North Carolina Newspapers

Weather To-day ; ItAIN TONIGHT PROBABLY CLEAR AND COLD THURSDAY mron or thi associated press - Tha Aaaoaiatad Praaa la axelunlvalf ntiUd to tha OM for publication of all aeara dupatehea erdltl to it or not otharwiaa credited in thia papor aiti alw tha local nwa aubltahad. THE SALISBURY EVfcN WQ POST ia mcmbar of Tha AMuciaUd frtna and geta tha aftarnoon raporta. , I r i VOL. 15. NO. 124. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 1920 PRICE 2 CENTS -CLi .ilia V Sii iiiiii Ji. ,ii 1 5 YEARS FOR TWO IK UPPARD CASE ' 7 FOR YOUHGEST Judge Shaw Said Verdict Should Have Been for First Degree Murder Instead of 2nd. HORRIBLEAFFAIRS ARE BROUGHT OUT Judge Shaw Also Said .That Eight or Ten Wit nesses Should Have Held for Perjury. Moreantoh. Dec. 22. In the Burge county court thia morning, Judge Shaw sentenced Lone Young and Cecil Heffner to fifteen years and little Dock Heffner, the young est of the trio, to seven and one half yeara at hard labor for the murder of Glenn Lippard Saturday night, November 20th. Attorneys for the prisoners gave notice of appeal. ,: In pronouncing sentence Judge Shaw sakl he believed the verdict should have been first degree mur der and that the trial had brought out a "horrible state of affairs ex isting in lower Burke and upper Catawba counties." Judge Shaw in his comment on the case also said that he would have ordered the arrest of eight or ten witnesses for perjury had the Vase not been so serious. pThe jury was out less than an 'hour, eleven being for second de cree murder and the twelfth for nrst degree murder on the first ballot " Morganton, Pec. 22 "Guilty of murder in the second degree," was the verdict .endercd by the jury in the Glenn Lippard murder case at 8:30 tonight. Their deliberations had taken less than an hour. When it was announced that the verdict was ready, a small crowd gathered quickly dn the courtroom to hear the decision. J. Ed Scott was - spokesman, telling the court that the verdict applied to each of the throe defendants. (" John Hefner, father of Cecil and , Dock Hefner, was with his boys .and seemed to take the result Quite as-stoically es they.- Lone Totmgr the other defendant, was the only one who was noticeably agitated. Attorney Whitener entered for mal motion for a new trial, but was overruled." Judge Shaw an nounced that sentence would not be passed until tomorrow morning. Mr. Whitener consulted with the defendants immediately following the verdict and told y ur corre spondent that they are still most emphatic inHheir protests of inno cence of the crime or any guilty knowledge of it. . The verdict was the one that was generally expected by those who had followed the case closely. DIRECTORS N. C. FARM BUREAU HERE Meeting This Afternoon to Con sider Outlining Plans and Poli ! jciei cf the Organization. ' A meeting of the directors of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was held this after noon, being called to order in the grand jury room - at the court hou3e by B. B. Miller, Esq., of Rowan, president if the organiza tion as head of the board of direc tors. Representatives, from a num ber of points throughout the state were expected to be present at thia session, which began shortly after noon. :. ' The object of this meeting of the board of directors is to outline plans and policies of the organiza tion and its work and to consider Afaestions of interest to the bu reau and to farmers' in general. The inclement weather may . have kept some away from the meeting but E notwithstanding this;- there was a fairly- good representation of members of the board present. N. Y. BROKERAGE HOUSE FAILED (By Tha Associated Prasa) New York, Dec. 22. Failure of the 'brokerage firm of Foster and . Lounsberry was announced . from the rostrum of the stock exchange this morning shortly after opening. The firm has done business on the exchange for more than twenty Tyears. Foster and Lounsberry are understood v to have been ( active traders in Vandium steel which "lead in recent heavy reaction on the market. The failure which was unexpect ed in financial circles is regarded as the most . important of recent failures. , MANY KILLED AND INJURED IN ACCIDENT -? (By Tha Associated Praaa) , London, Dec. 22. A central news dispatch from Helsingfors Finland under Tuesday's date aays several