i The Concord Daily Tribune !
TODAY'S
NETS
TODAY.
VOLUME XXII.
" CONCORD. N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922
NO. 257.
ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
; N0.267.
at
THINK CONFERENCE
WILL GET RESULTS
Officials At Washingt6n Are
More Encouraged in Re
gard to Prohibition Ques
tion in Country.
GOVERNORS TALK
WITH PRESIDENT
Believe Situation Will Im
prove With Strict Enforce-
ment 01 Law KaUier 1 nan ;
With Relaxation.
(By I he Aaaaelatrd Pri.l
Washington. Dec. 11). i orient 1 en-,
onragetueut as to the prosis-cis oft
meeting the present -prohibition . en-
fnrcewent problems llllinuth closer co-
oiierntloa liefween the Federal and '
State authorities, and mi earnest aii-
jieal for reverence of the lnw. wits felt
today liy administration official, as a
result of President Harding's eonfer-eiu-c
on the subject with state govern
ors. Among the 14 state executives who
discussed the subject Informally with
the President and administration offi
cials at a White House luncheon con
ference yesterday, there appeared to be
tin almost unanimous opinion thai the
way to Improvement in the enforce
ment situation lay not In relaxation of
the present enforcement statute but
anther In more rigid execution of its
ierms.
More severe lines nod prison sen
tences for violations, It was said to
have held, would assist prohibition of
ficials in their work, white more n re
fill selection . of prohibition iersonnel
and education of the public to law;
reverence wore among the suggestions
made.
BODY OF MA LONE 18
FOlTIfO IX A SWAMP
Farmer Who Disappeared From Hoaie
Near Statesville Committed Suicide.
Stateavllle. Dec. 18 The body of
Robert Malone, wflo disappeared sud
denly and mysteriously from his home
In Shl!oh township on Saturday. De
cember 9, wus found ,ast night In a
branch in a dense thicket less thtip.
a half mile from his home. He was
lying face downward ith Ih
mtjisr win severed. ''
The recent rains caused the little
stream to overflow the body, covering
It with mud, and that fact added to
the difficulty of locating him In ictt
a dense wooded section. Sheriff Atex
under was called to the fccene, out
he found that' no inquest was neces
sary as It was considered a clear caso
of suicide. For several' months prior
to his disappearance, 'Mr. Maione had
been In poor health and his mental
facilities had become impaired. He had
been in a Charlotte sanitorlum under
going treatment foil nervous trouble,
but slipped away from that institu
t on and returned home just a few
day before his last disappearance. It
is thought that fear of being confined
in a hospita. prompted hiim to wander
Into the woods and end . his nte.
Searching parties had been busy for
more than a week, but had missed
this particular spot where the ibody
- was found. The deceased was a
farmer, 37 years of age, and leaves
a wife and three children. -
LEADER OF THE KLAN
NOW IN WASHINGTON
Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard,
Conferring Willi Klan Leaders In
National Capital.
(Bjr the Associated Preaa.)
Washington, Dee. 10. Dr. II. W. Ev
ans, of 1 n litis. Texas. Imperial Wiz
ard of the Invisible Kmplre of the Ku
Klux Klan, held a pow-wow with Klan
otlicinls today at his hotel here, but
no one concerned would divulge the
nature of the conference or predict
whether Dr. Evans would visit any
government official during his stay in
Washington.
Dr. Evans frankly discussed last
niirht with Gov. Henry J. Allen, of
Kansas, the Klan in all its phases.
Governor Allen, who was here in
connection with the-Whlte House pro
hibition conference, and Who is gen
erally known as a pronounced critic
, of the Klan, stated after the conversa
tion with the organisation's chief, that
his views with regard to the Klan
were not changed, npd that ho had
"not been converted."
No Loan For Germany atViis Time,
Says Morgan.
New York, Dec. 18. J. P. Morgan
and company tonight issued n state
ment declaring they had notified the
i centum nmbassadnr to this country
"that is ,was Impossible for tw to dis
cuss or .consider a loan to Germany un
less and until the reparations ques
tion was settled."
This statement was Issued, it was
learned, to set at rest what were de
scribed as "highly fantastical stories"
which have been published regarding
the possibility of the flotation of an
international loan to uermnny, esu
mated as blgh as $1.500,(KN),000.
