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: DEFonECD::rc.z:xE
Delejiics Feel T..:y Bia So
.vtetie-nto All Oder toj;r
i Sal; ccts Already Present-
; ed to Them. ::. " ; v 'J;
THE SUBMARINE IS a 0
TAKE5J SERIOUSLY
. And Whether or Net It Will
j Be Accepted as Lr; '::.:er.t
; v of Warfare Is the .B&egt
54 Question, i,;,- lll'xJp
. , Washington, Dec 12 (By the Assm
" . clnled prosH,--Siibmnriiies promise to
'-.' 'i'fi present the? arm .inference-, with its
I'i'j " pCXt big iSMIC. s f.'.V''1- : '' .
- on all. the, other' major mibjecfs be
fore tho. conference, tho delegates pro
; '-'i' t to eo prospect of an .early soru
v". ' j;. Hon. But the question whether mil-,
. . '" marines are to he Included In quailli-
;'' ty In the flopt of tho fiitui-e l dovcl
:.zi'K:j dplnjf -IHoly dlvntont onlnJrtnu. '
";.' ProblPiiM of naval rallo fortiofln
' ,i llnna In the VnvMe and. tl)e tiaval holl
"" XK ''ay,' while afill open qiitlon. wow
, 4 ' ipirdod moro or hw hound (oxpth-
J and ihMr uetUeinont simultaneouilir
"" :'i "In the ncr future lit wild to have heen
',( v npnitntl hr Hie aev-agreement of
tho Ignited States. Great 1 BriUin, Ja
pan and France tor preservlnj peace
In the PaciHe. V . ;; f
,t.-.;
rfar East ncotlntlofig. aro dfr
',2 - - acrllicd aa proceed ln r aatlnfactrtrilx
f ! with aentliaent developing 111 w
1 ' I1 fiuartprs to. make the final ccoropHnh
i '- v tfneiit 6f the conference In hat direct
' Hon the basiaor a formal P-power set-
Dement, rather 1 than a "gentleman's
C,';. i 5-. aKreement" or declaration of policy.
: The nubmarlne policy, .however, In-
' - i L' Tolvlna amons other Ihlnfts the,qe-
:f Ho whether undersea crafts are to be
a , xowddered lettltlmate nt riunent of
- ' i warfare U aaid y dolesntea to be en
y., tlrely aeparate from nil of. heaei In
s 'i" the ' American ' naval re1uctin plait,
Oreat Britain and- the rnltert Stat(
H each . would be Riven tiuliinarliie to
ii.ik,ae of (K.OW) t eo M.wi'h
.:''4,tHl tons' tot 'iuan Rl a i".
. f 4 'yot ta be Bxed for franco and Itni.v.
V .Oreat Britain thinks these : flmtres
. - J ahonld T eut' li half and a British
' r .1 " fcpokesman . predicted ' ' todjy that -the
' conflict of lew wlgbt lei o "coa?id-
; ' eraWe controversy u- - ' -J -, ; , i
i.f ? The British helleve the French- and
' . Italians and probably the Japanese are
' v -preparing to'ataud togcthor In favor
' ' i of a large no of the submarines. They
-v do not know, exactly how the l!nlted
; ' v Rtatea will stand . on that, question,
having olBHnll.v nothing to knide them
beyond tbe original proposal, r . .
TX'-H It was stated today that, the British
'; Vf wotild not attempt to make an bwue
- f on the quextlon If .eonvlnt!ed that : the
! i llmjority-of the conference rfls oppos
V "-i'"ed i& them. ; But . they said frankly
, t they Intend to niake a strong effort to
' nreHpnt the British tfcwpolBr.' f
i The British also are hoping H may
V' be; possible to Induce. Uie conference,
fcctlag-througk avl experts,, to con
' i sent- to some tarlntlon of the original
i . 5 iiaval , holiday proposition, "evident ly
' ' ' 's eountlng on Japanese support of any
plan that would keep at least some -of
' i'.ik the 'naval 'eenstmctlon ; wbrk under
; f :;i war.. f V;:
: 0 the question of .Badflc fortillcB
.. Y'::' tiana the opinions of most of the nat
lonn.1 groups are more or leas obscure,
' : but the British ny they expect fortln
; j' cations to be made the subject of still
' ' . another treaty confined to the United
r, j . Rtatcs, Japan''' and.The- Nethermnds.
. -'. They believe that Great Brltafn need
. not be a Dartr to this treaty as the
s .only fortification she has In the toefflcl
. v waters are at Hong R.ong, on me main
'' ' .', land of Asia. -.. ,-: ,. ' .
