gill: IME L
BRSIHI WOULD
■E CIPIN PAY
mm II TAXES
jijMent tor Tli it Amount
IgKded Down in New
"tSw‘ n D.j'ut ’*■>• the Fed-
H^H.lud^e.
MM OF MONEY
M ' : -v AS STOLEN
ilpjndon That Chapman
Interest on the
lIKiBicY Stolen by Him
■Hk‘in 1921. .
llMkhftlTn vr~) < .lan. *
utnlcr to
March iiiiinlrring fi
MH,. I ii:• ( ‘(1 8:ltos
i ; for rh.it anioimt in fnv-
.v, h.'intlcd down
Hn<c:,;i.. !>y Federal Judge Kd-
in an action brought
< ! Nov. and John
■|M,!. r ' Hartford. ass : stant U.
Mi ' torn. y. while ('hapinan
MH :i i:!,'. in Hartford.
M r ■ of judgment also includes
MM..., t; ■/million r d< ]lars at the
MM I" 1 ' r, ' :it - per ai.num from
BM o j i<r_'l. and the costs of the
HBBmu/ repr-ents the value of
other securities still miss
tie si. it it t.(too mail loot tak-
en August 24. 1021
HM].iua!i and others. The judg-'
§|K:i] permit the government to
of Chapman's property.
tr'ry "obtained in the
or other property
eome to light.
not file an answer to
■Mti'nn. and .lodge Tln-mas grant-,
ffiHefau!t>o the government, judg-
given I *when proof of the
HH.f iLr p urities stolen was fur-
■HR POLICE CHIEF
■■ GUILTY ON 2 COUNTS
BH Mitchell Sentenced For Giving
jjHior to Minor and For Improper
Hi uct—Appeals.
Jan. 6.—E. P. Mitt-hell.
chief of police of Brookford.
guilty in police court this
m.IV
Htoa minor aiul of immoral I
Mr. He was sentenced to six !
M on the county roads in each |
H cases and appeal was taken. ;
being fixed tit SI.OO.
was discharged from the
police force yesterday
flying news of the alleged crime.
brought out in evidence that
Brookfovd in a car last Sun-
with Bula Whitworth,!
and a 12-ycar-old gir!
|HI name 'of Eulla T.ittlc. The
swore that they drove out
Taylorsyille road, got a pint
from a house am! came on
Wo' Hickory. She swore
iSneAe. on the way the
i*pped the car and
■M her and Neil Mitchell out.
Hug improper proposals.
Hciii'.d -w re that the former
Miailar proposals to
aleH'Whirwordi. The Whitworth
i q|H year' old. corrombated that
■H the ti'iimony but maintained
is married man with
He was formerly chief
of a suburb of Hickory. He
tiv.■ of Alexander county.
Htettil Forestry Conference.
■Hi:, -v F. Jan. 7.— i/P) —Maj.
HH. I*i i i!! i j is. who has just as
' «’f t 'Miiservatitin and Ih
gHHB S 11.. lines, state fores
. .\n-i '.u-iniek, assistant
trending tin- joint
aid this week of
HhIB’ I'’ 1 '’ "--try Association
i-e'try Uoiigross.
■HHHf’"' h |e 'Adi deliver one of
;l| !'i : '""es at the Rich-
J9HB •'Lliolno-s attended and
meeting of the
F ; ' -'•areh Coun-
I; .f I'*-!,..rt as chairman
"" -i'“\vth of the ad
'’! Southern Appa
> mini: at Ashe
"■'; t" this posi
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T " •'<trend the Kichmond
||B|V ' IM ‘ representative 0 f on( ,
BHHB* I '"' '-“-operate with
- ■'■nmienr in forest fire
1 lie provisions of
Aarv Act.
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jHUB his wife. Marlyn.
him.
raced post-haste
" of the continent
BaHM I '' ' where intiina
jßHHß ' • v.crc on the verge
<•••“! been credited to
" Mrs. Caro Miller.
