qiiERKILL, Editor and Publisher
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v-OLL'ME XLIX
IS CONTINUE
OTECT NEGRO
El BERN JftlL
i.n Godette, Charg-
Killing Little Girl
as Struck by the
\utomobile.
ORDERED
[ T LAST NIGHT
c! That Mob Might
n Attempt to Take
>ner From the Jail
, IV . 26. —Troops today eon
die ('raven county jail
, a negro, who is
ving fatally injured Ed
-12 year old school girl,
jiiihile ran over her ou a
ihour eleven miles from
11 i;i v afternoon, is being I
n • oidereil out by Oov
j;,si night on the request
I>. Williams, of Craven
i:u report* received from ■
r the girl's home that at-1
»> made to lynch Godette. |
,i persons gathered near j
li(> evening, but there was j
id to have bee.n traveling \
of speed, when his car
iviio was on her way home
villi several companions,
and one of her legs were
as taken to a New Bern
d soon afterward. A
.11 out for the negro by
a flier.
ms said that information
its to the effect that God
r the accident and offered
to a hospital. The coro
meet during the day to
accident.
FT RADIO
AGES FROM EUROPE
Many European Cities
t it an Cities iiist Night.
Nov. 26.—Tyajja-Atlantic
words, singing and in
i' «o plainly, jthst the av
?an pick it Trp an ac
today. -r,
pouring into the Garden
{adio Broadcast, the pttb
fostered the project of a
Atlantic broadcasting of
curs in picking up pro
from Newcastle. Bourne
,l and Madrid,
ias the second night of
-n broadcasting and mark-
Icspread success,
leard in Tills State.
. 26. —liOiidon, England,
icrc last night on the ra-
Pchurch, a local business
mrch was using a 5-tube
Ic said he distinctly heard
by station 2-L.
i Henderson says that F.
two English stations on a
lay night. Station 2-Ell
hland. was heard. A man
iano were distinctly heard
uouneer felling his identi
cal. Liverpool station is
■d it}) almost immediately
signed off.
AN COLLECT
hi PERCENT A MONTH
Upholds High Interest
i I deferred Taxes.
r>. ('.. Nov. 24. —The
enforce the payment of
rate of 1 per cent, per
ferred tax payments, the
held today in a cane
usfees of tiic .1. Menisi
\v York. •
leral courts refused to a’.-
ite of interest than (5 per
iking the position that 1
miith was an illegal pen-
Pile I p in Wreck Caused
by Fog.
v. 24. —Two crowded
md a number of smaller
re piled up in a collision
m the road between here
cording to a report from
■ scene, which said several
Hen injured.
a- bus line were told that
fs and a small automobile
darkness during a fog.
■-I immediately several
the second bus ran into
aug To Visit'America.
a. Nov. 20 (By the Asso-
Geiteral FengYu-Hsiang,
mticral who overthrew the
government of President
ousted the principal lead
lVi-Fu. issued a state
! iring that as there was
military services during
’ mi period' he planned to
tour of Europe and Am
•th Austria and Hungary’.
I>. ('.. Nov. 20 —Secretary
cone aided an agreement
i an and Hungarian gov
wliich war claims aris
1. 1014, will be adjust
b>i’s Burned to Death.
. Ivans., Nov. 25.—Capt
- i* and Sgt. Irving Actoi
!n death on the Fort Rilej
nation today when theii
i:r » dames shortly after thej
Ait* air.
THE CONCORD TIMES
4 ’ • 'i
m m
The charred body of Mrs. Addison
Sheatsley. 50. wife of Rev. C. V.’
Sheatsley. was found in the furnace
of her home in Bexley, 0., subuil*.
r ! , . at Columbus.
THE COTTON MARKET
Comparatively Quiet During Early Trad
ing.—January Sold Down to 23.87.
New York, Nov. 20.—The ,cotton mar
ket was comparatively quiet in today’s
early trading, but after opening steady at
a decline of three points to an advance
of 3 points, eased off under further pre
holiday liquidation.
