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Only Two Definite Decision So
, Tar, XeJEatatiliariment of la.
aurural Balland Completion
of Luxurious Senale Baths
Designs On Rural Constit
uents; Business Eefora To
Wait
News and Observer Bureau,
r 008 District National Bank Bids.
, Washington, D. C, Dee. 25. From the
backroom ' conference! which nave re
placed the front-Dorch orarorv at Mar
1 ion, where President-elect Harding has
been buerly-eligsged in consulting what
, someone baa told hira represents n
"master winds" of the country, enti.is
lack no suggestion of any definite
agreement aa to jobs even, let alone
poller, among the leaden of the in
, coming admin titration. Instead, rather,
ecmi whispers that each master mind
consulted has only agreed with the other
master minds on two general points
first, that, the particular masted
mind ia conference is the only genuine
master mind epable of deciding bow
the patronage should go. Seconds that
while all , other master minds are very
wU In their way, their ideas as to
policy are all wrong.
Two Decisions Beached.
Naturally, President-elect , Harding,
, who to give him credit has never claimed
to have a master mind himself, is re
ported aa being in somewhat of a quan
dary. - Nothing has apparently been de-
aided on the great questions which are
pressing lor an immediate answer
and. indeed, the only two announce'
meats which have not been contradicted
' the next day so far, and which may be
regarded as having been definitely de-
eidedeupen, art the re-establihmeut of
the inaugural ball, which was abandoned
under the Democratic administration as
a willful and wanton waste of the tax
pavers' money and the completion forth'
with, at an expense of several hundred
thousand dollar of suit of luxuriant
Turkish baths and manicuring parlors
for. the Senators. This was n project
dear to the" heart of the BepuNuan old
'guard ' Senators, and which they had
merrily underway, when a lesa luxuri
ant bat more economical Democratic re
gima abruptly shelved the whole busi.
Jtese as amaeking ' too much of the
profligate luxury of ancient Borne,
wniea, it win ha remembered, had at
" time a very celebrated senatorial
oligarchy ot its own. -r
Designs on Sural Constituent.
To meat this expenditure, of course,
the appropriations of the departments
of sgrieultuxet commerce, etc, will have
t6 be correspondingly ' eat. Possibly
the idea of the Bepubliean majority in
the Senate is to conduct the over-inquisitive
rural constituent, who eomes
on to see why this thing or that thing
has net been -done according to prom
ises, through the splendid marble and
onyx corridors of the new bath house;
aad then by inducing him to take
soothing massage- amid such luxuriant'
surroundings, lull him into sleepy for
getfulnasa of what he eama for.
If Si is is the plan it has ita merits.
for there is every indication that there
will bo s constantly increasing pilgrim
age of inquiring constituents, as there
is no indication as yet of any 'solution
to bow campaign promises are going
to be carried cut. V
The Inevitable Exeuaa.
One of the most immediately pressing
of these is the reform of the business
methods ef the government. The in
coming j administration, reading . with
come regret the elaborate promisee that
it made during the campaign of action
along this line, bare already given it
,np and fallen back on that inemaoie
I refuge of all unanswerable problems, a
.Congressional committee to investigate,
solution which always pleases every
i member ef Congress, because it saves
them the wetk. of trying to think ter-
I ion sly on the subject themselves, ana
'provides lashingg of fat jobs in. the way
?. ..lw-Mrv. tnr the foilhful.
1 i Unfortunately, whatever may be the
'in in reform the eovernmsnt
! business, the one thing that ia clearly
, ! established by the past la that it eaa
,nt he done hx Congressionnl com-
Taft, end ft committer actually woraea
'for ft long time, and held hearings with
!out number. A report was .made which
'embodies several useful suggestions, but
a each enggestioft carried with it a re
n inha. the Beoublieaa Congress
'promptly pigeon-holed it . beyond fhe-;
hope ef eeurreetion..',',.. ..." ;,
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J It requires no prophet, to. point out
Ithat this ia exactly hat i troing to
happen all over again, and President
'elect Harding's own masterly contribu
tion to the question In announcing that
i the vice preaidentjwiH sit as an ex
lofficio member of the Cabinet, has only
L.b aiittun , considerably ' worse.
