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B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher OLUME XLIX pFLLMSE Inters lust stage Is ATTORHEYS TALK H c n Court Adjourned Yes- H, r( iay All Evidence Had Been Submitted and Argu- Bcnts by Counsel Started. hy MA\ GET B THE case today Bns- lawyer Has Already Bnoken and Answer Has Been Made by Todd, Who Bill Speak Again. y,.'k .l:in. 20. —The trial of Gas- V |; amt Thos. B. Felder for \» to h:ibe government officials , i a sr stages today with all the ,!ic Federal court chamber ■y r.,1,1 steaming for a glimpse of Rkfe::. Cm* as Frank I*. Walsh be :ing the jury in behalf of Fel ■ UI)M .| for Means had summed bis ■ Si.r.ial prosecutor Todd, dividing Kmnnuitioii into two parts, delivered ■ tit-: half yesterday, and was to fol ■ Cal-li with the remainder. The ■ mav get the case today. ■hil-h's defense of Felder, who as ■a- attorney is alleged to have tried ■bribe Federal officials in the Cragcr ■tern gla-s casket mail fraud easg was H.,] upon three contentions. K, held that Felder accepted only a ■timate fro when lie received $47,800 as B.;m1 fee from tin alleged stock swiml ■ in the t Tager case ; that Means was ■ present when the fee was paid; and ■ Kohler did not share or even know ■ut the SIO,OOO that was telegraphed ■„ the t'lager case defendants to El ■ W. .larnecke. secretary to Means. ■piiei .m theatre is I practically destroyed Lhnit l Theatre Building in Greens- Hon Damaged by Early Morning Hreen-boro. .Tan. 20.—The Orpheum Hire building, located in the center of business and amusement district, was Bt firaliv destroyed by fire discovered ■iffy hefmr 1 ..’clock this morning. The ?!*» gave tire Bremen the hardest fight years, the extreme cold handicapping lir efforts to some little extent. The origin of the fire is unknown, but men early today declared they believ defecCve wiring on the second floor - responsible. The building was own in' the Greensboro Bank and Trust tnpany. and was on the site formerly tipied by the MeAdoo Hotel, which rued ten or twelve years ago. being one the worst fires in the history of the y. It was leased by the National Basement Co. and operated as the Or iuhi. playing vaudeville attractions. I'he total damages have not beeu esti ited. for in addition to the theatre and i' company playing there this week,' pre are three or four othejr concerns in ** budding that were severely damaged, ilier by tire or water or both. The blaze i> discovered by a messenger boy of a legraph company. eeting cf Trustees of Duke Foundation. Cha Hotter Jan. 28. —The first in eeting tlie trustees of the Duke Foundation ivt* held since the organisation meeting New York recently was held Tuesday piling at the home of J. B. Duke, cre '>r of the foundation, in Myers Park. Those present were James B. Duke, airman; K. G. G. Allen and W. R. erkins. of New York ; Vice-Chairman A. Sands. Jr., of New York; Secretary ’. c Parker. New Rochelle, New York; ma-urcr Norman A. Cooke. Charlotte; distant Treasurer A. J. Drexel, Bid k New York; Ben. E. Geer, Greenville, "nth Carolina; W. S. Lee. E. C. Mar >all, and Charles I. Burkholder, of ’.harlotte. oar Zero Weather Overspreads West. Chicago, Jan. 26.—Sub-zero or near 1 " temperatures tonight bverspread h*‘ m ithwestern part of the country as 1 '.id wave borne by a gale and ac '"tapauied by snow, swept down trom Tic north. . . 11*'* wind which drove the snow be f"re it most of the day was cflociceu at 11 'f Hid down much tonight. TVe i'akora.v and Minnesota were hardest li: In tin- latest cold wave, an offshoot some tilt below zero weather in -\laka. according to the weather bureau here. bright Kate Schedules Cancelled. " U'-hington, Jan. 20.—Freight rate s "b l! covering ocean and rail ship- the Atlantic seaboard terri- u > tints west of the Mississippi in I.ousiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, lxa,l>;! and Missouri, which carriers first !>i |»!",si»d to make effective in June, 1924, "tdered cancelled today by the In t,!va i (’ormnerce Commission. Killed by Explosive. ()i I * ,ri "'■•!. Va., .Tan. 29.—Fred Bennett, -old. automobile mechanic, was :anly killed, and his wife was 1 v injured here today when Mrs. ''iiin" odd the police her husband tried ,u Kill her and himself with an explo ; sive, liftccji Presotis Hurt in Crash. j ar;s . Jan. 29.