9*«**«*«
© ASSOCIATED ©
© PRESS ©
© DISPATCHES ©
©©©©&©s©
VOLUME XXIII
IWO NEW OFFICERS
' APPOINTED Bf THE
ALDERMEN THURSDAY
Charlie N. Fields is Named
Tax Collector and J. Lee
Crowell, Jr., is Made At
torney for the City.
OTHER OFFICERS
WERE REELECTED
With Exception of City Engi
neer, This Office to Be
Filled Later.—Mrs. Rpss
Named on Library Board.
Several changes in the personnel of
city office holders followed the meeting
of the aldermer. at the city hall Thurs
day night. Other business matters were
presented to the board but they were of
“little general interest and most of them
were continued until a future meeting of
the board.
C. X. Fields and J. Lee Crowell. Jr.,
were the new city officers chosen by the
board. Mr. Fields was chosen city tax
collector and Mr. Crowell city attorney.
G. 11. Richmond 'fas re-elected city clerk
and treasurer and Reece Ira Tong was
continued for the present as city engi
neer.
Mrs. b. I). Coltrane and Mrs. Laura
Leslie Ross were chosen as trustees of
the Concord Public Library. Mrs. Uol
trane was elected to succeed herself and
to serve for four years. Mrs. Ross was
elected to fill the place made vacant by
tile resignation of Mrs. J. (iibhou. It
is understood the other trustees of the
library and the librarian asked for the
election of Mrs. Coltrane and Mrs. Ross.
Frank Mund was re-elected city build
ing inspector and Dr. T. X. Spencer was
re-elected milk and food inspector for the
city. Roth will serve two years.
The board members did. not decide ful
ly at the meeting just what they will
do about appointing a city engineer. It
is understood that Mr. Ixmg is not a
candidate for re-election and it has been
rumored that the board will not appoint
a whole time engineer after July, when
Mr. I sing's term will end. He will con
tinue in office until practically all of the
•street work is completed.
It has also keen rumored that the
board instead of .Appointiug ail engineer
for whole time work, will follow a pol
i'i'.._t!f .appoint ing aiAi-nxlu*.-,' n*4> eh.-.
he is needed and lay more emphasis in
the future on the job of sanitary inspect
or. jjoth jobs having beeu held in the
past by the city engineer. This question
probably will be definitely decider^,at the
July meeting. *
Several parking ordinances were pre
sented to the board, but no action was
taken on them.
It is understood that Mr. Crowell will
succeed .Mr. Caldwell as city attorney on
ttie 15th"of this month. Mr. Fields prob
ably will take over the tax collector’s
office as soon as he arranges bis bonds
and has them approved- .
Mr. Caldwell has been city attorney
for u number of years and made a very
efficient officer. Mr. Mills also bad been
in office for several years and made one
of the best tax collectors in the city's his
tory.
CHINESE DEMAND AN
APOLOGY OF JAPANESE
Also Demand Indemnities and Punish
ment us Japanese Commander.
Peking, .Juue hi (by the Associated
Press).—-The Chinese foreign office today
sent a note to Tokio demanding an apol
ogy. indemnities and the punishment of
the Japanese commander and his train
who shot down Chinese supporters of a
Japauese boycott at Changsh, province
of Huuua. June Ist.
Belgians Find Note Far Less Arrogant.
Brussels, June 7.—The German note
embodying the latest nmended proposals
'of that country for the settlement of
repartions is couched iu terms ‘’much
less arrogant" than heretofore, in the
view of the ministry of foreign affairs.
By recognising the obligations to pay
reparations the note has created a much
more favorable impression than the pre
vious proposals from Chancellor Cuno,
because for the first time in the history
of the post-armistice negotiations Ger
many accepts allied financial control
and offers positive guarantees.
Now Is The Time
To Subscribe For Stock in The
70th Series
Concord Perpetual Building And
Loan Association
SERIES STARTS .SATURDAY,
JUNE 2nd
BOOKS NOW OPEN BOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT
CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
CONCORD AND KANNAPOLIS, N. C/
Do yotl want a good, safe, tax-free investment for your
savings?
Do you want to borr9w money to buy or build a
home ? »
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE.
