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• ASSOCIATED 0 ♦ PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 000 0 0000 # VOLUME XXIII Vera Cruz Reports Revolt Against President Obregon Troops of Entire Maritime Zone Have Joined Insur gent Movement Against President and Gen. Calles. LEADERS OFFICERS IN REGULAR ARMY And They' Are Planning to Set Up Provisional Gov ernment—Some Troops Re main Loyal to Leaders. <Bt the Associated Press. 1 Vera Cm*, Mexico (By (ho Asncei ntpd IVcsu). —Troops of the entire mar itime zone have joined the insurgent imivttneut against Pi-<) ident Obregon and Genera! Calles, according to reports received here today. The rebellion is now said to embrace the whole of the Ha usteca oil region. latyal troops from Mexico City, it is reported. wore in. contact last night with ‘wmtfcontj forces. Railway linos be tween the capital and this city have boon cut. Leaders of t lie movement, including Adolfo de La Huerta, general Guadalupe Sanchez, chief of milirarv operations in this district, anti Jorge Prieto Laurens are preitaring to set up a provisional government, and plan to elect one of their number as provisional president. Rafael Xubtiruu Capmany is reported to be slated for the post. Several deputies of the national congress are cither in Vera Cruz or are on their way here. Leaders of the revolt have offered guarantees and employment to people, and have given assurances that trade will he protected. Many land, owners, it is said, have joined the rebels, Imping thereby to regain the properties they lost, regain tile properties they lost under the law compelling landholders to share their estates with their tenants. Plans for the movement, it appears, were made at a meeting held late Wed nesday night at the home of Gen. Snn . oliez. This meeting wag attended by several general and naval chiefs who oust ed all federal office holders, and named Gen. Eduardo Lo.vo as provisional gov ernor of Vera Cruz. Throughout yesterday and last night came news of similar movements at Turn aulipas. Chihuahua. Sail Luis Potosi, Miohovan, Jalisco, Sinaloa. Honors, and Toluca. Prom the Tm-scaj.-v we»t* to -PresMHtr Obregon by the instigators of the move ment, it appears that the purpose is to prevent federal interference with affairs of the state. Says Insurgents Were Disarmed. Washington, Dee. 7.—Consol Boyle at St Luis Potosi, reported to the State- Department today that the Mexican Fed eral troops yesterday disarmed "the en tire armed forces of the Prieto govern ment," in that city. Officials here at tached great importance to the dispatch as Jorge Prieto Laurens, governor of the State of San Luis Potosi, also is presi dent of the Co-OiJerutista party, and among the most active of the revolution ary leaders in opposition to the Obre gon government. WANTS CORLISS GRIFFIS SENTENCED TO PRISON Germans Would Give Man Who Tried to Kidnap Bcrgdoll Prison Sentence. Mosbaek, linden, Dec-. 7 (By the As sociated Press). —A sentence of three yrtirs ft r Corliss Hoover Gj-iffis, of Hamilton, 0., was recommended today by States Attorney Nobel for the at tempt to kidnap Grover Cleveland Berg doll, American draft evader. Nebel also urged three years foe Karl Sperber, of Paris, one year for the Rus sian prince, Pause Gagarin, and 0 months for Eugene Victor Nelson, of Chicago. Borgdoll’s counsel contended these terms were insufficient punishment and asked the court for heavier sentences. TAXICAB DRIVER AT KINSTON IS KILLED Rudolph Koonce Shot and Eagon M. Swain Held by Officers. (By the Associated Press.) Kinston, N. C„ Dec. 7.—Rudolph Koonce. a taxicab driver, was sbot\and killed at his home in Ea«t Kinston today. Bason M. Swain, a restaurant man, stir- : reundered to police, sayiug domestic dif ficulties involviug Mrs. Swain aud Koonce caused the shooting. Swain, when lie surrendered, told police he had shot a man but did not know if he had killed him. Kocnee leaves a wife and four chil dren. Wilkes Property in Charlotte Changes l Hands. IBy the Associated Press. 1 Charlotte. N. C, Dee. 7.