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98 jmr 1999 PPjJJJJJJjJJ(JJJJB9j9Jj999999B9J9J W TODAY'S NETS TODAY I The Concord daily Tribune i assorted PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXIII CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1923. NO. 62 Senator Fess Boasts of Work of Late Congress Challenger Record to Pro duce Another Two Years of Accomplishment That Will Approach It DUE TO TEAM WORK OF ADMINISTRATION Cordial Relations Now Exist With All the Nation of the Earth Except Mexico and Russia, He "Says. (Br the lasoctsteS perss.t Washington. March 14. 'Achievo- Inicnta nf the (list two vcara of i lie jprwWIH iiilniliiisi nil iun "challenge the cord to prialtico another two vciirs lf nccnniplismiiouts which will n- jwmcn it." senator Kess. nt Ohio, do- hind in n statement today. The last i '"inures in which ho served as . it I monitor of the House,, enacted the "miKt HiuiH'iiilmiK. volume of legisla tion ever written into lnv." Stn.i 1 1 1 r r'( MS added. The record of act m il islimciil h. ho laid, wits "largely due to the team cork of tho administration, tiol only In tho executive departments, hut la wii the President mill Congress." The ovor cliiituiing clouds which Inrkoiied our Intorinitloniil horizon uivb disappeared." ho said. "Diplo-batft- and cordial relations now exist rith nil of tho notions of tho onrth. ivo only Mexico iiiii Russia, both of rhii h will be adjusted when mir terms !loeipted." F.VKM CENSUS SYSTEM (tor Hum That of All)- Other Mute ill I lie Mint H. Raleigh. Mnreh 13. North I'nro 'b farm census sytoui, said ta In Iter than that of any other stole In south and "uiistirpnsNotl Wt any le In the country, la u result or hiertition given by comity eoniniis- ers, officers mill tax listers. Frank Iter, agricultural statistician. North ollua and l'llitod Stntes tlepnrl- bts of agriculture, stated today. IWhen. in Wis: BOverul counties vlsiteil by tho federal agrieul- il statistician, for North Carolina, the Interest of crop information. Id when he suggested an annual iriu census he made hv ;tiie tax list- no- one v HH',,ir. 4. i zttkinf wt4Miie4ta. sxw t$ptius a traveling salesman," said Mr. Piirker. "Hiti 'selling- idea put across. - . "So far as it is known no otlHr late ever got such information by iilnntary county aid. The 'selling' lea was so successful that 82 couli- llcs eo-opefatet) the first fl-onr. litis. I "he lawyers ohjected. but when it was hown that the comity commissioners inunimously approved, and had been ning it voluntarily for three years: hat many other progressive agrlcul nil -states were securing it through te statutes; unit tne inriners rem-1 d it did not affect their taxes an(l1()U(j flyjns ahout ninety per cent t tney count see goou it it. wny m nrse our lawmakers had to accept , lo inevitable. I Last year, some remnrknble results ere gained. It already is shown lilt our state figures Are more effi- ently gathered (ban were the United Eates census data in 1020. Many bjects not in the United States are holuded. The annual results are put kit In printed form within a year of lie listing. This year, most of the t'.sults are expected to be completed rithln six months. "The basis of North Carolina's rank If fourth jn the value of the twenty- hvo leading crops of the United States. vns. obtained from the v.ki farm cen- liis. Other valuable economic in tar nation was developed and utilized al io, bn said. Thursday is Lasl 'lav Income Hate. The last opport unity tar nling federal income tax returns is Thurs- ay. March 15, according ,to special final announcement sent out imm Haleigh by Girtiam- Grissom collector of internal revenue for the State, in a communication received by Post master J. D. Albright heretor plac ing at prominent places about the postofllee and other, public places of the city. Every single person whose Income Is $1,000 or more must -pay a fed or! Income tax and every -married person whoso income is 2,W0 or more must pay a tax. The Charlotte district' office In the postofflce with Supervisor Edward M. Bell in charge nnd with Mrs. Winnie ii tin ti un i i'Q winmn tt irtiti Pegram, deputy collector assisting, has been a busy place for some days past as citizens go in to make their tax returns. Unexpected Heiress to Fortune. (Br Ihe Anaorlnteil Prea.l Granlteville. 