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• ASSOCIATED * • PRESS * • DISPATCHES * ******** VOLUME XXIII KANNAPOLIS GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED LOCATED IN STATE Were Found in Winston- Salem by Police,and Stated They Were Ashamed to Ask Relatives to Aid Them FATHERS ADVISED OF WHEREABOUTS And Girls Are Now on Way Back to Homes—Had Been in Twin City Since Thurs day, They Tell Police. (By the Associated Pmw.) Winston-Salem. Xov. 28. —Catherine Imug, aged 14. and Vergle Cox. aged 115. who inn away fi'om home al Kannapolis on Tuesday of last week, weIV found here this morning and say they are anx ious to return to their parents. The girls informed the loeal officer who located them when they arrived here last Thurs day and were too independent to let it be known they wanted to get back home. Relatives of the girls are expected here this afternoon and take them to. Kannap olis. Mr. .1. I). Long and Mr. C. H. Cox, fathers of the girls who disairpeared-last week, went to Winston-Salem this morn ing to get their daughters, according to messages from their homes in Kannap olis. They are expected back in Kan napolis this afternoon. Tly girls were last seen last Wednes day morning in Salisbury, after spending the night there with relatives of Cather ine Ling. Their parents did not know they had left Kannajtolis until Wednes day morning, and diligent search for live days brought no result. Monday I lie fathers of the girls asked a representa tive of The Tribune to assist them in their search and Associated Press dis patches were sent throughout, the State, asking that police officers and heads of manufacturing plants and business hous es keep on the lookout for the girls. This information brought results mid tile girls wore located this morning in the Twin City, where they had been sinee Thursday. CAPITAL PREPARES fcw Final Preparations Bring. Made for Thanksgiving Celebration. Washington, D. C.. Nov. 27.—A1l Washington is today adding, the final ■touches to the preparations for cele brating Thanksgiving. In the churches, in public institutions and in home cir e’es the Thanksgiving spirit been abroad and everyone has been busily en gaged in getting ready to make the 1923 celebration of the holiday a memorable one. • It will be the first Thanksgiving in the White House for the President and Mrs. Coolidge. It is expected that the ' day will be observed at the executive mansion in full accordance with the old New England traditions and cus toms. Business in the executive ofliees ■will 'be suspended for the day. The President and his family will attend church services in the forenoon.. after which the way will be given over to a quiet family gathering. Turkeys a-plenty have been sent, to the White House from all sections! of the country by admirers of the Presi dent. and it is something of a proUem for the head of the culinary department to make selection of the bird that yvlll grace the President's t ble at 'the Thanksgiving dinner- The selection once made, the remainder of the tur keys. together with considerable quanti ties of jellies, cakes, mincemeat, and other choice edibles will be distributed among the married attaches of the executive mansion. TRY TO CONNECT KLAN WITH FLOGGING CASK Efftlort Made During the Trial of Parks Cook, at Marietta, G». (By Ike Associate* Press.) Marietta, Ga., Nov.' 28.—Efforts of the State to show some connection be tween the Ku Klux Klan and the Smyr na flogging ease featured the morning session today of the trial of Parks ( ook,- charged with being a member of a gang who is alleged to have flogged Mrs. Ber tha Holcombe, a widow, and Stephen H. Morton, her escort. Thanksgiving Turkeys Plentiful This Year. Chicago, Nov. 27.— Reports of the plentiful supply of turkeys this yea* 1 fully realized today when South Water street merchants sold the Thanksgiving bird at from 35 to 37 cents a pound and department stores generally advertised | fancy number one young fresh-killed drv-pieked birds at as low as 20 cents- One store offered young corn-fed tur keys at 19 vents a pound. The Smrth Water street prices were from 10 to l.» cents below last year’s prices. (Jeese generally sold nt 27 cents and ducks at 32 cents. All prices for fowls were much lower than a year ago, geese selling wholesale at 24 cents. . Big Christmas Opening at Climfs Phar macy. The big Christmas Opening at Clines Pharmacy will take place next Saturday and Monday, December Ist and 3rd. On these opening days this store will sell 1,000 market bags for only 10 cents each. In these bags you will find at least 28 sample of various things which you will see enumerated in a page ad. today. You will find at this store all kinds of Christ mas goods and toilet requisites. Read the ad. on page toduy ■. ■' The Concord Daily Tribune iDISASIROUS BLAZE IN DETROIT BURNS COSTLY BUILDINGS j Early Morning Fire Caused Damage Estimated-at Mil lion ! and Half Dollars— Customs Building Burned. THREE PERSONS INJURED BY FIRE One is Believed to Be Fatal ly Injured.