January contracts sold down to 23.87,
or 4 points net lower. Other months
shower similar losses toward the end of j
the first hour. Some additional* switch
ing was reported from December to later
months, promoted by circulation of a few
more notices, but. spot houses brought the
near months and enofigh covering or trade j
buying gave the market a fairly steady I
tone after the declines. Liverpool cables
said that offerings' of s}mk cotton were
slightly freer, but had been absorbed by
trade buying.
Opening prices wore: December 23.70;
January $4.95; March 24.22; May 24.54;
July 24.55.
EGYPT SENDS PROTEST
TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS I
Protest Made Against Action Taken by j
the British Government in Egypt. j
Geneva, Nov. 26 (By the Associated ;
Pressj.-r-A telegram of protest against |
the British action ia-Egypt following the 1
assassination of Sir Lee Stack was re
ceived today by the secretariat of the
league of nations from the Egyptian
par’.iament under the signature of the
president of that body.
The text indicates that a similar com
munication has been forwarded to all of
the world parliaments.
DYNAMITE BLAST DRIVES
NICKEL INTO MAN’S LEG
Possibility -of Infection May Make Am
putation Necessary.
Chester. Pa.. Nov. 24. —Eli Cummings,
Jr., 21 years of age. Rockdale, may lose
his right leg as the result of a peculiar
accident. Cummings was assisting a
group of men in handling sticks of dyna
mite when part of it exploded. He was
hurled several feet. I ellow workers
picked him up in a semi-conscious con
dition and had him taken to the Ches-!
ter Hospital.
Physicians on an examination found
the man to be suffering *from a severe
puncture wound of the right leg. the re
sult of a nickel he carried in his trouser
pocket piercing it. The coin was ex
tracted, but there is danger of blood
poison developing.
A bunch of keys Communings carried
in another pocket were found many feet
from the scene of the accident.
Wfcges at Aluminum Plant.
, The aluminum plant at Maryville,
Tenn.. i>ays its employees an average
rate of 42 cents an hour, or $3.30 a day.
The lowest paid employee there gets
$2.50 a day plus a bonus. These figures
were given out by the president of the
company, A. V. Davis of in
reply to the assertion of Senator LaFol
lette that the I company pays its labor
only $2 a day. .
Duluth Bans Billboards.
The city council of Duluth, Mum-
Nov. 17. passed a resolution prohibiting
I the issuance of any more billboard per
mits in the city. A delegation from the
AVoman’s Club Was present at the meet
ing to press the action.
No Paper Tomorrow. I
Tomorrow! is Thanksgiving Day and no
issue of The Tribune will appear on that
day.
j "
Open at 5 O’clock
I SPECIAL MUSIC
j Special Thanks
giving Dinner
CHOICE OF MEATS
' Turkey' With Oyster Dressing
Baked Goose With Kraut
Duel/
VEGETABLES:
'Creamed Potatoes Green Peas
■ j Candied Yams
, 'SALADS
I Chicken Salad and Celery
; Hot Mince Pie Hot Biscuits
: Coffee Milk Tea
Carolina Case
DAUGHERTY ANSWERS'
THE CHARGES MADE
BT THE GOVERNMENT
Brother of Former Attorney
General Files Defense of
His Action When Summon
ed as Senate Witness.
HAD RIGHT TO
PLAN HE TOOK
Declares Senate Inquiry Was
Not Legislative In Charac
ter and Therefore He Did
Not Have to Talk to It.
Washington. Nov. 26. —M. S. Daugher
ty, brother of funner Attorney General
Daugherty, today filed with the supreme'
court a defense of his refusal to furnish to j
the Senate certain information concern- j
iag the affairs of the Midland National
Bank, ’of Washington Courthouse, Ohio,
of which he is president. He insisted j
that the Senate investigation was not j
legislative in character, but was an at-]
tempt to prosecute is brother; challenged j
the power of the Senate to compel wit-j
nesses to testify ; and asserted that in the j
formulation of legislation Congress be
fore it can-compel the. attendance and
testimony of witnesses, must through the
two houses declare its purpose and de
mand the information
Daugherty insisted that the action of
the Fayette County court of Ohio Which j
enjoined the Senate committee from ex- j
aminiug the books of the bank is still in;
effect, and that the Supreme Court
should make no decision that would be
in violation of that restraining order.
