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DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Nearing Halfway Mark,
Solons Begin Another
Week With Hugh Tasks
In Sight at Beginning of
Fifth Week Were Re
ports on Appropriations,
Revenues and Roads.
JUGES’ SALARIES
WIN SENATE
Bill Would Increase Total
to SB,MO for Salary and
Expenses. Broughton
Bill Up Next Friday.
Raleigh, Jan. 31.— (A 5 ) —Nearing the
halfway mark of the session, the State
legislature lias its fifth week’* begin
ning tonight after a week-end recess.
Procedure began to [joint more direct
ly toward final legislation.
In sight were major committee re
ports to both houses on appropria
tions, revenue roads, education and
courts. The nil-important question
of taxes lay a little in the background,
linked with the school question.
The house's last work before recon
vening tonight of outstanding interest,
was passage hy the house of the bill
of Representative Woodard, of Nash
county, endorsed by the State insur
ance department, which would in
crease exemption of non-medical exam
ination insurance from $2,000 to $5,-
000.
The senate had before it tonight
probably its busiest session thus far.
for two measures that have provoked
opposition are down as special orders
for consideration, and another meas
ure that was considered as possibly
, provoking a fight was put on for spec
ial order at the request of the author.
First of these special order meas-1
ures is the bill providing for increase '
in the pay of Supreme and Sui>erior j
court judges to a total of SB,OOO for
salary and expense accounts. This j
would represent an increase of $1,500
over the present compensation for
the judges.
The second special order was the
proposal to change t’iie automobile li
cense year from the fiscal year run
ning from July Ist to June 30th, the
next year, to the calendar year. The
measure was held up for further in
vestigation' last week when Senator
Hargett. Jf Trenton, read an estimate
.. . frp»> the taighway commission Indicat
ing that the change would Involve an
expense to the state of aboqt $l5O,- J
000. Some of the senators thought i
that the accrued interest on the fees
collected for the six months period ;
in January instead of June would
nearly meet this additional expense
but the senator from Jones county
made such an impression with his ex
hibit of figures that the bill had been 1
set aside for further consideration. J
The filial special order in th» sen- |
ate for tonight was the bill requiring
all drug stores and pharmacists to
register at a cost of $1 annually. |
The Broughton bill providing for
} amendments to the death penalty law
was scheduled for a special order
next Friday.
WANT TROOPS IN CHINA
NOW TO FILL. VACANCIES
Recruits Would Take Plaee in 15th
Infantry' of Men Whose Time Is
Up. |
Washington, Jan. 31.—(A*)—The
troops that are to sail from New'
York on March Bth for China are part
of a contingent of 200 recruits for
the 15th Infantry stationed regularly
in China, it was said today at the War
Department.
The men were requisitioned some
time "ago to fill vacancies in the 15th,
due to the expiration of enlistments.
Seeking Men For China Service.
Danville, Jan. 31.—(^*1 —The Dan
ville army recruiting station has re
ceived a war department bulletin say
ing that thirty-five specially qualified
applicants may be recruited here for
service in China. The men would re
port to Fort Slocum not later than
March 2nd, and would sail by army
transport from New York on March
Bth.
MONROE BOY IS
STRUCK BY CAR
A. kittle Hope Held Out for Recovery
Y Os 10-Year-Old Johnnie McCall.
/ Monroe, Jan. SO.—I,It tie hope Is
held for the recovery of Johnnie Mc-
Call, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. McCall, who was ran over by
an automible here while has was rid
ing a bicycle.
The youth is suffering with a frac
tured skull and lacerations about the
body and is in a Monroe hospital.
He was struck by a eqr driven by
O. L. Strawn, of Monroe, and dragged
several feet. His bicycle was demoli
shed.
Eye-witnesses said Strawn was
driving very slow when the lad dart
ed out from behind another automo
bile.
No arreest had been made late to
night by Monroe police.
Famous Bow Bells Are Worn Out |
With Old Age.
By International News ScrviCe.)
London, Jan. 31.—80 w Beils, the
famous peal in the tower of How
Church, in the Cbcapside district of
the City of London, are silent—
worn out, It is said, through con
stant use aud old age.
Tradition has it that every per
son born within hearing' of Bow
Bells ia a true Cockney.
Fifty thousand dollars will put the
| bells right again,aoeording to the
■ custodians of the church.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
♦
SHOULD NORTH CAROLINA
. REHABILITATE HER CRIPPLES
> Statewide Plan of Orthopaedic Clinics !
Is Described.
