THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1921.
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TOMMY O'CONNOR
STILL IS SOUGHT
Many Clues Arc Being Run
'lUnvn as 'Probe Into Es
cape is Pushed.
Pv. 1j- Two more clues
- V.nf of flight. of Tommy O'Con
, onir'-incri pun man, who Sunday
with iwo companions from the
' . ounty 'jail, were given the po
'0.:ay arid detectives were hurried
Jr.it ho1 to investigate them.
:' py'lioup call was received from
f of police ;it Hartford. Wi?.,
l .ti.t men. our resemblins; O'Con
.iii .-.lighted from an early morn
rv.;i and registered at a small ho-
. ,: r.dward Hanson, of Mihvau-..;-
-ij-'d at trt police station and
ir-, "! rrii to Chief of Detectives
'. saying it had bcn sriven him
of five mm as he was about to
- y, Iwa'.ikee for Chicago. On the
? written: "Don't pend anyjme
- . I am innocent. Much
: .j Strauss. T will shoot, the
who puts hi? hands on mo."
, .. .,-.1 "onre r.o signpture and was
th" chief of police. Han
t'.!" five men were in an au-
:-.-! oi' resembled O'Connor.
c-...i if h-' was coming to hCi
,, ;: ,.led him the ord and hur
... ,: ;Woro he boarded an electric
. Chicago. Receipt of a tele-
: ,- , Peoria. IDs., purporting to
::. O'Connor, al.-o is under in
r. ;:-. hut a telegraphic descrip
...r nderdid not tally with
. , -.- -. police said.
.-y-AX ias resulted in six s?p.
.- -.vesticatiotis of the couiuy jail.
: yard ar.d official in the jail,
j - connected in any way with
. -t-r -;;,-.'' h? been suspended and
' V-" '.ated serious charges
-r v ' nsainFt or.ic of the
.-,.:..- told by William For-;:;',-!
prisoner, and Paul
C.orma::. now incarcerated, are due for
additional investigation today. For
garty told of "moonshine jamborees"
in (he jail basement, of the way in
which he says: "O'Connor got hid gun,
and of the prison's dope trail." It was
tiormao who said h.3 had "inside n
formation" of the jail break ruioe
time before it took place.
COURT HOUSE PLANS
TO BE CONSIDERED
Consideration of plans for remodel
'ing the county courthouse will be the
main matter of business to come be
fore the commissioners at a meeting
which has been called for Thursday by
Chairman McLaughlin.
The board is in possession of plans
for improvement of the building, these
having been drawn by C. C. Hook, but
owing to the pressure of other business
at the regular December meeting, it was
necessary to let this item go over. Other
matters are also to invite the attention
of the board at its Thursday's meeting,
Chairman McLaughlin said.
INFERNAL MACHINE
EXCELLENT CANDIES
Washington. Dec. 18. (By the Asso
ciated Prcssi Visions of dynamite,
clock work bombs and other infernal
r.acliines caused a Ltir Monday among
secretaries to Senators Lodge and Un
derwood. American delegates in the
I armament limitation conference, when
the morning mail brought to each
Senator's office a small, hermetically
sealed tin package. It. was shaken,
weighed and sniffed. Finally, a trusty
can opener disclosed a box of- super
line chocolates from a Cincinnati hotel
propriator.
Piles Cured in 6 to It Pays
Druggist refund mony :f PAZO OINT
MENT fails to cute Itching, Blind,
P.iceding or Prortuding Piles. Instant
ly relieves Itching Piles. 60c. (tues)
PHONOGRAPH
S
At Greatly Reduced
Prices
LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE. THE
THE REDUCTION IS MORE THAN
50 PER CENT
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PUNISHMENT FOR
DRAFTEVADERS
Adjutant General Recom
mends Relentless Pursuit
of Military Slackers.
Washington. Dec. 13 Energectic pur
suit, and punishment of the more than
100,000 men who evaded the draft dur
ing the World war is urgently recom
mended by Major General Harris, Ad
jutant General of the Army, in his re
port made public today by the Secretary
of W ar. To bring those guilty to trial,
he recommends that Congress appjo
priate $250,000 to pay rewards of $50
for each draft deserter delivered to the
military authorities.
