IME !
new Efforts To Bring
Line Os P. & N. Railway
Through City Os Concord
wmm
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cnledln
M -MU* Lead;
■ nev ; e d \ d 'ties by,
■.Men.
■ess mkn
■ |,lm i - C ASE
f - ‘iuls of the
■. Ivader- in Civic
jHleilv ot Value of !
■nterurban Line.
. \;cnsion of
■H . \ vii railway
H ad.- public
H, ; . f. ;i- aroused
H . a- first were
are now
. ncgo
, '! ab'.e so’u
|H„ i■, ha< never
.ectt-nsion of
i * Winston
to >a'.ity sc n. it
§■ T:, T; Wednesday.
as an
|H-na- •: ! V officials
|H; the near
|H . Neither
H-v was a strong
jSH ('oncord.
|H grant
« i 'uncord, i
H\! ’..at tiiis was
died to offer
- dution to the
|Hh' .- citing the Oiiam
,ai' and others
SM >: 1\ at the head |
!■ .g a ’.ine of ike
Concord.
9H - ■ hi!- iiii“- s men of
Hr- - r-ading the facts as
■H T' • T-inane Wednesday.
fully. each declar-
Hv * l*i not afford to sit
was being
Bi’ mi T'-' Several of
[Hr- ■ ■ rents for pub-
Hj ' .. that such a
H ’ ueti.-ia! to those
H' wi-i; tl.t* situation.
7 r.i the proper
• n demanding
W" of way across
B l '' >• chamber of
w, ■; .-cay, and as
agreed to do
1_ planned to
Bf' la'tween him
ii.mrurban com-
:.-ar fa tun* with the
B "wliat is right"
i' ].. j.nough with
"fti-ials to lead to
I^BSlsi.
B ''•••• I* AX. were in Con-
and X understood
'' 1 no final decision
86-;;B 6 -;; cte to Kan
|B t’-eal ••i'izens are con
:»•••■ h.dpless in se
|B; i:!: : wavs at prices
B>'v «le ma „.i,.d. The of
■ kno’vii that they
■ line through
iti view of the fact that
H - v; ;i Poplar Tent
>.-> than it will
w 'Uu.-i a hi,,. v j a ('oncord.
11 nsideration
also point out
' va >' can he secured
i.far Tent route
6 oiifiji-.i route, so long
■ latter route
■ aii( > '!"• an acre for
■ officials are
■VL 4 ''' 1: v/ -.at so many
H i "< n aroused
H t'L ' -a the negotia
a!" liming with re-
Bu, ■ l, ‘ rs -mote a com
rX' owners and
Hj ", and they have
L 1 it'z-ms to aid
■ ti l : ; fl at the land
prices when
He. s 1m« nt is 100
H*X .
r> ... Wednes-
H t . . d in the fol
■ I*-,..
Htr.f ,• . a i -president
t ; 4 <T T , )
|Btn, r "1 ' this won-
Klr p" : a ''t! :■« the P.
■ an more to
H‘ and coun
■ g I know
thinlf ,/ " in our peo
& t li*. v „
■ 'fie proper
K V v fuui- ri (’a ' { ' V ' :,y -’
H an Hoard of
,'J ' ' will take
Bani t, ,!: *< I*. & N.
,j„ , arc holding
Btfu. timg.
Hp- cl" have nl
'l certainly
■ tbe greatest
■ Onte to help
B 5 ve r •
|H Js Vk-,i : ‘■•mbarrass
•• hinder this
flir,,,
J»
Hark • " lUont Cabar
■ u ‘- 11 id coining from
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year,-Strictly in Advance.
Charlotte as the survey shows will
open a new territory thereby increas
ing the value of the land considera
bly. It is worth much more to have
tiiis interburgan than a regular rail
road because it serves in the county i
as the street cars do in the city.
No doubt stations would soon
•spring up every few rnilos along the
road and many persons who work in i
the cities could enjoy a country home.
"By all means let us got together
on this matter.”