'Tw Epwertb Leagues Organised Yea
v i-. . terday at Granite Quarry. ; ,
; Mrs, Frank Armstrong,. Epworth
League Bccretnry for Salisbury dis
, trict, upon Invitation from Hev C R.
' ; Allison, went to Granite Quarry yen
' terday afternoon and organize two
; i," chapters of the league, a Senior and
a Junior. ' Miss Annie Godwin was
; elected president of the Senior and
i Mrs. C B. Allison was elected Junior
- Superintendent. Mrs. B. T, GOldston,
.' until recently of Concord, was elected
X. ' vice-president of the Seniors.
. .; f -In the party motoring to Granite
Quarry were Mr. and Mrs. Armntrong,
Mr. and Mrs. 8. II. Lcfler and Mr. and
Mr. Ceph Miller. . Ji vv '
' Forest Hill' Women- Ealse- Handsome
8um of Money For Ne4 "biurb.
, , Circle C of- the Ladles Aid of the
. 'Forest Hill Methodist Church held a
' mort enthusiastic meeting with Mrs.
)V. J.. Bailer . on Spring street. The
' Women of the church, are. busying
' themselves just now to raise money to
-aid in hnlldlng the Sundny School an
.nex. Tills small (troup of women cora-
posing Circle ' pot on the talble at
- this meeling $115.00 In cash.
' i'lrcle A meets this afternoon with
Mrs. V. P. Mahry on Church street.
1 Dtuh of Mrs. EUa An-"i V.Tieeler.
, - (Br the AiMeisie I rr-.i.) .
i New Tork, Ic. 12. V nor't t ser
' vices for lus. Etta AnKvit . heeler
. were hijltl totlar bv the director of
the Xcw l'orte Sioiety for Preveution
' of O !'? t ("tiiidren, In which she
was t' t. t n-ii-it tot nenrly 50
j ;n, r v i bl.e b"'; :i t- Cud.
I ' - ' - i s rear'? a v 't a to
nt ( i ', 1.. t' hi i tu m city
i
yJirj.tliJl llidl :
YAP ISb'.::0 SETTLED
The Terms of the Agreement
Between the.UnittJ States
Cand Japan Are To Be An
nounced Today.;
HUGHES SO TELLS
THE CONFERENCE
The Agreement Is in Form of
- a Treaty Which Included
AH Islands Over Which Ja
:; tan Has Mandate. 7 :
: Washington, pee. 12: (By the Asso
Haled Presn) The controversy be
tween Jnpaa and the-TTnlted Stales
over the island rf lap mis been set
Med and 'tho Urms of the wttlement
will he Announced during the Tf ter-
ncon, Secretnuy Hughes tmlay told the
Far Fast committee of: the Washing
ton conference. . i .., ".; ; s '.-
The Agreemenf Is In the form of a
treaty which inclndea all the Islands
over wbk-hf Japan hns a mamlate, in
dflition te Yap. .The pact has been
approved by, the governments head,
but . announcement as to whether .it
was actually signed "has lieen withheld.
.V Although the. terms of the -treaty
wore held for en . otllcial announce
ment In tbo daily communique ( the
Far Fjtstera committee, it was under
stood tbe convention gives the United
States certain definite rights as -to the
Island of lap, Including cable .rights.
IK TILED WHILIT LADIG x"
... '- - X WAGOX HITH LOGS
Claude A. Mlsenheiaier Dies la Few
. Mlante After A AecMeal Sear
. Xonat Vtlead. ' , ; ' ':
Mount Gllead, Dec. 10. One of the
most unusual and saddest accident! in
this section occurred Wednesday aft
ernoon when Maude A. Mlsenhelmer
was killed while loading a, log Wttfon.
J. D. Misenheimer and bis three sons,
prominent lumber men- tn this place,
were at -work getting In sotne lose
five miles from town.. The .rope broke
and the entire .weight of , largo log
burled bock the pole by" which logs
were being elevated, striking Claude
Mlsonheiraer-' on the head. Death fol
lowe befw- coal bejhMfHln
car to be brought home.- '. . n ; v '
The funeral was conducte.1 yeMetr
4 ay at the Presbyterian church by the
pastor, J. W. Stork, assisted by Hev.
