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PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Transport Is Ordered
To Leave Navy Yard
For Secret Destination
idfc
Hints of Mysterious De*j
. velopments in the Nicar
aguan Situation DeveL
oped Today.
POSSIBILITY OF
A SETTLEMENT
Rear Admiral Latimer Ex-j
pected to Have a Con
ference Today With Sa
casa, Liberal Claimant.
Washington, Feb. 15.——Confi
dent of a conference in Nicaragua to
day between rear admiral Latimer, the
American Commander, and Johir Sac
ana, Nicaraguan liberal lead re, the
Navy Department ordered navy trans
port Heneerson to sail tomorrow to
Nicaragua, en rounte to Guantanamo,
with 800 bluejackets for the scouting
lleet.
Further disposition of the transport
will depend on developments in Nic
uragnn, but it was evident the gover
ment was prepared to take necssary
steps to protect American interests,
regardless^of the outcome of the la
timer-Sacasa conference, which was
designed to find a peaceful solution
of the situation.
Washington, Feb. 15—OP) —Hints
of a mysterious development in' the
Nicaraguan situation today when
it became known that, the Navy
transport Henderson had been or
dered to leave the Phi'adelphia Navy
Yard today for a secret destination.
Rear Admiral La(imer. command
ing American naval forces in Nica
ragua, expected to have a conference
today with Dr. Kacasa, liberal claim
tint to the Nicaraguan presidency.
Officials here are dpeful that stejfc
toward settlement of the Nicaraguan
civil war may result, but meantime
it is apparent that tiie United States
is uot relaxing its preparations to
he*, the; situation through.
Admiral Latimer sent to Wnsb
ingtana confidential report yesterday
which is believed to have cointained
an outline of bis reasons for believ
ing there was a possiblity of seitle
' meat. , (
Whether other information edn
,ffi.jsas3..vn{r
SAYS INJUSTICE HALTS
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Cotton Manufacturers Discriminated
Against In Taxes. Says Marshall.
Charlotte, Feb. 14. —Tax discrim
ination and injustice arc putting the
brakes upon industrial development
and progress in North Carolina, Hun
ter Marshall, Jr„ secretary and
treasurer of the Cotton Manufactur
ers’ Association Os North Carolina,
declared tri a statement issued today.
1 “Numerous cotton mills in the state
I have paid considerably more in taxes
during tbe past two dr three years
, thau they have paid to their stock
holders,” Mr. Marchall said.
The statement follows in part:
“There has been an apparent dis
position upon the part of a number
of individuals ami a very few news
papers of the State to give the-im
pression that the cotton manufac
turers are seeking to be favored in the
matter of taxation in North Caro
lina. The plain, unvarnished and
simple truth is that they are striving
to have removed the discrimination in
taxation against them which exists
today.
Discrimination Alleged.
“Any fair minded mau who will
take the trouble, to investigate will
find that not only tbe cotton mills
but other corporate interests in North
Carolina are discriminated against
at the preaent time. A cotton mill in
Mecklenburg county, for instance, must
not only pay the county tax upon the
appraised valuation upon its property
and a city tax, if It is in the city,
but it must also pay a large franchise
tax to the State and in addition to
that it must pay another Stats tax
of four per cent upon its net income
—and besides all this federal income
tax of 18 1-2 per cent. This, of
course, applies to othej corporations
'as well as to cotton mills. No other
Jri owners of any type of property, how
“ ever, are required to assjpuie any such
tax burdens.
“Tbe federal tax of 13,1-2 per otnt
of course, is levied throughout the
nation but in only A’Very few states
is a double State-Wide tax levied upon
manufacturing enterprise. Unpreju
diced experts from outside the State
after careful study and analysis of
tbe tax system of all of the states of
tbe union, -have stathd that tbe tax
burdens upon manufacturing inter
ests in North Carolina are greater
~ than in any other state, without a
single exception.” ,
Morrison in Raleigh Watching Lsgis
>. . beta re- ■, ■
Raleigh, 14.—Cameron Mor
rison, former governor, la in Raleigh
to keep' an eye on the doing of the
legislature and to renew acquaint
ances with mem bens. ■ ■
He established himself at the Sir
Walter hotel today and announced
that he would confine himself to the
hotel lobby and would do no lobby,
lag in and around legislative halls.