—Fifteen persons were • ’ in! in a clash last night between at- at a meeting of General de r aM ' 'me k patriot’s league and com who endeavored to break up the K^thfriug, A fox can scent a man a quarter of a “tile away. THE CONCORD TIMES '.. i • PfIfICTICfiLLY ENTIRE STATE NOW COVERED WITH ICE UNO SLEET From Mountains to the Seas j Reports of Ice and Sleet ; Have Been Heard During; Last Day. MOUNTAIN REGION COLDEST IN STATE There Thermometers Stood at Around 15 to 20 Degrees But Warmer Weather Is Promised Tomorrow. Charlotte. N. C.. Jan. 20.—North Car olina today lay under a coating of ice and, sleet that extended virtually from the mountains to the sea. From all points reporting came stories of storms that cov ered the streets, highways and sidewalks with a coating of ice. snow and sleet an inch deep in many places rendering trav el d : fficult and resulting in many acci dents. Reports of several falls on the ice were frequent. Gastonia reported that a num ber of i>ersons sustained fractured arms as a result of slipping on the sidewalks and being thrown from skidding automo biles. Busline service generally over the hard surfaced roads of the state were suspended, cars that ordinarily make a trip between ('harlotte and Gastonia in | one hour taking from 1 1-2 to 2 hours. The sleet began falling early last night in many places, and eont ; nued throughout most of the night’. High Point today re ported many automobile accidents, but uoue of them serious. At High Point, Hickory and Greensboro snow and sleet was reported s'till falling today. In most sections thermometers stood around 15 or 20 degrees but the weather bureau has promised better weather for tomorrow. Asheville today reported moderating weather. JOSEPHUS DANIELS WILL NOT ACCEPT CHALLENGE Former Governor Morrison Would De bate With Him About Deficit of the State. Raleigh, Jab. 29. —Josephus Daniels, editor of the Raleigir News jajuk. Ob*e*v..< ~er, wiTl’ not accept the challenge of for mer Governor Cameron Morrison to joint ly debate the' question of North Caro lina's financial condition. Mr. Daniels made his statement last night after a news dispatch on the matter had been shown to him. He received the letter from Mr. Morrison early today but had nothing to add to last night's statement in which he asked that Mr. Morrison debate the subject with Mr. McLean. The following is Mr. Daniel’s state ment ; “If Mr. Morrison wants to debate the question of the deficit which lie left in the state treasury, I suggest that he is sue his challenge to Governor McLean, who is compelled to devote most of his time to finding away to meet this large deficit.” Personal Religion Alone Can Save Her -1 rin. Declares Pastor Herrin, Ills., Jan. 29.—Declaring that nothing but personal religion can save Herrin, the Rev. John Meeker, Presby terian fillister late today said the last rites over Deputy Sherriff Ora Thomas, two gun leader of the anti-klan forces in the county, while the coroners jury took up the task of unraveling Saturday night’s shooting which clanmed the lives of Thomas, S. Glenn Young and two others. All of the eleven witnesses today gave testimony which tended to support the version of the shooting related b> Young’s friends. Those witnesses, who sa\y the shoot ing, asserted Thomas fied first and that it was bis bullet that killed Young. An other testified that Thomas earlier in the day “appeared to have been drink ing.” Witnesses near the hotel at the time testified that at least three shots came from the upper windows of the hotei. All of the witnesses who saw the shooting agreed that Thomas killed Young, while several added that Young killed Thomas after himself receiving a fatal w’ound. Says America Must Reduce French Debt. Paris, Jan. 28 (By the Associated Press).— Refraining from sentimental out bursts and treating the debt of France to the United States from what he char acterized as a business man’s viewpoint. Louis Dußois, former president of the reparations commission, declared at the conclusion of a long address in the cham ber of deputies today that the I mted States must considerably reduce her claims against France, not only in equity and right, but also to safeguard her oun interests. *75 000 Fire at Wilmington. Wilmington. N. C.. Jan. estimated at JTfI.OOO done by Bre here todav which destroyed the Futch Department Store and damaged a paint establishment at the rear. One fireman was overcome by smoke and taken to a hospital, later going to lr.s home. Icj streets hampered the firemen^ With Our Advertisers. Bungalow aprons, or apron dresses on ly 79 cents at J. C. Penney Co. s. See illustrations in new ad. today. Buv your blankets now at Clearance vale prices at Parks-Belk Co’s. Prices run from 39 cents to $12.50. Many fish are capable of producing sounds, some by the scraping of fins or other organs, some by meansoi teeth, and some by means of gas emitted from the airbladder. sbHowb!g ,, ir , gumbaUjT , which , TesuUe(M!7G enfant Deputy Sheriff Thomas, at Herrin. 