] B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publishsr.
VOLUME XLVIII.
FEOIL SOLO®.
DEFEAT REBELS M
IHIRTV II FIGHT
Troops Were Fighting for
( .iftrol of Villa Hermosa,
the Capital of the State
o' Tabasco.
m INSURGENTS
DIED IN BATTLE
Federal Forces Lost 30 in
Fighting.- —Deny " Report
That Washington Would
Recognize the Rebels.
-\j, 1' iy. Dee. 1!) IBy tli«» Asso
, Press i.--Rebels attacking Villa
jj, cf tlit- State of Tabae
|,.i • been defeated nfrer a thirty- j
i hattie with a loss of 20U killed and
... ii..,n that nu miter wounded, ae- 1
, : 11 j" t. a bulletin L-ued by the War j
j;c-i ii,.-nt. The Federal* suffered 30 i
uiMialt irt<. |
i - r.-h.'l fled bavin" the dead and j
v ,:idfd. and huge quantities of war (
t, ii. Eugenio Martinez. commanding a i
tar, i o'uhim inarching upon VeVra j
Cr “i-,torts no further developments;
ii;- day.” according to a war de-J
. riiM-nr statement.
• >.I ar\ opei at ions against Ouada
la;• •: ae developing formally.” con-,
i i■i* *—■ the war department statement. .
D.tties One Kebe.l Kepnrt.
Y a Cruz. Dec. 20.—Newspaper cor-,
r-c .uidetitv telegraphed from the front
!.;-t tliat the Obregon troops lmd
j - ah-mdoned tlie Mexican railroad line i
i'.-e.I nor withdrawn to Munoz sta- !
t*a ;r> was stated by revolutionary J_
rices here. Trie correspondents ;
; - :• orted the situation rts unchanged!
to m Tuesday when the rebel columns |
ie; .1 ir. •«! stationary after fighting ar |
s', Marcos. Insurgent headquarters,!
■ ' newspaper men continue, are still
; K i.eranza and Oriental, and are;
>. ng in contact with superior federaLj
I
The advance on Puebla by the Obregon ;
i \ rhe correspondents believe, has,
£> - nil-pose the expulsion of the !
p-bds from that city, a step which would j
r " "Ve the menace <i fl’nk ,cr.
1 I TCfltO. " |
However, the press observers also b«- !
h<’v * that rebel headquarters at VeVra
• ruz i- preparing a plan for luring on j
>i“ obregin forces and th°n cutting!
■ 1 r frent in lialf. ’ . j
Denies Ruin"r.
M-xico City. Dec. 2o IHj the Assoei
n . : —Enrique Colunga. secretary
• interior . denying reports that
'• ;el; ngton bad offered to mediate with
d ll ■ i.-hrlling against the Obregon gov-*
sa d. "Mexico lias not officially
: «•' -«-•! tii * * proposition which would
i.i ' been rejected, as it would imply ree
‘ - ’ii of the rebels' belligerency."
Federal Troops in Tehaucan
'!* \e-o Citv. Def. U(l •( By tile Asso- I
' ' d I’r s-i.—News dispatches from j
-/.a c<>. eighty-six miles from here. 1
' •n. ihat fighting has been resumed on
J • outskirts ~f Puebla ans Esperanzo.
' v:i •• 1 • iiaurrrn has been evacauter by
tl‘ tofi-cs under General Mayeofte. and
1 ■ pier] by a Federal column.
"ill ARRAIGN MR. AND
MRS. TICKER NEXT MONTH !
f < iprle Net Expected Home I'ntil Satur
da\v.—To Be Arraigned After the Hol
idays.
•hr-ey City. .V ,L. Dec. 20. — Mr. and
I* 1 ; 1 '' on S. Tu JeV. in dieted by the
|L; "‘o! County grand jury for perjury
• •n'ii-eetioii with their marriage here
w Member are expected back Sat
'■ > niglit. Assistant Prosecutor Me
'l. non annoiiiieed today. lie added that
!I 'tis: informal ion _.was that they
v ' v <r il! in Southern Pines. N’T C. They
" not be arraigned until after the
<'!'• mih.is holidays.
