T B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
VOLUME XLIX
■CELEBRATED II ALL
I PARTS Os COUNTRY
■lanv Parties, Dinners and
I Other Social Functions
f Were Staged in Addition
|| to Informal Celebration.
KEVERAL DEATHS • j,
■ FOLLOWED PARTIES
»our Persons Were Killed in
H Chicago and Others In
i jured and Deaths Were Re-
I ported In Other Towns.
■ riii.-a-'o. .lan. I—Four deaths and one
■yubabiv fatal shooting, two arrests for.
Bruitkenness. parked hotel dining rooms,
Kbarets and restaurants, and thousand*
K private house parties heralded the
Krth of the new year here. Despite
■L hilarity and the reported flow of U
■L in all sections of the city the po-
Ke said; there was little d.sorder The
Kmtown .district was crossed until early
hours. , ~ .
■ prohibition agents reported the usual
■fctribufinn of liquor, but those who
Knnlv did Iso on the quiet, they said.
K.',, passing jb f liquors from flask and
Bottle to month was not so much in evi
■teiue as in years past.
Deaths in Detroit.
Detroit. Mich.. Jan. I.—Detroit police
believe a cash of homicide was uncovered
W ith the finding of the body of Adolphe
Bonnie. 21 years old. in a house here
early today. The man had been shot to
death. The only person iu the place
v,he» fin- Itody was. found was arrested
ami gave his name as Charles J.
There were indicaCons. the police said,
that a Xe\v Year’s celebration had taken
plare.
Imogene Campbell. 17 years old, is
de.uirand .Joseph Ryan, a soldier, is se
riously wounded as the result of a shoot
ing affray in Mount Clemens, near here
early today. The police say that Ryan
shot tiie girl, and then turned tlie gun
on himself, after a tiuarrel which follow
ed a gay New Yerr's party.
New York Celebrates.
New York, Jan. 1— Record crowds
despite the ra pidly falling temperature, j
milled about the-sidewalks of New York
far into the early hours of- New Year?.
Jay in"a carnival spirit, rootin* floras and
clanging cow bells, to make their greet
ing to the New Year audible above the
.shrill whistles and the church chimes.
In the theatrical district the mass of
people was kept in some form of slow mo
tion by 300 extra patrolmen, who were
nearly overwhelmed when theatres pour
ed nut theeir patrons at the approach of
midnight.
(hlier sections celebrated in quieter
fashion, la the almost deserted financihl
district the chimes of Old Trinity pealed
our patriotic and sacred songs. On Fifth
Avenue a crowd gathered before St. Pat
rick's Cathedral to hear the chimes.
I’ros|ierity <a* a belief in prosperity
colored the celebrations in hotels and cab
arets. nil of which were filled to -over
flowing. i
Many more who did not brave the cold
to celebrate in public listened in on va
rious radio programs.
The fire department answered its first
alarm when the year was but a minute
old only to find it to be a false alarm,
turned in' by a New Year reveler.
IVohibtion enforcement ranks were
greatly enforced but only one raid of con
sequence was during the early
morning hours when ssi)oo worth of
liquor was seized in a fashionable East
Side residence.
Kl KLI X HI AN FILES
* ITS MEMBERSHIP LIST
•Teflon in Louisiana to Comply With the
New State Law.
Baton Rouge. La., Dec. 29. —In ah
enrdance with legislation passed by the
legislature, the Ku Ivlux Klan of Loui
lias filed with the secretary of state
iD membership list. The list shows 59
individual klans, mast of them in the
hil sos North Louisiana. There is no
Thin in New Orleans.
- f nothin J. K. Shipwith, exalted cy
c !•>■ of the Morehouse Klan during the
L.iii investigations of Mer Rouge, still
af the head of that organization. T.
T. Rrunett. charged with murder in con
neetion • .with the mysterious death of
oatt Daniels and Thomas Richard, now
Ls an officer of the Morehouse Klan.
1 baltimore-Wilmington Ship lJne is
I Promised.
I <»n. Dec. 31.—Business, in
-1 ’“Wt. here were gratified to learn to-
I ' ‘ !J V r "iu Rjdtimore that action has
I ■'« taken looking to early resumption
I ' dir»H-t water transportation be-
I liiat City and Wilmington and
I *. *"■' I’-wn. A committee, -which has
I I. n named by the president of the
■ i ■••miniore Association of Commerce,
I] fume to Wilmington shortly to
■ 1 1,1 1 "• with local business interests, and
■ committee representing eastern
■ , a _'"lina business interests. His de
■ follows a recent conference held
H jm between representatives -of
■a_; :tVrn Carolina cities and the Balti
■Vttore people.
