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CONCORD. N. C . SATURDAY. MARCH K). 192?.
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URKS SEMO RPLY
TO PEACE TREATY
IDE AT LAME
PEACE li RUHR IS
Kannapoiis is Soon to Have
New -and Modern Y Structure
kIW. 4NIS VETTING
Cass to Bitot Gnat Bull
krt. M. .. 0mw IMhert .i d
Arrutd'us lu a
l"l
In The 'kH4i- mumt.
I
. will hasi
Reply Hk Been Handed to Correspondents Declare Both
Ambassadors and Is Now, Sides Would Welcome a
Being Snt to the Various Settlement Ending Strain
Governments.
TURKS DEFEND
THEIR POSITION
of the Present.
IX)SS OF BUSINESS
BEING FELT NOW
Also Declare the Fact That French Are Reported as Sul
Hostilities Have Been Held
T'n I Diip in Thf ir Doorc
for Peace.
fonsinntiinifilc, March til lily I lie
Associated Ptaaa). The Turkish man
H proposals lo Ihe peace treaty dm fl
ed hi Lausanne li iini. i In Mil- allied
In . 1 1 commissioner lino Inst on'iiing
4i pi' utidcrstiMid iii In' un their wtty lo
dny tu the several allied capitals.
Tin1 document is innnlri in pnru
ii'i columns. Hit' text or Hit1 Lausanne
document lieing fnriii jyith thf miMit
lieiillon proposed by the Turku which
chiefly are III the economic section iimi
the capitulations provisions.
The covering note 'describes
cliullun days of deliberation
ninno, anil defends the Turkish isiai
tlntl In refusing tu sign wilhnul dis
cussion 11 ttanty containing iihsnlnte
ly new clauses with ether clauses
framed in language illlTerent from, I hat
iijtrccd 1 1 1 1 it i pre innsly in l he ciMifor
ence snli cnuimisaioiis.
"If. Hlnce the -11 li of February, hos
tilities have not ensued," Riiys the Hole.
"the fact must tie attributed to Ihe sin
cere desire tor pence or I he l urkisii
government and people," ,.
ferinjf Also. Writers Be-
live Present Conditions
Cannot Continue.
i-arril
llurer. JO. (TttrlatM arrhUi. ha
ils lupkinl phiiu fr a hlf ad
l.lillon in lb. Raiiaill. V M. c A
1 .1,1.1. m 111 iint ala-nl mhhi - I he
ruiilrart fur (be work. Mi Rojrrr atat
"d. trill U awarded at KaaaapolU mi
W.iliMdn. March 11.
Adunlinc tu InforinaliMi which hnsieol holMing
hriii then' nut Iit Mr Itm-cr the jub'wall alth la
a ill inuriit if ti-anntr 3i r uf ilic
i.i i iii aroadra i.iIuh s ud the rr
tj'B nf a ne trrpro f rui'i Hf time
ture Wi.iti raaataVtnl. it..- jaiiMing
A III be CM feel square unit sinou (he
une i af U kind in tin- stall
One arctlott of ihe bkmIitH l.n.l inn
un erected bil yen- m n cost I .r
-i it na- attached in ihe ohl
frniiie MrtM-ture .mil Include- nu aii
dlt orl n ni . tiillanl room, ntllccs and
las;' rooms.
The "V " f:K the airk of the t'n
non uiill ami is beautifully sftHaloil.
The 'nliamiM mill also lias a Y. M.
r A In! tt.r trr laiiure planiail
la io take ' aa- '. ihr larger r
miaou mill Y. aaaf il.e Krt hulhl
inc articled In tIMhrH'ing Hty.
Kir following I la.. -n Iron The,,
Ihe m-w awC Ule-icniNl . hy Mr.
Ciiver v ill l iltrari'o N Jtiali. I hr
Ml
with Ihe nn
ill hart Ptuiiii
brick irmmlni
em l.i iun.ini.il
st.el ulinluwa
marh:e paiielK. taj
iimi a ?ni n tile
will Im- ..' Hi
The lir I flimr wkl ii'iilvin lnlili.T
in JW feel. :i mftUA room, n it ad
.ii: i 'in ilh taatl In Imnk i-.i c, " ji
g.v i.in:iliiio r hjr ii liil w.lh !
rpeeinlor' ir-ilh-rri The sccou'l floor
will conial of a tu ill p irinie.nt of
Iwu Mx iill riMims. nu ll 'io by OH feel.
Tin tjroimd Hour -ai'l eoaialii lm-ker
rwiin. t liow r liathtf for men tind hoys.
M howling nlleyi anil a sirimminK
kioI. I' inniit1oji Y.ng will In
IIM il mi .ill lloorn. .
