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Ksteps to Avoid j
Famine Here
It.--
WHj Water to Cut
Xhere W ill Not
M ortaß:e *
■'^TH^orsE
■v/hiS Supplies the i
■with Water Is Run
■ Ver' Lo». —Hope
■vert Crisis.
m y •• tI.AV of
■ (tv.'k as a re
■ of the
■ *• w
IH 1 »0 1111 1 v and ls
'■ •
. ' • ak*‘Ti today when
BH. V in the
• ali n halt on
,1,2 liuics noti
mm _ y A| i . A swimming
■ B . and the Hoha r
■ ... , serious.
|H. •\ F - -upmuten
r n l l water depart
■•. 1",.,. iv '-reek has
K gj ; li;v tmt ;!:• -supply had
•' mantis put on
■ . h.-t-ame neees-
H. at the creek
a-v day w:..-feas fonner
to run them only
!::>■ amount of water
■j-.’., <ut'i an extent that
■^ r -,.. v a!..tin half as much
a- "> the case in
. .. continue, there
!„• it,, an additional cut
■ vv. :b wa’eniuj lawns and
Kv,- t're.-k is fed by a num
a till a considerable
I. iv i vajioration before
Hi I. r.-y pumping station.
■ sad Mr. Fisher, after the
Htf.vi:. ti:-> amount increases
may be tilled dur-
Hisi.t. Wednesday night.
Htb water was so low up to
tint all pumps had to be
■eßiiitinn this morning, de-
Hr. Fi.dier, was somewhat im-
B: supp'y being more steady.
Htry with the announcement
■Tcit.v water works, the Y.
Hl asked its patrons to take
Hfthe fact that it would close
Being pool Friday and re-
Bh! until further notice. Of
fa-Mi-iatioii declared'that
?? planning to do everything
to co-operate with the city in
ir -crisis.
i«T P.lencliery will be in posi
tontinue operations, it was j
A eonnection is planned with j
fwk which will eliminate the
j of procuring water from
• The bieaehery is one of
»st users of water in Con
i'* being necessary in the
if processes.
Cannon Bieaehery is already
with Buffalo Creek and of
’■> not affect-d by city water
H SERI'M” BANNED
®X ONTARIO PRISONERS
Give Test to Alleged Mur
dered Is Thwarted.
i w-- ! ' T " —Attorney
William F. Nickle has ban
* o. H. House’s "truth serum”
■ a tuong prisoners of the
•Crown Attorney .Tames S
was instructed to notify
'jliams Wanks s and Sheriff
that neither Arthur
1 in connection with the
,°f Clayton McMillan, nor
prisoner is to be a subject
k‘' CS
k , IH ' U planned to have
1. i ’Ge serum daring The
convention of the fin
jj ex ! )erts which will open
* A person under the
. s, ’Pa!amin is capable of
™ it is claimed.
(,r,n Sunday School As- *
, p __ satiation.
r A Lutheran
Car.u organization for
I„' J .! na r Gas just been form
atter 110 college where
s nr, i^' I,K, l tor church work
*]av' n*"" ay from Friday till I
ft " ers an- S. J. Mar-1
w President: Prof. J. 8.,
ii'*a s, - ni:i vice-president;
Rah..| *i'o' secretary;
Tbe '!! >ar< l - Concord, treas
ki . I[lo ‘‘ine!it at the school
ions fr "! i '' ‘ ,a ' ! °f the con
; -f TI ’ 1 ““ -North Carolina
*n , rcspnfu,l .
or > tin. n A pageant was
ighr. i» ~.< > ‘ f- a inpus Tues-
PUv characters were
half ‘‘ a>t °d for one hour
& Ac<^>l Report,
al rS Ai,g ’ 27.—(4*)—Maj.
Chips army engi
tte to(l ay he would ac
le steam"); tlTm l board’s report
Placed Borman disaster,
k eB es . rs ts ’ lons ibility on “near-
boat ■,> men connected
ds operation.
f Git^ >Ur A( |vertisers.
the oA ,f ank and Tmst Co.
*4ex. p r ? n dr afts for farm-
Ure Assoei ..” tton Growers’ Co
tP this p a pp 0n ’ schedule
the Concord ttmfs
STONE MOUNTAIN
DESIGN APPROVED,
Central Group as Drawn
by Lukeman Gets Com-,
mittee Approval at At- 1
lanta Meeting.
