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A- O 6.0 d 9 O d 0 6 -- ' V ? , . "V r . G '.TOnAY'S i '-- r l w today's .0 -' i rtr; rir -: 7 1 ' i , . . . r . s mm. m. mm. mm. mm M mm VOLUME.XX. CONCORD, NT. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY )8 1920 . NO. 26. COUNCIL REPLIES TO ill Q Guargfitecd to Hatch PAY FOR SIX MflilTHS - i )i- V; - r - s. ' - ' ' " . - f ' WOULD GET PRESENT MOT A CANDIDATE SAYS wiiiiAi 11 Ann r . V . ( . aii. i I I 8 i ' vi0(Ri,An)$Jm'- --"--I 111! Ul ,IIIWIIUWW s 1 mm mmm .r ' Allied Council. Sends Reply to Latest Note From Prcs- - idenf Wilson on" Adriatic Question. MAY MAKE THE . J .... -X . . . STATEMENT PUBLIC ft Is Understood That Repjy Objects toa Re-opening of Adriatic gucstion oy tne ; .President. - ; v- fBr Tas Aaaoataica Pr4. m , Loudon, FetL JS.Thn reply of the Mipreraoj klltott council In President Wilson's uoln relative to the Adriatic ' settlement has been osled and for- warded to Washington hy the Amerl ran embassy hero. Announcement has been made Hint llio question of milking public the text of Iho reply will rest with Mr. Wilson. It is understiswl tlwit Hie communl- on (Ion objects to a re-openlng if Hit1 Ailrlatlc question. It l wild tit "do clnro that circumstaiH-cs existing when 'Vremler - Lloyd (?enrgc, . Mill anil Clcmcnccan framed the virtual nltl nvtliini. to Jugo-Slnvin. in Juunary could "not he ignored and the Presi dent. It I asserted. Is told tho dcels- Ion reached last Ioccmbor to which Mr. Wilson adhered In his note, will lie parried out If Mr. Wilson will In- dlcate the woy tills is to be done. KRPLV TO PRESIDENT . WILSON'S NOTE RECEIVED 'V. . .. I . . ' - It Wa Announced That Jt Would Not It Mad Public it Thin Time. Washlnrtin. fob. K The reply of the allied supreme eonucl'l nt lndon to President WilHon'a note on tm Ad- rintln slttatlon wan iwelved . toilay nt the Slate Departmept from Ain liwwailor DnviH, and wan decoded an fant a It came In. ' ' ' ' U wan announced ofllctnny that tho r'Hy would not be made pnblle at flux ? line. aiHHfrwnot "mdlfMi'd tlat tAt even a .numuMiry,.of It-would b itWeft out. Publication of the reply has been left hy the eounell to President Wilson according to I.imdon diKUHtclies, but the councl eniected to iflye the press oumrtinry of its contents. " While waiting for the note to he de eoded ofllcinls noted from the Indon . ilixpMtckcii that Hie reply was prepnrod l:i.si Patunlny. ' : " , ' .THE COTTON MARKET. Sharp Bvrak Todays Net tiosMW 6f Fran S? to 71 Point. , tar T AuMlaCM ri . New York, Fell. 18. Reports of an eanler spot basis and better progresa with farm work Deemed largely re pponslblc for liiereastsl offerings and a sharp. breuk In tbo cotton mnrket here early tMlay. I.iver'pool was not fnlly tip to expectations and'the open ing here was barely steady at a de cline of S to SO points. There ' was renewed buying for English accmintJ but It was much less active tnnn re cently while a number of spot advices eeemed to be reaching here from the belt, and prlcea worked-oft under liqui dation after the call. Before the end of the first half hour May sold at 34.10 and July at 31.95, with active month fthnwuig net lomea nt SI to 71 pointa. Cotton nrtirea opened fairly steady. March. 3.75: May, 34.S0: JtUy. 324J5; - October. 2ft.f5; DeeeniN'r. 20.18. MEAT PACKERS ATTORNEYS : MEET WTTII OFFICIAIA to CompJefct Details of the Derree Re cently Maly by department of Ju . Tk AnaUlr4 Ptca.X : Wasliington,' Feb.. 18.-rAttorney,s for .the tire big-meat . packing com jmnlcs met again today with l)epnrt mcnt of JiiHtlce ofllcials to complete details of the agreed decree under which the packers will be required to discontinue handling of products unre lated to the meat business.' . Before the conference ends. Attorney Oeneral Palmer will annoiun the court Into Which the government will . go to file the agreement and obtain an Injunction carrying out its provision . 