North Carolina Newspapers

T. 13. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. — —— - - VOLUME XLVIII. i German Rail Empleyees lie Up Ruhr Railroads Rail Men on Practically En tire System Goon Strike ,< Protest to Occupation . Method of French. M MX LINES ARE ALL DEMORALIZED Pin. Wevgand Visits Ruhr With M. ie Troequer, Who Says France is Going to (Jot Satisfaction. j >■, -Huurf. Jan. 25 (By tlio Asso i.—Virtually the entire ( system <>f the Ruhr Valley tK«■ occupied territory iiuipiediate ;.iii. ?ig was paralyzed today hv a tlie railway men. ' disorganization of public util -111• it has been slowly spreading the Ruhr sfm-e the begin e; ue Fian**o-R**lginn occupation - .i i i !xi*eat impetus. 1 1-..- *;*tii .: iL lines on both" the a: lift banks of the (thine are a!<ssiti a stretch of almost 50, , :uei'ii Wrsel to the uorth of : ; i ri. atal Cologne. south of this H.c I’aris-Berlin. and Warsaw :b; • vpresses are >sf:ille*l in tilt 1 *- • L>b*» i" station. Two trains of -• if!- from Holland represented h . , ,!y afovcimMif by rail into the in r',-: ;..r c. he Ruhr durinffthe morning. 1 In addition the telegraph and tele einjiieycs oT the Costal service. j ; ■ tien. lienvignes foday that ipei tors would strike at mid- TIhY French commander replied v.:rli a threat that the leaders would j Jc v, 1 1 to jail. . • mobile crew of telegraphers j w!.lid: customarily follows President] Mil’rand on his official tours, arrived! m i>r, seidoiT and is ready to take ov- j rr !•■ service in the event of a strike.! bas-rldorf. Jan. 2.1 > (By the Asso-j Prance Demands Satisfaction, i...>hi Cress). —General Weygand.! .Marshal' !"ocli’s chief of stall', arrived* t ii roin Paris today and immediately ■ a' ..ito conference* with General de c ; i!e. io t aisider the application of j !.-i- military measures against the! here to stay until *i*e • .. tciitHi frw..' •vbftfs, WfuY ''trerfms i pStr¥etf : : : a'i \t u cy k and. i)K. .UiLERSBERGER ttS HEARD BY ROTA RIANS Tells of Work as Medical Missionary in Africa^—Chib Wants' Traffic top for School. A talk hv Dr. K. R. Kellersberger, ayssi-mary from Africa, and mi*Jlaion that a traffic cop he st;.:; ;: d at the intersectilon of Spring nio I h: vo Streets at certain hours of • bay. were, the high lights in the I " ■• mo-ting of the Concord Rotary Hub yesterday. I'i ■■ Public Affairs Committee made ii' loo.umuendation that the city be ' '*«i to place, tin 1 <*op the street. > ■ •■dug near Central School, and the ' uimcndation rcceiv**d the support [ I lie cliil*. The cit.V. will he asked ' •" siati*tin* traffic officer at th< r >■ "1 i>r forty-five minute,s each morn iir: .while the children are assembling b ■' (lie tiay. again at-the noon hour ;i ’ I .main in the afternoon when school i' •h'ini>s**d. Several accidents have II urrod at the intersection of these > it was pointed out, and the 1 ih members felt that the officer could ""Uiplish much good for the school children. / b l\oiier>b<*rgcr, who spent some ' ' u Africa as a medical missionary, ' - anl with the greatest interest. |l, ad phi line*l to show • pictures of ■' w'rk atul living conditions in the 1;f ' ilTr Africa, but the electric power ' ,s " V during his address, and the I 11 * '* s * > could not he shown. |ir K‘ d»Tsherger has spent a great time in Africa and he knows 11 -My the great work that is be • and needs to he done there. ;? ion to touching on his work he. uMo gave facts concerning f ihe inhabitants, their cus l !il .-cd their needs. ). ' A be! r Printers to Meet in Winston- Salem Next Month. ■ • ’"i Mdeni, Jan. 25.—The an .( 1 dug of the North Carolina r , Id inters Association will he i“ February 15, and the presi doseph W. ‘Little, has written 1 ' < ndym urging attendance. * eg the meeting of the state d"] u tin* Fourth District Typo , ■ ’ li ' 1 “deration will convene in seini . 1,1 ■•'uveution February IG-17. The , ;i 'dri.-t is composed of the M • - Delaware, Maryland, Vir !:i : :li North Carolina and the Dis , j Columbia. This will be the ] il "‘ ! ' "••mtion meeting in North Car-' ' ''dicers tis the stiite association W. Kittle. Wilmington, * J. A. Brady, Statesville, ‘ cut; E. Norfleet, Wilming : ;;i'y and treasurer. , 1 i.'ian Congo lias Radium j 1 ’lu Supply World’s Need. Jan. 24.