Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 1

WEATHER SOUTH air Sunday and Monday colder In Mnith por tfcju probably llghl lrnt to the coast Sunday night Homin' fair with slowly rising temperature A ifews of The MowOtos Review lorence grows so grows The News VOL XXXIV No 1 Did You Eve: Stop To THINK? tty 1 A ZEIGLER Six years ago to night 1 sat in a little dingy office over Drug Store and wrote niy first edi torial It was after the man ner of a salutory in which 1 introduced a husky young ster only a day old and beg ged your kind consideration and encouragement You re sponded and so well that within the past week four large syndicates have unsuc cessfully bartered for its sale During these i years if I have caused you to stop' and think once in a while although you always agreed with me I feel that my daily talk with iny 20000 readers has been iii vain pHAT In the vernacular of the newspaper it has al ways been but tonight am using this column to tell you personally grateful I am to you kind readers for your response to my humble suggestions whether to help some worthy cause or to overwhelm the ca lamity howler with enthusi asm and optimism 'J'HAT I beg that you give Mr Brunson as I know you will the same measure of your generous support so that the little city and big fine community we all love will piosper as never before 'pHAT The fact that I am building just the kind of a home here that I want is evi dence that I expect to stay with you always and will be ever ready to do my share for lorence and every individualand institution in it ZpHAT The experience has been good for me I now see with a clearer sight see things as they are and not Ciily as I would have them be While you have been sleep ing I have been wide awake fee'ing the pulse of the world Las it were) watching its changes for the better and sometimes for the worse JpHAT This is my last para graph and I can truly say I am not sorry only tired and rm glad for the rest SNOW AT ('ll ITTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA Tenn Mar (Zp) Rain which had pravaded for several hours turned Into snow caily thia afternoon and continued dur ing the ni'tht Hie temperature dimmed to below SO degrees curly to night MEDITATIONS By Alley You Ain' nevuh seed NOBODY Do deY TfaELL You SEES A OME EAI66ED NlG6uHviip A HA'ntatTER NAVY SALVAGE CREW RAISES 7 SUBMARINE 4 ROM OCEAN BED ATER 90 AY STRUGGLE ZII'PLIN WORKS HEADY TO SI I I GIANT "III IMP" RIEDRICHSHAEN Mar (pj When the new giant Zepplln now nearing com pletion leaches American tor th? first time it might well carry a "for suit" sign Contrary to gen eral opinion it was learned today that the new ship has not been ordered by the Spanish govern ment for tiafispceanlc service between Seville and Buenos Aires but i strictly a private venture of the Zepplln works The company announcement said that If a piuchaci can be found who Is willing to pav oooooo to $1250000 for the Le viathan of the air the proceeds Immediately will be invested In the construction cl a sister ship Pontoons Lift Ship To Sur face 24 Minutes After Air Goes On EIGHT BODIeTsTILL IN TORPEDO ROOM PROVINCETOWN Mass Mar 17 fZPi Just 15 miilutes snort of thiee months from the time she was sunk in collision with the coast guad Paulding off this port the submarine 4 was brought to the furface today by a naval salvage crew Tiie submarine was sunk at 3:37 o'clock on the afternoon cf De cember 17 and her conning tower broke water at 3:22 this afternoon A dramatic dcmonotratlcn on the deck of the salvake ship alcon gieetcd the culmination of three months of gruelling eftoit In winter weather on the part of the salvagers As the conning tower appeared above tiie surface Diver Tom Eadie who won the congressional medal for sav ing a fellow diver the day after the 4 went down lea the crew of the salvage ship In a buist of cheering The men on board eight other ves sels clustered about scene Join ed In the shouting and offiers on board the alcon hurried to con gratulate Captain Ernest King and Commander Harold Saunders who were in charge of the opcra tions Although divers had braved win ter frost and rough weather for three months to get the hull ready for raising the final operations lasted about four hours At 11:05 a the water was blown from the control of the submarine and one by one the other compartments were ren dered buoyant Then came the six great pontoons