A. J.' Grovto.' Mr. Mlsenheimer was
held In the highest esteem-by all -who
knew titm. He Is survived by his wife
and two small boys, besides his' par
cuts, three brothers and twvj siHte.rs,
-:' VV5ew lark Cottet ievle. , ' K:
New ; York, - Dec. 11The cotton
market was higher the past" week. ;
Earlier week -advances were not fully
maintained. Owing to reports of a con
tinued poor trade demand and real
izing or ' scattered liquidation. No
southern selling pressure tf conse
quence developed, however, and the
market-firmed up later In -the- -week
on reports of 'a more active business
in . goads . and' a better denmhd for
spot cotton in tue soutn. January cou-
rtracts, -which had sold' off to lft.92 on
December' Ind. gold at 17.87 during
Friday's trading., ecmpared with 1S.&Q
the high nrice touched on the advance
of late last month and K..08; the low
level ,of. November Jt If there has
been nay change of sentiment m to
the size of the crop, it has. reflected a
slight upward revision- of ..estimates.
according to . local, brokers, and the
advancing tendency of prices has been
attriDUtea to a more, optimistic view
of export prospects and reports of in
creased activity in the domestic, goods
mrket The possibility of a hitch or
delay in the Irish settlement has been
recognised but tho - progress:. In - that
direction baa made favorable- Im
pression .on sentiment The firmer rul
ing of ; foreirn exchange rates and
possibility that the time for German
reparations Htyments may be extend
ed alter the January installment, to
gether with, the favorable progress of
'he Weshington conference, heve also
contributed to the more optimistic
lln? and shipping Interests have re
ported sales. of spot cotton both to
tho far 'east and Europe. The business
reported In the domestic goods mar
ket is supposed, to have: been largely
for spot or nearby ishioment." Accord
ing to reports from Fall River, there
have been more inquiries for goods
to be .made but at prices too low to
he considered by manufacturers.. The
cleaning up of stock goods,' however.
would be expected to bring buyers and
sellars together en vtrices for forward
deliveries and the advance toward the
end of the -week -was accomplished bv
reports of a little more domestic trade
buying in the raw; material markets.
The census figures showing 7.640.870
bales ginned up to December 1st were
a shade above' executions, if jinv
thlng, but had-little effect on the
market and private crop estimates
hare contlnuec" to point to a, Tleid qf
between 7.900.000 and 8,1 50,000 bales,
excluding linters. ' - ;. --, ;
Arrest in Comy'l'vn W'Wf Big Mall
. ' . ' . 'Bobbery.- - ' - '
, Jersey, Citv, N..J, Dec. 12. (By the
Associated Press.! Toe first arrest
in connection with the (2.000,000 mail
roblery , on lower Broadway in New
York several weeks so became. known
todav when Frank Cnlahrlse was or
dered arraigned before Federal Com
missioner Queen. Cnlnbrtse was charg-
was charged with the theft of four
packs ees of reclstered mall, bad been
gecrUy arrested a month a iro and
confined to jail here hy postal inspec
tors. ' . . , -
CONCORD DELEGATION AT'.' ;
; , CONFKBKNt'K WAS LARGE.
Lewis Smart is Chosen Vlee-Presldeni
- of she Conference ; y
The Concord delegation of 28 reUurft
ed last night from the 4btrd. aunuol
Older Boys State Conference, all hapi'
py -and pleased with, the eonferencfc,
All were praising the Charlotte peo
ple for their untiring efforts to enter
tain them and make thett stay 1H the
ettr-pleasant. M :- ; . -
w Lewis Smart whs the outstanding 1
star of the Concord delegation. At t he
opening session he was elected Vice
President, Mllstead. of Charlotte, bar.
ng' been, chosen, president.-' At . the
ruuurciny morning scnion smart- spoae
on ''Onr Jll-Y t'lub, ' sd gave one or
th .hosfjiaUts.. given hv Hbottf -durlng
tli , whole oortfoccniie.'' pvl Wsppen
fie'.d. president of the tocai Hi-X Cliili,
during the group conference told what
the dub was attempting to do to bet
ter conditions In the TJIgh School.' , .
The Conference opened Friday o"fteri
noon .at sTrlhlty ' Metbodlt Chttrch,
aud many noted, Speakers were On thft
program. - - - i.'." ,t':,l :-AA-V v-
CAPTXIN MISSING AFTEB Ht8
v THREAT AGAINST KU KLvX
Hud Warned Friends, to Notify Pollre
. . wi - .
New York, Dec. l-Capt3; A. Bart,
who went to a Ku Klux Klun meeting
in Brooklyn' Thursday night with the
avowed purposo-, of . denouncing 1 the
klan, haS not been heard of since," Tlte
police were nnable to obtain, any trace
of him today. - - t ': ; ! .
Capt, Bau, who won a lifelong friend
of Col. Booscvelt, lived at the Delta
Phi .fraternity' honse, Manhattan. Ho.
informed his friends of his Intention of
denouncing, the klan. 'If he was - not
beard , from In tweuty-four hours, he
said, - bis friends, should ' , notify the
police.- ' . ':.