5)f 5K 35 )K 3(- ?K WATCH THE LABEL ON VOI R ' , PAPER. : :f . . r IK All Br.bgcrlptlona to The Trlbuno IK : IK ire payable strictly In advance. ' if. This applies to everybody. At IK " the expiration of time paid for the ; pafer will be discontinued. Watch IK the laltel on voor natr and tend )K Id reuetral a few daya in advance IK IK of the date of expiration, if you X IK want the paper continued. ' . IK IK A notice to-dlscontlnne fa not IK taeceqsary, as we will take It for IK IK granted that you do not want the IK - IK paper when you fall to renew. - IK ' K If yon lire in the city, your car- IK rler has your bill, and your date IK . IK la not printed en your la be J. If IK . K for any reason your carrier does IK pot see yon, pay -' at the office, . jk fleise. ' - iKJKiK"' Allied . Officials Are fearfii T oP a General Bolshevik ' Triumph, Due, However to Internal Dissension. GEN. SHILLING IN , COMMAND OF FORCES The Surrounding Lagoons Frozen Hard, and It Is Feared Bolshevists May ' Approach on the Ice. ' ' Conoliiillnoplc, Feb.' 18 (By the As sociated - Trex). The altuntion In Southern IIiihnui is an um-ertnin thai the allied ofllcinlM'are fearful of a gca- ral JlnlNhevlkl t riiimjl. more, how ever, from Internal dlNHenHion than from the phlrance of Red forces from the MiitNide, ' I ' , -:-. -i Oeneral' Shilling la nt Oebaatopol, tlic great Hnnsinn nonport in the' Cri mea, enininnnillng the volunteer forces which hold tho Crimean Isthmus. The surrounding lagoons are frozen hard, however, and It is feared the IlnlMfae- vlkl may approach on the Ice. Sevastopol harbor Is cluttered with uaclesit nhipping.' Ten thonsand xr- sona of the city Are reglKtored as wlnu lug to get away,-while 11.000 more are on xhips from Odessa without ndo qunte food or medicine.-" Typhun Is raging among thv refngeea. - FI NER VI. SERVICES FOR LATE M. L. Bl'CILlNAN Were Held at the Home on South I'nlon Street This Afternoon at Two OVIork. . Funehit 'aervicea over th remclr of the late M. U Buchanan were held this afternoon nt 2 o'clock nt the luiue of the deeenned on Honth I'nfou street. On account of the intliie'ixa altnation the iiervlces were held at the borne. and they were attended by relatives aud friends of the deceased. , -- 4 . Tb Masona had chai-ge of the ser. viveM, Mr, Buchanan hcliur Jtme of the mi CHiiit-l m ux tur iwar WinCim i. jw. X, Paris, pastor' of Central Methodiat I'lilm-h, conducted the-servU'iboth at the home and nt the grave. .. Mix. Butner,' alster-of the leeeased, of Badlu, aud Dr. K. J. Buchanan, of I.cxink(ton, a brother, were present. Menars, K. f!.. Buchanan, of Charlotte nnl M. II. Buchanan, of Washington, were unable to be- Arcscut on account of Illness. All Ihree of the children Misa Cora J.ee Buchanan and nr. S. K. Buchanan and Mr. Slack. Buchannn, were present with their mother. ; After the aerv cea at the home the tKsly was intered In Onkw'ood ceme tery. ' -. - - ; TIIREIJ LOSE LIVES . I.N KIU IIUTKIj r IKK Lorraine Hotel art, Providence Destroy- r : ed by lire Early Today. ' (Br Tb AaMM-laM PM' ' Providence. It. H. Fi. 18. Three guests lost their lives in a fire JUcb virtually destroyed tlie Lorraine Hotel here today. Samuel Warwick, of Har risville, wa.s so badly injured -jumping from a window that he died, later at a hospital. Two bodies believed to be those of Lewis B. Kuus, of Center- dale, and E F. Fpbert, of Boston, were found In the ruiua. The rest of the 78 guests of the no. tel were driven Into the atreeta partly clad and were taken care of by nearby hotels and restaurants. ' , The property loss Is estimated at $'J00,0IS.- PROinRITION KEPT HLM ' Police lustlce In New York Town In - No Longer Needed. - (Br The AaaoetatM ru.t Allneohi. X. V.. Feb.. 18. Police Jua- tlce Oeorgo A. Little announced today that he had resigned because prohibi tion prevented him from -making a living." 'Since the ban went 'into ef fect lasfmonth revenues from the of fice dwindled more than 60 percent., the Justice stated, while there bad not been a single case of intoxication and only a few minor assault cases to be tried. '- V . , ... .