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VOLUME XXIII
FEDERAL SOLOIEHS .
CAPTURE m
IMPORTANT THIS
San Marcos, Important Strat
egic Point 1 Between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City, Has
Been Taken by Troops.
REBEL TROOPS
LEAVE PUEBLA
This City Has Been Occu
pied by Loyal Followers of
President Obregon—Hard
Fight for San Marcos.
IBr the Assortment Press. >
TTI Paso, Deo. 18.—Federal troops have
taken an Marcos, the important strategic
poiqt between Vera Crust and Mexico
City and are advancing steadily toward
the seaport stronghold of the rebels, ac
cording to advices received here today
by the Mexican consul general Enrique D.
Unix.
Fighting for the possession of San
Mnrcos had been underway for more
than 10 hours before the rebels wets*
forced to retreat, Mr. Unix was advised.
The Federal* captured an immense
amount of ammunition, small anna, a
number of cannon and several trains
used by the rebels for transportation,
Mr. liulz was informed.
I’resident Obregon himself is directing
the Federal troops and is commanding
the pursuit of the rebel forces in an ef
fort tp make victory even more complete.
The message was from the Secretary of
War, who expressed confidence the re
bellion would end shortly.
Federal Troops Occupy Puebla.
Mexico City. llec. 18 (By the Associ
ate Press). —Revolutionary forces evuc
uaied Puebla last night, and Federal
troops have occupied the city, according
to lhe War Department announcement.
Policy Same.
Washington, Deo. 18.—The revolu
tionary movement in Mexico has not
operated to change the policy of the
American government toward Mexico, it
was announced today at the White
House.
FOLLOW us eladb
Nothing Known of Progress of Battle.
Vera Crux, Dee. 18.-*|iebel hend&imi
ter* today still were without* information
way towns about 75 miles each of Mexico
City. Reinforcements sent from Vera
Crux yesterday to the aid of the i-ebee
generals at both places were not expect
ed to come up for some time because rail
way ilnes have been torn tip.
Tlje battle of San Marcos, according
to reports received here, is said to have
been started by the Obregon troops.
A rebel statement says that Guadalupe
in the state of Chihuahua, has fallen in
to rebel lmnds.
Advices received at rebel headquarters
via Laredo. Texas, state that President
Obregon Withdrew some troops from Ira
puato. From the same source comes the
statement! that all the Federal forces in
the stat& of San Luis Potoai and Tam
aullpas |fave also been retired.
FEAft SEVERAL PERISHED
WHEN HOTEL BURNED
One Charged Body Has Been Taken From
Ruins of Hotel in Houston.
tßy the AnomtM
Houston, Tex., Dee. 18.—A badly
charred body was removed from the
ruins of the Capitol Hotel, destroyed by
fire this morning. It is thought 'by offi
cials of the fire department that other
bodies are in the ruins. The body wns
burned beyond recognition.
The flames which broke out at 6:30
o'clock and for a time threatened the en
tire business district, were brought un
der control shortly before 8 o'clock. Orig
inating in the hotel building, the fire
spread rapidly to the adjoining build
ings. A falling wail crashed to the roof
of the building occupied by the W. C.
Munn Company, a department store. The
fire was checked there, but all stores on
that side of the block were badly damag
ed. Only an incomplete cheek has been
made of the persons registered at the ho
tel.
More Bodies Found.
Houstop, Texas, Dec. 18.—Three bod
ies bad iteen recovered at 10:80 this
morning from the ruins of the Capitol
Hotel which was destroyed by 6re this
morning?, gnd firemen thought many more
.bodies be found. The identity of
the bodies, all men, had not been estab
lished.
A cheek of the guests of the hotel
could not be made today, and officer
said the only way they could determine
the number of casualties was to search
the ruined structure. Property dam
age estimated at $300,000.
THREE INJURED IN AUTO
ACCIDENT NEAR SALISBURY
Frank Thomason, of Franklin Township,
and Two Unidentified Passengers Hurt.