POSSIBLE TO MAKE
the inn-1 while
ill l.i- I iiius :
iYMlKli GO.MPKRS KK8TING
MOKK COMFORTABLY TODAi
esii(e His YVeakness
Some Kiisiness
He Atlended lo
Yesterday.
CUT Ihe ami-iii1 liv..
New York. Mnrc-h I u. Uestin; a
htle more coiiil'orliHily anil anxious lo
t hack to his desk. Samuel (lumpers,
resident of the AmerlcTtn I'eileratiou
If Labor, is seriously ill with in-
lueruui al the Lexington Hill hospiial
uxia.v. He was Buffering Willi Itron
rhitis when taken to the hospital sev-
ral days UKO and for a time was
threatened with pneumonia.
"If I hpd toy way." Mr. (iompeiK
told his secretary. T. S. HiiU'its. "I'd
ifol out u( lied, tyke (jiejiexl tr.aln liv
N V?ishint;lon. and eu ri5ht-huvn-fn tin
office and tll lo work. 1 lei I
enough for il now.
I'esplte his weakness. In
to some husiness ycstewlay.
st roiii.
attended
Uiinhin. Mnrch lu i l'.y the As-im Iim-
iil I'lessi Alllioiitli nffi'i'lii'.' no nr
lo'tlnile advice Mi muiimiM their -lali'-
n.' mtaae ol Ihe Itritisli inrreHiHiu
denis in Ihe lluhr ass"ii Ilia I I here is
n tendency Inwards peace, and thai 1
In Hi sides nnilil welcome it sell lenient
ending Ihe strain of the pasi few
weeks.
. Hut the workers nnrt thl- Indnstrlal-
ists on Ihe (lennnu side are tired of i
the ttniKKle, Ihe eurreaponih-nts say. I
the former sis'lnn no hope of winuint.'.
al the same time their sntTcr-
ire aiiKiiieuieii dully.
The lldllstrlnllsts. with the excep
tion of one or two of the most Influ
ential, are feeling increasingly the
pinch of lost trade, and are fill rill);
fot the fill lire.
'flu Kreneh mi their pari are r"
Isirted as sufferiiiK scarcely less. They
iiuve not got what they went into the
Itllhr to ohtiiin. and Kreucli Industries
are befng seriously affected by Ihe ciir
liillinenl of the coal stfpply.
The suggestion in these dlsjxitches is
that it will he Impossible fur present
conditions to continue much longer.
With regard to the customs harrier
.iroiind the Khine!. md. il is asserted
that other Made Interests beside those
rff (ireat Britain are complnlnlng over
the Kreneh restrietions. '
R.n,K0YI lilVKHT
$1(12,(1(1 AT 8KT0ND SALE
Hesnle nf li. I. & H. H. riilrnad to lie
Passed en hy Judge Stark Monday.
Itiy llir rVaawviatnl l'r,...,j
nslioro. March 10, UeiHivts of
sale of the farolinn & Yadkin
Itnilroad, a short line running
High Point to High Kock, 4
will he received hy .Indue A. M.
In Superior Court here Moudny.
road has been sold twice to sat-
al
Charge Man Tried to Pass
Check of James W. Cannon
Man is Being Held in SparttanhurK Jail Cferged With
Obatining Money Under False Pretense.--Check for
More Than $1,300 Cashed by Bank in Spartanburg.
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ITALIAN KANKKR NOW
"AMONG THOHK MISSINt."
It Is Said His Hank Had Deports uf
$2,000,000. lJeitost'ors Notify tue
. Police.
4 iir the AMRi.rlnieil it-nn. .
New York, March It). Twenty Ital
ians nccouipnnieil by couushI csiIUhI
nt police headipiarters tiilay and re
ported Hint Viiicenzo Tisho, who con
duots u hunk on Nott Street having
deposits of (2,000,000 had disappeared
Thursday night. The delegation was
referred to the district attorney's of
fice. A telephone call to the institution
was answered hy a policeman who
said that Tislio was "among the miss
ing" and that an excited crowd had
gathered around Hie hank which was
patronized chiefly hy Italians.
KOI R UNIDENTIFIED
HODIKS YVANHP.I)
ASHOKK
Play
(ire
the re
River
from
miles.
Stnij;
The
lAftictiirv creilitors. Ihe llinl linn
I railing a hid of $T".(IOO. and the sc
imd time when sold in divisions, $KrJ.
