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FORD S SHOALS BID
LACKS GUARANTEES.
DECLARES PINCHOT
Coolidge Denies Stating
Readiness "to Deliver
Shoals’’ Author of Wire
Reiterates Statement
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Argu
ments both favoring and opposing
'■acceptance of Henry Ford s bid for
Muscle Shoals were heard at todays
hearing of the senate agriculture
committee.
Governor Pinchot, of Pennsyl
vania, opposed the offer, and Major
E. B. Stahlman, publisher of the
Nashville, Tenn., Banner, appeared
as a defender of the Ford bid, urg
ing the committee not to demand
changes in the bid that would make
Ford refuse to accept it and not to
do the thing the companies “want
you to do.”
The publisher insisted that the
Ford bid protected the public inter
terest and should be accepted, add
ing that additional protective legis
lation would be enacted if found nec
essary. He charged that Dan Me-
Gugin, a recent witness, who oppos
ed the Ford bid as a representative
of the Tennessee Manufacturers’ as
sociation, did not represent the man
ufacturers but was a “hireling of the
power companies.”
Governor Pinchot declared Muscle
Shoals was the key to the industrial
and agricultural development of the
south and that the Ford bid would
"hamstring the south.’
Guarantees Lacking
He described the Ford bid as
"careless contract” with no penalty
for forfeiture or guarantee of any
sort. •
, ' "Ford could use all the power for
himself if he chose,” Pinchot said,
“and pay nothing for the power he
Uses and there is no check on the
price he could charge consumers of
power.
The governor declared the Ford
bid did not do "justice to the farmers
on the question of fertilizer ami
was "absolutely contrary to the
Roosevelt policy as set forth in the
federal waterpower act.”
Major Stalhman will continue his
testimony Wednesday.
Senator Ralston, Democrat, Indi
ana, asked who on this committee
represents Henry Ford? If he is
here I would like to ask him what
objection Ford has to amendments
to the bid.”
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar
kansas, said he favored an amend
ment to Ford’s bid to make non-|
compliance of the contract a forfeit
ure of the contract rather than the
privilege to sue in Alabama courts!
a right the government already has.
Pinchot said Muscle Shoals was
not only a power proposition but a
fertilizer proposition.
Favors Power Act
Pinchot said he favored the fed
eral waterpower act and worked for
fifteen years to put it on the statute
books.
"As a power proposition the Fora
offer is absolutely contrary to the
Roosevelt policy as set forth in the
waterpower act,” Pinchot said.
r “The Ford offer puts no check on
the price consumers must pay for
power. Ford could use all the power
for himself if lie chose. Ford pays
nothing whatever for the power he
uses.
"Nitrate plant Number 2 should
be kept for the manufacturer of ni
trates in time of war and unques
tionably should be used now for the
manufacture of cheap fertilizer for
the farmer.”
Pinchot said he saw no reason for
haste in this matter, the dams not
having been completed. He disagreed
with Senator Heflin, Democrat, Ala
bama, that t.e government plants
had been left for junk. He said an
effort had never been made to adopt
a policy and ask for bids.
"The Ford offer does not do justice
First Find Out Kight
Senator Ransdell said he favored
first “finding out if we are right
and then going ahead.”
"I confess,” he said, “I do not
know how I stand on the proposi
tion.” ,
Senator Heflin said it had been
rumored that Secretary Mellon was
"interested with large aluminum in
terests, and was opposed to Ford
getting Muscle Shoals because he
would cheapen the price of alumi
num.”
Governor Pinchot said he did "not
know about that and did not care.”
Major E. H. Stahlman. publisher
nf the Nashville, Tenn., Banner, fol
lowed Pinchot oti the stand and read
a letter from the mayor of Nash
ville saying he favored acceptance of
the Ford offer and expressed this
as the opinion of the people of Nash
ville.
He also road a letter from the
judge of Davidson county court say
ing the people of that territory want
ed the Ford bid accepted because it
would mean the development of that
section. Major Stahlman said he be
came interested in Muscle Shoals in
1916.
“We formed an organization to in
vestigate Muscle Shoals from the
standpoint of power, fertilizer and
transportation. We employed the
best engineer we could find to in
vestigate the property.” he said.
Engineers Laud Work
"The very engineers who appear
ed here yesterday and opposed the
Ford bid were the ve(y ones who
lauded our engineer's work.”
"I want to say to you that the
charge that we had spent $5,000 to
lobby in Washington in favor of the
Ford bid is not true. That $5,000
was used for something entirely for
eign to any such thing.