"It is imperative," he declares "that
the Government exhibit the greatesl
possible energy in pursuing thes? men
and in punishing all Who are found
guilty. If the Government permit Ihese
deserters to escape the punishment
provided for their offense, consequences
of the gravest import will certainly en
sue "Inaction of this sort would tend to
set a premium on evasion of military
service, with the inevitable result that,
should another rational emergency
arise and another selective draft bei put
in operation, the number of men at
tempting to evade the performance of
military duty will mount to a figure so
large as to imperil the Nation through
interfering very seriously with the rap
id building-up of an emergency army."
General Harris says the publication
of the "slacker Ust&," by the newspa
pers "proved highly useful for the pur
pose of straightening out the records of
a number of non-willful deserters whose
names wore inclunded therein, despite
all the care and effort expended in an
attempt to include none but those of
willful deserters." He shows that less
than one-half of one per cent of the
names published have been found to be
those of non-willful deserters and says
these have been removed from the
lists.
General Harris' report shows that re
ported desertions from the regular army
in the fiscal year ended last June SO
totalled 14.563. or 4.57 per cent, the
largest percentage since 1909, and near
ly four times as great as that in the
preceding fiscal year. He says the
marked increase probably can be ac
counted for "by the fact that the vast
majority of the deserters were new
; recruits who found the army discipline
more irksome than they nad antici
pated." The number of the reported deser
tions, he adds, is in excess of the num
ber of actual desertions as many of the
men will be returned to military con
trol and acquitted of the charge of de
sertion, .while others wiU be convicted
of the lesser offense of tbsent without
leave.
HOOVER WANTS
CHANGES MADE
Department of Commerce
Needs Reorganization, the
Secretary Says.
Washington, Dec. 3 3. Secretary
Hoover, in his first annual report tells
President Harding that the establish
ment of a real Department of Com
merce, "effective dn service to produc-
ciucers, manuracturers and distributors,
BLOCKADER, CAUGHT
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Hillsboro, Dec. 13. Rescued from
drowning in Eno river whiie trying to
escape from officers who had detected
him operating a still here, Gattis Doug-
jlas, a young white man who lives on
i the Cole's mill road, shot himself in the
breast with a shotgun a short time later
and died from the wound.
Prohibition Enforcement Officer C.
G. Kosemond, with several assistants j
from Orange and Durham counties, out i
on a raid yesterday afternoon, found !
What is
'A Blessing
a
on
Your Head"
?
ED. PINAUD'S
HAIR TONIC
of course!
give economic interpretation of ia stiil in operation on the Eno river and
nee to the American Dublie ren-itliree men at work. When the officer.?
Model No. 12-Now
-Mahogany case was $175
$S0M
Iliil IE
Model No. 7 Mahogany and Fumed Oak,
was 125.00, now . . $60
Model No. 3 Golden Oak Case, was 50.00,
w $29i0
Model No. 6 Mahogany Case was $75.00
H0M
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NOW
Sold on Monthly or Weekly Terms
The Banner Furniture Co.
50 E. Trade. Out of the High Rent District
GIFTS
From A Man's
Store For A Man
You will find many use
cul things for a man's
Christmas at this store
gifts of Quality and Ex
cellence. Appropriate suggestions :
Suits
Overcoats
Gloves
Handkerchiefs
Mufflers
Pajamas
Silk Shirts
Bath Robes
Smoking Jackets
Belt Buckles
Collar Bags
Neckties
Sox
Underwear
Umbrellas
Tuxedo Vests
Full Dress Vests
Choose early shop, in
comfort and avoid the
worry.
importance to tne American public gen
erany, ana to stimulate Ampriran traa
and merchant marine", requires "a
through reorganization and entire re
grouping of the federal functions bear
ing on these problems" He adds, how
ever, that inasmuch as these matters
are now actively before Congress and
the Administration it is not necessary
on this occasion to enter into discussion
of them.
"As I assumed office on March 4,
1921," the Commerce Secretary writes
the President, "this report covers but
four months of the administration of
the Department under my direction.
The new administration during this
four 'months devoted itself to two pri
mary questions:
"First, reorganization of the depart
mental expenditures.
"Second. Reorganization of those
bureaus concerned with industry and
trade, that they may become of more
effective service to the community.