Cabinet members are quite as Jealous
of their prerogatives aad dignity as are
even the old time Bepubliean Benatorsj
and the presence of an outaider that
. a .,atina known as Cabinet
meeting wiU tend to make the poor
vice president extremely nnwelcome
when he trice to bring about eo-P-tion
between the ftve,. the Cabi
net and Congreo t
tbs able to ao mucn wwmu. w
)' in an informal wajr.' """;'
"it ia evident, thai bustnese reform,
whateew may be aeeomplUhed, la start
, uToff MdeTmort discouraging ausptees
1 President-elect ding-jjdrminatioa
i to create ft n P V""
Unz a department of publio welfare,
I whatever that may mean, ia already
proving trouble maker of the .rst
i stagnitiide.' Uboris , looking a It
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Mrs. Elisabeth CU Dsggett. of Attle
oro, Mas is in the Held against flvs
male ; candidates in the. race for 'the
c'fiiee of mayor of Attleboro. She is
said to be euro ef election. ; .
EFFECT IN FIUME
Scarcity of Food Being Felt In
Places Occupied By
' DIAnnunzio's Men
Triest, Dec 24. (By the Associated
Press.) Piume, Arbe,' Veglia, and San
Marcos, under blockade by the Italian
fieet, are already beginning to feel the
scarcity of food.
The greater part of flabrisle tfAn
vnnxio's troops are remaining in their
barcaxks at Fiume and their officers
are In direct communication with ,the
poet, who looks after trie military ai
well as the political affairs of the be
leaarnered city. '
Immediately after official notice of
the blockade was given to the "Begency
of Quarnero." the .Italian General
Ferario. who already had a group of
soldiers posted around the Tiume
frontier, closed in upon .the city, bar
ring all exit on three sides. Tox about
J0O yards , out of vtht eey tii railway
tracks were removed, stopping traffic.
The roads inurrediatoly outside.: were
torn up ana those crossing the frontiers
were barred with tret tronks and wire
entanglements. Here and there trenches
hare' been dug, front, which patrols are
keeping ft lookout.
Itaanilu tnmna surround the block
ade line at short intervals. Royal
guards and carabineers hold 'the sea
line, while Alpine troops dominate the
city from the" northeastern height.
What ia considered the most dangerous
spot, however, is the mouth of the
river Beoina. '"
D Annunzio. according . to Informs
tion leaking out of Piume, is virtually
taking no rest, and is displaying great
nervous activity in the work of defense.
Ho, is imparting orders, giving advice,
writing proclamations and , reciting
aloud., -i ' ' r
The poet-commander is highly In
dignant about some of the conditions
in General Caviglia s ultimatum, espc
eially, that pertaining to the disband
ment of his legionaries, which he con
siders an outrageous offense to the in
dependence of the regency, which he
declares,- baa a right to form an army
for its own defense, even with foreign,
subjects, as Prance and,, Holland have
done in the case of their foreign
legions: - ,".:
Meanwhile the blockade has caused a
great increase in the price of all neees
sariel, some of which have reached
fantastic sums, as, owing to the danger
of starvation, many of the people have
purchased-large stocks, of food. Tins
of preserved milk, for instance, have
entirely-disappeared from the, market,
While fresh milk is not coming in from
the neighboring country, which -is oe
copied by Italiaa forces.
Meat is a food of -extraordinary
luxury, i Measures, however, have been
adopted . to punish unscrupulous, shop
keepers ami also loTO hoarders. '
Bmce 'the blockade was instituted
aobody has been able to enter Piume.
