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fHE CONCORD TIMES, j"VsHER r ILL» Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. Militia Controls State of Oklahoma at Present several Principal Cities fiiil Authority Has Given to Power of Guards men of thejState. • rOVERNOR WALTON STICKS TO WARNING u,trial Law Has Been De ' glared in the Whole State. .-Grand Jury Did Not Convene Today. ..c iv. Okla.. Srpt 17 (By .T1 *' , spotl)i'ht Oklahoma City today ip th** i"'"’ r . t ,t the Oklahoma martial law [. dra .“ ; jrl j ;l j law ln*cam»* effective I ' ,| lt . > tate at midnight Satur-, r oj.r the mi lit ary has superseded (ilcjlnuna fits police headquarers. ", ~ ,iu-- ave been leveled at the ! . . , iH.liee.station and county court ofaial jury has hi-en cancelled, mtlitur\ court of iuvestigation sub* j the state capital jritizeus i . f ,,|i| "when to go to bed and to get Up " ’’ * Oklahoma «‘it>. Tulsa and Sapulpa m 're-iieitive counties of Oklahoma, . ami Creek, are under “absolute Troops are on duty in the • „ laiic-r i-ities ami adjoining territor -t Genera 1 Ha ini H. Markham, in ELgmi at Tulsa, is exi»eete<l to arrive I | IV airplane today. His hurried jivja j s unexplained. Troops have, not red at Sapulpa. according to infor that jioint. Apparently the the >tate is not to feel the pres .•> i.f Uiilitarv occupation, although tether G'.'Vt-nior Walton nor General ’la:v:.am made any statement to that A 'peeial grand jury called today to instigate charges tiiar Governor Wal had used state employees in check* ■ :li initiative i»etitioiis recently tiled j »;ti the Secret art of State was suspend last night by orders from Col. \V. S. Km. in command of Oklahoma City. The military court was ordered to- proceed -.•..m investigation work" at the direc tkt „f !;,e Chief Executive. The scope d its investigation will include mat •ii> which the grand jury would not hate rousidereil. it is understood, tinvenior Walton dee la red in his mar* 1 ;ii law proclamation that Oklahoma Cpy was die headquarters of the Ku Kim Klau in Oklahoma, and that “it is here where the sovereign power .of the State was defied when Grand Dragon of the semi-military organization declared iti substance that the sovereign state of Oklahoma could not break the power of the K lan." Further asserting that the “jsower of this criminal organization can be de- the "source of the power must be destroyed." the Executive is ex -1“ >'! to guide the military court in quiry into the Ku Klux Klau sttite head uuarTers activities. Governor Walton in Okmulgee. bkmulgee, okla.. Sept. 17. — (liy the A'siMiated l’ress I.—Governor .1. C. Wal arrived here today unexpectedly in 2 special ear attached to the regular ROi from Oklahoma City. .Members' of his party said the governor would pro- IW| L to Henrietta to address the Sttite ''■mention of labor. To Attend Libor Convention. Oklahoma City. Sept. 17. — (By the As s 'ntfii Press i —Governor Walton’s de -1 '■"!! to attend the State convention of a!»r today at Henrietta was apparently reai-hed suddenly hist night. It had * TII l'f’viouslv indicated that the gov “r!l"r ' v '»nld io>t attend the convention. Military Inquiring Into Klan Activities. Okaliomi City. Sept. 17. —(By the As- I'lesvi.—Military courts of in into the activities of the Ku Klux u,,|v in operation.today in the two a, s's cities of state. Oklahoma Citv sail Tulsa. t . (iklahoina City court convened 'Rni stniinmned at the first-witness* .tm|i "!i Russell, former chairman of '■ate corporation commission. ■‘"lire Object to Military Control. <;itv - s “pt. 17 (By the As -1 r ' ss >.—The Oklahoma City n'l'iu’tnieiit. taken over by the . ' . yesterday, was returned to ii , ilu ' borities today when Mayor S K ' s erved notice on Col. AV. Ulll ‘ t:l| 'y commander in charge ciirf" f 1 IT ''• unless Kay. Frazier. police- was reinstated at once, ;l! I'olife force would be retired "t policing the city would ‘ t * l ‘‘ hands of the military. ANr| |lU< •TK MINERS MEET AT SCRANTON l \n"\v al,fMl For I,u nxise of Acting on 'ge Schedule Recently Offered. • Sept. 17.—The tri-dis "f the anthracite mine o act on the proposed t-rnv,,. " lU ' :u f ngt'eetl upon by the i ,u ' "■ Bie l nited Mine Work ' ~, ' operators on September '■td'piw'i ' ,y '■'‘•••ting Internat- I '‘ ‘' ll ' •l"liti L. Lewis as perma h*H‘|, , 11 the meeting had ii:.;. . ti > . l 1 "'Mer by Kinaldo Capel -1 district No. 1. More i! j t' cun,. were present when “'‘ution met. j Heavy Pay Rolls. lions' c mnl r". P a ? 