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FUin · DER-munter Deaxøn I VOL. 35 PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1923. NO. 14 TRAPP BECOMES OKLAHOMA CHEIF Governor Walton Removed From Office By State Senate Court. SIX ARTICLES ARE DISMISSED Voted Guilty of 11 of 16 Charges Pre sented; Court, By Standing Vote Denies New Trial. Oklahoma City.—J. C. Walton, fifth governor of Oklahoma, was removed from ofTice by unanimous vote of the state senate court of impeachment after his trial on charges of corrup tion in office, neglect of duty, moral turpitude and general incompetence. A formal verdict was returned after the executive had been found guilty of 11 of l^le 16 charges presented. The vote was 41 to 0. Six of the original charges consti tuting the impeachment bill were dis missed by order of the court. The court, by a standing vote, de nied a motion for a new trial which Governor Walton’s counsel filed imme diately after the verdict was an nounced. The governor’s removal, although not formally ordered until after a verdict had been returned on each charge, was made certain when the court found him guilty of abusing his pardon and parole authority, the first charge to be voted upon. Forty-one senators, lacking only one of the total membership of the body, voted for conviction. Senator Jack Barker, who has consistently voted in the governor’s favor through out the 16 days of the trial, was ab sent. The articles of impeachment were filed by the lower house of the 3tato legislature, which less than* two months ago the executive had dis persed by military force. By the removal of Governor Walton, Ap»Lieutiejlant Gqvernor M. E. Trapp be •®T came governor. Trapp has been lieu - tenant governor during two four-year administrations and has been acting . governor since October 23, when the senate suspended Governor Walton after the filing of the impeachment charges. Small Trades Have Lost Millions/ • s New Jlfork—Millions of dollars have been lost by small traders in the south through cotton transactions . with unscrupulous persons posing as cotton brokers, Thos. Hale, secretary j of the New York cotton exchange, de ? dared in a statement made public, r Tha exchange is doing everything J in ita,.power to protect such traders, V Mr. Hale said, and is now working * with cotton exchanges in the south in an effort to weed out members of those exchanges who, the statement said, “we have reason to believe are not doing business in accordance with the rules.” Notices have been sent to members of the New York cotton exchange, Mr. Hale said, warning them against fur nishing quotation of cotton prices to “any person or firm who is engaged in operating a bucketshop.” He also invited information for any source that any member has violated this rulg. Secretary Hale explained he made ^he public statement in reply to criti cism which has been made regarding the quotation and ticker service of the exchange. The recent big ad vances in the price of raw cotton made possible, he said, the mulcting of small traders by unscrupulous per-, 3ons. “The quotations of the New York cotton exchange,” Mr. Hale said, “are zealously guarded at all times and the strictest of precautions are taken to prevent them from reaching the hands of persons or firms not entitled to re ceive them. Coolidge To Discuss Taxes. Washington.—Consideration of tax revision regulation by the next Con gress became virtually certain. Its parage, however, remains in doubt. Reduction of taxes is to be discuss ed by President Coolidge in his open ing address to Congress. How far the Presidentjtwill go in his recommenda tions has not yet been established, but he is said to be disposed strongly to take the recommendations of Secre tary Mellon as the basis of the taxa tion phffse of his message. Any sug gestion on tax reductions from the President^ is conceded by leaders to give every prospects of opening up th,', subject formally before the congres sional cohimittees having charge of fiscal affairs as well as the minds and SDeeclies of members. TENNESSEE TOWN SWEPT BY BLAZE. Lebanon, Tenn.—Only one build ing was left standing on the north side of the public square by a lire whick broke out in the rear of the C. R. Ligon Hardware store, and , destroyed five business concerns there and damaged two buildings on North Cumbarland street, with an estimated loss of $150,000, par tially covered by insurance. The fire was gotten under control after an engine from Nashville ar rived to reinforce the local depart ment. The buildings destroyed were those occupied by the Ligon Hardware Company, City Cafe, Stratton Hardware Company, H. W. Cook Hardware store and Army Goods store. The establishments damaged were the Dixie Motor Company garage and the Peerless pool room. Several automobiles were burned. It was believed rob bers caused the fire. WAGE SCALE WILL BE SMALL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE SUG GESTS CHANCE IN PENITEN TIARIES. Not Attractive Enough to Encourage Violators of Law to Get