CONGRESS AGAIN WILL GET
PLEA FOR ARLINGTON SPAN
Idead Is to Span Potomac With Arches
of Ever Enduring Granite. •«
Washington. Nov. 26. —Congress will
be asked at its coming session to again
consider the Arlington memorial bridge
plans with a view to making them a
reality.
The idea of spanning the Potomac
River with “arches of ever-enduring
granite," to more firmly forge the links
between .the North and South, is cred
ited to President Jackson. Various
presidents have favored, the project and
President (’oolidge now heads the Ar
lingto bridge commission, which is spon- I
soring the proposal, thus to join the j
Lincoln Memorial with Arlington Na
tional cemetery on the Virginia shore
opposite the capital.
The bridge, as now planned, would cost;
$14,t50,000 and be completed in ten
years Nine spans enter into its con
struction. Eagles, symbolic of t In* Fnit
ed States, surmount the architecture a'
Ihe entrances to tin* bridge which is to
be 2,138 feet long, with a 60-foot road
way and total width of 00 feet. The
structure will be faced with granite har
monizing with the Colorado Yule marble
of the Lincoln Memorial. The whole
proposal, its sponsors declare, would
make it “the greatest single memorial
project undertaken by any nation in re
cent times."
It will provide a magnificent entrance
to Washington and Lee highway, com
ing across the continent from Ivos An
geles. Entering the capita! -in this
way. the traveler would obtain a view of
the cit. V’s parkway system, the Columbia
Island columns, the Potomac and the
Lincoln Memorial, with the white dome
of the Capitol in the distance.
Aside from its artistic features' traifie
students sro in the Arlington Memorial
bridge a solution of the flood of cars
that flows over the recently completed
Francis Scott Key bridge nl George
town.
CHRISTIAN C ONFERENCE
COMES TO AN END TODAY
Ninety-ninth Annual Convention of the
State Conference Ends After Conduct
ing Final Business.
Raleigh. Nov. 26—The ninety-ninth,
annual convention of the North Carolina
Christian Conference will come to an
end today after it has completed its final
business discussions, received reports of.
various committees and heard the ad
dress of Dr. T. W. Walters, president
of the board of religious education. I
Yesterday’s session was marked by the ]
action taken by tlx* convention when it j
voted tot disband the North Carolina
Christian Conference, as was planned two
years ago. but to continue the meetings
each year.
HOLDING UNCLE Os
TWO MURDERED GIRLS
Bodies of Cynthia ami Neatia Foster j
in Homo of Henry Williams.
Moulton. Me.. Nov. 26.—Cynthia and
Neotia Foster, sister, 14 and 10 years old, ]
were found dead last night in a shack j
occupied by their uncle, Harry Williams, j
in the town of Fosterville, New Bruns-!
wick. IS miles from hero, according to a ;
report made to the jtolice today. YV illiams >
is being held by townspeople pending the (
arrival of the sheriff.
The girls went to the shack yesterday '
to do some cooking for their uncle. When
they failed to return their father went
in search and found their bodies. The
girls’ hands had been tied behind their
backs and they had been shot in the head.
Electric Razor For Girls.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
It has come to the aid of the bobbed-,
haired girl. An electrical exjiosition in
New York showed an electric saiety
razor with which a girl can easily shave
her own neck.
All previous attendance records for
western conference football games have
been broken this Fall.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924
More Than 100 New Mem
! bers Added to Membership
of Chamber in Drive That
! Lasted But One Day.
OFFICERSPLEASED
WITH CAMPAIGN
Declare Chamber Is In Posi
tion Now to Do Better
Work —May Combine With
j Merchants’ Association.
The membership campaign conducted
here ye. tei'day for Ihe Chamber of Com
morce was very -uccessful. more than
| 160 new members -being added to the
membership of the organization.
