THE WEEK'S EVENTS f Important news of stAtI, na tion AN? THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD ROUND ABOUUHE WORLD jA Condon?d Record Of Happonlngt Of Interact From All Points Off The World " V* Foreign? Prince Alexander Hohenlohe-Oehrin 'gen has been discovered sleeping, rag ged and destitute, on a park bench in Budapest. A policeman discovered the disreputable-looking tramp and dragged him off to the police station There the former German prince iden tified himself. The Cuban senate unanimously ac cepted the amendments added to the Hay-Quesada treaty by the United States senate. > An attempt to murder a Soviet Rus sian delegation returing to Moscow frsm Tiflis has been frustrated, ac cording to dispatches from Lemberg. The Communists were aboard a train which would have crashed through a bridge damaged by explosives if the plans of the assassins had succeeded. Foreign Minister Austen Chamber lain of London, Eng., denied in the house of commons the possibility of ?American use of British naval base at Singapore, or that the question even bad been discussed. Official and private radio advices from Trujillo, the third important city ?of Peru, say that the city has been completely destroyed by inundations caused by torrential rains. , ) A bulletin issued recently by the physician of Marcus Curzon, says the patient is showing early signs of a lung complication in London England. The strike of metal workers has been abandoned. Socialist of Rome, <5reece, voted to end the walkout fol lowing a conference recently. The reasons which caused the strike were explained. ! There was no loss of life in the fire which swept northern Tokio between Nippori station and Uyeno, the Tokio terminus of the Northern railway, a Section which was partially destroyed after the earthquake of 1923. Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, Eng land, lord president of the council, is dead. His lordship had been ill for 'about a week. He suffered a nasal hemorrhage and since that time had been operated on. Reports from his sick room have been increasingly un favorable. The marquis had been bred for public life and followed the ca reer of politics and government with great successes, having held almost ev ery great office under the British crown except that of prime minister. Washington? The senate elections committee, in "Washington, recently authorized both sides of the Brookhart-Steck sena torial contest in Iowa to appoint su pervisors to collect the ballots and bring them to Washington for a re count. The condition of former Senator Culberson of Texas, who has been in 111 health for years, is pausing con siderable anxiety to his friends, due to his age, 70 years. His physicians fear be has pneumonia. Disturbances in Peru, due to dis satisfaction over the award by Pres ident Coolidge in the Tacna-Arica ar bitration case, appear to be subsiding, at least so far as Lima, the capital, is concerned. ; John Garibaldi Sargent, in an hour after h? had arrived in Washington, took the oath of office of field mar i \ .? shal of the law enforcement arm of the federal government. Secretary Jardine, of Washington, directed the grain futures administra tion to make an immediate investiga tion of the recent violent fluctuations in the market price of wheat. ?> Representative Frear, of Wisconsin, one of the house ? Republican insur gents, in Washington, charged in a statement inserted recently in the Congressional Record that "punish ment" of twelve house members for "party irregularity"? was brought about because of the legislation pro posed for the next congress. Hearings on the Van Sweringen plan to consolidate the Nickel Plate railroad with the Chesapeake and Ohio, Erie, Pere Marquette, and Hock ing Valley will begin before the inter state commerce commission in Wash ington April 15. The consolidation plan is the largest brought forward since the transportation act opened the way for big mergers. The nec essary stock acquisitions already have already been carried out. Senator Norris. Republican, Nebras ka, declared in ;the senate recently In Washington, that an effort had been made to influence his vote on Charles ?C. Warren's nomination for attorney general by propaganda emanating from the "Republican machine" in Nebraska. Twenty-eight local land offices wer? abolished in an executive order signed recently, by President Coolidge in Washington. The order is effective April 30, and brings to 39 the number of such office^ discontinued in the last two months. ] ) The concluding oral arguments to the supreme court, in Washington, on the constitutionality of the Oregon law requiring children between 8 and 