" i:- d that the two
ggßanfl after reporters
x ''- her arrival
merday quoted herS
WUMm , -‘VI!IK coolness be-
JfHHjH . commenting on
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
The Wreck of the Century Limited
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TVllen the liftli wtlioii '1 w.of the Sew York Oiitral. was
being out of Chicago depot yards the inbound sixth section, traveling at a high rate of speed, crashed into
it. Three persons were injured, one probably fatally, and scores of passengeys were shaken up. Debris was
scattered over four tracks. At the right of this picture can be seen the engine of the sixtli section jammed into
the rear Pullman of the fifth section.
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BRITISH STEAMER
CULLS FOR HELP
Steamer Glen Park Goes
Aground But Is Not in
Danger Now, Say Late
Reports.
New York. Jan. 7. —G4*)—The Brit
ish steamer Glen Park has run
, aground at Frances Key, of Cuba, a
| message received by the Independent
Wireless Company says today.
The message asks for help. That
Caere was no immediate danger was
indicated by the fact that it was not
an SOS message.
The Glen Park, a 1,200 ton freight
er, left Charleston December 28th for
the West Indies. '
Tug Ready to Give Aid.
Key West, Fla., Jan. 7. —C4 3 ) —The
hug Warbler is being held in readi
ness to go to the assistance of the
British steamer Glen Park, reported
JP—mt- 1 ~ v* *«*»
The tug is awaiting* adviegs from
New York as to whether assistance
will be needed.
Frances Key is located near Sagua
la Grande. Cuba, approximately 200
miles south of rtiis port.
THE COTTON MARKET
Further Advance Featured Opening of
Market, Prices Going Up 5 to 10
Points.
New York. Jan. 7. — UP) —A furth
er advance featured the opening of
! the cotton market today, near months
again showing relative strength on ex
pectations that much of the cotton
taken up on January contracts will
be exported from the local stock. The
market also was influenced by rela
tively steady Liverpool cables and af
ter opening at an advance of 5 to 10
points, sold about 10 to 1G points net
higher in the early trading, March
advancing to 20.00. Houses with
domestic and foreign trade connec
tions were among the buyers of Mart’ll
and May, w-hile thei;e also was some
foreign trade buying of October, brok
ers said.
Private cables reported a better bus
iness in cotton goods in Manchester,
and the early advance here was ac
complished by rather better reports
from Fall Itiver and the ’ocal goods
market.
Cotton futures opened steady. Jan.
20.15; March 20.08; May 19.56; July
19.07; Oct. 18.36.
Bisltops Favor Conference.
Nashville. Tenn., .Tan. 7. — UP) —The
.14 active bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, will spon
sor the approaching regional t confer
ences in the interest of Christian
stewardship and the brotherhood or
ganization of the denomination, it is
announced by G. L. Morelock, gener
al secretary of the board of lay activ
ities.
The conferences will be held in 16
large cities of the South, beginning
January 18 at Richmond, Va., and
closing March 11, at Louisville, Ky.
The second of the conferences will be
at Raleigh January 20 and 21.
Each Bishop wilt be active in his
own episcopal area, says Mr. More
lock, and will take part in the pro
gram. which will have for its special
featui'e* on the two evenings of the
conference addresses by "William
Ward, of London, honorary life pres
ident of the "World Brotherhood Fed
! (‘ration, and Sir Richard Winfrey, a
member of the British Parliament, and
j general treasurer of the federation.
,
Advertising Rates Should Be Higher,
Says Adolph S. Ochs.
New York, Jan. 6.—Asserting that
existing advertising rates are too
low. Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of
The New York Times, today told ad
vertising men at a luncheon of the
Advertising club that every issue of
'/The 4Time« eo«t the owners $50,000,
\r approximately 14 cent a copy.
said that the present advertis
ing tend to cheapen newspapers
and Impressed the belief that higher
rates ijmuld improve their advertis
ing. He' suggested that advertisers
should spend 90 per cent of their ap- 1
propriations in keeping existing cus
tomers. while 10 per cent should be
used in getting new customers.
INTEREST IN RADIO
IS NOW WORLDWIDE
Radio Goods Worth SB,-
936,565 Exported From
Country During First
11 Months of 1925.
"Washington; Jan. 7. —( A *)—The
worldwide interest in radio was illus
trated today in the Commerce Depart
ment figures showing radio goods worth
$.8,930,565 wen* exported during the
first eleven months of 1925. as com
pared with $4.1)50,746 during the same
period of 1924.