hundred persons were killed and injured in a railroad accident near Petrograd. The accident was due, it is stated, to the overcrowded condition but details were lacking, the dispatch added. WINSTON MINISTER KILLED BY AUTO, NEGROES ESCAPE ; Winston-Salem, Dec. 22. Rev, John R. Herndon, pastor Waugb town . Presbyterian church, in a suburb of thia city, waa instantly killed by an automobile thia morn ing. Two negroes who were in the car that struck the pastor eseap ed. . Officers are searching for them. ' ' Rev. Mi1. Herndon leaves a wife and two children. . , DOWN PA. AVENUE Mr. Wilson Plans to Fol low the Usual Custom, Receive President-Elect and Then Ride in Pro cession. (By Tha Aaaociatad Praia) ' Washington. Dec. 22. 'President Wilson plans to accompany president-elect Harding from the White House to the capital on March 4th and back again to the White House f 6r luncheon as has been the usual custom when a new chief executive ia inaugurated. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the president, said today that Mr. Wilson outlined to him yesterday his plana .with, regard to inaugura tion day. As is the custom Mr. Harding will call at the White House just before noon and be re ceived by the retiring executive They will then, under the present plans, ride down Pennsylvania ave nue to the capital where the president-elect will take the oath of of fice and deliver mis inaugural address.- : . A The new and retiring president wall dead the usual parade ' down Pennsylvania avenue to the White House where Mr. Wilson will en tertain Mr. Harding at luncheon. PRES. WILSON OUT WINDOW SHOPPING (By Associated Press.) i Washington, Dec. 22. iPresident Walson went window shopping on F. street Yesterday ia view of the Christmas crowd! and brightly dec orated shops in an open automobile. He was accompanied oy Mrs. Wil son. . ' -. V : The nrestdent drove slowly down one side of this main artery of the capital shopping district and back up the l other. Few 'people in the hurrying crowd of shoppers recognized the chief executive. - - BANK ROBBERS GIVEN STATE PRISON TEuMS Wilson, Dec. 22. JThe yeggman James Maddrey and Raphael Cat- terlin, through their counsel, James S. Barron and Gilbert T. Elliott of Norfolk, plead ruilty in superior court here today before Judge E. H. Cramer to the -charsre of rob bing the Bank of Black Creek last August end getting away : with more Jhan a hundred thousand dol lars worth of Liberty bonds, thrift stamns and valuable papers, and were sentenced to serve five and seven years respectively in the penitentiary.'' - , :-' : - . '.'' Owing to Maddrey giving ma terial information which led to the recovery of valuable papers to the looted bank and for other material evidence, he was let off with five years. Te was born in Tarboro. and ran away from home when he waa 15 years old. ' Catterlin says he waa born and reared in Oresron butf for the past eight years has. made Raleigh and Greensboro lus borne. JACKSON'S POLITICAL ROW TAKEN TO SUPERIOR COURT Asheville. Dec. 22. Quo warran to proceedings were started today in Sylva, Jackson county, when pe titions were filed with the clerk of the Superior court by A. D. Parker, Republican candidate xor registrar of deeds of Jackson coun ty in the late election, and by A. C Queen,' Republican candidate for county treasurer, against .Raymond Nicholson, end J. w. Davis, tne present ancumoents. SUES DETECTIVE AGENCY FOR FALSE INFORMATION Geneva, Dec. 22. M. Wader, wealthy resident of Bienne, Swit zerland, has lust sued a detective acrency for wrongly recommending an immoral man as ausoand xor his daughter and has obtained a verdict of 140 pounds - with costs against the asrency. The prospective father-in-law engaged the agency at a cost of 500 pounds to investigate the repu tation and habits of the young man who had asked for the hand of his daughter. . The detectives reported that the youth was worthy, reliable and sober. After six months of wedded life, the bride returned to her fathers home with the Information ' that the bridegroom had dissipated her dowry in riotous living end gam bling. . j Peacocks formerly took the place of Turkeys on the Christ IIHI mas table. N. C; GOOD ROADS Joint Committee of the Various Highway Asso ciations Make Propo sals to Legislature. , . Raleigh, Cfc. 22 The good roads