. F ilial reports from the campaign were
submitted by the salesmen at a luncheon
i held at the \’. M. C. A. last night, and
I when the reports allowed that more than
i 100 new members luid been added to the
I personnel of the chamber there was pro
longed applause.
I Officers of the chamber are very grati
j tied at the results of the campaign, they
declared at the luncheon. The organiza
tion now lias a membership large enough
j to allow it to function at full force at all
I times and plans for, the year's work are
| being mapped out how on an ambitious
scale. ' i
After the reports liad been submitted
by the workers in ‘the campaign the sug
gestion was made that the chamber and
the Merchants’ Association merge, with
tin* latter organization giving way to the
former. Discussion of the subject was
entered into by many of those present and
directors of the two organizations pres
ent at the luncheon endorsed a resolu
tion approving the merger.
it was the concensus of opinion, judg
ing by statements nyide. that the cham
ber can easily carry on such work as the
merchants’ organization is now doing
and by combining the hvo organization it
will be possible to edit down overhead ex
penses and at the spme time centralize
all effort in one organization.
Final action in this matter, cannot be
taken, however, until a formal meeting of
the Merchants’ Association is held. When
such a meeting is held it is planned to
present the resolution which was infor
mally endorsed at the luncheon last night. 1
Workers in the chamber’s membership
campaign dpdared at the meeting that
they expect many members to bo
added to the organization, in the near fu
ture. It was pointed out by a number of I
salesmen in the campaign that quite a i
number of persons called on during the J
day expressed the belief that they would |
be in position to become a member of
the chamber in the near future.
Other workers were assured by other
prospective members that should the
(’handier and the Merchants’ Association j
be combined they would immediately
lake out memberships in the chamber
With 100 new members added to the |
chamber the organization will be able to |
c\fleet funds sufficient to t “rate on a j
much larger scale than has been possible i
the past. A budget for the year will i
be prepared and sums spent for those!
tilings that are calculated to bring the
most ’esults for the city.
A visit to th(> i ificc of tlx- chamber's
secretary shows that i on nlmr «* ••>:>•-
ists were housed in the city last night bv
Secretary Blanks. These per-- .ns intend
ed to drive on to some other city for the
night but at the invitation of Secretary
Blanks they stayed in Concord and were
comfortably housed in private Immes.
They ate supper and breakfast here and
as a result left money in Concord. Mr.
Blanks is convinced that the chamber
can get hundreds of tourists to stop ;
here once the city is properly advertised
along all highways.
With the membership campaign over
and officers elected for tin- year the cham
ber is ready to begin in earnest its win
ter program of activity.
If thou takest a wife, iet her be more j
contented than any of her fellow citi
zens. She will be attached to thee dou
bly. if her chain is pleasant. Do not re
pel her; grant that which pleases^her; it
is to her contentment that sir l appreci
ates thy direction. —Precepts of Ptah-
Hotep, about 2500 B. C.
The Swimming Federation of the
World has decided to hold a world’s
championship meet every year in the fu
ture. instead of every four years as here
tofore.
Chamber of Commerce
Campaign Was Success
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FORBES TRIAL IS NOW
UNDERWAY IN CHICAGO
; Believed Now No Important Evidence
Will Be Presented This Week!
I Chicago. Nov. 26. —Opening state
i ments were reached today in the trial
I of Col. (’has. R. Forbes, former head of
! the Veterans Bureau, and J. W. Thomp
■ son. St. Louis and Chicago contractor,
i charged with defrauding the government
jou veterans hospital contracts.
Ralph F. Potter, special assistant at
| torney general, was to present the gov
ernment's address, and Col. James S.
i Ea^by-Smith, Forbes’ counsel, and Ru
dolph Louglilin. representing Thompson,
spoke for the defense.
The important evidence will be pre
seuted next week prosecutors said. They*
were ready to put first witnesses on the
stand at the conclusion of the opening
statements, but Federal Judge Carpenter
indicated that, testimony would be put
over until next Monday.
Chicago, Nov. 2(5. —Colonel Charles R.