Brevard E. Harris, president Ki
wanis Club:
“1 he civic dubs have been for years
trying to get a new railroad for our
city, and certainly now that we have
the opportunity of getting the road,
our people will not be so unreason
able about the right of way as to de
prive our city and county of this
great opportunity. This road would
benefit property far more than -ts would
damage it.”
C. H. Barrier, nuxyor of Concord:
XI am for anything the late J. B.
Duke was for and I understand he
left everything in shape to carry oitt
his plans. Every development or ex
tension he made has increased proper
ty values and business and I should
think our people would gladly give or
at least sell a right of way for this
railroad reasonable.
"The fact that it opens up terri
tory more or less undeveloped makes
it that much more valuable to us."
Chas. B. Wagoner, president of the
Citizens Bank ami Trust Co.:
"I bdieve that the building of the
P. & X. Railway through here will
mean more to the City of Concord and
to the teritory through which its lines
are laid than any other movement for
the common good that has been under
consideration for the last twenty-five
years.
We can readily see that this line
will be laid out along the route that
will be shortest and that will prom
ise the lowest construction cost, en- '
abling it to reach Kannapolis and j
prints north on its route to Winston- ,
Salem, and leave Concord off its main |
line, unless rights of way to bring it I
by . here can be obtained at a reason- 1
awe cost. A glance at the map will
show that the mileage will be greatly
increased to bend The' ra'Tway Hue so
that it will touch Coucord. and if this
cost, cmtpled with unreasonable costs
for rights of way. will outweigh the
advantages to be gained, wt will of
course lose the Interurban for Con
cord.
The advantages to the property own
ers through whose land tiiis line would
be laid are so many that in all except
probably a few cases it seems that |
rights of way would gladly be given. |
It is the history 7 of the interurban
electric lines that they wonderfully
increase property values of all lands
they touch, as by running their trains
on close schedules they’ bring Into
the market at once sites for homes all
aloug their lines for people who work
in nearby towhs, and at the same time
put aH lands touched by the line in
market demand for industrial sites.
And the advantages to farms through
which it runs are many, as sidings
are established every few miles en
abling farmers to load and unload
their farm products and farm require
ments. It will increase farm values
to an even greater extent than the im
proved highway system of the state
has done.
“This interurban will connect us
with all the main railway systems—
the Seaboard, Atlantic £oast line.
Norfolk & Western and the Pennsyl
vania.
Surely no effort should be lost in
securing this interurban line for our
city.” ' *
ISSUE FORMAL CALL
FOR STOCK REDEMPTION
Reynolds Preferred Redeemable at
$l2O Plus Acctired Dividend.
Winston-Salem, Oct. 21. — The
stockholders of the R- J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company at a special meet
ing held .Tuesday, October 20. auth
orized the directors to call for re
demption at January Ist, 1020 of
all outstanding preferred stocK at
$l2O a share, thus confirming the
decision made by the directors on
September 22.
The directors today, acting under
the authority of the stockholders
meeting yesterday, issued a formal
call for the redemption of the stock
January 4, 1926. and preferred stock
holders were today notified of this
action. , .
The company has arranged for the
stockholders to cash # in their pre
ferred stock between how and De
cember 18. if they wash to do so. at
$l2O, plus aecured dividend from
October 1.
Deny' Charges of Drunkeiuiess.
New York, Oct. 22.- OP)— Sixty
six members of the crew of the *teani
ship Comanche wh ; ch was burned off
Florida Saturday night.- arrived m
port today aboard the Cherokee, de
nied passengers’ charges of drunken
ness and cowardice by negro members
of the crew.
A clogged flue Wednesday night
was responsible for a fire alarm
which brought the fire apparatus to
the St. Cloud Hotel annex on Last
Depot street. One of rtie roomers
of the annex made a fire in his stove
for the firs* - time and smoke began
pouring out of the crevices between
the bricks and in spaces wherethere
was broken plaster, causing the
to be turned in.
