North Carolina Newspapers

j B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOL 1 ME XLVIII. IfiUIHrHNRAILWfIY I ti. POI o*l II I FiST TRAINS SOON ■tos.and ‘>4 to Be Inaugu- B rated on April 29 and Nos. B ];>7 and 128 Will Be I)is ■ continued:- |o ::l TO PASS I iiKRE ABOUT 4:15 to. Southbound Will Run B On the- Present Time of I 187.— Time of Western I Train No. U> Changed. ■ (i;l.. M.iivll 26. —Through Hfj~-.-f.-_, ■!' !u : ii r\ i* «v from the South K, \.-w A"i E willi ;i IT! \:i I ill Iho lne ;i. 111., will he esl.>b i i.v Siiinhmi Railway Sys- K„I „n »i::i*u \. April 2fi. when trains 8,. mui i!. nniiiihg between New ■'•l'.iii'- iiso! \*-w York, via Mobile, ■j . n< \:!:i>0:i and Washington ■ ;! In- ilia ii"nr;U»‘'l. B\y -Ail! ;>••.'*<• Xew Orleans r»;(M> ■ [fl . '■.Motrijoinery 2 si. m.. arrive ■■l-.>1,11 7: In a. m. i Central Time), K. v< ,\ l i; . 11 a n ;oo a. m. (Eastern Bitii, . a . i vi- Washington 3 a. in.. 1,-w )• rk in a. in. ■ wijl leave New York 3 :34 p. ■i. :\V:!~l:ingtot: 9:35 p. m.. arrive At- I i . in. < Fla stem Time |. - E- Adanta I :p. m. < < ’entry 1 ■ : i ilMontgomery 9:30 p. in.. »irleaijs 7 :1a a. in. ' I Til,-.- irains will through Wi. .a i lietween New Orleans. ,i . ('harl<>l l and New York, and Kjmii:-ii i .ia hes between New Orleans Had Washington. with dining ears ■i -iuL II iie-als. No. 33 will also Hat-.!!,- diroiigh sloping ears from ■.-n V.ifk to Maeon and Colmubns,, I-:, it<,:n Washington ro Winston-Sa- Mn, N. ami New Orleans. .Tnd the ■iHirid dee; ij ng ,-ar from Washington I $ iii FT iirisi-tl. U i-si'at-!islini,*nt of this service Bi'i m< -t ihe wishes of business men H>; Siiiulien. «-iries for a high class ■:,-ji train wlii-li will put them in New ■ ..|i in line for a full ifcy. Hki* ••3- wiP _ j-Ti/i a • <l»‘ ■ .--h \\ asiungt.m and At ■;ui|a. mrr the Pennsylvania between asliingr,,n and,New York, over the fttvyt iTiint U.-ute between Atlanta and Bh4ts«,mery. and over the Louisville K Nashville between Montgomery and B. « <>rleTii< , I Mtii-n these trains are put on. the Idle,hr el’ \.«. :’.s will Ik* changed so B- i„ inu* Atlanta at Ip. m. (East -1"! l'iiiii-i. arriving Washington at B:e-‘ a it... and trains Nos. 137 and ■>.jU-.\vi-n Washington and Atlanta. Bilk lu- disci in tinned. lAt tli,- - in,-, tin),*, the service of the ■Birmingham Special" will he ini- Bt-v-,1 by the addition of an Atlanta inutmi sleeping car on No. 30. I schedule of No. 21) will be ira- B 1 ? 1 1 5.,» as to give an hour later de- Btnire from New York at 10:10 a^ ■ ' wi’ , • parlim* from Washington Hi :i-Y n nr. and arrival in Atlanta B ! 1" ni . ns at present. ■ rile—>• -he,|nle of No. 10 Will he BbuAd -o as to leave Asheville at B'■'!» i» arriving Salisbury 8:55 p. B- bi tii'a, to make connection with !» ing Salisbury 9:15 p. m., m »ho sleeping cars from Aslie- Ualt-iiih, Washington and New V it 1,.- handled. Arrival in New B ;k v ill- bo at 1 :30 p. m.. instead of *■ 11 i* ui as at present. I Arriving-Atlanta 5:05 p. m.,' No. 33 ■ ,!l ' make ,miiiiM-tion with No. (5. the I S- ; \v;i:i. t- itivor Special." for Chatta ll'"' >. mmii and tlie West, which I a.vc Atlanta at 1 :1<> p.Jitf (eeH- I with No. 39 for Birming- I Nb-inpliis. with No. 20 for I r, for Columbus, and No. I f'u ion Valley. I i-w train northbound, No. 3 I < bun ord alMiut 4:15 p. in., ar- I ‘ii- a Ni-w York at 9:15 next ini.:;. No. 33 will go south about - ,-arlier than the pri*sent tu : ! r "f No. ini. ': c'-nshnro News has the fol '! - = btional information: •' nt!-t.. i- ~f other changes are in b<r April when there is a ; ; that through fast service 1 ! | ‘ 1 : ' "m to Cincinnati will he in connection with trains -1 22 and the Carolina Spe- I 1 rep»»rt is.that Nos. li» and * >:t,-iidcd from Raleigh to tid operated on Nos. 21 j present schedule between v 1 ■ and (loldsboro and tliat nve Goldsboro at 9 a. m. I " by p. m. No. 22 will id" about 11 a. m.. taking |! , liiia special's conne<-tion. 1 < * rcetislioro about t‘, :3ft p. *bihisbon, at 11 Sit) p. m. '' b.