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Dairen ami Harbin. canned to extend the JPIjIS ' the English Chan t<> establish the ,na 1 Sleeping Car |1|B:" v ' l ' ll for the manage- JBRH' • aml sleeping cars. H" 1 Ta criers Get Welcome ■H" —Good news for ■K; ;; ■.'■*•'! rural mail ear |Bßß. ‘ Hi n a was announe- Howell, of Peach lß||iß / r North Carolina association. Pay W.': Illltl l*‘d them in time I romptiy on the first THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. KELLOGG PROPOSAL EXPECTED TO GET BRITISH APPROVAL British Cabinet Will Meet During Day to Discuss ! Further Present Crisis in China. FOREIGNERS MUST HAVE PROTECTION ! , I This Is Provided in Pro posal Submitted to the! | Chinese Factions by the j American Secretary i London, Feb. 7.— UP) —Today’s cnb i inet session, called to consider the (Aii nese crisis, was expected to approve the proposal of the American secretary of State to the warring Chinese sac-1 tions “that the international settle- ) | ment at Shanghai be excluded from I the area of armed conflict, so that j American citizens and other foreign ers may receive adequate protection.” It was stated in Downing Street that the British government, heartily supports the American view, as in co ordination with the British policy, which is to insure the safety of the foreigners in Shanghai. The Kellogg proposal raised a num ber of questions in the one of which is whether foreign military sup port would be needed to back up the declaration of a neutralized Shanghai. There is strong opinion in Great Britain that the chief threat to Shang hai would be from the rabble of a defeated Chinese army, or looting by a victorious army, and that something more than a proclamation of neutral ity is needed to deal with such danger. It is emphasized, however, that the British government fully sympathizes with the principle of the American suggestion. The cabinet also was expected to act today on the all-important ques tion of whether the British military and naval expedition now on the way to the Far East will be deflected from Shanghai as requested by Eugene Chen, foreign minister of the nation alists, or Cantonese government. DRINK PI TS YOUNG MAN “IN AN AWFUL CONDITION Calvin B. Smith. 20. of Charlotte, Renered Deaf, Dumb, Blind and Paralyzed. Charlotte, Dec. s.—Calvin B. Smith, 20. of Charlotte, tonight was deaf, dumb, blind and paralyzed aa a result, his parents said, of taking a drink of what lie thought was com liquor. His physician, Dr. George C; Win gate, Aaid the youth probably would recover. He declared he had been call ed on a number of such cases re cently and that every one of tbe pa tients recovered. Mr.' and Mrs. J. C. Smith, his par ents, said their son had been ont of work for months and that he had been trying to obtain a possition. All of yesterday wak spent in- at tempting to get a job, they declared, but lit* was unsuccessful. *1 guess he was so blue he thought he ought to have a 4 r i n V’ the mother said- Some fiends were met tyte that afternoon, it was explained, and the young man was given some liquor. . Early last night the ‘father found his son at a filling station and they walked home together, it was stated. Mr, Smith said his son then was not very drunk but when the youth reached home and began to undress he “went raving crazy.” According to the father he begged to be allowed so kill himself, saying he was dying anyhow and that lie might as well be out of his misery. He grew bind gradually, the faather explained, and then came deafness and loss of speech and finally paralysis. BUILDING and loan . ASBO. HAD BIG YEAR Annual Statement of Cabarrus County Building Loan and Saving Associa tion Shows Profitable Year. The Cabarrus County Building Loan and Saving Association, with offices in the Concord National Bank, had a profitable year, as shown by the an nual report submitted by'G. Ft. Hen drix, assistant- secretary and treasur er. ' Assets of the company at the end of the year totalled $1,436,897.37, the report shows and during the year there were 7,246 shares sold. The total at t'iie beginning of the year was 25,217 and 5,636 shares were cancelled or withdrawn during the year, leaving the total at the end of the year 26,- 827. During the year loans were made for the purchase of 183 new homes, totalling $260,400. Six other loans totalling $10,450 were also made dur ing the year. The report shows further that there were 2,021 white aud 302 colored shareholders in the company during the year. The company matures its series twice each year, maturing in 328 weeks. The maturing dates are April and October. Killed in Accident. Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 7. — UP)—- Sam Crowder, of White Oak mill vil lage, a suburb of Greensboro, received injuries from which he died all hour later and W. R. Pickard was badly injured when their car went through the railing of an overhead bridge in this city early this morning. DAUGHERTY AND HIS FRIEND MILLER 1 AGAIN BEFORE JURY For Second Time They Go on Trial Charged With I Conspiracy Against the 1 Government. j MISTRIAL RESULT OF FIRST TRIAL iTime of Alleged Offense Was in 1921, When Both Defendants Held Gov ernment Jobs. New York, Feb. 7.— (A 3 )—Harry M. Daugherty, and Thomas W. Miller, today go on trial for the second time. 1 charged with conspiracy to deprive th£ ination of their unbiased services as ] government officials. _ j The first trial which began Septem ter 7 and lasted 1 day more than a month, ended in disagreement. The time of the alleged offense was in 11)21, during the administration of President Harding, when Daugherty was Attorney General and Miller alien property custodian. United States Attorney Emoyy R. Buckner and his assistants will at tempt to convince a jury that Miller, with the approval of Daugherty, awarded $7,000,000 of impounded as sets of the American Metals Company to Richard Merton, a wealthy Germaty citizen, in return for a bribe of $391,- 000 in Liberty Bonds, and sf>o,ooo in cash. Merton has said that he acted as a representative of the Societe Suisse Pur Valeurs de Metaux, of Switzerland. The chief witness for the government in the Ist trial, Merton is here again for the second. MAN’S NECK BROKEN AS CAR TURNS OVER Radius Rod Breaks With Fatal Re sult For George Pruett on Road Near Shelby. Shelby. Feb. s.—George Pruett, who lived near Three County cor ners, at the edge of Cleveland, Burke and Lincoln, was almost instantly killed about * 10:30 this morning when the radius rod of his car broke and it turned turtle,, v Pruett'p neck was broken, his skuß* crushed aml an ,arin fractured. He Uveu abn tit five minutes after the wreck. A brother ahd* a nephew were riding with him. both received slight in juries. • The car. it is said, caught on fire when it turned over, but the blaze was extinguished before either of the three were burned. Pruett, who wan about 40, was en route/to Shelby.. With Our Advertisers. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. al ways give you prompt, efficient and courteous tire service. . A new furniture ptore will open in the county building February 17th. Watch for advertisements. Exquisite examples of new models for springtime frocks es silks at J. C. Penney Co.’s sl4-75. r Phone No. 30 or* drop in at 9-11 S. Union street and see Yorke & Wads worth Co. about your hardware. Three specials at the Bell & Harris Furniture Co—colonial four-poster beds, genuine' empress Wilton rugs, and center tables. See ad. In order to clean up the rest of their winter goods the Parks-Belk Co. will continue their sale prices, as they want to make room for the new spring goods. Kannapolis Child Hurt When Struck By Auto. . Kannapolis, Feb. s.—Ruby Bnl ’ard. five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs- A. G. Ballard of North Main street, sustained ugly lacera tions about the head as the result of stepping into the path of a auto mobile on Main street here last night. The scorpion will commit suicide when threatened with burning. Last Call! During Month of FEBRUARY ONLY The Progressive Farmer FREE for a whole year to every sub scriber of The Concord Times Who pays his subscription a full year in advance. This Offer Will Be Withdrawn March Ist, 1927 CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1927 | In War and Politics | f * L. I IS BB' ' v ' CHANG, TSO I/IN' ; I —— - General Chang Tso Lin and Wu Pei Fu were reported to b« joining to attack Feng Ynh Siang, the Christian general opening the way for an attack of their forces on the Can* tonese troops. His forces will support Edwin T. Meredith, of lowa, or Governor Angus McLean, of North Carolina, should William G. McAdoo 4ot seek the Democratic Presi dential nomination, some observers thoucht PLANT FOOD CROPS FIRST. ' Recently Hon. Don C. Seitz, afi- i, sociate editor of the Outlook, deliv ered an address before the publish- i ers of North Carolina. His advice j j ' to Editors was as follows: “Go botne and instill this idea * into the minds of the farmers i Plant the crops that will first feed i themselves and their stock, and then feed the rest of us. In that way every dollar they make will be , profit.” STEVENS IS CLEARED OF FORGERY CHARGE Verdict Against Warsaw Man Set Aside—Case Against Son, H. L.. Jr.. Not Pressed. Kenansville, Feb. 5. —The motion setting aside the verdtet in the case of H. L. Stevens, Sr., convicted of ! forgery in connection with issuance of SIOO,OOO of town of Warsaw notes, granted by Judge W. A. 1 Devin, gave the defendant a c’.ear name today. Judge Devin said