j e. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIIF.
PfIIESTiA CHAPTER
for city possible
SILLS GROK STATES
International Representative
of Newest Power in Busi
ness Talks With Business
Men of This City.
POTEXTIA GAINS
much PROMINENCE
Chapter Has Been Organiz
ed in Several Cities.—Con
cord Can Get One of Two
Chapters in the South.
TO;' (’oncord stands an excellent
of being one of the two cities in
T ,, ura to be favored with a Ohapter of
I’ ip.ria is the information brought to
t j ~bv Mr. Neils (Iron, head of the
a'ri national organization who. with
r „ (Ji-oti. is spending several days in
J-„ Sir. (iron has already talked
v i:h a nuniber of influential men of
I , . ~nl relative to the organization lie
.. ..in- and helped to organize and
v.lether or not this city rakes advantage
„• ill,. ( pporiunity offered by Mr. (iron
with the business interests of the
A
\!r. (iron, who lias spent several years
interest of IGtentia. the’organize
if citizens formed to put business
I; .eiiiinis mi \t higher plane, is the guest
in t'cMcord now of Mrs. J. (’. Gibson.
] j;* v marriage Mrs. (Iron made her
j il!:i t> Here for several .years and while
s!;<- and Mr. (Iron eanie to Concord for
tin. purpose of visiting friends. Poteuttia
I >ta:<sl such interest iiL many quar
ts - Imre that its international repre
>. -a ive proposes to use his'influence in
.-‘."iii'ing a chapter for this city.
Only those persons who wish to ele
vat*■ their business interests to The high
e-i plane will be interested in Potentia.
};r. «;rcn explained while talking of the
eriiaimritinn to a representative of The
Trilome. Potentia projjoses to elevate
boi-ness to a position of the highest in
t,.;niy. lie pointed out, and its real mis
to provide a means by which the
ii. n- conservative and more constructive
tintent, of society may direct the destiny
i von-Id- affairs.
Sevial months ago Mr. Hroa appenr
u UP of bu-dlm < mi :-‘li in
lienver. nt WitTCm fTme He explained Un
tentia and its mission. The proposition
i:, : i,|e such a profound impression that n
c : .a; rer ha* been organized there, and it
is (.imposed of a group of the most prom
inent men and women of that city. Min
iiters, bankers, educators and leading in
ihyiiltir.'is in all walks of life are spon
sor.* fur the Denver chapter. Mix Gron
■ stated, in exhibiting the'signatures of the
members of the Denver chapter.
I'iitcutin. Mr. Gron explained further,
a; 1 it- beginning in The Hague Peace
(’inference of 1899. At that time repre
sentatives of various countries in attend
ance iijiuii the conference caught the vis
ion of a saner and safer world through
higher business ethics. That was the
beginning of Potentia. which has spread
to many countries.
bader present plans only one chapter
v i'l be" granted in North Carolina and
b n i ,il has been offered an opi*ortunity
tn '•'■cure it. (tidy two chapters will be
eiganized in the South now. it is very
probable, the other to he in Norfolk,-
Mr. (Iron spoke on Potentia be
f"a group of representative business
in- n and where he was heard with un
iM:al interest and cordiality.
Tin* organization of Potentia. Mr. (Iron
had it* heginning in Tiip Hague Peace
i' independent iiuaneiall’y. automatically
e-mrrolled, and free of politics. The rev
for its support will be raised by
Planting to• business concerns, who de
er to keep their products at a high
stand:!:-d' and to benefit by high integrity
in rli«-ir business, the use of the Poten
tia sea 1. The local chapter will have
exclusive authority to grant the privi
of using the seal to any anjd all
laziness, concerns which come up to
S 1 : 'itii ations.
A tVi' i> paid for the use of the seal in j
or in any other way, aiid the
in..* e»-«U from the: fees are used in niain
the organization. Any surplus
:i hitve Tujjjiirjj expenses will he used bv
i 1 1" «'!i;ipte.-s for promoting whatever
1 '' work they choose.
A iiiisi lll • ss <' •ncern desiring to/ use
' 1 I’-t.-mia seal in its advertising or on
l*r-»lu~ts makes application for the
l' n 'Vge at a regular fee which is fixetl
Hl :i >’• <l:ng scale. The firm merely makes
K -tenicm us to what its products con
' ,! . an<l a bonding company insures that
v ‘ ‘iseiit. Any person who can. prove
’ ike statement of the firm with re
. T : i:> -products is untrue, can col-
H " r from the bonding company.
