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CONCORD. N..C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1921.
NO. 307. ' '
Concord Baijly Trie
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INVESTIGATIONS THE
Lots of Interesting Reading
Will Be Provided For the
Public Within the Next
Thirty Days.
STATE ARCHITECT
SEEMS TO BE FIRST
Another Investigation., Will
Be That of State Sanator
him for the Treatment of
Tubercular Patients.
(By Max Ahernethy.)
Raleigh, Jmi. 15. Investigations
lire going to provide lots of Interesting
rending for tile general public wlthiu
the next thirty days if tin member
of the General Assembly hnve tbelr
war..
The Drat ouo scheduled is into the
. management of the nrlice of State ar
chitect J. A. Halter, who Ik now drnw-
year. Following the Introduction of a
bill by Representative (Hover of Nash
comity; which would abolish in toto the
olhce, considerable sentiment lias
sprung np in favor of doing just what
the bill asks and nienntimo the mein
liors of the (ienernl Assemebly are de
sirous of looking into the architect's
expenditures before any action Im Ink-,
en upon the proposed measnre.
The word bad Rrtne around fhr enp
Ital that every State institution is dis
satisfied with the .work .the. unjutott
hns been called upon to do. and Id
many Instances lie has never done, and
Into the expenditure of the office in
addition to the handsome salary the
State has been paying him under the
provisions (if the, bill fostered at the
last session by the then Representa
tive It. S. McOoln, of Vance county.
Wliether there ban lieecn an univn.s
onable amount , of , money sjK'iit since
Hie creation of the ollice or not is a
iiiestlon that the iegislntoi-H do not
cure to discuss jm-ikHjih the investiga
tion. . They do know, however, that
the State is not getting vulue received
for th( money it is spending. The
ollice, will.be Investigated. Tills can
wifely be predicted.
Manning' Ouliiioh.
About the capithl today thrt wiisH
lots of talk by members of the legis
lature over tho opinion handed down
by Attorney General James S. Man
ning regarding the expenditure of the
money to support the. state architect.
It is the attorney general's opinion
that the net hi not constitutional which
erected the office and lie is repre
sented as having told the State Treas
urer, It. It; Lacy, thnt no more State
funds ought to lie paid for that pur
pose. As to Slate Hunatorliuu,
Another investigation which will be
made Is of the State sanatorium for
the treatment of tubercular patients.
In this connection it Is learned 'thnt
Dr. W. S. Rankin, Sttfte Health Offi
cer, more than thirty days ago began
an investigation for the State Hoard
of Health following complaints receiv
ed by him regarding the management
of the institution. A bill asking for a
further Investigation by the legisla
ture will be introduced not later than
Tuesday and probably earlier.
First complaints reaching, the health
officials came from former service men
who are being cared for at the- sana
torium. Inattention of ' physicians
and insanitary food , are said to be
the matters the former lighters are
complaining against. Later the State
Hoard heard from a Red Cross nurse
A.. 1!.) ,1 A. 11 1
11 r, iu ivuwuuus uji-itr UIIU 1UUIMT1U$
this report the investigation was be
gun. No report bns been made public
at this tlmo by Dr. Wny, of the health
department,' who hos'churgc of the in
vestigation. ' ,
Primary Repeal
Representative Neat, of McDowell
county, who Is father of the bill in
troduced in the House at the opening
. session for the, complete repeal of the
State-wide primary law. said today
following the meeting of the House
committee of election laws that he
felt sure that either a report "without
. prejudice" or a minority report would
be made by the committee next week.
There is little Indication that the
bill as introduced by Mr.-Xeal will go
' through for complete repeal , but H
mar be that the law as it now sranna
wllf be greatly amended. . The Bouse
mnv feci inclined to follow Mr. Neal
' throughout, but It is not thought that
. the Senate will give its endorsement
without, reservations. .
, It should be said for Mr. Neal, how
over, that he la carrying out the wlsh-
' es of tho-majority In McDowell coun
: ty by asking for. the repeal. . Letters
and telegrams received by him from
both Democrats and Kcpiibticans from
this county mako it plain that they
" nre anxious that tho law be changed.