8. C. March 14 Mrs. I'rsuln Dodgen, of1 this place, has, re ceived' word that she Is helreps to a fortune estimated at 10fM00, ;Ieft to her by John M. Witt, her brother, who left Aiken county more than 50 years ago, and settled In the oil fields of Arbansas. Mrs. Dodgen was noti fied of the fortune left her several niopths ago, but kept the matter i secret nntll yesterday. Officer Arrests Own Brother With Llqnor. Inoir, March ISA-Chief of Police John Walsh Intercepted and arrested his own 'brother, Roy Walsh, with two and one-half gallons of whiskey in his possession Saturday night. Walsh waived examination before the piayor-ond wka bound over to the neitj term of superior Court. f ' -. Mils. SAM l)r OKTS 20 VKRS. I aft - . s iBt the Asms-failcd IVeso i New Vort ilnreh H. tin. laiiltle Sahides. mnvli list lrot J V, i liiifwlnv uf the munler of t- 1 car m. Martelllere. an Ii.aurnnee -! broker. M .iiti tii-e-l lodny to v ' from lit einn to lite liuiuisou- :r uient In the vuiuien's prison ut W Auburn. a l-WTBAIJ. tCHEDCMC One of Ihe Best Srhrtttiles in the His tory of ( ollefe 'football. s Witkc F.-.at..N. C, March IX (By the Associated I'ress) The Univer sity of Florida, North Carolina Maiv, Trinity, Univeraity of South Caro lina, University of North Cnnllna and Davidson Co lege will he t lie principal opponent of Wake Forest t:mttn(e next full, accordinK to the football schedule announced today. Conch (Jharrtty, former 1'iimeion football star, who recently was en-ct od director of athletics at tin- Instltu Hun, has addressisl a letter to al; Ftudents and prosiiective embers of 1 the gridiron squad next fall asking that summer practice rules he od served and urging observance of strict training j-ules 'beginning Angus; 1. Every game on the Wheditje. ftas been settled except the Garson-Now-man contest and this will he arranged at an early dale, it was stated. Greensboro probably will be lie scne of the hosti.itics between Wake Forest and Elon nnd Trinity. . The schedule .follows: September 29. University of N. C, at Clianel Hill, N. C. October (i, Guilford College at Wake Forest, N. C. October J3, Lynchburg College Waka Forest, N. C. 1 October 20, Davidson College Char otte, N. C. ' October 27. University of Fin. a I at .-it Tampa Fla. , November 3, Furman University at Qreenvllle, 8. C. November 10, Trinity C.q)lege at Greensboro or Winston-Salem. N. C. Noventber 17, Rlon College at Elon or Greensboro, N. C. November 24. State ColVge at November 2!, University of S. C, at Co umbia, S. C. College authorities stated this is one of the best schedules arranged in t lie history of football al the institu tion. ami Discovery Aids Airmen in t'Vrs, (Hv the Associated Prraa.i Kantoul, 111., March 14 The hank, turn and Climb indicator, recently invented and perfected by the per sound of McCook Field at Dayton. 0., is i,iied by army air service offlc jrs t nhanute Field here as safeguarding Tt (ifiR,.,.ibed bv these nfflcers as an instrument so designed as to let the pilot know instantly of any climb, banlc turn or skid his plane is mak ing and the degree of same," being operated by two gyroscopes which are! run by the rush of air past the plane. The Ohanute officers state that the most forceful instance of its value in aerial navigation -was recently demonstrated in the Airway Mission of Lieutenant A. G. Hamilton, of Chanute Field, flying a De Havilnnd plane which was not equipped with the indicator, and Lieutenant ('. IL Ridenbonr. of McCook Field, also flying a De 'Havilnnd p!ane which had ben equipped with the indicator. Blent Hamilton loft Chanute Field, for Mitchell Field, via IMcOook FleUl ltha Washington. At McCook he wait iolned bv Lieut. Ridenbonr. AlHiut thirty-five miles east of Moundsville, W. Va while tying at an altitude of twenty-six hundred feet, they encountered the mountains, the peaks of which penetruted