Forbes, former director of the United
States Veterans' Bureau, who went to
trial here Monday on charges of conspir
acy in connection with his conduct of the
veteran's bureau, was indicted here last
February along with John W. Thompson,
Chicago and St. Louis contractor, after a
federal grand jury had spent more than
a month investigating charges of alleged
waste, graft aud debauchery in the con
duct of the bureau.
A few months later Forbes and Thomp
son were re-indicted on similar charges, j
the second indictments being returned in
an effort to comply with legal technicali
ties overlooked in the first. charges. Fro
bes and Thompson were charged with
conspiracy to commit bribery and con
spiracy to defraud the government, while
Forbes was named alone in one indict
ment on a charge of accepting a bribe and
Thompson in another on a charge of of
fering a bribe.
The grand jury investigation here fol
lowed an investigation of the Veterans’
Bureau by a senate committee in Wash
ington which charged fraud, corruption
and mismanagement of the bureau. The
original indictments charged that Forbes,
while director of the bureau, received a
bribe of $5,000 and certain additional
emoluments on agreement to award con
tracts for government hospital work for
world war veterans to the contracting
firm of Thompson and Black of which
Thompson and James W. Black, deceased,
were tlie heads. (Miaries F. Cramer, for
mer gejaeral counsel for the bureau, who
committed sure We-after rirrVpfftlgtrtien -of
the department was proposed, waiLyarned
in the indictment as having accepted a
promise of $100.(>00 from Thompson aud
others for his approval of the contracts.
Elias Mortimer of Philadelphia, alleg
ed to have been an emissary of Thompson,
appeared before both the senate commit
tee aud the federal grand jury and gave
much of the information on which the
charges were bused. The hospitals for
which congress appropriated $12.000.(KM)
and which were allleged to have been in
volved in the illegal deals were to have
been located at Liberty, Tapper Lake,
Tarrytown and Poughkeepsie, N. Y.;
Northampton, Mass.; Chillicothe, O.; ,
Great Lakes, 111.' Gulfport, Miss.; Liver
more and Camp Kearney. Cal.; Hayden
Lake, Idaho, St. Cloud, Minn.; American
Lake. Camp Lewis and Tacoma, Wash.
According to the charges.
According to the the head of
the vete?ans’ bureau agreed to give
Thompson and Black the preference in
the contracts the firm desired regardless
of whether their terms were most ad
vantageous to the government. Expens
ive trips at government expense and other
alleged wasteful practices also were de
tailed.
The original investigating jury, in a
supplemental report, charged that at least
two members of congress were involved
in the case and that sums of money had
been paid to them, and this led to a sep
arate investigation a few weeks later.
Both Colonel Forbes and Mr. Thomp
son have maintained their innocence of
any wrongdoing and have asserted they
welcomed an opportunity to prove their
innocence in open court.
Mrs. Wilson to Be Buried Today.
Gastonia, N. C., Nov. 26—Mrs. Thos.
W. Wilson, former president of the
North Carolina division of the United
Daughters' - of the Confederacy; will be
buried here this afternoon. She died
at her home yesterday after a long ill
ness. ,i She is survived by her husband,
T. W. Wilson, and one son, Henry Wil
son, of this 'city.
MUSCLE
CLOSED ISSUE, lit
NORRIS HIS STATED
Chairman of Senate Commit
tee Which Will Dispose of
Property Says He Has No
Plans About It.
HIS BILL READY
FOR THE SENATE
*.
But It Will Not Be Present
ed Unless Senate Wants
It —Has Little Faith In Any
New Proposals Now.
—i
Washington, Nov. 26. —Chairman Nor
ris, of the Senate agricultural committee
who led the fight against Henry Ford's
Muscle Shoals hjd and succeeded in hav
ing his own bill reported by committee,
declared today that as far as he was con
cerned, Muscle Shoals was a closed is
sue, and he would) hot reopen the hear
ings unless ordered to.do* so by the Sen
ate. He said he would present his bill
to the Senate and argue for its passage,
although he had heard of numerous new
proposals for development of the Alabama i
properties. He said lie would refuse to
give them considration as he felt
! sufficient opportunity had bqen offered
for 'pm ,i e n t { UiP n of offers for Muscle
Shoals and it was now time for Congress
to act.