“We haven't tried to bribe any
body to have the Ford bid accepted
but. I have sense enough to know
(Continued on Page 3, Column 3)
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN URIEL
EUGENE, Ore. Forest fires in
the Cascade mountains east of Eu
gene are reported under control.
NEW YORK —Governor Al Smith’s
prospects for the Democratic nomi
nation for the presidency are can
vassed at a conference of himself and
his backers.
WA S HINGTON. —House judiciary
committee holds a hearing on the
proposal for establishment of a sep
arate prohibition bureau in the
treasury department.
IN DI AN A POLI S.—(Governor War
ren T. McCray, of Indiana, found
guilty in district court of using
mails to defraud, is taken to prison
>to await sentence.
' LOS ANGELES—-War, and meas
ures seeking to exclude Japanese
from the United States, were -assail
ed in resolutions adopted by Los
Angeles Ministerial association.
NEW YORK.—Patrick Cardinal
Hayes, returning from Rome, is
greeted by thousands upon landing
here and is escorted in triumph to
his throne in St. Patrick's cathedral.
WHEELING, W. Ya. —Twenty-
two bodies are recovered from Ben
wood, W. Va., -mine of Wheeling-
Steel corporation, in which 114
miners are entombed by explosion.
SEATTLE, Wash. Manuel Que
zon, president of Philippine Islands
senate, heading party of Filipino
representatives, arrives en route to
Washington to urge independence of
Philippine Islands.
ASHEVILLeUnYc. Harry M.
Daugherty, former*attorney general,
charges Frank A. Vanderlip, former
banker, with paying expenses of per
sons to testify against department of
justice in senate investigations.
WHITE PLAINS, N. X—Three
indictments are returned against
Clarence O. Baring, wealthy White
Plains amateur chemist, in connec
tion with his alleged attempt to
poison his wife with disease germs.
NEW YORK.—Three American
representatievs on expert committee
on reparations return home from
labors at Paris and urge early
adoption of program formulated by
themselves and their colleagues.
WASHINGTON.—M. S. Daugher
■ty, brother of former attorney gen
eral, is granted writ of habeas cor
pus under personal bond of $5,000
after senate officer serves warrant
on Daugherty charging contempt.
WASHINGTON?—Senate in ad
vancing- consideration of revenue
hill votes to increase corporation tax
from twelve and a half to fourteen
per cent and repeal tax on tele
graph and telephone messages.
WASH INGTON.—President Cool
idge formally denies statement made
by J. Martin Miller, who says he
was "observer” for Henry Ford, at
senate hearing that the chief execu
tive declared he was trying to have
Muscle Shoals tinned over to Ford.
PARIS. France and Belgium,
through conference of their premiers
at Paris reach complete, accord? on
course to be taken by the two gov
ernments in assisting in putting- into
effect reparation experts’ recom
mendations.
SLAYER OF «
POLICEMAN EDIT®
HIDING UNDER Ft®
CALHOUN, Ga., April 29.—West
Morgan, who killed County Police
man “Shorty” Goss last Thursdav
and for whom a $750 reward had
been offered, was captured today by
Sheriff Medders, Deputies King, Bar
rett, Wise and Lefevre under the
floor of bis home.
The house had been guarded for
some time and officers were led. to
believe Aforgan was in hiding there.
Finally his wife said, if they would
not shoot Morgan she would tell
where he was hidden.
He had been at home since the
day following the shooting.
A quantity of whisky was found
in his mother’s house, which was
searched Monday. Airs. -Morgan
was arrested and brought to jail.
Morgan said he threw bloodhounds
off his trail by swinging to a tree
limb over the river until after the
dogs passed.
Cecil Will Abandon
British Service to
Live With His Bride
ASHEVILLE, N. C.. April 29.
Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil,
who at noon today married Aliss Cor
-nelia Vanderbilt, has resigned from
the British diplomatic corps and will
reside permanently at Biltmore
House.
This announcement, made here to
day, gives official verification to
rumors that have persisted for sev
eral days, that he would give up his
diplomatic career for his bride.
The couple will spend a honey
moon trip of several weeks touring
Europe, after which they will re
turn to Biltmore House, where Mr.
Cecil will assist his wife in the
management of her estate.
Mr. Cecil has been in t,.e English
dfl jlomatic service since 1913. bince
last September he has been first
secretary to the British embassy ■ t
Washington. Prior to that he serv
ed at Cairo. Madrid and Prague. He
is 34 years of age, the third son of
Lord William Cecil and the late
Baroness Amherst, of Hackney.