Salisbury. Dec. 17.—An unusaal auto
mobile accident occurred several miles
west of the city Saturday night .no one
being* able to tell just exactly what hap
pened. Frank Thompson, of Franklin
township, was driving a Buick coming
to Salisbury. He had a man and wife as
passengers bringing them to this city to 1
catch a train for Atlanta where thyy
were going to spend Christmas, the man
being engaged in highway work at Dough
ton, in western North Carolina. FV>r
some unexplained reason a Ford got in
the way of the Buick and Jtotb ears were
wrecked. j . I '
A new steamship service is>. to be
inaugurated this month between Van
couver and Manchester, England.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
A:
REGULARS IN INUSE
STILL Fffl FOB
. OF THE INSURGENTS
Meeting of- Ways and Means
Committee Postponed Be
cause Leaders Were Afraid
of Block and Democrats.
TAX REDUCTION
BEFORE BONUS
This is Plan of Party Lead
ers and They Are Not Cer
tain They Can Get Enough
Strength to Carry Plans.
IDy the AMoelated Prefin.v
Washington. D. C-. Doc. 18.—Republi
can lenders of llie. House who perfected
their committee organization yesterday
after a delay of two weeks, encountering
n fresh setback today when they made
the first attempt to begin legislative bus
iness of the session.
A meeting of the ways and means com
mittee, al which the administration man
agers had planned to take up the Mellon
tax program ahead of the soldier bonus
question, wits suddenly oancelled. No
date was fixed for another meeting, but I
Chairman Green said he hoped t > be in
a position to call the members together
tomorrow-.
The republican lenders made no expla
nation of the upset in their plans . but
some of the democrat's declared the delay
wns due to n fear that insufficient votes
could be mustered behind the proposal to
put taxation ahead of the bonus.
Whether there was any real prospect
of democratic-insurgent combination
against the administration tax plans was
not revealed, but it was apparent the re
publican lenders wore moving cautiously
iu the light of their experiences of the
first two weeks of the new Congress.
The threat of a combination of forces
between the democrats and the insur
gents to elect Senator Smith of South,
Carolina, democrat, chairman of the
Senate Interstate Committee, still hung
over the Senate when it reconvened to
day to resume balloting. Some leaders
thought a break to Smith might fake
place before the end of today’s session.
The sudden cancellation of the ways
and means Committee meeting was fol
lowed by hurried conferences between re
publicans on the committee and majority
teadera 4woßbe 4nstsK trmF'llJklWippSP
minted, that Chairman Green shotlla prb
pose at. the pirating to be held probably
tomorrow, that the committee proceed
with the study of purely administrative
changes ip the tax law recommended by
Secretary Mellon.
F>alloting in the Senate for a chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Committee
was deferred for several hours while
Senator Owen, democrat, of Oklahoma,
delivered one of the longest prepared ad
dresses ever made in the Senate. He
spoke on secret diplomacy in Europe.
The Senate adopted a joint resolution
providing for a Christmas recess of Con
gress from December 20th to January
3rd.
Discusses Foreign Relations.
Washington, Dec. 18.*—American ideals
of international understanding and good
will are impossible of accomplishment un
til the methods used by European for
eign offices' are thoroughly understood by
the World, and corrected, Senntor Owen,
democrat, of Oklahoma, declared today in
the Senate. He delivered a prepared ad
dress in which he presented a mass of
records of European diplomacy before,
during and after the world war.
•'lt is of supreme international im
portance." Senator Owen said, "that the
world should understand the structure
of these foreign offices, and what they did
ip bringing on the world war. How they
subsidized aud controlled the press, how
they formed pnblie opinion through such
means, and taught the people to fear aud
hate each, other and build up armies to
the limit of their taxing capacities.”
Abandonment of Cotton Acreage Doubles
in a Year.
Washington, De*e. 17.—Cotton acre
age abandoned after June 25th this year
amounted to 4.6 per cent, as compared
with 2.6 per cent, last year and 3.7
per cent, in 1921, the Department of
Agriculture announced today. Thearen
picked was announced as 37,420,000
acres.
