North Carolina Newspapers

! I VOLUME XXIII POINCARE'S SPEECH MTPMroD ’ Bf BM.DWMS PUH : I . - I French Premier Had Already Prepared Address Deliv ered Sunday Before Eng land Mate Latest Proposal. SITUATION IS NOT TO BE CHANGED Until British Note is Re ceived by France—Copy of Reply to Be Sent to the United States. ( (By tk« Amortatwl Press.) Paris, .Till) 1 iff;—(By the- Associated- Press).—Premier Poincare's address at Sen Its yesterday was a- mere reiteration I of tlie French government's policy and was not intended as a reply to recent ■ reparations speech of Prime Minister ■ Baldwin, it was explained in official cir -1 " cles here today. The entire address. with the exception of a few paragraphs, were written before the Premier spoke. B it was said. It is considered in official circles, it was added, .that the situation between ■ Great Britain nnd France up to the time !■ the promised British note is received will he exactly the same as that obtain ing since last January. Speech Not Accepted Favorably. London, July Mi (I’y the Associated Press).' —British hopes of assuming the allied leadership in the negotiations for a reparations settlement with Germany are considered here to have had a seri ous setback during the week-end by rea son of the speech which Premier Poin care of Frame, delivered at Senlix Sun day. 'Nevertheless the British officials who returned to Downing Street early today .to resume the task of drafting a reply to the latest German offer were not so sure that the situation was as gloomy as the news from Paris seemed tq indicate. Tlie British attitude as reflected in of ficial circles is that the least said about the Poincare address, the better. It is recognized that the atmosphere of the War Memorial unveiling was. not a suit able one for the announcement of any change in French policies, »ird the fact that Premier Poincare merely reaffirmed them Ifny stronger istaction and encouragement. The British, it 1* indicated, will pro ceed with the work of drafting the note to be submitted to the allies and the United States, just us if M. Poincare had uot spokeu hia mind. WILL SEND REPLY TO THE UNITED STATES • British Reply t» German Reparations Note Will Be Sent to American Gov ernment- London, July Ml (By the Associated Press). —Prime Minister Baldwin an nounced in the House of Commons that he would communicate to the United States for its information the draft of the reply he was preparing to the Ger man reparations note. Mr. Baldwin's statement was made to J. Ramsay Mac- Donald, the leader of the labor opposi tion, ill reply to the latter's question'. In reply to Commander Jos. Keuwor thy, another questioner, the Prime Min ister said the recent German note on reparations was added to the United States and allied governments, but there had been no recent conversation* between representatives of the British and the I'. 8. Government in regard to repara tions or the present Euro|»ean situation. PREPARING FOR HARD CONTEST IN COURT The Trial* of Mike Lawsoh, Jolui Hedgepeth and Jule Brogden Will Be t gin Tomorrow. , (By the *— clatefi Press.) • Lumberton, July Ml—Attorneys and court attaches are preparing for one of the longest fought and hardest legal bat tle in history of the county when Mike Lawson, John Hedgepeth and Jule Brog deiv face trial tomorrow on charges of barratry and kidnapping arising from the aUeged flogging of Mrs. Mary Wat son aiVl Mrs. Hattie I’lirvis at Proctor ville last April. Each side has arrayed imposing legal forces and upward of 50 witnesses has been summoned. The recent arrest of H. L. Taliaferro, alleged Ku Klux Klan agent has added i a sensational touch to the affair. ctfna Turning to Intensive Farming. (By the Associated Press.) Washington,/- July 16.—A remarkable development, of intensive agriculture In China is shown by a special study of farming in that country, just completed by the department of agriculture. China has more than 59,000,000 farmers who, With their families, com prise 80 to 90 per cent, of the nation’s total population. Os a total area of omer than 2,000,0000,000 acres of land, nbout 212,000,000 acres are under cul tivation, including 63,000,000 acres of wet lands used chiefly for. rice produc tion, aud 16,000,000 acres of grundetis und fruit orchards. China ranks first among agricultural countries in the production of rice, tea* silk, say beans and grain sorghums, the report says, and ia second only to the United States in tobacco and possibly in wheat production also. On the av erage Cffiina produces more cotton for commercial use ' than ■ Egypt and, in cluding production for local üße, nearly as much as British India. . -i Mr. and Mrs. J. M; Culrlensure have renamed from * riffit to relatives at Co lumbia. 