Mr. Neal kiinstdf is not mad with any
thing or anjrjouy over me primary re
sults since he support ea uov. uameron
Morrison and Senator Overman in the
primary fights. . He in, however, trying
. 10 uo wiiu uia vuuBuiucuw
Two Men Fall Overboard and Are Lost.
i (By the AmmOM Praia
Aboard the V. 8. Ship New Mexico,
at Sea. Jan.. 14, by Radio to the As.
sociatcd d Press.) Two men of the
Pacific fleet were lost overboard at sea
In the last 24 hours. They were Ed
gar Oscar Esctrom, from the TJ. S. tk
Arkansas, and Burton. Mnynar, from
the destroyer Stoddard Their bodje
were not recovered., , . .
vf
I F.ONARD KNOCKED OCT
. ; MITCHEU LAST NIfiHT
Anil $90,000 Was Secured for Benefit
of Devastated France.
iBy the AuorUted Press.)
New York, Jan. 15. Hie Americhn
committee for devastated France to
day announced that it had realized
S'JO.OOO from its management of the
boxing bout last night in which 'Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion, scored
a knockout over Ritchie Mitchell in
the sixth round. '.-.
The gate receipts amounted to 10,-
(100. the largest in tho history of light
weight boxing, of which $40,000 went
to Leonard ami SJJO.OOO to Mitchell The
crowd of about 14.000 which packed
Madison Square Garden, was made up
not only of the usual quota of fistic
fans-, but a large number of society
folks wearing glittering starched shirts
and evening gowns. Miss Ann Morgan,
chairman of the committee; who was
given a rousing ovation by the crowd,
declared she wns "crazy about the
tight.
Fans were still discussing the bout
today which all experts declare was
tiro greatest encounter of decade. Dis
cussing the blow Mitche.l delivered in
the first round, which made tho cham
pion stagger for count of ! Leonard
wk! : "it wns a dying lunge. It caught
me fairly and it certainly bothered
me. It came so unexpectedly. Oh, yes,
Mitchell always wns a dangerous man..
When I dropped I cleared my head ami
winked to Hilly Gibson (Leonard's
manager) to let him know 1 was all
right."
"I want to meet him npwlu." said
Mitchell. "I almost Jind -him licked,
hut 1 got careless."
PEAR
'IMPERALISITC"
POLICY OF AMERICA
Sentiment Finds Voice in Resolution
Before the Pan-Amerii"in Federation
of Labor.
(Br the Aaaoclated Prtn.)
Xeneo i'lly, Jan. .1.7 j-JJi-hy.irps to
the Congress of ttie PanrAuierican Fed
eration of LnlKr met today and deter
mined to act speedily on all reports
submitted by the resolutions committee.
In connection with manifest, fear by
smaller nations of American doiniun
tlou eiimo uvurnisbod assertions from
Salvadorean, San Iiouiingan and t'olem
uu delegates that the United- States
wns pursuing an impcrulistic !icy iu
Its dealings with San Domingo ami
Nicaragua. This sentiment found
voice iu u long resolution Introduced
by a San Domingan delegate, which
recited reasons for that nations pro
tests agninst the American occupation.
The resolutions declares the presence
or American forces in the Island .had
amUltfcB1 WVIi; WlUUOTalinW TolItlfaT
rights of San Dpmingnns. It asserted
thnt the right of workers to strike
had been denied and that unjust sen
tences to prison had been Imposed.
CHICAGO MUNICIPAL
COIKT CASKS UELKEAHK
The Number in 1920 Was 20 Per Cent.
Less Than in 1019.
Br the Aseiat Prwa.)
Cbicao. January in. A decrease of
nearly 20 per cent, in the number of
municipal court eases on' charges of
"disorderly conduct 'in 1020. as com
pared with 1019, was cited today by
prohibition officials of the central de
partment as one of the Dig resnits oi
their efforts to eneforce the Volstead
act. The 1020 cases numgered mur..
those i)i 1910 were .18,03:!. and in 1917
totalled 57.CSO. -
There , were 4,841 cases of alleged
violations of the Volstead act discov
ered, Mr. Richardson sold, and 2,000
coses were turned over to the federal
district attornye.
Fifty thousand gallons of bonded
llqnor have been seized In Chicago, val
ued at about $3,000,000, at "bootleg"
prices, ond 1.400 stills, of which 400
were captured in Chicago, j
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
Of Newly Made Cora Liquor Causes
Fire-, at Umalio, Nebraska.
(By the Associate rnu.)