16 years of age, to attend state schools brought further questions from the justice recently, which indi cated to an intensely interested au dience that contentions in behalf of the act were meeting with "little suc cess. ? Although S the Washington govern ment maintained complete silence on the recent demonstrations in Peru against the arbitral award made by President Coolidge, of the Tacna-Ari ca controversy, it was learned from other sources that these anti-Ameri can demonstrations were of v^de spread and serious nature, and mat Herman Velarde, the Peruvian am bassador here, may withdraw from Washington as a personal protest. , In connection with the formal open ing of the first direct cable to Italy, oil March* 16, President Carlton ot the Western Union Telegraph company, received a cablegram informing him that the king of Italy has conferred upon him the cross of Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy. Domestic? The government won a victory in its suit to break the Teapot Dome lease of the Mammoth Oil company in the Federal Courtroom, Cheyenne Wyo., the ) other day when Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy overruled the motion of the defense that cer *?in government evidence be thrown out. , A readjustment of the financial structure of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway company, prob ably through a receiveship was divid ed upon the other night, in New York, by the board of directors. "The present generation isn't bad, it's just different and so is every thing else in the world." In this man ner, Mrs. M. S. Bannister, of St Louis, defends the flapper age, She bases her statement on observations. The New Hampshire house of repre sentatives voted against ratification of the federal child labor amend ments, 327 to 37. The amendment will not be referred to the senate. A The board of governors of the In vestment Bankers' association of America, in1 New York, announced that it had selected St. Petersburg. Fla., for the 14th annual convention of the association, to be held Decenw ber 2, 3, 4, and 5. Special trains will be run from New York Hind Chicago. Gerald Chapman, notorious mail ban dit and alleged slayer of Policeman James Shelly of New Britain, lost the first skirmish of the battle for his life when Judge Newell Jennings, in superior court, in Hartford, Conn., de nied the other day a motion that Chapman be tried !in some county other than Hartford. 1 ' > ? Twenty-six cities and towns, in five states report an estimated total loss of life in the recent tornado as 891 dead and 2,832 injured. Fire completed the destruction of. large sections of many of these cities, it is said in Chicago, Illinois. A bitter attack on the Underwood bill to lease the government proper ties at Muscle Shoals was made re cently in the senate, in Washington, by Senator McKellar,/ Democrat, Tennessee. ' A fire at Canal Point early the oth er day, destroyed a general store and an adjoining building in Okeechobee, Fla., with a loss estimated at $30,(to0. Bucket brigades prevented a spread of flames. A new system in Florida lor select ing jurors, which will stop some sher iffs from "picking their own jurors,"' was urged by A. E. Lawrence, of Se bring, judge of Highland county. A rapid reorganization of the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway company, under the receivership pro ceedings, which were started simul taneousfy in New York and Chicago, was forecast as a protective committee for stock and bondholders laid pre liminary plans for a financial read justment. o . ? In the wreckage of the cities and out in the by-ways of the rural dis tricts relief and rescue workers re ported additional casualties would be discovered. Unidentified dead still rest on crude fixtures in many mor gues, awaiting recognition or unknown burlai. The casuality list of the Associat ed Press, carrying the names of those actually identified, totalled 738. The estimated and known dead from all sections numbered about 800, accord ing to latest advices. The injured to talled around 3,000 on these reports The homeless were being tabulated by hundreds and Red Cross officials predicted they would number up wards of 15,000. These refugees are as safely and comfortably sheltered as is possible i tents, equipments and food supplies rushed into all centers being ample to care for the situation. The prob lem is now one of rehabilitation. Forty men worked all day digging graves at Murphysboro, 111., one of the worst stricken cities, and they expect ed to have 70 of the victims buried. If all the bodies have been recovered by Sunday the city will pause for a general funeral service. The