"The resu'ts of reorganization enabled
a revision of the estimates of expendi
tures for the fiscal year 1921-22, so
that while the total appropriations
available for toe department for this
iou aie .'i.j;i,ia., yet n now seems!
probable that the expenses during this
fiscal year will approximate $20,200.
000. showing a total saxing of about S4 -000
000. or 16 2-3 per cent, of the avail
able appropriations.
"The results of reorganization of the
bureaus concerning industry and trade
are in part indicated by the increase in
volume of demand upon the department
for helpful action or information." These
demands have now reached a rate of
over 500.000 per annum.
"The further practical results to
American commerce and industry will
be more evident later in the year and
comment upon them can best be de
ferred until results have been further
realized." - '
HOLDING FIRST POSITION
Secretary Hoover calls attention that
while the total foreign trade of the na
tion decreased by $3,176,626,000 during
the past fiscal year, there was a slight
increase in the visible balance of trade
in favor of the United States as a re
sult of the year's operations.
Export? for the year totalled $6,383.
636.03!) pgainFt $7,930)429,180 the year
before while imports were $3,634,449,430
against $5,238,352,114. The balance of
trade for the year wps S2.721. 186.609
compared with $2,711,507,512 the year
before.
Part of the shrinkage in the value of
foreign trade is due, th- report says,
"to lower prices rather than to dimin
ished quantities and part to the gen
eral unsettled conditions in the coun
tries to whom the United states sells."
"It is, therefore, increasingly impor
tant." it is added." that the services of
the Bureau cf Foreign and Domestic
Commerce be developed and intensified
to meet the increased demands of Amer
ican manufacturers who are planning
to hold and extend their markets
abroad."
In this connection. Mr. Hoover re
view?; the work of the various divisions
of the bureau, noting that the Iat in
American division "has rendered nota
ble service to American business men
during: the year. He also calls atten
tion that the Far F.astern work has
been expanded and developed.
i ne secretary says the bureau re
quires great additional strength if it
is to serve the purpose really intended
by Congress and meet the demands th?tt
are made upon it by the business men
of the country in their present dis
tress." Xot only should more attention
be given to trade promotion, he adds,
but it should be possible to make the
more detailed economic surveys abroad
that, "are now so indispensable beeauso
of the enormous financial interest we
have in foreign fields."
MERCHANT MARINE
An increase of 2.000,000 tons in the
American merchant marine during the
test fiscal year is noted in the report.
The number of ships on last June 30
was 28.500 of IS. 350, 000 erross tons com
pared with 2S.183 of 16.324.024 srroSs
tons on June 30, 1920. The year's in
crease compares with 3.400,000 gross
tons for the previous year.
"As the Shipping Board's building
program will soon be completed," the
report says. " the increase" in tonnage
for the current fisea year will be much
smaller: indeed, if the wooden ships
built under war contracts are stricken
from the register and broken up, our
total tonnage at the end of the year
will not materially change from tiie
present figure."
Marine accidents resulting in loss of
life totalled 200 during the year, accord
ing to the report. The total number of
lives lost was 330 of which 69 wer3
passengers and 159 wertf f rom suicide,
accidental drowning and other similar
causes, leaving ill, air. unier ray-", as
"fairly chargeable to accidents, colli
sions, foundering.", etc."
Passengers to the number of 351,720,
S90 were carried on vessels required to
report to the service, it is stated, and
dividing this bv the number lost, it is
shown that 5.097.404 passengers were
carried for each paeenger lost.
Appropriations aergrgatinpr $3,500,
000 for the construction of fifteen new
light vessels and tenders to replace
now in service are requested. The re
port also s-ays provision is srreatly need
ed for improved depot facilities in sev
eral of the districts, particularly at or
near Norfolk, Va.: Key West. Fla..: Hon
olulu and Newport. R- T.: and additional
founds are needed for the completion of
depots at Boston. ' Charleston, S.C.: De
troit. San Juan, Porto Rico and Ket
chikan. Alaska.
A reouest also is made for additional
vessels for the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, the renort declaring that if the:
much needed speeding up of surveys in
Alaska to meet the increasing needs of
commerce there is to be accomplished,
"it is absolutely necessary that several
new vessels designed and built for the
purpose be provided."
t arrived all three men dived into the
river and started swimming for the op
posite shore. Two of them reached the
shore and escaped. The third, young
Douglas, who had difficulty in swim
ming, went down twice before the offi
cers pulled him from the water.
