PAGE TWO ’ 11 ' ■■ Marked Improvement In Business Conditions v hk,; ■ - - ■ ■nte ’ '. - - "" Stock and Bond Prices Close at Materially Higher Levels Which, is a Reflection of jT~, Industrial Conditions. STILL FURTHER PROGRESS IN 1923 . ;; ■ - | Is Expected by Banking In- I terests. Money Market I Easier and Hugh Sums I Available for Business. ■j- - - ■ 1 -—■- IBf ~New York, Dec. BO (By the Asso- IKr eitGed Press) —Stock ami bond prices I genHnilly closed the year at Hjr • ly higher levels, - which is not only _ a I reflect mu' the marked improve nient/fhat has taken place in business I amJeak, which probably will be exceed ■ ed next year, while gasoline eonsnnip- I tion has been the highest in history. ■ and electric companies are doing a H record business. I Optimisms for 1923... ■ •*£:. Chicago, Dec. BO (I»y the Assoeiat ■ Press). —Optimism for 1923. per ■ molted smnmafixations from a L»usi-: Kfe-U ness standpoint of the year now clos- ■ B* U ing, as made public today by some of! m * Chicago's leaders in finance and iudus- i yhoy gave their reasorj; for HHKeIiJ satisfaction with the situation, of which were: j gT Upward trend of trade. A tpne of greater confidence. V Improved conditions of agriculture.! M Increasing business activity. ■ Favorable' condition of bank re .. serves, interest rates and credit stria | attire, H More normal relationship between Hf prices of different classes of commodi- | .ties. B Better foreign exchange quotations. M Increased prices of farm crops' ; were generally given an important j p ; > in the statements. j ■• * mm, ' —— - i B Woman's Missionary Society of B pHpt. Mames Lutheran Church will meet B 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with B • Mrs. John M. Cook, on AN est Corbin B street. : COURT CALENDAR I Tije January Term of Cabarrus Superior Court will be held ■ §| 'January 8t(i,1923, before His Honor-James Webb, Judge. The I Civil Docket will not be called until Monday, January loth, 1920, ■ and will be called in tlfe following- order: i I MONDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1923., ■ S N TUESDAY, JANUARY 16th, 1923. ■B No. 79 —G. R. oa6key vs.- Mason Goodman, Admr. B No. 84 —E. M. Taylor vs. Jno. C. Gorman and J. B.,Green. No. 86 —Mason Goodman, Admr., vs. G. R. Caskey and \\ . S. m ■ Ritchie. / ' • f B No. 93 —T. C. Faggart vs. Boyd and Paul Krimminger. ■ No. 94—0. W. Earnhardt vs. Cabarrus Motor Co. ■ '-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,th, 1923. ■ No. 102 —K. Katz & Sons Corl (under protest).- ■ ' No. lb3—The Hetcli Co. vs. B. D. Corl (under protest). ■ P ‘No.TO4 —L I Elesinger & Sons vs. B. D. Corl (under protest ). H -No. 108 —Ada Sigman, Admr. vs. So. Ry. Co., and Yadkin Ry. Co. ■ No. 109 —R. L. W ise vs. M. F. and Marshal Teeter. H THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1923. No. Ill —F. J. Lewev vs. East Side Mfg. Co. (under protest). ■ No. 113 —W. Ed. Harris, et. als., vs. F. E. Robinson. ■ No 119 —W J. Barnhardt vs. Richmond-Flowe (^o. ■ FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th, 1983. ■ No. 127—Lartflis Milling Co. vs. E. I. Hinson. B No. 131—Ebrd Bros. & Co., vs. W. J. Hill. Jr. ■ No. 134 —Peerless Brick Co., vs. Southern Ry. Co. ■ No. 138—H. M. Hartsell vs. G. E. Crowell and W. C. Burleyson. B No. 163—toe Neal vs. Sam Alexander. B tjfo. 17£ J. F. Bost vs. J. E. Russ and M. E. Russ, for judgment. B By consent of the bar. divorce cases are not calendared, but Bf "" utav be tried at the convenience pf the Court. B b "The Motion Docket will be called to suit tliei convenience of ■ J the Court. ■ B "Witnesses need not attend until day set for trial, and cases BPi not reached on day set for trial, will take precedent of cases for B next dav / This December 30th, 1922. B • ■, j. b. McAllister, , ) „ Clerk Superior Court. I ♦ : | ALFRED SMITH COMES BACK LIKE CONQUERING HERO j Vast Crowds Acclaim New York Gov j emor-Elect Upon His Return to Albany. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 29. —For the sec ond time in four years Alfred E. Smith —“Al” to most of the 12,000,000 men, women and children in the Em pire state —today took up his resi dence in the big red brick mansion set apaoct by the state, as the official home of its executives. The welcome he received was such as might be extended to a military leader returning from fields of victory. When he alighted from the train that brought him from New York and step ped into the great waiting room of the Union station he was cheered tumul tuously by a crowd that occupied ev- I cry available, inch of standing room. He was cheered again by a smaller but no less enthusiastic group which -had assembled outside the Executive Mansion. Mr. Harding May Sign Orders Freeing Political prisoners. "Washington, Dec. 29.