■mi; i-
HEELERWINS
k FIGHT FOB,
k 111 COURTS,
I Court of District
Imbia Upheld Con
ft> of Senator In
■by Government.
ITHERS ARE
lEED BY COURT
booth and Gordon
bell, Indicted Joint
[th Senator, Have
IThrown Out.
2!). — UP) —Sona-
Wtc \Viie**l**r. of Montana.
lit;lit t<> have all
I;. gainst him by the*
the books.
retention of the
already been acquit
■reiM riuii the*charges cou
■ einspiiai’.v iud’ctinen* re-
Bjj.t him here had been
■T demurrer to tli.». indict*
Kv'Venaf-r Walsh, of AIOII
- counsel, was up
■irirh the dismissal of the
the court also
I tie charges against Edwin
Ur solicitor of the Interior
and (lonlon Campbell of
fwlie were indicted jointly
L The three men were
Lj t h conspiring to defraud
Lmeiit in connection with
Ling of oil and gas land per
f decision ioares Senator
free of all charges unless the
nt should succeed in winning
|to the higher courts. Whetli
i step will he attempted was
I dear, but tee Wheeler coun
ts ip such development.
HE GOES IN FOR
SMOKE ABATEMENT
[Engineer Makes Survey and
to limits His Report.
k Dec. 2S. —John Hunter.
Lenient engineer from St.
it was employed by the city
L study of the smoke prob-
N mpletod his work and hae
special report the
[’f' ci'.'ii: oam-kklrt 1 v»f ta«
nf Commerce.
L»rr of Mr. Hunter, accord-
A. H. Malone, chairman of
Biitee. has been drawn up in
|rm and will be open to all
hiring Information about the
loke situation. He inter-
Banagors of local industries
|tftW all of the large fur-
I the downtown district. His
|ort is a compilation of sug
|lie has made to industrial
id gives full instructions as
[furnaces should be fired to
pt benefit from coal burned,
pi return to Asheville during
for several days and will
h consultations with all who
so opinions as to the smoke
the suggestion of Air. Hunt
rille has employed a smoke
f in the person of C. A. Sig-'
h "ill direct the carrying 1
pp engineers’ recommendations '
p co-operation of local busi
es.
I i
| AT BI RLINGTON
I ENTERED by robbers
pdy SSOO Is Stolen From
I Shoe Store.
Rton, Dec, 28. —Approximate-
■ j as stolen from the safe of <
■w Sioe Store, on Main
WMa» between the closing i
jWiy night and Monday
representing a part of
business, was deposited ,
manager, Dover G.
Mfkurday night before he
B?** and went to his home (
■ ,w _ a t*l**rk, discovered the
■ i-13 o’clock this morning
■[/'* Ile(1 the store and saw ,
■w® 0Vf T the floor, from the ,
B*r door. When he •
|7 iscovery. Air. AVicker
■Z f. locked it, and went ,
■L orp u 'herc he got Ben
Eirit im^an * v Idoi back to the
Rf? his discovery. He
EZn ai ! aser H, ‘ rita ge, and
Bp) ‘ * kter the police de
llj 0 tbe stf rre was made
It,* y f door - the lock of
Iko!e U £V Vitll a I,aßs key
I loop / fl! b,v " gouged in the
■ look 1,1 E >as> W "'as left
ErJ A r ve in Florida.
lores' in a - I,w - 28.—(/P>
»formed t ‘ XTl, ‘ ll i«- northwest
Wn aw r " as low :ls t 0
|^rolrl i r r l "' A ' J ‘ M'tchell.
l^rtiJlt was advised
tonight r ' l, ' Kr '* es short_
tn L t**mptures at
! ‘ J an official
■ Ta!i a y.. ' a K,v, ‘ wro before
rp,K,rtp d ,('n»Pera
r^' r 'l!'" l t r Patrol.
E« 10:45
■ytroy *1 A h lr-h tfireat-
F 'Vas irilM ‘ I;tl1ln Furniture
■ *” ( 1 the fi a !° SI ‘Adirely under
■a* officials Uas ,)<>Pn ®®ti*
P- f ’ concern at
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Proposal Suggested
By Minister Doumer
! Adopted By Cabinet
I —‘—♦
THE COTTON MARKET
Quiet During Early Trading After
-j Qnening Easy at Decline of 9 to
i 2s Points.