death list in the town was the highest recorded. At West Frankfort, Illinois, a sister city which ranked second in loss of life and damage, ^00 men were engaged in preparing graves. Methodically, the city was effacing material evidences of the tornado's visitation, the path of which followed a secion largely occu- J pied by homes of miners and railroad ! men. It probably will be a month be- '? fore gas again is sent through the ! city's mains, but electric lights were promised. " . Religious Issue Causes Battle. Paris.?The French government's policy for maintaining intact the sep aration of church and state nd apply ing the secularization laws as passed by previous parliaments, was endors ed by a substantial majority in the chamber of deputies at a setting filled with disorder. The vote was 327 to 95. The members of the right showed their disapproval of the motion of confidence by abstaining from voting. The vote was taken after the pre mier had made a stubborn defense of his policy. During it he attacked the recent manifesto of the French fcar dinals and archbishops, which protest ed against the government's efforts to make the non-denominational laws effective in Alsace, and comparing the "Christianity of bankers" with the "Christiantiy of the catacombs." The address of the premier opened the flood gates of temper of his oppon ents, which culminated in one of the worst disturbances the chamber ever has seen. Old and new orders in France came into dramatic conflict on the floor, first when the Catholics' and the anti-clericals indulged in a free for-all pummelling match, and, second, when a censured deputy, Marquis do la Ferconaye, refused to leave the cham ber when he was ordered to do so. The marquis had characterized M. Her riot's reference to "Christiaiity of bankers" as a "coarse and unwarrant ed insult." Officer Kills Man Looting Victim. West Frankfort.?One case of pilfer ing from the deal was made known by the police. This was a man caught taking rings from a woman's hands shortly after the tornado. The would be thief was struck ovej- the head with a plank by a police officer and killed. Names were not revealed but Chief Notman vouched for the authenticity of the incident. Washington?Former Senator Cul berson of Texas died here. i v The former senator's family were at his bedside when the end came, hav ing been summoned by his physicians Mr. Culberson had been an invalid for years and before his retirement from the senate in 1922 it was neces sary for him to use a wheel chair about the capitol. He was 70 years old. '? '! V ' Ruth Holland Quits Justice Dept. Washington?Rush Holland, of Oh io, who has served since 1921 as assis tant attorney general in charge of ad ministrative work in the Justice De partment, has resigned and will re sume his practice of law in Washing ton. His retirement leaves two vacan cies in .the grade of assistant attorney general. It has been indicated that James M. Beck, of Pennsylvania, soon would resign as solicitor gener al. vO DOINGS IN HIE TAR HEEL STATE NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA TOLD IN SHORT PARA GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE Gastonia.?Four negro children of Charles Nickelson, were burned to death at their home near Bessemer City as the result of an exploded lamp; It was learned here. ?Morganton.?A cablegram received here from Shanghai, China, brought news of' the death of J. C. Taylor. t The message simply announced that Mr. Tayldr had died of pneumonia in Shanghai and requested instructions a6 to the disposition of the body. Rutherfordton.?'Mrs. Mary Jackson Miller died at her home on Broad River Monday and was buried here. She is the widow of the late W. G-. Miller and was 84 years of age. Sh? was ill only a few days. Her sister, (Mrs. Morgan of Fa/Hrforesjt, S. C., visited her, contracted pneumonia and died two days previous to the death of her sister. One was buried on Monday and the other on Tuesday. Asheville.?The , civil issue and summons dockets of the Bunconfbe Superior Court are glutted with something like 2,000 cases and un less new methods are adopted in dis posing the court business, "The con gestion will never be clearifled and kept clear," according to the report submitted by the special calendar committee to Judge Pender A. Mc-j Elroy, just before the wholesale dis missing of cases was commenced. Monroe.?Mrs. Pocahontas Hinson died at her home in Monroe in the j early "frours of Wednesday morning, | March 11, in her 74th year. She had beeir-f^eble from the incidents of age j for a long time and sick a few weeks 1 prior to her death. She was one of i the. oldest residents of Monroe. She