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©©©©©©©© © ASSOCIATED © « PRESS © © DISPATCHES © ©©©©©©©© VOLUME XXIII Bonded Indebtedness of County is Now $619,000 These Figures Given Out Inj Report of Auditors Who Have Completed Check of j Finances of the County. OTHER NOTES OF $22,000 ARE OUT Full Report of Auditors Has Not Been Made Public, and It Is Said It May Not Be Given Out. The auditors who spent several weeks, here cheeking up the books of Cabarrus county have submitted their report to the county commissioners, and part of the report has been made public. , The part of the report given out shows the bonded indebtedness of the county, * and the total is now more than half a million dollars. The totaf. according to' the, report, is $619,000.00. In addi tion to the bonds, notes payable total $22,580.17. The complete report of the auditors, dealing with the ucdyunts of each offi cial, lias not .vet been made public by the commissioners, and it may not be made public, according to persons who are close to the commissioners. The bonded indebtedness shows the fol lowing : Continental and Commercial National llauk, Chicago, $105,000, secured for funding purposes. Hanover National Hank, New York City. $29,000, for repairs to jail and court house. Hanover National Hank, $40,000, for funding purposes. Chase National Hauk. New York City, $72,000 for funding purposes. Chase National Bank. $42,000, for erection of county home. Hanover National Hank, $25,000. spent for bridges and roads. Chase National Hank. $50.00, «spent for bridges and roads. The report also shows that the amount of interest to be paid in 1925 will be $91,720. The report states further that the amount of interest will be reduced annually with reduction of principal. Bonds in five of the issues bear 5 per cent, interest, one issue bears 4 1-2 per cent, interest, one bears 5 1-2 per cent, interest. The lowest interest is one on the $105,000 secured in 1911 and the . highest iuterest is on the $25,000 secured in 1921. The notes payable, according to the report,' follow: Concord National Bank $15,000. 14. O. Plott, $2,000. I). O. Plott. $.1,556.67. Miss Genevieve Cox, $1.404;50. .1 cdin .1. Cox. $619. All of the notes bear 6 per cent, in terest and with the exception of the first, are payable on demand. They total $22,560.17. This added to. the bonded indebtdness of $619.00.000 gives a total of $041.- wstt J7. ■ SEN. niIXINGHAMfoP , VERMONT.'DEAI) AT HOME Underwent Operation Three Weeks. Ago and Condition llad'Keen Better Until East Sunday. lay the AWoctntfit Press. Montpelier. Vt„ July 12.— 1 T. S. Sena tor Wm. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, died here late last night. Senator Dillingham underwent an op eration three weeks ago for gall trou ble. He rallied well and appeared to be on the way to recovery until last Sun day when his couditioii took a turn for the worse. The funeral services will be conducted at the M. E. Church in Waterbury. the Senator’s native town, next Sunday. Senator Dillingham was born in De cember. 1843. and was a sjon of Paul Dil lingham, who was Governor of Vermont from 1865 to 1867. Death Will Cause Changes. Washington. July 13.—Imixirtant changes in Senate committees will result from the death of Sen. Dillingham. He 1 was in tine to become chairman of the Judifiarv Committee npou reorganization of the Senate next December, fas he was the ranking member of the late Semi tor Nison, of Minuesola. who was chairman at the time of his death last spring. Sen ator Brundagee, republican, of Connecti cut, now is in line for that chairmanship. Senator Dillingham was one of the veteran Republican stalwarts and had served in capacities, especially in the legal work and was acqnowledged as an expert on imnJigratiou. World's Fastest Train Average Sixty- Ope Miles an Hour. London, July 12.—The fastest train in the world' is now running between Lon don and Swindon, a distance of seventy seven and one-quarter miles, which it covers in seventy-five minutes, travelling at ».e rate of 61.8 miles dn hour. This is one of the five trains an miuueed in the summer schedules of the English railroads, that will make better than a mile a minute on regular runs. The longest run is between liondon and Bath, 106 7-8 miles, which is made at the rate of 61.1 miles an hour. Another feature of the summer train schedules is that daily non-stop trains are ruu between London und all the im portant cities 'and summer resorts in England, which are designed to allow the workers to live at the sfeasfdb and con tinue to work in London. New Superintendent at Chain Gang.' Mr.. Frank Barrier, of Rimer, has been chosen superintendent of the coun ty chain gang, succeeding Mr. Pink Black welder, who resigned . several weks ago. Mr. Blackwelder sent Ip his resigna tion several weeks ago, but stayed on "ttfb job until last Saturday when Mr. Bar rier succeeded him. The Concord Daily Tribune i *************** * * * WILL, IMPROVE * !