Chester Arthur, One of Rau's friend..
notified: the police today and a search
was commenced..) V-t'. " ' ' . '-:-:
"I did not. know Ran had:' disan-
peared," said .Joseph .Wood,' secretary
to Imperial Klallff and Kleagle Clarke,
at the ' Pennsylvania Hotel tonight-
It's a ultv if he has., but I assure von
I didn't shoot him. ne Is a-henchman
of the deposed crahd goblin, and, there
fore,, against ' Mr. 'CWrite, but. .: never
theless. I am sorry to hear he ha
disappeared. - -- .-V'
"He walked out of onr meeting after
asking the imperial kleagle some quest.
tions. Tnat s all I know.";. .'.,
North Carolina, Iads AB States . tn
High Birth Kates For Year 1120. -
Washihgton, Pec. ll.i-There is no
race suicide In North Carolina ; It
leads all the States In Us birth rates;
for 1920, its rate being 31.6 per 1,000.
population. The bureau of the census
announced today In its statement of
births and birth rates' in the birth
registration area of the United States
that for 1920 the highest birth rate as
well as the highest for the population
of tho entire country was found in
North Carolina, this latter being 31.7
per 1.000 population, .while for - the
colored - population, . this - including
negroes.'-.. ' Indians. . Chinese ; and
Japanese, North' Carolina, stood -third
with a rate of 31.5 per l.ooo population.
only Washington with 39,5 and Cali
fornia with 39.3, ranking ahead. The
lowest birth rate for whites Is found In
California i 1R.3 per, 1.000 population,
while the lowest for colored population
dlsregnrdlng the very low rates In a
few of. the New "England States;' in
which the negro-population-is-small,
are for-Kansas wfth 17.1, and Ken
tucky with J7.B. ; ' , ; v'.'
"In the birth registration ' area .' In
North Carolina In 1920 there were
81.407 hirtb, of these 57.054 being
white. For 1019 the figures were:
tVhite birth 61.R32; colortd birth. Mji
022; totalr 73.iVt ; showing an increas
in births In lt20 of -T,S0St , , ,
s Mr, nail AuKtln, of Brooklyi, sneut
ths week end bore with bis fritter,
V ifs Louise Aomin, of tiie h i school
f tu ty, on his way to Clinmo. 8.-C
pre be will spend the holidays wit'i
his parents. . . .
DEATH OF DB. CtlAS. I BROWN.
Was Secretary ef Uie Board ef For
eign MisMawel tile LntherM Churrb
Was Kowan tomily Man.- -- "
Ilev. -Charleft Brown. I. D., omr
of the secretaries of tho Board of For-
Clgri, Missions, of the 1'nlted Luthernn
Church In America, 'died in Africa, on
December f.th. v -. --
. News of his death came In a brief
telegram from Rev: jr, Iv B. WolfTlot
Baltimore, Md., ;whb is an official of
the eame Hoard of -which Tr.yBrowti
was secretary .;: .,..
jr.'Brown wn M native of Uowan
County, North Carolina, and wo well
kpowa in t onwrit j - - ho nad visited
here frequently and was a speaker .at
a convention held ! St. James Luth
eran. Cbtrrch ifigust ,f t2a . Me
grartuntwf fpoin fioaueke tSBllegW
lemy- Va-' l'ponjhls graduation from
the Seminary Philadeiphia. pa he
accepted eall to the 'foreign fields
as --missionary and spent twenty
years at that-work hi Japan, I pon hif
raetnrn in 1017, he became Secretary
of the- Beard ef Foreign Missions ol
the lato l-nited Synod in tbe South.
When tho I'nlted l.nthernu Church in
Ameflcn Iras organised, in 1919 be was
elected one of tho Secretaries of that
Board. During these late: years he bos
done meet, efficient work in developing
missionary; Interest wherever he has
gone. ;". - ', i. . Vj-v' -y ;
East spring the National-Lutheran
Council eommlFtioned Dr. Brown and
Bev.-X C. -SSeillnger' to'mnke an ex
tended .surrey of the mission fields of
tue L.utueran uunrcu ui inom nna
Africa. After visiting India the. Com.
mlsstoners arrived safely , in Africa
Jnno 27, .1021. i They have ieeu con-
ducrliig their Investigation there since
that - time', and it was -while engaged
therein that Dr. Brown fell. s
Dr. Brownl was a strong man. He
wag possessetl of most. lovable char
acter and' an '' Inspiring " personality.
He -was alstf a forceful speaker. He
studied deeply and was thoroughly con
versant with the situation in Japan.
