■ 11 - ■ VOLUME XXVII Insull Defies Senate . Committee And Tells Only WhatHe Desires dines to Answer Ques tions About Expenses. WILL BE CITED BY THE SENATE Must Answer Contempt Proceedings as Result of His Determination to Defy Rules of Senate. Washington, Feb. 20.—OP)—On ad vice otf counsel, Samuel Insull, multi-, millionaire public utilities operator of; Chicago, again defied the senate cam paign funds committee today by re-’ fusing to answer questions about the' financing of the Illinois republican! campaign in 1026. Insull again refused to give the names of four men to whom he gave $40,000 during the republican primary- He will be .cited to tbo Senate for contempt proceedings. The Illinois magnate was one of the supporters of Frank L. Smith for the: republican Senatorial nomination, and; the committee sought to question' him further in its consideration of the validity of Smith’s credentials as a' senator. ' He refused flatly to tell whether he borrowed from his Commonwealth Edison Company any part of the $66,- s 000 which he contributed for the <’ool#Oounty political organisation in the Illinois primary last spring. The refusal was made on advice of his at torney, Gilbert E. Porter. Earlier in the week the witness bad failed to give testimony the commit tee asked for, and a recess was taken until today to permit him to secure further evidence from Chicago. On taking the stand he read this state ment : “I have heretofore testified that I made contributions totaling $23”,- 925.19 in connection with the primary eleet'on held in Illinois on April 13, 1926. Os this sum, $172,925.19 was contributed for the purpose of influ encing nominations of persons for IT. 8. Senator. The remainder $65,000 was contributed to influence the nom inations of various persons for various local county offices, and 1 firmly be “ Said sum of $172,925.1$ was con tributed during the period of a few months preceding the primary, and all of it was borrowed by me from the Commonwealth Edison Company,’ pending reimbursement of the company from my own funds as soon as they could conveniently arrange for it. “It was absent from the state of II- Siois on a trip to Europe from about arch 17th until May 12, 1926. On June 30.1928 I gave the Common wealth Edison company by personal check for $190,000 to repay said amount of $172,925.19, which I bad so borrowed, together with other items of Indebtedness owing from me to the company. This check was oh the Il linois Merchant Trust Co., of Chicago. “All of the $65,000 contributed to infiuence the nomination, for local of fices 'in Cook County was furnished by me partly from my own funds and partly from money which I borrowed at the time and have since repaid.” Will Be Cited Next Week. Washington, Feb. 26.—(A*) —Sam- uel Inßull, Chicago utility operator, his attorney Daniel J. Schuyler, and Thomas W. Cunningham, of Philadel phia, will be cited to the Senate next week for contempt of the Senate cam paign funds committee. With Our Advertisers. The Concord Furniture Co. will give away groceries and dishes free for three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. Watch for detailed announcement of this great offer. Just arrived at Bobinson’a, new hats that lead the mode, the new Meadowbrook, the original California sport hats. Read about them in a new ad. today. New Spring creations of evident in dividuality now on view for the new seasonA. Popular prices at the Gray Shop. , Checking up your Goodyear tires regularly is part of the service of the Yorke A Wadsworth Co. New and charming shoes at the G. A. Moser Co. None higher than $5.95. Spring coats, shown for the first time today, at Efird's, $996 and $14.50. All are silk lined throughout. For, bath tubs and hea'th acces sories see the Concord P umbing Co., 174 Kerr Street. Phone 576. New Books Printed By Duke tW vecsity Prase. Durham. Feb. 25.—New books dealing with Eatln-America are new being published by the Duke Uni , versity Press, most of them dealing with polities and economica. Among them are the following: “Antonio d<- Mendoza," by Arthur Scott Alton; “Francisco de Abaua” by H. L. Me cham; and “Chile snd Its Re atiooe to the United States," by Henry Clay Evans, Jr. Salisbury to-Take in Catawba Col leys Lands. Salisbury, Feb. 25.