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VOLUME XXIIi
EASTERN SEETIOI OF
coin cm
IN LIQUOR CAMPAIGN
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Campaign is Being Carried as
Far West as Pittsburgh in
Effort to Check Work of
the Rum Runners.
WINTERS WORK IS
BEORE THE AGENTS
Much Evidence to Be Used
in Raids Was Secured by
Grand Jury Which Met Re
cently in Savannah.
18l the Associated Preen, i
Washington. Nov. 22. —Tim entire east
ern section of the country as far west
ns Pittsburgh is being combed bj» federal
agents in an effort to stamp out liquor
smuggling and marketing conspiracy, de
scribed as “one of the most gigantic com
bipations known," whether legal or ille
gal. ,
Working on clues obtained by the Sa
vaunah. Ga., grand jury which yesterday
indicted 128 persons for alleged violation
of the prohibition law, the agents, ac
cording to AVm. .T. Burns, chief of the
bureau of investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice, have a winter's work be
fore them that is expected to provide
sensational results.
for the Department de
clared the Savannah indictments were
"only the beginning." In addition, u
was said, the grand jury's inquiry shi d
light on other conspiracies. Some “wide
ly known persons who hitherto have beer
able to keep in the background" it was
confidently predicted, will be caught in
tile net.
The names of the persons indicted at
Savannah were not made public, but-it
was said they live in various parts of
the country, notably New York, Phila
delphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston, S. C.,
and the Chesapeake 'Cai>e section. Some
foreigners, residents! of the I'nited State;,
also were included.
THE COTTON MARKET
There Was Renewal of Yesterday's Buy
ing Movement *t the Opening of the
Market.
(By .tie As; . xtg . \'Ves»’.)
.tew Wg.-, a. ri"
newal of yesterday's buying movement
at the opening of th* cotton market to
day which had" encouragement of rela
tively firm Liverpool cables. First prices
were 5 to IK points higher, with De
cember selling up to 25.75. making a
new high record for the season. Later
inopjlis sold up to about the highest
jioiiit of yesterday. The advance met
a great deal of realizing while there also
appeared to be selling here against the
increased spot sales reported in Southern
market yesterday. This caused reac
tions of some 10 or 15 points during the
early trading, and gave the market rath
er an unsettled appearance.
Cotton futures opened firm: December
35.00 to 35.75; January 34.80; March
35.10; May 35.40; July 34.85.
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF
THE SOI'TH MEETING
Regional Democratic Women’s Confer
ence Meeting in Atlanta.
(By tkaptauM-Uted Press.!
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22.—Women from
eleven Southern states were arriving
here today for a regional democratic wo
men's conference to open here tomorrow,
and to continue through Saturday.
The states included in the region which
will be represented when the Conference
opens are Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia. Florida* Texas,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Alnbamafi Tennes
see and Mississippi.
MEMBERS OF POSSE
ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED
Were Shot by Sheriff’s Posse When All
Were Searching for Alleged Robbers.
■By the Associated Press.»
Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 22.—Four
members of a volunteer posse organized
to search for supposed bank robbers were
shot and {teriotudy wounded by a pogse
headed by Sheriff Herman Webber, of
Clay county, in a gun bnttlp at Gorry,
southeast of tlijc city, at 1 a. in. today.
The wounded men are Claude Lloyd,
Thomas Collins, Joseph Vandeeren, and
Paul Willis.
With Our Advertisers,
The big Thanksgiving Sale at Fisher’s
begins tomorrow and continues through
Saturday, December Ist. During this
(■ale you will find a wide range of mer
chandise at attractive prices—millinery;
coats, dresses, skirts, hosiery, in fact
anything for the women, missus and'
girls.
Scarboro’s is offering some specials in
fine liuens, ineluding one lot of hand
embroidered linen.
Specials iq suits, shoes and shirts
now being offered for, three days at the
Army and Navy Store.
Christmas Seals to Be Sold.
(By the Associated Pres*.)