Omaha, Neb., Jon. 15. Spontaneous
combustion of newly made corn whis
key is said by firemen to have caused
the Are in a two-story garage in the
residence section of Omaha, which de
stroyed a large quantity of whiskey
and a moonshine equipment early to
day.
Tho partially destroyed still was
confiscated by the police. . Over 2,000
bottles of distilled liquor were confis
cated, and 100 live-gallon jugs were
partially destroyed by the Are and the
rest were confiscated!!.. A big motor
truck loaded with filled bottles was
completely burned. . Ten barrels of
wash was taken. '
THE COTTON MARKET.
Quiet but Generally Steady Jt Points
Net Higher on May.
(By tfca imrUte nw)
New Tork, Jan. M. The cotton
market was quiet but generally steady
to firm daring -today's early trading.
There was soma scattered Southern
selllna? here, bnt after opening un
changed to 12 points higher the mar
ket showed further gains with May
sailing to 17.16 or 22 points net higher.
Cotton futures opened steady: Jan
uary 17.10; March 16.95: May I5.no ;
July 16.0B ; , October J0.20. r; ? ;
r In the majority of London theaters
the ctaxehands are employed in other
jobs during the day, and regard the
Chining of scenery as iigni exara
work in tho evenlogs providing thorn
with more pocket money.
The price of cotton on the local mar
ket today is unchanged at 16 cents per
pound; cotton seed at 80, coots per
bushel. m -
At any rate the . watrhtpnkera re
irorklntj overtime. . ? i ;
Di
the
FLORIDA HAS MANY
AUTOMOBILE TOURISTS
They Come From All Sections of the
Country to Eseapii the Cold Weather.
? tk AmelMfd frraa.1
Tampa, Fla.. Jan. 1.1. Florida this
winter is enterlaiuing more automobile
tourists than ever before. They come
from all sections of the country, prin
cipally from the Northern States In
escape the cold weather. Hotels.
Imnrding houses and cottages are tax
ed to their utmost capacity by rcsrulur
tourists and tho nutomobillsts. Thou
sands of teuts have been put up In
praeticolly every county of the State
and some nlaces hnv eutal,lluVu1 tant
cities with every convenience, for on-
tomooiie tourists. It tins TOn esti-
will occupy tents in Fforlda this win
ter. '
So enthusiastic over the nntnmnhiln
method of tourinir nhnnt Vlnrliln urn
some of the Northern visitors thnt they
nave organized an association known
as the Loyal Order of Tin Can Tourists
of the world. Their annual convention
recently held here was attended by
about 2,000 people from all over the
United States and from Canada. They
elected as their ofRflicers: Exalted
Royal Chief tin can opener of the
world, James M. Morrison, of Chicago,
III. mill El PflfiA Tatiih' ntvnl nYtlnP
etc., O. M.. Treiunlns of Fredonin, ti.
.; vice- royal chief, etc., "Grandpa"
Hawkins, of N'oblesville, Ind.; royal
secretarv. Mrs. V IT Tfilaunlninn Tint.
ler. Ind.; royal treasurer, Mrs. J. L.
Trugsdell, Minneapolis, Minn.; assist
ant secretary, Mrs. Verne Lcnou, Ma
rlon. Ind. : seroennts William M
Ynch, Coloma, Mich., and Charles T.
rates, the "mayor of Easy street," of
Rvrnclise V V ftnlncnrtllA Vlo n-m,
selected for the 1921 convention city.
une or the most interesting speeches
of the convention was that of Owawe
hfl. a Mohawk Indian chtef mhrv with
his squaw had driven their automobile
irom lanaua to rionuo to spend the
winter, and who is a member nf the
order.
The Kalisnel. Mont ehnmhnr nf
commerce invited the "tin canners" to
hold their mid-summer meet iu that
city.
ONE OF ROBBERS KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Was One of Six Men Who Stole Two
Bags of Mail at Dallas, Texas.
Hr the AsMetated Praaa.)
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 15. Rufus dem
ons, killed In an automobile accident
near Fort Worth last night, was one
of six men who earlier last night held
up Jackson Street Postoffice sub sta
tion here and escaped with two bags
of registered mail, after wounding
three postoffice employes, according to
police announcements today.
W. S. Scrlvner, who was Injured in
the automobile wreck, has confessed,
the police said, to participation in the
robbery. He was brought here today
and placed In jail. 1
Four of the bandits arc still at
large, but police say they expect to
arrest the leader of the bandits on in
formation given 1u the prisoner's al
leged confession. , i.;,, .1 .
