She RRILL, Editor and Publisher
volume xlix
isl GONPERS IS
'hkedw illness
yORETURNTO HOME
Lnjjfjenf of American Fed
eration Became 111 While
Voting the Labor Leaders
i„ Mexico City.
fIXPiTION NOW
MI CH IMPROVED
jjnosphere in Mexican Cap
ita! Not Suited to Him.—
Travelling Now on a Spe
cial Train^
; , T'X., D«*. 11. Samuel
j, r-nlt'iit i*f tin* American Fed
nit "f l.idx>r. will arrive here Friday
frn.Mi Mexico City, acompunied
-• i aleir leaders. They will de
',tV >i i x lor \twv \ ork byway
iii'!* at.-.
from .Mexico City are that the
u,-' : f Iv.im-* suddenly ill because
. alt tilde, a.iitl that his comli
time was serious. He was
(rj,- •ut of tiic city on a stretcher,
train speeded him into a
: ii'lt' He is now said to have
0
(i.mlition Now Improved.
(n:.-.. t'ity. Dee. 11 (By the Asso
'President Gompers is
. up hotter than exiieeted,** said
■.,r in the early hours this
from the special train on which
, r : ii : .p« i head of the American
ipr, . ..f Labor. is traveling home
t rL- city. Ii was sent to Presi
(';./• who during the night in
*! iijiuii receiving reports on Mr.
lW '- million.
tti : per", who is approaching his
: j . ua- in a state of such feeble
t>: • result of his illness, that he
-j -i from his hotel on a stretcher.
• has been suffering only from
t- 1 'i. hi- condition was aggra
: e effect of Mexico City’s high
t tiempt'is is improving and ev
mv :> asleep except the doctor at
nkik" said the porter of Mr.
:-r- ear when questioned by the
k rawer at La Griega. a*» the train
Sji-H statioifltegrlv th ; s „oorning.
3uv .X vrvTß PITNEY
OF SUPREME COURT DEAD
iflfourred in Early Morning Hours.
Nmil Was (iH Years of Age.
Wiin*toii. 1 >ec. IK —Former Justice
hi Pitney, of the Supreme Court.
htv early today.
i’ ' eiirred in the hours imme
» ' a- midnight. Justice P*f
w-iw; years < f age and from
fei-iiiii-e of ill health on December
if .Musical Club Back From Best
Tour in History.
teani. Dm-, s.—After completing
’(Cite best tours ever taken by the
i > Trinity Musical club returned
i Sunday morning. The tour
e-; tiirmigh the eastern part of
* !| *. tie tinai program being pre
set Meredith college, Raleigh, on
®taf eve-lung.
,dx students, including matin
htuk Warner. Jr., and W. 11.
r r-.s t ~-f the club, made the
‘Hr entire tour was made in a
f k- which was chartered by the
*»»' We especially for the trip.
>"'<.ni!c! „f the company included
v il». mandolin club, a jazz
ami a classical orchestra. The
‘f flm club included Green
h i ii. Xe\v Bern, Kinston. Tar
■ and U.il,
nan-igh.
With Our Advertisers.
l--ilay Special Christmas Sale
i- umv mi at Parker’s Shoe
’ ll!! i will be given ."to cents off on
amounting to |w}.9s and
fed tit*- ad. in this paper to
'r ! 'i ! pnrtieulars.
Pi'wv until Christinas the Browns
-1 Ci. will soil overcoats, suits,
"'fe shirts, etc., and everything
'ir at ciist. They are going out
See quarter page ad. in
j l ' I'l.tu of the Kidd-Frix Co. to
happy Christinas —give her
'I ('able player piano.
11 Vgeil 00. Wins Bride of 75
, Summers.
J'' 'e. Bee. (I. — -Ali*. John David-
J.'xandff county, aged ninety,
j.? ' :, :a Wa’.’ace. of Wilkes coun
isr "f. V ' ‘ hV-five. were married Wed
i- : n ""n > n Taylorsville by Rev.
r 1 ” r ' This makes the groom’s ,
i ! Tlie bridal couple made
s 1 ayljnsi. ID,. jj ( a buggy drawn
,!l • the groom driving.
e w t.errfiaii Weapons.