—President Harding expects to sign tomorrow commutation of sentences- of 12 or more “political prisoners,” it was said today by a White House spokesman. There will, however, l»e no “general amnesty,” it was added. The commu tations, it was explained, will t»e in the nature of a New Year’s gift. Just prior to Christmas the President granted three commutations, hut these were not for offenders against war time laws. No Legion-Sawyer Breach. Fort Worth. Tex., Dec. 29. —Denial that any breach existed between the American legion and Brigadier Gen eral Sawyer was made, by Alvin Ows ley, national commander of the or | ganization here as he boarded a train i for the Pacific coast. The commander ! intimated that harmony now existed, ! lift ween the surgeon general's office | and the legion which at its last con vention demanded the removal of Dr. ; Sawyer. John Hahn’s Residence is Destroyed Bv Blaze. Salisbury, Dec. 30. —John N. Haden, Sal sbury business man. awoke this morning at 4 o’clock to find his home, a two-story residence, burning. The house and most of the furniture were practically destroyed, as the fire had gained considerable headway when discovered. The fire’s origin is unde termined. Mrs. Haden and ‘children left several days ago on a pleasure trip to California and MV. Haden was in the house alone when the fire oc curred. j Honor Roll of Gilwood School Second Month. First grade—Richard Benson. Har ] old Johnson., Alma Seaford. Second- grade—Dorothy Bradford, Ruth Hartnell, Robert Seaford. | Thrid grade—Johnnie Craven, Ran som Freege, Esther Uartsell, Boyd Sea- !ford. j Fourth grade—Evalee Benson, | Craven. Doris Irvin,’ Wilson Johnston, i Gillie Smith. > Fifth grade—Mary Grace Bradford, | Bertha Hart sell. * RUTH LINKER. , CARRIE EMERSON, Teachers. Fire Breaks Out at Emory University. Atlanta. Gaj. Dec. 29.—A1l available j Atlanta fire apparatus has been sent ,to Emory University in answer to a general alarm of fire at midnight. There .are approximately .“00 students living in dormitories. There is also a large hospital located on the grounds. Only meager details are now available. —? 5 < OUSTED FOR BIBLE VIEWS Dr. A. W. Slaten “Too Radical” For * William Jewell College. Kansas City Star. How Dr. Slaten interprets Bible: Differs with the “conservatives” re garding the time of the writing of the Book of Danied. Characterizes the story of the' Crea tion as a "Hebrew folk tale.” Does not believe in miracles, demons or Satan. , Believes the Bible is ljot all of equal value. ** * ) Dr. Arthur Wakefield Slaten, pro fessor of Biblical literature and re ligious education! at William Jewell College, at Liberty, Mo., has been of ficially dismissed from*' the faculty for his radical views on religion. The ac tion was at a secret meeting of eigh teen trustees of the college in Kansas City Thursday. William Jewell is a Baptist, school. The trustees made public ithis reso lution : Whereas, a serious question has aris en concerning the views of Dr. Arthur Wakefield Slaten regarding the Bible and the Christian faith, he was invit ed to appear before the board of trus tees to give expression for his views on these matters. He stated that he does not believe in. nor subscribe to, the following doc trines which we deem essential to the Christian faith: 1. Pre-existence and the deity of Christ. 2. Infallibility of his teachings. 3. His vicarious death. 4. His bodily resurrection. 5. His mediatorial and intercessory worth. He also stated before the board that he does not worship Christ nor pray in his name. By reason of these views the board was of the unanimous opinion that lie is disqualified longer to remain hi bis present position as head of Bibli cal literature and religious education. The board therefore unanimously voted to discontinue his services as a member of the faculty of William Jewell College, to take effect January 1. 1923.