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•VOLUME XXIII
NAVY DAY IS BEING
CELEBRATED BY THE
ENTIRE NATION NOW
Anniversary of Birth of Late
President Roosevelt is AlSo
Being Observed With Ex
ercises in Many States.
BIG DIRIGIBLE HAS
PLACE IN PROGRAM
Flying From Lakehurst to
Richmond Over Shenan
doah Valley.— Roosevelt
Home Open to Public.
. tßj the Associate** Press.)
Washington, Oct. 27.—Navy* Day ami*
Ihe anniversary of the birth of President
Roosevelt are being jointly observed to
day throughout tlie nation, under the aus
pices of the Xavy League. Fnder the
comprehensive program which has been
arranged, the history and purport of the
United States Xavy js being carried to
sections which because of geographical
location will never view the battle fleet,
while available ships are concentrated in
seaports for elaborate exercises and for
the courtesies of visitors day. Monu
ments of American naval heroes and of
outstanding figures in the history of prin
cipal countries will be
decorated by members of the League.
Roosevelt Home Opened.
Xew York. Oct. 27.—r-Uoosevelt House,
the restored birthplace of Theodore
Roosevelt, at 28 East 18th afreet, is to
be formally opened to the public today.
Flowers will be dropped ou the Colonel’s
grave from five airplanes which will fly
over Oyster Ray. The planes will then
circle over the Roosevelt house. The
speakers at the Roosevelt House dedica
tion will .be Kermit Roosevelt, a son of
the Colonel, and James R. Garfield,
who was a member of Roosevelt’s cabi
net, and Governor Pinehot, of' Pennsyl
vania. A message from President Cool
idge will be read.
Shenandoah Helps Celebrate the Day
Lakehurst. X. J., Oct. 27.—Lucie Sam’s
biggest dirigible, the Shenandoah, took
the air shortly after 7 o’clock today for
a 700 mile trip to Richmond, Va., via
the Shenandoah Valley, and return, as
part, of the relebratiou of Xavy f>ay.
. ia«wil ».ealM(*r A-qnftUit
funner ZK-1 turned Iter none Inward
Philadelphia. She parried her usual ere*
us 41 men, under command' of Captain
McCrary.
Negro Cot Six Years Move For His Im
pudent Talk.
Atlantic City, Oct. 25.—Threats to
get even with a witness whose testi
mony convicted him, followed by an at
titude of sarcasm in answering the ques
tions of county Judge Smathers led to
the increase in the term of imprison
ment of Robert Preston Smith, 35 years
old, colored, to from eight to fourteen
years. As a further penalty the judge
fined the man $4,000, which, unless paid,
will mean one day for each dollar, or
4,000 days’ work.
Smith had been convicted of atrocious
assault and battery upon Francis Rdel
son, No. 113 North Michigan Avenue,
and of breaking and entering and bur
glary. After being sentenced to from
tive to ten years in State prison Smith
remarked to the constable who led him
back to jail: "When I have served my
sentence, and come back, I intended to
gel even with the mail who testified
against me.”
- The constable reported the remark to
the judge. "Bring that man back." he
ordered. When Smith was brought in
to court again th| judge asked him if he
made the threat attributed tq him and
Smith boldly replied that he iiad.
”1 will reopen this case and change
yoar sentence of from fiv‘e to ten years
to from eight to fourteen years,” ans
liouneed the judge.
"Thank yon," responded Smith.
"For your remark and your attitude
I will Jine you $4,000," said the court.
"Thank you again,’’ responded Smith.
“I add to the sentence hard labor,"
continued the judge.
Again Smith thanked the court.
Ministers Arrested and Made to Work.
Johnson City, Tenn., Oct. 2<i.— An
unique “stunt” to arouse interest in
erection of a temporary tabernacle for
union revival services now being built
here by voluntary labor was the arrest
of all the ministers of the city, who
were "fined", five dollars each or the
alternative of three days’ labor on the
building. They were brought to police
headquarters in the patrol wagon, in
charge of police officers, and charged
with vagrancy for refusing to work.
After entering a plea of guilty, they
were marched to the building operations
in charge of the,chief of police and put
to work with hammer and saw.
Polo In North Carolina.
