l\i!-: L
Irfportoii
RAFT IS GIVES
PiTTEEII
Lot! Suggests That
mMH) Annually for
■ ears He Spent for
lanes.
IekIiEPORT
[will be made
■ Reid, of Illinois,
lei For Col. Mitch-
Kl Ask For Unified
fcviee.
A, ]i . |0. — i/P) —F.xpen-
annually for
• ‘infill <>f aircraft
H. vy i- n-t omrnend
§■ . he special house
|H as agreed upon
. "us \vhi« h con
v department of
■"'■•■rinjf land, sor
in l»v all morn
K[ii. K’-id. of Illinois
Ki !\u- Colonel Wil-
K,.y ip wever. will lilo a
Ei hi o f .'.'h oeming a uni-
Eyd department of nation
■v, ild supplant the pres-
Inil uavv departments, and
■ upf-essiiri’y give aviation a
■i?in with '.ami and sea ar-
Oi'ier unmittee recom
<: include:
for all aviation
u of civil iu-r nauties in the
t of <• unineive.
curefuent agency for all air
hi resresentaticn f-r the air
«"‘neral staff and
pneral board.
Dfflt ai« in the establisb
tirwars and air ports,
of all aeroplanes now in
destruction of these found i
■ j
i and maintenance of an I
lir reserve.
h IV mot i n opportunity for
s. and pay commensurate
hazards of their work.
K>rt also 1 (‘commends that
tal and development work
■a. iuii.tr .dt ciaii factory at
iua and at McCook Field
)■. be transferred as far as
:c the bureau of standards j
tt. however, ask for the elos- ;•
1 factory or the McCook Field |
Bi n i- reeomtnended to pro- j
■ay f.” inventors in aircraft
t >H'U:e redress for infringe-’ j
r thtr than in the court of
nty and navy are a"0 tired
pert of failure to give proper
to aviation as a factor in
mal defense .
tear. r,| national defense |
P Ulllr Wt'rwi. t t‘it
; •' '•'“ prisous and
tate\ '*• ( ome under
bi>' ;iC ,| ,;1 When the
I 1 in the Meck
ifarc e< i if over ro
I u:.,. :i ‘; ! There ie
In • report, Mrs
t , exactly the
inspettions
niiKii-ed upon
•d with the
Cl] p —*■ ■—
’Tori- -’il> Dividend.
L r ‘ '“--I'ae Southern
lay declared a
H. an* , . '1~“> on com*
of 50 cents a
' ! ! :!ts she st' ck
ijv-,. j '' ith the pre
•••is are pay
'tock of record
b fifsf ~f : ,
tr * f*gaiu , ‘" 11 f l’ lo b winners,
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Honored .
iWKL
JjMSw
, Julius E. Olson, pi-ofessor of Scant
! Mnavian languages at the Uni /ersity
i Wisconsin, has been made a
1 ! knight of the Order of St. Olaf bj
King Haakon of Norway. This i|
In recognition of his service in thi
• Aeld of Scandinavian ( activities.
I WENDELL IS m
\ BY DAMAGING EIRE
J
About /One-Third of Busi
ness District of Town Is
Razed by Fire Which
Started Early Today.
Wendell. N. C\, Dec. 10.—C /P) —An
early morning tire here today razed
-ne-tbird of the business district be- i
fore it was brought under control.
Engines from Zebulon and Raleigh
answered a call for help and the blaze
was said be under control shortly
I after 4 o'clock..
The fire ate its way through six
stores, doing an estimated damage of
SIOO,OOO.
THE COTTON MARKET
Renewal of Near Month Liquidation
and Southern SelHugrifc* Twb*?-*
Opening.
New York, Dec 10— UP)— There
: was a renewal of near month liquida
tien and southern• sel ing in Fue oot
| ton market at tie opening today, and
i a further dec’ine in prices. The ini
: tial tone was bare’y steady at a do
| cline of 9 to 12 points, and the nc
| tive months soon showed net losses c f
' 13 to 28 points, with December selling
off to 19 40 and May to 18 88. De
cember notices amounting to about 1,-
400 bales were reported in circula
tion, which probably accelerated liqui
dation of long accounts, and the weak
ness of December in which trading
ends at noon today, appeared to pull
down Jan»ery. Covering and trade
buying gave the later months a
tively steady tone, but prices were
within a point or two of ffae lowest
at the end of the first half hour.
