jhnrsdav, November 29, 1923
flit Os BRITISH
SCHOGNERWASLEGftL
Belief in Official Circles is
% a t Seizure Will Not Be
,,.me Subject of Contro
vcrsv With Great Britain.
\ov. 27. —Complete con*
v . \ vidcuoed in official circles
r : seizure of the British rum
' ,:;i I i ,ako would not be a .subject
r S y between thejiritish
jospite the unusdfT circum*
' V; ~ i.ndiufr the Capture,
s , . Treasury and Justice tTe
‘|! were equally interested
: all appeared to regard the
Il? *’ ' ; o sed incident so far as its iu
" ,i aspects were concerned.
t,f ! s \ officials said the Capture prob
! s within the classification ac-
SI " ; ,i'li * celebrated Marshal! case in
r ' ■ British government declined to
oocause the owners of the Mar
i', 1 . ~( to establish tlu* validity, of
i» • - registry.
, report of the charges
* , ..I ;!S r;iiti>t the Tomako ami against
'-Vi w- ntetested in her poreation
:l ‘ ' !t;: • UH i - one weeks ago by the
■ , . ( ,f .Justice to the State De
!' . T uhli a request that it be
~ v the attention of he British
~ | .•i*v<>ntatives.
pK ., (IK \M Ob CONGRESS
' BEING OUTLINED NOW
.. ~,,'rlit Are Trying to (ret Together
y|,-st Important Questions.
I o-.’j,;, _. r hi. Nov. 27. —Views of the
House progressives, both as to
K'"'l.,.',, iIU legislation in the 08th
r ,."s i. ually are being crystallized.
,j~ . nibers of the republican-pro
i;; up are in the midst of a se
, . coiifiTenees to discuss their
,\t the same time republican
‘. t in. Senate, are holding infor
,ng> for a general exchange of
~f which tIICV lIOJIC Will COUIC
r) .plans particularly with
I , r .. lr to farm, railroad and other im
•tertaiit Icgf-lation.
,|\N FROM MACON IS
iiKLli IV PHILADELPHIA
I, ( iwrged With Attempted Extortion
l nder Threat cf Death.
riiiiiulelphia. l*a.. Nov. 27. —A young
,i who save his name as Arthur It.
and his address as Mueon, La.,
ianlci’ arrest here charged with at
., tnl extortion under threat of death,
y . .1. Howard Fell, of tliis city, receiv
*l i l.ater threatening her life and that
r thiv. year old daughter unless she
s-j.uro to a man who would call
Twine with a note sent by the writ
,t the letter.- l’o>tai inspectors set a
■ -f,,., e.ii arrested Hampton when he call
ed at the house with the note.
(FUG PARDON APPEAL
WILL BE HELD UP
l mil Attorney General Daugherty Re
turn, to Washington From Ohio.
Waslringti n. Nov. 27. —President Cool
. will await the return to Washing
; es Attorney General Daugherty who
w . in Columbus. Ohio, before tak
: . lion on appeal for a pardon for
t'ha: 1. > I. Craig. Comptroller of New
Y rk C ty. >«nteuced to GO days in jail
for coMriup! of court.. ■
T! 1 >ej•arimeut <f .Justice meanwhile
V niriiiie its Study of the case, and
r .rr- arc to lye submitted to the I’resi
-rr:h 1
WILL OPPOSE PLAN TO
IMPROVE MUSCLE SHOALS
This Warning lias Been Issued-by Rep
resentative McKenzie, cf Illinois.
W;i>hi!gton. Nov. 27. —Representative
M Kenzi. l:;:s sent word from his home
'•a I • '• - that In'* would oppose the ex
•dri r> i,f additional government funds
"n the Mti-oie Shoals. Ala., project, it
v *;t> aaineu.eed at his office today he
, tight tin* proposal of Chairman
iIK ihit of tlie House appropriations com
; tt»• !o 1-1 place the (iorgas steam plant
, 1 1 y -old to the Alabama Power Co..
a; - a .I*!<1 imiji.i iy step to the sale of the
i 'l to Henry Ford.
Maintenance »t‘ Automobiles Reduced by
Impnived Highways,
iigutn. N iv. 27. —Some of Ihe
lu “>t iiaportaut ways in which highs
have a demonstrable earning eu
a; ', S( ret ary Wallace of Agriciil
• 1-1;* • are ihe potential savings
- 1 ' oporat i ui. maintenance, and
«"'!x-iain»n of motor vehicles.