H. Grebe. registrar of vital sta
■ at I nion Hill, and John Muller.
’ 1 ' ju-tiee of the peace, also indicted.
"' ! ' v vvi . c released on bonds of $7,500
Jem F. Melmii.'. of Gloucester,
;'L the liftli defendant, has not y»*t
I' .ut •• „f Oriental University Revoked.
h .motid, \'a., Dec. 20. —The cliar
e Oriental University. of Cherry
‘"l 1 ' •!-. was revoked here this after
:!; ,ri ' Judge A. Carter Scott, sitting
“ City Circuit Court. The action
"• tin* jiresentation of charges
!• of Virginia which acted in
r jointly with the United
-• ' minem. The University
’■ resented at the hearing.
l>* stray Insanitary Meat
Dec. 20. —Federal- in spec
'u\> been in operation for 17
l hiring this time more than
c ’ :’T ' Rde carcasses and more than
1 1 "’ .!•••■ rts of carcasses have been
: d and made unfit for food pur
,l”ii the vigilance of fetleral
\l r , ~
•o' .lenckes Co. to ' Enlarge Plant.
Dee. 20.. —The Manville-
Co. today announced
: ddition to house 200 looms will
“ the present plant at once,
l ow operates 135.000 spindles
!!> • r of looms.
f Mr. and Mrs. D. li. McCurdy
Dead.
j, Ltit ant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
■j McCurdy, of Albemarle, died
, at tin- Presbyterian Hospital in
N - It was buried yesterday at
Church.
THE CONCORD TIMES
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN
RALUIMH CUFfC! AI.DCS!
H?vv *he Various Dep?.i'tm?nls Will Ob-
K tvr f!;? StT -r.
! liah'igb. X. C. Dec. 20.—Official
; Raleigh was preparing tonight, forth" *
coming week-end when the Christmas
holidays will oommenee. continuing in I
seme instances through, the first of :
January. 1024 Each department head.'
of the state offices, having the right to i
‘reguiate’ tli» holiday season within his
own department, had about decided as
to_ what days will he allowed to em
ployes. j
For the most part, the holiday will’
begin Saturday at one o'clock and the :
department workers .will return on Wed- :
no day. the day following Chrh tinasV
! However, d iff event regulation, vil' ob
i tainfo’ - specin' cases. ■
In the Covernc r’s ffi<-e. the holiday
. will be front Satuvdav through Tuesday,
with New Year's Day thrown in for
good me asure. Governor Morrison, un-j
le-s his plans are changed, will spend}
Christmas in Rn’eigb. though ho sta*ed j
lie may g> ever to ('har’otte for a day
.or'two during the week.
Secretary of Stale W- N. Everett ex
‘ pects to leave Raleigh Sunday afternoon
for R. . kingham w here l e and liis family
will s'peirrt Ch.Hsfmas. The official will
return during the middle 1 of the week.
* after sh ■ f'hristmas season is pal y
j o'vcr. Mt inhi’i s i f the State Department
j office force will he on hand to keep office
1 running but those employes residing out
jof town w ill he allowed time to go to i
their homes f< r Christmas. Someone
i wi 1 he* on hand during the week to look
after business affairs but tin* r>• ni;v
1 office routine probably will not bo
! underway again until after New Veir'
S Day. i
In the Agricultural Building, where I
: the varies! agricultural industries of the !
; State and , agencies dca'ing with them >
'are located and also- where Governor I
Rufus Doughton presides over the .
destinies <»f the Department of Revenue,
i the same will obtain. Praetieally all of
* Utose employes desiring to return home
for the holidays .will be granted this
privilege while some of those lloeated in
Raleigh will -look after such office af
j fairs as must be handled prior to the
i first of the year Governor Doughton ex
jpects to spend the’ holidays at his home
i near Sjiarta.
The State Dejiartment of Printing
and Labor \vill aD> follow out the
| action.'of the .other departments, as will
i the Corporation (' (’ommis
| sioner Shipman will remain in Raleigh
: but bis office is Expected tn*run at h.aU
! speed. The three commissioners of the
! Corporati >it Department/and C’arence
1 Latham, state bank examiner will re-
I main in the capital for the holidays
j season.