■ 5 Victim in Precarious Con
■ j, dition.
■ Dec. 31.—Joe Thompson,
m h L- U ' :ir ol <* *<>» of Mr. and Mrs. J.
m “"up-on of Spencer, is in a pre-
IB '' oll< Li!‘on at tlieir home in
H ;,(s u result of firing a “blank”
Hto m( " l’’ ,s s ide. The toy gun is said
*hil(. a 'J', accidentally discharged
H s, ' WM ';tl boys were playing and the
H eff^ t !' as ■' ’ close that the powder took
thre*.' n ,ll, “ M, le of the lad Who is
with blood poison.
THE CONCORD TIMES
SENTENCES TO ATTEND
CHURCH FOR A YEAR
Are Imposed on First Offenders in
Cleveland. Ohio.
Cleveland, Jan. 1— I The jietty thief
Whoffe dabbling in crime has just begun ;
the too-careless devotee of the cup that
blears and sometime blinds; the way
ward youth above the age of juvenile
court jurisdiction, who comes into first
contact with the Jaw through indiscrim
inating choice of companions-—arc to be
given a chance to “get religion,” by Pp-.
lice Judge Fra nebs Stevens, who today
began to sentence first offenders in mis
demeanor cases to clmrch.
The sentences to church will be elec
tive rather than compulsory, because the
law does not prescribe such punishment,
the judge Y;aid. The first four to take
theMreatment substituted for Judge
Silbert’s famous.-“water cure” where
charged with intoxication. One was a
woman, Mrs. Helen Yeager. ' The others
were John Deco. Joe Fields and Joseph
Sibley. t
All were given thirty" days and costs
suspended oh condition they attend
chtirch services every Sunday for one
year and report each week on the sermon
topic.
Judge Stevens admitted that this last
requirement might swell the circulation
of Saturday newspapers carrying church
announcements, but lie said any _pro
batiouer caught violating the trust in
hiin by copying his lessons from the pub
lic prints would be considered a failure
from the standpoint of the religious ex
periment and ordered to serve out his
original sentence.
WAVE OF BFRGLARIES .
AND THEFTS OF AUTOS
Police at Asheville Appear to Be Un- 1
able to Check the Daily Depreda
tions.
Asheville, Dec. 31. —The wave’ of bur- i
glaries and automobile thefts which has (
prevailed in Asheville -the past few weeks >
registered another count last flight when |
Teague’s Drug Store on Patton Avenue, j
waff entered by thieves, who rifled cash ;
registers and stocks of loot valued at j
SSOO.
On Monday night the office of W. H. (
Westail was entered. A safe weighing (
nearly a ton was carried 100 yards from |
the building and blown open. Less than (
SSO was obtained. Within two weeks j
the Mountain City laundry and Asheville ,
Fish Company have been burglarized al- j
so.
Since November Ist a total of winety
two automobile thefts have been reported.
Os these fitfy-two were during December.
In most cases the cars were recovers] I
after* they had been stripped of tires
and accessories.
GOV. SMITH FOR THIRD !
TIME IS INAUGURATED J
Time.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. I.—Alfred E. *
Smith today was inaugurated governor of
New York state for the third time. One
hundred years ago today DeWitt Clin
ton. the only other governor to hold of
fice more than two times, was sworn in
for the third time. 1
Governor Smith was confronted when i
he took the jjih of office today by New i
York’s first J sqnan Secretary of State, (
Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, of Syracuse, r
a Republican. '
Statistics Show Boy Babies Have Not the (
Strength of Girls.
Chicago. Jan. 1. —Boy babies have not (
the same chance of living as girl babies, ,
they are the weaker sex. according to
Prof. S. J. Holmes, zoologist of the Uni
versity of California, speaking here to
day before -the American Statistical As- j
sociation. j
“In the first year of life many more ,
boys die than girls, the proportion of boy ,
deaths -being greater in the first month
and gradually decreasing through the rest ]
of the year. Studies made in places. .
periods and social strata where the infant
death rate is low, show the radio of boy
deaths to girl deaths is high. As we
go back in embryonic life this ratio
steadily increases. The male, appai ent
ly, is the weaker animal, at least at the
start of lilt.”