—Difficult For Firemen to Get the Blaze Under Control at First. (By the Associated Pren.l Detroit, Nov. 28.—Fire, starting from an overheated stove in a watchman's shanty, early today destroyed the Detroit A Windsor Ferry Company dock, hous ing I'nited States immigration and cus toms officers, spread into the six-story Monger building, which was burned to the ground, and then destroyed a four story warehouse and several small build ings on Woodward Avenue and Bates Street. When the first was brought tinder control a few minutes fater 5 o’clock this morning the loss was esti mated at $1,500,000. The warehouse of the Finsterward Furniture Company as consumed by the flames, fanned by a brish wind. The fire swept a section at the foot of Wood ward Avenue which was one of the old est in the city. Three persons were in jured. one probably seriously. Frank Kelly, a fireman, fell 30 feet. Robert Yates, a watchman, was burned about the face and hands. Earl Kreslin. an other watchman, was overcome by smoke. Two minutes after the first alarm had been sounded, the fire had eaten into the Finsterward warehouse, and gmit flames that lighted up Windsor, across Detroit River, were shooting skyward. Before the fire company could reach the scene fire had spread to the six-story Manger building, across the alley. Although three-fourths of the city’s fire-fighting equipment reached the scene within 20 minutes the fire continued to spread. The General Sales Company, automobile storeroom-; on Woodward Avenue, next were destroyed, then the offices 0 f (he Lake Carriers’ Association and the I i!te Cigari Vmwi*v gtyre a'w wee’ .-or IK? Detroit was interrupted forse era I hours. ™ ” • j GILLS DENIES THAT WOMEN WERE INSULTED Declares Story About Recent Innis Street Incident in Salisbury Not Ab together Accurate. Salisbury. Nov. 27.—K. T. Gillis as serts that ihere was sonie misinforma tion regarding the recent East Innis Street incident, when he ami Mr. Small were instrumental in subduing a citi zen who was making himself obnoxious to be neighborhood. “The incident occurred about 10:30 o’clock nt night,” states Mr. Gillis, “after we had all retired except Mr. Small, who had just come in from his work, when two young ladies came run ning on the porch crying and screaming for help. They said a man hit tht*m. We got into our clothes and out on the porch as quick as possible, and lie was then coining towards the house. We asked him to leave as we had sickness in our home. He then went to cursing and said he didn’t care anything about the sick indy and also cursed Mr. Small’s wife who had come out oil tiie porch by that time and had also asked the man kindly to leave. “We tried every way to get the man to leave while he stood out on the side walk cursing and swearing and said he would surely kill one of us, if not all, if wp SOIOO out. Mr. Smalt started for the car to go call the police when the man came toward the house again and Mr. Small then proceeded to move the man away. “It was a mistake about him insult ing Mrs. Gillis and Mrs. Small, except by cursing and swearing, as Mrs. Gills was sick in bed and Mvs. Small in the room with her when it started.” Turkeys Plentiful This Year. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, Nov. 28.—Turkeys are plen tiful this year, according to reports re ceived herefrom the Department of Ag riculture a't Washington, I). C. The turkey crop is heavy, particularly in Texas, and the birds are quite plentiful in Maryland and Virginia, it is report ed. Storage stocks, it is stated, are around 5,000.000 pounds this year while last year they were but 2,000,000. Many farmers are said to be holding their tur-a keys far the Christmas trade, the flooded market for Thanksgiving having tended I to lower prices for this time. [Regret is of little good except ns a milestone at the beginning of a new , ascent. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. Unsettled witfi probably rain tonight md Thursday; no change in tempera ii re CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1923 IMPORTANT POWER CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT Case Was Brought by Southern Power Company Which Entered First Case in Courts in North Carolina. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 28. —A question of considerable moment to electric power companies was argued in tiie Suprepip sinners. The issue camp from North Carolina, and because of its importance brought in to court an array of eminent counsel. Tiie Southern Power Company won in the State courts in its contention that it could not be compelled to sell power to the North Carolina Public Service Co., operating street railways in Greensboro, High Point and Salisbury and furnishing electricity to consumers in those places. The Federal courts, however, took a dif ferent view and ordered it to do so. HUMPHREYS CHOSEN IN SPIRITED ELECTION Will Represent Third Mississippi District at Next Session of Congress. (By the associated Press.• Greenville, Miss., Nov. 28.—Wm. Y. Humphreys, of Greenville, was elected to Congress in. the special election held yes terday in the third district, defeating J. C. Roberts, of Cleveland, by a majority of less than 1,000 votes, on the face of practically complete returns compiled here. With twelve small precincts miss ing, Humphreys had a lead of 043 vdtes. The missing boxes will poll approximate ly 500 votes. Kenner and Beane’s Cotton Letter. New York, Nov. 27. —Liverpool was up again this morning, and on our open ing 'the trade generally bought. Specu lative demand helped the market.. Con tracts were supplied largely by longs realizing. Adoption of full time in Lancashire and reports of much improved business in Manchester were the principal bullish items of news. The South reported a good spot de mand and New England mills were said to be buying here. All the news, in fact, was bullish. Contract scarce and while reactions are talked there seems none of consequence in sight. Liverpool bought on tiie close. Three Men Released. (By the Associated rmn.l Bushiieli, Fla., Nov. 28.—Three men nrrested here last week on suspicion that. they were the IVAutremout brothers wanted in Oregon in connection with the Southern l'acitic train robbery on Octo ber 11, were released last night, accord ing to Sheriff Coleman. Further infor mation from the west convinced him they were not the men wanted, tilt* sher iff said today. Bandits Rob Alabama Bank. (By the Associated Preaa.) Meridian. Miss., Nov. 28.—Two uni-! deutified white men, unmasked, entered | the Bank of Cuba, at Cuba. Ala., 28 miles north of Meridian, this morning and at the point of pistols held irp C. W. McGowan, assistant cashier, who \vas alone, Obtained $7,000, jumped into an automobile and escaped. General Otani Dr ad. Tokio, Nov. 28 (By the Associated Press).—Genernl Fikuzo Otani. military councillor of the Japanese government since 1917 and former commander of Japanese forces in Siberia, died here to day. He was 67 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Bonds Parents of Son. ( Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Bonds, of Monroe, November 26th, a son. REPUBLICANS FAIL TO REACH AN AGREEMENT Have Not Yet Derided on Leaders or Policies to Be Pursued. (By (he Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 28.—Despite con tinuing conference of 'republican lead ers on one hand and members of the pro gressive bloc on other organization prob lems in both the Saflttri' and House •ap parently were no feHffi-i solution today Senate that Sena**; < luuntns. ..f lowa, would voluntarily -Jive up one of his ’two places in tfipSenate were upset by‘ by the decision of the Senator to leave to his colleagues whether he shall con tinue as president pro tem and Chair man of the Interstate Commerce Commit tee. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and other republican leaders indicated their belief that. Mr. Cummins would con tinue as president pro tofu and that the selection of candidates for that office would not even come before tile republi can conference on Saturday. CARRIAGE OF LIQUOR ACT MAY BE MODIFIED NOW It is Understood This Question is Be fore American and Canadian Dele gates. (By the Associated Press.) Ottawa, Nov. 28. —American and Can adian delegates to tiie international anti rum smuggling conference meeting again today behind closed doors, were believed to be considering the possible effect of relaxation of she carriage of the liquor act, which formerly forbade transporta tion of intoxicants over the public high ways in Ontario. The provincial gov ernment through an order in the coun cil recently modified restrictions making it possible now for distillers and brewers to move their stocks by truck between 6a. m. and 6p. in. Previously liquor or beer could be moved to border points only by steam railways or boats. With Our Advertisers. The seventy-first series of stock in the Concord Perpetual Building and Loan As sociation starts Satuiday, December 1, and the books arc now open. You will find some daud.v specials for Friday and Saturday at Parker’s Shoe Store. Friday ami Saturday will be the last two days of the big sale of woolly-warm HlanVUts at the Ilarks-Befk Cot’s at $4.95 a pair. The Ideal Lunch Boom will serve a special Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow noon and evening for only SI.OO. Se> menu on last page. Your Christmas Problem ran best and most easily be solved with a box of Name-on Stationery. Get it at the Spe cialty Hat Shop. The Carolina Case will not open tomor row until 4 o’clock p. m. A Thanksgiv ing dinner will be served any time after that for 75 cents. DAY OF THANKS! THANKSGIVING DAY originated as a time of thanks for plentiful harvests which made it certain that the early settlers of America' would be able to endure the winter jwithout starving. Thanksgiving has gradually come to mean much more. It is the time of thanks for all such blessings as good crops, prosperity, health, peace, children, happy homes. In short, it is the one time of the year when the whole nation, regardless of creed or sect, unites in recognition of the Spiritual—of our dependence on Almighty God.; Those early New England pioneers endured severe hardships. They lived close to starvation, in fearful cold, amid hostile Indians. They h{td little to be thankful for, yet they devoutly gave thanks. Surely we should be made thoughtful aqd appreciatively humble as we ponder how much more we have tcHbe thankful for than the Pilgrims. BODY OK MRS. HAGER ON RAILROAD TRACKS Body Bore Many Bruises and Auto Was Found Near Where Body Was Foimd. (By the Associated Pres*.) Indianapolis, Nov. 28.—The body of Mrs. Helen Hager, 23 years old, was found on the Big Four Railway ‘tracks wut fewest gfi'a body bore many braises. < An au tomobile abandoned on the road where the body was found was made the basis of the police investigation. New Orleans Cotton. New Orleans, Nov. 27.—Quiet strength carried the price of cotton to .new high records for tiie season today, in both the contract and the spot divisions. Jan uary contracts touched 35.50 cents a pound and middling spots traded at 35.13. At these top-most levels of the season. 4,500 bales were sold on the spot in this market and the sales included a line of 2.100 bales of long staple cot ton, news of which helped the contract market to its best for late long staples have been considered slow of sale. At the highest of the day prices were 46 to 54 points up. The close was 41 to 51 points up, with the last tranac tions in January at 35.47. Highest prices came late in the day. Heaviest buying was felt in the early trading when the demand ‘was stimulated by a sensa tionally good Liverpool, the news that Lancashire spinners working on Ameri can cotton had voted to discontinue or ganized short time, and private claims that the Manchester market, short of cotton goods, was buying goods for re export purposes in Italy and elsewhere. Early gains amounted to 27 to 47 points, after which there were small recessions under realizing. Toward mid session the advance was resumed and a gradually higher market ruled undil the late trad ing. The interior spot market constantly wired in that the spot demand was im proving and that English buyers were taking hold in a large way at a higher basis. These reports had much to do with the strength of the market. While realizing sales were rather liberal, they were readily absorbed at nearly all stages of the session. Cotton futures closed steady at net gains of 41 to 51 points. Rev. Mr. Stanley Resigns. Charlotte, Nov. 27.