bill proposed by the joint committee of the different high way associations which hecently met in Raleigh proposes to raise the money for the, construction of a state highway system from four different sources. The suggestion of the committee, which framed the bill, baaed on estimates of the highway commission, is that from eight to ten million dollars annual ly can be economically expended. That is the commission could "get the materials and the labor and machinery together In sufficient quantity for doing that much road work every year for the next ten fears.' It is estimated that under his program it would be possible to build a system of good roads Into every county in North Caro lina in that time. The bill to be presented , to the legislature sometime early in the season will embrace the following ideas for raising the money: ; 1. Federal aid money $2,500,000 annually. . 2. Five cent property tax $1,600.- 000 annually. . 3. One cent tax on gasoline S500,- 000 annually. 4. State bond Issue $4,000,000 annually. Total of $8,500,000 annually. This schedule does not take into- consideration the million and half dollars that will be collected from automobile license sales dur ing the coming year, for it ia the suggestion of this ioint committee that this money shall be used strictly for maintenance. Every sane man in North Carolina who has given the matter any consid eration at all has wondered at the lack of judgment and foresight which has prompted the building of roads at a great coat without any thought for the maintenance of these roads. Yet such, has been the program in North Carolina for years, and. the resilt ia- that while great sums have been spent by the counties for road work, in the majority of the countiea thia money served but a temporary purpose. for the roads soon wore out under traffic and no provision was made for keeping them in repair. ; The new bill will require the state to immediately take over tie maintenance of every mile of the 5.500 miles suggested for the state highway system. Provision will be made for patroling these roads and for repairing them immediately after the damage is done either by i rains or thru -any other agency. The official in charge of every road section will be held directly re sponsible for the maintenance of every mile of his road, and the failure to do this will be the cause for his immediate dismissal from the service. With the expenditure of this money for road maintenance and' of other funds for the construc tion of "new rbads, it win be pos sible in less (han a decade for a man to leave the mountain coun ties of the west and travel clean across Jhe state to the seashore on the east without having to traverse other than a well constructed and perfectly maintained rdad all the way. Such a system would open up the great mountain counties to the other sections of the state and would enable the neople of, the east to get to these beautiful mountain counties'.. The adoption of such a program, it .is confident ly believed,, would result In giving North Carolina - one of the best systems of roads to be found any where In the country. R. R. RATES' HELD r DISCRIMINATORY ; 5 ' (By Tha AaaocUtad Praaa) ; , Washington,' Dec. 2Z. Freight and passenger and excess baggage rates in the state of Arkansas as recently fixed by the stare commis sion were held discrimnatory to day by the Interstate Commerce Commission. . Arkansas ia one of the seventeen state swhich refused to allow car riers, an increase ' in intra-state rates equal to those granted by the commission last August on inter state comerce. Cotton Shows Renewed Weakness. (Br Tha Aaaoeiatad Preaa) - New York, Dec. 22. The cotton market showed renewed weakness at today's early trading, all active months showing new. low ground for the season, v Liverpool was lower than due while the unset tled condition of the stock market with the reported failure of a stock exchange firm probably accounyu for considerable wall street sell ing. There was also a good deal of. selling here for Southern, ac count and after opening at a de dine of 4 to 18 points the market soon showed net losses of 10 to 23 points with January selling at 14.50 and March at 14.42. A VIERD PARADE White;Robed Clan of the Invincible Empire in Si lent March City Put in Darkness Few Minutes. (Br Tha Aiaociatad