Cott n futures opened barely steady.
Dec. 19.60; Jan. 19.05; March 19.21;
May 18.92; July 18.68.
Pardon Commissioner to Investigate
Mansel.
Asheville, Dec. 9. —George Ross
Pou, superintendent of the state
prison, Raleigh, has written the
Asheville Prison* Re-form association
the following letter regarding the j
egro prisoner, Alvin Mansel. wfio j
I was recently sentenced to death fol-1
lowing triai and conviction in su
-1 perior court here on a charge of (
1 criminal assault on a white woman. ’
jlt was also he who precipitated the j
first mob last summer whinh broke;
a precedent long standing in Ashe- j
ville for peacefulness : !
“With regard to Alvin Mansel,
now confined to the safekeeping de- j
partment of this institution, I ad-1
vise I have talked with this prisoner
and he fully maintains his innocence- i
“I am advised by the commission
er of pardons that he will make a
! thorough investigation of this case.’’
A number of Asheville citizens
; have requested the local association
to look into the matter of persostbnt ;
identity of Mansel. The prison re- i
form association is impressed with
the fact that these requests come
from sources outside its membership
Capture Still at Home of Negro
Preachet. .
Hickory. Dec. 9.—Federal officers I
making raids n<*ar Hildebran cap
tured a still at the home of Hosea
Hildebran, negro preauher, and con
fiscated qeveral pints ©f whiskey and
around 200 ga’lons of beer which j
they found buried under a woodshed,
near Hildebran’s home- The negro, j
who has been preaching for about
30 years, took his BfWe to jail
him, the officers said.
Extreme Earth Tremor Recorded.
Chicago, Dec. 10 — UP) Extreme (
earth tremors at 8:33 this morning |
were discerned by the seismograph at
the University of Chicago. The m*'**j
intense smock was recorded at 8:40
with total disappearance a minute
’ater. It is estimated that the [
tremor covered a distance of 2,100
miles.
The original “Royal” hybrid wat-1
nut tree on Luther Burbank’s farm
has for fiftten years paid in nuts and j
. grafts an annual interest of six per
cent on SIO,OOO.
! Interstate Commerce Commission
Sends Annual Report to Congress
Washington. Doc. 10. — l/P)—Con
| grow was asked today by the Inter
state Commerce Commission to repeal
] the law requiring it to work out a
plan f( r consolidation of all :he coun
try's railroad- into a sriiro or so or
| systems. At the same time, it stig
| gosfpd that the sections of the frans
! portafion net which contemplate the
I gradual consolidation of existing rail-
rondt into fewer systems he strength
ened and extended, with the commis
sion retaining povycr to approve or
disapprove the mergers undertaken.
The commissions; views were set
forth in ft.s annuarreport, made pub
lic today, along with the t,ex4 of legis
| lation which it considered likely to
accomplish the end desired. The ma
jority of its rnemliers now believe,
the report said, that •'results as good
and porhape better are likely to lie
accomplished wit’ii less loss of time if
the process of eonsoldation is per
mitted to develop, under guidance of
the commission" in a normal way.
In every case, the report stated,
federal power to allow or block any
particular consolidation should be
lodged in the commission, in order to
make sure that better service, addi
tional economy, and no undue re
straint of competition may result.
In its ether annual recommenda
tions to Congress, the commission re
peated suggestions that a penal stat
ute he cnaeted to punish shippers who
bribe railroad employes to obtain car
service; and that the sect lons of the
i merchant marine law which provide
j preference for American shipping in,
j the maintenance of export and import
i rates be modified.
j Reviewing it* routine work for the
fiscal year, the commission said that
railroad earnings were still below T a
fair return standard on the basis of
the value of property but that better
results were in prospect for the pres
ent fiscal year. Railroads in 1924,
it pointed cut, failed to obtain as
Motorists Asked To
Aid Police Officers
♦
SUPREME COURT PROVES
DEAF TO TROTT'S PLEA
• Plea of Drunkenness No 'Excuse For
Killing Newton Girl.