«si ‘ ' 11 (By the Associated
ti nr reports by the allied mil-
H,, Hdssion in Germany have
«. fh>' worry in allied quar
:|fe'>n. it i s stated, has found
' ."’"tvs of newly manu-
Nn ' 1!l "' s,, i»e newly perfected
-l! 1 anti-tank guns.
i I* ,; dt.> at ,1. C. Penny Co.’s.
hv t|i,' " tl "‘ ei>Ht-etion of useful gifts
"f -l Penny Co. ideal
1 Will !,l! ' th,if (.v holiday buyers, j
*% v variety of presents
% tils’. ' ril ° e! ' ( d the family. Every-,
- '‘feonC lat est.
s,art Training.
—'^ ac k Dempsey, the
/Dot heavyweight pugilist,
' ratning here next week
k Aiii 'h'feiid- his title, it was
41 ‘‘ t'>*{ aS \ t y Jjjjj t,. a j Der>
the concord times
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* PENNY ADS. ARE CASH. |
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5 A||S - “ s "II the*,, is cash. *
X f ''"'"""'l'- urn's,, small that w<* *
¥ < them. If y , )u
* Phone a *e„„.v Ad. to the ottiee v„o J
£ the amooot of the charge %
6 and will be exm.m.wi e i
j£ ~ « expected to send it to &
£ to office promptly.
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I I It iji
AGED MAN SHOOTS AT
MAN WHO LURED WIFE
Haikey Saves lllin.self by Leaping Be
i h ' R ?. a Tlee i Warren Under Influence
of Liquor,
Statesville. Dec. 10.—There was con
siderable excitement on, a Statesville
.street J uesday when John Warren, of
Bethany township, drew his 32-oa liber
pistol and tired twiee on John Harkev of
lurnersburg township. A slight cut’ in
ilarkey s forehead was the Dmlv injury
inflicted in the affray.
M arren. who is about 05 years of age,
claims that Harke.v. aged HO. was instru
nilllito 1 in * . ■* * t
mental in causing Warren’s young wife,
about 10 years old, to leave his home.
It is charged he met Harke.v on the side
walk, greeting him with, "I'm going to
kid you, and tired once at close range
Harke.v jumjted behind a tree just in
time to save himself. A second shot was
discharged us Harkey was running.
It is said that Warren was under the n
fluencc of liquor at the time of the shoot
ing. He was immediately arrested by lo
cal policemen and carried before Mayor
Bristol for a hearing. Warren stated in i
court that his reason for attempting to
take the man's life was that Harkey
li8(l induced his wife to leave him.
Not being able to give bond amounting
to SI,OOO warren was placed in the coun
ty jail. '
MOONSHINERS IN ROBESON
STARVE TWO JERSEY MEN?
Governor Morrison Asked to Act to Save
the Jersey Citizens From Hireatcned
Death.
Newark, N. J. Dec. 10.—The police of
Newark today wired Governor Cameron
Morrison, of North Carolina, for aid in
rescuing Frank Williams and Robert
Schully, both of this city, from a gang
of moonshiners who, the men told the
police, suspect them of being federal rev
enue agents and have threatened them
with death.
George Christian, of this city, today
received from Williams a note scribbled
on a brown paper bag ami postmarked
"Lumberton, N. (’.” saying “we have
been prisoners for two weeks and they
are going to kill us. We’re being slow
1. 4 starved to death, but they may get
4 ,*wßy and kill us right off.”
The two alleged victims left here two
months ago to spend the winter touring
the south. They were in North Caro-*
fina the last time their friends heard
from them.
JUDGE G. S. FERGUSON
DIES AT WAYNESVILLE
Eminent Jurist and Confederate Veteran
Passed Away Tuesday Night.
Waynesville, Dec. 10. —Funeral serv
ices for Judge Garland S. Ferguson,
eminent jurist and Confederate veteran
who died last night at Home here will
be held Thursday afternoon at 11 o'clock
at the local Methodist Church and inter
ment will follow in Green Hill ceme
tery.
