THE CONCORD TIMES. ', p gHKRRILI,, Editor and Publisher. VOLL ME XLVIII. Mexico City Objective Os Insurgent Soldiers Rebel* leave Vera Cruz Un der Orders to Advance on Mexican Capital—Making Advance in Two Directions OFFICIALS SURE REVOLT WILL FAIL seizure of Jalapa is Made public But It Is Declared That the Rebels Have Lost Most of Power Now.- , . i’m:; . Dec. It' ( By the Associated - , |i-ii'-scin ,tm;is hove left Vein .... , ni l' for an advance toward y. At vaiiou- punts along the ‘ railway they wiil be joined miiti;.gents. and the united I, A ; i tii,.n poreed toward the cnpi '• nlvaia h:g in two directions. It is M„,j ; o ’ about 10.000 troops are l t v f,u this'movement. r.iwiani-M and Col. Mayer, Obre nitii ' ' ''.bo were reported to have L n PX r,..i after the rapture Jaiapn l jTisurg' inwere sj>ared. r , Tresie.-es. and Enrique Sol- L* vv i , .vs. t<> go to New York as I Mid',aia 1 :’2 nt- of the provisional gov j,• y_^ ( . •: 11 w en route to New Or- V i'|.M -'.inierit of Obregon troops .. i.m have been defeased in a \.\ a t itt territory, Generals Maya, loyalists, were killed. Watching fur Gen. Rodriguez. i City. .Mexico. l>ec. It). — |«: . :v authorities have ordered pat- j fatfe r-iigiioui tiie northern end of the 'fixate the report that Gen. \ ~ Uodriguez has crossed tiie Rio l, r v ith a body ee. the Associated Press Capture •;j : ...mi. capital of the state of Vera if-;:. Saturday morning by rebel forces. ' v. officially continued here tonight. ' rV' single success, it was 'declared ijnarters. the revolt headed by w t : a'i'!ai."i* Canehez. who favors the ( rf*«v i,:'ud . nndMLrey' of Adolfo |eral garrison which refused to join • " r-vul:. retip-d to the nearby village f Ori-rra!. together with 2.000 volun v.i.t, were poorly equipped . At 'c.. tins force will await reinforce >!•>. it was statetL; "fit ia! (pinners here declare the re - -'.ire to fail, citing the failure to •- j> the capital as one reason. I‘rrsidednt Reviews Troops. M :.. ti Cjty, Dec o—via ~ Laredo, Me. I tec. 10 lMy the Associated ~..m president obregon. accompanied —taflf. left Mexico City tonight for h lVu -. f< i- rhe purpose of reviewing I <* !'!••'! of troops under General • a■. who i» preparing to begin an ut.on the rebellious forces in Tii,v was officially anno tinted Northern Mexico Feels Revolt. >. Texas, Dec. 10. —With the "■■nip!i, of mil coinimini.'*a-ion be- ■ bonier points and t iwns in ’-i >i Mexico, and reported .“ :i ' t-r Military help from garrisons in n for To:Te;:;i. northern Alexi begun ti fe»*l ihe revolt against or *"t i g"V: rnmen.t. If- Martinez left Jaurez with his tdaj on special train, with -‘verted titiii-,1 iou as Chihuahua. Li yj < ‘ ,,nM:in ‘ :, " i| bin between .Taurez ” * it y has been severed, ac setigers from Torreon. Wu Reformatory to Be Built. ' * b-c. Hi.---The negro rc uthoiized by the.* 1923 ses t’l*‘ Legislature, will be i the near future -if lu.iteiialize. T’liis week the I:l ’’K'* “f the matter met to .land purhased for the Four liundred acres in “ P«-;u-h section of Rieli v' been acquired at a '■ • -> ]>er acre. '■all for development of i:i, 'd "a half of the land s., it " • f the Slate Depart* Jure and State Col’ege M -M'irHieali Very 111; J. K ; ars,:| i Seriously Sick. V] j j.' y’• s John M. Morehead •*' •'re b,ttjt seriously ill Mr. \j.. ‘•'"i ha-; pneumonia at his I his eomlition is such a< V r !i| bis family and friends. Mn , 11 ' unconscious tonight. d children arc with him. 1 recently from Asheboro |:i >. Mrs. Carson is a at| , '' Mc Alister of tireens t*--;..;- John Worth Cars-.n. 1,1 Lr^'iishoro. \i Us * Maintain Watchmen at (>l , I rossiiigs. '/ J*' ' K'.—All railroads t:ri>r . '.'‘■'•kli-üburg County must ' r ""ings , ,Utl "iit' hmen at grade ' Ufr k er,,^ : ; • ‘ I,l ’Tv highways or equip Lta blin? » "bb automatic signals. 1 ’ 1 'l Ir,‘ 1 r, ‘: u l' , tion adopted by the IJ -‘giiway Commission at r 'sm*. ~ • nn- tiie regu ation to a,, ' t|v “ -March 1. 1924. ’Nother One? Mexico has staged another revolution for the benetit of the world. Forces are reported in wires ;ts mobilixing in sup port of the presidential caiididney of Adolfo de hi Huerta (above). THE COTTON MARKET Owing to Continue.'! Liquidation Market Today Showed Renewed Weakness. New York. Dec. 10.