* OTEEN BUILDINGS. * |* * jlfc (By the Associatede Press). SK Washington, July 13.—Director^ Hines’ personal survey of the tuber- eular instituticu at Oteen, N. ('.. ! IK near Asheville, disclosed, he said Nt j 4: today, that certain changes will j '-U have to be made in the temporary buildings to bring the institution up zr to .standard. Oteen hospital cares * for 8(H) patients’, the largest num- * her of this class in any Vet craps' it: Bureau hospital. . *************** WILLARD KNOCKED OCT Unable to St ami Up Against the Fierce . Attack of Firpo. Ringside, City, N. J., July 12. —Jess Willard, the man-mountain from Kansas, went bark to fistic oblivion to night, but he staged the last, thouglf futile act of his comeback before a throng of more than 1(H),000, the great est in ring history, that filled the Boyles Thirty Acres to , overflowing. Louis Angel Firpo, the dark-browned mauler from the Argentine, closed the door to Willard's ntttempted return to fistic fame by knocking out the giant former champion in the eighth round of a slash ing battle—one of the greatest in re-1 cent heavyweight history. Ipcidentalty | he reached the goal at which he has aimed for the past year of his meteoric rise to prominence—-a match for the title with Jack Dempsey. » There was on question of the superi ority of the brilliant Argentine battler tonight. Willard’s superior weight, height, and reach enabled the big Kansan to check Firpo’s rushing attacks in most of the early rounds, but despite the American's gameness under fire, the tide of battle swung inevitably in favor of the younger, more rugged fighter. . The final round opened slowly. They sparred at long rnuge and there was lit tle hint that the end was near. But suddenly Firpo unleashed a savage drive to Willard’s head and body. The fury of that attack had never before failed to bring down the South American's quarry and Big Jess despite his towering size and stamina, wilted. Step WJ' step Wil lard gave ground, trying almost blindly to ward off the volley of jolts to. his head and body. Backed up against the ropes his head sank, then a right shot to the head sent hipt to his knees. He kiteviciraie-ttfif.rivv-niTm i.tnvi- stgrttw counting, shaking his head and trying to lift himself up. But the waning strength in that great hulk was unequal to-the task and he sank into the arms of his handlers at the final count. Was Biggest Crowd Yet. Jess AVillard will receive about $120.- 000 and Louis Firpo around SBO,OOO ns fheir shares of the gate receipts for their battle tonight. These figures were based on estimated total receipts of $400,000. Willard receiving 30 per cent, and Firpo 22 per cent, of the gross amojwt. Official check, however, Tex Richard said, will not be completed until tomor row. His estimate of an attendance of more than 100.000. he said, was inclu sive of all within the bowl, police, ushers anti others who did not figure in the box office total. Six Yards of Whiskers. Chicago, Jply 11. —Disdaining the shrill cri.es of "Beaver," by sundry small boys, Hans W. Langsetli, a Viking of Barney, X. D.. 77 years old, strode into Chicago today, accompanied by wiskers 17 feet long. About the first be did was to answer the age-old conundrum: “Does a man with long whiskers sleep with 'em inside or outside the covers?” "Inside.” said the man who should know by expert %ce. Langsetli was the center of an admir ing group at the Lexington Hotel, head quarters for the International Associa tion of Specialty Salesmen, whose guest lie’ is. Outside the Langseth vest there are whiskers aplenty, but when he opened his waistcoat hr revealed a great silk bag. He loosened the strings and there tum bled out a veritable Niagara of whiskers. “I haven’t seen them myself for a year." said the patriarch. “They were ■ 17 feet long the last time I measured them," ' “Why did you let them grow so