-. ; ; r kaitp oit on bail ' After His Arrest Yesterday on Charge , of Grand Larceny. - ,;i tlr Tka AmmWW Pttm.1 f ' New York. Feb. 18. Benjamin Kauff. .star ttcldci1 of the New Xork Glanta, was out on ball today after hi arrestyesterday on a cuarge or rraixi (arceny In connection with, the alleged theft of an automobile. Kauir, wjio uutlt .recently was engaged with hi; half brother In the automobile acces sory huslnesa, is alleged to have sfid a car lust. December 15 which had been stolen here a . week before. , KaulT maintained that be bought the ear in questieo last October 87th. j -y Plato Price was Bncd $T3 : ly the Shelby recorder f or 1 oruelty -.. to - ani mals and polluting the water of Flrae Broad river.- Be had left- tbrpe old horses without food for three days, two of which died. Price bad been killing and Dklnnlng old horses and yelling their bides and bad polluted the water with their carcasses. : LENTON SEASON BEGINS Today' Is Ash Wednesday, and Is the V ' Beginning, of Lent.- . . New Vork. Feb . ' 18.--Today' Ash Wednesday which murks the be glmiiug f Lent, the penitential season of the ritualistic branches of the Christian, church. In this city the day was observed with early morning celebrutloai of the eucnarlst In all of the Jtoman Catholic, Kplncopal and other - ritualistic churches. In the Catholic churches special masst-n were said and sermotbt beurlng on the. sea son were, preached.' Preious to the mass, however, the ashes, kwde by burning the palm left over from. last year, were blessed..-"After 4he mass They- were distrihuted. f-. , . , Uurtnine.J.enion.H(souu--spciiu gayeties in the aetropollif will give way to more serious diversions. . Many oi the society leaders choose this as the time! for taking their departure . for for the South, the Pacific coust,..or Kurope.. Fori those. -who remuin in town the Ulverslojis of the penitential period will-, comprise- 'dinners, ' the opera -and sewtug classes, V varied by numerous cnat-erts and other eiiteis ta in mentii -for.:' charity,- lei th a - few , small and' private dances throws in. ' This Is the time, when society -wom en remain-in-town, rest and recuperate awe l bty. winter of ayety aud get themselves In good copdlUon' for eprlag thenweives'ln' good condition for .spring travels w and -, muumt1 OiswpaUons.. Lectures are' a daUy dlet ; Art,- liter atures, f pol)tl(, i history , and- hyitieoe are dUcssed to. the mental and phjst-' cal lmprorcment of the listeners. It, is a harvest .time for teachers of var ious , arts. ., Klding - lessonif form. J-a port of the,-'program'' during Lent while, -singing, funcy dancing, fancy swlmminc,. siating add . gymnastics all are practiced, bx. the fashionable young i women' of .-.society . who, as -a matter of fact enjoy these ' occupa tions as a contrast to their more con ventlonall'' life, of .the - winter. ' , - .-.' ' KERENSKV IS'NOW A " ; -- 'PRISONER. IN CAICASUS Was Trjln t Get Support for Rus sian Dtanocratle Party When Ar rested. "- .r ' ' " . ar Ta-e AAtt rrwe.t :;.,s Loudog, Feb. 18, Alexander Ker- eosky, ' the former -Bosslsn pretDler, has been imprisoned In the' Caucasus, o-ordlag to' a Oeneral News diKpatca from fopehhaeen, uotlag the Esthon- lan newspaper VarsnUM. ' The message declared that Kerensky recently proceeded to the Caucasus on board. a British steamer for the pur pose of. Inducing,, the population, to DTomlse. their support to the. Russian' democratic party., The Caucasus lead ers, , however, gave him .a coki recep ton, it- is asserted and on his arrival at Baku he was arrested, and thrown Into prison. .' ' s -' v ;-.- , ". 1 " ' Witt Probably Reject AU Bids. ' - -trt'lio.-Aelaa rtwM , Washington. Feb. 1 18. Rejection of ill bids reoelred for 30V. former Ger man 'passenger , ships offered for sale by shipping ; board -was . recommeoaea to senate comnierce . eommltu . today by ruatrawn Payne of the board who asked authority to renew begpUattoc.s for sale 6f; toe, Tessels .for ope ration umler; the American flag. '. - . , . - I, ji ....;-.