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* PENNY ADS. ARE CASH. *
*
rfc Our friends are again advised
that our terms on Penny Ads. is
& cash. If you phone an ad. in you rfc
will be told the amount of the
charge, which must be sent to
the office before the ad. can ap-
tK l>car. x £
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HOHENZOLI.ERN LIBRARY OF
100,000 VOLUMES IS HELD
Republic Claims Books Not Property
of Anyi Individuals.
Berlin, Oct. 22. — UP) —The family
library of the Hohenzollerns, compris
ing about 100.000 volumes, besides
numerous maps, musical publications
and sketches, forms part of the ITo
henzollera inventory claimed by the
German Republic as being the proper
ty of the state.
Pendiug the ultimate decision of the
courts the library remains in the for
mer Royal castle at Berlin. The li
brary was founded September 20,
1802, when the private libraries of
Frederick the Great, Kings Freder
ick William 11, 111, and IV, and the
small but valuable jversonal library
of Queen Louise of Prussia, were in
corporated. Prior to that date these
various libraries were kept at dif
ferent castles.
The originator of the idea of found
ing a library of the Hohenzollerns was
Duvinage, the librarian of Frederic
William IV. who suggested the plan
to the King in 1859. His suggestion,
however, did not tneer with the ap
proval <i£ the Treasury of the Royal
Household and it was not until 1862
that his successor. Dr. lXihme, over
came th ! s opposition.
By 1871 the new library contained
10,000 volumes. ‘ At the suggestion of
Emperor William I, a number of con
tributions from the library were made
to other libraries.
From 1880 to 1888 the Hohenzol
lern library was steadily enlarged, re
arranged and recatalogued and with
the ascension of Emperor William
11, thr-mnv librarian, Walter Robert
Tornow, it was given an entirely new
lease. By an Imperior edict in 1895
a large number of smaller family li
braries scattered among the various
castles were also incorporated.
CHARLOTTE NEGRO HELD
FOR KILLING T. L. O RARY
Matthews Towns Held for Murder |
in Connection With Fatal Auto
mobile Accident.
Salisbury, October 19. —Matthew
Towns, a negro chauffeur, of Char
lotte, is in jail and will <be given a
preliminary hearing in county court
Thursday on a charge of murder in
connection with the death of Troy
Lee Overman Rary, the young Kan
napolis man, who was killed when a
car driven by Towns ran into a car
in which you nr Rary and members
of his family were riding Sunday af
ternoon, near Salisbury. When Towns
was arrested soon after the accident
he gave a different name, but later
admitted his identity.
He is employed by the Duggan
Auto Service Company, of Charlotte,
and was driving a Cadillac car. It
is said two other negroes 'were with
him. but they have not been caught.
Gov. A1 Smith to Retire Private
Life.
Albany, N. Y.. Oct. 10.—Governor
Smith reiterated today that he would
retire to private life at the end of
his present term as chief executive
of New York state.
“A man can’t go on indefinitely .in
this job,” he said.
Reminded that he had been quoted
once as saying that any man would
be a fool who did not accept the presi
dential nomination if it was tendered
to him, he said :
“That is true. But there is a
great difference between accepting a
nomination and going after it. The
only chance I would have to get the
presidential nomination would be
when all the leaders were convinced
that I was the only man who could
win. Any one would be foolish to
go about the country talking with an
eye on the nomination more than two
years before the nomination is made.
Dr. Chase Has Mild Attack of In
fluenza*
Chapel Hill, Oct. 21.—Dr. H. W.
Chase, president of the University, is
confined to his home with a slight at
tack of inuenza- He went to bed yes
terday.
Dr. E. A. Abernethy, University
physician, who is attending him,
said tonight that while President
Chase’s temperature was slightly
higher than last night, he was
"resting comfortably and there are
| no alarming symptoms."
IS Cars Are Stolen at V, inston in
Week
Winston-Salem. Oct. 21. —During
! the past week 13 automobiles have
been stolen in this city but up to
date nine of the cas have been re
! covered. In .nearly every instance the
I recovered cars were found parked on
1 the outskirts of the city and with
*pare tires and accessories missing.