long?” ' asked an admiring spectator. I “To see how long they’d get,” replied, 1 the Viking. Number of Stores to Have Half Holiday. The undersigned members of The Con cord Merchants Association have agreed to close their stores at twelve o'clock Thursday of each week during the re maining weeks of July and the whole of August. Said Thursday afternoon clos ing to begin on next Thursday, July 19: Ivey’s Shoe Store, Efird's, Riehmond- Elowe, Ritehie-Caldwell Co., W. A. Ov eroash, Hoover's, Inc., M. R. Pounds. I Concord Furniture Co., Kidd-Frix Co- Musette Inc., D. B. Fowlkes. St. Cloud Barber Shop. Army & Niivy Store, W. C. Correll Jewelry Co., Vorke-WadHworth Co.. B. M. Miller, Specialty Hat Shop, J. C. Willeford. James 11. Farley, J. E. Love, J. O. Pounds Shoe Store, Centrul Barber Shop, Citizens Bunk uud Trust Company, Cabarrus Savings Bunk, Con cord National Bank. McLellan Store Co- Parker Shoe Store, Fisher's, W. W. Gib son, Bell & -Harris Furniture Co., E. F. Shepherd, Concord Public Library, W. J. Hethcox, J. E. Lineberger. CONCORD MERCHANTS, ASS’N, ♦A. H. JARRATT, President. House Passes Lady Astor , a'Bßl. London, July 13 (By the Associated < Press).—-Lady Astor’s bill restraining l the sale of intoxicating liquors to per sons under 18 years of age passed the third and final reading in the House, of Commons today by a vote 0f'257 to 10. CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923. THREE ECHO MEETINGS OF COLLEGE CONFERENCE Will Be Held at Concord. Statesville and Morganton During the Coming Week. Three echo meetings of the Davidson Young Peoples Conference will be held in the Concord presbytery next week at the following places and times: Poplar Tent Church, near Concord, July 17, beginning at 4 p. m., with pic nic supiier on the grounds and the clos ing session at 7 >ls p. m. Little Joe’s- (Barium Springs) July 18, 4 p. in., picnic supper with night session at 7:454 a’dook. Morganton. July 21. 11 a. in., picnic lunch, afternoon session nt 2 o’clock. ' j A snappy, interesting program has been arranged for each one of these meetings. There will be no long ad dresses. Those who attend are requested to bring picnic hinch along. It is .hoped that every young person in Concord presbytery will attend one of these echoes. First, second and third honor will be given to the church whose representatives travel the greatest total of miles to attend. . Carey P. Lowrance, of Mooresville, president of Concord presbytery’s P. Y. P. 1,., will preside. Claude T. Carr is expected th be present and have charge of the music. The following churches compose the J Pojtjar Tent group: 1 Group No: 1. —Poplar Tent, Rocky River, Mooresville First, Mooresville Second, Bayless Memorial, Thyatira, Davidsoa, Center, Shearer, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Gilwood, McKinnon, Concord first. Concord Second, Patterson, Bear Creek. Poplar Tent. Prospect. Bcthpage and White Hall. The following program will be ren-j I dered : J 4: p. in. Devotional —Eugene Hous | ton. 4:10 p. in. Minutes. 4:15 p. lit. Quatette —Kannapolis. 4:3rt p. m. Report of officers. 4:29 p. m. Silent prayer. , 4:30 j). in. Song. 4:35 p. in. D. C. Echoes—4 minutes each. Conference in general—Sarah Boyd. S. S. Report—Ada Mae White. Foreign Missions—Elizabeth Parrigaii. Home Mission Report—>Siidys Wag oner. Y. P. work—Mary Rrown. Athletic report—Paul Mnuden. Soeial report—Margaret Alexander. 5:05 p. m. Quartette —Kannapolis. 5:10 p. m. Montreat Y. P. Confer ence—Volunteer reports. 5:20 p. m. Roll call of societies. 5:25 p. m. Soug and adjourn. Picnic Supper. 7 :45 p. in. Song and prayer. 8 :00 p, m. .Quartette. 8:05 p. luff Question box. 8:15 011/ minute reports from each society. / 8:45 |win. Collection. , *"*••**■ 'toZ -8:35 ft. m. Plans for (he future—Cary P. Lowrance. 8 :4ft to 9:00 p. 111. AA’hnt Constitutes a Model Young People's Society—Rev, R. A. AY bite. ■( INJUNCTION IS NOT WORRYING UNION .MEN Ollier of Judge -VVilkerson Forbids Mem- Iters us Shop Crafts From Interfering With Train Operations. (Dr the Aiaoclatrd I*re».> <’litoago, July 13.