Attacks Decision of Judge Hood.
I Hy tka Asssetetaa "Tea a. I
Washington, Dec. HI. The- decision
of Federal .fuugo tiana, at wew xora,
holding that foreign vesaela cannot
,.i 1 ii.. lunnx i,, (ho ior.
rltorial wafers of tlie United States,
wan attacked as contrary to Immeroor-
Inl usage and unwarranted by any of the boys and girls who care to may arternoorr.tnat a complete oran oi tne niuriuug n qswun u"i - j p" VvAa w
nreaent law In a brief for the foreign bring their presents and gifts and peace treaty drawn np as a result of thorizing an increase ln the capital pav ng tax for Improved streets ad- clubs. Masons Red Men. Odd Fellows,
K filed n the Snprwne Oonrt to- placf them on the tree and Santa will the deliberations of the Near V stock from 3,0(KI,000 to $5.000.000 .joining a public school bulMtng. fhe Knikht. of Pythias. Junior Order B.
ir hv former Attorney General give them out that night. You are in- conference here would be presented to The bank has bsanches in Ashevillel iboard held that schools are exempt P. O. B. and the legislative council of
George W. Wrstam vltd. the Turks on Saturday. SaUsbury, High Point and Raleigh, from taxation. women'a club .
H RN v. U rotTED
Ti l (OsllH K WdKI Ii
( wapeCr. After U ImOm, U Thrasi
HI BeHrted Pastry W Uaofaraa
Wash D(toD. D. C. Dm !1-iW
outstanding feature of the past Was
la Washington aas bea the aeeuuiu
lan o of algnji which Indicate that ine
Harding Administration ha at tast
been compellct to beat a retreat tr.m
it paction of non- nterfrreocc in
Europe. Conference between Preaidaat
Harding and J. P. Morgan and t-unu
Root, and the announcement that Am
baamdor George Harvey Is eotninr
home from. London to make a kmvIi
report, have a 1 served to cetnre at
tention on the fact that Adniinl. ra
tion sees, at last the necessity rnr
formu atlng a pnl cy to meet world
conditions. The "Main Street" view
point that America N sufficient .unto
itself, which has stood out so plainly
leaders, his been discarded uniler the
pressure of great eventa abrwu,-.u il
election results at home.
Just what President Harding and
his cabinet will ultimately decide u;on
as the best antidote for the long period
or drifting wh ch has marked the
course of affairs at Washington since
March 4, 11-21, is not so pain, but the
outstanding development Is the reall
zallon in official circles that Isolation
Is no lotiger practicable. The tirst
steps in the new diplomacy revolve
around a plan to mediate between
Germany and France in reparations
tangle, and there is talk . of jft
economic conference of world leaders
'to be held in Washington
The visit of J. P. Morgan !s rem
as significant in connection wit
ta k of an international bankers'
to relieve Germany of some
pressure of importunate credi
make il possible for the sam
tors to pay their American do
has been a year since President
Ing called the international banking
group to Washington and practically
put the taboo sign on all foreign loans.
While no dofin.te announcement fol
lowed the visit of J. P. Morgan the
past week, the undercurrent of talk in
Administration circles is that the old
habiliments of policy are about to oe
cast aside for something more up-to-date.
The slow but sure veering around of
the President on international uues-
itlona has flabbergasted some Ad
ministration leaders in Congress. They
have not yet found their bearings. Be
tween the onslaughts of the radical
blot in Congress on their legislative
program, and the efforts to keep
abreast of the Adm'nistration'8 plans
for an intelligent foreign po icy, tlr
Republicans In Congress who are try
ing to follow Harding are, having it
'je trial.
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PROHIBITION PROBLEMS
f DISCliSSEI) AT MEETING-
President and 14 (lovernors Talk Over
Situation At Ihe White Hons? con
ference. Washington, Dec. 18. Problems of
prohibition enforcement were dis
cussed informally today at a White
House conference lietween President
Harding, the federal' department cniefs
directly interested in the subject and
governors of 14 states.
There was no statement from the
White House us to the results of the
meeting but it was indicated the dis
cussion revolved almost entirely
upon the question ofhow the sfeveral
states could best co-operate with the
federal government in executing the
tennis of the prohibition amendment.
Iff was indicated another meeting of
state executives might be calied early
in the coming year at which time the
Mibject would be canvassed more
thoroughly.