/ C. W. SWINK, Pres. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec-Treas.
P. B. FETZER, Assistant Treasurer
The Concord Daily Tribune
ERIE CANAL-CENTENNIAL
Plans for a Suitable Centennial in
Hr.nor of the Completion.
Albany, X. \\, June S.—The Xew York
State Commission Ims under
consideration plans for a suitable cele
bration in honor of the centennial of the
completion and opening of the Erie and
Champlain canals. The-coming October
will mark the one hundredth anniver
sary of the opening of the Champlain ca
nal. The Erie Canaf was finished ami
opened just two years Inter.
The Erie canal, originally known as
the Great Western canal, or '•('linfon's
Ditch." was openeded simultaneously
with the connecting of the Champlain
canal with q Hudson lUvfl', alnd
barges from Buffalo and Whithhll. at
the head of the Lake Champlain, moved
down the canals to meet at Albany. It
was a gala day in the capital city a
century ago when the “meeting of the
waters" was celebrated.
When the Erie canal was begun in
1817 it was the most expensive public
work that bad been undertaken in the
United States. It cost more than $7.-
500,000, and was constructed through n
region which was then for the greater
pai t a wilderness.
The father of this stupendous enter
prise was De Witt Clinton, who agitat
ed the subject before the War of Ixl2,
The canal was one feature of a gigantic
system of internal development, which
he conceived and formulated.
It had .been ('lint,t;n's nmUifion <>
become I'residentWof the t’pited States,
and this ambition seemed not unlikely at
one time to be realized. Biit his defeat
by James Madison appeared to be the
conclusion of his political prominence. He
was mayor of Xew /York City at the
time and lieutenant-governoa- of tlie
State' but his State office was taken"
from him by the party, which, suspect
ing him of treachery, had determined to
repudiate him.
His public energy bad been so pro
nounced and beneficial, however, that be
had acquired a great personal popularity.
He redoubled his already abundant ex
ertions for public improvements, and was
identified with stores of enterprises for
education, industrial, commercial and so
cial improvements.
Chief among all his efforts in this line
was his policy for the construction of
canals from I atkes Erie and Champlain
to the tidewater of 'the Hudson, a pol
icy that the State legislature deputed him
to present to the Federal government. It
was not adopted at Washington as a
national measure, and just then the war
brushed the whole matter aside.
At the beginning of 1815 Clinton was
removed from the mnyorality of Xew
York, and found himself without private
fortune or any apparent political pros
pects. But in his retirement he prepar
ed an elaborate paper advocating (lie
immediate construction of the Erie atid
Champlain canals.
For the next twelve years, with a
brief miervehmg penft<l,*'he lieftl ' the
governorship of the State, to which he
had been elected largely through the
popularity of, his plan for public im
provements. While at the head of the
State govemtnent, he carried his mag
nificent project to success, turning with
his own hand the first sod of earth for
the construction of the canal in 1817, and
being borne, in 1825, in a barge on the
artificial river connecting laike Erie witli
Xew York City, byway of the Hudson.
The "Do Witt Clinton.” as the first barge
to pass the completed canal was called,
was accomplished "by a procession of
Hag-bedecked boats and was noisily
greeter with the ringing of bells, the
shrieking of whistles and vollggs of ar
tillery at every town along the route,
from Buffalo to the metropolis.
CONVENTION CLOSED.
HHRINEKS START HOME
Convention Program Formally Closed
With Pageant and''Dancing Thursday
Night.
Washington, June B.—The three Pull
man cities which housed thousands of
Shriners attending the annual conven
tion here had dissolved into special
trains today which began a homeward
exodus in the early hours.
The convention program lias brought
formally to a close with the pagenat
and dancing on Pennsylvania Avenue
last night, but the pageant was being
repeuted today for tile benefit of the
Washington school children. There
were also several entertainment features
on program today for the Shriners re
maining over.
Witli Our Advertisers.
Saturday is the day Fisher's will give
babies away. See ad. aud be on hand.
The Cabarrus Savings Bank will wel
come your account. Feel free to consult
the offioers of this bank on any invest
ment you want to make.
See the ad. today of the Electrik Maid
Bake Shop.