-—Unconcern was ex pressed by counsel for the railway de partment of the Atnerlcan Federation of Labor at the Order of Federal Judge James H. ' AA’ilkerson here yesterday, which permanently restrained 400,000 members and officers of the railway shop crafts anions who went on strike last year from interfering with the opera tion of the railroads. The unions did not contest the granting of the final injunc tion which was applied for by Harry M. Daugherty, United States Attorney General. Sixty .days in which to file an appeal was granted the union. Donald R. Rieliberg, attorney for the railway department of the Federation of Labor, which includes the shop crafts ittiion, said three federal judges were on record in opposition to Judge AVilker son’s construction of the law. "Despite the positive language of Judge Wilkerson it must be apparent that judged may arrive at opposite conclus ions,'’ he said. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to 14 Points HigHer on Buying Orders. 1 11 y the Associate*! Press.! New York, July 13. —The,cotton mar ket opened unsteady at unchanged prices to 14 points higher on overnight buying orders which appeared to be based on apprehensions of drought damage to the crop in the southwest. There was also i*onie buying <v the firm opening of the stock market, but flip demand seemed to be readily supplied at about the open ing quotations and prices soon turned easier under liquidation, October con tracts cased off from 23.95 to 23.83, with the active months ruliug about 4 to 8 points net lower during the early trad ing. ■ i Cotton futures opened steady. July 27.15; Oct. 23.91; Dee. 23.48; Jan. 23.13; Match 23.15. Walter Fury New City Engineer. The aldermen of Concord held a short meeting at the efty ha IP Thursday night. They met to choose a city engineer and Sanitary officer and elected Mr. Walter Furr, who at present is county surveyor. Mr. Furr succeeds Mr. Reece Long, who held the position for several years. No other business came before the meeting, tind the board was in session for a short while, only. Bedbugs Wanted. ■Washington, D. C- Jujy 13.—Persons having on hand spare or undesirable bed bugs were offered an opportunity today to get rid of them at h profit. The offer came from the Department i ,of Agriculture which went into the mar ket for 1,200 bedbugs for the use of its insecticide board at the experiment sta tion. at Vienna, Va. ' The department bid a cent apiece for good to choice speei . mens, delivered in Vienna. Facts About Cabarrus Schools as Outlined by Prof. J. B. Robertson The following facts jbout the’ work ii ' the schools in Cabarrus County, durinf j the past six years, together with an out line of plans for the Suture development of the schools, were given in an addres delivered before the. Concord Rotary Club AVeilnesday by Plot. J. B. Robert son. superintendent of the schools of Ca barrnus county. The full address ol Prof. Robertson foljow) : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Ro tary Club: 1 Allow me first to express to you my hearty thanks for ymir kind yivitatiou extended to the Board of Education and myself to sit with you at this festive board and to present to you our County Rural Public Schools. (No invitation has come to me lately that fc-as more genuine ly appreciated. I assume you because I like you. I like youa- friendship and. your fellowship, and I have never had any aversion for good Jli'ngs to eat. and j especially do I like to folk about schools —the County Rural Public Schools of Cybarrns. It occurred to me thqt 1 could tell you more in a brief length Os time if I would use a manuscript, hence this paper that you see. ’ Anything is what il ,Js by virtue of its’ connection. Therefore • I deem it wise and well in presenting to you our schools, j so that you may see wtot we have in its true perspective, to give you not only yvlhat yve have now ii] school facilities and products, but alst* to give to you the growth obtained in tint past six years. j the duration of the present administra . tion; by telling you tlfc status of the schools six y ears ago anil the status now. Six years ago we hml in the county 51 schoolhouses for white children and 24 for colored, a total of 75. We now have about the same. 52 tor white arid 25 for colored, total 77. But while we had only 104 schoolrooms for white children in 1917. and 24 for cojorcd, a total of 128, yve now have 149 for white children and 27 for colored, a tota I of 167 school rooms in the system, a jgaiu of 39 class rooms for the six years. We have built more new rooms than tlris gain—we have built 48 new rooms for white and 8 new rooms for the colored, making a to tal of 56 new class rooms that have been built in* the [last six Lvears, fifty-six