-ro to Barln-r via Win these trains will make . .1, ’ ll '! but a number of stops 1, -> be ,-ut out on other iK»r , 1 • ! >me. goes through thtdi Tl !l1 "' points of High Point. bexington and Salisbury ; i advantage of the service II ! train 45 southbound, , bi and 34 northbound, in u '*h the Sallsbury-Barber ’ ::| uis. with the probability ]»-,, V( - y'ice will he greatly im fr, 1 , * 1 later running of No. 22 T; s, t. "'dl put passengers c„i U)< ‘7 r : ' liV ,’ u l‘ nie lo make close 4,; ! “ ’vith main lineAruius Nos. tliK-i.'’ Ibust 1 bust train No. 34; and Wo ' u> u ‘ll also reach Greens -1,1 tune to deliver connection THE CONCORD TIMES. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETIES TO MEET Annual ConTcntlou of Southern Dis inrt to Meet Here April 14-15. i *be Annual District convention of the Christian Endeavor Societies -of I .the Southern district will meet in the ■ Filst Presbyterian Church in Concord |on April 14 and 15. A meeting was j berc here yesterday afternoon at i tln-ee o'clock in the First Church at which all the Societies in the city were represented. Air. Iloyd, of Char lotte.- district president, was present at this meeting and laid the matter of holding the me*ting here before the in embers of the societies present, anil it \vas unanimously decided to enter tain the convention here at the dates named above. About 75 delegates are expected to attend this convention, and Mrs. Hinton Alc-Leod is chairman ol' the entertainment committee. This eonnnitfee will make a canvass of the members of the Piv-sbytorian churches and also the Methodist Protestant Church of the city in order to provide homos for those attending the conven tion. A number of prominent speakers arc expected to be present nmi make ad dresses. among whom will he Dr. Fra sier. of Queens College. Charlotte ; Mr. Daniels, of rhe Home Mission Board of the Southern Presbyterian church; Miss Gnllick. of the Junior Depart ment. and Air. Wilson, State Field Secretary. Two sessions will he held oil Satur day, a banquet will he tendered ihe delegates Saturday evening from 5:50 u» '7. and on Sunday morning a special sermon will he preach, d to the young people at 11 o'clock. A meeting will also he held Sunday afternoon tit 3 o'clock, and the closing will ]*, given by Dr. Frasier Sunday evening at S o'clock. PIGCiLV WIGGLY STOCK MI ST BE LOOKED AFTER Persons Cannot Disavow Contracts Made Before Trading in Stock Was Suspended. New York. March 20. —The New York Stock Exchange in a formal statement today replying to charges made against it hy Clarence Saunders, president of Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc., said no member would be per mitted to disavow epntraets made be fore trading in Piggly Wiggly was suspended. * Under the rules, the statement set forth, delivery of stock traded in last Tuesday must be made by 2:15 today. THE COTTON MARKET Showed Continued Weakness Under Further I ipuidal ion Today. '■> .v York \l--«oh 2U - ' markei* AfiTwved ctmntiiiod vveakne -s today under further liquidation on a (mitinuation of the selling movement which developed toward the end of last week. Relatively weak cables probably stimulated the early offer ings and after opening easy at a de cline of 3 to 21 points, active months soon showed net losses of 2S to 50 points, with May declining to 29.02; July to 28 cents, and October to 24.70. Cotton future?! opened easy. May 29:35: July 2S :45: Oct. 24:85: Dec. 24.20; Jan 23.90. KOHLOSS TRANSFERRED TO WESTERN DISTRICT Former Salisbury Man Described as One of “Most Efficient” Prohibition Men. Washington, March 26. —R. A. Koh loss. former prohibition director of the state of North Carolina, was nam ed today as chief of general prohibi tion agents for the 160th division, comprising Wyoming, Utah and Colo rado. with headquarters at Denver. Mr. Koliloss has been described by Commissioner Hanes as one of the bureau’s “most efficient men." S « To Double Track From New York to Jacksonville. Savannah. Ga., March 25. — At lantic Coast Line announces an im provement program involving the ex penditure of $26,000.000, a large part of it to be spent at and in the vicinity of Savannah, R. A. ‘McCranie, general superintendent, with head quarters !n this city, said today. While Ihe new project contemplates double-tracking from NcNw York to Jacksonville, enlargement of the shops at Savannah is a feature of the proposed improvement. New equip ment amounting to $10,000,000 is included in the expenditure auth orized. GAS COMPANY, GIVES ANOTHER REDUCTION In Price of Gas in Concord and Kan napolis.