Tribune Bureau
r Sit Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Jan. 31. —Should North
[ Carolina rehabilitate its cripples? This
question asked in a new and interest- I •
1- ing bulletin just published by the Divi
sion of Vocational Education of the
I Htate Department of Publi' Instruc- ■
1 tion.
' This bulletin graphically sets forth
the accomplishments of vocational re
habilitation with many interesting pic
, tures of cripples before and after re
, habilitation! One illustration is that
of a man who lost both legs in a rail
road accident, and had been a wheel •
’ chair inmate of a county home for
two years at a cost of $3Bl. He was
rehabilitated at an expense to the i
i State of $86.44. Since his rehabilita- i
I tion four years ngo, bis earnings have
averaged S2O per week, making a total i
of $4,160. His support would have i
cost the county $768 during this
time, but for the vocational rehabilita
tion service. The $86.44 of the State i
money invested in the rehabilitation ]
of this man in only Jour years has
brought a return of $4,928 in savings 1
effected ami material wealth produced.
This return is small as compared with i
some handicapped [jersons whose
earning capacity has been increased i
as much as SOO per week or three <
times as much as this ease. i
Through the vocational training, i
orthopaedic treatment, and other assis- i
tanee provided by the rehabilitation
service, more than 400 dependent I
cripples have been made productive |
laud self-Bupi>orting. ■
The average age of these 400 re- I
j habilitned cases is thirty years. They,
I therefore, have an average [teriod of i
j work expectancy of twenty years, i
lAn average increased in earning capn- I
city of $lO per week due to rehabili
tation woul be a very conservative l
estimate. In round humbers this .
would amount to SSOO per year of I
SIO,OOO for the [>eriod of work ex- |
pcetaney for each case. This multi
plied by 400, the number rehabilitated, 1
equals a combined earning capacity i
of $4,000,000 produced by rehabilita- i
1 tiou. The cost of rehabilitation to 1
the,.state is but 2.7 per cent of the <
habilitatioii, $37<.04 are returns to" )
! society in the form of increased earn- j
! iug capacity. The savings effected <
for the communities in relieving them i
jof the cape of these 400 cripples on ,
au average of twenty years apiece
hss not been included iu. the above <
figures.
j A state-wide plan of orthopaedic i
clinics is described in the bulletin. 1
I The districting of the state and loqa
j tion of these clinics ,is shown by a (
small map. During the first year of j
operation of the clinics 1,670 cripples |
I were exAmined and treated. Rotary, |
- Kiwnnis and Lions clubs are sponsor
ing aud supporting 'clinics at the fol- ]
• lowing places:
I Fayetteville, North Wilkesboro,
Charlotte, Wilson, Waynesville, Win- ,
ston-Salem, Reidsville. New Bern,
Wilmington, Aseville, Burlington and ,
Weldon.
i
WANTS GREAT BRITAIN TO i
, KEEP TROOPS FROM CHINA l
* ,
Foreign Minister Says Troop Move- <
ment May Not Be Understood by
Chineae. t
Peking, Jan. 31.— OP)— H. V. K.
• Wei.ington Koo, foreign minister of
■ the northern government, today ad- l
i dressed a note to the British legation <
, here, protesting agninst th'e dispatch- !
, | ing of British forces to Shanghai, aud '
I asked that it be transmitted to Lon- 1
.! don in the hope that the British gov
. i ernment would “give necessary in
. structions for the immediate withdraw-
I a! of troops dispatched to China, ho 1
. nothing untoward may happed to mar
. | the friendly relations of the two ua
, tions.”
The foreign minister's note declared
, the “dispatch of additional naval and
military forces to China is contrary to
the spirit of the league of nations cove
nant. It cannot be over-emphasized
that the national spirit of the Chinese
people has been developed, aud the
military movement on the part of the
British government is liable to lead
to serious misunderstanding.''
Dr. Koo further declared that if
tW object of the expedition was mere
ly to protect the Shanghai internation
al settlement such ia unnecessary,
maintaining that the Chinese authori
ties are capable of doing that, while
“the presence of a large number of
forelgu troops in this area might lead
to unforeseen complications, for which
the Chinese government could not be
held responsible.''
NEWSPAPER OFFICE
* TOTALLY DESTROYED
Chatham Record Building .and
Equipment Burned; Will Issue
Next Week.
IPittsboro, Jan. 29.—The Chatham
Record’s office and entire contents
I were totally destroyed by fire Fri
day night at 9 o'clock. A job press of
Gregson and Jones iu the same
building was lost. The Record’s loss
Is estimated at $3,000.00, the lass on
the job press SBOO.OO, with no in
surance on contents or building. The
origin of the fire is not knowu. O.
J. Peterson, editor, states that he
has made arangements to the Record
to come out on time next week.