—The erty aldermen have voted to have tbo city limits extended in order to take into the corporate limits Catawba college. This is. at the request of the college authorities. Some other pro -1 petty near the college Is included in The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily ■San.": JI.J .-'-■.I!, 1 .rr., ■'■ - - Lw. .■■■ mwiis. .'■■■ .-U .. ' ■■ ■ my* ■■,■■■■ i ■ ■■■ '!.■ JOSEPH R. WILSON IS DEAD AT BALTIMORE Was Only Brother of the Late Presi dent, Woodrow Wilson. Baltimore, Feb. 26.—C4*)—Joseph I R. Wilson, only brother of the late j President Woodrow Wilson, died early] today at his home here. Death was i due to Brights disease, and followed a prolonged illness. He was 59 years old. Mr. Wilson is survived by his wid-! ow and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Wil son MoElory, Who was married at the While House during the first'adminis- ■ tration of her uncle. Burial wilbbe at Clarksville, Tenn., Mr. Wilson's former home, where he lived before he came to Baltimore twelve years ago. He was manager of the development division of the Mnrylnud Casualty Company. Mr. Wilson was a newspaper man for many years. He began his career editing a weekly paper at Clarksville, and went from there to Nashville 25 years ago to become a reporter. For several years he was city editor of the Nashville Banner. From that po-! sition he came to Baltimore to take charge of the promotion and publicity department of the insurance company Mrs. McElroy came to Baltimore t week ago from her home in Nash- and will accompany the body to Clarksville, Shortly after President Wilson was elected for the first time it was agreed between himself and his brother that the latter should stay out of the polit ical field. The younger brother faith fully kept the pledge. He held no of fice of any character during President Wilson’s administration, and avoided ail political activities. He was author of several text books on insurance. Mr. Wilson was born in Augusta, Ga., a son of the late Rev. Jos. R. Wilson. “OLD NO, 7S HAS EYES FIXED ON FIERY CROSS” Exalted Cyclops of Calypso Breathes Defiance; No Surrender, He Says. Mount Olive, Feb. 25-—The ex alted Cyclops of Ooaheu Klan, No. 73, K. K. K. of Calypso, when asked if their charter -had been surreuder fd, said: “No, and we doii’t intend tb surrender it. We are still in the tributed by Dan fU'I among a few weak-kneed politicians gathered at Raleigh and supposed to be looking after the interests of the folks back heme. 1 ; “We have scoured Goshen and Bear Swamp for illicit distilleries and watched our stores and srreets for bootleg liquor sos the past few years until Calypso is now one of the cleanest little towns in North Carolina and needs no mayor or policemen to keep it clean.” “Bat how about your masks after this proposed legislation is passed by the ,’ower House?” - “We may have to make a bonfire df our robes and masks as our fore father* did their Bibles and wc may have .to' hire a sign painter to )>aiut the names of bur entire membership in big -letter* on the side of our hall so the 'world can see who we are but, thank -Oqd, all the Catholic gold ip the aniverse can’t buy our manhood a >«)JMir liherty. > t “O'd 73 has - her eyes sternly fixed on the fiery cross. She is safely an chored to the rock of ag«a and we ex pect to double our membership with in the next few months.” New Highway Link to Soon Be Opened. • High Point, Feb. 24.—The model Greensboro-High Point highway will be opened to traffic from the Gate City to Jamestown, in the near future, according to J. W. Mills, dis trict engineer. Opening of the re mainder of the road will be delayed on account of construction of the bridge at Deep River and the incom plete stretch of road from James town to High Point. The new 139-foot bridge will not be -finished for six weeks. Hogedorn Construction Company has practical ly completed the laying of the cement foundation, and Atlantic Paving Compiauy is now progressing with the top coat at the rate of 1,900 feet per day. A fiber rope that is unsinkable has been produced in Holland. The rope includes a core of “foam rub ber*' that has a specific gravity only one-fourth as great as that of cork. TODAY A RIP