—What is de- j scribed as another step in the business' expansion of Charlotte took ptaoe this week with the transfer to a business con cern of the Wilkes Property near the Southern Railroad, the deal being closed for approximately $300,000. The prop erty, on which is located the Mecklen burg Iron Works, is along the railroad track and is considered very valuable. Charlotte's business sidtriet has been constantly expanding during the- past two years, a number of the heretofore residential districts being converted al most entirely into business sections. The deal for the Wilkes property is one of several during 1023 in which heal estate valued at several millions chknged hands. Severe on Violators of Dry Laws. (By the Associated Press.) Savannah, Ga., Dec. 7. —Judge Bar rett in the Federal Court today sentenced 24 defendants convicted of conspiracy and other prohibition charges to pay tinea totalling - $150,500, and to serve terms id the federal penitentiary. The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ — e GOSS ELECTROCU TED AT . THE .STATE PENITENTIARY t Ncgio Paid With Life Fcr Alleged At* loch on a White Woman. . (By the /.nsoriatett Ppms.j , Raleigh, Dec. 7.—John Goss, negro, convicted of an attack upon a white 7 woman in Mitcheil county, wan elertio , euted at the State prison here at 10:30 this morning. Itef'.re being taken to ) the d-ath chair. Goss made complete confession of the crime to Rev. D. 1.. Thomas, negro preacher, of Oxford. X. J 0„ anti also repeated his statement to I prison officials. Four shacks were re quired before the prison physician pro nounced the m-gro'doad. .'the rNT TED COTTON nriLDING DESTROYED [.Other Buildings in New Orleans Also ,' Victims of Fire. During the Night. (By the Associated Press.) >• New Orleans. Dec. 7.—The I'nited Cot jton Building, a three-story structure on < Gl.l tviej- street., bet worm Itaromie and i Dryades streets, aud several small ad . 1 joining buildings, were destroyed by fire i ; which broke out shortly before l it. m. j today. No estimate of damage had been , Imnde ea dy today but it was beli -yed by , firemen to be more than $200,000. The i j blaze was brought under control at five , i o'clock. [ KNOWN NOW THAT LONE BANDIT SECURED $37 083 1 1 When He Robbed Express Messenger on r j Norfolk and Western Train. (By the Associated Press.) 1 1 Petersburg, Va., Dee. 7. —A checkup , by local and railway police today l-eveal , ied that $37,063 was the loot secured by the lone bandit who late yesterday after ’ noon robbed the express ear of the Xor , folk & Western "Cannon Ball" train en route from Norfolk to Richmond, after . holding up and binding? Express Messcn , ger Jos. H. Stevens, of Richmond. The amount secured by the bandit was first given out by the express officials as ss,ooo. ASSAULT AND BATTERY VERDICT IS RETURNED By Jury Which Tried .1. FranU Alexan der. Grocer, of Macon, Ga. fßy the Associated Press.! Macon, Ga., Dec. 7.—. T. Frank Alexan der. Macon grocer, found guilty lus-tt night by a jury in city court of assault. ,JUKI f •* * flistctimt giv en to lie M. Perry-, a store keeper, ou the night of August Slth, was sentenced today to serve six months on tin- chain gang, five months of which sentence can be relieved of by paying a line of SSOO and costs. Attorneys immediately gave notice of a motion for new trial and bond was fixed at .$2,500. Charting the Ocean by Echoes. London, Dee. 7. —An expedition has just left London with the object of chart ing the depths of the sea by sound. Up to within a few years ago the com monest means of obtaining information as to tlie depth of the sea was by a line with a weight at the end. Experiments carried out during the war for the pur pose of detecting enemy submarines led tot the invention of the hydrophone, by which distant sounds were promptly and accurately located. From this idea has now been evolved a method of measuring depths by echoes went out of an apparatus termed a “buz ber.” Tlie “buzzer” is placed below the water-line of the depth-finding vessel, and with the aid of “artificial ears,” known as microphones, its operators lis ten for tlie echoes of its sound waves to travel back to the ship. By timing these coolies in conjunction with the speed of tlie ship, the deptli of the ocean at a given point can.be definitely ascer tained. To Prevent Small)vox Epidemic. (By the Associated Press.) Ohm-lotto. Dec. 7.—Determined that Charlotte shall not be exposed to a smallpox epidemic because of the resi dents not being vaccinated, as required by the law. Dr. W. A. Mc-Phaul, city health officer, has announced that he will make a comprehensive survey of the city and that an old ordinance on the subject will be enforced. A fine of SSO for each day vaccination is not tak en is provided for in the ordinance. There rare at present forty active cases iu the iity and the health officer is resolved that there must not be an epidemic if it is possible to prevent it. Methodists Plans for Conference Springfield. Mass., Dee. 7.