Nicaragua’s navy consists of one
small patrol boat, which is stationed
on the Pacific side.
DIARY AND LETTERS !
BY TEACHES ’ HOT
PUT INTOEVIDEUCE
Justice Seeger Rules They
i Have No Real Bearing 1
on Married Life of the ,
Brownings. j
PART OFTETTER I
IS ACCEPTED
\ .
Browning Lawyers Wanted
to Show Something of ;
Woman’s Life by Means
of a Diary.
Whlte’Plains, N. Y„ Jan. 31.— UP)
—The dinr.v kept by Mrs. Frances
(Peaches) Keenan Browning, prior to
her marriage was ruled out as evi
dence today by Supreme Justice See
ger.
The diary was said by Browning's
attorneys to have contained the names
of several “boy friends" of the youug
wife before the marriage. They were
to be used as character witnesses,
it was promised, should the diary
have been admitted as evidence.
Three letters identified Wednesday
by Mrs. Browning ns having been
written to girl friends also were
ruled oiu by the judge.
“I don t think it will help me very '
much," he said, "to go into the lives
of eifiler of these persons before their 1
marriage. I think 1 can decide this 1
case on the basis of actions during 1
the marriage.” 1
The letters, counsel for Browning
told the court, referred to a “poker
party’’ attended, he said, by the young :
woman before the became the real es
tate man’s wife. i
The justice later modified his order
slightly to allow some of the evidence <
regarding Mrs. Browning's pre-maritnl <
life to he introduced in order that it
"might be on the record" and, "as
there is no jury to in- influenced.”
Justice Seeger said that he would halt t
the testimony when he thought it had
gone far enough.
Mias Marian Tussey, who testified t
for Mrs. Browning last week, was re
called to the! stand as the first wit
ness today and denied having told her
landlord about the improper actions 1
of Mrs. Browning. |
Murgarat by Bornly
CWmer, tile testlfed tttrt
Miss Tussey had said that Mm. •
Browning had gone out with a "lot 1
of men.” She denied that Miss Tns- i
sey had told of knowledge of iraprop- '
er acts of Mrs. Browning.
Louisa Croncr, wife of the landlord, i
denied that Mr, Browning bad said ■
; n her presence that he would “make
it worth while, for anybody to “recol- i
lect” things against Mrs. Browning.
Leslie Fullenwider, who works for I
a newspa[>er feature syndicate, testi- i
fied that he saw Mrs. Browning on
the Thursday before she left her hus- I
bund. i
"She told me Mr. Browning was <
becoming unbearable, nnd asked, <
"what shall I do?” said the witness. <
“I said, ‘we are newspaper people, I
not lawyers’.” I
Nothing, lie said, was said about i
writing any articles at that time. i
The following Tuesday, he said, he
saw Jier nnd her mother, but news
paper articles were not discussed un
til Wednesday. A contract was sigh
ed for SI,OOO. It was introduced ns
evidence.
City’s Powers Limited Says Mayor
Abemetby.
Charlotte. Jail. 29.—'Mayor Abev
nethy announced today that all the
city could do to stop the American
Rescue Workers fom operating here
was to refuse to give a permit to
solicit alms.
"It can not stop the organization
from caring for charity patients
within its home anymore than it
could a private individual,” the
Mayor said. i ,
If some individual or Sunday
school class .decided to contribute t*>
the support of the American Roacuc
Workers’ Home here that would be
no affair of the city, was the an
nouncement. ’
Seek Negro Charged With Slaying
Another Negro.
Elizabeth City, N. C„ Jan. 31—OP)
—Berkley Hill, negro, shot Clyde
Saunders, negro, to death at a lum
ber camp qn the edge of Dismal
Swamp in Newland township this
county, Sunday. • , ,
Today the police sought Hill, who
used a shell loaded with small bear
ings believed to have been taken from
an old automobile.
Star Theatre
Program Fbr Week Jan. 31 to Feb. 5
TODAY—TUESDAY
“THE SHOW OFF”
With Lois Wilson, Louise Brooks and
Ford Sterling
Also a News Reel and Sport Reel
WEDNESDAY
“THANK YOU”
With George O'Brien, Jacqueline
Logan, J. Farrell MacDonald and
George Fawcett
.Also Fox News—Comedy
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
With Phyllis Haver, Harrison Ford,
Chester Conklin, Mack Swain and
Hobart Bosworth
Don’t Miss This One —Special
SATURDAY
“THE BANDIT BUSTER”
With Buddy Rooaebelt, Jr.