—The cotton mar ket showed renewed weakness .during to day'is early trading, owing to continued liquidation •in preparation for the gov ernment's crop rejwrt on, Wednsday. and weak Liverpool cable*, a The opening was barely steady at a decline of 17 to 48 points-, under Southern and local com mission bouse selling. The decline un coveted stop orders, but initial offerings were fairly well absorbed by covering or trade buying, and there were rallies of several points right after the call. Li quidation continued heavy, however, and ■the market wa» very unsettled with Jan uary ruling about 82.78 and May 88.88, or about 100 to 102 points net lower on active month* at the end of the first one-half hours. Cotton futures opened barely steady: December 84.80 to 84.20; January 88.85 to 88.80; March 88.80; Mav 84.05; Jttlv 38.25. CARTER CAPTI RED AND HELD FOR KILLING Killed Wife and Wounded Her Brother, John Price, and His Wife. Reidsville. N. C.. Dec. 10.—Austen Carter, charged with killing his wife and wounding his brother-in-law. John Price, and the-latter’s wife, today was expected to be taken to Rockingham county jail at Wentworth to await preliminary hear infi. He was captured ,at Stokesland, Yn.. last night, and was taken to the Danville. Va., jail. John Price is be lieved to be fatally wounded. The date for a preliminary hearing, it was said, depends largely on “The comlitiong of Mr. Price. Big Amount cf i-Jt-en.se and Gas Taxes. Raleigh, N f C.. Dec. 10.—The auto license department of the Secretary of State has collected more license and gas taxes in the first five months of the fiscal year begun on July first than was col eoted during, the entire twelve months previous, according to a state ment made here Tonight by Secretary of State, TV. X. Everett. Since the influx of license ami gas taxes began last July there has been very little let-up said the Secretary, and a large force has been employed in handling this matter alone. Five and a quarter millions have been collected since July, first as compared with four and a quarter millions during the en tire twelve months period preceding that date. Mr. Everett hav estimated that seven millions- wou’d be paid into the J State Treasury its a result of the license and gas taxes and in his state ment. ‘ tonight he re-asserted his belief tl at this mark would be reached. Finds Motive For Slaying. Atlanta. Ga.. Dec. 10.—Solicitor John A. Boykin declared today that the state bad established a native in the slaying o. Captain W. S. Coburn, by Philip E. Fox. Ku Klux Klan publicity man. “The defendant asserted ft within less than a minute after the shooting and this will be developed from competent witnesses at the trial,” be said. YVHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. Cloudy tonight and Tuesday; rain on Tuesday and probably in extreme west ■ ern portion tonight ; little change in tem i perature. Moderate winds mostly souti.- .east and south. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOUR INQUIRIES BEING MADE AT THIS TIME To Get Facts Concerning Wreck on New York Central Railroad Yesterday. Forsyth, X. Y . Dec. 10.—Four i lives , tigations wove launched today into the ! wreck of the New York Central 20 1 li Century Limited here yesterday when | nine pas engeis were killed find a num ber injured, live seriously. The inquiries were, instituted by authorities of Chau tauqun County, N. Ah. and representa tives of the New York Public Service Commission, Interstate Commerce Com mission and the railroad. Physicians attending the five persons l seriously hurt and who were taken to a i hospital at Erie, Pa., said there wore no changes in their conditions. The bodies of the victims also were taken to Erie The b dies are being held in Erie to day and it is isaid they probably will /tot be to their respective homes un til after an toom-st tomorrow. Toe in quest will bo held in Erie, the coroner -aid, as the bodies were taken to that city and the Erie division headquarters, cf the Now York Central railroad are lo cated there. The railroad’s inquiry launched shortly after < tie section of the Limited plowed into tin* rear end of another section which had stopped to investigate the rweeking of air automobile on a grade crossing, was in charge of six officials of the company from New York and Cleve land offices. OKLAHOMA PASSES THE ANTI-KLAN BILL Measure. However. Only Forbids Mask Bnd Does Not Require Publication of Roster. Oklahoma ity. Okin.. Dec. 7. —The Lower House of flu* Legislature today passed without amendment, tin* Senate Anti-Ku Klux Klan Bill. The vote was 71 to 15. Tin* bill, which prohibits the mask but does not make public tin* names of members, now goes to Cov. M. E. Trapp for his signature. A motion by XV. E. Disney. Represen tative from Muskogee County, to recon sider the vote was tabled, thus remov ing possibility of further consideration. XX’ith passage of the bill the activity Os Special Session was regarded as irtually .ended. Gov- Trapp declined to indicate what his attitude would be toward signing the bill. He lias never declared his stand on the Klan issue, but his friends as serted he was in favor of drastic regula te ry legislation. <»' ■" ■■ ■ ■ ■■ » Sentence of Death ! -i- t.’w •.