600,000 Adjusted Service Certificates Are
Mailed.
Washington, Jan. I.—Speeding through
the channels of mail today to benefi
ciaries of the soldiers bonus act were ap
proximately goo.ooo a, l j 7-,n‘i>o 000 of
certificates, representing $750,000,000 OI
the adjusted compensation voted by t on
gress for veterans of the W or 'd ar.
The law provided that the certificates
could not be issued before January Ist.
but promptly as the New Year .began
more than 250 sacks of mail were taken
to the railway station from the postal
branch set up in the bureau to expedite
the mailing. « ,
Another British Note on Reparations.
London. Jan . 1 (By the Associated
Press) —The British government has for
warded through Ambassador Kellogg a
long note replying to the recent com
munication from the United States gov
ernment concerning participation by Am
erica in reparation receipts to meet the
American war damage claims
It is understood that the note discuss
es the subject in a most cordial tone.
in’tbe Piedmont League was
a *"'T d ,' l "j * a 7ant"oity block between
Xbwy and Spencer. The American
®egToTs grandstand and fence W.U J be
i Lm the city high school proper-
r V tc the new Sitl for the ball park
and it is thought everything will be in
readiness for the opening of the season.
Relays Editor's Kindness.
kind. Charles A. Spil
editor of the Edwardsville. (III.)
r ,he beneficiary of an in-
Intelligencer - Michael Bach
sur,nce policy « *SW. npd December 5
r^”years B and had worked lor Bpil
man during the last -o years.
PUBLISHED MONJIAYS AND THURSDAYS
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Investigating the death of William H. McClintocU. orphan.” Chicago
authorities disinterred the body in an effort to determine positively the cause of
his death. MeClintock died supposedly rs typhoid fever, lenViug an estate valued
at 20.000.000 to Ins foster parents, Sir. and Sirs. William I«lShepherd.
WOULD ATTACH THE
SAM BRYSON PROPERTIES
Attachment Proceedings Started AgaiAst
Hendersonville Mayor by B. L. Brook?.
Hendersonville, X. C., Jan. 1. —Attach-
ment proceedings against the properties
of Sum Y. Bryson, mayor of Henderson
ville, were started today following the
filing of a suit against him yesterday by
B. L. Brooks, asking $50,000 for the
alleged alienation of the affections of the
plaintiff’s wife. *
Mayor Bryson,- still in Asheville be
cause of a tense situation existing be-j
tween the parties, had nothing to say |
today concerning the suit, which has j
been momentarily expected since Brooks
fired three shots at Bryson as the mayor
was leaving the vicimty of the Brooks
home last Saturday night.
BRAVE STORM TO FINISH
HEIGHTS OF PIKES PEAK
Members of Adaman Club Scaled Moun
tain ami Staged Fireworks Display.
Colorado Springs, Col., Jan. I.—Fight
ing their way through a suow storm
borne on the wings of a mountain gale,
five climbers sealed the treacherous
heights J-’eak yesterday to up
hold the tradition of AdiftnSh TfirtU
an organization which for years has cel
ebrated the coining of each New Y’ear by
staging , a display of fireworks frem the
brow of the peak.
Mrs. A. W. McLean Has Pneumonia,
Lumberton. Doe. 31.—Mrs. Margaret
French McLean, wife of, Governor elect
Angus Wi ton McLean, who has been
ill for several days with influenza, to
day developed pneumonia in the right
side. While she is regarded as very ill.
her condition is not alarming or neces
sarily serious, according to her physi
cians.
All members of the McL<*nn family
except MYs-‘McLean have had influenza
recently.
———
Salisbury Coining in,
Salisbury, Dec. 31- —Salisbury's berth
in the Piedmont league was apparently
assured thin week when a lease was
signed for a vacant city block between
Salisbury and Spencer. The American
legion’s grandstnd and fence will be
moved from the city high school proper
ty to the new site for the ball park and
it is thought everything will be in
readiness for the opening of the season. I
To Study Total Eclipse.
Washington, Jan. 1. —General plans soys
observation by astronomers of the total;
eclipse of the sun on January 24th were
outlined today to the American Astron
omical Association by Professov S. A.
