®®®®®®®s ® ASSOCIATED t ® PRESS § ® DISPATCHES 3 ®®®® ® ® ® $ VOLUME XXIII CRISIS IR FRANCE THURSDAY DID NOT CONTINUE AN HOUR Senate Will Take the First Chance of Giving Endorse ment to the General Policy . of Premier Poincare. PRES. MILLERAND SHOWED JUDGMENT And His Position Has Been Strengthened by Incidents Following the Resignation of the Premier. Paris, May 25 (By the Associated Press). —Thursday's ministerial crisis ended as quickly ns if arose; to he ex act, it lasted a lmlf hour. The sehate will take the first dppor tunit.v of giving unequivocal endorse, ment to M. Poincare's general policy, and the Premier on his part will in sist that this endorsement cover his action in representing communist ac tivities. Marcel Cachin and the other defend ants charged with illegal acts against the state, are to lie tried by the court as soon us the examining Yuagistrate lias prepared the case. Premier Poincare's position remains unchanged for he will undouhtCylly get another vote of confidence in the sen ale and probably in the chandler of deputies also. The person who comes out of the crisis more advantageously is President Millerond. whose reputa tion for-“horse sense" has been great ly enha act'd by the energy and decis ion with which lie handled the inci dent. He informer M. Poincare that if the Premier persisted in his deter mination to resign the President wopld avail himself of a rarely used preroga tive and send a message to parliament in order to give the country an ex planation of why a government en joining the unswerving support of a majority of the citizens should with draw at n moment when tin' repara tions question wns approachiiy; a /In cisive stage. Poincare Gets Ovation. Paris, May 25 (By the Associated Press). —The entire chandler of depu ties wiQ, .tka canlifhip of the by horae-drawn vehicles, 35 bv,trolley cars, and 22 by bicycles. w The major number or accidents do not occur nt congested points, such as Trafalgar Square, Oxford Circus, nr the Bank, where traffic Is specially regulated. . They tube place more frequently in the main arteries toward the outer suburbs, .where motor drivers are in clined to to less careful in negot ating and corners, and wncre ped/Pfrians, particular y children, artless vigilant in crossing roads. Age and health certificates, entitling toys above 14 years of nge to work in the cotton mills during the summer, have been issued to about 00 hoys dur ing the past month, , Jonas Query, •coiwty welfare officer, stated. He ex pevfc to issne at least 00 more dur injrthe next several weeks. The Concord Daily Tribune FIVE SOUTHERN STATES DISC USS PROHIBITION What the Legislatures of 1923 Did to Tighten the Prohibition Laws. (By (he Aaaodated Press,i Atlanta, May ~2~>. —John Bnrleycom , found himself more completely barred ’ from two southern stntes, permitted . restricted latitude in one, not a live | topic in a fourth and a subject for hn- , morons discussion in a fifth nt the/eon- j elusion of sessions of state legisla- , tures in five southern states. , In North Carolina and Tennessee the , prohibition laws were tightened, in North Carolina by making .the state laws conform with the Volstead Act. , and hi Tennessee state by revising old , statutes. A previous law in North ( Carolina permitted n citizen to receive | one quart of liquor every two weeks. ■ and although that statute is super- , seded by the conformity act, courts j may yet convict under the previous < law, the state supreme court, has held. Tennessee's legislature passed a bill to make it a felony to transport into the state liquor in quantities of "one gallon or more,” or to move it from place to place within the state. An j other act prohibits any person from giving away, selling or furnishing for beverage purposes intoxicating liquor, ' the drinking of which "snail result in the impairuielit of health or body or death 'of any other person.” A third measure bans possession of still ap paratus, \vhjje a fourth amends a previous prohibition law so as to strike out file words "for the purpose s of sale" or liquor, and to prohibit the j manufacture of whiskey. Alcohol, as contained in patent med icines and flavoring extracts, failed to find a majority of enemies in the Sou til Carolina assembly. line bill to restrict the sale of flavoring extracts i to female heads of households, and an-1 other restricting the sale of patent medicines containing alcohol, were voted down. Here also was lost a bill to make the lawyer of whiskey a lawbreaker as well as the seller, as suggested to Con gress by Representative Vpshaw ol' Georgia. Prohibition failed to find a jilace on the agenda of the Alabama legisla ture. In the Virginia Assembly the subject was discussedNonly during the closing session, and then only in a hu morous manner, according to the rec ords. GOVERNOR CONSIDERS' SUCCESSOR TO WALKER Number of Men in State Being Endors ed for State Supreme Court. (By the tnwdntcd Press.l Raleigh, May 25.