Jobs. Washington. — Liberal appropria .ions for the construction of buildings and the installation of machinery at the federal penitentiaries at Atlanta, Ga., and Leavenworth, Ivans., to give employment to inmates will be recom mended by the join congressional committee which concluded its hear ings on the subject. After hearing Heber %. Votaw, su perintendent of prisons, the commit tee announced through its chairman, Representative Graham of Pennsyl vania, that it agreed employment should be provided for the inmates of the federal penitentiaries and that its only difficulty was to find ways for employment of all who desired work. The committee will recommend the extensicjn of the potton factory at Atlanta where duck is being made tor the manufacture cf mail bags and will also recommend the establishment of a shoe factory and a brush and broom factory at Leavenworth. Superintendent Votaw told the com mittee that the men at Atlanta are anxious to work and that those who can be given employment earn from $10 to $12 a month which, while small, had contributed, he said, to a degree in relieving dependent families. The amount probably could be increased, he'•suggested, when the equipment enabled all who desired to be given employment. It was not considered faii^when men who wanted work could nor obtain it, he explained, to pay much larger wages to those who were fortunate enough to be employed. The wage scale at the penitentiaries should not be made so attractive, Mr. Votaw said, as to encourage violations of the law by those who would obtain employment in such institutions. The men should, however, he said, be enabled to more effectively assist in the support of their dependents while undergoing their sentences. “Very careful study has convinced me,” Mr. Votaw told the committee, “that the best possible means to tr used in the reformation of men is i keep them employed in some gainful occupation while they are serving their term. This is clearly demon strated by the fact that we have no reports of violation of prison rules by men employed in the mills at Atlanta.’’ Board Will Study Tariff on Wheat. Washington—The Tariff Commis sion’s wheat tariff inquiry will in clude a study of the import duties on all wheat products as well as the commodity itself, it was disclosed in the formal statement by the commis sion. The statement said that the investigation could be expected to bring no results sooner than 60 days, with indications of a longer time be ing required. Farmers' Good Sense Lauded. Louisville, Ky.—President Coolidge sees as one of the most cheering sign., of the times, in connection with the administration’s efforts to deal with the agricultural situation and to place the country’s farming establishment on a permanently secure basis, the fact that farmers may be relied upon to use sound judgment in considera tion of questions. “It seems to have become popular in some quarters to assume that the farmers would not think in terms of safe and sound economics,” the Presi dent said in a letter to Robert W. Bingham, chairman o fthe executive committee of the National Council of Co-operative Marketing Associations WORLD FLIGHT SECRETARY WEEKS APPROVES PROPJECT SUBMITTED BY GEN. PATRICK. BIG AIR MACHINES TO ENTER Itinerary So Arranged That Wet Sea son* Will Be Theoretically Avoid ed Everywhere. , Washington.—Plans tor an round the-world flight next March by four or five big air machines have been mapped out for army air pilots. Secretary Weeks has approved the project as submitted by Major Genera) M. Patrick, chief of the army air ser vice, and the state department has asked the consent of the foreign na tions for passage of the- American craft across their homelands and territor ial possessions. The route, 33 outlin ed by General Patrick, requires only the formal approval of the govern ments concerned to make its selection final. The flight iB expected by air serv ice officials to demonstrate the feasi bility of aecial communication be tween continents and to furnish valu able data concerning operation of present type air craft in various cli mates of the world. Washington will be the starting point for the flight, the route then leading to Seattle, along the coast of Canada and southern Alaska, thence across the Aleutian islands. It then passes through the possessions of Japan, along the shore of China, French Indo-China, Siam and Burma, across India and the Persian gulf. Traversing Turkey and the European continent to England, the route cross es the Farce islands to Iceland, thence to Greenland, Cape Farewell, thence to Greenland, Cape Farewell, Hamil ton inlet on the Labrador coast, and back to the Canadian shore, through Quebec and Montreal and south to Washington. The itinerary, fcStStTrely approved," it is hoped will enable the aviators to escape rainy seasons in the United State and India and insure their pas sage through Iceland and Greenland during August and September. The flight will be made by four officers and four enlisted men, whose qualifications and experience in the service cause them to stand out for selection. The machines used will be the Douglas world cruisers, now un der construction at Santa Monica, Cal. They will be equipped with Lib erty motors. Would Develop Waterways. Washington.