Mitchell, of the University of Virginia.
The largest battery of tleseopes and
other instruments will be centered iu
Connect ictrt.
Grippe Is Causing Deaths in Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 1. —An epi
demic of grippe,, due it is believed to the
recent rapid changes in temperature, has
spread to all parts of Belgium, and is
causing a large number of deaths,
Queen Elizabeth is the latest to suf
fer fro mthe disease. Premier Hlieunis
is another victim.
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ILLS OF MANKISO DECLARED
AGAINST T#E WILL OF GOD
“When Men Die of Ills It Is Not Goo’s
Will To tfe Them.”
London, Jan. 1.-Ywlieff men die of
illness it is “not Godjb will to take them.”
according to the Iwv, Michael Bolton
Fulrse. Anglican bisßoP of St. Albans.
Addressing the S|f Albants Dioqesan
Conference the bisTiijp asked: ”If phys
ical disease is and desire, why
did Christ, who <*«e to do His will,
fight against it and heal the sick ? I
cannot believe.” he 4 4d, “that it is right
to say, when a hul being dies of a
physical disorder, tl) it it was god’s will
to take him.’ If I said that, I should
feel that I had bladbhemed.”
Bishop Furse add §fi that no medical
practitioner would cairn to have healed
or cured any one o; [disease. All that
could be claimed war that medicine had
helped nature to dc| her own work of
healing.
As a Christian thr' bishop said he be
lieved that “what tie physiologist calls
nature’s laws are GW's laws; that dis
ease and disorder iuishe physical sphere
are so much agains* God’s will as dis
ease or disorder in moral and spirit
ual spJiereJ’ ", Jt ~ r4:l • * i*
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Rocky Mount Ku Klux Klan Demand An
End to “Mashers.”
Rocky Mount. Dec. 31'. —In an open
letter addressed to Mayor T. T. Thorne,
Rocky Mount Klnri No. 113. Realm of
North Carolina. Knights of the Ku Khix
Klan, today called on the city officials to
“terminate the repeated insults that are
addressed to our mothers, daughters and
winters by the ‘mashers’ and other unde
sirables" who loiter about certain sec
tions of the city.
The letter represented one of the finj
public activities of the klan here al
though there have been several public
appearances of klansmen. The open let
ter sent to Mayor Thorne today, a copy
of which was also dispatched to a local
newspaper, was neatly typewritten on
klan stationery and was signed "Itocky
Monnt Klan No. 113, Realm of North
Carolina. Knights of Hie Ku Khix Klan."
It portrayed alleged activities of “mash
ers” on Main Street, particaularly around
the intersection of tha* thoroughfare with
Nash Street, and called upon the city
authorities to break up the practices.
Auto Horns Drive Monks to Secluded
Mountain Top.
Munich, Jan. I.—The whirl of mod
ern life, exemplified by automobile horns,
radio, telephones and electric light, is
getting too much for the Trappist monks
|of Banz. Despairing of seclusion ~in
their present monastery near Bamberg,
they will soon withdraw to remote part
of the Bavarian mountains.
Several sites are under consideration,
one of them a mountain top Where once
stood a baronial castle. Here it is felt
that the penitential and silent days of
the Trappist brothers-could be passed
without disturbance.
Rupert Hughes Married Again.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. I.—Rupert
Hughes, novelist and motion picture di
rector, and Miss Elizabeth Patterson Dial,
known on the screen as Paterson Dial,
were married here yesterday.
WIFE OF DEAD BANK
ROBBER TO ANSWER
FOR LOOT SHE HELD
Nellie Whisht, Wife of Wil
liam E. Wright, Who Was
Killed in Mobile, Will Be
Taken to New Orleans.
TOLD OFFICERS.
ABOUT THE LOOT
Gave Up What She Had and
Faces The New Year With
a Smile Although She Is
Held Behind Prison Bars.
Jacksonville. Fla., Jan. 1 (By the As
sociated Press). —Nellie Wright, pretty
17 year old widow of William E. Wright,
watched the New Year in from behind
bars in the Jacksonville city jail.
Her brief period of wifehood, barely
more than three weeks.' came to an end
ing as tragic and dramatic as had been
the entire married career, on Tuesday
when her husband was slain in Mobile
by an officer after he had injured two in
a running fight.