Washington, Nov. 22. —Christmas
. scnls of the Xntionn] Tuberculosis As
sociation will he on an’e during the
Christmas holidays iu all postoffice lob
bies throughout the country where space
is available.
Postmaster General New, directing
postmasters to permit reasonable use of
their buildings for of Christmas
seals said the department would co
operate to the fullest extant consistent
with the performance of Its own service.
Granite is the only common rock which
shows no traces of animal or vegetable!
life.
The Concord Daily Tribune
Lord Mayor
Sir Louis A. Newton, British
banker (top), is the new Lord
Mayor of London. He was knight
ed by King George during the war.
Below, is his wife.
BENJAMIN C. MARSH
HEARD AT MEETING
Urges Members of Farmers’ Union to
Participate in Farmei-Ijjhar Move
ment.
(By the Associated Press.!
Raleigh, Nov. 22.—-Urging partieipa
tiou in what he termed the farmer-labor
movement, and outlining a program of
national legislation “which is of vital
importance" to every farmer and wage
earner. Benjamin C. Mmsdi. executive
secretary of ths Peoples' Reconstruction
league, and managing director of the
F. .pens' National Council, the.
...■ x-giSfoe 'Ttr lii't.r annual meeting 'litft-e
for Carolina Farmers' Union at the ses
sion (his morning.
Delegates from practically every coun
ty in tTie State are attending the meet
ing. which convened yesterday, and is
scheduled to adjourn today.
In reply to a question whether the
union had formed a coalition with the
organized labor, forces in- this . State,
President Stone said he had nothing to
announce at this time.
MRS. HARROIJ! DEFEATS
HER ONLY OPPONENT
Chosen President General of IT. D. C..
. Defeating Mrs. Amos Norris.
(By the Associated Press.!
Wellington, Nov. 22!—Mrs. Frifnk
Hnrrold. of Americas. Ga.. was elected
today president-general of the Wnited
Daughters of the Confederacy in conven
tion , here, defeating Mrs. Amos Norris,
of Florida, her only opponent.
And Now College Girls Are Growing
Big Feet.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 21.—The feet of
the modern -college girl are steadily in
creasing in size, according to Miss Lydia
Clark, head of the women’s department
of hpysicnl education at Ohio State Uni
versity.
Alias Clark claims that modern foot
wear nnd the great interest shown by
the modern co-ed in outdoor activities
are causes for the increase in size.
Not only art* their feet increasing in
size, but statistics were said to show an
increase in other physical proportions.
Figures from Vassar, Smith and Iceland
Stanford show that the average weight
of the college wdman has increased from
123.8 pounds to 125.8 and that the
waist line has increased on an averagee
of 1.3 iuehoase, Miss Clark said.
Two North Carolina Physicians Win
Scholarships.
New York. Nov. 21.—The American
Child Health Association Tuesday an
nounced that fifteen physicians of the
United States and Cunada, chosen from
101 applicants, have been awarded resi
dent and travel scholarships to permit
them to specialize in various aspects of
child health activities.
Tlie winners included :l Dr. Charles
Armstrong, Salisbury, N. C.. Dr. R. L.
Carlton, Winston-Salem, X. C., Dr.
Marie M. Long, Memphis, Tenn., Dr.
George C. Mnrlette, Bay Minnette, Ala.,
and Dr. Thomas D. Walker, Macon.
Ga.
Workmen attending the pans in salt
works arc never known to Im* attacked
by smallpox, cholera, scaridt fever, or
influenza.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
|prc
Unsettled yveather, probably local rains
tonight and Friday; no chang* iu tem
perature. *
INEFFICIENCY 111 THE
VETEMS' BUB
111 STATE CHARGED
Formal Charges Have Been
Filed With Veterans’ Bu
reau Covering Entire Fifth
District of Bureau. ,
DR. TOWNSEND IS
MAKING CHARGES
He Conferred With Senator
Overman ;*nd Dr. John
Donnelly Before Making
His Formal Complaint.
(By the Associated Press.!