—While Governor Morrison up to this afternoon had made no appointment of a successor to the late Associate Justice Platt I). Walker, it was learned at the execu ’|?tve vdE«-e--t Suit ■ ouiiurM-Uionte coming in from all parts of the state by telegraph and telephone. No one Ims made application for the nppolnttnenf, it was learned, but the friends of several of the leading igw years of the state have become busy in their behalf. Os the endorsements so far received, it was learned this afternoon a large majority are in behalf of Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte, while quite a number have lieen received for T. C. Guthrie, also of Charlotte. Among others endorsed are Judge Ben F. Long, of Statesville, Senator L. li. Varner, of Lnmherton, Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, and E. E. Ha per, of I.exington. BALDWIN ANNOUNCES NEW BRITISH CABINET Lord Robert Cecil Appointed Lord Privy Seal.—Few Other Changes London, May 25 (By the AsoeUited Press). —The official list of the new cabinet of Prime Minister Stanly Baldwint issued tills afternoon, shows that Lord Robert Cecil has lieen ap pointed Lord Privy Seal, and that G. H. C. Davidson, who was secretary to former Premier Bonar Law, becomes Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Mr. Baldwin continues the premier ship and the chancelorship of the ex chequer. The other members of tin* cabinet are practically the same as the Bonar Law ministry. The list shows that Prime Minister Baldwin failed to persuade Sir Robert Horne or Aus ten Cbamlierlain of the Lloyd George cabinet, to join his ministry. COMMITTEE REPORTS .* HEARD BY SYNOD Reports of Standing Committees on Overtures Heard.—Business Matters Discussed. i (By (he Associated Press.> Hickory. May 25.—Reports of stand ing committees on overtures of the state of the church, and reference of many important matters to commit tees were among the business matters that engrossed the General Synod of the Reformed Church In the United States in session here today. At least one question of orthodoxy which has been referred to a specinl committee will come before the Synod next week, it wns indicated today. Devotional services were conducted bv the .Rev. J. A. Palmer, of Thomas vllle, N. C. i Charkson For Supreme Court Bench In Talked hi Charlotte. Char otte, May 24.—Heriot, Clark son, of Charlotte, to succeed the late Associate Justice Platt- D. ‘Walker on the Superior sourt bench developed here today among the lawyers. Mr. Clarkson was a. high honor graduate from th° North Carolina uiversity law school in 1883, has practiced skUful'y for 25 years, iwas solicitor for eight years, first by ap pointment of Governor Aycock in 1905 and later toy popular vote, hav ing the distinhtion of winning every case appeoled in his hill of indict ment, led the prohibition fight tQyfic- Hcnry Ford made his first motor ’car in 1892. CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1923. Managers of Stores, Their Families and Employes Get No Chances On Free Autos Managers of business houses in Con cord which arc co-operating in Trade i Week are not eligible to draw for the autos to lie given away on June 2nd | by the merchants of the city. They j are not entitled to tickets when niak- • ing purchases. This rnje applies to ; members of their immediate families also, and to employes in stores which j are taking part in the event. This rule has been adopted by the ! Merchants' Association as « precau-j tion. If some one in the stores won | the prizes, it is pointed out, some one else mighf claim the drawing had not lieen conducted bn the square, and for ttie purpose of keeping down such re ports and opinions, no tickets- will lie given to store managers, their fami lies or employes. , j The drawing for the cars will take place at 7 p. in. June 2nd, at Central Graded School. To win one of the prizes a person must be present at the time the tickets are drawn. If the person holding the first number drawn is not present, another number will lie Favors 12-Hour Day for £ Steel Mills of Country