Aloo a Comedy; “Lion Tamer”
CONCORD, N.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1927
l
None of Important Measures Have
Yet Come From Legislative Committee
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. BASKERVII.L
Raleigh, Jail. 31 —Things are be
ginning to Ing in the general assem
bly and unless both houses, and espe
cially the committees, get down to
work in a good earnest way this com
ing week, the usual legislative jam at
the end of the session will again be
come a very likely probability.
This was the opinion of a number
I of the older heads in both the senate
and the house today, at the end of
the fourth week of the general assem
bly. For while the session is almost
| half gone, none of fje more important
' measures have ns yet coine from the
committees to be put u[>on the cal
endars. True, most of these import
ant bills have been introduced, but a
number of them have been reposing in
committee for two weeks or more.
The first committees to finish their
task are the senate and house appro
priation committees, which complete
the joint hearings on the appropria-j
tion bill Friday, and hope to have the|
bill ready to report by Tuesday or
Wednesday at the latest. But al
though this joint committee has speed*
ed up its work, it really is of little
use, since it must hold back the ap
propriations bill until the senate and
house finance committees complete
their work on the revenue bill. And
this promises to be one of the longest
tasks of all. Hearings just started
this week, nnd but very slow progress
has been, made with the result that
there is no definite time in sight foffl
the completion of the hearings.
■‘Unless the finance committees get
down to work a whole lot harder thah.
they have been working this past week
or two, things are going to get into’
as bad a jam as has ever existed," gpid
a veteran member of the house and in
cidentally of the finance committee,
today in talking of the situation which
in his opinion is far from'encourag
ing.
"There is a lot of talk about econ
omy, but very little of it put into prac
tice,” said one of the newer members
of the legislature. "I believe iu wise
economy and in putting it into prac
tice and already I have seen enough
WIFE SLAYER CHANGES j
HIS STORY OF MURDER
William Coffey Now Admits He
Killed Wife With Baseball Bali
While She Slept.
Lancaster. Wis., Jan. 30.—Wil*
Ham N. Coffey, confessed slayer of
bis bgklc. Mrs. Hattie Holes Coffey,
jpjfiltyflrhoni he oAßtracted q big&quguL
marriage, today said lie killed the
woman while she slept aud that. he
had planned the killing for some
time, according to Sheriff Lynll
Wright, of Juneau county.
Previously. he had maintained
that he struck the woman accidently
with a baseball bat iluriug a quarrel.
Today the sheriff said Coffey ad
mitted that he struck the woman
with the bat while she slept and then
beat her over the head with a ham
mer.
Coffey also changed the scene of
the crime, dec’aring the slaying 00,
curred in a woods about five miles
southwest of Patteville. Wis., near
where lie directed searchers who re
covered parts of her dismembered
body Friday. Previously, he had said
he killed her near Sandy Hook, while
they were camping along the Wis
consin banks of the Mississippi river.
INJURIES PROVE FATAL
TO WILLIAM SMITH
Was Run Over Saturday Night Near
Gastonia.—Driver of Car Not
Known.
Gastonia, Jan. 31. — UP) —William
Smith, aged about 60 years, died in
a hospital in this city today as a
result of being run over by an un
known driver Saturday night. The
county board of commissioners has of
fered a SIOO reward for the apprehen
sion of the driver, who is said to
have been in a small roadster.
Mr. Smith was leading a cow along
the right side of the road, going to
MoAdenvlHe, seven miles away. Two
men ill a nearby store heard the im
pact of the ear, and darted out in
time to see the huddled figure of the
old man and the retreating car. Tin
victim's skull was crushed.
TOOTH IS EXTRACTED
AND, SIGHT RESTORED
Woman. Blind For. 28 Years, Re
gains Vision In Most Astlnlshiiu
Manner.
Denver, Colo., Jan.: 2i).r--After 2>
years of total blindness, Mrs. Wil
lia'm H. Dunagnn, 38. of Denver, hai
re'gained her sight. Extraction of an
abscessed tooth early tills week ended
long years of the "darkness,” known
on'y to those who are blind.
Dental surgeons and eye special
ists here described the case as one
of the most astonishing ever to come
under their observation.
Mrs. Dunngan said she lost her
sight in San Diego, Calif., when she
was 10 years old, following an attack
of scarlet fever.
MUST BOOTLEGERS
PAY INCOME TAX?
U. S. Supreme Court Ia Asked For
• Ruling on the uestloln.
Washington, Jan. 3V.—A Supreme
Court ruling as to whether bootleg
gers must pay a Federal income tax
u|>on their 'iquor sales profits or «"b
--mit tax retuus showing such husi
ne*s wasr asked today by the Gov
ernment.