Tt is I‘stimated the annual fuel bill
motor vehicles amounts to $L-
J i" ia , otiti aisi tin* annual tire bill
" VmiMH, i The annual depreciation
‘ i:a> lj ‘ 1 ti.'nite:| on an estim.iled in
f '8\707.500,000 in'motor ve
;t- figures are’ estimates,
' ;1! ' \\ a dace says they are a rea
i<ati».ii of the magnitude of
i side of our motor trans
" •! •■■; • aml it is evident that
,li! ~ co-is will be saffected.jua
e general improveihent of
""urn s highways,
orp n ,an f bde. Ke' ver. of Spencer
s . Badly Hurt
2G.—Clyde Keever.
Sp, isl * -»r the Southern at
i.iki-n to the hospital late
!i - ' ih an unconscious eondi
"f fa ling down a stair
- - It was cut across his
"in eye and had remained
,| a , ;-<ious condition over Bun*
!' nglit to be slightly im
""II today. .1 how the ac-
K, ~ h i i"(i i-; not known as Air.
!; "t rallied sufficiently to
• _ ' Attending physi
"'it hope for his re*
fore; Keevei has been general
-hups here for about two'
popular with a wide circle
-quaitiiaaces.
Cotnmunisis Arrested.
S",;/ -7.—Several proraineut
*- a v *’ r ° arres ted today
• ' j o . n following circulation of
Bite to authorities that
*!«„ r- upon Beilin commuu-
X provocations”
ABOUT ASHE COUNTY
History of the County Prepared by Col
Fred A. Olds.
Raleigh. N. C., Nov. 24.—Ashe Cpun
j ty, tlie extreme northwestern county of
' North Carolina, frequently referred to
as one of the “Lost Provinces,” was
| established in 17<9 following much dis
j cussion and opposition in the senate of
the General Assembly, according to a
j history of the county prepared by Col.
j!• red A. Ods of the North Carolina
Historical Commission.
Ashe was a part of Wilkes County,
all of it lying west of the extreme
height of the Appalachian mountain,”
and was the second county of 'North
Carolina west of the Blue 1 Ridge moun
tains. Buncombe was the first.
The new county was named after
Samuel Ashe, of New Hanover, gover
nor of North Carolina from 1795 to
1708.
“The General Assembly placed the
county in the superior court district of
Morgan (with courthouse at Morganton,
as in those days there were both dis
trict and county courts),” wrote Col
Olds in his history of Ashe County. It
appointed Nathan Horton, Jolm Bowers
and Jefferson Taiiaferre commissioners
to fix a proper place in the center of
the county whereon the public buildings
are! to be erected, but until the court
house be completed, or some convenient
place by these commissioners the courts
shall be held at the home of Jacob
Huntsinger. A tax of a shilling (12 1-2
cents?) and 4 pence (four cents) on each
100 acres of land was levied for 1800.
“As early as 1755 some white settlers
had crossed the mountains from the
eastward and gone into what is now
Ashe. There do not appear to have been
any Indians in that part of the Blue
Ridge area, which was exposed to at
tacks by Indians from tin* northern and
middle states.
“Tin* first existing record of the coun
ty court of Ashe is in May, 1806, "and
the earliest rpcord of the superior court
is in March 1807. The county seat.
Jefferson, named after Thomas*- Jeffer
son. was established in 1800. and 50
acres of land was deeded for the court
house and jail, which were built that
year, both of logs. These were used un
til 1885. when brick structures replaced
them. In March. 1865, Federal raiders
under command of Brig. Gen. Stone
man. burned the epurthoese and nearly
all the records; The third courthouse
was built in 1866. The present one was
built in 1904."
TODAY’S EVENTS
Wednesday. Noverber 28, 1923
Fifteen years ago today more than
one hundred miners were entombed by
an explosion in a mine at Monongahela.
Pa.
Seventy years ago today the first ter
ritorial government was organized for
what is now the State of Washington.
Four Reman Catholic secs, those of
Chicago Wilwaukee. Little Rock and
Hartford, today celebrate the 80th an
uiyVfsary of their creation.
Thousands of political orators will take
to the field in GFeat llirtain today at
the beginning of the final week of one
of the most intense election campaigns
the country has ever experienced.