Committee Appointed to Make Inquiry Says It Would Hurt All Business to Cut Down Hours of Work in the Plants Now, When Material is Needed Badly. New York. May 25 (By the Asso ciated Press). —The committee of the' steel and iron institute appointed re cently to Investigate the feasibility of abandoning the 12-liour day in the steel industry reported today through Elbert H. Gary, chairman of tlic Unit ed States Steel Corporation, that it could not. at this time recommend such a step. Mr. Uni*- made it plain flint the com mittee (lid not consider its report con clusive or final. But under present conditions, he said, the shortening of the work day would create an acute situation in the industry, due to the dearth of labor and the extensive de mands for steel and iron products. He said at least 15 < per cent, would lie added to the cost of steel and iron pro duction and ttie industry would re quire 00,000 more employees. The committee found, he continued, that the 12 hour day was not of itself detrimental to their employees physi cally, mentally or morally. The committed also recommended fxsS rigid '.' stiVci ioii ’on ' tmitt'ifcuitirtre in order that industries of the coun try in need of labor could obtain it from thut source. As Mr. Gary walked to the edge of the platform be was met by his Sec retary and led from the banquet hull. Hotel employees hastily drew up a couch in an adjoining lmll upon which Mr. Gary remained until after his ad dress was read. He uml his secretary insisted he was not ill—that he was merely very tired. SOVIETS PUT FIFTEEN NOBLEMEN TO DEATH They Were Charged With Plotting Against the Present Government. Moscow. May 25 (By the Associated -IVdss). —Fifteen persons, all of them princes, generals or noblemen, have lieen executed as a result of the dis covery of an active counter-revolu tionary plot in the soviet republic of Georgia, says a dispatch from Tiflis to the Pravda today. The names of those executed are not given, but it is said all were active participants in the movement. /. The counter-revolutionary activities in Georgia are alleged to have lieen liegun early in 1922 with a combina tion of a five non-bolshevik parties, the plans including a general uprising for last Septemlier. The conspirators are asserted to have lieen in communi cation with the former Georgia pre mier; one of the Kerensky cabinet members and other anti-Bolsheviks abroad who promised money and aims WANT NEXT MEETING OF CAROLONA MOTO CLUB Charlotte, Raleigh, Blowing Rock and Pinehurst Bidding For New Conven tion. ' CHj the Awocludl Preen.* Greenslioro, May 25.—According to a, deluge oftelegrams and letters re ceived by Secretary C. W.-Roberts, of the Carolina Motor Club here today, a number of cities are bidding for the next annual meeting. Charlotte, Ra leigh, Blowing Rock and Pinehurst are among the bidders. Telegrams from the Chamber of Commerce in Charlotte, urging that the next annual meet be held there were received, along with similar messages from merchants associations, and all the civic clubs of Raleigh. Bailinson, Is Convicted. (By, the *««wnnfi Crc.,l • New' York, May 25.—Abraham S. Bailinson, secretary of the Society of independent Artists, today was con victed of exhibiting u picture that outraged public decency in tile niuch criticlsed painting “Father, forgive them.” depicting dry advocates raid ing Christ as He turned water into wine at the wedding feast. Signs Treaty With Great Britain London, May 25 (By the Associated Press). —King Hussein of the Hedjas-, it is nmiopneed, has signed the treaty With Great Britain, which recognizes Aral! independence and regards Pales tine os within the Arab zone. It does not modify the present from of govern inent for the Holy Land. Rudyard Kipling ns a schoolboy wns considered dull and, lazy by teachers. dratvn ami this plan will tie followed until some one present holds .the num ber corresponding to the one drawn. Trade Week started off well Thurs day. and good business was also en joyed today, though the inclement weather has detracted some. Tomor row it is ex|iected that thousands of shoppers will lie here, and business houses are planning to take cure of the bargain seekers. If' you are entitled to n ticket, he certain that you get one with each $t purchase or with each #1 paid on ac count. Each number was printt'd in duplicate. You get the main ticket mid tlie stub, with a number corre sponding to file one on your ticket, is deposited in one of tlie Ikon'S which have been placed in each store. On the 2nd of June dll of the,stubs will lie placed in one large box./tarried to Central Graded School and ■there the drawing will take place. A Chevro let touring car will be tile-first prize and a Ford touring car second prize. SENATOR VARSER REVIEWS THE 111 GLUX KLAN Denies Milliken Bill More Drastic .Than' Armlield Substitute. Lumbertbn. May 23.