- ; Sirs. Ctark Dies f Pwwwsnk,, ' Mrs. kUUeVckrk. wife of W.' E. Clark, died of paeuaooia at the Con cord Hospital "rhruary.l7tb-ar 8 p. m. Mrs, Clurk.". had. been ill but , a abort time- pae Iwites husband and one son. bwides ber parents and broth ers sod sisters. .' Koe. was a fhithfoi member 5 of ManBo r'retjtiyterlaji Chuirh and JUoeral aerve wtre held there "February 15th St UJ0 p. m., by the psntfir, ev. tX R Myer ''. 4 Mr iflara ws 9V0H oetrhVt ab was alv-ars ready, to trip ckro fnr tb sick. . Mie wur ne areatiy sjiismm ny Jher many frlends.v , . , DEATH Or PB. t. C. REGISTER i Prominent t Pbysieian of Charlotte Passed Away Early This .Morning. Dr. Kdward C.' Beglstef, of Char lotte,, one of the roost prominent phys icians In the Stute, (died this, morning ftt 3 :30 o'clock t the Charlotte San atorium. His death was the result of pneumonia following influenza, he hav ing developed pneumonia last Sunday arternoon. . 1 " lr. Keglster was J, one of the most well known physicians in the South ern States, Ile'stdiHl high In the councils of (be , phrslclaus. and had been honored with the presidency of the State Medical Wlety - and also the Trl-State Medleat Society. He was for muay years editor and puMlsher. of the ?harlotte , -ilett'at-Jmirnal, and had made, ha- joivrnai a pronounced success, ' He moved to Charlotte about 32 year ago; from Knoehvllle, where he practiced medicine for some time, and rapid It rose in his profession, -r, Dr: Register was "t years of age and leuve 1 his widow but no children. Mrs. fU'glstet Is u iuughter of the lute Judge Montgomery, and a si- tor of Mrs. J. It. Sherrlll. ' He bad been a member of the hoard of trustee of Trinity College for-about 15 years, and always rook n greut interest in the- affairs of the college, considering it . oho-'-nf his highest honors' to he- a memhee'of the board. - -' ; ; ' .Tbi funeral service will he held on Thursday morning at II o'clock at Try on Street; Methodist Church, of which he had long been a member, conducted by hi long-time friend, Rev, Dr. Plato Durham of Atlanta. .: ;, ,.: , ; ROSE PASTOR STOKES A v ' f ;' .; CANDIDATE FOB CONGRESS Nw I'nder Charge of Advocating the Overthrow f the 1'. S. Government. ,! ".'''' (tr f N Mtut4 rw , Chicago," Fei. 18. Mrs. .Rose Pastor Stokes brought here from New Vork tqjinswera cliarge of .''advoeatntg the overthrow" of the I'nlted States gov ernment by force or--other unlnwful means." today aunonncea herself a candidate for Congress to succeed Rep resentative' F; L. Lafluardin, repnhli ein, of Ut Hth New York district. Mrs. Stokes,- former socialist, and how i member of lhecomttmiilst party, was Indicted 00 January 23, with lf0 other cnOimunists and radicals. She is at larS on bond, pending appeal from i Kenicow to servo 10 years in a Federal prison for obstructing ; the draft. ; ''-.' - y. ARRESTED FOB BRD3ERY. Opening f National Tax Investigation1 - . Centered iniChicga. ''V.. Imf f AaaMlatca rrimi ' : . . Chicago, Feb. 18. The arrest of Al bert t Lauer, Secretaty and treasurer of Brlggs A Tnrivas, a steel wrecking, salvaging and contracting company, an a cMrro of handling a $15,000 bride to a Federal income tax collectot marked the hpenlng of the notional ta Investigations which are centered in Chicago, C. f. Kline,-Fedcral district attorney aaM today. - - . - Mr. Laoor spent the. night in jail tfter efforts of other- members of his ebuBtrMo provide a bond of j.10,000. Internal revenue department officials said the tat of Brlggs A Turlvas Co. wwdd ajtprojlmate 10,000. , , , : ; -,-' SrwioT Reed's Mstber Dead. , - (A Tk iHMllM msM.t , Wssblnglop," Feb,', IS. 8enator Reed, of Missouri. Ift today for Cedar Rapids. -la- to attend the funeral of bU motier, Mrs.- Nancy Reed,; who died bat- sight, aged TO. . " " -, vf. "1: . ftajerrill spent the aornint Id iarKrtte, havlnf ben called there by to ait of bis brother-io-itw, Dr. B. C .Rejlirter..-'-; -'.. . ;..' .