(Ur the Associated Press.l
Charlotte. N. C„ Oct. 27.—P010 is
gaining in popularity throughout North
Carolina as a s|iort. There now are
three clubs in the State devoted to the
game, while a few yearits ago few Tar
Heels had ever seen a polp match.
Fort Bragg has had a polo team for
several years and enthusiasts of thf
game at Winston-Salem organized a club
last year. Charlotte is the latest city
to enter the eotnparatively new sports
field for this State, a polo club having
been organized here during the past few
months.
Mrs. Christine Bradley South, daugh
ter of a former governor of Kentucky,
is being seriously discussed for the Re
publican nomination for United States
senator from the State next year.
•The Concord Daily Tribune
El ROPE'S “MAN OF MYSTERY.**
Rauf! Zal arrff Brlifycd to Have More
Powet* Than Any Maa in Eurcpp.
L union. Oct. 27.—When mention i<
ms»<lo of the men who today an* sup
posed t > be ruling the destinies of
Europe the names of Stinnes, Poincare,
Mussojini, and; one or two others, im
mediately eome to mind- Hut there is in
Europe a man whose power is believed
to be greater than that of any or all of
these. Tl.is man is Sir Basil Zahardff.
"the man of mystery.” who is said to
be a controlling factor in the affairs, not
in o_ne but in lia’f a dozen of the coun
tries of Europe.
Sir Basil has been called a Russian,
an Armenian, and a Tur*. But, id
reality, he h none of these. Others have
supposed that the Balkans was the
region. As his origin, for it was iu that
secti< n of Europe that he first came into
prominence and it is there that his in
fluence is'still paran^onnt.
As a matter of fact. Sir Basil Zaha
rofT is of Greek parentage, and a native
of Constantinople. Though at home in
any. or all of the capitals of Europe, lie
is in reality "a man without a coun
try.” since he claims citizenship in
none. Parjs hns been his principal place
cf abode in recent years, though lie
also spends a considerable part of his
time in London.
Most people who fish in the troub’ed
waters of the Balkans find tliemse’ves
landed —into, trouble. If rumor is to he
believed. Sir Basil, on the other hand,
landed, not himself, but a fortune. His
fabulous .wealth, the extent of which is
probably known only to himself, is
popularly supposed to have been built
up on successful gun-running expedi
tions to the young Balkan nations dur
ing their early -struggles for inde
pendence against the Turks nearly fifty
years ago. Since then it has inereased
by geometriea l progressions Through
judicious adventuring* in industry,
banking, newspapers, mining—anything,
in fact. wherAin money is usually made
and in at least several things wherein
it* is more usually lost.
It has been remarked thatK the world
today is ruled bv oil. If such is the
case, this may i#eount in part for Sir
Basil’s marvelous influence in inter
national affairs, for it is known that he
hns a strong hold on some of the great
oil fields in the East and exercises a
paramount influence over the great
companies that are interested therein.
As has been said, little is known of
Sir Basil’s early life. In his younger
days lie lived in Russia, and this has
led to a report that he was born in Mos
cow- But after a youth- sjient in Turkey
and Russia there comes a blank in his
life until . the alleged gun-ruifning epi
sidcs already alluded to.
But of his en-rl.v life is thus, wrap)>ed
in mystery, the same must he said of
his later life despite the fait that he
rt4U f*r»4dtt"
curfosity. He Is* supposed to have
furnished the funds with which the
Greeks carried on their campaign
against the Kcmalists. In Bulgaria,
Routnania and the neighboring coun
tries lie is supposed to have a finger in
the pie. Again it is whispered that be
more than any other man has directed
Britain’s recent policy in the Near
East. But no one aetua’ly knows the
facts.
The more improbable the rumor, how
eveer. the more likely it is to be associat
ed with Sir Basil ZaharofL He would
himself be called wildly imin*obable if
he were a character in fiction. He has a
childlike love of luxury, he broadcasts
his money with truly oriental magni
ficence- He established chairs of avia
tion in the universities of London, Baris
and Betrograd. and during the war ex
pended vast sums of money in further
ing the cause of the Allies.
Altogether Sir Basil Zahar off i** an
enigma. To some he is a sinister figure
against- whose account they debit most
of the present! misery of Europe; to
others a man of expensive tastes who
turns everything he touches to gold; but
to all. himself probably included, an
enigma.