—ln Effect on April Bills. The Concord and Kannapolis Gas Company, which recently announced a reduction of 10 cents*per 1,000 feet of gas. today makes announcement of another reduction of the same amount to apply on bills of May 1 and there after. This company promised the people of Concord and Kannapolis that if they would use gas more wide ly another reduction would be made., and the last reduction is to make, that promise good. 'Flic conditiops were met sooner than expected. Still an other reduction will be made if the people will use gas more freely. Carolina Debaters Min at Balti more. • Baltimore, IMd., University of North Carolina won a unanimous decision over John Hop kins University in the debate here last night with No. 22 for Raleigh and Golds boro. These ideas are tentative and de pend upon working out Hie whole scheme satisfactorily. It does look very brigkht-for a through east and west train,, connecting at Asheville both ways for Cincinnati by use of the Carolina Special. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS BELOVED DIVINE BE LUTHERAN CHURCH DIED SUNDAY NIGHT # . Rev. J. A. 'Linn Passed Away After Lingering* Illness.— Death Came at Home of Soft in Mt. Pleasant. FUNERAL SERVICE AT 2 TOMORROW \ ________ Services Will Be Held in Mt. Pleasant and Will Be Con ducted by Rev. J. L. Mor gan, D. D. Rev. ,7. A. Linn, prominent and well loved Lutheran pastor who during the last year has been making his home with his son. Rev. Charles Linn, at Mount Pleasant, died Sunday night at 11 :20 o'clock after a lingering illness. For several months members of his family had realized that, it was only a matter of a short time until the combination of heart trouble amt Bright's disease would cause his death. He passed away very peaceful ly. Afr. Linn was born January 22. 1856, ill Rowan County near Gold Hill, N. C. His age was 70 years, 2 months and 3 days. After graduating from North Carolina College and Air. Airy Theological Seminary, lie .entered up on a eareer.in the Christian Ministry and Christian Education which he dil igently pursued until a few years ago when his health failed him. Ilis work extended into North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio. He, was pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Mr? Pleasant for 5 years, and was associated with North Caro lina College and Mont Amoenu Semi nary for 20 years, being president of the latter for 8 years. Mr. Linn is survived by his wife. who is loved hy all who know her as a faithful and efficient helpmate, and the following daughter and sons: Miss Lu cie*. teacher in the graded schools of Salisbury. Rev. John K., Professor in Lutheran Theological Seminary. Ku momatp. Japan; Rev. Cl)ns. A., pas- P *i>- * '’etri Luth eran i hnrehes this county, and Rev. J. Arthur. Missionary to Japan in Tokio. Mr. Linn was preceded to the grave by his first wife, who was Miss Alice Nunnnmaker, an infant son, Joseph Myron, and Margaret (Airs. AVhite head Kluttz) from the first marriage: also an infant daughter and son 11u bert by tin* second marriage. The funeral services will be con ducted in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Alt. Pleasant Tuesday after noon at 3:30 o'clock. The. services will Im* under the direction of Dr. J. L. Morgan.' President of the United North Carolina Lutheran Synod. ADD ADS hg4o Ghh.-cnej l Pruuitone, the fruit tonic, is sold here by the Gibson Drug Store. FOUR PERSONS DIE IN BOARDING HOUSE When It Was Destroyed hy Fire.—Sev eral Others Had Narrow Eseajres. New York, March 26. —Three per sons are known to have lost their lives in ti lire that swept through a seven story theatrical hoarding house in West 55th street this morning. A number of roomers were-injured. The known dead are: Anna Flics. 