Preaa) Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22. Pre ceeded by mounted heralds bearing flaming crosses a branch of the Ku Klux Klan's invincible empire paraded thru the str3et3 of Soutti Jacksonville last night. More than 200 members, completely disguis ed in white high pointed caps and long white' gowns, only their eyes showing thrcy their masks, were in the line of march. The clan ' re cently paraded Jacksonville's down town streets. . At dust clansmen with .flowing whlterobes, their horse coved to the ground in the white insig nia of the order, rode up Main street. One blew a trumpet, sound ing the wiard notes of the clans men. Another announced as he rode along: "A band of solemn, de termined men will pass this way soon and want no one to follow them. Then in a lew moments a single file of probably 200 or 300 white robbed figures, some holding alof burning crosses, appeared in the streets and marched silently and slowly over the city while crowds looked on. , : ' " The clansmen gathered ' among the trees in the city nark and dark ness fell. They treood a few mo ments silently and in perfect or der. Then suddenly every light in the business section snapped out and darkness reigned for five minute. . The lights wer? then turned en as mysteriously ns they were turned off and it was seen that all of the clansmen had dis appeared. ' 3 PEOPLE KILLED NEAR GREENSBORO Two Young Women and One Young Man meet Death in Auto. . Greensboro. Dec. 21. Two young women and one young man are dead ' and nnntlior vnnnir mm seriously injured as the result of Southern-passenger train No. 16 striking the automobile in which they were riding at a crossing! six miles from here on the roaoi to Gibson ville this afternoon. An other Dassentrer in the automobile escaped with minor, injuries. l ney were returning to their homes Jn Burlington after a day of shopping in here when the acci dent occurred. The dead are: Minn Ollio Hnitli- cock, aged 20; her sister, Miss Ada Haithcock, aged 18; and Floyd nnut, agea za. Miss Ollie Haithcock and Floyd Whitt were instantlv killdd.. Mi Ada Haithcock was rushed to a hospital here, but died a few hours after being brought to it. George Whitt was carired to a hos pital at Burlington. : Mrs. Floyd want s injuries are not serious. Tha hrviip nt Miaa Ollio Hoff.. cbek and Floyd Whitt were carried to Burnngton tnis aitemoon.' They were badly mangled. Details, of the acident are, meag er. Why the automobile party failed to see or hear the train Is not clear. The automobile was completely wrecked, t According to a telegram receiv ed by railroad officials, Phillip Williams, white, of Haw River, was Kiuea near tnere this afternoon when A Sout.tiorn f frpttrhf tntn struck an automobile in which hp was riding. REV. BILLY SUNDAY IS , VISITOR IN CHARLOTTE Makes Talk at Good Fellows' Lun cheon at Mid -day He Preaches at Night O,hrloti TW." 91 SLtmnn Viin. dred men 'of Charlotte, and sever al nundred visitors from almost every state in the union, heard amy ounaay at tne viood t eilows' luncheon in thA aindifcnrinm tmtaw A mairnifleent hnnnnnt ra uimiul by the Good Fellows. Billy Sun- uay swept xne vast audience off its feet with enthusiasm. He talked for about 15 minutes, but in that nme epoice more parables than half the preachers will in two honrs. The audience waa Tnmuwt fn laugh ter or tears as he willed. . He was given a tremendous ovation. Deonle in the auditnrinm. tha na. sonnel representing every class of people in the city. His subject was home-the need of - ttnnA hnmaa in the world today, good mothers -and mmsJ 4.1 11 . . M kvuu invners. iny eunoay la a marvek)im artnr? h h.i th n.t sense of humor and words fall from his lips in cascades. He is a man of splendid brain, wide reading and uignest uramauc art. ine thous ands who heard Kim tAnlih spellbound under the witchery of ... uiiuv uri4vviuu9 personal ity. To Play Wake Forest. f' (By Tha Aaaoriatad Praaa) Willumsburg, Va., - Dec 22. William and Marv CtnVoirm AAth11 ream will play a game at Newport news witn wake f orest college next season, it has (tint hen an. I nounced. . BRYAN CAUSES A STIR I; 4 - a ft- ' w m ....... J A HasHI iii f : i- r 5 4.'tA' ii ' The good people of Martoni O.. are beginning to be bored by the visits of celebrlUes. " Bt ao body yawed Vhen BUI Bryan breesed Into town. Bryan'i