“I have made my views Known
and it would be insincere for me to
say that I am not interested In wbat
the legie ature does about matters
before it, but I do not think it pro-
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DEPUTY WARDEN ON
WAY TO INDIANA
TO GET OTTO WOOD
| Raleigh, Feb. 15.—OP)—Deputy
: Warden E. E. McKernan, of state
prison, left for Terre Haute. Ind.,
I today to present extradition papers J,
| for the return of Otto Wood, three M
j times jail breaker, to finish his 30
year term for murder.
Governor McLean late yesterday
signed the papers presented by-
George Ross Pou, prison superin
tendent, for the notorious convict
who last escaped in November last
year.
numerous Important
STATE RILLS TO Cd.WE UP
This Week for Final Action.—The '
Se.lberry Bill to Cause a Lively
Fight.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BAHKERVILL
Racigh, Feb. 15- —Among tbe num
erous important statewide bills that ,
are expected to come up in the general ,
assembly for final action this week, ,
one of the sprightliest fights of the
week is expected to develop in the
house on the Sedberry, already dubbed
the “Sudes-beery” bill, which provides
that in cases involving the transporta
tion of liquor in automobiles, the car
shall not be Confiscated unless it is
the absolute property of the ope using
it to transport the liquor.
That this bill is in reality a “joker"
bill designed largely to circumvent the
present prohibition law of the state
has nlrendy been sensed by Represen
tative 55. V. Turlington, of Iredell,
author of the state's present prohibi
tion law, and at hht request tbe bill
went over last week until sometime
daring the present week. For despite
the fact that the senate has already
passed it, there are a number of mem
bers of tbe House besides Turlington
who are inclined to consider it a dan
gerous bill, and a stiff light on it in
the house is anticipated.
Not only would it virtually nullify
tlm confiscation clauses of the present
law! but it would materially protect
the title to these automobiles until the
last payment has been made. Thus,
anyone trauspor{iug liquor in a car
bought on tbe instalment plan, could
at oned plead that the car was not
bin, hot the property of the finance
corporation, and the car would then
be turned over, to this corporation,
snd then back to the buyer, to be
used again. Ami so op, ad infinitum.
It is already a well known fact that
bootleggers aqd liquor runners make
it a practice to buy automobiles on
tbe installment plan, because when
their cars are seised and confiscated,
they do not. lose as much as they
would had they, paid for their cars in
full. It is also known ttiat because
■*Mhis very fact, the finance corpora
tions would welcome the Sedberry
law.
But the' bootleggers would profit
most, since with the knowledge that
a car could not bo confiscated, unless
it were tbe actual property of the man
driving It at the time of. the a rest,
and then not until he had been con
victed of transporting, no thinking
%otlegger would be so foolish as to
ever drive his own car while hauling
a load of liquor. The result would
he "that the seixure and confiscation
clauses of the present prohibition laws
would be nullified and bootleggers
could continue to transport liquor
with complete immunity as far as the
confiscation of their cars is concerned.
Then too, the law would insure the
various finance corporations against
virtually all loss as far as confisca
tion of liquor cars is concerned, with
the result that they would have to
exercise tar lees care in undertaking
credit risks than is now the case.
Hence It can be seen that with these
facta in mind, a regular fight on the
“Suda-beery” bill is likely to develop
when it comes up in the house, with
the Odds decidedly, in favor of the pro
hibition enforcement element in, the
boose.
Drowned In Swamp "aa Car Leaves
. ' Road. ;
Feb. I.—-Mrs. </rtiw
son Bryaht, of 'Lumberton, was
drowned end her husband pinned
underneath their -ear last night at
ten , thirty when their automobile,
driven by Mrs. Bryant, ran off the!
embankment at Ten Mile swamp,'
between Lumberton and St. Pauls-
Mr. Bryant was working wait tbe
coils under the dash board at the
time of rt* accident, and he thinks
there was a short circuit which
made the lights go out and caused
Mm. Bryant to become confused.
Mr. Bryant was brought to a local
hospital but was released today.
Wafer! Co-Eds Decide in Favor of
> %psfctog
Palo Alto, Cal. Feb. 14.—C0-eds in
Stanford university can smoke if they
want to.
1 Seven campus sororities voted re
cently to permit girl students to smoke
without interference. Three other
sororities took no action, but these
three were local chapters of sororities
that have national , regulations against
w tM decision of the women s conier
ence to fogtroublesome ques
tion to each “bouoe” on the campus
VOTE EXPECTED IN
THE HOUSE BEFORE
CLOSE OF THE DAY
On Substitute for McNary- .
