abated
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
sis ays Guy
M MO TO QUIT
OFFICE WITH (Li
Imperial Wizard of Klan
Says He Told Judge to
Resign for the Good of
the Organization.
SOLONS’^ACTION
PLEASES EVANS
Is Delighted That Legisla
ture Refused to Pass ai
Bill Making Wearing of |
Masks Unlawful.
Washington, Mar. s.—</P) Judge
Henry A. Grad.v, -who recently an
nounced his i-etiretnent as graud dra
gon of Ku Klux Klan in North Caro
lina was said today by Dr. Hiram W.
Kvans Imperial Wizard of the Klan.
to have stcpiied out ut the liniierial
Wizard's request ami for the good
of the organization.
“The Klan, a secret fraternal
patriotic organization, saw fit to
change its state, representative in
North Carolina" said Di\ Evans “and
when in my judgment I deemed it
necessary for the good of the organ
ization I asked for the resignation of
Judge Grady ns Grand Dragon of
North Carolina.
“All of the incidents that have
trauspired in Which the public is In
terested folio ed this severance of
Judge Grady from bis official posi
tion."
Dr. Evans expressed his satisfac
tion at the tabling yesterday of the
Legislature.
“It is indeed gratifying to me that
the Legislature of North Carolina
when ail of the facts were before it,
killed the proposed bill,” be said.
Says Klan Headquarters Moved.
Raleigh, March s.—OP)—The Ital
eigh Times today says that the bead
quarters of the N. C. realm of the Ku
Klux Klan has been moved from Ral
eigh to Charlotte.
\ THE COTTON MARKET
After Further Decline at Opening,
Market Attracted Buying and Prices
NewJfcorfc, March 5.-^)—-A tuirt L
opening of the eotton market today
attracted considerable buying and
prices tallied on covering for over the
week-end. Init.ai sel.ing .was pro
moted by relatively easy Liverpool
cables and reports of better weiuher
in the South, but offerings were not
heavy after liquidation of the last
two days and appeared to be readi.y
nhsorbed. Af.er se ling off to 14 1!
May rallied to 14.27 while October ad
vanced from 14.53 to 14.58, the gen
eral market showing net gaina of
some 3 or 4 points by the end of the
the first hour. Toward toe c.ose.
however, there were some recessions
from the highest.
Co.ton futures opened steady. March
14.15; May 14.20; Ju.y 14.40; Oct.
14.53; Dec. 14.70.
Futures closed steady: March 14,10;
May 14.23; July 14.40; Oct. 14.53;
Dec. 14.07.
With Our Advertisers.
Wrenn’s dry cleaning wi.l satisfy
you. Phone 123, Kannapolis.
White Mounia n Refr gtrn'.ors at H
B. Wilkinson’s—can load just re
ceived.
You can save on your present in
come. Start a savings account at the
Citizens Bank and Trust Company.
Exce.lent va.ues at Efird’s in boys’
su.ts, dress shirts, blouses, sweaters
and overalls.
Smart, new footwear at the most
reasonable prices at the G. A. Moser
Shoe Store. Phone 897.
Every farmer in the county should
attend Oliver Day at the Yorke &
Wadsworth Co., Bext Tuesday, March
Bth Free Juneh and a pair of steel
pliers free to the first 200 farmers
registering at their Church Street
store.
The new spring hats at Fisher’s
harmonize in color with the new spring
fashions. Prices $5.00 to $11.95.
Hie home of I. F. Johnson, Con
cord Route 1, on the Pop.ar Tent
road only two miles from the city is
offered for sale. See ad. ;in this
paper. ,
Senate Filibuster Cost North Caro
lina Total Over Million.
Washington, March 4.—The fili
buster of Republican Senators
election corruption by the Reed in
vestigation committee cost the State
of North Caro ina directly, a total ot
$1,492,900. The tenth congressional
district a.one lost $1,010,000 as a re
suit of the filibuster bills.
Here are the chief North Carolina
appropriations killed by the filibus
ter : Bui dings at Oteen $000,000;
1927-28 al'otment for Asheville fed
eral building $410,000; qquartera at
Fort Bragg $427,000; Wilson federal
bulding $52,000; North Carolina
blue berrv investigation $24,000;
Moore’s Oreek battleground $1,600.
Bomb Wrecks Motor Company.
Chicago, March 5.—-(A*)—A dozen
expenesive motor care were demolish
ed tad damage of $35,000 was caus
ed aariy today by a bomb explosion fn
a West Side motor company which is
the borne of radio station WEDC.
