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0QOOOCOO O TODAY'S O O NETS O O TODAY. O oooooooo AiLT Tribune ooooooor O ASSOCIATED L O PRESS Q O DISPATCHES 0 OOOOOOOQ VOLUME XXIL CONCORD, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. NO. 190. D OHG.OSB 1 TO rR. VilLKIUSOH Disclaims All Intention to Be 1 Discourteous or to Discred ' it the Work of the State Highway Commission. SURVEY IS ONLY . QUESTION AT ISSUE Mr. Ward States Position of Cabarrus Commissioners. ' Does Not Agree . With Mr. Wilkinson's Statement Seirt. 13th, 1022. Mr. W. C Wilkinson, . , State Highway "Commissioner, . Charlotte, X. C, '. Dear Wr: , ' " r ' V ! 1 mil In receliit of yours of lain Inst. fogetber with copy of letter addreHHed to the Editor or t Qia-ora wniiy itu une, together with ciplea of letter udr dreKHed to me on April 8th, Tbe atatement 1 gave to The TrUV mie wna a verliol one, and I am not utile to atnle exactly what I said In retain! i the letters yon quote,: The! letters were received and I did not in-! tend to convey the Impression that you hurt been disiurteons. What . I lrle;f to my, or the inenntng I Intend ed to convey, wns'tluit the County otll clnls hud made repeated, requests for n anrx-ey of the road to the I'nlon county line, but that the Stnte HIkIi way t'oiuinisslon hnd fulled to order the survey uuide. I heir to unsure yon that it wns not my Intention to cast uny reflection upon you or to attempt to discredit, the work of the Ntute Hltthwny Commlsfdon in I'ulmrrus C'onuty. ': Statemmts hnd. been made in The Trllmne, accredited to Weinberg of the ltotitry t'luli, that the county olHclnls were playing isilitlcs In regard to the construction of this rnud, and thn tunn ies Roiuethlne was done that the road would not lie built, and if bhllt would not lie taken, over by the State or nniintenuiice. nnlesR built on survey made by the State. Highway rommla niiin. If vraa to these statements that. 1 took exception und- endeavortd to clear up. , v ' The only question that baa lieen 'nt Issue lietween I- I'aliarrua -mnty and the State Hluhway if'Winiiaston hn Aittsfnui'l'tts your letter'.would letive the-titireBlon that the aurvey would have lieen mntle it we had agreed To build on the anr vev, I desire to atftte the position of tlie Board of Conimisslonei-s. In" the first place I quote from the first letter addressed to on on this subject as follows: ' , . What' the people of Cabarrus are more interested at present is the question of a State Highway road con necting Concord and Monroe. . AVe . have no unproved ronW lending . through the southern port of pur coun ty, and this section has lieen hindered in its1 iirogress on account of not hav ing :un Improved ; -highway : running through it. There is quite a lot of business in common lietween the jieo- -ple of UJilon and, Cnlmrriui, and per , soiiB going from Concord to .Monroe, most always go via Charlotte, which Is twenty miles farther than a direct , route would be.' . , t - - " "We have not asked for much, nnd lieMete that , we hivve , received , less ' from the State than" any county in thl section of the State. We want to ; ask now that a road 1 grunted nlong the route lndicnted above, and while we would like to see n hard surface roail built, still we think that a top ' soil road would 'answer , the purpose for a numlier of years. ' We feel that ' the State will' eventually build this road and If so, mhy not now T "It however,-you are not In favor if granting us this ronfl at tbls time, and we feel that yon-wlll see the Just ness of oiir request, we want to ask : that , the Slate Highway 1'ommlBslon onler a survey made of this road lm- medintely and a permanent? location ! established. - . We - ask this 'for thlB reason: vfe are moving ' our chain gang to the southern.port of the coun !r tr with the Intention of doing consid- eruble work there for the .next two years, and we would like to put hem , . to work on the portions, of '.this road Oilbnt will be' liermnnent nnd'nrei will ing for them to help build the road to I the Union county une," t;' ,i -i , ToW renlied thut on account of hav- - l Ine allotted your part of the . total mileage contemplated - being handled bv the State Highway Commission, ' , that it would be Impossible for you to recommend the building of this rond. ' No reply was mode In regard to pur rennest for the survey; uut .1 presum' ed that If all your mileage bud been ' allotted, that yon would not he inter "esteil In ordering the survey made. Ton will recall . that when here In ' Febrimry of this year you askel that ' Cnbnrrus county build an Improved rond through the aontBern port of the ' county, letiiilng from the MecKienDnrg - to Stanly county line; and that yon In tnrn would grant us certain consiuer . atlon In regard - to State Highway work In this counts.