35; Margaret Lee, 65; Emiiv Lee. 35; and Gaston Mizoule. 26. The fire Originated in the apart ment of I)r. John N. Callahan, who was a captain in 2Nth Division Amer ican Expeditionary Forces. Miss Fries, who lost her life, was a com panion of ('apt, Callahan's wife, who is seriously ill with •pneumonia. Mrs. Callahan was carried down a rear fire escape. ' • 1 • — Four Negroes Arrested Here. Patrolmen and Sloop of the local police force, arrested four negroes here last night and lodged , them in jail oik a charge of stealing an automobile. The negroes were found with the car, it was reported by police officers. The car, a Cadillac, was stolen from Bessemer City. Its owner followed the car to this city, where he lost trace of it. He notified local officers who started on a round *of tlie city and just as the owner had telephoned his father that lie feared the car was gone, officers located the negroes, who •were having trouble with the car. The negroes had invited several ne gro girls of the city to ride with them, and the entire crowd was taken to police headquarters, where/the girls were released when it was proved that they had nothing to do with bringing the care here. T. M. Winecoil Dead in Salisbury. Salisbury, Ain roll 26.—AD. T. M. Wiueooflf, aged 42 years, died at 10:30 o'clock this morning at his home here from diabetes. Funeral services will he held at 2 o'clock from the home, and interment will take place in the Green Lawn Cemetery at China Grove. He is survived by his wife and five daughters. He is a son of W. L. AYiuecoff, of Cabarrus county; and is •survived by two brothers, J. A. Wine coif and 11. L. AYiuecoff. both of Ca barrus County. He bad been employ ed here in the hardware business. He had been active in church work, be ing a steward in the Methodist Church and president of the Baraca class. He was alsw a member of the Alasonic j Lodge here. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1923. Scouring Underworld for the Man Responsible for Death of Model (By Hie AiwooJiilei Pre»M.> ' New York, March 26.— Claiming . to know the identity of the man who sought to engineer a blackmail plot, against John Kearsley Mitchell, son in-law of E. T. Stotesbury, of Phila delphia. anil the mysterious "Air. Marshall" of the Dorothy Keenan mur der mystery, the police today through the byways of the underworld sought for others believed to have been impii cmPml in the scheme. They said action against the yet un named blackmail principal was being held in abeyance pending; further ef forts to obtain evidence* to support their theory that the blackmailer, balked by tin* model in bis original plans, dosed the ruod#4 Avith chloro form that he might get .Mitchell's let ters to her to be usisi despite her op position. Ella Bradford, negro min'd, who found her mistress’ bqdy 12 days ago, who said to have supplied the au thorities with considerable informa tion concerning the blackmail plot for "more than $100,000.” -J The police have been unable to find a letter written to Misp Keenan by’ Mitchell and mailed from I’alm Beach. FliU This letter, it was said, would have provided the blackmailers with a formidable weapon. Miss Keenan is known to have had it in her posses sion a short time before her death. Find Missing Clothes. New York. March 6.—-An expensive Wage Increase For Mill Workers Here Announced Officials of Mills Do Not Make Public Amount of In crease, Which Was Characterized by them as “Wage Adjustments.”—New Wages Effective This Morning. Aii increase in wages for the tex tile workers in a number of the cotton mills in this county has been an nounced hy the managements of tin* mills, and it is understood the increase will affect practically every mill in the county, though no announcement was made G.v the management of sev eral mills. The new wages became effective today. Just what the rate rrf increase will be is not iletiinitely known. It is understood that it will average about 10 per cent, throughout the county, and those which ami ounce, the Increase today are expeefea to take action on the matter in the near fu ture. No scale of wages was included in the wage adjustment, it is reported. The. management of the Cannon Alii Is announced that a "wage adjustment" lupl been made, not stating what the increase would be. The management of another mill stated that the in crease in wages had not been promised in advance and had been made be cause business conditions warranted i(. The amount of the increase was not stated. In several instances the. manage ment of mills could not he reached to day. and what action these mills will take could not be learned. The “wage adjustments” are known to have been made in the. following mill?