Ra’eigli, Dee. 9. —The plea of Wil
fong Trott. young Catawba county
white man, that he was dead drunk
when his companion drove an autoinO
'hi e into a Ford, causing tiie
of 15-yen r-oleatli of Aged Rowan
* Lady.
Salisbury, Dec. 7.—A fall several
days ago in which an arm was broken
and a severe shock sustained caused
! the death of Mrs. Joel Corriper at
her home near China Grove this morn
ing. Mrs. Corripet was eighty-eight
years old. and is survived by two
sons, will Corriper, who live with
her. and Henry C. Corriper, of the
i Salisbury letter carrier force. The
funeral takes place from Zion Church,
near China Grove, Tuesday morning
at 11 o’clock.
j i'he ordinary house fly makes 330
! wing-beats per second, which is prob
ably tbe world record for rapidity
! among all natural fliers.
THE CONCORD TIMES
AND
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
BOTH ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.25
The Progressive Farmer is the best farm paper published, and its
price is SI.OO a year. We save you 75 cents.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1925
much net income as they did in 1916,
in spite of traffic and invest rneot in
creases.
“A partial explanation of these dif
ferent results nearly a decade apart
is that, in 191(5. tin* proportion of
revenues going into the payroll of
these roads was 40.8 per (pent." tin*
report said, “whereas in 1921 it was
47.7 per cent. Tin* increase incests
of material and supplies and other
expenso-s, ami an increase in taxes,
generally account for the remainder.''
In the endeavor to enforce new
safety requirements upj-n ritilroaOs.
during the last fiscal year, GD9.4
miles of line were equipped at the
coimnissirn's order with automatic
train control devices, the report con
tinued. A slight reduction in the
number of accidents at grade cross
ings also was noted, from 5.218 in
| 1923 to 5.217 in 1924.
lii its task of fixing the valuation
j of the railroad* of tin* country under
j taken several years ago. the commis
sion reported considerable progress.
With respect to steam railroads, t»3
per cent, of the accounting reports,
70 per cent, of the engineering re
ports, and G 4 per cent, of the land
rejtorts have been completed, while
work on the balance was said he
well advanced. The valuation work
is linked with the recapture -by tin*
United States of half of railroad earn
ings which exceed a “fair return" and
this was declared to have brought
payments of $5.947,3.39 to the treas
ury, whore they are placed hi a rail
i road contingent fund.
The issuance by railroads of securi
ties having a total par value of $907,-
777.000 was'approved during the year,
and among the more important of its
activities directly touching railroad
charges, the report noted action tak
en under the Hoeh-Smith congression
al resolution, which directed investi
gation particularly of rates on agri
(Continued on Rage Six.)
Chief Talbirt Urges Pub
lie to Co-operate With
Officers in Enforcing the
Traffic Law.
NEW SIGNSARE
CONFUSING NOW
But They Are Expected to
Prove Benefit to Motor- j
ists After They Have
Been Used Longer.
Chief of Police 1.. A. Talbirt is
anxious to have the people help him )
in the regulation of traffic in (’on-j
cord. It is only through co-operation
that traffic may be handled effective
ly, declares the Chief.
With the installation of the new
signal lights, a new era in CoucordV
civic life has begun, it is jiointed out.
Heretofore, the city was on a small
town basis. It was every man for
himself in traffic. Now, there is to be
ian orderly, systematic arrangement,
similar to that in the larger cities.
“What we must have,” said the
Chief this, morning in talking of the
city's problems, “Is the assistance of
all drivers of motor vehicles and of
all pedestrians.”