- I replied that did not think It would be treating the taxpayer of Cabarrus county rignt to 'siiend their money ' on an ImproTed rond tbht would lieneflt only a small uercentage of the people or tne counry, , and that would be of more benefit to the people or luecKienuurn uuu nui U.' iv than it would to the people of Ca I made yon the proposition - that If you would tuke over and help - ,-lmlld the road from Concord to the countv ' line ) that the county l i.i would build the rond tbht you asked, . (Concluded on rage 8ix.) TWO NEGROES IXtCTRO CITED CenvM-tcd ( Alia m Mr. A. E. ketches. f, Miami, FU, Several Week Ata. . imr iu .ti rm. KWjA. Set. 11 Angus Mnrpby and, Joseph. Tbomaa. negrom, roorkt d of rbanrvt growing out of at tack npoa Mr. and Mra. A. K. Ken-hen, of Miami, Fla,, near Houttxra llaea several weeks ago, wir -troented at tor state prim here this morning.' " Murphy was tbe Brat to I execut ed. InHu placed In tbe electric chair at 10:.) ami prononiwed dead after three shocks' of Itrief ilunitUin bad lieen mtit through bla body. Thorn a quickly fallowed Mnrpb.r to the death chamber, only two shocks being re quired to produce. bla'deatb. Murphy tbia morning untie a. com plete confession (o bla spiritual ail vlaer (if bla part In the attack on' the Ket-hcn.. He declared Tbouins had nothing to do with tbe actual attack. Imt tbe latter did receive part of the jewelry and effects taken from the couple. , ', . Both negroes walked rnlmly from their cella to .the death chamber. Tbouins hesitating at tbe cells nf the other men In "death row" telling them goodbye. , Four women were among the specfa- tora permitted to wltnean the electro cution. They did nor show the sllght- eat emotion while the Uvea of the men were lielng snuffed out. - : EILLIONS LOST ON MARKS Sfertilatlnn lu Them Cost Americans a00JKK,(HM), Fartg Asserts. ,,f?atw,'' Sept ; 15. Americans ' nra estlmnted to have lost at Itaxt $2,000.- 000.000 . by the iptlrchase of- Gorman marks before German financial flatlon cemmeneed, Inquires today among, American bankers in Pilria dlscliin;il. Germany has profited by from $4.00O.00O,(OO to 1 $5,000,000.- 000 on sales of her depreciated cur rency to foreign buyers. It. also was learned. ' The American purchases were made when ths mark sold at six cents and . then even later until. It reached one mill. London banker?,' ac cording to advices received her, ad mit that their eustomsrs have lost 250,C'CO,000 pounds sterling. Spanish speculators .are reported to have lost the equivalent of $1,000,000,000 in Gorman cn-arks. French capitalists also went strongly in speculating In marks 18 months ago. One French Industrial magnate Is reported 'o have lost. 3.000,000 franca , In Tjiark manipulation. -, - i W0rLD SHARK DRYNESS. . ?ftlr . York Congreswman Urges En--4iiKmfiBt.ilHftbrefc.. "Watihington, D. C.,' Sept 13. (A resolution requesting the President to direct the Prohibition Commission er to enforce' the dry law. equally throughout the country and not' to attempt fx harass and -oppress the people of New York city was intro duced today by Representative Ryan, Republican. New York. , Ths resolution charged that the Prohibition Bureau was oppressing and harassing citizens of New York by! attempt'ng the most drastic and unfair enforcement in that city. ; It called upon the President . to direct the commissioner '"not to dlrsct his sole energies against any partlcu'ar community," and upon -the 'commis sioner's failure to comply the Presi dent .would be asked to seek his re signation. ' ;.'"' ; PENNSY NOT INTERESTED Vice President Atterbury Makes No - Comment on Settlement. . Philadelphia Record. ' . - T. le. Witt Ciiyler, head of the rail road, executives, could nrt be located In this city yesterday when efforts were mode in order to obtain a state ment from -him as to the virtual set- tlfme.nt of the railroad .strike. ' W. W:, Attterhury, vice president of-, the- Pennsylvania- Railroad - System, re fused : to comment upon ' the reported settlement.'