‘ j Xew York. Dec. 20.— UP) —The cot
j ton market was quiet in today’s early
j trading. Prices were lower under
realizing by recent buyers who ap
peared to be disappointed by relative
j iy weak Liverpool cables and falling
I off in demand for near month shorts.
The opening was easy nt a decline
of 0 to 23 points with AlaEch selling
off to 10.1)0 and Ala.v to 10.07 in the
first few minutes, or about lo to 2.1
points net lower. Offerings were not
particularly heavy, howeverm. The
decline seemed to bring in a little fur
ther covering and prices held fairly
steady at the end of the first *iour.
At, that high point of yesterday, the
market showed advances of 75 to 165
points from the low prices of last
week, ami the setback of this morn
ing was considered partly the result
of an easier technical position.
Cotton futures opened easy: Jan
uary 18.60 ; March 10.50; May 10.10;
July 18.60; Of-tober 18.30.
PROGRESSIVES .LP AND
COMING SAYS MORRISON
Rest Assured They “Are Not in Re
treat,” Former Governor Says In
Raleigh.
Raleigh. Dec. 28.—‘‘The progres
sive of North Carolina are upv and
coming.” former Governor Cameron
Morrison declared while a visitor
here for a few hours today.
“I have nothing to f*ay along poli
tical lines or in rega~d to public mat
ters, but you may rest not in retreat,”
he said.
Governor Morrison ca’led on Secre
tary of State TV. N. Everett, who is
ill at his home on Blount street, and
on Auditor Baxter Durham and Ag
ricultural Commissioner TV. A. Gra
ham. while here. He drove over from
Durham, where he and Mrs. Mor
rison. his daughter, Alias Angelina,
and hks sister, Aliss Ida Alorrison,
are spending the week. He said he
was feeling fine aivd in the best of
spirits.
INVESTIGATE FINDING
OF PARCELS POST SACK
Effort Will Be Made to Learn If It
Had Been Stolen.
‘Asberhif. -Dwrr
investigation of the possibility that
the parcel post mail sack found in
the furnace room of the Farmers Fed
eration Building destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning was stolen and taken
in the building by thieves To be rifled,
will await the arrival here of TV. P.
Garrison, post office inspector.
Mr. Garrison went to his home at
Glen Alpine..to spend Christmas with
his family and is expected to return
within the next few days. He is in
charge of postal investigations for
Western North Carolina. If the sack
were stolea" he will direct the investi
gation when ordered to do so by the
Department at Washington, according
to Dan TV. Hill, postmaster.
Temperature to Rise Slowly, Says
Forecast.
Washington. Dec 28.—The weath
er bureau said tonight ‘in its report
of conditions:
“Abnormally cold weather pi*e
vails over practically all section east
of the Rocky Mountains and the
temperature ie from 20 to 30 degrees
below normal over middle and south
ern—sections. The temperature at 8
p. m. tonight at Brownsville, Texas,
was 26 degrees and was the same at
New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Sleet and snow has fallen in south
em xTexas.
“Mostly fair weather will prevail
Tuesday and Wednesday east of the
Mississippi river. The temperature
will rise slowly Tuesday and Wed
nesday in the Ohio valley Tennessee
andthe South Atlantic and East Gulf
states
Chain-Gang System to Be Readopted
Rutberfordton, Dec. 26.—For the
first time in about 12 years Ruther
ford county 'has a chain-gang. The
county commissioners completed the
details this week and the first day's
work by the convicts, was done Wed
nesday. The old jail will be head
quarters overnight and Sundays.
They will go out into the county to
work on he roads in trucks. Thomas
Blanton will be superintendent with
Guy Edwards, guard. The prisoners
will sleep in the cells. Heat and
water has been installed in the sleep
ing quarters. As long as the convicts
behave and work they will be given
tobacco and cigarettes and five days
off of each month. When the refuse
to work or behave they will lose
their credits rnd tobacco. Only able
bodied men will be compelled to
work and they will be examined
regularly by the county physician.