Haugen Bill as Passed by
the Senate for Its Com
panion Measure.
SECRETARYMELLON
ISSUES A LETTER
j
In Which He Indicates His
Hostility to the Bill on
the Eve of Its Coining
Up in the House.
Washington, Feb. 15. —(4 s )—Con-
tinuing an intensive fight. House farm
leaders here were hopeful today that
before night the point would be reach
ed where a vote would be in order
to substitute the McNary-Haugen bill
as passed by tbe Senate for its com
panion mensucr which for nearly a
week has been debated in the Hpuse.
A letter by Secretary Mellon setting i
forth difficulties foreseen by the Treas
ury Department in carrying out the
eequalizatioii fee provisions of the bill,
catne in for discussion early at the
Capitol, ami leaders freely admitted
that whether a vote on substitution
was reached today or carried over
until tomorrow depended largely ou
the time consumed in discussing this
communication.
Roth supporters and opponents will
look to the vote on substitution as
furnishing some light on the strength
Os tbe bill, but it has been pointed
out that although a number of mem
bers includihg House itarty leaders
have announced they will suport this
move, they have made no announce
ment of their position on final pas
sage.
Substitution is sought in the hope
the bill can be passed in the same
form as approved by tbe Senate, so
that it caa go directly to the Pres
ident, and avert the tedious legisla
tive journey through a conference with
the other bady.
Secretary Mellon’s letter is the sec
ond in as many years in which he has
indicated his hostility to the bill on
the eve of its coming up for a vote,
iu the House. '
Mlm Lula Hands. Races to School
and Warn Children of Mad Dog.
Islington. Feb. 14.—Miss Lu’n
Harris, 17-year-oid daughter of
Hayes Harris, father of Emmons
township, this county, is cast in the
role of heroine in a story brought
here from, Denton. Mies Harris, ac
cording to this ! version receiving
news over the telephone that a mad
dog- was on the highway ran a half
mile to warn pupfls of Cedar Springs
public school, who at the time were ,
enjoying a recess.
Miss Hnrris, so it is related, saw
the dog coming in sight just as she
reached the school yard but warned
the pupils, who scampered indoors
just before the dog came nosing
around the playground. Residents of
that section slew the dog a little
later.
It is said that the dog Was ob
served at Ilenton but left there and
headed northward on the higmyay
leading to Thoinasville- The Cedar
Springs school is along this highway,
and Borne one realizing that rue
children would probably be playing
in their recess hour about the time
the dog would reach that point, tele
phoned to the Harris home. The
git and her mother were alone at
the home, hut'Miss Lula is said to
have run as npidly as possible to
bear the warning. >• - -■
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Boy Painfully Hurt at Work in
MHL •
Monroe, Feb. 14.—Fit* Craig. Ift
year-old operative of' the Jdonroe
Mills Company. 'Was seriously in
jured when his clothing was caught
in a bolt bi tbe spinning room and
he was carried to the ceiling before
the power criuld be cut off and tbe
maebiuery stripped. 'He was taken to
the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital where
it was found that his head and face
were badly bruised and his left arm
broken in three places.
Thinks Negotiation* Not Halted
• London, ■ Feb. 15.—(4*)-—Foreign
Secret. ry Rif Austell Chamberlain
told die House of Commons today'that
he had received no information'that
(he negotiations at Hankow between
Foreign Minister Eugene Cben, of the
Cantonese government, and British
Charge de Affires Ow#n O’Malley have
broken down, as stated in tbe press.
There are bright days and dark
days, and wo must take advantage of'
the former and be as little dis
couraged as possible by the latter
They are all in a lifetime.
Mo*. Edith H. Dili, of Aroo-uook
County, is the first woman c .uaty
viusk. IQ «WS »q) ui aajnsnajt
VAUDEVILLE
TONIGHT *
“EARL WILLIAMS HOT
SHOTS OF 1996-1927
EDITION”
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CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1927
EMU SHOCKS!
11l USE
VEH«OH
Number of lives Lost Un* 1
certain.—Tons of Snow,
. Loosened by the Quake,
Tumble Into Buildings.
