DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Many Major Measures to Come Up in the State Legislature This Week Little or No Statewide Leg islation Has Thus Far Been Finally Enacted.— Busy Days This. Week. 30 publicTbills ON HOUSE CALENDAR Southern Power Co. Says Passage of Winston Bill WwiMCostlt About sl,- 000,000 Annually. KnieiHh, 14.—DP)—Proponed chanjhw in eowPr'jirocediire and in the election laws were before bolti houses of tlin general assembly 6n entering the loaf tltirtl of its sixty-day biennial session tonight. Both houses had recessed from Sat urday noon over the week-end in con clusion of the sixth week of business, favorable committee reports on the Great Kinoky Mountains national park project and the bridge project over the Cape Fear River at Wilmington, and hearing on the North Carolina Bi ble League anti-evolution bill, brought major legislation closer to the two '.louse bails proper. The Smokies $2,000,000 appropria tion question was set for considera tion in the Senate this Wednesday. The statewide game bill, reported wKh unanimous favor, was to be consider ed in the house the same time. Ju dicial reform measures were set for' consideration in the house Thursday night. The house education committee planned to vote on the anti-evolution bi,l tomorrow and the bill whs afire 1o reach t'ue house floor under favor ub'c Or unfavorable report.! ' . - •In the senate tomorrow the compro mise Committee bill giving the high way- commission authority to locate roads copies too, with favorable re ports. . . ■ Senator Walter Woodsop, senate fi nance committee chairman, said the revenue bill would be reported out probably Friday. Heport to the education committee of both houses fro msub-committees on supplying revenue for school terms was due early this week. Meanwhile with little or no sflfTP" wide, legislation finally enacted, the be "f the seventh week, saw tkia t» public bills on the house calendar ami on the senate eighteen. Tomorrow the joint elections committee has the Australian or secret ballot bill before It for disposal. 1 Tonight’s calendar had the Canaday bill to change the date of (he primary election from June to August for con sideration in the senate, and the house bfd the judicial reform measure to shake up the present jury selection system for vote. Other judicial con ference measures suggested- by jurists of the state recently were to be con sidered in special house meetings Thursday night. On tefnight's house calendar also was tlie t'reekmere bill sponsored by the State Parent-Teachers Association to increase the. age limit from Id to 10 years' for compulsory school attend ance of all children who have not com pleted tlie eighth grade. i Southern Bower Company counsel maintained passage of the Winston bill by the general assembly would curtail hydro-electric development. The meas ure, introduced at the latest house ses sion, aimed through taxation to raise $1,000,0000 revnue annually, would cost the company from $700,000 to $1,000,000 annually, it was maintain ed. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON IS-YEAR OLD GIRL Three White Men of Yakdln County in JaM for Alleged Serious Offense. Winston-Salem, Feb. 14.—OP) — Jonah Speaks, 02, Leroy Pendergrass, 24, and Garland Cildress, 21, all white, are in Yadkin county jail awaiting trial in charges preferred by Miss Ed na Speaks, aged IS, who accuses Hie three of enticing her to go with them for a ride and assaulting her. Mias Speaks had been living with Mr. and Mrs. U. A. Martin, near Yadkinvll’.e. She alleges that vae three men came there and told her that her mother was ill and wpnjted her at home. Instead of, taking her borne, they 'parried her tq an abandoned house where she was kept for a 'day. It. is said that When rescued thdgiri «vtii|iijj a pitiful condi tion. •«"" ® y{2 • The three will be' given a prelim inary hearing before a magistrate this week. STAR THEATRE MONDAY-TUEBDAY “EVERYBODY’S ACTING.’’ With Betty Bronson, Ford Sterling, Louise Dresser, Lawrence Gray and Henry Walthall. It’a a Paramount. Also Fox News and Pa the Sport Reel WEDNESDAY (Everybody’s Day) “THE GOLDEN STRAIN” A Peter B. Kyne etory with Madge Bellamy, Kenneth Harlan, Hobart Bos worth and Ann Pennington. Alao Fox News and Cat Comedy. ADMISSION AND THURSDAY-FBIDAY “THE SEWING MACHINE GIRL” With Madge Bellamy and Alan Forest You have seen “Sandy" and also “Summer Bachelors’’, now sea her beet The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading- Small Citv Dailv i OTTO WOOD MAY BE TRIED IN INDIANA If He Is Convicted There the Authori ties Are Advised to Have a Safe Place to Put Him. The Tribune .Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Majelgh. Feb. 14.—Now that Otto Woodo. Hie Hand ini of North Caro lina’s prison guests, has been captured in Terre Haute. Indiana, following his third escape from the State prison here, people arc wondering if the In diana authorities will be able to keep him incarcerated until he can either be fried there or returned to North Carolina. J For there is no getting around the fact that Otto N about ns difficult n man to keep in ’prisons, be it jail or penitentiary, as it hne been the mis fortune of the Norl'.i Carolina prison authorities to deal with. In fact, it is now generally admitted that Wood undoubntedly has a peculiar type of criminal insanity—a sort of “espaeeo manlac”—whose greatest thrill is to get in prison and then get out. For contrary to the belief of many. Wood is not a vicious man—not n “killer” us he often has been depicted. He aayn that he has never shot a man, and once said that he would rather be shot than shoot first. His specialty has been larceny—principally automo biles, and in making escapes from jails, chain gangs and state prisons. H« record of escapes is unequalled in North Carolina, and doubtless in other states as well. When he left the State prison here in the gray dawn of November 24th through a gate in the back wall of the prison enclosure, which a guard had “forgotten” to properly bar, it was his third escape from this prison. Home nine months before he had crawled into a concrete culvert pipe in n freight car —and let the switch engine do the rent. Then before that he had gotten away in an automobile, as it left the prisdn yard. And previous to coming to North Carolina to achieve fame ha a slippery customer, he had escaped from the state prisons in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Tennes see. Hence it is not surprising that peo ple here are wondering if the Indiana authorities will be able to keep Otto in prison until such a time as bis fate "Shall. be determined, for despite tlie fact tlmt be, has but one hsl)d—-his left Ing and nerve and nn uncanny al&ity to do the unexpected—and get’ by with it. Because of these qualities, many who are inclined to admire Otto are wondering, If he did. not r permit him self to be shot when he was captured in Terra Haute trying to hold up a drug store, rather than exchange shots with the druggist who shot him. Reports here so far do not indicate whether Wood fired his gun or not. And though he has participated in numerous holdups, he hag always maintained that he used a gun merely for bluff, and that he has never shot anyone. Even In the killing of Kap lan, the. Greensboro pawn broker, for which he was serving a 'thirty-year sentence in State prison here Wood ilk] not shooto him but hit him over the head with the butt of his gun. And Wood still maintains that he had no intention of killing Kaplan, and font the blow he struck was not hard enough to eg use death. Before holding up the drug store on January 25th when he was cap tured after being seriously wounded — the druggist’s bullet went entirely through hit body, a few inches below the heart—Wood had participated in anotbe rholdup in Terre Haute, hav ing held up n railroad brakeman and taken his watch, some money and con sltlerable clothing. This was on Jan uary 19th. The fact that he was driving a Ford coupe which had been stolen from Roanoke, Va., on Janu ary 11th, indicates also that he was up to his old tricks of stealiug auto mobiles. The stealing of this coupe also com plicates Wood’s present status, since the government authorities are seek ing him now on a charge of inter-1 state trafficking in stolen automobiles, while the maximum penalty in In diana for holding up the drug store in 26 yearn in prison. So whether or not he will be tried there, or turned over to the federal authorities; for trial or returned to North Carolina to serve the rwst of his thirty-year sen-, tehee for, second degree .murder, re mains t(> be determined,;! V-’l Positive identification of Wood by the Terre Haute police was not made until February 3rd since be had been too ill until then to have Us finger prints taken. These tallied with the descriptive circlars and then a pic ture of him nod the finger prints were sent to the prison here, where the identification was made positive, ac cording to George Roes Pou, superin tendent of the prison. Who said “yes, it's Otto, all right.” House To Hold Night Sessions. Raleigh, Feb. 14.