**■ ■ had been pronounced by the murder cult of i FIRE-TONGUE on the super-detective, Paul Harley, and crouching under a window of the room where Ormuz Khan, the group’s leader, had spoken the word condemning him. was Harley 1 himself, pistol in hand, listen ing. His was the mission to j checkmate Ormuz, to bring him to Justice, and it was for this that the oriental had ■ I given the order for his re- . ! moval—an order given as In- j differently as one would direct a servant to clear a table or close a window. But Ormu2 had reckoned : little with Harley’s resource and daring. Os his alliance with Nlcol Brinn, the Amer ican millionaire, sworn to aid the detective In saving the i pretty English girl, Phil Abingdon, from Ormuz’s I clutches; of the love-tie be -1 tween his own cult’s high priestess, Naida, and Brinn, the American. FIRE-TONGUE j by SAX ROHMER I j is the story—a novel of mys- S tery, of love, of desperate ad* j venture, of gripping Interest i | and of sustained suspense un* ’ I surpassed In fiction. j FIRE-TONGUE ' ! n BEGINS IN i , THIS PAPER ! j ;• ' nuCfCMHBK II ' J -, IS CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923 | Noted - - | ! . v Dr l. c - WttenuuL president of , the XX orld ZionistTMovement ar- t 1 rived in this countr| recently in !l the interest of his conization. fij CONTINUE SEARCH COLORED HIGHWAYMEN During Hunt Last Xijjlit at Elizabeth City Jc'Jui Bray Was Acrid-utallv Shit. Elizabeth (’ity, Dec. JO.—John Bra.v, city manager of Elizabeth City, was ac •identally shot last while engaged with a pp.se in searching for Ix»roy White, negro, wanted |u '{charges of com mitting five highway robberies in the last four days and shooting one man. Mana ger Bray received a cJuirge of buckshot in the shoulder when he attempted to take she shotgun out of an automobile. J. T. Thompson was held tip by the negro last night and robbed of .s2l. (). (’. Bray, who was shot by the highwayman last Friday, is in a crftiqal condition. PREMIER BALDWIN HOLDS ON TO HIS POSITION Understood He Will Retain Premiership Until Parliament- Meets Next Month. London. Dee. 10 (By it he Associated Press). —Prime Minister Baldwin ar rived in London today and shortly be fore noon had an audience with the King at 'Buckingham palace. The Central News says “Mr. Baldwin did not tender his resignation, and it »is understood he. will inform the cabinet tomorrow he is prepared to retain the reins of the government until Parlia ment meets next month.” THE UNITED COTTON B l ILDPtofiSTRQ yED Other Buildings in New Oi leans Also Victims* of Fire During the*Night. New Orleans. Dee. 7. —The United t’ot o>n Building, a three-story structure on OMivieir street, between Baronne and Dryados streets, and several small ad joining buildings, were destroyed by tire which broke out shortly before 4 a. m. today. No estimate of damage had been made early today but it was belDvod by firemen to be more ,than $200,000. The blaze was brought under control at five o'clock. Summer Schools in the State. Raleigh, Dec. 10.—Superintendent A. T. Allen, of the Department of Public Instruction has completed plans where by the summer schools of the State will he re-organized. The number of sub jects for each term will be reduced and a definite course of training instead of haphazard picking of subjects will be in force. The plan .was worked out at a conference with eight of the nine heads of. state summer shools in North Caro lina* Only eight summer schools will be operated in the State this year, as State College will h<‘ eliminated from this phase of training and will in its place offer instruction in agricultural subjects for farmers. Colleges, which have been approved as State Summer Schools for this year are University of North Carolina, North Carolina College for Women. East Carolina Teachers College. Trinity Co 1 lege, AX’ake Forest College. Lenoir College and Appalachian and Cullowhee Normal Schools. Invited to Opening of Ingest Tunnel. AVashington, Dec. 10- —Senator Sim mons and Overman have received invi tations from B. F. Stapleton, mayor of Denver. Colorado, inviting them to take a trip as their guests over the Mountain Park and Berthoud pass, where it is pro nosed to const rust the Aloffatt tunnel, to be tlu* longest