(tti'l, two thousand dollars in excess of
the npsel price named by Judge Slack.
lligh Point. Thomnsville and Denton
enpiiiilisls and business men are ex
peeled to make an effort here Monday
to liny Ihe road, ami nave it resume
operations. It has .been idle for the
past live weeks. The short line which
connects with the ftoutnoouno at niga
Kock. is regarded as an ini-joi nun
freight carrier by High Point ummi
fat'l urers. ,
-The
have
Iudicalions of Wholesale Fuul
Near Tallaliassee, Florida
i n i io AMBoelnted t'raan. i
Tallahassee. Fin.. Mareti K.
bodies. of four iinldenlilieil -men
been washed ashore Oil Wakulla coun
ty benches the past (two days., accord
ing to reports brought here, today by
Deputy Sheriff Morrison, of that
county. He said there was Indica
tions that there had been wliolonnlo
foul play in the alien smuggling
trade, '
TWO WOMEN KILLFD
Mysterious Explosion Wrecks Home
of William Smith in Fairfax, Okla
homa. illy Ike Assocjnti'il l'rciis.)
Fairfax, Okla., March 10. Two
women were killed and a man was
seriously injnred by a mysterious ex
plosion here today Which wrecked the
home of William Smith.
Smith was badly burned and his
wife ami- Miss Nellie I'.rookshlrc were
killed. Kesidcnts were aroused from
their slumbers shortly after .5 o'clock
this morning by a terrific blast.
The. cause of Ihe explosion has not
been ascertained. Authorities said
they were attCihptluX to connect with
II possible incendiary motive ine nici
that Smith's sister-in-law, Anna
Brown, was slain here about year
ago.
Reply of Turks in Moderate. Terms.
Constantinople, March 9. The
Turkish reply to the allied peace pro
posals arrived here by courier from
Angora .this afternoon and was hand
ed to the British .French and Italian
high commissioners. Copies will al
so be delivered to the American and
Japanese representatives.
' The whole note. Is couched In most
moderate language and suggests re
sumption of the negotiations In some
Fiiropean town, preferably (Vmslnii
linople. The note comprises U0
IMiges. , -
Durham Teacher, to Meet.
Durham. March- O.--Dr. . . ( '.
Brisiks, superintendent of public in
struction: Miss Elisabeth Kelly, pres
ident of the Nurth Carollnn Kducation
Association; John II. Cook, dean of
the 8enool of Kducation of the North
Carolina College for Women, and .Title
Warren, secretary of the North Caro
lina Rduenlion Association, arc the
principal speakers on the program of
the Durham Teachera Educational As
sociation, opening here t6nlght.
The conference will continue
through two sessions, coming to and
end shortly after noon tomorrow.
Youth Jumps
men
Mnnu-
Wasliington. March 0. A leap iroui
a small window near the top of the
Washington monument feet from
the ground, brought instant deuth to
day by A. Birney Scip, grandson of
the late Oeperal William ltirney, who
served witli distinction during the
Civil War as a brigadier general in
the Onion army. Scip had befn suf
The following story and clippings
from the Greenville. S. ('.. News will
be rend hen- with Interest:
Through the efforts of the llreen
vllle peine department, a man giving
his mime as .1. It. Uoss. alleged lo
have unlawfully secured from the Con
ical National I'.ink of Spartaulnir:
I lie sum of KI..TIO. was arrested in
Seneca yesterday on a charge of
breach of the trust, and $1,145 of the.
money was recovered and returned to
I I ill bank. lioss was last night taken
back to the Spartanburg jail and is
held pending trial.
According to the story told hy of
ficers investigating the case Hoss went
to the bank and asked, thej'n to cash
a draft which was written on a ban'n
of Concord. North Carolina on the lie
count of James V. Cannon. Jr.. prom
inent mill man. The bank refused
but advised. Ifoss lo gel some local
man lo endorse tile cheek.
Uoss. then, it is said, went to R. I'.
Murray, local cotton buyer and told
hlmthal he (Ross) was also a cotton
man. After talking over the .natter1
Koss porsnsded Mr. Murray to en
dorse Ihe draft. Willi this endorse
ment the hunk paid Itnss Sl.It-Kl. He
left the building and boarded a south- I
hound train.
Ill the meanwhile Ihe Sparruiibnrg
bank was not idle, They tclegfapeil
the Concord lunik and learned Unit ,
On V men I of Ihe el k had been with-1
drawn. Hastily they wired IhoGreon-l
vjllo officers a partial description of
Hoss.
Acting upon the information al
12:50 o'clock yesterday 1101111, Detec
tives Johnson, Kumler and Parries
Aellt to the Southern station, and
bearded the incoming train. Owing,
they say, to the incompleteness of the
description they were not able to pos
itively identify the man hut they saw
and talked with one whnui they were;
after.