—(INS)—The House will hold its first night meet ing of the present session this week. The body will meet on Thursday night by special order to consider judi cial reform bills that have been in troduced thus far in the session. The House will take up the various bills that have been introduced that relate-in one way or another to in creasing the number of judicial dis tricts in the State. * (i? The committee substitute bill pro viding for the creation of sven addi tional districts ip the State haa pawed the Senate. The bill produced the most extended argument the Swat* REVISED REVENUE BILL TO BE READY NEXT WEDNESDAY The Bill Win Be Submited i in Practically the Same Form in Which It Was Drawn. IA FEW MINOR CHANGES MADE It Will Take the Senate and House at Least a Week to Consider It.—Other, Bills of Importance. TriHune Tturenn Sir Walter Hotel* BT J. C. BASKERVILLE. Raleigh, Feb.—The revised and re j written revenue bill will probably be presented to the general assembly by the joint finance committees on Wed nesday, it was learned today from one of those in dose touch with the work of the committee. While a number of minor change** have been made in the bill, and n few sections have been altered, the bill, will be submitted much in the same form it was drawn by the advisory budget commission, it was said. , When the bill in finally submitted, at least a week will be consumed by both the senate and bnuse in consider ing it, it is estimated, since both houses will probably take the bill up section by section. It is thought that consideration of ths bill can be com pleted within a week, unless some un expected danger should be encount ered. A number of Other bills of state wide importance 'are on the calendar for this week. The statewide game bill has already been reported favor ably to both the senate and house, and it has been set as special order at the close pf the house session Wednesday, and will probably come up Monday night or Tuesday in the .Senate, The bill was on the calendar in the house Friday bnt action was deferred until Wednesday. It seems assured of pas sage. The various bills relating to in creasing the number of the judielnl districts in the state have been made special order for the bouse Thursday. Plfihk.AWl.tt Jfeia titflg the ing the number of judicial districts, judges and solicitors from 20 to 27 will be taken up, as well as the Mc- Lean bill to create four permanent enjprgency judges, pending the enact ment of a constitutional amendment proriding for more jbdges Without solicitors.. This bill was defeated in the senate when offered as a substi tute for the bill adopted. The bill creating the seven addi tional judicial districts will probably be approved by the house, close ob servers here believe, though many members feel that more solicitors are not needed, though the judges are. Final committee hearing on the FaUs-Broughton Australian ballot bill has been set for Wednesday, at which time the bill will receive its death blow, according to many who have been following this bill. Two con cessions have already been made, have greatly weakened it. These pro visions leave the absentee voting laws virtually as they are, and provide for additional markers at the polls, to give help to those who desire it. The original bill would have greatly tight ened up the abaentee voting regula tions, and would not have provided additional markers. The original bill had the support of the various women’s organizations of the state, but so many changes have been made, or will be made, that there seems to be a possibility that they will not support the revised hill. The delay in considering the Austra lian ballot hill, and the numerous changes, in it, both seem to hare been brought about by the. various influ ences which have been opposing it. It la understood that Colonel A. 1). Watts, who has been in Raleigh al most continuously for the l«Ut two weeks, h as been leading the attack on the bill. The old timers in the legislature, even those who are for the bill, now see little chance for its enactment. The bill changing the date of the primary from June to August—but still on Saturday, so pity the news papers—has passed the senate and may get pest the house, but will fact » Miff fight, the bill to compel all ve hicles bn' the highways to carry tail lights, including horse drawn Vehicles, entitled “An act to prevent suicide on the highway*'’ goes to the house for concurrence with Hie senate, and probably be passed, if Mark Squires of Caldwell, who knifed a similar bill in the senate two years ago, can be modified and convinced that the bill is necessary. Tfie bill to prohibit the use of smoke screens on automobiles, aimed at the whiskey runners, already .passed by the house, goes tp the sen ate for concurrence. Several more of the judicial con ference bills, notably the jury reform bill, will also come in the course of the week - .