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Coadcwed Btatement of the
CoaSitfcm of the ' "V.v
Dwrfcam. N. C.
North Carolina Corpora
ssioa at th cIom of
Member 5, 1IU.
. .-aoairces '
Loans and Iirr estmeots 11,812,579.74
Furniture and fixture S, 000. 00
Cash
Item .1 11.679.40
Cseh In Vaulte.
and with
Hanke . 5SJ,274.7
Total cash SJ,54.I7
- 11,201,54.11
liabilities
Capital Mock 100,000.00
Burplu . . , , . , , 400,000.00
Undivided Profit ... 11.214,34
I titer t Reserve ... 4,000.00
Deposit ,4- ,4 1,174,319.77
t2,i01.534.11
Th attention of the pub'lcle re
pectfulty tailed U th above atate
writ. We will be plead to bv
all persons who ara seeking a safe
place to Uepoatt tbelr active or Idle
fund, to rM on or writ us,
Ti. N. HIKE. Pemldent
F. U Ft" LI. Kit, Vice-President.
SO'.'S F. WII.T. Cwier
8. W. MINOR, Att Caahlor. .
Czitzzzl tl Ccsrt
Indianapolis, l. tl. Asserting
that Robert i. Foter, a detectiv en
gaged by tba National Erectors As
sociation In tba dynamiting Investl
gallon, waa interfering with htm,
county pronator Frank P, Baker
yeeterday ftfternon forcibly took
Foatar be faro Judge Joseph Marker,
of tba criminal court sad aakrd for
protection.
Jjdgt Marker, f ho aa conduct
ing a murder trial, reprimanded the
prosecutor for iaterruptlei, bat Mr.
Raker perflated, aod snatching a
chtb from a poiUvn.au, tbreannee"
Foatar. -
i Court onUer drew Baker away
and Judge Marker ordered htm to
appear in court and show rausa why
ha should not be held for contempt
The Judg took no eognUanr of tbe
har against Foster. Immediate
ly after tbe Incident Mr, Baker waa
subpoenaed to appear today be
fore tba federal grand Jury to teatify
In tba ovra&rnt'a tnsulry Into the
dynamiting t.
Proe-tt(or ilaUr was tbla mor
Ing lined S for contempt of court
by Judge Marker, iiaker pleaded
guilty pf attacking Foster and
tla nea hla anion on the atrala of
the dynamlts Investigation.
Tba encounter between Iiaker a fid
Foster waa tba reautt of friction b
twen tba prosecutor and Foster's eu
lrtor. Waiter Drew, coaneel for tbe
Krector' Aaaor'.ation. Drew had
aatd Taker btd been, aeilirent In
prelng the Inreetlgation locally
and taker related amvesefullr In
tbe roanty court tb effort of lrew
and Ibe roanty proaecutor of ho
Anire'ea. Cl-. to remove the Loa
Angela tooka and papera of the Aa
aor at inn of firliice and ftrnctura!
Iron "Work era, now in the handa of
tbe federal autboritlra.
Una Jurnr wia oereorn today.
Imagining that h aa John 3. Me
Naraara. Gc:psrs Exoaerstts
Fedcrttlcn OIMccrs
Wasoinron, !). SI. A compWa
4tt)i at orrnidd ltwr and Ue a
itm-ra-Um tA the offker of rb FWra
tioo of Lalior la awde la a rtgnmoai
ediUWHl try ftunuel Oonfera tn tbe
January titim6r of tha Federation
Is He fMtcul. tba r1arg of le
t'ctlre Dutra a gal net "mrn high op"
and way tie ta willing to tbrow mn-n
tb fcmjka awl lfTa of ) f-de ra
tion for ioapertion ta prwa that lia
knew tkAhlug of the dynaaiiHlug plot a.
i Tba formal annoutictjenl of Che
am-ptanca of tbe call to the orue
of tba temod PeiW rburch waa
tnade by Rot. J. T, RlcMkk at the
anl've Wndnday e-veiitng. Tbe
mi t w lrgf4y attends In aidt
of tbe inclement weather. The p.r-
wotmga of i ha rhur h ka brtn 1
palrnl and Mr. RHic it a 111 tni( ia
family to Dirrheni to lit at an early
Govcmcr Cera to Pea
, To Cz "Lcccl CcIcrM
Nanhvllle. Tean.. lec. tj-flor.
arnor ften W. Hooper hka entered
tba alatf penitentiary lo get "local
eolcw on which to baea hla f"hrl.t-
Riaa pardon, tie will olwerra all
tba prlaon regtitatlnna aa though he
era a ronrlct. Tha governor
be "relaaaad" tomorrow .nlfht.