The Weather
Forecast for Thursday
Virgil Not th Caro n■ -
Showers, cooler.
South Carolina and Georgia—
Clearing and somewhat cooler.
Florida—Cloudy, p r obably show
ers: cooler in north portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida. Ala
bama and Alississippi—Generally
fair.
Tennessee—Generally fair.
1 .ouisiana—Generally fair.
Arkansas —Fair; rising tempera
ture in northwest portion.
I Oklahoma—Fair: wvtrmer.
Eas iTexas—Partly cloudy.
WASH I NGTON.—Senate passes ■
navy appropriattion. bill, carrying
$275,000,000.
CHICAGO. —General.) ulkin C. Carr,
former commander-in-chief of United
Confederate Veterans, dies here.
BOSTON. —Delegation to Repub
lican national convention, pledge to
President Coolidge, is elected in Mas
sachusetts’ primaries.
CINCIN N A T I. —Former Attorney
General Daugherty is low man in
primary election for seven delegates
at- large in Ohio primaries.
WEST CHESTER, Penn.—William
“Buck” Taylor, circus performer,
“wild west” show operator and as
sistant of "Buffalo Bill” Cody, dies, i
NEW YORK —W. E. D. Stokes, I
wealthy hotel man, is made ■defend
ant in two actions for recovery of
$71,000 in alleged unpaid lawyers’
fees.
COPENHAGEN —iLince and Prin
cess Erik, latter formerly Miss Lois
Frances Booth, Ottawa, will leave
Friday for New York to proceed to
California, which will be their future
home.
LONDON lrish Free State gov
ernment sends note to British colo
nial office asking it to give effect
to boundary article of the Anglo-Irish
treaty without further delay, a Daily
Mail dispatch says.
ROME General Armando Diaz,
minister of war and commander-in
chief of Italian army during the
World war, resigns because of ill
health, and will be succeeded by Gen
eral Antonio Di Giorgio.
NEW YORK. —Zev, 1923 thorough- i
bred champion, is defeated in his de- j
but as four-year old in Paumonok
handicap at Jamaica track by St.
Janes, three-year-old, of G. D. Wde
ner’s stables.
CINCINNATI. —Republican delega- j
tion, solidly pledged to President
Coolidge, is chosen in Ohio primaries,
while early returns indicate former
Governor Cox will control entire
Democratic delegation.
WASHINGTON. Probability of
agreement between senate and house
conferees on immigration bill on basis
of postponement, of operation of Jap
anese exclusion provision is indica
ted.
WASHINGTON ltalian foreign
office, through its embassy, official
ly denies rumors of change in its
policy toward Ruhr, due to alleged
agreements between French and
Italian industrial interests.
NEW YORK.—Dr. Nicholas Mur
ray Butler, president of Columbia
university, in addressing Missouri
society calls on those “of religious
faith, of moral principle and public
spirit’*" to repeal eightenth amend
ment.
NEW YORK —Attorneys for Mau
rice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet, and I
writer, obtain permission to file pa
pers in $200,000 damage action
against Goldwyn Pictures corpora- j
tion, in which poet alleges scenarios
submitted by him on contract were
rejected.
GROVER BERGDOIL
IS IN SWITZERLAND.
MOTHER DECLARES
PHILADELPHIA, April 29.—Mrs.
Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of Grover
Bergdoll, notorious draft evader,
said last night there was no mys
tery about her son’s disappearance
1 from Eberbach. She said that he
was visiting relatives in Switzerland
and that he would return to Eber
bach in about three weeks to reopen
negotiations with representatives of
the American Legion for his sur
render. She said Bergdoll had in
formed her of his plans in a recent
letter.
Mrs. Bergdoll said that her son
had requested her to open negotia
tions With the government for his
return to this country, but that so
far the government had “refused to
negotiate.”
“If those offers of other organiza
tions had been made by thz govern
ment, officially,” she declared, “I
know that Grover would be here
now. He wants to return and 1
know he will if a reliable offer is
made. We all expected him a month
i ago.”
Mrs. Bergdoll said her house had
been renovated and refurnished in
anticipation of Grover’s return.
1 rial of J. L. Philips
In Alleged Lumber
Fraud Is Delayed
WASHINGTON. Apiil 29.—The
trial in which John L. Philips, Re
publican national committeeman
from Georgia, and six others are to
' answer an indictment charging con
! spiracy in connection with the salc\
1 of surplus lumber from army can
, tonmenu?, did not get started today
lin the district supreme court as
, scheduled, due primarily to a shift
of the presiding justice.