- Radio Pictures From Paris 4 Parte, Feb. 12.— One of the big wire lees stations In Paris is to broadcast pictures. These transmissions will be for the benefit of listeners who have installed a “telectograph”—a picture receiving outfit. Many a man will pay a lawyer for telling him he is wrong, and never would thank hie wife for the same advice. CONCORD, N, C., MON JAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1927 In the News Spotlight m, \ f^X : '' 1 (I;« IdU NicHd/As k.buhcr. HbsteA honoun Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the Park Avenue Bam list Church, New York, urged confessionals where Protestant* could be comforted by their ministers. Pat M. Neff, formef Governor of Texas, was appointed to the Board of Railroatj Mediation. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia (University, predicted that Calvin Coolidge would not be a Presidential candidate in 1928. Mme. Hosra Honoun, thirty* jtwo, was the first woman attorney in Turkey. (latweattom Kmndl CANNONS START ACTION AGAINST MILL COMPANY Want $1,700,060 Now Held As Sur plus to Be Declared In Dividends. Albemarle, Feb. 12, —An action tai -vAviniC' .-$1,7011-000.. won 'Sfnnly* ‘eodiity-Hnperror court here to day when the law firm of Brooks, Parker, Smith and Haynes, of Greens boro, representing the plaintiffs, filed n mandamus suit to compel the di rectors of the Wiscaßsett Mill com pany to declare in dividends the sur plus of the corporation over and above the capital stock and the amount re served by the stockholders as working capital. Tile suit is entitled J. F. Cannon and M. L. Cannon against the Wis-i cassett Mill company and the direc tors. It' is said that the capital stock of the corporation is $3,600,000, while the working/capital set up by the company is $1,800,000, The sur plus of the corporation over and above the capital stock and the working capital is placed- *£t $1,700,000 and it is this amount that' the plaintiffs through court action seek, to comjiel the directors to declare in dividends. Tlie action is made returnable be fore Judge J. 1,. Webb at Shelby on Saturday, February 26, Judge Webb being the Superior court judge holding the Courts in the district in which the Wiscassett ‘mill is' located : Among the prominent directors of the mill are C. A. Cannon, directing head of the Cannon Manufacturing company of Kannapolis; E. T. Cans* ler, of Charlotte, and A. L. Brooks,, of Greensboro. J. F. Cannon, of. the plaibtiffs to the action, owns and controls more than 25 per cent of the entire cnpital stock and although for 20 years he has been connected with the mills and its tremendous success he is now excluded from any. active participation in its manage-; ment. .« The Wisacsxett mill has been oncf of the most successfully operated in the country. It has not 'only piled up tremendous working capital and surplus, but it is said that of the $3,600,000 of capital stock nearly $1,500,000 is represented by stock dividends. /■ f . .a, , -■ 'i Girl at Head of Women Troops cap tures Town. . Managua. -‘Nic., Feb. 11.—A bat r talliqn of women formed and led by a 2b-year-old firl, assisted , the eonscr* vative forces which recently recap tured the town of Chluandega from the liberal troopß, thus restoring communications between Corinto and Managua. Sixteen of the women were wound ed, some seriously while passing u>i *1 ammunition to conservative soldiers in trenches, cleaning gum* and passing food. Natalie Gargia, of Managua, lender of the battalion, was shot through the left breast and is in a serious condition- Smith Highway BUI Up Tuesday. Raleigh, Feb. 14.—(INS)—The Sen ate Tuesday will face one of the stillest assignments of the present session when it considers, by special order, the so-called Smith Highway#! bill. ' , ■ ■ 1 The bill, a substitute offered by that Senate Roads Committee in i!eu of the biU intorduced early in the Session by Senators Smith and Hargett, is de signed to empower the. State Highway Commission to designate the route and| The bill WM>t>laced on the special* order calendar by motion of ita co-l author. Senator Smith of Wake. i, iu i ■urn i ! i'll : r mk PAT K NEFF* 0 PRESIDENT READY TO EXERCISE VETO Now Preparing Message That Will Kill McNary-Haugeii BiU, Says Lawrence. ’ Wadhim*** -Feb. . IZ-ePraakteat. ‘Coolidge will assume the leadership at once in the fight against the type of legislation represented by the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill just passed by the Senate. The President is preparing a veto message, for it is confidently expected that the bill will pasa the House next week. The margin of eight votes in the Senate, however, indicates that the measure cannot command a two-thirds vote for pass age over at veto, so farm relief leg islation of the MeXary-Haugen kind may be said to be dead so far as the present Congress ■ is concerned. There is real gratification in ad ministration tfyarters that the Pres ident will take tlie lead and write a message Which will for the first time cite the detailed objections of tlie administration to the McNary-Hougeu bill. Until now not a word lias come from the White House except by im plication when the general subject of price-fixing has been discussed. 