—Rev. W. F. Stanley, for two years pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church here, today announced that lie had withdrawn from tiie church and was preparing to join the Nazarene Ohiiycb* He declared that lie- felt that Charlotte was his field of work, and has refused ito accept transfer to another point at the conference at Col- GOSS SENTENCED TO DIE FOR CRIME IN MITCHELL Sentence of Court Will Be Friday Unless Governor Mon _ Interferes. •By (he A ««<—(alert Preaa.) Raleigh, Nov. 28.—John Goss, con victed of an attack on an aged white woman near Spruce Pine, in Mitchell county. lasi September, and sentenced to death by electrocution, will pay the penalty in the electric chair on Friday, officials here indicated today. At the governor’s office it was stated that no application for clemency on the part of the executive lms been received nor have there been any appeals to the executive on behalf of the negro. Un less a last-minute stay of execution is granted bv Governor Morrison it ap peared today that the sentence of the court would be fulfi'led. The crime for which Goss was - con victed to die was committed last Sep tember and caused an uprising ngninst negroes in Mitchell county to take place. Immediately after citizens of Spruce Pine received word of the attack negroes working as domestics, in the mines of Mitchell county, and on road I construction were ordered to leave the county immediately. The order was generally obeyed, and in less than 24 hours the county had been cleared of the blacks, and as a result work on roads and in the mines was halted. Governor Cameron Morrison was notified and ordered national guardsmen to the scene with orders to protect the negroes and guarantee their right as citizens. With the coming of troops some of the negroes returned to their positions, but the major portion of the 200 or more ordered out of the county did not return. Tiie troops were with drawn lfi days later after conditions hqd again become normal (Joss was captured three days later | and tried at a special term of Mitchell county superior court. THREAT TO ANNIHILATE POSTAL AUTHORITIES Gastonia Postmaster Gets Letter Signed by Elusive “K. K. K.”—ls Not Fright ened. . / f Gastonia. Xov. 27.—Postmaster F. s\l, Slate and his entire postoffiee force of a dozen or more clerks were threatened i with complete annihilation nt midnight tonight by some person signing himself, "K. K. K.” The threat was posted in 1 the lobby of the postoffiee Sunday night and was found there by a member of the loeal postoffiee force and turned over| immediately to Postmaster Slate. It read as follows: “Notice. We will clean this postoffiee, out Tuesday night, you dirty scoundrels. We mean to shoot everybody that tries] to interfere. Tuesday night. 12 o’clock." ! Tiie wording was printed with a pen up the reverse side of a letterhead which laid evidently been taken from one of the waste baskets in the lobby of the postoffiee. Postmaster Slate turned the paper over to the postoffiee inspector of this district. He stated this afternoon that neither he nor any of his clerks are the least bit apprehensive. He believes it to be j tiie prank of some wag. “I do not think Gastoipa has any | person within its limits,” fee said, “who 1 dares perpetrate such a crime. I don’t believe Gastonia has a Ku Klux Klan. and if it did they would not do anything of this kind. Some irresponsible per son is simply trying to frighten some body under the guise of the klan. We are going on as usual. 1 do not think there is a thing to it; it’s just a hoax." THE COTTON MARKET Still Higher Price Levels Established at Opening of Market Today. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 28.