SAYS JAPAN WILL BE
DRY WITHIN FEW YEARS
People Over There Foresee Advent of
Prohibition, Says uavia Starr .ior
don.
(By the AMclated Preas.1
San Francisco, Dec. 10. Japan will
he dry within a few years, declared
David Starr Jordan, of Stanford Uni
versity, who has just, returned after
three months in Jupnn. - "The people
hver there foresee the advent of pro
hibition," Dr. Jordan said. "Many of
them are aiding to bring it-nbout."
A donation of .$T0,000 to endow n
ulmir of alcoholic research in a Jap
anese, university was promised by n
retired merchant of Toklo, Mr. Jordan
said, after he described the achieve
ment of a similar chair at Stanford
University.
With Our Advertisers.
Every inemlM?r of the fnmlly can
find stylish clothing at Farley's. Aiid
what makes a Iietter Christmas pres
ent? The company offers Its clothing
on easy payments
The Bell Harris Furniture Co. has
furniture that suits the well furnished
borne, new ad. today says.
Anything needed to make n real
fruit cake cau be found now at the
Dove-Bost Company.
The Specialty Hnt Shon will nave
special bargains for 'rinay and ai
urday. ,
Cigars make excellent gifts for men.
Cllne's Pharmacy has a complete line.
New Victor records for Decemlier
con lie found at the music department
of the Bell & Harris Furniture Co.
Ojien an account with the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company and It will;
give the utmost care nnd accuracy to
your business.
Y. M. C. A. to Have Christmas Tree.
The Young Men's Christian Asso -
'elation is planning n big CKxistmas
ih.
(A BI
.Wcdaa
tree for tne young ioiks 01 me iown,iwent to their homes,
to be held in the gymnasium of the Y I
-pi . ... u, i ,. ,. t(,i,i Tlu.ro vctlT be nlontv Cnnv of Tretttv for tlie Turks.
of music and fund, and a real Santa!
Claus to live awnv the presents. All
'MAY
T I r'Rm
"5a Mm nt at aM-
Raleigh. Dor. M. The spartal ram
sitter appointed last June U tnveail
gale the adrt-ahflltr of rxtrasdlag the
tnetttral moras) at the t'sdvrslty of
North Carolina fnin raru to four
i Nil- and If mi whether On- le..
should he located to Chapel Hill or
elsewhere In the -tat", will make Its
report at a meeting of the board ol
trustee to be beta! In the mate chatu
lier, of the mpitol Wednesday.
After the committee has submitted
its report, the board wfll make its
reconiraetHlation regarding Hie loca
tion of the x in h i and submit them to
the general assembly fur approval, ac-
( ortnding to H.M. London, seixeliiry.
Charlotte, Greensboro, Iliirliniii and
Raleigh nre among the cities that have
asked for the location of the proposed
school
The city of Charlotte has oftered the
I'nlversity the Presbyterian Hospital
in that city, said to be valued at
.OH i.m mi. for the use of the medical
school should it lie decldeil to extend
l he i-otirse.- The city and rmtatt agree
to aiiproprlafe a maintenance fund of
O i.i ii k i anna'nlly fur ihe hospital of
thf inetlicnl school if lm-nteil In Char
lotte, it was stated.
Members of the spoeial i-ommilli'e
who will make their report nre Dr. II.
W. Ohnse. president of the Cniverslty :
Dr. I. U. Manning, dean of the medical
school: Ilr. W. It. McXIder. of the
medical faculty: J. I.. Delaney and K.
W. Phflrr, of Chniiotte: H. P. drier, of
Staiesville. and W. N. Everett, of
U..1U..I. ln. . r..ii,. ... .i.., t ,.n.M,.,.
'Wrro nanusl liv Governor Moriisoii
president offlcla of the board.
THK COTTON MARKET
Market Showed Renewed Steadiness
During Early Trading , With Some
liquidation.
Illy th AMiM-lnfrA Pn,i
New York. Dec. 10. The cotton mar
ket showed renewed steaillness early
toila.ta The opening cables from Liv
erpool were easier, while the lower
ruling of foreign exchange rates and
the chnnge of tone In reports concern
ing the possibility of a Gorman loan
was nlaapuOumng to recent buyers.