Hot lunches will be sent to the men.
The county now has from 20 to 30
able-bodied young men in jail. With
these many roads should P e built
soon.
According to recent reports the
seventeen building trades unions in
the United States now have an ag
gregate paid-up membership of 864,-
000, representing a gain in the last
two years of approximately five per
cent.
- —t-
More than one hundred horses have
been nominated for the annual run
ning of the $65,000 Coffiroth Handicap
at Tia Juana next March —the rich
est race in the world.
French Cabinet Will Give
Support to Fiscal Meas
ure Proposed as Present
Need. r
FULL PLANSARE
GIVEN TO PUBLIC
Cabinet Hopes Proposal
Will Stabilize the. Franc,
Which Is Declining |n
Value Now.
Paris, Dec. 20. — UP) —The French
cabinet meeting this morning agreed
to support the fiscal measure oi Fi
nance Minister Doumer.
The ministers unanimously approv
ed a scheme for balancing the budget
and stabilizing the franc, and author
ized the finance minister to introduce
the bills in parliament.
It is understood that AI. Doumer
will submit his measures this after
noon and that the chamber’s finance
committee will discuss them during
New Year’s parliamentary recess.
The finance minister announced
that he estimated the budget defied
at 8,800,000,000 francs ($352,000.-
000). He proposed to meet this by
increased income taxes, reinforcement
of the fiscal administration, a tax on
bourse operations, higheer prices for
tobacco which is sold under govern
ment monopoly, a tax on exports, ami
“an extraordinary and temporary
stamp tax on sales.”
Two billion five hundred million
francs of new revenue ($100,000,000)
will go to a sinking fund, 2.000,0f)0,000
francs ($80,000,000) to reimburse the
Baukfl of France for advances made
to the state, and the rest to balance
the budget. .
Today’s decision by the cabinet
brought an end to the sharp race of
the last ten days between Premier
Briand and the lenders of the major
ity on which he has relied in the
chamber of deputies.
The Premier although distanced in
the first stage by the hasty introduc
tion of financial bills, prepared by the
coalition leaders as substitutes for
the governmental measures, won the
final lap by a vigorous aud daring
maneuver that took his adversaries off
their feet.
To the radical ministers VuUJ****t
eried to resign and break up the cab
inet he calmly replied “If you must
go, I cannot retain you, but for my
part I shall remain.”
The deduction from this way that
the premier already had prepared to
replace the radicals and socialists in
his parliamentary majority with the
groups from the center and right to
forestall the socialist eongree which is
meeting on January 10th to pass upon
the question of a socialist govern
ment or socialist participation in a
radical government. M. Briand’s move
was immediate and extreme. The rad
ical ministers hastened to declare that
they did not decide to quit. Behind
the maneuvering on both sides is an
apparent desire to mend political
fences before the dissolution of par
liament aud elections which are being
more and more talked of in all the po
litical groups.
FOUR SMALL CHILDREN
CAPTURE LIQUOR STILL
They Find it While Gathering
Holly, Load it on Cart and Take
it Home.
Tarboro, Dec. 26.—Four small
children between the ages of seven
and eleven captured a still in Ingram
township a few days before Christ
mas. These little folks, Mildred, Al
mond, Alaebell and Derwood Keene,
were out in the woods about a mile
from Four Oaks gathering holly to
prepare a Christmas tree to be held
at the Baptist church. Hidden care
fully in the underbrush, they found a
still.
They succeeded in loading the cap
tured* still in their cart and carried
it home, leaving it in the custody of
Mrs. R. A. Keene. The citizens of the
neighborhood congratulated the chil
dren in helping to make for a quiet
Christmas in that vicinity.
Frieda Hempel Feels Effect of “The
Spirit of Locarno.”
Hamburg, Dec. 21). (A 5 ) The
“spirit of Locarno,” has been extend
ed to Frieda Hempel, the prima
donna who aroused the ire of the
Germans by singing on behalf of the
Liberty Loan in America during the
world war.