Judge Ferguson was ohe of the emer
gency judges of the Superior Court ami
his death came after a lingering illness.
Two daughters and seven sons survive.
The deceased served in company F.. 25th
N. (’. volunteer infantry, in the war be
tween the states.
Attorneys of the Buneome county bar
will attend the final rites in large num
bers and memorial services xvill be held
in Asheville at an early date.
Wheat, Corn and Oats Soar to High
Levels.
Chicago, Dec. 10. —In face of immense
selling to realize profits, wheat, corn and
oats today established new high price
records for the season. It was the
third successive day of record-breaking
advances in wheat and corn. A now
upturn in wheat Quotations at Diver pool
and a decrease of (5,011.000 bushels in the
world's available supply of wheat were
among the stimulating factors. Wheat
closed unsettled nt he same as yeser
dav's finish to 1 1-8 cent higher. May
1.66 1-8 to 1.66 3-8 and July 145 1-8 to
1.46 1-4, corn one-fourth to three-fourths
cent up, oats unchanged to one-fourth
cent off and provisions varying from 12
cents decline to 25 cents gain.
Throughout the day. fluetations were
rapid ,in the wheat market. Trade was
of such large'volume that individual op
erations counted for little. It was cur
rent gossip, however, (that Europeans
were a dive buyers of future deliveries
here arid there also were estimates that
new export business had be,eu done
amounting to 1,000.000 bushels. At the
highest point today, wheat showed * 3-4
cents to 12 cents gain compared with
last week’s lowest level. In some quar
ters this fact was taken as explaining
a reactionary trend apparent in the late
dealings. Earlier and huge seeing to
realize profits had been readily absorbed
bv new sets of buyers but towrd the last
the volume of offerings acted as Some
thing of a weight on the market.
Hot dry weather in Argentina con
timiing .O injure the « crop
was largely responsible for the upward
swing of values here for corn an,l oats.
Rural offerings of corn remained small.
Trotsky Reported 111. *
Moscow Dee. 10.—It is announced
that War Minister Trotsky has been suf
fering for four weeks from a fevei
sering r . f in fl ue nza and that
rr S imSer».ive that he depart for a
w-ater cure at some resort situated m
a milder climate.
Ten Pages Today
Two. Sections
CANDLER DROPS HIS
DIVORCE SUII HID
JOINS WIFE ii
Announcement Made in At
lanta That Coca Cola King
and Wife Have Become
Reconciled During Wek.
MRS. CANDLER IS
BACK AT MANSION
Mrs. Candler’s Mother Told
of Reconciliation—Divorce
Suit Started Some Months
Ago Will Be Dropped.
Atlanta. Ga„ Dec. 11.—Proceedings
j leading to reconciliation yesterday of Asa
G. Candler, capitalist, and his wife, Mrs,
.May Little Pugin Candler, from whom he
has been estranged since early this year,
were underway “about two months.” Mrs.
Tlios. M. Little, mother of Mrs. Candler,
styted today.
The reconciliation was completed yes
terday morning and during the day Mrs.
Candler returned to the home of her lnis
l band which she first entered as a bride
in June, ID2M, Mrs. Little said. A suit
for divorce alleging cruelty filed by Mr.
Candler already has been withdrawn, she
stated.
While Mr. Candler's attorney declined
| to be quoted on the status of divorce pro
ceedings, legal authorities pointed out that
Mrs. Canlder’s return to her husband's
home yesterday had automatically can
celled the suit.
Mr. Candler filtnl the suit several,
months ago after Mrs. Candler and two
men had been arrested in an apartment
house here.
One of the men and Mrs. Candler were
exonerated in tin* police court and the
other man was Ihhl on a prohibition
charge.
“Mr. Candler himself approached m.v
daughter regarding a reconciliation,”
Mrs. Little said. “All the proceedings
or conferences leading to the return of
Mrs. Candler to his home were conduct
ed between the two, and not through law
years.”