7 ~ There ;lrp A.2GS ,ll!!r ‘g in m to^at ‘ co mauufac- , vh V u ‘ hi * nl, according to official Mtv , n l ‘ h also s bow that the annual man '‘faeturi„ U '° la fger tobacco 1 ii tor i < oin Panies here amounts •“ " f - v -.1.75.987 Tl ltl p . ; _ world's* S,at, ' s ' "’Hh (} per cent, of ,ls tll Mvu l |,i- ,)0 o. a,ion ' (nvns 13,000.000 I! ticks. AHKI.OOO motor cars aiid ♦**^**********^ * COTTON PRICES RI"N * * UPWARD AGAIN * I* x * A* 1 "’ York, Sept. 17.—Heavy * 1 & rains throughout Texas and Ok- la homo caused a renewal of buying & iu tiie cotton market this morning & that quickly ran prices up to new & ! high levels for the season. October & reached 2D cents. December 28.(55 and January 28.00, or 80 to 110 ik tr points-above Saturday’s close. * * JAPANESE RELIEF FUND. Previously acknowledged .$208.75 1 (.'. M. Powell 10.00 This fund will be closed tomorrow, so anyone desiring to make a contribution should either send it to this office or to the office of Mr. L. T. Harfkell. not later than noon tomorrow; NEWSPAPER PRIZE CAR NEARLY POLICE PRIZE Seizi d at Hickory With Two Men When a .Third Drops a Pint.—Another Es capes. Hickory. Sept. 15.—The Catawba county school fund came within a few votes of winning an Essex coach an nounced as a grand prize in a circula tion contest put on by the Newton News- Enterprise. Armed with a search war rant. three officers, who had received a tip that the prize car would bring in a quantity of hootch. intercepted three white men at the armory and asked for a close view. (). Edgar Atkinson.- of Montgomery, Ala., one of the manag ers of the Newton paper’s circulation contest: Paul Donkel and McKinley Kil lian, Hickory men, were in the machine. As they stepped out of the car. Donkel dropped a pint of liquor and took to his legs. He escaped and may he run-, ning yet. Arrived at police station. Killian as sumed a terrible thirst, and while As sistant Chief Sigmon was bringing a drink of water, jumped through a screened window and lit on tly* hard pavement some six or seven feet below, and lit a-running. That left one. Atkinsoj#was held in jail in defualt of 8200 bond and paid a fine of SSO and costs for his part in the affair. He claimed not to know about any liquor. The automobile was released to the Newton paper, which held title to it. ANOTHER ( I T IN PRICE OF GASOLINE Standard and Other Companies Cut Prices One Cent Per Gallon in North Carolina. New York. Sept. 17.—The tank wagon price -of gasoline today was reduced one Cent a gallon in New England and eight Atlantic seaboard start's by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Gulf Refining Company. The new prices ranges from 18 cents in Washington, I). (\. to 21 cents in Virginia, where there is a state tax of three cents a' gallon. The Texas company announced that it would meet the reduction. The terri tory in which the cut was announced by the Standard of New Jersey includes also New Jersey, North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition to New Eng land States the Gulf Refining Company reduced the price in New York and New Jersey. The new prices in most of the terri tory affected is 18 cents a gallon plus the amount of the sttite tax if any. Pageant at High Point. High Point. Sept. 17. —Marking an epoch of modern advancement, especially in the field of road building, a "Pageant of Progress,” the production of which lias boen established to cost $2,500. will take place here October 2oth with the city and state' officials and other promi nent citizens participating. • The governors of four state —North Carolina. South Carolina. Virginia and Tennessee —have been asked to attend. Governor Morrison, of North ( arolina. and Governor McLeod, of South ( aro- Jina. have accepted. The other gover nors have not been heard from. E rank Page, chairman of the State Highway | Commission, lias accepted an invitation to attend. One of the outstanding features of the pageant already arranged for will be an address by AV. A. Blair, of AA’inston- Salem, on the old plank road, which was built by the state many years ago from Fayetteville through High Point, to a Moravian settlement near AA’iuston- Salem. The High Point chamber of commerce and various civic organizations are co operating in making arrangements for the pagenat, which is expected to be Hie biggest celebration in the history of the city. Not only will the pageant be witnessed by citizens of High Point, but by thousands of persons from Greens boro. AA’inston-Salem. Thomasville, Ashe boro and ’ rural communites in this sec tion are, expected to attend. To Give I’p Charities Work. Charlotte. Sept. 17.