'Cabinet officers have been unable In their speeches or statements to say a word in direct opposition to the McNary-Haugen bill because the Pres ident himself had not spoken. Now ‘fce opportunity will be unrestricted to argue the case before the farmers of the country. Mr. Coolidge feels that the Mc- Xary-Haugen bill will not benefit, but actually injure the farmer. The Mid dle West has heard only one side of the story, in the opinion of administra tive officials,' and now when the other side is fully presented, it is exiiected that there will be a division of senti ment. At least the President’s veto message will be something around which the more or less conservative elements iu the Republican party can :*filly.ii, : Opponents of the McNary-Haugen bill concede that the President’s veto message will crystallize sentiment and make a clear-cut issue. It will of citturse, be a dominant political* issue, with the forces of fprmer Governor Lowden. of Illonois, taking up the cause of the McNary-Haugen bill. It might even transpire that Vice-Pres ident Charles G. Dawes Will enter the dkbate, for he has a right to his lopinions, even though they may differ from those of the Chief Executive. He has been participating in confer ences of Senators looking toward the adoption of the McNary-Haugen bill In the Senate and if thp vote had been tied, he would have to cast his ballot in favor of the measure. Doubt as to Reason For Second K. K. K. Charlotte, Feb 13.—Because the local Ku Klux Klan got so big that a hall couldn't be found large enough to hold all the members at once was given ms the eason for [femation of another Klan here, ac- I cording to information obtained to- Iday. But a high official in the ortgln- I al Klan here declared that, while he {had heard of the second Klan being I formed he knew nothing about tr.» [plans. He said that what appeal* to be a brand new Klan, nation wide, |la being formed from Indianhpolis. t A spokesman for the second Klan [declared that the new one will he [vary thorough in scrutinizing appli [canto for racmbetehlp and many ap plying couldn’t make the 'grade and STEPS TAKEN FOR RETURNOf OTTO mono STATE George Ross Pou Presents Paper to Gov. McLean for Extraditing the No torious Criminal. REWARD MAY REDIVIDED If Indiana Governor Hon ors Paper Wood Will Be Returned to Prison Here | * After His Third Escape. — Raleigh, Feb. 14.—C46 First steps (for the return of Otto Wood, North I Carolina's one-armed outlaw, were taken today when George Pou, state prison superintendent, presented papers to Governor for his signing extraditing the notorious criminal from Indiana. Mr. Pou was assured of the flover onr's signature to the papers before he presented them. The superinten dant did not plan to go to Terre Haute, Indiana iiersonally to present the papers to the Indiana Governor. If the Hoosier Governor honors the papers, Wood will be returned to pris on here after his third escape. His last escape occurred last November. The SSOO offered by North Carolina for Wood’s return will, be left to In diana authorities to award. It, ap peared her likely that, the amount would be split between the druggist in Terre Haute who shot Wood down last month when lie attempted single handed robbery of a drug store, and the officers who made his arrest a lit tle later. Wood's record, photograph, finger prints, description, charges against him and alias were received from the In diana jail by authorities here. Charges against the notorious crim inal since his confinment here in Dec member 1623 for murder of A. W. Kaplan, Greensboro pawn broker, in clude : Three escapes from state pris on here, added to his record of two escapes from Ohio and Tennessee jails previously; violation of the national auto theft net and Virginia theft law; attempt to rob; nn assault with deadly weapon under the Indiana Jaw. Government’s Effort to Show That Miller Was I'nuaumlly Interested In Passage of $7,000,000 Claim. ■ New York, Feb. 14.—(A*) —Bent on proving that Thos. W. Miller, former, alien property custodian, was unusual ly interested in passage of the $7,000.