—The Minister of 1 - in a stafl&mMMuiado in tmlay. said that Belgium ! . v,, i!hl itecome the world’s dm-cr of radium. . - "in Congo, he declared. Me tu furnish radium in 1 : ics ms to supply the needs J* I *'. wovhl. , ‘ d that, eight grams would bo fiour !! 1 lIRO * n ( * ie D’eatment of the THE CONCORD TIMES, "" ■ - —1 - - ■ i .■ ■ j ; T” ■ NITROGEN ADDS MITCH i TO YIELD OF C OTTON This Is Shown by Report of State Agronomist W. F. Page. 'Raleigh, N. (’., Jan. 2.“/—Farmers of North Carolina “should give close Mt- J tent ion to the sources of nitrogen in their ■■fertilizer.’.’ used iu the eultiva -1 tiou of cotton, according to a state ] ment issue*! today by W. F. Page, i agronomist of the North Carolina Ex ‘ periment Station. ' ? : "The experiment on which this con N elusion was bused was conducted near i Fayetteville on tin* Norfolk sandy ; loam typ«* «»f soil hist year and was 1 designed to study tlie* effect of the <lif , ferent carriers of nitrogen under cot | ton." he s;ii*l. i "In making this test, boo pounds of fertilizer per acre, analyzing eight per cent, phosphoric acid: eight per I cent, ammonia and four per cent, pot-’ ash, were used. All of the phosphoric ! acid was furnished by acid phosphate, .'the potash from sulpha!** of potash. Mini tin* nitrogen from various ear ners. 'l’ll** fertilizer was applied be fore planting tin* crop, y “The results show that where no ni trogen was used, the cotton yielded only n w o pounds, hut where nitrate of soda was used in tin* fertilizer, the yield jum]>t*d up to 20!M) pounds of seed cotton. Where sulphate of am monia was used the yield was 174 b pounds of seed cotton, and where one third of the nitrogen was from nitrate of soda and 11ft* other two-thirds from sulphate of ammonia, tin* yield was 4 727 pounds. | “Whetv tankage, fish smrnp and cot ! fouseed in “a 1 was used with a small amount of nitrate of soda, tin* yield remained around inoo pounds per aero, ; except in tin* case of dried blood, ! where the yield went down to about ! 1200 pounds per acre. j “This l test shows that nitrate of so | da is still the most efficient carrier of 1 nitrogen for cotton in North Carolina. ! The increase of 1210 pounds of seed | cotton where nitrate was used over [that- in which no nitrogen was us**d in ! dil ates this and it ifj further confirm ed by the fact ' that | the nitrate gave Mil jh)mills more of seed cotton than ! Hi* 1 tin* sulphate of ammonia, which was tin* next highest. "In fact, it was found that none of , tin* yields from any plot was as good jas in places where the nitrate was used as Die sole carrier of nitrogen. The of eastern Carolina need ni .... tinder boll weevil conditions it ii® im perative that this nitrogen be quickly . ftvulbMe. “The quickly, available nitrogen goes into solution at once where there is j sufficient soil moisture and it is imme diately -ivailabje to the cotton plants, allowing them to "row off early, there by making strong, healthy plants on which the bolls may be set early and offsetting to a great extent the early ! weevil damage. “A number of other tests on the dis ! ferent sources of nitrogen has been conducted and all of them are in line ■with this particular experiment in Cumberland County. Therefore, should the farmers of North Carolina * apply this information to their farni j ing practices this year it is believed it I probably will pay them excellent re -1 turns in increased acre yields, he said. SANTORO IS PROPOSED AS PITNEY SUCCESSOR i ■ .1, ii ■ Tennessee District Judge Nominated By Harding For Supreme Bench. Washington. Jan. 24. —Edward T. Sanford, United States district judge for the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee since 1908, was nomi nated today !by President Harding to be associate justice of the Supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Justice Pitney. Judge Sanford is a recognized au thiVity* in the legal profession, which he entered in 1888 after receiving de grees at the University of Tennessee and Harvard. He is a former vice president of the American Bar as sociation, and served as an assistant attorney general of the United States under President Roosevelt. He is n Republican and is 57 years old. The nomination, if confirmed, will give Tennessee + wo members of the highest court, and will restore the political balance of six Republicans and three Democrats which obtained when President Harding took nines. The other member from Tennessee is Justice Mcßeynolds, a Democrat, ap pointed by President Wilson. Bar Association to Meet at Blowing Rock. Raleigh, Jam. 26.