—J. Leon AVil liams. executive secretary of the C har lotte Associated Charities for the past 11) months, has-offered his resignation, eeeetive February 15. 1924. to the direc tors of the organization. Mr. AVilliams has announced his intention of going into another field of work. Twelve Killed Duiing Demonstration. London. Sept. 17—Twelve persons were killed and fifteen wounded during a demonstration against the high price of food at Sorau, Brandenburg province, when fighting occurred between the po lice and the demonstrators, says a ( eu tral News dispatch from Berlin today. Success is attained more often by un common effort than by uncommon brains PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS fire loss in state SETS NEW LOW RECORD During August 88 Fires Caused Losses of Only $84,689. Report Shows. Raleigh. N C.. Sept. 17.—"A high water mark for a low fire loss record” was the paradoxical epigram used by State Insurance Commissioner Stacy AV. AA’ade in announcing today that the fire loss in North in Aug. was $84,(189 from 88 fires. as compared with the former low record of June, 1922, I when there was a loss of $105,908 in !9G fires. In August. 1922’there were 120 fires, representing a loss of $221,208. accord ing to records of the State Insurance Department. Analysis of the detailed fire report issued by Commissioner Wade shows total property at risk in August, this year, is valued-at $1,526,000. on which insurance was carried in tin* sum of sl.- 925.000. Os the total loss of $84,689, I $50,000 was due to seasonal and extra hazardous risks in a relatively small number of fires, according to the re port. which gives as losses in this class a saw mill and lumber plant, burned at a loss of $35,000; fires due to lightning. $11,000; and tobacco curing barns. sll.- 500. The actual normal fire loss was given as $27,189. Os this loss, 38 towns and six rural dwellings had a damage of $21,064. leaving the normal fire loss in till the factories. stores. warehouses, garages, churches, school and other buildings at $5,525, according to Mr. Wade’s report. Besides the destruction of one store by lightning, there were only three stores fires in^ August and the total loss iu these totaled only $125. the report stated. Not a single hotel fire was reported in August, although there were hun dreds of mountain, seashore and spring resorts open besides the 4 regular com mercial hostelrii'k In this connection Commissioner Wade said. “If every month could show the absence of high losses from business and industritl fires as hqs tiie month of August. North Carolina would be at the head of the national fire loss list every month, as it does this month, and millions of dol lars would be saved in both property and insurance costs It shows every month that the masses of the people arc being most careful with fire, while the losses really come from the business population, generally conceded to be the promoters and conservators of wealth and progress, and more largely concern ed for safety-first providence." Out of 106 organized fire department towns and cities in the state, the total fire loss was $19,090, an average of $175 per city, with not a single fire in the $5,000 and more class, stafinl the report. One hundred and twenty-four towns and 26 counties reported no fire losses and were placed on the Insurance De partment’s honor roll Durham and Hen derson went on the honor roll for the second month in succession. Among the other towns and cities reporting no fires were Goldsboro, AA’ilson. Green ville. AA’ashington. Elizabeth City. Ox ford. Clinton. Concord. Mtinroe. Gas tonia. Ljumberton, Mt. Airy, Lenoir/Lex ington Salisbury and Statesville. Among the counties placed on the honor roll were AA'ake, Gaston. Davidson. Ire dell. Rockingham. Robeson. Haywood and I>ee. Structures involved in fires were given as follows: Dwellings, 44; stores. 4; factories, lumber plants, garages and unstored automobiles, three each, with nominal] hisses; churches, one, and lightning. Causes or t.vjies of tires were given as follows; Tobacco curing burns. 19: shingle roofs and defective Hues. 1 1 : un known. 