( 'ii t'aat way." Mr. (iron said yester
“ • ii- lung becomes automatic. The
" / : inpany. you may be assured,
vl! '<■ ii that the products insured
* ’’ !l i’ specifications, and there will
••*• ay opportunity to collect for
| lt -a v-- the business man of in
: ! ■ advantage over the business
I v ‘ li " markets inferior goods under a
~ 11 ' seat of I'otentia. which is
n'Hn'aiitee of worth, will come to be in
".j 1 ‘'"-'I the goods which- do not bear
’ tn a disadvantage. . It will be
v. : " r * v, ' r . v business to obtain the
• i here will be no discrimination.
■i vrn which will not profit is
Pi,,,,. r p whose goods are not up to
1 timl whose business methods are
"""■far."
c ‘ hi'xjH-.si-d to organize- a chapter in
in ti ' - ,h in - Nf -ct*»l k. and four or five
afic""" ! | S - ' n vai ‘* ous parts of the country,
a ,h< ‘ chapters formed will elect
!ut council which will have con
doutinued on Page Seveu)
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A\ . ii. 'W ild Hill" Uonovau, runner
manager of t!io New York Yankees, and
manager of the New Haven, Conn., base
ball team, was one of nine persons killed
when two sections of the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited collided at Forsyth, N. V.
JOHN M. MOREHEAI)
DEAD AT CHARLOTTE
AY as One of Best Known Business Mon
and Politicians in the State.
Charlotte. Dec. 111.—John M. More
head. former Itepnesentative in Congress
and at one time Republican national
committeeman for North Carolina, died
of pneumonia ’Tit his home here today. (
He had been ill one week. He was
57 years old.
Although ATr. condition
had been pronounced as critical, physi
cians last night stated he was “holding
his own.” and expressed hopes for his
recovery. Mr. Morehcad xyas engaged
ih rhe textile business here. He repre
sented the Fifth North Carolina district
in the Sixty-first Congress.
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LORD ALFRED POFGLAK IS
GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE
Found Guilty of Criminal Libel Upon
Winston Spencer Churchill.
London. Dec. 13 (I’y the Associated
Press).-—liord Alfred Douglas, son of the
late, Manpiis of (Jueonxbu.'y. was found
guilty by a jury in Old Bailey today of
criminal libel upon Winston Churchill,
former first lord of the admiralty, by his
publication- of . liie statement that, Mr.
/., * ‘ ill wara~M af
ter tile battle of Jutland, for the purpose
of influencing the stock market, fie was
sentenced to six months in prison, at the
expiration of which time he must find a
surety to keep the pence, particularly to
ward Mr. Churchill! Failing to find sure
ty he must undergo six months more im
prisonment.
S. S. BROWN PURCHASES
J. C. POUNDS* SHOE STOKE
.Mr. G. A. Moser. Long With This Busi
i ness. Will Have Charge.
On December 7th. Mr. S. S. Brown,
of Greensboro, one of the south's most
prominent business men. purchased the
J. (’. Pounds Shoe Store.'
Mr. G. A. Moser, long with this store,
will be in-xdmrge of the business, which
will be called the S. S. Brown Shoe
Store.
The old stock of the J. C. Pounds
Shoe Store is now on sale at the lowest
prices to make room for the new styles
coming in.
The new store will sell for cash. In
this way they say they can give' their
customers, bigger and better values. See
ad. in this paper.
Love’s Christmas Bargain Sale.
In a big double page advertisement tor
day J. E. Love tells you about his great
Christmas Bargain Sale which will be
gin Friday morning. December 14. at
0:30 o'clock. His store is closed all day
today getting ready for the big event.
The sale is being managed by Mr. AY. B.
Neeley. who represents a large meican
tile broker’s firm. All prices have been
cut to. the bone. and. in some instances
below cost. Sale is for cash only. Ev
erything will he marked in plain figures
Three Die at Kail Crossing. B. anil O.
Hagerstown, Md.. I)cc. 2-
Hagerstown men were instant y ki.led
at a grade crossing of the Baltimore
and Ohio branch line to Security, Md.,
near here today * while attempting to
cross the track in an automobile.
The Father and Sen Banquet Tonight.