- The board also voted that the treasurer be instructed to continue the pay of Dr. Sla ten's salary to the end of the term for which he is en gaged to teach. t Signed) JOE P. JACOBS, Secretary. Dr. Slaten issued this statement: "The real issue is far greater than a mere personal one. It is far greater than the removal of a teacher against the protest of the faculty and student body. It is the issue of academic free dom. Shall the teachers in denomina tional colleges be free to teach what their researches convince them to be true, or shall they be controlled in their teachings by the opinions of non professionals who assume to know the truth already? “Suppose the rank and file of the Baptists in Missouri believe that the earth took its present position in six days, and is only six thousand yeui;s old. It would be absurd to require the professor of geology to teach this. "A bacteriologist oi> a surgeon lias technical knowledge which in teach ing he is bfiund to assert, whether bis conclusions accord with lay opinions or not. ‘ “The same freedom be granted a teacher of religion. They are in honor bound not merely to repeat par rot-like the conclusions of past think ers, UTit to think for themselves. As leaders they dare not merely shape their teaching to tit the opinions their constituency already That is the mark of the demagogue and the char latan.” The dismissal of Dr. Slaten reveal ed a reported movement .by the "con servatives'' to rid the facility 'of "rad icals.” The disposal of Dr. Ralph Tukey, Dr. E. C. Griffith, Dr. H. It. Richmond and Dr. Ernest Cook in 1917 has been attributed to that move ment. Dr. Sla tens case is the first to obtain publicity, be refused to resign when requested to do so. Mr. Jacobs, however, dclued ‘ the "resig nations” of the four in 1917 were ac cepted for “religious” reasons. William Jewell students, in a formal resolution, adopted by the student body with only one dissecting vote, protested the dismissal of Dr. Slaten. Many of the students regard him as a martyr and there were touching fare wells after the last class lmd been dismissed. Dr. Slaten is the author of a re cently published book, "What Jesus Taught," which, he said, propounded certain interpretations of tin* Scrip tures that were not in harmony with the views held by the rank and file of Baptists throughout the state of Mis souri. One of the points in controversy, ac cording to Dr. Slaten, is the time of ttye writing of the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament. Dr. Slaten holds, the Book of Daniel was written about the year 107 B. (’., While it-is the be lief of the ultra-conservative element of the college that it was written about.the sixth century B. C. “Ta , many Christians.” Dr. Slaten says in liis book, "angels, demons and Satan have become unreal. To lay in sanity, epilepsy, loss of speech or auy other disease to possession of a demon would seem to them u retrogression to the" primitive ideas of savages who employ witch doctors to call fdrth the evil spirits from the sick.” In another place the author says*: “Bible students made a Long step forward when they began ttf think of the Bible as literature and to study it in the way that other students study.” The story of the Creation is record ed in the Book of Genesis is charac terized as a “Hebrew folk tale.” Dr. Slaten has gone to Ghipigo to resume work on a dictionary of the New Testament, based upon the Greek. In that work he is associated with Dr. Ernest Burton of. Chicago university. They expect to finish the task in three years. Dr. Slaten believes a thorough knowledge of Greek is the key to the proper interpretation of the New Testament. White ants urp destroying the! beautiful old temples of Nikko, Japan. 1 The temples, built of wood, syulp- j tured and lacquered, are going fast under the attacks of thddnsects. The condition of Col. James, N. | Brown, who has been quite ill for several days, is reported today as slightly improv ed. / THE CONCORD TIME'S Mourn*. Telephone 71, St. Cloud Hotel. Delightful Musical Event. One of the most delightful musical events ever given in Concord was t£e one that closed the year 1922. This concert wtfs given to the people of Cohcord by Mrs. William H. Gor man, who paid her friencf, Mrs. Lil lian Ijlolmesley Bott, the gifted artist, to sing. The audience appreciated Mrs. [Bott’s selections. This gifted woman studied five years in Europe and has sung in Berlin, Dresden, and London, and some of the same melo dies that so much delighted her audi ence here. Little Miss