14; lightning, eight; smoking, four; oil stoves, three; adjoining build ing. 5. The fire loss for August for the United States and Canada, according t< information received and announced by the State Insurance Department, ap pro'xi mated $24,474.3)90. a-epresenfing increase of over $3,000,000 over the fire losses for the same month last year, but a decrease of more than $3.- 000.000 from July, this year. Contrary to conditions in North Carolina, it was said, much of the increased loss was at tributed to seasonal fires in summer re sort bote’s scattere over the United States and Canada. The fire loss in the Unitisl States and Canada for the first eight months of this year was announc ed at $274,016,250. representing an in crease oveT the same period of hist yeai of about twenty-one million dollars.. BAXTER DI RHAM HEADS NATIONAL AUDIT BODY North Carolina Auditor Elected Presi dent of Fnancial Agents’ Association. Asheville. Sept. 15. —Election of Bax ter Durham, auditor of North Carolina, as president of the national association of state auditors, comptrollers and treas urers ; organization of a new joint asso ciation of state finance and administra tive officers and the election of officers for the national association of secre taries of state and the national confer ence of state purchasing agents this af ternoon marked the annual joint conven tions of state officers which have been in* session here since last Thursday. The next joint meeting of the State officers will be held in Salt Lake City Utah. July 7-13 inclusive, at which time they will meet as separate sections of the new parent organization called the national -association of state finance and administrative officers. Reds In Spain Are Jailed By Primo. Barcelona. SepL 16.—The principal communist and bolishevik leaders have been arrest»d and placed in jail. Other members of the organizations are de clared to be in flight toward the French frontier, which is being closely watched The chiefs of the liberal party in Cata lonia. Senators Alfonso Sala and Count de Caralt, have been cal’ed to the head quarters of Gen. Primo Rivers in Madrid where they announced their party’s adherence to the new govern mental policy. CONCORD, N. C., MONDA Y, SEPTEMBER 17, 1923. PRESENTMENT STORY FROM WILMINGTON SHOWN TO BE WRONG Saturday’s Story From Sea port City Said Presentment Was Made Against Corpo ration Commission of State CRITICISM/ ONLY MADE BY JURORS First Story Intimated That Commission Had Been Lax • in Its Enactment on Bank ing Laws of the State. Raleigh. Sept. 17. —In an article car rying the-date line AA’ilniington, N. (’., circulated on last Saturday afternoon, September 15th. it was stated that ji presentment had been made by the grand jury of New Hanover County, N. C.. against the North Carolina State Corpor ation Commission <Su the ground thjit the Commission had bfen lax in its enforce ment of the state banking laws, and re ferring particularly to the failure # of the Liberty Bank of AA’ilmington. It libs beyn ascertained that the arti cle was erroneous as there was no pie sentment made. According to Solicitor AVoodus Kellum, of New Hanover coun ty. "a criticism, of the Corporation was made by the grand jury in its rejMirt to the court, hut there was no presentment returned.” STEEL WORKERS BEGIN SHORTER WORKING DAYS In the Youngstown District Men Are to Work From 8 to 10 Hours a Day Hereafter. Youngstown, Ohio. Sept. 17. —The sec ond big step toward elimination of the 12-hour day in the steel mills of this dis trict was taken today when several thou sand workers changed from the long day to ten-hour and eight-hour shifts. A month ago men in the continuous operat ng department changed to three shifts i day, and today's movement affects •hiefiy the pipe mills iu which a ten lour day is to be established for the most part. After today only a small per •eutage of the 65,000 steel workers in :he Youngstown district will be working he 12-hour day and the hours of these few will be reduced as soon as addition al labor can be obtained. JOHN H. BARTLETT HURT WHEN CAR STRUCK AUTO First Assistant Postmaster General is Undergoing Treatment in Washington Hopsital. Washington, Sept. 17. —John H. Bart lett. first assistant postmaster genera and former governor of New Hampshire, was taken to a hospital today because of injuries he received when his automobile wau struck by a street car. 't Although lie received a cirt oil the head, physicians who examined him say his injuries do not appear serious. The automobile was wrecked and Mr. Bart lett's chauffeur was only slightly injured. THE COTTON’ MARKET There Was Excited General Buying in tiie Market at the Opening. New Yors, Sept. 17. —There was ex cited and general buying in the cotton market at the opening today.’ owing to the continued strength in Liverpool, re ports of heavy . rains in the southwest and bullish spot market advices. First prices were firm at an advance of 45 to (51 points, and active positions sold 60 to 70 points net higher within the first half hour. Seven Persons Dead in a Tenement Fire at Jersey City. N. J. Jersey Uit.v, N. J.. Sept. I(».—Seven persons were killed and a score or more injured early today when fire swept (through a tenement in a thickly populat ed district. The blaze started in a hall way and darted 1 quickly to the upper floors cutting off the escape of many of the 16 families in the building. Fire men made many thrilling rescues. Those killed were: Fireman Bernard Feehan, .35 years old. a member of truck No. 6; Mrs. Pearl Thomas. 26. and son. Edward. 8 years old; Edward Breen. 34; Sophia Kolasienski, 14; Regina Kolasienski. 9 and Helen Kollasienski, 7. All those killed were either suffocated by smoke or burned to death, except the fireman who died following a fall from a fire escape in rescuing occupants of the house. The building in which the fire oc curred is a four-story structure at. the southwest corner of Barrow and Grand streets. Klan Worst Blight in Hiustory of the United States. Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 15.—Calling the Ku Klux Klan “the worst blight ever known iu American history,” 11. O. Mc- Clure. president of the Tulsa chamber of commerce, tonight issued a statement calling upon klansmen to disband. Mc- Clure's statement followed failure of the board of directors of the chamber to sup port his report to them that he had told local klan officials that their organ ization should shoulder responsibility for martial law in Tulsa county. Want New Church Durham, Sept. 17. —With a view •to the erection of a new church, a cam paign will be started here next week by members of the Watts Street Baptist Church for raising $60,000. With Our Advertisers. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. has just received some of the latest and best records. The store also carries the lat “st designs in furniture. C. C. & O. LEASE HEARING BEING CONDUCTED NOW Seaboard Air Line Opposes Lease of the Read to the Atlantic Coast Line Com pany. Raleigh, Sept. 17. —A statement by W. L. Stanley, viqe president of the Sea board Air Line Railroad Company that North Carolina’s greatest hope for de velopment of a seaport insofar os access to the coal fields is concerned, lies in the leasing of the Carocilan, Cinchfield & Ohio lines to the Seaboard Air Line rather than to the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, was the principal argument of the Seaboard Air Line against the pro posed leasing of the Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio by the Atlantic Coast Line at the hearing before the North Carolina Corporation Commission this morning. C C. McD. Davis, assitant traffic manager of the (’oast Line argued be fore the commission that by the leasing of the Clinchfield the road he represent :ed would be able to increase very fav orably for the state of North Carolina of access to and from tl?e coal regions of Kentucky, Tennessee' and West Vir ginia. The Charlotte chamber of commerce will present its belief to the commission this afternoon setting forth its views on the proposed lease of the Clinchfield by the Atlantic Coast Line, which road is associated with the Louisvlile & Naslr ville Railway in attempting to secure permission of the Interstate Corporation Commission to allow the lease. The final hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission will be held Sep tember 24th. LAW OR FORCE THE AMERICAN’S CHOICE President Says Constitution Represents a Government by Law Blessings of America. New York. Sept. 1(5.