The first play ever written by Thomas
Hardy, entkled “The Queen of Corn
wall." is to be produced tonight by a
company of players in Dorchester, Eng.,
the home of the 88-year-old poet and
novelist.
Throughout the. United States final
preparations will be made today for the
observance of Thanksgiving Day in ac
cordance with time-honored custom, with
religious services and deeds of charity
having their usual prominent place in
the quiet of routine of events.
Fenner and Beane’s Cotton Letter.
New York, Nov. 26.—Strength in De
cember and new highs for January.
March and May were the features in
cotton today. About 7.500 bules -were
tendered on December which we*’C stop
ped, it was n ported, by southwestern
spot interests.
December firmed up shortly after Ihe
opening and carried the rest of the
market with it. The hulk of tie buying
for the day was apparently for the
trade as leading speculative interests
were inclined to be reactionary.
Spot news from 'the south was bull
ish and the general news before the
opening was good.
Sentiment is generally friendly to the
market and higher prices are looked for
barring a natural reaction which many
are looking for at any time.
Liverpool is due unchanged to 1
points up. ,
FENNER AND BEANE
AVe Raise Our Hats to McAdoo.
Methodist Temperance Clipsheet.
Air. AlcAdoo is reported to be a candi
date for the Democratic nomination for
President. 1
If the Democrats see fit to nominate
him they will nominate a man of su
preme abilities,|sfqrdy character and the
courage of his convictions.
McAdoo. we have judged from his pub
lic statements, rs for the enforcement of
prohibition, not simply because he he
lices in prohibition. We like this way
he has of net being afraid to say what
he is for.
“Dead” Alan Died on Threshold of
Riches.
Allentown. Po,. Nov. 26.—Declared
legally dead .several months ago after an
absence of 14 years. Wilbur Biery turn
ed up at the home of his brother last
Wednesday, and arrangements had been
made for his legal "resurrection” today
so he eouln share bis parents estate
which approximated $10,000,0000. To
day he was found dead in bed from j
heart failure. 1
Biery was about B*> years old. Dur
ing his absence lip said lie had spent
most of his time in Winnipeg and other
Northwestern Canadian cities.
Believe Banker Killed Hinu-elf.
New Orleans, La.. Nov. 27.—Charles
Straymoud. 35, vice president and cash
ier of the Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany here, was found dead in the garage
of his home—here today with a bullet
wound through his head. A revolver
was found beside his body. Police be
lieve it was suicide.
Css t of English Election.
London. Nov. 27.—The cost to the
country of the, forthcoming general elec
tion, it is estimated, will be about 2.000.-
POO pounds sterling, in addition to 1,200.*
000 pounds, spent tliis, for
tioa of the vote**.
THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN
V I
One of the Most Interesting of the Col.
Olds Series. ,
Raleigh, Nov, 2G. —The history of the
county of Camden is one of the most in- j
Neresting of the series being prepared by j
Col. Fred A. Olds for the North Carolina !
Historical Commission on all of the 100 I
counties of the State. It is J earned I
from Col. Olds’ sketch of the county that J
due to an error of\spelling in the bill
creating it, Camden county’s real name
is Campden.
Col. Oldn history of the county follows
in part:
The county of Camden was created
May 12th. 1777, by the General As
sembly, which named it for Charles
Pratt, Earl of Camden. xx x The
act sets out that *by reason of the width
of Pasquotank river and the difficulty
of passing the same, especially in bois
terious weather, it is extremely difficult
(for the inhabitants who live on the north
east side of the river to do public busi
ness in Pasquotank county, so all that
part of Pasquotank is established a coun
ty by the name of Camden.’ Joseph
Jones. Samuel Sawyer. Isaac Gregory.
Demps'ey Burgess and Caleb Grandy
were appointed commissioners to lay off
•md appoint the place where the court
house, prison, etc., should be built and
to employ workmen to erect those build
ing. A poll tax xof two shillings and
eight pence, for three years, was levied
by tlie General Assembly to pay for
these bulidings. The (-oust house and
jail were completed in 1780. The for
mer yet stands and is a dwelling and
hotel, or inn.
think two men were
BLOWN ALL TO PIECES
C. W. Womack a.ml Ronny Gaffer. Vir
ginia. Believed Killed By Dynamite.
Danville. Nov. 26.—Since Nothing has
been heard since Saturday night of (*.