111., a great crowd greyed at the morgue where the bodies had been taken. Rumors of another outbreak qujeted when Ittional guardsmen arrived to restore order. * - -- - - ■- _ _ SIX MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY KILLED BY GAS Believed Gas Escaped Into Home After Main liad Been Broken by an Acci dent. Scranton. Pa., Jan. 29.—Illuifiinat-ing gas from a main thought to have been broken by a surface accident early this morning took a toll of six lives from the family of Louis Horosini in M ost Scran ton. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Horosini, Stanly aged 5. Opola aged 8, Margaret aged .‘l, and another daughter one year old. Many other families in tlie neigh borhood were affected by the gas but managed to make their escape ( to the op"thi air. A passerby early today smelled escap ing gas, and unable to arouse those with iu the Horosini residence, called help and forced the door. At the discovery of the fanrly lying in bed in the gas-filled romps, several physicians with mulino toers were rushed to West Scranton. All attempts to revive the victims, however,! proved in vain. TWENTY PERSONS KILLED IN CHINESE DISORDER . . 1 Twenty Others Were Injured When Vie tcHkms Trujat. TPfe# Enemies. Shanghai, Jan. 29 (By the Associated Pres*). —Twenty persons were killed and twenty injured today in a thickly settled section of the Chinese district, when a tunall contingent of victorious troops rep resenting General Lu Yung-Hsiang and the central Chinese government were re sisted when they attempted to disarm about a thousand defeated Kiangsu troops of the Chi Hsich-Yuan deposed leader. The spirited exchange of shots was ended by the appearance of reinforce ments which compelled the Kiangsu troops to submit to disarmament. The panic resulted in injury or death of a number of non-combatants. PREMIER HERRIOT AGAIN GETS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Told Chamber of Deputies He Would Re sign if He Was Not Supported. Paris, Jan. 29 (By the Associated Press).—The chamber of deputies after a threat of revolt by the socialists and a counter threat by Premier Herriot that he would resign if the chamber failed to vote tlae printing and posting of his speech of yesterday on security against Germany, this afternoon passed the vote demanded, 541, against 32, implying con fidence in the government's policy on all questions treated in the speech. At {lie opening of the public session of the chamber this afternon Premier Her riot in .an effort to pacify the socialists said: “What I affirmed yesterday was the desire of the people of France not to re main indefinitely pjl f the . Rfiine, but the demand, for a gnavfintee of* its, security!” ' *- - - X ’.O The Premier's.' declaration was enthus iastically applauded the socialists. 1 , WILSON SARCOPHAGUS HAS BEEN SET IN PLACE Work Completed Today in the Bethlehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral. Washington, Jan. 29.—The work of setting in place the sarcophagus erected . for Woodrow Wilson in the Bethlehem , j Chapel of ’Washington Cathedral was , brought to cbmpletion today., Recessed in the south wall of the ehap \ el in a space eight feet wide and cghteen > feet the sarcophagus reposes under mas . sive arches with a leaded glass interior [ window forming the background. A - grill, canopy and flag complete the ar r j rangemCnt. State Prison Has Fine Sanitary Record. Raleigh, Jan. 29.-—An average sani tary rating of 90 for the past four years was given the State’s by inspec tors of the Stare board of health, it be came known today in a letter to W. C. Health, chairman of the state prison in vestigation commission, from Dr. W. S. Rankin, srate health officer. Major Heath had requested the information on behalf of the investigation commission appoint ed by the special session of the legisla ture last summer. Law Student Takes Own Life. Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 29.