I was born in Wadesboro September 30, 1851. . < Rocky Mount.?With decorators al ready at work at Fenner's warehouse, where the attraction will be held, de tailed plans are nearing completion for the seventh annual Rocky Mount automobile and fashion show which will open here next Monday, under the auspices of the local Shrine drum corps of Sudan temple, to continue through the week. / Rockinham.?Again has the death angel visited the Led better family, this time taking Hal Steel Ledbetter. His death occurred, following an ill ness of two months from pneumonia and plurisy. The funeral will be from the Methodist church. Durham.?Engineers of the Southern Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Seaboard Air Line Railway with, a flock of assistant and sub-engineers, descended upon Dur ham with plans and detailed specifi cations for the 'Chapel Hill street un derpass, to be erected at the expense of the roailroads, under order of the United States Supreme Court. Lumberton.?A vast and inspiring plan, worked out carefully over a per iod of years, which has for its pur pose the restoration to useful lives of disabled ex-service men and the fostering care of orphans was present ed to a handful of Kiwanians and members of the Lumberton post of the American legion at a joint luncheon at the Lorraine hotel by Mr. A. Lind say Skerry, iOf Indianapolis, Ind., field representative of national headquart ers of the legion. Louisburg.?A remarkable service was held in the revival series at the Methodist church here on Saturday night, when Dr. Jordan preached to a crowded church on the words of Fes tus to Paul, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Logical, search ing, persuasive, the appeal reached hearts, and many manifested their determination to accept Christ. Charlotte.?Dr. T. A. Smith, physi cian of Charlotte, became entangled in the meshes of the federal net which has caught 29 other alleged violators of the anti-narcotic l&ws in this vicin ity recently. He was arrested on a charge of selling morphine. Clinton.?A monster celebration, to voice observance of the opening of the new Class A county highway through Ivanhoe, ?f? planned by the people of that village and the sur rounding community. It is now plan ned to hold the celebration on April 21. Dunn.?A 10-room residence owned by J, W. Whitehead and occupied by James,Adams and family together with all its contents was destroyed bjr fire. The total lose is estimated at more than $10,000 part of which was covered by insurance. Eden ton.?Miss Margaret Stephen son sustained a fractured wrist, and her friends, Misses Pruden and Weblt, Buffered cuts and bruises when a car she was driving collided with one driven by Charles Parker of Perqui mans county. Mr. Parker received a painful laceration on his temple. Leaksville.?a. L. Manley, of Spray, a sign painter and well known through out this section was arrested on a warrant, from Seagrove, Randolph county, charging him with criminal assault upon a 14-year old girl of that ulacft. i ' f V How's Your Liv Ogretta, N. C.?"I Contrac! hrial fever, while in Gklab whcle1'^ ^an todl b? "feis,.; thing with mt'r( in "on and v. er trout]!' iried S doct0ri non* ... ? . ?lve me ^ lief. Finally I came o^ck h ( Carolina. Then, I began taU Pierce's Golden Medical D;J? took it about one month, anjj never had chills since. The ta liver trouble and indigestion , had are gone and I am good health."?Walter R. m* All dealers. Tablets t.r Jjqj Soothinq And HcaHu For Rashes and Ch& IT BEATS AL How Those Old, Cre Stiff Joints Limbi* Right Up With Joint-Eas Just rub on the hew applia called Joint-Ease if you want tot what real Joint comfort is. It's for stiff, swollen, or p^. tured joints whether caused hjj matlsm or not, A few seconds' robbing and/it J right in through skin and fjesh d down to ligament and bone. It oils up and limbers up theM subdues the inflammation ami rp; the swelling. Joint-Ease is the i great remedy for all joint tma and live druggists ha^e It or raj It for you?a tube for 60 Cents. Always remember, when Joint! gets in joint agony gets out?quiet Early Doctors' Fees Higl In the Fourteenth century i!' fees were very high. as. apart! the sum paid , down, the paiicm tracted to wlow his medical nu: annuity for as- long as lie Jivwi employed him.?New York Titat* i i For overnight relief to InflamM tyt' Bfcleg use Roman Eye Balsam. 0t<* t always preferred. 372 Pearl St.. N I. . Black Sheep Bequeatht Rupert Gwynne. former me>nl? parliament of Enjrlanil, in his wl his ilock of black sii< <>p to such t family as shall succeed to the Fol ton estate. 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