Twenty-eight thousand dollars worth
of mutilated paper money taken from
the stolen pouches was divided bo
tween the robbers last night, the police
soy they have learned.
Joint Resolution Approved.
(By tfeo a if t rM
Washington, Jan. 15. The Joint re
solution requesting; President -Wilson
to call a conference of the nations of
the world to .consider' universal dis
armament was approved -today by the
House foreign affairs committee, with
out a dissenting voto.
Tfc MmmlttM ralertiut. II to 2. an
amendment by Bepreseutatlie Mason,
republican. Illinois, that Invitations tt
participate In the conference be extend-
ea to ireisna ana inn rauipyuuro.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Myors,
of No. 11 township, on Sunday. Jan
uary 9th, a 15-pound boy. r -r .
End of j Perfect.
Bl RRIS FOUND GUILTY OF
SECOND DEGREE MURDER
Judge Bryson Sentenced Him to Serve
20 Years In the State Penitentiary.
Guilty of second degree murder, wns
the verdict rendered Friday by the jury
iu the ease of State vs. Knhrnim Hnr
ris, charged wilh murder in connection
with the death of l'oliccinaii Halib
Kennerly last October wherouiion lie
was sentenced to 20 years in the State
penitentiary. The Jury received the
case from Judge Brys'uu about 11 :30
o'clock, and their verdilt was announc
ed shortly after threo o'clock In the
afternoon.
This case, which hasiittracted much
interest iu . Concord and Cabarrus
county wns begun in Cabarrus County
Siiffr"i4r-'Hp''trWiiiertay- and
consumed almost three- entire days.
There was much evidence produced. It
was stated by Judge Bryson in his
charge to the jury, to Justify a verdict
of first degree murder, and there were
some who anticipated this verdict. Ttie
premeditation in this case was not
shown up by the state's witnesses as
strongly and ns clear cut as it should,
have been to convict of first degree
murder, it is thought.
Judge Bryson, after hearing the ver
dict of the jury thanked them for the
splendid attention and interest they
bad paid, during I be case. lie also
stated to Messrs. Frank Armlield and
II. R. Williams, who had been appoint
ed by the court to defend the accused
man, thnt they had put up a defense
that could not hnve been surpassed,
and lie congratulated I bom on their
splendid work.
After hearing pleas for the mercy
of the court. Judge llryson called up
on the convicted man to stand up, nnd
then sentenced him to be Imprisoned In
the penitentiary of the State of North
Carolina, at hard labor, for a term of
twenty years. His short talk which
Judge Bryson delivered just :efore
pronouncing sentence was one full of
wisdom and counsel, and wns made
for the benefit of those In the court
room as wclLns for the prisoner. The
court room has been packed during
the entire trial of the case, and stand
ing room was at n premium on each of
the three days.
HOUSE EMERGENCY
TARD7F BILL APPROVED
W1U Be Reported to Senate Monday.
Democrats Oppose It
eBy tha Aaaaelatca Pram.)
Washington, Jan. 15. With ten
amendments added, the House emer
gency tariff bill was approved today
by the senate finance committee. It
will be reported to the Senate Mon
day. . There was no record vote on any of
the seven amendments which were ad
ded to the bill in today's meeting, al
though Senator Simmons, democrat, of
North Carolina, said the democrats
.'generally had voted against every
thing." One of the amendments
agreed to . yesterday, that placing a
duty on certain dairy products, was
changed today, a higher rate being ac
cepted. Admiral G leaves to Investigate Killing
of Langdon.
(By Aiaaetatca Praaa.
Manila, Pi .1. Jan. 15. Admiral
Cleaves, commander in chief of tho
American Asiatic fleet, with a court
of inquiry, will depart tomorrow for
Vladivostok to investigate the recent
killing of Lieut. W. H. Langdon, chief
engineer of the United States Ship
Albany by a Japanese sentry, he an
nounced today.
ThA ftlrla Mioslonarv fiocietv of the
Vlvat PrMhTferinn Chnroh will meet
In tha tallies' narlnr at a o'clock Sun
day afternoon. A full attendance is
desired. 1
V- . i i i ' -
I
tr ? Ttairah. of Nn. 0 townshln
has. returned: from the Presbyterian
Hospital at Charlotte, -wnere ne suo
mitted to an operation for appfDdtcl-
ttsi - ,
AT THE Y. M. C. A.
