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.,-,t D O DO O. 0 O.Ov:'::'2'A; 'h:iO.: TODAY'S ; r O'iFTTK. DO fi'O fjr : H ':o prl:t o r TODAY . ; o , ., 21 . .. . UN o o o o n o w U VOLUME XVIII. CONCORD N: MONDAY, - JANUARY 6, 1010.; Price Five Cents. NO. Zi W r ' "J f npn r-'i'. Vs- H P r- n n n tmn n !! JL U L jlJ-KdSi U U LJ lib b w lj ? 1 4 -,.v.v.-. & f. r?r?,?zZr? T---T'-w.- 7 : I DIED EARLY TODAY Died 'in His Sleep at His Home in Sagamore Hill : Oyster Bay. N, Y., of Rheu matism of the Heart HIS DEATH CAME n I' AS GREAT SURPRISE ; About 4 O'clock Mrs. Roose- ' velt Went - to I Husband's Room and Found He Had ) I Died Puring the Night. r . .(Br Tfc imcUM rnm) - Oyster Bay, N. T.,; Jan. e. Colonel ; Theodore Roosevelt died . in bis sleep J early today at bis borne on Sagamore H11L In this vUlage. .His death la be- . lieved to bare been due Co rbeiimatlsm . whiclr affected hla, heart. ; . . ; The Colonel suffered a 'severe t- -' taek of rbenmatlsm and sciatica on i New year's day, but none-believed bis Illness would iiKeiy prove iaiai. xue : former President got up early Sunday . and retired about ; 11 , o'clock hist nHht About 4 a. m- Mrs. Roosevelt, , ;wbo was the only other member of the family at Oyster Bay, went to her hos- - band s room, and found he bad died duriiur the night Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned to Colonel Emlln Roosevelt, a cousin of the for : -mer President, . and he came jto the , Roosevelt home Immediately. - Tele grams were dispatched to the Colonel's "children who were In other parts of the country. Two of the coonel's sons. Major. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, and Captain Kermlt Roosevelt, are In ser vice abroad, - " ; . Captain ' Archie Roosevelt and his wife left New York last night for Bon- ton, where the Captain's wife's father . Is III Hm Ethel Derby and' her two children are In Aiken, 8. C Details for the funeral had not been arranged, "but an aunonjwement is-x- -pected. later today.. Telegrams of con . dolence and sympathy, began to poor in . 'from all parts of the country as soon i as. the news of Colouel Roosevoltti .death .became known. V-: i; j y-.S .j The' former ' President came to" his home on Sagamore . Hill from . tbe ' Roosevelt hospital on Christmas day, "75iu-aT week later .ya-trlofc wlrh. a j9evere attack of rheumatism and sci atlca with which be bad been suffer, lng for some time. iRbenmatirm affect. : ed his right hand and it became -Swollen. Last Saturday the Colonel's Becre , tary. Miss. Josephine Strieker, called to see him, but he Colonel was asleep In hla -room. " : r . ; ' -: .Miss Strieker said today no one bad any idea that death was so near at v band. ' . ;.","t-r:-'""- ''' Fugs were plaoed at half mast in Oyster Bay today. . 4 v Funeral To Be Private. ; . Oyster' Bay, Jan. 6. The date of 3oL Roosevelt's funeral has not been set, but it will be held here at the.re ; . quest of Mrs. . Roosevelt and will be private. . . .. . .-,-, . Two services." ;wlir be held, one at " Sagamore Hill, and the other at Christ's --Church here which - the Roosevelt have attended for years. The Rev: Pr -. George Talmage pastor,-la expected tz offlciate. . - '' ' ' Colonel Roosevelt win be burled -at Young's Memorial cemetery,. : Oyster .Bay in a plot selected by the' Colonel and his wife shortly after he left the White-House.-:;!:;. J-?v---y , later Funeral Wednesday. - ; Oyster Bay. N. T Jan. 6. The hour - for the Roosevelt ftiteral was officially . announced today a 12j45 p. m. Wed nesday, at Christ "Bpscopat Church here..-.--c--- ' -, ; v-' '; Death Caused by Pulmenvy Embolism : . New Tork, ' Jan. ' 6. Tbo immediate cause of Colonel Roosevelt's dei; waj' pulmonary embolism or lodgements 'u ' the long of a clot from a broken vein, , it was stated by one of his physicians: Death, It was- sail,me. n t ..? him liainlessly as he slept- v ; ' .