The explosion was the second In
several weeks on the property of i
Emil Denemark, owner of the sales
room whose suburban home in Oak
Park was recently bombed. Dene
mark attributed the attack to politi
cal enemies.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
ACCUSE RARNBHAKDT
OF BEING UNUHUAI,
WEATHER PROPHET
Colleagues of George F. Barn
bardt, popular rural mail carrier
here, accuse him of having unusua'
ability as n weather prophet. At
any rate .he’s lucky, whether by
knowledge or accident.
Back In the middle of February
Mr. Barnhardt arranged to take a
vacation March first. He started
his vacation Tuesday and when
they awoke Wednesday and found
fifteen inches of snow on the ground
his col'eagues set up a howl. They
had to drive through the drifts
While Mr. Barnhardt sat at home
by n- warm fire.
“Just luck," Mr. Barnhardt said
denying any ability ns a weather
seer.
KU KLUX KLAN IS
FREE TO WTAiR MASKS
The Johnson-Haywood Bill Falls of
Enactment In the House.
J Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Mur. s.—The knights of
the invisible empire rallied to the call
of the Imperial Wizard Friday after
noon, when the attempt to enact the
Johnsoiv-Hnywood “Unmasking bill”
failed in the house, thus leaving the
klan free to wear its masks and
nighties unbiudred ns far as the law
of the final vole was put late in the
afternoon, after nearly an hour of
heated edbate, the bill was buried un
der a roar of “nors.”
The bill bad previously passed the
house, as amended to exclude the
Royal Order for Moose and Labor or
ganizations, by a big majority. But
it later developed that these amend
ments might make the entire bill con
stitutional. 8o it was decided to take
the bill up again and reconsider the
amendments, in an effort to remove
them.
Finally, after a morning session
of long-Hiuded and sometimes acrim
onious discussion, the bill was called
up by Representative Nnrtin of David
son, after a motion had been made.
But not put, that the house recess
for lunch. The bill was recalled,
tlie amendments reconsidered, when
debate broke loose on the bill again,
with Representative Bullard of Cum
berland fighting for the Loyal Order
of Moose.
The house became restive. Repres
entative Price of Mecklenburg insisted
that his motion to recess be put, and
the bill was left dangling in debate.
Ist ter iu the afternoon, when the
was taken op, the Klan had
evidently been at work strengthening
eventually buried.
Charlotte Bowl Mill Be Sold at
Auction, Bond Holders Decide.
Charlotte, March 4. —The Char
lotte Speedway, where automobile
races under auspices of the Amer
ican Automobile Association have
>«en held for several yens, will In
lue’ioned off to the highest bidder.
This announcement was made to
day by Claude A. Cochran, attorney
for the bondholders of the bankrup
•rganizarion, so lowing a meeting by
he bondholders.- The date was not
announced.
The. value of the bowl and tract,
which cost approximately $400,000,
has been appraised since the bank
ruptcy proceedings were tiled at
$22,500. The speedway was caught
in a snarl of financial difficulties -is
a result of low attendance at tlje,
races- At the last race on November
11 only 7,000 were present.
I’air of Steel Pliers Free.
To the first two hundred farmers
registering at the Church street store
of the Yorke ft Wadsworth Co. Oli
ver Day. Tuesday,, March Bth, wil
be given ’absolutely free, one pair of
steel plierd. value 75c; or one adjust
able Steel Wrench, value 65e. These
are to farmers only. Also, free lunch
to all farmers and their families at
noon.
The White House, the officia'
residence of the President, was the
first public building in Wash
ington.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner i Beane.
Market closed today at the follow
ing figures:
Atchison 168
American -Tobacco B 121
American Locomotive 112%
Atlantic Coast Line 187
Allied Chemical 138%
Baldwin Locomotive 187
Baltimore ft Oh ! o 112%
Chesapeake ft Ohio 156
DuPont 190%
Frisco Hl%
General Motors 106%
General Electric 85
Hudson 68%
Standard Oil of N. J 38
Kenneeott Copper 62%
Coca-Cola __ 182%
Liggett ft Myers B 92%
Mack Truck „ 104%
Maryland Oil 54%
Pan American Pet. B 62%
Rock Island 80%
R. J. Reynolds 107%
Southern Railway 123%
Studebeker 51
Stewart-Wartier 61%
Texas Co. 50%
Tobacco Products 107
U. S. Steel 157%
Westtaghouse .... T2M
Wool worth —— 124%
American Tel. ft Tel. 159%
XSuSS, H
Great Northern 100%
jS&r. SS
Montgomery-Ward 04%
Norfolk A Western 160
Republic Irons A Steef """ I” 72*
HO FEET OF HOSE
USED OF I THIEVES
TO SECIIMEV
The Liquor Was Siphoned;
From Warehouse to an
Apartment Building, It
Is Charged.