-A
Mede
' f 11UU
Buaine
PROSECUTGfl Ki
HI OTII JUDGE
GOnCDESS CETS
Till UESE
Usl Czz JnzS cl flzzzta cl
lit Cczrlry
ill Dr.-arlwffl'i Make Good Hhowluga
Saia (he Pre aMeat lndorr Xf.
ioaal Kcnerre Flan af Flnaarea aa
Against Central Bank Ideg Aal
for CUU Senke BeforaM.'
Wa5ington, Dec It. President
Taft VoOay to cuntmtm a "nnm
nseag4," trying ptluciimlly on the
Ouanoe of the
wtotM dtiwttneittifcD,,t''t txml 'owa Central BaU-imira
Bt but uMd)itt Jll!!,"? ?mtood to bar
of te government.
for ttRportant leU
intra meiwage of ,ia aton.
The tt.oit, wbicSj wa deslgced
treat of U OoaKiial cotuii.iji
tna tivjismry, eeeded banJtlig
a.d
cwrency reJorma and dejaitci euil .
hwijuiu, m one 01 iae avmi arisoori-
ant yet nest In tha preeeut etiion
of oongreM. ,
M algniilcaat fatur of K U Preai-
dent Taft'a emphatic ecdorawnietit of
the naUoua Tflaerrw plan of financial
morn aa oppoaed to 0 central
back a nit-ana of preventing the
merger of bank Into a great aaiiooal
utooey mart, after tbe ewUabMtfbroetit
of fee national rrxrre aaewltion, U
tbla reform ettould be Inaugwated.
Aaueher atriking recommendtios
ia for the eitooskm of otvil aervloe
to take from polRJcaJ pnn Uie
wiagoa of federai pntronaga, Mr.
Taft aakai that all local government
office throughout tha country includ
ing collector of Internal revenue,
Collector of ciBstoroa, poiOnaarter of
all four claajM-a, bnnitgra'lon creim;ta
aiotMw Ad marvhaia be filled under
ctvil ervtc Itwtead of by appoint
ment upon recotuuendadon to tue
prealdeoC , i-. .
It ta hnjwaaiWe. any Mr, Taft to
epJt that, wt;he tn oflk h op
pHnUw will ttnt Tear4 their tenure
fC more 6t lwa opeadnt upoaaw
Unu-d pollikrul aervke to their pw-
trona. ,
Tha prvwWent alao ask that a
cR Ol ttatlonal dofooee fc authorized
by congm In order to protmge the
Kvurf y of tha naOoo from fowlgn
iovaion. ' '
Tha rport ealla tha fiuanckd con
dition of tha govwrnment at the end
of tha flacal year rrolttlnf June
JO, 1911 (tie period covered in ee
message), "very aatkrfartory." Tha fol
lowing Important tmxi stataeka axe
aet forth:
Government menu (except fttxa
poatal awrrfre), I701.S7JJ74.8I.
Oovernment expenditvt
for poatal awn tea and the conatruc
tlon of tha Fanain Canal), iUJ7,
W7J. gurpkia. 14734477.10.
PoetixfTioe rwlit. 237,S:.S2J.0.
Foeto0krw eipppaea, f237.Ceo.703.4S.