—Senator L. R. Varser presents his legislative record on proposed secret order legislation in the last General Assembly in a re cent issue of the Robesonian. and ex plains why he opposed the Milliken bill and supported the Armlield sub stitute. both of which went down to defeat. "The Milliken bill does pot prohibit masking, but expressly contemplates that it will continue and so obscures its meaning as to the secret orders cov ered by its provisions. . requiring the reporting of names, that it. is of no real bfuiefit," Senator Varser says. ."I submit that the Armlield bill." he declares. “ when it authorizes tlte unmasking by peace olfil%s and citi zens of the State, with power to sum mon a popse as large as might be de sy-ed ip, ..order that Jhe,..imunskiug ''proceed on'"the spoCnml the identity disclosed, is as strong us the I bill can lie'made in a practical way." | Before the Milliken bill left the House. Senator Varser says it was amended in 'several vital particulars, which seriously weakened the act as originally drafted. He says, that the amendment providing that the Milli keii bill should apply only to such organizations as coneealed their iden tity front the public by masks prac t ticall.v nullified It, as all statutes have to be construed strictly against the State and liberally in favor of the per son indicted, which would make it ex- tremely hard to secure evidence. When the Milliken bill reached the Senate, a substitute Hill was drawn by Senator Armiield because of the weakness in the measure. Senator Var ser says, and lie prints both bills in his communication as evidence of bis assertion that the substitute was dras tic enough and concludes with the fol lowing statement: ‘■ln a practical way. I see nothing fin-ther that might be desired in a criminal statute of this character. I voted for the Armfleld substitute. I am in favor of It now. 1 certainly could not have supported the Milliken bill, and I believe upon consideration of these two bills, that it is plainly apparent that the Milliken, bil] is not only without merit, lint weakens our present, laws, and that the Armfleld bill strengthens our present laws, and is as severe ns anybody might reason ably desire. “The inability to convict in secret crimes lias been due to the lack of proof, and generally not to anv de fect in the law. In order to aid con viction and to save society, the courts have allowed conviction to stand upon circumstantial evidence, because of necessitv is most eases direct proof ennnot be bed. Our courts Wrestled with the iiw of secret assault for years, until finally an assault with in tent to kill was substituted with like punishment, and the law was greatly strengthened.” PREMIER POINCARE QUITS French Cabinet Resigns When Senate Fails to Art Against tlie Commis sion. Paris. May 24. —Premier Poincare and his colleagues in tlie cabinet today submitted tlieir resignations to Presi dent Millerand',' but the president de clined to accept them. The action of the ministers was the outcome of the refusal of the Senate to proceed with the trial of Marcel Cochin and other communists charged with illegal acts against the French republic. M. Poincare' informed the correspondents that lie interpreted the vote in * the Senate ns proof'of want of confidence in the cabinet, which made it impossible for the ministry to act agninst communist plonts. The mlnistrv remains in office. Presi dent Millerand holding that, the vote of the Senrtte was purely juridical and without political effect. At The Theatres. “Trailing African Wild Animals,” is the feature at the Stur tofihy. Tom Mix in “Stepping East,” is be ing shown at the Piedmont today. The Pastime today is showing Charles Ray in “Gas, Oil and Water.” ARMED COMMUNISTS REPORTED ON W TO CITY OF ESSEN Germans Are Alarmed Over Reports, and Ask Permis sion to Send Police to Keep Off Any Attack. SOME MINERS ARE ON STRIKE NOW Strike Not General Through out the Ruhr, and It is Not Expected to Spread to , Great Proportions. London. May 25 (By the Associated Press). —The German government is alarmed tit reports that armed com munists bands are inarching (Tn Essen, says a Central News dispatch from Berlin this afternoon. It has asked permission of the French authorities to send forces of German police from the occupied districts to Essen and iGelsenkircii. No General Strike. Berlin, May 25 (By the Associated Press). —Dispatches from the Ruhr this morning gave rise for a time to the belief that work had ceased in all the Ruhr mines, tlie correspondent reporting a general walkout with the assumption that a strike throughout the Ruhr had been declared in sym pathy with the Dortmund strikers. La ter advices, however, showed the move ment was confined to tlie Gelsenkir chen district. , Strike Is Spreading. Esset/. May 25 ( By the Associated Press).