Nation’s Child Crop Also Comes From
Farm. /
Washington. Oct.' 20.—The nation’s
crop of children comes mainly from the
farms no less than the food crops, ac
cording to Dr. <’- J. Galpin. in charge
of farm population studies for the de
partment of agriculture which announc
ed today the initiation of a program
looking toward the development of
modern institutions in rural communi
ties. , *
“There are 7,7(MMMM) children under
10 years of age on farms compared with
5,700.000 in cities having an equivalent
total population.” Dr. Galpin says.
“Thus the burden of supporting and ed
ucating young American falls heavily
on the farm population. After 10 years
of age. the disparity diminishes gradual
ly until the children reach 20 years of
age. when the figures begin to show
more people of the producing age in
cities than on farms. We therefore have
the situation where farmers bear tin*
cost of raising and educating children
and then deliver the finished product to
the city.”
Justice Stacy May Be Tendered Law
Dfeansliip.
Raleigh. Oct. 25.—The announcement
of the likelihood of Associate Justice W.
B. Staey being tendered the deanship of
the' law department of the university,
has development the keenest interest
among the legal profession and aumni
lof the university-
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
Fair tonight and Sunday; little
change in temperature.
CONCOCRD, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1923
jfwjlUJL. L. 2 //£££/'&>-, iWnmmu^
I his old photo, taken in 190 S, showing Theodore Roosevelt with the i
Missouri, was brought to life again with the celebration oi “Navy Day”
president's birthday anniversary.
MRS. KKLLKKSBERGKR'S
BODY REACHES CONCORD
Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomor
row Afternoon at 4 O’clock at Firs'.
Presbyterian Church.
The body of -Ml'S, F.dua Kellersberger,
wife of I)r. E. R. Kellersberger, who
died Tuesday morning iu Texas, reached
Concord this morning oil train No. 30.
Accompanying the body was Mr. Phillip
Posche, father of tile deceased, the two
children of the deceased and Miss Begg,
a friend.
Tlie funeral will be held tomorrow—
Sunday—afternoon al 4 o'clock at the
First Preachyterian Church. Interment
will be made in Oakwood cemetery.
The following will be the pall bearers:
A. G. Odell, Frank Morrison. E. O. Rarn
liarift, Jr. E. T. Cannon. Dr. J. A. Hart
sell, and M. L. Cannon.
FILLIPINQS DEMAND
IMMEDIATE FREEDOM
Quezon Says Nothing Less Will Satisfy j
Islands; in Interim Seek Native Gov- j
emnr.
'Htu/V'J. -.tL.-rLfiiding ‘ogielatore
today declared that war is on to a finish
to obtain independence for the Philip- 1
pines and the removal of Governor Gen
eral Leonard Wood and his replacement I
by a Filipino.
.Manuel Quezon, president of the Sen- ;
ate. issued a lengthy statement, wherein
he reiterated virtually everything that
has previously been said relative to the
causes of the split between the Filipinos ,
and the governor general.
Tlie Quezon statement says that 'the
Filipinos are after immediate and com
.plete independence and nothing else will
satisfy them and that pending * achieve-,
liient of this freedom they want a Fili
pino to direct their affairs. The state
ment complains that "Wqod surrounds
himself with a military staff with no
responsibility to the Filipinos."
Quezon says he is confident Congress
will back up the Filipinos.
It was learned today that the bill
providing for remittance of all penalties
was vetoed by Governor General Wood
last spring, will be re-introduced in the
Legislature and an effort made to pass
it oyer the governor general's veto as a
means of testing his veto power. It was
over this bill that most of the difference
of opinion hinged which led up to an
open breach between Governor General
Wood atid the Legislature.
MASONS PLANNING TO
EXTEND NEWS SERVICE
Meeting of Officers of Masonk' Service
Association of United States Held in
Washington. <
" <B.v the Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 27.—Plans for ex
tension of the eduyatipnal program of the
Masonic- Service Association of the
United States were considered at the
conference here today of the association's
executive committee headed by Chairman
Harry G. Noyes, past grand master of
New Hampshire. The outstanding ac
complishments of the association during
its four years of existence, Mr. Noyes
said before the conference, have Ijeeu in
the interest of tlie public free school sys
tem, Americanization, equality before
the law. and varioux other subjects con
tained in its chedttle of study. It is
planned, he said, to extend the medium
of both public addresses and motion pic
tures. through which the instruction is
carried to the Masonic fraternity, as
well as the public at large. 1
Judge Kerr Hands in His Resignation to
Governor.