W. Womack and Ronny Gaffer. Halifax
county men. it is generally assumed that
both men were blown to atoms in the
terrific explosion of a can of dynamite
which shook buildings for five miles
around.
[The two men were alone at the time
and it is understood that they had gone
to a point on Dan river near Randolph
for the purpose of dynamiting to obtain
fish.
The explosion took place at dusk' and
resulted in many people of the neigh
borhood hastening to the Scene of the
explosion which was marked by a dust
cloud iu the air. All they found was a
large hole in the bank of the river. Care
ful search failed to reveal a fragment of
clothing or of the bodies and it was
generally assumed that what remained
of the two men fell into the river and
thus disappeared. The two men hailed
from Clover ami are understood to have
been married.
MANY SAVED IN DISASTER.
Underground Supports of Coal Localiz
ed Effects of the Big Explosion.
Chicago. Nov. 2G.—Two men were
killed today and 12 wore burned, two of
them seriously, in an explosion in the
Orient mine of the Chicago, Wilmington
and Franklin Coal company, near Ren
ton. 111., according o advices to the coal
company's officials here tonight.
The mine} one of the largest in tin
world. emp’oys more than 1.000 work-]
men and 920 were reported to have been
in the mine at the time of the explosion
which was believed due to gases.
Aline officials attributed the small
casualty list to an elaborate system of
"barrier pillars’ by which the mine was
worked-
The damage was said to have been
small • and advices from Ihe mine said
operations could be resumed almost im
mediately.
George 15. Harrington, president of
the. operating company, attributed the
comparatively small loss of life to the
operating methods.
GOVERNOR DISCUSSING
SANATORIUM SIT UAT ION
Held Conference During Day With Dr.
T. M. \Y. Long and Senator Harrison.
Raleigh N. ('.. Nov. 26. —Governor
Cameron Aiorrison was in consultation
early this afternoon with Dr. T. Al. IV.
Long, chairman of the board of directors
of State Sanatorium, and Senator Ed.
Harrison, of Richmond County, a mem
ber of the hoard, the conference being rel
ative to the situation at tin* Sanatorium
brought by the convict ion of Dr. L. B.
Alcßrayer, superintendent, on a charge
of trading with himself. Dr. Alcßrayer
was removed from his position by Judge
X. A. Sinclair, in Superior Court and
Governor Morrison wrote Dr. Long that
in his opinion the directors should take
immediate action.
BEFORE AND AFTER.
“Before and after marriage there is quite
A difference iu farewells, a different
song.,
Courting, it takes an hour to say “Good
night;
And after marriage it is just “So
long!”
Northern New York hi Grip of Blizzard.
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 26.—Northeast
ern New York state is experiencing mid
winter weather. A Sunday hliizzard left
a blanket of snow over the upper Hud
son and eastern Alohawk valleys.
Albany. Troy and Schenectady had
six to eight inches of snow. Electric
car service was crippled and wire com
munication delayed. In the eastern
sleighting replaced .motor
ing and snowdrifts hampered steam
traffic.
At a society wedding in Boston the
other day the bride was attired in her
grandmother's wedding gown and veil,
and she wore also her great-grand
mother's rose point fichu and a brooch
which had been her great-great-grand
mother’s. Her mother's white satin wed
ding slippers completed her bridal
costume, which thus represented five
generations.
-At Japanese weddings it is the cus
tom to provide a small table on wliicn is
placed a miniature plum tree, signifying
the beauty of the bride, and a fir tree
typifying the strength of the bridegroom.
Box Supper at Litaker School.
There will be a box supper at thefLita
ker sckoojbouse on Friday evening at sev
en o’clock, the proceeds to be used for
the benefit of the school. —-Advertisement.
Denmark was one of the first of she
countries to factory in
spectioa by woman.
THE CONCORD TIMES
DU ALBERT FAILS
I TO FORM MINISTRY
i Efforts Made Futile Because
Reichstag Would Not Give
Support—Many Forms of
Government Are Suggested
Berlin, Nov. 27 (By the Associated
Press). —I>r. Heinrich F. Albert, who at
President Ebert’s request has been en
deavoring to form a ministry abandoned
hi« efforts today because of his inability
to find sufficient reichstag support for
a cabinet under his chancellorship.
President Ebert thereupon began ne
gotiating with the leaders of the bour
geois parties for the formation of a five
party bloc, uninclusive of the socialist.