- ." M aVu iMWiV Sasii ' ' S - ' "ft trlt woman choot ommlsalmi er hi h Yorv State was Miss d U Cri. a. Who was eieeted to the ot &cm 1 Onwego County In 18S7. ' ' HELP WITH INCOME TAX RETl'RNS AT THE OFFICE Announcement of Dates Deputy Will Be at Various Places in' Cabarrus Made Public, Income tax-iwyers, persons unmar ried, with a yearly income -of $1,090 and married persons with as income of $2,000, who' need assistance In till ing out tax blanks may cull ut the court house, and any information will , he furnished by W, E.. Yonnts; In-pnty collector. I Mr. Younts stated yesterday that I forms fnr filing Income i tux returns 1 for individuals, eorpnrntiohs, and purt- I nerships have been received In the hands ot onerMers' throughout, the Ityns xplnlned yestenlay that In making an. lnwme tax return ': the gross, income of a business should be1 given, with the deduction, of ; all ne cessary Items of -expense that enter in to the production of the Income.' The government, Mr.. Younts said, general ly gives credit for all Interest paid during the year, all taxes paid to the city, county,- and state, and all dona tions to - religions, educational,. and organised charities.- ' : ,v; ; . The- person who receives as much as $1,000 u- year sahiry, does, not have to idle 'a tax return, '': It ri(s explained. Mr. Younts sttW tbat'the $1,000 income should be- a" uet income,' with all lied essary expenses 'and 'charitable- dorm- tioo" dednctdVi;v.,',-.,.;.,:;..y',..'V.-.-- Mr.: Younts win be statlojied In the different . dtle-; in Xaborrus. as' indi cated : .(., V.v. ;-";'.-. : ' .,- Concord at the-Court -House. Febru ary 24, 20, March 3 nnd-3; In Kannap olis at .the post oflloe February 20 and Mnrch-4th: and one .iUyln Mt Pleas ant, March Sth.-AH -retThs must be; in Jiot later than the -lutti of. March.- , Mr. E. K. MeConnetl to Leave Concord. Mr. Ernest K. MeConnell, secretary--Treasurer, and Manager of the Con cord Motor Company Of this city, since- its organization several years ago. has tendered his resignation to the.dlree--tors of 1 hat concern, effective. March 1st. and be will. at that time leave Con cord., it was. announced . today. ' This action was taken . by .Mr. Mi-Coiinell on Monday night, at a meeting of the directors of the .oqcord Siotor ' Com pany. At that meeting Mr. II. A. (ioodman; was elected president, and Treasurer, but no-jiecretary or mana ger has as yet-been secured to succeed Mr. MeConnell. :.-'.-, 'v . Mr.- MeConnell wlty leave Coneorrt about March 1st.' for- Wheeling, West Virginia, where he has accepted a po sition with the Standard Paint k Lead Works. ..The, lafge elrde of friehds of this popular young man will regret to see him leave Concord, but congratulate him on -this promotion. Funeral Sei tlces For Miss ' Annie Kearns Monday. : . Funeral services over the remains of Miss Annie Kearns were held Mon day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at her borne, conducted by nev,.u,.A- Martin, oast or of the First Baptist Church, as sisted hv Rev. G. Vf. JtolllnsU pastor of the McOill Street, BupUst .Church, the lntennent was made in pakwood cem etery. x ;'. -, Miss Kearns was tj dayghterW Mr. J. L. Kearns, and was . well known here. ;- She Is survived by ber father, three sisters. Mrs. Charles UL Foil. Misses Virginia and Ulllo' ' Kearns. arid three brothers. Messrs. Deaton A Charles and Joseph Kearns.. The deceased was -. a vast ' devout member or the Baptist Cirarch. Sb was baptised-when 12 years of age, Jo Albemarle, and ever ' after th&ube was an active church member. - She was 33 rears of age at the time of ber death, which was- Caused by (nhercq lols. . - : C- " Mlss Ruth Cannon- is a guest -this week, at -the home el ber sister. Mrs. George B.. Means, on South, Colon street. - . - . . ., ' ' 1 1 ia-' ----- .., Railroad Workers Under Rer- organization Bill Would Get Same Wages as Wefe , Established During War. BILL SEEKS ALSO TO STABILIZE RATES Prior to Sept. 1 No Rates May Be Reduced Without Approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. (Br The. Associated tr. Wushbigton, Feu. 18. Wages es tablished by the railroud administra tion during the war would continue in effect until Keptenits-r 1, under the railroad reorganisation hill the confer ence report on which was presented to day In the House aud Senate. I'nder the wage7 provision the re drafting of which created more sur prise in Congress than any other change made In compromising the