I Over iii the auto license section pf tj|C
[TireTffm'hvmt" fit
J will take place on Saturday and the
i busiest office of the State wi ! be closed
! for four days. Tlie State Highway Com
i mission will run under half speed for
i the holidays with Chairman Page at his
home near Aberdeen.
The Welfare Department. Education
department and live various other offices
of the State will lie closed from Satur
day through Tuesday. . Commissioner
Wade of the Insurance Department ex
!>ects* to .be on hand except for a day
but liis office force will be very much
depleted for the ten day period begin
ning Sunday. Taking all the Depait
ineiits a's a Whole it is probable that
| fifty percent of the employes will be
I away for the holidays and that about
j t wen "tv-five percent will not return be
fore the second of January-
Cleaning Policeman’s Bulls-eyes.
London. Dee. 20. —One of the quaint
est of old-time jobs which still survive
in London is that of cleaning the oil
lamps used by members of the Metro-
I poliran Police. These have not yet
! been entirely discarded in favor of elec
tric lamps. __
The police are u>t responsible for
I hi' cleaning and filling of their own
lamps. This has been done-under con
tract for many years- by a firm which
employs a staff ‘of twenty-nine men es
pecially for the work. I lie men are
know nas ‘‘trimmers.” and for thirty
five years it has been their j d» to trim
the wicks, fill the lamps with oil. and
make them quite fit for service by the
policement of 2<*(t stations in and around
London.
Adverse Repaid on Farley.
Washington. Dec. 20. —The nomination
of Edward P. Farley as chairman of the
shipping board will be reported adversely
to the Senate, under a decision today by
the commerce committee.
The commit fee’s action was based en
tirely. members said, upon provisions of
the law which allow only one inembet
of the board to states touching on the
Great .Lakes. Mr.- Farley is from Chi
cago and the Lakes section is already
represented by T. '\ .
O'Connor, of Buffalo.
Warns Against Punch Boards.
Raleigh News and Observer.
j M. Sharp, State Couneill >r of the
Junior Order of United American Me
chanics in North Carolina, has issued
a statement to the newspapers of the
State warning the Juniors of the State
ami others against a punch hoard scheme
' that is now in operation in the State
under the alleged end rsemet of the or-
I I der.
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lure.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923
N—II
BISHOP \VM. T. MANNING
Dr. Leighton Parks of New York City startled hi; La rt lioloniew Episeopal- < ’hureh congregation by fioal ing the story
of the vi.-giu birth of Christ, saying lie would welcome a trial for heresy. Bishop Lawrence til Massachusetts is a leader
in the ‘‘liberal'" forces’ of the Episcopal Church, while Bishop Alaiming stand.' at the head.’of the conservatives.
FOX CASE MAY GO TO
JURY THIS AFTERNOON I
Arguments in Case Are Expected to be !
Concluded During the Afternoon. j
Atlanta. Ga„ Dec. 20. —Hundreds of 1
persons' today crowded into Fulton Xu- !
perior Court room at the trial of Philip
E. Fox, charged with the murder of Win.
E. Coburn to hear Robert Allen, of .Dal- i
las. member of the defense conn- ‘
sel. make—his argument. The case wa*
expected to go to -the jury about 3 p. m. i
today.
Hugh M. Dorsey, leading counsel for
Fox, was schedeuh’d to follow Mr. Allen. |
Solicitor General Boykin was to.close fori
tli* 1 State.
Tlie eight-year-old sou of the defeat'd |
ant was brought into the court room to
day for the first time. The boy sat in
his mothe s lap facing the jury. Fox ap
peared haggard, pale and extremely hit- j
vous.
Additional deputy sheriffs were on duty
in the court room and Fox's guard also
was doubled.
"Fox knew nothing of his defense,")
Mr. Allen told the jury. \'He was never j
consulted. His attorneys have talked to j
him only five minutes since they began j
.....
HAVING MADE HIS
MAN REMEMBERED FRIENDS
John Berg. Millionaire Curb Broker,
Gives Business to His Three Part- .