Ilrmtoflice arurplua (the ftrrt In 27
yara), JH.llt.il
The ereae In running tha gov-
enment In tbe Oacwl year of 1911
onrer 1?10 waa over five and one-half
UiilHona of dollar. The aggregate
national debt on Jun 30. 1911 waa
tU03.M4.S3;.C; tba ewtimaied gov.
of 112 (fich.alv of rmiAal recvlp-a)
ernment reeeliit for tha flecal year
(Continued on Page Two.)
la Sm!t ft
lIir-
-Cii" fessUzs
"WaahlngTon, Dec tlForpe art
at work in tha ite to bring atoit
radical aKtnl;iM'wta In Ji Bherwood
dollar- -day pension bill wbt haa
paa4 tha houae. Senator of both
t ar i exprenw dUAunroval of the
dt. r--day idea. Th ena pen
riona oonim4W I Jinrw cnmplHtif
tatwtk' to liow Juat tvat tft year
ly outlay would be If tHe Bbenrood
bill wwro atlmAod. Firwt eaUnmtt
phiwd It t auma ranging from $10,'
O00,00 to $75,000,000 year over the
prent hery evpMKlKtire. The com-
mle will prent to the wenate
bill carrying much etnTtnrlflot
nf tinnier. Which tt believe In aWi
tlon. to fieiog generally aatlafactory
to civil wwr retina would b one
whWi PreaklrtJt Taft would be 1tt
Ing to 1n. ,
Mining t ar Kllia Two,
Fall Ulver. Miu., Dec. 21. A
mining far today plunaed to tba low-
er level In the Portamoutb coal mine
klMlna- Kdward Ryan and Knult
Burgtvom. .
nwiuuiriKwiiuui JOr wnportani ieia-'ti.
DILL PDODADLE
RAILROAD DEALS
HIS- SPECIALTY,
r
; wawW
Newman Erb, who has lost
M the financing of tbe Mlnneopolla
r t....... i. "
'tTe"',?' Zr r.:1
a "OUil-k IroH.
IT . "ro urn epeciaity.
ar.
i bo eicel him in tbe nnmberof "tn.
bmab tba laat twant,
fF.PlTTIII
DIES III IIDSPITlL
: ... (
Sn-Ii-Law t Cel. farr Sue-
csi lo St oach Tn cble
Mr. Wlllbcn F. Pwtton. tha oon-ha.
la of General and Mr. Jultaa 8.
Oarr and ona of tha moat eatimaWe
mm tha Durham people tave ver
bad the pWatire of knoalng, died Bt
the t'niverstty Hospital, Philadelphia,
v ecmaday wrternoon.
Tha iwsna of Mr. P&ttoa wiw Cur-
wivfile, Penaylvanla, "whera hte
family, had large. propHry lnteret.
He a Biarrted to Mitt Xal Ruth
Cart- ta 13Kt. After tH marrlaare. be
took up hi rwMeaea wt Kaoaa City,
tout had mcendy apejjt ktrga part
of hi time In Fensyiv&nia. He had
been iy for worn time and undorweni
two oyersrUon within admit thna
tor dlaoaae of tbe atonmeh. Hie
d'h ls been expected hourly nine
th hurt operation and General Carr
ha a, large amount of tfm t
hi Iwdaide.- Mr. Juilaa Si Oarr, Jr,
wwa t the tedside at the Ckne of the
4mt3t. ,
Mr. Puttoii ta exinrtved by hi wife
aad owe child and ono cither, whr
raaldc tn Pari, but tto waa at hi
txMside at the Cue of hla death.
Tha body will b take to the old
haaie placo at Curwenatlla for Inter
nment. , ,
RD CflQSS SHOW WINQ017
t; e .
STRIkI?i0 DEC0BATI05S E1BLE.
MAfIC OF WORK OF RED CE0SS
AXD OF CHRISTMAS.
A wtrlking wliidaw dmira'loti Laa
been plactd in tae wiuJow of he
tmllding next to ti.e ga a:! ce a'!.k-j
W being ueed aa the headquantr for
th dlMrtiKMin of Red Croa aeala
In Dikrtam. A large red crae kt
hown with maiden clothed in pur
ee whke ciiuglng to the crop for
wvi ration from the great whKa plague.
Tb whole U ortUrtlcrJly arrang
ed m decoratioiin approiirlate to
ChrMma and attract tha atteutlon
of. all peRaeraby.