ofrisp tanks of clouds. As both pilots were equipped with parachutes;- they de termined to try to mnlce their wny through the cloud bank rathr than turn back. On entering the clouds they lost, sight of each other, rney climbed through five thousand feet pf clouds, and. on eerging into, ctear blue sky again, Lieut. Hamilton was unable to locate Lieut. Ridenliour. He set a compass course for .Washing ton and landed sixty-five miles iwrvh of t whi,e L)eut RWenhour Ilew . . . . , ,., a l" i i' v t tUi enz ti ii. i uiiiuiu ii- n.krnnt .iniinfan and flnnnrl u T wnnn. ington. This would have been almost impossible If his p ane had not been equipped with the hank, climb and turn indicator, according to these officers. Mnsi Keen Dogs Tied. (Br the Associated Prraa.i High Point, N. ('., iMnrch 14. -Be- cause of numerouseomplalnts coming from city school teachers and others that dogs have lieen bltino' and run ning down sfhool children here, the city council has passed an ordinance providing that all persons owning dogs In the city and county are sub .lect to fine and imprisonment if they do not keen them tied and that the chief of police has oiithority to shoot any dog not, tied on s'lght. Miss Carrie Garrett. 3( years of nge and 4IHI isninds In weight, was nimble to obey a summons to court In De troit because nf the doors of the court room were not wide enough to admit her. So the court accepted htr nt- ttirnoy's plea of guilty and sent tyer on her way under suspended sentence. ' vi da ii i. .i . iitiutn ' - ll 1 1 1 I I.I WITH nrMXU iWiKMW Y Sa)s lis tUrti Wm HaHsfarlon Float Wwn'i ssMBjihst. Murine N. '.. March 14. (Uy iIm Assor.aied Pre)-The 1!3 .jarssiou of the North Carolina (ienersl Aa nembly 'hs been in t stWfnctor) enc T?m ibe view p. lift of tho u-i Lot i t'lHiiHil of Wimicu. haiiiic - hown u reapoMiiT attitude toward 'rial leglslUi.n spon-ore.1 I.y women's ..rtuninlon-. Mrs. 1'ulmer 'jcnBn. Raleigh, prenlilent if the leouacll. told memliers f)f ihe state Leafue of Women Vna in ein litre tnriay. "111 raWii' the nice of mnsetit from foarteen to slxitt n yeni of ucn. raid (Mrs. .lerman. "thr assembly tool North Carolina fr an die group l -i.i i- haviur the lowest rating In this matter and placed it among lb progressive ones that are trying i Mifeguard their boys and lr: ol .i iiiter yetirs. "If it single women in North Capi ina owns proin'rty. she Is not. In Ihe eyes of ihe latv. ooiafS'loht to liaiiilli this until she is 21. But up to this iim at the childish age if 14, shi editur dispose of that which iuMM more to her and Fociety than nnj ostnie. This legislature moved that age up to in. Many members thought It should be 18. but it was deemed best at this lime to bring it in con formity with the juvenile court age A most excellent phase of the attend ed law is that is protects young hoys. "A companion hill to this was the one rnlsiiiE the egal marriage of oirls to 1G. s I'he measure providing Mothers Aid to worthy mothers of dependent children was one that gripped the hearts of, men nnd women, and its triumphant passage was evidence of the strength of the human side of government. The best thought of modern sociologists is away from in stitutions whenever imsslble and thi? aid will bring hope and Ann fort to many destitudf-mothers. "Carefully administered as if will be by the officials of the Public Wel fare depnrtmiit in the various coun ties. Its possibilities for good are In finite. "There perhaps was no merisnrc that was of more Interest to women than rhe prohibition amendment which they lH?lleye will make for bet ter enforcement of laws regulating the Illegal traffic in intoxicants. ''The Mil declaring women eligible for jury service was killed before the 1- ni in it tee. Many of the best lawyers in North Carolina say that tbey are eligible now without such .1 de claratory statute, lu fact have so served In several instances, and un til the suureme court .ha? held other- fSWUKU' 'lrc quali - "I might say in passing, there Is no great yearning among women for this service. On the other band, there is no intention to side step any re