. ners. j
New York, Dee. 20 (P.vthe Associated
Press). —Having accumulated a fortun® 1
of more than 5‘2.000.000 in Wall Street, j
John Borg, one of the leading members
of the New York Curb Market, today [
announcis! liis retirement from the brok- ;
erage field, and the gift of his business
to three junior members of the firm. |
"I have made my pile.'* Mr. Borg said. 1
“so Pm getting out and letting younger
fellows make' theirs. lam giving them ,
the business because they have earned
it and I have no use for it as 1 have ,'
all the money I need.”
Mr. Borg started in Wall Street as
•i £4 a week office boy in 1807. lie
now is only forty-two years old.
SEVERAL OFFICERS HELD
ON FEDERAL WARRANTS
Sheriff, Former Sheriff, and Four Dep
loy Sheriffs Indicted by Grand Jury.
Mobile. Ala., Dec. 10.—Sheriff Paul
Cassalas. former Sheriff W. H. Hol
combe. Jr, member of the legislature,
and now ;i deputy sheriff, together with
four other deputy sheriffs, and Frank
W. Boykin, well known Mobile man,
were arrested here today by United
States Marshals <>n indictments returned
by the federal grand jury which re
cently investigated alleged wholesale vio
lations of the liquor laws in Mobile.
Negro Orders Pistol, and Linds in
Prison.
Warren ton, Dec. IS. —Buying a pis
tol from a mail order house in an at
tempt to evade the State law requiring
a permit in order to purchase a weapon,
is keeping Davie Frazier, colored. of
Norlina, in the county jail at War
renton until lie is able to' pay a fine of
850 and costs.
Frazier, who is a brakeman on the
Seaboard Air Line, decided he needed a
pistol in bis work. The high cost of ob
taining a permit, or possibly fear that
it would not be granted him. prompted
Davie to order one from a beautifully
co’ored catalogue.
The pistol arrived by mail on De
cember stli and Davie hastened' to his
room with his prize. Meanwhile the
Norlina police learned of Davies ac
quisition and searched his room. They
found the new pistol, a razor and a half
pint bottle of whiskey, which they
confiscated.
Davie was arrested on two charges
and was given a earing before Mayor L-
J. Overby, of Norlina. who bound him
over to the Recorder’s Court.
At the trial before Recorder Rodwell
on Monday. Davie explained how he
happened to have the pistol. The
whiskey, he said, was intended for
medicinal purposes as he had ‘had a
touch of the "flu.” Being a full grown
man. with growing hair, he maintained
that, he was entitled to use his own
1 razor, barbers to the contrary.
With Our Advertisers.
Everything for women to , wear from
hats to hose at the Specialty Hat Shop.
Beautiful gift watches for both men
and women at Starnes-Miller-Parker Co..
.810 to SOO.
-• Los Angeles movie star s auto hit a
train. She was driving. Can’t al
ways get by one your looks.
FIGURES IN CHURCH WAR
BISHOP LAVLRFNCE
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened at a Decline of 3 Points oil Or- ,
toiler, hut Generally Higher. ,
New York. Dec. 20. —The census re
port showing 0.504,805 bales of cotton <
ginned to December 13th was slightly
in excels of expectation's, but it was :
not considered much of a factor in the
early market which opened at a decline
of 3 points on October, but generally 10 .
to 33 points higher in response to rela- -
tively steady cables, and rather more
favorable reports from Manchester. ;
There was some Wall- Street and scat- 1
tend commission house buying and some 1
covering by December rdtorts on the op-!
ening advance, but there was consider- .
able realizing and prices eased off sev- <
era I points from the best during the 1
early trading. December was relatively 1;
firm selling a full cent over January, '
but after touching 35.55, reacted to I
35.32. May advanced to 35.15 and I
then sold off to 34.80.
Cotton futures opened 1 firm. Doc. •
35.50; Jan. 34.50; March 34.95; May <
35.10; July 34.35. * <
COTTON GINNINGS.
Prior to December 130* This Year 0,- !
£4.'y-«MS Rates IlatrTi/cn' Ginned.