There was some liquidation in conse
quence, but Liverpool reported larger
snot sales than for some weeks, while
the Inter cnliles from there were firmer,
and there was also some nuying on
bullish spot advices from the South.
Cotton futures opened ste.idy. nee.
2fi:0tt; Jan. 2r.:K.ri: March 2ti:lS; May
2l!:2: July 2(1:15.
MISSlMi MAIL PILOT
SAFE ON RANCH
HaT?oTWenWcarnFroin' Since Last
Friday Became Lost Then in Bliz
zard. (By the Aaaoclated !. I
Salt Lake City, Dec. lit. Henry G.
Bonnstra, air mail pilot missing since
last Fridny when ho liecame lost in
a blizzard en route to Rock Springs.
Wyoming, lias been found alive and
well at the Rigb.v Ranch, four miles
southeast of where his wrecked plane
was discovered yesterday, according to
advices received by air riinil offlciets
here today.
Bonnstra reported he. was unable to
get away from the Rigby Ranch be
cause of the deep snow. The ranch
has no telegraph service, and Bonnstra
was awaiting better weather before
going to Coalville to notify his supe
rlors.
NO CLUE TO IDENTITY
OF DENVER ROBBERS
Sixteen Persons Have Been Examin
ed, But Nothing Definite Has Been
Developed.
I Br the Aaaoclited Fra.
Denvel, 'Colo, Dec. 11). Eighteen
hours of searching and questioning of
10 persons at police headquarters had
failed early today to reveal any trace
of the identity of the bandits who
yesterday robbed a Federal Reserve
Bank truck of $2M),000, after a gnu
fight In front of the U S. Mint hero
In which one of the guards on the
truck was fatally wounded.
U. 8. Motor Cars Could Carry Popu
lation at une tunc.
,Br the Associated PresS.1
Washington, Dec. V There are
enough motor vehicles In the United
States to take the entire population of
the country for a ride at the same,
time, says the Bureau of Public Roads
of the department of agriculture. At
the beginning of lirj'j there were 4.2
motor vehicles for each mile, of rond
In the United States.
One hundred and twenty vehicles
per minute was the rate at which
motor vehicles passed a Bureau ob
serving stntlton on a trunk line high
way in Massachusetts, recently. This
rate was continued from noon to
ten p. in.
A tourist recently driving through
four states was required to buy four
different sets of lenses to make his
headlights comply with uniformity in
highway regulations.
Federal-aid highways placed under
construction in September amounted
to 1,18ft miles. .
Tten Hurt in S .A. L. Wreck.
(Br the Assvclated PreaaA
Charleston, 8. C, Dec. 1IK -Ten
persons were injured, none seriously
when a Seaboard Air Line passenger
train and a trolley car collided on the
i.t.i. -u. 1 ..i.. roi,
m senger r 1. was tr.Vri7
i.v ,1 nnd four women
, wer. token to tbe h0gptal and after
, w,n thelr ,11.mHeg and cuts treated
Lausanne, Dec. 19 (By the Asso-
dated Press). -It was reported this
CONDITION OF REK3
Relatives of Motion Picture
Star Are More Hopeful.
Temperature Almost Nor
mal Again, Say Reports.
INFLUENZA CAUSE
OF STAR'S ILLNESS
Physical Decline Followed
His Abondomnent of Use
4
OI Drugs, and Influenza
Fnllnu-wl I atr
(B7 1h Aaaaetr4 Prran.i
I.os Angeles, Hk. S. IteMirts avail
able early today fniBi the sunn tori ma
when' Wallace UeiJ inoiion picture
actor. Is suffering Ami a breakdown
which relatives aamlied to complica
tions which nme after he broke away
from the use of whtaey and narcotics,
indicated an improvement in his con
dition. Reid'a physicians said the actor's
temiieriitiire was nfcirly normal and
his pulse had dropped from YMI to 112.
They nded that Reiil was. able take a
little nourishment.
Physicians sunk, fyid's decline fol
lowed his n Im ndonment of tin- use of
drugs and liquor, bnt the speeiiir nil
ment which threatened his life was
influenza.
If the actor falls to recover, it was
added. Influenza would be the cause!
written" on the death certificate
The Methodist preachers association
of Southern California planned to ask
Ihe city council today to appoint
commission of men and women to
make a thorough Investigation of the'
use of habit formUtlts drugs in lost
Angeles. ,
ii id Itcstinu Kaslly.