This fact' wni,reeiuntjicd' when be was
selected as an oltlclal Interpreter be
tween a Japanese deltgation ami ; the
I'nlted States Government. His belief
war thoroughly- developed that ' the
hope of the Far Knst lies in- the Chris
tlanlnttion of - Japan. The Lutheran
Church, the Foreign Mission Held, and
the Christina forces qf the world have
lost an able, -enthusiastic, and efficient
jforkman In the death of Dr. Brown.
CRAIG CONFERS WITH tTOS
r MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY.
DUeusses with lister Members' the
(Conservations lie Had With Pemler
;-'Uoyd George. .', '.-
- Belfast, Dec. 12. (By the- Associated
Press.) Sir James Craig, the Ulster
premier;- presided over -a - meetings of
the Ulster party here today informing
bis supporters of hi recent - conversa
tions with Premier Lloyd George in
London. It is unofficially reported the
proceedings grew - stormy when: Sir
James Informed the meeting that Mr.
Lloyd George had maintained an un
yielding attitude toward Ulster.' ;
v it was intimated tnat except tor a
few -trifling changes the British Pre
mier had declined to make any con
cessions bis attitude bclnav '.'there is
the treaty, and it stands.?
Japanese posteffire to Be Withdrawn
. ' - rnmi iiuna.- .,.
Washington, Dec. ,12; (By the As
sociated Press.) Japan through 'her
arms conference delegation announc
ed to the powers represented iu the
Far Eastern committee of the Wash
ington conference today her- willing
ness to withdraw"' Japaneso postoftleea
from China January 1.1028. .
r. ' . With Our Advertiser!. .
' Oil stoves and oil are both getting
cheaper. Shoe the sew id. today of
the Concord Furniture Co.
Only U .chopping - days Ull Christ
ina The i:-Sve-It Store has what
yon want ';:.?-.).-. ' rt
see tbe new fa. tooay or mo special
ty Hat Knop. I . .
Talk is chegn, especially when youito a rort that, the, mine bad - bten
have to take it bock.
TOM OTONNOR, NOTORIOUS i-
v ClNMAN, MAKES. ESCAPE.
Chicago Bandl& I nder Sentenee to Be
, Hanged Next Thursday for Murder,
.Breaks froaa JoiL "'.:
Chicago, Dec 12. Tommy O'Connor,
two-gun man, sentenced to be banged
next ;Thurwlnyrfor murder., and two.
other notorious criminals, today escap
ed from tbe-county jail, fighting their
way past half a dozen guards, most
of whom were beaten into unconscious
ness fay the .desperadoes i their dash
for -liberty. i. ' '?-! - . .''-
, Starting ' in the fourth floor "hull
pen" where the prisoners were xer
cislng at 11 o'clock this' morning, the
break for freedom led down five floors,
through'- the. basement, into the Jail
vard sad-over a 12-foot wall to i
mreef VneTVan-aniWftotjHe-r
into his face, was told to "drive like
hell." , ' . . ; :
' A few minutes later' the machine
crashed into a telephone' pole but the
bandits continued their flight O'Con
nor .commandeered another car, and
when last seen the murderer, who has
been characterized by the notice as
Chicago's most desperate gunman, was
headed toward the . Bonthslde. under
world, armed for battle. Two other
prisoners, who attempted to."; escape
with 'the trio were. cpt tired In the
jail grounds. j,;r
WAKE FOREST HAZING
KPLS01)E N COIRt
Expelled Sophomores Plead Guilty of
Hazing B. R. , Patterson, a ; Fresh
nwn. ' ..:-.---'' - , V-.--;
, I B htr tHMMIHl prM.i '
Bnlelgh; Iec.:12. The recent wake
Forest College bazing episode which
resulted In. the shooting of a sopho
more by n ' freshman because the lat
ter resisted the action of hazexs, reach
ed court Monday when J. X. -Sanders
and O. B. Hikes, cxpedder former soph
omores, pleaded guilty to a charge of
hazing R.. K. Patterson, a freshman.
Patterson pleaded guilty to-carrying
a concealed weapon and was .fined $0
and .the costs, while the .others were
given a susnosdod sentence . for two
years upon the pnymcnt of (he costs.
Rene Ylvinnt to Sail For Home Today.
Washington. lee. 12. (Bv the Asso
ciated Presi) Bene .Ylvlani, former
premier of France, and bead of bis n
Hon s delegation at tho armamem con
ference sinco the depacturp of Pre
mier Br land, made pram to sail for
borne tody on the Steamship Paris with
Madam Vlvionl - and several other
members of. the. French delegation.