Father and Son Banquet in attend
ance and mirth will eclipse all former
events. Music, fun. laughter and song
Make Dad young again, he with him
once more, sing the old songs. Tlnn >-
day night at 7 o’clock at the 1. M.
C. A.
Rev J H. Keller, of China Grove,
will preach at New Gilead Reformed
Church next Sunday at 11 a. m., and at
Keller church at .1 p. m.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
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. Rain and colder tonight, Friday partly
t cloudy and much colder, probably rain
. on the coast; increasing south and south
west winds becoming strong and shift
iug to northwest late tonight.
PUBLISHED MONDAY
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The indirect cause of the fatal Twentieth Century Limits] wreck at
Forsyth, N. Y.. was a luxurious sedan that stalled on a railroad Crossing. Ph'*
first ’section of the crack limited struck the auto and the photjj atoVe shows all
that remains. Nine persons were killed in the train wreck. *
THE COTTON MARKET
There Was Renewal of Yesterday’s Buy
ing Movement at Opening of Die Mar
ked. v
New York. Dec. 13.—There was a re
newal of yesterday’s buying movement
at thi> opening of the cotton market today
and first prices were strong at advances
of 20 to 73 points oil present crap con
ditions, although later months were* u '-
changed to 40 points lower. Trading
was very active. Buying on the bullish
view of yesterday’s crop figure* was stim
ulated by the firm showing of Liverpool,
but the advance met a great deal of re
alizing nnrl early fluctuations were ir
regular. January, which h.ul sold up to
3.1x40 at the opening, eased off to 31.21
and March which had advanced so 3-i.7i
reacted to 31.10. but the buying contin
ued,-and the realizing seemed to be read
ily absorbed on the setbacks.
Cot ten futures opened steady: Decem
mor 3(5.00 to 3d.10: January 31.21 to
<11.40: March 31.11 to 31.77: May 3d 00
to 31.00: July 34.80 to 31.10.
Liquor Light the Latest.
New York. Dec. 13. —Modern methods
of lighting by gas and electricity may
become as extinct as the dodo, if a new
invention does what is claimed for it. It
is a light which never goes out. There is
, . nlitCUoU.
of buying, say. a pins of liquid
light-
The liquid light is poured into a
bulb, and the resultant light is said to
be superior to electric or any other
known light, except Nature’s own brand
of daylight. This light, being, in fact,
radio-active, will remain good for seven
years or more, when the bulb may re
quire to be replenished.
It. is claimed also that this liquid will
eventually make coal and oil power a
thing of the past. If that is the ease,
the real abo’ition of smoke seems to he
in sight, for although electric power is
smokeless, there will bo smoke as long
as fuel is usisl for its generation.
Sends Body Home as Christmas Present.
New York. Dec. 12.—After writing
a note asking that his body be taken
to his home as a “Christmas present
for his wife. Allman Snied, a tailor,
last night leaped to his death from t.ke
platform of an elevated railway station
110 feet above the ground. The body
narrowly missed two women pedes
trians. • . . \\
■“Officers, please take my body home to
my wife for a Christmas present.” the
police said the note, found in Snied’S
pocket, read. “I told her I would not
come home gain and f won t. She
caused me to live a dog s life.
There is no “standard height” for the
perfect woman. It lias been stated,
however, that she should be from 1 feet
3 inches«*t.o 5 feet 7 inches, and that she
should weigh from 121 to 140 pounds.
The Test of a City as
Shown in Ten Queries
The following are questions that peo
ple ask about your town before they de- ;
cide to make it their town. Can the,
people of Concord truthfully answer,
these questions in the affirmative.''
Fi rs t—Attractiveness —Shall I I’ke the ■
town —its “atmosphere"? Does it have
beauty of shaded streets and other beau
tiful features? Is it quite, room, airy,
well lighted town? Does it have attrac
tive public buildings and homes? Is it
well paved? Is it clean in every sense?
Second —Healthfulness —AVill my fam
ily and I have reasonable chance to keep
well in that town? How about its
water supply, sanitary system, methods
of milk inspection, its health department,
it* hospitals?
Third —Education —Can I educate my
family and myself in that town? How
about its public schools —present and fu
ture. I its libraries? Its lecture and
concert sources? Its newspapers? Its
postal facilities?
Fourth —Pro]>le—Shall I like the peo
ple of the town? Are they “home folk*"
without faDe exclusiveness? Are they
neighborly ? Is this town free from
factionalism? Does it have strong re
ligious. fraternal and social organiza
tions?