—The strike in the Ruhr, in augurated by tlie communists, is gain ing in numbers and now includes thousand's of iron and steel' workers in addition to the miners previously out. The latest to join were 20.000 em ployees of tlie steel works at Remsei eid, near Elberfeld. whose demand for a s(t per cent, increase in pay was re fused. THE COTTON MARKET Unfavorable Weather News Made the Market Irregular at the Opening. the New Yflrk, May 25.—The cotton market was irregular at today’s, early trading. The unfavorable weather news brought in buying, however, and the undertone was fairly steady.- The first prices were 5 to IQ points higher, with .July tit 27.20 anti October 24.88, and after reaching to 26.00 and 24,67 respectively, the market steadied up a few points from the lowest. It was rumored that 10 or 12 of the Fall River mills would be closed from today until June 4th or even longer if there was no improvement in the trade. Cotton futures opened steady ; Julv 27.1 ft; Oct. 24.80; Dec. 24.82:' .Tati. 24.05; March unquoted. With Our Advertisers. Tlie prices of the entire stock of J. E. Love have lieen reduced, and with every purchase of SI .OO is given n prize coupon which gives yon a chance to win one of the automobiles to lie given away. - - The Cabarrus Savings Bank makes a specialty of the accounts of women. See new ad. today. The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. is offering a number of Dollar Specials for Trade Week. See ad. For Trade Week H. B. Wilkinson will sell for cash one Simmons bed. either white or copper oxidized, one . 45-pound cotton mattress, and one pair of coil springs for only ,$18.50. Regu lar price .$29.50. You will find a great feast of bar gains at Fisher’s for the Wxt nine days. In this paper today .you can read of some of the many bargains reaily for you at this store. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has a complete line of floor mops, wall brushes, commode, bottle and hair brushes and furniture dusters. Also flower pots and hanging baskets. You can buy now and pay later at James K. Farley's. I.et him help you fit, out the family .from head to foot. See big three-column ad. In this is sue. i Senator Overman to Address Kiwan ians. Senator Lee S. Overman, junior senator from North Carolina. Will ad dress tlie members of tlie Concord Ki wanis Chib this evening. Senator Overman will lie present, lor the regu lar weekly meeting of the club, hav ing on Wednesday accepted an invito- 1 tion to lie the club's guest this ev- ■ enlng. | After the business session Senator Overman will nuke an address before' the dull members and any invited i guests. In extending the invitation to the Senator local Kiwanians asked ! Him to speak ou any subject that lie desired, -and he has not announced wliat his subject will lie. The meeting will begin at 7 o'clock and as- usual will be held at the Y. M. 0. A. Brings Down Gray Eagle. (By the Aenoelated Pram.) Hickory, May 25.—Slipping up on a number of crows which he suspected of robbing guinea nests, E. K. Knnupp, a Catawba County farmer, found tliat the birds were quarrelling With a gray eagle, whose wing he broke with a shot. The eagle, which measured 7 feet 2 inches from till -to tip, was brought here today by Knaupp. NIELS GRONS AS A FIGURE OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE Once Recommended for Position as United States Minister to Greece.— Fought Germans Politically in the World War.—Negotiated With Wash ington for Sale of Danish West In dies.—Wants to See His Nine Year Old Boy. (The following article is taken from a recent issue of a Portland, Maine, paper. Mr. (Iron's present wife was Mrs. Saidee Dusenliery, of Concord, and she was married to Mr. (iron in New York, February 15. 1923.