THERE WERE 19 1
DISTINCT SHOCKS
i
A Dispatch From Vjenn* J
Says the Casualties May
Reich 600—Quakes Felt
Again Last Night. |{
lle!grade, Jugo-Slavia, Feb. 15.—j j
UP) —Earthquake shocks ill the HffiN I l
xegovina, Dalmatia ami Bosnia ,anc-j i
tions of the Balkans have caused r
enormous diimage. '. ; j i
While the number of lives lost wag t
uncertain today owing to a 1 break in
the telegraphic and telephonic service*, r
it was believed there have been many f
deaths. ■ f
Relief traiOq were held up by breaks *
in the lines.
Twelve persons are known to £ffiyff I
lost their lives in Sarajevo, wber* 1
tons of snow and ice loosened by the
earth tremors, crashed into ten build- i
ings. | s
The earth tremors began about »
dawn yesterday morning; before they
had ceased some observatories regis- j
tered nineteen distinct shocks. - '
Dead and Injured May Reach. A4O. £
Vienna', Feb. 15.—(4*) —A dispatch
from Belgrade to the Graetz Tageepott .
says that the casualties of the earth- 1
quake which rocked Bosnia, Herzego
vina and Dalmatia, ar? estimated at (
000 persons. These figures for “the
dead and injured could not be con* 1
firmed. 1
Tiie dispatch savs that earth tre- '
mers were renewed last nisi'*.
The Hotel de la Vil’e at Uagusa J
»i» reported to have co.lapscd kin* 1
I ing several guests, while at Popovop- j
olis a row of houses fell into the Tr*- j
bisnica River, drowning and crushing
the inhabitants. ... j
THE COTTON MARKET. I ,
Opened Steady at Advance of l 4 !
New York, Feb. 15.—(4>>—Cot- 4
ton market opened steady todiy 'af an .
advance of 1 to 3 points. The rela
tively‘firm showing of Liverpool evi
dently caused covering after the re
act ions'yestehlay, and had a tendency
to check' pelHng; .L|
The advance to* 13.85 for Mny and
14.37 for October met realizing or
Southern selling, however, and the *
market was rather irregular with !
prices about net unchanged to 3 points
lower at the end of the first hour.
Privae cables reported good calling '
by tbe trade, with London and Con- .
tuental baying in Liverpool, and an ‘
active business in cottoh cloths, chietly ,
for shipment to India.
Cotton futures- opened steady: j
March 13.69; MSy 13.92; July 14.13;
October 14.35;.
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Declare* America. Short on States- j
men. (
Charlotte, Feb. 14. — Peace con- ,
fereucea are a "waste of time and
money” and “America is short mi j
statesmen and long 1 , on politicians" in (
the opinion of Dr. J. M. Tibbets. of j
Pittsburgh, Pa., ,fied secretary of tin* ,
National Reform Association. (
Speaking a* ; the 'Westminister
Presbyterian church here, Dr. Tib- ,
butts said that relifion’wns she only ,
hope for bringing about world peace. -
“America is short on statesmen .
and long on politicians,” he said. ,
“The statesman tries to do all he
can for his constituents and his (
country while the politician tried to
‘do’ his constituents and his country
all he can. ’
“Peace conferences are a waste of
time and money. We need not hope ,
for world . pence, , a lasting world ■
peace until the Prince of Peace in 1
crowned king of king*.’,’'
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The Normandie silk stockings are ;
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This Is Uoundert’ Week' with the
A. A I*. Store*, during which you can
. get some great values. See ad. today
for some oi them.
Wood May Return to State Rather
Than Face 30 Years In Indiana
. ■
Raleigh, Feb. 18.—State Wismi i
Superintendent Geofge Rons Pou to- a
; morrow will taka ft»t steps towm-d I
’ the return of Otto Wood, North Caro- (
I lina’s elusive criminal, from Ten-e t
- Haute, Indiana. <
Mr. Pou will request Governor Me- i
Lean to sign extradition papers for
the one-armed outlaw’s retume to the j
state prison from where be escaped i
, last November. 1
Under a 30-year prison sentence i
since Pecemehr, 1823, for murder of i
a Greensboro pawnbroker, A. W. Knp- 1
lan, the notorious convict escaped three I
times from prison here, the last time |
. i
i hraketnan in Indianapolis and attempt- J;
' ed singje handed robbery of * drug f
t* fps e 1
GOVERNOR M LEAN I
* H SPECIAL
MESSAGE TODAY I
The Long Expected Coun- ]
ty Government Bills I
Brings a Message to the!