Raleigh, Oct. 2(1.-—Judge John H. Kerr,
of Wnrrentpn, elected to Congress in
the recent special election in tlie second
district, today appeared at tlie office of
the Governor and presented his resigna
tion from the Superior Court bench of
North Carolina.
Governor Morrison, it was announced
by an attache of the executive’s office,
will formally appoint Thomas M. Pitt
man, of Henderson, successor to Judge
Kerr on his return front a tour of the
western part of the'state. The gover
nor is expected back tomorrow.
Newspaper Publisher Has a Huge For-!
tune. ii
New York, Oct. 2C.—William Ran-';
(lolph Hearst, newspaper publisher. Ims
a personal fortune exceeding $25,000.-
000, it is declared by Tillotson & Wol
cott, bankers, who made, the announce
ment in declaring n new bond issue
Which bore the uncondionnl guarantee i
and dbnditionment of Mr- Hearst. . [
In T. R/s Memory
THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Barely Steady at a Dec line of i
7 to 15 Points on Present Crop posi- \
films.
illy the AsMoelHtoiT Press.) * j
Xew York, Oct. 27. The cotton mar- j
ket was barely steady during today's I
early trading. Then* appeared to be <
a good deal of reactionary sentiment, fol
lowing the advance of fin* earlier week,
anil the sellers probably found some en- '
equragement in rumors of an easier
basis in some of the eastern bed mar
kets. On the other hand, reports from
tl»e % domestic goods market >vere more
favorable. The opening was barely
steady at a decline of 7 to 15 paints on
present crop positions, find 80 to 55
points lower on later months. After
selling off to 80.48. however. December
rallied to 80.54. *
Cotton futures opened fairly steady: .
December 80:05; January 20.05; March
20.05; May 20.!Hi: July 20.82.
Closed steady.
, Now York, Oct.- 27.—Cotton closed
very steady: Deceinb* r 80.00-72; Jan
uary 80.15-10: 80.10 17 : Mav
80.18; July 20.50-00.
Guv. Morrison to Return to Raleigh
Today.
4By the AsMocfnteil Press.)
Raleigh, X. C., Oct. 27. Governor!
Cameron Morrison, who on his return I
to North Carolina from the conference of!
governors with President Coolidge at
. Wa»hhigt|Mi last Saturday has bec-u
touring the western part of the State
with Col. Donald Walter Cameron', ini ini
of Loehiel. Scotland, is expected to re
turn to Raleigh the latter part of the
wedk. probably Saturday. Friday In’
was scheduled to appear at the Sandhills
Fair at Pinehurst.
Municipal Park For Greensboro*
(By the AssoctnteO Pr««N i
Greensboro, X'. Oct. 27.—Negotia
tions have been completed by the
Greensboro City Council for the posses
sion of a tract of about 40 acres of land
in the western part of the city, now rap
idly becoming a thickly populated resi
dential section, and plans are under con
sideration for the development of the
property into a municipal park wit lit a
large lake surrounded by drives.
Salisbury' Sells Her Bonds at a Pre- \
mi mu.
Salisbury, Oct. JO. — Salisbury has !
just sold $405,000 worth* of bonds to j
the Equitable Trusi company, of New
York- A premium of $700.50 is paid. |
and the interest Inuring rate is 5 1-4,
annually. Eight concerns submitted j
bids. Money from i lie bonds is to be |
used for streets, sewer, and water ex- 1
tensions.
To heopen Mines.
Brussels. Oct. ; 27 (By the Associated'
Press). — to* resume work have j
been sigfined with llie occupation author- .
ities by eighteen German mine owners in !
the Ruhr, according to official informa
tion. The firms represented control 25 i
mines and 8 factories.
Carolina and Maryland Meet.
•Hy fhr Prt'd". i
College Park. Md . Oct. 27.—A hard
fought with il»e breaks probaby,
deciding the winner was in prospect here*
today wlieYi the University of North
Xarolina and the University of Atar.v-;
land elevens met in their annual clash.
A French expert declares that bees ai'e
able to tell, the time.