Mrs. Candler’s two children by her first
husband, also returned to the Candler 1
home.
MEETING OF w s
UNION CLOSES TODAY
President Stone in Annual Address Says
Farmers Will Re “Crushed” by Taxis.
Sanford. X. (’.. Dec. 11- The North
-Carolina Farmers' Union which enlivened
i.n annual convention hen* yesterday af
ternoon is meeting in executive session to
day. Following tin* opening of the con
vention, the president, It. 11. W. Stone
and tin* welcoming speeches delivered,
committees were appointed.
In his address President Stone declar
ed that North Carolina farmers contin
ued to bear the burden of increasing tax
ation. He declared tha. millings and
hundreds of millions of tax fret* bonds
had been issued, and that “wo exempted
from taxation all sorts of stocks, whether
in foreign or domestic corporations.’
“On the other hand.” he continued, "we
have greatly increased the volume of pub
lic- expenditure. All that the farmers
have is subject to these increased taxes.
Sooner or later they will either be crush
ed by the load, or they will rise, unit'* and
throw off the load.”
The convention is expected to e.ose
this afternoon.
Berlin Ministry Decides to Resign.
Berlin, Dec. 10.—The cabinet at a
meeting today decided to resign. The
date of its resignation will be lixed by
agreement between Chancellor Marx and
President Ebert.
Unless Ebert requests the Marx-
Stresseman cabinet to continue in of
fice until after the holidays, it is prob
able that the 'affairs of Germany will in
the course of the next week Lie entrusted
to a new ministry. This would be com
posed of bourgeois parties, in which the
German nationalists, by virtue of their
preponderance of reiehstag mandates, will
play a decisive role.
Ship Goes Ashore In Fog.
London, Dec. 11 (By the Associated
Presss). —Lloyd’s Shipping Agency re
ports that the British liner Arcadian, in
bound from Malta for Southampton, is
ashore on The Shingles, in a dense fog.
Three tugs have gone to her assistance.
The steamer had on board between 200
and 300 passengers, mostly British, who
had been touring the Mediterranean.
A later dispatch to the press associa
tion from Southampton said the Arcad
ian was in no danger.
Quashed Indictment Against Publishing
Company.
New York. Dec. 11. —Federal Judge
John C. Knox today quashed the second
indictment returned against the New
York Tribune. Inc., publisher of the New
York Herald-Tribune, for the publica
tion of income tax returns. I . S. Attor
ney Hayward announced that an appeal
would be taken immediately to the Su
preme Court.
Snowstorm Sweeps Upper Lake Region
Port Arthur, Out.. Dec. 8. —Naviga-
tion was at a standstill on upper Dike
Superior today while a heafy north
east gale and a driving snowstorm
swept the district. Vessels lying off
Rock of Ages. Slate Rook and in the
lee of Isle of Royal reported the storm
one of the worst of season.
Heads Swiss Confederation.
Berne. Dee. 11.—The federal assembly
, today elected Dr. Jean Marie Musy pres
ident of “the Swiss Confederation for the
‘ year 102.1. He is a lawyer. The outgo
ing president is Dr. Ernest Chuard.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1924
DUKE NEVER DREW SALARY
Has Turned Every Cent of Mony Back
Into Southern Power Company Devel
ment
Charlotte, Dec. 0. —James it. Duke,
last night announced creation of the
Duke trust fund of approximately $40,-
000,000 for educational and charitable
purjtoses in North and South Carolina
never personally rea’iaed a cent fre.u
his vast investment in the Southern, Po
wer system, according tofr gtatments ere
today.* Kmry'
cent of'profit made from his investment
of raonnd $60,000,000 has been- return
ed to the system for development pur
poses, he is quoted as saying.
Mr. Duke included in the trust three
i fourths of his holdings in the Southern
' Power system. The income of the trust
is to be divided between Trinity college,
which must change its name to Duke
university to obtain the funds; Davidson
college. Furman university and Johnson
(’. Smith university, the latter a negro
school; hospitals in North and South
Carolina and for building and mainten
ance of churches of South Carolina and
for building and maitenance of churches
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, in rural districts and pensioning
aged ministers of that church.