The trial will open tomorrow.
Justice Hoehling finds himself un
able to enter upon a protracted trial
because of illness in his family, and
1 will change courts tomorrow with
Justice Jenning Bailey.
I Indicted with Philips are John
Stephens, president of the Stephen
I Lumber company, of Jacksonville,
Fla.: Frank T. Sullivan, lumber
dealer, of Buffalo. N. Y.: Rolano
Perry, lumberman, of Washington,
D. C.: Charles Philips, Jr., of At-
■ lanta, brother of John L.; Ernest C.
Morse and Charles S. Spotwell, for-
I mer officials of the war department.
George Al. Chambers, lumber ex
| pert, also named in the indictment,
lias died since the filing of the
i charges. Gus Eitzen and Mitchell A.
Touart. Jr., lumber dealers, of Pensa-
I cola. Fla., have been granted a sep
j arate trial and are expected to tes-
I tify for the prosecution.
Oil. INVESTIGATORS
DECLINE TO QUIZ
NIBS. JAKE HAMON
Bitter Row Breaks Out
Among Committee Over
Responsibility for Sum
mons —Widow Dismissed
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Mrs.
Jake L. Hamon, widow of the Okla
homa oil man and Republican poli
tician whose name has been linked
with many stories about political
financing in 1920, had a fleeting day
in court today before the senate oil
committee.
She was not asked a single ques
tion, and was excused after a quar
ter of an hour of waiting on the
witness stand while the committee j
senators wrangled and finally com- j
pletely disagreed as to who was re-’I
sponsible for her summons to Wash
ington.
Called here from Chicago, Mrs.
Hamon had been given an extension
of time by the committee to enable
her to go to Oklahoma and get pa
pers and letters belonging to Hamon,
which were to tell at last the inside
story of his connection with the Re
publican party machinery and prove
or shatter the dramatic stc.’y of I
how he spent a million dollars to
nominate Harding and in return was
to have been appointed secretary of
the interior.
Appearance Stirs Crowd
A visible stir swept over the com
mittee room, packed with a crowd
including many women 1 , when she
swept up to the committee table
dressed in flowing black dress and
carrying in her band a lily. Another
witness was testifying about geolog
ical formations in the oil reserves
but he was excused soon after Airs.
Hamon appeared and the committee
clerk called her to the stand.
Then began one of the bitterest
personal rows that has characterized I
the long and turbulent sessions of|
the oil committee. Senator Spencer, I
Republican, Missouri, objected be-1
forehand to the admission of her I
testimony, and Senator Walsh, Dem- I
ocrat, Montana, the committee pros-I
ecutor, replied that he “bore with I
due humiliation” the rebuke of the ■
Missouri senator. Mr. Walsh added,
however, that all responsibility for
the visit of Mrs. Hamon to Wash
ington must rest on Senator Stan
field, Republican, Oregon, wl.o in
turn retorted that Senator Walsh
was not stating the facts.
“He only has mentioned her
name,” Senator Stanfield said, “in
suggesting how th© committee '
might run down some of the sen
sational stories told it about Hamon
by Al Jennings and others.”
Then there was a dead silence, '
and the committee chairman, find
ing that no senator wanted to ask a .
Guestion, told the witness that her
further presence would not be re
quired.
New Row Develops
Immediately Airs. Hamon had
taken her departure, committee
members indulged in another row
over admission to the record of one
of a group of telegrams bearing on
the oil deal story.
Referring to the recent testimony
of 11. W. Ballard, of Los Angeles, in
which he stated Harry Chandler and
William Randolph Hearst could give
information about a “conspiracy” to
control the Republican national con
vention in 1920, Senator Stanfield
announced that he had telegraphed
the substance of Ballard’s statement
to Chandler and Hearst and had
their replies. The replies deny
knowledge of the matter, and have
been published.
Senators Walsh and Adams. Dem
ocrats. Colorado, objected to placing
in the record a telegram which Sen
ator Stanfield asserted showed Bal
lard had a police record. They in
sisted if witnesses were to be called
to impeach Ballard the members of
the committee should have a chance
to examine them and should not ac
cep thearsay evidence.
It was decided finally to admit to
the records the telegrams sent
Chandler and Hearst and their re
plies. but to exclude those referring
to Ballard.
Geologist Is Heard
The committee previously had lis
tened to expert testimony regarding
conditions in the oil reserves.