The radio exports now constitute 12
per cent of the total foreign electrical
trade of the United States.
Another demonstration of the popu
larity of radio was noted in a Berlin
trade report showing that 400,000 vis
itors had attended the radio exhibi
tion in that city.
\
TO HONOR j
SPORTS LEADERS
Bishop Manning Declares Sports and
Religion Belong Together.
New York, Jan. 6. —Memories of
such notable figures in athletics as
Christy Mathewson. Walter Camp.
Hobey Baker, of hockey fame, and
Robert D. Wrenn, former tennis
champion, will be preserved iu the
“sports bay” of the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, if plans outlined
today are carried out in connection
with the contribution of the sports
world to the construction of the
edifice.
The suggestion wan put forward at
a conference of leaders in athletics
a,nd newspaper, men. with. Bishop
William T. Manning and Juliam S.
Myrick. head of the sports commit- 1
tee, seeking to raise $150,000 to build
the “bay” or window.
As explained by Mr. Myrick, the
entire bay will be symbolic of sports
in general with tributes to such
famous figures he mentioned, occupy
ing appropriate placets. It is possible
that the inclusion of living performers
such as Paavo Nurmi. William T.
Tilden, Bobby Jones or Man O’ "War
will be considered.
Bishop Manning reiternated his
assertion .that he sees no harm in
Sunday sports, such ns baseball, golf
and tennis, so long as they uo not
interferes with Sabbath worship or
church attendance.
Honor the Memory of Roosevelt.
Ne*w York. '.Tan. 6. —Members of
the Roosevelt Pilgrimage Society,
from far and near, gathered today
at the grave of Theodore Roosevelt,
in Young’s Memorial Cemetery, at
Oyster Bay, in honor of the memory
of the late President on the seventh
anniversary of his death. The group
of pilgrims, numbering nearly two
score, all of whom were closely as
sociated with Colonel Roosevelt as
President and as a private citizen,
wound up the path through the
snow-shrouded cemetery, and stood
in reverence by the grave while
several speakers made brief address
es of, eulogy.
Deadlock Is Reached in Mine Con
troversy.
New York, Jan. 6—The anthracite
joint wage conference adjourned in
an absolute deadlock at 10.30 to
night until 11 o’clock tomorrow
morning. Both sides expressed their
willingness to continue negotiations
in an effort to end the long coal
strike. Presidedt Lewis of the miners
stated that he would regard the
breakup of negotiations without an
agreement ns a “public calamity.”
Various propositions offered by
either side were voted" upon and re
jected by one side or the other.
Ernie Johnson, who has been re
leased by the New York Yankee to
the St. Paul club of the American
Association, has been in professional
baseball fifteen years, and during
that time he has played in the Three-
I League, the Pacific Coast League,
the Federal League and the Ameri
can League.
i The number of homes in the
I United States that are wired for
1 electrical energy has doubled in the
past four years.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926
SENATE INQUIRY IS |
DEFERRED® DAY
Inquiry as to Why Cast
Against Aluminum Com*
pany Was Not Pushed
Will Be Started Friday.
"Washington. Jan. 7. — UP) —After a
long dispute, the Senate judiciary com
mittee decided today to defer until to
morrow its investigation into the fail
ure of the Department of Justice to
bring contempt proceedings againsf
the Aluminum Company of America,,
in which Secretary Mellon has a large
stock interest.
Chairman Cummins was directed f t
ask for testimony from Attorney Gefljr
eral Sargent, Assistant Attorney Gen *{
eral Donovan, Chairman Vernon AV;;
Van Fleet, of the Federal Trade Coni
mission, and Otis C. Johnson, secre
tary and Millard FT Hudson, chief eg
laminer of that commission.
The.JouoGr by tt>e
touch not only upon the failure, to
bring contempt proceedings for charg
ed violations of the 1912 court de
cree enjoining the company from con
tinuing practices in restraint of trade,
but also upon the refusal of the com
mission to permit the department of
justice to have certain important tes
timony taken from the files of the
Aluminum Company of America.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon
tan, had sought to .begin the inquiry
today but after discussion it was de
cided to start it tomorrow before en
tire committee instead of before a sub
committee which is the usual prac
tice.