Charlotte. Nov. 22.—Formal charges of
j inefficiency in administration and furor,
ilisin in personal appointments have been
tiled with the Veterans' Bureau iu Waste
ington against the .Veterans Bureau of
fice ot' the fifth district with offices in
Atlanta, and Charlotte -Rub-division, it
was announced tore today. Charges
were made by Dr. M. 1,. Townsend, for
mer medical examining officer for the
jCharlotte .sub-district, which comprises
the state of North Carolina.
, The charges wore filed, it was stated,
following a conference between I’nited
States Senator-Overman and I)r. Town
send, and Dr. John Donnelly, formerly tu
berculosis specialist here, at the Sena
tor's home- in Salisbury. An inspector
from the Veterans’ Bureau is said to have
been sent to this district to investigate.
Tile district is composed of Georgia,
Florida, Tennessee. North Carolina and
South Carolina. I)r. Townsend in his
charges, declared that scores of men suf
fering with tuberculosis coming under his
personal observation in the Charlotte sub
district “have wasted valuable time for
hospital admission, while a system direct
ed by cheap and incapable men was de
ciding the formalities." Again many
times men desperately in need of hos
pital . care for active tuberculosis have
in a few days after gaining admission,
been from the hospital be
cause of untrained doctors in attendance
at such hospitals have not recognized
*the seriousness of obvious, lesions of tu
berculosis.
BIBLES OF FABULOUS VALUE.
The Sum (if kSO.ttOfl Has Been Paid For
a Copy of tire Gutenberg Bible.
New York. Nov. 22.—The announce
ment that SBO,OOO has been paid for a
copy of the. Gutenberg Bible has called
attention anew to the almost fabulous
value that has been placed upon rare
or unusual copies of theSerlptures.
While the SOO,OOO has been mentioned
in some of the reports as a record high
price it is recalled that some ten years
ago a copy of the same work was re
ported sold to an American collector for
the enormous sum of $500,000. '
The Guteuberg Bible is one of the
greatest of literary treasures. It was
printed on parchment and was the first
product of the Gutenberg press some
800 years ago. About thirty copies were
printed and of this number eight are
still in existence. The copy which has
just changed hands was known among col
lectors as the Mazariu Bible from the
fact that it was once included in the
library of 1 the great Cardinal Mnzarin.
l’robablly the finest extant example
of the work is the lanpzig copy, which
was presented many years hgo by a
Dresden collector as a national treasure
to Saxony and link, since been on ex
hibition in the museum in Leipzig. The
value of tliis copy is considered almost
beyond appraisal.
While the Gutenberg Bibles are
usually rated the most valuab’e of all
Bibles, owing largely to the fact that
they were the first books printed from
movable type, there We Imany other
Bibles in existence that would bring
fortunes if put up for sale. One of the
best-knowu of these is the famous
Bible of Borso d" Este. Only a few
mouths ago a wealthy business man of
Milan paid a French dealer 3,300,000
francs for this volume, and presented it
to the Itnlftn The work is an
ancient text of the Bible and is in two
parts of 700 pages each, written on
parchment and illuminated with won
derful and skill by the scholar
ly Prince of Este. The work was execut
ed between- 1450 and 1460 and is in a
sp’endid stute. of preservation. For
many years tlie ancient volumes formed
part qf the imperial treasure of the
House of Austria. With the fall of the
monarchy, the lute Emperor Charles I.
was driven by necessity to sell the Bible
to a dealer in Paris.
Many old versions of the Bible have
become valuable because* they contain
weird errors, or words used in quaint
ways. The Bug Bible,’published in'lssl,
makes the Psalmist say: “Thou shnlt
not be afraid of any bug by night.” Bug
is the Old English form o ft he word
bogey.
In flic so-railed Beer Bible. Isaiah
says, "They shall not drink beer with a
song " As wine was little used in Eng
land in his time, the translator was
probably trying to imply a word that
every one of his renders would under
stand- *
More curious is the Treac'c Bibb*, in
which Jeremiah. “Is there no balm in
GileadV" becomes “Is there no treacle?”