Willard W. Cutler, Jr., a petroleum
geologist, and former employe of the
bureau of mines, was examined with
reference to the drainage of oil from
sections 1 and 2 on Naval Reserve
No. 1 in California. He testified that
by the failure to drill offset wells, the
government lost on the sections be
fore March 4, 1921, royalty oil worth
$3,200,000.
With reference to section 31 in
reserve No. 1, owned by the Pacific
Oil company, and section 36. owned
Iby the Standard Oil company of
California, Cutler stated the offset
wells on the reserve proper were not
; sufficient in number to prevent the
t loss of government oil.
Mrs. Hamon entered the commit
■ tee room while Cutler was testify
ing and when he concluded she was
: called to the witness stand.
Mrs. Brvan Abandons
J
Faith Cure Meetings
After Improvement
HAZLEHURST, Ga.. April 29.
The disappearance of Airs, William
Jennings Bryan from a local hotel
after giving a testimonial that the
Rev. Raymond Richey, evangelist,
was effecting a cure for the paraly
sis from which she has suffered
for many years, gave rise to the
opinion here that she was seeking
, to exclude herself from public view
and avoid publicity.
Jr is reported here that a tele
gram was sent by Mr. Bryan from
M i I asking Mr. Richey to kees
; down all publicity in connection
with his wife so far as was in his
power.
Airs. Bryan did cot attend the
open services last evening and was
I repotted as “having checked out - ’
I at the hotel.
- In her testimonial, Mrs. Bryan is
I said to have informed Air. Richey
j that, for the first time in many
years, she has felt pain in parts of
| her body paralyzed. She has been
I able to move her arms somewha
within the last few days.
The attendance at the meeting
, has been growing tremendously.
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45 CORPSES FOUND
AFTER MINE BLAST.
fiS OTHERS SOUGHT
WHEELING, W. Va.. April 29.
With bodies of forty-five miners re
covered from the Benwood mine of
the Wheeling Steel corporation, res
cue workers today were working
from two entries in an effort to
reach 66 other men believed to have
been entombed by an explosion yes
terday morning. They had little
hope of finding the trapped men
alive.
Rescue workers in the Brown s
Run entry, where most of the
bodies were found, and those in the
Benwood entry are less than 3,000
feet ape . and the two groups like
ly will have the rock fall clears I
sufficiently to join by noon Wednes
day, it was declared by those in
charge.
J. W. Carpenter, of the Benwood
plant of the YVheeling Steel corpora
tion, announced this morning that
111 me i were in the corporation’s
mine at the time of the explosion
and he issued a list which he said
had been carefully checked and was
official.
None of the officials of the cor
poration was able to fix a cause for
the disaster.
Near the north entry section num
ber five, the resecuers located the
bodies of 29 miners. They then
pressed forward toward north entry
No. 8 where it was believed 55 men
went to work yesterday morning, a
few minutes before the blast shat
tered the interior of the workings.
Gatf fumes were pouring into sec
tion 8, making it dangerous for res
cuers to work more than a few min
utes at a time.
By noon two bodies were brought
up and taken to a Wheeling morgue.
Preparations were made to bring out
additional bodies this afternoon.
Coolidge Personally
Suggests Burton for
Temporary Chairman
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Pres
ident Coolidge revealed today that he
personally suggested the selection of
Representative Theodore E. Burton,
of Ohio, as temporary chairman of
the Republican national convention.
The disclosure that Air. Burton
was the president’s personal choice
to sound the keynote at the Cleve
land convention was made at the
I White House today to counteract
'published reports that the selection
had been made by Chairman Adams
and others and announced without
the definite approval of Mr. Coolidge.
I The president has not indicated
his preference for the permanent
chairman.
I
Coljie Saves Eight
When Home Burns;
Pays With Its Life
LAMBERTON. N. Y., April 29.
The lives of eight persons were
saved by a collie dog when the farm
house of Leslie S. Alorrison burned
to the ground early today. The dog
sacrificed its own life.
Alorrison was awakened by the
dog’s tugging at the bedclothes, to
find the house in flames. With the
help of his wife and his cousin he
(carried five children to safety. The
I body of the dog was found buried
in the debris.
Youth Shoots Mother
And His Step-Father
FLORENCE, Ala., April 30.—Mr.
and Airs. Will Newman, of Wayne
I county, Tennessee, are in a hospital
! here suffering from gunshot wounds
I said to have been inflicted by Joe
Kelly. Kelly is a son of Mrs. New-
I man and a step son of her husband
I It is reported Kelly escaped after
j the shooting.