“I have never made any money for
myself out of the $60,000,000 which I
have put: into the power company inter
ests.” Mr. Duke to’d newspaper men in
making the preliminary announcement of
his intention to form she trust. “I have
never drawn a cent of salary. I have ne
ver even charge traveling expenses to
the company when I came down here
and returned to New York. What the
company has made has gone right back
into if. multiplying the capital with
which to do other bigger things aiTd that
is the way it is going to be run in the
future when I have given it over to this
endowment fund.
“The power development will not
stop. It is going on. We have not reach
ed the end yet. The trustees of this fund
will determine when the program of <le
elopment of water courses shall be fin
ished.”
Mr. Duke founded and developed the
American Tohbacco company and for
years was the head of that concern and
an officer of the British-American To
bacco company.
He retired from the American in
1911.
Some people's idea of taking life easy
seems to be making it hard for the rest
of us. 1
| WjHiParentson Flighty
/jl jgSk
s ' C' l ' . "<?*:■■■ . . .
Two-year-old \ irginia Arnold (seen here in her mother’s arms) is believed
40-br”witb her parents in their flight to escape arrest for murder. The
parents. W. M. afid Mildred Arnold, are wanted in Kansas City, .Mo., for
the slaying of Lawrence l. Hatfield, a Pinkerton detective. But police do
nut, think the couple, on ax'count of the baby, can evade capture very long.
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HEAL OF WAKE FOREST
CONGRATULATES DUKE
President W. L. Potent Also Congratu
lates Beneficiaries of the $40,000,000
Foundation.
Raleigh. Dec. 10.—Concerning the an
nouncement of .Tames B. Duke, of Char
lotte, in constituting a trust fund of $40.-
600,000, the income from which is to be
used in educational, benevolent and re
ligious work. Dr. William Louis Po
teat, thcAprcsident pf Wake Forest Col
**«ud ft-- correspondent -tJus
morning:
‘"The training of young people is one
of.-the fundamental phases of all Chris
tian work and should be taken nfore se
riously by churches and individuals. The
Baptist denomination, along with other
great religious denominations, is striving
to secure better equipment and better
teaching in the schoo's they foster. Th?
Baptist State convention is urging all of
the church in the state to contribute
regularly to Christian education. Indi
viduals who have been blessed with pros
perity in a large way are coming to real
ize their prosperity imposes a special
burden of civic responsibility. The re
cent establishment of the great trust
fund by Mr. James B. Duke is an out
standing example of his recognition of
this obligation. I congratulate him and
the institutions that will profit by his
generous action. Ilis example should
be Widely followed.”
Raleigh Policemen Have Served Long
Terms in Office.
Raleigh, Dee. 11. —Three Raleigh po
licemen t have served on the local police
force for & total of approximately KM)
years. Captain Jack Beasley has been
with the department for 49 years and i<
the oldest man in point of service in iho
city government. Patrolmen Anderson
and Woodall have been on the force for
about 25 years each.
There is not a man living now who
was connected with the city government
when Captain Beasley joined the police
force. Captain Beasley is one of the
dewk sergeants and is in very good phys
ical condition.
Assembly Commission Meeting,
Asheville, Dec. 11. —A meeting of the
North Carolina assembly commission,
named by the legislature for the purpose
of looking over sites in thi sstate for
the proposed national park of the South
ern Appalachian mountains, will be held J
here today. State Senator Mark Squires
is chairman of the commission of seven. I
THE 1925 UNIFIED
PROGRAM PRESENTS”
TO STATE BAPTISTS
|
Program Presented After Re
ports Had Been Made on
$75,000,000 Campaign to
Delegates at Convention.
UNIFIfeD PROGRAM
STARTS NEW YEAR
Goal Is $15,000,000 and Bap
tists of State Are Expected
to Raise $1,000,000 —Meet-
ing Closes Tomorrow.