SEEKING EVIDENCE
MIST SEVERKL
FIRMS OF BHOKEHS
Who Have Been Charged
With Bucketing—Largest
Firm in Curb Market Files
Bankruptcy Papers.
RECORDS OF FIRM
CANNOT BE FOUND
And District Attorney Ban
ton Has Asked the Police
of New York City to Help
Him Locate Lost Papers.
IBt the AModatefl Prene.ii
Xew York. June IS. —District Attorney
Banton, who is investigating charges of
bucketing against several bankrupt
brokerage houses, today called on the po
lice to aid him in tracing records of the
curb house on L. L. Winklemap
& Co., which disappeared a few minutes
'after the involuntary bankruptcy peti
tion had been filed.
Mr. Banton rushed Assistant District
Attorney Gibbx to the Winklernan house
as soon as he learned of the house. Mr.
Mr. Gibbs reported he had been inform,
ed that several large packages, presum
ably records ot' the firm, had been taken
away in a taxicab.
Failure of the Winklernan house,
which was the largest firm holding mem
bership in the Curb Xlarket. intensified
Mr. Bauton'x campaign against brokers
alleged to have 'operated in a questiona
ble manner, U. S. Attorney Hayward
also has entered the investigation, seek
ing,alleged conspiracy to defraud invest
ors.
George Gordon Battle, attorney for the
firm, whose liabilities were listed at sl,-
750.000, and assets at $1,500,000, issued
a statement declaring his client asserted
they were solvent and intended to co
operate with the receivers to the fullest
extent for the protection of their cus
tomers.
Says Could Not Examine Records.
Xew York, June S. —John W. Curtis,
president of the-Xew York Curb Market,
iu a statement this afternoon declared
that, the law committee of the Curb had
sought to examine tile books of L. 1,.
Winkleinan & Co. on Wednesday hut
had been unable to get them because
They were informed the books had been
■Bj *Bfate's Attorney General
Sherman.
V
BROKERAGE FIRM CLOSES
CREATING A FU RRY
Firm of L I>. Winklernan & Co., Tem
porarily Closed Its Doors During the
Morning.
/By tUr Associated Press.
New York, June 8. —A flurry was cre
ated in Wall Street this morning when
the brokerage firm of L. L. Winklernan
& Co., one of the largest members of the
New York Curb Mil rke\ t t-irj inrarily
closed its doors. The offices were again
opened at 10:55 o’clock, however, -mem
bers of the firm refusing to say why
they had been closed.
Suspension of the Winklernan firm on
the New York Curb Market was an
nounced shortly before noon.
WILL NO’F DISCTSSTHE
LATEST GERMAN NOTE
Britisli Diplomats Await Advice of Ex
perts Before Committing Themselves.
London, June 8 (By the Associated
Press).—British diplomats were reluct
ant today to express at) opinion regard
ing Germany's latest reparations offer,
saying they considered that ill certain
points it represented an advance over
previous proposals. Until the foreign
office experts ha.ve analyzed the funda
mentals of the new note, those in au
thority prefer not to comment themselves
regarding what steps, if any, Great Brit
ain will take. The cabinet will consid
er,, the note early next week.
POLICE ON LOOKOUT
FOR TWO MASKED MEN
Men Reported to Be Carrying Women in
What Is Believed.to Be a Stolen Car.
(By lUr Associated Press->
Elizabeth City, N. 0., June T-j-—Police
in nearby towns today were being ad
vised to watch out for two masked men
carrying a woman in the back scat of a
small touring car which Policeman Win
slow reported he saw last night.
The policeman said that the machine
stopped iu front of a filling statioiChere,
hut that it sped away before he could
reach it. The woman was said to be
lying in the back of the car. The auto
mobile corresponded to the description of
qne at Norfolk on Thursday, the
police said.
Three Young Wliite Men Arrested at
Salisbury.
Salisbury, June’ 7.—Three young
white men giving Tennessee as their
home state were caught here by officers
as they attempted to drive off iu a car
they lmd just appropriated. Officers
had been shadowing them for some time
during the night on account of their
suspicious movements. The three were
today sent up to Superior Court and
one f of them was given four months on
the road for using a brick on the head
of one of the officers making the arrest.
