is now making an extraordinary offer ' ing of Wilton oxl2 rugs. They have a rug for every room in your home. Read new nd. today. Atwell & Flyling is a new firm opened for business in near of Fisher's store. They do acetylene welding, lock smithing, general machine work and electric repairs. See ad. iu this paper. Triumph hosiery is in a class by it-' self. You will find it at Robinson's. The Ritchie Hardware Company is authorized agent for Westinghouse Mazda lamps. They cost no more. See ad. The Wiqkinson Funeral Home is open for day or night. Let Bob's Dry Cleaning Company put you on the weekly service call. Get in on the big bargain sale at the Parks-Belk Co’s, clearance sale prices every day. Phones 008 and 138. New spring dresses at Efird's, $9.95 to $24.50. New spring coats, too. See in new ad. several Wednesday specials at the J. & H. Cash Store. Hoover's have the syles in clothing, hats and furnishings. The warm weather has sent the poultry market down again. When the market improves C. H. Barrier & Company will let you know. You will find the new spring hats at W. A. Overcash's at from $5 to SB. Go and select yours now. Awnings for spring delivery at the Concord Furniture Company. Prices are lower now than they will be in the spring. A desk from the floor of H. B. Wil kinson’s Furniture Store will make a lasting impression on visitors to your office.- Keep a photographic record of your ’ children at all stages. See ad. of Boyd W. Cox. Possess the star you desire. See the new ad. of S. W. Preslar today. Some die young. Others take ' Cline’s . Cold Cap and get rid of their ' colds. Sec ad. of Cline’s Pharmacy. Ex-Judge Brock Convicted of Em bezzlement Charge. Winston-Salem, Jan. 23. —Walter E. Brock, formerly judge on the Su perior court bench of North Caro lina, wns Saturday adjudged guilty of embezzlement, verdict being rc ; turned by a Forsyth county jury. By consent of both prosecution. and de -1 ferae, ruling upen motions to set ’ aside the verdict was continued un -1 til the March term of court. The prosecution of Judge Brock arose out of claims made by Mrs. Lillie Campbell, who said that the ' jurist had collected $1,200 for her and had failed to turn over any part . of it. Judge W- F. Harding presided over the trial. k! Blind Preacher Here. | R- K. Fennell, a blind man who travels over the country visiting i penitentiaries, jails and convicts camps, preached, to the prisoners at the Concord jail for a time today. He ' said that he had been blind for 2<j years and during the past seven years has had 5,204 men to accept i Christ dfter he preached to them. He left for Kannapolis In the after noon. ISP n.;. ■■ The letter “1” in tiie Chinese lan guage la said to have quite 146 ways of being pronounced—and, moreover, each has a different meantlng. SEEK A THOROUGH INQUIRY INTO THE MEXICAN SITUATION Promise of Another Con (;• gressional Resolution of Inquiry, Public Appeals by Labor, Etc., Today. GALLIVAN MAKES SPEECH TODAY i Representative Says That I Insidious Propaganda Has Actually Reached .j the Floor of Congress. (Washington, Jan. 24.—(/P)—Prom ise of another congressional resolu ) tion of inqquiry, public appeals by la bor, church and college groups in the i United States, nnd a mass meeting in Mexico City at which the Washing ton government was denounced for its i ‘imperialism” and "invasion of Nicara gua,” all served to keep'the Mexican- Nicaraguan controversial pot boiliug over the week-end. In a resolution prepared for intro duction today, Representative Galli van, democrat, Massachusetts, seeks a thorough inquiry into the Mexican situation, asks the State Department to disclose the finaneers of “pro-Calles propaganda now flooding this country” and declares “we cannot sit tamely by while the red fires burning up Mexico are creeping closer to our border.” Gallivan asserts in the preamble of his resolution that ‘•insidious propa ganda has actually reached the floor of Congress.” and that “at least one member of the staff of the State De partment has been discharged follow ing complaint by Ambassador Shef field that there existed a leak from the Department to the Mexican em bassy,” here. The American labor hopes the Unit ed States will “not play the part of an imperialistic autocrat in its rela tions with Latin-American countries, but will prove itself to be by practice and precept, an advocate and propon ent of the ideals of self government and democratic freedom,” is an asser tion made by William Green, presi dent of the American Federation of Lubor i* an article appearing in the jAte«ris»ft F«terat\qniat. ' , The administrative committee or the Federation Council of Churches de clares in a statement that the present situation in Nicaragua and Mexico should “lead our government to form ulate a clear policy for our future re lations with the peoples and govern ments of Latin-America.” INVESTIGATION OF GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT Will Be Held Within » Few Days.— Statement Made my M. P. Officials. Austin. Tex., Jan. 24.