North Carolina Newspapers

► ASSOCIATED < ► PRESS < ► DISPATCHES < I ft ft A A 6 A i VOLUME XXIII * Exhibit Building Being Decorated For Fair Now Decorators Are at Work on One of the Buildings Now, and Others Will Be deco rated During This Week. ENTIRE CITY TO BE “DRESSED UP” Fair Grounds Getting Final Grooming Now. —Several Race Horses Are Going Through Races Each Day. Decorators today began their work oh the exhibit buildings at the ('t)barruH County Fair grounds. The Manufac turer's hall is being decorated today and as soon as the decorations have been completed some of tile exhibits will be placeij in the building. The lnaimfac turers have an exhibit hall 10 feet wide and 100 feet long. Tomorrow the representatives of the deeoroting company which will place ban ners, flags, bunting and other decora tions at the fair grounds and in this city will begin their work. The en tire pity as well as the fair grounds ij-ill be in gala attire by the end of the week. Tlie decorators will work on the grand stand and other buildings at the fair grounds. Committees which have in charge the placing of farm exhibits at the fair will begin their work this week. The build ing for tlie farm products arc in readi ness now, and spaces have been al'oted to the several communities which plan to. enter farm goods. In addition to the space already allot ted to communities which have decided to enter exhibits there are spaces for individual evhibits. aud these spaces are all ready now. Thp barns for the live stock have been completed for some time, and cages to house ixmltry have already been placed in readiness for the gist exhibits. The race track is as smooth ns a floor, and trash and rocks which fall on va rious parts of the grounds are carried off daily. The entire grounds today are as dean as any yard in the city, and offi cials of the fair plan to keep them this way until the fair begins. Trainera who have already arrived in Cortcord with their horses are putting them through light workouts each day now. Several Concord people went out Monday and today to watch and take | part in tlie races and again tomorrow morning at 10:110 o'clock races wisl be held. The horses already here are in excellent shape, and their owners have eaiwcawat delight with ttm-eofiditten of the track and quarters offered for the horses. While no serious disorder is expected to occur at the fair grounds county offi cers arc planning to have a large num ber of deputies on hand at all times. Superior Court will be in session next i week, necessitating the presence of i Sheriff Mabery at tlie court house most of the time, but lie lias assured officials of the fair that the grounds will be well policed at all times. In addition to the large number of j regular jitneys which operate here at j all times, a large number of special "cars for hire” will be operated next week to handle the crowd to and from the fair grounds. Fair officials are of the opin ion that there will be no difficulty in per sons finding means of transportation to ami front (he grounds at all hours. Officials/of the fair are making plans now for handling the autos which will be driven to the fair grounds. Parking siiaee is being reserved for the ears, and a man will be placed in charge of the parking space to watch the cars and prevent thefts. Whether or not cars will be allowed to park within tlie cen ter of the race track has not been de cided, one officials of the fair stated tin's morning. O. Max Gardner, Clyde Hoey and oth er prominent men of the Stnte will be here for the opening day, haring ac cepted invitations from the fair officials to take part in the opening. Mr. Gard ener will officially accept the fair for the farnt-people, his address to be made as soou as the parade reaches the fair grounds on the opening day. Major W. A. Foil, chief marshal, is delighted with the manner in which the public has shown interest in the mam moth parade, which will officially open tlie fair. The parade will form on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, and its destination will be the fair grounds. At tractive prixes have been offered for the OUR AlM— “Every Concord Family in a Home of / ' Its Own” A real home cannot be rented. No man, proud of his American citizenship, should place his family in a rented house any more than he should dress his wife and children in rented clothes. We maintain, and we think you will agree with us. that every child has an inalienable right to the joys of childhood, to health'and strength, and to be reared in a real honte. . It is because of this aid that we are proud of the prog ress we have made during the past 25 years. You can owp your own home, by taking some shares in Series No. 52 now Open. All stock is Non-Taxable. START RIGHT &Y STARTING NOW CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV INGS Association Office in Concord National Bank The Concord Daily Tribune NEGRESS ADMITS SHE , COMMITTED PERJURY I Was Witness for Plaintiff in Divorce Suit cf W. E. D. Stokes ifi CMnaco Court. t ßy the Associat'd Pr*aa.» New York. Oct. ft.