The questions arose is a case
from Charleston. S. C„ where Manly
8. Sullivan refused to report tax re
turns on n’.legcd bootleg profits. He
took the position that income tax re
turns could not be compelled nor the
levies imposed on same derived from
criminal operation*.
of flip State's money wasted by fie
legislature so fnr to take care of many
of the requests of institutions nnd
departments which its committees will
probably say it can't afford. There
are too many pages, too many clerks; I
flu-re is too much time wasted nnd not !
enough of the members of the general \
assembly take their work seriously. I
The .Saturday and Monday sessions are
’pure fancies. But I can't afford to
come out and say this—at least not
yet."
And there is quite a number who
feel the same way about the situation.
Committee meetings are desultory af
fairs, with often only a hnndful of
the members present. No one seems
to think that time is passing and that
something must be accomplished.
There are many important bills
i coming up that have not even been
introduced, al! of which must make
’th (ir torturous way through commit
tees to the floor. Among these are
! .the county government reform meas-
Sure, sponsored by the administration.
Itlie radio station bill, and also an ad
; (ministration measure, the bill to limit
■ 'the ad valorem tax rate in cities and
■ counties, just introduced in the sen
ate, and the bill to change the manner
of administering State banks thrown
' into receivership. All of these, of
i course, in addition to the revenue nnd
appropriation bills, around which will
j, center the principal debate of the pres-
I ent session.
I Os almost equal importance—and
I perhaps of even greater importance,
I at least in the amount of time that
I will be consumed—are several meas
; ures still before' the committees on ed
. ttention, of. which the bill to bar the
; teachiqg of evolution is undoubtedly
'' the foremost. in addition to this
bill are several others relating to edu
cation, including the bills to levy a
statewide nil valorem tax for educa
tional purposes, which are bound to
produce pioionged and heated debates
. both in committee and on the floor
should they resell it. Then there is
the Bmith-Hargett highway bill—a
i storm cloud to be reckoned with and
, many others.
Thus there is due cause for alarm!
i at the excessive delay so far.
: BUSY SESSION FOR THE
STATE SENATE TONIGHT
Number of Bills Which Already Have
i Been Presented Will Be Discussed.
;| Raleigh. Jan. 31.—(INS)—The Sen
j-nte will be faced with a busy session
! when it meets here Jfonday night.
Iq. addition to new inuttira which
np,'the Senate IstjcMuW.
-fax take ncthni on a number iff bills
which were deferred at Friday’s ses
sion.
The bill to change the automobile |
license registration date to the first
of the calendar year will be taken
up at Monday night’s session.
Another bill, requiring registration
of drug stores and pharmacies is on
Monday night’s calendar. Action on
the bill was deferred by its author,
Senator Hancock.
The bill authorising the State High
way Commission to pay half of the
expenditure of erecting a bridge on
the North Carolina-Virginin lien also
is scheduled to be thrashed out Mon
day.
The bridge bill would enable the
Highway Commission to save from
$30,000 to $50,000 in construction of
the bride at a point 250 yards across
the line in Virginia, as the bridge at
this point would necessiate a shorter
route than if the bride was construe- I
ted on the State line.
LINDSEY DENIES HE IS
FREE LOVE ADVOCATE
Says He is Offering What He Be
lieves to Be a Solution of the Prob
lem.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 30. —Because
of a deluge of denunciation from a l l
sections of the country by clergymen
and laymen alike, whom he charac
terized” as misunderstanding me,”
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Den
ver juvenile court, tonight issued a
statement declaring he was "not ad
’ vocating free love in America.”
“Rather, be said, “I am offering
what I believe may be a solution to
"he problem of free love now ram-
ant in the country.”
“Because I care so much for the
;anctity and permanence of the
American home, I am bitterly op
.joeed to ’free love’ and so-called
trial marriages' as they exist under
he present marriage code, he said.
’Most of the present marriage code,
if course, I heartily approve.”
INVESTIGATE DEATH QF
BOY, STRUCK BY TRAIN
Conductor W. L. Lyerly Said to Have
Been Operating Engine at Time of
Accident.
Brevard, N. C„ Jan. 31—OP)—The
particulars in the death of Dawson
Hogged, fifteen-year old youth of Cal
vert, who was killed by an engine at
the Southern railroad yards in Hos
man last Thursday, were brought be
fore the Transylvania grand jury,
meeting with Superior Court here to
day, following tlie findings of the cor
oner’s jury which directed court ac
tion, charging W. 1,. Lyerly and the
Southern railroad with manslaughter.
According to the findings of the
coroner's jury, reported to the court,
Lyerly, a conductor, was operating
the engine at the time the tragedy
occurred.
Contract For Dormitory.