—The executive board of the North Carolina Bar As sociation in session here today selected Blowing Rock as the place, and Thurs i day, July 6th, through Saturday, July 7th, as the time for holding the annual convention of the association. Otccn Echo Publishes North Carolina Edition. • Asheville, Jan. 24—The state edit tinn of The Oteen Echo, to he known as Tin*. North Carolina American Legionnaire, made its initial appear ance today. The paper, as is The Oteen Echo, will be published in Ashe i ville as the official publicatiton of the i American Legion, and the Legion aux f”, iiiary, department of North Carolina. t i i i Sale at Browns-Cannon Co. ; i The Browns-Cannon ( ’*>., is offering 1 one-fourth off on all suits and ovev , coats. The. suits and overcoats are i of the highest quality, and the prices i have been radically reduced. I The company* has a new ad, today, * setting forth the special prices to be * offered. Don’t fail to read ad. care fully. / PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ■ — 1 ■ ■ __ _ . 1,1 - —■■■ .. ■ ■■ ■„ ■ ■ ■■■„ ■ „ ,j CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1923. " ‘ q .... ' —■■ - " ~ 1 . ~ ---- - ■ I ■ ' ■' ■— {questions sent to TEACHERS OF STATE I Seven Important Questions Relative to Work of N. C. Educational • Associa tion Are Prepared. Raleigh, N. Jan. 2-i.- Seven im portant questions relating to the work of the North Carolina Education As sociation are being submitted to the local units of the organization this week for referendum, with thCiVquesf that tin* vote la* taken between the present date and March 1 iri order that the executive committee at a meeting soon after the latter date, may work out the details of thnU-por tion ol th** program which is approv ed. - The following questions were dis cussed hnd approved at a recent ses sion of the executive committee in Raleigh: » “ShalLthe executive committee make arrangements for at least five section meetings for teachers during the com ing year, these meetings to bo held at live convenient places in North Caro lina ? "Shall a committee be appointed frbmVtlie association to lie called on by the department of education to •make investigations, when necessary, on tin* proposed legislation and such changes as may become necessary in tin* rules and regulations regarding tl\e certification of teachers? "Shall the president appoint a com mittee to make a study-of retirement laws iii other states with a view of presenting such a law to tin* general assembly, after it has been approve*! by tin* teachers’ association. */WHI you authorize tin* executive committee to make arrangements for publishing a magazine, and if one is established before tin* next school year how many would la* willing to sub scribe for it at seventy-five cents a year, in addition to the dollar mem bership fee for tin* association? "Will you authorize the association to offer up to si6o this year to en courage teachers and educators to make studies of outstanding educa tional work or problems in North Car olina with a view of having these studies published in bulletin form in co-operation with the department of education? "Will you authorize the president; vice-president and th** secretaries and others called in for help, to prepare a suggested program of work for tin* lo cal units, with a view towards encour aging a better understanding of tin* state and its laws and governmental functions. "Will you authorize tin* continuance of the Teachers Placement Bureau by tin* association with the following ft***s: for meinliers, one dollar, and non-uteuibers file dollars: these fees to become * ntvtive alter March 1. fo^ yeavT?>2M-IM2 ; aml ‘with the 'farther understanding that those joieing the association between now and March 1 shall have the right to use the bu reau for the minimum fee? "In explanation of this proposed fee, the executive committee calls at tention to tfre fact that non-members should not be allowed to use the tm reau except upon payment of as much as five dollars to help pay for the ser vice. Members are asked to pay the actual cost of the service, which will be about a dollar per registrant. The committee believes this fee from the members is justified because it is a special service rendered to only about 26 per cent, of the teachers in the state.” The questionnaires are being sent out by .lule B. Warren, secretary treasurer of the association. GIVE UP SEARCH FOR GRISSOM BODY Officials in Florida Do Not Think Grissom Met With Foul Play as Reported. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 25.—Officials today abandoned search for the body of H. A. Grissom, Greensboro, N. (’., druggist, believed to have been drowned last Friday in Thomas creek, near here, when his automobile plunged from the road into the stream. Reports from Mayport, near here, to the effect that a man resembling Gris som’s description was seen here yester day were discounted by officials to day. Employment Found for Many. Raleigh. N. ('., Jan. 25. —Recording the "best week since the system has been in operation,” the report of M. L. Shipman, commissioner of labor and printing, just made public, for activi ties of employment bureaus in the state for the week ending January 20, shows 71S persons wore placed In po sitions. The complete report follows: Registrations—Men 707; women 168, total 925. Requests for help—Men 702; wom en 84; total 780. Referred —Men 790; women 119, to tal 809. Placed —Men, 627; women 91; total 718. Skilled 213; unskilled 402; clerical and professional 2H; domestic. 70; in dustrial 5; total 718. Asheville —Men 81, women 23; total 104. ('harlotte —Men 223, women 9, total 232. Greensboro-r-Men 21, women 10, to tal 31. New Bern —Men 99, women 8, total 107. Raleigh—Mon 40, women 13. total 53. Wilmington—Men 103, women 3, total 100. Winston-Salem —Men 00, women 25, total 85; total men 027, total women 91. grand total 718. - \ If their recent fine showing counts for anything, both the CDyelanu and the Pittsburgh hockey teams are real contenders for the Western champion ship of the U. S.A.H. A. | OPEN HEARINGS AI BASTROP ARE ENDED Ku Klux Klan Charged With Outrage by Attorney Gen eral Coco at Conclusion of X Hearings. Bastrop, La.. Jan. 25 (By the Asso ciated Press). —The Km klux Klan was charged with responsibility f*>v numerous outrngemin .Morehouse Par ish in a statement today by A. Y. Co co; attorney general t of Louisiana, at the’conclusion of open hearing in-, to the activities off masked bands which culminated ffjngust 24 in the kidnapping near her# of Watt Daniel anil T. F. Richard’, til** bodies of whom wer<* found in a lake 25 miles from the scene on December 22. The, attorney general who addressed the court immediately before adourn- > ment declared that sine** the advent of; th<* Klan in the parish there had j arisen “a condition of disorder and lawlessnss which has Widened into a supersession of constituted authori ties by the Ku K ux Klan and the establishment of a government of its own,” The parish, he added, was “on the brink of riot (ind bloodshed,” when Governor Parker 'sent troops here and initiated the investigation. Mr. Coco declared that while it might be conceded that many Klans inen did not actualy participate in the acts of lawlessness “they never theless may be deemed responsible therefor by reason of their silence and inaction.” > - , BOOTLEGGERS MUST PAY INCOME TAX ON PROFITS _s New Yerk Dry Chief Prepares List of Those Liable Nc.w York, Jun. 24—Bootleggers who have done a profitable business in New j York during the past year were warned ; today that they would be expected to pay income tax on their illegal gains. John D. Appleby, prohibition zone, chief, announced that he was preparing a list of boltleggors known to have made money, which he would submit to the internal revenue' department, and that it behooved these men to tile re turns. | Under tin* law information given by the bootleggers iu making their re turns is confidential, and cannot be given out. even Jjo. ni|pth**r Federal de partment for tIM; pifrpose of prosecu tions. THIS COTTON?"MARKET Continued Firmness of Liverpool Did Not Stimulate Demand Today. New York. Jan. 25.