“It is necessary for the first class,
the drivers, to be very careful in their
observance of the signal lights. Os
course we have our officers to enforce
the laws and a penalty for the non
obeyance of these enactments. How
ever, there are many people who try to
flip &Bsn fraction of a second by at- j
tempting to get across before the sig- i
nal changes while the bell is- ringing
or start off just before the ‘stop’ light
changes to ‘go’. These are the peo
ple from whom we need co-operation.
“It should be remembered that one
case of thoughtlessness, similar to the
above, may cost the life of a child.
Naturally, if an accident were to oc
cur, the person who had violated the
law would be liable, to the full extent
of punishment.
“Pedestrians, also,” added the
Chief, “should be careful to watch the
changes in street signs and cross on
the side where the ‘stop’ signal is
j lighted.- In this manner, they will
I lessen their chances of being injured.”
j "White lines have been painted at
all the intersections where there has
been an installation of the new sig
nals and motorists are asked to be
> careful in the observance of these
i traffic lines.
At each of the corners, with the
exception of the one at the “Square.”
, a left turn may be made.
| There are no storms or hurricanes
on tbe Island of St. Helena. In the
1 course of sixty years only two flashes
of lightning were recorded. There
a:e no motor cars, no lawyers there,
and, only five policemen.
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l : fe. The gentleman is Red Grange, and he's >igning a contract to appear in movies. About him W. E. Slial
lenberger, who holds the contract; Harry G. Koseh, his attorney, and C. C. l*yle, Grange’s manager.
$750,000 BLAZE AT
SAVANNAH COMPANY
The Southern Fetilizer and
Chemical Co. Damaged
j by Blaze That Was
Fought Time.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10.— UP) —The
plant of the Southern Fertilizer -&
Chemical Company on Mutchinson Is'-)
land in the Savannah River here, was
damaged by fire early today to the es
timated extent of $750,000.
The fire fighters were .handicapped
in combatting the flames due to the
position of the plant on tjm idand.
Land apparatus was dispatched from
, the city to aid fire tugs, which played
streams of water on the burning
-structure from the river.
! OFFICERS RAIDED ROOM
OF VISITING BANKERS
Repot! Finding of Liquor In Room hi
Hotel at St. Petersburg, Fia.\.
| St. Petersburg, Fla.. Dec. 10. — UP)
I—A room in the Soreno Hotel, con
vention headquarters of the Invest
ment Rankers Association of Ameri
ca was raided last night by three Pin
olas county, officials and a quantity
of liquor seized, officers announced to
day ,
The liquor, they said, was in pos
session of Jas. FI. Coad, executive Vice
President of the St. Paul Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Coad, the officers
added, was not arrested last night, but
they were quoted as saying “we are
leaving for Clearwater at noon to ob
tain a warrant for Mr. Coad’s arrest ”
Clear water is the sent of Pinolas
County,
1
TWO 'INSURGENTS ARE
OUSTED BY REGULARS
Representative Lampert and Represen
tative Nelson Removed as Chaiimen
of Committees.
Washington, Dec. 10. — UP) —House
I republicans today ejected two mem
bers of the insurgent group from chair
manships of committees in complet’ng
its organization.
In completing its organization the
majority party removed Representa
tive Lampert from head of the pat
ents committee aud deprived Repre
sentative Nelson from liis place a>
chairman of the elections committee.
Both are Wisconsin republicans.
81.500 Attended the State Football
Games.
Raleigh. Dee. 10. —( /P) —Thirty-five
games in North Carolina during the
1925 football season brought together
81.500 persons. The figures, coin
idled by unofficial estimates, show that
all previous records for attendance
were broken. Flack individual out
standing game this season attracted
a larger crowd than in preceding
years. The greatest attendance war
(at the Carclina-Virginia Thanksgiving
classic, when 18,000 persons watched
the Cavaliers and Tarheels battle tc
a 3-3 ties. In 1923, 15.00 persons
saw this encounter at Chapel Hill,
i the game being played on Virginia
territory in 1924, The .next largest
: attendance of the season was at the
1 j Carolina-N. C. State games in Rn
leigh. when 8,000 saw the encounter.