The per centage *of abandoned acreage
by state was announced as follows:
Virginia 0.5 per cent; North Carolina
0.5; South Carolina 2.0; Georgia 11.0:
Florida 15.0; Alabama 3.5; Mississippi
8.1; Louisiana 4.0; Teyas 2.0; Arkan
sas 5.0; Tennessee 4.5; Missouri 10.0;
Oklahoma 8.0; California 1.0; Arixona
3.0; and New Mexico 14.0. ’
Two million men. according to esti
mate, are employed in the woods, mines, j
and factories of tho United States in
producing materials used directly or in
directly by the railroads
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
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i Fair and warmer tonight in extreme
• west, Wednesday cloudy, wanner in the
northeast.
CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923
SANTA GETS A HEADACHE
irTOrnrT^.
GUNBOATS PREPARING
FOR ANY EVENTUALITY
Situation in Canton. Where Boats Are
on Duty, is Very Tense Now.
Hong Kong, Dee. 18 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —The flotilla of foreign
gunbonts in the harbor of Canton where
a tense situation has prevailed since the
recent threat of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, South
China leader, to seize the customs funds,
apparently is preparing for eventuali
ties. Home of the wtinthips lying off j
ion of Can
pm. nave been -cleared for action, and |
French sailors from the cruiser Jules
Farry have landed at Shameen and are
stationed in On old French post office
building. .**
The naval forces of the foreign pow
ers now at Canton, have been increased
by the arrival of- three American de
stroyers which have joined the two
American snrships, the cruiser Ashe
ville, and the gunboat Pnmpanga. Five
British gunboats, two French apd one
Portugese vessel also are anchored .in
the harbor.
WHAT A DOLLAR DID IN 2 WEEKS
Was Spent 31 Times, But Missed Church
and Theatre. '
Waukegan, 111.. Dec. 18.—The Wap-1
kegan Chamber of Commerce, which tie-!
sired to find out just what sort of an j
experience a dollar bill would have in
making the rounds of the commercial cir-,
cles of the city, started a crisp new dol-!
lar bill out and attached a circular, re
questing each person handling the bill
to make a notation on the circular.
The dollar was spent thirty-one times
in the course of fourteen days, but did
not get into a chmvh or theatre and was
not used for amusements. When the
bill got back it was pretty much wrin
kled and frazzled and told the following
tale:
It was used five times for salary, five
times for tobacco, five times for cigar
ettes, three times for candy, twice for
men's furnishing goods, once for collar
buttons, three times for meals, once for
automobile accessories, once for bacon,
once for garters, twice for shaves and
once for toothpaste.
OPPOSITION DEVELOPED
AGAINST FIVE ARTICLES
Demanded by Fundamentalists of North
ern Presbyterian Church.
New York, Dec. 18 (By the Associat
ed Press).—Vigorous opposition has de
veloped in the Presbyterian Church
against the adoption of the five articles
of faith demanded by fundamentalists in
their victory over modernists in their
(general Assembly last May, it was learn
ed today at headquarters of the New
York Presbytery.
Ministers in all parts of the country,
it was said, were signing protests against
the assertion that these five articles arc
essential to the cj m roll doctrine.
! Asheville WIU Construct Largest Office
Building.
Asheville, Dec. 17.—Details for a new
12-story fireproof office building-to cost
in the neighborhood of $400,000, which
is to be erected at the intersection of
Otis Street and Battery Park Avenue,
were announced today. The structure
is to be built by the Professional Office
Building Company, Inc., and comple
tion of the financing is now definitely
assured.
The building will cover a space ap
' proximately 60 by 80 feet. It will be
“L" shaped', with a court in the rear
i to provide parking apace, ample light
ing and ventilation. Every office in
the building will be an outside office,
lit is announced. There will be 154
'offices in all, making the new building
I the largect office building in the city
and probably the largest in the state.
Three stores, including a drug store,
! will occupy the ground floor, which
fronts on two boulevards 90 feet wide.
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FEWER DEATHS FROM
TUBERCULOSIS SHOWN |
Kansas Has Lowest Ra1e—10,695 Deaths
in New York as Compared with 10.-
830 in 1021. "
Washington, Dec.t IS.—The Depart
ment of Commerce wmounees that com
pilations made by Bio Bureau of the
Census show 'that 90.452 deaths weie
due to tuberculosis In the registration
area of the t'nitoA Antes iu 1922, with’
ju death rate of s>7 §er 100.000 popula
tion. flPhia- lu-a d*4Q» #C9.4 since 1921,
(in which year the rate was 09.4 per
'IOO.OOO population.