Nellie Weight, however, faced the New
Year and what it may bring with a
smile, erased , only by an occasional
thought of her nusband “‘Handsome Bili”
Wright.
The disposal of $12,545 found in her
possession worried her no more than the
approach of New Orleans authorities.
She said the money wa& a portion of the
loot from the New Orleans bank holdup,
in which Wright obtained $13,000. A
sawed off shotgun found in her trunk was
the weapon with which her husband in
timidated employes of the bank and
shot down a policeman in his dash for
freedom, she admitted.
She met Wright in Des Moines last
September. They were married Decem
ber sth in Kansas City.
’ Wifi Be Taken to New Orleans.
New Orleans. Jan. I.—Chief of Detec
tives Healy left here today for Jackson
ville to bring back to New Orleans, Nel
lie Wright. 17 year old widow of Wm. E.
Wright, bank bandit who was killed by
detectives in Mobile Tuesday, and the
SI2,(HR) found in her baggage when she
was arrested yesterflay.
The mdney is pat* of the loot taken by
Company, on the day before Christmas,
according to the woman's story to the
Jacksonville police. Supt. of Police
indicated today that it was unlikely that
any other charge than having stolen
property in her possession would be
placed against Mrs. Wright. A mes
sage from the Jacksonville police the girl
would waive extradition.
ENGINEER OF DEATH TRAIN
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Harry J. Colwell Committed Suicide by
Hanging In Ills Home.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. I.—Harry J.
Colwell, engineer of the Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Sault Ste Marie Railway pas
senger train whose rear coach fell into
the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls,
Wis., on December 20th. resulting in
eight deaths, committed suicide by hang
ing at his home here last night.
Colwell, an engineer for 21 years, had
never figured in an accident. On De
cember 20th he substituted for the regu
lar engineer of the Soo Line’s Minneapo
lis train No. 2 to Chicago. He said he
had looked back just in time to see the
last coach of his train topple from a
trestle into the river.
Denmark Turns From Drink.
Aarhus, Denmark, Jan. 1. —Os the 330
communes into which Denmark is divid
ed 270 now favor prohibition, and in only
00 is there a majority of 'the v.oters in
favor of retaining alcohol, according to
Larsen Ledet, member of the Danish
parliamept from this city and leader ;n
the prohibition movement. ,<
According to M. Ledet, “rt is hopeless
to expect the moral and economic regen
eration of Europe unless intoxicating li
quor disappears from the face of the
earth.!’
Has Narrow Escape From Asphyxiation.
Greensboro, Dec. 31. —Paul Holt, a
young white man, driver for a bus of
the United States Lines,, was found near
death Tuesday morning in a garage
where he had been working on the bus
and the engine hqd been running, cre-
I ating carbon monoxide gas, and he was
j overcome by the -fumes. He was re
! moved to a hospital, where it was said he
j will recover, but he had a narrow escape
| from asphxyiation. -
Argentina Again Member of tbe league.
Geneva, Dec. 31. —The foreign minis
ter of Argentina today registered .with
the league of nations a treaty on arbitra
tion between Argentina and Switzerland
and a convention for reciprocity in gratu
itous medical assistance to citizens be
tween Argentina and Belgium. Today's
registrations are interpeted here as fur
ther proof that Argentina now deems it
self a nactive member of the league again.
Subjects of King Momua March.
Philadelphia, Jan. I.—Braving the
winter blasts of King Boreas. Philadel
phia's subjects of King Momus flung a
defiance to the elements today as they
marched With traditional pomp in their
annual Mummers parade, while shivering
thousands watched from the sidewalks.
French Parliament Adjourns.
Paris, Jan. 1 {By the Associated
Press). —French parliament adjourned at
7 o’clock this morning until January the
13th. . I .
DECLAREvS W. J. BRYAN’S
VIEWS ARE DANGEROUS
Ohio Professor Asks Unprejudiced Co- *
Operation in Science and Rel*~*
Washington. D. Dee. \
vances in psychologic medicinal, w
chemistry and physics were oiseliuea' in
hundreds or papers read today before
the 15 sections of the American As
sociation for the Advancement: of
Science, the seventy-ninth annual meet
ing of which is now in full swing-
Thirty-one hundred meinuers were
registered during the day and a flurry
of interest war* caused by a report that
William J. Bryan would arrive in time
to listen to a criticism of his views on
evolution, but he failed to .appear.