CO-OPERATION
THE CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO
CIATION. has co-operation as its very soul. It co-oper
ates by helping the “little fellow”—it makes him a tax
payer instead of a rent payer. Through this Association
the man of onH moderate salary can have a neat, cozy
home which is a credit not only to himself hut to his City
and State.
Our 36th Series now open.
CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
(Office in Citizens Bank) #
liarii|>ion f;iin crew of the Iviltli ship
this month in honor of the for »icr
HOME BEAUTIFICATION
CAMPAIGN IN THIS STATE
l Promises to Be One of Decidedly Suc
cessful Results.
<Hy the Awoclaiefl Prr*w.»
j Charlotte, X. (\. Oct. 27.—Finding
I full support among the leading citizens
of Charlotte and endorsed by the cham
ber of commerce, the County Farm Bu
reau, the Real Estate Board and the
Clearing House Association, the "Home
Beautification” campaign* being conduct
ed in Mecklenburg County by extension
workers of N’orth Carolina State Col
lege and the Department of Agriculture
promises to be one of decidedly success
ful results, according to E. 11. Raney,
farm engineer for the Extension Service,
who is supervising the campaign.
Meetings have been or will be held in
each of the 15 townships of the County
| at which short talks on the value of hdine
beautification and demonstrations of how
to paint Exteriors, interiors and articles
of furniture constitute the programs. The
demonstrations are iu charge of special
ists.
iu each) cotmnnjiitv effort** are being
made to sign up a largo .number of home
owners who will agree to do some paint
ing this year. Prizes are offered to the
communities and townships signing up
the largest number of prospective home
j improvers, the prizes being in the form
lof paint for use on eomnjunity churches
and public buildings. Prizes of paint
also are offered to school children win
ning in essay contests on subjects refer
ring to the use of paints and varnishes
and their values.
The campaign, according to Mr. Raney,
will give the Extension Service of State
College and the Department of Agricul
ture experience ou which to base future
work along the lines of home beautifica
tion over the entire state.
Assisting in the movement* here are
Miss Bertha Proffitt, home demonstration
agent: Kope Elias, farm agent; F. II
Jeter, editor for the State College Ex
tension Division: E. R. Raney, farm en
gineer: G. T. Norton, paint specialist, of
Philadelphia, and several other special
ists of experience in the handling of
paints and conducting home beautilica-
I t ion campaigns.
Fort Bragg’s Fighter.
(By the AMgoclatert PreNM.l
1 Fayetteville. X. (’., Oct. 27.—" Kid
: Xtimbers. ’* Fort Bragg boxer, is rapidly
gaining a widespread reputation as a
I fighter, according to the fort’s rccrea
t ion officer, who says lu* has reequests for
• matches with tin* "Kid” from pugilists
lull over the country. among them
Frankie Lewis, Joe Bashara. Sailor
| Ritchie and Jack Peerr.v. middleweight
! champion of the United States Xavy and
|of Middle and South America,
i However, the recreation officer said it
I probably... would be several weeks before
; Numbers will go into tin* ring again on
'account of the road show season being in
! full swing.
Building in Salisbury.
<»ly the AMsoclated I’rens.i
Salisbury. X. Oct. 27.—Approxi
mately 2.5(H) is spent each day on build
i ing projects in Salisbury, according to
an official estimate based on records for
the past three months.
While it is customary to speak of
Britain as being over-populated, as a
'matter; .of fact the population of the
whole world could b<* p'peed in the
smallest English county with room t«»
spare.
SOLOUV INDICT
MORE OFFICIALS S'pitIIELOPItHTS 1
OKLAHOMA 111 WEEKi HUMS PUN
Reports From Oklahoma City
Indicate That Effort Will
Be Made to Extend Im
peachment Inquiry at Once
DECIDE MATTER
EARLY IN WEEK
Trial of Gov. Walton Will Be
gin Wednesday and Com
mittee Members State They
Have Just Started Work.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 27 (By the As
sociated Press).—The House investigat
ing committee which Submitted, the charg
es of official misconduct on which the
trial of Governor Jack Walton will
start next Wednesday, prepared today to
extend its impeachment inquiry Pv other
state officials and departments.
Declaring their work had just started
with the completion of* the case against
the Governor, members of the commit
tee said no condition found would be
"whitewashed.”