—The com mission on tlie quadrennial general con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Churd), which i« to be held here next ’' May, has been in tlie city milking ar j rnugements for the event. The official j body iu attendance at tlie conference | will number 800 delegates, oonsisiting of i 1 ministers and laymen in equal propor ' tlons. Includi-ile in the attendance will • be fraternal delegates from the Metbo ' dist conferences in England, Norway, I Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Den - mark, Finland and China. 1■ - ' ' ' | WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. I! r ~ ~— , Fair and warmer tonight; Saturday i cloudy and warmer, probably rain in ex treme west portion. 1 CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923 - -Yours There? .. . mߣ2iamS2m&^lkoW - vJIS' M ■■■ |||P I X TI. - \ % Hr v ML s tr ~ i , Commissioner Cuno Rudolph and Collector of Taxes Towers Wash- ! Ington. look with dismay at the thousands of income tax checks that I ba Y° p . our ,® d , ,n ' They have advised the public to keep enough money ra h aU b colVcte& Ver th<> CheCk3, because !t may b e some time before they Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Makes Public His Annual Report -.' In r tlie Ainwutoi Press. I Washington, Dec. 7.—Secretary' Mel lon, in his annual report transmitted to Congi ess today, describ'd Treasure op erations under which the nation’s debt had been reduced $613,674,3-13 iu tlie fiscal ye.ar 1023. and again urged a sharp reduction in taxation based on rigid economy and barring “authoriza tions far new aud unexpected fxpemti , lures” The report contained a copy of Mr. Mellon’s letter to Acting Chairman Green, of tlie House Ways and Means committee, in which the Seci clary said “a soldiers’ bonus would postpone tax reduction not for one but for many years to oeine.” To the usual review of official aetivi fjesi•litidcr nis direction, Mr. Mellon i>i t.uhed additional argument for tlie gen eral reduction in income taxes which he has urged. He particularly stressed the advantage which he has predicted •vou'd come from cutting the surtax rates upon large incomes to a maximum of 25 per cent, on the ground that it wot)!.I actually increase government inOinie, vs 'veil ns indirectly benefit the public at j large by reducing burdens on productive 1 oi rraijon. The government, “firmly established on the basis of balancing its budget each j war,” Mr. Mellon said, brought the na tional debt, once at a figure of over $26.- I 000.600.000, down to a total of $22,982.- 200f()0 on October 31st. The record, he said, was one brought about "only by the most rigid economy and ;h’ applica tion of business principles to the govern-, mam's finance." On the present basis of taxation and expenditure, he cited an estimated Treasury surplus next Juiy ..f "bunt $320,000,000. and a passible 'em-. plus in the year after of $305,000 OiSf. j “High taxation,” the report continued, 1 “even if levied upon an economic basis, affects the prosperity of the country, be- 1 cause in its ultimate analysis the bur- ; tien rs all taxes rests only in part upon ! the individual or property taxed. It is 1 borne by the ultimate consumer High taxation means a high price level and high cost of living. It can safely be said that reduction in the income tax re '!ues»<- expenses n9t only of the 7.000.000 income tax payers but of the entire! 110,- 000.000 people of the Unite! Stares." | As to the reduetiou in the surtax rate, Mr. Mellon said that the history of taxa tion throughout the world indicated that “means have nlways been found by the’ ingenuity of the citizen to avoid taxes inherently excessive." It was signifi-; cant, he said, that the large incomes re ported for taxation were decreasitig in number each year, those over $300,000 being 240 in 1021 as compared with 305 the year before. The estates of the' wealthy, he poined out, were flowing into tax exempt securities. The Treasury) actuary, he continued, estimated that the reduction of the surtax to the 25 per eeut. maximum, against a present maxi mum ranging up to 50 per cent, would actually increase by 1026 the amounts which the government receives, the les- i ter rate being more than compensated for by the additional volume of tax paid, j Mr. Mellon advocated also the reduc tion of federal tnxation on estates after death, on the ground