—Edi tor). Niels (Iron. Who is.he? What is he? These are two questions that have unilolmtedly been asked many times since the latter's most unusual, if not spectacular attack on Maine jurists and clergymen, because of the decision of the Cumberland Superior Court relative to the custody of his nine year old hoy. In view of the unique situation which the Danish dip lomat. as he is more familiarly known in Maine, has created and tieenuse if the singularity of his claim which has brought him most forcibly before the public eye of the Fine Tree State, the following interview was sought: In order to bring Mr. (Iron's posi tion in Maine up -to date, attentiob is called to the .(Iron divorce suit which was settled in the January term of the Cumberland Superior court in favor of Mrs. Madaline (Iron. The case at the time did not attract unusual attention in {his vicinity as neither of the principals was known here. Judge Sanborn, who heard the case, granted Mrs. (Iron flie divorce and gave the custody of the child to her. Mr. Gron | went away for a time, during which I period he became remarried. Several weeks ago he re-appeared in Portland and sought to see his hoy, which privilege he was denied. / Harvard Graduate. In a secluded corner of the Man sion House piazza at Poland Spring, where the Grous are stopping. Mr. (iron in answer to questions put jo him, related facts concerning his ca reer in this country and his diplomat ic relations between the United States and Denmark over the purchase of the Danish West Indian Islands. He told of his coming to this country as a young man of limited means, of his re ceiving his preparatory education here, and of liis. subsequent graduation from Harvard college in tlie class of 1894. From time to time lie produced sub stantial proof of his various state ments. which conclusively prove him to have been at one time a dominant fig ure in the political and diplomatic life of this country. Cited by Mary A. Hanna. Tn tlie McKinley presidential cam paign of 90 Mr. (Iron was the Repub lican National chairman of the Scan dinavian Political Bureau, and as such, Xfus tafer''credited by Mark YYYiTfirn. Hie great Republican leader, with hav ing turned fully 000,900 Scandinavian votes in favor of McKinley. He had become a citizen of Boston in 1895. re maining as such until 1905 when he re turned to his own country in order to wage a tight against a faction that was trying to get a destructive toe hold on Denmark through unfair deal ings with this country over the sale of the West Indian Islands. Recommended for Foreign Posts. Shortly after ttie election of Presi dent McKinley, Mr. (Iron was recom mended by Senators Hoar and Lodge, of Massachusetts, backed by ejery Massachusetts congressman, for the ministry to either Siam or Greece. He was personally taken to tlie President by some of these Senators and recom mended for whatever position he would like in recognition of. his work in behalf of the party and because of his wide range of knowledge of inter national problems.. Senator A. B. Cum mins of lowa, who is still ■represent ing his State in the Senate, as early as ‘97 in a letter to the President urg ed that Mr. Gron be given whatever foreign post lie desired. Broke Treaty. About that time. Denmark, desiring • to enter into negotiations with Wash ington for tlie sale of the Danish West Indian Islands, made a bid for his ser ; vices. Mr. Gron accepted and with drew his application for a foreign ministry. But it was however several years later before he returned to Den mark as a citizen, not until after he had made and then through rare strat egy broke a treaty with the United States lor the purchase of these Is lands for two million dollars. The story is a long one and covers a per iod of many years, during which the Spanish war was fought and settled. Through the waging of a relentless fight in his own country, Denmark was saved from the hands of conspiring pol iticians and firm relations were again established between that country and America. The American press during this period devoted no little space as shown by numerous clippings which Mr. Gron has preserved of his activi ties in the matter. Fought, German Control. During the world war working in co-operation with American and Euro pean allied heads. Mr. Gron played an | important part 111 keeping Denmark ! “Fotentia" seal as a guarantee of good faith and integrity. The scope of "Po t: tcntia" is far reaching in its effect, 1 ; though to some possibly impractical, of 1 such importance that many of the i 1 ■ (Concluded on Page Two.) 9 TODAY’S 9 » NEWS til 9 TODAY