—T0 live under the American constitution "is the great est privilege that was ever accorded to the human race,” it was declared by President Coolidge in a message made public today i by the National Security League in connection with its plans for the celebration tomorrow of the 135th inniversary of the signing of the consti tution. "It is an inspiration to know that the members of the National Security League are to observe constitution day." said the Preside'nP’s message. /'The constitution is not self-perpetuating. If it will survive it will be because it has public support. It means making ade quate sacrifice to maintain what is of public benefit. "The constitution of the United States is the final refuge of every right that is enjoyed by any American citizen. So long as it is observed, those rights will be secure. Whenever it falls info dis respect or disrepute, the end of orderly organized government as we have known it for more than 125 years, will be at hand. The constitution represents a government* of law. There is only one other form of authority and that is a government of force. Americans must mgjce their choice between these two. Ohe signifies justice and liberty; the other tyranny and oppression. To live under the American constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.” I, Murder Cases on Guilford Docket Greensboro, Sept. 17.—Four murder cases are on the docket for the two weeks term of criminal court, which convened here today, principal among which is the case of F. Clyde Tuttle, young advertising man of this city, charged with the murder of his father in-law, U. A. Jones, former judge of the city court. Judge Jones died August 20th as the result of a pistol shot wound alleged to have been inflicted by Mr. Tuttle on the night of August Ist following what was reported by police as a domestic dif ficulty at the home of the father-in-law. . The other defendants on the dockets for trial on charges of murder at this session of court arc three negroes of High Point. Pete Gray is charged with the murder' of his brother, William Gray. He escaped following the alleged mur der, but later was apprehended at Mooresville and brought to the Guilford county jail here. Bud Lindsay is scheduled to pe tried for killing his wife by oiling her cloth ing and then pushing her into a fireplace. She died shortly afterwards from burns. ' William Brewer is charged with shoot ing Lyles Hayes to death on August 11th following a reported quarrel over a woman. With the exception of Tuttle, who is out under SIO,OOO bond, all of the de fendants charged with murder are being held in jail. Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of this city, is presiding at this session of court. Cool Weather to Continue For Another Day. Forecast. Washington, Sept. Sept. 16.—C00l weather will continue over the eastern and southeastern states for at least tin other 48 hours, indications interpreted by the weather bureau tonight pointing to no immediate let up in the chilly conditions prevailing. The thermometer has risen in some of the interior districts east of the Mississippi, but a decided fall was registered today over the northern plain states and the Rocky mountain and plateau regions. The cooler weather in the northwest was marked by a rising barometer. which idicated* that the period of higher temperatures which is following the present cool weather east ward will be brief, since high pressure at this season is ordinarily atended by chill breezes and low pressure brings warmers winds from the south. Negro Must Die Fc r Murder of a Mer chant. Rocky Mount, Sept. 15. —Jim Jones, alias Ben Spencer, negro, who was charged with the murder of W. S. Bigg*, local merchant, in a Bassett Street store here Saturday night, June 30th. was found guilty of murder in the first de gree by a jury ind Edgecombe county Superior Court at Tarboro shortly after noon today, and sentenced by Judge Con nor to die in the electric chair at the state penitentiary Friday, October 26th. BOK PEACE PRICE JURY’ OF SEVEN IS SELECTED Eliliu Root and Cel. Edward M. House Ampng Jurors Mentioned. New York, Sept. 17. —The at at® seven which will award the ■ prize offered by Edward W. F _ ...m --delphia publicist, for a practical plan whereby the United States may co operate with other nations to prevent war. was named today by the Policy Committee which has been administer ing the award. In the list appears the name of Eliliu Root, prominent lawyer who served in the McKinley* and Roosevelt cabinets and winner of the Nobel Pence Prize in 1912. whose selection for the jury was rejsirted some time ago- Serving with him are: Colonel Edward *M. Houuse, f irmer confidant of Woodrow Wilson. who served as special representative of the 1 nited States government at the- Inter allied conference of Premiers and foreign ministers held in Paris in No vember. 