; Atlanta. 9ug. 27.—OP)—Official ap- 1
1 proval of Augustus Eukeman’s design
for the central group of Stone Moun-.
j tain Confederate iftemorial was given
| today by the board of directors of the
j association at a special meeting here.
The design was submitted in the i
form of a sketcti model in plaster
which will be enlarged immediately to I
the dimensions of a master model
which will require live or six weeks.
The design contains seven princi
pal figures representing high com
mands of the Confederate army with
two subsidiary figures representing
Hag bearers.
Jeffeyson Davis, president of the]
Confederacy, and commander-in-chief
of the Confederate forces, is the first
to be seen on the left group. He is
in civilian garb wearing a flowing rid
ing cape. Next is General Robert E. |
Lee. commander of the armies in the |
field, astride hie famous mount, Trav- ■
eler.
Stonewall Jackson is next to Lee, I
mounted on Old Sorrell. General j
Jackson wears a uniform of a lieu-.
tenant general and a riding cape which
flutters over his shoulder.
Next in order from leght to right j
are the two flag bearers, and to- the J
right of them are four Confederate]
generals who are to be selected by
a historical commission composed of
state historians of the thireen Con
federate states. The figure of these
generals are sketched in a group in
the position they will occupy but are
not modeled in likenesses as Davis,
Lee and Jackson. '
DO THE FARMERS LOSE ON
A BUMPER CORN CROP?
Big Crop Does Not Necessarily Mean
Prosperity, Says Expert.
Des Moines. lowa. Aug. 27.— (A 3 ) — -
A bumper crop of corn does not nee- •
essarily mean prosperity for the lowa
farmer. More than likely it means
money out of his pocket, says C. I).
Reed, director of the weather and
crop reporting service.' ]
In his bulletins. My. Reed has been ;
repeating ‘‘More corn —less dollars.” j
Basis for the statement was found in j
a fact pointed out by the late Secre
tary of Agriculture Wallace, substan-,
tiated by figures in Mr. Reed's own J
office. The reverse is equally true'. 1
he declared, "Less corn —more dol-:
lars.”
"Take the crop of 1924,” ssid Mr.
Reed. "lit was the poorest we have
had since 1901. The average yield
was only 28 bushels to the acre.,
Despite the yield being 132,000.000
j bushels shorter than the, previous
j crop and that it was of inferior qual
ity, it brought the lowa ’farmer .$13,-
000,000 more than the year before.
"The 1921 crop—lowa’s greatest —
is another example. The average
yield for that year was 43 bushels an
acre, a bumper crop even for lowa,
yet the total return to farmers 'was
only $133,000,000. compared with the
$250,000,000 which the average corn
crop brings.”
In that year Mr. Reed said the
gross return for land that grew corn
was $12.90 an acre, the lowest figure j
since 1902.
Member of Commons Violates Rule
Three Centuries Old.
London, Aug. 27. — (A 3 ) —When Sir
Harry Hope rose in the House of
Commons to speak from one of the
front benches he was greeted with
loud cries of “Order.” He sat down,
puzzled, but rose again only to be
greeted with more shouts of "Order.
A member pointed out that he had
violated a 300-year-old rule by put
ting his foot beyopd a red line at
the edge of the carpet in front of
him. These lines, on either side of
the chamber, were placed there in
Stuart days, when the Roundheads
in Parliament were bitterly attacking
the Cavalier suporters of Charles I.
Members in those days were armed
and it was feared that debates might
end in violence, so the red line was
placed beyond which they were not
Supposed to pass during debate.
More than 1,000 yards of thread
are required to make a hankerehief
of average size.
i- 1
Clothiers Will Not Rescue Textile
Industry By Widening Pants Legs
1 Chicago, Aug. 27. Although the
textile industry is suffering, chiefly be-,
cause the women are not wearing any
thing .the National Association of Re
tail Clothiers, in session here, refuses
to help out with Oxford bag trousers.
Fred Voilaud, of Topeka, Kansas,
former president of the association, is
chairman of the style committee. _
"’‘To be decidedly correct the trous
• ers should have a width of eighteen
to nineteen inches,” says the coinnnt
: | tee’s report to be read before the con
, vention. “Os course, the younger ele
• ment will demand extreme widths to a
[ certain extent, but the tendency is to
a curtailment in this direction.
