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.
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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. -- '
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WEATHER FORECAST*
I "JEH
t Rain tonight and Tuesday. Colds*.!
- tonight and in west portion tteadtat* j
Moderate northwest winds.