which had been low ered and ranged In pairs along the hull All of the 24 navy divers who worked on the 4 were on the deck of the aison as the submarine came up In the 91 days since the col lision these men hsd had 44 1 2 days suitable for diving and had made 566 dives to the ocean bed 102 feet down Although no serious accident occurred there were 10 cases ot of casslcn disease With favorable weather in sight the salvage crew had worked nearly all last night lowering and making fast the last pair of pontoons In addition to the alcon the subma rine tender Bushnell the mine swepcr Mallard the tugs Wandank Sagamore and Iuka the submarine 6 sister ship of the 4 nnd the destroyers Mauiy and Mahan were gathered at the scene The second compartment to be me motor room wmen was cleared of water at 11:57 a in Then came the engine room the torpedo room and the battery com partment the main ballast tanks the fuel and safety tanks were blown at 2:15 At that time Comman der Saunders decided that the sub marine had enough air and the air was turned on in the stern pontoons At 2:58 the stein pontoons broke water and the men on the alcon began to haul in the air lines which were attached to the cntoons The other pontoons were below at 3:20 and two minutes later the conning tower of the submarine came up It rcee to a height of about four feet above the surface and the twisted ladder one of the periscopes and the radio mast were visible as well as three riding lights The gray paint appeared as fresh as before the ve sei sank As soon as the raising was com pleted Captain Hcmy Hartley of me (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) HOUSE APPROVES NAVAL EXPENDITURE $274000000 WASHINGTON March 17 Strengthening of the American navy bv the construction of fifteen new 10000 ton cruisers and one airrft carrier of 13800 tons was up moved today by the house The" ot the proposed ships exclusivef shciatt has been at 274000000 The luusr action came with pass age cy standing vote ot 287 to 5) ot th Butler bill to authorize the budding of the vessels tiie mcas ue now goes to the senate An unsuccess tul eltort was made My Representative Blanton a Texas mocrat to obtain record vote cf f'al nti siiage Under house rule 'his Is passible only by the consent of one fifth of the members present and than that number support ed the Texans' motion The bill as passed carried an emciwlmcnt by Representative sprotil Republican Kansas to re quest the president to urge the "Necessity for a further Interna tional conference for Naval Arm limitation It also would give th" president power to suspend any or all of construction in the event juci an agreement being ieacli (1 Anoilrr amendment epensorrd by to tive Dollinger Republican Vj was written Into Hie measure 'r r'ovldo that half of the ships st re constructed In gevorninent Th rrulMT the largest that can hu'H und farms ot the Wash definite completion date for any Ington Naval poet would be live a year during the fiscal years logi i Hiji Inclusive The air "'oft c'irrlcr 1 than half the "'2? of the ennlera Lexington and Bnrnto'u to be built prior to Juno so 1030 t'h" measure falls to propoee a laid down nt the rate of of the veurlj but the Naval com which drafted the program th" provision tht the secretarh of the nrvy annuaiiy sub mit trnate to the budget bureau to carry on the construction would Insure niiilrling of the ship and pre vent them from becoming only a'paper fleet" ITIML POT STILL SIMMERS WASHINGTON Mar Winter campaigning for the nation's prize political plum Is drawing to a close with the Issue In doubt and field marshals in the campa ot mote than a dozen presidential candidates feverishly mapping out there drives for convention delegates Twelve" weeks from Tuesday at Kansas City the Republicans will get dean to the serious business cf framing a party platform and mak ing nominations In exactly 100 days the hosts ot Democracy will as semble at Houston Mid March finds only a fraction of the delegates to either convention chosen a number ot them without definite instructions All kinds of predictions are made as to what the uncertain days ahead hold but meat of the shrewd political dopesters concede that It is too eaily to figure out exactly what will happen in June It's an old spying that can happen In politics" and while those who live and talk politics gen erally expect a clearing of the polit ical atmosphere