“The chief demand will be for dou
ble-breasted, blue, unfinished fabrics
the coat should be medium length and
i easy fitting, with long lapels. Second
- in color design will come forest shades
e with browns, ranging from light tans
to dark browns following.
i DEBT FUNDING PUN
NOT POPULAR WITH
| ALL BRITISH FOLKS
«
Many Express the Opinion
That All the Concessions
Made Are Favorable to
France.
WANTEDENOUGH
| TO PAY OUR DEBT
Feared Now French Will
j Not Pay Amount Eng
land Must Pay to This
Country.
i —■
London, Aug. 27.— (A 3 ) —Consider-
able surprise, not altogether pleasur
able, has been aroused here by the
! terms of the provisional settlement of
i the French debt to Great Britain as
arranged yesterday by Spencer
Churchill, chancellor of the exche
quer, and .Tos. Caillaux, french min-
I ister of finance.
“Each of us had to put a little wa
iter in our wine,” said M. Caillaux in
| discussing terms under which France
I will pay debt of 032.000,000 pounds
sterling in 02 annual payments of
1 12,500,000 pounds Sterling each, if
i France’s negotiation for wiping out
j her debt to the United States proves
satisfactory, and if the French gov
! ernment gives its approval,
i While some of the persons are of
1 the opinion that the dilution referred
to by M. Caillaux will prove good to
both countries, there are others ,\vho
express the viewpoint that Great Brit
ain is getting too much of water and
too little of the wine. The portion,
however, has not been finally mixed,
aitd the people are waiting to see
whether the forthcoming Franeo-Am
erican negotiations will bring forth a
prohibitory influence on the suggest
led composition of the Anglo-French
! debt.
i Anxiety is expressed in some quar
j ters lest the provisional settlement, if
i ratified, should put Great Britain in
the position of receiving from the
debtor less than enough to enable her
to meet her payments to the Unit
ed States.
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! SPECIAL COURT TERM
FOR RICHMOND COUNTY
»
1
At Term W. B. Cole Will Be Tried
For the Slaying of W. W. Ormond.
Raleigh. Aug. 27. — UP) —A special
: term of court for Richmond County
: has been called by Governor McLean
j at the request of Solicitor Don Phil
lips. The term \vill convene Septem
ber 28th. It is expected the solicitor
will call the case against AV. B. Cole,
i wealthy cotton mill man of Rocking
ham. charged with the killing of AV.
AA\ Ormond.
Governor McLean stated he w'ould
not appoint any judge to preside at
this term that is "suggested by either
side.”
Grist Urges Cotton Shipper* to Clean
Up Cotton By November.
Raleigh. Aug. 20.—"A1l cotton out
by the last of November.” is the
slogan of Frank Grist, commissioner
of labor and printing,
j Mr. Grist added substantially to
Ithe wealth of North Carolina by liis
method of saving the berry crops in
various sections of the state. He
helped in the fruit shipments of the
sand hills. “I am working on a plnn
that I believe will be more effective
! than either of the other efforts,” said
he this afternoon.
The details are not ready, but
Commissioner Grist finds it feasible
to place cotton pickers from the
home offices and branches. If the
cotton crop should be picked before
real winter weather probably several
additional millions would be saved in
this process. The grade would be bet
ter and hundreds of thousand in
pounds would be saved. That is what
Mr. Grist hopes to do with his otfice.
Train Men Hurt.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 27. — UP) —The en
gineer and fireman of the Pittsburgh-
Buff alo Flyer of the Pennsylvania
Railroad were injured, the former se
riously, when the train wag derailed
at Braeburn, 20 miles north of here
today. A number of passengers in
two day coaches' were shaken up, but
were able to continue their journey.
“Decidedly wide belts will be the
I vogue with all trousers. The hose
will be fancy in both silk and wool,
and the hats will have wider brims
and fancy hat bands. Ninety-five per
cent, of the hats will be soft. Many
colored creations in shirts with plain
white and solid designs will remain
in favor. •
“Young men’s ideas in clothes will
continue to dominate. The college
man with'his pep- and craving for new
things sets the pace today in men’s
clothes. The motorists forced us to
sport styles.* There are no old men’s
clothes now.”