General Assembly.
HOT DISCUSSION
, OF THE MEASURES
Debate on Natureopathy) l
Bill Was So Hot as to Be i
Heard Across the Hall in J
the Senate. (
State Capital, Raleigh, Feb. 15. I
(4 I ) —l.ong expected county govern-1-
ment bills were broug-.it to the atten-1 1
tiou of the general assembly in a spec- t
ial message from Governor McLean i
today. i
Tlje subject has been studied by a \
comniinßion for two years and the need
for improvement in county operations, l
especially finance, Was stressed by tbe c
governor in his biennial message. t
Tbe bills Were introduced in the
house by Representuve Smith, of t
Wuke. «
The bilVi are designed, the gover- i
nor’s message said, to “relieve the con- <
stantiy increasing burden of local gov- t
eminent.” 1
They arc divided to cover five sub- t
jects. i
’ To provide administration of fiscal t
affairs. i
To regulate issuance obligations. i
Constitutional amendment to limit i
indebtedness.
Amending laws governing collection i
of taxes. , i
'Lie county government bills were
introduced in the aenute by Johnson, (
of Duplin, Moore of Martin, and Hines
of Guilford.
Senate bills, two in number, pro- f
riding for issuance of bonds and notes
by counties and county government
uiethods. House bills, three, provide t
improved administration of fiscal as- <
fairs, constitutional amendment to ]
limit indebtedness, and amend law i
governing collecting of taxes, <
The two houses meeting at 11 a. i
m. passed through the noon hour in t
hot” debate 1 without recess up-into the <
important afternoon committee meet- I
iagfc.in iprolonged discussion of two »
measures, \ ‘ “ ' j
JTlie Natureopathy bill was killed in t
tbe house, 91 to 16, after nn argument
as hot was 'heard in the senate. I
After adopting the senate road com- I
mittee substitute for the Smith-Har- <
gett bill giving the State highway coin- <
mission authority to select its own <
road routes, the upper house heard u ]
stormy debate over giving the eommis- ]
sion such authority, and passed the <
bill, 38 to 12, to the houAe. I
Senator Frank Hancock, of Gran- i
Ville, led qn onslought on the measure \
as a “slap at the Supreme Court .of i
North Carolina,” that the measure <
was in reality a writing into law of
lack of respect for the Supreme Court, i
His hour-long ' attack in which l
Frank Page, chairman of the eommis- <
sloft, was assailed through a rejoinder i
f#6ai ■ Benator Hargett and Jones, who !
denied the measure was fathered by the i
highway commission, spoke against <
discussiug personalities and for prin- <
triples involved. I
The debate became hot with many ]
voices joining in! Arguing in behalf
of tiie commission additional authority |
td“locate roads were Senator Moore
of Martin, Hines, of Guilford, Womb.e
of Forsyth, Royall of Wayne. _
Against life measure on the flooT
were Horton of Caswell, Hortou of
Chatham and Sharp of Rockingham, j
ahd Broughton of Wake, the latter op- (
posed to V.ie bill because the measures
would subject the highway commis
sion to many more suits than it has ,
ever had before.
Ah-pbuio Frightens Hone to Death.
(By International Service.)
Washington, Feb. 14.—The Navy
Department announced today that it
had'started an' investigation into i
the claims of R. C. Cates, of Erwin,
N. C, that a Navy airplane frighten
ed on of his fine horses to death near
Dunn, N. C„ on January 10.
The Erwin map is requesting re
hntburaement to the extent of $250
for the death of his horse. 'Oates
claimed, that while- the plane was
s>lug over his - plantation, -it fright-1
ehed the horse so that the animal
beat itself to death against a fence. ,
No man can avoid his own com
pany—so he bad better make it as
good as possible.
■tore in Terre Haute. The druggist
■hot him down but the one-armed crim
inal recovered and was identified
through photographs an fingerprint
system. Wood had also escaped from
Ohio and Tennessee prison .before bin
conviction of murder in this state.
It is understood Wood will waive
extradition, being willing to return
rather- than face 30-year sentence in
Indiana on chaVges of attempt to rob
and aesautt with : a deoJly weapon,
Charges of violation of the national
automobile theft act, Virginia theft
charges and Ohio and Tennesse prison
Governor McLean will dispatch the
KTKL * o«.r«l W> r,..rd fc,
IS, LI CUES IS
KILLED IN AN AUTO!