.' Tlie word coining from his : office was that tlie ' Pennsylvania hnd never boen affected by the shopr men's strike and was not interested, j DRY NAVY CAPTURES t ; . TWO MORE SCHOONERS Boats Were Said to Have Contained Whisky Worth at Least $150,000. New York, Sepf 13 (By the Asso ciated Press) The dry- navy today captured two alleged rum running schooners : with cargoes , worth Nibont $150,000 and $40,00 in gold aboard, near the entrance to. the New York hurbor, as well as an unnamed launch which sank while It was being towed into port Another schooner and swift power iMint escaped. - . . , - " With Our Advertisers. v Y .The Cltisens Bunk and Trust Com pany Is anxious to help you. save your money,, Start now . and add to your savings regularly. . ; ; - ' The mun who keeps money in - the bonk provides for the future. - Do you? Let tbe Cabarrus Savings- Bank help yon keep a part of what you make. - 'ine w.. ii. correu jeweiry t;ompnny Is pffeiing Imrguflis. Read ad, to day amb see display window. ' The price of clothing at the Browns- Cannon - Co. Is now more like old times. Clotheraft suits for $27.00.! New ad.' gives iinrtlruuii-s. . , . '' ".:'! . Hoover's coji supply men and boys with any Fall ' clothing - they necd Scbloss Bros, and Cortly clothes. . Tomorrow, Septemlier 10th, a repre sentative of 'the N. K.i Folrhanks Co. will be with C. II. Barrier" & Co. and offur some flue soap specials,: New ud. today gives particulars of sale. , Used -ars of many kinds '.cnn. be bought at. the Flxall Motor Co., of Kannapolls. See ad. on page three. - II. B. Wilkinson' now has In his big furniture store many kinds of parlor suites, library tallies and davenports finished In mahogany and golden oak. Read new ad, today,,: WOMTTN CAMPLTRS PIT - TRADE ON ATLANTIC UXZRS TW)r Are RcpuM-big the Meat CaaaUen k aa EN the Onu hhlaa. Mr ta iMMtalH rr...t New York. e. 13. Wunea are replacing aien gamblers aboard aceaa liner.' "Little Eddie" Halloa, the watchdog of tbe pteta, whoMe y It la to aea-wlng gamblers, la authority for tbe atatentent. lie aaya tbe men rlalu tbejr are gdng straight lax-anae they have found that traveleni are , too ei reful and ablp'a UnVera too watrb tnl Moat of the, ramblera, aaya Mallon, ram to that ciax-liudon juat alMmt tbe time White Ktar raiitaln aent well-known gambler to the deteutlou boi!nl aboard bla ablpfollowing a spirited little rty In tbe anioktng room, when Data ., were brought Into action. i I - But where men hava dropped card 'and dice, women hare taken them up. The women are known to Eddie and to other detectives who - help him wntch the pier, but the problem U to catch them. , a . . One big liner recently came Into port and Eddie, aa' usual, met It' at Qunrantine, " lie loat himself aa atnin aa he whs alsiunl. But by tbe time the liner had reached tbe pier, Ik implied Into view, sore and disgusted, with disappointment easy to be rend In.hiH fare. . M lost the Pnchess" nRnln," grumbled. Ills story was brief. He had re ceived a wireless tip that there wna n woman nbonrdy nrlstocratlc and cnl-i tnred: that she bad lieen very sweet to several of the men passengers; that she had relm-tantly rimsented to play bridge prnctii-ally every night nt sen; in-(that she had collected rather heavily at the end of each sitting. "I talked to about live men about her," continued Eddie, "and not one wo.nl (1 complain. She was a woman, they said,, and they were not willing to accuse a woman of cheating at cards. So I had, to let 'the Duchess' come ashore and she has just passed her lutggnge. She will probnbly be back on the French line next week, laughing nt me. "That's the big trouble now. AVe could bent the men nt the game, but How men passengers who have lost either wont admit n woman could outwit them, or else they won't com plain. 