with the coming of spring weather many believe it will be a toss up so far as presidential candidates are concerned right up to the last minute In practically all discussions of Democratic presidential aspirants the name recurs Many pre dict the nomination at Houston of the New York governor others em phasizing that the winner in a Democratic convention must muster two thirds of the delegates say he will be "stopped" hiy an cpnosltlon based largely on his prohibition and hfs religion Matched against Smith In the pre convention talk are Reed ot Missouri Walsh of Montana both avowed can didates! nnd a big field of "dark hor scs" Richie ot Maryland Donahcy of Ohio George of Georgia: Hull of Tennessee Hitchcock of Nebraska: Woolen Indiana Harrison Nebraska slsslppl Robinson of Arkansas and others Among the Republicans the dis cusion revolves mainly around Hoo ver whose organization Is more far flung than that of any other aspir ant for the Kansas City nomination Whether he can muster the necessary majority in convention remains a debatable question which orobably will be cleared up to an extent by the primaries In Ohio where he is pitted against Willis and In Indiana where his foe Is "Jim" Watson Besides Hoover Willis and Watson others out In the open for the Re publican nomination Included Low den whose supporter appear en couraged by the lineup or delegates thus far selected and Curtis of Kan sas who already is asured the tup pert of his home state In the back eround among others are Dawes who Insist he Is not a candidates and Is for Lowden's nomination Borah who has been endorsed by Idaho Repub Henns and has taken a lead in de manding that the Sinclair (160000 glfti to the Republican national com mittee In 1923 be wiped off the bjoks and Coolidge Despite the president's announce ment that he does not want another term talk of "draftng" him has not died down and a booming stock mar ket during the last few days nas been atthbuted by some to ir newel of reporta that he will be comman deered for another four ycar hitch In the White House Dawes' boater: in spite ot his at titude are not remaining allent They predict that Hoover will be "stopped" say Coolidge meant what he said and uro pislng along the word that the Kansas City conven tion will turn to the vice president Hl dose alliance with Lowden his friendship with WuUon the fact that he Is a native Ohioan and ha many friends who probably will be hi the convention voting for Willi in the early stages arc pointed to as making Dawes very much a part of the Rjjiubllcan presidential picture the week New Himpdilre led off with presidential primaries and on Tuesdiv" North Dakota voters will express their preference with only Lowden and Hnilth making a bld for deleputtuls rom that state In New Hampshire the entire Re publican delegation al large selected fnviis the nomination of Hoover the entire Democratic lnte of dele gate at large lean toward New Ycrk's "overnur Hoover and Smith also will have the support In convention bf lej'g(t Ti Other developments during the week Included the landing for Smith of the solid Deinocratlc delegation of '4 from Minnesota A state con vention pluced the delegates under Instructions to vet" for the New Yorker until he Is nominated or re leasts them In 1924 during most cl the balloting Smith had th sup port of 18 Minnesota dclcgitu rom the viewpoint of the politl (CONTINUED On PAGE E1Q1LT) LORENCE SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 18 1928 PRICE IVE CENTS COMMITTEE OUR ONE DEAD TWO SCORE TO WORK OUT PLAN INJURED WHEN WEE OR DOUGLAS PAY TORNADO HITS TOWN Trustees Of University Hold Session Behind Closed Doors Vote 5 To 3 Sorrento lorida Suffers Heavily In Battle Of Spring Winter COLUMBIA March 17 hand of a committee of four trustees was placed the task ot bridging the gap between the $10 POO salary promised Dr Doug ins president of South Carolina University by the trustees and the $7500 granted him from the state co rtlngeat fhnd nttcr Governor Richards had vetoed the talary Item In the slate appropria tion bill This was announced today at the end of a trustees meeting which was ncld behind closed doors Governor Richards who attended as chairman of the board ex offlclo opposed the motion to close the meeting ol the spectators but the board by a five lo three vote decided on an execu tive session Trustees David Coker of Harts ville Cyrus Shealy