—Nationwide develop ment of waterways and the establish ment of common carriers upon the principal waterways of the country are recommended by Colonel T. Q. Ashburn, chief of the inland and coastwise waterways service of the war department, in his annual report to the secretary of war, made public. As a means of achieving this pur pose, Colonel Ashburn offered a plan by which the existing waterways ser vice would be continued by a corpora tion to be created by Congress and given pwcers to promote, encourage, and devolp water transportation, and to “foster and preserve in full vigor rail and water transportation.’’ The plan recommended, Colonel Ashburn said, could be put into ef fect without annual congressional ap propriations, would relieve the war secretary of handicaps of government al operation, and allow the affairs of i the corporation to be conducted on a business basis. _j Fill Eleven Million Liquor Permits. Washington.—Retail druggists of 27 states, the District of Columbia, Por to Rico and Hawaii, where the law permits prescriptions of liquor for J medicinal use, filled 11,0|00,000 the fiscal year ended June 30, according! to the first summary of this kind is sued by the prohibition bureau. A total of 1,400,614 gallons were thus I sold, divided as follows: Whiskey, 1,347,573 gallons; wine! 30,752; brandy, 9,945; gin, 8,173; al cohol, 2,156; and rum 2,015. New York led all states in the num ber of prescriptions, issued, with 3, 638,751. Illinois was second with 2, 168,78S and California third wifh 790, 742. Tennessee with 71 was the low-1 est. T*he first three named states also led in the amounts of whiskey sold on prescriptions. Massachusetts was second to New York in wine sales, and California third. Massachusetts led in brandy sales with 2,840.58 gallons; New York was next and Wisconsin third. New York also sold more gin and alcohol than any other state. WILSON TO OBSERVE “GOLDEN RULE" DAY. New York.^-Woodrow , Wilson's Sunday dinner on" December 2, will consist of beans, corn grits, and soup. Mr. Wilson pledged himself and his household to partake of thfif frugal meal, the Near East relief announced, in observance of Golden Rule Day arranged by the organi zation in its campaign for funds to feed near east orphans. The differ ence in cost between the typical orphans menu and the usual meal will be contributed to the food fund. , EXPORTS EXCEED SEPTEMBER CONSUMPTION for first three MONTHS OF COTTON YEAR OFF LITTLE. Cotton Growing States Had Largest Number of Active Spindles on Record During October. Washington. — Cotton consumption was larger during October than In any month since last June, but for the first three months of the cotton year, it was about 37,000 bales less than during that period last year, cen sus bureau figures issued show. Cotton growing states had the lar gest number of active spindles on second during October. Exports of cotton for the month exceeded Septem ber by #2,000 bales and for the first three months of the cotton year 275, 000 bales more were exported than in the same period last year. Cotton on hand October 31, was about 1,000,000 bales less than a year ago. Cotton on hand October 31 was: In consuming establishments 1,002, 583 bales of lint and 87,515 of linters, compared with 773,173 of lint and 92, 819 of linters on September 30 thi3 year and 1,381,945 of lint and 82,403 of linters on October 31 last year. In public storage and at compresses 3,435,839 bales of lint and 35,810 Of linters, compared with 2,147,830 of- lint and 32,197 of linters on September 30 this year and 4,267,119 of lint and 16,798 of linters of October 31 last - n&. . ..a,-*-. . ““Jr. Imports during October totaled 7, 615 bales, compared with 6.60S in Sep tember this year and 26,816 in October last year. Exports during October totaled 781,- i 722 bales, including 3,938 bales of linters, compared with 689,435 bales including 3,742 of linters in Septem ber this year and 798.664 bales in cluding 1,633 of linters in October last year. Cotton spindles active during Octo ber numbered 34.37S.662 compared with 33.939,885 in September this year and 33,837.435 in October last year. Kill Messengers and Get $43,600. New York.—Two bank messengers j were murdeerd by two bandits who stole $43,600 from them in a specta-' cular holdup at the Fifty-first street | station of the West End Subway line j in Brooklin. The station was filled too with per sons on their way to work wheiwvthe bandits opened fire. They fled with their haul in an automobile for which the police have sent out a general alarm within a 50-mile - radius of the city. The messengers who we're, shot were William S. Barlow and William H. McLaughlin, both of Brooklyg^-and employed by thef West* End Bank. -■■ Man and Son Blown to Piec*jt Corpus Christi, Texas.