Five german Children Are Shot, to
Death.
Berlin, June .7. —Five German chil
dren have been shot to death by mem
bers of the FranctAßelgium occupation
forces since their enry into the Ruhr,
acc/Srdjng to the newspaper Die Ziet to
day. The ages of the children ranged
from 7to 16. Two of them were girls
and two appeutiees, the Die Zeit plints
a list of the ‘‘victims” by • name, giving
the dates and localities o( their death.
concord, n. c. June 8,1923.
Tentative Program for Cabarrus
County Fair Has Been Arranged
Dr. T. X. Spencer, secretary of the
I abanus County Fiir. today announced i
a tentative program'for fair week. While |
the program as announce,l by Dr. Spen- I
eer is very comprehensive one. the sec
retary stated that in* expected to add
other attractions and features before the |
final program is completed..
In making public the tentative pro
gram Dr. Spencer 4ni,l:
"This is jiot a complete program, as 1
probably a pageant aml parade with dec- j
orated floats will be put on and encji
adjoining county will have a day set
•apart for them." Fir. Spencer did not I
■itnte when he lioijJ>s to have the final
urogram ready. ,
The fair will officially open Tuesday
morning. October l*li. at 7 a. m.. hut
in Monday. October 15th. the opening
us exhibitions will take place. At that
time the exhibitions .will he inspected by
I lie directors of the fair, a committee
from the county com in iss ioners and a
■ilmmiftee from the |ity aldermen.
On opening day fill children will be
admitted free. The*-gates will open at
T a. in. each day. Tie* full prpgram fol
lows :
Tuesday, October 16th.
7 a. in. to J p.fjm.—lnspection and
judging of exhroits.
1 p. m. program commences:
2:25 Trot Purse (400.00.
Mule race purse $25.0(1.
Pony race purse SIO.OO.
Twentieth Century Wonders (four
acts. 1
The Five Stirewalts (two acts).
Gaylor Bros. (four. acts).
Delmore Trio (twtf actsi.
7 p. m.—The Five Stirewalts. Gaylor
Bros, and Delmore Trio will give their
free exhibitions folltyk'd by one of the
BANK CLOSED
Peoples National Bank Is Now in Charge
of a National Ittuik Examiner.
1 By the Anm>ol,o«ml PreMH.l
Salisbury. June B.|—The Peoples Nat
ional Bank today closed its doors and is
in charge of the national bank examiner,
according to a notice posted by W. G.
Folger, an examiner. Closing of the
bank was caused by tin* withdrawal of
funds by large depositors due to ap
pointment of receivership of the Meck
lenburg Mills, which were financed large
ly by the institution, .1. K. Doughton,
president, and A. Lj Smoot, cashier, stat
ed.
.1. I). Norwood, head of the Mecklen
burg Mills, formerly Was President of the
bank and now is cjiatriuan of the board
of directors.
THE COTTOY MARKET
Was Unsettled Dui-iMR- Early Trading.—
Opening Barely Steady- at Decline.
(Ily the Associated Press.!
New York, June S.—The cotton mar
ket was unsettled during today's early
trading. Liverpool made relatively easy
showing while there were reports of in
creasing milt curtailment at Full River
and the early weather report made a
fairly Tavorable showing. These features
led to realizing or selling for a reaction
atq} the opening was barely steady at a
decline of 8 to 34 points.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady:
July 27.65 i October 24.36 : December
23.88; January 23.40: March 23.34.
Declares Automobiles Menace to Young
Girls.
New Bern, .June 7.—‘When the State
loses respc<| for its womanhood, right
then it. might as well go into bank
ruptcy and quiet," was a significant
statement by* Judge Henry A. Grady in
his charge to the Craven grand jury
in convening Superior Court here this
week. Judge Grady came down like
the proverbial "ton o’ bricks” on the
whiskey traffic, immorality and the op
eration of automobiles by those under
the influence of intoxicating liquor.
The automobile, while a natural step
in commercial development and not con
sidered by him as a curse, is being used
in the prostitution of young girls today
as never before. Judge Grady asserted,
and unless the practice is checked it
omens ill for the race. In this connec
tion he cplled particular attention to
automobile rides at late hours of the
night and characterized them as instru
ment for furtherance of the most vicious
crimes.