sponsibility which their citliteiisnip entails. Among the most hopeful signs as we see it, was the progres sive thought among the younger mem bors. We had invaluable help and counsel from many of the more mature ones, but almost without ex ception the young men worked and" voted for all the social legislation This gives us confidence In the future. "Add to this group- some women members of a fine type in both housesiMeo,,, Appeal For Evangelistic and the general assembly of North Carolina will take even a higher place among the legislative todies of this country," she said. DURHAM TRUST CO. GETS CHAMPION FIBRE STOCK $800,000 Worth of 7 Per Cent. Prefer red Stock Will Be Offered Exclus ively on Southern Markets. (By tbe tuacluted Press.) Cincinnati, Ohio, Mnreh 14. Nego tiations for the purchase of ,$8(H,tHH) of 7 per cent, preferred stock of the Champion Fibre Company of Cincin nati, and Clinton. N. C have been clos ed by a syndicate composed of ('ban ner & Sawyer, brokers, of Cincinnati, and the First National Trust Co.. of Durham. N, C. The announeenienl of the comple tion of negotiations says that the stbek is not a new issue, hut is sold out of the company's treasury, bring ing the outstanding stock of the issue up to $2,000,(100. It is stated that this treasury stock is to lie offered the public iu Southern markets exclusively. The funds are to he used to retire all notes of the company up to 1980 maturity, and for new equipment for the plants. , WILSON MIRROR TO HAVE NEW MfNAGER SOON Carl Goerch Buys Interest in Pupcr and Will Assume The Management Next Monday. B7 the A (.(lu ted Pre. Wilson, N. C March 14 Carl Goerch, for the past, two years editor of The New Born Sun-.louriinl. has bought in Interest in the Wilson Mirror, a morning newspaisu' published in this city" and will assume management of the publication next Monday. Mr. Goerch before going to New Bern was part owner and editor of tho Washington N. -.) News. Southern lo Buy 62 New IwomoHves and 2.470 Freight Cars. (By the Associated Pr.l Washington. March 14. The Inter state Commerce Commission was ask ed by the Southern railway today for i authority to assume obligation for the payments of Interest and principal nf $0,750,0110 in equipment trust certin- eaies. The securities will finance the purchase of 02 locomotives and 2,470 freight cufs. Four More Executions in Ireland. liondon. March 14 (By the Asso ciated Press). Four men were exe cuted today at Drumnoe , fettle, Stranorlar, County Donegal, says a 1 Control Nyws dispatch from Dublin. Lutheran Will Hold in This City A renting Ouit ill bo nf special 10 10.4II in- of I ho I. nili.-. 1. 1 i.i.li iiihI I uihI altmini of 1 -o- 10.11 College will 1 ol In Ml. J.i in. - UMMWh 'h here" v Tli. 11 - 1. - '--Hi no- nils-no- Iitpu cm I lt the purs IHItting Ihe IPC Unoir aiMieal bo tare the iildh some of tho most laiiheran Chnn-b ! will )n- heard I prominenl meti lu in He- United hero. A mi nif the rs will lie Dr. .1. C , Se. in is ,.f Chili loiia. lie i Theology nt Ml fesNor of I'rnct Alij Seroiiuirv. ladi-lphiu. ami lias j held s..oi:i high s in the l.uiher- an chiin hes and HI in HirviT- winji.i miHIIlicil by a group of able Menken, mmntiall' near l.tes-ln ill. . A i-pis'isl worker:, knowa iu ediieatlpia I nnd religions I liieetlng (till lie held nt St. J sines circles Dr. J. I J Morgan, prerfdenl Church al ":... followed by u pnlili of the Lutheran Hu.l of North Car-! rally nt s:l."i. when UH-ials-rs uf :.ll ollua. )r. J. (C. rci ry. president oi l the ismgregatbais represetWtil will ! la-noir College. Dr.J I . II. I'aRnkoke, nf pro nt in funs.. Xew Vi.rk City, spic e Inflaence lias! 'Khe speakers will lie aeeiimpanbsl Isi'ii felt in all afjthe national l.utli ; by the famous U noir Apis il (li e eran mot erne atg Brlginntlng in th'J club, comprlsinir wane of the. h-m IstIimI during andjat'er the war nnd mule voices in North f'uroJina, and who has succe,ssfW.v tinanenl niintcr- taken entirely from the student body 01A l.ntlieran indSiitioiis in netd of 'nt Ix-nolr These harmony virhIIsIs funds for i pinsliNi, an. I Bev. John I., lore allracllng great attention as they Morgan, in charfeTof the Alumni or 1 travel through the stale, thrilling nil ..'