Fifth—Recreation —Can I have a good
time in that town? I and my family?
How about the theatres, museums,
i gymnasiums, parks, etc ? Are there ac
i five agencies for providing good enter
-1 tainment. athletic contents, etc:? Are
inviting opportunities for pleasure drive*
afforded by well paved streets?
Sixth —Livings—Can we live reason
ably and well in that town? Are the
CONCORD, N. C., THURS
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE
I PRESIDENT HARDING
j 7C: >
.North Carolina Taking «« Active Part
in the Movement.
! Washington. Doe. 13.—North Caro
! linn is taking an active part in the na
i tional movement to create a memorial
| to the late President Harding, aceord
j iug to reports received at the headquar
‘ ters of the Harding Alemorial Assoeia
| tioil here. J. El wood Cox. of High
: Point, active state chairman, has ap-
I pointed lender.* throughout the
;and through them and the community
chairmen appointed .by them will be
provided the ofportunity to contribute
to the memorial fund.
Three million dollars is being sought
to erect a mausoleum* to purchase and
endow the Harding home at, Marion,
Ohio, as a national shrine and to es
tablish a AA’arren Gamaliel Harding
Chair of Diplomacy and Functions of
Government in some 'existing univer
sity.-
Chairmen for North Carolina, their
home cities and the- counties they rep
resent), as reported to headquarter*,
are: ,
A\\ A. Davis. Asheville, Buncombe;
A. G. Myers. Gastonia. Ga<-ton county;
A. E. Holton. Winston-Salem, Forsyth
county : John M. Scott, Charlotte, Meck
lenburg county; I). B. Coltvnne. Con
cord. Cabaxru*x T. Hedrick.
Lexington. Davidson county; W. G.
Bramhani. Durham. Durham county;
Judge W. P. Bynum. Greensboro, Guil
ford county; Hon. William Grissom,
Raleigh, AVake county: 11. H. Taylor,
Kinston, Lenoir county; Col. John F.
Bruton. AYilson. AA’ilson county: Chas.
E. Taylor. AAulmington, New Hanover
county; Leonard Tufts. ePinehurst,
AToore county.
National and State banks through
out the country arc aiding as denc«i
tories for the fund. Certificates of as
sociate membership will be issued to
each person who contributes one dollar
or more and clubs and other organiza
tions which make an .average contribu
tion of one dollar per member will re
ceive a certificate suitable for framing.
Letter From the Sea-
London, Dec. 13.—A letter which had
been tossed about in the Atlantic for
three weeks has been received by a man
in Plymouth. His son, an engineer on
a steamship bound for A’ancouver,
placed the letter in a sealed can with a
flag attached, and dropped it overboard.
Three weeks later the can was washed
j ashore on the Azores is’ands, where it
j was found by fishermen, who forwarded
| the letter by post.
Lawyer' Offers Novel Reward-
Berlin. Dec. 13. —A Berlin lawyer
whose gold watch was stolen in an
j omnibus the othey day lias advertised
for it. offering a reward and promising
jto defend the thief for nothing wlion
j ever he is arrested.
host of modern conveniences available for
its residents? Are the housing and
shopping conditions favorable? Rents,
taxes, and prices fair? Hotels g >°d ■
Home am] truck” gardens and dairy pro
ducts plentiful?
Seventh— Accessibility—-Can we go and
come easily? Does the town have ade
quate railroad connections and train
service? Street car lines? Well marked
automobile routes and hard surfaced
roads?
Eighth—Business—Can 1 make use of
capital in that town? Are there good
banking facilities? Manufacturing in
terest? Up-to-date stores? Favorable
labor conditions? A prosperous farm
ing territory? Fair real estate values?
Reasonable cheap power? Active co
operation among business interests?-
Ninth —Employment —Fan l get a job
in that town at fair pay and good pros
pects for the future Can I count on
00-oneration from organizations making
it their business to help introduce and
establish new commercial interests and
to welcome new citizens?
Tenth —Progressiveness —Shall I find
that I am in a live town, having a pro
gressive city government, active civic or
ganizations. modern fire protection and
a pull together spirit in every thing: a
town with a future?
The average man would be a con
tributor and supporter of the Chamber
of Commerce if h° knew what it was do
ing. But the average man is content
to see matters progress and not to in
quire the cause of progression. This
he remains the average man.
i \V
ND THURSDAYS
;Y, DECEMBER 13. 1923
FOX TRii IS MM
court mm
First Witness, Clarence Ev
erett, Tells of Sellings a
Knife With 7-inch Blade,
to Fox on November sth.