call was ef unusual Interest to Uo"-"r was the old Democratic war horse meeting the O. O. P. standard bearer by InvlutlonBut ir was Tja?. Naooleonlc can that Interested the Marlonltos. This picture of Bryan ad Presidentelect Harding was snapped at the corner of the famous front porch. On lie mik A TOBACCO ASSH Bicketts Statement Re- gardin? Pardoning Re cord Taken to Mean He Will Commute Number. By Max Abernethy.) - Raleigh, Dec. 22-J. Y. Joyner is now making preparations .for nerfectinir the "Dobaceo Gtfbwera Co-operative Association, which Is ft by-product of, the Interstate bacco Association which was re cently organized' in Raleigh for the protection of the tobacco far mers " . ' ' Definite plans have been form ulated and adopted for the com pletion of the State, county and township associations in North end South Carolina and Virginia, following a meeting of representa-1 tives of the three States in Rich - mond last week. The State meet - ines will be held on January 12 in Raleigh, January 14 dn Flor- ence,. S. C, and January 11 in Lvnchburir. Va.. at which time the approval of the proposed organi zation will be given, v i r The purpose of the new associa tion is to provide ways and means of successfully marketing , the to bacco crop. '- " " ' - - . : Governon Bickett's statement made public this morning with re spect to his pardon record ds tak en to mean- that the governor will commute a number of sentences either today or tomorrow. r The governor has made H plain that he will not consider any more petitions for pardons and prisoners who are not benefitted by this week's order of the gover nor will be forced to wait nntil Governor-elect Morrison is induct ed into office. During the last pe titions asking that he interfere with sentences. He . already has as many applications as he can eive attention to and announces that he will not consider other pardons. ;, - There are a number of capital sentences which wUl not be con sidered by Governor Bickett since Some of them, sentenced ; to be electrocuted after his term of ef flce expires, will come under the jurisidiction of the new governor. The :' Corporation . Commission this week is hearinar the netition of the Carolina Power and Light company lor an increase of one cent in its street car fare in Ral eigh and of the Piedmont Power Company for the right to increase the minimum charge for install ing service in the plants fo - its customers whether power is used or not. Decision dn both cases will not be made until aftr th Christmas holidays, it is thought. , - TO RESUME YADKIN RUN. It is learned that Capt. O'Far rell, of the Yadkin road, who has been off duty-several months, since the fatal wreck on this line near Salisbury the latter part of Sep tember, will resume his run Sat urday. Capt. O'Farrell goes on the afternoon train . and returns te Salisbury on the morning train. His host of friends in Salisbury and along the line will be glad to sea him on his run again. Fiume Being Besieged. (By Tha Aaaoeiatad Praaa) . 'VUHIVf AUU.T, I lUIIIOi the stronehold of Cant. Gabried d'Annnnzio. the insurgent Italian j leader, is being besieged by regu- I lar Italian lorces. n. inn WILL ACCEPT BILL Growers and - Millers From North s Carolina and Virginia in Wash- ington Today. . . . M t . . . (By Tha Aaaociatad Praaa) Washington, Dec. 22. Delega tions representing peanut growers and millers from Virginia ' and North Carolina are in Washington tn.M aalllns An iiiurtluni iRnMatnfa To-Laild represenUtives in sarwdeavor to gain support xor tne proposed protection of this industry as con tained in the Fordney emergency' tariff bill. The delegations said the propos ed tax of three cents on peanuts md 20 cents a gallon on peanut nil. contained An the Fordnev ' measure, would be acceptable to them if they could not get anything . better. , The present tarifT, they ! said, is 3-8 of a cent on unshelleo peanuts. 3-4 of a cent on shelled 'peanuts and six cents on peanut I oil., They said the industry was ' ' threatened with ruin and that some remedial measure must De sound ( "at once." , . .. .. . A bitter fight waa forecast today as the house took up for considera tion the Fordney emergency tariff bill under the rule limiting debate to three hours. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee announced that it was his intention to seek passage of the bill before adjournment tonight. A COAL MAGNET . ENTERS A DENIAL Managing Director of . American Wholesale - Asm. Says. Coal . Men Did Not "Plan." By Tha Aaaoeiatad Praaa) ' f ' Washington, Dec. 22--George' H. Cushing, managing director of the American Wholesale Coal Associa tion, was recalled before the sen' at investigating committee today and entered x denial that coal men had "planned" the series of govern ment statements and actions which he said -caused a shortage panic this year. "Some of the coal men got high prices," he said, but I want to ab solve them from bringing about steps which five government organ izations took that caused a panic." "Did your association ask the inter-state commerce commission for priority orders?" Senator Ken- yon, Republican, asked. ; ( " "No, we were lighting that," Mr. Cushing replied. ; ' COTTON MARKET Cotton Into New Low Ground. New York. Dec. 22, The cotton market broke into new low ground for the season today,' March sell ing down to 13.95 under heavy Southern and Willi Street offerings based on wheat spot markets and unsettled financial conditions., ' Opening Steady ' ' ' New York, Dec. 22-iCotton fu tures opened steady. January .... . ... . . 14.65 March 14.60 May 14.70 ' July i ... .. . 14.70 v October 14.86 The East Spencer Methodist Sun day school will hold Its entertain ment later in next week In the new Tabernacle when same is complet ed.' ; ' ' :A,"r''-' . j David Shuler, who has been fiito siek for the. last few weeks, is some better today, bis many I fronds will be glat' to know. - - IN MARION 1 - - v t Ti tne lew is a secret service roan. J. D. Carter Heads Divis ion No. 321 as Chief Conductor-Marriage in 1 East Spencer. (By A. W. HICK!) ; Spencer, Dec. 22 Division No. S21 Order Railway Conductors, one of the strongest organizations of the kind in the State, held an In terestlng installation. -pf, officers a few days" ago when the 'following were Inducted into office for the coming year: i . Chief Conductor, J, D. Carter. ' Assistant Chief Conductor, J. L. Hughes. v , . r Secretary and Treasurer, II. L Parker. v, Senior Conductor, A. V. Alam Junior Conductor, J. M. Small.' Outside Sentinel, Bi F. WaddeTL Inside Sentinel, G. Haley.-,. -'; In connection with the ceremon ies the retiring Chief Conductor, W. S. Freeman, was presented w ith a handsome gold emblem as a token of the esteem of the members of the order at tie close of his term of service ... . " , Driving to the parsonage, of the East Spencer Methodlist church a few days ago Miss Mary Long be came the bride of Mr. Henry A. Headinger, - the ceremong being performed by Rev. R. C. Kirk In the presence of a few friends. The bride is an attractive daughter of Mr. Ruben Long, a well known far mer, of the Longs Ferry, section, and the groom is the proprietor of a general store on the Yadkin road leading out of Spencer. A new hoine has 'just been erected near the store by the groom and lo this the young couple wijl go to 'hoaav keepings '.L--:-rYJ ' Mr. W. C. Horne, Sr., one of Spencer's eldest and most respect ed citizens, is in a Charlotte hosp tal for an operation which is to be performed this week. ' His condi tion, while not serious, gives his family and friends much concern and an early recovery is hoped for. Alderman J. H. Benton is - in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti more where he has been for several weeks taking treatment. The idea of an operation has been abandon ed and it is now thought Mr. Ben ton may be cured without the use of the surgeons' knife. ; .f V- ! The Spencer-churches and Sun day schools are busy this week and a number of entertainments will feature the 'Christmas season, Santa Claus is a mighty big man among children of railroad men and will be a weleome guest in many homes. : ? - ' . ; , The Methodist Sunday school starts the series -of Christmas en tertainments tonight with an Interesting- program by members of the school. Following the exercises the . members the school will be given a treat in the form of fruits, candies etc. 