that, this tax was taken “not out of income but out of cap ital, with cumulative confiscatory ef feet. ’ , To general business aspects Mr. Mel lon directed the comment that improve ment from the 1921 depression had been ! noted for a year. Sueeient credit at reasonable rates had been available through banks, and he concludede that present activity presented the appear ance of being “sound and stable.” The failure of agricultural sections to share in the betterment, however, was noted. Federal land banks, the Secretary said, had loaned $214,712,000 during the year on land mortgages. Their total of loans outstanding' was placed at $789,703,104, while farm land associations, through which their business is primarily con ducted. had increased in number during the finoal year from 4,388 to 4.538. Taking up the liquor question Mr. Mel lon said that the nation which formerly r bad consumed 130,000.000 gallons of (Continued on Page Fire). | CHECKED BABY AT A STORE TO GO AND HAYE GOOD TIME Wife’s Story Convinces Judge She Used Umbrella Correctly. Pittsburgh, Pa.. Dec. 7.—“ He checked my baby in one of those aut imatic check ing boxeH at a fruit store mid then went off and had a good time." said Mrs. Al bert Haber to Magistrate DeWolf. in Morals Court today, “and I whacked him over tlie head with my umbrella good and plenty.” i "It appears to me. that you went a little further than that," said the court as lie surveyed the husband. • "She whanged me 'all right. Judge." Chimed in Haber. busted her um brella over my head add- then bounced a few chairs aud other things off my head. I’m a .sick man.”* Without a trace .of pity. Magistrate DeWolf turned away from the “sick” man and said to the doughty little wife: “If he left that baby at the store and went off. I’m inclined to think you used excellent judgment in acting as you did.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance dn More , Encouraging Liverpool Advices. (By the Associated Press.) I New Aork. Dec. 7.—The cotton mar ket opened steady today at an advance of 30, to 70 poiutß on more encouraging’ Liverpool advices, covering and re-buy ing. Active months sold about 50 to 65 points net higher, with December advancing to 35.40 and March to 35.25, but this bulge seemed to attract a re newal of scattering liquidation which .gave the market a rather unsettled ap j pearance during the early trailing, j Cbtitjioiii futures opened stefidj : De eemjbar 35.20; January 34 60; March 35.00 to 35.16; May 35.32; July 34.51. With Our Advei^isers. i 11- B. Wilkinson has for you extra quality three and four piece cane and overstuffed living room suites. Miller’s fruit cake. 2 pounds $1.30, or 5 pounds $3.00, at I’iggly Wiggly. Get your Christmas presents for the men now. You will find a splendid stock at Hoover’s. I You will find something suitable for Christmas presents for every member of the family at the Specialty Hat Shop, i Hen feed, cow feed and hog feed at Cline & Moose’s. They sell only high grade feeds. i Farley’s is offering phenomenal values in his SI.OO Down Sale now going on. Stylish clothing for men and women on easy payments. You will find here over ! coats, suits, dresses, shoes, lints, blouses, skirts, sweaters in the best styles and values. ! The big store of (lie Parks-Bolk Co. is overflowing with appreciable gifts for Christmas for every member of tlie fam ily from the youngest to the oldest. Same of the hundreds of things they have are told about in their new ad. today. No Chaos Ham) United States Joined the League, Allen Asserts. St. Louis, Dec. 7. —European recovery from the World War virtually would be complete now if the United States had .entered the League of Nations. Major- General Henry T. Allen told students of | Washington University in an address here. General Allen commanded the American Army of Occupation in Ger many. “French occupation of the Ruhr and resultant demoralization of Germany j would not have occurred had the United i States been a member of the league," j lie said. “The most certain methods this gov-' eminent can adopt for preservation bf peace is to join the league or some asso ciation of nations so its power aud pres tige may more directly influence world’ problems.” i Seaweed and Milk. London, Dec. 7. —New uses for sea weed are to be exploited by a firm or ganized in the Orkney islands. It is proposed to make cattle foods, a new table delicacy to be eaten dipped in milk, briquettes for domestic fuel, and vege table substitutes. FEAR SIXTEEN DIED NS RESULT OF GNLE TtttT HIT NORTHWEST Portions of Several towns in States of Washington and Oregon Were Inundated During the Big Storm. FIFTEEN PERSONS DIED ON VESSEL Three Bodies, Including That of Capt. E. E. Mason, of Tacoma, Have Been Re covered From the Vessel. <Br the Assoetored Prf...’ Seattle. Wash., I)ee. 7.—Sixteen per sons are believed to have perished as a result of a 2-4 hour gale whirs .swept the northwest coast territory Wednesday 'tight and early yesterday, causing great property damage, crippling eoinmunicr.- tiou facilities and inundating a portion ■of Hoquiam and Aberdeen, Washington, arid Warren ton, Oregon. Fifteen persons are believed to have jbe.en drowned when the steamer T. W. • Lake sank in Rosario Strait between T.o-1 pez ami Fidalgo Islands, near Anaeortcs. Four bodies, three of them identified, have been recovered. One of the bodies is said to be that of Capt. K. TO. Mason, of Tacoma. With the exception of the one ship wreck. coastal navigation was unham pered. 10.000.000 HAVE NOT HAI) A FAIR CHANCE IF LIFE Presbyterians Are Sending Missionaries Among These Cnfortunates. (lly the Associated Press.) Cleveland, Dec. 7.—'‘There arc more than 30.000.000 human beings living un der the American flag who have not had a fair chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," said Dr. John A. Marquis, of New York, general secre tary of the Presbyterian Board of Nat ioinal Misssions. addressing a mass meet ing in oonnAption with the National Presbyterian Conference. “America does not mean to these people what it means to you and me. To us it means a land of freedom, of good schools, fine church es, efficient hospitals. To them, our ■brethren, it means a land of Imrdsbip and struggle, of exploitation and de feated aspirations. “How fast can America! ascend the Scale of progress? Only as fast as the most backward and neglected elements in our population. The Presbyterian Board of National Missions is sending its missionaries among these unfortunates to help them with a ministry of health, education and evangelism. The Presby terian Church is establishing Sunday schools and churches, day schools and hospitals, neighborhood houses and com munity stations. There is no self-in terest in this work. It is a service of Christ and for America. Every good citizen ought to have a part in this work, not only because it is well intended, but also because it is actually accomplishing results. These missionaries are bringing the spirit of (lod to move upon the chaos of their communities, bringing light out of their darkness, order out of their disorder, growth out of their stag nation. and beauty out of their ugliness." Consider Y'se of Boys as Traffic Officers. Wilmington. Dee. 7.— Mayor James H. Cowan, of Wilmington, has written to the mayors of Indinnapolis and Newark for details regarding the plans employed in these cities for the use of school boys as traffic patrolmen. Indianapolis has 1,200 working in squads of ten, at the corners, near the schools. They .are organized with cap tains, lieutenants and sergeants and wear insignia of officers. There are 60 schools in the city and 300 boys are on duty constantly at recess time and until the pupils are safely home. Each week a a relief squad comes on, so the 1.200 furnishes enough boys to form guard.' for duty for one week out of four. The squads on duty are given a theatre treat Saturday afternoons at the city’s ex pense. Saturday morning they appear at the city court if any one has failed to heed their warnings or violated any traffic ordinance. The Youth’s Companion Home Calendar for 1024. According to our way of thinking, a calendar should be. above all, useful. Unfortunately many of the calendars we see are nothing but pretty pictures with calendar attachments. In the Com panion Home Calendar for 1924. how ever, we find a calendar beautifully printed in red. blue and and de signed especially for handy reference. Each page carries not only the calendar of the current month in bold readable type, but also a marginal reference t<j> I tlie preceding and coining months, the moon’s phases, and a choice bit of cheer ful philosophy. A copy of this calen dar is sent free to every subscriber who nays $2.50 for the 52 numbers of The j Youth's Companion for 1924. j Over 121,000 Titles to Autos Registered.] (By the Associated Press.) I Raleigh. N. C., Dec. 7.