Washington. Dee. 20.—Cotton ginned
l>rior to December 13th totalled 9.548.805..
bales, including 232.530 mu ml bales. 17.-!;
045 bales of Americarr-Egyptian, and 753 :
bales of S'>a Island ; compared with 9.- j
488.852 bales, including 161.781 round!
bales. 24.013 bales of American-Egyptian. j ,
and 5.030 bales of Sea Island, the (Vu- j
'll3 Bureau announced todnv. North j
Carolina ginnings were 987.007 bales.
The revised total of cotton ginned prior .
to December 1 was ph mm need as 9,251.-
bales. There ’ were 15.121 ginneries
operated prior to Dec. 1.
Fire Loss at Norwood Runs Into Thou
sands of Dollars.
Norwood. Dec. 19.—The fire Tillich ,
swept Norwood yesterday a
property damage of thousands of dol
lars. The furniture store of G. W.
Stinson was a total loss. Mr. and Mrs
Stinson owned the two stores in whirl
the furniture house was located.!.
Estimated loss on the furniture ane i
stores is $15.000 with SISOO insurance
Besides the furniture store, othei
losses and damages consisted of the | 1
bui'ding in which Crump Duke did a!'
small grocery business. which was j :
totally destroyed, no insurance. The i 1
Campbell building which is located on j
the same street and right by the St in - j
son buildings was badly damaged and j 1
for awhile it was feared that it could;;
not be saved. The Albemarle fire de- j !
partment Came down and made quick
work, thereby helping to save tlie Gamp- j
bell building and the Norwood Feed and j«
Sales stables, which building is owned j ,
by I). N. Bennett. The flame was so}:
vio’ent' at one time that many thought I,
with the lack of water and a fire do- j
partment the whole lower Main street ■
would be burned. The Royal case, <
Guion's pharmacy and the Norwood .
postoffice had the job of moving all i
goods, supplies and fixtures and then |
carrying them back.
The Campbell building is badly
smoked and begrimed and the lower
wall may be damaged on account of ex
cessive heat. But the drug store and
case do not feel that their loss L great,
except for the jolt given when moving,
and replacing things.
Investigating Conditions in Philippines.
• Washington. Dec. 20.—'Thorough in
jvestigation by the House rules commit
j tee of conditions in the Philippines and j
'of Governor-General Wood s administra- j
1 tion, is proposed in a resolution drafted |
•by Representative Grear. republican, of j
j Wisconsin, for introduction today. I
i ■ i
Seaboard Wants to Sell Bands. |
j Washington. Dec. 20. —The Seaboard j
j Aiv Line today sought the Interstate I
Commerce Commissions approval for an
msue of $1.620.000 in equipment trust
certificates, to assist in reconstructing
the rolling stock.
Want Yenize.los to Return.
Athens. Dec. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —A grjuip representing 4,000 offi
cers of the Greek army and navy sent i
a telegram today to former Preuier Yen- |
izclos in urging him to come to i
; Athens immediately.
Train Passengers Robbed.
Milwaukee. Wis. Dec. 20.—A daring!
'bandit held up the Pioneer. Limited, the:
j crack train of the Chicago. Milwaukee
!& St. Paul Railroad, as it was nearing
| Milwaukee last night, and robbed four
j passengers oi $579.
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SHF ••
III?
DR. LEIGHTON PARKS
PUNCH BOARDS UNLAWFUL
Junior Order Declines Responsibility in
Salisbury Cases.
Salisbury. Dec. 19. —I meal member*
of the Junior Order. United American
Mechanics, are very much interested in j
;> case that went up f " / un Magistrate j
W. L. Rav's court to Superior Court
t< day. The case involve.? the so-called
Junior orphanage punch boards, and thoi
defendants whose case went, up are G.
A. Sowers and Billy Walser. of Yadkin,
a mill town near Spencer. Nominal
bonds were required, the magistrate not
having final jurisdiction in such cases.
La>t week at a district' meeting of
Juniois from Rowan and Davidson
counties- it was stated that the state of
ficials of the Junior order had endorsed
|tlie use of the punch boards.. Not
withstanding this reported endorsement
by the state officials, the district Juniors
paused strong resolutions condemning
the boards. Now it appears that the
state officials had given no such en
dorsement to the boards, the operation
of which is against a state law.