—Hose Nell Miller, a negress of Chicago. who was the | principal witness for the plaihtiff ykster | day in the divorce suit of W. I* I). I Stokes, a wenlth.v hotel owner, against Mrs. Stokes, today admitted under cross examination by Samuel Fntermeyer, Mi's. Stokes' chief counsel, that she had com mitted deliberate perjury in answering questions about her past. When questioned by Mr. Fntermeyer, the witness, who had declared she had been married several times, was unable to give definitely the datPs of the mar riages. At first she saiil she had mar ried a man named Murphy in City Hall, New York, but later on severe cross ex amination by the defense counsel retract ed this statement, declared it false, and admitted she had committed deliberate perjury. TO QUESTION HAULE IN MURDER MYSTERY Hauie Was Close Friend of Miss Elsie Darthel, Who Was Slain Early Sun day in Pittsburgh. IBr the iHorlated P»**. \ Pittsburgh, Pa.. Oet. ft.—Walter Hauie, a'close friends of Miss Elsie liartliel, a nurse who was slain early Sunday in the old Hussey mansion was to be fur ther questioned by police today. Alonzo Savage, negro voodoo doctor, is alleged to have confessed to killing the nurse by striking her with a brick when he re fused him paymen for "curing her love ills." N Detectives admit there is no tangible evidence on which to hold Hauie. but the finding of two at Miss Hurt lad's handker chiefs in his pockets, and alleged dis crepancies of his stories the day before and after Savage'fc arrest, have caused his detention. \ THE COTTON MARKET Was Quiet During Early Trading.—Op ening Barely Steady at Decline. f By the Associated Press, t New York. Oet. ft. —The cotton market was quiet during today's early trading with fluctuations comparatively narrow and irregular. Tlie opening was' barely steady at a decline of 7 points to an ad vance of 3 points. Cotton futures opened barely steady. Oct. 27.65; Dec. 27.30; don. 26.60; March 26.70; May 26.7* Foreigners Studying Our Health Condi tions #By the Associated Press.' Charlotte. Oet. The group of eight foreign health officers studying health conditions in North Carolina under the third interchange visit of health officials arranged by the League of Nations will complete its studies here today and to morrow will visit tlie -North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital ut Gastonia, ac cording to an itinerary mapped out for the party officials of the State Board of Health. ' Included in the party, which lias been here since Sunday, are Dr. Cora Mayers and Miss Mayers, Chili; Dr. and Mrs. E. 'Orviinanos, of Mexico City, Mexico; Dr. K. Sannerinaii. of Hamburg. Ger many ; I)r. D. d. Hulshoff-Pol, of The Hague, the Netherlands; Dr. J. Batko. Cracow. Poland; Dr. S. Slonewski. of Moscow. Russia; Dr. Marzew, of Krar kov, Fkraine. The group of foreign health officials arrived in this state several weeks ago. staying at Raleigh for about 10 days and visiting other places before coming here Sunday. Paul S. Kluttz, 63 years old, died at his home only a short distance from Salem ('(lurch, eight miles northwest of Salisbury. Sunday evening nt| 6:30 o’clock, after and illness of some months. Oleomargarine is growing in favor in Great Britain, the estimated sales be ing nlout 800 tons a week more than be fore the war. best decorated fleats, and other prizes also will be available for those prsons who enter the parade. The weather is the only uncertain thing about the fair. Weather fore casts for next week indicate that favor able weather will prevail, and if this prediction is fulfilled, thousands of per sons are certain to be here. CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1923 DRY’S OF NATION TO MOBILIZE Sffcrt t« Crush Nation-wide Movement Against Law Enforcement. __ Washington, Oet. 'll.