Douglas was almost blue with cold
and the officers built a Pre on the spot
for him to warm himself. Later they
took him to his home to get fresh cloth
ing before taking him before a United
States commissioner. At his home Doug
las went into his room to change his
clothes and the officers remained out
side. At the sound of a shot they rushed
into Douglas' room to find, him desper
ately wounded with a shotgun lying be
side him.
A physician was summoned from Dur
ham, but when he arrived there was
no hope of Douglas' recovering and he
died shortly afterward. He lived with
his father, Stephen Douglas, on the road
leading "into Durham. A wife and one
child survive him. The still was in the
eastern part of the county on the Eno
river a short distance below the Dur-
nam water woncs. uougias suicide iS
the tirst instance here of a man's taking
his life after being caught at a. still, and
the whqle affair has created much ex
citement here.
Don't Forget
Slippers make useful Christmas pres
ents Your best friend would
appreciate a nice pair '
We Jiave them.
$1.25 to $5.00
These prices? include children.s ladies
and men's take a look wc caa
"fix" you.
Thompson's
Says Every
Railroad Man
Should Read This
Peterson's Ointment Co. Inc.. Buf
falo. N. Y. Dear Sirs: I was afflicted
with what the doctors said were Vari
coso Ulcers, and up until about five
weeks ago 1 have been treating them
for about a year and five months.
"With all the treatments that were
prescribed to me by several doctors I
received little benefit, and they kept
spreading and gave me much distress
and caused me to quit my w:ork.
I was induced by a brother brake
man to try Peterson's Ointment, and
after T had used two boxes I saw
Vv'ondeful results. You can tell suf
fering ones troubled with ugly, painful
ano horrid ulcers that your Ointment
is a cure for them when everything
el se fails, a a T have tried about every-
times
Chas.
Glen
write
"that
ecze-
thing. Thanking you many
over T am. your happy friend.
J. Heysey. Battle Creek, Mich.. 42
vcod Avenue, January 12, 1916.
"I know and dozens of people
me." says Peterson of Buffalo,
Peterson's Ointment also cures
ma. old sores, salt rheum, piles and
ai; skin diseases, and all druggists sell
a big box for 60 cents." Mail orders
tilled by Peterson Ointment Co. Inc.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by J. P. Stowe & Co.
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Jack Iweto what 3 wanted
The Eternal Feminine always re
sponds to the gift of an acknowledged
quality stationery. For here is the utilita
rian Holiday present, beginning its gra
cious mission as dusk falls on the merry
Yuletide, and letters of appreciation arcs
penned.
Men nearly always find it embarrass
ingly difficult to seledt gifts for ths fair sex.
But any man may be sure, in advance,
that a gift of
WHITE & WYCKOFF'S
DISTINCTIVE STATIONERY
in its aristocratic container, will call fort'i
. exclamations of hearty approval.
We make it easy for men as well as
women shoppers to quickly and expedi
tiously select their gifts. Out of our many
handsome lines and styles, at prices to fit
the need, there is a stationery that will
reflect the personality of ths person to
whom it is given.
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Ftiifasr 1in Schedules.
Arrival and departure of passenger
trains. Chftrlott. N. Q.
Lv. INo.i
Between
1N0.1 Ar.
4:30ai 14
9:06a
9:55a
5:00p
3:4p
Charlotte-VV ll.
and Harawt coc-
n wrtlorm.
Xlnnroft-Ruth'tOTI
Ruther-ton - wu-
mJngton una tai-
I 13jll:40p
i 4
9.06a
!9p
15
34
lAlffh 341 9.40a
20iCharlotte- w ll lyiiioa
land Hamiet con-i
n actions. I
31fWilmlngton - Rl-f
! and Puther.1
Ifordton .... 31
lSIMonroe - Rutlw-I
;fAPitan. Monroal
Iconnectlona .. 16,
Kor Norfolk. Rich
mond and polntaj
INorth. I I
3:35p
8:12p
, II trains datlv.
Schedules published as information ana
-tr not guaranieea.
Em W. LONG,.