On tire sidelines for this game last
year were 7,000. ,
i Christmas at Hoover's.
. You will find gifts at Hoover’s
I Store for all the men. ranging in
| j price from 25 cents to $75. Every- j
I! thing there from collar pins to over
i j coats. In a half page ad, today you I
|; will find a complete list of t hings \
| which will make suitable presents for
) your men folks.
) Andre Beaunier Dead.
| Paris, Dec. 10.— UP) —Andre Beau
! nier, critic and novelist, died today.
[ "Woman is a thing of beauty, and
\ an expense forever.
RENEWS WORK AT
STOKE MOUNTAIN
Work Which Was Halted
Some Time Ago Is Re
sumed With Augustus
Lukemann as Sculptor.
Stone Mountain, Ga.,
—Work was resqmod here'today on
| the gigantic Stone Mountain Confed
erate Memorial, with Augustus Luke
tnann, Virginia sculptor, in charge of
the work. Resumption of car dug was
accompanied by ceremonies partici
pated -in by officials of the Stone
Mountain Memorial Association. Mr.
Lukemann, aud .lustice Price Gilbert
of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Jus
tice Gilbert, acting as jiersofirfl repre
sentative for Gov. Clifford Walker,
gave the signal for the drills to start,
by waving the Stars and Bars of the
Confederacy.
CHURCHMEN ADD FUEL
TO PROHIBITION BLAZE
Dr. Clarence Wilson Says it Would
Have Been Better to Have Nomi
nated Smith. ,
Washington. Dec. 9. —More fuel
was placed beneath the capital’s
boiling prohibition pot today when
the board jof temperance, prohibition
and public morals of the Methodist
Episcopal church assembled in the
Methodist building for its annual
two-day gathering.
The meeting, attended by promi
nent ministers and laymen from all
parts df the country, as told by the
board's secretary, the Rev. Dr. Clar
ence True Wi’sou, that he personally
wished “wished we had let the dem
ocrats nominate A1 Smith on a wet
platform’’ in the 1924 campaign be
cause John W. Davis and Charles
W. -Bryan, who made up the ticket,
were “too good to waste on the
situation.” It would have been bet
ter, he said, to have had “Smith,
the wet Tammany heeler,,” defeated
by about 12,000,000 votes, as this
would have “toned up moral senti
ment” and been a pronounned. de
rision for enforcement.
NUMBER OF MEN ARE
REPORTED TO BE ENTOMBED
Miners Are Believed to Have Been
Trapped in Mine by an Explo
sion.
Birmingham, Ala , Dec. 10 — UP) —
A number of men are reported en
tombed-in Overton Mine No. 2, Ala
bama Fuel & Iron Ckmpany
twelve miles south of Birmingham.
The men were said to have been
trapped by an explosion.
At the offices of the company here
it was said that “no details were jret
available.” p
Later it was said seventy men were
employed at this pit, with sixty of
them “below.”
Sub-Standard Ice Cream Barred
From the Market.
Raleigh. Dec. 9. — Sub-standard
grade* of ice cream will no longer be
allowed on the market, it was decid
ed this afternoon by the state board
of agriculture, which also agreed
that it avould not sell any land on
any of tne test farms before the next
meeting, in .July, 1926. The board
also approved Commissioner Gra
ham's report and discussed reforesta
tion, jn which the members possessed
an interest-
Commissioner Graham’s recent
rulings on fertilizers were approved
1 and a rule adoptted looking toward
the standardization of packages in
marketing. The board rescinded a
I ruling made 20 years ago which for
l bade she giving oqt of amounts re
ceived for fertilizer tags at any time
before the end of each fiscal year.
Will Keep Embassy at Vatican.
Paris, Dec. 10. — UP) —The French
chamber of deputies today voted 280
to 108 to maintain the credits for the
upkeep of the French embassy at the
I Vatican.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
WANTS LEAGUE AND
I AMERICA 10 UNITE
I So That Naval Arms Con*
ference and Land Arms
i Conference Both Can Be
Held In Near Future.
i Genova, I)0(*. 10. — UP) —An intense,
i eordiale, between the league of nations
■ and the United States for reduction of
- armament was advocated by Afranio
V Aiello Franco. Brazilian member of the
; league council, in a statement to the
* Associated Press today.