—To mobilize the citizenship of the country to meet and crush the nation-wide effort of liquor in terests arrayed against the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, plans have been made for great national citizen ship conference to he held id Washington at the end of this week. The conference is intended as a counter-attack upon the lawless forces of the nation, and was conceived, it is stated, at the.instinee of President Harding. It has the sanction and. full support of President Calvin Coolidge. Attendance at tlie conference will be open to'dll. and speakers will be Iraivn from noted men and women in public life over the country. Included in the list- will be Governor Pinchot, of •Penreylvanin. Governor Trinkle of Vir ginia, Sena/hr Borah of Idaho, Justice Florence R Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court, former Governor Henry .1. Allen of Kansas, former Governor Carl K. Mil iken of Maine, Raymond Robins, of Chi cago, Rabbi-Stephen Wise of New York, Bishop William F. McDowell, Roy A. Haynes, Federal prohibition commission er. and Warren Stone, grand chief of ‘lie International Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers. The conference was initiated by joint action of the chairmen of the commis sion on councils of churches and tlie commission on temperance of tlie Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The official call says, in part: "The conference is abundantly war ranted by the following facts. There is in certain sections of the country an alarming violation of the liquor law and a dangerous indifference or opposition to all laws which are said to interfere with so-called 'personal liberty.' If permitted to go unrestrained this will ’venutally result in increased violation of all law. and the rule of the mob will become the method of the vicious. That tliis process is going on is evident. There is abundant evidence that the enemies of the Eigtliepnth Amendment are car rying on a wide campaign of publicity. "There is among the churches and other moral and religious organizations a serious lack of solidarity in their prac tical and effectiye co-operation with thp officials who are working for tlie en forcement of the law.” The official statement in regard to the conference adds: "Tlie law breakers and the liquor in terests are going forward with perfect accord to a prescribed plan. Nothing less than an equal degree of efficiency among the friends of good government will be the ideal of the conference in combatting lawlessness and nullification. "The enthusiasm of the nation was very marked during tlie long years of winning the struggle of the adoption of the constitutional amendment which out lawed the manufacture and sale of liquor. Other important questions have since arisen and the consideration of these, combined with a natural relajcation from strain. MftrVffitewtfet lea*eAed’WiWe:K J sure for tlie enforcement of the amend men't. The conference will emphasize the necessity for' the same conscientious zeal for the enforcement as was manifest for tlie enactment of the law.” After affirming the vast majority of the people will mobilize to support the law, the objectives of the Coming con ference are given as follows; t To learn the facts; to solidify relig ious and moral sentiment into vital ac tion behind a working vigorous program, and to strengthen the morale of the religious and moral forces upon the is sue at stake. SHIPS FOR SEVEN SEAS SAIL FROM DIXIE PORTS Extent of Foreign Trade Through Gulf and Atlantic Ports. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 8. —Extent of for eign trade through Gulf and South At lantic ports is shown by the fact that during October there will be an aggre gate of 586 sailings* to foreign ports from the seven seaport cities served by the Southern Railway System: New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville. Brunswick, Savan nah. Charleston and Norfolk, according to information contained in the first number of the Director of Steamship Sailings which will be issued monthly by the Southern's Foreign Freight Depart ment. Ships for all the seven sens are listed in the directory, the sailings for October being divided by countries ns follows; Continental Europe 182, Cuba ftjf, Fnited Kingdom 75, Far East 62, South Ameri ca 3ft, Mexico 6, West Indies other than Cuba 3, Central America 31, Mediterran ean 22, Pacific Coast 1. Tlie date on which .steamer will sail and the name of the steamship company or steamship agent in whose care freight should be forwarded is also shown. The directory will be distributed monthly to a large list of exporters throughout the country and should prove a valuable advertisement for the South ern ports. It contains much information which will be of advantage to exporters through the ports and to those using the all-rail routes to Cuba and Mexico. Trinity Selects Tennis Stars in Tourna ment. Trinity College, Oct. B.