Los Angeles, Dec.'p. Wallace Rek
was resting easily today w.th a over
night decrease in tewperature, accord
ing to (Mrs. WallactKReid. wife of the
actor, who is In (Hollywood sana
torium after a nerves breakdown.
NORRIS AGRICULTURE"
BILL IS ENDORSED
Witness Before Setiale Banking Com
mittee Says the liw Will Give, the
Fanners What. .Thw Need.
(By the AAfiel Prraa.l
Washington, Deem Hearings on
the rural credits legislation before the
Senate Banking Committee beared a
conclusion today with members of the
committee predicting that a compre
hensive bill embodying the features of
several of the farm relief measures
now iiendlng would lie ready for sub
mission to the Senate early next week.
At today's committee session Ben C.
Marsh, who said he represented the
peoples reconstruction league, compos
ed of progressive farmer and labor or
ganizations, declared the solution of
the present agricultural situation lay
In the passage of tlie Norris govern
ment corporation bill, rather than In
the extension of further farm credits.
What agriculture needs, he said, is not
credits, but higher prices and legisla
tion which will "divorce the farmer
from the Wall Street-owned and con
trolled Federal Reserve System. He
also charged that t lie committee was
not permitting the farmers to lay their
side of the eiise before it adequately
but but vvns giving a hearing to all
bankers representatives who want to
appear.
HEDGECOCK TAKES STAND
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
Denies That Te Made False Entries
on the Books of Home Banking Com
pany. (Br the Aaaorlated Press.
Greensboro, Dec. 10. Basil Hedge
cock, former cashier of the Home Bunk
ing Company of High Point, 011 trial in
Superior Court here charged with em
bezzlement of funds, took the stand in
his own defense today and denied that
he made tnlse entries on the linokij of
the bank in which Ihe account of M.
J, Wrenn Is alleged to have been re
duced from $y41L'.oO to 14,242.50.
The former cashier also emphatically
denied having fixed bis signature to
a confession as testified to yesterday
by I. W. BJitgham. amlBor of Salisbury'.
The Statement he. signed was one set
ting forth that he was innocent of any
wrongdoing, Mr. Hedgeoock declared.
Cross examination of the former
banker, begun at 1 1 o'clock, was con
tinued when conrl reconvened at 2:30
this afternoon.
DRUGS WORTH 100,000
SEIZKD BY OFFICIALS
Drugs Were Hidden in a Barrel of Fish,
and Were on Hoard a French Ship
tBr the Aaaorlated Press.'
New York, Dec. 19. Drugs valued
at elOO.OCO which had been secreted in
barrels of fish, were seized today by,
customs officials on board the French
steamship Fechurch at her p'.er In
1 iw. .vivo Tho vessel ' arrived here
. December 8 from Malaga, Spain
Discovery of the (lxuge 1
was made.
customs men snid, vliPrrwll
antamahtlA
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the barre1"'
Waeh0via Bank to Increase Capital
wacnovl """ . ",ereso t8n,H"
Stock.
(Br the Aaaociatd Preaa.!
Wtnston-galem, Dec. 19. At
meeting of the stockholders of the
Wachovia Bank A Trust Company this
Ml ( H IIIIIJpll ARM -8X3) !
MEK IN TfMMAH f ASC!
Change af Veame WiB Be Aahl hy,V
Ihe IVIeme Trial Mat Immr In
at laaamry Tena M (an.
Will atturaaga far the defense ask
for a . bang of venue Will Ike
llHtor aak fur a erdl. t of aaurder la
Ihe irl degree Will Ihe cmrt grant
hall darlag the trial? Will the case
come up la Jaaaary?
Thcae are the quratlon beard la ev
ery quarter of this dty now aa a re-
aoit of the action of the Supreme ( ' i
af Noath Cffrnllua In granting a new
trial to O. O. iRedi Thomas. Char
lotte antn aaleeman. who was convict
ed in conrt here lan! Janinity of mur
ler In the woihiiI degree for the kill
ing of Ait bur j. Alien, master pi mut
er of thU city. In KannaiMilis on the
night of h .'.,': IIC'I. The d -
claioii of the Supremo Court has
brought the case to general Interest
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ioii..i n .,. n,,- mt imMirtHHt topie
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lt i-otiversjitlon
It is expected by many that a re
quest for a change of venue will Is
made by the defense as wsm as the
case Is i alio. i Attorneys have made
no statement on this point, howowr
but it was intimated during the trial of
Thaanaa that a fair trial could not be
Sat arm in Calmrrus county. This has
led to the belief that the change Vf
venue will Is' asked.