of the 167 total, or a littpe more than one third of alf the class rooms. This ami oilier school improvements have made possible an increase in Jlu* value of the school property in our ’rn as 1 schools of from $50,600 in 1917.; to $286,825 in 1923, a gain of more than KM) per cent. Every white schoolhousc in the county has been marked by pricing a painted sign above its door telling the name of the school, the district n imber, the town ship number, and the f'unity and state in which it is located. : A campaign is now well -under way i » ppiuL every j schoolhouse in the county, not only out-: side but inside. There is scarcely a I schoolhouse in the entire County that I milG* | ■ MUCH fOOO STUFfS; But Her Supply Will Never Be Greater Than Her De-! mand, in the Opinion of j Secretary Wallace. (lit Board United States steamship] Henderson with President Harding. July J 13.—(8y the Associated Press).—Secre-1 tary of Agriculture Wallace, who had a| consultation with agents of his depart ment aud with other experts interested in agricultural development of Alaska, an nounced today his conviction that the luture will see great development of farming in the territory, but that tfie country will never produce crops bey ond the ueeds of the Alaskans themselves. Mr. AYallace made a statement to this effect in conference with newspaper men on the Henderson accompanying Presi- j dent Harding on a tour of Alaska dttr- i ing the voyage fr mi Skagway to Seward, where the party is to land today to travel to Fairbanks over the Alaska railroad. J ' FARMER KILLED WHEN BARN FALLS UPON HIM ; , Accident Occurred Thursday . During a Storm, Which Visited Wilson County. (Hr the AHoriaicM Prtim.i > AVilson, July 13.—Sidney G. Turnage. i aged 45, farmer, was killed when caught > beneath the wreckage of a barn blown i down on his farm during a Strom which. - visited AVilson County late yesterday. A | number of tobacco barns and houses,were . wrecked by the wind, but'.no other dam i age is reported. Hail which accompanied j the rain is said to have damaged the to . hacco an’d cotton crops. With Our Advertisers. '■•On August 10 the Gibson Drug Store Will give for only st) cents, a Child's Coupe automobile. This will go to the boy or girl who gets the most votes be fore that time. The automobile is now j on exhibition at tbe store. Read all about this big offer in I lie ad. in this pa per today. The annual July Clearance Sale of the Specialty Hat Shop will begin tomorrow, July 14. Real bargains in millinery. Fisher’s July Clearance sale starts to morrow. Saturday. Everything in sale —nothing reserved. Depositors in the Citizens Bank aud Trust Company are assured absolute safety. Preparatory Services. There will be services at the Second Presbyterian Church tonight at’ 7:80 b’c’.ock, preparatory to the regular quar terly communion of the Lord’s supper, which will be administered at the morn ing worship on next Sunday. Rev. M. L. Kester, pastor of Calvary Lutheran ( Church, will preach tonight. 'ms not been rebuilt, painted inside or lit, beetle equipped with modern desks or ilackboard. or whose grounds* have not ./pen plotted and planted to trees shrubs md flowers, and many have received all hese things anil more. During this ]>er od of six years, in the year 1919 to be exact —I am glad to state to you. gentle men. we supplanted the last log school 'touse in the county riiat was used for public school purposes by any race, and wc did it by building what the state in spector of Rosenwald schoolhouses says s the neatest, best built house of all the Rosenewald houses that have been built. anywhere in North Carolina, and said he: "I know whereof I speak, be cause I have examined every one that has been built from the mountains to the seashore." More Developments. In 1917 we had a rural white census | of 6.1(50, a colored rural census of 1.895. total .8.055: in 19251 we have a rural white census of 7.168. a colored rural census of 1.691. total 8,859; a gain of SOI. In 1917 we enrolled in tlie element ary schools 4,351 white, and 1,525 color ed—a total of 5.870; in 1923 we enroll ed 5.251 white and 1.533 colored, —a to tal of ti. 784. a gain of gain in enrollment you will note that exceeds : the entire gain in census, to say nothing 'of proportions. In 1917 wc enrolled in the high school departments 143, in 19251 we enrolled in the high school depart ment 339. a gain of 19(5. or more than 