Margaret Montgomery made the children think that a real fairy was dancing before their eyes, and all present were delighted with her chaste and rhythmic movements. Our talented musician, Miss N*eJl Herring, of whom all Concord is proud, made possible the perfection of the artist's work by her accompaniments. It seems that such a concert will be an inspiration for placing music in the public" schools here. All who were present feel under lasting obligation to Mrs. Gorman for affording them the pleasure of this de lightful concert. Miss Louise Coffey Married. Miss Louise Coffey, who formerly lived in Concord and has many friends here, was married December 28th to Mr. Clarence Richard, a merchant of Chapel Hill. The' ceremony was per formed at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Nora Coffey, of Movgan tqu. x Only relatives and a few intimate friends were present. Tlie bride and groom entered the living room togeth er. The bride wore a becoming gown of dark blue with accessories to match. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Richard left for a wedding trip to Washington. Mrs. Richard is a pretty brunette and is attractive and popular. For several years she lias been private secretary to Hr., N. W. Walker, of Chapel Hill. The groom is a merchant*of Chapel Hill and is a splendid young business man. They will make their home at Chapel Hill. Engagement Announced. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Harry, of this qounty, announce rlie engagement of their daughter. Sarah Rawing, to Mr. George Reid Trotter, of Charlotte. ’Phe wedding will take place at the Harry home January 10th. Miss Harry was graduated from Queen’s College. Charlotte, and is a most attractive brunette. Mr. Trottft- is a son *of Mr. and Mrs. Morris F. Trotter, of Charlotte, lie was graduated from the North Carolina State college and is an elec trical engineer of ability, lie is a member of f of Uie Elec trical* Constructors Company, of Charlotte. The popular young couple have a wide circle of friends throughout the state who will be interested in the announcement of their approaching marriage. Only relatives and a few intimate friends will attend the wedding. Miss Armstrong Entertains. Thursday evening Miss Arlie Arm strong entertained a few friends at her home on Kerr street in honor of some college friends, who aVe home for the holidays: Mr. Ed. Misenheim <>r, of Maryland State, Mr. Burye Wil liams, of Carolina. Mr. Bentz Howard. N. C. State. The evening was spent iti [rWyiilg different card games and poreheesi, after which fruit and can dy were served; The remainder of the evening was spent musically, both in strumental and vocal. The home was gay . with holly 'and mistletoe, still proclaiming the spirit of Christmas. A very pleasant eve ning was enjoyed by all. Those enjoying the occasion were: Misses Della Murr. Blanche Honey cutt, Ada and Juanita Sjveatte, ■ Mis. C. 11.. Craven; Messrs. Ed. Misenheiin cr, Buryi Williams, Bentz Howard. Ed. White, Joe Correll, Ilomer Fink, Flank Rerkius and Herbert Craven. X. Women’s Club to Meet Thursday. The regular meeting of the Women’s Club will be held Thursday at Central Graded School at 3:30 p. m. The at tendance of every member is expected, and every one is needed for the wis dom they may contribute to the dis cussions to be engaged in. The Rres ident and Chairman of each depart ment are each one anxious for the membership to consider every ques tion thoroughly, and that action shall be taken after weighted counsel. AVe all want to be there to give a vote of thanks to our club member, Mrs. Er nest Hiekiji, for the $1,200 she raised for the Christmas Health seals. MILS. W. H. GORMAN, President. I „■! ■ —... . ! Tliompson-Bowen. Mr. Frank It. Thompson, formerly of Concord, and Miss Gertrude Ander son Bowen, of Anderson, S. ('., were married on December 20, 1922, at An derson, S. C. They left on their bridal trip to Atlanta, Ga., and other cities south. On their return they will make their home in Anderson, S. C., where Mr. Thompson is service engi neer for Y,unce.v Brothers. Carolina Alumni Banquet. Alumni and students of the State University have made elaborate plans for the annual banquet and (lance which will be held here this evening. Seventy-five invitations huve been is sued for the bauquet aud 150 invita tions have been issued for the dance. The former will be held at the Y and 'the