The committee already has before it a
resolution requesting an investigation of
flu* office of John A. Whitehurst, presi
dent of the state board of agriculture.,
and it is predicted by close followers of J
the situation that other state officials)
would be made tin* objects of possible
impeachment proceedings. It’s next ses
sion will be held Monday.
Governor Assails Klau.
Oklahoma (’ity, Okla., <):d. 27 (By the
Associated Press). —Charging that not j
only the lower house of the Oklahoma leg
islature but also "practically every de
partment of the state” is controlled by
the Ku Klnx Klan, ‘Governor J. (’. Wal
ton in a statement issued* today declared
the question in the state was not "shall I
be impeached, but shall the government
as handed to us by* patriots of the past
continue to exist.”
FORMER CROWN PRINCE
LONGS FOR GERMANY
Wants to (iet Back to Native Land at 1
Any Cost. It Is Reported in Holland.
Doom, Holland, Oct. 27 (B> the As
sociated Press). —Former Emperor Wil
liam. ac4?omi*u*>WHl~ by Jww
left tin* Kaiser’s home here at (» o’clock
last evening in an automobile in the di
rection of Arnbeim. about ten miles from
the German border, and returned at 2
o’clock this morning. They were folj
lowed by three other automobiles, ac
cording to a person well informed re
garding affairs at the chateau. If is
reported here' that the ex-crown prince
wishes to return to Germany at any
cost, and that hi* ha* had conversations
.on this subject with representatives of
the Dutch government.
WANTS MORE COTTON IN
THE STATES OF AFRICA
Premier cf South Africa Says He Wants
Cotton Growing Made One cf Biggest
Industries in State.
ißv the AMMO'-anfeu Press, i *
London. (M. 27.—Premier Smuts, of
the Union of South Africa, told a dep
utation of the Empire Cotton Growing
Association yesterday that his govern
ment hoped to make the production of
cotton one of the biggest industries in his
state ami lie gratefully accepted the of
fer of the Association to send a staff of
experts lo Soil 111 Africa to assist in de
veloping tin project. He promised the
deputation that the experts would have
tin* fullest support of the government.
LLOYD GEORGE VISITS
FIELD OF GETTYSBURG
His Companion on Trip to Oie Historic
Seem Was Secretary Weeks, of War
Department.
*My the AMorlnird Pt^nr.>
Washington. (R-*. 27.—A visit to ,the
battlefield of Gettysburg was on tlie pro
grain of David Lloyd George, the former.
British premier today. Leaving early
hy automobile in company with Secre
tary Weeks, of the War Department,
he expected to be back in Washington
tonight in time to speak at a dinner of
overseas writers, an organization of
M ashingfon newspaper correspondents.
• With Our Advertisers.
H. Grasel, of West Trade street. Char
lotte, is having a special sale of used
trucks, on which no reasonable cash of
fer will be refused. See ad. on page
three today.
New Victor -.records at the Bell A:
Harris Music Department.
The B(>th series of the Citizens B. &
L. Association is now open. Take some j
shares and quit being a rent payer.
See the Concord Furniture Co. and
get a demonstration of the Buck's
and ranges.
You will find some wonderful offerings
at a great saving in- the corset depart
ment cf the Parks-Belk Co. You will
find fitting room and a specialist to wait
on you. Free lessons also in needle
work embroidery. ,
House of David Case in Circuit Court.
illy the ARNOclated Pre**. >
Cincinnati. 0., Oct. 27.—The sensa
tional affairs of the House of David
reached the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals here today when Benjamin
Franklin Purnell and his wife, Mary,
and their organization knowh as the
Israelite House of David, filed appeal
against judgment of United States Dm*
tri»t Judge John Safer, awarding $24,-
078,008 against them at* (Land Rapids,
Michigan.
We still have a few copies of our
| Fair ami Industrial Edition for sale.
; Price ten cents each.
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NO. 255
l»W 5 EITHER
United States Government
Officials Hopeful That Eng
lish Proposal for Confer
ence Will Help.
UNITED STATES
TO BE PRESENT
Almost Certain Now That
When Conference is Called
the United States Will Be
Officially Represented.
I 31t the Associated Press.)