—Twenty-five men took part in the first of a series of elimination teunis tournaments re cently which will finally decide just who will represent the Trinity tennis team, regular players and substitutes, during the coming season. The successful uieu lin the recent tourneys were Cnptain I Johnson, Marr, and Mayer, all ”T” men l of last year’s team. Th« substitutes jof the 1922 team also showed m> well, i These are James, Swaringen, Farris, hud I’ennix, the former two of whom all but , won letters' last season. Other tr.v-outs : yvho- are showing up exceptionally well are; Bright, formerly of the Durham Hihg School, and Burns, of Oak Ridge. Death of Ralph Patera, lße the AumrsM Press.* New York, Oct. 9.—Ralph Peters, president of the Long Island Railroad, died suddenly at his home in Garden 1 City today. I For more than 20 years Mrs. Mary Harris, of, Grant, Mich., has followed 'the trade of a blacksmith. First Photo of Tragic Race ! / J / ' 7 t , -J] ‘i ' *“*“*“*^**e**^* , **"**'*^"** J Belgium won the James Gordon Bennett Cup-this year in the- B is balloon race, but the race was not without its tragedies. Five pilot n> killed, several injured and some balloons dc«uuyed. Photo slim .« American entry (top balloon) plunging into a Belgian one. Lice -it S.JJlmstead and Lieutenant J. YY. sbaptaw were killed in tin iu COMPANY E EXPECTED TO REACH HOME TONIGHT Men Left Spruce Pine Sometime During Day—Had Been on Special Duty There For a Week. Members of Company E. who have | been on guard duty at Spruce Pine since j Monday of last week, are expected to reach Concord sometime tonight. Fa der orders issued by the military au thorities in charge of the troops in the i Mitchell county town. Company E was to entrain sometime today oil a special train. At 2 o'clock the company had not reached Hickory, and at this rate it probably will be sometime tonight be fore the train reaches Concord. The Concord guardsmen were called to Spruce Pine. Inst week to guard negroes, at work in that city on a city sewerage system. Governor Ajori'ison declared Monday that the troofta were ut. that ”rttaertmng mrty'p«Wce«ffWy”ximt 'as they were not called on special duty for that work, he ordered them home. Every thing was quiet at Spruce Pine while the troops were there and there was no reason to keep them longer, in the opin ion of Governor Morrison. Members of tire Concord company arc expected to be discharged from special duty as soon as they have carried all their equipment to the armory here. Soldiers Leave Spruce Pine. (By the Associated Preaa.l Spruce Pine, Oct. ft.—Sixteen special deputies have been sworn in to take •harge of the situation here following the departure of the three units of National Guard troops who have been on duty since September 28. ■ The Asheville troops, Morgauton and Concord compan ies were entraining this afternoon for their respective bases. Two militiamen have been assigned as special deputies and will remain behind to assist the sheriff's forces. No arrests 'have been made of alleged leaders of the 1110 b which drove the ne gro laborers out of Spruce Pine on Sep tember 27 aud 28. following the alleged attack upon an aged white woman by an escaped negro eortviet. It was stated, however, that such warrants are expect ed to be received within a few days. FLORIDA TOWN IS NOW THREATENED BY W’ATER Several Streets in Moorehaven Flooded as j- Result of Break in Dyke. (By the Associated Press.* Moorehaven, Fit., Oct. ft.—-The dyke in front of the city of Moorehaven broke at 7 a. m. today due to heavy pressure of a northeast wind. Tlie break is re ported under control, but water is rapid ly rising over the city. The flood wat ers have entered several stores and mer-. chants are removing tiieir stocks. The dyke was built to protect this city from overflow waters from a nearby lake, upon whose edge the city lies. State and local officials have been watching the water level of -tlie lake for some weeks, anticipating a rise. Numbers of other little towns ring the lake's edge. FINAL PLANTS FOR THE GIANTS-YANKEES GAMES Two Teams Today Are Holding Final Practice Before Opening Game Tomor row. IBy the Associated Frees.* New York. Oct. ft.—As the Yankees and Giants went out on their home lots today in final practice for the world se ries which opens tomorrow ill the Yan kee Stadium, Commissioner Landis with the umpires and club owners made final arrangements for the conduct of the con test. Commissioner Landis said he expected all. attendance records for world series wopld be broken, and that he wanted to be sure every ball ground employe knew liis duties so that the throngs could be properly seated and cared for. „ Presj’ent Cuolklge Optimistic. (By the Associated Press.* Washington. Oct. ft.