Tho Red Croa seal hara beam
placed on aala at all of the drug toTc
aitd other puMlc place atfoug the city.
lUchesca Will tie
, Well la Tea Days
Boaton, Dec. 21. Rev. Ckrenc V.
T. Rli-htwon, held for tha murder of
MIm Avis Linell, who attempted
aulcide la the dvarlna eftreet Jail hers
yrtPTday, ta rating eway today ftnd
hi vhyak-iajui raxrt that It will b
well within ten day. Tbe accused
nilnletcr ia kHt undT ctoa guard.
tt ta not erpeotod that hi ftttetnpt
a elfde:rwion will raua any de
lay In the tieg-lnnmg of hi trial, which
ta H for January 15th.
Hevolutlon rnirlalmed In Mexico
Mexico City, Dee. II. A formal
proclamation of revolution waa
made today over th algnatur of
Qeneral Reyes and fighting followed
In many placea.
Court uMnlna Commlwl0M Form
Springfield, Dee. II. The su
prema court of Illinois today sus
tained tbe commUnlnn form law for
any town or city In the state.
Half Million Given Kmplnyes.
Chicago, Dec. 21. A half million
dollars wer today given tha em
ployes of th Cran Company, for
Christmas present.
DURHAM, IT. G FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1911
JIIlSE DEClIS
TO 0ISL1ISS GilSE
1 ' -.r v
Vl:r7 (;r Cvcrttit la Pack-
en' Trlxl
EUDdO'li'IISfM
. . Mv
-ttiOrneya for Sefenga Male Motion
lo DlHntJa.4 Suit Because Froaecut-
, luf Attorviy Failed to Mate Case
In Openl! Addretta and JBecaaae
bt Errci-a llie Bill. ;
Cil' aro. Doe, 21. Jndgo Carpen
ter today denied tha motion of the
mliiMMaiie-puvM ' bt'.ornoy to dit-
(be rtji..na! indie
'thv Sl.ertnla aoM-truat
indlctmcnta under
!a'.v and eni
ai. to, 5, a di.tl
stlact victory
r ,lcr tae gov-Pi.tnt.
, I'' TTk."-Vjitjwn'" Mo:
t ' T.ip .?t;et t'oMon
, ., . .,,. ...... .
i l. l.I't. , ' ' l " "Z
:rhii j. ft ristruci ine jrsiy io re
'J: : i t-) 4 " fiJilin;4' tfie! ten (hi
crvo ' n &t 11 a wrs cbarKcU with the
(riminal vio'ition of tbe Sherman
antitrust law cot guilty, for the rea
eon that Vtif rd Ptatsg DJatiict At
torn ? Jitn.r H. Wilkeraoii failed to
ii.ake c.t a ti.'-". In hin opt-ning tat
.xtent to tbi jury-, waa given yester
day by Atrort:-y Levy Mayor at the
sfti-mooB W:i' m of tbe trial.
At th" aam ime Atlornoy Mayer
move.4 to !.'' toimt tsro atti'
:hre of the in'lttment le"auge they
do not Tr ent Ion the Nut'onal rack
ing Co-j paoy, vhich tha govemn.en:
fontenda aaa tbe inatrotrent uaed tr
9xlng the pricea of meat and to have
tbe Jury Instructed to disregard cer
tain other hUegatioca made by Dia
trict Attorney Wilkereon aa not com
ing within the three-year - period
covered in the Indictment
The action ef tha defense cam as
a aurprlee to the government and
caused Judge Carpenter to adjourn
court until tomorrow when ho will
rule on tha motion.
District Att pey Wllkeraon vir
orouely oppoaed th motion made
by tbe defendant'-counsel and ex
plained it was oeceeaary for the
prosecution to plead all th evidence
in th
CslSrcsd Cdsls
Krvc Neirow Escape
IVadford, Oonn., Dec., II. Offi
cials f tba New Haven road. Includ
ing President Charlea S. Mellen,
traveling on th merchant limited
train today narrowly eaesped "" vck
on th Montowea ai reet "bridge In
Boston. Two freight car were piled
on tbe track. Th paaaeoger train
carrying th official received ft aig
nal to slow down in time but col
lided with th freight cat. Th of
ficials and paeaengeri rushed oat of
th train ht!c and war left atand.
ing in the cold for an hour while the
train backed down and returned to
the east track.