'Another interesting program will be rendered at Calvary Lutheran church tonight and the children of the Sunday school will be hand somely remembered with treats. On Thursday night at 7 o'clock, the Baptist - Sunday school will hove a Christmas tree and a play by members of the school. Another entertainment for Thurs day night will be by the Presby terian Sunday school with a tree and entertainment .Christ Lutheran Church in East Speneer will have an entertainment and treat for the Sunday school oa Fridsy night. RK. COIIB INSTALL OFFICEBS H. Y. POLICE GET 25 1H RAIDS TO STOPCIIK Raid All Niirht Places in Tffnrt in Find Some One: Who, Can Give Light on Late Murders. New York, Dec. 22. More than iwemy men ana live women nrrcoi.- ed in raids on all night entertain ment resorts were lined up at var ious police stations today to be questioned. Detectives sought per sons who might throw some light on recent murders and holdups. One raid was on an East' side restaurant and another at an up town club house. Fifteen arresti were reported by the "rifle squad" of twenty sharp shooters which toured the downtown district .with orders from the police commission er, Enright, "to shoot to kill.", ,. Other drastic measures to curb New York's crime wave, which yes terday swept beyond the city's border into nearby New Jersey towns, were launched by police offi cials and judges. Removal of Po lice Commissioner Enright. was proposed in a resolution introduced at a meeting of the board of alder men. The resolution was tabled, however.' ' Similar action was taken oa a resolution to appoint a special committee to investigate the police department and report to Governor-elect Miller and on another to request the police commissioner to furnish the board with informa tion concerning all arrests made in New York city during 1920. 'An increase in the police force of 769 men was authorized by the board of estimate and in order to provide funds for paying the extra patrolmen en issue of special reve nue bonds in 1921 was approved. Judge Mclntyre, of the court cf general sessions, ordered 150 per sons now on bail of from (1,500 to $10,000 on robbery charges, to ap pear tomorrow. when, he said, their bail will be increased. In five cases today men previously released on lower bail for similar charges wera held in $25,000 baiL r . - New Jersey, aroused by today's crimes n attempted bank rob bery in Milltown, the chloroform ing and robbing of a girl and two holdupsgave orders that all tula stations and ferries in " Jersey t ? kept under .guard to, prevent 1 influx of criminals driven fro.a New York. ,-. -;y -, A GENERAL TARIFF REyiSION PLANNEI; (By Tha Aaaeelatad Praaa) , Washington, Deci 22. After a brief hearing on tax revision ill house ways and means committ s today adjourned untif January 'Ji. on which date it plans to turn its attention to a general revision of the tariff. ... v, , While the committee does , not contemplate further consideration of the tax question at this session Chairman Fordney said, this am not mean that a new tax- law would be drafted on the basis rf information gathered thus far. Iro explained that the committee lex that it should start on tariff revi sion Immediately after the holiday and devote iteself to the task unt . it is completed. APPROPRIATIONS FOR PENSIONS CUT '.' (By Tha Aaaoeiatad Praaa) ' J Washington, Dec! 22 Carry ii. r $14,000,000 less than the appro priation this, year's annual pent,' : bill was reported out today by t house appropriations commi't . The total in the bill is $2G5,5C: ; House leaders agreed to cons;, the measure tomorrow with the t pectation that it would ' be pas before adjournment tomorrow eve ning for the Christmas recess. DU PONT PLANT 1 HAS EXPL03IC. (By Tha Aaaoeiatad Praaa) ' Scranton, Pa., ' Dec. 22. Fr. men were killed and two injured i an explosion today at the DuPo powder company plant at Belin v: .: lage, .hear Moosig, ; ieven ml.. from here. The property damr amounted to about $10,000. The force of the explosion v felt all over the Lacawanna vs ' The plant is engaged in han powder largely for the anthra mining industry. , $1,000 FINE FOH WAKE CO. meccha: ":. (By Tha Aaaociated reaa) ' Raleigh, Dec. 2T Thorn ni Holding, Jr., a druggist of V Forest, who was found guilty 1 jury in the federal court here week charged with having rc e-V stolen . goods, today wa3 1 $1,000 by Judge Connor. Government Rejects Ccrl I (By Tha As-ocmt! Pr" 1 . (Washington, Dec received for furn:..' ' ' - -supply cf bunker cr 1 1 merchant ships t Gulf Ports were r ' shipping toard, it v '- ; today.