.ini.atlon for the lAnis-al. I tliences through the apie;il of ..l.i The l.ntlieran lAtsmrs and onngre OPENS IN CHARLOTTE! Opening Session of Third j Annual Convention North ! Carolina League of Women Voters Heidi i By the Assoelni.-.l i'r.s.) Charlotle, MarcM IL -Approval nf t soclntetl Press). China's latest nyive the stand taken by the N'orthACaruUna i abrogate the famons "21 demands" General Assembly s voiced in a 10- treaty of 11115 bus led Japan to in port by Mrs. I'almer .lernmn, of Ra- form her that such a proposal is con leigb, president of the legislative trary to accepted internal ionnl prae council of women, and reports of a I 'i('es. and will "tail to contribute to number of officers, and committee the advancement of friendship lie chairmen marked the opening here to- jtween our two countries." ' dny of the third nnnual convention I I" " note delivered to the Chinese of North Caroiinn League of Women 1 'barge at Tokio and made public nt Voters. I"1'- Japanese embassy here, the .lap- Reports' were mc bv Miss Louise ! anese foreign office not only flatly re Alexander of Greertjjboro, chairman of jected the proposal that the treaty and tlie League; by Mists Louise Kennedy!" kindred agreements be abrogated, of Frunkiin- aeerc4w; Miss -Uiia. hut docitired .U.W.Wf. j!!UuVlX Thomas. Asheboro, treasurer, and nothing" in them which is ''suseeptl muny committees also were heard in- Me ot' further modification." eluding one on training for citizenship by Miss Harriet Elliott of Greens )oro. Miss Alexander presided at the open- ; ing session and the delegates were j welcomed by Mis. Chas. V. Tillett. chairman of the Mecklenburg County league. It was estimated that approximately I 15t delegates attended the convention j which will come to an end after i session late today and a reception to - night Drive, Chicago, March 14. "The call to repentance has never been revoked." says Ihe Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in an appeal for an intensive evangelistic ef fort on the part (if all members of the church, issued today by the Com mittee on Conservation mid Advance through its corresponding secretary. Dr. R. J. Wade, Chicago. "The unsaved multitudes are as des titute of the gospel and a personal in terest in the atonement of .lesus Christ as the tar-off heathen far whose sal tation we give and nray." says the appeal. "Shall not bishops, superintendents. pastors, college presidents. league leaders, Sunday school teachers, lay-i men and all our loyal members dedi cate themselves to some definite form of soul-winning endeavor? "Shall we not now give ourselves without reserve to an intensive evan gelistic effort? That will mean that our pulpits shall flame with an evan gelistic passion: that our pews shall catch the fire. It will mean that the members of our women's missionary societies shall turn their extraordinary organization talent and boundless en- thuslasni into tne channels oi person - al evangelism. It will mean, that I'm n season, all the forces of tho local church shall lav- focused uimiii this one thing, and he fired by this one domi nating purpose and pBttDpn. "Shnll we not go in for. a prayerful, systematic, passionate, unyielding movement to arouse the church nnd hte community to a sense of their spiritual need? Shall we not pray without ceasing and labor witli actual desperation for the mightiest reviVhl of religion which has ever come to our church? "That revival should start in thirty thousand Methodist Episcopal services. "And It must not cease until its vitalizing power has been carried ev erywhere." Would Padlock Three Beat Known New York Cafes. Ne.w York, March 13. United Stntes Attorney Hayward today began action under the Volstead act to padlock for a vear three of tbe best known cab arets In the White Light illstrioL-tho Knickerbocker Grill, the Utile Club and Shanley's. lu an effort to enforce minimum wage legislation for women workers, the British Columbia government has appointed a special women Inspector who will visit all establishments where women are employed to see i that -tney are, receiving tne treatment required by law. Big Rally on Thursday Night ratlin- of Ihe iv.in.