LOCK UP CASHER
AND LOOT BANK
Bandits Get Away With $4,000 in
Cash, S6OO in Bonds and Diamond
Ring.
Charlotte. Jan. 6. —Locked iii the
vault of the Merchants and Miners
bank of Great Falls, S. C., from 7
p. in., until about 1 a. in. when lie
was found by relatives and friends
who had become anxious because of
his absence from home, Cashier J. R.
Gouloek told his rescuers that he had
been held up at the point of two
pistols 'by two men who had entered
the bank, while he was working on
the books.and after they had gather
ed up $4,000 in cash six hundred in
liberty bonds and a diamond ring
they locked him in the vault.
Gouloek said one man held two
pistols on him while the other gath
ered up the loot and then the man
with the pistols crowed him into the
vault and locked it.
Officers of Chester county were
notified after the robbery was dis
covered and they in turn notified the
police of various towns in the Cai*o
linas asking them to look out for the
fugitives. They are described as fol
lows :
One, heavy set, weight about 175
pounds, the other about 140 pounds
and had a black mustache.
Discusses Way to Save Pine Forests.
Richmond, Va.. Jan. B.—The use of
diameter limits judiciously applied to
southern pine cutting is a very hope
ful means of prolonging and perpetu
ating the pine forests of the South, R.
D. Rorbes, director of the Southern
forest experiment station, said in an
address today before the joint meeting
of the American Forestry Association
and the Southern Forestry Congress.
That it is a practicable scheme is
shown by its use under a variety of
conditions, he said.
Would Restore Throne of Hungary?
Budapest. * Jan. 7. — UP) —A report
that there is a plot to restore the
throne of Hungary is in circulation.
On the one side it is asserted that the
fascisti purpose to endeavor to give
the crown to Archduke Albrecht, while
the legitimists are supporting Prince
Otto, son of the late King Charles.
A new process for weaving mus
lins in 14 colors on a single shuttle
looin has been patented by a firm in
Glasgow.
On the invitation of the Canadian'
1 Government the third World’s Poul
try Congress will be held at Ottawa
next year.
SUGGEST LASSITER
AS SUCCESSOR TO
;GENERAL PERSHING
The Present Commander of
the Canal Zone May
Head the Tacna-Arica
Commission.
NO DECISION. IS
MADE SO FAR
i ■
Possible That Gen. Lassiter
May Go to South Amer
ica to Act Temporarily in
the Case.
Washington, Jan. 7.—04*) —Major
General William Lassiter, army com
mander of the canal zone, and a na
• titvt* of Petersburg. Va.. has been sug
gested to replace General John .T.
Pershing as central head of the Tacna-
Arica prebiscitary commission in the
event a substitute is appointed to car
ry on the work in Arica'during Gen.
Pershing’s return trip to this country
for medical and dental treatment.
J It is jiossible that General Lassiter
i may be named to -act only temi>orari
ly for fGeneral Perishing, but should
the latter find it impossible to con
clude his labors in South America
the appointment may be made perma
nently. As yet, however, no deei
! sion has been made oil this point, and
probably will not be until it is de
cided whether General Pershing will
return to Arica.
General Lassiter’s selection un
doubtedly would meet General Per
shing’s approval. He is recognized
as one of the army’s best administra
tors and when General Pershing was
chief of 4aff he selected Lassiter as
assistant JRiief. Another advantage
of such an appointment would be the
close proximity of General Lassiter’s
post in the canal zone to Arica.
General Lassiter entered the army
in 1889, served with the Vera Cruz
expedition, as military attache at the
American embassy in London, and
during the World "War rose to the
(grade of major general. ,He holds
the distinguished service medal for
“marked success” of his commands in
France.
During the Spanish war lie was
recommended for brevet captain for
gallantry in action at Santi^go f Cuba.
P . -h ' (
DURHAM MAN SHOOTS
HIMSELF IN MOUTH
Herman Edwards Has But Slight
Chanc of Recovery' From Self-
Inflicted Wound.