- 000 claim on impounded assets of the American Metal Company, the govern ment today sought for the second time to procure admission of telegrams sent to Miller by his private secretary. To do this, the government recalled Harrison Rouse, investigator of the general accounts office, to identify tel egrams taken from government files. Two of these telegrams were sent to Miller at Pittsburgh by Fred H. Wil son, his secretary. One telegram ad vised Miller that Wilson had learned unofficially that the claim had been passed. The other advised official passage. The government sought to prove that in the three years Wilson was j secretary to Miller, he sent no other telegrams about claims. Miller and Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney general, are on trial for the second time on charges of con spiracy to defra’ud the United States of their unbiased services. The first trial ended in a disagreement. The charges grew out of the trans fer of nearly $7,006,000 of the assets of the American Metal Company which had been impounded as enemy owned, to Richard Merton, agent for the Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de Meteaux. The deal was effected in 1921. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm at an Advance, But Prices Eased Off. New York, Feb. 14—OP)—The cot ton market opened firm today at an advance of 14 to 18 points in response to higher Liverpool cables. There was further covering and buying based on the passage of tlie farm bill by the Senate after the close of business last week, but the advance brought in heavy realising while there 'may also have been some selling for a reaction, j i May contracts sold up to 14.18, and October to 14.63, on the initial de mand, but soon lost 16 or 12 points oi the advance, May ruling around 14.06 and October 14.50 at the end of the first hour. The census report showing domestic consumption of 604,315 for January last year was scarcely up to bullish expectations and probably increased ; the disposition to take profits on re font purchases. Cotton futures opened firm. March 13.90; May 14.15; Jply 14.87; Oct. 14.61; Dec. 14.78. COLD WAVE AND SNOW STORM VISIT THE WEST Originating in California Storm *nd Cold Wave Are Sweeping Into the East. Kansas Oity, Mo., Feb. 12. Warning of a cold wave in Montana and snow in the middle west tonight and tomorrow was issued today by weather bureaus. Utahans awakened today to find a two-inch blanket of enow on the ground and predictions that the snowfall would continued tonight and tomorrow. WANT SUBSTITUTE | Fdßil RELbIiL t Friends of the Measure Ask 1 Authority to Substitute the Bill as Approved by the Senate. /. MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE CALLED Substitution of the Senate Bill and Its Passage Would Make Unneces sary Conference Report. Washington, Fob. 14. UP) —Friends of the McNary-Haugen farm relief < bill appeared today bgefore the Honse 1 rules committee, and asked authority i to substitute the bill as approved by < the Senate for the companion mens- i ure now under consideration by the House. 1 After hearing Chairman Haugen of the Agriculture Committee, the rules < group requested him to enll a meet- 1 ing of his committee ami have it for mally authorize a request that substi- ( tution be permitted. 1 Substitution of the senate bill* and its passage without amendment by the ! House would make unnecessary a conference report to the Senate and ' the consequent danger of a filibuster ] against the measure there in the clos ing days of the session. i While a final vote on the measure which was passed last Friday by the i senate, is not expected to be held in the house, before tbe end of the week, ■ its supporters confident of its pas sage, are pressing towards this show down so that the bill can be placed in the hands of President Coolidge by 1 Saturday. Its supporters, led by Chairman Haugen of the house agriculture committee, a co-author of the measure, however are planning to bring it to morrow to a test vote as an index of its strength on the parliaipentary handling of the bill. The measure, football of Congress for the past three years, although ad mittedly in the most auspicious posi tion of itis legislative career, faces another barrier erected by its House opponents in an eleventh hour effort for its defeat. These adversaries are Senate for eonferepoe WITT be newesl tated. There its Senate enemies hope to bury it. so there will be no oppor tunity for a conference report before the present session ends. Representative Haugen evidently anticipates such a move against hi* measure, and today is expected to at tempt to