tunnel in the United States, being over six miles long, and which would materially shorten the dis tance from New York to San Francisco, and open one of the most prolific unde veloped sections of the United States. They will not be able to accept the in vitations. With Our Advertisers. Spratt Bios., on Buffalo and MsGill street, Forest Hill, are going soon into their new~qnarters next door to Joe Gas ket's store, and rather than move their st ick they will ofl’eer one-third off for cash. See ad. on page seven. You can get The Charlotte Observer for six weeks during the Billy Sunday meetings for only SI.OO. The Observer will print all sermons in full. The Ritchie Hardware Co. sells the Pope bicycles— nus ced. Make Christmas cheery by buying a new hat at the Specialty Hat Shop. Average cf $23.05 For Leaf Tcbacca. Durham, N. (’., Dec. 10—An average of $28.05 per hundred for the first threi j months of the selling season was mad* •! in the sale of leaf tobacco at auctior ! warehouses in Durham according 0 figures announced by T. AX’. Scott, seere tary of the board of trade. For tin j period ending November 80 a total o J 5,689,833 pounds was sold for $1,312, 969.12. Two Killed in Clash. Atthens. Dec. 10. —Two persons wer killed and twenty wounded iu a das yesterday at a royalist mass meeting b: tween royalists and republicans. Troop restored order. * i WANT PRESIDENT TO !: Ml BITTER FIGHT : IN NOMINATION RACE Now That Mr. Coolidge Has l Announced Candidacy His j Friends Are Anxious to Wage Very Progressive C • FIGHT JOHNSON THEY ALL URGE It Is Probable That the Pres- I ident’s Name Will Be Put Before California People at Primary Contest. XX’a-hingfon. Dee. 10. —President Cool idge not onlv lias definitely entered the race for it he Republican Presidential nnm- I ination next year, but some of his friends are preparing to put his name on the pri j mary ballot in California, the home of | Senator Hiram Johnson. The entrance of the President Into I the California primary was indicated as I probate today after a cal) at the AA’hiic House by AX’illiam H. Croker, republican j national committeeman from Calif >rnia, i and for year it member of the anti-John ’ son Republican faction in that state. Alt*. Crocker declined to confirm or deny that he had urged Air. Coolidge to give battle to Senator Johnson in his home state, but he declared that he I wished his chances of heaven were as good as the chances of President Cool idge 4o carry California against Hiram Johnson. Sticks to Negro. AX’ashington. Dec. 10 —The name of AA’alter L. Cohen. New Orleans negro re publican leader, was sent to the Senate today by President Coolidge ito be con troller of customs of New Orleans dis trict. despite a protest made to him a few hours previous by the two Louisiana Senators. CLEVELAND CERTAIN TO AA’IN BIG CONVENTION Republican National Committee to Be in Session Tuesday. XX’ashington, Deo. 9. —Selection of Cleveland for the 1024 Republican na tional convention is expected to be fol lowed tliis Week by other important po litical development.*:.' Republican leaders are here in force for the national committee’s annual meet ing Tuesday and AA’ejinegday,'when, the place amt date of the 1924 convention will bo definitely fixed, and many con ,l‘erences of political import are unde;* ’way. Cleveland its certain to win th<* con vention ,in the opinion of virtually all party chiefs here, as a result of the an nouncement yesterday of the withdrawal nf Chicago from the contest. In an nouncing withdrawal of Chicago’s invi tation. Fred XX’. Upliam, treasurer of the national committee, said “responsible ad ministration leaders” wished the conven tion to go to Cleveland and he would move to niajie unanimous Cleveland's selection by the national committee. Chicago, according to some of its repre sentatives here, now liiay bid for the Democratic national convention. The national committee i« not sched uled to choose the Republican convention city until next AVednesday* but Chicago’s retirement may precipitate action Tues day. Des Aloines. San Francisco and Los Angeles have also extended invita tions and * the committee has made ar rangements to hear their arguments at its opening session Tuesday. NEAV PAPER PROPOSED AT CATAWBA CAPITAL E. XV- G. Huffman Tells Newton Ki wanfe Club He AA'ill Join in a Semi- AA’eekly or a Daily Paper. Newton. Dee. 8. —At the Kiwanis weekly meeting the foundation was laid for a new papo* in Newton. It will start either ns a daily or as a semi-weekly with the purpose of becoming a daily within the first 12 months. E. AV. (r. Huffman, managing