Raleigh, Dec. 11.—Reports on the $75,-
000,000 campaign to he followed, by the
presentation of the JO2-"> unified program. |
and discussions of the Sunday School
l>ofil'd and home missions were * lie chief (
problems for consideration lfefo*v the
Baptist State Convention at its inbrning's !
session today.
As the $75,000,000 campaign is prae-1
ticall.v completed, chief interest among
the delegates, is centered on fheh 1025 I
unified program for the Southern Bap-i
list Church which has a set goal of $15,-
000.000, of which North Carolina is to
raise $1,000,000. The unifiel plan will
cover educational, missionary and social
service work, but in addition the Baptist
Orphanage has been allotted $200,000 to
be raised during the coming year.
Ceremonies for the laying of the eor
nerstone of the Greater Meredith.-College
will occupy the time of the delegates this
afternoon, and tonight the program will
toe given over to discussion of the B. Y.
I*. U. and Meredith College.
The meeting will come to a close to
morrow morning after the Baptist Foun
dation, ministerial relief ana annuity and
historical commission has bc< n discussed
and the memorials presented.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to
Advance of 11 Points mi Covering and
Buying.
New \ ork. Dec. 11—The cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices
to an advance of 11 points on covering
and Liverpool buying, promoted by the
steady ruling of the English market.
January sold up to 22.90, and March to
OT .8 oy 9 points u.et higher, on
the early demand."but pride* jwtwn turned
easier under commission house realizing
or liquidation, Tip* latter was supposed
to be partly due to disappointment over
the failure of demand to develop more
rapidly in the cotton goods market.
Selling was restricted, however, by claims
of the firm spot situation in the South.
January sold off to 22.77 and March to
23.15, active months ruling about 2 to
(5 points net lower at the end of the
first hour.
The opening prices were: Dec. 22.75;
Jan. 22.83; March 23.25; Julv 23.(50;
July 23.68.
COMMUNISTS IN PARIS
WILL MAKE PROTEST I
Against Arrests and Expulsions of Their
Foreign Comrades—Will Meet Tonight.
Paris, Dec. 11.—The union of com
munists whose members are employed in
various public services, has announced a
street meeting near the Gave Street
Lazare tonight, to protest against the
arrests and expulsions of (heir foreign
comrades which continue to be made at
the rate of two or three daily. The
government has notified the organizers'
that the meeting will not be tolerated
because it would be likely to lead to dis
turbances.
Says He Gave Forbes SIO,OOO.
Chicago. Dec. 11 (By tin* Associated
Press). —Elias H. Mortimer, chief gov
ernment witness, began his fourth day
of cross examination in the trial of (’has.
R. Forbes and J. W. Thompson on
charges of conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in connection with letting con
tracts for the veterans bureau hospitals.
His testimony today again touched upon
the alleged bribery payments to Forbes
in August. 1922.
The witness repeated Iris charge that
he gave Forbes SIO.(MM) in cash on Au
gust 11th, as his share of a br(be paid
for a hospital contract at Tapper Lake,
N. Y. t The money was given to Mor
timer by William McCauley, of Washing
ton, representative of the Southerland
Construction Company.
To Make Inaugural Arrangements.
Raleigh, Dec. 11. —One of the first
things the legislature is expected to do
after it convenes next month is to hold
a joint session of the two houses and
appoint a committee to make arrange
ments for inauguration of Angus Wilton
McLean as governor and to fix the date
of the inauguration. The inauguration
is expected to take place about January
15th.
For the past few inaugurations, the
ceremonies have been conducted at the
city aduitorium and it is thought the in
aguration ceremonies will tak** place
there this year.
University of Jassy School.
Bucharest, Dec. 11 (By the Associated
Press**). —Anti-semitic demonstrations by
students have caused authorities to or
der the closing of-the University of
Jassy. Attempts yesterday by students
to stage manifestations in Bucharest
were checked by the intervtion ol mili
tary.
President Will Attend Jitney Funeral.
Washington, Dee. 11.—President Cool
idge, several members of the cabinet,
Chief Justice Taft, and associate justices
of the Supreme Court attended the fun
eral services today for former associate
justice Mahlou Pitney, who died here on
Tuesday.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
|ONE OF WORST FOBS
"*«r ntuNT TIME IS
BOTHERING ENGLAND
Fog Descended on London
Tuesday Night and So Far.