Arrangements have been made for
her to appear next year in a con
cert and operatic tour of the leading
cities of Germany.
The Germans resented the fact
that Mme. Hempel, although of
German birth, supported the Amer
ican side of the war. She was there
fore persona non grata with the
muscial bureaus, which feared to ar
range concerts for her lest there be
hostile demonstrations. Mine Hem-.
pel’s point of view was that- Amer
ica was the land of her adoption
and that there was nothing else for
> her to do except to side with Amer
i ica.
As secretary of the National Pe
troleum Marketers’ Association. Aliss
' Eva Arnstein handled alll of the de
tails of the big convention recently
held by the association in Louisville.
%
Forty-eight bacon packing houses
) in Denmark are conducted o the co
■ operative plan. The co-operative es
tahliahmenta have a membership: of
CONCORD, N. C.~ MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1925
Seek Pole 1
George H. Wilkins (above)
«d “Sandy” Smith, (below) plan to
lop off next March from Point Bar
ow. Alaska, for a flight over the
iorth' pole. They will have an,
apeciallyjDuilt plane for their 800-
SERGEI YESSININ
COMMITS SUICIDE
Ef.centric Russian Pees,
Former Husband of Isa*
dora Duncan, Takes Own
Life In Moscow.
New York. Doc. 29.— UP)— Sergei
Yessinin, the eccentric Russian poet,
lms committed suicide in Aloscow. He
was the divorced husband of Isadora
Duncan, the classic dancer whose em
ulation of terpiscliore while bare foot
ed and in dishabille made her famous
throughout the world.
Yessinin was about 30 years old,
some ten years younger than Miss
Duncan. They were married in 1922,
and the wife divorced him last year.
Shortly after the wedding the young
Bolshevik writer came to the United
States with the dancer aud after some
trouble with immigation authorities
they were permitted to enter the
country.
FRENCH DISCOVER USE
FOR HULL OF PEANUT
Process to Make Industrial Alcohol
Reported; May Mean Aluch For
the South.
Washington, Dee. 28- French
scientists have found that industrial
alcohol can be made from peanut
hulls, and a factory to produce it is
planned for Alarseilles. This may
means a great deal to peanut grow
ers of the South. It is estimated
that 350.000 tons of hulls are thrown
away annually, and now* there is to
be a demand for them.
This news came to. the Depart
ment of Commerce from France to
day. Vice-Consul F. G-. Carney, sta
tioned at Marseilles, has made a re
port on it! An expert at the French
government powder factory at Ser
genes is said to have discovered a
new chemical process for breaking
down cellulose, and scientists at the
University of Aix-Alarseilles essert
that alcohol can be manufactured for
three cents per liter or about 12
cents a gallon.
Coates to Answer University Critics.
Charlotte, Dec* 28. —The Univer
sity of North Carolina alumni in
Charlotte will give their annual din
ner to high and preparatory school
seniors at the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock.
Albert Coates, of the University-law
faculty, is to be the principal speak
er.
, Mr. Coates, it is said, will speak
on a subject of much interest to the
University men, answering criticisms
which have been “directed toward the
institution recently by organizations
and individuals.
The speaker is rated as outstand
ing among members of the Univer
sity faculty. ,
Charlotte Branch Office Will Not Be
Closed.
Charlotte, Dec. 28.—The , branch
office here for the issue of State
automobile license tags will not be
f closed January 1. when branch of
’ fices in several other citi'es will be
suspended, according to information
• reaching Charlotte today. It was
learned that six branches that are
i likely to be kept open after January
-1 are located at Charlotte, Asheville,
■ Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem
E and Wilmington.
Catherine the Great’s Ten Rules
of Conduct Found in Winter Palace
Leningrad, , Dec. 29. —While dis
mantling the sumptuous drawing room
of the late Empress Alexandra i* the
famous Wiliter Palace, the Bolshevik
authorities j discovered a quaint set
of, rules of social conduct written by
Catherine the Great in 1785. Cath
erine, who iwas one of the most ver
satile’ and gifted women of her time,
caused these “Ten Commands” to be
posted nt the entrance to the Imperial
chambers:
il. Leave your rank outside, as
well as your hat, and especially your
Word.