*, according to statements from the heads of the companies controlling them: Cannon, in Concord and Kannapolis, Locke, Franklin, Gibson and Cabar rus. EIGHT MEN ARRESTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA Charged With Firing From Ambush Upon Daniel Duncan, Farmer. Columbia, 8. C.-, Alarch 26.—Eight men. including a preacher, have bpen charged with firing from ambush upon Daniel A. Duncan, a farmer of the Grassy Bay section of Holly County, on December 7. it was staled today at the office of Gov. T. G. McLeod. The arrests were made following an inves tigation by a state constable who made liis report to Governor AlcLeort today. Two of the men confessed iin plimating the others, according to the officers. Those arrested were ordered held in SI,OOO hail at Conway, S. C. A. C. L. Employee Killed in Auto Ac cident. Rocky Mount, March 20.—Alitehell Allen, of Pungo, an employee of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, was killed and O. It. Daughtritz was injur ed when the car in which they were riding last night near this city plung ed over tin embankment and turned turtle. Allen’s neck was broken. The Jiright lights of an approaching auto mobile was given as the cause of the accident by the police. Death of Mrs. Mary Green Kirby. Goldsboro, Marcn 26.—Airs. Alary Green Kirby, widow of the late Dr. Geo. Kirby, who before his death was the superintendent of the State Hos pital in Raleigh, died at her home here today. Airs. Kirky is survived by one son, Dr. Geo. 11. Kirby, of the staff of the State Hospital in New York City, and six daughters. Airs. Kirby was the first white girl born in Goldsboro after the city waa^incor pora ted. Shanley’s Has Been Closed. New York, Alarch 26. —Shanley’s, y a noted Broadway restaurant, one of the first “lobster palaces.” has closed its doors. "The big restaurant on Broadway" can’t make money now," John J. Alo ran. the manager said, as the lights went out last night. The Rocky River Community Club will meet Thursday night at 7:30. dress and a hat listed among the ar ticles stolen from the apartment of Dorothy Keenan, slain model, were found hy detectives today at. the home of Mrs. Alina Keenan, the dead girl s another. Detectives who discovered the gar ments during an. interview with Airs. Keenan, said the. Broadway butterfly’s mother at first “seemed surprised,’’ bur. quickly explained she had gathered to gether some of Aliss Keenan's effects when she went to her apartments af teri Dorothy had been slain, and that the last costume the model had worn before he met death had been among them. In her agitation over Dorothy's deatli tb«? quoted Mrs. • Keenan sis saying, she had forgotten to tell the police she had these much sought gar ments. Inspector Coughlin in charge of the investigation was keenly interested in the find, because of information given him by Mrs. Keenan’s maid that with the gray costume just discovered, the model had carried a beaded bag con taining a letter written her from Palm Beach by John Kearsley Mitchell, wealthy and socially prominent Phila delphian. who'lots paid her attention. Admission that lit* had written tlie model from Palin Beach was made hv Mr. Mitchell Saturday a few hours af ter he had been disclosed ns the mys terious “Mr. Marshall." whose identity was so closely guarded for nine days. AUDITORS NOT READY YET WITH STATENIEHT Men Investigrating the Fnan cial Status of the State Are Not Realy Yet to Make a Full Report. Raleigh, March 26,—Auditors inves tigating