I According to a statement made by
I Mrs. Newman to the sheriff, trou
i ble arose between the two men, and
; her husband fired five times at her
■ son. N obullets took effect, -she
I said, and Kelly returned the fire
I with a shotgun. In an effort to
sheild her husband she was shot in
I the shoulder and head. A second
j load penetrated Newmaft’s abdomen,
inflicting critical injuries. Mrs.
Newman is not dangerously hurt,
I according tn physicians.
“Old Hickory” Reunion
To Be at Charleston
GREENVILLE, S. C„ April 29.
The annual reunion of the Thirtieth
Division (“Old Hickory”) association
will be held in Charleston, S. C..
August 12 and 13. it was announced
today by Major G. Heyward Alahon,
I president of the organization.
The division was trained at Camp
I Sevier, near this city, and for the
I most part was composed of national
i guards of South Carolina, North
| Carolina and Tennessee.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, May 1, 1924
GEN. JULIAN S. CARR DEAD;
WAS FORMER COMMANDER
OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Wealthy Durham Manufac
turer, Banker and Railroad
Capitalist Contracts Illness
on Trip to Chicago
CHICAGO, April 30, —General
Julian S. Carr, former commander
in-chief of the United Confederate
veterans, and prominent in manu
facturing, banking and railroad en
terprises at his home in Durham,
N. C„ died last night at a hotel
here.
En route from Durham to Chicago
last Saturday to visit his daughter,
Mrs. H. C. Flowers, General Carr
contracted influenza, which develop
ed into pneumonia yesterday, a heart
affection complicating his condition.
Specialists called i"to consultation
early last night saiu he probably
would not survive the night, and at
10:15 o’clock it was announced he
had died
Airs. Flowers came here several
months ago from Kansas City to
study synthetic pyschology with
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick.
On his arrival here, General Carr
was removed to his daughter’s hotel
suite, where he died.
Funeral arrangements were to be
completed today after tentative ar
rangements had been made to take
the body back to Durham, N. C.,
for burial.
HELPED BUILD CAROLINA,
GOVERNOR MORRISON SAYS
CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 30
“He has done much to help build the
strong and growing North Carolina,”
Governor Cameron Morrison said
here when apprised of the death of
General Julian S. Carr. “He was
beloved by friends whom he num
bered by the thousands, and he loved
North Carolina.
“I deeply regret to hear of Gen
eral Carr’s death.”
DI KHAM LOSES MAN WHO
PRACTICALLY MADE CITY
DURHAM. N. C., April 30.—With
the death of General Carr at Chica
i go- last night Durham loses one of
its distinguished and beloved citi
zens. He had been closely identified
with the life of the community from
the time Durham was but a tiny
I little village.
Practically nothing of a worth
’ while nature done in the city was
accomplished without the help of
General Carr. He was ever ready
to give of his time and money for
movements of city, state and na
tional importance.
Up until the time of his last ill
ness General Carr was in good
health. He attended to the duties
IAUBREY NICKELS
AGAIN RECEIVES
DEATH SENTENCE
•[ DELAND, Fla., April 29—Aubrey
Lee Nickels, of Greenwood, S. C.,
J was sentenced to death for the sec-
I ond time in circuit court here last
c night when a jury found him guilty
>lof a charge of criminal assault. He
previously was convicted of the
same charge, but the case was re
' versed by the state supreme court.
1 Sentence was pronounced by
Judge J. J. Dickinson early last eve
-1 ning, little more than two hours
after the jury had returned its ver
dict following a trial of less than a
, week.
■ Nickels pleaded earnestly for the
court’s mercy, but received the sen
tence without a trace of emotion.
He was accused by the prosecut-
I ing witness of having entered her
• home under the guise of an employe
: ’ of the city water department.
Texas Senate Vote to
Be Investigated May 8
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Public
investigation of the Texas senatorial
election of November, 1922, will be
' ; started May, 8 by the' senate elec
' tions subcommittee under a decision
reached today after preliminary ar
guments had been made by counsel
for Senator Mayfield, Democrat.
Texas, and George E. B. Pcddy, the
contestant.
Newspaper Veteran Dies
BATON ROUGE, La., April 28.
John McGrath, oldest newspaper
, man in Louisiana and a veteran of
the Walker Nicaraguan expedition
and of the Civil war, died at his
home early today. He would have
been eighty-nine years old next
month. Mr. McGrath, who had re
sided in Baton Rouge since a child
began his newspaper career at the
age of ten years, when he entered
the office of the Baton Rouge Ga
zette. the first newspaper published
:in this city. At the time of hi”
j death h° was a member of the state
i board of pensions.
of his office every day, walking of
ten from his office in the heart of
the business district to his home.