With Our Advertisers.
Today is the day and Fisher’s is
the place for the display of furs and
fur coats.
-CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 1925
From Pulpit to Soda Fountain
Rev. Harold Turney, pastor of the First Christian Church, Inglewood,
Calif., deserted his flock for the soda fountain, because “he wants to study
and a minister has no time that he can call his own.” He also hopes to
make enough money at the soda fountain to obtain a college degree.
Says Greek Artillery
Fires On Bulgarians
THE C OTTON MARKET
Lower During Early Trading. Easy
Liverpool Cables Being One Coi»-
trolling Factor.
New York, Oct. 22. — UP) —The cot
ton market was lower in today's early
trading, owing to a relatively easy
Liverpool cables, better weather in the
South, and reports of Southern hedge
selling.
The opening was barely steady at a
decline of 7 to 15 points, with net
losses of 18 to 20 points by the end
of the first hour. December sold off
to 21.27 and March to 20 80 unde(
Southern selling, local and Walk Street
pressure. There was active buying on
the scale down for trade and specula
tive accounts and the market seemed
able to absorb a good many contracts
at the lower level of prices.
Cotton futures opened fairlv steadv
Oet. 2170; Dec. 21.35; Jan. 20.55;
March 20.85; May 20.98.
WOUND PROVES FATAL
TO POLICE OFFICER
Policeman D. C C liason. Wounded
In Fayetteville Observer Office, Di?s
In Hospital.
Fayetteville, X. C, Ocmt. 22.— UP)
—Policeman I). C. Chaise,n. wounded
early yesterday when investigating a
noise in the office of the Fayetteviile
Observer here, died this morning from
his wounds.
No trace of the assailant of the
policeman has been found. The Ob
server yesterday announced a reward
of SIOO for clues leading to the arrest
of the robber who was interrupted by
the officer, and who fired with fatal
results. A subscription list was start
ed today for the family of the officer.
,
Judge Refuses to Approve Society
to Teach Atheism.
New York. Oct. 21.—Article*? of
incorporation of “the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Atheism,” were disapproved today
by Supreme Court Justice Mitchell
who ordered the petition and other
papers held by the clerk of hLs court
and not returned to Charles Smith,
local attorney, the petitioner of rec
ord.
The purpose of the association was
started to be “to abolish the belief
in God, together with all form of re
ligion based on hat belief.”
A long distance message from Sal
isbury Wednesday aftex-noon stated
that the Salisbury Rotary Club had
decided to accept the challenge of
the Concord Rotary Club at the Hal
lowe’en celebration winch is to be
held here on October 80th. It was
also stated that the Harmonica Band
fi'om Salisbury will have forty boys
in its personnel. t
Orders Pullman Surcharge in
the State of North Carolina
Washington, Oct. 22.—UP)—Thavel
ers within the state of North Caro
lina after December 10th next jniist
begin paying a Pullman passenger fare
surehai'ges that is now levied on all
interstate travel. The Interstate
Commerce Commission today ordered
railroads traversing North Carolina
to put the surcharge into effect.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion’s order today was given not
withstanding that an act of the North
Carolina State Legislature, effective
March, 1923, ordei'ed abolition of sur
charges on all trips made wholly with
in the borders of North Carolina.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion held today that the North Car
olina Legislature's tax resulted in
“undue preference of. and advantages
to passengers traveling in intrastate
commerce, and undue prejudice to per
sons traveling in interstate commerce,
and unjust diserimiatiou against in
terstate commerce.”
Bulgarian Agency Says
Five Sentinels killed
When Greeks Fired on
Bulgarian Village.
GREEKS OCCUPY
THREE OUTPOSTS
Bulgarians Driven From
the Posts. —Bulgarian
Demand Has Npt Been
Answered. o.- -
(/P) — The Greeco-Bulgarinu situa
tion growing out of a border clash
near 1 >emish>:sar on Monday appar
ently has reached a crisis with the re
ported invasion of Bulgarian terri
tory by Greek forces.