—The continued firmness of Liverpool failed to mater ially stimulate the demand at tlie op ening of the cotton market here today. First prices were unchanged to 19 points higher, with the tone steady, but there was a good deal of scater ed realizing and probably some selling for a reaction while trade demand was reported less active. Prices soon' eas ed off in consequence to about 2 to 18 points' net lower on the more active old crop conditions. Cotton ftutres s opened firm. .Tan. 28:46; March 28:72: May 28:90: July 28 :56 : < (ctober 26.35. He Got Results. Emporia. Ivan., Jan 24.—William Allen White, Empoia editor, obtained an invitation to a chicken dinner by advertising in his Emporia Gazette. Here is his ad.: Public' Notice. —Mrs. W. A. White has gone to New York, called there by the illness of her sister. Mr. W. A. White is in Enrpmpia. How about Sunday d nner? not on y an opportunity, but as we have said before on emergency cases of public need. Don't all speak at once, but phone 28 after 6 o’clock. By 6:30 o’clock Mr. White had re ceived 20 invitations for dinner, and the phone was still busy. He ate chicken with Willis Kerr, librarian at the Kansas State Normal, The first to, answer the notice. Table With Sixty One Kinds of Wood in It Made by Gold Hill Man. Salisbury Post. Curios without end ! Here's a table with 132 pieces in it. This is the latest. It was constructed by George 11. Morgan, of Gold Hill./ . The table has 61 different kinds of j wood in it. The top is 26 to 31 inches, containing 108 pieces. The maker enumerated the 61 kinds of wood in the table. The list ranged from ash to willow, including birch, apple, beech, chinquapin, cotton wood, cypress, crape mrytle locust, dog wood, damson evergrpen hedge holly, hick ory, oak of many varities, pine poplar, persimmon, pecan, sycamore and many other kinds. * All right, Venus, say it! Carolina Playmakers to Render Three New Plays. Chapel Hill, N. C., Jan. 25—The Carolina Playmakers, of the Univer sity of North Carolina, will present three; new plays here Friday night. The offerings are “Agatha,” a comedy by Jane Toy; “Nothing Definite,” a farce eomery by Ernest Thompson: and “Wrack Pint,” a tragedy with a touch of the supernatural, by Paul Green. The performance will be re peated Saturday night. ■ i Nofville Baptie, former world's champion speed skater, is going to try a “come-back” on the ice. Despite his age (43), Baptie believes he has ehane? to regain his title. In Norway, the heads of codfish are mixed with marine plants and given to the cows, to increase their yield of j | milk. ‘ lEBERAL OFFICIALS WILL INVESTIGATE Rumors That Embassy Liq uors Have Found Their Way Into Hands of Boot leggers in Capital. Washington, .Tan. 25 (By the Asso ciated Press). —The machinery of the Federal government has been set in mo tion to ascertain whether any foreign embassies and legations here have brought into the country excessive , shipments of liquor, which later'was diverted into the bootleg trade in tfte national capital. As'm result of recent disco) us tires by the Washington police, who charge openly that some foreign envoys are using their diplomatic immunity to J supply bootleggers. Treausry** Depart- I mc.nt offichils have sent a memoran j dum to the State Department which is | understood to call attention to cer tain “unusual shipments” of liquor coming to the embassies aniLlegations here. MUCH SCHOOL BUILDING IN PROGRESS IN STAi;E There Are Now 800 Buildings, Valued at $25,000,000 Under Construction, in North Carolina. Italeigh, N. C., Jan. 25.—North Car olina now is engaged in a school build ing program, which, when completed, will add approximately eight hundred I new structures at a cost of $25,000,- 000. according to the report of J. J. Blair, director of schoolhouse plan ning. made public today. “The interest of the entire public in providing better accommodations for their children is phenomenal,” stated I)r. E. (’. Brooks; state superintendent of public instruction, in discussing de j tails of the report. “The people are J engaged in_the construction of build ings which, when completed, will cost over $25,000,000. In 1010 the total valuation of all public school ! property in the state was barely $15,- 000,0(H). “The old log school houses and the smalt frame buildings heretofore used are rapidly disappearing and the pen 4 pie of the country have'enthusiasm for education lliat even the towns and cities did not,have ten yeprs ago. In the place of poorly lighted, poorly equipped schoutliouses may be found