in his order that he was moved to take such action 1 I by the fact that there was not evi dence that Stevens had received per sonal gain. Lack of criminal intent j and attempts of Stevens to repair j 1 the wrong to the extent of his abili- ; ty, the court said and defendants’ undertaking to relieve the town from i all liability of the notes, were acili tional reasons for allowing the mo-! tion to set aside the verdiet. The order explained that H. L. j Stevens, Sr., and son. Harry Stev- ; ens„ Jr., former American legion state commander, turned over all their property to the receiver of the bank of Warsaw, where the bogus i notes were deposited. This action was to insure depositors against ois of about $60,000. Upon recoinme ! iMiation of the court, Solicitor James .> A. Powers took a nol pros in the case against the younger Stevens. The court order also said that there was no criminal intent, on the part of this defendant. Oases against former Mayor R. L. best, of Warsaw’, and his son, Joseph Best, charged with alleged forgery in connection with the spurious notes remains to be disposed of. PORTUGESE REBELS GIVE . UP FOLLOWING DEFEAT All Have Surrendered Following Rev olution Started Last Thursday. Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 7. — UP) —Un- conditional surrender of the forces | which began a revolutionary move ment against President Carmona at Oporto last Thursday, was announced by the government today. The surrender took place at 7 o’clock Sunday night after an intens ive bombardment of Oporto by gov ernment troops. A column of loyal troops started in pursuit of several rebel leaders, who fled. To Discuss Church's Attitude To ward Social Amusements Hickory.. Feb. s.—The Lutheran Ministerial association of Catawba county will meet at Lenior-Rhyne college on February 7. The principal discussion will be the church’s atti tude toward social amusements, such as card aprties and the modern dance. This will be led by Rev. H. M Snyder, D. D., and Rev. R. M. Carpenter. Other; (ministers having a 1 part on the program will be Dr. P. |E. Monroe and Bey. P. J. Banie. jx&jPivvt.v vx-r- .vv l&BBgBGS§ *••’• <&&& • * 4- - '.\§BPraPs wu pex ru , EDVIKT T. MEREDITH OPPOSITES MINGLE IN OFFICE OF DRY CHIEF All Sorts of People Call to See Gen eral Andrews. Washington, Feb. 7. — UP) —Wash- ington’s most cosmopolitan congrega tion is believed to be the daily gather ing.' in the outer office of Assistant Secretary Andrews, chief of prohibi tion enforcement. Drys, wets, preachers, brewers, dip lomats, politicians, Congressmen, law yers, reformers and law’ enforcers are among the number who meet there as they seek to complain to or consult W’ith the dry chief. And the stream of callers appears, to have no end so long as the word is out that General Andrews is in town. 'Moreover, the General strives to par cel out his time so as to see as many as possible*. As a result, he must do his regular work at unusual hours to Bvoid anter-. ruption and many a night the lights burn late in the dry chief’s office as he dictates his correspondence and works out the multitudinous problems of prohibition enforcement. General Andrews says lie finds mo6t of liis callers intent upon strengthen ing enforcement, but it is not uncom mon for one visitor to complain against the severity of certain regulations and the next one to express alarm that the administration is too lax in the same particular. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 4 to 10 Points Under Realixing and Hedge Selling. New York. Feb. 7.—OP)—The cot ton market opened barely steady today at a decline of 4 to 10 points under realizing by recent buyers together with some southern hedging and local selling for a reaction.- ■ Liverpool cables failed to meet fu - ly the local advance of Saturday, while the decline here was probably influ enced to some extent by a feeling that I last week’s advance, had weakened the j technical position. > Except for real | izing, however, there did not appear to be much pressure against the mar ket, and prices held within a few points of the initial figures during the first hour. f Private cables ; reported London and Manchester liquidation at Liverpool,' with trade calling less active, but a well sustained demand for cotton cloth in Manchester and that producers were engaged for several months. I Cotton futures opened barely steady. March 13.75; May 13.98; July 14.17; Oct. 14.40; Dec. 14.60. Seventeen Hundred Fowls Suffocat ed. Asheville, Feb. 6.