Y. M. C. A. and High School Clash
Friday Night as Badin Fails to Ap
pear. For the second time this season
Badin failed to put in an appearance
and as a result the Y look on the high
school as an exhibition contest. Al
though word was received late in the
day most of tin' fans were notified inn!
consequently few were out to see Hie
fun. The game was by no means a walk
away although the staid and dignified
basket-tosseis representing the V
doubled the score on the school boys.
The first half, and for that matter,
the entire gnnie was hard fought. Due
to the failure of Delliuger to put in an
appearance' R. K. Patterson was placed
at - forward ami aHanagb. natkienbly
out of condition so fat as fast eom
pany is concerned Kny played a crack
ing good game and showed the boys
what ciui be done even for a hasty
comeback'. Fans were surprised at this
showing. Hugh Goodman didn't piny
as he is saving his back for the Vir
ginia trip next week. Wolff played the
pivot position nnd constantly out-jumped
Fuggart. Dick simply didn't hnve
his eye last night aud some claimed
that a recent waffle supper still af
fected his shooting. Fred Goodman
wns in his usual good form and played
a strong defensive game. It was a de
light to all I hose present to see Mana
ger Hiss bask in the lineup. Hill played
quite np to his usual form aud it seems
that the rest has done him good. The
team leaves next Wednesday for a
three day trip into Virginia. On Wed
nesday night the Military school at
Chatham will be played. On Thursday
night Spray Y. M. C. A., and on Friday
night Kranger. An effort to secure
Leakesvllle high school for Thursday
afternoon and Lexington high for Fri
day evening is being made.
DEATH OF MR. DANIEL STILLER.
Aged Citizen Died Tills Morning Af
ter a Week's Illness.
"Uncle" Daniel Stiller, Cabarrus
county's oldest citizen, died at .1 o'clock
this morning after a week's illness.
Mr. Stiller was born September 4th,
1R25 and was therefore iu his 9fith
venr. He was twice married, first in
18o2 to Miss Delilah Slither, of this
city, and second to Miss Sophronia
Avett, of Stanly county. There sur
.vlve him his wife and two sons, Mr.
J. V. Stiller, of Greenville, S. C. and
Mr. Robert V. Stiller, of Columbia, S.
C. These have been at his bedside
for the past week.
Mrs. T. E. Taylor (a grand daugh
ter), of Birmingham, Ala., arrived
last night, about an hour before his
death. Mr. Stiller's funeral service
will be conducted in the Forest Hill
Methodist Church, of which he has
been for many years an honored mem
ber, Snuday morning at 11 o'clock by
the pastor. Rev. J. Frank Armstrong.
Mr. Stiller is survived by the fol
lowing grand children : Mrs. T. E. Tay
lor, of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. L. W.
Carrctt, of Morrfstown, Tenn., Mrs.
Lneas Lilley, of New York ; Miss Ethel
Stiller, Mr. Earl Stiller, Mr. Hazelc
Stiller, Mr. Gny Stiller, Mr. Harry
Stiller, Mr. Paul Stiller, all of Colum
bia, S. C. ; Jack Stiller, of Greenville,
S. C, nnd eight great grandchildren.
Death of South. Carolina Supreme
Court Justice.
Br tha Aaaaelata Fraaa.)
Spartanburg. 8. C Jan. 15. A tel
egram received here this morning an
nounced the death of Associate Jus
tice D. E. Hydrick, of the South Caro
lina Supreme Court, at a hotel in
Washington, where be had been ill for
several weeks. His home wsa In tbie
city. ' '"-'-
Weather PwBetlons for Next week.
tBr tka Aaaula"la FrtM.) .
Washington. Jan. 18. Weather pre
dictions for the week beginning Mon
day were: ..;
For South Atlantic . States i Local
rains not part of week au4ceocraHy
falraad colder thereafter. . , , i
IRK OF THE STATE Jr
LEGISLATURE Cm
Bills Providing For the "In
vestigation of Certain of
State Department" Were
Introduced by Swain.
BUT LITTLE ELSE
OF INTEREST TODAY
The House Held Only a Brief
Session and Adjourned Till
Next Monday Night at
7:30 O'clock. .