—Neeson C. Woods, aged 22, a freshman in the law school of Yale University, shot and kill ed himself early today after he had fired two shots into the body of Mrs. Georgia Warder, 23 year old widow, of Bridge ‘ port.. W. Va. The tragedy was believed |to have been caused by Mrs. Warder's refusal to marry the young student. PUBLISHED MONDAYS,AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1925 rf. 18TII AMENDMENT MAY BE RESCUED BY PUBLIC OPINION ’fit One Big Concern Hfig Forbidden Its 1 Employees to Use Intoxicants. Washington, Jan. 29,-2-It is the obser vation of Prohibition,. Commissioner Haynes that public opinion, expressing itself through various channels ranging < from great Indus corporation* to i the theartre. is making easier the en forcement of the prohibition law. The i addition of the name.of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company to those concerns which have forbidden (heir employes the use of intoxicants, has just been record- i ed at enforcements lpHUdquarter*. Scores i of employer*. Mr. Haynes say*, have posted notices in th£h* establishments i that users of liquor will be automati cally dismissed. The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company gave to each of its warier* this notice: “This company is going to get along in the future without the service* of boot leggars and their customers. We class as bootleggar* all those who manufacture, seel or distribute intoxicants either i»fr sonall.v or through agents or members of their families. Bugh pesons will ba, discharged .on evidence to (he manage-’, meut without waitinarfor conviction in the courts.” 1f,... V F *n»o. Hiaungemwet -It under the influence of liquor was a dan gerous e’ement because of the many chances for disaster underground through care^sne**. An even more drnetie rule was recent ly laid down by Henry Ford and num bers of hotels anil urants have act ed to banish liquors t in their prem ises. One hotel. Mr. Hayi. s says, forced its employes to sign a pledge to not sell liquor and a* an added precaution em ployed detectives to search the waiters when they appeared for duty. Some theatres have banned jokes on prohibition from their stages, and one insurance company is askiug applicants whether they drink bootleg liquor. Mr. Haynes declare*. A w'estern city advised it* emp’oyes that use of liquor would result in dismissal, and caused each worker to give * his signature as cv - dence that he had been warned. Intemperance was never wise, econo mical or safe, in the opinion of Commis sioner Haynes, but it is infiuitely less so now than ever. “Amid the powerful inventions and hurried life of today sound bodies, steady nerves and sober judg ment are indispensable to life. This fact is recognized every where.” THOUSANDS GATHER TO YOUNG’S FUNERAL Funeral Services Held Simultaneously in Several Churches and Masonic Tern- Herrin. 111.. Jan. 29. (By the Associated p,. PSS ). —The last ephater in the life stories of S. Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan liquor raider was written today. Thousands assembled to jiay a last trbi yte to . the , man whose feats during the past- I# months, frequently forced his name into fuffit pasr newspaper stories.^ So great-was the crowd that arrange.! merits were made to hold services simul taneously in several churches and in the Masonic temple. Young’s body rested in the Baptist Church to which it had been taken after he was killed Saturday night ■ in a pistol fight wtili Ora Thomas Deputy Sheriff, and anti-Klan leader. The same fight also cost the lives of Edward For bes and Homer Warren, Young’s follow ers. Honesty Is Recognized in Substantial Manner. Lexington, Jan. 28.—Chief Deputy Sheriff I. L. Blalock was in the First National Bank of Thomasville Saturday When Cashier R. L. Pope opened a let ter from an insurance company. The letter contained a check for s2.>o for C. C. Pritchard Southern agent at that as a reward for his action in promptly restoring a package containing $0,300, which he fouifd beside the rail road track several weeks ago. This package had been lost from a mail sack after it had been dispatched from the Bank to the Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond. All such shipments are pro tected by insurance carried by banks and had the money been lost the insurance company would have been faced with the necessity of making good the loss. Mr. Pope at once called Mr. Pritch ard to the bank without informing what was desired of him. Mr. Pritchard is said to have been just as much surprised as he was happy over the receipt of the cheek. He found the package and re turned it-as a matter of duty and right and seemingly had given the incident lit tle thought afterwards —but the insurance company had not forgotten. ROCKY MOUNTAIN TUNELS ADVANCES Meffat Bor© to Pierce Great Divide Nearly One-Third Completed. Denver, Jan. 29.