editor of the Salisbury Post, will be the editor , and the large t stockholder. Mr. Huff man was present on invitation of the club and made two propositions: First, to buy tin* News-Enterprise, if it can ho bought, and continue it for six or eight months as a semi-weekjy and then start a daily edition ; secondly, if the News- Enterprise cannot be* bought, to start a new paper. Tn either proposition. Air- Huffman said he had faith to the extent of $7,000. His idea was to ask the people of New ton to supplement, this with $5,000 of stock, pay down on the outfit $10.0(H). put in bank $2,000 for running ex penses land discharge the balance on equipment, for which notes will be given, out of the profits of the business. Numbers of Kiwanians gave the pro posal hearty and enthusiastic indorse ment In fact the entire membership is behind it. and will not only put up the money Mr. Huffman asks for or more, but will also support the paper so whole-heartedly that its success from the beginning is assured, it is asserted. To Advise King td Prorogue Parliament 1 Rome. Dee. B» (By the Associated' Press). —The Italian cabinet decided to-' day to advise King A’ictor Emmanuel to prorogue Parliament. It is believed in political circles that the prorogation of the chamber of deputies will be followed by its dissolution. Cox Heads Harding Association. High Point. Dec. 10.—J. Elwood Cox, local banker, has accepted the appoint ment as chairman of the Harding Me morial Association for North Carolina, made yesterday by Governor Cameron I Alorrison. -**-' Irene’s Latest \ m | Bj| v —tf*. r fak f. Major Frederick McLaughlin, wealthy Chicago society man. coffee merchant and sportsman, has be come vivacious Irene Castle’s third husband. The wedding was sol emnized in Chicago. The major, as— his title implies, has been a soldier, i too, just like Vernon Castle and Robert Treman, the dancer’s'former spouses. JOHN GOSS’ POETRY Negro Developed a Highly Religious State Before His Electrocution. Raleigh, N. C.. Dec. B.—John Goss, j who after confessing to the commission of ■an attack upon a white women, went jto the (electric chair here yesterday ' morning in expiation of his crime, be j fore dying wrote his thoughts on re ' iigion. Goss, it was said by negro preachers who were with him during the few days preceding his electrocution, developed a highly religious turn when he realized that li is days on earth were numbered. He seemed to look forward to the day on which his earthly, troubles would end. and talked expectantly of what was in store for him after death. Just before being led to the chair yesterday morning Goss handed to tin* Rev. I). L. Thomas, negro preacher of Oxford. N. (’.. an article of his com position and expressed the hope that others might read it t ) know how he felt as he approached death. Following is tin* article. “Gxl is coming back again, brother. “AA’ill you be able to stand when God shall come again? “AA’on’t that be a mighty day when the sea shall give up its dead? "Brother., will you be able t o stand iu that great day? , “AVon't that be a mighty day when the situ shall refuse' to shine? “AA’on’t that be a great day when the moon shall drip ft way in blood? “Brother, will you be able to stand in that great day when God shall come again? “AA’ho will he able to stand in that mighty day when God shall come again? “Christian, will you be able to stand in that morning when God shall come again? “AA’on't that be a mighty day when the stars shall fall in the power of the air, when the sun* shall rise an hour high? “AA’ant that be a miglitr day? “Sister, will you he able to stand in that great day when the moon drips away in blood? “AA’ho will be able to stand in that mighty day when God shall come again ?” Goss, at the time late in September, when he committed ti e attack for which he died, was a trustty on a road gang in Mitchell County. He had been sentenced from New Hanover county for a similar attack upon a negress and had less than one more month of his sen tence to servo before he would be a free man. Big Before Christmas Sale at Parks-Belk Company’s. The Parks-Belk Company will, on AA’ednesday morning, begin a Great Be fore Christmas Sale, during which they will offer big price reductions in every department. They want to reduce their enormous stock before stock-taking time. Besides thousands of other things, they have the greatest line of toys ever shown in the city at prices that will surprise you. Fix the kids up for Christmas. Look up the full page ad. in this issue. AA r alton Case Reaches Supreme