2. Leave your right of precedence,
your pride, and similar feeling, out
side the door.
'3. Be gay, but do any
thing; do pot break Or .gnaw any
thing.
4. Sit, stand, walk as you will,
wjthout reference to anybody.
5. ‘ Talk moderately and not very
loud, so ns not to make the ears arid
heads of others ache.
6. Argue without anger and with
out excitement.
'7. Neither sigh nor yawn, nor
china Wants to run
HER OWN AFFAIRS
Is In the Throes of the Birth of a
; • Spirit of Nationalism.
Nishvile, N. C., Dec. 29.—OP)—
China is in the throes of the birth of
a spirit of nationalism, and, like the
young boy, juct coming to manhood,
who think>s he knows more than his
father or any older head. China
wants to run her own affairs with
out advice or interference from other
nations, declared Rev. Wesley AI.
Smith, returned missionary in a lec
ture here.
Afr. Smith, who is a Southern
Methodist -missionary wtationed at '
Cbangs-hu, has been a resident of
China for the past 15 years. He is
now in this country on furlough.
Referring to China’s natiouaiistic
birth. Air. Smith declared:
"To be a good father to a son at
«uch a time of life means allowing
the boy to go his own way, even if
he does make mistakes, aud yet
standing by to help him out oi Trou
ble. And that is what a real friend
of Chinn must do in the face of the
situation today.”
“Unless a man is ready to lay
aside his pride aud self-conceit and
to stand by and help without letting
the Chinese know he is helping, he
is not the man to go to China today
as a missionary, declared the speak
er*
The first demonstration. of the
student movement, said AR\ Smithi
made in 1919 against the Jproads of
Japan upon China, was led largely
by Chinese students and was popu
larized by the patriotic demand for
honesty and inegrity among Chinese
officials. Air. Smith’s personal belief
is that the labor element was intro
duced into the movement in 1925
for a two-fold reason —to pull to
gether all the warring Chinese fac
tions, and to horn off foreign nations.
It was not necessarily the result of
the spread of Bolshevistic ideas, he
said.
“The idea of China for the Chinese
was one that would appeal to all
classes, high aud low, and for this
reason it has been stressed in an ef
fort to unite all Chinese against a
common foe. The question in China
today is, ‘Shall a man be a patriot or
a foreign slave?’ ”
Alissionaries are in sympathy with
the spirit of nationalism, the speaker
said- And he cited, as an example,
the fact that at a recent meeting of
the' China mission conference of the
Alethodist Episcopal church, South,
missionaries unanimously voted to
waive all claims to protection under
the "toleration clauses” in treaties’
with foreign countries, and that this
act has been officially approved by
the board of missions of the church.
HIGH HEALTH GOAL
SET FOR ASHEVILLE
Dr. Sevier Proposes to Make It Most
Healthful City in America.
Asheville, Dec. 28 —“Asheville, the
most healthful city in America.”
This is the goal set for the health
department by Dr. Dan E- Sevier
city health officer.
Backed by city ordinances and
state laws that cover almost every
phase of sanitation, handling aud
distribution of foods, milk produc
tion, and control of contagious dis
eases, the present head of the mu
nicipality’s health department is
waging persistent warfare against
forces that make for ill health.
And Asheville has a good chance
to attain premiership in matters of
public health if advances made in
the past few months are pushed for
ward in quest of the ideal.
While a national association given
to study of public health matters
recently adopted resolutions decry
ing the “slip-shod methods” employ
ed in the average American com
munity in matters of health, Ashe
ville continues its progress by
strengthening the personnel of its
public health staff, and by adiing
machinery and equipment; to assist
its technicians in carrying on their
work for the public welfare.
Catawba River Frozen Over in South
Carolina.
Chester, S. C., Dec. 28.—The
government thermometer here early
this morning registered nine above
zero, the coldest in two years.
Nearby streams were frozen over
and Catawba river was frozen over,
it is said, for the first time in many
years.