SIASHUP LAST NIGHT;
Husband Says His Auto;
Was Hit by a Speeding
Car, But Facts Seem to
Indicate Otherwise.
TOUCH oFMYSTERY j
TO THE ACCIDENT j
Car Landed 58 Feet Off the
Road and Travelled An
other 10 Feet in Dirt Be
fore Stopping.
Hendersonville, N. C., Feb. 15. — UP)
—Mrs. L. B. Grimes, 35, of Sky land,
was killed in an automobile smashup
at midnight last night near Tuxedo,
when the automobile iu which she was
riding with her liusband and daughter -
went over a thirty-foot embankment.
Conflicting stories told by tbe hus
band and those questioned by Cor
oner A. L. Beck add a touch of mys
tery to the accident.
Mr. Grimes clung to his explana
tion that his automobile was hit by
a speeding car headed toward Green
vil'e, despite the feat that the cor
oner's investigation showed that I'.ie
car landed 58 feet off the road at a
large rock, and then apparently trav
eled another 100 feet in the dirt and
underbrush before stopping, and that
therefore it must have been traveling
nt a tremendous speed. There was
no evidence of a sideswipe, the cor
oner said.
Formal inquest was ordered Wed
nesday afternoon. Grimes and his
daughter were not seriously injured. ]
SOUTHERN MAY RELOCATE
PART OF ROAD TO TRYON
Survey Under Way May Eliminate
Stqpp Saluda Grade.
Hendersonville, Feb. 15. —A survey
that will determine the advisability
of relocating part of the Southern
Railway tracks between Henderson
ville and Tryon, is being made by the
engineering department of the rail
road company, it became known here
today. The plan it is expected, would
eliminate the present Saluda moun
tain grade, said to be the steeliest
,gnule ‘on the entire Southenr railroad
■ghii on Wlifch thefFriidve been num
erous derailments.
Engineers have been in the field
for several days, and while no of-
ficial announcements are available as
to the result of the survey, it is un
derstood that one of the suveys runs
on a straight line through the New
Hope section to East Flat Rock, a
proposal that eliminates many curves
on a fourmile stretch of the road.
Other sharp curves in the road be
tween. East Flnt Rock and Saluda
would be. eliminated, it is said, and
near Lake Summit, at Tuxedo an "S'’
curve would be dispensed with.
Unofficially it was reported that
still another survey is being made
that would take the road from Hen
dersonville to Landrum, S. C., by au
entirely new route, going via Mills
Springs and Columbus in Polk coun
ty, leaving Tryon and Saluda entirely
olf the main railroad, and that the
old line would be left intact for hand
ling light traffic and freight for those
points.
BUS MILEAGE EXCEEDS
STEAM AND ELECTRIC
Os 21.8#8 Buses in Operation 3,504
Are By Electric Companies.
Chicago, Feb. 15.—Automobile bus
lines in the United States, operating
on regular daily schedule, have a
total mileage of 352,800, or 40.730
miles more than the combined total
ofall steam and electric railroads of
the country. This was revealed in a
survey announced here by the
American Research Foundation.
“Mileage of railroad lines in 1920
totaled 259.227 and the miles of
electric lines was 46,837,”- says the
survey. “Despite this difference the
electric toads used many more buseß
than did the railroads, although both
increased their bus operation, and
this was one of the chief reasons the
great oil companies such as Sin
clair, Standard and Texas have de
cided to continue their program for
increasing, resoprees and. production
of gasoline in 1927.
“There were 21,868 buses operated
by motor transport companies and
individuals in line service, and of
t)«ee 502 busses were being operat
ed by railroads and 3,594 by the
electric lines.,
“Motor trucks to the number of j
45.417 were being -operated in line
and terminal service for the ex
clusive transportation of goods, their
mileage being 611.921. Os these
only 81 trucks were being operated
by steam rai’roads.”
If some used their hands as active
ly as they tue their tongues they
would soon master self-discontent.
NOTICE!
Beginning Today
HOTEL CONCORD
COFFEE SHOP
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if Midnight '
FRANCE’S REPLY TO
COOLIDGE PROPOSAL
IS GIVEN P£>
; Reply Was Drafted oy For- J
eign Minister Briand and j
Unanimously Approved |
by the Cabinet.
FRANCE WANTS NO
PART IN MATTER
Is Willing for League of
Nations to Take Proper
Steps Covering Question
for All Nations.