'The women are getting away with it simply because they nre worn en. . ., .. CIIIEFS TO MEET R0UTHERX RAIL OFFICIALS TOMORROW Telegram Reoflyed By Southern 'VFwbi I'nlon "LpaOrrs To Retttrn di Mondar. v."'"' ' -rbtnftJ.. Seph iWAt th gen era! office. ,if the ,8oothVrni railway today telegrams were received from MnpMnnhitlvM . nt . rha . slinnmefl. idenUfied with the Southern, who 'roHil clerks, freight handlers and tick have, been amending the sessions nf fellers and other labor, leadbrs was the policy committee at . Chicago, l"'' today t tbe Labor Depnrtmeut In saying they would be here Saturday. '",'rt to overt a strike among such It is supposed here that representa-1 employes, on the Pennsylvania system, five of the half a dozen sho,p crafts Washington, Sept. 15 Ucpresenta . i,. rhinn.ro nnri theso men wlllitives of the .brotherhoods bf clerks. seek an nudience with officials of the Southern at that time. A previous moetino- nf this kind was of short duration.. At that time Mr. Jewell ns In the city and Vice President Miller was told that, wherous the men hnd nn snecial grievance aeainat the Southern, the strike was natlonautnjn waiKoiu mvoiving o,i"" men em scoo? and character and ; must beiployejil in the .eastern divisions of the settled nationally. Now Jewell Is htmaself ' taking ithe initiative Jn bringing about separate, 6r . group agreements.' - !' Some wondered whyhe men did not go to work instead of trying to find something more to comer aooui, but this plan of separate parleys as weli as separate agreements was adopted at. Chicago, so it is not con sidered likely that many of the men will return to work before Monday, If then. On BOber second thought to days the opintbn still prevails that there will be no great difficulty in. finding employment for all of the old men, once the strike is called off. as there is so much to do to put things to rights. , John Tan Weaver 1? to Wed Peggy Wood, a HBSical star. Charlotte. Scut. 14. John Van Al- styne iWeaver. son of iMrs. Annie Tate Weaver, of Charlotte and Ne York, Is to wed Psggy Wood, musical star and widely known beauty. Mr. Weaver is a nephew of Ji Caswell Tate, of Charlotte. His grand father, the late Thomas Tate, was a native of Guilford. He left his native county when a young man and started out to make his way in life. He suc ceeded, and when he died left a hand stne fortune to his children, among whom was the fate Turner Tate, of Greensboro, and other sons, also two daughters all by his first marriage, and u son and daughter by his last marriage,' Mrs. Annie Tate Weaver, being the daughter, anct Bhe is the mother of John Van Alstyne' Weaver, wfy is to marry the fa.md musical star. ' Mr. Weaver is the literary editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, j . Walker Nomina tec. Br a Bit? Ma lor! t v. Atlanta, Sept. 14. Clifford . M. Wulker, of Monroe, former state at torney general, was - nominated . in Wednesday's Democratic primary tor governor over Goyernor,, Thomas W. Hard wick by a county unit vote of 298 to 114, according to unofficial re turn from all Atlantai Constitution. Mr. Walker, who was defeated for the same office' by Mr. Hardwlck two .... i.j ttl yeara ago. rarriUO lx, "-.'i.iu.c. "ihad lieen unable to learn who was In- WKtm tlnaul-wlnV ihn Mma n nir Al Thft ... .... Mr. Hardwlck tho remaining 43. The popular - vote ' was Walkor , 84,744; Hardwlck 62,583. , ,s , - Dirigible Oh Far Dayton. ' (By the AaaMlate Praaa., ' Akron. Co.. Bent 15 The dirigible C-2 left Wlnafoot Lake avintlon stfti- tlon near here, at 0:62 this morning ' ' for Dayton. -. .' , nrtnr ninnln nninn dUliitdlbtlIU1UAUj NOTS!G!IAGREEfilENT With the Shopmen, But at bame lime several 01 trie Biggest Roads in Country Slake Agreement' SHOPMEN DESIRE MORE AG,REEMENTSi And Are Continuing Efforts to Get Railroads to Sign Up Scope of Agreement Not Known Yet. Chicago, Kept, ft Refusal of a number of tbe. country's biggest rail way syteiiM to enter Into the Wac-fleld-Willanl-Jewelt 'plan for ending the shopmen's strike on tbe basis of sejiarate and Indlrldtiiil agrements de veloped an ' element of considerable niit-ertalntv tisliiy nwr the scone and hejejrectlvenss of the. peace program. While some of, the birger systems had flatly rejected the plan, others, however, notably the 'Chicago A North- western, and Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul had virtually