8. C. pas Concord Daily Tribune HEAVY RAIN VISITED THE CITY SATURDAY EVENING Was First Real Electrical Bterm of Year. —Certain Parts of. County Also Had Rain. Concord had its first real electrical storm of the summer Saturday night, nnd while no. serious damage is reported i in the city as a result of the storm, some damage was suffered by the telephone compnnj and the eity's electric company, jin certain parts of the county damage I to crops was -reported ns a result of the water. The downfall of rain in Concord was tlie heaviest in many weeks. Beginning shortly after 7 o'clock the rain fell in sheets for some time. A slight let-up occurred, and then the downpour be came more violent ana continued until after 10 o'clock. Several severe crashes of lightning caused many people to think their resi dences or nearby houses bad been struek, but so far as reported only one home was damaged by the lightning. The eity's lighting system was put out of commis sion in several parts of the city, however, aud linemen spent most of the night re-' paiding the lines. Several downtown stores were thrown in darkness when one line in the business section was put out of commission by the lightning. One farmer liviij*, between Concord and Salisbury, in the) northeastern part of the county, declared the water caused some damage to crops in his section. Corn fields were badly washed in some sections, and cotton was also slightly damaged by the downpour and also by running water caused by the rains. S<one telephones in the city were put out’ of commission during the storm, but only slight damage as a whole was suf fered by the telephone comp Any. Cooler weather which usually follows a severe electrical storm was conspicu ous here Saturday night and yesterday by its absence. There was only a slight drop in the temperature immediately fol lowing the storm Saturday night, ami the temperature yesterday was about as high as Saturday's. DELINQUENT GROUPS FAVOR EASY LIFE Too Little Sleep. Too Much Play, Not Enough Study. Too Much Leisure. Evanston, lnd., July Ml.—Too little sleep, too much play, not. enough study, too much leisure: fast eating and diver sified thinking are factors that devitalize students and are responsible for the "de linquent groups" found in every univer sity. according to a report made public by Professor Delton Thomas Howard, of Northwest University. In Northwestern alone, out of 1,635 students in the college of liberal arts. Professor Howard has found a "delin quent group" of 256 composed of 166 men and 9!) women. In other words, he points out 16 out of every 100 stu dents do not ("pass." But delinquency Hdt-v Wtr hanh l«ok of h. telligenee, the professor found. “No result of our study.” the North western professor Writes, “is more signifi cant ami interesting than the discovery that tlie average intelligence of the so called delinquent group is quite as high ns that of the general student-body.” Students found to be delinquent, are pnt on probation at Northwestern and have to make good or be dropped from the roster. “The probationers,” the investigator reports, “devote more time as a whole, by their own confessions, to- athletics, social activities, outside work, leisure, than do the freshmen; less time to sleep, campus activities, meals, classes nnd studies." Among the total group of men inter viewed, 15 were though to be hnndi eapped by “mental immaturity.” Com menting on this Professor Howard re marks : "There are boys who have, for the most part, been reared under easy cir cumstances and who have never been required to view life seriously. Such students have n distinctly childish atti tude towards their classroom work, have no intellectual interests, no definite am bitions ,no sense, of responsibility. -In most of these cases, as might be ex pected. high school preparation has been superficial and inadequate.” Illness, family troubles, and financial worries are among other causes leading to students being put on probation. Professor Howard drew attention to the comparatively high percentage of delinquent students, using his figures to illustrate the serious situation in American University life today. Twenty-nine Dally Afternoon Papers and Ten Morning in the State. Raleigh, July 15.—Twenty-nine daily r afternoon papers are published in North Carolina and 10 daily morning papers. One hundred and sixty-four weeklies, 26 semi-weeklies, two tri-weeklies. 86 monthly publications, six semi-monthly, 13 quarterly, and two annual publica tions bring the total publications of the state *to 288. In 1804, 219 publications were issued in the state. Eight of these were morning dailies and 13 afternoon dailies, the balnnee being divided among the the other types of publications. In 1001 the combined circulation of all publications was 612,230. In 1922 it had Increased to 1,421,482. The circulation increase of the morn ing dailies for the past decade was 120 per cent, and that of the afternoon dail ies 82 per cent. The value o{ plants owned by the pub lishers themselves in 1922 was $3,414,- 440 with an annual payroll of $2,885,- 267 to 1,750 persons. Eighty newspapers and periodicals are printed by contract. Two hundred and forty t.vpsettiiig ma chines are in operation in the newspaper shops of the state. Reformed Church Clasais to Boy Salis bury Normal. l Salisbury,-July 15. —The North Caro ling Clasais of tha Reformed Church, at la special meeting held in Salisbury, de cided to buy without delay the property of the Salisbury Normal and Industrial Institute.to which school property it is proposed to more Catawba College from Ndwton. The school will be raised to W A grade college and Will open in Ha .'