Court. AA’ashington. Dec. 10. —The appeal of former Governor Walton, of Oklahoma, from dismissal of his injunction suit to prevent the Oklahoma House of Repre sentatives from proceeding with his im peachment ease was filed in Supreme Court here today. AA’hen the case may be reached is uncertain. I THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER- Will Be Given A WHOLE YEAR FREE to every subscriber of either The Times or Tribune who pays his subscription a full year in advance. Pay up to date and a year in advance and get the best farm paper published every w'eek for a whole year without any cost to you. This offer may be withdrawn at, any time. Take ad vantage of it now r . If your subscription is already paid up to some future date, pay for another year and get The Pro gressive Farmer FREE. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance, ICfuuMyjfE PUCES rutuuED UPON AND BOTH SIDES SILENT I Reconvening of Congress Found Senate Committee Assignments Ready For Formal Action by Body. DEMOCRATS TO MAKE CONTEST In the House, However, Com mittee Places’ Had Not Been Decided and Nothing Could Be Done by Body. Washington, Dec*. 10. —The reconven ing of Congress today found the innate Committee assignments ready for formal action, and democratic leaders prepared to launch reorganization light with a motion to proceed to the election of a president pro-tem. The House, however, was still unable to function because re publican and democratic committee selec tions had not yet been completed. Senate Republican and Democrat lead ers finished work on the committee as signments yesterday, and the Republican selections were placed before the party conference this morning for approval. After a brief session today, however, the House adjourned untill Thursday to permit the Republican and Democratic leaders to complete the assignments. Deadlock in Senate. Washington, Dec. 10. —The Senate was thrown into a deadlock today by a fight ,of the insurgents to prevent the re-elec tion of Senator Cummins, of lowa, the president pro-tem as chairman of the In terstate Commerce Committee. On the first ballot Senator Cummins fell three short of the necessary major -1 ity. his vote being 41 to 31) for Senator Smith, democrat, of South Carolina, ami seven for Senator LaFollotte, of Wiscon sin. the recognized leader of the republi can insurgent group. Two Thousands Nomination Submitted. Washington, Dec. Ift. —More than 2.000 nominations, including that of Frank B. Kellog. of Minnesota, to be ambassador to Great Britain, were sent to the Seriate today by President Cool idge. ' Aradng Those nominated were Richard St. Tolm, of California,, to be minister to The Netherlands; Frank McManamy, of Washington, D. C., and Mark W. Pot ter, of New York, to be members of the' Interstate Commerce Committee; and Geo. It. dames, of Tennessee, and Ed -1 ward- H. Cunningham, of lowa, to ' be | members of the Federal Reserve Board. Edward P. Farley, of Illinois, Freder ick I. Thompson, of Alabama, were nam ed as shipping board members. , .T. Walter Dranke, of Michigan, was non:Cia ted as assistant secret ary of com i merce, and George K. Burtess, of Cali fornia, to be director of the bureau of standards. j Edwin P. Morrow, who retires tomor- I row as Governor of Kentucky, was nomi nated to be a member of the public gfoup of the railroad labor board. Meekins Postmaster at Washington. Washington. Dec. Ift. —Jeremiah £. Meekins, Jh, today was nominated by President Coolidge to be postmaster ‘at Washington, N. *-C. l World Court Resolution. Washington, Dec. 10. —A resolution providing fdr the entrance of the United States into-the world'court after it had been divorced completely from the league of nations, was introduced in the Senate today by Senator I/enroot, republican, of Wisconsin. Negro Couple Go Crazy at Same Time. — Wife is Dead. Salisbury. ‘lJee. 8. Walter McCorkie, negro preacher, and formerly crack base ball pitcher of Livingston- college, be came insane this week and was taken to the institute at Goldsboro. About the same time be lost his mind, his wife became violently insane and on account of her condition she was rushed through tin* country to the Goldsboro institution. She died soon after reaching Goldsboro. Report Capture of Leroy White. Elizabeth City. Dec. 10. —Leroy White, negro, wanted here ou charge of having committed five highway robberies and shot one man within the pant four days, was captured ai Edenton, N. (’., ‘•today, mpording to telephone advices ' recoined shortly before noon. Officers i left here at once to get the negro. No. 45.