Washington, Oof. 27.—Hopeful that
indicated acceptance by France. Italy
and Belgium, of British proposals for an
advisory study of the international com
mission of experts, of Germany's capacity
to pay, has definitely opened away to
wards a solution of tlie reparations tan
gle. Washington officials today await the
further formulation of plans presumably
underway to the European capitals. De
velopments of the last twenty-four hours
were said authoritatively to have been
such as to make it appear a virtual cer
tainly that America would be represent
ed on the proposed commission of ex
. lierts. named with the approval of the
I Washington government: Just how far
I the European governments involved had
proceeded towards a Complete arrange
ment. however, was a : matter which it
apparently was expected here would be
clarified by some official announcement
from London.
! I’KOBABI.eTcai .sk in
CASE AGAINST EAST
Former Clerk of Municipal Coui*. in
Greensboro I'ntler Bond oil Embezzle
ment Charge.
<Bv the Associated Press.)
Greensboro. Oct. 27. —Probable eause
was found in the . ease charging T. L:
East, former clerk of the municipal court,
with embezzlement, and be was bound
Vver to higher court under a bond of $5.-
I (SOD when the case came up for prelimi
j nary hearing before Municipal Judge B.
11. ('oilins. Features of the hearing
wore the disclosures of alleged irregular
ities. and slackness in the whole depart -
4ueu4 tlo* basing if*
L’nse. .Mr. Fast was present and assist
ed in searching the records.
Bride Remains in Jail With Hubby.
Raleigh. Oct. 2<>.—A bride of only a
few months. Mrs. Wade .Justice will not
let jail* bars serrate her from Mr.
Justice. For over two weeks sin* has
been in two jails with her husband, who
is awaiting trial on a charge of stealing
an automobile- She hot only stays in
jail during the day but she sleeps in the
corridor adjoining the cell where her
husband is locked- up. Held a prisoner
in the Raleigh jail. Justice has the
company of his wife except at meal
times. She leaves him then and gets her
meal** outside at a boarding house. He
eas the regular meals served all prison
ers. With the exception of meal-times
she never .leaves him.
Wade Justice, the husband prisoner,
was arrested in Danville, Ya.. when
found in the possession of a Ford stolen
from I). B. Phillips, of this city. He
and his wife wore stopping at a hotel
there. He was jailed. Mrs. Justice went
to jail, too, but not as a prisoner.
After staying in jail there for a week.
Justice, was brought to Raleigh by Of
ficer Crutchfield- Mrs. Justice came with
them. The prisoner was placed in the
city jail and his wifi* accompanied him
there.
Four Reported Killed in Boiler Explo
sion.
Ibe Associated Press.»
Greenville, Ala.. Oct. 27. Four men
were reported killed ami several injured
in a boiler explosion at the plant of the
Upland Gin Company here this morning.
Two of the dead are negroes. Reports
from tin* scene of the disaster say Robert
Jones, manager of the gin. was among the
injured. Windows in nearby buildings
were shaken out by the explosion.
Refining Company a Bankrupt.
(By the AsMocinted Press.*
* Tulsa. Okla. Oct. 27.—The' Kapulpn
Refining Company was plaeed in the
hands of a receiver yesterday on app i
cation of tlie .stockholders and officers of
the corporation. Unusual marketing
conditions are said to have forced tin*
company to oi>erate at a los,s. Officers
say an immediate reorganization is
planned. The company values its prop
erty at $11,000,000.
Food Riots in Duesseldorf.
Duesseldorf, Oct. 27. —-(By the Asso
r dated Press). Food and unemploy
ment riots, accompanied by pijlaging and
resulting in clashes with the authorities
are reported from various towns through
out the Ruhr. There were man.\ casual
ties in some cases, twenty persons being
killed and fifteen jyounded at Bochum,
and five killed at Duisburg.
Killed by a Train.
i By the Aawqciated PreM.l
Washington, Oct. 27.—G. F. Archer, a
Norfolk & Western freight conductor,
I was killed today when through train No.
41, New York to New Orleans, ran in
to an open switch at Bristol, Va.. and
hit a string of freight oars. No other
casualties were reported.
To Confer on Prohibition.
4By the Aa-M><*iHte<l Preaa.*
Washington, Oct. 27. The week of
November 26th has been agreed upon as
• the date for the Ottniva conference of
. Canadian and United States officials on
prohibition.