Death o! Mrs. Trice
Necr Lakeuood Park
A 1 cWc vhla wording at her
hum" j!ar I v'.rw.l park Mr.
Ci cttrr Ti!vt4 )-r of .-ge dd of
lung trouble, after ft lingering illnca!'
of several motrtba.
Mr. Trice waa native of Orange
county but has renlded in Durham for
a ever! year. Fh Is survived by
htMinand and six children. '
The fubKral aerrk-ea were conduct
ed tram the home his afternoon by
Rev. T. M. Grant at 3 o'clock and the
remains wer taken to the Lakewood
cemetery for Interment.
A Wild West Holdup
In New York Garage
New York, Dec 21. A garage on
Broadwgy waa tbe scene of an old time
wild west bold -up today. Three de-
peradoe entered th Merman garage
and held up twenty chaufeur with
two fiWols securing mots Cian f 10,
000 In cash. Th desperadoes later
held up another trarags and faatt-
tonabl joardhtg houae after trhich
they mads good their esoape.
rilll Csak t.essecser
And Seccre J24,CC0
Parka, lec. 21 Four moo fthot
dkwn a bank BMaeenger on tha vtreet
of Paris today and secured $24,000.
The Mlry occurred on busy
thoroughfare and hundreds of pede-
tralns witneased the tragedy.
Five Oiltcers Ccaless
To Cayl3 Vc.es
Rlrhmond. Dec. II. Th "float
er" voter of Le county, Vs., are
going to Kentucky jand Louisiana
following th 100 , Indictment for
vote bribery with Clreuit Judge
Skeen. .Flv county officer have
confessed buying vott-s.
FAMOUS PHYSICIAN u
UNDER, THE KNIFB
Dr. Charles Horace Maya, the fa
mous surgeon of Rochester, MJast,
has Just gone Under an oneraHnn in
New lortc for nppendicitla. According !
to a sUtement Issued by tbe physicians i
mo operation was succeeaful and. Dr
Vayo's condition is satisfactory. Dr'
Mayo, with his brother Charles, ha
attained worldwide fame ia surgerf.
AEWTII IS
BIEflED BY Tin
Abro3?Hag Trealj Willi
Czar's o f rnnif o!
lie
Washington, Dec. 21. Preaident
Taft returned to the capital early to
day from a three-day Tiait to New
Tork, where he' made number of
address. At 10:17 this morning
the president aigned the Joint reso
lution of congress abrogating th
treaty of-1832 with Russia on c
C.U0tof the d incrimination dyaleat
American Jew 1 the matter of paae-
porta leaned ty the United States.
Secretary of Stat Knox waa present
when the final act of th chief exe
cutive wept ftway ft crisis. Effort
for a new treaty with the cxarg gor-
ernment are now In order. -
United States Will be Loaer.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 21. It Is
claimed her that the United States
will be the loser by the abrogation
of th 1832 treaty with Ruasia
through tariff operations and trade
re'atlona. It la th opinion of many
officlala here, expressed today, that
Russia will compel the United States
to make retribution for the sum
nary nullification of tbe twty.
AHCHITEGTS 1H SESSION
WITH FKESIDEST RILL C. LIS.
TMCnf, OF DTRI1AM IX . THE
rnun.
