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*itoo 0 • • 0 * ASSOCIATED 0 * PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 •0000000 VOLUME XXIII Mexico City Objective Os Insurgent Soldiers Rebels Leave Vera Cruz Un der Orders to Advance on Mexican Capital.—Making Advance in Two Directions OFFICIALS SURE. ' REVOLT WILL FAIL Seizure of Jalapa is Made Public But It Is Declared That the Rebels Have Lost Most of Power Now. i Vern On*. Deo. 10 (By the Associated Press).—lnsurgent troops have left Vera On* under orders for an advance toward Mexico City. At various points along Yhe inter-ocennic rayway they will be joined by other contingents, and the united forces will then proceed toward the capi tal. advancing in two directions. It is estimated that about 10.000 troops are available for this movement. (Jen. Rerinngti and Col. Mayer. Obre gim officers who were reported to have been executed after the capture of Jalapa by insurgents, were spared. Teordoro Tresieres, and Enrique Sol denar, wlio are .to go to Mew York as confidential agents of the provisional gov ernment, are now en route to New Or leans. A detachment of Obregon troops is reported to have been defeated in a skirmish in Xaynrit! territory. Generals Osgetn anil Maya, loyalists, were killed. 1 Watching for Gen. Rodriguez. Ohioualma City. Mexico, Dec. 10. — 1 Military authorities have ordered pa- i trols throughout the northern end of the | state to investigate the report that Gen. . Nicholas Rodriguez has crossed the Itio , Grande with a body of men and was threatening Juarez. Rodriguez headed an uprising one year ago between Juarez and Chihuahua and 1 was successful in preventing rail traffic between the two cities for several hours. He was last heard from in El I’aso being held on a charge of violating neutrality i laws. Jalapa Captured. Mexico City, Dec. B—via Earedo, Dee. 1 10 (By the Associated Press).—Capture of Jalapa, capital of the state of Vera Crux, Saturday morning by rebel forces, was officially confirmed here tonight. 1 With this single success, it was declared ' in official quarters, the revolt headed by- Gen Gaudalop Canchex, who favors the | Presidential candidacy of Adolfo de la ' Huerta, had reached the maximum de- ' - ’Vehement possible, and the Mpriea* of the outbreak centered in Vera Cruz, and in the states of Guadalajara and Jalisco. 1 The defenders of Jnlnpa. a portion of 1 the federal garrison which refused to join ' the revolt, retired to the nearby village . of Oriental, together with 2,000 volun- 1 teers who were poorly equipped . At , Origital this force will await reinforce- ' inents, it was staffed. Official quarters here declare the re volt is sure to fail, citing the failure to isolate the capital as one reason. Presidednt Reviews Troops. Megico City, Dec 9-—via Earedo. Texas, Dec. 10 (By the Associated Press). —President Obregon, nrcomimiiied by his staff, left Mexico City tonight for Ira Puato, for the purpose of reviewing a division of troops under Genern) Amaro, who is preparing to begin an advance upon the rebellious forces in Jalisco. This was officially announced here today. Northern Mexico Feels Revolt. El Paso, Texas, Ih»c. 10. —With the interruption of rail communication be tween some border points and towns in the interior of Mexico, and reported plans for military help from garrisons in this section for Torreon. northern Mexi co has begun to feel the revolt against the Obregon government. Gen. Martinez left Jam-ex with his staff early today on special train, with his reported destination as Chihuahua. Rail communication between Jaurez and Mexico City has been severed, ac cording to passengers from Torreon. Negro Reformatory to Be Built. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, Dec. 10.—The negro re formatory. authorized by the 10211 ses sion of the State Legislature, will be constructed in the near future if present plans materialize. This week the Board in charge of the matter met to take over the land purhnsed for the new institution. Four hundred acres in the heart of the peach section of Rich mond County have been acquired at a price of $25 per acre. Present plans call for development of a peach on-hard on half of the land under direction of the State Depart ’ ment of Agriculture and State College authorities. * John M. Morehead Very III; J. E- Canon Seriously Sick. Charlotte, Dec. B.