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'kKILL, Editor and Publisher L[jME XLIX in ions MT HIMSELF ■ § ena te Committee He l]i Not Testify Before It Rsked “Except on Cer |n Stipulations/" I C VRAWAY I HAS CALLED HIM L is Chairman For Re (biican Party in New ants Others Call ■ Before Committee. I <>,t. .'ll).—While the ,if ihi* Senate, campaign was inquiring into Re- I ns ill tlie < i ast today, Act ■ ('araway announced he 1 ~j ;l •.'. iii-am from George K. |j,.j l ii!ilir;m 'tale chairman in B.i. >” appear before the ■jC ",. X ivpt '-n certain stipula- H-i, liiar tlie committee ■ making any stipulations or un ■ w itli any witness,** said K|'ii,iu.iv He can refuse to K | |t , wi'les t" take the (*Onee- I i,f refusal. I assume there is K l„, ,t., ii.ii care to expose.” ■ Si‘nai'l' explained further that ■ 11C . i.f the Senate had |, '.in yesterday from Mr. E». a , ias: If lie had to come he nm- wtitativi's of the Deino ■.r,i iMI-n.-tnlcn: candidates ought Ei tin.'• tyrant-at-amis that that ■ " cotitimied Mr. ('araway. H]have a Telegram from Mr. Morris ■iba: lie <!'•• lines to come quiets the E" at-: Independent representa- Etjny :P the 'atlle time. ■ n> yr"'. I am not willing to oon- Kiiiy 'iich demand, but I realize l/ir'ii within his rights in ask- Biiie otiier> lie called also.’* EI;,;:!::i.in faraway interrupted ■ring to >ay : **■ - Ki''< remarks concerning Mr. not stand in fairness to did not indicate whether any further steps in the Him: nriperl the committee’s at ■ i. ;ii.' in other s-tates.- HrV.:k' Wim htop, of New York. Hi* .he republican senatorial Btts.V''dnal lie had received $113.- ■ltii i.:nl pent S7B 011. The nat- I;t ontributed SIO(S.(KM) of Rj;. Skinner, a silk manufacturer RWk. the committee that he ■Jh.--.hl s ;limit for the republican I 'ilk. cotton and wool ninuu- Rr»"/ New Y irk City. He said K y.hiii ..n hand. PRAI.I.OT BOXES WILL BE REQUIRED iaai.V the Anting in the General Flection Next Tuesday. X < »ct. 30. —Eight bal’ot r Pii‘!i [i.iHing place in the K1 : * that do n<>t have the Australian xT -'te:ii will h». required to hand y '• -'iiiLT in the general election T'-mber 4. says a letter of in - 'frit :o all the chairmans of '"Mv IniMvds us .-lection by Walter •’X In die 10 * countries ninii .- the Australian ballot si. itieally provides the num -1 w* i'wl t.i that country. " 'i a ted that the board ino’ii.g to find a means by nuiiili. i us boxes necessary ■""'ing i• -• 11 !d lie reduced but that it was found to be ira 'Nl'h"\-es repaired were de- X.i iuna! Box in which shall ’"’"1 all ballots for presidential 1 Migi-i"iimal Box tor ballots 11 *' i-f i ’..tigress ; State Box. in he placed votes for state 'n.an me Court judges, and ! 1 hurt judges: County Boxeo ill-: and Township Box ’ -so or against Const itu ‘'-'iiilineiits shall be placed, tii.iial boxes are required - I'ef. ri-ntbiin.s. One box is to "W.iHd War Veterans Loan : li" other "I I"fniitirds and Water Transpor -1 -of two ballot boxes for - 'ays the letter. “i« j ' by reasons of the fact ’ 1 provide I’ort Terminals 1 : -p o tation (House Bill N " '”i 32. Extra Session y-itii'ilv provides that a j ' '!ial! be used especially ? 1* y ' ‘H't for approval or dis ' ''' ' l ' l ' tet and its provisions.” it' Mtlanatien Ermn Kepublioans. K * 'V !! f "»• "• 20.—The Republi- j l, ' - i.i'inn was asked t(might i V( ._ "rati*- National Chairman t ‘‘Md.'iin to tin* tax payers Ev ;' •kiiii-ra-an ambassadors and - r ,|,:Uv ing salaries muging J , T " s lT.*mh» annually. **are litii-a] ' ' being used to do v ik for President Coolidge.” V - Xn< "brr ( hinese Killed. «b r Her 30.—The murder of *Vjr, u t«»day halted official ne ts !,(. 1 " * Iduatown which it had Ns-. "H'l md the Hip Sing-On ' >n S war. John r r ' < |l' , ’ T1 With Paralysis. of ~a uH 'u ' Lowell, had a * i) ' ' s ntorning while in to • I ' M Hill office. He was 1 "“enrd Hospital. THE CONCORD TIMES Tariff Law Should Be Rewritten, Davis Says Democratic .Candidate Says *■ He Will Make Changes in Law if Given Democratic Congress. PRESENTBILLIS “BITTERLY WRONG” , Those Who Profit by Law Are Enjoying Unjust Ex action, Mr. Chavis Declares In Message. New York. Oct. -N).