Wlnaton-Salom. Dec. 21. Featured
r an add ee laet night by Glenn
brjwj of Waatfilngton. ecretrr of
American Inathut of Architect,
tn nret day acMlou of tba North
Carolina ArchRc-Sural AasoeiaUon
was held at the Zinsendorf hotel yes
terday. The association waa called
to order tn the afternoon by President
lull C Llnthicura of Durham, and
CM. W. A. Illair mad the ad dree of
welcwne. which wa reaponded to by
H. W. Kmpswn of Kow'uern. W. O.
Rogers of Charlotte mod an hitnrent
ing talk on "What the North Caro
lina Architectural Aaaociaiion Stands
For." Th meeting wtll cloaa hrwor-
row night with banquet at the 2Un
fndort ,
Premier Yaaa Refects
Republican Government
. ... v
Pskin, Dec 21. Premier1 Yuan Shi
Kal today rejected the demand of tha
Chinese revolutionists for a republi
can form of government
Arrhblnhop Ire'jind'a Golden Jubilee
ft Paul. Minn., Dec. 21.- Today
marked th fiftieth anniversary of
Archbishop Ireland's ordination to
the priesthood. In deference to the
expressed wlah of ths Archbishop
no slaborat celebration Of the got
dea Jubilee was held.
Itritlah Miner May Strike.
London. Dee. 21. Miners of the
United Kingdom will vote on the
question of general atrtk ianoary
1 6 tb. Two hundred thousand men
may go out on March 1st. Th de
mand I for higher pay. "
Iiaperar Francis Jeaepk tying.
Vienna, Pec. 21. Emperor Francis
Joseph la dying according to reports
sent ut this aftert n. He suffered
a sinking atpetl at noon and failed
to nay.
IID
UPyJilTCHTRUST
Ssa' Mmi H Covercsest
i A-xbsl ILiytUzt Cc;:ay
UKQEfl milKRUST Ul'J
Complaint Saji the Company Controls
Eighty Per Cent ot Wfttch Case
Business and Tbrongft Contraeta
117th Movement Manufactnrers a
Large Part of Foreign Watck Tnide.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21. The federal
government late yesterday afternoon
nled m the United State circuit court
a suit against the Keystone Watch
Case Company, declaring K an ln-
Hwful combination 1b violation of the
lerman anti-trust tact and asking
f-ac x be restrained from carrying on
ia anegea monopoly in me mami
i'ioture and sale of watch case. The
government declares thaX the com
(any now "mamiXacture and sells
eighty per cent of ail watch cases
manufactured aod sold fat the United
&atee," and that K is the. "intent sad
purpose of the defendant that the
company shall monopolize the remain
der of die trade sod commerce." '
The Keystone Watch Case Compa
ny i Pennsylvania corporate n.
Tie individual defendant . named in
:t.e bill are: Theophilu Zurbrugg, of
RiveveMe, N. J, until recently presi
ieot of the Company; Caleb F. Fox,
Philadelphia, acting president; Ed
ward T. Stotasbury, Philadelphia, rice
president; John J.-Mueller, Philadel
phia, eecretary; Chas. M. Fogg.' Phil
adelphia, treasurer; F. H. Kaln, Phil
adelptiJa, assistant treasurer and
Irving Smifli, New Tork, a director.
The watch Industry business in the
United States is divided into two parta
watch case tend watca tnovement. Of
aH the watt cases manufactured and
sold more than 90 per cent are filled
ease. After reciting the history, of
the organixatson of th alleged com
bination 'whereby various watch con
certs were acquired,, tha gnrsrament
charge that in 1904, the , Keystone
Oonipaay entered Into contract with
the Elgin Natkxi&l Watctx Company
wherfihy.fS? Keystone Company, was
put tn exclusive change of the entire
export trade of the Elgin Company
except the trade with Canada; sod
in 1909 the Keystone Company made
a contract "with th Waitbam Watch
Company whereby th former was
made sale agent, ot th latter tn all
the principal foreign countries with
trad in watch case carried on except
with Great Britain, France and Spain.
"The Waltham and Elgin Companies"
the bIH say. re two of the princi
pal manufacturers of watch move
ments tn the United States and their
sales to foreign countries constitute
the principal part of the export trade
in watch movement.
The bin charge the company with
deception in putting on Cite market
certain inferior grade watch eases, la
belled to suit th purchaser, with
long term guarantee in order to com
pel manufacturers to compete with
falsely labeled case.