Rushing back to the police station
here the officers called the Spartan
burg police and gave their description
of the ninn they hud talked with on
the train. The Spartanburg officers
sai(( that he was the one they wanted.
Consequently the Hreenville officers
telegraphed Ihe Seneca officers the
man's description and he was arrested
when the train was in the yard there.
Ross Being Held in Spartanburg.
Spartanburg. March T. Spartan
Imrg city authorities are tonight hold
lug a man giving his nrtpie as J. It.
Ross 011 a charge of breach of trust.
I in connection with a check for li!lo
Oil a North Carolina ban!; which he
cashed al the Central National Hank
today, bill upon which il was Inter
learned payment had been withheld.
The reason for stopping payment on
the check was not known by either
police or the bank authorities, but
an effort will be made tomorrow to
learn. Meanwhile Koss will be held
here neiulin:' the outcome of the in-
Tt Sf
I.AW1NG
I'NUfK
$.'()!) BOND
-I- illy the Associated Press 1. -!-
Salisbury. Marth 1(1. "Mutt"
!" Ijiwinu has bee$ placed under
-fc $J(lii bond to aiisVei' al Ihe May v
& term of SnHrlid Cuirt to the
ir charges of conteJuil of court as
a result of his iBrgcil threat to jK
heal up Ihe Hev.il 1'. (irant. a
witness in the . ti. Thomas case, W-
triad here recentfe.
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! KEY. T. N. I.AWRtfNt E TO
LEAVE (Oit'ORD IN JUNE
Resigns as Rector of All Saint ; Epis
copal Church. Will (in to Maryland
From Concord.
Rev. T. N. I.awrelne. rector of All
Saints Episcopal Church, has tendered
his resignation to the members of the
vestry, to become 'effective June first
The announcement of ihe resignation
was made today by Mr. Lawrence.
Mr. and Mrs. I.awfciiee came to Con
cord two years ago -from South Caro
lina, mid during rtffBT May here have
made 'many friends who will regret
to see them leave this city. Mr. l,aw
reiice stated that lie and his family
will spend the summer in Maryland.
Mr. Lawrence has taken an active
interest in evcrj phase of public life
since coming to Concord. He is n
member of the Concord Holary Club,
and has been son:; leader in thai or
ganisation since il was formed. He i-'
recognized as a preacher of unusual
power and zest, and the Chunh under
his leadership has enjoyed two fruit
ful years.
ALLEGED RL'M DEALER
IN CHARLOTTE KILLED
vestignlion.
be made, it
from which Clmiges
is expected, etc.
Dead Man and His Companion Chased
By Police Oliieers. Companion
Wounded.
(Il.v (lie A iHinlMleii PY4MH.I
Charlotte, March 10. After a spec
tacular chase that led from the sub
urbs of Mint street almost to the heart
of town, a man identified as John Da
vis, and charged by the police with be
ing a ruin runner, was shot and killed
here today and a companion, Oscar
Bridges, was wounded as Ihcy aban
doned their atUoinnhlte and lied.
Fight oliieers and - machines chased
the car bearing Ihe two men. and the
police said thai a supply of llqiior
was thrown awuj during Hie race.
Shortly after Ihe, shooting Louis
Johnson, a county policeman, who, it
was said, prohahlj tlted the shot thai
killed Davis, appeared with counsel
before Magistrate Cobb, and after a
hearing Ihe magistrate decided the
killing was legally justified. v
It was declared during the hearing
Mull iiuliii r 1111 1 Hse quarts wlii--
AniMMP'-i ;iMir Ihnl Ihe wnrld
area Inl ilt Imikb-r will nr la I mi
' nt la the inar fiilun- ..d deliver
an niilrmi l lie pnli.n : iIiimi nf
h-Wate- lo th' Klwnuii. Iiiti runlii.mil
uviuiion in Atlanta: a upbtadid ii"
inula rrranKil hy lean No. U. Ilar
iih II. 'arrier caplatu. were I lie fe:i
turra uf Ihe uuf-tiug of the Kiwani
Club uf tfQHHiinl ai ihe Y. M. c. A
on Friday creaing.
The rtub oh in 1 epirew iit il at lie
InU' iuii .mil jiivct, May 'JS-ot.
tb. Uanil prwidein, Lm Tranr N.
pen.ir. uml Dirflrtcl Tniilee John
B. Sherrlll. Al.'rrua lu an J. ls
frovi-U. Jr. and Dr Julius Sbanors.