FOUR MEN ARE
UNDER ARREST!
Police and Federal Agents !
Say Thousands of Dol- 1
lars Worth of the Liquor’
Was Seized.
Chicago, March. s.—OP)—More than
•100 feet of hose was used by thieves
iu siphoning bonded whiskey' from a
government warehouse to an apart
ment building, it was revealed today
ufter police and Federal agents had
captured four men in a spectacular j
pistol fight and recovered thousands j
of dollars' worth of liquor.
The four were: William “Klondike”
O'Donnell, who was held for a time }
iu connection with the slaying of ns- j
sistnnt. state's attorney MoSwiggin Inst j
year; William “Fur” ! Sa*iiinons, known j
to police ns a gangland power; John I
Barry and Johu Davis. I
A fifth innn was pursued over the
roof of the warehouse but he escaped
atnid pistol lire by dropping down j
a wall of the building which bouses j
pre-war liquor vnlued at $1,000,000. !
O’Donnell and Barry were found j
manning two high pressure pumps, j
from which the raiders trailed the |
long stretch of hose to it battery of 5
tanks iu the apartment building. The
tanks already had received whiskey
which Federal agents estimate was
worth $200,000.
More than 50 detectives aud Federal
men took part in the roundup of the
liquor thieves, after they had received
a tip that the government warehouse
operated by the Moi-and Brothers was
to he raided.
The two men at the pumps were !
taken after a brief struggle when the I
officers who had laid in wait for hours j
(lopped out of biding plaees ami sur
rounded the (lair. Sammons and
Davis, posted on the roof, were cap
tured after they had emptied their.
guns. &
Hmifectt&tiK AFumwift - i
, DECISION OF REED
Think Committee Should Go Forward
With Campaign Expenditure In
quiry.
Washington, March s.—<JP)—Dem
ocratic senators in caucus today unan
imously approved the decision of the
Reed campaign investigating commit
tee to go forward with its inquiry in
any state it chose.
The Reed committee has already
held one session since Congress ad
journed, and by unanimous vote order
ed the impounding of ballots east in
fouV additional counties in Pennsyl
vania.
Senator Reed, democrat of M’esou
ri, chairman of the committee, con
tends that it has full authority to act
iu the Pennsylvania election contest,
under a resolution adopted last Jan
uary, and tentative plans have been
agreed upon to hold another meeting
here March 25th when the question
of opening the ballot boxes already
brought from Pittsburgh may be de
cided.
PEPPER OUT OF POLITICS.
Ref ring Senator Wants No Federal
Job, Etectlve or Appointive.
Philadelphia. March 5. — uenrg-
Wharton Pepper, who retired from
he United States Senate Friday
after five strenous years, says lie :s
h rough with public office, according
’o the Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin.
“I shall always be interested in
no’itics as a eitizen, but. I shall
never again hold a Federal position,
elective or appointive,” lie is quoted
as saying. Senator Pepper is eom
i eting the unexpired term of the
lnte Boies Penrose, having been ap
pointed and then elected 'to the
vacancy.
Senator Pepper said he was of the
ipinion President Ooplidge would be
re-nominated and re-elected.
New Sampson on the Stage.
London, March s.—London is mar
veling at the feats of strength- per
formed by Carl Corner, a recent arriv
al from South Africa, who is declared
to be the most powerful man that the
World has seen for at least a hundred
years. In one of his favorite stunts
Corner stands upright with a heavy
gangway laid across his shoulders. A
load of two and a half tons, consist
ing of an adtomobile with seven pas
sengers, then passes along the gang
way. The ear, with its occupants,
passes right over Corner's head —a
feat which has never before been per
formed by any strong man. Another
spectacular effbrt is supporting an en
tire “merry-gefround" on 'his back;
this contains eight full grown men.
Big Highway System to Connect 48
States- i
Charlotte, N. C., Mar. 6.—Estab
ishment of a gigantic system of
highways*, connecting the capitals of
the 48 states, will be advocated ut
the forthcoming meeting of the
Bankhead National Highway Asso
ciation and the United States Good
Roads Association.