today, eight, twelve or sixteen room brick buildings with auditoriums, lo cated on Am .grout highways that are now spanning the State. “The report shows that during the past generation, the entire school plant has l»een built and then rebuilt a sec ond time. “It is necessary, therefore, in or der to avoid waste to build perma nently. and this is the idea that the people seem to have in mind, (’ornniit- j feemen and hoards of education are I showing better judgment than ever be fore in the selection of sites for their new school buildings. They are se curing sufficient grounds to provide recreation and pby ground centers for the children and one of the most no ticeable evidences of progress is the care with which buildings are being' located. “The new building erected at Cool-- eemee. Davis County, is presented in the report as a type -or model (for in terest tnl citizens to study. It is very clear that the chief purpose of a school building is to provide class room space for pupils, and all other parts of a building are necessarily re lated to the class room. “Therefore, if one building is so constructed that only fifty per cent of the floor space can he used for class room purposes while another devoted seventy-five per cent, to class room i purposes, the cost of the building per class room will be fifty per cent, more in the former than in the matter. "It is very clear than from twenty five to fifty per cent, of the cost of a ; building may he saved to the taxpay- j ers when the people understand that. the floor area may lie so arranged as ; to provide a larger per cent, of it for I class room uses rather than to have j it cut up into unnecessary hallways, j stairways and rooms that cannot he j used successfully as class rooms. i “Os course, provision must be made for cloak rooms and the like. But the , Cooleewee building devotes seventy - I six per cent, of the floor space to * class room uses and provides for the other necessary features of a good school building. A-few buildings ha»e been erected in which the floor space used for class room instruction is less than fifty per\ cent, yi the entire floor space. This is such an unwise expenditure that every citizen should study the best plans in order that the greatest advantages may be derived / from a fair expenditure.” • A study of the number of new build ings either completed, under construc tion or planned shows that an average of $30,000 will be spent on each struc ture, according to Dr. Brooks. Hears Mussolini Will Ask Us to Sum mon World Conference London, Jan. 24. —A dispatch from the Berlin correspondent of The Daily Telegraph says: “Information reaches me from a well-informed Italian quarter that Premier Mussolini Iras decided to ap peal to the American government to call at Washington a world conference to consider the great economic prob lems left over by the war and at the same time will appeal to trance aud j Germany to act with moderation until . tliis gathering has reached some de.fi- j nite conclusion.” AH animals can,see a refleettien in a mirror, but in no case will the njti- • j nial recognize the. refleetiton as that t I of itself. 1 (state fire escape law SHOULD BE AMENDED j Bill Before legislature Is Designed to ' Provide Better Protection of Life. Raleigh, X. Jan. 25. —Extensive amendments to the state, fire escape law, designed to provide better protec tion of life, are proposed in a me«‘- now being -considered by ’ , Carolina general assembly . e of a program of legislat .vut mended by Stacey W. Wkuo. insur ance commissioner. Plans for nil' theaters would be ap proved by The commissioner bpfore the buildings could he constructed under j rim provisions of the bill. All hotels, school dormitories and till other buildings used for lodging 4 purposes, other than private dwellings, not over three stories in height would have to be constructed so that occu pants of all rooms above the first floor would have unobstructed access to "separate and distinct ways of egress extending from the uppermost floor to the ground, such wavs of egress to be so arranged in reference to rooms that in ease of fire on one stairway, the other stairway” could ho reached with out having to pass the stairway in volved. “Entrance to all such ways of egress afore mentioned in tliis section,” the measures