—More than 1,700 chickens, housed in the ware house of Max Rosen, 84 Lexington avenue, w’ere killed by asphyxiation i by smoke from a fire in the building Friday night. Little damage was done to the building. According to Mr. Rosen, tbe fire, which started when a damaged flue fell, caused enough smoke and heat to cause the death of all the fowls on the second floor and part of those on the first. Two Children Killed. Pittsburg Kansas, Feb. 7. — (A*)— Two children were killed and their mother, Mrs. E. L. Mayberry, was seriously injured by an explosion which , partly wrecked the Mayberry home l after midnight. .Police believe that , a dynamite bomb waA burled into the frame structure. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher STORMY SESSIONS EXPECTED IN STATE SENATE THIS WEEK I If Special Order Bills Get! to the Floor on Tuesday or Wednesday on Sched ule Time. AUTO LICENSE CHANGE TUESDAY Bill to Give Judges an In crease in Annual Salary of $1,500 Expected to Come Up Wednesday. (By International News Service) Raleigh, Feb. 7.—Stormy sessions are in store for the senate Tuesday and Wednesday, if special order bills get to the floor on schedule time. Tuesday the senate will again tackle the most controversial item now’ on its calendar—the automobile license registration bill. The bill would change the registration date from June 30th to January let. The bill will be considered Tuesday with an amendment by Senator Roy all, of Wayne, which would add 25 cents to the eoet of the license plate for t'iie six months period, which would be necessary in making the change of dates from June 30th to December 31st. 4 The proponents of the bill have ac cepted the Royall amendment. The extra 25 cents will be paid on the half-year license plates which would be issued next June, but would not apply to licence plates issued after January 1, 1928. Still another amendment is expect ed to be presented when the registra tion bill comes up in its new’est form Tuesday. This amendment is ex pected to clarify the point as to wheth er or not the extra revenue will go to' the State highway commission. Proponents of the uncertain piece of legislation maintain that the. passage of the bill would greatly benefit the agricultural sections of the state. They pointed out that the farmers would be in better financial shape to pay the license in the winter monfus than along about July. According to Senator Horton, of Caswell, one of the staunch friends of the bill, the -state’s plahters, as a whole, want the bill to pass. He pointed out. also that North Carolina is one of the few remaining states that has not changed the date of registra tion to the first of the year. Opponents of the bill contend that the chapge would bring about an un necessary expense on ttye state. The opposition is lend by Senator Har gett, of Jones. Senator Hines’ bill for the relief of former State -Treasurer Worth of the amount of $12,000 also w’ill come up for consideration on a special order Tuesday. Another of Senator Hines’ bills, which provides for the installa tion of fire escapes in office buildings, has been deferred until Tuesday or Wednesday. The Blount bill requiring the teach'- ing of the Constitution in North Caro lina schools is scheduled to come up at Wednesday’s session. The judges compensation bill, providing for a sl,- 500 annual increase in salary to su oerior court judges, is slated to en liven Wednesdays session also. Authority to create an extensive State park, forest and game refuge system from lands already owned by the State will be sought of the general assembly =soon by the department of conservation and development. Plans toward this aim were divulged here today by Maj. Wade H. Phillips, director of the department of conserva tion and development. According to Major Phillips, the department would be authorized,* under the'proposed plan, to make a sufrvey of lands owned by the State with a view of ascertaining their suitability for these purposes. The proposed legislation would au thorize t’iie department to reepmmend to Governor McLean such areas as are suitable for State parks, forests and game preserves. The governor would, under the bill, be authorized to set aside the areas for conservation purposes by .proclamation. It was declared that there are thou sands of inactive cut-over lands in North Carolina owned by the State dhich might be made productive by re forestation and conversion into State parks, forests or game refuges. The “biggest” court game of the sea son will be played at Raleigh. The Wake Forest-Carolina clash, re garded as the decisive game in the State collegiate championship, will be played here on February 15th instead of Wake Forest, it was announced. The announcement was made by J. W. Bunn, representing the Raleigh alumni of Wake Forest, after conferr ing with college athletic officials. E-Governor Charles S. Whitman, of New York, president of the Ameri can Bar Association, has accepted an invitation to speak at the annual con vention of the North Carolina Bar Association at Pinehurst on May 6th, it was announced here today. Bridge Worker is Awarded Total Damages of $22,825. Charlotte, Feb. s.