of Lexington Gordon Hughes of Union and James 11 Hope superintendent of education were selected as a com mitteed to Investigate and report Inter to the board a possible course of action on the Douglas salary matter Announcement of the pro ceedings was later made by Mr Hughes Immediate discontinuance of the universltey extension work was voted by the trustees no appropriation for It having been allowed this year Dr Douglas who left the meetingwhile the salary question was under discussion made a report of uni versity activities As the meeting opened Mr Coker took notice of the presence of news pcr men and made a motion for a closed session "I favor open Governor Richards said "So far us I im con cerned I see no necessity for shut ting off the light In matters In which the people ot the state are Interested "It Is not the custom ever ot the board to shut off the light" Mr Coker replied "but the board usual ly designates some one to give out for publication a correct and an au thentlc account of what has been done and that one Is usually the chairman "So far as the public Is Interested we are concerned only that the In formation given out comes from an authentic source "The board heretofore has met In executive session and has given out through some one designated Infor mation ns to what tool: place "I am not afraid that what 1 do or say shall be published" Cyrus Shealy Lexington declared "1 may not have anything at all to say on the matters which come up before us There Is nothing tense here No fire brands will be hurled If something conies up which we do not care to have printed we can re quest the representatives of the press present to omit such matters and I feel confident that they will fesnect our wishes" After some further discussion the motion made by Mr Coker that the session be executive was put and prevailed by a vote of five to three Those voting for executive (5) David Coker Hartsville Gordon Hughes Union Mc Cutcheon Bishopville Wright Ware Shoals James Sullivan Laurens Those voting for open session (3) Governor John Richards Colum bia Cyrus Shealy Lexington James Hope Superintendent of education IIUATTIU RETURNS WAIlltANT OR DOlftAS PAY CHICK COLUMBIA Mar Giving his opinion that "all semblance of an expenditure for unforaecn purposes has been by the legislative appropriation of a salary Item for Dr Douglas president of the University of South Carolina and Its subsequent veto by the governor Comptroller General A Beattie to day returned to the state treasurer Scarborough a warrant drawn on the contingent fund by the treas urer some days ago for payment of $7500 salary to Dr Dougins from that fund CANADIAN PLANES TO HUNT ENDEAVOUR NEW YORK March 17 There was no hope left today that the trana Atluntlc flight of Walter Hlnchlllle and Elsie Mackay had ended In anything but disaster had no faint ue overlooked In the de termination to exhaust every possi bility of rescu During the day the Canadian legation at Washington requested permission to rend aircrafts across the border to aeon' the Maine woods where a plane hod be Ml heard Thurs day morning and permission was granted The faint hope that the trana Atluntlc plane had been brought down In those woods and that the filers might be still alive but unable to find their way out was kept alive by confirmation of yesterday's re ports of a plane above the woods Minister of Murine and ishers Cardin at Ottawa was Informed by telegraph by the Canadian Pacific nupcrlntendent at Bt John that two men In a lumber camp near Greenville Maine Insisted that they had heard a plane about 0 o'clock Thursday morning This would be at the very limit of the time which Hincllffe and miss Mac ksy might have stayed In the air for the flight which began In Eng land Tuesday morning INN HI NNEIt ON TOP PIGSTA Arlz Mar (p) the way over 302 mile course that carried the runneri through a mountn Inous country moie than a mile above eea level Nestor Ericksen innish runner from ort Chester won the 14th lap of the coast to ooast race today He revered the distance from Williams to lagstarr in 8:25:35 ATLANTA Ga March 17 The south today watched spring and winter lock In sullen conflict nnd tonight with the skirmish hall over counted one dentil and two score Injuied on the south flunk ot the battle line Eddies ot a southwestern storm oilglnutlng earlier In the week over xco swirled over lorida today In 'the form of