—The third state ment of the series prepared by John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for Presi dent. for the purpose of summing up outstanding campaign isrme*, was made public today. It was confined exclu sively to a discussion of the Eordu-ey- MeOumber tariff bill, which the candidate has declared will be re-written if he is elected and is given the support of a Democratic Congress. Renewing his promise for lower schedules. Air. Davis made it clear that he harbored no re sentment toward legitimate business, fairly conducted, but would “withdraw if ho invitation extended in the form of exorbitant duty to profit through monopolistic contrpl of production, mar kets and prices.” The statement follows in part: “I believe that the Fordney-Me('umber bill is bitterly wrong. Those who profit by it are enjoying an unjust exaction. The owners of a few industries may enjoy undue prosperity, but the public at large must pay the bill, and 1 do not believe there can be permanent prosper ity unless our system of taxation, both direct and indirect, is for the benefit of al the people, and not for a favored few. "The Democratic Cnderwood-Simmous bill was the only tariff since the Civil War to be passed without suspicion of unfairness or partiality. Under it in dustry flourished and employment grew. ; The country enjoyed an era of prosper ity unexcelled in all its history. There j were 14 per cent, more men employed in August, 15)14, under the Underwood tariff than there were employed in July. , 15)24, under the Fordney bill.” EXPORTS AND IMPORTS BOTH SHOW INCREASE Exports of Merchandise From Country Last Month Totalled $420.(i3J».."»7(5. Washington, Oct. 30.—Exi>orts of merchandise from the United, month totalled $425.(i3.*),r»76 against $351.433.K70 for the corresiiondiug month last year, an increase of $4(5,202.000. the Department of Commerce announced today. Imports for last month totalled S2S!),- 125.817 against $233,045,280. in increase of $24,480,437. MAN HELD IN PRISON TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Body of Frank Thomas Found Hanging From Cell Roof by Suspenders. Belvidere. N. J.. Oct. 30. —The body of Frank Thomas, held in jail here as a material witness in the slaying of his wife. Mrs. Grace Thomas, was found hanging in his cell in -the W arren county jail here today by Warden Haitli. j He had hanged himself by his suspend ers. The body of his wife was found j in an abandoned iron mine near Ox- j ford on Tuesday. Funeral of Mrs. I). B. Morrison. The funeral of Airs D. B. Morrison, | beloved woman of the city, who died j Tuesday night at her home here, was ; held this morning at 11 o'clock at the . Alorrison home on West Depot street. ! Thp services were attended by hundreds of friends of the deceased and members of her family many of those present be-, ing forced to stand in the yard and on the porch while the services were being held. The services at the home and grave were conducted by Rev. J. < . Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of which Mrs. Morrison had been a member for many years. Music at the services was furnished by the choir of the Church. Floral tributes from persons in all walks of life in Concord were banked high in the room where the services were held. The grave was completely cover-, od by the flowers, sent as last tokens of love and resect by persons who bad known and loved Mrs. Alorrison. The pall bearers were John J. Earn hardt. W. G. Caswell. J. Y. Pharr. C F. Ritchie. I'. I'. Xiblock and ('. A. ( an non. Death Penalty in Switzerland. Berne, Switzerland, Ort. 3ft. The death penalty was inflicted yestrday in Switzerland for the first time in 22 years At Altdorf. capital of the can ton of Uri, Clement -Bernet was guillo tined for the murder of a young girl who surprised him while in the act of bur -1 glary. ■I l — , iSplendid Progress Made in Hptel Preliminary Work > Splendid progress is being made in the preliminary work before the campaign which is to bring to Concord her new f modern hotel. It was announced at . campaign headquarters today the i sales group of which E. L. Hicks is manager was completed. This w the first group to have secured its full quota of salesmen. There are twelve of these sales groups, the members of i which will shortly give to citizens of i Concord and vicinity an opportunity to s invest in this splendid community proj ect. A. G. Odell, the general sales* man- ♦ FARM PRDOBLEMS OF I THE SOUTH DISCUSSED Congressman McFa-ldm Tc'ls of Part IjOans Alaile to Fanners Have Played in the Past Ffw Years. Pinehnrst. X. C.. Oct. 3ft.