Tlie convention will he held \gt
Savannah, Ga., on June 6-11. Plans
for the convention were announced
here by Col. T, L- Kirkpatrict, of
Charlotte, president of the aßnkliead
Association.
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1927
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son of ‘’Bill” Hart, Two-gur
man of the movies, and his re
cently divorced wife, Winifred
Westover Hart, was ill with
pneumonia in Los Angeles.
<lnu*m.Rtion»l New«r*el.t
APPROPRIATION BILL
IS AT LAST A LAW
Was Approved by the Senate With
No Material Changes.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, March 5. —The permanent
improvements appropriation out i“
at last a law, after having been ap
proved todey by tlie senate with no
material changes having been made,
while the general maintenance appro
priatious bill, passed on third rending
in the senate last night, is back in
tbe holme today for eonferenee, as is
also the revenue hill.
.There was a weak attempt made in
the senate to reduee the nppropria
tion for the State College for Ne
groes in Bitrhapt when the bill came
up for second reading Friday in the
senate, but no headway was made !
and the bill was approved as it stood I
by a vote of 41 to 2. This now leave
tbjfc appropriations for the University
jl. $1,220,000 with $025,000 to be ex
pended on tlie library. The nntmini
awarded State College remains un
changed—TsoßO,oOo-TWitli the -prows*
ion that a home for the president, is
to be built upon the campus.
The maintenance appropriation
bill, however, did not pursue such un
even way through the senate, amt
he changes made iu it by that bod>
may cause some delay of the men—
ure in the house, where it now o
for eonferenee. The appropriation of
$2,000 a year awarded by the bill to
the Eflaud school for wayward ue
?ro girls came in for a broadside in
he senate, but when Senator Hines
of Guilford, explained that the slate
was now giving aid to schools for
wayward white boys and girls, ami
for negro boys, but that as yet noth
ing was being done forthen egro girls
•f the state who hftve court records,
the item was allowed to l-rmuin, es
pecially when he stated that this
item was inserted at the reqqui.d o:
Governor McLean.
The biggest increase made in the
hi 1 was a flat in increase of $25,000
a year for the state hospitals at 1
Raleigh and Morganton. Tbe fight |
so-r this increase was led by Senator .
Maguire of Surry, a member of the.
committee that inspected the sta if
hoapita’s, and he insisted that the
State’s first duty was to tbe stale's
unfortunate and that they should be
better provided for. This increase nl
$25,000 a year for the two institu- \
tions makes a total increase of
SIOO,OOO for the biennium.
A,number of other minor increase*
were also added by the senate,, .
among these being nn increase of j
S3OO for each year of the biennium ,
for the Department of Charities and
Public Welfare, nfiich to the rejuie- (
ing of Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, the
head of ‘his bureau. But whether tlie ■
house will permit this to remain is ,
doubtful. Among the miscellaneous
appropriations, the item for the Ap- •
palachian National Park was iu- ,
creased from $1,500 to $7,500, the in- .
crease being made necessary by the (
passage ofthe National Park bond
issu bill. Th cost of administering '
the act will come from this fund-
The lump sum of $2,500,000 so
Confederate pensions for the two
years, to be distributed $1,400,000
the first year and $1,100,000 the
second year, was left undisturbed, a.-
was the $3,250,000 cquaiiacatiou
fund for education.
When the appropriation for the *
state Department of Public Instruc
tion was under discussion, an at t
tempt was made by Senator Woltz,
of Gaston to have the amount in
creased approximate $21,000, to the
figures originally asked by the bud
get commission. But when it was ex- 1
plained , that this had been, stricken*
out by both the joint committees 1
and the house, the increase proposed
in the amendment failed, and me 1
section was adopted n* it stood. j
Os the three bills, the revenue bill 1
probably contains more changes than (!
the maintenance appropriation bill, ;
since the tax on manufacturers of
tobacco, on a production basis ns '
been eliminated, awl the railroad
franchise tax has been reduced from :
one fourth to one-fifth of ope per;
cent. Die corporation income tax
has been increased from four to tour '
and one-half per cent, and there is
some talk, that this may be increased*
still further in the house.
How ’ong It will take the h-m-e *
and senate to'agree on the changes
that have been made still remains a
problem. „: jg
EVERY ONE SHOULD
REDUCE HIS TALK.
SAYS GEO. F. BAKER
George F. Baker came to Wall
Street from Albany at the age of
twenty-two and for sixty years
thereafter build up the reputation
for being the most silent man in
“the Street." Even his benefac
tions, reputed to total about $15,-
000,090, were executed with a si
lence that almost amounted to sup
reptition. He took up golf and to
bacco at seventy. When be broke
silence and / gave an interview at
eighty-two, he said:
“Business men should reduce
their talk at least two-thirds.