1917. Major General James Guthrie Har bord. now president of the Radio Cor poration of America, who served as chief of staff of the American Exjiedi tionary Force and as chief of the American Military Mission to America iu 1919. Dr. Ellen Fitz Pen4leton, president of Wellesley College. Dr. Rosco Pound, dean of tlie Har vard law school, who formerly served on the faculties of Northwestern Universi ty and the University of Chicago. William Allen White, of Emporia, Kans., editor and novelist, who was sent to France as an observer by the American Red Cross in - 1917 and who was a delegate to till* Russian Con ference at Prinkipo in 1919. Brand Whitlock, former Ambassador to Belgium. ’’These -seven have been chosen." the Policy Committee explained, "after many weeks of careful consideration, on the basis of selection which aimed not at securing a jury made up of representa tives of varil'd groups and sections, but which aimed instead at getting seven men and women generally recognized to be eminently flitted by capacity and ex perience to deal with the exeeedinglly difficult and complex subject of our international relations. The committee regarded the work of the jurors as a highly important judicial tusk, requir ing distinctive abilities and experience.” The jury is expected to reach its de cision by January 1. All plans must Is* in by November 15. Fifty thousand dollars will bo paid to the winner as soon as the jury makes its decision and the other fifty thousand when the plan has passed the Senate or when it has demonstrated that it has popular sup port. The committee in charge of the Award p’ans to use January to. submit the winning plan to the American peo ple for a nation-wide- vote. In this 6ft national organizations will s cooperate. It is expected that the plan will be pre sented to the Senate by February 1. DRIVER OF FORD CAR IS BURNED TO DEATH Car Turns Over Near Maxton. Catches Fire and Burns Driver. —Unable to Identify Man. Maxton. Sept. 16.—A most distressing accident occurred just beyond the town limits on the Max-ton-Red Springs high way last night. A Ford touring ear turned up and burned the driver to a crisp. So horribly was he burned and charred that ( lie could not be identified nor could it' bo determined whether lie was white or black. The car number. 92,689. is claimed by a negro. Lucius Brown, who had lost his car and was looking for it_at the* time of the accident. Ku Klux Klan Symbol Blazes Over Oklahoma. Oklahoma Utiy, Okla., Sep.t. 16. — While machine guns frowned on strate gic centers here tonight and officers of the Oklahoma national guard completed plans for putting the city under com plete martial rule pursuant to a proclamation of Governor J. (’. Walton, in which lie announced the intention to drive the Ku Klux Klan from the state, a huge electrict cross, nearly 30 feet high, blazed from the top of a down town building, the symbol of the klan. The cross was erected recently by the klan when it became apparent that the governor was directing his military action against that organization. Simi lar crosses, it was announced were erected in other cities of the state. Praises North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Perdue have just returned from an extended tour through North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. They report a great trip. Crop conditions for North (’arolina are fifty per cent, above South (’arolina and seventy-five per cent, ahead of Geor gia, Mr. Perdue declared. North (’aro lina leads in quality of country homes, schools and churches. When it comes to roads and highways, Mr. Perdue says. North Carolina leads to such tin extent that "he who runs may read." "Truly North (’arolina is the best state’ in the Union, and as for cities. Concord stands in the front rank.” Mr. Perdue added. Plane Drops Rum in Hot Water Bottle in J>ry Agents Yard. Martinsville. Va., Sept. 13. —A. B. An thony. prohibition officer of this section, was the recipient i>f an unusual gift last Wednesday. An unknown person, traveling by air i plane to some unknown station (lrop i ped in his yard a hot water bottle con- I taining a gallon of real apple brandy. Attached to the hot water bottle was the following note : t “For B. A. Anthony. We have 226 gallons and leave you one.” Mr. Anthony lives only a few miles from this city. Stokes Lodge No. 32 A. F. & A. M. will hold a special communication tonight at 7 :3ft o'clock. There will be work on the first degree. All members, of the 'lodge are requested to attend. .