- : - Forty eight hours before his death, - the former .Pres' dent had been vbured by one of his physklans, Wbo'etated be ' found the Colonel apparently in good -J. condition and uptrltes. The' Colonel, : he said Jaughed and Joked with him, and expected soon to renew hla wood rhopp'jig expeditions on hia. Sagamore Hill estate. -Both Houses of Conrrese Adjoara m r' Mark of Respeet.'-. .v ' ' Washington, Jan. Both -hit'ses of Congress adjourned today as a mark ,tof respect, after adopting resolutions of regret at the death ef Colonel Roose-1 . velt and providing tot the ..'appoint: ; - 'ment of committees to attend the, : funeral. . :" ' - " V ': ' . " . ' .' ' Mr. ; Archibald RoeeeveU'a Falher Dead. .; ' Boston, Jan. . AThosT -:6t John . Xockwood, father-in-law of Capt Ar- - chibald Roosevelt, died Saturdays night Jbut the 'set did not become generally known until this morning whenK the borne' was communicated with hi ref- erence to the death of Colonel Roose velt. : Mr. Lockwood's daughter," Mrs. - Roosevelt, arrived here this forenoon. J , Captain Roosevelt was accompany ing her when a siewage overtook him on the train, which be left at the next station with purpose of going imme diately to Oyster Bay. -. - - ; ' ' News ef ' I3is Son's Death' Canse4 - ' l.'r'i'i.ilwn, -r-w York. Jiiu. 6 One -f ibe V '-k . V ' t -"owl to bT" f ' 1 ', 1 II V I :' r I i ' s . COUP D'ETAT TCSS iLaCE: V - J IN BERLIN YESTERDAY An Overturn of Some Been ,1" Expected SInea Saturfy. ': ' (Br . Tk. AMMiaM fnmi Am8terdam,;3an. A coup, d'etat took place by Berlin yesterday, it is believed here, on tWfcbasis of advices rxom Uerlia today. .. - - ...v There have been intimations that an overturn. of some sort in the Ger man capital was expected Saturday. A telegram from, Berlin today says the office of the Wolff Bureau, semi official news agency, wat entered Sat urday evening, but it does not atate by whom the selsure was made, i ' 8PARTACU8 GROUP TRY TO SEIZE REINS OF POWER Msed Offices of the Wolff New Barm r v -to BeiilavJXesteWlay.''-' (By The AMdiM rnw) Amsterdam, Jan. The Spartaeas group Sunday evening made, another attempt to seise the reins of power in Berlin and occupied offices of the Wolff Bureau, the semi official news agency. Tbe last telegram received here from the Wolff Bureau announced the set ma a i.. m ..... ...'.(. . . Private advices say ibe-Spa rtacus oc cupied offices of half a do sen big papers including the socialist paper rorwaerta. - i ' PoUsh Troops Oecupy Railway Station .:' VV; at viiraMhnik, :-'( Berlin. 1 Rundav.' Janu. S. Polish troops have occupied the railway ata tlon at Vbroschnlk, four miles 'from Bentschen, and have sent an ultimatum to the German commander in the latter place, demanding that be surrender. putee, demanding that . be surrender. Tli demand baa been" refused, and the Germans will defend 'Dentschen at aU costs,- according- to the Tageblatt A 1 ' (Bentschen is a town near the boun dary between prevtnoea of Poeen and Brandenburg, and is about 43 - miles southwest of Posen.) ' .--- v... The capture of Bentschen' by tbe Poles would be most serious for Berlin and all-of northern. German Daniels Opposed to Sinking Hun Ships. Washington, Jan. 4. Secretary pan 1p1 todlav exnresaed hinmelf aa'Delna personally Opposed to sinking Oermsn surrendered warships, He thoujjht the older, types even of the. German ., war craft mjsht 6e used like the old Am erican battleship Iowa. Massachmsettf and Indiana, as training ships,' and t no other use-were found .-they, might be used as. targets to' test newjpins w th his splrlrin public life. Friends sad. that, ; while be tathees dld-'Twf carry' hs -heart on his sleeve" be suf fered most .poignant grief In silence. and tried, to forget them by plunging harder than ever into bis work:,-! Flags at Half Mast In Washington Washlneton. Jan. 6. Flara were at half mast at the Wh'to - House, tbe capitol and all public buildings today upon the announcement of the death of Colonel Roosevelt In respect to the memory of the former Prealdent and commander in chief. Secretary Danlein and General March ordered -flags at half mast on every, ship.; and short stat'on In tbe Navy and at every Army post and camp at home and, abroad.