There is scarcely ever a reason
good enough for anybody to talk.-
I don’t talk because silence is the
secret of success.”
HAS LOUIS MAZER TOIJ)
ABOUT MELLETT SLAYING?
Ctnfers Willi Prosecutor But Details
of (*onfwerence Were Not Disclos
ed.
Canton, 0., March 5. — (A>) —Louis
Mazer, charged with tin- murder of
Alim R. MeUett, Canton editor, was
j taken into the jury room at the court
house today for n secret eonferenee
with Prosecutor Henry W. Harter,
Jr. The conference lasted an hour
anil a half, and after -t was over the
prosecutor said the grand jury would
Ik* recalled Tuesday for further con
sideration of the Mellctt case. He
refused, however, to say what had
transpired while he was locked in the
room with Mazer.
The court stenographer was sum
moned soon after Mazer was taken in
to the room. Reports flint Mazer
was “telling all” about the killing
gained credence. None of the court
officials, however, would talk.
Just before Mazer was taken into
the conference, E. L. Mills, who rep
resented Pat McDermott and Ren
Rndner, already convicted of the kill
ing and who was the attorney of rec
ord for Mazer, announced Ills with
drawal from tlie ease. He refused to
give his reason for action, saying lie
did not wish to embarrass anyone.
WILLIAMS IS SENTENCED
TO SERVE FIVE YEARS
Found Guilty of Attempted Arson by
Jury in Mecklenburg iikiperior
I Court.
I Charlotte. March 5.—C4 5 )—J. Rnx
ter Williams, Charlotte paving eon- i
traetor, today was found guilty of at-!
tempted arson by a jury in Mecklen- j
burg Superior Court and sentenced to j
serve five years in stripes and at hard l
”nbor Or state prison at Raleigh. .
tice of appeal wius given.
-Williams was accused of having j
stolen SSOO worth of furniture anil |
set fire to the residence of C. C. Cox |
on Statesville Avenue here on Febru
ary 20, li)20 . Williams elaimod he
moved the furniture out of the house
and, stored it in the rear of his home
at the request of Mrs. Cox. He de
.uied attempting to burn the house.
Mrs. Cox is in California but her
biisbnnd and five-year old daughter
testified in the case.
Mrs. Wi liams, who is under indict
ment on charge of attempting to smug
gle a blow torch into her husband's
cell at the county jail wept bitterly
wlieu the verdict was returned. Wil
iams was unmoved aud made no com
ment.
HARTNESS CONFERS
ON COURT LOCATION i
Said to Bo Urging Location of New
Court Quarters Iti Charlotte or
Statesville.
Washington, March 4.—J. A.
Hartness, of Statesville, who will be
•topointed clerk of the Western
North Carolina Federal Judicial dis
trict, was in Washington today con
ferring witji members of the State
delegation in Congress with regard
to the location of headquarters of the
rearrange Western district.
Mr. Hartness did not himself an
nounce his mission here but mem
bers of the State delegation in Con
gress stated that Mr. Hartness is
urging the location of the headquart
ers of district at Charlotte or
StatcsvU’e. Courts in the district
will be also held at Asheville nnd
Shelby- District headquarters will
be designated by Federal Judge
Webb. Members of the delegation in
Congress today received copies of
resolutions passed by the Wi'kes
County bar association endorsing
Johnson J. Hayes, of Greensboro for
appointment as judge of the newly
Created Middle Judicial district.
B'g Cotton Meeting in May.
New York, March 5.—-Cotton manu
facturers of the United States will
assemble at At'anitc City in May for
a joint convention of the Amrican
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association and
the Nntional Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, which will be held
under the auspices of thg National
Council of American Cotton Manu
facturers. , The sessions will continue
three days and will be devoted to the
consideration of the important prob
lems now confronting the American
cotton industry.
The convention will be a further in
dication of the co-operation of the cot
ton manufacturers throughout the na
tion. The American association is
mainly of southern textile
men nnd the National association of
the textile interests in the northern
section of the country, while the Na
tional Council is made up of repre
sentatives of each.
Clock Needs No Winding.
Zurich, Switreriand, March o.—Va
riations of temperature serve to wind
up a crock invented by a clockmaking
expert at Zurich. A model, which
has .been uhdeg a test for twelve
months, has never been . touched by
human hands since it was first set
going.