—Judgment for $22,825 was awarded E. R. L. Tay lor, steel brideman, against the J. A. Jones Construction company and J. H. Markham in Superior court here today. Taylor was injured when struck by a steel beam while working on the Wilde rbuilding, it was alleged. No divorces are granted in South Carolina. * ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO AMEND STATES , CO^^oif Will Be Fourth Proposal to i Be Submitted to Legisla ture —Affects the School Term in the State. THREE OTHERS NOW WITH THE SOLONS One Would Call Constitu tional Convention, An other Would Create More Judicial Districts. Raleigh. Feb. 7.—04 1 )—So far, there are three proposals to amend the constitution of North Carolina before the General Assembly, and the school people especially the North Carolina Education Association today schedul ed to ask the legislature to add an other proposal for a change. This is the eight months’ school term proposed amendment. The proposals now before the leg islature are: The calling of a constitutional convention. 2. The creation of additional dis tricts with a Superior Court Judge, without a solicitor. 3. limiting local tax rates to $2.50 per hundred, and the segregation of in tangible property for taxation. Officers of the Teachers Associa tion today announced that they will ask the Legislature to call an election on the eight months’ school terra amendment, although this was not rec ommended by a majority of the Edu cational Commission. The teachers’ association has the backing of five members of the Com mission, and in addition t 6 this the association claims that the recommen dations of the majority are not sup ported by statements which they them selves make about educational condi tions in the state, and are not backed by the facts they found in their print ed report. The more important of the amend ments proposed and already dropped into the legislative hoppers is the taxation limitation resolution. Should this proposed amendment to the constitution be adopted it would revolutionize taxation syatem and tax ation methods in virtually every city, eouaty and school -distriefttf tbe'etefe, because in only a few instances are the tax rate as low as this proposed amendment would make ihandatory. The amendment proposed by Sena tor Kenneth Royal, of Goldsboro, would not only limit the total tax on property that state, city,' county and districts could levy, to $2.50 on the hundred, but specifies the maximum amounts beyond which no local unit of government could go. Session Half Over. Raleigh, Feb. 7.— W— The sixth week of meeting of the state legisla ture was on hand today with return inng of the asseblymen for the second half of the sixty-day biennial session to last to the. middle of March. Committee hearings, bill introduc tion, lay behind. Floor debate and consideration of major measures was in the offing. Up to tonight’s reconvening follow- 1 ing Saturday’s recess, 453 bills Jiad been introduced in the house, 337 in the senate since convening of the leg islature January sth. About 200 lo cal bills had been finally passed. Last week the senate passed 6S bills, the house 67, a total of 135. virtually all local measures. The house had 90 bills introduced, the sen ate 46, a total of 136. While the calendar was being clear ed on local measures, the big state wide ones wete accumulating for prin cipal consideration. H. N. Wheeler, chief lecturer of the United States Forest Service, was asked to give an illustrated lecture at tonight’s session of I’ne assembly. He has spoken throughout the country and has been in the state four week* on speaking tours. TWIN CITt SENTINEL PURCHASED BY JOURNAL Oven Moore Becomes Owner erf All the Dailies in Winston-Salem. , Winston-Salem, Feb. 7.—W*)—-The Twin-City Sentinel announced, this afternoon that its stock has beefa sold J to the Winston-Salem Journal, Owen Moon, president, by the Winston-Sa lem Salem Sentinel, Inc., Frank E. Gannett, president. The terms re quire that the Sentinel shall be con tinued as a separate entity, not as a consolidation, although the Journal and the Sentinel will be published under one ownership and the same plant. The Evening Star, published by the Journal, will be discontinued after today’s issue. The Sentinel was purchased last August from Rufus A. Shore, and Henry R. Dwire, by a company head ed by Mr. Gannett, publisher of seven newspapers in New York State. W- M. dm'ens was vice president and editor, and Warren M. Ingalls of Elmira, N. Y., was secretary-treasurer, and bus iness manager. Rndner Trial Start* Today. Canton, 0., Feb. 7.