Ksch hill of the house and the Cummings bill of the Senate, pay of ' railroud workers Vould be stabilised at the present level fnr six months after the rail properties are returned 0 private control. The bill as reported today ulso seeks to stabilise rates for tho same time, providing that prior, to September 1 no rates may be reduced unless approval of the Interstate Com merce commission, is obtained Restriction on wage increases was looked upon with special interest by members of Congress, railroad officials and union leaders in view of the' re cent demand of more than 2,000,000 railroad workers for an advance . in i1ay. : President vt llson in supporting the contention that no increases could be granted on the eve of the return- of the railroads, told the unon lead ers that their demands would lie- con sidered hy a commission to be creat ed by law: if such a provision was In cluded in the: ruilroud bill, or to k appointed on his own Initiative If ne legal provision were made, urf their demands, the 44 railroad union heads have called n" conference to be held here beginning Monday to discuss the policy to lie adopted lu dealing with such a commission. . To ascertain if the railroad executives would agree to turning over the wage controversy to such a commission, nirector Gen eral llines has requested a committee of railroad officials to confer with hiui here tomorrow. ' Chairman Ksch, of the bouse mana gers, announced today the conference report would ; he. taken , up in the House Saturday und Chairman Cum mins of the seuate managers expects to call it up In the senate nt a later date.' .. . -.' ' ' FESS WANTS TO PREPARE FOR ANOTHER EMERGENCY Wants Constitutional Amendment for Procedure, in Case of President's DisabUity. :.' ' Washington,'- Feb. " .18.' Representa tive Fess, of Ohio, chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, announced today that he. was prepar ing for introduction a resolution pro posing a constitutional amendment which would provide that the disabil ity of a President to administer ins olMofc would be determined, by the Su preme Court and declared by a con current resolution of Congress.. I'nder . the amendment the Vies- Presideut would assume the duties of President In the-event the President was declared disuhled. ' Should Con gress not lie In session when the disa bility 'occurred, the vice-president would be authorised to cal a special session. . '.i ; '.''' ' Mr. Fess 'said his measure would not be designed to cause the- tempor ary removal of President Wilson, that it merelr had been sugested because of the situation , resdltlng from the President's Uness. " ; GENERAL MICKLE DEAD Died at His Home at Mobile After a Two Week's Bines. ' IB The AaaaoteMd Mill ' Mobile, Aug.. 18. Oeneral ,Wm. ,E. Mickle, adjutant geueraf of the I nited Confederate Veterans, died at his home here today after an Illness of two weeks. He was 74 years old, and was born In Columbia. South Carolina. tieneral Mickle enlisted in tbe Mobile Cadets when 17 years' old, and . was twice wounaea uuruig tnc war. ui-r the war he engaged in the book busi ness in Mobllo. snd in (WR was made adjutant general of the Caited Coa federate Veterans. He is snrvlred by. his widow, two sisters and three daughters. Funeral arrangements have not been completed today. ' : ', ' The first woman to bold oSlca as :a Ilnlted States commissioner sod ex aminer In chancery was Mrs Matilda XI. Kicker the well-kaowa suffrage loader of Xew.Bampablre, who receiv ed tbe appointment treat the. supreme court, ofc the. Plstrict. of Columbia in fiyomenentlsts were comparatively few in the Jnlted Males until. the ear ly HOs. : :"' 1 ' . ; ' -'.. Says He Will Not Allow His Name on BalIots.Wants Uninstructed Delegates Sent to Convention, vv: 'T j WANTS FREEDOM V ' ' . AT CONVENTION Obligations of Citizenship in, Democracy Are, Supreme, He Says in Letter Sent to Georgia. (Br Tke A etat4 Press.) New York, Feb. lM-Wm. tlibbs Me liloo annouueed today that hff would not permit his name to be used on the Presidenltal primary ballots ' In thu . various states, and