Bandits Play Havee at Panama. HI.
- (Br taa Aelr4 Press,!' '
Greenvrtle, I1L, Dec. 12. Four ban
dits ehtered Panama, near here today.
robbed the. Bank- of Panama . of , be
tween 3o.O00 and 130,000, held up sev
en men in a pool room next to the
bank, wounded an automoblllst whom
the bandits apparently assumed was
pursuing them, and escaped. . ; ,v,t ,
Rcmntends Government Purchase at
- ;- lapa vwu tun, , -,( -y,
"i- By Vn AimmMM Pnh.)
Washington! Dec, 12. Purchase ' of
Cape Cod Canal by the' Federal gov
trnment was recommended today by
Secretaries Weeks.' Denby and Hoov
er, 'who informed Congress that $11,
590,000 would be a "reasonable price
for the pnonerty." . ,- rv'..- ;'-
On Saturday, night, i December 3rd,
Mr. Dorris . Fletcher ' and Miss . Mubt
Nash were married in South Carolina.
Mr. Fletcher is a son of Mr.aud Mrs.
John J. Fletcher, while the? bride is a
daughter of Mrl and Mrs. 11. O. Nash.
The wedding came as a surprbe . . to
their many friends. They returned to
Concord and have begun house-keeping
on Elm street v ; ; ;
, boiler Explodes lo SDhe,r ; ,
. " . . r the. AaaaoMXea Pr . ' .
'.Pittsburg; Ea., Dec,' 12-ii-Tae ei
nlosloa of a boiler at tbe Victory Mlae
1 near Cbicopee this morning gave rise .
dynamucd. ' ... ,
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COTTON CROP gjM.OM BALEl
. Br (he Associated Prees.
''- Wasliington. Dec; 12.-i'The cot
ton crop this year will amount to
3JW,4O8,O0O ponnds.- which is
equivalent - to BtO.OOO bales of.
ft A00 pounds gross, the Department
of griculture announced today In
Its nnal estimate., ,'., :-v vv?y' ;t
& e m
MOB OF WOMEN PREVENT '
v'i v , . MLNEBS FROM WORKING.
Stopped Motor Cars and rUrippfd Oft
' .y fBr Ik. aMMitatr ' .
; Pittsburg, Kaus., 12. A niob
of women estimated at 2.000, the wives
and relatives -of striking jCansae mal
miners.' adherents iif Alcx-inil.T How
at, stormed mine. Xo. 17 in the jnk
son Walker Co. shortly after 5 o'clock
this morning and prevented thi miners
employed at the liilne .from returning
lo work. -..'; '. ?.'.:.-'..;
."The women appeared to have no
leader, and principally were foreign.
ers. ; The mob formed about a ' mile
from the mine. Men In numbers e.-tl
mated at about 3.000 assembled, but
did not nuircn on tue mine. . - t
l, Alsmt 12. miners hve jieen workiug
at the Jackson-Walker shaft. Many
had been going to the mine in motor
cars. Intel-urban cars pass, near the
mine and other workers have heen us
ing it 'This morning, the women, af
ter assembling at Franklin, marched
down the public highway which paral
lels the-tntcrorpan line to tbe station
at the mine, and refused to let the min
ers leave the-cars,..',.-,.-,--"..(..,.;...,. ;
'The women 'Stopped motor cars and
stripped off the side curtains. . If min
ers were in the cars they were told
they could not go to work. Other per
sons were compelled to stop their -car
and wait until the women, permitted
them to. go on. .t.j-.-.i-.;j.'v--'
V HIECOTrOT MARKET. .
First Prices Firm at an Advance of 14
to 48 Points With January Touch
' ing 18:13. . v. ;' '.J'
i- , ; I Br the AMelate4 ttns ,
;s New , lork; Dee. 12.-r-There 4n'-"n
further advance In the cotton market
today, on covering' for over the gov
ernment cl-op estimate and fresh buy
ing promoted hy firmness in Liverpool
reports of better feeling in Manshaa
ter and ft more, favorable report from
domestic- goods . trade. First prices
were firm at an advance of 14 to 48
hpoints and more activ1 positions- sold
40-tovn points' net higher richt snet
the Vail, 'wtt h - Jirtnary and- firrjr !;
touching 18:12 and May-Tim f-;-.P'
' Cotton futnres 'opaaed "flrm, -Doii
tSft; Jan.-17:88: Mar.- IT .-95; May
17:75r Jnly-7:Sai-r y z's
BRITISH DELEGATIPLAN t 5 , L
TO KAIL. ON DECEMBER 3L
Believe Main Issues of Washington
Conference WiU Have Been Dispos-,-
ed of by-That Time. .- ,!- -
Washington, Dec 12. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) All of the British dele
gates to tho armament eonefrence ex
cept Sir Auckland iedU, Brittuin's
ambassador-here,-have arranged to
sail for home December 31. on the ship
Olympic. ;feellnft that the main issues
of the conference will have been dis
posed ofy that time. ; . ,
Germany Fails to Meet Payment Due.