A number of kitchen tanks burst
and the damage to water works
pipes in many residences will be
heavy
*
llie ear of the katydid is situated
in the tibia of the front leg.
/
make anybody dull or heavy.
8. In all innocent games, whatever
one proposes, let all join.
-9. Eat whatever is sweet and sav
ory. but drink with moderation, so
that each man find his legs upon leav
ing the rooms.
10. Tell no taleu out of school;
whatever goes in at one ear must go
out at the other before leaving the
room.
Transgressors of these royal regu
lations were obliged, upon the testi
mony of two [witnesses, to drink a
g’.nss of cold water for eaclr offense,
“not excepting the ladies.” They also
were compelled to read a page of the
‘‘Telemachiade,’? a thoroughly bad
poetic composition by Tretiakofsky,
an unfortunate native poet of tiie
time. whose : literary reputation there
by became ruined.
Those who broke any three of the
rules during the same evening were
required to commit six lines pf the
“Telemaehiade” to memory. Any of
' fender against the tenth rule, was
| never again admitted to Catherine s
, presence.
r
CAPITAL SOCIETY WOMEN
ATTACK IMMODEST DRESS
Begin Campaign Against Some of the
Present Tendencies.
Washington. Dec. 29.—0 P
ciety leaders in the national capital
have begun a campaign against some
Os the’present tendencies in the dress
and habits of American women.
Airs. John B. Henderson, long an
influential figure in the exclusive cir
cles of diplomatiq and official Wash
ington. today maide public a set of
resolutions to she and other so
cial leaders here j have subscribed,
J calling on society I women everywhere
“to abandon cigarettes and immodest
attire,”
Officers of the Daughters of th*
American Revolution, the General
Federation oX Women’s Clubs, and. the.
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers, Airs. Henderson said, had
assured her they are ready to combat
as far as possible habits which threat
en the perpetuity of the American
nation.
As made public by Airs. Henderson,
the resolutions endorsed by influential
society women here are as follows:
“That we are deeply interested in
tliei efforts oC certain high dignitaries
of phurrii and schools who have met
hoping to modify undesirable prevail
ing, fashions for women’s apparel, and
have hopelessly laid the blame to
mothers, calling upon them to come to
the renciie; that we feel that they do
net realize tbitt Dame Fashion is a
powerful potentate 1 ; that a large num
ber of American girls now work for
an independent living, and if chided
by helpless mothers concerning ques
tions of fashions they simply regard
such mothers as out of date and old
fashioned.
"That the best women of France
and England, also as here represented
in tlieir embassies, also by the royal
family of England do not follow fash
ions of women’s apparel not in good
taste, quite regardless of ftlphions
which are dictated by the underworld
of Paris.
“That we suggest for street wear
dress skirts broader and of ankle
length.
“That we call upon society women
iof America everywhere to band to
jgether to condemn sudi vulgar fash
ions of women’s apparel that do not
tend to cultivate innate modesty, good
taste or good morals!
“That in the interest of future pub
lic health and efficiency, we pray that
the comparatively new fashion of cig
arettes be abandoned, in that reserves
, from health capital, expanded to save
the living organism from perils of poi
son inevitably lead, sooner or later, to
physical bankruptcy and race degen
eracy.
“That women’s colleges whose mis
sion it is to teach \rtiat best befits
girls for future life, viz: life’s great
est asset, normal physical health,
could aid in discipline by dismissing
those who refuse to conform to col
lege rules.—
KANNAPOLIS BOOTLEGGER
CAUGHT DISPENSING WATER
Crawford Captured in Chestetr. S.
C., and a Sizeable Fine is Plaster
ed Upon Him.
Chester, S. C., Dec. 27.—8. Frank
Crawford, of Kannapolis, N. C., was
tried before Mayor S. Churchill Car
ter on the charge of selling whiskey
and was senenced to pa a yfine of
SIOO or serve 30 days on the Ches
ter county chaingang
Crawford was said to be a qnique
bootleger apfl practiced the old game
of selling water in a can with
enough moonshine on top to give it
the odor of whiskey. In court he ad
mitted the selling, but argued that
no statutedenied one the right to
selling water. However, Alayor Car
tter ; enlightened him on the laws of
tihs municipality by informing him
; he could not sel 1 whiskey, even
; thoqgh it was a small amount nest
ing 'upon the op of the water.