Up to this afternoon none of the par
ties had proposed a candidate for the
chancellorship.
An alternative suggestion which appar
ently relegated 1 to rear for the time being
at least in favor of the five party attempt,
was an effort to form a bourgeois cabi
net composed of representatives of the
German nationalists centrists and Ger
man peoples party. Such a cabinet would
have to reckon with the opposition of so
cialists and communists, and at the most
with the neutrality of the democrats,
while the centrist party made its collab
oration subject to two conditons: first
that the government must be along con
stitutional lines: and seooud that th<-
treaty of Versailles must be regarded as
binding. _
Lack of agreement among the parties
on these conditions seemed to be the
sticking point.
A candidate for the post of chancellor
in such a bom-geos cabinet was Dr.
Jarres, minister of the interior in the
Strescmann cabinet.
THREE AIEN ARE HELD
IN FLORIDA PRISON
Men Are Believed to Be Roy Ray and
Hugh D’Autremont, Wanted for Rob
bery.
Bushnell, Fla.. Nov. 27.—Three men
believed by the sheriff to he the D’Autre
mont brothers. Roy. Ray and Hugh,
wanted in connection with the holdup
and roMiery of Southern-Pacific passen
ger train No. 18 in the Siskiyou Alouu
tains on the Gal/fornia-Oregon state line
November 11th, last, are being held in
county jail here, it became known to
day.
The holdup was staged at the mouth
of Tunnel 18 just as the train was
emerging. The engineer, fireman and
one other railway employee riding in the
engine, were shot and instantly killed.
The mail ear was then blown open. A
mail clerk, only occupant of the car,
was killed by the explosion of dynamite.
After rilling the eftr the bandits escaped.
FIGHT ON KLA X STARTS
WITH RENEWED INTEREST
Both Houses of Oklahoma Legislature
Now Have the .Matter Before Them,
Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 27. —Re-
buked by their leaders for alleged insin
cerity. the consideration of anti-Ku Klux
Klan measures, members of both houses
of the state legislature went into session
today to renew discussions of the pro
posed legislation with its opponents hold
ing the whip in hand.
The controversy has been extended to
the lower house, and it becomes increas
ingly apparent that a prolonged and bit
ter tight is in prospect before final action
on any of the proposals for an act regu
lating secret organizations in Oklahoma.
THREE PERSONS HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Prisoners Believed (o Be Connected With
National Counterfeiting Organization.
St. Paul. Nov. 27. —Federal secret
service agents operating here believe three
persons, one a woman under arrest, are
connected with a national conterfeiting
organization .which has grown up in con
nection with activities of rum runners
off Highlands, X. J„ and other Atlantic
seaboard points.
.Those held are .Joseph Brown, in jail
in Minneapolis; Mrs. Alice Sweeney, of
held in St. Louis. Mo.:
■and her husband. Homer Sweeney, al
leged whiskey runner, arrested in Pe
oria, Illinois. *=
FATE OF 25 MEMBERS
OF CREW NOT KNOWN
Japanese Freighter in Trouble Off Wash
ington Coast.—Some of Crew Safe.
Seattle. Wash., Nov. 27. With ten
men of a crew of 85 reported safe on
the western shores of Alaska near Cor
dova, the fate of the oilier 25 aboard the
Japanese freight Skinkoku Marti is un
known. The vessel’s wireless operator
stopped sending yesterday at noon and a
ninety mile an hour gale continued late
into the night.
Arrested For Flying Plane While
Drunk.
San Antonio. Tex.. NoA*. 20- —Th->
first arrest in San Antonia's history of
operating an airplane while intoxicated
was filed Sunday. Sergeant Lloyd
Hefting, stationed~at Brooks Field was
arrested by military police after a
landing in which lie crashed into an
oak tree iu a San Antonio residence
section. Hefling was unhurt and wit
nesses say a woman leaped from the
plane and escaped before officers arrived.
Hefling also was charged with transport
ing liquor iu an airplane.
Discuss Liquor Smuggling Question.
Ottawa. Nov. 27. —Representatives of
the United States began today their dis
cussion of means to end liquor smuggling
across the border. Vigorous opposition
from the anti-prohibition forces in the
Dominion is expected to proposals which
the United States will submit at the in
ternational conference, involving changes
in legislation before, they could become
effective.
Bandits Get SB,OOO in Currency.