—John M. Morehead and J. E. Cnrson are both seriously ill in this city. . Mr.- Morehead has pneumonia at his home here, and his condition is such as to cause alarm to his family and friends. Mr. Carson is unconscious tonight. Mrs. Carson and children are with him. She came here recently from Asheboro to spend Christmas. Mrs. Carson is a Bister of A. W. McAlister of Greens boro, and her son, John Worth Cnrs-m. resides in Greeusboro. i Kinds Motive For Slaying. (By the Aoaeelated Press.) Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 10.—Solicitor John A. Boykin declared today that the state had established a notive in the slaying of Captain W. B.' Coburn, by Philip E. Pox, Ku Klux KVan publicity man. “The defendant nsserted it within less than a minute after the shooting and this will lie developed from competent witnesses at the trial," he said- The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ —. ’Nother One? »- - * • m 8 Mexico has staged another revolution for tile benefit of: the world. Forces are ?eported in wires us mobilizing in sup port of the presidential candidacy of Adolfo de la Huerta (above). TIIE COTTON MARKET Owing to Continued Liquidation Market Today Showed Renewed Weakness. I By (he AaKociatvd Press.) New York. Dec. 10.—The cotton mar ket showed renewed weakness during to day's early trading, owing to continued liquidation in preparation for the gov ernment's crop rejiort on Wednsday, ami weak Liverpool cables. The opening was barely steady at a decline of 17 to 48 points, under Southern ami local com mission house selling. The decline un covered stop orders, but initial offerings were fairly well absorbed by covering or trade buying, and there were rallies of several points right after the call. Li quidation continued heavy, however, and <he market unsettled"wltVj.fti uary ruling nbout 32 78 and May 33.38, or about lot) to 102 points net lower on active months at the end of tlie-first one-half hours. Cotton futures opened barely steady: December 34.30 to 34.20; Januarv 33.55 to 33.30; March 33.80; May 34.05; July 33.25. CARTER CAPTURED AND , HELD FOR KILLING Killed Wife and Wounded Her Brother, John Price, and His Wife. •By file A«MN*lstMl Press. > Reidsville, N. Dec. 10.—Austen Carter, charged with killing his wife and wounding his brother-in-law, John Price, and the latter’s wife, today was expected to be taken to Rockingham county jaii at Wentworth to await preliminary henr infi. He was raptured at Stokesland, Va„ last night, and. teas taken to the Danville. Va., jail. John I*rice is be lieved to be fatally wounded. The date for a preliminary hearing, it was said, depends largely on the conditiong of Mr. Price. Big Amount of License and Gas Taxes. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh. N. C-, Doe. 10.—The auto license department of the Secretary of Stale has collected more license and gas taxes in the first five months of the fiscal year begun on July first than was col'ected during the entire twelve months previous, according to n state ment made here tonight by Secretary of State, IV, N. Everett. Since the influx of license and gas taxes began last July there lias been very little let-up said the Secretary, and a large force has been employed in handling this matter alone. Five nnd a quarter millions have been collected since July first nB compared with four and a quarter millions during the en tire twelve months period preceding that date. Mr. Everett has estimated that seven millions wan'd be paid into the State Treasury as a result of the license and gas taxes and in his state ment tonight he re-asserted his belief tl at this mark would be reached. Cox Heads Harding Association. (By 1 (he Associated Pre»«.) High Point, Dec. 10.—J. El wood Cox, local Tmnkcr, has accepted the appoint ment as chairman of the Harding Me morial Association for North Caroliua. made yesterday by Governor Cameron Morrison. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. Cloudy tonight and Tuesday; rain on Tuesday And probably in extreme west ern portion tonight; little change in tem perature. Moderate winds mostly south east and south. CONCORD, N. C v MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923 FOUR INQUIRIES BEING | • MADE .AT THIS TIME . To Get Facts Ccncerning Wreck cn New Yctk Central Railroad Yesterday. (By the Associated Press.) Forsyth, N. Y., Dec. 10.