completed ar- rangementt for restoring strikers t once to former jobs 1 Negotiations were !ln progress with severnl roads in anj effort by shop craft oltlcinls to effet-t additional sft- tleuients. - i Strike leaders were said to lie, ad dressing ommuunlenrioiiK to some of tbe additional roads tsklng them to re consider their rejections. Xo objection will lie placed In the way of tbe shop men returning to work on the railroads parties to the settlement plan, B, M. Jewell, head of the railway employes department of the American Federation of Ijibni' said today iu denying the statements by Fred V. Itunsch,! union leader ut Potiekii, Kansas. Hiiiisch 'said last night, a letter signed, by Mr. Jewell di rected that no man; would return to work until all the roads had signed the agreement. Such a letter might lmve been sent (tut liefore the settlement ngreement wns reached, Mr. Jewell said, "but It does not apply now," Another Strike on Pennsylvania Threat , . ened, " Washjiuiton,-StV'.15.Ajliurrli'd conferem-e between officials" of the De1 partineut of ,Labor and - the general clmirmeuNif tbe. brotherhoods of rnll- freight handlers and ticket srtlers of the Pennsylvania Railroad system de. elded at a conference today with act I Ing Secretary of Labor Henlng, and other government olhcials to use their Influence nt a meeting toniglit nt New ark, N. J., of union workers to prevent Pennsylvania system Pittsburgh, Kept. l.. Otlicinls of the Pennsylvania system isAied a brief statement this afternoon stating they were in'conference here with their conductors and trainmen. "The conference is with reference to the. present agreement," said the statement. , , THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ' SYSTEM SIGNS LP TODAY With Conductors and. Trainmen For One Year Beginning September 30. , New York,: Sept. 15 By the Associ ated Press). The entire New York Central Rallrond system today signed an agreement with its conductors nnd trainmen covering working conditions, men covering working conditions, wages and -rules for one year begin ning Septemlier 30th. A statement issued by the New York Central said that, the direct settlement ngreement would provide for the im mediate withdrawal of all controver sies on matters now pending liefore the TJ. S. Rallrond Lnbor Bonrd. SAFE CARRIED AWAY AND ROBBED LAST NIGHT Rofibers Carried It Away on a Truck J and Secured $155. T4ha AaaoclatM Prcaa.t High Point, Sept. 15. A small safe in a gasoline Hfling stution owned by 1). O. Cecil on the outskirts of this city, was carried uwayjby robliers last ulght to a iwlht on tlie Winston-Salem rood five miles, from here, broken open with a heavy tool or sledge, and 'rob bed of $151 in cosh. The police soy the robliers loaded the safe on a truck. N'o arrests have lieen: mode. .. ; ' High Point Catcher Cut in an Affray.; ;, I By the Aaaoclated liaa. : - High Point, Sept. 15. A. W. (Gns) Thompson, catcher of the High Point baseball lilulv is in a local hospital suffering with IP severe cut across the abdomen, the result of an affray here lust night Phyflciaus say Thompson wHl lie tinahle to play In the cham pionship series : with Durham next ....... I. , T n ,,.i Iral.M thn twkllm I K iir ..w . ......... - volved la the trouble-with Thompson.' No arrests have been made,' A hundrel years ngo the proposal to use gas for street lighting was op tioned, lu New York on the ground that artltldal illumination was an attempt to interfere with the divine scheme of things which had .ordained thut- should be dark at night vv, r , ' CONCtESSMAN DOICRTON . LN 1 1TV A hUOKT TIME raaw Orer laaa AHaaBHuit ta Spcaal twvaral Houra WUh FHeada acat ttupparlen. 