■kw quarters for the 1924 session. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923. MUSSOLINI IS GIVEN VOTEOFCONFIDECE ON ELECTORAL BILL Bill Will Change Manner in Which Hie Members of the Chamber of Deputies Are to Be Elected by People. PREMIER GIVEN MARGIN OF 163 Made Fiery Speech, as is His Wont, and His Speech Was . Greeted by Depdties and Visitors in Galleries. Rome, July 16.. —(By the Associated Dress).—Amid scenes rarely enacted 1 Premier Mussolini last night won a vote of confidence from the Chamber of Depu ties, with a margin of 163 votes, on his electoral reform bill. Before the vote was taken lie had angered the deputies in his accustomed style. His fiery address was punctu r ated with outbursts of applause both from the benches nnd the galleries. The emotional wave swept his autitors into stormy and wild demonstration. The 'vote was 303 to 140, seven not vot ing. The bill changes the system under which the present chamber is chosen, abolishing the plan of proportional rep resentation, nnd giving the party receiv ing the most votes two-thirds of 865 scuts in the chamber. While the pro oortioual system would end, ns now used it would still apply to the minority par ties. The effect is to make one con stituency instead of 55 out of the entire country. SUTAINING POSITIONS ASKED FOR THE DEAF Mr. Robertson Appeals to the Pastors of All Churches in the State. (By (he Associated Press.) Raleigh. N. C„ July 15.—. T. M. Rob ertson. Chief of the Bureau for the Deaf of the State Department of Labor and Printing has sent letters to the pastors of all churches in the state asking their assistance in solving the problem rtf plac ing deaf persons in "sustaining posi tions." "You have employers of various classes under your charge,"-paid Mr. Robertson '« os..*»/teer*fb rtie ministers. you kindly get them Interested in and willing to employ the deaf? Many of the em ployers know nothing about the deaf aud, therefore, are afraid they cannot us< them to advantage. You know deaf people are handicapped in some ways but they can do many tilings us welt ai their more fortunate workers., "It is a deplorable practice on tin part of some employers who hire deal persons', on finding them inefficient, t< discharge them on the assumption that they represent the dead as a class. It is manifestly unfair to appraise the qualifications of tlie deaf as a whole by the short-comings of a few. This prac tiee entails unnecessary hardships on the deaf. “Please impress upon your members the fact that one unsatisfactory deaf person does not represent the deaf peo ple as a whole. Furthermore that the deaf dislike to be given employment for charity's sake. All they ask is a fail show. Ask employers to exercise pa tience in handling the deaf on giving them work, considering the handicaps this dass of employees have to overcome. As a rule the deaf are quick; to take hold of new work and with a little time and effort, can master the tasks assigned them nnd soon give good service. "You can be of great help to this Bu reau. By arousing in your membership and congregation a sympathetic interest iu and an understanding of the deaf i you will-help put me in better position t< make employers more willing to listen when I call on them, in the interest of the deaf workers.” Mr. Robertson calls attention to tht fact that the 14th census of the United States showed that the deaf-mute popu lation of the country is engaged iu agri culture, forestry ami animal husbandry extraction of minerals, manufacturing and mechanical industries, transporta tion. trade. Public Service, professional I service, domestic and personal service > and clerical occupations. ? PHILIPPINE POLITICS ARE WAXING WARMER AU Departmental Secretaries Except One Are Said to Have Sent in Their Resignations. (By tkc Associated Press.) Manila. July 16 (By the Associated Press). —Political differences in the Phil ippines, reopened yesterday with the res ignation of Secretary of the Interior J. P. Laurel, waxed warmer today, when, according to reports in official -circles. I all other departmental secretaries except Vico Governor GHknore, notified! Gov ernor-General Leonard Wood of their in tention to quit. Home Made Invention for Poisoning the Weevils. Monroe, July 14.