—Financial legislation and policies as they affect the i Southern farmers were discussed here r his morning by Representative Louis T. McFndden. of Canton. Pa., chairman of r Hie Ranking. A Currency Committee of the lower 'house of Congress. Air. Ale- Fadden was tin* principal speaker today | at the andhills Fair. Air. AlcFadden reviewed the financial legis-'ation of the past decade, discussed the world war period and rhe inflation following. and described the remedial legislation enacted by 'f \>ngr‘*ss. The war finance corporation, acting 1 under authority of the Agricultural Cred its Act of 15*21. he said. had loaned North Carolina bankers and co-operative marketing associations a total of $14.- dOO.OOft for strictly agricultural pur poses. , Using the stimulus of help, he declared, conditions have so improved that about all but $450,(!<)() of this loan had btsoi repaid by the middle of October his year. Other Southern states also were aided by the war finance board, and those have practically repaid loans aggregating a hundred million dollars, he said. Air. AlcFadden came here as a guest of the Sandhills Fair Association, being accompanied by Fred Starek. director of the War Finance Corporation. He was introduced this morning by It. N. lhige. former representative in Congress from North Carolina. WALTER MURPHY CERTAIN JOHN W. DAVIS WILL WIN Nays Straw Votes Are Nothing But Re publican Propaganda, ami Tims Are Worthless. Raleigh. Oct. 25). —“John \V. Davis is as certain to win as the sun is to rise." 1 Major Walter Alruphy. Democratic or ator and optimist, avowed today after | giving the national situation the "once .over” in the light of observations in re cent trip north. | "He'll carry New Y’ork and he'll also I get Ohio and Indiana, they say lie’s going to get Uinois, but I don't think he ; will. But he doesn't need it." k ! , Alajor Alurphy has it figured that La Follefte will get between five and eight million voters and that seventy-five per cent, of them will come from (he R(*- publicans. '-A ii -i-fieC- wirw-fti. e<- ai4. ;nl 1>« don't mean anything." We declared. "Here’s the situation,: Thirty states now have Democratic government and 25* have Democratic legislatives. That came about in the overthrow’ of 15)22. The natural tendency is toward the Demo cratic party, and Davis is going to got the benefit of it. The Republicans haven't been in the habit of winning when .three parties were in the field. “That Literary Digest poll is nothing but Republican propaganda, and does not- mean a thing as to those alleged bets; I'll wager you can’t go to Wall Street today and find any Coolidge money at six to one. Those are washed bets, which they know about in New York, but which when reported in the papers j have some effect in the country at large, j Smith and Brown. Republican organiza- I tion fellows, frame up their scheme. 1 Smith gives his broker SSO or $75 com ; mission to offer a $30,000 bet mi Cool ! lege at six to one. Brown, his partner, | comes around and deposits Hie $5.(!<)0; j the bet is advertised, but it is washed. ! Jones may go around later and seek j to put $5,000 on Davis, and he will be ; informed all the money has been taken. •There's just nothing 'to it. "You note my prediction and see if Davis is noit elected. I’ve been up where they’re lighting for votes and I’m • positively certain he will go over big when the votes are east.”" Alajor Alurphy was at Democratic headquarters today, stopping over here between speaking engagements. He is doing some powerful stump work for the party. i John G. Dawson Issues Warning. Raleigh, (bet. 25).—The latest in poli tical tricks conies from Roxboro, where the First National hank is handling the distribution of democratic state fiallots. scratching the name of Stale* Treasurer Ben Lacy and asserting the name of the batik's vice* president. Robert A. Burch, who is Air. Lacy’s republican opponent. ! Copies of this "literature,” which seeks to slide in votes for the republican nominee for treasurer on the demo cratic ticket, were received at demo cratic state headquarters this morning, and Chairman John (J. Dawson issued a warning for the voters to he on the ' lookout for it on election day. >! - j “The Bat." the great mystery play, ■ i which ran for two years in New York, ! will be given at Kannapolis next Wednes day night. ► | Cotton on this market today is bring | ing 22 3-4 cents a pound. ager, is very much pleased at the prog ress that has been made so far. All of the other groups are coming along very well and it is expected that within a very few days announcement will be made that the entire organization is completed. Air. Hicks’ group is No. 7 and is com posed of the following salesmen : Group Manager, E. L. Hicks; Secre tary, J. L. Crowell, Jr.; J. F. Crowell, H. I. Wood house, A. 11. Jarratt, P. G. Sherbondy, Jno. L. Petrea. D. A. Mc- Laurin, H. E. Foil, J. C. Bodenheimer. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1924 For Governor The late Governor William B. Ros* of Wyoming may be succeeded in January by his widow. Mrs. Nellie I Taylor Ross. The Democratic State i Convention insisted upon nominating her. though she had declined the ; honor. She says 9he will make no NEW YORK SWINGS TO JOHN W. DAVIS 4,(MM) Speakers on Streets—Organization Making Greatest Drive for Presidential Nominee In lits History. New, York, Oct. 28.—The John W. Davis campaign in New York .state began to take on a new quality today. George W. Olvaney, leader of Tam * many Hall, today reported to Mr. Davis that the political swing in his direction lias started and that since Davis’ ap pearance in New York last Saturday it steadily has been gathering momentum. To keep this advance going old-time Tammany men said this organization was making the greatest effort that it ever had put forth on behalf of any Presi dential candidate. Word was sent to the Davis headquarters that in the last two days there have been approximately 4,000 Tammany speakers on the street corners and in the club houses talking Davis and Smith. Labor Turns ho Davis. The principal reason for the new at mosphere that exists in regard to the Davis movement, in New York lies in reports which have been brought into Tammany Hall by the district leaders that the I.a Follefte strength is on the wane. They have reported it reached its crpst about two weeks ago and that since then thousands of labor men who were in it have been swinging over to Davis. Every effort is being made to augment this swing. Mr. Olveny gave orders to day that at the .cxpmise of Tammany Hall there '•lsoihT qftrpubUshcd in every: newspaper in the city, of whatever lan guage, an advertisement setting ofrth the details of Mr. Davis’ own labor, rec ord, which the Tammany leader de clared to be of a nature to make it ac ceptable to every labor leader in the city. This* is only one part of the movement. Today and this evening 13 automobiles left Tammany Hall, each with six sj>eak ers. Alan.v of them went into the dis tricts where La Follefte is strongest. Seven trucks were sent out with motion pictures booming Smith and Davis. In addition to this, all-day meetings were in progress in two or three different halls. Air. Olvaney is withholding his official prediction until a day or two before election, but there was no doubt of the new air of optimism which pervades ev erything he said today. Word was sent to New York, for in stance, from Leader Corning, of Albany county, that Davis would carry that county by 5.000. Four years ago Hard ing carried Albany by 20.000. This report is .-supplemented by one from Nor man E l .*’Alack, national committeeman, who visited Davis headquarters and told them Air. Coolidge would run far behind Republican expectations. The Tammany people who were not quite sure a few weeks ago that Davis would carry New York City have now revised their figures to give him a record breaking plurality within the metropolis. KLANSMEN GATHERING IN GREENSBORO NOW! Parade. Barbecue and Initiation to Be Features of State Gathering. Greensboro, Oct. 30. —One of the first delegations to arrive here for the Ku Klux Klan celebration which is to be staged here this afternoon and night was from Fayetteville, which arrived at an early hour this morning in four automo biles, and it was stated that over 300 (were expected to attend from thas city, the remaining number being expected late today. • . A parade through the central busi ness section of the city, a public initia tion of about 500 candidates, and a bar becue will be the high spots of the eele -1 bration. Reports from outlying towns i say that automobile travel toward Greensboro has been unusually heav.\ during the meriting. Death of Mrs. Isaac H. Waddell. Airs. Martha A. Waddell, wife of Isaac H. Waddell, died Wednesday morning at 7:30 o’clock at the State Hospital in i Alorganton. The body was brought to ! Concord AVednesday night. Airs. Wad- I dell had been ill for five years. She was j born in Union county and was 05) years Jof age. She leaves her husband and three sons and four daughters, namely : Mrs. Nelia Moore, of Concord, Mrs. j Sandy Aliller, of No. 2 township, Mrs. ! Manly Morris, of Concord and Mrs. As : ter Porter, of Concord; James Waddell, ’ Blanch and Gibson AA addell, all of Con t cord. * I The funeral service will be conducted .! at AlcKinnon Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. AA’addell was a member, this ! afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. C. C. ! Myers, and the interment will take place at Oakwood cemetery. The winter golf season in Florida will ' be inaugurated with a tournament at . Daytona, beginning November 24. Water Transportation Gives Cheaper Freight Rates, Is Shown Raleigh. X. C.. Oct. 30.