Chalotte. Jan. 29. —Contract for
the erection of a dormitory at
Queens College here was let yester
day by the building committees. The
total cost is expected to be approxi
mately >BO,OOO. Work will begin at
once and the building probably will
be ready for occupancy by August
l l #.
HUNDREDS FLEE TO
ESCAPE FLOODS IN
ARKANSAS BOTTOMS
Thousands of Acres of Rich
Farm Land Under the |
Water and Many Rivers |
Are Still Rising. |
LEVEES HOLDING
WATER BACK NOW
Should They Break Sev
eral Towns Would Be
Flooded.—Many Homes
Now Deserted.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 31. — UP) —
Flood waters continued to strike men
acingly at river levees in Arkansas to
day with hundreds of families already
driven from their homes, and thous
ands of acres of rich farm lands un
der water.
Workers still were engaged in
strengthening two important levees
where breaks would cause heavy dam
ages.
One of the levees is on the White
River near Devalls Bluff. Workers
were more hopeful today that their ef
forts there would be rewarded.
The other is the St. Francis River
levee near Marked Tree, where a
break would pause the flooding of the
entire town,' according to reports.
Breaks in a White River levee six
miles north of Des Arc have resulted
in the flooding of more than 20,000
acres of land, much of which is in
cultivation, and have forced from
300 to 400 families to take to higher
grounds.
The refugees from the flooded areas
are being cared for in the homes of
friends and in rescue camps. In
some places the waters have receded
i sufficiently to enable families to re
turn to their homes.
The highest waters in ten years in
some sections of the state have re
sulted so far in no less of life and lit
tle loss of livestock, although the dam
age to farm crops is reported to have
been heavy.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 3 to 4
Points Under Selling, March Going
'New*To"rk', .Tan. 31.—(>)—The cot
tori market opened steady today at
a decline of 3 to 4 points under
j southern selling and realizing or liqui
dation, prices easing off to 13.29 for
March and 13.70 for July during the
first few minutes, or about 4 or 5
points net lower.
Liverpool made a relatively firm
showing, however, while spot houses
were buyers of March here. Some
trade buying in later months led to
rnllies. the market selling back to
about Saturday's closing quotation by
the end of the first hdur.
Private cables said there had been
calling and covering in the Liverpool
market, nnd that manufacturers of
cotton goods were well engaged with
'.iome trade improving.
Cotton futures opened steady:
March 13.31 ; May 13.51; July 13.70;
Oct. 13.95; Dec. 14.10.
! THREE WOUNDED OFFICERS
ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Sheriff James L. Turner and Deputies
Fired Upon While Raiding Still.
Sanford, N. C., Jan. 31.— UP) —
While the sheriff's office was closed
today, the conditions of Sheriff James
L. Turner, of Lee county and his two
deputies was reported better at the
hospital.
The sheriff, Deputy William Utley
' and Deputy Leonard Craig, were
wounded by moonshiners Sunday at
a still in the Lick Creek neighborhood
near here. Sheriff Turner was re
covering from a shot in the head,
Utley from buckshot in the side, and
, Craig from shots in the arm. If no
J complications set in all three will re
cover, doctors said.
Raleigh, Jan. 31.—(A>)—Three al
, leged moonshiners were arrested about
, twenty miles from here today and
jailed here following the shooting of
■ Sheriff Turner, of Lee county, yester
r day.
The three, Macon Harrison, Ned
Ray and Buston Tilley, were later in
the day taken to Sanford on war
rants in connection with the shooting.
Tom Davis. IV., was captured and
held in the Durham jail.
ADVERSE REPORT ON
TILSON NOMINATION
Had Been Nominated by President to
Be Federal Judge In Georgia.
Washington. Jan. 31.— UP) —The
nomination of William J. Tilson to be
Federal judge for the new district of
Georgia was adversely reported today
,by the Senate judiciary committee.
Tilson was opposed by Senators
George and Harris, democrats, of
Georgia, grounds on which the oppo
sition was based including the claim
that he was not a resident of the dis
trict.
Alexander S. Calbraith Dies Sudden
ly.
Brevard, N. C, Jan. 31.— UP)—
Alexander S. Calbraith, retired travel
ing representative of the New York
Central railroad, died suddenly Sun
day at the home here of his daughter.
Mrs. W. C. Austin. He was seventy
years old. Death was attributed to
heart disease.
He was well known in railroad cir
cles, and retired two years ago to make
his home in the mountains. The
body will be taken to Oneida, N. Y.,
for burial
I 1
FLAT FEET IN NAVY
CAUSED BY CHARLESTON
(By International News Service)
Oakland, Calif., Jan. 31.—The
Charleston causes flat feet. At
least that's the belief of naval re
cruiting men.