'wgreanaaa IL L. lHmtrtttai att few aoara la ConvoH toiUy. abak Ing bawbi with bla many fiieoda and auimrter here. Mr. Hougbtiai drove Uh Mr K. U Dnriug tbe iwat aeveral dara Mr. IKMiclitoo baa lieen making (ailltbal ieecliea ,thriu(biit fills district, which be rvpresents In t'oucreaa. He has apokea aeyeral times m-ently In Ktnnly riiuuty. and bas,aereral mote qa-ecbea achednled lfre returning to Mt. DoUKbton win lie oiMwe1 fo: lele-tlon tbls fall by Itr. J. 1. t'nniu liell, of NnnriMMl. ho made tbe tm-c against "Karnier Boli" two yeara arw and wba contested the election. It has not lieen announced whether they will make debates over the (llstrlr-(l'le what mrt of the fund and good this year as they did two yeara ago. PRESIDENT HARDING MEETS WITH CABINET For Firt Time In Week Condition of Mrs. Hart'lnj Permitted Him to fie . to Offtre, . Ik AIMrillM rmM .Washington. Sept. 1.". President Harding, due to tbe steody improvement la the condition of Mrs. Hurtling, was able today to go to his office for. tbe llrst time in a week. The Friday cabinet session was the President's only engagement for tbe day, his semi-weekly conference with newspaper corrcs'mndciits having been called off to permit him to spend tbe afternoon near Mrs. Harding s bedside Continued improvement in ' Mr.--. rllarding's condition wns reported to day by Itrlgndicr General K. C. Sawyer, her physician, who In response replied to inquiries "all's well." BELIEVES FORD PLANTS ARE TO BE CLOSED TOMORROW Personal Secretary to Henry Ford Says Manufacturer Has No New Plans Now. (Br the Auoclnt Prrsa.t ' Detroit. Mich., Sept. 15. In respnse to questions concerning conflicting ru mors with regard to the closing of the motor plants here tomorrow. K. G. Lieisild. personal secretary of Henry Ford today issued the following state meat : "Mr. Ford's statement of several weeks ngo that all plants would close Septemlier Kith still stands, I lielleve: he has made no statement to the 'con trary, mid If he lias tiny new plan he surely will issue n hew statement," COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at a Herline of From 3 to 9 Points. (Ity the Asaoclnted reaa.t New York, . Sept. 15. The cotton market opened steady today at 'O de cllne of 3 to ! iKiints, with Decemlier selling off to 21.07 nnd .January at 21.55. or about 0 to 10 points net low er. Tbis-was attributed partly to ov ernight selling orders from the South, while there was scattered liquidation due to more favorable weather reports than exiiected, nnd continued reports that, the South was selling cotton as rapidiy-as it was ginner. . Cotton futures oiiened steady : Octo ber 21.43;,-Decemlier 21.75: January 21,01; March 21.03; May 21.58. RUSSIA WOCLI) ALLOW AMERICAN COMMISSION To Make a Trip There, Says a Recent Dispatch From Moscow. Moscow, Sept. 15 (By the Associot- ed Press). A note which is consider ed a reply to nn unofficial inquiry of the rnited, States ns to whether nn American technical commission would be welcomed in Russia states that so viet Russia is "ready to enter official nrellinlnnry negotiations for the re-es- tnblishnient of oflicinl relations with nn American delegation nppointed for this purpose." Two Items From the Mooresville En terprise, J. Blick Alexander returned Monday from Gastonln. where he spent the week-end with bis little, daughter. Jane, who underwent an operation last Fri day nt the orthopaedic hospital at that nlace. The child suffered Infantile paralysis and was not developing as a normal child should. The operation wns very successful and Jane is get ting nlong quite well. She will tie returned to her home, within o few weeks. W. W, Holland, county welfare of- near. was in to see us xuesuuy. in states that the Iredell-Rowan cot tage at the Jackson Training School is about complete nnd thnt he hns room for several boys over there. If there kIioiiIH ilevelon the need nf send in? nn obstreperous ImyJWn account of his" demeanor, to tbe institution, he asked that: the public notify bim at once. There is a place for unruly boys, and that place will be filled. Of course. Mr. Holland heed not look for bod boys in Mooresville. ' . ... They are hnrd to find. , T Petition in Bankruptcy Against Gatti . McQuade Company. . : 1 IBr the Aaaoclated Praa.) ; New York, Sept' 15. Alleging lin blllties of $1,000,000 an involuntary petition V Imnkruptcy was . tiled in Federal court here today agnlnst' the Gatti McQuade Corn-winy; manufactur ers of mill products with plants In New Jersey and the eastern district of New York. V Assets were listed at $500,000. - Postpone School Opening. Salisbury, Sept. 14.--Owing to work not being finished on additions to school buildings it has - been . found necessary-to postpone 'the opening of 'the city schools except the .; high The high school until October . 