Kel Ji-SSC (' Kott.lll H.ll.lt to tin
club th.ii it v .11 Is' possible tu liao'
lu Concord 011 March SUth a lecture
ftpia Mr John H. Todd, president of
tbr To ld. Itols-risou Todd Fniillsi r
in: Compai.i. of Nei. York I'll), who
is iiiidoiibte.li., lie greiilr I city hulld
er in tin while world. The great est
projects ami liuiliiiiic-i in New YVk
City, which an- ihe ereatesl in tin
wurid. wen- brought into Udng i.j this
mall. Some nf his mirks include lie
Cleat Ciuuird Line otilii- buldlug. the
tlnest in Ihe world: and Ihe projected
'11 nard lerwlli.nl. which will com limn
tlt. to seventy-live millions t,f di,I
tars. Mr. Tid will be io 1 uncord
as the unest ,,f ev. Mr. Itiiwaii. mid
will dejivcr his lecture here Is'furc
going lo Divi.lson Colli -e 1 1 deliver
it on the following evening Tin
club voted unanimously to have this
grrat man speak to the public of this
city, ami appoint s the following
committee to confer with a similar
committee from the ltotary club re.'a
llve in making iirrHngenieutB and hav
ing tin luenils'is of both clubs, logeth
er w.tli a large anduiice ol oilier per
sons present: Jacob tl. Moose. J. A.
Keniiell and W. A. Coil. The young
men of Concord are especially invited
lo attend this lecture, since Mr. Todd
is greatly interested In the youni; men
of today.
The Cabarrus County Fair was
brought to the altciilileii of the 1 luh,
and upon motion tin, cliib voted ituani
lyoiislv its endorsement of the pro
jeet.
The program committee under Clar
ence H. Harrier took charge of the
meeting, and entertained the fiieiubers
with two solos by Miss Mary Me
i.angtiiiii, me acciiinpnniiucut iieiiif;
phiyinl by Miss e Herring; also mi
address hy Iter. M. A. Osborne, pasror
of Kpworth Mcthodisl Church, this
city.
Rev. Mr. Osborne's subject was til'
worth of a man. He. looked al a
man's worth from A chemical stand
point. Ins worth to himself, his north
lu his family, his worth to his con
liiunliy, and his worth to Ihe church
In speaking of a mans worth to a
cnmiminity the speaker hud particu
lar stress ujmil.llif splendid Hill
l tin r cum lie aceonipjishcd by Helping
the young mcii and hoy-', of todar fti
make the most out of themselves and
prepare themselves more thoroughly
lo take the places uf those who will
be passing on. A man ran hardly
.1 al a work of any kind tiial will bring
larger returns than that which is re
tilized from the attention and hcl
given the. boys of today.
The membership of every church
said' Mr. Osborne, is composed nl
three classes: the shirki rs. the jerk
ers and lite workers. lie explained
Ihe. term "jerkers ' by toll. 11: of tin
team which went along all right
long as there was no load on the wag
on, hut which, whin given 11 load to
pull, began to jerk ami full back, thus
getting nothing accomplished. He
closed his talk with an appeal to all
the Klnwaiiians to be workers in their
churches.
The silent boost was given hy Hus
Kcnnett. The attendance prize, ilu
natid hy Joe i'ike, was drawn by Sid
ney K. Ituchanau.
PULES Ml
SALE Of MILEAGE
General Mitchell, Head of
ITniled Slates Air Service.
(Jives Som Fact-. About
the Experiments.
SAND IS I'SED
IN EXPERIMENT
An Airplane Carrving Sand
Charged With Electricity
is Shot Into the Clouds,
Bringing Rain.
BOOKS ANNOUNCED
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Makes Plans Re
gardless of Protest of Cer
tain Railroads.
WILL BE SOLD
AFTER MAY 1ST
inak-ihi'h
IBj H i l.v 1 .oil P'hii.i
Washington. March III.- K.iiu
ng by use of the airplane lias
demonstrated to be practicable in ev
pertinents, conducted at the Dayton.
Ohio, army air station. Ilrigndier lieu
rut Win. Mitchell, of the army air
icrvice. -iid in an address here last
light. 'Ihe experiments, he. said, are
icing continued by scientists with the
Use if army air eoaiHiient in nrilcr
pe; lei I the prmvss.
s desirilH'd by (iciicrnl Miohell
Ihe e.iMriiiieni coiisisls of sending 1 1
which has been charged v illi imsltivc
eliM-lrieily. iVhcll the sand is smt
Into the clouds the precipitation is
induced, he said, by Ihe contact of the
positive electricity in the, sand with
Ihe negative currents in the cl K
.MKHtATOItV-lillti) TliKATY
BKINti OitSKItVr:!) IN STATK
The Persons Using Mileages
Must Have Photox Pasted
in Them. Requests of the
Travelers Are Denied.
None
.Many Violation Keporled l?:it
Were From North Carolina.