The Bulgarian border troops are
said to have been oi'dered to “offer the
utmost - resistance."
The Sofia government according
to Viena dispatches, has protested the
alleged violation of her territory to the
league of nations. League officials,
however, say no protest has been re
ceived.
Semi-official dispatches state Greek
artillery is shelling a village at Pe
trieli, near the border, which is crowd
ed with Macedonian refugees.
Bulgaria claims to have received no
response to her thrice repeated de
mands for an immediate inquiry into
the Demirhissar incident.
Sofia semi-official news agencies
claim advance information of a Greek
plan for an advance movement in the
Petrieh area was received by the Bul
garian foreign office several days ago.
Official quarters in London profess
not to be unduly apprehensive, believ
ing the league of nations strong
enough to prevent seilous fighting un
til the council can act.
Sofia. Oct. 22.— UP) —The Bulgarian
Telegraphic Agency declares Greek ar
tillery ha*? penetrated Bulgarian terri
tory killing five sentinels and firing
shells against the village of Petrieh.
The Gi'eeks occupied three Bulga
rian posts, the agency adds.
The Bulgarian government bus far
has received no response from At’uens
to its demand, thrice renewed, for an
immediate inquiry to establish respon
sibility for the frontier incident of
Monday, near Demirhissar.
Petrieh is reported to be crowded
with Macedonian refugees who ai*e
menaced by falling shells.
The Bulgarian agency says the for
eign office several days ago received
information that Greek troops plan
to advance in the Petrieh area.
This movement, it adds, now is re
ported to be underway along t’.ie en-
Tlie surcharge is an extra fare paid
by sleeping and parlor car passengers,
amounting to fifty per cent, of Pull
man chargee, but paid over to t r .ie
railroads. The investigation disclosed
that revenues of l'ailroads in North
Carolina were reduced approximately
$75,000 per annum by the abolition
of the surcharge. Under the situa
tion obtaining since the enactment of
the legislation a Pullman passenger
traveling from Greensboro, N. C., to
Charlottesville. Va . 171.9 miles, hais
paid railroad fare and (surcharge of
$7.33. while a Pullman passenger
traveling from Gi'eensboro to Ashe
ville. a distance of 190.0 miles, but
Wholly within North Carolina is
charged a fare of $0.87. The com
mission he'd t’aat the transportation
service*; performed in each instance
were substantial similar. The state
or any other persons or parties inter
ested may apply for a modification of
the findings, the decision today said.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor.and Publisher
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
DURING SEPTEMBER
SHOWED ACTIVITIES
More Spindles In Opera
tion Last Month Than
Month Before, Wi t h
Longer Working Hours.
FULL CAPACITY
NOT ATTAINED
Spindles Operated Last
Month Were 83.8 Per
Cent, of Normal Single
Shift, Bureau Reports.
Washington, Oct. 22. — (/P) —Cotton
spinning showed slightly increased ac
tivity in September as compared with
August, and was considerably more
active than in September a year ago,
tho census bureau's statistics today
indicated.
Active gp'ndle hours for September
totalled 7,102,429.980, or an average
of 188 hours per spindle in place;
compared with 6,954,416.849 or an av
erage of 184 in August this year; and
0,414, 902,010, or an average of 170
in September last year.
Spinning spindles in place Septem
ber 80 numbered 37,804,918, of which
31,551,680 were operated at some time
during the month ; compared with 87,-
822,040 and 31,203,774 in August this
year; and 37,840,731 and 30,122,384
in September last year.
The average number of spindles
operated during September was 31,-
732,855, or at 83.8 per cent, capacity
on a single shift basis, compared with
30,404,584 or at 80.5 per cent, capac
ity in August tiiis year; and 20.783,-
150 or at 70.1 per cent, capacity in
September last year.
.MITCHELL IS RIGHT.