—Still higher price levels were established in the cot ton market here at the opening today because of Continued strength in Liver pool and bullish trade advices from Man chester. First prices were firm at an I advance of 7 to 15 points with Decem ber selling up to 36.40 and March to 36.10. or 35 to 40 points above yester day’s closing during the early trading. The opening here was not a full re sponse to the higher cables, the advance in Liverpool being attributed partly to tiie decline in Sterling. Private cables reported heavy trade cabling in Liver pool and a big business in Manchester. Cotton futures opened firm. Dee. 36.40; .Tan. 35.85: March 36.00; May 26.10; July 35.35. Mrs. Caruso Married. (By the Associated Press.) London. Nov. 28. —Mrs. Enrico Caruso, forherly -Miss Dorothy Parke Benjamin, of New York, and Captain Ernest In gram, of London, were married today in Brompton Oratory. SEVENTY-FIRST SERIES Concord Perpetual Building and v Loan Association Starts Saturday, December Ist 'Books Now Open For Subscriptions at CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK Concord and Kannapolis, N. C. Do you want a good investment for Your Savings? Do you want to secure a home? Then Call and Subscribe for some stock. C. W. SWINK, Pres. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec-.Trcks., P. B. FETZER, Assistant Treasurer. * « * NEWS 9 9 TODAY 9 999^9999 NO. 281. LETIKTS MADE BY OFFICERS FOLLOWING HOLDUP Arrests Made by Police in New York as Result of Slaying and Robbing of Bank Messengers. TWO OTHERSARE ALSO BEING HELD Anthony Pantano, Accused of Being “Tip-off” Man for Gunmen, is One of the Six Men Arrested. tßy tin* Associated Press.) Now York. Nov. 28.—Six Additional arrests of men suspected of participating in the_ slaying ami robbery of two Brook lyn bank messengers November 14th were made today. Five were taken in the raid on an apartment in tiie Bronx while Anthony i'antano, accused of being “tip off" man of the gunmen, was arrested in bis Brooklyn home. Barlow and Joseph Desmond, brothers already in cus tody, charged with murder and robbery. I’antano was formerly a bond sales man for the West End Bank while mes sengers were killed. The police under si aml lie gave advance information to the actual slayers, including the statement that th<> messengers were quick on the draw. Tiie Bronx apartment where the live were taken, was a bandit rendezvous and it was there that the men who insti gated tiie Brooklyn robbery and slaying called liis aides for conference tiie police said. They would not state whether the plotter of the crime was among them now in custody. - s, Pantano, the police said, has admitted to them he furnished the information whieh led to the robbery ami slaying. He is alleged lo have told the police that the gunmen by threatening him had learn ed from him the approximate time tlx; messengers left and bank and tiie route they would follow. He denied that he was implicated in the actual commission of the crime, and that he had shared in (he loot. Two Arrested Men Confess. New York, Nov. 28.—Barlow Morris Diamond and his brother, Joseph, have made important admissions concerning their part in the robbery and murder of tyro West End Hank messengers In a Brooklyn elevated station Nov. 14. Dis trict Attorney Dodd announced today af ter seven additional arrests had been made. Roth men denied firinfi shots which killed the messengers from whom $43,000 was stolen, but furnished the names of three gunmen alleged to have done the actual slaying, according to Mr. Dodd, who said the description of the trio had been flashed over the country. Mr. Dodd also announced that Anthony Pantano. of Brooklyn, one of those arrested this morning, had agreed to make complete confession of his part of the crime. Tabert’s Family Given $20,000. *Hy th* AnKociHted Fithh.i Langdon, N. D., Nov. 28.—Payment of $20,000 has been made by the Pntnam Dumber Company, of Wisconsin, to the family of Martin Tabert, of Munich, N. D., who died in a convict labor camp conducted by the company in Florida, following a whipping given him by Wal ter Higginbotham, "whipping boss.” Arraignment of Walton Continued. (By the Associated Press.) Oklahoma City, Nov. 28.—Arraign ment of .1. C. Walton, former Governor, on six indictments charging diversion of public funds and disposal of a meeting of the State legislature, was continued today until Monday. Mistrial in Burns Case. IBy the Associated Press.) Deland. Fla.. Nov. 28.—A mistrial in the case ot (leo. Burns, ,eharged witli murder in connection with" the death of Howard Usher, a taxicab driver, today was declared in court here. The jury deliberated for thirty-six hours. Mrs. Elba Lawrence, attorney for a prominent Oklahoma oil company, has just been admitted to practice in the Federal courts. Mrs. Lawrence is said to be the only woman attorney who ever made a specialty of Indian titles, one of the most intricate brunches of legal work.
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