As local Juniors understand the
scheme, the men who put the board out
get nineteen dollars and a half from
.each lejainl for, merchandise . that goes
with the board arid the local man selling
the chances on the faoe of the boar!
gets three dollars arid a half, which he 1
is supposed to donate to the Junior or-,
phariage. ' i
The boards bear inscriptions that ■
make a direct appeal to members of the •
Junior order, and are said to have been •
scattered through the sections where
there are many members of the order, j
A large nttmb°r of individual members j
of the order were' repotted as having j
taken boards iii order to help the orphan-Jj
age of the order.
The case heard here today is, so far'
as local Juniors know, the first to be j
tried in the State since the special or-j
plumage boards were put out. Officials
of the order are anxious that, warnings
be broadcasted against the use of the
boards, tlie use of which is not only a
violation of the state law, but they have
not the endorsement of the order for
which they are supposed to bp operated.
Fraudulent Punch Board Branded By
Junior Order.
Asheville, Dec. 19.—A punch board
device which is said to bo in the pro
cess of installation throughout the
state, representing that it is indorsed
by thi> Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics as a Benefit for
rhe Junior Order orphanage, is con
demned and branded as, fraudulent in
a letter receive hero today from J. M.
Sharp, of Reidsvillc, state councillor of
the order.
Mr. Sharp says that literature of the
concern purports to carry bis signature
as state councillor. He - declares the
signature is fraudulent, and that the
Junior Order not only does not indorse
the punch board project, but condemns
it as violation of the laws of North
Carolina.
Planting Treas by Machinery.
Washington. Dec. 20.—Machines have
been devised to do many things, but one
of the most remarkable is used by the
United States Forest Service, which
sets out seedling trees ten times as fast
as the old hand planting meth >d. Its
capacity is from twelve to fifteen thous
and trees a day. It is an adaptation
of a machine made to set out tomato
and cabbage plants, and it takes three
men and two l^rst > s to operate it at ca
pacity;
In appearance the tree planter i<
j something like a mowing machine. It
! has a ploughshare arrangement in front,
• and at the back of the feeder are two
j nuTtal wheels, which push earth around
'the tree seedlings and pack it down,
j Two men seated beside the diiver are
j kept busy placing the seedlings in the
planting hopper.
Extra features of the five planter in
clude a marker that indicates where the
nert row is to go, and two hoppers con
taining water and fertilizer /hat drop
the nutriment for the young around
their roots just before the metal wheels
fill in the furrow.
Several Persons Hurt in Wreck.
Bethesda. Ohio. Dec. 20. —Eight or
! ten persons were reeported injured, two
lof them seriously, when a Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train bound ’from Wheel
ing to Chicago, split a switch in front cf
j the station here, turning over one day
coach and damaging the front end of the
station.
A leaf from Christmas decorations is
preserved in parts of rural England as
a preventative of toothache.
I ALLEGED SOYJE THREATS
QUESTIONED BY SENATORS
Senators Who Want Russian Soviets
Recognized Question Authority of F v!
dime.
j W-:: hing'fi n. D. <\, Dec. 20—St
jtarv Hughes' disclosure of a soviet
j meat to overthrow the American goyern
! meur was the subject of a Senate debate
j today in which tlie authenticity of rhe
! secretary's evidence was questioned by
Sena/tors who have urged recognition of
the Russian soviet government.
Senator B n ah. republican, of Idaho,
declared it was his opinion after ma
j ture investigation that during the past
three years the soviet had not connived
;at any effort to overthrow the govern
ment at Washington. He added that
if the Department of Justice, or any
one else w u'.d furnish him any evidence,
he would conduct public investigation.
The evidence made public by Mr.
Hughes and certified as authentic by
the Justice Department, was declared i
by Senator Norris, republican,- of Ne
braska, to be "merely conclusions,"
rather than facts.
Announcing that lie intended to dis
'•tiss the subject Inter at length, Senator
! Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican .
leader, 'told tlie Senate be thought he I
would be able to produce evidence which '
would command the attention of the
senators. I
TWO CARDINALS ARE j
CREATED BY POPE PIUS
They Are Papal Audit ar and Director
General of Vatican Museum.