Though twelve states show increases
for 1922, in twenty-two states there an*
deereases.
The highest adjusted rate from tu
berculosis for 1922 is 172.6 per 100,000
populntio nfor Colorado aud tile lowest
is 36.1 for the adjoining state of Ne
braska. Theaclimate in Colorado at
tracts those afflicted with tuberculosis.
There were 10.695 deaths in New
York during the year, as compared to
119.836 in 1921 ami 12,031 in 1920. Tin
adjusted rate for the year was 93.8 per
.1,000,000 of population.
I Tennessee has the* highest adjusted
, rates for both white ami colored (re
, spectively 121.8 and 299.8 per 100,0(H)
I population. ) gfrhe lowest adjusted rate
| for white population is 54.5 for Minsio
i sippi nud this state and Florida each
shows the lowest rate for colored popu
j lation ( 171.5 per 100,000 population.)
U. 8. NOT TO NEGOTIATE
WITH SOVIET RUSSIA
Secretary Hughes Says America Not Pro
posing “to Barter Away Its lTinci
ples.”
fßj- the Associated Press.)
Washington. Decs 18. —Secretary
Hughes informed Russian Soviet offi
cials today in a statement transmitted
through the American consul at lleval
"that there would -cem to be at this
time no reasoii for negotiations.” with
the soviet government such as suggest
ed in the message from the soviet for
eign minister yesteved yesterday at the
White House. The Secretary's slntc
ment said that the American govern
ment “is not proposing to barter away
its- principles.”
With Our Advertisers.
Parker’s Shoe 'Store is having a spe
cial Christmas Sale on Shoes and Hos
iery. See new ad. for description and
prices.
Tlie Bollinger Service Station of
Church street, phone 232, is now making
special prices on Exide batteries. Ford
sl7, and Chevrolet oversize S2O.
Get your man a stick pin for Christ
mas. They have 'em, just what you
want, at Starnes-Miller-l’arker Co.'s.
A sensible Christmas gift would be a
pair of Ivey’s good shoes. Hosiery aud
house shoes too to select from.
The Standard Buick Co., has a num
ber df used cars for sale.
Kodaks from SI.OO up at Gibson Drug
Store.
The Auto Supply and Repair Co. is
offering new low prices oil Stiulebaker
closed cars.
See the list in Hoover's new ad. on
last page for him for Christmas.
Why not give your boy a l’ope bicycle
for Christmas? Other useful gifts for
the boys too, at Ritchie Hardware Co.
Make it furniture—the Concord Fur
niture Co. has anything y*u want.
Dr. J. A. Shauers, C. H. Barrier & Oo. t
and Fixall Motor Co. have changes of ads.
in our misspelled word page today.
Yeggmen Rob Theatre.
New York) Dec. 17.—Thr«e yeggmen
early today bored through a safe door
in the offices of the Ilivoli Theatre, one |
of Broadways he-gest motion picture
houses, bound' and pugged the watchman,
and escaped with the Sunday receipts,
believed tp be more than $6,000 and other
valuables. v |
LI'LL IN GERMAN CRISIS, BI T
THOUSANDS CAN’T BUY BREAD
Government Fears to Confiscate Food
and Paper Money Slmrtage is Be
coming Acute.
- Berlin, Dee. 18.—Germany is having
a temporary breathing spell. Some of
the German political leaders, however, j
say that the quieit obtaining at present j
cannot last longer thnn January Ist if
' substantial aid is not received from j
abroad. -{ The more optimistic among I
the. Gentian leaders declare that UieJ
lull in the crisis may cost-in ue nntilj
February, or even until Mareh.
Meantime the government is refrain- j
iirg from confiscating food. Fearing i
that such a step would bring greater
disaster later on. it is clinging to the j
hope that relief will come from foreign
sources. Unemployment is so wide
spread and food prices are so hig hthftt
even those with the unemployment doles
cannot buy bread.
The shortage of German paper money
in actual circulation further complicates
buying for persons who may have for
eign money or credits, and the weak
central government, without the support
of a majority i n the Reichstag, is ill
prepared to meet the critical Situation.