(By Max Abernethy.)
Raleigh, .lan. l.'i. The Senate put
on lis investigating committee clothes
this morning and introduced two bills
which provide for the investigation of
certniu stale departments and for in
vestigating the senate expenditures
lor clerical and other classes of help.
A bill providing for the investigation
of "certain state departments" was In
troduced by Senator Swain, of Tyrrell,
and the resolution for making nn in
vestigation of the Senate's expendi
tures for help was offered by Senator
Mcl'oin, of Vance. McCoin's resolu
tion went to the committee on salnr
ies and fees nnd the other probing res
olution went to the committee on
claims, of which Senator Swain i:
chairman.
The Tyrreli man asked for the im
mediate passage of his resolution, sny
ing that he had heard that large suiu
of money in excess of what the Inw
allowed had been paid to the state nr
chitcct. He did nut iiienii to point nn
accusing linger at anyone, but thought
the investigation should be made for
the purpose of getting at the bottom
of the matter and for exonerating tin
state architect if there were no expen
ditures in his department which wen
not called for under the law. Sol (ial-
lert objected to immediate passage of
the resolution tiocaiise of nil agree
ment not to take up other than Uca
measures on Saturday.
There wns also objection by Klmer
Long to immediate consideration of
the MeCoin resolution. The Vance
Senator had said in behalf of his res
olution that some of the employes of
the senate had performed no serviue,
but had drawn their par. Senator
Long answering, declared I lull the
Senntors had liecn here since January
. and had done mighty little, but liad
also drawn their pay.
The House held only a brief session
and adjourned till Monday night nt
7 :30 o'clock.
PROTEST AGAINST
LANDIK' EMPLOYMENT
As Baseball Commissioner When lie
Draws a Salary as Federal Judge.
(By the aaaorlated Prfrn.)
Chicago, Jan. 15. A petition pro
testing against the employment of
Judge Kcnesnw M. I.anclls ns national
baseball commissioner hns been pre
pared by Thomas J. Sutherland, a Chi
cago lawyer, and sent to members of
Congress from Illinois, it was learned
today.
In a letter to Chicago newspapers
Informing them, of his action, Mr.
Sutherland is said to have urged thnt
they "comprehend the importance of
this petition," and tailed their atten
tion "to this attempt to mulct the
government and also to set an exam
ple of vicious infidelity to public ser
vice." The petition demands action rela
tive to Judge Landls serving both ns
judge and as agent of the bascbnll
commission, it seeks to snow that (lie
Judge in accepting an annual salary
from the baseball commission of $42.
W0 a year, while drawing a salary of
7,f00 a year as Federal Judge, is act
ing in violation of the spirit of the
statutes preventing a government of
ficer from engaging iu a remunerative
private enterprise.
GALLI CI RCI IS TO
BECOME BRIDE TODAY
Automatically Becomes an American
When She Weds Homer Samuels.
(By tka Aaaaetated fraaaa
St. Louts; Park, Minn., Jan. 1,7.
Madam Amellta Galli-Curci, prima
donna, today is to become a bride, and
nn American citizen, through her mar
riage here shortly after noon to Ho
mer Samuels, her piano accompanist.
Madam Galll-Curcl, a subject of
Italy, automically becomes a subject
of this conntry when she weds the Am
erican. She had already tnken out
first naturalization papers.
Girls' Basketball Team Makes .Merry
at Home of Misses Dry
On Thursday night there was a very
fine party at the home of the Misses
Ruth and Sudie May Dry on South
Union. There were present the mem
bers of the girls basketball team with
Secretaries Caswell and'Verburjr with
their ladies. A most delightful even
ing was enjoyed and the guests pro
nounced their hostesses entertainers
of the highest order. A great variety
of games were played and songs of
many kinds rang. Before any were
way the evening bad slipped away
and the guests betook them selves to
their respectivo homes over tho icy
pavements. Such times make for real
fellowship Is tho X activities and more
are in store for the member of the
athletic teams.
Ton never can-tell." Even tho open
shop taay have a "Shut the door" sign.
tin
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For a Conference With Pre
mier Lloyd George and
Earl Curzon, It Is Said To
day at British Embassy.1
SAILED FROM NEW
YORK FOR LONDON
Information as to the Sub
jects Which Is Is Desired
to Discuss Was Withheld
by the Embassy. '
(By the Awuelate4 Prraa.)