til NO. 124. HEAVY FIRING NEAR lilSip Just What Caused the Fir ing, or Who Did It, is Not Known in the Locality in Which It Occurred. CAPTIVES MOVED BY THE BANDITS % With the Government Troops Forming Cordon Around Stronghold, Bandits Are Taking More Precautions. Tientsin, May 25 (By the Associated Press). —Considerable mystery is at tached to heavy firing heard six miles north of Tsaoehwang last night in the direction of the I’uotzuku stronghold of the Stu'how train' bandits, accord ing to advices received here. it is assumed that the brigands may have encountered government troops and are attempting to escape to the hills in the rear of Paotzuku, or that Tnore bandits liave joined the >utln\vs, who are holding the foreign captives in the mountains, and the combining forces are attempting to break the government cordon which is supposed to have surrounded the mountain' re treat. Another theory is that the bandits are lighting among themselves. Although messengers arriving front Paotzuku informed' the refief workers at Tsaoehwang that the captives have i been removed two miles farther back in tlie mountains, letters received from tlie bandit stronghold do not mention the removal. DEATH TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF RAILWAY PASSESE Death Overtook 129 Persons in 1922 While Trespassing on Southern Rail way Property. (Special to The Tribaee> Atlanta, Ga„ May 25.—Death over took 12!) person? while trespassing on the property of the Southern Railway system during 1922. While walking tracks. !tfl trespasssers were killed and (52 injured, 29 were killed and 91 injured while stealing ritjeß juu-"lmpphig" trsyine. nud IK wero injured fit'miscellaneous accidents, i According to a preliminary report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 2.431 trespassers were killed and 2.545 injured on tlie railways of the I'nited States in 1922. Even this heavy sacri tice of life ami limb to carelessness is an improvement over past years. In tlie fifteen-year period from 1901 to 1915, deaths and' injuries to trespas sers on American railways averaged 10,73(5 per year. As a part of its effort to discourage trespassing on its property, the South ern is enlisting the aid of school teach ers in pointing out to children the grave danger of this practice. A very large proportion of tlie trespassers killed and injured have been school children. Wage earners, walking to and from their work on tracks, have also con tributed a large proportion. Tlie popular impression that a large percentage of the trespassers killed on railways are tramps is.shown to lie en tirely erroneous by figures compiled by the Southern from its records running over a period'of years. ALL FOUR ARE DEAD Three Daughters Try to Rescue Their Mother From Burning Building. Mountain Lake Park, Md„ May 24. Kate today intervened in summer vaca tioning plans of Mrs. Mary O'Connor, aged 94, and her three grown daugh ters, who arrived here this morning, and as a result the four are dead. The four met death when burning leaves ignited accumulated gas in tlie cottage occupied by Mrs. O'Connor. The three daughters were some dis tance from the cottage when tlie ex plosion occurred. When they reached (lie building it was a mass of flames. Disregarding their own safety the daughters rushed into the cottage in an attempt to rescue their mother. They never came out. Tlie dead beside Mrs. O'Connor, who lived at Clarksburg, W. Va., are: Miss Kate O’Connor, Clarksburg; Mrs. Jett 1 Grannon, Fairmont. W. Va.: Mrs. Mary E. Rooney, Clarksburg. When rescuers removed the four bodies from the debris late today $2,090 in gold was found hidden in a chimney. It was turned over to the authorities. Several other cottages near the one occupied by the victims also were de stroyed. Albemarle SudcnPis Tapped by Red ' Friars. Albemurlo Jfews-Herald. As the Red Friars, a fraternal organi zation at Trinity College, sent their mysterious red swathed figure among tlie student body hist week, John B. Harris, an Alliemarle hoy. son of Mr. | and Mrs. A. I*. Harris, of this place, ’ was one of the fortunate seniors who received a “tap" on the hack, indicat ing that he was chosen as one of the lucky. Suspect Arrested. Monteral, May 25.—Detecives today arrested on the streets here a matt believed to be one of the band in volved in the big Denver Mint rob bery several months ngo. The sus pect is 'being held for identification by .the Colorado authorities. I Carpet weaving In Persia is done al most, exclusively by women.