the state’s financial condition since the closing days of the General Assembly bad not s yet reached the stage in their work which would war rant a report to’the special legislative committee headed by \V. L. Long, ap pointed to supervise the examination, following the charges hy A. J. Alax well. Corporation Commissioner, that a deficit of approximately $5,000,000 existed in the Treasury. While the auditors stated that the work was progressing rapidly they would not predict when their report would be>submitted. They indicated, however, it might he possible that def inite findings would result in the meeting of Senator Long's committee within the next 15 days. The audit ing is being extended in all depart ments, and a complete report will he submitted. McLEOI) HAS NOT SIGNED APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE Declares in Statement He Will An nounce His Intentions Some Time Today. Columbia, S. C., Alarch 25. —Gover- nor AlcLeod has not yet signed the ap propriation bill, but announces that he will give out n statement as to bis purposes Monday. He states, how ever. that he will probably sign the. measure, with tlu* possible elimination by veto of an item or two. He lias the authority- to veto any item or itepis of this measure without the whole be ing affected. lie said that he would not state what items'" he has under considera tion, but it is understood there is a possibility of liis vetoing the item of $15,831 to pay the Todd claim, an account .claimed by W. A. Todd, Charleston architect and member of the Senate, for a-replica of a proposed enlarged capital made in 1912. Should the governor Veto any item of the ap propriation bill, he will so advise the Legislature, in 1924. Einstean Now Has Brand New Theory. Berlin, March 22. —A new discovery which it*is believed will create an ev en greater sensation than his theory of relativity has been announced by Prof. Albert Einstein, famous German srientist, upon his arrival at Kan fara/ Egypt, after his recent, trip to Japan with his wife. Prof. Einstein is withholding the details of the dis covery. stating merely that il concerns the between the earth's power of attraction and terrestrial magnetism. The scientist, according to dispatches received here, declares liis mental processes were greatly facilitated by the long sea voyage. $6,C00,000 to Be Spent By S. A. L. For Equipment. Washington. March 22.—T0 finance repairs and extensive purchases of new equipment, the Seaboard Air Line today asked the interstate c,»m jnerce commission for authority to is spe $6,600,000 in six per cent equip ment certificates. The road proposes to buy 2,C00 freight carrs, 30 locomo tives and four steel passenger train coaches. It also will rebuild 2.000 freight cars with the balance of the fund. WANTS THE SHIPPING BOARD TO RETIRE American Steamship Owners Associa tion Not in Favor of Government Operation. . Washington, March 26. —A recom mendation that the shipping board re* tin* from business, scrap all inferior vessels, and sell the remaining ton- I nage to American citizens “without I any restriction,” was the basis of a program submitted today by tin* com- j missipner of the American Steamship i Owners Association. 1 . The association further recommend-1 od that all vessels no! sold after a i reasonable lapse of time should be j scrapped and went on record as being ! of the opinion that "an American I merchant marine in foreign trade can not be built up through government operation.’’ The association's committee which conferred today with Board officials, is the first of three similar representa tive bodies invited to present sugges tions regarding a new policy for the hoard. The. other committee are to appear later this week. The views of the Steamship Owners Association were presented in tin* form of a letter signed bv President Albert G. Smith. SHIP LINE C OMMITTEE - T 9 BEGIN INVESTIGATION Committee to Study Hie Governor's Plans Will Hold. First Meeting To morrow. Raleigh, <March 26. — (By the As sociated Press)—lnvestigation of (j v. Morrison’s proposal for a state owned shipping corporation