SNORTIN’ 11 REEL WESTERN AND COMEDY SHOW MONDAY ONLY A “WESTERN SPECIAL” “BLUE STREAK O’NEIL” Featuring AL HOXIE AND COMEDIES, ETC. 11 REELS 10c 25c- TUESDAY AN EXTRA GOOD SHOW VAUDEVILLE ESPECIALLY THE HIGH STEP PING CHORUS . . ' iT • LIHSOF THOUSAND MEN ENDANGERED 111 NORTHERN PICK ! ! World’s Largest Halibut I Fleet Battling Against a! Snow Storm of Unusual j Severity. MANY BOATS ARE | j CAUGHT IN STORM Storm Hourly Growing in • Fury and It Is Feared the Weak Vessels Cannot Make Port. Seward, Alaska. Feb. 26. —OP)— With tbe lives of nearly a thousand men at stake, the world’s largest hali but fishing fleet today battled dog gedly against destruction as a gale and snow storm of uuusual fury swept fiercely across the north Pacific ami threndened to wife out everything in its path. Reports reaching Seward indicated ! that 450 of the-270 boats caught in the storm might never reach’ port. Three of the vessels, battered and torn by the gale, arrived here last night. 'Hie storm was hourly growiug in fury, and navigators express opiuibn tbnt only the stoutest of Jhe vessels would escape destruction. Sweeping evert into Seward’s well protected har bor, the storm tore smal vessels from their moorings and tossed them about the bay. The passenger liner Admiral Wnt son, inimmedinte danger of being bnt tred to pieces against the docks here, 'sought safety at anchor in outer har bor. The 250-foot mail and passenger steamer Starr which has weathered a dozen- storms on its monthly run to points in western Alaska, eame perilously near destruction when it was swept within 50 feet of shore here. May Increase in Violence. Seattle Wash., Feb. 26.—OP)—In dications that the storm menacing boats in the Gulf of Alnska will in crease in violence were given today in reports to the United StntesWenth er Bureau here. An area of unusually low baometrie pressure was- moving northward across the Gulf, officials of the Bureau said Point to Decline of 2 Points.—. May Closed ft 14:20. New York, Feb,. 26.—(A*)—The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 1 point to a decline of 2 points. There was considerable week end realixing.after the advance of yes terday, and the disposition to take profits was increased by the prospect of good weather in the South. Both Southern and New Orleans selling al so was reported, but these features were offset to some extent by reports of continued good spot demand. March was relatively steady, holding well up to yestesday's closing quotations, but later months showed declines of about 3 to 5 points. May sold off to 14.14 and October to 14.54/ Futures dosed steady, 1 to 8 points higher. Spot sternly, middling 14.40. Futures, closing: March 14.08; May 14.20; July 14.40; October 14.60; De cember 14.80. 7 Cotton futures opened steadv: March 13.99; May. 14.15; July 14.35; October 14.57; December 14.76. Committee Opposes Proposal Trip. Washington, Feb. 26.—OP)—Sena tor Borah’s proposal to have the for eign relations committee authorised to visit Mexico and Nicaragua this sum mer, was squelched today by the com mittee itself. The committee deleted the proposal from Senator Borah’s .res olution, but planned to report the resolution in such form that they may hold sessions after Congress adjourns. No datura Kula on Tyson Bill. Washington, Fab. 26.—OP)—The Senate today declined to apply the cloture rule limitiilg debate on consid eration of the Tyson bill to grant the world war emergency officers the same disability retirement privileges as those enjoyed by regular army officers. Matinee ftidies by William B Courtnej The Tribune will, in t few days, be gin publication of a new serial story entitled “Matinee Ladies.” This is a splendid story and we are sum will Ueoae our readers. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1927 ■■ • ■ - - a—-.., -- - wmm of SHE MOT PUT Kisoiiin A Bill Prohibiting Secret Organization Members Wearing Masks Passed By Legislature. BILL FOLLOWED J GRADYS ACTION There WasuNoTDissentHte Vote on Measure Whirr Was Not Presented Un til Several Days Ago* Raleigh. Feb. 26.