Chicago, Nov. 27. —Bbndits who held
up-the Hardware Scute Bank of Loving*
ton, 111., today escaped with SB,OOO, in
currency, the Illinois Banking Associa
tion here was informed.
A Chicago woman was made'a great
grandmother ithree times in 'one day
when baby sons arrived at the homes of
two of her granddaughters and one grand- •
sou. \
j A Symposium of Thanksgiving Wishes
4> - - -n, , n .. ,r n n n - r ■ ■— ■■ '
BY WILL ROGERS.
I suppose 1 Ought to have a lot of
tilings to be thankful for besides turkey
with the wife and kids, but I ain’t satis
fied.
Os course I’m having a lot of fun mak
ing two-reel comedies, but I hanker to
show Vy Art'.and get tan letters from
WILL ROGERS.
flappers like they write to Valentino and
Lew Cody and those other handsome dev
ils.
I ain't got such a bad tigger—that’s how
I got by in. the Follies —but I wish I
had the sex appeal to get into DeMille’s
nightgown drummers.
jThat’s what I'd like to be thankful for.
BY BABE RUTH.
One more home run to neat out Cy
Williams? Well that would have been
nice.
Beat Harry Heilmann for batting hon
ors? That would have been sweet.
One more chance at the old pill in that
BABE RUTH.
DAVIDSON GRAND JURY
INDICTS F. E. SIGMAN
Former Register of Deeds Charged With
Failure to Perforin His Duties.
Lexington. Nov. 22-—The Davidson
county grand jury late today returned
an indictment, against F. E. Sigman.
former register of deeds, charging him
with failure to perform the duties of his
office. The indictment is divided into 12
parts but some 20 or more tqiecific alle
gations of mishandling of funds are
made. In addition he is charged with
failing to make entries of orders which
the indictment says should have been
made.
The county commissioners recently
brought suit against Sigman and his
bondsmen for $5,000. the amount of
bond required for this office. The de
fendant has not yet made answer to the
allegations in this action, which claims
that approximately $0,500 was im
properly handled.
The major portion of the trouble
arose over the reindexing of records in
the register of deeds’ office, which cost
the county over $14,000. which amount
llic auditor who recently completed a
checking of the county books considered
an excessive amount.
It is alleged that Sigman made but a
number of vouchers to .1. B. Thorpe,
who has the vontract for the index
work, indorsed them himself and de
posited the funds in banks or took
cash.
It is also alleged that the stubs in
the voucher books and the vouchers
tbemsolves in a number of instances
failed to correspond, the vouchers being
larger than hown on s and minutes.
Mr, Sigman resigned the office of
register of deeds on May 12 1922, to be
come postmaster of Thomasville, which
office he now holds. Prior to that time
lie had also been county Republican
chairman. He was elected to office in
11)20 by over 1.100 majority, perhaps
the largest majority ever received by a
candidate in this county.
BANKS REFUSE EVEN
TO QUOTE THE MARK
For First Time Since Mark Started De
cline This Action Has Been Taken.
New York. Nov. 27. —-For the first
time since it he • German mark started on
its spectacular decline, New York banks
today refused to even quote it nominal
ly. Previously the banks which had
discontinued regular dealings in German
exchanges were willing to take the nom
inal rate. Today, however, it was im
possible to obtain from 'them the sem
blance of a commercial quotation.
VYocdrew Wilson Will Eat Refugee Ra
tion.
Washington). Nov. 2M\ —Ex-President
Woodrow Wilson has signed a Golden
Rule Day pledge-card, in which lie prom
ises that he and his household will sit
down on December 2 to a Sunday dinner
of beaus, corn grits and sopp—typical
orphan fare as served to the Refugees of
the Near East Mr. Wilson’s card says:
“I am in sympathy with the proposal
for the international observance of the
Golden Rule on December 2,. and I will
arrange for suitable observance in my
own household, providing a simple menu
for at least one meal, approximating
that which is used every day iu the or
phanages of the Near East. The differ
ence iu cost of this orphanage menu and
the usual meal I will contribute for the
purchase of food for tin 1 orphans of the
Near East Reelief.”
Other signers of the Golden Rule
pledge in Washington this week include
Secretary Hughes, Dr. Nansen, and a
scare of cabinet members, senators ami
congressmen.
- Quite Likely.