ASSEMBLY WILL NOT
FINISH WORK UNTIL
LATE MOIIDAY H!GHT
May Turn Up the Clock So
Two Legislative Days
May Be Made Into One
on Monday.
REVENUE BILL
DEMANDS VOTE
The Solons. Cannot Ad
journ Until Every Bill
Passed by Them Has
Been Ratified.
Raleigh, March s.—C4 3 )—The fast
dying General Assembly delivered it
self of two vigorous kicks today as
both Houses sat übout winding up
tbeir affairs.
With pay cut off tonight by con
stitutional limitation of session to 00
days, members today were preparing
to stay at own expense to see
the end, predicted for early Tuesday.
Speaker Fountain in the House has
been assured that at least 80 members
will stay over which will relive him
of having to exercise his power of ar
resting members and holding them
by force to a quorum.
Calendars in both houses were in
condition to be cleared by midnight
tonight, but the revenue bill, n roll
call measure, is still hanging in the j
Sepale and must be concurred iu by
the House. It by itself will keep
the Assembly ill session until Monday
night, when by the simple process of
turning up the clock two legislative
days may lie made into one.
Tlie Assembly cannot ndjourn un
til every bill passed has been rati
fied.
The revenue bill came back from
the senate with major amendments.
Die house immediately set about di
gesting them.
The tax scale on modern conveni
ences, cash registers, electric refriger
ators and the like halved the S4OO on
•state distributors if they operated in
less than ten counties.
Tlie tax on contracts for privilege
of bidding was removed.
The levy on bottlers of soft drinks'
was reduced 40 per cent.
Fur dea ers taxes were changed to
help trappers.
~ "The tobacco ‘ pfTvileit* “Tiix flgni-arf'
by the bouse to ralec SIOO,OOO was
stricken out.
Chain stores in strings of six or
more in the stntc, got their SIOO tax
cut down in the senate to SSO.
Tlie senate also chopped off about
$115,000 from the railroml franchise
tux.
Exemption from tax was allowed
mutual fire insurance companies.
The corporation income taxco were
boosted from four per cent, to four
nnd one-half per cent, and personal
income exempt, oils, cut out cln.dren
til) to 21 years old, putting the age
limit for dependenat.s at 18.
A. H. Graham, o’s Orange county,
house finance chairman, said the ap
propriations were in the balance under
the new sehedu'e. He asserted that
the decreases made by the senate
j would be more than counterbalanced
by the raise in corporation income
taxes. He estimated that this would
bring in between $300,000 and SOOO,-
000. The house unanimous'}’ con
curred In the amendments and the bill
went on the calendar. It will have
to pass two roll call readings on sep
arate days before becoming law.
Workmen’s Compensation BUI Killed.
Raleigh, March s.—C4“)—Without
debate the Price workmen’s compen
sation bill was killed by the House to
day by an overwhelming vote to table.
The motion was made by Representa
tive Rideoutte, of Rowan county, ac
knowledged labor leader.
MISSING AIRMAN IS
' FOUND OFF CAPE JUBY
Major Tadeo Larre-Borges and Crew
Safe, Paris Report Says.
Agadir, Morocco, March s.—(4*)
The seaplaue of Major Tadeo Larre-
Borges, Uruguayan aviator who has
been missing since Wednesday, has
been found in the ocean off Cape
Juby.
AU Safe.
Paris, March 5. —tA 9 )—Havas dis
pnehes say that Major Tadeo Larre-
Borges’ seaplane was found sixty
miles from Cape Juby on the west
African coast, and that the crew arc
safe.
New Car Announced By G. M. is Isi
Salle.
New York World.
Alfred I’. Sloan Jr.. President ot
the General Motors Corporation, an
nounces this morning the corpora
tion’s newest La Salle,
a companion car for the Cadillac.
Commenting oil the new car Law
rence D. Fisher, President of the
Cadillac Company, a General Motors
ers remarks, said:
"The company has had in course
of development for the past four
years a new 00 degree V type eight
cylinder ear, which will make its
premier at the Oadil'ac Spring
Salons throughout the United States
between March 5 and 12."
Mr. Sloan, supplemnting Mr. Fish
er’s remarks, sad:
“The new car is of such splendor,
nroportion and grace of line that rts
Nation-wide acceptance is assured.
The La Sa’lo possesses those excel
lent qualities and performance char
acteristics which the pnb'ic has done
■to exnect of General Motors pro
ducts."