small to nudoes one of which struck the town ot Sor rento killing one woman demolish ing seven houses and Injuring 40 or more residents of th" town An other dipped Into the south end of St Petersburg aid hopped away after damaging four houses but In juring no one Meanwhile the rest of Dixie watch ed the engagement beneath heavily laden skies which released fitful gusts of snow and rail as well as restless winds and deep thunder As the battle progressed It was evident that winter was about to win a victory on the northern flank ts temperntuies throughout the Mississippi Valley and the south eastern states slowly approached freezing point during tin night The Kentuck gateway to Dixie Louisville felt the heaviest sting cf winter reporting a minimum tem perature of 25 decrees today while Memphis had Blnrtlngham to night reported a minimum I 34 and expected the freezing point before morning Mississippi and Tennessee expected rain and snow with Nashville Tenn reporting the heaviest fall over two inches Rain fell In most southern states as the battle line swung slowly up the Atlantic coast with the prospect ot stormy conditions on that area tomorrow Most of Virginia and the Carolinas experi enced lulu today with lower tem peratures at nightfall when Nor folk reported a minimum of 36 with continued cold In proepect Mid south expected the worst of winter's threat to pass with the conflict since weather bureau offi cials predicted diminishing Inten ally of the northwesterly gusts be hind the storm to bring clearing skies by tomorrow night at the latest Tonight the frost line was expected to extend as far south as Louisiana perhaps although early crops were not expected to suffer serious dam age DEPOSITS MONEY IN BUNK WASHINGTON Mar The first deposit ot the Sinclair repudia tion fund was made today by Sena tor Borah ot Idaho in a bank here It totalled $1490 and the day's re turns ran the amount of collections so far to $1001 Confident that he would receive $180000 from the Republicans throughout the country In answer to his appeal to repudiate the contri bution of this amount to the Re publican campaign deficit of 1920 by Harry Sinclair leasee of the Tea pot Dome naval oil reserve Mr Borah declared tonight that "we will raise it and we must raise it before the next The contribution ot Senator Cut tln Republican of New Mexico Is the largest slnglq ocnuntxitlon so $1000 It Is Included In the iltnoiirxt deported William Calder of Brooklyn former Ilcpnbll cun senator from New York and one of the lieutenants In the campaign of Secretary Hoover for president rent In $200 today Other contribu tions ranged from $1 up In addition the senator said he hud received a promise of giooo from a person In Chicago Mr Borah only smiled when asked what steps he would take if tne con tributions failed to materialize ns rapidly as exacted but some bu llcved he would go peracnidly before the Republicans of the country In a campaign for funds If necessary One fheck for $5 was returned by the senator It was from lu iircsen tatlvc Boylan Democrat ot New York who contributed this sinramt with a suggestion Hint Mr Botiih ampllty his prohibition questionnaire to Republican presidential candidates by asking them If they favored "rid ding the party of the odor of oil" The senator replied that the check seemed to have been "rather reluc tantly given" and therefore It was returned Among the other contributions to the Sinclair repudiation fund were: Yost Winchester Vu $5 and Ben Daniels Goldsboro $1 Yacht Venture Goes Aground But Is loated BEAUORT Mar (pi yacht Venture owbU by George Baker Jr of New York which went ashore off old ort Ma con at midnight last night wus Hosted shoitlv after 3 o'clock tills aftemon apparently undamaged She proceeded at once to Moichcud City where she will remain several days Ben Sharp Gets Promoted To Richmond WASHINGTON Mur A motion tor a new trial for Hlrntn liretl convicted of bombing the PlcsssiU Vulley school lust Decem ber was denied In Lasulle circuit court todtfy Judge Prank Hayes lentrnccd the young fanner to one to 20 years In the state pcnltentliry at Joliet CRIMINAL COURT HERE 26TH: SUHOMMITTE COWARDS BANK CASE LIKELY CLOSES CHICAGO BE CALLED DURING SESSION TEAPOT HEARING WOOIlIlKIIliE EltlilS EI MIN VI OH SEIUOUMY II I WASHINGTON Mar Senator Woodbridge erris ol Michigan was seriously 111 today with members of his family deeply concerned over