Rising Temperatures in Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 29. — UP) —
1 Rising temperatures were in evidence
in Florida with a continued rise
> promised tomorrow, the bu
r reau here reported.
* Citrus fruits in the northern sec
tion of the state were affected by the
freeze, reports here indicated, but this
’ constitutes only a ( small portion of the
Florida crop.
t
i General Pershing to Return Soon.
; Washington, Dec. 29. —OP)—For-
mal announcement of the early return
of General Pershing to tfne United
i States was made today at the State
department.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
15 Years
gUIP
1
*M.Wmm . i ■
(Vith a prison term of 15 years hang
Ing over his head, Roscoe Warre*
18, of Kansas City, Mo., has maiyie
M<s« Dorothy De Crof, 19. She say
she is willing to face whatever t»
future will bring. Warren is out a
bond pending appeal. He is convict
ed of killing John C. Deskln. *
COAST LINE TRAIN
WRECKED BY COLO
Train Was Derailed When
Rail Broke Because of
Cold Weather. —Eight
Persons on Train Hurt.
Florence, S. C., Dec. 29. r— —
Eight persona-were injured as * re
sult of "a derailment of .a southbound
Atlantic Coast Line passenger train
early today. A broken rail, attributed
to the cold weather, was said to be
responsible, for the wreck.
The injured are: William A. Brow
ley. of Long Island, injui-ed back.
An employee of the Union News
Company named Webster, both legs
broken.
A negro woman, injured back.
Five other less seriously hurt wrere
, dismissed from the hospital after their
cuts and bruises were dressed.
Thirteen Persons Hurt Says Late Re
port.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 20.—C4>)—
Thirteen persons were injured, none
seriously, in the wreck of the Atlantic
Coast Line passenger train No. 181
early this morning near Oades, S. Cj
The locomotive and five coaches left
the tracks, the derailment being caus
ed by a broken rail.
The following statement on the de
railment was issued by the general of
fice of the road here: "
, ‘‘Southbound passenger train No.
. 181 was derailed at 12.10 today 1 1-2
miles from Cades. The derailment
, was caused by a broken rail. The en
. gine and bagage coach, one passenger
coach, one diner and two sleeping
. cars left the rails. Five passengers,
i the engineer end fireman, ami six oth
, er employes of the Atlantic Coast
Line were slightly injured.”
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Section of City Appears Doomed.
/ Baltimore, Dec. 20. —C4P)—A sec
tion of Ocean City, Md., including two
hotels, and several residence blocks
• appeared doomed by fire at noon to
day. The Ocean City central tele
phone office was out of commission
‘ shortly after the fire started. Re
ports from a banking house at Ber
. lin, Md., maintaining the nearest tele
! phone to / the fire, said that the Sea
. side Hotel and the Atlantic Hotel
, both were ablaze. Snow Hill and
E Salisbury, Ntd., reported that . the
. flames originating in the electric plant
at tiie Eastern end of Baltimore Ave
» nue, were working into the residence
district. Assistance was sent from
i Salisbury, Snow Hill, Pocomoke and
t Berlin fire departments.
. Cabo age and Lettuce* Crop in Wil
t mington Section Killed.
, Wilmington, Dec. a low
- mark of 11 degrees above zero the
f cold wave which struck here last
i night had apparently destroyed the
i entire crop of cabbage and lettuce
. and had damaged the onion crop
fifty per cent. Weather officials fore
cast even colder weather tonight.
Meets Death While Wrapping Live
e Wire.
e Albemarle, Dec. 27—Henry Smith,
a machinist at the Norwood Manu
facturing Company, was electrocuted
while wrapping a live wire at the
plant. Hie fingers were burned to
e the bone. He was 40 years old and
s leaves a wife and four children,
e
Colder Weather Tonight.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 28.—(4>)—
With the low mark of 11 degrees, the
•- cold wave which struck here last
n night,, apparently destroyed the entire
d crop of cabbage and lettuce and dam
e aged the onion crop 50 per cent. Cold
er weather was forecast for tonight.