—More than 121,000 titles to automobiles have been i registered with the State, under the terms of the Motor Registration Law, according to a statement made hero by .Secretary of State W. N. Everett. More than 100,000 still remain unregistered, I stated the official and the office force is kept busy working on the matter. The terms of the law requiring the report of tbe sale of cars is helping' considerably in reducing the number of ttutoists trav eling under licenses purchased by others and greatere accuracy in the records of the department is being obtained. Money to Burn || H| ~ / German housewives have money to burn. Marks are so worthless, the women use 'em to light kitchen fires. Several million marks are being used by this woman to get breakfast hot. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE CAUSES SPECULATION ! Not at All Certain That Ail of His Suggestions Will Be Carried Out. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 7.—President Ciooi idge's first annual message to Congress has served to clear the atmosphere at the capitol so far as administrative legisla- ! tive program is concerned. The Exeou- j five having presented his views frankly and concisely on manifold problems of the day, speculation has turned to how many of the recommendations can be translated into law at this session in view of the confused political situation in Congress. Tlie President and Congress appear to j be as one on the desirability of tax re-! duction, but the administration’s program ■ as embodied in a preliminary raft bill sent to the House yesterday by Secre tary Mellon, differs' in material aspects from the proposals in this direction an nounced recently by the Republican in surgents in the House. Bills embodying several of the rocnm- I mendations of President Coolidge already have been introduced and others are to : be presented later. None can be acted upon until the committees of the House ; aiul.Swiate have been organised atukbsvc made their reports. Congress was ip recess today until next Monday out of respect, to the memory of President Harding, but there were fre quent conferences regarding legislative and other matters. FORD CALLS OFF PLAN TO BOOM HIS CAMPAIGN Reqquests That Proposed Conference of Friends Be Not Held in Detroit Detroit, Dec. 6.—lndefinite postpone ment of tbe schedule conference here December 12 of the delegates of the allied Ford-for-President clubs •of tlie United States, at the request of Henry Ford, was announced tonight by Robert Pointer, chairman of the arrangement committee in charge of the Convention. The recent reverses suffered by Mr. Ford at the Pierre, S- I)., meeting had nothing to do with tlie calling off of the conference, it was declared. Announce ment of the cancellation was mailed to the 300 delegates from 37 states who had signified their willingness to come to Detroit for tile conference which was to decide the best method for furthering the candidacy of the automobile manu acturer. Announcement of Mr. Ford’s wishes Was made public by }lr. Pointer after he had conferred with Mr. Ford. Mr. Pointer refused to say why Air. Ford desired the conference to be called off. "It is not for me to make my con versation with Air. Ford public beyond announcing that he has requested that the conference be postponed until a later date." Air. Pointer said. “Why Air. Ford has taken this action I am not at liberty to state. If he wants to affiliate with the Democratic party, we will for a new ]i:ii'!y—the people’s progressive party—and nominate some one else." Dublin’s Mystery' Vault. Dublin. Dec. T.—A visit to the vault of St. Michael’s Church, one of the most prominent houses of worship in Dublin, is an oorie experience. It is a death chamber in which bodies laid to rest hundreds of years ago may still be seen. Some are in open coffins, some laid out hit the stones; and all are in a state of perfect preservation. The atmosphere of the vault is fresh and sweet, and abso lutely dry. The only living organisms to be found are huge spiders; no other from of ani mal life can exist in tlie vault for more than a short time. No one knows how | the spiders subsist, or on what they feed, but the webs they have spn through the centuries are left untoched. Unusual Weather Conditions at Ashe ville. (Bv the Aswstntei Pteaa.) Asheville, Dec. 7.—Unusual weather conditions obtained at Asheville during j the mouth of November. One day the j temperature was as high as 64 degrees .while two weeks later it registered but 122 degrees. On November 14 the day commenced with a thermometer of 63 de grees. By nightfall the temperature had I fallen to 28 degrees. (VI. Forbes Seriously 111. (By the Associated Press.) : i Boston, Dec. 7.