Louis B. Bossard, of Cincinnati,
who was selected today as the best
dressed man, wore a blue and gray
su ! t, blue tnd tan shirt with collar
to match, blue tie with polka dots,
straw hat, black shoes, blue socks with
polka dots and leather garters.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 1925
: i
America’s Great on Mountain
)lgantic images of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt will b<
Jkrved on the side of Rushmore Mountain, in the Black Hills, near Rapfi
Jity, S. D., by Gutzon Borglum, noted sculptor. The undertaking is spon
pred by the Mount Harney Memorial Association, authorized by thi
Jouth Dakota state legislature. The cost is estimated at $J ,000,000. Rush
Uooaiuin («• £coi) faa* VijoV, u'ith n. flat araalt*, few® Sfwt t in heierht
Security Pact Is Not
Yet An Assured Fact
British Officials Still Hope
that the Pact Can Be
Changed so as to Be Ac
ceptable to All.
FRENCHREADY
FOR CONFERENCE
And Germans Say Allied
Troops Should Be With
drawn Before Talk of
Conciliation Continues.
London, Aug. 27. —C4 5 )—Hope pre
vails in official quarters in London
that Germany will accept the condi
tions of the security pact note from
France, and that at an early date will
send representatives to London to dis
cuss with British and French states
men the formulation of an agreement
that will make warfare again impos
sible.
Germany, according to unofficial ad
vices reaching here from Berlin, Ims
agreed with the French representa
tions in the note, that the time for an
interchange of ideas regarding the sit
uation by written communications lias
come to an end, and that a round ta
ble conference is a better method for
disentangling the snarled skein of con
troversy. It is possible that an early
date as next Monday may see the
commencement of conversations be
tween British, French, Belgian and
German representatives to (leal with
the technical and judicial questions
and pave the way for a gathering to
gether of the respective foreign min
isters to work out the long discussed
problems.
The French View.
Paris, August 27. — UP) —France
stands ready to send delegates to a
conference in London to draw up a
pact with Great Britain, Belgium and
Germany, promising security to west
ern frontiers, should the Berlin gov
ernment accept suggestions in the lat
est French note that such negotia
tions be opened immediately.
M. Fromageot, well known jurist,
already has been designated to repre
sent France in the event such a meet
ing is held. The French government
favors prompt action and would be
ready to begin at London next Mon
; day.
The German Y 7 iew.
- Berlin, Aug. 27.— UP) —The Ger- 1
man government in an official com- j
munique issued after receipt of the •
French note on the security question,
points to its repeated assertions /shat j
realization of a security pact is im
possible so long as the question of
Germany sharing in the colonial man
! dates is unsettled.
It also remarks that the security
’ negotiations have thus far taken place
5 under the banner of conciliation and
that further occupation by the allies
of the Cologne zone “which is unlaw
-1 fully occupied, is not in harmony with
1 that spirit.”
Germany has done everything to
1 fulfill the allies’ disarmament eondi
» tions, the communique says, and nev
j er in history has the disarmament of
j a nation been carried out more
j thoroughly.
A flier was fined $25 for fl.vjng
under the 2,000-foot altitude when
,he flew in his airplane over the
1 stands on Yale Field, New Haven,
> Connecticut.
r
, Miss Ethel Honeycutt is again at
l her work in The Times-Tribune office
after a week’s vacation.
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£ THERE IS BUT ONE— *
* • *
JK Sure way to success and it is
called work. * $6
Best policy in any eircum-
stance aud that, is to tell the
truth. ' *
Path to happiness and it is
called duty.
Method of keeping friends and
that is called loyalty.
Safe investment and that is
called character.
Sure way to get people to see
North Carolina —Tell ’em about
* it. - *
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THE COTTON MARKET.
Continuance of Recent Selling Move
ment Sent Price of December Down
to 22.99.
New York, Aug. 27. — (A 3 ) —A con
tinuance of the recent selling move
ment sent the price of December con
tracts down to 22.99 in the cotton
mavket here early today. The open
ing was steady at an advance of 1
point to a decline of 4 points, and
there was a little buying on relatively
steady showing of Liverpool. The de
mand was quickly supplied by over
night selling orders, and prices de
clined 3 to 4 points under liquida
tion and local and Southern offerings.
Buying believed to be for trade ac
count was more active around the 23
cent level, however, and there was
enough covering to cause rallies of 6
to 7 points from the lowest toward the
end of the first hour. (
Cotton .futures: October 22.76;
December 23.04; January 22.55;
March 22.85; May 23.10.
SAYS GREECE ASKED TO
SETTLE HER WAR DEBT
London Hears United States Sent
Note to Greece Asking Her to Make
Settlement.