In directing the attention of the jury
to reckless driving oF automobiles lie
declared that 00 per cent, of the dealhs
from automobile aclidents were victims
of “drunken idiots." “Yori can hardly
ever pick up a paper in Raleigh, Greens-*
boro, Charlotte or New Bern that you
do not see, where some • one ha,s been
killed through, the unlawful . use of
liquor,” ,he said.
Helpless Cripple is Drownetl in Pom-
Cart.
Fayetteville, June 7.—Penned in a
little cart a few feet from solid ground.
Alto Jackson, 25 a helpless cripple,
drowned in a marsh on the road between
this city and Renert, about 9 o’clock
this morning.
It lmd been Jackson’s custom to
make the trip between his home and
Red Springs in a little pony eart.
friends always helping him in and out
of the vehicle because he was unable to
use his lower limbs.
Ssortly after 9 o'clock this morning
a man driving his automobile along the
Renert road saw tlo- [tony almost sub
merged along side a bridge across a
marshy stream, the cart and Jackson
being entirely under water. Jackson had
been dead only a few minutes, a physi
cian stated.
Tucker’s Chapel.
Don’t forget the service at Tucker's
Cliaiiel Sunday afternoon at three o’clock.
Sunday school at 2. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
REV. HENRY T. RLACKWELDER,
, , Pastor.
One well-known nctress has installed
a wireless receiving set in hey dressing
room, and she “Hstcns-in” when not on
the stagi l .
most elaborate fireworks displays ever
seen in the Smith.
Wednesday. October 17th.
7 a. m. to 1 p. in—lnspection and
judging of exhibits.
1 p. m. program commences:
2:12 page purse $406.00.
2:14 Trot Purse $400.00.
All free acts listed above will be giv
en in front of grand stand and repeat
ed at 7 P- m. followed by fireworks dis
play. Fireworks program win he
changed each night.
Thursday. October 18th.
7 a. m. to 1 p. m.—lnspection of ex
hibits.
1 p. m. program, commences consis-t
--ing of all free acts and in addition:
2:18 Trot Purse $40o.<)(».
2:15 Pace Purse, $4^0.00.
Complete change of program of fire
works at night.
t Friday. October 19th.
Race program and/free nets commenc
ing at 1 p. m.
Free for all Trot purse $400.00.
2:20 page purse $400.00.
Free acts and fireworks commencing at
7 p. m.
Saturday. Octolier 20th.
Final report of Judges on all exhib
its. «#»»*
Free For All Pui-#*Purse $400.00,
Consolation' race purse stated later.
Free acts and fireworks at 7 p. in.
/
Dr. Spencer also stated that in addi
tion to the acts and features carried on
this program, he has secured Ziedmon &
Pollio for the week. This company car
ries 25 shows.and one complete circus.
The bands also have been engaged for
the week, and aj least one of them will
be on tlie job at all times.
MARRIAGE TO BEC OME
i SECONDARY TO WOMEN
According to Questionnaire Answered by
| High School Girls in Des Moines.
4 By the AnfioclMted Pres*.)
1 Des Moines, June B.—Marriage and
home making will have become wholly
secondary in the feminine scheme of ex
istence when the generation now grow
. ing ui> is running the nation, if re
-4 suits of a questionnaire conducted
among this year’s senior class iu Des
j Moines high schools is a true example
,of the country’s youthful opinions,
j Three hundred and nine graduates
j answered the questionnaire. Sow e de
sired to become actresses, other inter
| prefers, farmers, lawyers, doctors, writ
| ers, teachers, missionaries, private sec
retary and nurses, but only one said
j she hoped s to get married aud have a
j home.
| POOLER WEATHER IS
PREDICTED FOR TONIGHT
Heal Wave Has Been Un ion and Low
| er Temperatures Are Forecast.
tßy the* Associated Press.)
| Washington, June B.—The heat wave
over the eastern part of the country had
been broken today in the Ohio and upper
, Mississippi Valley and in the Great Lakes
j region, and weather predictions for to
night indicated relief for the Middle At
lantic States, the Carolinas and Georgia.
| General rains and thunderstorms in
the wake of a disturbance over Lake On
tario preceded the drop iu temperature.