Durham, Jan.. 6. —Herman. Ed
wards, well known and highly es
teemed resident of this city and who
has been connected with the Central
Dental Laboratory, iu which' he is
said to have owned a part interest,
attempted to end his life shortly
after 3 o’clock this afternoon at
his home on Mangum street where
he placed the muzzle of a .32 caliber
revolver iu his mouth and sent a
bullet crashing through his head.
It is said that Edwards had been
drinking eousiderably of late and it
is believed that this, coupled with
despondency, was the cause of his
rash act. He was iu his room at the ’
home at the time of the affair and
his wife, hearing the sound of the
shot, rushed iu to find him lying\on
the floor in an unconscious condition
with blood gushing from his wounds.
Physicians were summoned im
mediately and rendered first aid
treatment, following which the vic
tim was carried to a local hospital
for treatment. A report from that in
stitution later was to the effect that
he had slight, if any, chance for re
covery.
Cobb Made a Record in Every 1925
Game.
Chicago, Jan. 6. —Every time Ty
Oobb participated in a ball game
during the 1923 season he established
a new record.
He began by besting his own rec
ord of the greatest number of games
played in by a major leaguer and, as
he went along, added others for
times at bat. runs scored, and high
est lifetime batting average.
When the season started, Cobb
held the record for highest lifetime
batting average in the American
league, with his preentag of .3(51 for
19 years. At the end of his 20th
he had gained a trifle by hitting.37B.
Cobb did not maintain the average
he had set for himself in runs
scored, bases stolen, etc., per season.
But if not adding to percentages, he
was always adding to totals. He has
tied Cap Anson’s record for batting
.300 or better for 20 seasons, but he
has this on Anson —Anson hit his
three hundreds for 20 years all told,
missing two seasons, while Tyrus
20 seasons have been consecutive.
Cobb began his .300 hitting in
1906. Anson began in 1876 and for 14
years hit .300 or better, dropped out
of the .300 class in ’9l and’92, re
sumed in 1893 and ended his siring
in 1897.
Other records held by Cobb when
the last season opened included total
■ runs scored and total hits . made.
, He held the record for 200 hits per
season for nine straight years. He
, did not add to that, nor to bis
recot-d of 100 runs a season for nine
consecutive years. He did not break
the base stealing records during
1925, but he managed to add to bis
all-time total.
The first strike
u States took place in New Y'ork City
in 1741, when a number of journey
men bakers combined and refused to
bake until their wages were raised.
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The barriers of religion, parenta 1 objections and possible sbcial ostra
cism were all cast aside by. Ellen Mackay, daughter of Clarence H. Mack
ay, multi-millionaire president of the Postal Telegraph company, when ,she
married Irving Berlin, famous writer of Jazz music. Mr. and Mrs. Berlin
are shown in the office of city clerk o f New York, where the ceremony was
performed by Deputy City Clerk J. J . McCormick.
More Than Twice as Many Births
As Deaths in Concord in Year
According to figures compiled by W. j
M. Sherrill, registrar of vital statis-!
ties for Conctml, there were more than
twice as as deaths in
Concord in 1925.
Incomplete birth reports made to
Mr. Sherrill, his report shows, recodd
303 births in the city in 1925 against I
147 deaths. A total of 308 births
were recorded with Mr. Sherrill but
five of them were of births which oc
curred outside the city limits and have
no proper place on his report.
“Several physicians, in the city have
not reported all birffis,” the report
made by Mr. Sherrill states, “and for
that reason it is practically impossible
,4o get the total number of births—ln
‘December, for instance, only two phys
icians and two mid-wives reported
births, so it seems safe to predict
that had a full report been made for
the year, the total would be close to
350.”
Os the total births 241 were white
children and only 62 colored children.
Males predominated among the new
citizens, the report shows, 161 of the
new babes being males and 141 fe
males.
Os the 62 colored children reported.
21 were illegitimate. Five illegitimate
white children were reported during
GREECE READY TO
TALK ABOUT DEBT
•Delegation Has Presented
to Treasury Memorand
um Concerning Its Debt
to This Nation.
Washington, Jan. 7. — Greek
delegation has presented to the Treas
ury a memorandum concerning their
government’s debt to the United
States.
A credit of $50,000,000 was extend
ed to Greece during .the war. but on
ly $15,000,000 of it was ever advanc
ed.