-i wl... ill hr repmrntnl si lb.- uieHins are.: Bev I- A. Tltouuis St- J)nio llmn h. Com coni : Kpt. it. 1 K. -i. r. I'ahnrv aisl W. Amlrew's churdM"'. t Vomnl ; Kc basic. A. L.tnii. Iloty Triuiiy ami Mi of.till.n.l chunslirs. near Ml. I'loasam : IIM K. K. rbslie. Ml. tiilvo ami Hi. Stephen -oiigri'gati.in. m ar (lo.il Hill : Bev. IL T. Tmtittnaii. St. John'n t'bun h. nenr Cois ord : Bev J. It Moose. CoM Water. Ml. Iler.non. Slid I'ruMM i .:y i -bun In s. near Mi I'leii - pro-Janl: Hit. M I.. Hldonhoor. Kimball I Memorial Church, Kann:i di- Bev. E. K. Counts. St. Martin's and Mifre- Ub - niii. hear Alls marie, ami St. Mai jlins. CabatrilM ami ltc. It. S (lasher. S! I.nocll nnd Iriiotv i-Ollgrepilion favorite melodies ABROGATE 1915 PACT Of "21 Demands" But Japan Says Treaty Cannot Even Be Modified at the Pres- ent Time, Washington. March 11 (By the As- Mn.TH. v riWirt nv I PROHIBITION AGENTS In This Slale Last Month 133 Stills ami luT.ii:!! (iullons of Lienor and Mall Were Seized. iBy the AMnoclnled Prr,1 Salisbury. N. C. March 14. prohi bition agents operating iu North Car olina captured 138 illicit distilleries mil seized lOT.Otsl gallons of liquor and mnlt ymwi. durlnK tne monh of February, according to information ol tained today from A. B. Colt rune, Federal Prohibition Director for North Ca rollna. Ten automobiles seized were valued al $2,805. The total appraised value of property seized and destroyed was I $86,838.25. Due hundred forty-six pros- editions were recommendeo and live i arrests were made. WILLIAM SLIDELL, OF BOSTON, IS SUICIDE Deceased Was Member of Prominent Family. -.lumped From Steamer Providence. I Hv the Assoclateo frcaa. New York. March 14. William Slidcll. of Boston, member of an old Louisiana family, whose grand father figured in the Mason and Slidell incident wilh Ureal Britain during the Civil War. committed sui cide Monday by leaping from the steamer' Providence, the captain re ported when the vessel arrived today from Frencll and Italian ports. Cat Paws a Gas Cock Open and Two Are Siifloeavted. Boston. Mass.. March 14 Mike, a pet maltose cut, prowling over the gas range in the kitchen at 42 Whit ney Street. Boxbury, early today. 1 .,.,.,. ,,.,,, ,,llti ,s a result Mrs. Catherine McManna is dead ami her husband, John McMnnus. is dying. A roomer in the McMnnus home smelled gas and notified the police. They found Mrs. McMantts dead and the husband was taken to a hospital unconscious. Near the range lay Mike, a victim of his own' act. Medical Examiner Brockley said that the eat apparently brushed against the burner while on his way to inspect the contents of a stew pan on the range. Sudden Death of Mrs. A. T. Slimniey I'Bi the Aaaoelntnl Press.) Charlotte, March 14. Mrs. A. T. Suininey. wife of the CflshlW of the J Commercial National Bunk of Char-' lotto, and daughter of John M. Me Ailcn. one of the pioneer developers of this city, died unexpectedly at her home here today as a result of asthma The funeral will lie held tomorrow. Fatally Hurt During Firing Demon stration. (Br tbe Associated Press. Columbus, On.. March 14 Private Aroold A. Kllgore. 10 vears old, of can army airplanes at tne naval sta Rossvllle. Ga., was fatally Injured t ion there. No additions; details were during a firing demonstration at Fort I,..,,..;..,. .....1 Vn alaA -1 Benning yesterday. No one else was hurt In the explosion of a Stokes Mor tHr which caused Kllgore's death. Do not despise commonplace-; most of them are true, EMPLOYEES li COKE E Strike Was Called as Protest Against Seizure of Three Government Mines by the French. lfi,(M)0 MINERS ANSWER STRIKE French Engineers Are In Charge of Mines and Thev Believe the Strike Will Be But Temporarily. Kssen. March II illy the AssihI aleil Press i. Sivteen Ihoiistiud coal minors of the three govcrnmeiit mines in the Itisklliighailseii district of the Itnhr are on strike in prolosl