4
j How to Bud a Fruit Tree.
I Raleigh. June. 8. —If you fant new
j fruit trees of a desirable variety, these
| may he secured by taking buds from the
i desired • varieties and inserting them on
: seedling stocks or on new wood of old
| tres. June is the month that this is
! generally done because the bark slips
I easily. it. F. Payne, extension horti
-1 culturist for the State College and De
partment of Agriculture, tells about the
'process as follows:
j "Stone fruits such as peaches, cher
! ries, and plums are always budded.
I Other fruits as applest, quince and
' pears, may be grafted but are usually
,budded because it is a cheaper, quicker.
I easier, and simpler process.
| “Shield budding is the type most used.
( The bud should be placed on a stock
about the size of a lead pencil. This
usually means one year old wood with
the peach and two year wood with' the
ay pie.
j “A cut should be made on the stock
about 3-N inch around the tree and an
other one about 1 1-2 inches long above,
vertical to and dividing this horizontal
cut so it will look like an inverted T.
| “The buds should then be taken from
present seasons growth where the leaves
have been removed but. part of the pe
tiole left to be used as a handle. *A
cut should be made about .’l-4 inch
above the bud so that it will be about
| half way through the stick when it
! reaches the lower end of the bud, there
. the bark should be cut. square across.
| Then taking hold by the petiole remove
it from the stick and insert on the tree
|to be under the flaps uint.il the lower
aud comes in contact with the lower
part of the inverted T. Press down the
edges and bind with raffia or any other:
good string.
“After the union is made this string
should be cut to prevent binding. The
'top can he cut off next. Spring after
; the bud starts.”
Millions of Buttterflies.
West Palm Beach. June 7. —Residents
of South Florida are inquiring from
what point in the north, came what ap
pears to be millions of white butterflies
that are flying through this
bound south. The migration lias been
underway for the last three days ami
j local naturalists are not able to explain
the phenomena.
One of the richest producing oil
fields iu the United States belongs to
the Osage Indians in Oklahoma. Ev
ery enrolled Osage Indian shares equal
ly in the royalties and bonuses, irrespec
tive of his individual landholdings. Ev
ery individual Indian received appproxi
mately ten thousand dollars last year,
and some families received as much as
eighty thousand dollars.
PRAISES SHRINER& FOR
CONVENTION BEHAVIOR
“Orderliness of Assembly Everlasting
Credit tc Great Organization,’- Com
missioner Haynes Says.
4By the Associated Press. I
Washington. Juue B.—Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes issued a statement
today declaring rhat during the Shriu
ers’ convention here the normal number
of arrests for drunkenness were cut Su
half. He said the fact offered evidence
that “unmistakable progress has been
made in constructive enforcement of the
18th amendment.”
“The orderliness of the assembly was
of everlasting credit to this m great fra
ternal organization." the statement con
tinued. "reflecting the high type of cit
izenship of the membership, and be
speaking its reverence for constitutional
law which will be of incalculable aid to
the further progress of the work.
“The effectiveness of co-ordinated
plans to keep poisonous liquors out of
Washington speaks for itself, for all rec
ords were broken. The supply was not
here, even had there been a disposition
to use it. According to official figures
announced by Chief of Police Sullivan,
there were only 2D arrests for drunken
ness for the week/compared with .74 last
week.”
HI LL SEES VICTORY
IN IOWA ELECTION
Says , Dq&wcrtUic Gains and Low, .Rf-
Vjniblieaii Majorities Presage 1»24
“Revolution.”
# Washington, June 4>.—Chairman Hull
of the Democratic National Committee
issued a statement this afternoon re
lating to tlie recent election in lowa
in which he said:
"The rock-ribbed Republican Eighth
Congressional district of lowa at a spe
cial election Monday replied to the Re
publican claims of President HaVding's
rapidly growing popularity in the West
and the wonderful benefits of the Re
publican tariff to the farmers by giving
to the Republican candidate for Con
gress a bare 1,000 majority in a district
normally Republican by K.OOO and 0.000.