- ( Universal Regret at Capital. Washington, Jan. 6. The death of Colonel' Roosevelt stirred end shook the capital.- Universal regret at thf passing of a great agure in the pa. tion's life was evident on every nana. Profound sorrow was - shown by - the many who knew the. former President peseonally and bis political friends and antagon'sts Joined in expressions of admiration for the man. -, Men in all Walks of life were eager for the details. Telephones In news paper offices were kept busy with calls from high officials of the government, foreign- diplomats, ' and members ' of Congress as the news spread. On the streets everywhere the anxious inter est was apparent ' Workmen on a new building going up In the business dis trict quit work to bear and discuss tbe story, t;'. -'' V-1'' - - , '. The -announcement was camea to r-crf.o-it Wilson as apon as it reacb ej the White House. - iv . Called. to the Wh'te House- in 1901 after President McKinley had been assassinated. iQoW Roosevelt, -4i year of age. become tbe youngest President the United States bar ever had. Three year later herwaaalected aa P resi lient bv : the largest popular , vote n PresldenC has received. '. . Thus: Roosevelt, sometimes called a man of destiny, served ! for. seven yeara'as the nation's chief magistrate; in' a subsequent decade tbe fortunes of politics did not favor , him, for, again a candlate : for President this time leading the Progressive Party wlitch himself bad organised when be differed C radically with some of the politics of the Republican Party - in 1812 he went down- to defeat, to gether with the Republican candidate, William Howard Tart -"Woodrow Wilson. Democrat- was -elected ' Col.' Roosevelt's enemies agreed with friends that hla. life, his character and his- writings -represented a high type of Americanism. ; -v . Of Dutch Aiiry,-')rn in .'New York City on October 27, 1858.. in a honse in EaM Twentieth Btrctt. the baby Theodore was a. weakling. He was one of four children who came to Theodore and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. The mother was of Southern stock and the father of . Northern, a s'tnatlon which during the early years of Theodore, Junior's boyhood was not allowed to interfere with the family life of these children during the Civil War days. . " ' A few months aftor M (rTdatIon. Eiwwvf't mnrricMl M'si Alx-e L et r'on. 5 " e d: d in 1. 4. 1' ir- o e 1. A' r"v t' a . "ITe f t I DOUGHBOY WINS PIE EATING ; WARRIORS OF EIGHTEEN AIXfED - NATIONS Before the world war ended the international pie eating championship had been .decided and won by a doughboy, with a United Statin sailor second and a Belgian soldier a good third: This all happened at the merican Y. M. C. A. Eagle Hut in London. Soldiers and sailors of elghtecaVnationalitles eom petedk The. winner Is seen la the upper right band cornet of the -oicture. 'Modestly he withheld his name but - stopped long enough in the thick of marvui. , tie tn.nxs tnat pause lost LOCAL FARMERS TO GET NITRATE Government To Sell Nitrate For Fertl- ' User Through County Agent. Washington,' Jan. 6. Notice has been given to R. D. Goodman, Agricultural Agent for Cabarrus county, that the Vi B." Department or Agriculture will sell at cost a supply of nitrate of soda to farmera In. Cabarrus county. The nitrate will be sold under the authority of the Food Control Act and acthsefluent legislation , relating there. thereto, 'The price win be (81.00 a ton, free on board cars at load.ng point or port. ,Farmeri.areju Jn adOittoi; freight to their -shipping polms.