Many bav been obliged to turn back,
some oi uiem being parents desirous
of entering the city so that- they might
persuade their eons to : return, to the
regular , army 'and cease assisting : in
plans cdutrary to' law.v
The number of persons reauiring to
be fed in Piume ia 62,000 approximate
ly, while theegeney is believed to have
accumulated rations only sufficient for
J6.000 for two : weeks. .This ha-on-
tnoutea greatly to the avpression -of
the eitiiens who are reluctant to en
dure .privations and sWerine; even to
insure independence. ' j -
NEGRO SHOOTS POLICE '
; ' OFFICER AT KINSTON
Ballet natters Bone In OflL
cer's Leo;; Toy Pistol Claims
i ' Its Victim - i ;'ri
KInstoa, Dee. It was not a merrv
ChristmsB for . Patrolman ' Thomas
Stroud, in ft hospital with, a shattered
leg honor for an 18-month-old baby, Its
face split open by a firecracker, hurled
oy aa uniaentinea person, and for the
relatives of William Filer, colored, dead
from a bullet from a toy 'pistol fired
by a negro. . ,
Another accident marked reversion
to the old-time celebration" of the
sacred - holiday here. Popular . Officer
Btroud joked with a negro about his
little old gun. Demanding the weapon.
the negro shot Btroud in a thigh, and
escaped in - a dark alley, Peeling . ran
high la the quarter where the shooting
BLOCHIG
occurred for, a time, . ; k
War Craft Now Under Con
struction Hew To The Amer
ican Battle Fleet
BATTLE CRUISER ONE"
OF NEW TYPES OF SHIPS
Scout Cruisers, Airplane Car
rier and fleet Submarine
Also Being Built; Airplane
Carrier One of Most biter.
of'1"" a
esting of New Vessels; Oar.
ties Fifteen Airplanes
WashingteaMDec. 28. Among the 140
vessels under construction for the
Navy are four types new to the Ameri
can battle fleet, but long in use by the
other principal maritime powers. They
are tb battle- cruiser, of which six are
being built, the scout or light cruiser,
theairplans carrier and the fleet sub
marine. ;
The battle eruieers will be of greet
speed, light armor, long cruising radius
and strong, offensive . armament, the
ships being designed primarily for
ranging 'work ahead of the main body
and Jo r action at long ranee against
vessels of their own class. They are to
have a speed of slightly more than 33
knots (about 40 miles an hour and
will carry eight 10-inch guns mounted
two in a turret.
' The top light cruisers also will func
tion as eeout cruisers. They will have
a speed of 33.7 knots and will carry an
exceptionally heavy armament for ves
sels of their class, mounting 13 six-
inch guns. They are designed to de
velop 00,000 horse power.
, Aircraft Carriers.
-One of the moat interesting of the
new types is the aircraft carrier Lang-
ley, formerly the collier Jupiter. Thus
vessel is being bnflt along the line of
the general board s policy that aircraft
carriers should be combatant veneris
With erieed and other characteristics
which will permit of their use with, the
fleet at sea. ' , !
-The Langley will carry tin the neigh
borhood of IS planes of both the sea
and military scouting types. The ship's
flying deck will eonsist of ft hogs plat'
form 56 feet above the water line eX'
tending from bow to Stern, a distance
off. about 525 feet and with an amid
ships width of S3 feet. The v planes
will be housed below on ' the hangar
deck when not in use and wiirbe, car
ried to the flyingndeck - In elevator.
Catapnulta will be provided on the
ffylng dock to project the plsjm into
air aad give them the necessary mo
mentuA for a start Arresting; devices
will be rigged, on the flying deck to.
permit ef landing directly on the deck
waitorbe Laagley. is under wty while
huge cranes will also be installed to
pick planes out of the water.
- Beneath the flying deck other travel
ing eranes will be provided to hoist
airoraft out ef the hold and for earrv
ing them to machine shops, assembling
spaces and to the elevators.' Shop facili
ties for repairs -will Include a com
pietely equipped machine short wing
repairing shop, modeling spaces, a
metal short and various store rooms,
An ingenious method for providing
smoke pipes without breaking the
flying deck area ia devised .for the
Langley. The ship will have two smoke
funnebi, one on each side, clear of the
flying 'deck and . inter-eonrtecti'd st
tliat-the smoke may always be i 'inrg
ed on the lee side and thus not inter
fore with the landing or discharge of
circraft.
Fleet Sabaurlneev
The .fleet submarines now building
number fix. Six others authorized
have' not yet been contracted for.