London. Aug. 27. — UP) —A dispatch
to the Daily Telegraph says the Unit
ed States recently presented to Greece
a demand for settlement of that coun
try’s debt to it. The Greek gov
ernment, although recognizing the
American claim, will declare its ina
bility to pay the debt at the present
tihe, the Breek budget being over
| burdened with obligations in
I connection with the settlement of the
! refugee.situation.
The.correspondent says it is under-
I stood the Greek government author
ized its minister in London to sign
an Anglo-Greek convention providing
the payment of the war debt the terms
of w’hich w T ere settled long ago by for
mer Finance Minister Soudero.
Drought Continues in Piedmont
* Section.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 26-—Reports
coming from Ashe and Alleghany,
tw r oof the mountain counties, say
that frost was visible in some sec
tions a few mornings ago, though so
far as known no damage was done
to crops. The drouth continues
throughout the Piedmont section and
in many sections crops will be cut
at least fifty per cent, it is said. The
streams are the lowest they have
been known in years. An Elkin fish
erman declares that he is unable to
find water deep enough in the Yad
kin river in that section to cover his
fish traps.
When a man is in love he gives,
when a woman is in love she forgives.
DR. THOMAS YOUNG
COMMITS SUICIDE
DURING E TRIAL
Body Found by Jail At
tendants Early Today.C
Wire Used as Means of
Hanging.
CHARGED WITH
WIFE’S DEATH
Testimony Presented on
Trial Had Been Consid
ered Very Damaging for
the Defendant.
Los Angelos, Aug. 27.— (A 3 ) —Dr.
Thos. AA\ Young, dentist, on trial here
for the murder of his wife and burying
her body in a cistern, killed himself
here in the county jail early today.
County jail employees discovered
the dentist’s body hanging in his cell
by a piece of wire.
The suicide ends the trial of Dr.
Young on the murder trial. The
jurors in the ease were ordered at the
close of the court yesterday to make a
visit to the suburbs today to visit the
cistern in which Mrs. Young’s body
was found.
Two acquaintances of the defendant
yesterday testified he had offered them
SSOO each if they would testify they
had seen Mrs. Young alive and well
but in flight from her husband sev
eral weeks after February 21st. They
said offer was made prior to his
arrest and the finding of the body and
that he told them that he needed the
perjured testimony in an alienation
of affections suit he planned to file
against his father-in-law, Frank AA 7 .
Hunt.
“OH LORD.” CRY OF PARROT
SAVES LIFE OF MISTRESS
Fireman. Led by Wails, Finds Wom
an Unconscious in Burning Build
ing.
New York, Aug. 25.—Through
acrid smoke. Fire Captain Drewes
today heard the wail: "Oh. Lord!
Oh, Lord! Oh, Lora!” ' Captain
Drewes was on the second floor of a
building owned by Mrs. Juliana
Loweinger and in the basement
beneath him was a brisk fire. He had
searched the building for tenants, and
found no <rtie left within the walls.
He heard the cry again: “Oh,
Lord! Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord!” On the
floor of a bedroorri, unconscious from
smoke and halfliidden by the furni
ture, he found Mrs. Loweingger.
Above her perched a pet parrot,
which, when it saw Captain Drewes,
coughed weakly, "Oh, Lord!”
Mrs. Loweninger was carried up
the fire escape to the roof of an ad
joining building and revived. AYith
her was carried the parrot. The
damage was estimated at $50,000.
CHARGES AGAINST GRIST
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Raleigh Concern Says It Has Been
Discriminated Against by Mr.
Grist.
Raleigh, Aug. 27.—OP)—A thor
ough investigation of charges of dis
crimination in distributing the state
printing by Frank IX Grist, commis
sioner of Labor & Printing, will be
made by the printing commission. The
charge was made by a Raleigh print
ing concern which alleged it was be
ing discriminated against in favor of
other printers of Raleigh. This an
nouncement was made yesterday fol
lowing a meeting of the commission
with Governor McLean. The investi
gation will be conducted by Chas. R.
Ross and John Harwood, assistant at
torneys general.
ANOTHER $25,000 GIFT
COMES FROM B, N. DUKE
Philanthropist Doubles His Prmioius
Donation Toward Endowment
Fund-
Greensboro, Aug.24.—A gift of
$25,000 was received this afternoon
by Dr. S. B. Turrentine, president
of Greensboro college, from B. N.