NAVV NOW ADMITS
Army’ to Teach Its Aviators How to
Sink Ships.
Washington, Oct. 21. —The Navy
will immediately revo’utionize its
aerial army under its battle, L’ni
versal Service was informed by a
high naval officer yestemny.
This action is the first direct re-'
suit, of the revelations of the po
tentialities of air power, mad*’ be
fore the President’s Aircraft Board'
By changing its policy, the Navy
admits for the first time that Col.
Mitchell is right—that "nav battle
ship can be sunk by bombs dropped
from an nirp’auo.”
The Navy will send, groups .of of
ficers to Army school to learn how
to de-troy battleships from airp’aines
by Mitchell's young officers who
bombed them to the bottom of the
Virginia Capes.
Hitherto the Navy’s high com
mand has re’ied almost entirely of
aviation for the sole purpose of ob
servation.
Aim to Abolislr Death Penalty.
New York, Oct. 22. —Sponsored by
a group of lawyers, physicians and
penologists, the League for the Abo
lition of Capital Punishment will
open a three-day conference in this
city tomorrow for tiie purpose «f
competing its organization as the firs
step in a movement to outlaw the
death penalty throughout the United
States. Sessions of the conference
will -be public and will be addressed
by noted Criminologists, surgeons,
psychologists, and prison officials.
Among the inen and women of
prominent who have given their active
support to the movement are Senator
Royal S. Copeland, Dr. Raymond T.
Rye, of the University of Pennsyl
vania ; Dudley Field Malone, Clarence
Harrow, of Chicago; Lewis F, Lawes,
warden of Sing Sing prison; Mary
Gertude Fendall. of Baltimore; Amos
Pinc'liot, of New York, and Gilson
Gardner, of Washington. D. C,
Mrs. \V. R. Burwell left Half-Mil
lion Estate.
Charlotte, Oet. 21-—The will of
Mrs. Jennie McKinney Burwell,
widow of W. A. Burwell, wa* filed
today. It., A. Dunn, president of the
Commercial National Bank, is execu
tor. Bequests are confined to her
ar.d Mr- Burwell’e immediate rela
tives. The estate is estimated at
over $500,000. Mrs. Burwell and
her husband were first cousins. The
late John B. Burwell, of Peace In
stitute. Raleigh,- was a brother of
her husband.
Greek Troops in Bulgaria.
Sofia, Oct. 22. — UP) —It is officially
reported that Greek troops have in
vaded Bulgarian territory. No dec
laration of war. however, has been
received from the Athens government.
tire front.
Protest to League of Nations.
Vienna. .Oct. 22. — UP) —Sofia ad
vices say the Bulgarian government
a<? a counter move to the Greek ulti
matum has forwarded a pi'otest note
to the league of nations, based on ar
ticle X. The Bulgarian troops along
the Greek frontier have been instruct
ed to offer the utmost resistance to
the Greek advances against P6tric / a.
Protest Not Yet Received.
Geneva. Oct. 22. —Officials of the
! League of Nations said that up to 3
o’clock this afternoon no protest in
connection with the Greek-Bulgarian
border troubles had been received
from Bulgar'a, and no appeal based
on Article X of the League Covenant.
Advices received in Greek circles
connected with the League reported
that Bulgarians have occupied a block
house on the Greek side of the frontier.
SECRETARY MELLON
SUGGESTS ANOTHER
INOT-^
Makes Changes in Sched
ule He Presented Sever
al Days Ago as Head of
The Treasury.
REDUCTION IS
IN PROPOSAL
New Schedule Not Pre
sented as “Definite” Pro
posal But as Alternative
Plan.
Washington. Oct. 22. C4 3 )—A new
schedule of normal income rates was 1
presented to the House ways and j
means committee here today by Sec
retary Mellon.
The projMisal suggests rateo of 1
per cent, on the first $3,000 of tax
able income; 2 per cent on the next •
SI,OOO ; 8 pee cent, on the next.sL
-000; and 5 per cent, thereafter.