' Tbe bill prays that the contracts be
adjudged, unlawful; that th ootnW
nation be disintegrated; that tt be re
strained from continuing It monoplt
ttc methods and that Jobbers be un
restrained In their desire to handle all
kind of goods,
CesersI tzSizt Itr CivbUi D-
diti byCelss!ca
Washington, Dec. 21. The Katibnal
Monetary Comniiasjou hua deckled
th teneral outline of th fifteen dis
tricts Into which the United Rates
would be divided' under the Aldrkh
pkui of financial reform. Ia th sec
tional arrangement of district R Is
declared special consideration was
given to tin Interests of the roeJl
bank lo order to gratify ttie xvpular
demand against any posntbtllty ot the
big influential hank gUIrtg control
of tit proposed National Roserv As
sociation, thirty of wboa farty-frvv
director wroutd be elected by the dkM
Mnta Under tbe divlskio agreed
upon New EitwUnd wvuM conwtiuit
on distrfc, the Eastern vtute two.
the Booth four, th tntddl west four.
and the Pacific Coast Stat four. Otie-
ftf-h of fhe banking power of ths aa-
Oon I concentrated tn Near York,
but ft is pointed out, all the eastern
sut will form only two district.
This is regarded as advantageoixi to
the smaller t&nka and out ot proper
Una to tbe Invested c&pttal of the
east.
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Fresce tttsfcer el ttzzila
Paris, Doc 21. Th c&amfcer of
depudas )aC evening ratified th
rnanco-Gernian accord on the aues-
ckm of Morocco. The radfiication was
adopted ty 393 against 38 rotea
H. Jaures. socialist leader in ths
chamber, after a lengthy speech, an
nounced that he would vote for tha
treaty because it would put France la
position to intervene, and brfoa?
Great Britan and Germany closer to
gether, although he did not believe
that an economic conflict between
England and Germany would lead to
Most of the deputies from the Lor-
arine department - taSxetamed from
voting. They declared they could not -glv
their consent to a freaty detach
ing ft portloa of th national territory ,
io glv to Germany.
Th lYanco-Gdrmaa acwrd Oa h
object of Morocco was signed on
November B last, fcy wliich Franc
cede to Germairy ft strfp of territory
in th French Congo, whfle Germany
cede to France some territory on th
frontier or Togo tod Dahomey.
France's right to eatablieh a protec
torate in Marocco I reognixed oa
eomfition that ah agrees to safe
guard economic equality and cotnmer
clai liberty for all nations) ia that
country. Th original tfiepute arose
through France, according to Ger
many's point of view, overstepping th
provision of the Algecetra agree
ment.
Russian Will Advance
On Teheran Tomorrow
8t Petersburg, Dec 21. Notice wa '
served oa the Persian government to
day that the advance of th Russian;
army on Teheran will begin tomor
row, uuiesa Persia accepts Russia
ultimatum. It Is understood that the
national council will agree to let W.
Morgan Shunter, th American treas- '
urer general, go.
The first fighting I reported from
Tabris today, th Persian constitu
tionalists angagelng to a battl with
Russian Cossacks.
Membership Cards for ,
Coiacierclsl Club Men
Cards of membership beautifully
lithographed are being Issued to the
members of the Commercial Club
a a Christmas reminder. The mem
bers ar requested to put them on
display In some prominent plac In
th office or business house. ,
Secretary Morahead, of th club.
I bow la correspondence with ft
number of commercial secretaries
with a view to securing ft msa to
taks charge of th work In Durham,
Kicks oa Ccadltloa .
01 Lakewood Herd
Many wmvplalntB are tjeing register
ed against the tad condKioa of th
rood leading hy Lakewuod park. Th
recent vet weather haa mad thkt
important thorough far almost inv
paaeabVa. An order wa passed by th
txBiBTvissloner nrral ejMnth aro
to have the road repaired and th
car track moved to th center of th
road, totrt for Boa reason not&ttif
ha been done.
Flreznca IUrd and
Eelsecr Dsily Ucrt
Smerset, Ky., Dee. 21. Running
at SO mile aa hour paaenger traia
No. 1. Cincinnati to New Orleans, oa
th Texa Pacific railroad lumped
th track at ft enrv her tbia morn
ing. Ftramai Henry Aagal waa ln
stantly killed and Engineer UcEwia
wa seriously hart. Kob f th
paaseogers wer Injured,
ACCODD RATIFIED