—Dr. E. C. Branson of the Port Commission Bill Campaign headounrters has made pub : lie a number of letters from various chambers of commerce and tmffiie bureaus cf the cities of South in which each claim that water tinnsj>oi*tation has given that section cheaper rail freight rates. The letters were replies to miestionnires sent out bv the Winston- Salem Port Terminals Campaign Ccm -m i t tee. : “Steamboats operating between Au gusta and Savannah have been the means of Augusta securing cheaper freight rates and her water trails-,*orta tion lias been and will continue to be of tremendous benefits tothe city of Augusta. The city concil now has under consideration the expenditure of $135,- 000 for a new boat to operate on the Savannah river from here to Savannah andthe United States government is making a survey of the river with a view of spending $2,000,000 for the deepening of channel.”—The Augusta Board of Commerce, S. L. Hart, secre tary and treasurer. Thomas D. Guthrie, manager of the Jacksonville Traffic Bureau writes: "The effect of water transportation at Jacksonville since the first railroads were built, has been that the carriers have recognized steamer competition, actual and potential, and have main tained rates whieh have-been based upon that competition. Under the law they have the right to (hi this, after authority is granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. in those instances in which they desire to meet the competi tion and file application for relief, with out maintaining the same relatively low rates to intermediate points.” According to R. C. Cobb. traffiic manager ofthe Mobile Chamber of Com merce, “we have water service via the I ANOTHER VICTIAI OF MYSTERIOUS GAS POISON Herbert Fuson Fifth Person to Die as Rresult of Gas in Research labor'a tory. New York. Oct. 30.—A fifth victim of the mysterious gas poisoning in the research laboratory of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey at Bayway, N. J., died in a hospital here today. Herbert Fuson. 29 years old, of Eliz abeth. was the latest victim. Before his death he had .to be placed in a straight jacket. Last night doctors at the hospital an nounced they had discovered an antidote by which they hoped to save Fuson’.* life, but'the died in the same manner as ihi* wt+.er*. J THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at Advance of 4 to 10 Points on Buying Orders. New York. Oct. 30. —The cotton mar ket opened .steady today at an advance of 4 to 10 points on overnight buying J orders, and a little demand promoted by j steady Liverpool cables, tin* advance in Sterling, an dexpectations of further im provement in British trade following the elections. After advancing to 23.(50. January cased off to 23.43. active months showing net losses of ’about 12 to 10 points at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. Dec. 23.47: Jan 23.05; March 23 95; May 24.14: July 23.83. Every Little Girl Can Get a Buck’s Min iature Range. For nine days only any little girl can 1 get a real Buck's Aliniature Range abso-! lutely free. A real stove —a stove with a real oven ; that actually bakes and cooks exactly j like a big Buck’s Range. That is the; present the Concord Furniture Co. is go ing to give to any little girl whose moth er buys a new Buck's Range at our store next week. If your mother is not in need of a new range, and you will take them a customer that Will buy a big range, then you get a Junior Range free. The sole starts today (Thursday.) j October 30th. and runs through Sntur- j day, November Bth. Watts Makes Statesment. A significant thing is the statement of Colonel A. D. Watts, of Statesville, regarded as a wizard at forecasting election results, that he thinks the ports measure has now a most excellent chance to pass, tin* colonel having seen i a change since tin* early days of the fight. His statement, made lately, is considered of great worth. t! ONE YEAR FREE l! 1 ! 