This agreement, ihe secretary said !
in a letter to Chairman Green, prob
ably would be more satisfactory than
t*he recently submitted treasury sched
ule suggesting 1 per cent on the
first SB,OOO of taxable income; 3 per
cent, on the next $4,000; and 5 per
cent, thereafter.
Present normal rates are 2 per
cent, on the first $4,000 of income:
4 per cent, on the next $4.000; and
0 per cent, on the remainder.
Mr. Mellon submitted the new fig
ures not as a “definite” proposal,
but as an alternative plan to that j
laid before the committee in writ-,
tug Monday. It really is the third)
tentative outline of rates the treas-'
ury has submitted. Mr. Mellon bav- {
mg sugge.stjed orally when ’.te ap-;
peared before the committee Mon-;
day that the rate might be made 1 j
per cent, and 1 1-2 on the first $4,- [
000 ; 3 per cent, between $4,000 and j
$8,000; and 5 per cent, for all over |
SB,OOO.
Committee members noted that the
letter left the previously submitted
schedule of surtax rates undisturbed,
and tl’.at whereas the treasury had de
clared the schedule submitted on Mon
day to be predicated upqn Repeal of
thfcvjmesent 25 per cem.ijjoductiton for
earned Income, today’s letter made no j
reference to such a repeal .
Today’s committee hearings began j
with a protest by representative Ger- j
nor. of Texas, ranking Democratic
member, against statements made at
yesterday's session by representatives |
of the liowa tax club, who appeared ,
to ask for repeal of the federal inheri
tance tax. Mr. Gardner did not !
specify the language to which he re- j
ferred, but said it had constituted :
“veiled assaults” on Chairman Green j
who is himself an lowan.
PASSENGERS BITTERLY
CENSURE SHIP’S CREW
Declare Crew of Comanche Was Drunk
and Threw Passengers Out of the
Lifeboats.
New York, Oct. 19.—The New
York World will say tomorrow that
the negro crew of the Clyde liner
Comanche which burned off the coast
of Florida Saturday night stampeded |
madly before the flames, pulled pas-!
sengers out of lifeboats, precipitated
men and women into the sea. accord
ing to stories of 30 surviovrs who!
reached here tonight.
Almost Unanimous in their eon- j
detonations of the behavior of the;
Comanche’s crew, the passengers |
praised the coolness and courage of
the officers and crew of the auxiliary j
schooner Meta, one of three reseue
vessels, i
Irvin Gotnenz. of Worchester, Mass.,
charged that the negro seamen were |
runk and that when the fire started
they could not be controlled by the
officers.
“The negro crew, intoxicated and
mad, rushed back and forth on the
deck.” he said. “As soon as -the tar-1
paulin had been cut off a lifeboat,
they would jump in. Passengers,)
trying to get into the boats, were
yanked out by negroes.
“I finally got into a boat, but when |
it had been lowered partly, the ap
paratus jammed, and some of us were I
thrown headlong into the water.”
Thomas M. Fanning, of New York, j
said:
“The crew was of no assistance.
Passengers had to cut the tarpaulins
from the tops of the boats and as
fast as they did members of the crew
pushed in front, taking baggage with
them. The crew was out of control.
It wan entirely the work of the pas
sengers that saved both themselves
and the crew.”
As Leon Flagstone, of Gardner.
Mass., tried to get into the last life
boat he' was pushed out by mem
bers of the crow, he said. He jumped
overboard and swam until he was
picked up.
The charge that the crew was
drunk was made also by James A.
Moore, of St. Petersburg. Fla., who
said ;
“Members of the crew were large-,
ly responsible for the confusion. They
pushed and pulled and stampeded like .
wild men. I was thrown out by some
of them when I tried to get into a
lifeboat.”
Pennsylvania and Yale met on the j
gridiron twelve times from 1879 to
1893. and not one contest was won by j
the Quakers. The nearest PeiJbsyl- j
vania came to emerging a victor was
in 1893, when the final result was 14
to C. j
THE SECOND PERIOD
CLOSES SATURDAY
NIGHT, OCTOBER 31 j
All Candidates Should
Take Full Advantage of
This Period in Order to
Reach Their Goals.