S. C. Wdwns, recruiting offie"
for the United States navy i>- gjjjJ
land, declared that of t)r
prospective recruits morel
had been rejected. V . fT
"Twenty-six were j
l because of Hat feet," Wow tie de- j
I clnred, "and ten were refused be- I
I cause of rapid heart action. Most j
of tile rejected applicants ndmitted j
j they were Charleston enthusiasts." i
; ;
WILL EXPECTED “STORM”
BREAK IN LEGISLATURE?
Or Lill It. Turn Out to Be a “Tem- j
pest in a Teapot?” |
The Tribune Bureau 1
Sir Walter Hotel j
Raleigh. Jan. 31. —Will the long-j
heralded and much-rumored "storm"!
break in the general assembly this
week? It has been scheduled to, ac
cording to tile most reliable lobby
gossip. But there are a number who!
merely smile at this report.
In the first place, what is the
"storm" going to break about? True,
it has been generally circulated
arouud that the "insurgents”, under
the generalship of Representative
Walter Murphy, of Rowan, would
launch their attack, chiefly on the gov
ernor and the appropriations budget
bill. But since there is little possi
bility that the budget and appropria
tions measure will reach the floor of
the house this week, although it will
be completed, many are at a loss to
understand how any “attack” can be
made on the governor except through
the appropriations budget measure, or
some other administration bill. And
since no other administration bill of!
importance is expected to come up, it
is being wondered if any one will have
the temerity to make an independent
onslought without the bolstering alibi
of some measure to which exception
can be taken.
There has been a feeling in some
quarters that Governor McLean was
using his influence to block the enact
ment of the Australian ballot bill and
direct charges to that effect nave been
made in an article appearing in a
Raleigh morning newspaper. Howev
er, those closest to the administration
maintain that the governor not only
is not seeking to defeat the bill but
is really in sympathy with the meas
ure. However, he is not taking an
active part in the discussion of the
bill for the reason that, lie feels ♦hat
it is a matter for the members of
the, general assembly to decide among
themselves, without his intervention.
This bill has the strong support of all
the women’s organizations in the state,
and seems to have a very good chance,
respite some determined opposition
from certain localities.
For a time there appeared that
there might ue a rift over the bill
designed to increase the number of su
perior court judges in the state might
cause a rift, since the administration
recommended a measure to increase
the number of judges through a sys
tem of pprinnnent emergency judges,
so as not to have to create new dis
tricts or additional solicitors. And
at first when Representative Everelt,
of Durham, offered his bills to increase
the number of judicial districts, there
nppeared that there might be some
kind of a contest on this point. How
ever, Mr. Everett has since announced
that he will be in favor of the perma
nent emergency judge plan if it is
found to be permissible under the con
stitution. And assurance is given
now that the system is constitution
al.
Thus it seems that in the absence
of any issue or measure over which
a "storm” can break, there is much
likelihood Hint the storm may turn
out to be a tempest ill a teapot, or
merely a cloud of rumor.
With Our Advertisers.
One admission will be given free
with each paid admission at the Tues
day matinee nt the Concord Theatre,
where vaudeville and pictures will be
shown- Admission 40 cents.
Hoover's is showing it’s first ar
rivals of Schloss Bros. & Co., spring
suits.
Four flours, four grades, but all
good, at Cline & Moose’s. Fresh ship
ments just in.
. The coat you want for Spring is at
J.C. Penney Company’s. Spring
coats for women and misses, only
$14.75.
The new process wire gloss trftus
-1 mils violet rays. Get it at the
Ritchie Hardware Co.
■ See tile new ad. today of Cline's
* Pharmacy. Phone 333.
Have you a real good photograph
of your boy taken recently? See ad.
of the Boyd W. Cox Studio.
' Little hardware at little prices at
Yorke & Wadsworth Co.'s.
’ See partial list of new Victor rec
ords for February at Bell & Harris
f Furniture Company.
- Only one week left of the big .Tan
s nary Clearance sale at the Parks-Belk
’ Co. You will find new specials every
day.
J At the Concord Theatre today and
f tomorrow, Ben Lyon and Ailcen Prin
" gle in “The Great Deception.” To
-1 morrow big vaudeville. Matinee 20
and 40 cents. Night 25 and 50 cents.
Woman at R7 Starts Alone For
World Trip.
Attica, N. Y., Jan. 31. —Age haA
failed to daunt the spirit of Mrs.
Amelia Chesbro, who has started a
trip to Europe And the Holy Lund
without escort or companion nt the
age of 87.