J. P. Daughton. the Democratic candi
date. cut down the Republican majority
to 7,000 in PJ22 against Congressman
Towner and now cuts it down almost
to the vanishing imint in a contest
waged strictly on national issues.
"The Democratic candidate carried
five out of tlie eleven counties in the
district, all of which have been strongly
Republican/ The big turn-over is
shown by Appanoose county, with a Re
publican majority of 1.730 in 1022. now
giving 242 Democratic majority, and
Luca*, county, with about 1.000 Repub
lican majority in 1022. giving 480 Demo
cratic majority.
"After two years of Harding high
tariff ‘prosperity' ‘these figures reveal
the extent of the revolt among The in
dignant and ruined farmers not only in.
Jmva~lmt ‘in flt>‘kraal YWst. This
'grant reverse, amounting to a Deinoerat
ti<- victory, presages a political revolu
tion in 1924. It also proves that the
Democrats are alert, united and eager
for the fray."
FIND \V. A. ZEIGLER DEAD
IN WINSTON-SALEM
Was Employed by Southern Railwa.v
anrt is Relieved to Have Killed Him
self.
(By tlie Associated r-ress. 1
Winston-Salem. June B.—\V. A. Zcig
ler. 42. for 22 years an engineer ill the
employ of the Southern Railway, was
found dead in his room in the Jacobs
building on Main street at 9 o’clock this
morning. He was lying on bis bed with
a .22 1-alibre pistol in his right hand.
The coroner's jury after investigation
rendered a verdict to the effect that
Ziegler came to his death from a pistol
shot through his head fired by his own
hand. The dflceasCd was unmarried
and a brother-in-law of ('apt. E. S. Hol
den, passenger conductor on this divi
sion of the Southern Railway. No
cause is given for the act.
FRANCE AND BELGIUM
ARE NOW CONFERRING
Relative tft Action to Be Taken on the
Last German Reparations Proposal.
Paris. June 8 (By the Associated
I’rcx.s). —Paris and Brasse s are keeping
in constant eovmnnuicatioii today dis
cussing the advisability of making a re
ply to the German reparations note or
ignoring it entirely as not susceptible
as forming a basis for negotiations. In
the event a decision is reached that a
reply be made, the French government is
reported to favor tlie curt dismissal of
-Germany's latest proposition. Belgium
on the contrary is said to be desirous
of wording the acknowledgment in such
a manner as might leave the way open
for a further parley.
CREW OF NAVAL MINE
SWEEPER NOT IN DANGER
All But 12 Members of the Crew of the
Cardinal, Have I-est tlie Boat.
(By the Associated Press.*
Seattle, .Wash., June B.—Twelve mem
bers of the craw of the IT. S. mine
sweeper Cardinal, wrecked on Chirikof
Island south of the Alaskan peninsula,
remained aboard the vessel this morning,
all others having gone ashore or been
taken aboard the coast geodetic survey
.ship Discoverer, according to u radio
message received here shortly before 10
o’clock. Another message indicated that
the men still aboard the Cardinal were
in no danger.
President Will Review Rattle Elect.
(By the Associated Pres*.*
Washington, I). (’., June 9.—-President
Harding will review the United States
battle fleet off Seattle July 27, it be
came known today when the Navy de
partment issued orders for the concen
tration of the various units of the fleet
in that locality.
Approves Power Company Project.
(By the Associated frees.i
Washington, June 8. —Final approval
has been given by the Federal power com
mission to tlie project of the Alabama In
terstate Power Co., to be located on the
Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs. A
permanent license was issued today, and
| work will be started about June Isth.
© TODAY’S •
» NEWS' ®
» TODAY $
NO. 136.
REICHSTjUD f, KIB
uTimiilt.jOUT
UST GEM NOTE
They Contend It Marks An
Advance in Germany’s
Reparations Proposals as
Given to Entente Powers.
NOT CERTAIN IT
WILL BE ACCEPTED
Because Attitude of Those
Who Govern Italy and
Belgium, Is Believed to Be
Hostile to the Plan.
IWliu. June 8 (By the Associated
Press>.—Reichstag leaders 'believe the
note delivered at the allied capitals yes
terday marks an advance over the Ger
man government’s previous reparations
commu mentions, especially .sinee^it.-,
firmly stresses the reielisfag’s good
and readiness to arrive at a solution of
the problem, and also because the sub
ject of guarantees is given concrete form.