The Vinegar Bib’e obtained its name
by printing in the head of St. Luke,
chapter xx., “The parable of the vine
gar,” instead of vineyard.
The best know of nil curious Bibles is
the Breeches Hibld, its which the descrip
tion of the dlstUlusionment of Adam and
Eve/ reads: “And they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves breeches.”
Altogether there are' no fewer than
ten “freak” edition of the great book,
many of (hem of great value.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1923
He’s Popular
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When Hum Johnson reached Washihgton the other day he fouud
this delegation?waiting to extend liim a joyful receptioh. Hi’s real news
now and thesetfboys of the press are plying him with questions about his
recently announced candidacy for the Republican nomination for
□resident. $ v
Power Rate Hearing is Being
Conducted in Raleigh at Present
( !!>- (he Associated Press, l
Raleigh, Nov. 22.-C-Witli representa
tives of the Southern Powyr Company
and some of tlie companies -it serves with
electric power, prominent among them
the Canuon Mills and the Piedmont Pow
er & Light Company, present, the hearing
of the petition of the power company for
permission to increase its rates began
this morning before the North Carolina
Corporation Commission.
The company's petition asked that tlie
limit be ra:-sed to $l4O per kilowatt
hour.
W. S. .Lee. chief engineer, and general
manager of tlie power company, was the
first witness. \V. 8. Robinson, one of
the hydro-electric concern's attorneys,
did the questioning, , The Power Com
pany's application asked that the hydro-*
electric power price rate limit of $1.25
TEXTILE UNION IN STATE
CANNOT BE SUED
United Textile Workers <f America Is
*» liiinoorpcMOefls Organization in
This State.
(By the AssocinvcT l’reiw*.>
Bali-igji. X. Nov. 22.—1 n a decis
ion handed down yesterday, tlie Supreme
Court of North Carolina held that the
United Textile Workers of America
could not be sued ns an organization be
cause it is an unincorporated ' organiza
tion iu North Carolina.
Decision in the case of Philous E.
Tucker, a former member of tlfe textile
workers, sought to sue the union for al
leged libelous statements made by Hen
ry Eataugh, one of its organizers. The
supreme court’s decision upheld that of
Judge IV. F. Harding in the Mecklenburg
Superior Court. /
Cooperative Scheme Hits German Food
Profiteers.
(By the AsMoeiated Press.!
• Frankfort-on-the-Odei*, Nov 22.—The
profiteering middlemen dealing in food
stuffs have been dealt a hard blow by
the cooperative efforts of n committee
of the I.andbouml. or farmers’ organiza
tion. Utjder the new scheme certain
quantities of potatoes and meats are
delivered weekly at fixed prices and dis
tributed through municipal authorities.
The result has been that the city
workers and farmers have eliminated
the middlemen: retail prices of pota
toes and meat to consumers have been
reduced nearly 50 percent and the
farmers are receiving better prices than
before. Another advantage is that the
supplyof- potatoes ami meat is made
certain.
Professor Gagel ami other economists
are urging extension of the plan to
other municipalities.
Thanksgiving Sale at Efird’s.
The big Thanksgiving Sale at Efird's
will close' Wednesday uiglit, November
28th. Y’ou will find at this store a
great assortment of ready-to-wear, shoes
and clothing, and of course the prices
arc right. Read tlie full-page ad, in to
day’s Tribune nnd Times for particulars
of this big sale.
In a quick wink the closing of the eye
has been found to require seventy-five
thousandths part of a seeomh the rest
twice as long, and the opening one hun
dred and seventy thousandths of a sec
ond.
WHAT THE RED CROSS IS!
W
1. It is man’s answer to HUMANITY’S S- O. S. in
the hour of devastation and death!
2. It is God’s challenge to MAN to become a fellow
helper with His SON!
3. It is the chance to do for stricken, suffering men
what we THINK wc would do for CHRIST were He on
the earth with lis!