Their principal characteristics will be
lk long cruising radius, enabling them
to accompany the fleets under tfracti-
eally all conditions, and new structural
designs to make them aa nearly
possible proof from depth charges,
'i'he submersible will bo ' over 300
feet long with a displacement ef about
2,000 tons. The proDellinsr machinery
for surface cruising will be two main
luesel engines aft. Two other Diesels
forward will drive electric generators
which will provide current for the two
main electric motors to propel the sub
marine when submerged. - The estimat
ed surface speed is SO knot and the
submerged speed 10 Snots.
In addition to these new types Secre
tary Daniels and the general board
have recommended the construction
daring the next three years of three
other types heretofore unknown in the
united -States navy. They are the de
stroyer . leader, long range crubrlng
suDmariaes ana mine laying subma
rines similar to the German U-117.
DID NOT DISCOURAGE f-'
EDUCATIONAL PLAN
Wilmington, Dee. 25. J. O. Carr has
issusd statement in which hi flatly
dsaiea published - reports that he and
Judge W. P, Stacy at a meeting recently
neia Here, discouraged ' the proposed
buirding schema for the State "educa-
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the statement that Judge-Stacy presided
at the meeting and that be , offered the
resolution ' favoring the mndertaklng,
the "resolution being - unanimously
adopted. '- .
PIKE CAUSES DAMAGE OP v
t20S,se AT HIGH POINT.
Winston-Salem; " Dec 25.f-A firesbf
mvwiauan ycaui, narusi . as w
top floor of a new building in High
Point, occupied by the High Point
Motor Company, - this k afternooa deH
strayed the ; structure, causing . $ loss
estimated' at t20O,O0V. Amount of In
surance on the property has not been
Ascertained.;- Firemen werv able to
keen the names from spreading to ad-
jaeen'Jt -.biiiUlinga. Several explosions
ocenrred, when the ,-e " reached la
liammable matcriale ea the top 'floor
and one or two persons were slightly
injured y. fljiiig glass,
Government'sftOrder Permitting
Exchange Transactions With
Russia Cause
SCHEME OF SWINDLERS
APPEARS WIDESPREAD
Would Induce Russians In This
Country To Buy Worthless
Roubles With American Dol
lars To Send To Relatives
Senator Shields Mentioned
Tot Place On The Bench
News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
(By Special beaaed Wire.)
Washington, Dee. 25. A' gigantic
swindling scheme is seen lurking in the
shadow of an altogether honest and
well-meaning policy of our govern
ment which is embraced in the lifting
of the baa on the exportation of coin
bullion and currency to Soviet Bdssia
and permitting exchange transactions
ia Buseiaa or Soviet roubles. It
said that the sction in this matter on
the part of the United States govern
ment has opened the way for swindling
operations on a scale that will compare
favorably with that of the Ponzi scheme.
This order was put into effect this
week following a conference of repre
sentatives of the State and treasury
departments and the Federal Reserve
Board. It was merely the lifting of
another war-time restriction, having no
significance in the way of recognition
of the Soviet regime, aa coincident with
it the order was issued for the depor
tation of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, the
self-imposed Hussion ambassador. How.
ever, unscrupulous persons, it is said,
who had advanced notice of the govern
mont's action, have seieed upon it to
benefit by It by inducing gullible per
sons, especially Bussian Jews who have
needy relatives in Bussia, to buy of
them for good American dollars Kns
sian roubles st the rate of 250 for
dollar, the roubles to be transmitted to
relatives in .-Russia. The rouble is
worthless in Bussia or anywhere else.
as is indicated by a letter a prominent
Washington woman has received from a
relative in Bussia, -which said: ''We
need much, but send us nothing, as
money is worthless here, and the . gov
ernment would confiscate anything else
you might send.
Have Abolished Money.