— (A) —An “extraordinary investigation” of Sat urday’s grade crossing accident which killed ten Baylor University students, will be held within a few days at Round Rock by Missouri Pacifis Rail way officials. This statement was made today by Milton Morris, passen ger agent here, after he had talked with J. T. L. Brooks, of Palestine, superintendent of the Palestine Divis ion, in which Round Rock is located. The train thnt crashed into the large Baylor University bus which carried the Baylor Bear basketball squad, was the “Sunshine Special” crack train of the International Great Northern, one of the Missouri-Pacific Lines. MEXICAN DELEGATES ON ARBITRATION APPOINTED For the Arbitration of the Land and Oil Dispute With the United States. Mexico City, Jan. 24.—G4 3)—Excel sior publishes an unofficial report to , the effect that the Mexican delegates to The Hague court have already been appointed for arbitration of the land and oil dispute with the United States. The paper claims to have learned that Mexico will suggest The Hague , court for settlement of the controversy . if arbitration materializes. The per manent court of international justice cannot be used for the purpose it . adds, bbecause Mexico is not a mem ber of the league of nations. : TRIAL OF FALL AND SINCLAIR POSTPONED . Will Be Held April 25.—Postponed on Account of Fall’s Illness. Washington, Jan. 24.— (A*) —Trial ; of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary ■ of the Interior, and Harry F. Sin clair, pn charges growing out of the ; lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil . reserve, was postponed today until i April 25th. The postponement was • granted because of the illness of Fall t who is convalescing in New Mexico I from pneumonia. The trial was to have started February 2nd. Mitchell Convicted. Will Die March 11th. Pittsburg, Jan. 22.—Pearle Mitch ell, negro, tonight was convicted of first degree murder for slaying Wil liam Fogleman. aged man, in the store of M. V. Cheek, at Ore Hill, last Saturday night. He was sen tenced by Judge W. C. Harris to be electrocuted March 11. Atwell A Fryling is a new firm opened for busineaa in rear of Fiaher’a atore. They do acetylene welding, locksmithing, general machine work and electric repairs. See sd. in this paper. Chaplin Today j { jj ji jSWfflj j| l||M wm Charles Chaplin appears hag* gard and worn and not fully recovered from his recent col lapse in this, his latest picture. <S»tnwi.lll»s) SmmTmU MOURN DEATHS OP BAYLOR STUDENTS Ten Young Men Killed in Crossing Tragedy—Messages of Condolence. Taylor, Texas, Jan. 23. —The torn bodies of seven young men, victims of Saturday’s tragedy when an Inter nationa] and Great Northern train demolished a bus at a grade crossing at Round Rock, left here today. Ten were killed in the crash, all Baylor University, students,-including .mem bers of the Baylor basketball team, en route from Waco to Austin to play the University of Texas. Five of the bodies sent from here today were bound for Waco, one for Ennis and one for Fort Worth. The bodies of William Winchester and Bob Hanna were taken today to Waco from Georgetown. They died in an ambulance Saturday en route to Georgetown from the scene of the tragedy. The other of the ill-fated ten, Ivey R. Foster, Jr., of T.valor wns buried here today. Physicians reported the five injured in a Taylor hospital to be improved, though the life of Fred Acree, of Waco, is despaired of. Acree’s back is broken. A short time before the crash young Foster was given a seat ihside the bus, after riding for miles on the running hoard because there was not seat for him inside. Ed Gooch, who stood, gave Foster 'his seat and escaped with a dislocated shoulder. Foster's father collapsed yesterday in the baggage ear of the train 'that brought the bodies to Taylor when he lifted a blood-stained blanket and saw his son. The cream of Baylor University's athletic talent was wiped out when a fast International-Great Northern railroad train erSshed into a motor bus and took the lives of ten and in jured five, one of whom is not ex pected to live, Six of the party of twenty-one escaped injury. Coach Ralph R. Wolf and his bas ketball players were scheduled to meet the University of Texas Longhorns at Austin. They had completed all but 22 miles of their trip from W,aco to the state capital in the Univer sity’s parlor, bus. The driver appar ently did not see the train until it was practically upon the bus crossing the tracks. The big machine was turned, but too late, the locomotive' crashing into it amidships and drag ging and tossing bodies of ths dead down the tracks. CHAKLOTTft C. OF C. ONCE MORE AT PEACE Board Re-Elects Kuester Business Manager—Thanhs Kirkpatrick For Services. Charlotte, Jan. 23. Harmony reigned today in chamber of com merce circles following last night’s business session of the newly elected board of directors at which they re elected Claranee Kuester as business manager for the ensuing year. This action set at rest speculation that has been rife here since last Tuesday when Mr. Kuester was left off the board of directors and there was a question as to whether- or not he would be reelected. Election of a president was de ferred, although vice presidents and other officials were elected E. O. Griffith was elected first vice presi dent and* R. M- Pound, second vice president R. A. Mayer was re-elect ed treasurer, he being one of the three members of the board re-elect ed to the present board. The directors adopted resolutions of appreciation so the splendid work done by Col. T. L. Kirpatrick, retlr -1 inf president, who also was not re ■ elected to the board of directors, and ; the unselfish activity .on the part 1 of Mr. Kuester in behalf of the or ganisation. JV THE TRIBUNE PRINTS I TODAY’S NEWS TODAYF NO.ISJ i SMTIOII IT Kl < hiakG IS BAPIDLY il SHOWING SERIOUS French Consul There Has ' i Been Arrested—Mob Vi olence Endangers Life of Sir Francis Agleh. MOBS ATTACKED THE BUILDING Where He Was Conferring i With Finance Minister of Cantonese Government. —lnvade Corridors. 