Paris, Feb. 15. —France’s reply to
the naval disarmament proposals of
President Coolidge as drafted by For
eign Minister Rriand, was unanimous
ly approved at a cabinet meeting to
day, It will be forwarded to Wash
ington immediately and vjili be made
public tomorrow morning.
As forecast in these dispatches the
reply, it was indicated after the cab
inet meeting, will point out that the
league of nations is already consider:
ing the disarmament question in its
relation to nil nations as distinguished
from the group of nations mentioned
by Mr. Coolidfee. France, it will say,
has no desire to take the question out
of the league's hands.
In drafting the reply, M. Briand
took great pains to make it appear
as little as possible like n flat rejec
tion, at the same time making it clear
that France adheres positively for the
movement to the league preparatory
commission's scheme, which links nav
al with laud disarmament.
It is understood the note leaves the
door open for the Washington govern
ment to make suggestions concerning
the continued efforts of the prepara
tory commission which is working un
der league auspices with the collabora
tion of American delegates.
FAVORS SEPARATION
OF CHURCH AND STATE
Rev. MeKendree Lang So Tells Rep
resentative of International News
' Service.
(By International News Service)
Baleigh, Feb. 15.—Rev. MeKendree
Long, champion of anti-evolution leg
islation amt »e\vlj.-electfcd bead of the
militant band of fundamentalists, the
North Carolina Bible .League, favors
tire comptete separation of the church
and the state.
The anti-evolution proponent, who
visited the capital last week to lead
the fundamentalists in their support
of the 1927 Poole evolution bill be
fore the house education committee,
declared as much in an interview here
with International News Service.
“However,” the evangelist declared,
“while I am for separation of the
church and state, and I am utterly
opposed to any attempt to force the
teaching of doctrines contrary to the
Bible iu public schools of North Caro
lina.”
Declaring that petitions in the hands
of the North Carolina -Bible League
give sufficient evidence that the ma
jority of the people of North Caro
lina are ready to ban the teaching of
the so-called evolution theory in pub
lic schools, he said that the ciizenry
of the state was in favor of the re-j
vised Poole bill, whether the general
assembly was or not.
The leader of the fdndamentalist
band launched an attack on the press
of the state, branding it as “modern
istic.”
"However," Mr. Long declared, “we
have reached the place where we do
- not mind it. The people themselves
resent it.”
The Poole bill embodied the legis
lative program of Hie North Carolina
Bible League, which was drawn un at
a statewide meeting at Statesville a
few weeks ago.
“Oily’ Salesman Sought By Lexington
Women.
Lexington, Feb.' 10. —Several Lbx
ington housewives are hot on the trail
of an oily house-to-house salesman of
floor oil. One woman, upon investi
gating, found, that she had paid for
four gallons at the rate of $1 a gallon,
and that the same oil had been bought
from a local retail furniture store for
50 cents a gallon. To make matters
worse the' "batosman” borrowed" the
oil for “demonstration purposes” with
a promise to replace it next day when
his supplies arrived. They haven’t
arrived yet, and he has gone.
Chariot to Dealers Ban “Art” Maga
zines.
Charlotte, N. C., Feb 14. —As n
| result of n vigorous campaign by
City Solicitor Fred Helmc. Chnr
lotte news dea'ers have planned a
, ban on tbe sale of so-called , "art”,
magazines here?
News dealers admitted that the
city solicitor gave them the alter
. native of stopping sale of the “im
moral" publications or faoiug legal
RCtion. They decided to take the
former course.
Double Murderer Given 20 Years In
State Prison.
Wilson, Feb. 10.—-Alvesta Ayers
was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in
the state prison today after entering
a plea of second degree murder in con
nection with slaying of his wife and
father-in-law.
Ayers shot and fatally’ wounded his
wife and father-in-law, William D.
Sterling, on August 24, 1926. He first
shut his wife in the room of her
father's home and as he was fleeing
from the house he encountered Ster
ling, reloaded his gun and shot the
lnttar.
u — mm
THE TRIBUNE i
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAT]'
No.3p
WHAT DO PETITIONS fl
FIOIIIOLETO ]
’.orttiHESS MEMBERS?
One Man Says He UsuaijF J
Throws Them Away and %
! Others Indicate They Gw'fl
1 Much Attention.
THINGS STATES - ~'l
CAN PETITION
It Is Right That Sovereign J
State Should Express an
Opinion on Matters, Gigt* %
gress Members Say.