—While the farm demonstration agents from all over Piedmont and central North Carolina were gathered on the court house lawn Wednesday, Randolph Redfearu, a Mon roe citizen, created quite a bit of interest by exhibiting a boll weevil destroyer of hia own invention. The outfit consists of a barrel with pump attachment placed on a cart from which calcium arsenate-molasses mix ture is sprayed over three rows of cot ton at a time, making it easy to cover 1 a large field within a short time. The /invention appears to work perfeetjy and may come into geueral use in spraying With the molasses-arsenate mixture. INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA. (By the Associated Press). During the last twelve years the furniture industry has grown to be one of the most important in the State. In 1010 -there were 83 factories in the State; today there are 107. ' The value of the output of these mills in 1910 was sll,- '232,000 annually, in 021-22, the value was 330,288,761. Guilford, Davidson and Caldwell counties lead in this industry while the city of High Point is the acknowledged center of th4 industry in the State. In 1910 the total number of wage earners emploved by ’ the industry-was 6,383; today there are 8,697. The wage scale has kept pace with the industry for it has advanced 89 per cent, duiing the decade. Capital fivested in the manufactories in 1910 was $3,- 283,2 )6 and in 1922 had increased to $6,525,10%. The annual payroll a decade ago was $1,618,150 while in 1921-1922 it amounted to $5,467,614. ■Wages in these plants are paid weekly and semi monthly. 7 PASSENGERS HURT IM ELEVATED » Two Coaches Were Tele scoped and Crushed When Train Crashed Into Car of an Empty Subway Train. (By the Anwlalnl Press.) New York. July 16.—Two wooden | loaches of a crowded elevated train ! .vere telescoped and crashed, injuring sev- 1 ■n passengers today when it crashed in- : to the rear of an empty subway train | n the Bronx. The collision occurred opposite the interborough parking yards where tlie derated aud subway trains travel on the iverlieail structure. Transportation company officials at- J tributed the accident to the failure of he switchmen to move the subway train | ■vhich was being groomed for its first morning run, and to rain which caused | h> brakes of the elevated to slip when [ he motorman rounding a • curve, was •onfronted by the standing train. JGHTNING STRIKES TWICE JN THE VERY SAME PLACE j Severe Electrical Storm Play* an Un- j usual Prank at a Home Near Hen-; deaon. •*■(- - # j Henderson. July 14.—Since the mem- 1 iry of man runneth not to the contrary j t has been said that lightning never • (trikes twice in the same place, but this las just been disproved. During a severe electrical storm last j week. Rennie Farrell was killed by | ightning when it struck the home of his | father in Warren county, 12 miles north I >f this city. Young Jarrell was standing at a screen | loor when lie was killed. The lightning ■ Turned a big hole in the screen door and Mr®. Jarrell covered the opening with •loth a few days ago. This afternoon another terrific electric storm visited this section and a bolt of ightning struck the screen door of the larrcll home, setting fire to the cloth vhich had been placed in the hole creat 'd when Bennie Jarrell was killed. Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell canje to Hen-. lerson today declaring they would not •eturn to the house until they had found (omething to safeguard them from ightning. THE COTTON. MARKET Was Irregular and Unsettled Today Dur ing the Early Trading. (By the Associated Press.) New York, July Mi.—The cotton mar ket-was irregular and unsettled durinb oday's early trading. The early weath er news i/id not indicate any actual 'weak in the southwestern drought, bn! ! here was a prospect for showers which j >vidently rendered the market a little nore sensitive to tlie poor Liverpool i ■nbles. As a result the market opened | rnrely steady at a decline of 25 to 31 mints, and the active positions sold | ibout 33 to 37 points net lower during he early trading. Cotton futures opened fairly steady, luly 27.00; Oct. 28.90; Dec. 23.40; Tail. 23. 14; March 23.08. Would Call a Halt on Summer Furs. I Washington, July 16.