latter at the Merchants and Mauu -1 faeturers Club. - „ Miss Lelia Tuttle Here. I Miss Lelia Tuttle, missionary to | China for the AA'omen s Missionary , Society of Central Methodist Church, is spending several days here. Miss Tuttle s]H)ke at Central Church yes terday morning, l*?ing heard %vith deep interest, and this afternoon is honor guest at a party being given at" the home of Mrs. W. A. Jenlcins. Naw Year’s Jamboree. The following invitations have, been issued by the Luther League of St. James Lutheran Church to which all the young people of the church are in vited : -Jamboree! Oui! Oui! “In what month were you born?” You needn’t confer. But wear something that tells So \hat we may guess. To make yourself at home We want you to feel free This Monday night at e.ight at our New Year's- Jamboree. St. James Luther League, Sunday school room, Monday. January Ist. 11)23. PERSONAL. /Miss Sudie Mae Dry and Dorothea Wolffe will leave Tuesday for Hickory where they will resume their studies' .at- Lenoir College. Mr. J. D. Elliott and family, of Charlotte, spent the Christmas holi days visiting liis sister, Mrs. Bessie M. Rollins. Miss Melissa Montgomery, whp has beerj for a week in Knoxville, return ed to Sunderland on Saturday. Ab sent teachers and pupils will return on Tuesday, the 1 2nd. Miss Frances Johnson, a student at Winthrop College, Rock IlilL is visit ing Miss Ida May King. Mr. Henry Smith left Sunday night .after spending the holidays here with his parents, Ilev. and Mrs. T. IV. Smith. Miss Naomi Moore will leave the first of the week for California. !Mrs. A. E. Harris is spending a week with her father. Mr. J. E. Etird, in Polkton. iMr. and Mrs. S. F. Winders and | daughter, Elsie, of Granite quarry. spent Sunday here with Mrs. W. K. Lyles and MCss Margaret Winders. Mrs. R. A. Brower has returned from Laurinburg, where she .'pent several days with her mother, Mrs. McNeil Smith. ■Miss Annie Strider, teacher at School No. 2, has returned from T’liionville. where she spent Christ mas with home folks. Mrs. Martha Stockton and Miss May i Stockton have returned from Ashe jville, where the- spent the holidays ith relatives and friends. IMiss Mary MacLaughlin, of the High School faculty, has returned from Pittsburgh, where she spent Christmas with home folks. Miss Lilly Wiley spent t lie week J end in China Grove with relatives and J tr ends. ■ Miss Flossie Day, of the public j schools faculty of thfS 'Tlty/ffias - *'&- : turned from a Christmas visit with | relatives in Asheville. Miss Etta Bell 1 Smith visited friends | and relatives in Salisbury over the , week eud. Miss Mary Spurgeon has resumed as teacher in the public schools, after spending the holidays in Hillsboro. Mrs. J. C. G.bson. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Gibson and Mr. W. H. 'Gibson s-pent Sunday in Salisbury with Mr. Richard Puryear. w-lio is ill in a hospital there. J IMr. W. S'. Bingham, of Chester, S. C., spent the week end here with his family. Mr. S. J. HoqJjp arrived last night forspend several days with Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Archibald. Senator Frank Annfield and Repre sentative J. B. Sherrill will leave to night for Raleigh to attend the sessidh of the Legislature. Mr. amt Mrs. Roger Laudridg of Shelby, spent Saturday here with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Swhi.-son. Mrs. S. E. Slither is spending the week In Salisbury with her daughter, Mrs. Curtis Barger. Mr. Howard left itoday for Statesville on business. From that place file will go to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he will attend a comemion of salaamen for several days. Miss Rosa Mim'd, who held a posi tion as clerk, in the last several ses sions of the General Assembly, left yesterday for Raleigh. Miss Mund is a candidate for the position of en grossing clerk at the session of the Assembly which will convene in the State capital on Wednesday. ' Hold Man on Charge of Picking Pocket. Salisbury, Dec. 2b.