$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. NEW OFFENSIVE NOW ED BY MO RIVERA IN MOROCCO General Aispuru is Being Sent to Morocco by New Government in Spain, and I He is Ready For Action. RAISULI TREATY WILL BE KEPT But General Aispuru Will Be in Position to Make Offen sive Against Abdelkrim, in the Mellijoh District. London. Sept. 17—A new offensive in Morocco is planned by Priiuo Rivera, president of the militaiy directorate in Spain. # The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Express quotes the head of the new gov ernment as follows: ‘‘We are sending General Aispuru to Morocco with orders to settle the whole problem there. "We will respect our treaty with Raisuli, but will make no treaty with Abdeklrim, and launch a new offensive in the Mellijoh zone in ac cordance with the plan o£ the general staff.” It is stated in Madrid, the correspon dent adds, that the offensive in Morocco will probably begin within a week with 150.000 troops. Rivera disclaimed any intention- of governing without parlia ment. saying that he would form another treaty representative of Spanish opinion which would create a new constitution for the country. Referring to the suppression of sun dry officers under the old regime, he as serted there would be a bureau of com plaints on each ministry to which all Spaniards might present their grievances. To Expel SI Spaniards. Port Yendres, Fronca-Spnnish Fron tier. Sept. 17 (Ily the Associated Press). —The military directorate formed as- a result of last week's revolution, has de cided to expel thirty-one of Spain's lead ing politicians, including former Prime Minister Sanchez Guerra and several prominent liberals and Catalinist syndi calists. it is learned front advices across the border. LABOR BOARD ATTACKED BY UNION PRESIDENT A. R. Mosher Says Board is “Tool of Em ployer” and Works Against Employes. ('angary. Sept. 17 (By the Associated Press). —Denunciation of the United State Railway Labor Board as a tool of the employer, and of the strike as too “powerful a weapon” for workers engaged in essential purposes marked the address of A. R. Mosher, president, of the convention of the Canadian Bro therhood of Railway Employees today. The United States Railway Labor Board. Mosher declared ‘‘is a greater menace to railway employees than any other combination of individuals on the American continent.” He accused the board of aiding rail way managements "in their attacks upon the pay envelopes of the workers.” and referred to it as a “United States gov ernment tribunal which has made itself ridiculous in tin* eys of every right thinking person in this continent by de claring that a living wage for workers was impracticable and impossible.” TRAIN WRECK PROVES FATAL FOR WOMAN Mrs. I. T. Lane Killed- When Two Trains Crashed at Crossing in Ala bama. Dotham, Ala., Sept. 17.—One person, Mrs. I. T. Lane, of Dothan, Ala., was killed late last night when the Louisville & Nashville eastbound passenger train crashed into tlie northbound excursion train of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad here. The hospital au thorities reported a Mrs. Frances Hol land of Dothan was also killed in the wreck, but railroad officials here have not confirmed this. Twenty-two others were , injured and at least two of whom it is feared may die. Abernethy and Dickson on Stand. Salisbury, Sept. 17.—Max Abernethy, editor, and John G. Dickson, managing editor of The Greensboro Record, were placed on the witness stand in Rowan Superior Court this morning and examin ed in connection with the case of State vs. Roy Cauble, and were __ dismissed when they testified that they knew noth ing of the case. No Scrapping Order Issued Yet. Tokio, Sept. Hi (By the Associated Press). —The naval department has been too busily engaged in relief work to is sue a concrete warship scrapping order as provided for under the Washington treaty limiting armaments. It is believ ed the navy now will speed up the scrapping work and use the scrap mater ial for reconstruction work in Tokio. Wisconsin Has No Bonded Indebted ness. Asheville, Sept. 14. —Wisconsin is one state without a single cent of bonded in debtedness, declared Solomon Levitan, treasurer of that coininonmealth, in an address this morning before the national association of state auditors, treasurers and comptrollers. Fayetteville Highs Practicing. Fayetteville, Sept.. 17.—Thirty-five candidates reported to the call for high school football practice here;, this week. The majority of the men have had pre vious high school football experience Miss. Jessie Deaton has returned from a to relatives in Mooresville. NO. 20.