The largest audience of any sectional
meeting thus far held attended that ad
dressor of zoology at Ohio Wesleyan
University, a Meliodist institution.
Choosing . “Darwin and Bryan” ns his
text, Dr. Riee in a paper characterized
the views of Mr. Bryan on evolution as
“dogmatic” and “dangerour* to religion”
and urged more unprejudiced eo-opera
tion in scientific and religion study.
Mr. Bryan’s arguments, he said, were
deduced “from the assumption of the
literary accuracy of the Bible in gen
eral, and of the first two chapters of
Genesis in particular.” This assump
tion was “not Biblical” nor was it "ac
cepted by leading Bible scholars of to
day,” Darwin's work on the contrary
was represented ns having been based
upon a hypothesis “followed by the
most complete verification and leading
to a degree of prabability amounting to
practical certainty.”
Chimpanzees not only appear to
think. Dr. Robert Md Yerkes. of the
Psychological Institute of Yale I ni- |
versity, declared is a paper read before
the psychological section. He based his
conclusions on studies made of two
young chimpanzees, which he said knew
how to problem presented to
them in away essentially like that of J
man and quite unlike that ofany other
nimal.
“The great apes are intellectually
closer to men than we have hitherto
imagined,” Dr. Yerkes stated. “The evi
dence for their solution of problems
‘ideationally’ is now abundant and con
vincing.’’
Dr. Yerkes said one of the charac
teristics of the solving of problems by
chimpanzees was that the solution
seemed often to come suddenly to mem
after a ]>eriod of quiet, reflection. In
reply to a question, he said it was pos
sible that chimpanzees might be taught
to read and write, or at least to use
some sort of symbols.
“If they get that far there is no tell
ing how far they will go.” he declared.
Dwellers on Mars.
Inhabitants of Mars are either cave
dwellers or they hibernate in winter like
polar bears in onjnion of Dr. W. W.
"fctfardfcrds, Expressed yn a paper ren# '.re
da y to the American Physical Asso
ciation. }
Dr. Coblentz described his recent
observations ojf the planet when it came
comparatively close to the earth, de
claring that they convinced him that
winters there are so severe that crea
tures like man couldn’t live without
burrowing into the ground.
The temperature at the Martian
Equator at noon- Dr. Coblentz opined,
is about 40 to 00 degrees of our tem
perature, but it drops about ISO de
grees at night so that dawn finds it at
about 140 degrees below zero.
The more stable and moderate tem
peratures in summer are prabably at
the North and South Poles ■of the
planet, he said, where temperatures go
neither so high nor 60 low as at the
equator. . v
As for the moon, Dr. Coblentz said
tests showed the temperature on the
sunny side to be about the boiling point,
while on the dark side it was 200 de
gree below zero. ,
PARK CIGARETTES OUTSIDE
IS WOMEN’S CLUB ORDER
Federation Headquarters at Chicago
Heated Up Over Incident.
Chicago, Jan. I.—Women who visit
the headqarters of the Illinois Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs must park their
cigarettes outside.
A woman called there today to keep
an engagement with the president of a
well-known club. She selected the most
eomfortable chair, p'ckcd out a maga
zine, hoisted her fee* on a velvet stool
and lighted a cigarette. Attendants were
coughing and there were hints that, the
building was on fire when Mrs. Violet
H. ’Burgess, in charge of headquarters,
came into the reception-room
“ Woman!” she exclaimed, “do you
know where you areT’
1 “Certainly,” responded th? visitor.
[ “Do you understand that the elub
| women of Illinois are trying
example for the younger generation?’ /
“Certainly,” ,said the woman, flick
ing the ashes from her cigarette.
“Well, we don’t allow women to
smoke in here. There is the door. Get
out!” . .
“Oh, well, if that’s the way you feel
about it,” and tbe visitor threy dbwn
the magazine and departed, muttering
something about women’s rights. ■
Movie Stars Incorporate Charity Fund, j
Sacrementa, Cal.. Jan. 1. —Headed by
a group of celebreties of the motion pic
ture colony at Hollywood, the “motion
picture relief fund of America” has filed
articles of incorporation with the Secre
tary of State. .
The object of the organization which is
a non-profit fund, will be to carry on
charitable work among the aged and sick
members of the motion picture colony.
The organization also plans to promote
the .welfare of the families of the aged,
sick* indigent members of the pro
fession.