Duke, of New York, for the college
endowment fund. This is the sec
ond such gift from Mr. Duke, mak
ing $50,000 from him. The college is
making an endowment campaign
for $500,000- It has an endowment
of $200,000. The college is the insti
tution of the Methodists of the sHte.
for the education of young women.
You can always tell what a woman
thinks of her husband by the way
she laughs at his jokes-
Governor Smith Is in Thick
of Fight For New York Mayor
New York, Aug. 27. — UP) —Gover- regarding Mayor Hylan, who the other
nor Smith today was in the thick of day made the political pot bubble with
the fight for mayor of New York. jan attack on the governor as an ally
, . .of the traction interests, seeking Ingh-
Having given up his vacation in fares. The mayor at the same
order to work for State Senator James t . me cr iticized Walker with references
J. Walker, Tammany designee agamst tfae rt of the und erworld and
Mayor Hylan for the Democratic nom- wWe open town
ination, the governor came from the i g up p o of Smith and Walker
capital at Albany to plunge into a tenant today over the apparent
contest which both Democratic and rp g ret which the mayor’s attack
Republican spokesmen have said fref- on them were received by John H.
ly is a* fight between Smith and c (^ ooe y f democratic leader of Brook :
Hearst. j vn Back from his vacation yester-
Tonight the governor will invade day, McCooey took no pains to con-
Brooklyn, home borough of Mayor ceal his surprise over the
Hylan. At a Walker rally he is tack and indicated he would abide by
expected to express various opinions j the results of the primaries.
CONTINUE EFFORTS
TO RRINR mmj T "
CHINEoT i uilli WAR
.Police in East and Middle
West Taking Every Step
to Halt Spread of Chi
nese Warfare.
FIVE DEATHS IN
WARFARE SO FAR
Tong Leaders Taken to the
Police Offices, and Prom
ise to Try to Stop the
Fighting.
New York. Aug. 27.— UP) —New
Y’crk police are attempting to end
the war of Chinese tongs in the east
and middle west, where five tong men
have been assassinated.
AA’hen tong leaders were closet ed
with police here yesterdya, a Hip
Sing was murdered in Baltimore. He
was the first Hip Sing to die, the
• others having belonged to the On
Leong tong.
Tong leaders promised at police
• headquarters here to try to end the
war. They agreed to cease hostili
ties in New York pending a final set
tlement, and another meeting was ar
ranged for tomorrow. Telegrams were
sent summoning Eu Ho Soon, nation
al On Leong president, and Lee Gee
Ming, secretary, from Detroit.
On Leong representatives claim the
war has reached such a state where
higher officials of the tong are needed
to handle the situation. Ho Don
Hing, national president of the Hip
Sings, and local officers, came to po
lice heaUcuarters under heavy guard.
But neither leader consented to meet
at t’he same table. AVithout the chief
of the On Leong’s, they said, it was
futile to promise that killings in other
cities would stop. Police and prose
cutors warned tong men that indict
ments for conspiracy to murder pos
sibly could be returned.
UNFAVORABLE WEEK
FOR SOUTHERN CROP
High Temperatures in Cotton Belt
Cause Damage-Western Carolina
Suffers.
AA’ashington, Aug. 2G.—-The week
ly weather and crop review of the
department of agriculture today says
that, in the south the past week con
, ditious generally were Unfavorable.
The severe drought in southern Ap
palachian l-egion, including much of
the adpoining states, was intensified
by record breaking temperatures and
a continued absence of beneficial
rains; all late crops are suffering
badly in this area.
The weather in the cotton belt was
less favorable than during recent
weeks. Record breaking high tem
peratures prevailed in the droughty
eastern sections of the ' belt, the
drought in much of Texas was still
unrelieved while high temperatures,
’ excessive sunshine, and hot winds
were trying on the plants in the
1 northwestern portion of the belt
■ , There was further serious deterior
ation in central and northern Geor
' gia, with much premature opening.
' while blooming has practically ceased
( in South Carolina, with the drought
unrelieved in the central, western
‘ and northern portions. Cotton con
• tinued very good advance in central
• and eastern North Carolina and
■ from mostly good growth was report
’ ed from Virginia. The weather was
■ generally favorable for picking and
■ ginning, which made rapid progress,
i The report for North Carolina:
• Beneficial showers north-central and
. northeast. but drought practically
- without relief in west. Late corn,
truck a.ml minor crops improved
where showers occurred. Condition of
cotton mostly very good in east and
. central, but some further deteriora
tion during week due to shedding and
, weevil damage, mainly in south; a
’ number of first bales reported. Fine
crop tobacco about ready for mar
r ket in east; curing continues else
| where.