his condition Dr Calver who is attend ing tiie 75 yenr old senator suld lute today that a deep cold which had troubled his patient for the past week had developed Into a "severe ease of bronchitis" Mem bers of Senator erris' family said lie hud pneumonia but had a "lighting chance of recovery" LUCHMIIS 11 tin low Governor John Richards of South Carolina will deliver an ad dress tills efternoun at 3 o'clock lit tiie auditorium of tiie A This will be tiie closing meeting ot the winter program Sunday after noon meeting for men and women at the and with the governor of tiie state as the principal speaker It Is expected that a record atten dance will mark the occasion Governor Richard Is well known ana popular in lorence countly where he has hundreds ot friends and it Is likely that every pail of the county will be lepresented It has been seme time since Gov ernor Richards has visited lorence and he will be given a most cordial welcome and reception The governor Is not expected to arrive the city until shortly before the time for me meeting He has not announced the subject of hia address Music for the meeting tills afternoon will be furnished by the lorence high school orchestra Mrs Atwtll will render a piano solo After th" meet ing It Is expected that Governor Richards will remain long enough to be greeted by his friends 6E0RGE GEORGIA DECLARES AGAINST REPEAL DRY LAW MAOON Gn Mar With the declaration that he stand "now and always against the rceai ot the 18th amendment and any weaken ing of the enforcement act" United States Senator Walter George Georgia's presidential choice today named the delegation to tiie National Democratic convention in June "It Is not my purjiose to hold In the hollow of my hand tills delega tion and attempt to deliver tlieni to any other condldate In the event my name should be withdrawn from consideration for the nomination" the senator said The delegation of 56 men and women with one hnlf vote each will go to the convention under instruc tion from the state executive com mittee to place Senator George be fore the assembly as a candiuute fcr the presidential ncinlnntlon Indicating the Issues of the com ing campaign the senator lluycd the Republican party and its leader asserting that the Democratic pul Cy must marshal its forces to combat "those who have undermined confi dence In national gcvernnunl" The Issue of "corruption In the puny" la the great outstanding Issue In the campaign said Senator George reciting that in 1021 when Democrats losnllcd Hie Re ubhvans for corrouptlcn tiie answer was that "anq gull( was purely personal and hud no application to the puny or ganize Hon" Reienllv liowcnr sld tiie senaW "we have lound the cliaunian of the Republican national committee using stolen lurid to flimn'e cam paigns resoiiHlble for Hie Harding and Coolidge administrations" RADIO LEGISLATION IGHT LOOMS OVER WAVE ALLOCATIION WASIHNGTON Mur Another fight over radio leglslutlun enmo into piosprct lit tiie cniiltol to day despite an announcement that the majority of the fiouse and senate conferees bad i embed an agreement on disputed piliits in bill lo extend t'r one year the life of the irderel radio commission Tiie controversy spring from the utiirul of lirproMint line' Diiv'p Democrat Tenn to accept a pro viso ndde'i to his amendment to the bill to 'movlde 0t of radio wave lengths among states upon tiie buala of population He sold the added proviso wilild re quire such sllocutions to be effect ed only "us and when" upuHcatl ins are made for licenses That lie argued would present the cuiiinils sion from making changes in wave lengths Assignment and would niccssltute basing the proposed al locution upon tiie present broad casting structure William Aydelotte Wins National Tennis Title NEW YORK Mar 17 William Aydelotte youthful New Yorker to day won the National Men's indood tcnnla tit In by defeating Julius Se llgson of Lehigh flvr set mutch 2 0 0 10 0 4 34 Prisoners In The County Jail Awaiting Trial 3 Murder Cases JUDGE EATHERSTONE SLATED TO PRESIDE Solons ind No urthe Trace Of Sinclair Liberty Bonds MANY DISCREPANCIES IN UPHAM RECORDS Eighty four Jurors 12 cf them be ing members of tne grand Jury weio Kleeted by the jury commissionersotriuay to serve during tiie two weeks term of the lorence lounty court general sessions willcb will convene here on Monday March 26 with Judge eatherstone pre siding In addition to the 