- i .. . Bow To Obtain Nitrate. AppUcatiMis for. tpart.ofJhje nitrate bought by the government 'will 'be re ceived ..only, frpm.,actuaU -farmers. oj. owners .or holders of farms for use on their land, and may be made through County Agent. R. D. Goodman. -' No money will be required with the application but upon notice from' the authorised representative of the "De partment of Agriculture farmers who have signed applications must deposit with a local bank, association, or indi vldnal, designated, by the Secretary of Agriculture to act as the farmers' agent for that 'purpose, money to cover the ?oat of the fertiliser except the freight ?barge. ? In practically every case the money will be paid to a County Nitrate Distributor designated by the Depart ment of Agriculture. Nitrate will be sblpped to distributors on sight draft with bill of lading attached. Distribu tor will pay drafts, take up the bills of biding, collect money 'from farmer? and distribute nitrate to farmers. Ar rangements have been made to secure large quantity of nitrate and it If believed that all reasonable requtre- menta can be met .. . - ' Non-Partisans to Control. . . Bismarck, N. D- Jan. 6. With more than three-fourths of the membership of; both houses, the Non-Partlsari Lea gue will be in absolute control' of the North Dakota -legislature -which is to assemble for business tomorrow. In the last session, the Non-Partisans bad tne majority of the members of the house but lacked control of the senate. At the opening ' of the session, following the work of organisation, the lawmakers will listen to the message of Governor Lynn J. Fraxler, In which he will out line tbe legislative policies for the ees- ston. It is expected the Governor wll deal particularly with medsures amid at establishing the worklngmen's com pensation In operation, tne eeraousn ment of State-owned packing ' plants, elevators and' flour mills, and other measures for which the Non-partisan League stands. - r:f, Mr. 'and lira. J. L. Potts Entortahi Ur: and Mrs. J. L. Potta most de- liirhtfnllv entertained a number of vounc oeoDle at a pouna party ai ineir home on Ann street on Saturday night from 7:30 to 11 o'clock,. Those pres ent were: --' "I Misses Lucr Potts. Annabel Furr, Buby Curies, Bessie Rose, Julia Jack son: Lottie Honeycutt, Bessie uamu ton.' Maude Shankle. Grace Honeycutt Beulah Furr: Messrs. Needham Potts, Carl Mill Buford Lltaker, Mont Bry an. William Perry, James Cranneid, Beual Shankle, Stonewall Sherrill, Cletus Ketner. Mr. Paul Baker, and Claode Potts, were present from Kan napolis. . r," " J-.- '" .'" !:i Jwintor Tennte M Pineburac. finphurst, N. C Jan. . This resort toav became the mecca for the faith ful ho stand high in the ranks of the tennis world. From North and south sontp of the foremogt racquet wielders of Ar "rica ar 1 ' -e to rartic ate in U,e t- -iual" mi-iiuler- championship t t v !. h will be owned to. .,.'( -'i ef t' o 1 ; . burst CONTEST FROM ' - ;'.''' ''' the sailor, whose (mils is pie encrusted the contest to say ,lm Martin; plain mm tne cnamptonsnip. today's Events. Monday, January fl, 1919. Sixty years old tothjy is Rear Admir al Utuh Rodman, Iho Kentucklan who commauded- Uncle Sum's battleships in the late war, and who la ered.ted wlto having seen more' sejC duty, than any other officer on the, lctive' list of the United States Navy.i a a, V -- . Robert D. Carey -will be Inaugurated Governor of Wyoming today in aucaes Ston. to Frank L. SUour. Hecretary of ml . ... H.I.A KuA hu.' I it n 11 II since Kendrick. TThTA by and otber meii of wide prominence are scheduled to speak before the eighth annual convention of the Nar. t$omilhoe' Retailers' AssociaHon, which, 1s to tiegin its session today at St. Louis. v ' Many important cases, including sev eral involving the constitutionality of the EsDionaee Act. are docketed for early hearing In the Supreme Court Jt the Un.ted States, wnicn reconvenes today after the holiday recess. The official inquiry into the loss of the, steamship Princess Sophia, which foundered on the rocks near Skagway, Alaska, October 25, with a loss of sev eral hundred lives, is to begin today In . the Admiralty Court at Victoria, BO ' Reconstruction and other measures of more than ordinary Importance are scheduled to come before the Montana legislature, which will .meet and or j ganixe at Helena today for its biennial session Governor D. W, Davis and other State Officials chosen at the November election in. Idaho will be formally in stalled In office at Boise today with the formalities Wb'ch custom has prescrib ed for the occasion. ' - . . ! E, T. Stenerson Home Destroyed. Charlotte Observer Btb, . Fire" said to have started from the furnace In the basement completely de stroyed the home of Mr.