4. It is the CHILD’S opportunity to become Christ
like in sympathy and charity! >/ ’
5. It is the strong, powerful chord that draws to
gether the far-separate men of every COLOR, CLIME
and CREED! '
fi. It is the glorious BANNER of MERCY that proud
ly waves over every field of FLOOD, FIRE. PESTI
LENCE and WAR!
I. FRANK ARMSTRONG.
per kilowat hour he increased to $1.40
- ] per kilowat hour, and contends with the
r present limit it cannot make fair return
i on its invested capital. The direct tes
i j timohy presented this morning dealt with
- the company's past and present earnings.
; | and what is estimated will be the earn
•. ings for 1024. Mr. Robinson questioned
i | Mr. Lee concerning the expansions pro
. j jected. the expansions the powen* eom-
I pany Ims now underway, among them the
i i Mountain Island project which the ex
: ! pension would cost, when completed, and
j what would be the earnings with reia-
I | tion to the inosts.
! j Mr. late, on tlie stand for several
i hours, answered several finndrod detaii
'j ed questions. By his side during the
,! hearing was E. It. Rucker, statistician,
i | and before liim were numerous exhibits
1 TEACHERS TO SOLVE
ILLITERACY PROBLEM
jX. E. A r Head Holds Instructors Re
i sponsible Jor. Educat-uMJ. ..
IVnsingran, Xrv\ 23 H’apitnl News
j Service).—Miss Olive M. Jones, prthi
j dent of the National Edileation Associa
tion, at a luncheon given in New York
j by fifteen hundred educators and teachers
1 in her honor, laid especial stress upon
] (he need of teachers being alive to the,
j the evils of illiteracy aud doing their
i utmost, not only to eradicate it by their
| efforts in caching, but by their efforts as
j citizens to arouse others to the need of
] a more intelligent campaign to bring
I this country from its present position
! away down in the list of literate nations
to a position at the top.
“The one great problem facing the
United States is how to provide an edu
cation citizenry which will preserve
American ideals ami the American form
of government,” said Miss .Tones.
“Every great problem facing edu-
I cators today leads back to this one funda-
I mental issue. Illiteracy must be eradi-
I cated in order that tin* country may have
intelligent voters. Americanization jis
! merely the expression of the need to
teach democracy to a tremendous mass
|of immigrants from Undemocratic coun
| tries. Citizenship training means teach
ing appreciation for tlie right to vote so
that voters will conduct themselves
worthily of the gift. Moral education
means training character t‘o the end that
j the nation may have righteous citizens.
It is not alone for the sake of America,
but for the sa I*o of the world civiliza
tion and the ultimate victory of the
forces of good over evil that teachers
must accept this challenge to their con
science.”
WILL CONSOLIDATE SQME
OF MILLS IN SOUTH
This Action Will Be Taken Snon by the
International Cotton Milts.
(Dr the ANKortrtVeU Press. 1
Boston, Nov. 22.—Plans for formation
of New England Southern Mills to con
sist of consolidation of a number of
mills in South Carolina and Georgia
with the plants of the international Cot
ton Mills, in Georgia, Maine, Massachu
setts and Canada, have been approved
hv directors ofr International Cotton Mills.
Tlie combined mills have 586,880 spin
dles and will employ about 6,500 opera
tives.
Wars on Fraud
Governor Charles A. of
Connecticut hn announced a thorough
investigation will be made into practices
of alleged “diploma ring," whereby many
men have, it is said, obtained doctors'
degrees through bribery. Many hospit
als in various Sections are said to be in
volved.
ROTARY MEETING *' *
Education in Rotary Subject of Fine
Address by Rev. \V. A. Lambeth.
Education in Rotary, with Rev. W. A.
Lambeth, of the Gastonia Rotary Club,
the principal speaker, was the subject
of a highly intefestiug meeting of the
Concord club at the Y Wednesday.
President Sam Rankin presided and the
program was in charge of Rotarian TTab
Haywood.
Rotarian Maury Richmond, respond
ing to a call for committee reports, an
nounced that the meeting next week
would be in charge of the boys’ work
committee witli Rotarian Hal Jarrett
chairman.