—Fashion's de-! cree that women shall wear furs the year round has aroused great apprehen sion among naturalists, says a bulletin of the National Georgraphie Society, whose officials believe that some of the inimals that are abundant today may soon be in the clas of the auk and the dodo. “It is only by educating the Atherican nublic to the need for periods of protec tion for these animals,” the bulletin mys, “that we will be able to preserve one of the country's most valuable as -iet»_ for the enjoyment and pr.ofit of fu ture generations.” Recently the society sent an expedi tion to nn island off the coast of Lower California to try to find specimens of | 'he great seal colonies which used to inhabit the islund, but not ft single ani mal was seen. It has been estimated that America spends yearly $100,000,000 for fur gar ments, and the society declares that the beaver, marten, skunk, muskrat and other animals are not only paying with their lives, but with the threatened ex tinction of their kind. ■ ( Indict 22 Men. Chicago, July 16. —Twenty-two men 'were named in indictments returned by a federal grand jury here today charged with conspiracy to transport 1,000 cases os liquor from the Old Grand Dad dis tillery at Louisville, Ky., in September IliSluiOß In London It is Reported the Ship Will Carry Liquors For Her Guests on Trip to America. Loudon, July 1G (By the Associated Ureas). —Ronald McNeill. Parliamentary foreign under secretary, told a question er in the House of Commons today that he had no information regarding a re l>ort that the American steamship Levia than had contracted in Great Britain to take <tu board liquor for her return voyage to the United States, but said he would make inquiries. So far as lie is aware, it would not be a breach of American law. as suggested by the ques tioner for the United States ships to take liquor on board, for consumption on the high seas. The portion of the question to which the under secretary replied came from Sir William Uavison. conservative from Kensington, who asked whether the Le viathan *‘in breach of American muni cipal law, had contracted ih Britain to take aboard large quantities of spiritous liquors for consumption on the return journey tq the United States xq she would handicapped in oompetiyp for passengers with British ships** " KLAN OFFICERS HOLDING MEETING IN ASHEVILLE For First Time Women of Klan Auxil iary, Are Attending the Meeting of Officers. (By the Associated Preaa.) Asheville. N. I'.. July 16.—With Dr. H. W. Evan, and other imperial officers of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan present, a three days' conference be tween the Grand Dragon and Great Tit ans of the Invisible Empire opened here today. The conference is attended only by file men at the head of the Klan in- the various states of the country, about forty states being represented. This is the first important conference of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at which the women of the Ku Klux Klan recently chartered as a Klan auxiliary, have been represented. Mrs. Lula Mark well. of Little Rock. Ark., grand com mander of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan and her official staff are present. The conference, which under the new constitution and by-laws, adopted at At lanta last November, is the annual affair, is the first of its kind to be held. Plans for the activities of the Knights of the Kit Klux Klan in the various realms of the Invisible Empire (luring the coming year will be discussed in de rail at the sessions, all of which are ex ecutive. NUMBER ARE REPORTED KILLED IN EPLOSION Several Buildings Damaged. Also. When | Artillery Ammunition Near Belgrade Explode*. (By tlie Associated Press.) Belgrade, July l(i. —A number of, per sons are reported to have been killed I and others iujured aud considerable dam age caused to buildings, through the ex j plosion yesterday of a large depot of ar- I tillery ammunition at Krnguyevatz, 60 axiles southeast of Belgrade. The dis aster proved to have been due to spon taneous combustion. With Our Advertisers. Cline's Pharmacy will give $5.00 to the person writing the best letter sug gesting the ways this store ean serve the public better, $2.50 for the second best and SI.OO each for the next two best letters. See particulars in the new ad. today, The July Clearance Sale at Fisher's is now on. and will run through July 31. C. H. Barrier & Co. have a nice lot of Peach Bloom seed Irish potatoes which they are selling at $1.75 a bushel. | Tlie Ritchie Hardware Company thinks it is an injustice to close their store on Thursday afternoon. Instead this store as in favor of early Saturday night clos ing. See ad. You can get the highest njensure of safety for your important paper's, etc., in the "loss-proof” vault of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co, Chambers' Fireless Gas Range cooks with the gas turned off. See ad. in this paper. Rev. Mr. Causey Resign*. Salisbury, July 14.