100 per cent. We graduated in 1917 from-the elementary schools 53; wc grad uated in 19251 from !be elementary schools 169, a gain of !M>, or almost 200 per cent., and more than some of our larger sister counties, whose standards, according to their own versions, are much lower than ours. In 1917 we didn't graduate any pupils from the high schools. in 1923 we graduated 2% pupils from our high schools thut maintain Lie regular four year course. In 1917 we had 36 rural libraries; in 1923 we have 46 rural li braries. and large supplements have been added during this period to the original libraries. Organization and Administration. No large task scattered over a broad territory can be accomplished without* organization and administration—system. \A'e, place in one large package before the opening of school a supply of forms, blanks, schedules, instructions and litera ture for each school for the entire year. ‘This is given to the principal as he goes to take charge. This means lie lias a deficit prqgram. and the means at hand for carrying it out. Teachers from oth er counties lii.the state have frequently paid us the compliment that they have received vital and systematic aid ip no other county as they' get in Cabarrus The administration of school affairs too iis pgl-tly 11 pule possible by the reguhy ? teachers' meetings in which problems are I solved and practical pedagogy taught, j (Continued on Rage Three.) OMIM HIT IN n j Memphis Special of Southern Railway Derailed.—Ten of of the Persons Injured Are | in a Hospital. (By (he Associated Pte«».) j Memphis, July' 13.—One man was | killed ami about 30 injured, some scri- I ously. early today when the Memphis Special on the Southern Railway was derailed' tpvo miles east of Larkinsville. Alabama, according to reports reeeiyed here. Ten of the more seriously in jured are in a hospital tot Huntsville. Four Pullmans and two coatches of the train which was en route from New York to Memphis, were torn loose from the engine mail, express and combina tion cars, and hurled down the embnuk ] meat overturning. I L. H.‘ Carr, e.f Durham. Killed. j Huntsville, Ala.. July 13.—Fifteen , persons injured in a wreck of the Mem phis Special near Sottsbcro. Ala., early 1 today were brought to a hospihfi here this a. m. ' • ! L. H. Carr. 19 years, old, of Durham. In. C„ was killed. It was stated that at j least 13 persons were seriously hurt. LORD’S PRAYER SAVES LITTLE STOLEN CHILD When Kiri Lisps It Hawaiian Wild Man Kidnaper Frees Her. (By the Assoeravefl Press.! Honolulu, I'. H„ .Tilly 13.—Barbara Basler, tl-year-old daughter of a promi nent merchant, owes her eseatie from a man who kidnapjied her yesterday to her knowledge of the Lord's Prayer. The child was stolen while playing near her home aud taken to the mountain retreat of a man known as “The wild man of Nuuanu Valley." The abductor, according to the child,!released her when I she began lisping the Lord’s Prayer. Police' are seaaching the valley for •\eoloha Pi.pl, former sailor and cham pion swimmer, who many years ago lie- Igan living the life of a recluse in active. ' He is believed to be unbalanced meutal , l.v. ■ Declines to Enter Celibacy Contract. ‘I New York, July 13.—Miss Mary Eaton I who,until two weeks ago was premier I danseuse in “ZiegfeldgS Follies," has re ’ jected a new contract, with the produe ler,, which would have made a co-star liu a musical comedy. Her reason, she I said today, was that the contract stipu l lated that she should not marry during 'I the term of the contract. - She denied there Was any one She , I knew who had a chance of becoming her -1 husband hut added : “I may fall in love and do-not want a'Mr. Ziegfeld to have the authority to ) hold me single.” « MORE GERIN TOWNS IN OCCUPIED ZONE : SEIZED BY FRENr Limburg, Formerly Occupied by American Troops, Was Occupied by the French Troops on Thursday. , BARMEN IS ALSO TAKEN BY TROOPS Several Officials in the City Were Arrested—Elberfeld is the Last City the French Have Taken. PuHseldorf. July 18 (Hy the Associat ed Press). —The town of Limburg, just beyond the Coblenz bridgehead, which the Americans formerly held,, was occu pied by French troops as a permanent occupation zone. Barmen, in the Kllferfeld manufactur ing district, also was occupied by a de tachment of troops. Several of the Barmen city officials were arrested, af ter which the French withdrew. Elberfeld Occupied. Berlin. July 18 (By the Associated Press).