—Four inves tigations were launched teday into the wreck of the New York Central 20th Century Limited here yesterday when nine passengers were killed and a nufti ber injured, live seriously. The inquiries were instituted by authorities of Chau , tauqun County. X. Y., nnd representa tives of the New York Public Service j Commission, Interstate Commerce Com ! mission ami the railroad. | Physicians attending the'five persona I seriously hurt, and who were taken to a hospital at Erie, Pa., said the:e were no changes in their conditions. The) bodies lof the victims also were taken to Erie. Tlic bodies are being held in Erie to | day and it is said they probably will not be sent to their respective homes un til after an inquest tomorrow. The in quest will be held in Erie, the coroner said, as the bidies were taken to that city and the Erie division headquarters of the New York Central railroad are lo cated there. The railroad's inquiry launched shortly after cne section of the Limited plowed ipto the rear end of another section which had stopped to investigate the rweoking of an automobile on a grade (•rousing, was in charge of six officials of the company from New York and Cleve land offices. OKLAHOMA PASSES THE ANTI-KLAN BILL Measure. However. Only Forbids Mask aml Does Not Require Publication of Roster. Oklahoma ity. Okla.. Dec. 7. —The Lower House Os the Legislature today passed without amendment the Senate Anti-Ku Klux Klnn Rill. The vote was 71 to 15. The bill, whieh prohibits the mask but does not make public the names of members, now goes to Gov. M. E. Trapp for his signature. A motion by \V. E. Disney, Represen tative from Muskogee County, to recon sider the vote was tabled, thus remov ing possibility of further consideration. With passage of tlic bill (he activity of the Special Session was regarded as irttially ended. Gov- Trapp declined to indicate what his attitude would be toward signing the bill. He has never declared his stand on the Klnn issue, but his friends ns serted he was in favor of drastic regain ' tcry legislation. | {sentence of Death j i 14- | I had been pronounced by the I murder cult of | FIRE-TONGUE [ on the apper-detectlve, Paul (Harley, and crouching under a window of the room where Ormuz Khan, the group’s leader, had spoken the word condemning him, was Harley j himself, pistol In band, listen ing. His was the mission to checkmate Ormuz, to bring him to Justice, and It was for this that tbe oriental had given the order for his re- I moval—an order given as In- j differently as one would direct a servant to clear a table or close a window. But Ormuz bad reckoned little with Harley’s resource and daring. Os bis alliance with Nlcol Brlnn, the Amer ican millionaire, sworn to aid tbe detective in eaving the pretty English girl, Phil Abingdon, from Ormuz’s j clutches; of the love-tie be i tween bis own cult's high _ A priestess, Nalda. and Brlnn, | tbe American. i FIRE-TONGUE I i * SAX ROHMER i Is the story—a novel of mys j tery, of love, of desperate ad venture. of gripping Interest and of sustained suspense un surpassed In fiction. FIRE-TONGUE BEGINS IN ; ’ THIS PAPER f | DECEMBER IS ' ~r=4<l T — No ted \ | .. Dr - , c - 'N’eizmann. president of < I | the World Zionist- Movement * ar- li thef t in this coun ' tl '- v recently in 7: the Interest of his organization; *J ■ CONTINUE SEARCH FOR COLORED HIGHWAYMEN I During Hunt Last Night at Elizabeth I City Jehu Bray Was Aechhnlally | Shet. (By (he Aumclalri] Prim) Elizabeth City. Deb. 10—lolni Bray. I city manager of Elizabeth City, was n'c- j cidentally shot last night while engaged ! with a posse in searching for I>ray [ White, negro, wanted an charges of coin-' initting five highway robberies in the last four days and shooting one man. Mana ger Bray received a charge of buckshot in the shoulder when lie attempted to take the shotgun out of .qn automobile. J. T. Thompson was held up by the negro last night and robbed of s2l. O. ('. Bray, who was shot by the highwayman last Friday, is in a critical condition. PREMIER BALDWIN HOLDS ON TO HIS POSITION Understood He Will Retain Premiership Until Parliament Meets Next Month. London. Dec. 10 (By ithe Associated Press).