Paris, Dec 10. Germany has fail
ed to pay 100.000,009 gold marks, dne
during the' first two weeks of Decem
ber ' under', tbe ..schedule pf : payments
railing for. 20 per cent of her exports
and certain ' portions of her, customs
duties, it was learned today. i:. -i .
j The German government has luforra-
?d the reparations commission that tbe
remendous decrease n the value of the
mark makes impossible the conversion
into gold marks of the fund of paper
marks which had. been accumulated to
meet these payments. . ' '
. ' . - At the Theatres. t;v
'The 014 Nest" said to be ode of
the greatest pictures ever made. Is be
ing shown at tbe i Star ' joaay.. This
b,ig feature will be shown tor three
s. Aii-stait cast plays in tbe pic
ture. -O .-, ..;:. : , -
innerafef the West," the big
seriafrand western drama, make up
aa attractive program at the Pastime
today. :.;-.., .,- ..'- '.,.-.;
Shirley Mason comes to the Pied
mont today in that great .. Restart
special, production, "Lave . Time."
This feature -will . he shown at this
theatre for two days. : .- ;f ; t c ;
..Death of Mrs P. P. SeUs.
Mrs. F. P. Sells died Saturday night
at her home near Stanfleld. aged about
80, years , She . bad been 1111 for some
time. She was a member of Love's
Grove Mflthodist Protestant " Church,
and the funeral was held there yester
day morning at 11 o'clock. ; Besides
her husband Mrs. Sells leaves six
children. She was the mother of Mr.
B. C. Sells of the Norcott mill and Mrs.
J. A. Burris. of Concord, who attend
ed the funeral.jnd.' rchimed to this
city yesterday afternoon. " v. l;
WOMAN C.1T.A BIRTH ' . f
IV TO EIGHT CHILDREN.
None of Them Sinvived. -The Mother,
, . .; u wu, nianK, leu.- ,vv
.,,'" .. ''(By. the. AwmMM Prcaa.) ('
'Mexico City, Tk-c. 12. From. Tam
pion. comes -a report published hy El
I'oirersl. that Senora Knriqulta Rulbo.
at that place, gave birth yesterday to
eight children, but none ef then) sur
vived.,, The hiother (s well The Me
tce City meillcal tis-Jatl(6 Is sbowi
ma much ixilerej't to the report , and
will Institute oa - invest lgitioq aa to
ita mtheotiuity. ' j . -;-. '
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- All naerob--i cf V r'dJ erds of
me Mc:-.-..;,..t..l;- '.t C'bar.-h
rcouevt i to s'
1 a r ' t
at 7:13 at tbe t..
WrfTTTTTTt
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LEGISLATURE TODAY
Sight Sessions of Both the
Houses Will Be HeldTo
. nighty In Effort to Clear up
- all the Bills. ; .
- ' : i .,
WANT TO ADJOURN
: BY END OF WEEK
Senate Will fipf. MiimVmal .
Finance Act and School . -
ucncitum or r irst Keaa-v
ing at Night Session, -r
'S. ;-c (By Mas Abernetfay.il, "'' 'Si : ':
.;''".. SaeUI t- Tfce. Trtbaae.) .
: Raleigh. Dee. i. 12. Nieht sessions 1 ' '
tonight in both the House and Senate .. ,
wilt help dear up the Work of the .
Legislature, which wants to adjourn ' ' !;
, j ,ut? vim vi iwi i, 0 A lie , .... .
zrt the municipal finance act. and the " '
stool deficit hill both for the 5 first ;!
reading tonight, and will handle them " .' ", ;
H.UktH , , I J CI . nM .
ntiiun -1110 iimitti-tiiivc. uan, f-ii, liii
as b known no extended light will be i
made on either of. these hills; no no
delay is looked for in getting these; ;11
measures passed. '.'.--., " : ; f .'', .'..'
A bill seeking toliave ejectment pro-'
ceedings effective- immediately : upon
the decision of the court, will be in-.'.-;'";
trodneed this evening. -ThU bill will
nuike it impassible for cotton mill op- ,''' '
erntlve or tenant , farmer to abandon '
his work and continue, to live in the ' :
house of the owner after ejectment pa-. ;
pers have been served on him. At the
present time be may live in the house v-
year after the papers are served pro- , , '
vldcd he gives bond for a year's, rent. ;. '; . .