Washington, .lau. 1.7. Sir Auck
land (Jeddes. the British ambassador,
bns been summoned home for a con
ference with Premier Lloyd George
and Karl ('urzou. British Secretary of
State for foreign n flairs, it was an
nounced today at the BrltUh embassy.
He sailed from New York today for
London, and expects to return iu Feb-runry-
During the absence of Sir Auckland
It. Leslie Cralgie. first secretary of the
embassy, will act as ambassador.
The departure of Sir Auckland will
delay negotiations between the Treas
ury Department and the Hritish gov
ernment as to the funding of the Brit
ish department to American into long
time notes. Lord Chalmers, the Brit
ish Treasury expert, who was to have
arrived here iu a few weeks to tx'giu
this discussion with Secretary Hous
ton, will delay his departure from F.ng
land. it wns learned.
lnl'iirmntion ns to the subjects which
Premier Lloyd George and Earl Cur
zon desire to discuss with the ambas
sador was withheld by the embassy.
PF.RET DECLINES TO
FORM FRENCH CABINET
Difficulties Encountered by Him of a
Most Discouraging Nature.
(By the AwuH-lated Preaa.)
Paris. Jan. 15. Raoui Perot, who
was asked yesterday to head a new
ministry of France in succession to
the one which resigned on Wednes
day, appenred before President Miller
nnd today and declined to form the
cabinet.
;Thcdlffleultles -encountered yesie'rt
day by M. l'eret in forming a cabinet
were of n most discouraging nature. v
At the end of the day he had almost
decided to give up the task, but de
cided to resume the work this morn
ing. His. last effort was without suc
cess. The Figaro, which represents a cer
tain body of opinion, asserted today
that the only reasonable solution of
the crisis was the choice of M. Poln-
care as premier, who would direct the
policy of France as o whole, with a
foreign minister of his own selection.
Bl RKHART KILLED
BY DEPUTY SHERIFF
Is Alleged to Have Killed His Wife
Whose Body Was Found in the
Woods.
(Br the Aaaaclate Preaa.)
Hot Springs, Ark.. Jan. 1.7. G. V.
Burkhart, who Is alleged to have killed
his wife, Daisy Martin Burkhart.
whose body was found recently in a
woods near Mount Ida, was shot aud
killed by a deputy sheriff last night
near Ulenwood, Ark., according to ad
vices received here today. Burkhart
and his wife came to Arkansas re
cently from Jacksonville, Florida.
'" Boys Enjoy Waffle Feed at Home
of Secretary Verberg.
Severn! weeks ago Secretary and
Mrs. Verburg promised the memlierit
of the Y team that If they succeeded
in beating Winston here they would
set them up to u wnflle supper. Al
though nosed out the locals by n few
points the battle was so hard fought
under adverse circumstances that tho
invitation stood iust the same. Last
night the boys were there and so were -.
the waffles. No count was kept of
course but some of the members oC.
the team kept a secret count on some
of the others and It is secretly passed
about that Rob Dick won highest score -
for tucking waffles under his belt. Dick,
has been so used to putting them away .
of late that he just has the habit. A
good time was enjoyed by all. ;
Taylor Inaugurated Governor of Ten-
fiMM6o
(Br tha AaaaantaC Preaa.)
Nashville, Tenn.. Jan. 15. Alfred
Alexander Taylor, second brother of '
the noted Taylor family of Tennessee
to, fill tho office, was Inaugurated
Governor today In "the hall of the
House. - '. -.,V '' :'; . f
justice uranon ureen, or tQft, state i
Supreme Court, administered the oath J
in iuv )rc?nruct3 ui a irj(! crows, raSE
Tennessee' being especially well rep
resented. The new . Governor' stress.
cd economy, the rural schools,' htgbf
way and taxation problems In his in
augural addrent. ' , -". . ,
War Finance Corporation Again Fune
X. tUming. : ...
(Br tha Aiate4 Praaa.) :
Washington, Jan. 13. Tho war
finance corporation, revived by ao net
of congress which was paesed , over .
President Wilson's veto. Is bow fune- .
tlontng. . It announced today K was 1
prepared to consider applications for s
loans to. finance exports la the same ,
manner'that It considered ailvsnce
prior MITJIW nuniirumuB HJP imuwr ,.
last Uay.
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