Rome. Dec. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —Pope Pin* XI at a secret con-1
sistor.v today created two Italian car
, dinals. They are Evarista Lucidi. who
is papal auditor, and Monsignor Aurelio ,
Galli. director general of the Vatican !
I Museum.
I In his allocution delivered at the con-!
si story the- Pope pointed out that peace j
conditions in Europe had not changed
> for better since liis last consistory. He
recalled the letter he had addressed to !
Cardinal Gaspfcrri. panay secretary of
state, relative to relieving calamities of
Central was bringing happy re
sults, but. he said, much remains to be
done because of the bitterness and an
tagonism; needs of all kinds were in
creasing. especially with the approach
of winter.
Albemarle Girl Burned to Death Satur
day.
Stanly News-Herald. |
A most dreadful tragedy was that
which happened last Saturday when
Miss Abegale Melton, the 14-year-old
adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. |
IV. Melton, of this place, burned so
seriously that dealth resulted Sunday
morning. No one was in the house
with her when her clothing caught on
-fire? Tin-d the ’girl hardly krictv licivelf
how it all happend. She stated that
: she was sitting with her back to the
fire reading, when all at once she found
! her clothing a mass of flames. She
ran out of the house and her screams
, soon brought nearby persons to her res
. cue. but too late to save her. She
1 was so badly burned that from the first
; little hope for her was entertained. Her
j suffering was awful, and thought ev
erything possible was done for her re
j Has, her intense agony was only re
rneved by death Sunday morning.
The body was carried to Mil. Zion
Church in Union county, where the fun
j era 1 will be held this afternoon. The
horrible tragedy is deplored by the entire
city over which its, happening cast a
gloom.
ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE
WITH THE FOX JURORS
Bailiffs Had to Use Pistols on Men
While Jurors Were Out Walking
Atlanta. Dec. 19 (By the Associated
Press). —Bailiffs in charge of the jury
sitting in the case of Philip E. Fox. on
trial here, had to threaten to draw their
pistols on six men who had attempted
to forcibly interfere with the jurors
while they were taking outdoor exercise
early today, the officers reported to court
officials. • An investigation is now un
derway.
FREDERICK C. BILLARD
IS GIVEN PROMOTION
Nominated To Be Commandant of Coast
Guard With Rank of Rear Admiral.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 18.—Freder
ick G. liillard. of Maryland, serving with
the rank of commander as aide to the
commandant of tlie coast guard, was
nominated today by President Coolidg* l
to be commandant of the roast guard
with the rank of rear admiral. He will
succeed Wm. E. Reynolds, who retires
on account of ago next month.
Hotel Cape Fear Selected for Name
Salisbury, Dee. 20.—The n:(me of
Wilmington’s three-quarter million dol
lar tourist inn has been changed from
Cape Fear hotel to ‘‘Hotel Cape Fear.”
it was officially announced last niglit
by Roger Moore, president of the hotel
corporation.
American Woman Killed by Bandits.
Baker, Ore.. Dec*. 20. —Mrs. Emily
Christensen Earhart, formerly of this
city, has been killed at Tula. Mexico, by
bandits, according to word received here
today from tlie woman’s husband at
Tampico. Earhart said that he and his
two small children were safe.
Sunday School Council Pays Tribute to
Departed Bishop.
Nashville, Tenn.. Dee. 18. — Southern
Methodism as, represented by the gen
eral Sunday school —council of that
chqrch paid high tribute today to the
lives and work of the late Bishop James
. Atkins of North Carolina, and W. H.
Stookham. of Birmingham. Ala., both
prominently connected with the recent
history of that denomination. The Sun
day school council is concluding its an
nual convention here.
"The death of Bi-hop Atkins,” res
olutions said, "is a distinct loss 'to the
work of the entire Methodist! Episcopal
church, south.”
Wisconsin phonograph dealer in in
i jail. But not, a«s some readers may
think, for selling phonographs.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
CONIMCESSES
nuu liras
MG BEEN DONE
Members Today Began Two
Weeks Recess Without
Doing Anything During
Time of Meeting.