■ Under this proposed intenie, the
. league would collaborate in a second
naval conference in Washington, and
the United wquljd co-operate in
■ | the general land 4 (ffsarmaneul eonfcr
, ence now being planned by the league.
INHERITANCE TAX IS
ATTACKED IN SENATE
Senator Underwood Objects to Feder
al Government Collecting Such 1
Taxes.
I Washington, Dec. —OP) —The Fed- j
eral inheritance tax provision of the j
pending revenue bill was attacked in
an address here today by Senator Un
derwood. Democrat, of Alabama, as
“communistic”" in principle and in un
warranted interference with state’s \
rights of taxation.
Addressing a committee of the Tex
as legislature her/ to oppose the in
heritance tax provisions, and repre
sentatives of a dozen other state leg
islatures, Senator Underwood oppos
ed particularly the feature of the pro
posed tax by which the Federal gov
ernment would allow a credit up to
the maximum of SO per cent, of its
estate against that collected by a 1
state.
Negro Sent to Jail When he is Cit
able to Become Buzzard.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 9. —Sam
Washington, negro, was sent to jail j
, today because he could not turn him- .
self into a buzzard. .
Sam was haled before Justice j
Henry Maurice in South Side Police j
court on a charge of obtaining sls
I from a negro women whom he told!
i' he could turn himself into a turkey- j
1 buzzard and obtain the release of a
t j friend from jail.
. I “Open that window,” Justice
I Maurice instructed a court attache, j
.: and turning to the prisoner said : :
. “Negro, if you can turn yourself into
. a buzzard fly out of that window.”
“I was jes’ foolin,” jedge, I can’t
* turn into no buzzard,” Sam auswer
( ed, whereupon he was remanded to |
:jail to await further investigation of,
, his case.
\
Makes Charge Against Turks.
,1 Geneva. Dee. 10. — (A*) —Atrocious
: acts of violence going as far as massa
cre have been committed by Turkish 1
soldiers along the provisional frontier j
I of Mosul in northern Mesopotamia, j
Gen. Lai donee of Esthonia, special
I league of nations agent, declared in a
. report submitted at today's session of
. the league council.
I t
I Senator Harrison Attacks Dawes.
[ Washington. Dec. 10.-*-UP) —Vice
President Dakes was the target of
b, a satirical attack made from the floor
. of the Senate today by Senator Har
- rison* Democrat, of Mississippi, who
I quoted speeches of the vice president
jin his tour over the country for a
l ' change of Senate rules. .
I j ——
I Earth Shark Recorded in St. Louis,
i | St. Louis. Dec. 10.—G4»>—Central
i America probably was the center of
- the severe earth tremors reported at
- St. Louis University between 8:25 and
? 8:38 this morning, seismologist Jas. B.
McElwan said. He estimated the d:s
tance at 1,700 miles.
i Headed by M. Paul Appell, rector
) of the University of Paris, a num
» ber of French scientists have signed
p a protest against the verdict given
in the Scopes trial at Dayton, Ten®.
PLANS SETTLEMENT i
j OF GERMAN CLAIMS
! f; n IIGES ;
Awards Decided Upon by
Mixed Claims Commis
sion Will Be Acted Upon
j Very Soon.
germanYwill
PROVIDE MONEY
For Claims Be Paid
by Reparations Money j
Paid to United States by
the Germans.
Washington. Dec. 10.—( A *) —In or
der to accomplish early, payment of
awards by the American-German mix- i
,ed claims commission. Secretary Mel- .i
i loh has worked out a plan for restora
tion to German nationals of property
seized during the war. together with
: the issue of securities with which to.
! provide cash for a settlement of all
classes.
Details are yet to bo determined* -s
but the prograiiv has gone far enough !
to forecast its early submission, to
Congress. *
■ The plan would permit. *