KNIFE FOUND IN
FOX’S POSSESSION
Another Witness Tells of
Fox Coming to Office Seek
ing Coburn, For Whose
Death Fox is Being Tried.
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 13 (By the Associ
ated Press.) —Glarence Everett was the
first witness to take tin* stand here today
in the trial of Phlip E. Fox. charged
with the murder of AA’in. S. Coburn, a
leader in the insurgent faction of the Ivu
Klux Ivlan. who was shot to death, it
is charged, oil November Ith by Fox, who
was then publicity director of the so
called imperial forces of organization.
Everett identified a knife which he
said was purchased by Fox for $4 on No
vember Ith. - He said Fox had him oil
the knife and examine the opening
springs before he would close the sale.
The knife was 7 inches long, the witness'
said. It looked like a dirk. The opening
blade knife was taken off Fox when hr
was arrested a few" minutes after he had
shot (V)buin.
The defense on cross examination se
cured a statement Fox told him
he had been looking for a knife like that
for some time.
A. E. AA'ilson, an attorney, who occu
pied offices adjoining those occupied by
Coburn, testified that Fox entered his
office on November 5 and asked which
.were the offices of Coburn. Fox. the
witness said, tried to enter Coburn's of
fice through the room, he occupied, but
lie stopped him.
Had Fox entered Coburn's office
through this door. Coburn’s back would
have been tmnod-to him. the witness said.
The witness identified a flat, top desk
which occupied a space in front of the
jury box as that of the slain man.
$lO A BALE IS ADDED
TO COTTON VALUES
New Orleans Market Bulges Following
Report of Census Bureau-
New Orleans. Dec. 12. —AVide bulge l *
in the cotton market today followed the
government's estimate of . 10.081.0(H)
bales as the total crop grown this sea
son. Prices were lifted $lO a bale over
tHie low levels which were made just
before the government figures were put
-out and the advance was checked only
by the rule limiting fluctuations in any
one session to 200 points. The close was
buoyant, the first time in the history of
the market that this word has been used
in officially describing the tone, at the
topmost levels of the day, 181) to 104
points higher than the last sales of yes
terday. The last transaction in January
was at 31.21.
Up to 1 o’clock the time of the bureau
report, it was a tame market In the
early trading there were advances of 33
to 30 points, in sympathy with a higher
Liverpool than expected, but this decline
was gradually lest and during the noon
hour prices were sent. (I to 20 points
under the last sales of yesterday, to
33.21 for January. At 1 o'clock, just as
the crop report came in, January sold
at 33.50.
For a few minutes the market wav
ered. selling down to 33.40 and then
rising to 3385. A little later the buyers
took entire control of the situation and
their operations sent prices upward 10
to 20 points at a time. The ring was
flooded with the buying orders that
poured in from all sections of the belt
and in the last half hour of the session
limits began to be reached. A great deal
of buying was done at the higher prices
of the day- AA’hilo it was admitted that
theerop figures were somewhat above ex
pectations, many sold out bulls appeared
to bo waiting for a chance to get back
into the market and their buying be
gan when tlie market softened a few
points immediate’y after - the rrop
figures were issued.
WOMAN RUM RUNNER
CAPTURED WITH WHISKEY
Her Coupe ami Whiskey Seized.—ls First
Woman “Runner* 4 Caught.
Leonardo, N. J.. Dec. 13. —The cap
ture of a woman rum runner, a coup?
and a load of rum row whiskey destined
for the Christmas trade in New York
City, was reported today by stare troop
ers.
Because she was the first woman to
fall into their net. the troopers did not
arrest her. They contented themselves
with her cal valued at SI,OOO and her 20
casses of contraband worth $1,200 in
the city today.
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
PRESENTED TO HOUSE
I BilU Very' Similar to the One Passed
j Inst Year and Vetoed by President.
j Washington, Dec. 13. —A soldiers
! bonus bill which passed Congress last
i year and was vetoed by President Hard
ing was re-introduced today by Repre
sentative McKenzie, republican of Illi
nois. at the request of republican veter
ans in the House! It car ies only minor
changes from the original bill.
Gnimares Convicted.
New York. Dee. 13. —Albert E.