Rotarian Jarrett announced that the
club had appropriated SSO to aid in de
fraying expenses of worthy boys to the
Older Boys’ Conference Which is sche
duled to meet*jn G reensboro.
Guests introduced during roll call
were: Rotarian Dechant, Charlotte
club, by Cliff Byrd: Ed. Ervin, by Chas.
Wagoner, Boyd Biggers, by Chas. Wag
oner; W. A. Lambeth, by F. J. Haywood,
and Ralph M, Odell, of New York, by
Arthur G. Odell.
Mr. Smith, who i« making an effort to
.establish a _ chamber of commerce here,
was introduced and spoke Trieffy Tiftfie
advantages and work of it chamber of
commerce in a “town this size.
Rotarian William A. Jenkins called
attention to the Red Cross Rol| Call, and
asked support as the members of the
club in the work.
Rotarian Lambeth declared that edu
cation in Rotary made a Rotarian a
better citizen, a better father, a better
husband and resulted in the member ren
dering better service to the community.
His address was filled with fine exposi
tions tVliigh purposes of Rotary as ap
plied to human activities and abounded
in humorous illustrations. From the
reception and frequency of applause the
address was the equal and probably the
roost favored of any made during the
history of the vlub.
This is a Vim- Spirit.
Durham, Nov. 21.—The Blue Devil
football team lias sent an invitation by
letter to the University of North Caro
lina eleven to be the guests of the Meth
odists on Saturday and to witness the
game between Trinity and Newberry
college of South Carolina.
The invitation was drawn up as the
result of a unanimous vote of the Blue
Devil squad who expressed a desire to
be hosts to the Carolina squad, since the
Tar Heels have no scheduled game this
week* The invitation was addressed to
Head Coach Fetzer and includes both
the Fetzers and the first and second
string men of their squad, which con
stitute a party of about 25. A special
space will be reserved in rite main
bleechers for the guests should they
find themselves able to accept-
The Trinity mentor, Alexander, who
had charge of dispatching the invita
tion, has not yet heard whether or not
the Carolina team will accept; hut since
the university has an off day Saturday,
it is hoped and expected that they will
come.
Jimmy Hendrix Injures Leg and is Out
of Game.
Davidson, Nov. 21. —An injured leg
for Jimmy Hendrix, first string quarter
back on tlie Davidson Wildcat football
11. is tlie latest announcement from the
local lair. Hendrix, playing his best
game of his career against North Caro
lina T'niyereity last week, is today gW
Ing about over the campus with the aid
of a cane. Hopes of seeing Fhke Laird
and Sam Summers, regular tackles, in
the Davidson-Trinity clash, was sti’l
meager. The injury Charles Hodgin re
ceived against Carolina robs Coaches
Younger and Tilson of tlieir three best
tacklers. Other men are more or less
injured.
Coach Y'ounger has until Turkey Day
to train his Wildcats for the clash with
the Sons of Duke from Durham. Hard
work days followed by a letup is tlie
program. New plays are being re
hearsed and promising material is being
worked over for the last battle of the sea
son.
Photographing the Wind.
Paris, Nov. 22.—Major Favrc, of the
French Meteorological office, assisted by
an army aviator, recently photographed
the wind at Vauville. Major Favre,
with photographers, posted himself on
a hill, while the aviator, at a speed of
15 miles an. hour.' described circles be
tween the sea and the hill, entiling a
smoke trail. The weqf wind, blowing
at eighteen feet a second, caused the
smoke to describe curves almobt parallel
to the outline of the hill.
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NO. 276.
otbLflßf THE LAST
NOTES TO GERMANY
WERE VERY FEEBLE
This is the Attitude of French
Newspapers, Which See
Allies Following Old Adage
About “Half a Loaf.”
ALLIES PRESERVED
UNITED FRONT
And This is Only Fact That
Offsets the Feeble Spirit
Which Was Shown in the
Latest Notes.
(By the Asnoclated Presn.)