- and Mrs. B. T. Stenerson, in Myers park, last night about '8 o'clock, entailing a loss .esti mated at more than (10,000. The house was Insured 'but the amount coma not not be learned. Mr. and Mrs. Stener son are in. Washington, Mr. Stenerson, who holds a commission in the army, being stationed them The home was occupied by Lieutenant and Mrs. Chris ty? Lt' Christy, is "stationed at Camp Greene; The borne was. a two-story-wooden house, w ; - . - --v. ....... ; Most of the furniture was destroyed, only a part on the first floor being saved. The bouse . was handsomely and expensively furnished. An expen sive piano, being taken from the house by neighbors, was dropped and damag ed apparently almost beyond repair-. Germany Is Still i Building V-teW; Will Goto the Allies. . London. Jan. 4. Interesting figures are now available about Germany's loss of submarines during the war. The total of German losses was 202. In addition 14 submarines were destroyed by the Germans,- 10 in the Adriatic aad four in Flanders. Seven more were Interned in neutral countries. The Germans are still building sub marines, with th allies making no ob jection, because obviously it is neces sary to keep workers employed, and when submarines are built and launch ed, they will be disposed of by tbe al lies. Call for National Bank Statements. - : (Br Tfc Jmtlrtrl ) - ' Washington, Jan.: 8. The Comptroll er of the Currency today iasaed a call for tbe condition of alt national banks at the clone of business-on Tuesday, December 31, 1018,, r . .' ' Von HertUig la Dead In Bavaria. Cownhaeeu, Jan. B. Count vo THE WORKING PEOPLE DEMAND JUST PEACE President ;Wilsort Says They i. Want Not Merely Treaties of Peace, but a Guarantee of Just and Future Peace, SPEECH MADE AT vJ: MILAN, ITALY Declares as His Belief the So cial Structure of the Whole World Rests on the Work ing Classes. , (By The Asaectatcd Press.) Milan, Jan. 6. President Wilson voiced again today hla View that the working, people of tbe world- demand from the coming peace conference, not merely treaties or peace, but guaran tees of the justice and the future of the peace to be made. He declared his -belief that tbe social structure of - the whole world rested on the great work ing classes and reiterated his convic tion that the peace must be made with the sentiment of these classes con stantly kept in view. The President made these declara tions in a speech at the reception given him by the- municipality, his principal speech of the day. The reception ac corded the American executive was a most enthustastfee one, both her and at Genoa, where he made a brief stop on his way from Rome to this city. . JANUARY COURT. Judge W. F. Harding Presiding. So licitor Clement Absent on "Account of tckness. Tbe January term of Cabarrus Coun ty Superior Court began this morning, with Judge William F. Harding, of Charlotte, presiding. Solicitor Hayden Clement was unable to be present on account of illness, and Judge Harding Appointed Attorneys Maness and Hart sell to prosecute all cases In his, stead. The grand Jury was empaneled, with the following members : . George : D. HouejBurt foreman, C. C. Croucfc, O. L. Deal, W. F. Howell, A. F. Quay, JX L. Morrison, J.'H. Tucker, F. M. Mot ley, j a 8. Dry, Geo. W. Dry, J: L. Sloop. W; J. Hargett; Joe FOIL.W--J. Cline, Jr., J. D. Little, R.