With no more bustle or excitement
than leaving for a days shopping
trip, Mrs. Chesbro took her train and
said goodbye to friends for 60 days.
She is a profound student of the
Bible and will realize a lifetime wish
to see the land her researches have
told her so much about
THE TRIBUNE , ! I
PRINTS 1
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j
NO. 21,
population™
F T ED STATES IS
SOULS
i Computations by Goverti-
I ment Census Expert#
I Say Population July Ist
j Will Be Above Number.
AN INCREASE
OF 12,917,380
| Since the 1920 Census Was
I Taken.—Based on Avau
| able Data of Varioiw
I Kinds.
Washington, Jan. 31. —OP)—Compu-
I tations by the government’s census
! experts indicate that the population of
continental United States on July
1, 1927 will be 118,628,000. ; \, t ;
This Is an increase of 1,492,000 oy
er the estimate for July 1, 1926, anil
an increase of 12,917,000 over the Sc
ares for January 1, 1920, when the
last actual census was taken.
The new estimate, announced todag
by the census bureau, is based, amopC
other tilings, on available data ...Mg
garding births, deaths, immigration
and emigration. Estimates for each
of the states were made by distribut
ing the total estimated increase in
the same proportions as the actual in
crease between the two censuses of
1910 and 1920 was distributed. Tlteae
states which showed a decrease So*
tween 1910 and 1920 or between 1920
and 1925, however, were not eredUed
with having made any increase sijjjce.
No figures were announced for gbb?
graphical divisions smaller than Hie
states.
The population of North Carplinai
is given at 2,897,000, an increase of
337,877 over the actual census figures
of 1920,
ENGLAND SELLS WAR -a
SUPPLIES FOR S BILLIONS
Biggest Sale in World’s History
Closed as Old Stores Are Disposed
Os.
BY F. A. WRAY
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
London, Jan. 31.—The greatest
"sale" in the world’s history has
, just been completed and wound-ttp.
It Was the snle of $3,400,000,000 ‘
of War Store* belonging to rhe
British (Government.
Only five officials now remain of a
Ktnff of 47,000 persons, who. eight
years ago. set out to dispose of war
material which cost the British Em
pire untold millions of dollars. Its
actual cost will, probably never -.be
known. But. out of the debris $3,-
400,000,000 has been recovered and
gone to the relief of the Chancellor,of
the Exchequer for war debts and
other payments.
The difficulties encountered in,
this wind-up can be judged by tbej
fact that there were more than
350,000 distinct varieties of stores,
scattered in dumps in various parts
of the world, which had to be dealt
with bv the “Linuidation and flis
jiosnl Commission.”
Many Depots.
It was necessary, therefore, to
place 500 depots in various countries
and to send out expert valuers and
snlesmen.
The stocks to be disposed of
varied from ordinary office pens and
penei s to ocean-going steamers, com
plete railroad*, factories, roads, ami
even vast tracts of desert land. They
included animals, explosives, food
stuffs, mechanical and horse trans
port. barge*. medical stores and
furniture. Hundreds of miles of
roads, constructed in such countries
as Macedonia, Iraq and Palestine,
• together with locomotive and trucks,
had to be sold at whatever priced
■ they would fetch. '
One of the greatest difficulties
with which the Commission wh4
• i faced was to find and identify their
I stock before it could Tie valued and
I atalogued. For instance, hundreds
-of boats and barges loft! tir be locat
ed on the canals of France and Bel
t gium, and brought together for sale.
’ Sold to Contractors
. As much of the property as was
suitable, was sold to contractors jn
- Britain and other countries to be res
1 tailed to the public, but this was
only part of many deals running iii
s to millions of pounds sterling with
foreign Governments. British buyers
i took, in all, about one-third of The
total stock—-about $1,200,000,000.
The Government!-; of France v.nd
Belgium took good for which they
paid in cash about $215,000,000.
Iraq paid $45,000,000. Egypt and
Palestine, about $40,000,000. India
$50,000,000. The United States and
Canada about 515.ft00.000, and Ire
and nearly $5,000,000.
During pust years these sales have
been windfalls to successive Chan
cellors of the Exchequer, but, nfter
a snia l contribution this year, they
will now cease.
Would Keep Alien Property to Settle
Claims. u
Washington, Jan. 31. —OP)— Forty
per cent, instead of 20 per cent, of
the alien property held by the Ameri
can government would be retained for
the settlement of claims of American
Nationals against Germany under an
amendment to the alien property, re
turns bill approved today by the Sen
ate finance committee.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Tuesday, colder in
i the east and central portions tonight.
! Moderate northwest shifting to ttitflw
east winds.