—Although not de siring to pose as a iirophet. President Coolidge regards the business future of the country as promising, and looks for a continuation of present conditions, which lie believes on the whole are good. STOfKIIOLDRES OF THE SOUTHERN HOLD MEET Animat Meeting Held in Richmond.— New Freight Carriage Record Made Last Year. (By the Assorts***! Pgesa.) Richmond, Ya.. Oct. ft.—The stock holders of the Southern Railway in an-* nual session here today re-elected to the board of directors Jonathan Bryan, of Richmond; Robert Jemison. Sr., of Ala bama; and Devereaux Milburn, of New York, whose term had automatically ex pired. Jeremiah Yiilbauk, of New York, was elected director to fill the vacancy cheated by the death of Bishop Kilgo, of Charlotte, X. C. The annual report submitted to stock holders stated that the road saudled more traffic that ever before during (lie last year, and at a lower average freight rate*. \ New pqn%am-it added jjg Qif fMEWii includes 62 locomotives, 2.470 freight cars, and three new dining cars, the combined cost being $8,445,600. About fifty stohkholders attended the meeting. Seventeen of these voted in favor of a proposal that the directors be asked to seriously consider the de claring a commong stock dividend and 10 voted against it, the others failing to vote. EPISCOPAL MINISTER ENDS HIS OWN LIFE Believed Suicide Caused by Unrequited Desire to Maintain Home For His Five Children. (By the Associated Press.) Kansas City, Mo., Oct. ft.—An unre quited desire to maintain a home for his five children ranging in age from 12 to 11). was believed by the police today to have been the principal motive behind ‘he suicide here "yesterday of the ReV. lolin William Jones, aged 47, prominent Episcopalian clergyman His body was found early last night in a hotel room where lie apparently had shot himself with a shotgun several hours before. In a letter addressed to his wife, a theatrical woman of New York, the Rev. Mr. Jones said: ”We never seem to have gotten any where on the divorce question, nor have we succeeded in making a go. The kids need a home. For nearly six years now I have been unable to do the right thing by you, and them. Let's call it quite, ami may God take care of you all. I am well in body and miml, but sick in heart and soul, and have decided to go ’beyond the vale’.” i Anniversary of tlie Chicago Fire. Raleigh, Oct. ft.—Today is, the 52nd ! anniversary of the disastrous Chicago i fire, in which 2(X) persons lost their lives and 17,060 buildings were burned at a loss of approximately $1!H).000.000. North Carolina in 1615 was one of the first states in the .Union to legislatively declare October fttli as Fire Prevention Day, according to officials of the State' Department of Insurance. Since 1615 many other states have legally set aside October fttli as Fire Prevention Day, and in 1620 President Woodrow Wilson gave the date national significance by issuing the first Presiden tial proclamation calling upon the peo ple of the nation to make it a special day for the study and practice of fire prevention anr fire protection methods and systems. According to an official of the State Department of Insurance the purpose of Fire Prevention Day is to bring the i>eo ple to a .relazilation that a tire loss is ev erybody's loss and that it is everybody’s responsibility to guard against fires. In North Carolina not only a day is set aside for fire prevention campaign, but a whole week, the week yf October Bth to 13th. inclusive. The 'Governor has issued a proe'atna tion calling on the citizens of the State to observe both by increasing their efforts towards the eliininatio nos unnecessary fire losses. Fair Weather For World Series. *St the (aweMIMI ***** New York, Oet. ft—The world series fandom is assured of agreeable weather conditions for the first two games of the Y’ankee-Giants clash', in a bulletin issued by the local weather bureau. BOYS NO LONGER USED TO CARRY WALL ST. MILLIONS Now But Few Boys Are Em*-* This Responsible \ <By (lie AftvocfiitcMl New York, Oct. ft.—StoiW'of the theft of stocks and bonds by immature .-oiiths. which a few years ago vied for front-page positions in the daily news papers, appear only infrequently non*. The answer is found in the almost universal absence of boys and young men in die rides of runners and mes sengers for the investment houses of lower Broadway. Wa'l and i.road Stmts. The small satchels and port folios containing val.inb'e securities which constantly arc be’ug exchanged let weft investment house, no longi v are “a' rusted to beardless boys. instead husky men. the majority veterans of me New York police and fire department, have !