*—Prime Minister Baldwin ar rived in London todaf nnd shortly be fore noon had an audience with the King at Buckingham palace. The Central News says "Mr. Baldwin did not tende) - his resignation, and it is understood He will, inform the cabinet tomorrow he is prepared to retain the reins of the government until Parlia ment meets next month." With Our Advertisers. Sprat t Bros., on Buffalo and MsGill street. Forest HiW, going soon into their new quarters n'bxt dooi- to Joe G.is kel's store, and rather than move their stock they will, officer one-third off for cash. See ad. on page seven. You can get The Charlotte Observer for six weeks during the Billy Sunday meetings for only SI.OO. The Observer will print all sermons iti full. H. B. Wilkinson is now showing many new styles of the famous Simmons beds. Electric irons, Christinas tree lights and ornaments and radio sets at the Con cord Telephone Co. See the nd. of Mr. Lee O. Cline, the new dairy man, in this paper. Phone 4211. You will find the gift she wants at the Starnes-Miller Parker Co. The Ritchie Hardware Co. sells the Pope bicycles—iiuf ced. Make Christmas cheery by buying a new hat at the Specialty Hat Shop. Make your cows give more milk hy giving them Purina Chow Chow. The Cash Feed Store sells it. Everybody wants Hams and Turkeys for Christmas. You can get botli at C. 11. Barrier & Co.'s. Buy Melrose flour if you want good results. At Cline & Moose's. New lot of handkerchiefs and hosiery attractive values at Scarboro's. Loose candies and apples by the box at Dove-Bost Co.’s. The big Removal Sale of the Concord Furniture Co. is now on. Eveiything reduced from 20 to 50 per cent, as they want to sell everything now in stock be fore going into their new store January Ist. If you want any clothing dry cleaned in the modern and thorough way phono 787 and Bob's wagon will call for it. “Send it to Bob.” Invited to Opening of Longest Tunnel. Washington, Dec. 10.—Senator Sim mons and Overman have received invi tations from B. F. Stapleton, mayor of Denver. Colorado, inviting them to take a trip as their guests over the Mountain Park and Berthoud puss, where it is pro nosed to construst the Moffatt tunnel, to he the longest tunnel in the United States, being over six miles long, and which' would materially shorten the dis tance from New York to Sail Francisco, and open one of the moat prolific unde veloped sections of the United States. They will not be able to accept the in vitations. 1 Railroads Must Maintain Watchmen at ' Crossings. (By (he Associated Press.) Charlotte, Dec. 10.—All railroads ] operating in Mecklenburg County must | either maintain watchmen at grade , crossings over county highways or equip | such crossings with automatic signals, according to a resolution adopted by the , Mecklenburg Highway Commission at its December meeting this month. The resolution calls for the regu'ation to become effective March 1, 1024. Average cl $33.05 For Leaf Tobacco. (Mr the Associated Press., Durham, N. C., I>ee. 10-—An average of $23.05 per hundred for the first three months of the selling seasou was made in the sale of leaf tobacco at auction warehouses in Durham according to figures announced by T. W. Scott, secre tary of the board of trade. For the period ending November 30 a total of 5,689,833 pounds was sold for $1,312,- ' 1)60.12. i WANT PRESIDENT TO i WAGE BITTER FIGHT ! IN NOMINATION RACE i Now That Mr. Coolidge Has j Announced Candidacy His Friends Are Anxious to Wage Very Progressive C FIGHT JOHNSON THEY ALL URGE i It Is Probable That the Pres ! ident’s Name Will Be Put Before California People at Primary Contest. (By the Associated Press.) W« hington. Dec. 10. —President Cool idge not only has definitely entered tlic ■ race for ithe Republican Presidential nom ination next year, but some of his friends are preparing to put his name on the pri mary ballot in California, the home of Senator Hiram Johnson. | The entrance of tlic President into ! the California primary was indicated as | probate today after a call at the White j House by William H. Croker, republican 'national committeeman from California, and for year a member of the anti-John son Republican faction in that state. Mr. Crocker ..declined to confirm or deny that he had urged Mr. Coolidge to give battle to Senator Johnson in his home state, but he declared that he wished his chances of heaven were as good bo the chances of President Cool idge to carry California against Hiram Johnson. Sticks to Negro. 