The Sams bill providing supervision
of local bond Issues will pass the third "
reading in tbe Senate tonight, fit Is i. -
expected, ,v-' ' ::;;.-.i;V-
STRIKE HAS NOT" INTERFERED : V
. WITH PACKING OPERATIONS
tn Any Material Way, They 8ay.Re-
iuse la .wen liuoa amn.-.,f
Wi-; (By ae AwsvlatHl Vrm.) ' :.'f-. -
Chicago. Dec. 12. -Packing house ol- 1 r
dam of fhlcago reiterated today that f -; :,
the strike declared one week ago by .
the AiuHlgamated Meat Cutters and- " ..," '
Butch , Workmen lias not - interfered . . --.
mteriaU Tn heu-"wfi3ifiiw and ihert??"
also; stood firm in their refusal to, meet . '.
(he arbitration overtnrea of the union : ' -leaders.
; Union officials ,.' were contin-, ' ,
ulntf- their efforts' to arrange arbltra- -.
lion of the. recent wage cuts and Sec- - r
retary Ilennle Laue, and President.
Cornelius. IL nnyes have both gone- to .'
Washington to ley the strike and wage
question before President Harding and ' ,
the- Deimrtmrnt of Ibof, with n view i -, V- ',
to having the President ask the pacH-
ers to meet officials of the organization. - ' '
7 No reports of - vfolenee have : been .-;" '','
inade to the stock yards police within
iUo laof 4--navfA-tiii ruin --,-''. . , I
la Fort Worth. Texas, Fred House. .
aegro packing hoiifO employe.' , who ;
was. beaten by strike sympathizers, a Vv v ' .
few days ago after . he had shot -. and : "
wouuiicd two brothers net lug as pick-
ets, was taken frojn tho hospital there .- ;'
hist night and lynched. V.' - -? 'r-'--.-y-.''r- : '',
i In Kansas City. Hans' strike sym- ,:
pathizers are also said, to have' called ' : t ;'
a workman to -. the, .door of Ids home , ,.
aud fired several shrt at him. . .( :
MORSE MAKES STATEMENT. , ' . '
Says He Will Appear at any Place ami "
Before Any Tribnnal the wem- ,
ment May Require fV-,;:,'
New York. Dec. -12. '(Bv the Asso- V v .
pintMl 1h I HmnhaRlxintr thai his .
hurried return to America was voinn-: v .
tary ..Oharlea W Morse, shipbuilder, ':,) '',
whose contracts-are under Federal In- t-
vestigation, and who was requested to ' ;
come home immediatclv bv A.ttomey
General Dongbtery, said In a state- '
appear at any place; and before any -.'.'"
irinuiuil mo govern lucnt may rvquivr. :
The statement, issued aboard the .
steamer Paris, after the shipbuilder.
had been met at the pier by his attor- .'.'
iiw niiu unu iii-miuvu n, in iiwim.-,. -
ed, said Mr. Morse would proceed dt- ,
rectty to; w asningtou -to. meet' an
demands made upon me." j . . , 1 " ;
ThMMlnh i.ul Mi.'., ; - - '
lUlvuH V'lllUIC . ,.11'ir., M7 . . .
WA h Kn.. .kA, I, r.. u. Wt.m.
said, he would leave for the capital at . :
. ifc ui. -iimiii. . ! ,-- . . '. . , , ; fx . : . ;
New York. Dec. 12.nMis. W. Mors ';:.;;,,!"
was ready to start tor Washington inj . '
mediately after he landed from- the . , .' '
French- liner Paris" here today.- Ma r r .
bad come back from. France -at the
government's request, , following hlai , ,
voyage, to that country while his, ac '--f
tivlties in shipbuilding during the' wae, ' , , ; , '
were under investigation. : ., j . .';
Colorrd World's Demerrarr Congress,
: yw re it mat t ,.-
Washington, Dec 12. The Second - .
Colored World Democratic Congress, a ,
seiud to the meeting which in Decem
ber, IMS, elected delegates to preseu
the cause of the negro race to the
Versailles pence 'conference, began a : '
week's aoMion here, Wm..M.- Trotter. '
of Boston, presided at the opening ses
sion.'- ; ,.."-, ,.
Tbe purpose of tbe second Contrri'ss.
Trotter announcef, is to formuitite ;
and present to -tho armament conicr-
ence-a petition, for "tbe reeogulH i ef
tbe equality of tbe ra-vs at a t
principle of. snv worU t f 7."
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