Howell —“My wife never keeps
me waiting while she gets ready for
cburclj.” Powell—“ She would if you
went.” —New York Sup.
world series eighth inning, with three
men on base? Say, I’d have given my
shirt for one more sock.
But if I only had somebody, up here
on this farm, to get out and chop all the
wood that’s waiting for me—that’s what
I would like to be thankful for.
BY MARY BICKFORD.
First, I should like to be thankful for
leaving done isomething immortjal. ffor
having left some lasting impression; not
in a narrowly selfish or vainglorious sense
but iu the assurance that some work of
mine were accounted a worthy relic of
our common human striving and an-hou
or to my profession-
Second, for naviifg freed myself of
MARY PIdKFORD.
i
; that fear, that timidity which is the
! weed strangling humanity; keeping many
of us in old ruts, reluctant Jo assert
land do the valid things for which we
I might be temporarily misunderstood,
| Until I have achieved them. I shall
be thankful that’ i fetaiu'the. active , dis
satisfaction which spurs one on to de
sired accomplishments.
'
BY GEORGE JEAN NATHAN
Co-Editor with H. L. Menken of the Am
erican .\fcereury.
I’d be thankful if the taste o* the Am
erican' public would improve up to the
point where it would be possible to pro
duce Rostand’s “The Last Night of Don
Juan.’’ I’d he thankful if a traveling
man ever came to New 1 ork and asked
to see something besides a girlie show.
I’d be thankful if Americans got over
HUNGER STRIKERS ARE
TO QUIT FASTING NOW
Most of the Men Ceased Strike During
Day Women Holding Out.
Dublin. Nov. 23 (By the Associated
Pros). —It is expected in government
quarters that all the hunger strikers
M ill cease their abstention from food by
tonight. The men. prisoners in the Free
State jprisqn and interment camp, ceased
their strike tliis.miorning. A few women
in the North Emeu interment camp are
still hqjding out but it is said they were
considering the question of abandoning
their strike. Some of the men have
been 40 days without food.
Her Last Investment.
Pomeroy. O. Nov. 27. —After investing
her savings with ah undertaker, to make
sure that! she would not be buried in the
Potter's field. Mrs. Caroline Deeds. 75.
and blind, today became an inmate of
the county infirmary.
Expecting to take up her residence in
the infirmary, Mrs. Deeds, who lived
alone for years in a cottage here, ac
companied a friend to the undertaker's
establishment yesterday and paid for a
casket, steel vault, a burial dress and
the cost of digging the grave.
"Where shall 1 have this outfit de
livered?” the undertaker asked.
“Just keep it until it is called for.”
Mrs. Deeds replied. “It is for myself.
I want to make sure that I am not
buried in the Potter's field when I die.”
After her friend read the receipts
again, Mrs. Deeds told the undertaker
to "make a note” in liis books of the
transaction- "so there will not be any
misunderstanding in cast anything hap
pens to you before I die,” and entered
the infirmary saying she is at last con
tent.
BANDITS FORCE OFFICER
TO GIVE THEM LIBERTY
They Get ill Car and Make Officer Drive
It to Border of the State.
Joplin, Mo., Nov. 27. —A captured
policeman was forced to drive to freedom
four bandits who participated in a hold
up of the Bank of Asbury, at Asbury,
Mo., yesterday. The kidnapped officer
Mas Clarence Allison, Joplin, Mo., who
engaged the men single handed in a field
near Crestline. Kans., only to be over
powered and made an instrument in their
escape.
Several hours after the robbery Allison
came upon the quartet on a road near
Crestline and opened fire. The bandits
abandoned their motor "cur and took to
a field. Allison headed 'the automobile
into the field, but it became mired, and
he continued the pursuit afoot, cut off
three of the bandits, and started march
ing them toward the road. A gnu
pressed against his back, and a command
to "drop that gun” announced a rescue
by the fourth bandit. Returning to
their car with Allison the bandits found
the machine stalled and commandeered
a car belonging to J. A. Lucan and forced
Alleirto drive it nearly to the Oklahoma
line M’here he Mas released.
The bandits got about $1,200.
Forestry Conference Adjourns.
New Orleans, Nov. 23.—Organization
of tho Southern States Reclamation As
sociation uas authorized at the closing
session here yesterday of the Forestry
Reclamation and Home Making Confer
ence of the Southern Pine Association,
Nevada anil Mississippi development
boards and New Orleans Association of
Commerce.