—The Moffat Tun nel, piercing the continental divide of the Rocky Mountains west of here, and one of the world’s greatest railroad bores, is nearly one-third completed, and is 10 per cent ahead of the time schedule set by the builders. To date the pioneer, or water, tunnel has been bored 6,500 feet from the east portal and 5,400 from the west portal, or more than one-third of the six-mile distance. The main heading has pene trated James Peak 6.316 feet frpm the east portal, and 4,700 feet from the west. The cross-cut tunnels, connecting the main and water bores at intervals of from 1.300 to 1,500 feet, have reached a total of 520 feet. Each of these cross cut tunnels is approximately 75 feet in length. The full size railway turned ha* penetrated 3,004 feet from the east and 531 feet from the western portal- At present the work of enlarging the main heading, which is being drilled seven and one-half by nine reet, to the full size tunnel, which will be 16 by 14 feet, twice as fast as ttlrtLwoptoat the frignt. At this ratio, tun net >n*ite*er%. within A this work will be abreast of the main heading. The slowness of progress on the west ern end is accounted for by the fact that builders have encountered soft shade and dirt rather than solid rock. This necessitates timbering every foot of the way at a eost of more than SIOO per linear foot. At the east portal solid rock was found after the first tew hun dred feet and enabled the contractors to speed up the work materially. That- the work through the witer months will proceed even more rapidly than during the summer is the predic tion by engineers today. Absence of visitors through the months when the camps are snowbound, and the lesseni*’’’ likelihood of workmen drifting from their jobs, account for this prediction, it was explained. The men are comfortably housed in their jobs, account for this prediction stocks of provisions sufficient for three months are at hand. Each camp has a medical dispensary and hospital with a doctor and nurse in constant attend ance.-Natalities, however, ave been al most nil, but one death resulting from accident during the seventeen months the work has been in progress. Terms of the contract call for the completion of the project not later than July 1027. The opening of the tunnel to railroad traffic will start the develop ment of a vast tract of virgin territory in Northwestern Colorado, a region heretofore not reached by railroad lines. Tn this territory lie vast coal deposits, oil shale beds and oil fields as yet un tapped except for one or two isolated wells that have come in for flows esti mated at several thousand barrels a day. Question Os Bobbed Hair Still Keeps Men Arguing London. Jan. 28. —Arguments for'and against bobbed hair are prolific, and have agitated the minds even of learned professors. Lecturing to members of the London College of Physiology. Professor H. J. Harper Roberts sa‘<’ bobbing had evident’y come to stay. Its advantages were* threefold; it was becoming to a certain type of woman, it for free dom, and it was easy to dress and wash. The disadvantage was that, it exposed a sensitive part of the neck, which often broke into a rash for about a month af terwards. A beauty specialist, Dr- Jacques Bret mon, takes exactly 'the opposite view. He eomdemns the modern craze for bob bed and single hair, and says many wo men have 'told him they wish they had not been bobbed. “Man’s ideal woman is still the ideal of the ages,” Dr. Rrettmon says, “a wo man with flowing hair over her should ers. When she bobs her hair she cuts : just so much from our comception of her. In our eyes it enhances the beauty of very few women.” Frederick A. SieboW, Jr., Takes Own I Life. “ Chicago, Jan. 28.