MINERS AND MINE §
OWNERS GATHER IN
METROPOLISTOOAY
Hope For Early Settlemnt
of Coal Strike Revived
With Opening of Con
ference This Afternoon. M
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SESSIONS CLOSED
TO THE PUBLIC
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Operators Expected to Sug- x
gest the Miners Go Back
on Wages That Held
When Strike Started.
New York. Dec. 20.—0 P) —Hope for
early resumption of mining in the an- x
thracite coal fields of Jj
was revived today as representative.!!
of miners and operators gathered for Jt
their first meeting since the deadlock
at Atlantic City last summer.
Separate informal conferences of
the two groups of six men each pre-
cede the actual parley between the ne- j
gotiators scheduled to begin at 3 p. m.
at the Union League Club. Alvin |
Markle, chairman of the joint |
tion committee, who called the meet
ing, was designated to preside over the
joint session.
Major William Inglis, chairman of l
the anthracite operators, headed the \
operators’ delegation, and John L. ga
Lewis, international president of the
United Mine Workers, headed the un- H
ion group.
Although all sessions were closed to
the public and, no formal statements
were planned, it was generally con
ceded that the operators would bring g
up for early discussion their offer of
last Saturday to the 148,000 striking |
miners to return to work at onee un
der the wage scale in the contract that
expired August Ist.
Will Open Books For Inspection.
New York, Dec. 20— UP) — W. W.
Inglis, spokesman for the anthracite
operators conference, and chairman of
its negotiating committee, said today
that the operators were willing to
open their books for public inspec- %
tion.
POKED COCKED PISTOL
INTO PEOPLE’S RIBS
This was Stokesdale Man’s Way of
Celebrating; lias Changed Face
*
Greensboro, Dec. 28. —Ed ’ I«eley,
white man. looking for trouble in the
village of Stokesdale, Guilford coun
ty,' went around poking a cocked
pistol in people's ribs, was the al
legation made in Magistrate D. H.
Collins’ court here this afternoon.
He was celebrating Christmas on
Saturday and seemed to think he
was a Texas cowboy.
After the Stokesdale people had
picked him up. when a resident who
resented "the pistol, had stamped on
Iseley a bit, a deputy sheriff arrest- J
ed him. He was charged with carry
ing concealed weapons having whis
key and assault with deadly weapon. *
He didn’trhave the SIO,(XX) bond re
quired anil went to jail to wait for Jj
Superior Court to open.
Ten years ago, the magistrate
stated, the man wouldn’t have been
allowed to live two minutes after he
started looking for trouble in Stokes
dale, but refining influences of civili
zation have made for law and order
and all he suffered was a changed
face.
President’s Father May Lose Use of
Limbs.
Plymouth, Yt., Dec. 20. — UP) —
While the condition of Colonel John'
C. Coolidge, father of the President,
was reported improved today, his
physician, Dr. Alfred W. Krara. of
Brigewater, said it was improbable
that he would ever recover fully the
use of his lower limbs. Colonel'
Coolidge has been unable to walk for
several days. \
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Quick Clothing Sale at Richmond-
Flowe Co.’s.
The entire stock of men’s and boys’
clothing at the Richmond-Flowe Co. yj
must be moved in a week. One-fourth
off is being given ih the prices. The j
I prices range from $13.13 to $30.00 on
i men’s suits and overcoats and from
1 $7.50 to $15.00 on boys’ mits. See
half-page ad. in this paper today. --4
Man and Wife Burned to Death/
‘ Mobile, Dec. 20.— UP) —James G. V
Campbell, golf professional, and his
w'ife, were burned to death w’hen the
Mobile Country Club was destroyed
by fire early this morning. The char
red remains of the Campbells were
found in the ruins, they having been
trapped in their quarters on the third
floor by the flames.
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SAT’S BEAR SATSI
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t Fair tonight and Wednesday, not
?■ quite so cold tonight and in south
- portions slowly rising temperature
- Wednesday. Moderate north and
northeast w’inds.
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