44 cuieo on tile cilnuiiid docket brought over frciu previous sessions lorence county mnglsi rates have sent up luige number of cases Magistrate Smith of loienci' alone having re feiiTd to the solicitor for Indict ments batch of 30 or mere Theie iie 31 pilsoncrs In the county Jvll luwaltlni Their cin ea will be the nrst di posed of when court opens Ono of the most Interesting cases schedulrd lor trial at this term will be that cf the Coward ba nl: robbery with Tluul Smith and Call owler as the delendiuils It i not known delinltely whether the cnee wid bo i cached al this term or not Smith and owler aie charged with enter ing the bank In the dy time end looting It cf close to $5000 after which they locked Cashier Smith in the vault Smith and owler It 1 clainntl hud dUguislied themselves by pasting adhesive tape on their face The cn" ngnlnst them was worked up by Detective Newman ot the Burncs agency who made the arrest Mystery surrounding the disposi tion ol certain sums ot the money alleged to hnve been stolen tram tiie bunk adds to the interest of the eg There are three murder cases on tiie docket all of the defendants Walter Brooks Sarah Daniels and General DuRunt being 1 agrees Six teen of the cases uiaiked us being continued from previcms term are for violation of the prohibition Inw (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) STOCK SALES AGAIN REACH 20000000 MARK ON SATURDAY NEW YORK Murrh Continuing the beaaon of tumultous apeculutlon the slock market today uilncvscs the ec und 2000000 share fltturdny in iuccms ion and the third In history Total sales were 2102200 about 30000 short ol the record established last week A lateriling wave turned price downward but nevertheless the average of twenty leading industrials at the clue was al the highest level in all lime while the average of twenty leading rails was at a new hkh for the year In the forefront of the early advance which bcaan wth the opening were General Motors and New York Central the former reaching another high rec ord of H72 and the Inlier touching 1174 2 the highest price since lOOI Gbibm in both however chanaed to loss es when i rofll taking developed Motors closing 50 cents and New York Central net lower While must Usuis vn re declining In the last hour a few slocks uue bld up with ditcrminatl'm International Tele phone stemmed the tide tor a 725 gain and IL Hlerl clhned 12 50 later re iniqulMhlng about half the gain Else where in the list marked Irregularity was present at the end of the session Ad vances of 1 to S7 a share were well balanced by secessions with similar rsnse Huveral railroads accompanied Now York Central to mw highs for the year Including Pennsylvania Jerry Central Northern Pacific Lackawanna and Southern Despiie the abbreviated system of quoting prirri the final transaction was not recorded on the ticker tape until forty minutes after the matket had closed LEVINE COMPLETES JOURNEYBY TRAIN CHARLESTON Mur Sprinting tur greater part of St i'uti day and hl on bn Unlay wcntherbounrl hotel t'iiur les A Levine truiiH Ill' oliufed ut llir lam mid fog prevented him and Ml Mabel Boll "the Queen ot Diamond" from tak ing off for New York in the mono plane Columbia Levine und Ml Bull left for i'ew York oty a 'ate afternoon train leav ing Wilmer Stultz their Hying mn pmlon to fclolw them in the plane when the weather permit Hoover Lowden Split Even On Minnesota Delegates ST PAUL Minn Mun eD d'wo delegate Instructed for Loa ilen and two tor Hoover were named today the first four of Minneso ta' 27 delegate to tla Republican National convention Mianwhlle convention through out the tnt elected delegate to ill trlct convention next riday and the State convention Saturday with majority of the lnlriiclid dele gate pledged lo Lowden Two nf the delegate were named bv the fourth district con vention In St Paul while the fifth dlatrlcl meeting in Minneapolis choe two delegate Instructed to vote for the secretary of commerce for the Republican piesldentlal nomination f'OMH ('TOU flHTh I II CHATTANttOfiA Tenn March 17 Harry Neilson veteran rail way conductor convicted lut week of the murder ot hl wife Mr Kt Nellton wm denied a new trial by Judge Luck tn the criminal court today und wan formally en tenccd to iend th rest of hl Hie In Hit? penitentiary CHICAGO March 17 lAftc questioning erven more witnesee the tenate Teapot Dome eub enn" mlttee closed It hearing