...
Washington, Feb. 15.—C4 I )—The at
tention that some members of Com- ,
gress frequently pay to tbe action* Wt * J
state legislatures was refleeted
day in debate in tbe house. 4 sJS|
A request by Representative Flfc
mer, democrat, South Carolina,
print in the Congressional Record*’*
resolution of that state's general (Spy 1 1
sembly was objected to by Repreaiis* i
tative Underhill, republican, Maasa- IS
chusetts.
When Fill mer insisted, tbe MasSa- !
chusetts member said he usually put ’
resolutions received by him in tftb %
waste basket, adding that space ip the
back of the Record is reserved ' td ■ "■'Ji
knowledgment of receipt of peti&Mta 3
and memorials.
Representative Burtness, repuMi
rnn, North Dakota, then made a fM»
ilar request. ■ H
"I assume the gentleman from life* 3
schusetts being on his feet," he xdhL ,
“desires to object to this also. UvraH'-lij
to ask him if he wants to take the
position here of denying a sovereign
people of our respective states from
using the right granted to them by the
Constitution, to petition Congress.'’*’’ -a
FARM RECLAMATION WORK.
Work in South May Be Undertakes r J
by the Government on a Large
Seale.
(By International News Service),!,*
Raleigh, Feb. 15.—Belief that Con* ;
gress will appropriate a large sum for \t
reclamation in the sout'.i was express
ed here today by R. E. Hanna, presl- ' j
dent of the Calhoun highway nssocia
tiou with headquarters at Clinton, S»
a. . •. „
Hanna has just returned from '!?
Washington, where he held a confer- ■'
ence with Secretary of Interior Work
relative to the report made by tha
special committee whir'll visited sev
eral southern states in December to
study reclamation projects.
"The South is the logical location
for farm reclamation work,” Hanna
declared.
The highway association head said
that he had received the impreaaiM
in Washington that reclamation work
in the South would be undertake* by
the federal government on a large
scale. J®
“T’lie United States has spent, about
$200,000,000 on reclamation in the
West and only $15,000 in the South,’’
he asserted. "This section r-pr nrisfhl : "
a field for this work where more ehy :'■?
suits can be accomplished at a muck
lower cost.
“A vast amount of the benefit will
result through actual demonstrations
I to the southern farmers of new meth
ods and the results that may be ex
pected therefrom. Community of
small farms suc’j as has been the idea
of the secretary of interior appears to
be the most effective method Os bring
ing about some greatly needed chancre
in the methods of many of our fafen- |
ere."
While here Hanna conferred with <
Major Wads 11. Phillips; director ,t|§s§
the'North Carolina department
serration nnd .development. 'i;
Davidson Trustees to Meet Wednes
day. , jflftas
Charlotte, Feb. 14.—Trustees of
Davidsqn College, at. a meeting
Wednesday, are expected to adopt a
new- constitution, it was lea mod
here today- The executive board of
the trustees will meet here Tuesday.. 3
The meeting Wednesday will be tha $
semi-annual ' gathering of trustees
and among the matters to be con
sidered will be that of raising*sloo,-
000 to match a provisional gift es
that amount, offered by a person
not named.
Adoption, .of a constitution, wilt
have aa Important effect upon poli
ties of the institution, it was statcei .1
. Finds English Channel Harder Than
Catalina.
, The English Channel is much hard- ■
• er to swim than Catalina and the .
. Irish Channel more difficult then j
, either, according to Henry F. Sulli
’ van. Not content with being the I
* only person in the world who 'Jigs
conquered the first two, he is pfen
ning now to attempt the last.- jjjjffilil
water of Catalina is colder than in '
the English Channel, he admit*,...hfetlj
he says the cold does not hamper ft
swimmer as much as the tides, which
run from four to seven knots iu the tj
i Channel and from one to two 4(tjs
California. The Irish Channel, h* \
i declares, is the “longest, coldretifel|fi
most difficult stretch of water, in IMI
; world."
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WEATHER FORECAffT; Ml
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Partly cloudy tonight, slightly
: er in central and east- portions, «(£§
■ nesidav itirrmninir rlniiiliiiiiiiu'nMYtiiVSwi
: followed by rain in extreme wd^tSlj
■ tion ; slightly colder on
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