—William Crane, a soung white stranger, is being held on a thousand dollar bond for a'hear ing Monday on a ybarge of picking the ]>ocket of J. J. Sheets, a traveling man of Danville. Sheets charges that his pocket book was taken as he boarded a train at the Salisbury staV.on, but be was in a hur . r.v and left, on the train after recover ing the pocket, book. The hearing was postponed on Monday in order that Sheets may he here, for the trial. With Our Advertisers. Tin* Browns-Cannon Co., is ready to give you service and values that will make you smile through 11)23 . January Ist-lOth is the time new in* terest quarter starts at Citizens Bank and Trust Company. The officers and directors are anxious to serve you. The stock of the Ritchie Hardware, Co., is better mhv than ever. The company is anxious to serve you in 1023. Among the most marvelous pieces of recent art is the new bronzo statue of Theodore RooseveTF unveiled in Portland, Oregon, a short time ago. The figure of the ex-President and his horse towers nearly 18 feet above ihe granite base and depicts the spirit of the west in a splendid manner. A. Phi mister Proctor, a New York sculp tor and friend of the former Presi dent, did the work. The German landlord of the Rumanian Embassy ha Berlin bricked up the door and stood outside to teli the tenants they could not enter until six months’ rental in arrears had been 'paid. ‘ _ ——ii———■——————mj— ' Next Reparations Move Up to Allied Premiers ) - —<+. RUM PIRATES’ BIG HAUL FROM BOOZE-LADEN SHIP .Craft Clearing From* Bahamas Held Up on High Seas and Cargo Taken. New York, Dec.2B.—A report received by customs officials - today from Nas sau, Bahamas, of a $1,000,000 liquor robbery on the high seas was taken by customs officials as proof of reports that pirates were raiding rum runners off the Atlantic coast. The report said that the Vincent A. White, which cleared from Nassau for Miquelon on October 21 with 10,300 cases of liquor, had been boarded off the New York coast and all the. liquor and money she carried taken. With New Y’ear's approaching, clear ance reports from the Bahamas, re ceived by customs officials, indicated that a fresh supply of liquor was on its way from Nassaus. Although a number of vessels cleared for St. Pierre, Miquelon, Federal agents in dicated they would keep a sharp look out a loilg the Jersey find Long Island shores to prevent ahy liquor leaking into#New York. Latent reports showed that Swedish craft had entered the rum-carrying trade along the Atlantic seaboard, for clearing from-Nassau with a'cargo of liquor was the Swedish auxiliary schooner Carnegie. WISH FOR SILLY THINGS LEADS TO SEPARATE HOME Screen Actress Leaves Mother After Quarrel Over Trifles. Los Angeles, Dec. 31. —Mary Miles Minter, motion picture actress, lias left the home of her mother, Mrs. Clmrkftje Shelby, and has se.t up her own estab lishment. according to a story printed in the Los Angeles Times today. A report is current, according to the Times, that “mother and daughter have quarrelled.” Interviewed at he.r new home, Miss Minter tsaid her mother was “ideal.” but admitted: “It is true we have quarreled, but we had only motherly and daughterly quarrels, such as happen in any fam ily. I wanted a home, of my own, where I could do the funny little thinks I like to do. and I got me one.” Miss Minter said she would be 21 years old next April. At the Shelby residence inquiries about Miss Minter met with the statement she was out on location. Blind From Birth But Is to Be Grad uated Astronomer. An Arbor, Mich.. Dec. 30.—Blind from birth, with his conception of the heavens formed by descriptions from others, Joseph Caldwell, of Indiana, is studying astronomy at the University of Michigan in order that lie may meet the scientifieal re quirements to permit him to he grad uated from the College of Literature, Science bud Arts. „.Mr. ii sophomore, and* id years oTd, is dpubly handicapped. In addition to his blindness, he lacks the mechanical aids for the study of as tronomy that often are afforded stu dents who take up other studies. Blind students of astronomy are so rare that there are no text books with rais ed tyi»e. 1 Therefore, lie depends upon fellow student's to read his lessons to him. jf>o proficient has lie become, liis professors say. that he frequently memories a lesson by hearing it read only a few times. In addition to astronomy. Mr. Cald well is studying psychology, German, French and Italian. He ranks as one of the most adept students in his classes. Ismct Pasha Reaffirms Demands. lausanne, Dec. 2J> (By the Associat ed Press). —Ismct Pasha sent a letfbr to Marquis Clirzon this afternoon reaf firming his demands that the Mosul district with its available oil fields Ik* turned over to Turkey. The note de nied the British contention that