here tc day without finding further trac of the Continental Trading compan liberty bond which Harry Slncla' turned over to Will Hays in 192 to help cxtlngulah the deficit of th Republican party Seeking to trace the Item of $25 000 appearing on the records of th late red Ubham once treasure of the Republican notional com mittee and credited as a contrtbu tlon from the Cool: county Repub llcan committee the senate Invest! gator interrogated Alexander yff chairman" in Cook count In the 1924 campaign but he kne' of no such gift from the county or ganization to the rational body Homer Galpln chairman Charles Barrell treasurer of th regular Cook county committee have testified they had no knowledge o' such a contlbutlon and the sena tor are proceeding now on the the ory that $25000 of the $60000 ol Herry Sinclair Liberty bond which Huys sent to Upham wcre sold for ue In wiping out the deficit and the Cook county committee err tilted with the donation Ssv irul other discrepancies in the Up ham records have been found by theub coinnUtt(o which during its sitting here found that $2000 of the Sinclair bonds were turned over by Upham to A Eckhart for a like contribution In cash Eckhart sold them Several wltiiesae who testi fied here eald they made no politi cal contributions at the time they were credited on the Upham record with having done so the Investi gators nsaumed that some of the liberty bonds were sold them lr email block and the tiansactlons concealed through "dummy" entries on the record Irl Hlpsley and A Leonard former associate of Upham relter ciited at the last session their state ment Hint Upham hd told them that Wilbur Marsh of Walter loo Iowa had suggested In 1923 that i either party make a leport of con tributions for that year since none was required law Maih has emphatically denied that he entered Into any such agree ment with Uphum A supoena di recting him to nppe ar before the entire committee nt Washington next Wednesday has been Issued by Senator Nye Republican North Da kota the eommittee chairman who want to question Marsh about the Democratic contribution In 1023 Testimony that Phillip Armour and White president of Armour and company meat packer contributed $1000 each to the Re publican campaign fund In 1024 was given by them They said A Eckhart assistant treasurer of the Republican committee hnd aollcted them and that they had not teen reimbursed for their subscription by liberty bond or otherwise TURN WEALTHY MAN LOOSE DETROIT Mich March 17 Jnme Hall wealthy beverage es tablishment owner who was kidnaped yesterday and held lor $10000 ran som was liberated today presumably after the demand of lit abductor bad been met He was not harmed Although Hull und hi wife would not make sny statement concern ing the kidnaping it was Darned that ho armenred about roon Satur day at a downtown bank and cash ed a chock afd by an attendant to huva run Into lhe thousand" James 1 Bhumway wealthy cafe owner and close rrtci of Hall who also wa reported kidnaped last night and was later reported nego tiating with Hall's abductor for his friend's release Jonkd he had anything to do with tfectlng Hall's releiue Police attributed the kidnaping to a baud ol gunmen known to them as the "purple gang" which tor sev eral months has been pn vlng on downtown saloon and blind nltf owners 1 Hall was held captive by the kid napers les then 24 hours He was taken from hl home In a fashion able residence district vesterday bv two men who posed as officers who said they wanted him to view a robbery autpcct nt police heudqunru er A short time later hl wife ic cc ved an anonymous trlephono call demanding $10000 ransom for litisbnnd Later a note de niPnding the runwin was delivered to the Dome RANCES HADIELD CAPTURES BELEAIR BELLEAIR lu Mar rance IbKirieki several times fem inine golf ciiumpioii of Wisconsin today won the aumril Belleair wom ens tournament by defeating ritzl Stlfel of Wheeling 8 Mid 33io match was ptaved under atl vert weather condition a high wind nnd rain making the going ex trynielv dithcult On the 14th green Miu stlfel required nine putt whn she tried to negotiate the cup tlnu four inches of water As tiie mutch neared the end it be came ulnioat a farce A the lain be came steady nnd both players were hurrying to a finish Mis Stlfel won the 13th however deiplte th handicaM when she had a par fow rhe 'rnllery was fair lrcd cne moet of the wny.