(Hy (tie ANNOClnlrll lr,--. i
Oeracoko. N. ('. March 111. North
Carolina, the home of Sltnie O'Neal
md other great hunters, has been obey
ing the law insofar as the Migratorv-
Itird Trealy Act and Regulations are
concerned, according to uHlcial Infor
tun lion from Wnsbiiiglon.
"As evidence of the increased seri
ousness witn win, 11 . lotai ! his ol lliritaeww
.(iigraiory-itirii 1 rcaiy .et i nn tiegu
la (ions are being regarded by FotuVal
courts, ii is pointed out by Ihe Cnltod
States Department of Agriculture Hint
during January. re;ioris reached lie
Hmcaii of Hioligicnl Survey Indicat
ing tines of NltiO cie 11 Jissessed ill ten
iiisis." reads a bulletin. "In two of
these, the defendants were required to
pay court costs in addition. Nine of
tin1 ten liiiua were Imposed-ia .lamwrj
jllid Ihe other in DiHember."
Hut N'orlh Carolina was not repre
sented in Ihe violations.
four slales were included, live vio
lations resulting in convictions in
Louisiana: two in Illinois: two in
in Wisconsin. The
possession of w ild
season, sale ol' wild
I By the AMrta1l Trpiw.)
Washington. March 10. Hernia (ions
governing the sale of luterehaug'iiblo
mileage IkhA by which purchasers of
J Vhi miles of transportation may at
tain a 'M per cent, redurtioa under
the regulni passenger fan's, were is
sncil by the Interstate Commerce Com
uiission today In spite of the announce
roent of Ka stern railroads that the re
dnctiiin order would Is contested. The
railroads were granted until May 1 to
pill Ihe tickets (in sale, whereas origl
nilh il had licon ilis-ided that the mil
eage iHiok facilities would ! Instalhsl
hy March loth.
Among the rules announced today
was one which will require purchasers
to have their autographed photographs
pasted on the cover of the mlleago
liooks in order to prevent scalping. Tho
commission also ruled out a request of
commercial travelers organizations
that coupons in the mileage liooks
should be made available for payment
of excess baggage and other railroad
elm rges.
The mileage books must lie placed
on sale at all stations which now sell
inter-llne railroad tlckels. The price
lor a book, good for J.."i((l inijos. over
any of the principal railroads will lie
sTJiHi. while the regular standard
faro lor this distance is $90.1)0.
Mis:
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due
due
issippi and one
ises involved I he
s in closed
and
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md killing
wild due!
WOOli ihii'ks. WOOll-
s dining Hie closed
I'ASSF.NtiERS
OVKRI O.MK BY ETHEB
i
Ether Was Being Carried in a Car by
One of the Occupants of the Subway
Train.
Uy 'he AmnHidtil Press.
New York. March 10. Sixty passen
gers on a Seventh Avenue subway
train were overcome today by ether es
caping f-otii a call carried by Richard
ChauorrO. n .voting Komi) Amerteiiri,
who told the police he was taking it
home for a cold.
When the train pulled in at the 00th
Street station practically every pas
senger in one car was swooning and
some women were hysterical. Two pas
sengers were removed to a hospital.
C'oai'.oiro was 111 rested.
Chicken and Kgc Values Lower Last
Vear.
Illy lite Asiioflatrll IVess.l
Washington. March in. iMoro
chickens were raised and more eggs
produced list year than in 1922 lint
their farm value was not so i.inl.
The combined farm value ol' chickens
raised and eggs produced in )!I22 is
estimated at $854,202,(10(1. hy ihe
(Jailed 'Slates Department of Agri
culture. The value in 1921 was Mot'.
820,000. About 643,000,000 chickens were
raised on farms in 1922, with 1 farm
value of $354.19&,OO0. US compared
with 510,000,000 chickens raised in
1921 valued at $362,253,000. Egg pro
Altogether, there were HI) cases of
violation of the migratory act and reg
ulations in January. In addition to
the eases noted. 11 Maine hunter was
line I S2"i for killing ducks after sun
set, and there were seven cases where
the tine was ?2o and costs for killing
ducks, grebes, sandpipers, or insecti
vorous birds.
Fines tanging from $1 to $25, with
costs sometimes exceeding Ihe line,
were Imposed for killing nighthawks
lor hull falsi bitterns turnstoiies,
knots, god'.s its. fill's, thrushes, galllli
lijes. grebes, ichors, robins, woodpeck
ers and doves, and for possessing 11
night heron.
feriug from a nervous disense for sev
eral ycrfrs, relatives said, and Dad left
home unknown lo his mother. He had
suffered a breakdown several years
ago while attending Cornell Univer
sity, and had just come homo from a
Philadelphia sanitarium. Monument
a I tern ia nis exnt'eHsiwl the belief Scin
could not UBVO fnlle.11 from Ihe win-ltof4
dow. which is only about IS
high it ltd three feet wide.