Division Pnnener A peat,
i'boae 1S3.
r.n-v Tickfti: Offl2 Passenger Station
207 "W. Trade St. N. Tryon 3tr8t,
Pnone 20. Pnona 1
Pound &
Company
Phone 4542
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULE
rawenger Train
Arrival and departure
trains, Charlotte, N. c.
of Passenger
Lv.
No.
3:22a
l:C5a
7:25p
7 :40a
5:00p
x2:00p
S:10p
9:1 On
6:30p
9:02p
10:45a
5:?0a
4:30p
3:0 Op
7:20a
8:20a
10:12a
9:25a
10:37a
4:25a
31:30a
Between
No.
:9 Atlanta-B'gham . .
30 Wash.-New York..
;2 Wash-New lork..
151 Atlanta-Danville
6 Columbia .... . .
12Taylorsville
SSIWash-Xew York..
138 Wash-New York..
12 Riehmond-JNortolK..
35iB'eham-N. Orleans
113Columbia-Chals'n...
10 winston-saiem
45,G'ville-Wminster
46lG'boro-Danville . .
3l!Columbia-Augusta
16i
36
137
37
44
14!
Ta vlftrsville
New York-Wash.
Atlanta' . . . .
Atlanta-N. Orleans
G'boro-Danville .
Salisbury. Winston
Barber, aioores.
ville . .
Norfolk-nichmond.
Atlanta
30
29
31
43
36
11
37
137
11
36
114
d
45
32
15
35
138
3S
13
11
16
x Daily except Sunday.
Ar.
12:53a
3:1 5a
7:10a
ll:20p
9:10a
x8:0"a
10:303.
9:20a
10:15a
10:05a
12:35p
12:45p
l:20p
4:H!p
7:20(.
9:00u
8:55p
9:0ip
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Phono 23.
Only A Few More Days 'Til Christmas
Company is coming and just think of the things we've got to do
Dry Clean Daddy's Suit. Mother's Evening Gown and Long Whits
fJloves, Guest Room Curtains Clean the Living Room and Parlor
RgsXot to think of the three weeks' washing which just has to be
done in two weeks.
WANT TO SERVE OUR-PATRONS WELL SO PHONE US
WE
NOW.
THE CHARLOTTE LAUNDRY
411 Phones 445
Ft, w n
JDUtCR J
ervtce
Emblem tfSa&factinn
With Our Enlarged
Prepared to Handle
Facilities
all Buick
We Are
Repair
Work Promptly and Efficiently.
C. C. Coddington, Inc.
Since 1868
The Home of Good Shoes
Bedroom Slippers
THE EVER-WELCOME GIFT
They're here in a myriad of styles
and happy color combinations and
for every member of the family,
from tiny tot to Grandad.
GILMER-MOORE CO.
Shoes, Hosiery, Luggage, Lingerie
Jil UK fHHII I HITil I w..w w
New Shipment
Just Recieved
including all the preferred wiryter styles for
men.
$6 t0 $9M
Saddle straps and brogues in mahogany, tan and Norwegian
grain leathers. Everyone is solid leather.
DOUGLAS SHOES ARE THE BEST KNOWN
SHOES IN THE WORLD.
NATHAN'
38 East Trade Street.
" :- 55
4:58o
10:15a
5:30p
Through Pullman sleeping ear serv
ice to Washington, Philadelphia. New
YorU, Richmond. Norfolk, Atlanta, Bir
mingham. Mobile, New Orleans.
Unexcelled service, convenient sched
ules and - direct connections to all
points. -
Schedules publi3hed as Information
and are not guaranteed.
CITY TICKET OFFICE3
207 Went Trade St.
Phone 20.
PA5S.3NGER STATION
West Trade Street.
Phone 417.
IS. H. GRAHAM
Division Passtneer Agent
Phone 3Sro, Branch 7
For The Man
Silk Shirts that any man will appreciate
$7.00 to $10.00
Silk and Angora Scarfs, $2.00 to $5.00.
Neckties, 50c to $2.50.
Lounging Slippers, Hose, Bathrobes, Golf
Jackets, Sweaters, Raincoats, Overcoats, Hats,
Pajamas.
All fairly priced and welcoming your inspection-
H,
Long Cok
33 East Trade.
C.