Long Flight
commander Francesco de Pi
nedo last Sardinia in a hydro
plane, planning tq fly acroA
the Atlantic to Sqiith America
around that continent ani
jaround the United States.
fTnt^mstirmal
THE COUNTY FINANCE
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Is The First of Three BUls to Reform
Comity Government.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Mar. s.—Now that the
first of the three county government
reform billo, ha- become law. it ! s
regarded ns almost a certainty that
the other two will be passed by the
house with little or no opposition.
But it required a genuine fight to get
this first bill—the county finance
Act—past its third reading in the'
house. For nearly an hour the debate
waxed warm and at times almost
venomous, with Rep. H. G. Connor
of Wilson, leading the attack on the
bill. But Representative Willis
Smith of Wake, came to its defense
nnd with a forceful speech in wnich
he alleged that a powerful lobby of
bond buyers was seeking the defeat
of the bill, swept it to victory by a
vote of 10C to 4.
The purpose of the bill, as has
been explained in numbers of articles
explaining the throe measures, is to
safe guard the issuance of bonds and
notes by counties, and to prevent the
issuance of bond for anything bat
necessary improvements, without a
vote of the jieoplc. And even neces
sary bond issues may be submitted
to a vote of 15 per cent/of those who
tof« Dt the ’ last -getSWflT "iflgffion.
sign a petition demanding such an
e’ectiou. The hill further provides
that bond issues must be advertised
in the loca' newspapers of the state
and in the leading financial journals
in New York and Baltimore.
Some misunderstanding developed I
early in tile discussion of the bill as I
to whether it would in any way tend j
to invalidate any bond issues al-j
ready authorized. So an amendment I
hv Renrcsentative Folger of Sorrv i
clarifying the working of the bill so |
“hat no bonds already issued won't'
be effected, was speedily adopted— j
ami the only one adopted.
The attack upon the hil’ by Rep
resentative Connor was a’ong the
line that it had been written by a
“bond uttorney from a city in the
north.” referring evidently" to Ches
ter B. Masslich of New York, the
bond attorney for the state of North
Carolina, who was consulted in the
drafting of the bill, but who did not
write it. Mr. Connor hint'"? that the
bill had evidently bee evasively
worded for the benefit -f various
ond buying companies.
But there was not mnch 'ett' to
h's argm.ent when Representative
Wi'lis Smith of Wake, speaking ,n
defense of the hi'l. s‘arfed eal’ing
spade 9 shovels and in so many words
just what had been going on Behind
‘lie scenes in an effort to defeat the
hill. In .he first place. Smith snid.
the bill had been designed to do the
very things which Connor hinted it
might not do —protect the counties
in the issuance and sale of bonds,
and that it had the endorsement of
the best bond attorneys, and was
being fought by the bonding houses
who made a specialty of buying
bonds below par, and then making
a big margin on marketing them.
These companies have been flood
ing the states with letters and tele
grams in an attempt to defeat the
bill, because they know that if the
bil is enacted, nnd the bond issues
advertised in the financial papers as
the hill provides, that these county
bond issues will sell far above what
they have been selling for, Smith de
clared.
He further stated that n so-en ted
bond attorney named E.ver had been
in Raleigh working against the bill.
It was known also that Eyer had
formerly bought county bonds at
big discounts, later se ling them at a
premium, Smith declared. He had
read an extract from a letter which
has been seiit out all over the state
attacking the bill.
“It is to stop this profiteering in
county bond Issues that this hill is |
drawn." said Smith, amidst an roar
of applause.
Smith was backed up by Repre
sentative Mark Squires of Caldwell,
who snid that he was for the bill
since it was designed to “stop these
bond sharks from dealing with crook
ed county commissioners, thus beat
ing the counties out of thousand of
do’lare on their bond issues.”
The next county government bill
was the measure providing > for the
setting up of a budget system in the
various counties for the administra
tion of their fiscal affairs. This net
known the County Fiscn' Con
trol Act nnd its passage seemß as
sured. as does the act making it op
tional for any county to aet up eith
er the commission or managerial
form of county government.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS 1
TODAY’S NEWS TODAV|
NO. 48
SOUTHERN CHINESE
|D r' 1 HOLDS
- S!ULUy
Mil Ml
Cantonese Forces Now AfiS 1
Seeking to Reach ShaHjfJ|
hai by Way of the Nth*- |
king Railway. ' ij
SOOCHOWCENTER I
OF DRIVE NOffJj
General Chen Sent Frjj)|-J
Shanghai to Aid in J§Bg|
sense of Soochow, Stiwk J
egic Point on Railway.