—OP)—Tbe genera assembly of North Carolina without a j dissenting volte has enacted into lav the bill introduced early in the week forbidding masking by members of sc cret organisation* in the state. Th bouse today passed unanimously the bill introduced in the senate by Sen ntor Rivers Johnson which wan passed by the upper body two days ago! wifji ouf dissent. _ The hill was introduced in hath houses of tiie general assembly wit Mu a few hours after Superior Coqrt Judge Henry A. Grn(ly announced he bad resigned ns grand dragon for the Knights of the Kh Klux Klan. The bill also makes illegal In the state organizations which keep their mem bership secret. Wonts Outage in Primly Day. Haieigh, Feb. 26. CP)—Beq_ Law rence of Hertford todny introduced a bill to make Tuesday the day of the week for holding primaries, leaving t'n the General Assembly to decide upon the month in which they should be held. He objected to Saturday as the ] primary day in that Sunday should ! not be given over to counting returns, ] he said. He offered another bill to enable j a man or woman whose partner In I marriage, had served at least five years in prison on felony conviction, to secure a divorce on grounds of vol untary abandonment. He said tbe bHI conformed with the present divofte laws. Royal, of Wayne, wanted so In creage the state board of from three to five members. * A total of Cl bills were iaixodqecd tawsjaawa^i 1-2 of 1 per cent, on stocks io pro vide for a public school equalisation fund; one by Connor of Wilson, pro viding 'for a special building fund for school houses; one by Townsend df Harnett, amending the law on benev olent order inheritance taxes; and one amending a law oh amendment of municipal charters. Wants Patient’s Case Investigated. Raleigh, Feb. 26.—(A>h-A bill by Representative A. D. McLean, of Beaufort, calling for inveetigation by the attorney general of alleged mis treatment of H. B. Wi'.linms. of Washington. N. Q., while a patient at the Morganton state hospital, was reported to the senate today follotvw ing its passage by the house last night; Mr. McLean said he knew nothing personally about the matter, and had made no formal application to the hos pital board to investigate, but that Ills measure wad based on affidavits copies of which he gave Representative J. Hamp Giles, of Burks, who also is a member of the board of directors. Representative Giles was at home. Tbe affidavits, signed by his widow and two children, allege that H. B. Williams, 62 years old, who died Jan uary 22nd, this year, ’was taken to the hospital on advice of a Washing ton physician because of failing men tal condition on December 20th last, and that he waß kept in a dirty room, that he was partly frozen, starved and his lips parched from want of water, his knee infected, aud his body covered with filth, and that he was returned to.hU home at Washington, where lie died. Bishops Soy Modern Dance Pure, Jazz Vile. Vienna, Feb. 28. —(A*)—Austrian Bishops have declared modern dances pure and innocent but held that jazg is vile. ' Therefore, their flocks are free to dance the Charleston to the slow strains of the Viennese Waltz, or ) —An inquest over the charred body of ■ Hiram Justice, SI years old, who I died last night in a fire which de- I strayed bis home on the Dana road J about three miles from here, was be- i ing held today by coroner A. 1.. Heck. I The aged Henderson county tnnn who 1 owned considerable property in this section, and who was father of Hr. < Zom K. Justice of Davidson, victim ( of a hunting accident near his moth- t er's home three weeks ago, burned to i death while alone in his house and | while nearly a score of residents of . the section looked on. powerless to , save him. ( These neighbors, drawn to the spot nhout 10 o'clock when an alarm was t sent out by A. M. Hughey of Hemler- I sonville, arrived too late to effect a < rescue, although the form of Mr. Jus- | tice was plainly visible in his room ’ as the flames leaped about the house. ] Lying prostrate on his bed, apar- j ently suffocated by smoke after build ing large fire in open fireplace and , retiring, the old man was powerless , to escape, and the helpless onlookers , watched the house burn with him. \ A crack in the skull of the body ap parently bad been made by falling ( timbers, but inquest was decided on to bring out all details possible of the tragedy, owing*,to the suggestion of some friends that Mr. Justice might have met with foul play. WILL, IN MASK THE Kl KLUX Bill That Passed the Senate Now in House.