Despite this, parliamentary circles are
not displaying any excessive optimism
concerning the reception of the memo
randum by the creditor powers. In these
quarters it is believed that France has
effectually blocked any attempt by Great
Britain to create u favorable atmospherq
for early negotiations by seeking to in
fluence Belgium and Italy.
In pledging tlie federal railways as
the chief guarantee, the German govern
ment has adopted one of the principal
suggestions contained in the recept mem
orandum drawn up by'the industrialists
federation. While the note does not spec
ifically state that the national system of
railways and all the physical property
connected with it are to be placed in
custody of trustees and conducted as pri
vate enterprises, the industrialists un
derstand that this will be the govern
ment’s prodeedure and that the lines
would be hypothecated for the capital
sum of KMMMUMKMMM) gold marks.
TROLLEY CAR CRASHES
INTO 5-STORY HOUSE
Slips Backward Down Steep Grade-
Child in Street Killed By Falling
Brickq,
New York, June * 7.—A runaway
trolley car killed 12-year-old Mar
garet McLaugfctin Hurl DijuTeth Hi tec
other persons tonight when it dashed
to the foot of a hill at 125th street aud
Amsterdam avenue and crashed into a
five-story tenement house.
The car and lower floor of the build
ing were wrecked.
The child was playing in ihe street
when the car approached. (Slippery
rails,'caused by a heavy rain, were be
lived to have caused the accident.
The car was nearing the top of the
hill when it started to roll back. When
it struck a switch* at the bottom of the
grade, it was derailed and struck the
building while traveling at 50 miles an
hour. The car tore completely through
the corner of the building aud came to
a stop on the sidewalk.
The McLaughlin girl avoided the on
rushing trolley but was knocked to the
sidewalk and crushed by falling bricks
from the tenement house.
All of Jfjie injured were passengers on
the car. One passenger and the motor
man jumped to safety when it started
on its downward flight. The motorman
later told tin* police the power failed and
the brakes gave way when he attempted
to stop the car.
Lumber Cut in North Cardinal.
(By the Asuoclated l‘ie«m.)
Raleigh, X. 0., June B.—Twenty-one
North Carolina mills has reported, to the
United States Bureau of the Census
that they cut*217.313.000 feet of timber
in 11)22, as compared with 173,150,000
in 1021. according to an official bulletin
received here tonight from the Depart
ment of Commerce.
"The department of commerce an
nounces that, according to statistics com
piled by the bureau of the census, act
ing in co-operation with the Forest Sei
vice. United States Department of agri
culture,” the bulletin reads, “the lumber
cut of 712 large sawmills—each sawing
5.000.000 feet or more in either 1021 or
1022—showed an increase from 12.416,-
870.000 feet in 1021 to 15,581.418,500
feet in 1022. or 25.5 per cent.
“These mills, the cut of which repre
sented 40 per cent, of the total cut in
the United States in 1021. arc P»cated
in 20 states; consequently the compari-j
son may be accepted as indicating fair
ly accurately tl*e conditions prevailing in
the industry in the important him bey sec
tions. It may be interesting to note tlmt
all sections, except the extreme north
eastern part, of the United States, shew
increases for 1022 over the output the
prcvi* us year.”
Oregon. ILouisiana, Alabama. Wash
ington. Arkansas, California, Minnesota,
Mississippi. South Carolina. Florida
and Michigan arc among the stupes rank
ing i h* ad of North Carolina, according
to the bulletin, i»' timber cut.
Hail Sulphuric Acid to Use on Officers.
Greensboro. Juue 6.—When a young
man here giving his name as Sam Jones
was arrested with a case of liquor, he
also had a jar of sulphuric acid, for
the purpose of throwing it in the eyes
of any person who might try to arrest
him, it was charged. He was fined
S7OO today.
It is claimed that one of the terrors
of shipwreck—darkness—is overcome by
a new invention consisting of powerful
j e’ectric lights which cun be attached to
I life boats* aud which will automatically
be switched on as the boats touch the
(water. Two lights thoroughly illuminate
* the whole boat,