For a. man of his age he was active
and energetic.
Surviving thfe deceased are three
children, C. M. and Austin H. Carr,
both of Durham, and Mrs. H. C.
Flowers, of Chicago. Several grand
children and numerous other rela
tives also survive.
Returned After Success
Soon after the Civil war General
Carr left North Carolina for Little
Rock, Ark. There he made a. suc
cess of the work he entered. While
he was visiting his old home he was
persuaded to return to North Caro
lina and entered the tobacco manu
facturing industry.
Few people outside of North Caro
lina realized what' General Carr had
meant to Durham. Free of heart,
possessing n sympathetic nature and
a. love for his community and the
people in it he was ever ready to
lend a helping hand to all worthy
causes.
He spent his money freely where
he thought it would do the most
good. Trinity college was brought
to Tarham largely through his ef
forts and his gift of the site now oc
cupied by the college. Land for Ma
plewood cemetery, the old section,
was given by him to the city. He
was connected with practically ev
ery enterprise of any Importance
started in Durham.
General Carr never held political
offices, although he always had play
ed an active part in the political
campaigns.
Sold Tobacco Interests
In later years General Carr sold
his interest in the tobacco business,
which he had purchased fhr $4,000
and which had expanded enormous
ly under his guidance, for a sum
1 id to be several millions. then,
turned his attention to the textile
industry, which at that time was be
ginning to come to the front in
North Carolina.
The Durham Hosiery Mills com
pany was organized and from a sin
gle factory in Durham it expanded
i until it became the largest single
- enterprise of its kind in the world,
’ operating a. chain of mills in North
- Carolina. To the end he retained
I his interest in this enterprise, being
i aided by his sons and many men
whom he brought to the front as
successful mill executives.
In addition to the mills operated
> under his guidance, General Carr
' took an important part in the finan
cial development of Durham. At
the time of his death he was presi
dent of one of its largest banks and
it was said had taken an active part
in organiznig all of the banks of
I Durham, with but one or two excep
; lions.
GLEAN BILL IS GIVEN
ENGRAVING BUREAU
BE MELLON REPORT
WASHINGTON, April 28.—Secre
tary .Mellon advised President Cool
idge last night that the treasury had
completed its inquiry into charges
of irregularities in the bureau of
. | engraving and had found them
. I baseless.
The charges, made by Charles B.
. Brewer, department of justice attor
ney, and which were accompanied
Jby wholesale dismissals in the bu
»l , .
. reau by President Harding, contain-
J ed no element of fact, Mr. Mellon
'asserted. He informed the chief
! i executive that he was enabled, as
J a result of the investigation, to con
firm the integrity of the govern
' I inent’s securities.
, j Contained in the report to the
president, a. document of magazine
size, were specific replies to every
assertion made by Brewer in his re
peated assaults on the treasury and
by these, Secretary Mellon said, the
I "utter falsity” of every charge was
I. established.
Fire Damages Cotton
In Dothan Warehouse
DOTHAN, Ala.. April 29.—Fire of
undetermined origin damaged be
tween 400 and 500 bales of cotton
storage at the Dothan warehouse
company last night. The loss had
not been estimated.
Supporters of New Florida
Railway Meet to Organize
AVON PARK, Fla., April 28.—A
meeting of representatives of every
I community has been called by the
local board of trade for next Thurs
day for the purpose of organizing
the case of supporters of the pro
posed Florida, Western and North
ern railroad. The interstate com
merce commission is scheduled to
hold a hearing on the proposition
Friday in Jacksonville, and it is ex
pected a. large delegation will be pres
ent from Florida towns.
u VEN ra a COPY,
SI A YEAR.
INDIiNi GOVERNOR«
DECIDES TO SERVE
PRISON SENTENCE
Decides Not to Appeal Case
After Federal Jury Finds
Him Guilty of Using Mails
in Swindle
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 29.-?-
V\ arren T. McCray, convicted yes
terday in federal court of using th«
mails to defraud, today resigned a»
governor of Indiana.
J he resignation becomes effective
at M) o'clock tomorrow morning.
Emmett B. Branch, lieutenant gov
ernor, automatically will become
governor.
McCray is to appear tomorrow in
edeial court to receive his sentence.