The Chairman disagreed with a number
of senators who regard the primary pur
pose of Muscle Shoals as the production
of nitrogen for fertilizer and ammuni
tion. Senator Norris said that nt pres
ent the process of manufacture of fer
tilizer is not sufficiently perfected to
permit the government to underbid pri
vate manufacture, and it would be foo
ish for the government to pan to pro
duce arge amounts bf fertilizers when
there woud be no market for it.
CONCERNING THANKSGIVING
Earliest Thanksgiving Was Kept by the
Pilgrims in 1621.
YYashington, D. Nov. 26.—Tomor
row the people of the United States and
of its insular and other possessions will
observe Thanksgiving Day in the mnn
ner wlrieh the curitpni of years ha,s - pre
eridtad ’lnr- A*'.occasion. <s
holidays of the American people Thanks
giving Day is the one that is most gen
erally observed.
The day is fixed by proclamation of
the President and the governors <>f the
states. The ,-President's proclamation
makes the day a legal holiday in the Dis
trict of Columbia, territorim aid pos
sessions. In 1787 the Episcopal Church
formally recognized the civil govern
ment's authority to appoint an annual
festival of thanksgiving for the mercies
of the closing year, and in 18KS the
Roman Catholic Church als # o decidde to
honor the festival which had lkng been
nearly universally observed.
The earliest harvest Thanksgiving iu
America was kept by the Pilgrims at
Plymouth in 1621 and was repeated often
during tiiat and the ensuing century.
Congress recommended days of Thanks
giving annually during the Revolution
and in 1784 for the return of peace.
Washingtog a pointed such a day in 178!)
after the adoption of the constitution,
and in 1795 for the general benefit and
welfare of the nation.
In 1815 President Madison set aside
a day for Thanksgiving. Following
this there came a period of nearly half
a 'century .during which day* of national
thanksgiving were unknown in the Unit
ed States. Then, in 1862, when the
country was rent with .civil war. Presi
dent Lincoln summoned his countrymen
to fall upon their knees, in their places
of worship, especially to “acknowledge
and render thanks to our Heavenly Fath
er for the signal victories, vouchsafed by
Almighty God. to the land and naval
forces engaged in suppre«csiong an inter
national rebellion and for averting from
our country the dangers of foreign in
tervention and invasion."
Why all of the Presidents who served
from 1815 to 1863 should neglect to fol
low the example set by Washington,
John Adams, and Madison is something
that historians heve never been able to
explain. Since 1863. however, no Pres
ident has failed to issue a proclamation
for a national Thanksgiving, the last
Thursday in November nearly always be
ing the day appointed for the festival.
More Than 125 Charlotte Men and Wo
men Dine For $6.
Charlotte. Nov. 25.—More tnan 125
j Charlotte men and women last night
j dined at the local chamber of commerce
] for a total cost of six dollars.
The menu consisted of macaroni and
i cheese; stewed apricots, rye bread and
c‘>ca cola.
| . The dinner was arranged to give those
'attending an idea of what is being done
by the near east relief, and the menu
i was identical, it was said, with that
served at the orphanages operated by the
organization ill the war-torn section of
eastern Europe. Dr. .Tames I. Y mice, of
, Nashville. Tenn., in an address told the
gathering something of what he saw
while in the near east,
i Dr. YY'. H. Frazier, president of the
near east Telief. spoke.
Hearst Will Make Race if Hylan is
Not Re-Nominated
i New York, Nov. 25.—Arthur Bris
bane, editor, caused another ripple in
the political pond wh p n at. a testimonial
dinner given ’»st night to George J.
Ryan, president of the board of educa
tion, he announced that . if Mayo/
Hylan’s enemies should refuse to give
him a re-nomination. YY’illiara R. Hearst
would run the mayor at the head of an
independent ficket.