Southern Railway Brakcman Shoots An
other Brakeman.
Asheville. Jan. I.—Albert C. Sides, a
Southern Railway brakeman, was shot
and killed by Chaarles L. Abernpthy. an
other brakeman. in a fight in which the
men engaged at the railway station in
I Connelly Springs last night, according
i.to information here today.
$2.60 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
P |Tr "lUSE DOORS
'iiftNED WIDE TODAY
FOR TRE NEW YEAR
Customary Repection for Per
sons of All Walks of Life
Staged With Government
Officials Doing Their Bit.
MANY DIGNITARIES
AMONG THE GUESTS
These Came First and Then- 7 '
Gates Were Opened to the
General Public and Thou
sands Called Today.
Washington, Jan. I.—The doors of the *
White House were opened wide today
for the customary New Yeats Iteepe
tion. . . M :
Three hours and a half, from 11 a.
m. to 2:30 p. m. were given over to the
New Years day custom under which the.
high and low, and the rich and poor
gather at the White House to extend
greetings to the President and his wife.
The order of the reception followed -
that laid down years ago starting with
the members of the cabinet and their
wives, and continuing with the diplomat
ic corps, the. chief justice and members
cf the Supreme Corut and other branches
of the judiciary, members of Congress,
officers of the army, navy and marine
corjis, the heads of the independent
agencies of the government, officials and
members of patriotic organizations, and
the general public.
The reception as usual was the fea
ture of the New Years day observance in
Washington. The secretary of state and
Mrs. Hughes were hosts to the customary
breakfast at the Pan-American I nion, to
members of the diplomatic corps, and
most of the members of the cabinet had
rfserved the rest of Ihe day to hold open
bouse at their homes following the White
House reception.
Congress was not in session, and the
government departments were shut down
for the day.
The capitol lay under a four-inch
blanket of snow today, which gave a
touch of seasonal color.
SAFETY ON MOTOR BUSSES
PROVIDED IN NEW RULES
Utility Bofwd Adepts Speclflca-
Newark, K. .J., Jan. I.—More than a
score of new rules to be enforced in the
construction of automobile busses under
the jurisdiction of the State Public Util
ity Commission and constituting a radical
departure in bus regulation in New Jer
sey, were adopted today at a meeting of
the commission. The requirements are
in addition to that anounced some time
ago ordering all busses to be provide<| •
with rear emergency doors. This rule •
was also included among those made pub
lic at today’s meeting as applying to all
busses operating in the future.
Ranging from a specification govern
ing the length of the exhaust pipe to the
dimension of bus bodies, the newly
adopted measures cover practical?- every
detail in the building of the vehicle.
Included in the regulations are pro
nouncement as to the width of doors,
ventilation, use of mirrors, construction
of straps or handles for standing passen
gers, utilization of window guards and
guard rails, protection from fire, lighting
arrangements, stop lights and signals,
isolation of gasoline tanks- dimensions
of chassis frame and overhang of bus
bodies, heating systems and provision for
a clear view of the road by bus drivers.
With the exeception of the order re
garding emergency doors,
in operation under the board’s jurisdic
tion will not be affected by the new regu
lations. It was said, however, that at
any time new vehicles are substituted
for old ones now being run, tbe revised
specifications must be adhered to. Like
wise, all motor busses whose operation
is approved by the* board after tpday
must be constructed according to the
amended rules.
One Killed and Five Hmt in Bus-Trahi
Wreck.
Miami, F3a., Dec. 31. —One woman
was killed and five persons were injure/!
tonight when a Hollywood Land and
Water Company passenger bus was
struck by a Florida East (’cast passeng
er train about 7 o’clock tonight at the
Hollywood. Fla., crowing. 10 miles north
of Miami, according to word reaching
here. • r f
The five injured were reported in a
serious condition. They were in a lort
Lauderdale hospital. The bus was bad
ly wrecked. ,
The Bureau of Biological Survey, has
declared war on thf prairie dog. The
tastes of the prairie dog are so similar to
those of cattle that the two classes of
animals cannot live on the same pasture
lands, as drouth coupled with the prairie
dog menace starve® the cattle out.
WHAT SMITTY’B CAT SAYS
L-i——l
Unsettled tonight and Friday, probat*
]y rain, not so cold Friday and in ths
, extreme west portion tonight, _
NO. 51