Although the rentenmark, secured on
real estate mortgages, has stablfized pa
per money temporarily. Chancellor
Marx’s statement that the rentenmark
credit has been exhausted and that fur
ther reritenmarks cannot be issued, indi
cates that the money presses cannot re
lieve the currency shortage without peg
ging .up the mark and sending it down
with a crash.
The government departments and the
general public need a circulating me
dium badly to keep ordinary business
going and it is difficult to see what the
outcome is to be.
Germany's food production is general
ly concern! to be at tbe very least 20
per cent, below what is needed to pre
vent widespread starvation, even if it
were evenly distributed and the public
had the money .to buy bread. Conse
quently, i millions of people will be in
want before the next harvest unless
funds are found somewhere to ease (lie
situation.
Many Friends Attend Funeral of Dipt.
Caldwell at Charlotte.
Charlotte, Dee. 17.—The funeral of
Capt. Melvin Caldwell, who died Sunday
from the effects of a wound received in
France during the world w’ar, took place
this afternoon. He was buried with mil
itary honors, the pallbearers being six
men of equal rank, and comrades over
seas. The casket, covered with the Hag.
was placed od a caisson drawn by four
horses. The procession passed through
Tr.vou street, the streets being lined with
people. All traffic was stopped, and
the men stood with bared heads as the
funeral wagon passed. The procession
was 45 mimjtes in reaching Elmwood. A
short service was conducted by Rev, Dr.
A. A. McGeachy, of the Second Presby
terian church, after which the military
took charge. Captain Caldwell being bur
ied with military honors. ' A salute of
three guns was fired over the grave, fol
lowed by taps blown by the bugler, a
special friend of Captain Caldwell.
Not o*c Child Blind of Chicago 1922
Births.
Chicago, Dec. 17.—0 f 56,724 births in
Chicago in 1922, not one ease of blind
ness has developed, it wag announced to
' day by the Chicago Health Department.
This is due to stringent enforcement of
the law requiring that all cases of sore
eyes in the new-born shall tie reported
within six hours.
“The outstanding fact regarding
blinding of little children,’’ said the an
nouncement. “is that it is altogether pre
ventable, and therefore wholly unneces
sary.”
The institutional cost of supporting
and educating a blind child is SSOO a
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W. G. McADOO ANNOULNCES
CANDIDACY FOR NOMINATION ;
War-Time Railway Director Wires South
Dak.ts Democrats.
(By tbe Associated Press,|
I.OS Angeles. Dec. 18.—Wm. Gibb;
MeAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury un
der President Wilson, anvl wartime Di
rector General of Railroads last night_
definitely announced his Candida*" "
the Democratic Presidential onndt
Los Angeles, Calif., Doe. 17. —\V»nmm
Gibbs MeAdoo. war-time director of the
railroads, tonight formally annoiineed his
candidacy for the democratic presidential
I nomination in a telegram to W. \Y.
Howes, democratic state chairman, at
■ Pierre, S. D.
Mr. McAdoo's formal acceptance of the
j platform adopted by the democratic pro
posal convention already is in the mail
Jen route to Pierre.
The telegram to the South Dakota
demoeratie state chairman rend:
"Having led my formal acceptance of
the platform adopted by the democratic
proposal convention as required by South
Dakota law. J desire again to express m.v
appreciation of the honor conferred upon
me by the convention and to say that 1
am willing to fight with and for the pco-
J pie of Soqth Dakota in support of the
I progressive principles and endorsed by
II he convention.
“We shall get no relief from the bitr
! dens* now oppressing up, nor shall we
progress in any direction through the re
publican policies of stand-still-ism anti
wistful wishing for these problems to
solve themselves.
"The democratic party stands for
progress and popular rights. It wel
comes the opportunity to do battle iorj
■ them."
! “Mr. MeAdoo'.-. friends who have been
erystalizing public sentiment in the dem
jocratic ranks are delighted that the full |
force of this sentiment had had the cf- j
feet of convincing him of the very real
demand for his entry into the race for
the democratic presidential nomination."