The Greeks believe they were to
have all of the credit extended and
they have not developed certain claims
wfiich must be smoothed out before a
funding arrangement can bo reached.
Petersburg May Get Virginia; League
Franchise.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 6. —President
W. Bramham, of the Virginia
league, tonight confirmed the report
that negotiations are in progress for
the transfer of the Rocky Mount, N.
0., franchise to Petersburg and that
success appeared secured.
Fans of the North Carolina city
have failed to support the club as the
owners had expected, it was said.
Marshal Chang Plans to Retire.
Tokio, Jan. 7. — UP) —Vernacular
advices from Mukdep. capital of Man
churia, say that Marshal Chang Tso-
Lin, Manchurian war lord, has an
nounced his retirement. The foreign
office has received no confirmation of
the announcement, but the spokesman j
for the office says the report was be- j
lived probable.
Operate Mail Br*ute on Contract.
Cleveland, Jan. 7.—OP)—Air mail
service between Cleveland and Detroit
is to begin February 1 under a con
tract signed by Henry Ford, Cleve
land air mail officials announced today.
This route and one from Detroit to
Chicago, to be opened on the same
date/ will be the first to operate on aj
contract basis.
Marshal Hsiang Leaves China.
London, Jan. 7.— 0P)~ Diplomatic
circles in London have received con
firmation of reports that Marshal Feng
y u Hsiang has left China for Russia.
He recently announced his intention
to retire following victories which
made him master of Peking and Ch h
li provinces.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
j the year, a survey of the report shows.
In connection with the report on
deaths, it is pointed out that the total
is probably correct. "It is unusual
for undertakers of the city to fail to
report a death,” the rei>ort of Mr.
Sherrill adds, "and for that reason we
can be reasonably sure tlift the 147
deaths represent the total for the
year.”
Forty-one colored people died in
the city during the year, the figures
show, and three more females than
males died. The records show 75
deaths among females and 72 deaths
among males.
Tuberculosis claimed 8 deaths dur
ing the yeas, the statistics indicate,
while 17 deaths were attributed to
hemorrhages.
Pneumonia clamed sixteen victims
while six deaths were due to menin
gitis. Apoplezy and various forms of
heart trouble caused a -majority of
the deaths. v<
' During December nineteen births
and twelve deaths were reported to
Mr. Sherrill. The death report was
complete, he has been advised, but as
stated above, the births were report
ed only by two physicians and two
mid-wives.
NO WARRANT GIVEN
TO THE GOVERNOR
Gov. McLean Insists He
Was Not In Car Which
Is Alleged to Have Brok
en Speed Laws.
Raleigh, Jan. 7. — UP) —No warrant
had been served on Governor McLean
at noon today in connection with the
alleged exceeding of the speed limit by
his car in Nashvile on December 31st,
Governor McLean said today. He un
derstands, however, that a paper of
some kind has reached Rale : gh.
"I understand that it is not the war
rant, but just a notice,” the Governor
said. "I don’t think they could ar
rest a man when he was in his office
hard at work at the time.”
Will Rebuild Historic Clwreh.
Wilmington, X. C., Jan. 7. — UP) —
Rebuilding of the historic First Pres
byterian church of Wilmington, de-,
stroyed by fire a short time ago,
assured. Nearly §300,1)00 to
ward building the new church has
been pledged.
In addition to the $131,000 insur
ance carried on the old church. Dr.
James Sprunt has donated SIOO,OOO
for a Sunday school building, and $;»7,-
000 has been raised by subscription!
from members of the church. A fund
of SIOO,OOO by subscription has been
asked for. and church leaders are
confident that it will be raised.
It- is planned to build a raodernly
equipped church of Gothic type. The |
church and Sunday senool building j
are estimated to cost approximately :
i $350,000.
! State is Making Progress in Re- !
covering Stolen Cars.
Raleigh. Jan. o—Seventy-oneo—Seventy-one auto
mobiles were recovered and only 40
stolen during December, according to
the report of the theft bureau of the
automobile licence bureau of the de
partment of revenue.,
Ford agaiu led the race in both
i larcenies and recoveries. Fifty six of
j this make were recovered and 44
J stolen. One Essex, one Flint, one
! Hudson, one Nash, one fttudebaker
I were ears other than Fords that
*j were stolen. The recovered machines
J were of various makes. -
Miss Mary K. Browne, celebrated
golf and tennis star, has the dis
tinction of being the only woman
who has ever been a runner-up ir.
two major sports i a single season.