1-j We Will Give The j;| Progressive Farmer •! Hi ?i —AND — . p] > 1 THE CONCORD TIMES 8 -|Ht H MSI BOTH FOR ONE YEAR r* PI ! II For Only $2.00 • fill r t“l .ill the price of the times alone. I iiii ! '! “ ; t-i , H The Progressive Farmer is the greatest farm paper published and L’4 - !»! every farmer should have it. This offer is open to both new and old subscribers. If you are al- Ft I'H ready taking The Times, all you have to do is to pay up to date and \4 f If- $2 00 more for another year and The Progressive Farmer will be sent H s j”! you a whole year absolutely free of charge. jit ‘ if you are already paid in advance to The Times, just pay $2.00 f*4 ejff for another year, your subscription will be so marked and we will send j‘j jtij you The Progressive Farmer a full year. Address , H THE TIAIES Concord, X C. . Federal Bnrgo Line via th\ river and Sound to Alobilc \ ns a rule, are the same as A and generally 20 per cent less than all ■ rail rates. AYe nli«o have servipe be tween Mobile and Atlanta. Chattanooga. Birmingham and other southern inland points via the i-ame uarge ! ine tMississippi-Warrior Service) watch are also 20 per cent less than all rails rates. “There are several packet bent* be tween Mobile and landings on the Ala bama and Tombigbee rivers nun th** rates are generally less than the all rails.’’ “The Warrior river flows within about 15 miles of Birmingham and we have erected at what is known ns "Birmingham port" up-to-the-mindte facilities" writes L. C. Bun. secretary manager of the Birmingham chamber of commerce. “Nearly all of our heavy in bound groceries as welt as our outbound manufactured commodities are shipped via Birmingham port to Alobilc and New Orleans and points west thereof. The freight rate via that route is SO per cent of the rail rate. The Tampa Board of Trade asserts through itd 'traffic manager, # C. S. Has kins: “Water competition lias brought us cheaper transportation, not only by water lines which serve the port, but it has been the means of depressing 'the all-rail rates as well. For instance, rates generally to all points in the peninsula of Florida are mjade combination on Jacksonville, the proportional rates south of Jacksonvi’le,' being practically the same as the locals except in tljy case of Tampa. The first class local rate from Jacksonville to Tampa is $1.15 i>er 100 pounds, whereas on through shipments via Jacksonville we pay only 70 cents per 100 pounds south of Jacksonville. The difference on other classes and rom- I modities is in proportion.” HARVEY IS KIWANIANS’ NEW DISTRICT GOVERNOR Elected to Succeed Air. Adams Who Re signed Due fio Removal to Atlanta- Spartanburg. S. C.. Oct. 29.—At the opening session of the Caro'inas district convention of Kiwanianfi ‘this fternoon. District Governor Harry T. Adams, of Raleigh. N. C.. announced his resigna tion because of his removal to Atlanta. Ga.. and C. Felix Harvey, of Ivinsron. X. C.. one of the lieutenant governors, was elected to fill out the term which expires January 1. Norman Y\ Chambliss. or Kooky Mount. N- C.. was elected to succeed Air. Harvey and will serve until Jan uary 1. Officers will lx* elected at the Three hundred and fifty Kiwaninn* and their wives wen* registered at 2 o’clock this afternoon when the con vention held its first session. The morn -1 ing was given over to registration, j trustees’ meeting*', committee reports j and miscellaneous business. I DROPS OF WATER OVER 1 10 MILLION YEARS OLD Liquid Long Preserved in Quartz to Be i Exhibited in Chicago. Chicago. Oct. 30— Drops of water more than 10.000.000 years old. pre served in quartz since an age hffore life began 'to appear on earth, will be ex hibited in the Field Museum here. I The water was obtained in South j America by O. (’. Farrington, head of i who found it imprisoned sn crystal quartz taken from rock formations at i Bon Jesus dos Aleiras. Bn hi, Brazil. The estimate of its age was based on the ! fact that the rock formation were us the | Aivhcan age. asserted by some seien | fists to have existed 550.000.000 years I ago. The water is clear and sparkling in :its crystal container. Five Are Killed in Explosion on Train. Winnipeg. Oct. 25). —Officials of the Canadian Pacific railway, here believe that the explosion aboard a train at Vancouver today in which five persons were killed and more than a dozen in ! ju red, was the result of a death plot | against Peter Veregia. leader of the j Doukhourbor colony in British Colum bia. Air. Veregin was killed. Lady Aster Again Elected. London, Oct. 25). —Lady Astor was re-elected to parliament for the Sutton division of Plymouth in today’s election, receiving an ovei whelming majority over her opponent. Latest reports on the polling from 1 Plymouth tonight show: Lady , Astor. conservative. 