—A bomb blew to pieces J. A. Barnes, prominent real estate dealer, fatally injured his j 12-year-old son, Jesse, wrecked the Barnes’ home and shattered windows in residences for a block. Mrs. Bar nes was injured by flying glass. The bomb, contained in a small1 wooden box, was sent by express from San Antonio. It was addressed to Mr. Barnes and marked "Personal." The contents were listed as “maga^jnes.” The package arrived here and Jesse asked his mother for permission to open It, but she refused. Mercy of Judge is Gift to Bride. Washington.—The cell doors of the District of Columbia jail swung open for an hour-long enough for Miss [ Gladiola Peyton, 19-year-old ptijoner to march to the altar and become the | bride of Frederick Ewers. Then they closed again, shutting in the brid'd and shutting out the bridegroom. . ■ Miss Peyton, a stenographer, was recently sentenced to a year’s Impris onment for forgery. Ewers, a sales man to whom her engagement pre viously had been announced, was not deterred, and he went to the jail and obtained permission to drive with the young woman to the home of a min ister, where the ceremony was per formed. The bridal party ihen re turned to the jail. WITH IKE ALLIES WOULD PREVENT RESTORATION OF HOHENZOLLERNS TO POW ER IN GERMANY. BUT AMERICA MUST NOT ACT President's Views on Return of Former Emperor and Crown Prince to Power Made Known. Washington.—President Coolidge be lieves that the American people will sympathize with any move to be tak en by the allied governments to pre vent restoration of the Hohenzollerns to power in Germany, although the American government cannot, in ac cordance with long establisher policy, take definite action in the matter which has been brought up by the return to Germany of Crown Prince Frederick William. The President's views were made known in some detail in order to cor rect an impression gained in some quarters from a recent white house statement to the effect that the Unit ed States would afford no moral sup port to the allies insteps which they might undertake to prevent the re turn of the Hohenzolern family to power. The long exprLfeied policy of the American government is itnerpreted by Mr. Coolidge as'favoring in every way the establishment and mainten ance of republican forms of govern ment. Mr. Coolidge, however, doesn't interpret this as meaning that the United States always can or should interfere in governmental changes in other countries. With respect to the return of the German crown prince to Germany and reports of a prospective return of the j former emperor it was thought Mr. ; Coolidge would consider that one of the things for which the United States went to war was to drive the Hohen zollerns from the throne and prevent such autocratic rule as had been established in Germany. v Guarantees to make this sure were placed in the treaty of Versailles and the expectation here is that the na tions party to that treaty will en- j deavor to enforce provisions contain ing such guarantees. In the work of enforcement4he President believes the allied governments should have the sympathy of the American people. New York Crime Wave Continues. New York.—New York’s latest crime wave continued when bandits smash ed a plate glass window in the fash ionable Fifth Avenue shop of Hick son, Inc., pnd escaped in an automo bile with $50,000 worth of furs. The fur robbery, which followed theft of a wagon load of silk from a livery stable on West 26th street, took place while four watchmen were in the store, which is on the avenue at 52nd street. The thieves sent two ash cans crashing through the win dow. The watchmen were unable to reach the street in time to get a de scription of either the bandits or their i car. While Fifth Avenue stores were dis charging thousands of shoppers and clerks, messengers .of the Garfield bank were compelled to admit two robberies in their taxicab ftid relin quish $740. The bandits escaped. The second b&ldup of the daj*7?ost a bandit a broken head, smashed by a baseball bat gelded by a boy,^,-\\Jio braved the roblror's bullets. TffeVsob ber had taken the cash receipts from a little candy store on the East Sid# and was fleeing when the youth stole |< behind him. The bandit is dying in a hospital. Flames Destroy Gaston Sanitorium. Gastonia.—As a result of a spectac ular fire which was discovered in the roof of the hospital, the Gaston Sana torium, owned jointly by Drs. Henry Glenn and D. A. Garrilion, is almost a total loss from fire and water. Insur ance on the building will total about $10,000. The fire originated from a defec tive flue. Most of the furniture and equipment downstairs was saved. That on the second floor, including an elaborate sterilizing outfit, was a to tal loss. Many of the nurses lost most uf their belongings, too. High praise is accorded Miss Young, superintenendont, and the other nurses, for their heroic work in res cuing patients. Some of the nurse* remained upstairs until the last min ute and were brought down the lad ders by firemen. 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