'Washington, Dec. 10.—The name of Walter L. Cohen. New Orleans negro re publican leader, was sent to the Senate today by President Coolidge to be con troller of customs of New Orleans dis trict, despite a protest made to him a few hours previous by the two Louisiana Senators. CLEVELAND CERTAIN TO WIN BIG CONVENTION Republican National Committee to Be in Session Tuesday. Washington, Dec. 9.—Selection of Cleveland for the 1924 Republican na tional convention is expected to be fol lowed this week by other important po litical devrtopmenUs. Hepirblidsfej - (to*--berc iq, toec for the nanoßarsft3Sii)ftfe'c's nnnuiiT nieef; ing Tuesday and Wednesday, when, the place and date of the 1924 convention will he definitely ‘ fixed, and many con ferences of political 'import are under way. Cleveland is certain to win the con vention .in the opinion of virtually all party chiefs here, ns a result of the an nouncement yesterday of the withdrawal of Chicago from tile contest. In an nouncing withdrawal of Chicago’s invi tation. Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the national committee, said '‘responsible ad ministration leaders" wished the conven tion to gi -to Cleveland and he would move to make unanimous Cleveland's selection by the national committee. Chicago, according to some of its repre sentatives here, now may bid for the Democratic national convention. The national committee is not sched uled to choose the Republican convention city until next Wednesday, but Chicago’s retirement may precipitate action Tues day. I)cs Moines, Sail Francisco and Los Angeles have also extended invita tions and the committee has made ar rangements to hear their arguments at its opening session Tuesday. NEW PAPER PROPOSED AT CATAWBA CAPITAL E. W. G. Huffman Tells Newton Ki wanis Club He Will Join in a Semi- Week!)- or a Daily Paper. i Newton, Dec. 8.-r-At the Kiwanis weekly meeting the foundation was laid for a new paper j n Newton. It will start either as a daily or as a semi-weekly with the purpose of becoming a daily within the first 12 months. E. W. G. Huffman, managing editor of the Salisbury Post, will be the editor and the large-1 stockholder. Mr. Huff man was present on invitation of the club nnd made two propositions; First, to buy the News-Enterprise, if it can be bought, and continue it for six or eight months as a semi-weekly and then start a daily edition; secondly, if the News- Enterprise cannot be bought, to start a new paper. In either proposition, Mr. Huffman said he had faith to the extent of $7,000. His idea was to -ask the people of New ton to supplement this with $5,000 of stock, pay down on the outfit SIO,OOO. | put in bank $2,000 for running ex panses and discharge the balance on equipment for which notes will be given. | out of the profits of the business. Numbers of Kiwaninns gave the pro posal hearty and enthusiastic indorse ment. In fact the entire membership is behind it. and will not only put up the money Mr. Huffman asks for or more, but will also support the paper so whole-heartedly that its success from the beginning is assured, it is asserted. To Advise King to Prorogue Parliament. Koine, Dec. 10 (By the Associated Press).—The Italian cabinet decided to day to advise King Victor Emmanuel to prorogue Parliament. It is believed in political circles that tlie prorogation of the chamber of deputies will be followed by it« dissolution. Two Killed in Clash. (3y the Associated Press.) Aithens. Dee. 10. —Two persons were killed and twenty wounded in a clash yesterday at a royalist mass meeting be tween royalists and republicans. Troops restored order. Major Frederick McLaughlin, wealthy Chicago society man. coffee merchant and sportsman, has be come vivacious Irene Castle’s thtod husband. The wedding was sol emnized in Chicago. The major, as < his title implies, has been a soldier,, j too, just like Vernon Castle and t Robert Tretnan, the dancer's former spouses. JOHN GOSS' POETRY Negro Developed a Highly Religious State Refoie His Electrocution. (By (he AnooclateVl I*i4-hh.) Raleigh, N. C., Dec. B.