■ .. It ployed ;•* messenger* A canvass of financed >iistitftM ms in New York d seloses 'ha nearly I,6'Hi former policemen and firemen now are on tlie payroll of these houses. Many of them have t ■ en retir 'd oil pensions !y the municipal depar e < nts. * Before the war great care \<as exer cised in the employment, of runners. Such employes usually were youngsters and the pay was small. So careful, how ever. were employers in their selection that only occasionally would one. of them run away with the securities en trusted to their care, or return empty handed to report a fake hold-up. YVith the war, conditions were chang ed. It become more and more difficult to obtain hoys for the positions of mes senger. Activities brought on by the war paid large wages and quickly attracted much of the boy supply. Investment houses had to take what they could get. Then came an epidemic of messenger thefts. some of them involving securities valued at more than $1,000.1)00. Stock and bond houses sought some way to stop their heavy losses and gradually employed older men for. tlie place. To. day, except iu the ease of a few small houses or in emergencies when tin* regular staff of runnel's is in sufficient, no boys, are employed for these re sponsible. though oompnratiely small l>aying,.jobs. STRIKE OF YIINERS IS BEING INV ESTIGATED Federal Government Sends Representa tive to Scranton to Handle the Strike Situation. (By (be Associated Press.* fronton, I*u„ Oct. ft. —A representa tive from the Federal Department of Labor is exported from Washington to day to investigate the situation at tile Hudson Coal Company mines, where more than 16,000 men are on strike.. The men walked out yesterday because of the failure of the company to adjust a num ber of alleged grievances. Approximate ly 3.000 workers remained ut work. The production loss is estimated at 30.000 ' v .... At a meeting of the general griefrnnei l emhmittee today demands will be formu lated ' for presentation to the company, and a request will be made for immediate adjustment. It is understood the offi cials of the company will insist that the men return, to work before they will con sider their grievances. ESCAPED PRISONER IS KILLED BY OFFICER Was One of Four Men Who Escaped From Forsyth County Jail Last Week. ■By tbe Assoc rated Press.* YVinston-Salein. N. C., Oet. i).—Ed ward Rice. negro, one of the four men who escaiKil from tlie county jail last week, was shot aud instantly killed in the eastern part of this cisk last night by Policeman B. T. Phelps, while officers were attempting, to arrest him. An in quest was lipid this morning, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that the negro came to his death ftqni'a from a pistol iu the hands of B. T. Phelps, and that the aet was justifiable as an officer of the law. During the investigation it Was shown that Rice resisted arrest and drew a knife ou the officers, cutting the clothes of Policeman Phelps in several places. GREEK CATHOLIC PRIEST WANTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Rev. Nicholas Strhtynsky Will Be Ar rested as Soon as He Reaches Chi cago. YY'here His Wife is Held. (By the Associated Press.* Chicago. Oct. ft.—Detectives with war rants charging embezzlement waited to day for Rev. Nicholas Strutynsky, Greek Catholict priest of Ramey. Pa., en route here to assist his wife, held for grand jury action in connection with the death of Basil Stetxuk. who was shot and killed Sunday in the presence of the ( congregation of the Greek Catholic i Church of Michael the Archangel. LLOYD GEORGE PLAYS ROUND OF GOLF Leaves Montreal This Afternoon With Party for Trip to Ottawa. Montreal, Oct. ft (By the Associated Press). —Mr. Lloyd George this morning enjoyed a round of golf at the Royal Ylontreal course at Dixie. The weather was ideal for the sport. This afternoon the ex-British premier will leave for Ottawa with his party. Remove Seed From Child’s Lung. JHy the Associated Press.* Charlotte. Oet. ft.—A watermelon seed lodged in the lung of Herron Gay, aged 11 months, of Ellen, N. C., was removed today by surgeons at a local hospital. The child was brought here in a critical condition, congestion'of the lung having developed. Recovery of the child is expected. Dies From Injuries. Clinton. S. C., Oet. !>.—Cary Clyde Brown, right end of the Presbyterian College football team, died here late yes terday from injuries received in prac tice Thursday afternoon. Grain Exports Decrease. YY’ashington, Oct. B.