$2.00 a'Year, Strictly in Advance.
r ::jn in egypt
MUCH EASIER REPORT
TO LONDON DECLARES
General Allenby, High Com
missioner, Says Possibility
of Riots In Cairo and Other
Centers Greatly Reduced.
MUCH FAITHIN
THE NEW CABINET
Gen. Allenby Thinks Mem
bers of Cabinet Will Ac
cept British Demands or
Seek Way for Agreement.
London, Nov. 26 (By die Associated
Press). —Field Marshal Allenby, British
high commissioner in Egypt, informed the
British government in a message today
that the situation in Egypt was much
easier as the result of the respite since
the resignation of the Egyptian cabinet.
The possibility of serious riots in Cairo
and other centers, he said, was greatly
minced.
Lord Allenby, it is said in official quar
ters, believes that the new cabinet will
r accept the remaining British demands,
or open direct negotiations with Great
Britain for settlement of the differences
existing between the governments.
Official dispatches assert the population
seems to have become reconciled to the
new state of affairs, and it is believed in
government quarters that if the new cabi
net accepts the demands they will be tol
erated by evene the extremists, at bust
for the present.
While the movements of any British
troops toward Egypt has been temporar
ily suspended the troops within the
Egyptian boundaries are constantly mov
ing toward concentration points at Cairo
and Alexandria. British troops are be
ing marched through the streets of Cairo
daily for preventing riots. laird Allenby
informed the home government that there
were now three battalions of troops in
Cairo and that were marching
through the streets late last night and
would be marched through the streets
again today.
Egyptians Ordered to Evacuate Sudan.
Khartum, Sudan. Nov. 26. —The Egypt
ian units .of the Egyptian army have re
ceived orders to evacuate the Sudau
forthwith. The 4rk battiriioß alrend.4 has
fefL The third battalian with artillery
will leave soon.
TOBACCO TAX CASE IS
TO BE TRIED AGAIN
Car,e Suit Bark for Trial by State Su
preme Court.
Raleigh, Nov. 2(5. —The tobacco tax
case of Markham vs. the Liggett & Myers
Tobacco Company, the American Tobac
co Company and the city and county of
Durham today was sent back for new
trial by the Supreme Court. Justice
Clarkson wrote the opinion.
Error was found in that no notice
was given the defendants of an increase
of approximately $13,000,000 in the val
uation for taxation of leaf tcbaccon on
hand in the city and county of Dur
ham.
MANY WEAPONS USED IN
SINKING THE WASHINGTON
Torpedoes, Aerial Bombs ami Gunfire All
Employed in the Naval Test.
YYashington. Nov. 26.—Secretary YY’il
bur disclosed in a formal statement today
that torpedoes, aerial bombs, and gunfire
had*?ill been employed in tests made off the
Y'irginia Capes on the hull of the uncom
pleted battleship YY’ashington. which was
sent to the bottom yesterday. Final
tests were made by gunfire.
The exact results of the experiments
were declared by the Seertary to he of
great military value and they will not
he revealed.
Nothing New in Sheatsley Case Now.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 26. —Results of the
scientific examination being conducted in
Connection with the mystery of the death
of Mrs. C. Y’. Sheatsley will not be made
known before the.first of next week, coun
ty prosecutor King announced today after
a conference with the experts conducting
the examination.
Four-fold Proposition to Aid Farmers.
YVasliTngton, Nov. 2(s.—Plans for the
aid of the fanner at the short session
of Congress* are understood to include a
four-fold proiiositioii—Co-operative mar
keting. preferred railway rates for farm
products, development of the European
market, and easier credit for the cattle
raiser.
Funeral Services For J. Whit Riggin.
Charlotte, Nov. 26. —Funeral services
for J. YY'liit Riggin, traveling salesman
who was killed yesterday when his au
tomobile was struck by a Southern rail
way train at Croft, will be held at Sar
dis Church at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon.
Rev. I)r. It. G. Miller will officiate.
WHAT SMITTY'S CAT SAYS
Fair tonight, wanner in the west por
tion; Thursday increased and warmer.
NO. 42.