—04*) —The sec ond murder trial growing out of the s aying last July on Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher and vice crusader, started in the county court here today with Ben Rudner, Massillon hardware merchant, one of the three indicted, as the defendant. The first trial, last December, resulted in the conviction i of Patrick Eugene McDermott, and his sentence to the penitentiary for life. JAPAN PAYS GREAT | HOMAGE AT BURIAL • OF LATE EMPEROR ( Great Pomp and Ceremony Marked Funeral Rites as Million Stood With Bowed Heads. PEOPLE THOUGHT EMPEROR DIETY Although He Was Ruter Only Short Time, People of Japan Gave Unusual Homage to Him. Tokio, Japan, Feb. 7.—G4*>—Yoshi hito, 123rd Emperor of Japan, tonight was accorded the most pretentious funeral in the Orient, approximately 1,000,000 bowey sad-eyed subject* viewing the gorgeous cortege which marked the passing of a personage re garded as a lineal descendant of the mythical Sun Goddess. Although the late ruler actually was the real emperor for only a bri>f time owing to an illness which affect ed him from the time of his youth, the Japanese revered him os a deity, hie death causing a real nation-wide mourning which foreigners seldom un derstand. Consequently tonight's pro cession toward the tomb excited unus ual emotion r.mong a usuall stoical people. As the magnificent catafalque slowly wended its way over the four mite route from the Imperial palace to thp Shinjuku Gardens, half-suppressed sobs of men. women and children were heard. All Imperial funerals are held in the night time, because the Impe rial Spirit must go from darkness iato darkness. Approximately 9,000 persons par ticipated in the procession, which be gan to line up shortly before 5 o’clock this afternoon. The forward end of the procession and the catafalque he* gan to move promptly at 6 o’chxA, whereupon artillery throughout Japan fired 101 guns, and the battleships 48 guns. The route of the procession was lighted with 10-foot w r ooden lanterns on pedestals, and containing electric lights, and also by great braziers atop huge bamboo piles resembling burning pine fagots. Every effort was made to preserve the age-old traditions, and even the quaint customs of those who participated in processions a thou sand years ago were reproduced. No women participated in the pro cession, princesses and women of the nobility witnessing the ceremony at Shinjuku Gardens and at Awnkawa, the burial ground. In addition to court musicians and reed music, several naval and military bands interspersed the procession, playing soft funeral dirges. A feature of the procession was the huge catafalque drawm by four almost black oxen, sanctified by due cere mony. ASHEVILLE NURSE IS REPORTED KIDNAPPED Police Seek Automobile Salesman From Whose Car Woman Leaps and is Injured. Asheville. Feb. 6. —Miss Julia Hogan, student nurse, is in a local hspital in a critical condition, and members of the po’ice department are searching for Forrest Ream, au tomobile salesman, as a result of a leap from Beams car in which Miss Hogan’s injuries are alleged to have been received. ;‘V According to a statement issued bv the hospital authorities. Miss Hogan had started diagonally across the street to church accompanied by young Beam w‘hen they approached his car standing at the curbing with the engine running. It was according to the statement., t&4t Beam seized the young woman and forcibly placed here in the car, at, the same time jumping in beside heir I and starting for the western part df the city. Jay ‘ The nurse screams attracted at tention as the car sped out HrfTWootl road, and “by the time it reached the. t end of the car line she became so frantic that £ie leaped from the flying machine, striking her head t‘d the pavement and badly bruising her knees. Friends of Beam' denied this statement, saving that the young woman became hysterical and leap ed from* the machine when she found that he had been drinking; lieam abandoned the car and caught a back to the city after the ac cident, it wa« learned. Hottest February Day in Pas 37 Years. Charlotte. Feb. 6.—Today was the hottest February day on record in the files of the Weather Bureau in Charlotte. The mercury climbed to TO degrees at 3:30 p- m. The previous record for February heat was held by the 1800. On Feb ruary 25 of that year the ther mometer climbed to 78.6. Never, in the ensuing 37 years was there any February temperature as high aa that until today. Other records toppled today with the continued heat. With the first six days of the month registering unusual temperatures, the daily ex cess has averaged 18 degrees. WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy and colder tonight, Tuesday increasing cloudiness, colder in the east portion, probably followed by rain in /he west portion. Moderate north and northeast winds. NO. 63