continues, “shall be from cor ridors or hallways of not less than three feet in width and in no case shall entrance to such ways of egress he through a room or closet and where such building is in the opinion of the insurance commissioner of suf ficient size to require more than two ways of a gross,- the N. F. P. A. stand ard governing corridors and stair areas shall be adhered to.” All such buildings already const ruct | ed would be required to provide ways |of egress deemed advisable by the commissioner and the bill also requires a large number of fire escapes on j buildings. All theaters and public meeting buildings already constructed also would be required to comply with {he law's provisions. FARRAR AND HUSBAND MIGHT BURY HATCHET Actor’s Attorneys Revives Reports That Reconciliation Might Yet Be Brought About. New York, Jan. 24.—Reports of a possible reconciliation between Geral dine Farrar and Lou Telligen were re vived today after Arthur E. Schwartz, counsel for the actor, had obtained a postponement untitl Monday of a ref eree's hearing in a divorce, action -brought by tin* diva. The attorney said he had asked for the postponement in order that lu* might receive from Mr. Tollegejn, now in Los Angeles, a reply to a letter ask ing whether there* was any truth in reports of a m-pnciliatinn. He denied that the. continuance had been sought by his client and emphasized that he merely desired to ascertain whether there was anything to the report that Mr. Tellegen recently had sen a bou quet to the singer in Lynn. Mass. Mr. Tellegen has been quoted in dispatches as denying that the flowers came from I him. I Ref eying to the death today of Mrs. Henrietta Farar, mother of the opera star, the attorney said: “Mr. Tellegen will be grieved to hear *of Mrs. Far rar's death. I should not be sur prised if he sent a telegram of con dolence to Miss Farrar. Miss Farrar, who was in Canada on a concert tour, is expected to return to New York tomorow. PEACE TREATIES READY FOR TURKS Will Be Presented to Turks for Acttion Next Wednes day, According to Plans. Latisnnne, Jan.2s (By the Associated Press).—The allied draft of the peace treaty with Turkey will he presented to the Turks next Wednesday and the allied delegation will leave two days later, it was announced by the Brit ish delegation this afternoon. If the Turks have not Signed by that time the allies will ltjave one representa tive to supply information to the Turkish delegates. Legion to Have Barbecue. The local post of the American Leg ion will have a barbecue in the club rooms on West Depot street next Tues day night, January 30th, at 8 o’clock, and every ex-service man in the coun ty. regardless of whether he is a member of the Legion, is invited to be present. The committee in charge of the bar becue states that it is making prepara tions to feed a large crowd, and there will be “seconds" galore. The “feed” will begin at 8 o’clock sharp, and ev eryone is asked to he on hand at that time with their old army appeties. Ev erything will be fine.. With Our Advertisers. The certificates of deposit of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company af ford a safe investment for your sur plus funds. Don’t forget the January Cleaerance Sale at Fisher’s. In a new ad you will find some of the many bargains ; offered. Charlotte Poultry Show. Charlotte. X. C., Jan. 2o.—The Charlotte Poultry Association will hold its annual show this year here No vember 27-30. Officials stated that the show held last year was “highly sue-> cessful” and plain? were being made to make a better showing next fall. Fire in New Orleans. [ New Orleans, Jan. 25 —A row of four i three-story brick buildings in the re ! tail commercial district on Baronne Street, near Canal, was practically de • strofed by fire cearly today. Pre i estimates by fire authorities i place the loss at $300,000. | $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. " ■— -»■■■■ ■' 1 ■ - ■■ Mr-"* 1 ■ ■ *** NO. 58. : WORK Os IRE STATE I fP'SLATURETOOAY r ■ nouse Was in Session but a a Short Time and the Good Roads Bill Was Not Taken Up Today. SENATE CONSIDERS SHIP LINE BILL Bill Goes to Committee for Consideration—U niversity Trustees Are Holding Im portant Meeting Today. Raleigh, Jan. 25 (By the Associated- Presls). —-The good roads hill failed to come