Guimares. Who figured in the Dorothy
King murder case, and three associates in
various stock selling enterprises, were
convicted today by a federal jury of us
ing the mails to defraud.
Westward, Ho! j
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the
president, released -a carrier pigeon
from the White House grounds.
' The pigeon, owned by a Cleveland,
0., man at once flew for home,
.carrying a message of greeting
' from Mrs. Coolidge to a convention
of pigeon fanciers meeting in th* J
Ohio city.
PROMOTION SCHEME
BROUGHT TO LIGHT |
It is Charged That Leo Koretz Has I
Secured Funds for Mythical I>evelop- j
ment. |
Chicago, Dec. 13. — Tlie offices of
T.eo Koiretz, an attorney, were raided j
yesterday and Robert M| Crowe, the;
State’s attorney, announced that promo- !
tion schemes involving nearly $5,000,-
000 and covering 10-year period had been
disclosed, and that an international
search is being made* for Koretz.
Friends and relatives of Koretz, said j
by the prosecutor to have been induced
by him to invest several million dollars J
in Bayanne River Trust Company, of i
Panama, organized in 1011, have learned i
that the company was a anyth and its
alleged holdings in Panama never ex- |
isted. according *t,o the investigators. 1
The last trace of Koretz was a week
ago when he- left a New York hotel.
The (book* and records taken by
t:lw* In f mTfgMfor* hr ' Kb'ttTzV dnWYifown _
suite of offices, and in another suite he
maintained at the Drake Hotel, have I
disclosed!, according to Prosecutor Crowe,!
that investors in Koretz’s projects, are!
numbered among prominent and weal-!
thy Chicago persons. From his own i
invalid mother. Air. Crowe said, Koretz
obtain eel $45,000.
SENATE STILL ENABLE
TO BREAK DEADLOCKi
Takes Recess to Allow Members Time
to Hold Conferences on Deadlock.
AAhishiiigton. (’.. Dec. 13.—AA’ith ’
the Senate in recess, leaders of various j
groups today were busy with conferences
attempting to negotiate a deadlock over
the chairmanship of the Interstate Com
merce Committee, voting on which is to.
be resumed Monday. x
The House, meanwhile, held the first
session in three days with Represents- 1
♦ ive Frear, republican, of AATsconsin, al-1
loted an hour to skeap on his observa-j
tions last (summer in Russia, after which
♦he Republican members were called in
to a conference to act on committee as
signments. The Democrats having rat
ified thejir committee slates at caucus j
yesterday. House leaders planned to
have a sossi >n of the House tomorrow
to approve selections of both parties.
The vfiting alignment in the Senate
fight over the Interstate Commerce Com- j
nittee chairmanship shifted sharply yes
terday. Senator Smith, democrat, of
South Carolina, came within one vote
of being elected over Senator Cummins,
republican, of lowa.
Our New Serial Story Begins Today.
Our new serial story. “Fire Tongue.”
by Sax Rithmer. The whole tale breathes
the hypnotism, danger, the indescribable
charm of the east. There are love, peril
of death, often death itself, suspense,
gripping excitement in every line.
Bliietly. it is a story of the machina
tions of an oriental secret society, in the
heaert of London, and of the counter-plot
ting of a group of daring secret service
agents, working in constant peril of their
lives, to frustrate its diabolically laid
criminal plot.
There’s not a dull moment in the 24
installments. First installment today.
Ford’s Name Goes on Democratic Ticket >
Arian. Mich.. Dec. 12.—-Henry Ford’s
name will be placed upon the Michigan-.
Democratic Presidential perferenee bal
lots in April, James A\\ Helme, an op-1
ponenet of Ford in 1018 Senatorial pri- j
inary campaign, Announced here.
The required number of signatures
have been obtained to petitions circu
lated herej he said.
Another petition is in circulation in
Hudson, tlie home of Edward Frensdorf,
who has taken the initiative to
Ford’s name before the voters at the
spring primary.
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Federal Troops Are Being
Concentrated and Decisive
Battle 's Expected to Be
Fought Near Vera Cruz.
GOVERNOR FLORES
LOYAL TO OBREGON
This Fact is Important as
Shows West Coast is Quiet
—Tepic Has Not Been
Taken by Rebel Forces.
Mexico City, Dec. 13 (R.v the Associ
ated Press). —It. is generally felt here
that a decisive battle between the rebel
• forces and the troops loyal to President
Obregon will be fought on the Vera Cruz *
front near where Carranza was defeated
by Sanchez is 1010.