against ihe occupation of the stale coke plant i, ear Westi-rhobl. according to Her man estimates lodny. The plains were seiisl yi'slorday by a party of engineers esciirtiMl by a battalion of Frencll infantry. The French author ities express the lielief that the strike will last only a few days. (icriunn hostages were placed today for the first time on Ihe locomotives of I trains operated by the French Bel gians. This move was the outcome of repeated sabotage. The hostage so employed were iu most cases burgo masters or other municipal officers of Ihe vnrloifc districts. Relays of them will ride on all trains both day and night. 'The most serious case of sabotage re ported today was the destruction over night of a section of railroad track near the town of Steele, east of Ks sen. PRESIDENT BEACHES END OF HIS FLORIDA JOl'RNEY Immediately Began Playing Golf at One of the Miami Beach Courses, illy the AnNorlnted Press. Miami. Fla.. March 14. President Harding arrived al Ihe end of his Florida journey shortly before noon and immediately began playing golf nt one of the Miami Beach courses. The houseboat Pioneer was tI4i)irctOtfJHines Mr. Smith has review - north of Miami trailing ftlortvry i void numerous sand bars. Carl G. Fisher's speed boat Shadow VL'inPt the "' houseboat at the north end of Mis no Bay anil the President and Otll- ter niein borsn f the party were persuad ed lo Hoard it ami come to .maun mr lunch and a game of golf. The boat was expected to arrive during the afternoon. THE COTTON MARKET First Prires Were Finn at An Ad- vanee of II to 24 Points. (Uy the Aaaovlntett Presa.) New York. March 14. t'nexpwted ly bullish figures on domestic mill consumption for February and rela tively firm ciihles seemed partly re sponsible for a further sharp advance in the cotton market at the opening today. First prices were, firm at an advance of 11 to L'4 points, and May contracts sold up to 31.441 right after the call, or within one point of the previous high record, while hoth March and July deliveries made new high records for the season, with March selling at 81.23 and July at 80.5(1, or 20 to 2S points net higher. Cotton futures opened firm: Mnreh 31. ill; May 31.45; July 30.40: October -"..7o . December 2(1.15. With Our Advertisers., I'aw Paw Man will be i 'I he Hi. hit Pearl I h ug Co. mi March 17. a ml on pa vo tiv o lortiy. Fisler's have a world of lovelv Eas ier huts, priced al $5.05, $!M)5. $11.05 and $14,115. In ail the newest si i les. AM'k Maid Bread your staff o' Ufa a fresh loaf for each of the Keren days See ad. in today's paper. The Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany will handle your business, largo or small, in a distinctively individual and helpful way. Bell & Harris have just received a ear load of pianos. Sis' new ad. today. Tho Standard Bulek Co. can supply you witli almost any part you want for your Bulek. Von Hindenburg Says "We Don't Want War; But." Hanover, March 13. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg. addressing the Vet eran's League here today, said : "We do not wish to instigate war but in view of the present realities we cannot deny the truth of Schiller s Words: 'the most peaceful person caii I not live in ih-uco if a wicked neighbor does not wish it, and the nation is I unworthy that does not stake everV- i thing upon ita. holior," ,1,,.,, ,,,, oK " - staunchness of the Germans In the Ruhr and exhorted his hearers to Five' Plainos at Guantanamo (Br the Aaao-vsten Presa. I Havana. Cuba. March 14. A tele grain filed last night at Guantanamo to La Prensa, received here this morn ing reports the landing of five Ameri- given.