— French Troops have occupied the city of Elberfeld on the edge of the Ruhr region: according to advices from lie Bulir today. WHEAT SLI'MP PROMISES TROUBLE FOR REPUBLICANS Slump Will Start Pressure on Admin istration to Join in Some Settlement of the Chaotic Condition in Europe. Washington, July 12.—The decline in the price of wheat to a pre-war level is a political fact of the utmost importance. It has come at a moment to affect the senatorial election in Minnesota and greatly encourage the radical movement among the farmers. It will add to the disturbance in Congress next session, es pecially if it leads to the election of Mangos Johnson iu Minnesota. It will prehaps create an opportunity for a third party movement such as that which seems to be gathering about Henry Ford. It will reopen the tariff question. And it will tend to force the hands of the administration international ques tions. for tile f. {uers will 'see their plight its due to the failure of Europe to recover its consuming power. It is the most sensational hit of polit ical handwriting on the wall that has been seen since Hie war. The reasons for thinking that the drop in wheat prices is not a temporary flur ry but a permanent tendency are many. In the first place the American crop this year is about normal, 970,000.000 bush els. Then there is a large carryover from last year, about 140,000.000 bush els.’ The American consumption is about 610,000.000 bushels. Exports to Europe are estimated at 125,000,000 bushels. This will leave a surplus of 235.000,000 bushels. *One trouble is that Europe is too poor to buy-freely and Europe is, moreover, getting back into position to feed itself. For example, it is estimated that Russia will export this year 2,500.000 tons of wheat. As Russia has no credit abroad and therefore no way of financing and carrying this crop and as also her wheat will not be graded, this 2,500.000 tons will be deumped on the market for what it will fetch, breaking prices at Liver pool. The attention of the administration lias been called to this menace to the American farmer of the Russian wheat crop, but nothing lias as yet been done about it. DELEGATES TO THE ELKS’ CONVENTION LEAVING By Nightfall All But Few of the Dele *gtes Will Have Atlanta, the Convention City. (By (he Amoelnfed Cr-as. 1 Atlanta. July 13.—Atlanta today bade goodbye to thousands of Elks who a week ago cmil to the Georgia capita! from every state in the I'liiou. from Alaska. Forth Rico, and the distant Philippines to.-attend tin- 59th annual Grand Lodge reunion and convention of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. All outgoing trams curried full quotas of tlie antlered tribe homeward bound, after a week of business sessions and intensive jollification, and all singing the praises of Southern hospitality. By nightfall all but a mere handful of visi tors had "checked out" and the city was returning to the even tenor of its way. PREPARING REPLY TO LATEST GERMAN NOTE British Capinet Hopes to Have Reply Ready for Allies in a Day or Two. London, July 13 (By the Associated Press). —The cabinet ministers will be busy for the next day or two in complet ing the draft of the British reply to the German reparations note which is to be submitted to the allies, s The document will be accompanied by a covering note detailing for the benefit of- the allies the British governmnt’s views on the whole quesHon, and this, is is believed, will take more time for prep aration than the reply itself, which, ac cording to some reports, virtually haR been drafted. Pending a definite official statement re specting communication to the United States government of a draft of the reply, there is a general supposition that this sjjep will be taken. Chinese Robbers Active. Hong Kong. July 13 (By the Associ ated Press).— jChinese robbers today raided and looted the residence of a German at Kung Shan, near Canton. Foreigners of the district are in a state •of consternation. * TODAY’S - * ® NEWS • ® TODAY 0 NO. 165. LIUS Fin beam ■ ■ Nil FOR CAMPAIGN r Mini CHIPION By His Victory Over J Jess Willard the Man From Ar gentine Won the Right to Challenge Jack Dempsey. WILLARD IS NOW THROUGH IN RING Tried to Stage Come-back, But Was Unable to Do So. -—More Than 100,000 Peo ple Saw the Battle. New York, July 13 (By the Associated Press).