Why we Nerd TVeswupapers.
What wqnld one do if there were
no newspapers? suppose one would
get accustomed to It. in time, but what
a dull, barren, clrcumscriDed world
It would be for most of us. How
groovy, Itow narrow, petty and iiaro
chial we should -become. The news
paper revives in us ';he daily Interest
in the zest for life. It on urges our
horizon and stimulates our curiosity.
It enables the ordinary man lo auep
Forests of cork trees are to lie found
in many parts of southern Europe ami
I'lso In Asia and Africa, but it is in
Kpaln that the best quality of commer
cial cork la obtained.
his finger on the pulses of the world
and to take his share In Its activities.
Thera Is not a department in life
in'lo which It docs not enter, and
whatever a rami's calling or interests,
the daily paper is part of his Indis
pensabld outfit, comments a writer in
thu Loaddn M il.
Ross was taken off a Southern rail
way train at Seneca during the day
ami brought back to Spartanburg: to
night at 1(1:4(1 by City Detective D.
AV. Thomas, after being identified by
a representative of the Central Na
tional Rank, who cashed the check.
This representative accompanied Mr.
! Thomas to Seneca.
The. check, it is .understood, was
signed by James W. Cannon, Jr., a
prominent mill owner, of Concord, N.
0. The check was cashed by Ihe
Central National 1 Rank, following
idem mention nt the ha Ok win-
inches I dow by K. r. Murray, a tocni mwn
buyer, who later swore out the war
Iriiiif. on which Ross is being held.
He had represculed himself to Mur-j
ray as being 0 cotton nierchaut. His
address on a local hotel register was .
Atlanta. ,It was stated by Detective
Thomas on his return with Ross from ,
Seneca thnl Ihe sum of I1.1M had
been taken from off the, hitter's person
by the mayor of Seneca and deposited
in a Seneca hank for safe keeping.
It is understood that Ihis money will
Is' turned over to Spartanburg author
ities tomorrow. Attorneys for Ross
key in the machine, and that Davis
or Rridges had fired on the pursuing
policemen during the chase. Magis
trate Cobb had issintl a warrant yes
terday authorizing ihe search of the.
machine.
III.
Vunderbilt Bride of Four Days
My ih( A .Hi'.i HTW.I
Portsmouth, it. I.. March 1(1 Mrs.
Reginald C. Vanderhitt, a bride of four
days, is 111 with diphtheria at the Sjan
dy Point Farm eslate of her husband
here, if ivns learned today. Mrs.
Vunderbilt, who was Miss Olorbi Mor
gan, daughter of Hurry Hays Mor
gan. American consul-general In Iirns
sels. has lHen sick virtually since her
arrival here Wednesday night. She Is
1N 'years of, age.
File Your Income Tay Returns, Now
1 Kverv person who is due to file a
Federal Income Tux Return, whether
such person is due tax or exempt from
tux, js informed over and over ngiiin
that the time for filing Returns will
expire on Thursday. .March 15th.
After that (Isle the law holds that
e.vjy iterauu who Is liable to tile and
has failed to file such Returns is de
linquent and subject to penalty.
oucTftti roTT
eggs of a value of $roil,l)flS,(Pn. as
compared with 1.837,486.00(1 dozn
eggs produced in 1922, large quanti
ties were construed in ino.ostt"r-'i in
the manufacture of other than 'nod
products, and about 113,000,00(1 noen
were used to produce chickens, ih 1
department says.
The average farm price of chickens
raised In 1922 was 65 cents per fowl,
compared with 71 cents in 1921, and
with 86 1-2 cents in 1920. The average
farm price of chicken eggs was 2.ri.ri
cents a dozen In 1922. comparcl Willi
29.3 cents per dozen Hi 1921 mid
with 41.4 cents In 1920.
It is estimated Unit there were
Millions For Agricultural Rvt elision
Work.
illy (lip AMMM'lltlHI I'resii.i
.Washington. March lo. There ,vas
allocated for cooperative agricultural
extension work throughout the coun
try in 1922 2::. approximately IS.
821,000 of which the federal govern
ment contributed $5,88,000 under the
provisions of the Smith-Lever net.
Congress by dtret't appropriation to
the Department ot Agriculture made
available $1.(128.000 in addition lor
farmers' cooperative demonstration
work and $45.0i)u for extension worn
making 11 mini liiuu wuuta 1 suuici
of $6,953,000. The remaining $11,
868,000 was derived from sources
within the States, including t.2U,
000 appropriated by Slate legislatures
and funds under control of the State
agricultural colleges. $5,654,000 pro
vided by the different counties, and
$1,973,000 from other sources, most
ly local.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Was Steady at I nchangecl
Price to Advances of II Points.