Has Shown No Signs of
Lifting.
MANY PARTS OF
EUROPE AFFECTED
Shipping Has Been Halted at
Many Points and Travel is
Partially Halted by the
Fog Now.
London. Dec. 11 (By the Associated
Press). — London today still was in the
grip of one of the worst fogs in years.-it.
descended upon the city Tuesday night
and continued throughout yesterday and
this morning.
Thousands were delayed in going to
j work because of the burdening of the sub
ways. and the virtual paralysis of the
omnibus and tramway services. Yester-
I day was a daylong night, during which
| several persons were injured in eollis
sions.
The weather gives little hope of a
speedy lifting of the fog which telegraphic
reports indicate extends to a large degree
over half of Europe. The cost to the
city through the atmospheric damper on
its activities, is* estimated at $5,000,000.
Much shipping is being held up and
the crews of many vessels fog-hound in
Thames river, are short of food. Main
lain railroad services throughout the
country were plunged into chaos. Race
meetings in many places have been aban
doned, the ferry services across the
River Thames stopped, ami all continent
al ,air services suspended.
Southampton Also Affected. ~
Kouthampton, England, Dec. It.—The
densest fog in years is holding up ship
ping in ami around this port. Eleven
liners due this morning are fog-bound out
side this .port. (Toss channel steamers
have been unable to get further than the
outer harbor.
THOMAS H. INCE LEFT ”
FORTUNE OF $4,000,000
Yiitually All of the Estate Goes to the
Widow and Her Three Children.
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Tnee, motion picture producer, jtho med
here last month, left an estate of ap
proximately $4,000,090, it was revealed
by Charles Fourl. of counsel for the ex
ecutors. Virtually all of the estate goes
to the producer's widow and three chil
dren under the terms of the will which
will be filed for probate this week.
Woodleaf Boy Dies of Excessive Nose-
Bleed.
Salisbury, Dec*. 10.—Robert Thomp
son, a 24-year-old Woodleaf boy, died
here following an unusual experience.
His nose began to bleed and when local
friends con’d not. check it. he was rush
ed to Salisbury but in the several hours
before the blood flow could be stopped
he had become so weakened that he
died. The body was taken to Wood
leaf for burial. The body was an orphan
and made his home with his grand
father. T. L. Thompson, of Woodlear-
Churchill Statement Considered “log
ical.”
Washington, Dec. 11 —The treasury
has accepted the statement of Winston
Churchill, chancellor of the British ex
chequer. yesterday cn allied debts as “ob
vious and logical.” and has no intention
of making any further comment.
This official expression was piade to
day after a conference between Secre
tary Mellon, under Secretary Winston,
and Assistant Secretary Wadsworth at
the treasury.
Big Christmas Sale at Father’s.
Starring Monday Fisher's will be open
nights until Christmas. You will find at
this store all kinds of toys, and there
you can get something to please every
child. Besides this, there are hundreds
of useful and needed gifts for the grown
up. Every section of thg store is n gift
shop. Real full ivage ad. in ‘today’s pa
per. ~
Naval Construction Bill Authorized.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The Senate to
day approved the naval construction bill
authorizing a program expected to cost
$110.000,000.
The bill provides for construction of
eight light cruisers, six gunboats to be
used on the Yangstee River, in China,
and the conversion of six battleships
from coal to oil burners.
Mall Tram Robbers Sentenced to Prison.
Chicago, Dec. 11.—Herbert Holliday,
Brent Glasscock and the four Newton
brothers who pleaded guilty in the $2.-
000,000 Rondout mail train robbery trial,
were sentenced to Leavenworth prison
today. The sentences ranged fr »m end
year and a day to 25 years. Holliday
received the maximum sentence.
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IV HAT S.MITTVS CAT AAV.
Fair tonight and Friday, slightly
warmer Friday ami in the west - and
north central portions tonight.
NO. 46.