It is generally Isdleved that Ihe So
licitor will ask for a verdict of mur
der in the first degri. as was asked
when Thomus was first ai'niiguid. And
this brings up the point of In II. Thom
as' present Ismd is returnable at the
January term of court. If he is tried
then or if his ease is polionid the
court sitting at that time will have to
determine whether he is to lie allow
ed bail until his trial is concluded. I
n
view of the fact that be was eonvlet-
cd of second degree murder lends
many to lalieve that bail will Is
granted. Others declare that bail will
be refused lfthe Solicitor again asks
for a verdict of first degree murder.
It is known that many of the wlt-
nesses who appeared in the trial ofJ
1 nomas have left this county and
State, and this brings up the discus-
sion as to whether either the stale or
the defense would lie ready for trial
in January, should the case be called.
Some of the most important witnesses
Introduced by the defense at Ihe trial,
including Mrs. Robert Lowe, who was
with Thomus at the time of the shoot
ing, have left North Carolina, and oth
ers are in various parts of the country.
Several State witnesses also have'TMt
the Stnte.Jf Is pointed out, and it is
argued that neither would be ready
for trial.
General interest in the case ran tit
fever hint duripg the first trial, but it
is believed that interest will be less nt
the second trkft There mnv be neiv
witnesses' fr henfroflfiCeo Ivy' both 'the
State and the defense, and unless this
is true interest is certain to be less
The testimony of the witnesses at tin
first trial is well known, and it is be
lieved t Im t such crowds as packed the
court room during the first trial will
not lie present when the ease is called
again. ,
But for Concord the case is always
of interest, Hhd, il bids fair to vie with
Christmas and other important sub
jects its the most important topic of
con vers. Hon during the coming
weeks.
CONVICTS TESTIFY FOR
MRS. DORIS BRINEN
Who Has Been Charged With a Hand
in the Murder of Her Husband, John
T. Brunen.
(Br the Aaaocluted Preaa.)
Mt Holly, X. J., Dec. 10 Five con
victs shackled to each other, brought
here from the stale prison nt Trenton,
testified today for the defense of Mrs.
Doris Brunen and her brother. Harry
C. Mohr, charged with the killing of
"Honest" John T. Brunen at River
side last March.
The convicts were questioned in an
attempt fo upset the testimony of
Charles M. Powell, confessed slayer,
who said he shot Brunen at the insti
gation of Mrs. Hriiuen and Mohr. They
said that Powell raved and barked like
a dog in his cell in the Burlington
county jail here. The five convicts
were in the same jail awaiting sen
tences when Powell wus arrested and
Imprisoned.
Officer Freed of Blame For Death of
Mrs. Glenn.
Greensboro, Dec. 18. C. F. Alberts'
has been freed of all blnnie in connec
tion with the death of Mrs. Edna
Glenn, aged 2a, wife of Stanley Glenn,
of this city, late Sunday night when
the car in which she was riding with
C. F. Alberty, prohibition officer, went
over an embankment into a creek two
miles from here. Alberty missed thei
bridge in a fog
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later,' at midnight, the police dragge.1
n... ,.,. c..,,,, fi, .i .ifh hn iion.i
the enr from the watei. with the "end
& &' We'lt ,n, k-
WJ .
. J Prcsbyterlan ChUrch
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meet with the. children of the First
Presbyterian Church here this after -
noon at ii o'clock at the church for
rehearsal of "The Messiah," the Christ-
mas cantata to be given in the church
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vriilnv even Inn nt 7:311. Af ncrsons
wtohve been assigned parts are ask-
I ed to be at the church at 5 o'clock
this afternoon.