thwart it. STUDY CLASS OF MISSIONS BEGINS AT CENTRAL CHURCH Missionary Addresses by Prominent Visitors to be Given at Central Methodist Church Starting To night. In connection with the program of Mission study that is being held in all the Methodist Episcopal Churches South, there will be a mission study period starting at 7:15 and a mission address at 8 o’clock every night this week except Saturday at the Central j Methodist Church, beginning tonight and lasting through Friday uight. The mission address will be given by Rev. A. D. Wilcox, pastor of Trin ity Methodist Church, of Charlotte; Dr. E. K. McLarty, of Statesville, will speak Tuesday night. Charges Ireland, Conference Lay Leader, of Greens boro, will speak Wednesday; Rev. R. G. Tuttle, of Salisbury, will ad dress the meeting Thursady; and Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, Friday evening. In connection with. the adressed, the mission study class will make a study of ‘‘Yet Another Day in Me thodist Missions," which is just off the press and gives a comprehensive view of the missionary situation. MEMORLYL FOR BROWN BY TRUSTEES OF DUKE Missionary Address by Prominent With Mid-Year Meeting to Be Held February 23. Durhaain. Feb; 12.-—ln connection with the mid-year meeting ot the i trustees of Duke university here on ; Februnry 23. there will be a me | morial service for Joseph G. Brown, I who died at his home ill Raleigh a I short time ago and who for 10 years (had been chairman of the board. The election of Mr. Brown's suc | cessor will not be up at this meeting, | since, according to the statutes of j the university, the officers of the j board are elected annually at the | meeting which is held in connection | with commencement, in June. In the I meantime. Dr. T. F. Mnrr, of Way ] nwvllle, is ‘vice chairman oi the board. Students, officials and faculty members of Duke will join in the memorial service, to pay tribute to the memory of la man who has served the institution through every state of Its deve'opment. State Convict Escapes Raleigh. Feb. 14.—" t " t *' c * unty A ** Bt THE TRIBUNE PRINTS . i TODAY’S NEWS TODAY —— .. . . 1| NO, 31 CHOICONSIEB ufllG JANUffifg WHS 604,584 BALft There Were 7,873,007 Ba}e| on Hand January 31st-* During January 56,93$ : Were Imported. EXPORTS WERE M 1,115,792 BAIH Cotton Spindles Active tR January Numbered 633,550. Statistics |g|§ States Given. Washington. Feb. 14. — OP) —Cotton , consumed during January totalled 004.217 of lint and 54,010 or h'ptf|jK| in December; and 582,315 of lint (12,230 of linters in January, the census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand January 31st held as follows: In consuming establishments, 852,087 bale* of lint and 161,T8$ linters. In public storage and at comprqagM|y 0,070.020 bales of lint and 57,SjsjT|R! linters. Imports for January totaled ttjll 030 bales. Exports for January totalled 1-Vs%k 702 bales, including 41,437 linters. Cotton spifidles active during ary numbered 32,033,550. Statistics for cotton growing sti||9£. included: v; Cotton consumed during JanuMSt,. 437,788 bales. Cotton on hand January 31st. held as follows: In donsuming establishments, 1,272,. 740 bales. Cotton spindles active (Hiring unry numbered 17,482,420. With Our Advertisers. t : S| Get Squibb's milk of magnesia aftl Cline's Pharmacy. Phone 333. For this week oniy the Concopd Furniture Co. will sell a $149 50 3-piece suite for only $98.50. X«# SUDDENLY' IN CHARUytijl Found Dead In His Bed This MMg|j|. by His Son, Fred Pharr. Charlotte, Feb. 14.— UP) —.Inrfies Mfe Pharr, 63 years-old, one of the hew known citizens of this city, died sud denly sometime last night. E(e was found dead in bed when his soq, FtSjj Pharr, went to call him this- ing. Mr. Pharr Was born in Stateevifijl' in 1863. He was for many years a isen£N» of the board of trustees of the' Uniwp Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., and of the board of trustees of David eon College. His wife died last September. ./-Sgl Funeral' services will be held morrow. JAPAN MUST MAINTAIN 'JIB HER NAVAL STREKOt# Both Her Land and Sea Force* Arf Necessary to Her ProtMCMfclfl Tokio, Feb. 14.—— PremtsrxSjSj katsuki told the upper house of |fi| diet today that Japan's " present .4B Itary and naval forces are neeeMHjß to maintain and protect Japan's oK is ting position and rights.” -/IM “Unless there la a marked ck*Sfl(f in Japan’s international positieriH the world’s general condition in eM& similar circumstances, Japan aSB maintain her present strength on |m| and at eea.” ■ *■: ■ WEATHER FORBOABQF. J Partly cloudy tonight, colder ep treme west and warmer in central alpt a nest. southwest whs