. l liu nmim'IMIi'ii I'refis.i
New Turk. March 10. The cotton
market was comparatively quiet (lur
ing today's eaerly trading and fluctua
tions wen irregular. There was cov
ering by shorts in new crop months
on indications for unsettled weather,
with showers In the southwest and
spot covering for over the week-end.
The opening was steady at unchanged
prices to an advance of II points on
the active, positions, but the market
was unsettled by a renewal of May
liquidation and that delivery sold off
to :i().('iS shortly after the call.
Cotton ' futures opened steady.
March 30.5S; May liO.i.'i; July 29.S0;
(let. - I. US ; Dee. 2.I.SS.
stated tonight that they would attempt
In uociire bull for him tomorrow.
' Extensive cxiierlments in 111' aril
Cannon Ordered Payment Stopped, ificlal reforestation of the Ohio valley
Spartanburg. March s. J. 11. Ross .region with poplar and other lmrd
vho hud-a check cashed nt the Central woods, adaptable for pulp making, are
Xntlonnl Bank here WedneHDy niorn-.hepn conducted by a pulp and paper
(Concluded on page four.t manufacturing concern of Ray ton
412.000,000 chickens on farms January
1. 1922. a time of year when the num
ber of chicks is low. There were "80,
000.000 chicken on farms January I.
1921, and on January 1. 1920, there
were 36l.(!(Kl,Oiio according to census
figures.
Big Tobacco Company to Ik' Sold.
'By th A-HMii'laiMl li(, 1 '
New York, March 10.- Negotiations
looking to Jlie acquisition of the port
Rica 11-American Tolwcco Company by
the .Tobacco Products Corporation are
underway, it was learned today. De
tails of the nronosoil merger will btt
ilisclosed ul the meeting of the Port or electrocution
Case is Clased Ry Death of Defendant.
Greenville, S. C March 9. "Case
closed by death of defendant."
These cryptic words written across
Ihe record in the case of Cliff Haw
kins, charged with murder and twice
placed In the "death house" nt inc
South Carolina penitentiary, tell the
end of one of the most spectacular
and bitterly contested case in the
criminal annals of Ihe State. Haw
kins passed quietly away in his cell
in tho Greenville county jail today,
iMenlngitis was pronounced as the im
mediate cause of Ills dratli.
.For more than two years CHIT
Hawkins, young planter of (tie moun
tain section, bad Waited in pr son lot
ihe flnx. judgement of the courts. Ho under
had been tried for murder, C0UTWl-3
end sentenced to die In the electric
chair. Almost en the irve of his
I be sentence was sus-
Utenn-AmeTlcan Company's directors ponded, and only lust week ue was torn
next Mondav to consider the acquis!- that his case would be decided at
tlnn hy the Tobacco Prodtvts Corpor- the present term 'cf court of general
at Ion. 1 ' x sessions. . . .
l4tt!v Nancy ticls Her Whisky Bill
Through On Its Second Jaunty
London. March !l The bill sponsor
ed by I. ady Aster, lo prohibit the sab
ot' intoxicants to youths under is for
consumption on the premises where
it is sold, passed its reeond reading
in the. House of Commons this after
noon by 11 vote of MS to .ri(k after
cloture had been voted. MHo to 70.
In the exceedingly large majority
voting in favor of the measure were
some of the government ministers,
Herbert W Asqulth, the liberal lead
er. James minis
of the labor party, and Arthur Hen
derson and the bulk" of the labor mem
bers. Today's success, however, does not
by any means prove that I.ady Aster's
bill will reach Ihe statute books. This
Will depend on whether tlie govern
ment is disposed to allow the neces
sary time to be given by the Uiusi
for the remaining stages of the bill,
which is considered Unlikely.
Keque i of Alleged Radicals Denied.
(By the AMMielatert rrea.
Reiilor Harbor, Mich.. March 10.
Circuit 'Judge Charles W. -White to
day, denied the motion of the defense
In flie trial of twenty-two alleged rad
I leafs, nsking for a change of venue
on the grounds that because of wlde-
spread publicity their fair and l;npar-
trial in -Berrien county would be iiu
- possible.
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The Citizens Rank and Trust Com
pany will act as executor or Trustee
your will.
The II. II. Wilkinson Co. curry 11
stock of wall paper. See new ad. to
day.
Fall 'River, New Redford and At
lanta have the highest percentage of
child labor of any cities in the Units!
States.