School Board Refuses to Pay Paving and fraternal organisations through
Taxes, the Btate act as agents ln their respec-
Wllmington, Dec. 18. The New
Hanover b0ard of education today .e-
fused to pay an assessment of $600
MAM CUTTUS GtXtX
A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
mr
lUMgh. Dar. IS i By Ihe Aaanrtaiol
I 'ream - -4'lmica established In thru
lit las east af Greensboro and a con
valescent vocational boiae are mr
sary to cawe arfenjoatelv for mote than
000 crippled children tn North Caro
lina . acrordlng to an a nnounccjneui
tonight by the bureau of child welfare
of the state board of charities and
public wWfare.
The figure on crippled children are
the result of a atatewhie census which
has been conducted by the bureau and
the rehabilitation office of the depig
ment of public Instruction. The re
sults iii.ni public are not complete
as only seventy two comities have re
ported. "For these, hundreds of unfortunate
children the bureau of child welfare
will seek to secure adequate treat
ment." it was stated, "since in many
mses mmli man Is' done to improve,
the condition of the crippled. The
bureau is particularly anxious to ar
range for provision for the 141 chil
dren between the ages of 14 and Hi
years who are ulsive the age limit of
admission to the Slate (Irthopedii
Hospital at (lastonia ami too young to
lie eligible for help from Ihe depart
ment of rehabilitation."
The ( Irthojieilic Hospital, it was
stated, has uot lieen aide to care for
children lietween these ages because of
insufficient appropriations.
"Four hundred and eighty-two crip
pled children lielow the age. of 14 have
been reported." officials said. "This
number includes both white and color
ed. For the while child, aid is pro
vided In tlie I Ii 1 1 1 1 lOei I j 1 - llosoitiil but
often a child must wait a long time
ne.iore oeing eauei 11110 tne clinic, even
thought its ease may he urgent. Many
of the children have to stay months.
"It is hoped by officials of the child
welfare zurenu that fhe coming gen
eral assembly will increase the capac
ity of the Orthopdle Hospital so that
ed to waft several years for treat
tlicse 410 white cases will not be fore
men!. "No provision is made in the state
for crippled negro children. How
ever, investigations made by the bureau
in .several negro hospitals show these
institutions willing to make low rates
for treatment. But even then, with
railroad fans and surgeons' fees, the
cost is practically prohibitive for the.
general run of negroes.
"In this connection, the bureau sug
gests to the generous of both races that
there is an opportunity for service
which ist sorely needed. It is stated
that charity beds in several hospitals
could be kept lilled for a number of
years with the cases of crippled negro
children which have been reported to
the burean to date.
"Returns from the cripple census
indicate that 14K of the C23 children
reported are subnormal mentally. Of
ficials think that another fifty should
be added. Probable cuase of the
children's disabilities have been group
ed under several heads.
"Infantile paralysis claims 100. One
hundred and forty-eight congenial
cripples. Under the head of disease,
which includes measles, scarlet fever
and others. ' seventy-six were found.
Twenty with club feet nre recorded.
Thirty-two children have tubercular
joints. Accidents are responsible for
7S cripples. Other cases were listed
ns miscellaneous, including those with
twisted hands and bow legs.
"Combined with older cases report
ed to the department of rehabilitation,
the results of cripple census week to
tal approximately 1,200 cases, children
and adults. Georgia found by a par
tinl census 4,000 cases. Ohio in 1021
took 11 census and found less than
North Carolina has up to date, al
though Ihe population is twice as large
as that of this slate," It wus slated.
Two Ihings stand out conspicuously
as needed before the bureau can begin
to care adequately for the cripple
children, according to Miss Elneth
Tuttle, who had charge of the child
welfare department's part in the cen
sus. "These, twq filings." she continued,
"are clinics nt strategic isdnts and a
convalescent vocational home. Clinics
established nt probably three places
east of Greensboro nt the points of a
large triangle would save 11 great deal
of expense to parents and would re
duce the number of children needlessly
taking the long trip to Gastonia.
''A well advertised clinic would bring
in for examination not only children
so far reported but others within per
haps n radius of one. hundred miles.
In addition, the parents would have an
opportunity to meet the surgeon and
to see his attitude toward the children.
They would lose .fear of the hospital,
which 0 many of them now have and
would glndly-take advantage, of the op-
uurtunity to have their children trent-
f -
. "I.
"A convalescent vocational home is
ila necessity if the Orthopedic hospital 1
Us fo make its beat return to the state,
j crippled child even when it has re -
eeived treatment is often far from
,.ntact with other chil-
-Iteatedras
Lr .. ,., not it ii. n hoanitni for air
1 months, where It receives . expert care
and attention, and then retsrn him!