—Luis Firpo, from the Argentine, last night knocked out Jess Willard of Kansas before the greatest crowd ever Ml tfr ringside, and today was e. shaking his fist in the face of Champion Jack Dempsey and challenging his right to tlie heavyweight crown of the world. The knockout came iu the eighth round after one minute and 55 seconds of fight ing. The South American rushed his heavier opponent to the ropes with an attack as furious as ever has been seen iu tlie ring. A right cross to the jaw . sent the giant Kansan to his knees iu his own corner, and before lie had risen the fatal count of ten lmd been given. Willard was through—his comebaek had failed—he left the ring for good. Not a word did lie utter, when, revived in his corner he turned and climbed down tlie steps and disappeared in darkness toward his dressing rodin. . And so today tlie sporting world .fo cussed its attention on the dark brown young giant, who, coining north from the panqias about 15 months ago. battered his way to the front ranks of heavy- 1 weights with the tremendous sledge ham mer blows of his fight fist. Firpo this morhutg looked fondly at , the contract which “he had signed with promoter Tex Rickard, agreeing to tight the champion. Last night he had fought before an estimated crowd of 100,000 and today he was looking forward to the throng lie would face when lie stepped in'- ; to tlie ring in an attempt* to take the laurels from the head of Denipsey. Dempsey, victor over Timmy Gibbons by decision only after his opponent had gone a full fifteen rounds at Shelby, Mont,, was not at the ringside last night. He was op- The Pacific coast resting * after his only comeback in two years. • But his manager. Jack Kearns, was ' present and he told newspaper men his protege was ready for Firpo any time. The proceeds of the bout was estimat ; ed fit $400,000. of which Willard re ceived $120,000 and Firpo SBO,OOO. Another feature of last night's heavy weight show was the spectacular victory ' of Floyd Johnson, tile I)es Moines pugil ' ist over Jack McAuliffe 11. of Detroit, ; the latter being knocked out by Johnson 1 in the first round. Their fight follow ed the main bout between Willard and Firpo. EKIRD CASE IS READY | TO BE GIVEN TO JURY I Stanly Man Is Charged With Assault I Upon His Daughter. Mrs. Agatha I Shankle. . 5 Albemarle, July 12.—The evidence in f the ease of Justus .1. Efird, charged with criminal assault on his daughter. Mrs. Agatha Shankle. was all in at 3 o'clock 1 and the case was being presented to the jury by counsel when court adjourned • here for the day. The case involves two charges, one a capital offense and- the other a felony. The testimony for the girl was a grue some story of intermittent abuse of a father against his child who at the time, according to her statement, was about 12 pears old but now is 20 and since married. The father denies a charge of any crime but admits indiscretion and in- • decent conduct' toward his child. Efird is now 02 years old and is the father of IS children. 17 of whom are living. A large number of prominent citizens of tin- county testified to the good char acter of Efird. Tlie ease is considered one of the most unfortunate ever tried in a Stanly Su perior Court. Tlie family is well een nected. Efird claims that tlie whole matter is a . frame-up and that the charges have been brought for the pur pose of blackmail by his daughter and her husband. GOVERNOR MORRISON BACK AT CAPITAL, Went to Raleigh to Attend to Mass of Routine Business Which Demands At tention. IBr the Associated Press.) Raleigh, July 13.—Governor Cameron Morrison, who returned to Raleigh from Asheville last night, was at his office ear ly today clearing his desk from a mass of routine business. During the morning the Governor saw a number of callers including a number of state officials. The Governor’s visit to Raleigh had uo connection with the receut report of the auditors on the stnte's financial condition, it was stated at the executive offices. Three Defendants Acquitted. (Br the Associated Press.) Aiken, S. C.. July 13. —After being •out since 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon the jury in the case of J. H. Murtin, •Virgil Thomas, and Bud Engleft, oY Au gusta, charged with assault and battery and intent to kill iu connection with •whipping of E. W. Thomas, shop fore man at Bamburg, near Augusta, during 'the shopmen's strike last August, re -1 turned a verdict of not guilty at 12:10 (this afternoon.