-A. Wagone, W. Wyatt and Lawson H. Herrin. j; AIRDROME stormed - German Garrison at Lawlea and all tbe Airplanes Captured by Poles . (By The Aaaaciatea Press.) Amsterdam, Jan. 6. The airdrome' at Lewica, near the city of Posen was stormed-on Sunday by Polish troops. According to dispatches from' Posen, the German garrison and all the air planes were captured after a fight Shot at Chicken Thief and Killed Big . ' Fat Possum. Albemarle, Jan. a The residents of East Albemarle was rather put In a state of cotutternation last night when near midnight what was thought by those engaged, to have been a terrific death grapple with a chicken thlf took place as a result of which a num ber of shots were fired. The three persons especially ' disturbed ' were Paul Smith, Wayne, Neal ana waae Shaver. Shaver was aroused by a dis tress cry coming from bis chicken roost Not having a gun of his own he ran over to Smith's house, who was known to have an excellent gun and who considered , himself an expert shot' Smith ran over, was sure he saw the chicken thleftook dead level ana fired. He then ran back into the house and nearby neighbors. Jim Neal, for one, declares be distinctly heard moans and groans immediately following the shot also bis young son wayne minus he heard groans. Being thus sudden ly aroused by tbe unwelcome sound of shooting Irons . Mr. Neal and hla son got their guns and. ran across the. street to assist any one in. defending hie legal rights. They , went ,. into Smith's house and were told that be (Smith.). -had taken a crack at a chicken thief with bis trusty shot gun. Smith was sure he had killed tbe man, so were the four men. Neal and his son. Wayne,. Shaver and Smith got torches and started to tbe scene. Of the homicide fully expecting to find the stark form of some . poor . sinner stretched out upon , the cold earth dead. In looking they ran upon the ch'cken thief which happened to be a big. fat possum, one of two "Which Wayne Neal had been fatenlng for three weeks. The thief was recognised by young Neal immediately as his pet Grand Duchess To Leave Luxemburg. (Bv Ta AasMiate Press.) . - ' Paris, Jan. 6 IHavas) Grand nuchesa Marie Odalalde, of Luxem burg, the Matin says it learns from reliable source, has. decided to leave Luxemburg, owing to the political sit uation there. Tbe situation, it la add ed, has become unfavorable for the grand duchess. -. '- ." '; . President's Bequest Approved. -; . (By Tfc Assseiate Press.) .-',. ' Washlneton. Jan. G. President Wil son's request that Congress provide 1 100.000.000 for relief work in Eu rope outside of Germany was approv ed today by the House appropriations committee. Chairman - Hheriey - ? an nounced that he would report the bill tomorrow and seek its prompt passage. Three youne Messrs, C. nd T. . . PRESIDENT WILSON DESD2E3 , ,-. EQUITABLE ARRANGEMENT Between the Italians and the Jugo- ' Slavs, Says tbe Paris Temps. (By The Asaseiste Press.) Paris, Bunday, Jan. 8. "It is not difficult to divine," ssys tbe Temps in -an editorial, "that President Wilson desires an equitable arrangement be tween the Italians and tbe Jugo-Slavs, and between tbe Italians and the Greeks, but even when he had men tioned the burning word 'Balkans,' he has never departed from his smiling cordiality and courteous reserve. . "Our comment therefore, should ob serve, the same discretion that he has shown In his remarks. . The editorial then supports Mr. Wil son's thesis that- - a new system of equilibrium Is Inconceivable except by tbe creation of a league of nations, by saying: "We are thus brought to a subject which is most near to us. A league of nations can be founded only on close. permanedt union of victorious peo ples." WINECOFF HIGH SCHOOL NEWS. Miss Annie Stroud is improving nice ly after an attack of uffluenxa follow ed by pneumonia. Wlnecoff High School re-opened last Monday, December 29th. A large num. ber of new pupils were enrolled in the intermediate and primary departments. The school has now nearly one' hun dred and fifty pupils enrolled, the ex act number not being known by the writer. The Athenian Literary Society held Its regular meeting December 20th, The program consisted of songs, reci tation, followed by a debate. The ques tion was "Resolved ; That AU Able Bodied Men Should Have One Year's Military Training in Colleges.'' The speakers on the affirmative were Messrs Cbas. Ketchle and Todd Cald well; the negative were Misses Isabel Walton and Delia Peeler. Interesting points- were spoken of on both sides, but the Judges decided in favor of the negative. This was the best and most interesting debate held in the society this term. After the debate the teach ers of all the grades presnted each pu pil with an appropriate gift Next came tbe election of new officers. They are as follows: President, Mr. Frank Cantor; vice-president Mr. Chas, Ket chle; secretary, Miss Delia Peeler; Treasurer, Miss Isabel Walton; chap lain, Mr. Ed. Delllnger ; librarian. Miss Mary MOrph; critic. Miss Beatty; pensor. Miss. Ury; marshals. Miss Dawson and Mr. Clifford Scott; news- reporter, Mr.' Todd Caldwell. The so ciety having no further business, ad journed in Its uspal way. Mr. Dallas Wlnecoff, of the U. S. navy was at homo last week on a 24 day furlough. " THE COTTON MARKET. Extremely Unsettled and Nervous. SS to 55 Pointo Oh (By Tke Assseiatea Press.) New. Tork, Jan. 6. The cotton mar ket was extremely nervous and unset tled during today's early trading. After opening firm at a decline of 66 to an j advance of 6 points, active months sold from 35 to 55 points under Saturday's closing figures, with January touching 27.05 and March 20.70. wear monins were relatively easy, and additional Januarv notices were reported in 'cir culation amounting to about 600 bales. Cotton futures opened nrm: Jan uary 28.00; March 26.70; May 25.70; July 24.80 to 25.05; October 22.55. WHAT WILL AUSTRIA DO? Join Germany or Remain an Independ ent Republic?. (By The Asseeiate Press.), Berne. Jan. 6. Baron Haupt, the I new Austrian minister here, told thejers. ; . Associated Press today that sentiment , Officer Dry failed In endeavora to A.,ri. u hoii pwotifv divided be- cet a clue as to the owners or eiiuer vt tween the desire to Join Germany or to remain an Independent republic. He said there iaa .possibility a ma loritv would favor the latter, in which catte a-Danube federation- possible, with arrangements for economic rela tions and with laws such as are gen erally enacted in a confederation of state. , . - - - - ' ' FORMER GERMAN ARMY - HAS CEASED TO EXIST One Hnndred and Fifty Divisions Have . Already Been Demoblllxed. ,; - (By The Asseetatcel Press.)., Basel (Havaa Agency) Jan. 6. The former German army has ceased to sx lst says the Nord Deutsche AUgemelne Zeitung of BerUn, as 150 divisions al ready has Deen aemoouisea, - r mabillsation of other units, the paper said, is proceeding rapidly. ; y ::.' Seeae-Sumoer. ' The following announcement : re ceived In Concord today, will be of in terest to many people here. Miss Smn nem was formerly principal, of Mont Amoena Seminary, at Mount Pleasant and Is well know there, as well as in Concord, where she has often visited. It is as follows : . Mr. and Mrs. John Adam sumner , - announce the marriage of their' ; " i . . . daughter ., ... : - " , Bosalyn "- - , " to " . .. -.- '. Dr. 'Virgin Bernard Sease, Ph. D., on Tuesday, December thirty-first nineteen hundred . and , eighteen ' :i, Pomaria, South Carolina, . ; ; At Home , : " after January tenth ' ' '. 621 Belgrove Drive, -.- . , . . ... . Arlington, New Jersey.' . ..'.- War Work Campaign fat Japan, ' . (By Tfce Asssrlste Press.) Toklo, Jan. n. About U'XfO was raised in Japan in the Am' -n T- - ed War V "' c-"- ' HEL'RY FORD HITS ARECOUIITOFVOTES Charges That ah ' Excessive Use of Money Wat Made la the Michigan Campaign To Intimidate Voters. . FORMAL NOTICE OF, -CONTEST IS GIVEN Charges Improper Rejection of Ballots, Flagrant Viola tions of Michigan Election ' Laws and Other Things!, r , (Br Tfc .asserts! Press;) e Washington, Jan. . In a petition received today by Vice President Mar shall, and laid before tbe Senate, Hen ry Ford, democratic candidate in Mich- ' . igan for United States, Senator, who was defeated on the face of returns by Truman H. Newberry, republican, gave . formal notice of contest for the seat, and asked for a recount of the ballots. Excessive use of money In Newbas- ry's campaign, intimidation of voters, Improper rejection of ballots, "flagrant -violations" of Michigan election lawa . aad many other charges were made by Mr. Ford in hia petition. ,. - . . , Baseball . Meetings Thia Week. " New TrorkT'Jan. . Several matters' are on the baseball calendar for this week that promise to furnish some live discussion for the winter league fans. Several trades and chancea that bare .