- 7 " .
to the same hopeless environment is I
1 scarcely fair," she said. I
At u recent meeting of civic and
fraternal representatives in Raleigh
ln response to a cull by Roger Moore,
;, - - - V,,., ,, ,'
muwuanuut ine ennu wciinie num 111
the state was discussed and a pledge
de to secure adequate treatment for
the crippled children. It was pro
posed at this conference that fhe civic
tlve localities to establish the neces-
ary clinics,
The organisations undertaking th a
IN OF REPUBLICAN
A
UTED
W lALU
sV a- m
Irish Free State Authorities
Order Execution of Four
Railway Enpolyees and
Three laborers.
FOUND GUILTY OF
WRECKING TRAINS
It is charged that a Large
Quantity of Stolen Goods,
Rifles and Ammunition
Were Captured With Men.
Dublin. Dec. 10 (By the Associated
Press). Four railway men and Ibiw
lalMirers were exeeiitml here ibis
ruing for interfering with trains In
County Hilda re.
The seven men executed were cap
lured November 131 h by Free Slate
troops in a house, the location of
which is unknown. With them a quan
tify of stolen goods, rifles, and ammu
nition was found.
The men were tried by a military
committee and' sentenced to death oil
a charge of train wrecking.
The sentence was carried out at 8:30
this morning. ,
The men executed are reported to
have been mcuiliers of the republican
army. ,
KELLER HEARINGS ARE
STILL MOVING SLOWLY
Representative Keller Did Not Ap
pear to Push Charges Against Mr.
Daugherty.
(By the Aaaorlated Preaa.)
Washington, Dec. 10. In the ab
sence of the principal prosecutor. Rep
resentative Keller, republican, of Min
nesota, hearings before the House Ju
diciary Committee on the 1niiMach
meut charges against Attorney Gener
al Daugherty moved forward nt a
slow puce.
Representatives Woodruff, of Michi
gan, and Johnson of South Dokatn,
republicans, were before the commit
tee by invitation of Chairman Vol
stead, but Mr. Johnson said his charg
es in the House lust April regarding
the war frauds were directed solely
at the Way Department and Mr. Wood
ruff was not ready tat proceed.
The Michigan member said some,
of the charges ne might present woji.hL
lie of an impeachable character, but he
could not form definite opinions until
he had examined certain documents of
the Department of Justice. ',
Both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Woodruff
said there had been a decided change
in the situation since last April when
the latter charged the Attorney Gen
eral with a failure to prosecute wnr
fraud cases,.
Mr. Woodruff said action bad been
begun in six of the eight or nine in
stances he had mentioned, while Mr.
Johnson voiced the belief that consid
ering the amount of reorganization'
necessary and the mass of information
to be digested beforehand, the Attor
ney General had moved with reasona
ble promptness, y'
Questioned about reports that ne
bud been "shadowed'' by operatives of
the Depnrtment of Justice. Represen
tative Woodruff told the committee ho
had not intended to go into that, but
he had "reason to believe' that not on
ly had he been "shadowed" but flint his
mail had been "interfered with" and
his office entered and "documents re
moved."
"1 had nothing to conceal and hud
they desired to rend my mail I would,
have left it open for them." he udded.
Responding to further inquiries, Mr.
Woodruff said the only evidence he
had to support his belief was of a clr
cumstantial nature, and tha,t he would
not cure to state.
No Import Figures Available Now.
(By the AsaoelateA Preaa.i
Woshington Dec. 19. Figures on
the total imports into the united,
States during November will not be
ready for publican until some time in
January , Secretary Hoover announced
today in response to inquiries from
many business sources. With the en
actment of the new tariff law, he said,
the mass of work thrown on the gov
c rnment departments in revising classi
fication .schedules has resulted in great
,y delaying the routine monthly re
ports. Ten Persons Killed in Conflict.
Turin, Dec. 10 (By the Associated
Preaa)'. Renewed conflicts between the
fascist i and the vonimunlsts here have
resulted in the killing of ten persons.
, including twoof the fascist!,
1 , , ,
The author' of "Black Beauty," a,
th
in America alone. The writer died
one year after the book was .puonsned.
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