(he statement said, "the action of South
Dakota, the first state to express a pref
erence, inviting Mr. MeAdoo to enter the
race was the determining factor in con
vincing him of the magnitude of the
call.
"We expect to make a vigorous cam
paign in every essential state. This an
nouncement from Mr. MeAdoo will great
ly accelerate the movement that has so
auspiciously been inaugurated.
“Mr. MeAdoo is a real progressive and
we confidently exjieet progressives every
where to rally to his banner. The people
are for Mr, McAdoO and we know their
determination cannot be balked.”
PREACHER CATCHES TRAIN
THEFT SUSPECT WITH PLIERS
Kentucky Pastor’s Automobile Rammed
j by Truck Found to Hold 700,000 Cig
! arettes.
•f -- -Shelby vyv. -Dec.,. 4?-. v.-
j Charles Stephenson, pastor of the
! lienee Ky., Christian Church, by use rtf a
| nickel-plated pair of pliers which looked
like a pistol in the darkness, has uncov-
I erod clues to a band of freight train
robbers, it is believed by authorities here.
Stephenson, with his family, was mo
toring in the country when a truck ran
into his ear. The preacher speeded up, j
passed the truck and leveled his pliers,
whereupon the driver climbed out, while
another man ran, escaping in the dark
ness.
Stephenson took his captive to Simp
sonville and Deputy Sheriff Jacob Smith
took charge of the truck.
In the I ruck Smith found seventy
cases, each containing 10,0(10 cigarettes.
Last Sunday while a Southern Railway
freight train was standing over a trestle
robbers unloaded eighty cartons of cigar
ettes.
Thieves for months have been looting
freight cars in this vicinity. Confeder
ates on trains throw the freight off at a
designated point, then the "outside” men
lond it into trucks and drive away.
FOX WILL NOT TAKE
STAND IN DEFENSE
This Announcement Made by Party
Who Is in Close Touch With De
fense in Philip Fox Case.
(By the A«f»oeiaied Pretm.)
Atlanta. Ga„ Dee. IS.—Cross exami
nation of Dr. J. C. King, an alienist,
was resumed today in the trial of Philip
E. Fox. Ku Klux Klan editor, charged
with the murder of Captain W. S. Co
burn. klau attorney. Dr. King yes
terday corroborated previous defense tes
timony that Fox was a paranoiac.
Fox will not take the stand to testi
fy in his own behalf, it was stated to
day by a party closely) associated with
the defense.
"Fox is able to converse intelligently
on many subjects," this party declared,
“but the defense counsel after leDgthy
deliberation has decided it would not be
wise to have him attempt to testify in
his own behalf.”
LIBERALS REMAIN FREE
FROM ALL OTHER PARTIES
Former Premier Asquith Says Party Will
Not Form Coalition.
London, Dec. 18 (By the Associated
Press). —Former Premier Asquith, speak
ing at a meeting of the members of the
Libera] Party this afternoon at which
Lloyd George and practically every Lib
eral member of Parliament was present,
declared the Liberals intend to remain
free from alliances with other parties.
Guimarcs Sentenced to Prison
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Dee. 18. — Albert E.
Guimares, a central figure in the in
vestigation of the murder of Dorothy
King, today was sentenced to Atlanta
for three years after he had declared
he had resorted to swindling operations
in order to keep the affections of a
woman on whom he had spent $60,000.
Two Aviators Killed.
(By the Associated press.)
Sun Antonio, Dec. 18.—Capt. Harold
R. E. Stueccken, commander of the sev
enty-fourth school squadron, Brooks
field, and Sergeant C. B. Ryals, were
killed today when their ship crashed
to earth at Pendleton, Texas.
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NO. 297.
KING AND QUEEN OF
GREECE ADVISED TO
COUNTRY
Government Has Told King
George National Assembly
Will Determine Kind of
Regime Greece Will Have.
ROYAL COUPLE TO
VISIT ROUMANIA
They Will Remain Until
It is Determined Whether
Greece Will Change From
Its Form of Government.
Athens, Dec, 18 (By the Associated
Press). —King George and Queen Eliza
beth will leave Athens tonight for Uou
niania it is announced by the newspa
pers here today.