to purchase and operate boats 1 from North Carolina ports will he began by the speed a- 1 commission created by the 1923 Gen- 1 eral Assembly at a meeting with the , Chief Executive tomorrow. The conference will be the first held s'nce the members were appointed by the Governor, and approved hy • the | Senate, and a discussion of the plans I to study the proposition is expected to consume most of ;the time tomor row. Governor Morrison, who takes the position that the creation of the corporation wXI resit in lower freight rates for the state, in addition to establishing an extensive water com merce, again will present his views. CONDITION OF “DIVINE SARAH” IS UNCHANGED Physicians State That Noted Actress Has No C hance to Recover. Paris, March 26 (By the Associated Press).—Sarah Bernhardt’s condition has grown .worse during the last few hours {Hid tlie household considers that the end is neat'. At 2:15 p. m. there wits no change in her condition. was being kept consiahfrU~under ftrt* "uAinemd? ol hy podermic injections, and one of her physicians said he did not expect her to survive the day. Shortly after three o’clock a priest arrived at Mme. Bernlmrt's home to administer extreme unction. Dr. Provost said at this hour that the actress' condition wah hopeless and that sin* might die any minute. She was then sleeping under an opiate. Fighting the Fog Fiend,. London. March 26.—A new inven tion by means of which it will be possible to see through the densest fog is in the possession of the British Admiralty. The device produces a ray which, unlike wireless, can be seen but not heard, but which shares with wireless waves the ability to pierce fog. This ray is not visib e to the unaided human eye. A special receiving apparatus is required. Ships or land vehicles carrying the ray-producing apparatus will con tinue to be invisible to one another unless they also carry the receiving apparatus. It is understood that at present the range of the ray- is about that of a powerful electric lamp.” If the ray performs all that is c’a'imed for it, it will have far-reach ing effects on shipping, flying, and so on. An aeroplane, for instance, could be piloted through a fog to the vicinity of the aerodrome by means of directional wireless, and then. Wjth its receiving apparatus, if could pick up t*e light ray from (lie ground, j Thus one of the greatest dangers of fog. the mere act of landing, would be banished. — | Payment For Cotton Sei/.etl During the 60N. Reilgli, March 22.—Mrs. Nannie G. Lee and her daughter. Mrs., Lena Lee Cox, of Raleigh, have just received payment from the United States gov ernment on cotton seized by federal 1 troops in Perry county, Alabama, dur-1 ing the Civil War. Twelve hundred ; dollars was the amount of the govern l * j ment’s past due account, but half of this, it was stated, went- to attorneys i who collected the claim. Criticises Government Action. St. Louis, Mo., March 26 (By the Associated Press). —Federal Judge Fails, who last night issued a tempo rary restraining order against seizure by the government of the Goltra barge line, today asserted the government s action in taking over part of the. line appeared to him as “the most high handed, outrageous proceeding imag inable.” Old Spanish Trail Convention. New Orleans. La., March 24.—Prep arations have l>een completed for the entertainment in New Orleans next week of the sixth annual convention of t*he Old Sptftiish Trail Association. In connection with the convention*- there will he meetings of the Gold Boulevard Conference, the Southern Transcontinental Road Conference, and the Parliament of Women on Highway Beautification. The program for the convention calls for addresses by Governor Neff, of Texas. Governor Parker, of Louisiana, and a number of other State and national officials. Mr, Joe MeCaskill has returned from a visit to relatives in South Car olina. ’ t $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. FOUL CONTEST OS r— JIM MADE CERTAIN NOW I W. M. Person, of Louisburg, Will Test the Law as Pas sed by Recent Session of General Assembly. HEARING TO BE HELD APRIL 3 State