—Grain exports from tlie United States last week amount ed to 3,014,000 bushels, compared with 3,535,000 bushels the week previous. TODAY’S NEWS TODAY lift Jh A gt A A NO. 239. l r3 ENCE VOTE GIVEN SIRESEMANN IN THE REICHSTAG Bill Giving Government Un usual Authority in Dealing With Economic and Finan i cial Problems is Up Now. IMPERIAL COUNCIL APPROVES MEASURE Resolution to Abolish State of Seige in Two Districts Defeated, Giving Chancel lor More Powers. (Bj tlie Associated Pi ess. Berlin, Oct. 0. —Having given Chancel lor Stresemann a vote of confidence in the face ofvopposition by the nationalists, the communists and the Bavarian peo ples' party, the reichstag today considers the measure that gives the government ex traordinary authority in dealing with economic and financial problems. The bill was approved yesterday by the reichsrat, or imperial council. The chancellor's victory in obtaining a vote of confidence was strengthened by 1 1 lie rejection of a resolution to abolish the state of emergency in the reichstag and in Bavaria, and by the passage of a socialist resolution endorsing the govern ment's constitutional attitude toward exceptional measures in Bavaria. No Further Action by America. Washington, Oct. !).—The American government having presented to the na tions of Europe the proposal that an in ternational commission be formed to as certain Germany's ability to pay repara tions, will rest on that proposiion and no further steps to bring it to the attention of European nations will be made. Does Not Favor Economic Conference. Washington, Oct. !).—With the pres ent condition of mind existing in Europe President Coolidge sees little or nothing to be gained from an endeavor to hold a world economic conference. KENNETH PADGETT IS RELEASED FROM JAIL Davidson County Lad Held on Charge of Killing His Father is Given Liberty. Lexington. Oct. B.—Kenneth Padgett, IS, of Arcadia township, who has been held in jail here since the finding of the dead body of his father, William I). Pad gett, in the home on the morning of sep- We Tfitsa action came after the eoronexV jury, at an adjourned session today at the scene of the mysterious murder, or dered his release. Solicitor .T. F. Spruill wha also present and talked to all the witnesses and found nothing pointing to I lit l guilt of the eldest son of the de ceased, who had been held for investiga tion since the meeting of the coroners" jury on the morning of the killing. While county officers are convinced that Padgett was murdered, they fell that the son is innocent either of guilt or knowledge of how the crime was com mitted. Sheriff Talbert has spent much time investigating the matter and has run down every rumor or supposed clue, only to find nothing upon which to build up evidence that might lead to the ap prehension of the guilty person. EARTH IS STILITI^ERVOUS Heavy Tremor Indicated 5,000 Miles West of Washington. Washington, Oct. 7.—Tremors, indi cating a severe earthquake approximate ly 5,000 miles from Washington, were recorded last night and early today at the Georgetown Cniversity Observa tory. Father Tondorf. director of the ob servatory, was unnble to give even the approximate locality of the disturbance, but indicated it was somewhere in the Pacific. The tremors continued two hours, be ginning at 10.53 p. d. and ending at 12.53 a. m. Half of German Gold Reserve Lost in Vain Effort to Aid Mark. Berlin, Oct. !).—Half of Germany’s gold reserve has disappeared in the last six months. There were nearly 000.000,000 gold marks at the end of March; but now there are only 450,000. If the financial i policy of the present continues, it will be gone by the end of the year. Within six months the 220,000,000 gold marks deposited in London and oth er foreign banks diminished to 11,000.- 000. About 250,000 gold marks were thrown on the Berlin bourse by the reiehs bank within the last six months in un effort to keep the rate here lower than the world rate. Last week the hank squandered 20.000.(XXI gold marks. Speculators and individual industrial ists arc getting this money which belongs to the German people. Will Charge Murder Only'. I IBy the Associated I'reaa.i White Plains, N. Y„ Oct. f).—District Attorney Rowland, who continued today |to present to the grand jury evidence bearing on the mysterious death of Mrs. : Ohas. Webb at the Westchester Bilt ! more Country Club two weeks ago. de (dared that if any prosecution is insti j tuted it would be for murder only, j This statement was made after reports I had become current that he planned to i prefer charges of perjury in connection | with stories told concerning events prior lo the death of the New York und Phila delphia society woman. ' Jewett Hearing Continued, i ißy the taaociated PreaaA I Oklahoma City, Oct f) (By the Asso ciated Press).— Preliminary hearing for N. C. Jewett, grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan for Oklahoma, charged with riot, set for today in justice court, was postponed . until tomorrow.