The government last night, informed
the King in writing that it considered it.
advisable for him to leave' Greece until
the national assembly had decided on the
regime best fitting the country. The
King reserved reply until today.
The official communication issued after
! the cabinet meeting said:
"As the constitutional assembly based
lon the election is about to meet to dis
cuss the regime best suited to the coun
try, the heads of the revolutionary gov
ernment consider that with a view to
assuring calm in the debate on this very
important question, it was their duty to
convey to His Majesty, the King, the
opinion that he should leave the coun
try until, such a time as final decision
lias been reached regarding the regime.
This opinion has been communicated to
the King who will make known his re
ply tomorrow (Tuesday)”
REMEMBER SERVICE MEN
AT OTEEN CHRISTMAS
Baraca-Philathea Union Will Fill Boxes
and Send to Them at Yuletide.
Asheville, Dec. 17.—The task of pro
viding a well filled box of useful gifts
for every disabled ex-service mlan at
Oteen hospital, Cragmont and other san
atoriums which is annually undertaken
by the state Baraca-Philathea Union,
bids fair to be very successful this year,
according to Mrs. N. Buckner, general
executive secretary of the Baraca-Phila
thea Union.
The beautiful Christmas 'boxes, ■which
; £2#ss* TtfiffiTSKwriSjr tfirlftjwralfe'TK
per Box Manufacturing ‘Company, of
Burlington, are a bit larger than any that
have been used heretofore by the Bnracas
and Philatheas. yet it is believed that
every box will be generously filled by the
good friends who have always assisted
in making the Christmas plans success
ful and take this opportunity to send a
message to the patients by their gifts.
Many splendid gifts have been received
by the Baraca-Philathea office in Ashe
ville, and many more are on their way.
Individuals as well as large manufactur
ers are showing their interest and appre
ciation to the disabled men and nurses
and sending gifts of handkerchiefs, cra
vats, socks, safety razors, all kinds of
toilet articles, fountain pens, iegars, eig
arettes, smoking tobacco, pipes, bath
robes, sweaters, bedroom slippers, etc.,
in addition to nuts and candles.
Mrs. Buckner has called attention to
the particular need for men’s furnish
ings and gifts rather than edibles. The
disabled men are often on a restricted
diet and sometimes well intentioned per
sons make the mistake of investing in
candies, etc., when there are many little
articles that would be useful and accept
able.
THE COTTON .MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 12
to 23 Points Under Selling Orders.
(By (he Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 18. —The cotton mar
ket opened barely steady today at a de
cline of 12 to 23 points under overnight
selling orders, inspired by a belief that
the sharp advance of yesterday after
noon had weakened the technical posi
tion. Liverpool was better than due
and prices here steadied up shortly af
ter the opening, with January advanc
ing from 34.03 to 34.25 and May from
34.67 to 34.89. Offerings increased on
this bulge, however, and there were re
adtions of 10 to 15 points from the
best. Private cables reported a better
undertone in Liverpool, but complained
of poor spot demand.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady.
Dec. 34.80: Jan. 34.20 to 34.03 ; March
34.50 to 34.35; May 34.70; July 33 95.
SEEK KINNCANNON FOR
FACTS ABOUT MURDER
Officials Want to Clear Up the Death
of A. L. Btrch, Hotel Man.
(By the Associated Press.)
Marlow. Okla., Dec, 18. —Search foe
M’arvin Kincannon, aged 20, son of a
well known family here, and a party
of young men who are raid to have,
left the city last night in an automobile
was started today by county authori
ties as an aftermath of the killing last
list cf A. L. Berch, proprietor of a ho
■ tel, and the. fatal wounding of Robert
Journegan. negro porter. The negro
died today.
County Attorney Paul Sullivan de
clared that Kincannon was wanted for
1 questioning in connection with the shootr
ing which occurred when a party Os
about fifteen men went to Berth’s hotel,
threatening to lynch a negro whose pres
ence in Marlow defied a rule of years’
standing which forbids negroes to tarry
1 in town after sundown.
1 “B” is the most common letter. In
' one thousand letters, B occurs 137
I times in English, 184 times in French.
1 145 In Spanish, 17» in German. ‘