2, school will open next Monday tbe It data originally set for the opening of 'all th Bchoo.s. . .,. ' ' ' - storm Rii irr ri"M to C LO&g ON OCTOBER 1ST AO renaaw Wao Deaira to AM IUll1';(MfT Etona Sufferers Ineal lm M -ili .. .. N , . The cuuuiiittrO whit h baa la rha;. a rna;- I ha llxl urn L uaced to rluw oa intil that v; la to bei 11 tao rabdnc of funds fur tbe halbrtoraa sufferer of tbe raaoty, aaamuiced oay that tb ramiatga will rluw tMol ier first. From now ant date a detenatDed ramtajlga waged by ibe ronmlttev ainubera and their frleinU to raise addltbmal funds for tbe iwrauiia wbo lwt so bearllT fruui tbe devastating atorm which ria Iteii I be county aeveral aeeka ago. The (tmimittee which ill dlatrtli nte tbr ainoey ami giaala aubw-riliefl for tbe atniBi sufferers la rnuipoanl of Prof. 1. H. Koliertwin. nqierlntendent of the county arbools, Jonaa tjnery. poimry welfare offl.-er, and It. i. GtMNlman. ciamly farm agent. Tbe committee will make a survey of the field visited by tbe storm and deter- each iierwm la to rwelve. In addition to the money that has lieen sulmcrilied. It waa announced tih day tbat Mr. I. V. Krlmminger has given 'J't laisbels of corn, which is now ready for distribution, and which will lie given to tbe Ave thoiis wbo suffer ed the greater loss from the storm. From miff until (October tlrst the list of the sniiai-riliers to the fund will lie published, and after the cam lmign closes tbe entire list of suli scriliers will lie snnounceil. Persons nre askeil to give money if isissible, but if they cannot give money they are asked to give foodstuffs. Tbe Citizens Hunk and Trust Com pany will rw-elve all i-ontrilmtious, ns It has done In the imst. IMPEACHMENT CHARGE TO BE HEARD TOMORROW Representative Keller, Republiran, of Minnesota, introduced the Charges in the House. (My la aaoehatr4 Itw. Washington, Sent. 15j Imuench- nient charges against Attorney Gener-lset al Dougherty as a result of his tieti- tlon for injunction in the cases of the A considerable shnrt of property loss striking railway employes, as present-1 from the lire, the total of which is es ed to the House Monday by Represen-j tlmated in Grfek qunrters at one Imi tative Keller, republicon, of Minnesota, lion francs about $75,()K),0(I0 at the will lie considered by the Judiciary present exchange rates) fell upon Committee nt a meeting tomorrow at bli-h Mr. Keller will lie henrd. The cull for the meeting wns issued today by Chnlnthin Volstead after a brief conference with Mr. Keller, who stated" to the House in asking for the investigation that he was prepared to go liefore tbe committee iind present evidence in support of his charges. There was no indication whether the Attorney General Will lie represented. COAL CONFERENCE IS ,v , : ; HELD IN..WASHINGTON Seeking Voluntary Action to Limit Coal rrires and Get Best Distribu tion. (Br the Asaorlutrd Preaa. Washington, Sept. 15. Considera tion of a program of voluntary action to limit coal prices and effect the most advantageous distribution of fuel sup plies was the purpose of a conference In which nearly half a hundred repre sentatives of business, industrial, nill- (HKls, public utilities and the govern ment, met today at the Department' of Commerce. Invitations for the conference were issued- by Secretary Hoover on liehalf if the President, the fuel committee nt the request ofthe Chamber of t orn merce of the United States, with a lew to considering such measures of co-operation as will insure n speedy eturn of the conl situation to normal. NO RECORD Of MURDER h ' Mah Who Confessed to Wiling in 1921 Is Ordered Released. (By the Aaanclatm trea. Augusta, Sept. 15. Chief of Police firnbbs today received a telegram from Sheriff R. E. Lewis, of Robeson 'onntv, X. C, ordering him to release Frank Summers, aged 35, who yester day confessed to the killing in 11)21 nt Marietta. N. C. of Manning Ford. According to Sheriff Lewis' messnge. there is no record of the murder, nnd the authorities hnve fniled to find any body in the vicinity in which the al leged crime was committed. Chief Grubbs has wired the Attor ney General of North t'aroiinn ror further Instructions. Summers will lie held in the local jail until a reply is received. Schooner Seized With Liquor Aboard. New York, Sept 14. The .two