Paris, Nov. 22.—The attitude of the
j Paris newspapers toward the note which*
the council of ambassadors has sent . »
| Germany may be summed up in the old
adage “A half of a loaf is better than '
none." The papers agree that the notes
were only feeble productions, but they
also point out that the allies preserved a
I united front.
| The first communication notified Gcr
l many that the inter-allied military con
trol mission will resume its functions in
Germany, and serves notice that “should
these operations meet with obstructions
from the German authorities, or German
nationals, the allied governments intend
to take measures which may seem to
them proper to assure execution of the
treaty."
The second note informs Germany that
the allies will hold the reichstag respon
sible “for the consequences which may
result from the fact that it allows the
former crown prince to remain in Ger
many.” The allies take cognizance of a
document executed by Frederick William
on December 1. 1918, in w.hieli he for
mally renounces all claims to the throne,
and adds that in communicating this re
nunciation, Germany has put herself on
record as considering it valid and not
considering its possible cancellation.
Stressemann is Ready to Quit.
I.ondon. Nov. 22 (By the Associated
Press). —In his address before the Reich
stak today Chancellor Stresemann is
quoted by agency dispaches from Berlin
as declaring that his government would
relinquish office if it were considered
necessary and he hoped the Reichstag
jvQtild make aft its-mind quickly ia..or
der that he might know whether he
should continue.
He declared that Germany's interna
tional condition was hopeless, and so far
as he could see there was not the slight
est prospect of effecting improvement.
France has expressed fear of serious
developments arising from recent inci
dents, but he could assure France that
any developments that might occur would
be due largely to France herself. Com
munist deputies constantly interrupted
the chancellor.
Welcomes American Interest.
Berlin, Nov. 22 (By the Associated
Press). —In -course of vigorous defense of
his administration before the reichstag
today Chancellor Stresemann welcomed
the renewed American interest in the rep
arations problem and said he hoped an
international conference would be con
voked.
He also took occasion to deny the re
ports published in the German press that
the government had been officially ap
proached by American financiers. The
address, which occupied two hours in
delivery, dealt at length with both for
eign and internal situations. The gov
ernment is to demand a positive vote of
confidence from the reichstag, the out
come of which is yet in doubt.
BEAUFORT MAYOR IS
RELEASED FROM PRISON
Served Part cf Short Sentence for Phys
ical Attack on Federal Tax Collector.
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 22.—Mayor R. V.
Gray, of Beaufort, S. C., was released
from the federal penitentiary here late
yesterday, it became known today. His
sentence of one year and one day im
posed by Federal court was cut to a lit
tle more than five months by a pardon by
President Coolidge. He was convicted of
making ' a physical attack on a federal
tax collector, who, he says, doubted his
veracity on certain returns on property.
Split Week Between Two Wives and
Spent Sundays by Himself.
Chicago. Nov. 21.—Edward 8. Horst
man. local cattle dealer, arrested a month
ago after his second wife discovered that
thoi e was another Mrs. Hprstinan.* testi
fied in Suoerior Court today that he had
made it a practice to spend hee days
a week with each of his wives and to
take Sunday to himself
Mrs. Edith May H irs'man, the second
wife, was granted a divorce after her
husband admitted his dual life He
agreed to pay her $2,000 alimony.
Neither of the women would prosecute
fater Horstman was arrested on a charge
1 of bigamy.
Mrs. Stokes Granted Decree of Separa
tion.
(By tlie Associated Press.)
! New York, Nov. 22. — W. E.‘l>. Stokes,
wealthy hotel man, and his Wife, Mrs.
Helen Elwood Stokes, formerly of Den
j ver. Col., today ended their legal war
! fare of several years’ standing through
an agreement through which Mrs. Stokes
was formally granted a decree of repa
ration.
Charged With flicking Wif7 to Death.
(By the Associated Press.)
Providence, R. 1., Nov. 22.—Ernest
Fbntaine, of Warren, was arrested by the
police of 'that city early this morning
charged with beating and kicking his
wife to death in the street in front of
their home on Ellis avenue. It is believ
ed .he had gone temporarily insane.