—Rev. W. H. Causey, who came here from Wood stock, Va., last December to become pas tor of First Reformed Church, has re-, signed that pastorate and will return Ito Vorginin: 'COMMISSION SAYS FRENCH * BATTLE SCARS ARE VANISHING France Is Making a Magnificent Effort | to Restore the Ravages of War. i . Loudon. July Hi—France of today, like the France of 1873, is making ' a magnificent effort by hard work to re store the ravages, of war, r an official report of the Brl tA Libra 1 ment of-Overseas Trade. T: ( IS I the work of the Commercial Counsellor of the British Embassy in Paris, .1. R. , Cahail, and is painstaking and exhaust , ive. The general conclusions of the re port are: i The present economic position of France is strong. | Her industrial pophlation is fully em ployed. and her. output is most fieids of production is only limited by shortage of man-power. i The industrial reconstruction of the devastated areas is fast approaching completion. Tile report states that the destroyed or damaged coal mines are increasing their output with improved technical equip ment. The great woolen and cotton works are kept going to tile full extent of the labor at their disposal. The great agricultural areas of wheat and beet root, the chief crops of northern France, will soon aiqiroximate the pre-war areas. Ports, waterways, railways, and roads have been and are being improved. Wat er power, the report continues, is being systematically turned to account. New resources in ores, coal, potash, and oil have been developed. There has been advance in industrial organization in a marked fashion in the chemical, elec trical, metalurgieal, engineering, alumi num, and other industries, disceruable tl rough French industry as a whole. French foreign trade in weight ha- al ready surpassed pre-war figures. Fine results have been obtained by hard work in the devastated regions. Os 8,166,684 devastated acres. 7.447.297 have been cleared of projectiles, trench work, and barbed wire; 19,920 factor ies have been rebuilt out of 22,160. Os nearly 4,941,000 acres of devastated ag ricultural land, more than 1,235,000 have been put under the plow. The main railway system has been re paired. nearly all (tie waterways have been made navigable, and of the 36,450 miles of devastates! roads. 10.743 have been restored to traffic and 8,671 have been improved. SALISBURY IS AFTER RAILROAD UNDERPASS Aldermen Pass Ordinance Requiring An Underpass Near Present West Innis Crossing. Salisbury, July 15.—The Salisbury aldermen have passed an ordinance re quiring the Southern Railway to con struct an -underpass near the present grade crossing on West Tunis Street. The State highway commission is build ing several roilea of improved secab out frrthi the city and this new' road is to go through the underpass. The rail road is given until September Ist to fin ish the work after which time a penalty of SSO per day attaches. Mayor Henderlite, of this city, and the’state attorney general are not in ac cord in regard to the new railroad stop law. The mayor, however, states that city policemen will not arrest any one who crosses at the North Main Street crossing of the Southern without stop ping. He feels that the flagging of this crossing is sufficient guarantee against accident. However, the mayor’s guar antee does-not extend beyond the action of the city policemen and officers repre senting the county or the railroad may make arrests for violations of the law at this crossing. SYKES GIVES BOND Former Bank Teller Charged With Em bezzlement. Released on SIO,OOO Bond. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, July 16.—John D. Sykes, .Tr., former teller of the First and Citizens National Bank of Elizabeth City, ar rested two weeks ago in Montana on a Charge of embezzling about $25,000 of the bank’s funds, today was released on a SIO,OOO bond furnished by friends in Elizabeth City. Young Sykes was brought back to North Carolina by two Montana officers, arriving here last Fri ay afternoon. As soon as Sykes was released from tail he hastened to a local hotel to see his mother who was waiting for him. It was an affectionate meeting between mother and son. Neither desired to talk to a reporter, declaring they would like s o b" left alone. It is understood that Sykes accomnanied by his mother and a few friends will leave for Elizabeth City this afternoon. Syke’s surety for his appearance at the October term of Federal Court in Elizabeth City for trial reached Raleigh yesterday, but Assistant District Attor ney Briggs did not authorize < the re lease of the prisoner until he had had time to examine the document this morn ing. The bond was signed by eight prominent citizens who qualified with a total of , $42,000. Over Thirteen Million Motor Vehicles in the United States. New York, July 12.—A survey just completed showing 13.048.128 motor ve hicles registered in the United States on July 1 of this year and indicates that over six billion gallons of gasoline must be supplied for automobiles alone this year, according to the weekly summary of the American Petroleum Institute. The gain in the number of ears is 2,440,- 000 over July 1. 1922, and 683.751 over the high mark of December, 1922. The estimated gasoline consumption by motor vehicles last year was over five billion gallons. Strike Begins in Dublin. (By the Associated Pton.l Dublin, July 16.