—Frederick A. Sei “ bold, Jr., once planner and builder of hotels and amusement places, and for . merly owner of a steel construction com pany at Miami, Fla., killed himself in , a downtown hotel here last night \\ith a [ shot gun as his wife whom he had called , listened on the telephone. t For some reason which no one under - stands, whooping cough is always more ? dangerous to girls than to boys, it is the only disease of which this can be said. SEVIRAL NEW BILLS J ARE PRESENTED TO *r STATE LEGISLATURE One Bill Would Revise by Amendment the State Con stitution to Better Suit the Modern Needs. WOULD CHANGE PAY OF CLERKS Senator Johnson Wants to Change Law So as to Make It Harder to Get An Abso lute Divorce. Raleigh, Jan. 29 (By the Associated Press). —Outstanding among new bills in troduced in the general assembly today was one that was dropped into the house hopper providing for a constitutional con vention for the purpose of revising the state constitution to better suit modern needs. Senator, Johnson, of Robeson, sent for ward a measure in the upper house de signed to make it harder to secure abso lute divorces in this state. The mea sure would require the parties concerned j in divorce to live under interlocutory de cree for one year, fulfilling the condi tions specified by the court in granting separation before a judgment of absoluate divorce could be granted. -The Senate passed on final reading the committee substitute for the house bill providing for a new salary scale for the clerks and other employees of the leglis lature. The substitute provides for pay ment of eight dollars per day for the principal clerks, ranging down to two dollars per day for pages, practically the only change over the original house bill being an increase of one dollar per day for the principal clerks. The clause eliminating the old policy of voting bon nes is retained. Senator Dunlap, of Anson, declared when the bill was brought forward for passage that it would save the State ap-, proximately $42 a day. The House of Representatives after an extended debate, tabled the bill spon sored by the State (department of insur-, anee to repeal the law requiring medical examination by insurance prior to issuance nf insurance poli- The House also tabled another insur ance department measure. This one. in troduced by Dellinger, of Gaston, would require licenses for persons doing elec trical wiring for the geueral publuic. Raleigh. Jan. 20. —The Senate ad journed shortly before noon today after having received a number of minor bills. Only one measure of importance intro duced was a committee substiute for the measure providing fixed salaries for leg islative employees. The substitute would provide a scale of from $2 a day for pages to $8 per day for the principal clerks. Senator Dunlap, of Anson, who submitted the bill for the committee* de clared that its passage would mean a saving of $43 a day for the general as sembly. TIIE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at Advance of 2 - to 9 Points in Response to Steady Liv erpool Cables. New York, ’ N. Y., January 20.—The rotton market opened steady to day at an advance of 2 to 9 points in response to steady Liverpool cables and bullish overnight Southern advices. Fail ure of the weather map tq show any rain or give promise of immediate precipita tion in the southwest also was a factor which probably led to some buying of. new crop positions. The advance of 24.05 for May and 24.25 for July met considerable realizing, how ever. There also seemed to be a little hedge selling, with the result that prices soon reacted to about yesterday’s closing quotations. This carried May off to 23.05 and the market was about net un changed to 3 points higher at the end of the first hour. Say Child Labor Bill Backed By Com munism. Washington, Jan. 28.—Communism backed the amendment with a view to laying the foundation for “a class; strugg’e,” Senator Bayard, demo crat, Delaware, declared today in the senate. "It wars the start of a movement they would split this nation into j classes,” he said. “I do not mean to in for, however, that senators who support -1 ed the amendment here had that thought in mind.” Senator King, democrat, Utah, sup ported this statement declaring com munists and socialists favored con talizatiori in the federal power and de [ stmetion of state rights, but Senator Walsh, democrat, Mass., pointed out I that ’the proposal had been sponsored in Congress by conservatives. Sixty-Two Churches Built In Los An geles in Single Year. Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 21).—Sixty two* churches were built in oLs Angeles during 1924 at a cost of $ 1.307.000, ac cording to statistics just compiled by the Chamber of Commerce. As compared with this production and increase along religious lines, the tables of figures also show that: The motion picture industry here turned out pictures during the year that were valued in the aggregate at $17,- 000 0000 A total of 230.000,000 barrels of oil was produced in the Los Angeles basin for the twelve months. Harbor exports totaled $68,300,000, doubling those of 1023. Public improvements passed the $38,- [OOO,OOO mark. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. NltT IN icy GRASP AS MERCURY CLIMBS Depite Fact That Last Night and Today Are Warmer Than Yesterday Sleet Cov ers Entire City Today. SLEET FELL EARLY DURING THE NIGHT Ground Was In Receptive Mood and Most of the Ice Stuck.—Warmer Weather Is Promised This Week. King Winter is in control in Concord and Cabarrus county today, he having thrown a* mantel of’ sleet and ice over the entire county last night. The sleet followed in the wake of the cold wave which was swept into the county Tuesday on the wings of wintry winds, and although fbere was a rise in the mercury last night and today, ther mometers show that local temperatures are still hovering around the freezing point. Yesterday was one of the coldest days of the present winter, and the intensity of the cold was more aggravated coming as It did on the heels of the warm, spell which -sent many people out-of-doors on Sunday, * Monday and Tuesday. The mercury stood around 23 above zero throughout yesterday and early last night there was a slight rise, the change tak ing place about the time the sleet began falling. More than an inch and a half of sleet fell during the night and it found an ideal resting place on the surface of the earth which had been frozen by the cold blasts which swept over the county yes terday. Practically all of the sleet stuck to the ground as it fell and as a result it soon covered all exposed places. Travel has been made rather difficult and uncertain by the sleet. Numbers of persons were seen to fall as they hurried to their jobs this morning and in many parts of the cty there have been reports of autos halted in their travel by the slippery street#. A few horses and mules have been takgp fro«* their stable* during the day sat they have found the goiug too hard. is lilur- a solid aheet of ice a«4 - atiftaials have found it bard to secure a footing. Pedestrians have been able to keep going so long as they could retain their balance. The sleet is hard enough to hold up the average person and in some places hundreds of persons have been un able to make tracks in the sleet so haru is it frozen. Members of the street department of the city were put to work early this morning clearing off the sidewalks in the business section of the city. At first a path was cut through the sleet and later all of the frozen ice was removed from the sidewalks. This made travel easier for the pedestrian so long as the mist which fell during the morning did not freeze on the walks. Coal dealers of the city report de mands for fuel. Trucks of these com panies have been busy since early morn ing but at that all orders have not been filled. It is not unusual for many per sons to need fuel when the ground is covered with sleet or snow, the coal deal ers report, as it usually happens that many coal" piles become exhausted in the very worst weather. Several minor auto accidents have been reported Ih the city during the morning. In most instances the accident occurred . when drivers had to stop their cars sud denly thus causing the cars to skid. No one was injured in the accidents so j for as can be learned and one of the cars were seriously damaged. Warmer weather is predicted for to night but it is not specified whether or ’ not the rise in temperature will be great ’ enough to melt the present sleet or pre vent the fall of mefre. Radio Seals Fate of Daily Forecast Card. ■Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.—The ’ Weather Bureau has sent out its last daily foecast and. The oranament of post offices, general store and other of fices since has succumbed to the competition of newspapers and the radio ’ and to stern economy program of the ‘ Budget Bureau. The last issue was mailed yesterday. "The cards just naturally lost their 1 popularity,” it was said today at the ’ Weather Bureau. “The bureau has been obtaining such complete service from ' the newspapers and radio stations that the little cards suffered from want of ' admirers. We felt sorry for them and ' decided to end their troubles. Besides ’ they have been costing the Government ' a bit of money and the budget exports r agreed that they might find better use [ for this sum.” i ________ A man’s idea of an ideal wife i« one who thinks she has an ideal husband. WHAT BMITTTB CAT SAYS nrrr. Partly cloudy tonight, rain in east por tion; colder in extreme west portion; Friday partly cloudy, NO. 58
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