The Soviet authorities have abolished
money, and the swindlers have laaen
advantage of the situation "brought
about by the aetion of our government
to reap a harvest from those in this
country who have Buffering relatives in
Bussia. It is feared that thousands
of Bussian, Jews in this (country, who
have relatives in Buaaia will falL vie
tima to this swindle, which is 'believed
to have been conceived by Martens as
a means ofestablishing credits in the'
united eraies ior ineooviet oy secur
ing good American money for worth
less BusAt paper. Unscrupulous
swindler, well as representatives
of the fivkiei in thia country, are en
peeted no' profit by selling large sums
of roubles to many Bussian Jews here
who have bank accounts upon which
they will be induced to draw and for
whk.li they will got only wonnieaa
oaner.
That the scheme is widespread and
persistently pushed is obvious from the
f set that the State Department has on
file letters from Chicago, Detroit, Kew
York, Philadelphia and banks In other
cities throughout tft country inquir
ing as to the value of the rouble, all
mentioning the 250-for-a-dolMr basis
of exchange. Members of Congress are
receiving inquiries, also, showing that
"the scheme is being worked for sll it
is worth, and that many a credulous
Bussian Jew, If not forewarned, will
sacrifice the savings of av aUetime to
feather the nests of the rascals who are
promoting and profiting by the scheme.
M Man aorvica.
There is no mail communication with
Soviet Bussia now, the mail service in
that country having brohea down com
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TWO MEN VICTIMS
OF SHOOTING AFFRAY
Another, Charged With Mur
der, Ip, Hospital Suffering
v t Fran Wounds
Asheville, Dec 25. Charged with the
murder of Berry Uensley Jan nigni,
Vernon B. Bailey, seriously wounded,
is cuarded by a policeman in tne Hus
sion Hospital. Hensley was instantly
killed. Charles . Hare fatally wouna-
a: gvina this afternoon, and Bailey is
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sunering viu a piawu ,
lung and liver,
Near midnight last night neighbors
of Hensley were startled by. pistol shots
in rapid succession. ' Before anyone
eould reach the Hensley home, la front
of which the shooting took place, the
tragedy had claimed. all three partiei-
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The shooting was aaia woe-ine
climax ef hard feelings arising from a
recent arrest of Hensley ea informa
tion given the police by Bailey. . Ar-nntino-
affieera stated that Baiter; wa
drank when they took him into custody
few minutes after the affair. Hensley
was ea the front porch ef his house and
Bailey in the street when the shooting
occurred.-'-- " , i .,
A ballet from Bailey's pistol strusk
Hensley - near the . month, the , bail
penetrating the brain at its base. Bailey
was. shot through the left side, the ball
peirclng his left lung and, tearing
tbroturh his lirer, uare. it seems, ran
out unarmed to see what was going on.
A he stepped out of the door he- was
struck ia the ttomach with, a ball from
Bailey's gua". - " i
Bailey may also tie enargea witn tne
murder of Hare, although officers to
night did not know just what aetioa
would be taken.
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Probably the moat unique force of
employed ia? the ' Continental and Commercial National Bank Building, at
Chicago. Starter. Patzelt, who has but one leg, declares that, whenever possible
he hires one-legged men, because they are reliable and stick to their jobs. There
are eight operatora present and all one-legged. '
Shortage of Equipment for
Higher Education In State
Specific Figures Given As To
Number Turned Away From
Institutions
FIRE OPENING GUN JN
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
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Nearly 2,500 Bojnrand Cista
TJnable To Jain Admission ;
Crowded Conditions '
Greensboro, Dee. 25. -Specific figures
on North. Carolina's startling shortage
of, equipment to provide higher ed'
tion for its youth is supplied for the
first - time in the opening gun of the
sdvertialng campaign undertaken by
the Association fo Promotion ef Edu
cation in North Carolina, of whidh
A. M. Scales, of this city, isr general
director. This advertisement is making
its appearance ia the daily press ef the
State on December 20 and 27. "Pacing
the Facts" is the theme of this State
wide campaign on behalf of the State's
institutions, and the Opener discloses
many facts calculated to bring the
citixemrhip of. North Carolina upstand
ing to aetion and, the association
hopes, immediate action.
Perhaps the thing that will be of
first interest to the people ia , publica
tion of the number of North Carolina
boys and girls who sought admission to
various colleges this fall and eeuld find
ao accommodations "whose hopes
the association declares, "for higher
educational , training were shattered."