Mexico to Pay Debt.
, San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 27.— UP) —
• Mexico will begin paying her $500,-
. 000,000 national debt, owed chiefly to
i the United States, about September
i Ist, A. M. Elias, consul general for
: Mexico at New r York and financial
• agent for that government, said here.
In 1681, though there were thous
ands of books in the library of the
i wereßoyal Society, only 35 of them
■ were on Agriculture, of which only
a few were in Eng'.ish.
\ * ’
$2.00 a. Year, Strictly in Advance.
HOPES TO PREVENT
COIL SHORTAGE IF
MINERS QUIT JOBS
Government Is Not to Take
Part in Controversy Now
But Will Seek to Ptovide
Fuel for the Public.
COMMITEE IS
STILL AT WORK
And Hopes to Be Able to
Avert Strike But at Pres
ent Everything Points to
Walkout September Ist.
Washington, Aug. 27.- —( A *) —Gov-
ernment officials are adhering to a
hands-off policy with respect to the
anthracite strike, the hope of averting
a shut down in the anthracite fielda
September Ist reStede today in ef
forts of citizens committee of that reg
ion to bring the operators and miners
into conference again.
Convinced that no efforts on their
own part would avail to prevent a
cessation of operations in the mine,
the government is taking stock of
the hard coal supply and available
substitutes, and officials intimate that
a plan already being considered to
safeguard the public against an actual
coal shortagt. Tentative estimates
show the above ground supply of an
thracite to be sufficient to meet nor
mal requirements until December. 1 \ j
After the operators had announced
agreement to its approval for* resump
tion of negotiations, John H. Uhl,
chairman of the citizens “no strike”
committee of northeast Pennsylvania,
went into conference early today with
John L. Lewis, president of the Unit
ed Mine AA T orkers of Amerira, at the
Philadelphia headquarters.
The most serious aspect of the sit
uation in the view of officials, is the
responsibility of a strike in the or
ganized bituminous field from which
half the supply of soft coal comes.
They recall that in statements made in
their dispute with operators in which
the mine union officials alleged that a
number of operators in the northern
AVcst A’irginia coal district were vio
lating provisions of the Jacksonville
soft coal agreement, the nnion heads
held up the possibility of a soft coal
strike in retaliation.
Citizens Plea Fails.
Philadelphia* Aug. 27.- j -G4 > )—-The
midnight appeal of AA’ilkesbarre citi
zens made to the miners here that the
latter resume scale negotiations with
the operators, will have no influence
on the plans the miners have under
way for a suspension in the anthra
cite coal fields September 1, aecord
ing to authoritative comment today.
The actual call for a suspension is
expected to be issued by miners scale
sub-committee as soon as all details
for keeping “maintenance men in the
mines have been arranged at meetings
with the mine owners here.
30.000 HOUSES IN TOKYO .
SUBMERGED DURING RAIN
Downpour Last SO Hours and Drove
Thousand to Hills. Menace Now is
Abating.
Tokyo, Aug. 27. —The floode, caus
ed by a 36-hour rain, which yester
day inundated the Honjo district of
the city, have subsided. It is esti
mated that 30,000 houses were sub
merged, the resident spending the
night on the hillsides. The damagge
is estimated at several million yen.
A number of casualties are reported.
The flood was the worst in ten
years.
The Honjo district, the ,lowest
lying part of Tokyo, is situated along
the Sumida river near its mouth and
is intersected by numerous canals. It
is a poor district and greatly over
crowded. It is here where the great
est number of casualties occurred in
the earthquake of September 1923.
Italian Authorities Baffled by Mummi
fication of Woman.
Naples, Aug. 27. —04 s )—A striking
example of the mummification of A
human body by natural process has
been discovered at Vatolla, in the
province of Salerno, with the ex
humation of the body of a local resi
dent, Rosa Scarpar, who died in 1912.
The'body was found to be in a per
fect state of preservation; even her
clothes were in a sort of con
dition. but retained their original col
ors.
Thinking the mummification pro
cess might have been due to peculiar
chemical qualities of the soil, the au
thorities ordered the opening of an
adjacent grave, but the corpse in the
latter grave had completely decoin
posed. This, therefore, led to the
belief among devout natives that a
, mi-acle had been wrought.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
Fair tonight and Friday; fresh f
north and northeast winds.
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