niaste1 schooner H. M. Gardner, wns broitght into port today by the dry nnvy boat Tnylnr. and 100 cases of liquor and $50,000 in gold was taken to the Customs House. The Gardner was seized lost night off Scotland Light An ncre of good Ashing ground at sea, yields more food in a week than an acre of the, best hi ml will in year. , JP) solve 7 OUW NCW MMt4N ' I. MCARING COMMTIOH '.. I ii vn TwvV -;'! il'l'; PPHF BODIES . ii mu IN THE STREETS ictims of the Turkish Mas sacre in Smyrna. British Hospital Ship Leaves With Over 40D on Board. -. .1 GIRL PUPILS ARE BEING SEIZED NOW Carried Away From Schools Conducted by Americans British Fleet May Fire on Turkish Quarters Soon. Malta, Sept. l. (By tbe Associated Press. ) Hundreds of I iodic of vie tims of the Turkish massacre In Smvr nana were lying In tbe streets of tbe city when the British hospital ship Maine left there with more than " refugees on hoard. It is stated by tbe Reuters Smyrna rorresiiondent who arrived here on the Maine today. Selling Girl Pupils. I-ondon. Sept. 15 (By the Associated Press) From l.lKM) to 2,utX) Christ bins had lieen massacred in Smyrna by tho Turks liefore the fires which swept the Armenian and other qunrters of the Asia Minor seaport recently evflcu a ted by the Greek army, it Is charged in semi officials and other Grerk ines-. sages from Athens received here today. i Among the Turkish outrages was tbe carrying off of many girl pupils of American girls in college, it is al leged. The Greek liellef is that the fire wafl. by the Turks to conceal traces of their alleged misdeeds. American Arms, Turks Entered British Embassy. London. Sept. 15 ( By tbe Associated Press). An American destroyer which' arrived at Piraeus,' Greece, re ixirts that the Turks entered the Brit- v ish consulate at Symrna hnd murder ed nn official who was assembling the ,. ; archives, says a Renters dispatch from , . Athens today: - Postmaster -Wilkinson Is also said to hnve lieen murdered, ns . Well ns other Englishmen. Sir Harry,... Ijimb. thr consul general.. is, Mleved, t have flics ped nn,tt wnrsblrk - r May Fire on Turkisli Quarters, lyondon. Sept. 15 ( By the AssoeiuN , ed Press.) yiie odmliDL commanding the British fleet at Smyrna has warn ed the Turkish authorities in the city i that if the massacres are continued the Turkish nuorters will lie lmmbard- ed. says on Exchange Telegraph I)ls- ' patch from Athens. American Minister Murdered, Bombay, British India.. Rent 15 (By , tlie Associated Press). The Rev. Lorin S. Gate.", 77. 'of the American mission, t was murdered at Bljanpr on Septemlier I'th. Ilhe police arrested a Moham modnn charged with the crime. ; . Fire Spreads' to Turkish Sections. Smyrna, Sept 15 (By the Assoclat-, od Press). The fire which started in the Armenian quarter of Sinvrnn ear- -ly. yesterday afternion' had spread early this morning to the Turkish sec- tions of the city and was making rapid -headway. ,- The entire European section is In nshes nnd countless.' thousands are. homeless. There were hundreds of casualties among persons In the sec--tlon where the flnmes spread! with the greatest, rapidity. ' Fourteen naturnlliel Americans nre missing, but all of the American horn nre ncconnted for. Ten of them nre ' in the suburbs with American and Turkish guards. Fourteen Americans Reported Missing. London, Sept. 15. It, . is lielieved here that fourteen nntnrnllzed Ameri cans reported missing in Smyrna are, memliers of the American Internation al College which comprises the bulk of the American population in Smyrna. Hightower and Massey Triai Started. (By the Aaafietme4 ITeaa.) Raleigh, Sept. 15. The trial of J II Hightower and H. A. Massey, for mer president and cashier respectively of the defunct Central Bank & Trust ; Company, of this city, charged , with receiving deposits knowing the bank to be Insolvent wns started In Wake County Superior Court today. In Venezuen walking-sticks are-' made from the lmcklione of sharks stiffened with a rod of steel. Look back t and see; what you might have saved in the , past! 1 -. v ' ' , Then look forward, and re- that you WILL save in the tuture. J; v Begin now, if you can only start by'depositing one dollar ' in this strong bankthen add to it regularly each pay. day. ; i'..-'t--.