18.174; Capt. G. IV. Brenan, labor, 13,05)5. I $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. jCONMTISARE ' W BACK Bl THE VOTERS OF BRITAIN s People of Great Britain Put Crushing End to First La bor Government in Yes terday’s Election. LABOR PARTY IS IN BACKGROUND Holds Weakest Place It Has Held Since Realignment of Political Parties More Than Ninety Years Ago. London. Ort. 30 (By the Associated Press).—The people of Great Britain have put a crushing end to their first ex periment with a labor government by re storing the conservative party to po'wer in parliament with one of the strongest majorities recorded during the last cen tury. In this sweeping political change the labor party has sunk to the weakest po sition in it has exjierieuced since the re alignment of British political parties more than SK) years ago. at the time of the reform hill. AA’hen 545 out of the Gls seats in the House of Commons accounted for at 4 o’clock this afternoon, the liberals had won only 37, ami the conservatives had already captured 3(5!) and were increas ing their lead constantly. Labor had won 137 seats and was thus assured of being the official opposition party in the new parliament. Attorney General Patrick Hastings, whose conduct of the Campbell prosecu tion was the indirect cause of the down fall of the labor government, retained his seat at AVallsend. Unlike the labor government, which has just fallen, the conservatives will be able to rule as well as to govern, and perluaps thus to stay fixed in the gov ernmental saddle for the full legal par- • liamentary lifetime of five years if they want to. so strong is the tide that, has carried them to triumph. There was no extensive part of the country in which the conservatives did not increase their strength. They re captured long- lost seats in cities and rural districts alike. Labor held right its grip upon most of the areas in the great ur ymrt;gtwr n<t r.< n.hm. but even some of these shifted from so cialism to conservatism. Labor has lost many seats, but it re mains to be seen whether it has lo ground with the electorate. MacDonald Speaks. Cardiff. AA’ales. Oct. 30 (By the As sociated Press). —Prime Minister Alac- Donald. stopping here on his way to Lon don. declared in reply to calls for :t speech that defeat sometimes was the finest thing that'could happen to any party. He asserted that with the present state of trade and the general outlook he (lid not envy the conservatives their job. McDonald Re-elected to Parliament. A bora von. England, Oct. 30 (By the Associated Press). —Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was re-elected to Parliament yesterday. FIRE AT KANNAPOLIS Damage Estimated at SIO,OOO (Caused by Fire Discovered This Morning. Fire this morning at 10:45 o’clock caused damage estimated at SIO,OOO in Kannapolis and also led to an injury to Ralph House], who had an arm broken when he fell from the wall of the build ing in which the flames were raging for - The fire is believed to have started in the dry cleaning establishment of R. (!. AleOuirt and greatest damage was caus ed to that building. Quite a bit of clothing was in the cleaning establish ment at the time but they were all re moved. Damage to the pressing and cleaning establishment was estimated at $7,000 of which amount $2,500 was cov ered by insurance. Other damage was due to water in the store rooms adjoining. Though the flames were stubborn and hard to reach th<* firemen soon had the blaze under con trol. With Our Advertisers. Goodyear tires. Moores paints and var nighes and Alajestie ranges at the Yorke A Wadsworth Co. Seed oats, grass, vetch, clover seed, etc., at Cline & Moose's. S(*e new ad. Cut the high cot of living with a Globe range. .Sold here by the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. You will find the certificates of deposit of the' Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany an excellent investment. Funeral of Mrs. Hodgaon .Saturday. Plandorne, N. Y., Oct. 30—Funeral services for Airs. Frances Hodgson Bur nett. aged 75. world famed novelist who died at her home here yesterday, will be held Saturday. WHAT SHITTY’S WEATHER O%T SAYS | Fair tonight and Friday, warmer Fri ; day in extreme went portion. NO. 34.