It is expected he will receive a terrn
ln m l i la ?U anla federal prison and
will be taken there with other prison
ers Ihursday.
ake no a Pr«al from his
conviction m federal court but will
be ready to begin serving whatever
B.”AnXs O \ SiVe \/ llm by Judße A -
Ihe penalty for conviction of us
ing the mails in furtherance of a
scheme to defraud is a fine of hot
nTt e sn Ce<i ° l ' im l Jri sonment
Z ed fIV6 years - or both
at the discretion of the court. Mc-
Cray was found guilty on all thir
teen counts in the indictment and
each count is a separate offense.
Resignation Solves Problem
The voluntary resignation of Mc-
Gray eliminates a number of prob
lems that have confronted officials
snide his conviction. Considerable
discussion had arisen over the legal
ity of calling a special session of the
general assembly .to impeach Afc-
Cray provided he would not resign.
The resignation was written when
McCray, accompanied by United
States Alarshal L. P. Aleredith, visit
ed the state executive’s office Tues
day morning after spending the
night in jail. AlcCray reached the
state house soon after 11 o’clock.
Employes dropped other work and
bega nclearing up routine business,
preparatory to the governor’s resig
nation. In order to clear his desk,
the governor sent out for luncheon,
which he shared with James Noel,
his personal attorney, and several
others.
Close friends of the governor were
closeted with him soon after his ar
rival at the state house. Among
those who called were Attorney Gen
eral U. S. Less, Newton T.\ Miller,
state fire marshal; Luke Duffy, local
attorney and a member of the last
Indiana house of representatives;
Air, Noel, his attorney; John Moor
man, of Knox, Ind., personal friend
and advisor; Fred Robinson, state
purchasing ageat; Miss Adah Bush,
executive secretary; E. J. Fogarty,
warden at Indiana state prison, and
Bernard Griffey, one of the gover
nor’s bondsmen.
The governor spent the night in
the Marion county jail and was to
remain there until 9 o'clock Wed
nesday morning, when he is to ap
pear before Federal Judge A. B. An
derson to be sentenced.
G. O. P. Chiefs Confer
Republican leaders gathered here
today to discuss the situation.
A series of conferences were held
by Republican leaders when Me-
Ctay’s financial difficulties first be
came public, and the opinion was
expressed then that impeachment
proceedings would be instituted if
he was found guilty of the charges.
The attitude at the present time,
however, is that no immediate action
will bo taken, the belief apparently
prevailing that A-IcCray will resign,
it appeared unlikely early today
that Governor McCray would ask
for an appeal. Al. A. Ryan, one of
thp governor's attorneys, gave the
only definite hint that McCray would
not appeal when he said yesterday
that while he was not sure, he
"guessed” that no appeal would be
taken.
Minus P. D. Meredith, United
States marshal, hinted last night
that McCray would leave with him
Thursday for Atlanta to begin serv
ing whatever sentence was imposed
upon him, thus indicating that fed
eral officials were not expecting the
case to be appealed.
The governor’s conviction appar
ently will have no bearing upon the
primary election to be held in In
diana May 6. His affairs have been
ignored by the gubernatorial candi
dates of both major parties and he
has taken no part in the campaign
for the preferential vote for presi
dent being waged by supporters of
President Coolidge and Senator Hi
ram Johnson.
Inaugurated in 1921
Warren T, McCray, the first man
ever convicted while holding the of
fice of governor of Indiana, was In
augurated January 1, 1921, having
been elected on the Republican ticket.
Previous to making the race for gov
ernor he had participated only slight
ly in politics. Much of his time had
been devoted to banking, cattle rais
ing, and grain dealing.
His business career was begun as
bookkeeper in a country bank. Then
followed a slow climb to fortune. He
went to work at fifteen as a book
keeper in a Kentland, Ind., bank. On
the day of his majority, he resigned
and went into the grocery business,
he was successful and soon turned to
the grain business. As rapidly as the
money was forthcoming from one
grain elevator, he invested it in an
other and soon had a chain over the
northwestern part of the state.
As governor, McCray blocked sev
eral bills attempted by the legisla
ture. Among them was a. farmers’
co-operative marketing bill. He op
posed the bill because it fixed no
limit to the amount of debts a mar
keting association might incur, for
the payment of which the individual
farmer members would have been
liable. The attorney general held that
the bill abridged the constitutional
provision for freedom of contract,
and also permitted a farmer being
imprisoned for debt.
Woman Commissioner
Os St. Petersburg Dies
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. April 29.
Mrs. Virginia Burnside, St. Peters
burg’s only woman city commis
sioner. died here early this morning
folio win 3 a long illness.