1J Paris, Jan. 2.4—(4 s )—The Hong Kong correspondent of the <oific agency says the situation at JEiu Kiang on the Yangtse River is rapfttly growing more serious, and the Frefijtw consul there has been arrested. The situation in the Yangtse porta is critical, he adds. * Renewed Mob Violence. r.rtfrj London, Jan. 24.—(A*) —Renewed mob violence endangering the life of Sir Francis Aglen, inspector genei;sl of maritime customs in China, broke < out in Hankow on Fridaj. fi*® II Dispatches received today say Chi nese crowds attacked the customs building where Sir. Francis was con ferring with Finance Minister Spang, of the Cantonese government. Tijie crowds invaded the corridors and at tacked Soong's bodyguard, but were finally dispersed by Cantonese troops. Prepared to Leave for China. Scarborough, England, Jan. 24. — (A 3 )—The fifth armored Car company lias been ordered to prepare to leave for China on a few hours notice.jgjjSHa Nationalist Government Invites Pow ers To Join It. . i Hankow, Jan. 24.—(A 3 ) —The nat ionalist government in a manifesto is sued today proclaimed its ability to enforce its will in nationalist China, and invited the powers to join it in negotiating Dew treaties with eco nomic and territorial integrity as their basis. "HIGHWAY ROBBERY” i J Boy Sent $3.00 For a Box of 30$ Oranges “Prepaid.” j s-CBylnternational News Service) •-•*3jj Atlanta. Ga„ Jan. 24. —Hatred har bored by a 13-year old boy against grown men who swindled him out of $3 earned by drugging a bag of cotton tinder flic hot Oklahoma sun rises from pages of a letter which District Attorney Clint W. Hager will read to tile federal grand jury today in ' seek ing indictment of D. W. Nicholas H. D. Gaines and J. G. Grimes oii postal fraud charges. Details of how t'ae 13-year old boy stayed out of school to pick cotton so that he might buy clothes and school material for his brothers and sisters and otherwise aid in support ing the family are given in the letter. Thinking that a box of 300 oranges t for $3, express prepaid, would provide away of earning more money by sell ing the oranges at a small profit, so he could buy 'ais family a Christmas present, he sent the three dollars, but did not receive the fruit. Speaking of the case, he said: "I consider it worse than highway rob- m bery. "Probably when I am older,’’ the youth wrote, “ Iwon't have such bitter ' hate for them. Maybe then I’ll have j more mercy; but now, when I think of how I worked from sunnp to sun- 1 down in the cotton fields, dragging a, heavy sack with my back aching and sore. I cannot think that they deserve any mercy wliatsover. I wish they would have to pick cotton like. I have . had to." The boy’s name has not been res vea.ed as yet, for the reason that te 1 government does not want to give its 1 case away. # Question for a Soloman. Memphis, Tenu., .Tan. 22. Whether the second wife of aj man sliould pay his former wife the ali mony granted to her in an old divorce decree was the basis of a suit being heard by Chancellor D. W. DeHaven. Mrs. Birdie W. Going had filed suit against her former husband, L. Clyde Going, for $13,000 alleged to be due • her under the teruiß of a divorce do free granted in 1910, which awarded j her $l5O a month for her support, y \ Going, a former attorney, was gd , judged non compos mentis in pyobaoa . . court three weeks ago. His present ~ wife, Mrs., Verna K. Going, was ap- -3 . pointed his guardian. The first Mrs. Going charges she , did not receive the money awarded I her, and demands that her successor . pay it out of Going's estate, which < consists of an allowance of $l6O a , week from a disability insurance poi- / t icy. The present Mrs. Going alleges that ; > her predecessor received $25,000 in , property from her husband whets , divorce decree was granted, with the understanding she would never de . mand the enforcement of the alimony * 1 claim. News has been received in Ooocqdfl . that the mother of Mr. E. S. Towery** . of this city, who lives in Atlanta, Ga,, •; ; is still in a serious condition. Mr* $ - and Mrs. Towery were called, to At? J lanta several days ago by the illness of , Mrs. Towery. -- ' t . i | | in" WEATHER FORECAST* I "JEH t Rain tonight and Tuesday. Colds*.! - tonight and in west portion tteadtat* j Moderate northwest winds.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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