FIRST PERIOD
, A BIG SUCCESS
Only With Close Figuring
Can the Leaders in the
Race Now Be Determin
ed—Don’t Hesitate Now.
Going up!
Swinging into line, all a-tingle with
high hopes and ambition, candidates in
The Tribune-Times now famous cam
paign have swelled their vote totals * j
to a wonderful high mark and from
now on to the finish it will be a pret
ty exciting race between the leaders.'
The first period of the campaign
which closed Monday night, was a tre
mendous success. Tens of thousands,
yes, hundreds of thousands of votes,
were issued and every “live" candi
date profited mightily.
It is a strange coincidence, too, and
something unusual in affairs of this
kind, but each of the leading candi
dates who is striking for first honors
and the grand prizes, benefitted so
equally during the period just closed,
that, not without hairline figuring
could today’s leaders be determined.
The competition, therefore, as far
as the relative standing of the candi
dates is concerned, depends almost en
tirely upon tiie results obtained by
the various contestants between now
and the finish as to who the ultimate
winners will be.
The above is not "mere talk” for
the sake of telling but a real fact—
theories or rumors notwithstanding.
Hence the struggle for supremacy will
be fougiit out during the hext few
days for the entire campaign comes
to a fateful close in just a few weeks.
The "second period” closes on Satur
day Night, October 81st, at twelve
o’clock. -
' Predominant position among the
leaders at the close of the second per
iod is strongly advantageous through- |
remainder of the campaign one »>
«n have 'but lit*tle hope of success. *
And maintaining this standing neces
sitates taking full advantage of the ,
“Second Period” vote schedule which
closes one week from Saturday night,
October 31st.
He or she who hesitates now, re
gardless of their standing, will' surely
be trailing in the oblivion of defeat,
when this grand array of awards is
mode, while some other more ambitious
workers will be driving their own new
cars awarded them by The Tribune-
Times for their untiring efforts in
this mammoth Gift Flection.
Oglesby Speeds Up Court Proceedings.
Asheville. Oct. 19.—1 tis believed
that Judge John Oglesby, of Concord,
made a record in disposing of civil
cases at the regular October term of
Superior Court, which closed Satur
day. Mainly through his efforts a
total of 143 cases were disposed of
in the two weeks just passed.
On the opening day of ffae term, !
Monday, October sth, there was some
confusion as to the calendar. Judge
Oglesby then called a meeting of the
bar and ordered that a new calendar
be prepared. He announced that all
cases on the second calendar would
be tried or dismissed when called. /]
While the bar meeting was in prog
ress, the civil issue docket wave called
and non-suits were entered In more
than 100 cases.
The court and ff.ie calendar com
mittee of the bar are making a vigor
onr effort to relieve the c-ohgestion
of the Buncombe docket. Thomas R.
Rollins, chairman of the bar commit
tee, stated Saturday. So many cases
have been stricken off the calendar
and with a special term and two other
regular terms before the end of the
year. Mr. Rollins believes the dpeket
will be in splendid shape by January
Ist.
One Youth Frozen to Death in
Storm.
Negaunce, Mich., Oct. 21. — Lost 4
since Sunday when caught in a
severe snowstorm, Walmo Moki, 14,
of Diorite, was found dead late
Tuesday by searchers ALno Johnson.
17. wanderer into a farm house near
’arksburg Tuesday morning, his feet
frozen, face swollen and mentally
deranged- The boys were returning
from a camp when the storm caught
them.
Tii gasoline tax, now effective in
44 States, was originated in the
State of Oregon in 1919.
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
Fair and cooler tonight, with froat
; probably heavy in interiors; Friday in-
I creasing cloudiness, probably followed
by rain in west portion. Fresh north
west and north winds becoming east
( erly Friday.
NO. 31