to a vote in the House today be cause of early adjournment occasioned by a meeting of the University trus tees to consider the proposed, medical college. The Senate, however,, took up the state-owned ship line proposal. Senator I). F. Giles moved that the president of the Senate name a sub committee of five, chosen from among the scan tors or outside, and refer to it the ship line bill, and spoke, for the preposition. Opposition to the mo tion was expressed by Senator Charles IU.I U. Harris, who declared that he re garded the movement as one to delay the measure, and thereby affect its chances of early passage. Senator Harris also asserted that |he regarded the motion as out of or der in that the rules do not provide . for such a course of “superseding the committee” formed to consider thq bill. In support of his statement Senator Harris, who introduced the ship hill, said that through the graces of the governor the opposition had been given plenty of time to develop its case and to bring its data before the hearings of the water commerce committee be fore the committee reported. Senator Giles then asked for a roll call vote on his amendment which he made more explicit by a sub amend ment to rend that the Dill be referred to the.sub-committee with any amend ments offered thereto by senators, with the object of conferring wit!) the gov ernor on these amendments and get ting additional data. This tv as voted down, 2i> to 14. j*-*” 4 * A motion to refer the hill to the cou£ mittee. on appropriations to which _ Harris agreed, was 'c/ffried. *’ The Senate was informed of the , s meeting of the University trustees and a motion was made to transact only local business to enable such senators as were members <?f the board to at tend the meeting. The vote carried. The House business was short. Few ne.w hills were introduced, and Repre sentative Houghton’s motion to adjourn until 10:30 a. m. tomorrow cut short the expected debate and vote on the third reading roll call, of the good roads bill. Wanted to Send Bill to Committee Raeigh, Jan. 25. —A vigorously exe cuted plan to have Governor Cameron Morrison's state ship line, bill refrred to a special committee was defeated in the Senate today by a roll call vote in which 14 senators voted for the motion and 29 opposing it. Senator D. F. Giles, of McDowell county, led the movement to put the bil! in the hands of a new committee, and Sena tor Charles U. Harris,.of Wake County the legislators who fought it down. Influenza Satisfies for Month of De * ' cember. Raleigh, Jan. 24—Mortality statis tics from influenza during the month of December. 1022. increased 1,700 .per cent, ove.r the same month for the pre ceding year, according to the prelim inary tabulation of the state’s death rate for December, •made public today by the state health department Ac tual deaths from influenza in Decern-, her. 1921, were 22, and in December, 1922, they were 380. Death of Asa Biggs. Greensboro, Jan. 25. Asa Biggs, for merly managing editor of the Greens boro Record, and at various times con nected with newspapers in other cities of this state, died tliis morning at , ' Asheville, where, he had been for some time in an effort to regain his health. He was 20 years old and is survived his widow, who was Miss Mary Eliza beth Kennedy, of Greenville, N. C. Condition of S ; mmons Steadily im proves. New Bern. Jan. 24. —Senator F. <M. Simmons, who has boon, suffering wth a slight attack of grip at his home here for several days, was re ported by his physician as much ltn nroved today, and it is expected he will be but in a day or two. Two More Executions in Ireland. Waterford, Ireland. Jon. 25 (By the Associated Press). —Two men named O’Reilly and Fitzgerald, residents of Cork, were executed at the Waterford infantry barracks this morning. Both had lteeh found guilty of j»ossessing arms. President Back at Work. Washington, Jan. 25.—President Harding returned to his desk today for J the tfrst time since lie was taken ill with grippe more than a week ago. He immediately delved into an accumula tion of official papers. Twin-City Dental Society to Meet. Winston-Salem. Jan. 25.—The reg ular meeting of the Twin-City Dental Society will meet here tonight. The program includes a discussion of unusual cases in X-ray diagnosis by i several members.