Hint he advis-nted . the sending of nnlnstructot delegates to the DeuioeratU nutlonifl con vent lou. -The former Secretary of the Treasury i said he believed the highest construe live leadership can best be obtained If the national Interest "is not submerged In a contest of Individual candidacies." "Personally'" Mr. McAdoo continued I would be delighted if the next' na tional convention might actually In; a. great Democra tie conference, whero utmost freedom of action should pre vail and where the motive of high sen- vice alone should control." The obligations of citizenship In a ' democracy are supreme, he said, and thererore he should "regard It as the liuperatlveiduty of any man to accept " a nomination If It should come to hi 111 unsolicited. . I am not seekin gthe uoiulnatlmi'' the letter read" und am reluctant to do anytbliig,,thnt would create appearance - or a candidacy. - ! - , Mr. McAdoo's views were expressed in a letter sent to Miller S. Bell. Mayor of Milledgevilie. Georgia, In response to a telegram saying the cltlxeas nt his boyyhood home 4iad placed his . name on the presidential preferential ticket. .'' : . . PRACTICALLY NO CHANGE - - -v Two Hundred ami Thirty-Six Cases For Entire Count Since Last Sat urday Nislrt. Several New Cases at Pneumonia.' . :",; .,-'.';. '.--;' .v ;;.-v, sJ '' ir:; Two hnudretl and thirty : six ' new,- cases of intluensa and three new rases of pneumonia are included in the re port submitted to the office of Dr. S. Buchanan by the county doctor today. The report Is tho first com plete one received this week, and In, eludes from Sunday to today. .- ' One hundred and twenty six of tho - cases are reported In Concord, and one hundred and ten ir other parts of the -county.- Of this number Dr. Wads, worth reported 57 cases in the city and 38 In the county. : -. Two of the pueuuionia cases are re ported from this city, the other from the county. There have, been no deatlw : from the pneumonia since Monday. Four nurses volunteered for service -yesterday. They were Misses Maude . Wallace, Frances Rideuhour, Nannie 1 Qucrry and Nell Hamilton. Miss Wal lace was sent to the county yesterday and during the afternon visited many of the sick. The other nurses have been Used In the city where they were .' most needed. The number of persons volunteering for nurses is on the increase, the lied -Cross report, and as a result the work of the organisation is being better car ried out. Miss Myrtle Harris reports that she has been able to do much work during the past two days' with the aid of the new nurses, and conditions in the city and county generally seem no worse.: '.',.,,-...- -v ''. '.. - MASS MEETING ORDERS i ? LABOR MAN TO LEAVE Organiser Said To Be At Work Among ' Whites and Blacks At Moultrie. ia- Is Banished.' ' . "; : Moultrie, Ma Feb. 17. At a mass meeting of Colquitt county farmers here late today man, known a.-t Charles Barsda, wa invited to leave town and a committee was appointed to se that tbe request was carried out. . Barsda, according to speakers, has been attempting to organise white aud negro loltarers at industrial ; plants around Moultrie. Many speakers voiced -no objectiou to organised .. labor' de clared 110 "paid labor agltutars" stir up .Industrial discord here, . The gathering : was orderly aud Barada. was given an opportunity t speak in bis own behalf. The meetlu-,-was held lu the " county courthouwi wbtch was crowded. , t New President Sworn la Today, By asiawia rtw Paris, Feb. 18. Paul Descbauel to day became tenth president of French republic, succeeding - Raymoud Polu care who laid aside tbe rotvg of of. fio after one of the most critical periods in -the history of the ronytry. , Tbe Christian Endeavor Society of the McKlnnon Presbyterian Church last sight held a social at-tbe home of Rev. O C Myera on North C'limrh street. . About thirty members were present After a number of fumes were played, the guests were served refreshments. ' ' , ,
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Feb. 18, 1920, edition 1
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