- been pending for some time, involving tbe possible transfer in tbe controlling interest of one of the major league clubs, are believed about due to come to a head. In addition. Important de velopments are expected from one or -: two meetings of officials and club own ers that are scheduled to be held thai week. ' Beoorta from Cincinnati that August Hermann would tender his resigns tloa .-. -as chairman of the National Commla sion when that body convenes in Chit' " , -cago today for its annual meeting " ." construed here to mean that Ban John son and Herrmann have determined to , acquiesce in the demand or tne pro- gressive club owners of both major .,, lea roes for a reorganisation of the su preme governing body of prof Innsl At the Hotel Imperial in this city the - club owners of the new IntemaOona ; league come together today to eonaider and decide upon Important matters pre- limlnary to the opening or ne ssbpsi. . iMrt nn the acenda will be the decani of a president of the league. The bmu most prominently mentioned in connec tion with the place appears to he "Divvy" Fulta, who held the spotlight, r for a time as president of the now do- funct Players Fraternity. , ; Giant Stin Found en Anti-BloekaderB Albemarle, Jan. 4. Special Bore- , nue Officer C P. Dry, ana nut assist. , ante, last week captured te. largo sla- ; -a ohiaitAT stills in 'tbhv county, one . of which is reported to be o targeat , ever discovered here. Thia: huge atm was located in the Mission neignu ; ; hood. - '".-'" '-' ' " "'r"J ' n still was found on the farm lands owned bySI. D. Crayton, a j .hA hss made saanv efforts to up the blockadea ;ln Stanly', eoomty, even going so fax as to purchase aaaayr tracts of , land hlch had taiiassTn been inhabited by illicit whUkey nuk- the stills. Unable Ta Get Into Crowd am .,3- :'. Address m n, nume. Friday. Jab S EJariy In the day some unofficial arrangements were made to have the President address the . v populace in the Plaaxa VeBenhThlj..-; was supposed to be a great secret, and , it was a secret for a few minutes. It took Just that long for word of the ar- . rangemenu to spread all over Rome. In half an hour toe -newspapers were oa . the streets with the news, and, to lean, than an hour the square waa pau with such a mass of humanity that the American secret, service men. after one took, gasped and decided that tbo President could not possibly get into the square if he wanted to. ; It then turned out that President Wilson know nothing whatever-of the nnoffldal ar- - . rangementa, f-tx":'. : . Promotion for Mr. J. B. lUIJJam. . rtn December 81st. W18, Major Frank I Walton, of the Quarter Mae.. , ters Corps zone inspecuon f Atlanta, Ga, issuea oraers promwuia Mr. J. R. Klllian to lnsmox mpev-vr of two States. Georgia and Alabama, relieving Lieut Clinton J. mortal, and Mr. Walter W. Gayle. f Mr. Klllian was superinienaeni i tbe Cannon Mfg. Co., Concord, N. C, for a number of years, as well as some other of tbe best mills to the sontn. , He being thoroughly .practical, i-o Department has found him valuable 1 1 the Textile branch nd deserving e promotion.-? --.: ': " .v; f : . At The Theatre. .-.;;. - . "Wolves :pf the Border, with f 1 .'. handsome, screen star, Boy'E , In the leading role, will be soi 1 1 the New I irnimont theatre to v. r. s Mr. Stewart's lntost I ' T -duct Ion. On tomorrow i -son wlU be f ' i s -f ' -v ' V ..t lo ITcrt the fnrmur ln'rlnl (" .--