The list follows,, the number opposite
each institution representing the num;
her who applied for admission and
could not enter because of
crowded conditions. ( .
Fjguree Shew Sitastioa.
Normal and Collegiate ashe
nlle) Flora McDonald
St; Mary's
North-farolina State College
for Women
North. Carolina State A. ft E.
Halem Female College
, Wake Forest ..................
: Meredith
Greensboro College for Women
Davidson College
300
205
200
230
100
100
40
.100
100
17S
University of North" Carolina-250
Eastern North Carolina Train- .
ing School ...........,...".,' 40
Trinity
uuillora
Elon ...
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Rutherford
' Weaver ...
Cullowhee ,
Oxford ...
Louisburg ,
Queen's . .
Davenport ,
Mitchell ,.,
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TOTAL .208 1
Crewdlag laatitatlone. ,
The' terrific crowdine of the 9.500
wlia Brained admission .lA-thesa inatitn.
(iocs ia stressed, .the point .being made
that in many instances these students
are packed three aad four to a dormi,
tory v - room a - eonditioa -' militating
against good work, inducing discom
fort and possible spread of - disease.
And yet, the institutions were unable
to receive p-. aU;aa.ut of every nve
younw. men aad women : who applied
for sidmissionl ... V
People of the State are urged to take
immediate f action la order tlint aura
conditions may. be remedied by thenext
tension of; the General Assembly- The
institutions , are asking .for (approxi
mately (18,000,000 for- ft' building pro
srram exteadine- over nv nariod of , six
years, and. these who would plead -State
poverty aa a par to .each an expenditure
are. put- to' shame by , the figures gath
ered by -the. association, zrhcaa. flguros
refer both to the untold wealthSef tlje
Rtate and ' to'the - parsimonious ' policy
toat - nas always Dee a -pureuea w tne
pact - in . .providing' hhrher educational
equipmeat-exrienditures-for the- past
two and a half centuries amenntlng to
only S14.000.000. Yet the people of the
State paid over .1160,000,000 in the fed
eral ireaeury last year, speat mo.wuwu
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elevator operatora in the world is that
Woman Charged With Murder
of Jake L Hamon Has Bail
Flxcd ki $12'
Ardmore, Okla, De& 5. (By The As
sociated Press.) Mrs. Clara Barton
Smith Hamon spent Christmas slight in
the bosom ef hoc family.
In the sealed chamber of the office
of the sheriff ef Carter county, Mrs,
Hamon, who returned here at noon to
day to answer a. charge of murder In
connection with the death of Jake I
HamoaBepubliean national committee
man of. Oklahoma, ia the. presence of
relatives, county authorities and a few
newspaper men, was granted her free
dom shortly after 1 o dock. The arms
of the law, which have- bj6 reaching
out for her-svnee tho night f November
22, and closed around her when" he
voluntarily surrendered to Sheriff Jack
Gnrrott at Juarea, Mexico, December 22,
were agaia unloosed.
Clinging to the arms of Sheriff Gar
rett Mrs. Hamon left the scene of her
arraignment., her application for bond
and her request to bs bound over to the
district court of Judge T. W. Champion,
unaer doii or fl-iMi. Her pleading was
"not guilty"' In the closed chamber
which served aa ft. court rocm everv offi
cial detail of her appearance and her
Ultimate liberty was carried out. .
After Mrs. llnmon's. proceedings were
over, photographs wore taken, a few vis
its made here and there and. at 4
o'clock, she sped away to Wilson, OkJa.,
a town about thirty miles west of here,
o spena a lew anye with her Bister and
brother there. As a courtesy and not
as an act ef custody, Sheriff Garrett
compietea Mrs. Hamon s long trip with
her ho escorted her to Wilson.
Mrs. Hamon, according to her plans,
micnus io spena a number or days with
ner rewiives at Wilson, ana soon there
after may return to El Paso and re
main until her trial eomes up in district
court. Counsel for Mrs. Hamon have
announced that they' seek to hava the
ease docketed for the January term of
eon ana inert was every indication of
believe that such a request would be
granted. "'' ' ';-",.'', '
While at Wilson, the visit, there is to
be one of rest, recuperation and, free
dom from the struggles to which she
has been subjected the last four weeks.