SENATE IS STILL
IN A DEADLOCK
House Decides to Make In
quiry About Philippines,
Following Criticism Made
by Natives of Gen. Wood.*
\\ iishington, Dec. 20.—Congress bewail
a two-wwks holiday recess today with
I the Senate organization still incomplete,
and a practically blank record of legis
lative accomplishments since it assembled
on December 3rd.
With some of its committees function
ing during the lmlidnys the House, will
be able to get down tw serous business
of the session after it assembles on .lan*
I nary (5. The_Senate. however, will come
back to renew the efforts to break the
deadlock over the chairmanship of the
.Interstate Commerce Committee unless it
should prove possible for the leaders to
j effect some sort of compromise in the.'
! meantime.
, With the Senate having agreed yester
! day to defer further balloting until after
the recess, only business of a purely rou
tine character faced the two houses to
day. Many Senators and Representatives
already have departed for their homes.
Will Put Bonus on the Shelf.
Washington. Dec. 20. —-Committed to a
program which calls for temporary shelv
ing of the soldiers’ bonus, the House ,
ways and means committee forged ahead
today jsvith its consideration of the ad
mnistrative provisions of the Treasury's 4
tax bill. Cnder an agreement reached
yesterday, the committee, once it has
! passed on the administration features,
will postpone action on tax rates until u
decision is reached as to whether a bonus
bill is to be reported in the House. The
• present plans call for committee sessions
until the end of this week, then an ad
journment until after the Christmas hol
davs.
i* ; _
MR. FORD'S DECLARATIONS
STIRS POLITICAL CAMPS
All Avowed Presidential Candidates
Withhold Comment.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Political camps
here were visibly stirred today by the
declaration of Henry Ford in support of ,
President Coolidge for 1024.
It brought unconcealed elation to ad
ministration leaders interested in Mr.
Coolidge’x cause, and democratic leaders
said there was satisfaction at least- in
the fact that Mr. Ford was out in the
open and apparently self-eliminated as a
Presidential possibility next year.
President Coolidge plans to express,
his personal appreciation of Mr. Ford’s
action by sending the Detroit manufac
turer a telegram, which will not be made
public here.
Comment on Mr. Ford's statement,
however, is withheld by all "Avowed
Presidential candidates here. Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, opponent
of President Coolidge for the republican
nomination, and Senator I uderwood, of
Alabama, a democratic candidate, would
not talk about development although
they manifestly view it as of major po
litical importance.
Representative Cordell Hull, of Ten
nessee, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, also declined to make
a formal statement, but in reply to a
question said that Mr. Ford “is a free
American citizen, and is entitled to his
personal preference the same as any
one else.”
“Ford Can’t Change Coolidge.”
“Nothing that he can say. in Isdinlf
of President Coolidge. however,” added
Mr. Hull, “will make Mr. Coolidge less
•eactionary nor change him in any respect.
The record of the ruling faction in the
republican party as the political instru
ment of the special privilege class."
Os prime importance, in the view of
political leaders, generally, will be the
passing of the Ford-for-Pmudent move
ment which has been fostered in recent
conferences of Ford workers in Mich
igan and other states. Mr. Ford’s ac
tion is looked upon by al! the leaders as
removing the possibility of a new party,
movement with him at the helm, a pos
sibility that for months has made him
one of the great ongimas of national
polities
That there would be some political
advantages to Senator LaFollette, in
case- he should' become a Presidential
candidate, was the belief expressed by
followers of the Wisconsin senator. In
the effect upon the action of the farm
labor party, particularly in the Dakota*-,
Minrsota and Wisconsin. Mr; Ford's re
tirement a< a potential candidate, it was
thought, might operat to the benefit of
the IjaFollette forces. He has been
sharing with Mr. Ford insevera! regi >n«
the apparent favor of farm-labor leaders
in consideration of their presidential en
dorsement for 1024.
In all discussions of the subject the
Ford offer for Muscle Shoals had promi
nent mention. Recently Mr. Ford had
the matter under discussion with Presi- -
dent Coolidge during a visit here, and
Chairman Madden, of the House appro
priations committee, and other republi
can leaders in Congress are behind a
bill to have the government accept the
Ford offer after modifications. During
the last session of Congress, considera
tion of the offer was blocked, although
championed vigorously by democrats as
’well as gome, republicans.
No. 48.