—A strike on the docks of the Irish Free State ports was begun today. James Larkin, the Irish labor leader recently deported from the United States, apparently is directing the operations of the striking element. Miss Kathleen Wilson turn returned from Blue Ridge, where she went to,at tend a meeting iof home demonstration .agents. .. tclats TODAY NO. Y 67. WILL ASK CONGRESS Fflß COMPENSATION Ml/EX SERVICE MEN Disabled Veterans of World War Draw Up Program Which Will Be. Presented to the Next Congress. AID FOR DISABLED iIS ALSO PROVIDED Program Adopted by Recent Convention of Disabled Calls for Changes in Man ner of Pay for Wounded. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, July 16.—A legislative program calling for adjusted compensa tion for world war veterans and affect ing their rehabilitation,"’ hosfnthl wire and insurance will be pressed upon Con grenn when it reconvenes in December by disabled American veterans of the world war. The program based on rec ommendations adopted by the third an nual convention of the organization held recently at Minneapolis, was announced here today. The proposals provide a rating of to tal permanent disability for veterans who have been given hospital care for twelve consecutive months and all veterans so rated and those being treated at home shall receive the same family allowance as given at veterans bureau trainees. An effort also will be made to have all vet erans recommended for permanent total disability ratiug earned on this roll temporarily pending final award. To tal liability ratings will be sought for men entitled to training which has been declared not to be feasible and a rating of 50 jier cent. ]>ermanent disability will be asked for men discharged from the hospital with diagnoses of arrested or quiescent tuberculosis. Amendment of the civil service laws will be proposed to place disabled veter ans who attain passing grade at exami nation at head of eligible list. The program would make woman vet erans who are ill or in need eligible to enter any home maintained by the gov ernment, or veterans with provision for a separate home for them when their number warrants. Dun District Planters Don’t Bdkeve to Trying to “Beat tile- Almighty.” Dunn, July 15.—Defying threats of certain and immediate death if he did it, W. Bruce Mabee, entomologist in charge of the local government boll weevil field station, gave a cotton dust ling demonstration on the J. H. Pope plantation, near Dunn. Wednesday night. The-threats against the life of the man who went into the field to put poison on the cotton, were made by two ten ants who had sub-rented the lauds from Ellis Goldstein, of Dunn. Fear of be ing poisoned tltemaelves and belief that in dusting cotton one was trying to “get ahead of the Almighty,” were some of the reasons advanced for the serious ob jection. Mr. Goldstein was just as much de termined to have the cotton dusted as the tenants were that it shouldn’t be. Threats on the part of the tenants to bring a “good gun” into play, and that the first one who entered the. field to apply the poison would have to be car ried out. failed to halt the demonstra tion. Quite a crowd of farmers and busi ness people gathered to wintess this, the first dusting demonstration put on in this immediate section.. For a time it appeared that they might be called upon to witness a killing of men instead of boll weevils, but the 10-aere field of cot ton was dusted and no shots were fired. PETERS CASE IS AGAIN BEFORE GRAND JURY Frederick K. Weeks, Former District At terney tic Westchester County, Ap pears Before Ju.y. (By the Associated Press.) White Plains, N. Y., July 16.—Fred erick K. Weeks, former district atorney of Westchester county, was called today before the grand jury investigating the slaying by Walter S._ Ward, of Clarence Peters, of Haverhill, Massaehustts. Mr. Weeks conducted the former in vestigation which resulted in first de gree murder indictment, subsenquently dismissed. Sheriff George J. Werner was scheduled as the next witness' At 'torney General Sherman, who is conduct ing the present inquiry, refused to indi cate what lisp the questioning of the two would tafe. Tension in Strike Areas Increased. (By the Associated Press.) Sydney, N. S., July 16.—The tension in steel and coal strike areas was in creased today when authorities revealed that a rail had been removed on the Sydney & Louisburg Railroad shortly before the passage of an express, and that a boy had been arrested for jam ming a switch with a bar of iron. “Cattle Dipping War” Reported. ■ imr the associated Press.) Jackson. Miss.-, July 16. —Armed with machine gobs and rifles, a Federal force has "dug in” in Amite County, where a “cattle dipping war” is in program, ac cording to reports reaching here. In olden times people believed that a ring made of the hinge of a coffin had the power of relieving crops, which were also mitigated by haring a rusty old sword hung up by the bedside. Swans can fly at a rate of 106 miles 'an hour. ,