Mrs. Hamon ; declared. . Ifer i parting
auiun uuro BTiuonce ox mis iact sns
was going to enjoy the intimacy of her
family at Christmas time.. , , ,
The men who signed Mrs. Hamon's
bond are four- of the most prominent
or Aramore. roe oonu wnieu. naa Deen
prepared to tender Mrs. Hamon, con
taining the signatures of numerous eitl
xena of, Ardmore, who ; voluntarily .of
fered thoir services, was - not. entered.
A,n, eleventh, hour change in plans de
cided that it was best to frame; a new
bond. ... V ',,!"",'-,'.!
The four men who signed Mrs.
Hamon's bond are i Writ, Franklin, Mux
Wrmheimcr, U H. Love and T.-A. Thu
mond. The two f ormer"are wealthy oil
men who operate in the Ardmore ' field
and the, latter are eottou brokers and
reputed 'millionaires. T'-'' ; :
'Mrs. Hamon was the next to the last
passenger, to detrain when, her train
tolled into Ardmore at noon.
Mrs. Hamon was hastily greeted by the
few rclatiyes who met her. She was
whisked Into a Waiting automobile, and
together with Sheriff Garrett, Benjamin,
Franklin Harrison, her undo: and a
deputy 'sheriff, she was driven to the
office 'Of the sheriff.' Motion " picture
machines ground off their .'portrayal ct
ihe entry and departure of Mrs. Hamon,
while numerous cameras clicked es ihe
was hastened to the waiting automobile.
When the. affaira- connected with: her
release had been- completed,:: a , load
appeared to hav beee lifted from her
shoulders and some of her. friends de
clared she "was more like the Clara ef
,'ald than ah hud b.h tu a long Urns,"
MRS. CLARA HAMQN
RELEASED ON BAIL
Seventy - Four Certificates "
Granted Nurses Passing
State Examinations
HIGHEST AVERAGE MADE
MISS BESSIE STANFORD
Certificates of Registration Is.
sued Through Reciprocity or
Recognition To Nineteen
Nurses From Other States j
and To a Professional Nnrse
From Denmark
JSalisbury, Dee. 25. At the meeting of
the Board of Examiners of Trained
Nurses of North Carolina, held in Bal
elgh recently certificated of regietra-
tion were issued through reciprocity or
recognition to nineteen nurses regis
tered in other States, and to Miss Olga
Elna Jonsson, a professional nurse from
alley. Langgade, Copenhagen, Dennwk. .
In addition to these iWcnty-four eertifl
eatea were granted to nurses who passed
the examination given by the board. .
The highest average on examination v
was made by Bessie White, Stanford, of
St. Peter's hospital, Charlotte. Her
average was P4.0O. Following her closely
were Marguerite flalters, with 94.33 j
Annette Alplrn, 93.14; Kathleea Parker,
Annie E. Spruce, Alda Grayson, Anne '
Ludlow McGohee, Dorothy Sloans, Nell
Hamlin and Bedia MeGaskny.
Those Given Certificates. ,
Below are the namea of the 'young
ladies who took xthe examinations aad
the training schools in which they se
cured their nursing education i J
Baptist Hospital, Columbia, B. C
LoUa C. Porter.
Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford, '
a. ijoyoe uneea. ,
Charlotte Sanatorium Nola Onrrie,
Currie, Marguerite Baiters. j
City Memorial Bospital, Winston.
Salem Buth Johnson, Mary Lyons;
Viola G, Smith, Dovie Shore. i
Cumberland General, Fayetteville-s
Sarah G. Currie, Annie Pate. ' ,
43aaton County Sanatorium, Gastonla
Lonnie Jackson.
George Washington Hospital, Wash,
ington, D. C Nell Hamlin.