—John Goss, who after confessing to the commission pf an attack upon a white women, went to the electric chair here yesterday morning in expiation of his crime, be fore dying wrote his thoughts on re ligion. Goss, if was said by negro preachers who were with him during the few days preceding his electrocution, developed a highly religious turn when he realized that his days on earth were numbered. He seemed to look forward to the day on which his earthly troubles would end. and talked expectantly of what was in store for him after death. Just before being led to the chair yesterday morning Goss handed to the Rev. D. L. Thomas, negro preacher of Oxford, N. C., an article of his com position and expressed the hope that others might read it to know how he felt as he approached death. Following is the article. “God is coming back again, brother. “Will you be able to stand when God shall come again? “Won't that be a mighty day when the sea shall give up its dead? "Brother, will you be able to stand in that great dav? "Won't' flint Tk- a ■mNWVTWr'wHc-,1 ■ the sun shall refuse to shine? “Won't that be a great day when the moon shall drip away in biood? “Brother, will you be able to stand in that great day when God shall come again? “Who will be able to stand in that mighty day when God shall come again? “Christian, will you be able to stand in that morning when God shall come again ? “Won't that be a mighty day when the stars shall fall in the power of the air, when the sun shall rise an hour high? “Want that be a might'- day? “Sister, will you be able to stand in that great day when the moon drips away in blood? “Who will be able to stand in that mighty day when God shall come again?” Goss, at the time late in September, when lie committed the attack for whicli lie died, was a trusty ou a road gang in Mitchell County, He had been sentenced from New Hanover county for a similar attack upon a negress and had less than one more month of his sen tence to serve before he would be a free man. RAIL FOREMAN SAVES LIFE OF AGED WOMAN I Thrilling Rescue is Witnessed in High I Point at Railway Crossing. High Point. Dee. B.* An old woman tottering with age was in the act of crossing the railroad tracks at Main street grade crossing here this after noon at 2:20 o’clock while Southern passenger train No. 45, southbound, was rapidly approaching the spot. Eye-wit nesses shuddered. O. E- Nabors, section foreman for the Southern here, chanced to be near the crossing. Quick as a flash he grabbed the aged woman by the arm. snatching her from the tracks to safety. An instant later the heavy t>-ain thundered past with fire.'.fling from its wheels as the brakes were applied. Climbing down from the giant locomo tive that was pulling No. 45, Engineer Perkihson hurried back to the crossing. Ho sought out the foreman and warm ly clasped his hand. A crowd had quiek lly gathered' at the crossing, but tbe old woman, apparently ignorant of the fact that her life had been saved through ' the quick action and heroism of the foreman, had disappeared before her name could be Eye-wit nesses said she was apparently past 70 years old and feeble. I About two years ago Mr. Nabors per formed a similar act of heroism when lie saved the life of a sma’l boy. pulling - the latter from the railroad tracks just ■ | in time to prevent his being ground to I 1 death beneath the wheels. Engiineer - j Perkinson today expressed his deepest >, gratitude to Mr* Nabors for his prompt > net of bravery. Walton Case Beaches Supreme Court. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Dec. 10. —The appeal of | former Governor Walton, of Oklahoma, from dismissal of his injunction suit to prevent the Oklahoma House of Repre sentatives from proceeding Nvith his im peachment case was filed in Supreme Court here'today. When the case may be reached is uncertain. • TODAY’S « & NEWS « © TODAY O ©««©©©©« NO. 290. i COIITIEE PLACES UECIDED UPON UNO f BOTH SIDES SILENT Reconvening of Congress Found Senate Committee Assignments Ready For Formal Action by Body. DEMOCRATS TO MAKE CONTEST In the House, However, Com mittee Places / Had Not Been Decided and Nothing Could Be Done by Body. (By the Associated Press.) \ Washington. Dec. 10.