the Kurils who inhabit the district are not friendly to the Turks, and want Mosul to remain under the Arab govern ment of Irak. One Killed in Oklahoma Fire. Ardmore, Okla., Del. 30. —At least one persons was killed and two blocks of frame business buildings were destroyed in an early morning tire here today. Two other persons are reported missing. Him:V‘Cun you take a joke?” Her: “Oh, Jack, please don't pro pose!” ' ' i ——— i i ummm ,m , ■■■■ OOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaOOOCxkxXKKJOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO New Year Is Here jji ' \ May It Bring , , iji | YOU ALL | |l Peace, Prosperity and - Happiness '' - ij I BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE Ca | | STO * tE | ' y . ♦. Monday, January 1,1923. Views of Wellington Gov- / erriment on Reparations | Question Made Public by/ Secretary Htighes. { PREMIERS MEET IN PARIS SOON - _____ f * And if They Fail to Agree, Mr. Hughes Thinks the ! American Plan is the Only j Practical One Left* J Washington, Dec. 30.—Disclosure by 1 -Secretary Hughes in his New Ha veil 1 speech last night of the l»elie| of < the Washington government that an international' commission of financiers 1 including Americans might as well Ixi called to recommend a•,method of set tlement for thy reparations crisis np- • parentiy leaves the next move in the 1 hands of the allied premiers. * The American suggestion, Mr. Hughey specified, was offered as an alternative in the event that the pre miers at their Paris meeting next Tuesday failed to find a basis for .ad justment, of their views "aAong them selves.” The Secretary stressed the view that settlement by the premiers was to be hoped for. He pointed out that fail ing such an agreement, the. world might- be facing the employment of forcible means to collect reparations from Germany, and outlined thq dan ger to world peace the American gov ernment foresaw in that course. The plain warning to allied "states men that the United Hgates could not look with favor on attempted forcible collection was reiterated by Mr. Hughqs in his address, and the finan cial eehimission plan put forward as an alternative that would “open hope fully” the way for American helpful ness. As a first condition of appointment of an economic commission, however, Mr. Hughes specified that I the whole question of Germany's capacity to pay and methods of imyment must he “taken out of politics.” He emphasiz ed that the distinguished forces as signed to recommend not only a finan- < cial plan of payment, but the amount to be paid, must be freed of the domi nation of foreign officers, and the ne , cessity of .pbeying political instruc tions. The problem must l»e squared with economic facts alone, lie said, and relieved of all the questions of . sentiment and clashing political opin ions, recriminations and com iter'charg es which have blocked the recupera tion of Europe up to this time. - SCIENTISTS UPHOLD EVOLITION THEORY i Leaders iii That— Field Unanitnousiy ; For it, Council of Association Says. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 26. — the - scientific word is convinced sos the' l truth of the evolution theory, it was" * strongly affirmed today in a formal * statement issued by the Council or ific i American Association for the Ad- j > vancem.ent of Science, whose eonven- ' i tion 'began here with between 2,(K>O ' and 3,000 of the leading scientists of l America in Denying that the theory or evoiu ■ I tion was “a mere gtioss,” the council'' . j asserted that it was thoroughly estab * lished and that there were no doubters >’ among scientists of note. BATTLESHIP MOVEMENT CREATES MUCH INTEREST * „ -i British Have Not Announced Why Ships Were Ordered Back Front 1 j Malta to Near East. *! London. Dec. ”!> (By the Associated . j Press). —The hasty return of the > British fleet to Constantinople fro*m : Malta attracts wide attention here. I Nothing is forthcoming from official . sources to, explain the move, but flu* obvious assumption, that it is connected with the uncompromising attitude of the Turks at Lausanne is everywhere l adopted.- > i There are still many foreigners jn * Constantinople, and the dispatch of : the warships. Is regarded us a nec<*ST >1 sary precuation in tin* event that there j is a breakdown in the Lausanne nego j tint ions. ■ j In Moorish cases green tea is served ] in a glass of mint. ' ** :