IKY FAMILIES IN -
PfIRISSUBURBSftRt
DRIVEN FROM HOMES
Water in Seine Now
Within Eight Feet ofthe
Disastrous Level of the
1910 Flood. ,
PEAK WATERS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY
Water Now Within Six
Feet of Level Reached
During the Big Flood
in 1924. \
Paris. .Tan. 7.— UP)— A rapid rise in
the River Seins last night and this
morning brought its height at the
Austerlitz Bridge in the heart of the
city to within 8 feet of the disastrous
level of DUO, when the most destruc
tive flood in the history of
curred. The river is within 0 feet of
the level of the 15)24 overflow.
The peak of the rise probably will
be reached Saturday when the flood
waters of the upper valley arrive.
Hundreds of families in the suburbs
of Paris have abandoned their homes
for higher lands. •
WOMAN HANGS SELF
IN ROOM AT ASHEVILLE
Miss Jessie Rogers Found By Nuts*,
Death Having Been Caused By
Strangulation.
Asheville,, Jan. (s.—Miss Jessie
Rogers, daughter of the late Dr. H.
B. Rogers, of Waynesville. and menP
ber of a prominent Haywood county
family, was found dead in her room
at Appalachian hall, 175) French
Broad avenue, early yesterday morn*
ing, by a nurse, who returned to the
room after an absence of only a few
minutes.
Mi<*s Rogers, who is known to
have been suffering severely from
melancholia, had climbed into a
chair, tied a strip of silk to a screen
over the window, and after placing a
noose about her neck had apparently
kicked the chair from under her
feet. Death resulted from strangula
tion. Efforts to revive her failed.
Coroner John L. Carroll, notified
shortly after the body was found,
made an investigation and stated
that the facts pointed so plainly to
suicide that no inquest w«?r consid
ered necessary
Did Robbers Get the Cash.
Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 7. — UP) —Al-
though a local firm, knows that rob
bprs entered its safe, it. has been in
* the unique positipn of being unable
to determine whether or not the rob
bers secured the several thousand dol
lars which was in the safe.
Inside the safe was a little vault,
in which the money was stored. Rob
bers entered the safe, it appears cer
tain. but in so doing they wrenched
off the combination dial, ami the lo
cal firm was unable, for that reason,
to get the little vault open. While
employing experts to attempt the op
ening of the vault, they were hoping,
the day after the robbery, that the
safe-openers had been as unsuccess
ful as they in reat-hing the inner
vault and securing the money.
Now It’s Short-Skirt Flu.
A new disease known as "short
skirt flu” is ranging in London,
England. The victim suffers with
chills which are often followed by
rheumatism in the knee and hip
joints. The sufferers are all women
who wear the fashionable scanty
skirts in spite of the winter wenth
ed. Doctors claim that this year’s
styles expose women to illness mqre
than ever. They advise wearing
warm knickers with the short flow
ing skirts.
With Our Advertisers.
Rally round to C. Pat Covington’s
and pick up some bargains.
A solid car load of new living rooirt
furn : ture just in at Bell & Harris. It
|is beautifully upholstered and w<4l
constructed throughout. |
The Riehm<ond-Floye Co.’s one
fourth off sale of clothing will go
through Saturday, January 9th. Bet
ter hurry.
Joncs-Hagan Golf Match Called Off.
Tampa, Fla.. Jan. <». —Chance of
Bobby Jones ajid Walter Hagen
meeting on a Florida golf course has
been widened and probably will not
take p]ace this season, it was learn
ed here today.
The Kishacoquillas Valley Rail
road, in Ptnnsy]vania, is nine milea
I long, has three locomotives. runs
| three trains daily and has a woman
i treasurer. It has never had a de
ficit. .
SAT'S BEAR SAVSt
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1
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Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
probably rain in extreirte west por-
I tion; not much change in tempera
ture. Moderate north *nd northeast
, J winds.
NO. 53