Shanghai, March S.—MINSTbrt J
southern Chinese army is attemptihjt N
to reach Shanghai byway of 'the ■fiß'-rS
king Railway which is the mairilHQ
of communication of Marshal CSpHji
Tsung Chang. His Shantung f#rtSk,
replacing the shattered regiment*ifcf /I
Marshal Hun have the task of J>re- J
venting the southerners from encrojijjflla
iug on the pivotal city of ShanglH},
The southerners temporarily tire' fflF ,
retting most of their attention agtiJjgjfe|S
Soochow. fifty miles west of ShangMtlj M
Their advance guards are repdfcfiKl
twelve miles from that place. 'Mmk
To counter this, the northern
ers rushed General Pi Schott CHfijty
youthful Shanghai defense commission',
er. to Soochow last night. They ajdtf $
diverted in that direction the Shah
long forces intended for SunkHtjflK|l
which lies about fifteen miles sdifflt *
of Soochow.
Marines Give Demonstration. ■;
Shanghai. March 5.—(A 3 )—United
States marines today gave HhtudMfejS
one of the finest military dlsaMHSgg
which the many international' "wUH
concentrations have furnished. }•<
CYCLONE REPORTED TO
TO HAVE KILLED HlNl>RlM*|
Storm Is Reported to Have Struck ft 1
East Coast of Madagascar.
Capetown. South Africa, March fi. 1
— </n —A terrific cyclone which struck 4
tlie east coast of Madagascar island «m J
Thursday, is reported to have taken"#*9
toll of 500 lives, say private wireless* a
messages received here today by waty '-M
of Mauritius. The town of Tama- 1
tave is described as devastated.
No Official Hepwfa,
Paris, March 5. The French
ministry of colonies was still without
confirmation early this afternoon *f ;3
rejserfs reaching Paris byway of La»#M
don that the town of Tainatave on
the east coast of Madagascar hail keen |
ravaged by a cyclone. Telle reports j
said 5t was feared there was some
of life and five vessels are
have been sunk.
! SAY PROHIBITION IS J
NOT PARTY ISSUE N#W 1
| Senate Democrats Declare
Wet Questions Not Political IX* l
sue.
Washington, March 5.—(A s )—A'dte- y
'a ration that prohibition should m m
be regarded as a party issue was M
ed unanimously today at a caucus dt j|
democratic senators.
In a statement after the eariCtrs
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, prirfy ■’-M
floor leader, outlined the caucus a©- ...fl
tioti as follows:
“It is recognized that differencetl Jj
exist in the various states on polit-.al
ieai subjects and that these differences ||
respecting prohibition arc not to
regarded as partisan In nature. I«r 1
the very nature of the question it cahi?'
not be made a party issue.” "Tm
THE STOCK MARKET ill
s .gistH i
Selling Pressure Still In Evident* at |
Opening of Market Today. ¥3
New York, March 5. — UP) —SkSHfipS
pressure was still in evidence -ttflfKr'Jj
opening of today's stock market. 4M.j9
the result that prices moved irfrtiljHflSMi
larly lower. Wilson
showed an initial loss of two
and Pressed Steel Car, General Rffc |
way Signal and American Ice <M)g|& J
a point or so. On the other hand, *1
Houston Oil opened two lioiuts higher, 1
at 112. and Commercial Solvents B nd-r9
vanced a point. j
100 Southern Fanners to VKI /g|
Scandinavia.
(By International News Hervi<4>ijsa|
Raleigh. N. C.. Mar. 5. —Southern m
farmery seme 1,1)00 or so of ihrtn, M
will visit Denmark and other
diiiavian countries this summer to
study intensive agricultural
tlon there. 1
The "education tour” will, be "■%
sponsored by the Calhoun
association, according to plank .’4MMKi9
have been priYsentcd before Majol- a
Wade 11. Phillips, direetpr of V
North Carolina Department of Uott-;(9
serration and Development.
Robinson Again Floor
Washington, March 5. —GW . At
democratic caiiciiH today Senator liobr 'im
inson, of Arkansas, was thegSiina]£9
mously re-elected demoerntlc aenhte.ia
floor lender for the Bevontietil
gross.
Marriage license was issued .jMBB
Friday by Register of Deeds Eliott'
Raymond H. Grass and Miss Jesafo'*#
Mae Phillips, both of KannaiN^o|
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and warmer tonight. ||gH
im reusing eloiidiness and warmerS* |
'-hi rain in extreme west hkfiHHl
Eight variable winds breomh**!
crate southerly. M