—Former Klan Men Lead Fight to Unmask. Tribune Bureau Sir Waiter Hotel. Raleigh,• Feb. 38. —The chances are that the Johnson-Haywootf blit, which would unmask the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, ami make the pro perty of any local Klan, giving up its charter, revert to the membership instead of to the National Organisa tion in Atlaut, as it is now required, will become a state law, having been favorably reported by a 15 to 1 vote in the Judiciary Committee Number 2, of the House of Representatives. It came to the house from the senate, where it passed by a large majority. The resignation of Judge Henry A. Grady, as Grand Dragon in North Carolina, has brought about a crisis in Mhe state organization, and a fav orable opportunity for members of the klan who favor open and above board membership and policies for the Klan, to put through legislation to that end. The opponents of . the opponents of the Johnson-Ha.vwood bill, represented by Hannibal Godwin, former member of the United State House of Representatives, accused the proponents of taking advantage of the moment when the Klan besought the committee to delay the hearing until the Klan hod time to secure legal representation, which has hitherto been supplied by Judge Grady, the reliving Grnnd Dragon. But Senator Rivers Johnson, lead ing the proponents of the bill, himself a member of the Klan, thought that Mr. Godwin Supplied the legal repres entation, and that there were enough members of the Ku Klux Klan in the House of Representatives to look after its interest, without putting off the hearing. The committee upheld him, and the hearing continued. The opponents of the bill were re presented by Hannibal Godwin, Mr. Corbett of Atkinson and J. W. Atford of Keenly. Mr. Corbett said that he wtts not fighting the measure because of-the unmasking provision, but he based his opposition on the clause which would cause the membership of any disorganized Klan to renounce their oath to give over their property to the National Organization. Senator Rivers Johnson of Duplin led the fight for the proponents of the bill, suported by Representative Oscar Haywood, who introduced the bill in the house, and by R. N. Simms, Raleigh attorney employed by members of the Klan who are in favor of the bill and by Charles U. Harris, speak ing unofficially as a citizen interested in the bill. Representative Nat Townsend of Harnett, succeeded in firing a number of questions which confused and an noyed the opponents of the bill, even the imperturbable Mr. Godwin. - U :00 A. M. “GROWING IN GRACE ” Pastor ■ 7 :00 P. M. Firet of ! a Series of Sunday , . Evening Evangelist's Services m SUBJECT:, “SCARECROW AND tma&i Ann and Moore Streets THp TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY] NO. 42 , | PARAS SELLS HIS FIT IN ALL Stores in cr#l Stock in the Parks*Be& f Stores Held by Concord j Man Purchased by J. ILfi and Henry Belk. NEW MANAGER ■■ J OF STORE | A. F. Stevens Will Be ager and Ray Cline A*M sistant.—Several StOkp S in the Chain. ing to the effect that John G. Paw has sold his interest in all store* w ’;Jj the Parke-Belk chain to Henry ioA '1 Dr. J. M. Belk. The deal wan made more than a week ago, it was $»fS, A but final papers were not excetwfd f until Friday. As a result of the sale by Mr. Parks ' 1 of his stock in the stores, A. F. eus, of Winston-Salem, becomes jltaS- '53 ager of nil the Pnrks-Belk addition to his own chain of l|Mj| ten stores. He will have Ray Clirte -9 as his assistant manage':- for the Ctffl- it cord store-. Mr. Stevens WOl .dfjgtiS tinuc to reside in Winston-Saleffi,.%; Under the terms of the sale. it wh9 craft carrying 2,400 blue jackets wail- t cd ready to land the force only in the 3 event of danger to American lives aud property in Shanghai. In this warlike atmosphere the northern Chinese poured a stream of troop trains from Nanking, rushing to , the aid of the shattered forces of Marshal Sun Shaun Fang, whose army S has been giving ground to the advaoc | ing forces of the Cantonese troop* f from the South. is§ Atom is a Mountain to This Ins tra il)- nt Lynn, Mass., Feb. 2