May Ask That Hearing Be Held in Wake County Instead of in Warrenton as Court Directed^ Raleigh, March 20 (Hy the Associ ated l*Vess). —Formal notice of tlie. in junction suit brought by W. M, Person, of Louisburg, to test tlie constitutional* it.v of the net of the 15*23 General As sembly exempting stock in foreign cor porations from taxation, returnable before Judge \\\ 11. Kerr in Warren toii, April 3. was served on It. A. Houghton, Commissioner of Revenue, t odav. The notice also cited <he Commis sioner to appear before Judge Kerr in Warrenton March 31st to show cause why mandamus should not issßo. Frank Nash, assistant attorney gen eral. who said the notice gos the two hearings' appeared irregular to him, and said the. State would move that the hearing he removed to the- Wake Su perior Court. A temporary injunction was signed by Judge N. A. Sinclair, at: Williams* ton March 22 restraining t,he Revenue Commissioner from complying with the provisions of rlie exempting act'. Mr. Person last year brought suit against A. I). Watts while the latter was commissioner of revenue, to test the constitutionality of the act exempt ing from taxation stocks in domestic 'corporations. The Supreme Court up held the state in this ease. HUGHES ANSWERS THE LATEST ALLIED NOTE Reply Will Be Given to Allies by Eliot Wadsworth as Meeting in Paris To morrow. o asliing-reii; —Secretary Hughes has answered the second pro posal of the allied representatives in Paris negotiating for settlement of the American claims for repayment of the costs of maintaining the American ar my of occupation in Germany. The re ply was .cabled to Eliot Wadsworth, the American representative at Paris, and will he delivered by him at tomor row's meeting to all representatives. The impression was given in official quarters that the reply indicated a i willingness on the part of the Wash ington government to deduct from the total amount of its claims the value of German property which came into possession of the American army as of the armistice. Unofficial reports from Paris lixed this amount at about 53,000,00t> gold ilarks. While State Department spokesman declined to comment on the contents of Secretary Hughes' answer, it was said today there was every reason to believe the negotiations would work out satisfactorily. BUILDING PROGRAMS TO BE STARTED SOON State Institutions * Will Get Money From $10,667,500 Appropriation Re cently Made by Assembly. Raleigh. March 24 <By the Asso ciated Press).—All State institutions in North Carolina are expected to pro ceed immediately with their building programs, it was stated at the ca pitot today, following the announcement of the council of state that the $10,007,- 500 in bonds appropriated by the 15*23 General Assembly was available for immediate use. Largest Dam In the World. The Wi son Dam, at Mu.scle Shoals, Ala., the largest structure of its Kind in the world, is being rushed to com pletion by double shifts working uay and night. The completed pro.ict, which will cost the government more than $50,000,000 will contain 1,260.000 yards of masonry. A maximum of 624.000 horspowor of electrical’ energy will be developed by 18 turbines locat ed in .a power house 1,200 feet long and driven hv the force of the water. No definite plans have been yet made for its use. , . Jack Scott Is F ; ned by Manager Mc- Grow. * New York. March 22.—Manager Me- Graw. of the New York Giants, Ins fined Jack Scott, star pitcher, and one of the heroes in the last world’s se ries $100: relegated Catcher Earl Smith to the second team, ami repri manded other players for drinking corn liffuor, according to a dispatch to the Evening World today from its correspondent at the Giants’ training camp at San Antonio. Texas. With Our Advertisers. "Whether your hanking requirements are alrge or small, the Citizens Bank and Trust Company invites you to make fise of its facilities. v There >vlji l>e a Ihjx supper at New Gilead sehoolhquse Friday evening, March 30th, at 7:30. The proceeds will go to the Mission Band. The pub lic is invited. Wine improves with age; woman with opportunity. NO. 75.