Seaboard Wants to Issue Bonds.
Washington, Nov. 23.—The Seaboard ,
Air Line Rajhvay ashed the Interstate]
Commerce Commission today for author-1
ity to issue $1,003,000 jn consolidated!
mortgage bonds. Most of the new is
sue Mill he deposited uith the United
States Treasury as Collateral for loans
already made.
USE PENIS'* COLUMNS—IT PATS i
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NATHAN
the passion for expressing everything iu
figures—s7 varieties, 1)9 44-100 per cent,
pure, 100 per cent. American, etc.
BY SENATOR MANGUSJOHNSON
First, I should like to have the oppor
tunity to be thankful for the complete
absence of poverty, misery, hatred, heart
ache and worry throughout the entire
world.
Second. I should like to be thankful for
the existence of prosperity and happi
ness among the farmers, workers and bus
incss people of America. The knowledge
that every person in (he world M'as en
joying the full fruits of his efforts Mould
make me very thankful indeed. And
while tlie realization of these desires
seems far away, yet 1 find it u’itliin' 'ipe
today to raise my voice in thanks' that
we are making progress towapd the con
summation of these ideals.
PHILIPPINES SHOULD
1 BE GIVEN FREEDOM
! ■ 1
As Soon as They Are Capable of Self
Government. President Believes.
Washington, Nov. 27.—President Cool
idge’s position on Philippine independence
is based ou the belief that*the United
States should withdraw from the island
as soon as if considers the jieople there
capable of self government. To this end
the President feels excellent progress is
being made. f
j The statement of the President’s posi
tion was obtained today in connection
with the arrival in the United States of
[anew Philippine mission seeking' inde
pendence for the islands. It conforms
; to that expressed a year ago by President
i Harding to a mission headed by Manuel
j Quezon.
Mr. Coolidge believes the United States
• should keep faith with a promise made
in the Jones Act, pledging ultimate in
dependence for the Philippines, and that
while the time possibly lias not come for
the execution of that promise, encourag
ing steps have been made toward the goal.
Pass Bill Over Beto.
Manila. Nov. 27 (By flip Associated
'Press).—-The bill remitting penalties oil
deflinqueiitf land taxpayers, vdoed \by
Governor General Wood, was unanimous
ly passed over the veto today by the state
legislature. The new bill goes to Wash
ington for President Coolidge’s consider
ation.
Will Support Wood.
Washington, Nov. 27. —Indications at
the White House and War Department
today were that President Coolidge, act
ing in agreement with Secretary Weeks,
Mould uphold the action of Governor
j General Wood of the Philippines, in ve
toing the tax, bill which yesterday was
passed over his veto.
Farm Champions to Hold Session.
Chicago. 111.. Nov.. 27.—Tin* second
National Boys’ and Girls’ Club Con
gress to be opened here Saturday in
connection with the International Live
stock Exposition, is expected to bring
more than 1.200 winners of club work
projects held in the various States dur
ing the past year.
The champion boys and girls mlio are *
to make the trip have been chosen by
State agricultural colleges largely from
the rural districts where they were
graded on excellence in work done in the .
activities of the Dairy Calf clubs. Pig
clubs. Home Making, Garden, Poultry,
Sewing and other clubs.
More than 000,000 boys and girls
participated in the contests held last
year, ami. according to announcement
by the stock shou’ officials, produced
stock and farm crops valued at $8,050.-
000. Tliis year the number of partici
pants has exceeded the 700,(HK) mark.
The work is being eueburaged by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, and is considered one of the im
portant phases of agricultural develop
ment now under way.
AH Small Fish Ik Mrs. Catfs Opinion.
Dallas, Tex., Nov- 20.—Speaking be
fore an audience of women here today
on “world peace," Mrs. Carrie, Chap
man Catt. of New York, woman suffrage
leader, declared that in her opinion
ueiher the Democratic or Republican
pary has put forward a presidential
candidate "half big enough to fill the
job.” She added, however, that she was
more interested in the “what” of the.
coming national campaign than in the
“who.” World peace, Mrs. Catt asserted,
is being blocked by the attitude of the
United States and she 4 added that Qje
question of peace would loom large/in
the campaign. *
New Source of Sugar.
According to the recent researches,
can be produced by
sunlight on aqueous carbon ,d#oxi<je,
commonly known as soda watfcr.