—C01. Chas. R. For bes, former head of the U. 8. Veterans’ Bureau, is seriously ill, his sister, Mrs. ■ Harry Judkins of the Brighton district, i said today. She refused to give any fur-' ’ ther details or to say where Col. Forbes was. * TODAY’S « » NEWS O « TODAY « NO. 288. COip^nl EnSSKO DEFEATED IN LATEST ELECTION Party Still Has More Votes in Lower House Than Any One Other Party, but Less Than Heretofore. COMBINED PARTIES HOLD THE POWER They Can Outvote Conserva tisms When They Combine Strength.—Four Women Have Been Elected. I.rndon, Dec. 7 /By the Associated I Press).—The Conservative majority over ( all other parties in the House of Com mons was definitely wiped out at yes terday's general election. With 548 seats of the total of 615 ac-ounted for at 4 o’clock this afternoon, the following could be definitely stated: Conservatives will have n majority ov er any other party in the House of (’om inous, but will lack the majority over all other parties. Therefore Prime Minister Baldwin’s government stands practically defeated, because it would be impotent in the face of combined opposition. The standing of the parties at this hour was: Conservatives 235, Labor 1 167. Liberals 136, Independents 9. and | Nationalists 1. I This gave all the other parties a total ! of 313 out of the complete House mem bership of 615. Returns thus far show Prime Alinister Baldwin re-elected. Four women have been elected. The Lnborites were definitely assur | ed this evening of being returned as the Opposition in the House of Commons, as ] tlie Liberals could not overtake them if ] they won ail the remaining seats. The j greatest number of seats the Laborites ever held before this was 144. Baldwin Optimistic. Bewedly, England, Dee. 7 (By the As sociated Press).—After the declaration of the polls here showing him to have won his seat in the House of Commons over his libberal opponent by a majority of more than 6.000, Stanly Baldwin, the i prime minister, said to his constituents, i"I think from the look of things I’m go ties find in all events I shall be able to face them knowing I have yonr confidence and support.” Conscrvatist* Lead London. Dec. 7.—With 586 seats out of 615 accounted for up to 6 o’clock the standing of the parties was: Conserva tives 252; Labor party 182; Liberals 142 ; other parties 10. AWAITING ARRIVAL OF BISHOP ATKINS’ BODY The Funeral Train Expected to Reach Wayncsville During the Afternoon. (By the Associated Press.) Asheville, Dec. 7.—Preparation for the funeral of the late Bishop .Tames At kins, of the Southern Methodist Church, who died in Little Rock, Ark.. Wednes day. will not be completed till this af ternoon following the arrival of the fun eral train at Wayhesyille, The service has been sent for eleven o'clock tomorrow morning at Waynes ville Baptist Church and details will be announced later, according to James At kins, Jr., sou of the deceased. The train bearing the body of the bishop is expected to reach AVa.vnesville at 5 p. m. today. Trinity Searching for a Competent Coach (By (he Associated Press.) Durham, X. C., Dec. 7.—Trinity Col lege, which suffered a slump during the middle of the 1923 football season, chang ed coaches and had a general re-organi zation, is searching for a competent coach. No definite decision has yet been readied, it is announced, as to whose ser vices are being sought by the college but announcement is expected in the near fu ture. Wake Forest Trustees to Meet. (By the Associated Press.) Gastonia, N. C.. Dec. 7.—When the Baptist State Convention meets here next week two important meetings of interest to Wake Forest College also will take place. The trustees will meet on Wed nesday afternoon. December 12. to con sider extensions of the College plant and and facilities and needs in connection annual banquet of the alumni association will take place that night. A meeting of the Cabarrus Chapter of AVar Mothers will be held next Tuesday afternoon with Aim. J. Lee Crowell, on Franklin Avenue, at 3 o'clock. The shadow may be the price we pay for the sunshine. I UNTIL FURTHER NO- • TICE WE WILL GIVE J 10 (PER CENT. DIS COUNT On All Orders For s j Engraved Wedding Invita- ij j tions and Announcements Monogram Stationery and ; | Christmas Cards I j TIMES-TRIBUNE OF- I FICE i 11
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