The government continues to concen
trate soldiers in that district to oppose
the advance of the rebels. President Ob
regon has rejected the mediation offer of
(ion. Angel Flores. Governor of Sinaloa.
J asserting that the question between the
government and the insurgents has be
come military rather than political inas
much as the rebel leaders are'army men
who have failed in military duties.
Battle Expected.
Vera Cruz, Dec. Id. —Newspaper cor
respondents accompanying the rebel
i armies in their advance oil Mexico
J City, telegraphed today that the situa
. tion in the State of Peubla was un
: clianged. but that a battle apparently
; was imminent.
The main body of insurgent troops
has joined the advance guard, and the
rebels are now entrenched on a line
that runs from Esperanza northwest to
Oriental, a distance of thirty-five miles,
j and thence west to Apizaco, a stretch
!of thirty miles.
I The Obregon forces are centered at
J San Andre, 30 miles south of Oriental.
, where Generals Topotc and Almazana
have about 1 .GOO men. At Tehaucan the
| Obregon forces have a similar number of
I troops. It is evidently the aim of the
Obregon forces to prevent the rebel fort
ies from meeting at San Marcos, where
the Mexican and Inter-Ocean railways
-ev**<* .
Reports Say Troops Were Annihilated.
San Antonio, Dec. 13. —Reports re
. reived here state that columns under
! the orders of General Villa Neuva Gaiza
1 annihilated the federals in Jalapa, oc
cupying that place after thirty-seven
hours of fighting. Among the prison
ers taken were Governor Casarin, sev
eral local deputies, General Berlanga
and Colonel Mayer, all of whom will be
• tried by the regular courts in strict con
formity to the law.
Eighty were killed, 115 wounded, 320
taken Prisoners, and 700 horses, K 32
j rifles apd a large .supply of ammunition
i were tqken, according to telegrams.
Flores Loyal.
Juarez, Mexico. Dec. 13 (By the As
soeiated ITchcs). —Mtytifnn authorities
here declare that the announcement thut
Gen. Angel Flores. Governor of Sinaloa.
J has temporarily abandoned his Presiden
tial campaign to resume charge of state
affairs, and has telegraphed President.
Obregon that he will remain loyal to the
central government is tin* nios important
news that has come from the west coast
of Mexico since the'beginning of the re
bellion. Joaquin Herrasvis. consul at
Nogales, Ariz., confirmed the report, and
declared that the entire west coast is
(piict, and that Tepic bad not been cap
tured by rebels, as was reported.
Will Depose Obregon.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec.' 13.—R.v,
horseback, airplane, automobile and some
by railroad through the Cnited States,—-
>hc majority of the Mexican national
congress is leaving Mexico city for Vera
Cruz to reconvene for the purpose of de
posing President Obregon, according to
Rubin Vezcarra, president of ,the cham
ber of deputies, who arrived here last
night en route to Vera Cruz.
COMMITTEE NAMED TO
COMPLETE COLLECTION
Baptists of State Still $2.000.(M>() Short
of Tludr Part of $75,000,000 Cam
paign.
Gastonia. N. C., Dee. 13. —The No: 1 :'.!
Carolina Baptist Convention a* the morn
ing session here today named a steer
ing committee of nine members to direct
collection of the remainder of the state's
' shared the $75,000,000 campaign The
I campaign closed November 30. 1!*24. and
j thhe state's share still is more than 52,-
iOOO.OOO short.
j The convention after a brief disens
! sion this morning, declined t > adopt a
| resolution instructing the board of mio
! sione to employ a man for work in the
I prisons of the state. I)r. M. A. Adams,
of Rutherfordtou. was the author of the
movement.
Excellent progress was reported by
the Baptist orphanage and the Woman's
' Missionary Union.
! Will Direct With French.
| Paris, Dec. 13 (By the Associated
Press). —The German government today
officially announced its intention tot ini
tiate direct negotiations with the French
concerning the Rhineland and Ruhr, ac
cording to a Havas dispatc h fr >in Ber
! lln.
Mayhow Sentenced to Prison.
Winston-Salem, Doc*. 13.—Louis A.
May hew, stock and bond broker on trial
here charged with embezzling $4,500 in
t a stock transaction, pleaded guilty to
• day and Judge H. P. Lane sentenced
him to from seven to ten years in the
| State prison.
No. 46.