—The reconven , ing of Congress today found the Senate Committee assignments ready for formal action, and democratic leaders prepared to launch reorganization fight with a motion to proceed to the election of a president pro-tem. The House, however, was still unable to function because re publican and democratic committee selec tions had not .vet been completed. Senate Republican and Democrat lead ers finished work on the committee as signments yesterday, and the Republican selections were placed before the party conference this morning for approval. After a brief session today, however, the House adjourned untill Thursday to permit the Republican and Democratic leaders to complete the assignments. Deadlock in Senate. Washington, Dec. 10.—The Senate was thrown into a deadlock today by a tight of the insurgents to prevent the re-elec tion of Senator Cummins, of lowa, the president pro-tem as chairman of the In terstate Commerce Committee. On the first ballot Senator Cummins fell three short of the necessary major ity. his vote being 41 to SO for Senator Smith, democrat, of South Carolina, and seven for Senator I.aFollette. of Wiscon sin. the recognized leader of the republi can insurgent group. Two Thousands Nomination Submitted. Washington, Dec. 10.—More than 2.000 nominations, including that of Frank B. Kellog, of Minnesota, to be ambassador to Great Britain, were sent to the Senate today by President Cool idge. Among those nominated were Riehard X .TobiqCJ '.gjifariii^,. to be minister so The Netherlands; Frank MeManamy, of Washington. D. C., and Mark W. Pot ter, of New York, th be members of the Interstate Commerce Committee; and Geo. R. .lames, of Tennessee, and Ed wnrd 11. Cunningham, of lowa, to he members of the Federal Reserve Board. Edward P. Farley, of Illinois, Freder ick I. Thompson, of Alabama, were nam ed as shipping board members. .1. Waiter Dranke, of Michigan, was nomtfmtsd as assistant secretary of com merce, and George K. Burtess, of Cali fornia. to be director of the bureau of standards. Edwin P. Morrow, who retires tomor row as Governor of Kentucky, was nomi nated to be a member of the public group of the railroad labor board. Meekins Postmaster at Washington. Washington, Dec. 10.-—Jeremiah C. Meekins, .Tr., today was nominated by President Coolidge to be postmaster at Washington, N. C. W’orid Court Resolution. AVashington. Dec. 10.—A resolution providing for the entrance of the United States into the world court after it had been divorced completely from the league of nations, was introduced in the Senate today by Senator I.enroot, republican, of AA’isconsin. Summer Schools in the State. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, Dec. 10.—Superintendent A. T. Allen, of the Department of Public Instruction has completed plans where by the summer schools of the State will be re-organized. The number of sub jects for each term will be reduced and a definite course of training instead of haphazard picking of subjects will bo in force. The plan was worked out at a conference with eigjit of the nine heads of state summer shools in North Caro lina. Only eight summer schools will be operated in the State this year, as State College will be eliminated from this phase of training and will in its place offer instruction in agricultural subjects for farmers. Colleges which have been approved as State Summer Schools for this year are University of North Carolina, North Carolina College for Women, East Carolina Teachers’ College, Trinity College, AVake Forest College, Lenoir College and Appalachian and Cullowhee Normal Schools. Negro Couple Go Crazy at Sams Time.— W’ife is Dead. Salisbury, Dee. 8; AA'alter MoCork’.o, negro preacher, and formerly crack base ball pitcher of Livingston college, be came insane this week and was taken to the institute at Goldsboro. About the same time he lost his mind, his wife became violently insane j ' and on account of her condition she was rushed through the country to the 1 Goldsboro institution. She died soon after reaching Goldsboro. Report Capture of Ueroy White, ißy tbc Associated Press.) Elizabeth City, Dec. It).—Leroy White, negro, wanted here on charges of havingj committed five highway robberies and shot one 'man within the past four days, was captured at Edenton, N. C.. today, according to telephone advices receined shortly before noon. Officers left here at once to get the negro. The first animal to succumb to a very cold temperature is the horse.