Gordon Kelly Memorial, Tampa; fla-
Mary a. nam. ,
Highland Hospital, Asheville Annett
Alpira. ; '' ' i I
High Point Hospital XIIIIs Pearl
Wood, Carrie Faye Cunningham. ' .- (
Highsmlth Hospital, Fayetteville
Mamie McKinnon, Lorena Psrrish, Nel- '
lie T. Stanton.
Jnmes Walker Memorial, Wilmington
Tors Jane Branch, Margaret C. Oal.
lawaytnie K. Walton.
Long's Sanatorium, Statesville Annie
Bcl'e Hoyle, Mary Beld Sharps. -
Mary Elizabeth Hospital, Bslelgh
Susan Vernia Irwin, Mary Ansa Meyers.
Mercy Hospital, Charlotte Sr. Mary
Alphonaus, Annie A. Blackwelder, Buth
A.Hoyctte, Elsie M. ePeler, Marw I.
Wnlley. -
Meriwether .Hospital, Asheville
Marflia K. Brooks, Mabl Kineaid, Cos
stance Beeves, 11a May Beeves, Dorothy
81oane. v
Mission Hospital, Ashevlle Jose
phine Hurgin, Elvs Hartnesa.
Moors Herring, Wilson AHa Lee
Smith. j
Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount
Josephiae 8. Beeks, Mary Lou Us
Swank.
Parrott Memorial Hospital, Kinston
rBodia Ann McCaskey, Kathleen PakerJ
Phoenix Heepital, Phoenixvllle, Fa.
Helen . Voung. ,
Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte
Hallie E. Moore. . . ' . .
Pryor Hospital, Chester, 8. 0. Irons
Anderson. '
Bex Hospital, Baleigh Murhl .
Cabe, Bebekah F. Bedford, Hyraer B.
Straughn, Nora A. Watkins. !
Butherfdrd Hospital, Butherfordtoa
Alda Grayson, Vina E. Bayburn. ,
State Hospital, . Morgnnton Minnie
Louise Sharpe. ' - s , i"
8b, Agnos,' Baleigh, (Colortl.) Jeesls
B. Alford, Theresa E. Barriager, Lila '
Mae Willinms.
St. Leo's,. Greensboro fiammie H.
Burke, Lucile Pcgram, Jessie Mae Bob- ,
erfs, Mrs. Ethel hi Bhugart. .
Kt. Luke's, 'New Bern Daisy-Falls, . ,
Flora McDougald, Julia Mas Shope. 1
Lillian M. Tilley.
St. Peter's, Charlotte Goldis Howell,
BessieyWhite Stanford. ' "
Watt Hospital, Durham Annie Lud
low McQehee, Nannie . Lou Norwood, -V
Lueille Osborne, Annie E. Spruce. , ,
W.,1,v Tncr trnsnftAK'-GrMBBhArCHM,, i
Bessie May Cline, Monnti Currie.
Wilson Hanatorium, wilioa Jose-
phine Parker. ' '
Benedict College Hospital, Columbia.
S. C Anna E. Saundera (Colored). '
WHITE HOUSE QUIETLY
OBSERVES CHRISTMAS -
, i , . j ..- 'i,f ., -
Washington. Dee. 25. President and
Mrs. Wilson spent Christmas, quietly at . ...
the White House surrounded by a few
relatives, including Miss Margaret "Wil- ,
son. daucliter of the President, and Dr.( .
Stockton Axson, his brother-in-law. On "
account, of the absence - of th Presl-
dent's gra'nd-cbildrea there wae no
tree., ''.,-': -,, iv ' '
Christmas dinner was, served in the ,
evening after the customary drive of
the President and Mrs. Wilson through
Bock Creek Park., yesterday the Preai- v
dent and his wife followed their cus
tom of dbtributing Christmas gifts ta
the children along the way which, the
President was" accustomed, to take on
his visits to ft golf club in Virginia toe-
fore his Illness. It waa the first time
the President had been able to follow
this custom in three years. A year age
he was confined te the White House by
illness and two years ago . he.waaMa'
France, whero on Christmas day ha re
viewed the American' Expeditionary
Forces st American general heftdo.uar
$era at CJioumo'ht, v