- As a member of the State Board of Control of Wiset. union, Mrs. Elizabeth Railing, prominent lawyer of Water- town, receives a salary of $5,000 yeas. KILLS HIMSELF IN NATIONAL CAPITAL Body Was Found in the Bath Room of His Honu Note to Wife Did Not Give Rea son For Rash Act. FORMERLY WITH VETERANS BUREAU Retired Last Month From the Bureau at Time When the Conduct of Bureaus was Under Fire. n the Awux-lated I'reaa.) Washington. March 1-1. ('has. F. Cramer, of San Francisco, who ret Its. ed last month as general counsel for t ho Veterans Bureau at a time when the conduct of ihe Bureau was under lire in Congress, committed suicide to day hv shooting himself through the head. His body was found in the I mi 4 II room of his home, whore he had lock ed himself after saying good-bye to Mrs. Cramer when she left on a mid night train for New York. The police found no message to explain his act. but his friends said that the nervous strain which had resulted from his connection wilh the Bureau had un dermined Ills health. The house iii which Mr. Cramer liv ed, and in which his body was found was that occupied and owned by Pr(s ident Harding when he was a niem hcr of the Senate. It was said to have been purchased by Mr. Cramer shortly after ho came to Washington from California in 1921, to lieconie head of the legal division of tho Bu reau. As general counsel, Mr. Cramer passed on the many contracts which were made by the Bureau during the last two years for the construction and renting of hospitals. Win. Wolf Smith, who succeeded Mr. Cramer as general counsel for the Bureau, said today that his in vestigation of affairs in the legal di vision had disclosed "nothing to Mr. Cramer's discredit." Under order fo fed most, of' these projects, and con- tracts on which Mr. .Cramer passed judgment. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AGENTS Dance Tonight and Motor Drive Over City Tomorrow. Asheville, N. C. March 13. With Claris Adams. Indianapolis; G. K. Turner, of Chicago, and F. Highland Burns, of Baltimore, as the principal speakers on the program, the mid-year meeting of the National Association of Insurance Agents will open here tomorrow morning, A preliminary session of the' executive cominltte- was held Monday, followed today by Hus tings of state officers and commit teemen. Mr. Adaius will speak on "Present Day Insurance Conditions as Viewed by the public." He will lie followed by Mr. Turner, who will discuss "Get ting Insurance Information to the Public." In the afternoon at three o'clock Mr. Burns will deliver an ad dress on "Preseut Day Insurance Conditions from the Viewpoint of a Casualty Executive." Thursday morning at 11 o'clock Jo seph Button. Richmond. Insurance commissioner of Virginia, will speak I on the problems confronting state com missioners. Slacey W . Wade, Insur ance commissioner of North Carolina, will attend the convention but will not niiike a formal address. Thomas H. Anderson. Newark, will be tlw 'prin cipal speaker at the afternoon session. He will discuss "Present Day Insur ance Conditions from the Viewpoint of a Fire Company Executive." On Wednesday night a dance will be held in the hall room of Keuilworth Inn. The following afternoon the visitors will be entertained with a motor drive about the city, the chain ber of commerce acting as host. Substitute for Cotton. London, March 14. A new sub stance which it is claimed will take the. piace of cotton is undergoing ex periments. Arghan, as it is called, is said to be immune from Ihe diseases which destroy cotton, capable of resist ing the action of acids, less affected by. changes of climate, and ready for manufacture almost as soon as it la picked. It can .lie used In the mak ing of sheets, shirts, and so on, nnd articles made from arghan cloth will cost very much less than those union factured from cotton. Seientsits have reported favorably on the new material, and enormous (fields of It are being laid out iu the. Mn, statps amlImUa whero lt ,,, . i.i. nam me pioneer or ruuoer. it is a hardy tropical growth, and already large quantities have been ordered by the mill owners of Lancashire. Death of John D. Comer. (Br the Associated Press.) Macon. Ga., March 14. John D. Comer, vice president ot the Bibb Manufacturing Company, a widely known cotton mill man throughout the Hoiith, died here todaf. Cotton on the local ma: a quoted at 30 cents per p seed at 00 cent per busl 1 jo! ' '19 IsbsssssssbI jfl
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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