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VOLUME XXIII
FEDERAL Wlffi
DEFEAT REBELS IB
THIRTY HDlifl FIGHT
Troops Were Fighting for
Control of Villa Hermosa,
the Capital of the State
of Tabasco.
200 INSURGENTS |
DIED IN BATTLE
Federal • Forces Lost 30 in
Fighting.—Deny Report
That Washington Would'
Recognize the Rebels.
Mexico City. Deo. 19 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—Rebels attaching Villa
Hermosa, capitol of the State of Tabas
co, have been defeated' after a thirty
hour battle with a loss of 200 killed and
more than that number wounded, ac
cording to a bulletin issued by the War
Department. The Foderals suffered 30
casualties.
The rebels fled leaving the dead and
wounded, and large quantities of war
materials.
Gen. Eugenio Martinez, commanding a
military collidin' marching upon VeVra
Cruz "reports no further developments
during the day,” according to a war de
partment statement.
“Military operations against Guada
lajara are developing formally,” con
cludes the war department statement.
Denies One Rebel Report.
Vera Cruz, Dec. 20.—Newspaper cor
respondents telegraphed from the front
last night that the Obregon troops had
not abandoned the Mexican railroad line
and had not withdrawn to Munoz sta
tion as was stated by revolutionary
headquarters here. The correspondents
also reported the situation ns unchanged,
from Tuesday when tl\e rebel columns
remained stationary after fighting at
San Marcos. Insurgent headquarters,
the newspaper men continue, are still
at Esperanzn and Oriental, and are
keeping in contact with superior federal
forces.
The advance on Puebla by the Obregon .
forces, the correspondents believe, has
as its uurpose the expulsion of the
rebels from that city, a step which would
remove the menace of a flank attack, on
Irnpunto. * •
However, the press observers also be
lieve that rebel heOdqwtmcrwarTfrVrn
Cruz is preparing a plan for luring on
the Obregpi forceß and then Curtin*
their front in half, 5
Denies Rumor.
Mexico City, Dec. 20 (By the Associ
ated Press).—Enrique Colunga, secretary
of the interior , denying reports that
Washington bnd offered to mediate with
tbosA rebelling against the Obregon gov
ernment said. "Mexico has not officially
received the proposition which would
have been rejected,'as it would imply rec
ognition of the rebels’ belligerency."
Federal Troops In Tehaucan
Mexico City, Dec. 20 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —News dispatches from
Apizaco, eighty-six miles from here,
state that fighting has been resumed on
the outskirts of Puebla ans Ksperanzo,
while TVhauean has been evapauter by
the forces under Geneial Mayotte, anil
occupied by a Federal column.
WILD ARRAIGN MR. AND
MRS. TUCKER NEXT MONTH
Couple Not Expected Home Until Satur
days.—To Be Arraigned After the Hol
idays.
Ily the Associated Press.*
Jersey City. N. J„ Dec. 20.—Mr. and
Mrs. Burton S. Tucker, indicted by the
Hudson County grand jury for perjury
in ’ connection with their marriage here
on October 2, are expected back Sat
urday night. Assistant Prosecutor Mc-
Mahon announced today. He added that
his latest information was that they
were still in Southern Pines. N. C. They
will not be arraigned until after the
Christmas holidays.
Gee. H. Grebe, registrar of vital sta
tistics at Union Hill, and John Muller,
former justice of the peace, also indicted,
today were released qn bonds of $7,500
each. John L. Mclnnis. of Gloucester.
Mass., the fifth defendant, hns not yet
been found.
Charter of Oriental University Revoked.
(By the Associated Press.)
Richmond, Va., Dec. 20.s—The char
iter of the Oriental University, of Cherry
dale, Va., was revoked here this after
nnon by Judge A. Carter Scott, sitting
in the City Circuit Court. ’Die action
came after the presentation of charges
by the state of Virginia which acted in
the matter jointly with the United
States . government. _ The University
was not represented at the heariug.
Manville-Jenekea Co. to Enlarge Plant.
<By -l.c AaaortaM Press - *
Gastonia, Dec. 20.—The Manville-
Jenckes Spinning Co. today announced
that an addition to bouse 200 looms will
be added to the present plehat at once.
The plant now operates 135,000 spindles
a id a number of looms.
Infant of Mr. ami Mrs. D. B. McCurdy
Dead. ,
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. Boone McCurdy, of Albemarle, died
Tuesday at the Presbyterian Hospital in
Charlotte. It was buried yesterday at
Howell’s Church.
On the coast of Normandy, among the
sea villaes, oxen, aflSes and sheep form
part of the congregation attending the
qnaint little churches at Yuletide. These
are given the preference among animals
as being so intimately connected with
the birth of the Saviour.
The Concord Daily Tribune
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN
RALEIGH OFFIOIAf J»OM
Hew the Various Departranf s Ob
l serve the Scir.ui.
IlHv 11m* AftMocfnte:! Pr****.!
Raleigh. N. C. Dec. 20.—Official
' Raleigh was preparing tonight for the
, coming week-end when the Christmas
holidays will bemmenee, continuing in
seme instances through the first of
January, 1924. Each department head
jof the state offices, having the right to
■ regjilate the holiday season within his
own department, had about decided as
lto wfint days will be allowed to em
, ployes.
For the most pnrt. the holiday will
| begin Saturday nt one o'clock and the
j department workers will return on Wed
j nesdny. the day following Clgrtetmas.
| However, different regulations will ob
tninfor .-special eases.
Iti the Governor’s office, the holiday
will be from Statnrdav through Tuesday,
with New Year’s Day thrown in- for
good measure. Governor Morrison, un
| less his plans are changed, will spenl
I Christmas in Raleigh, though he staged
■ lie may go over to Charlotte for a,day
or two during the week,
j Secretary of State W. N. Everett-ex
pects to leave Raleigh Sunday nfterneon
for Roekingham where he and his family
will spend Christmas. The official will
return during the middle of the week,
after the Christmas season is pn -t'y
over. Members of the State Department
office force will be on linnd to keep office
running but those employes residing out
of town will bo allowed time to go to
their homes for Christmas. Someone
ivi 1 be on hand during the week to look
after business nffairs but the regular
office routine probably will not be
underway again until after New Year'; |
Day.
In the Agricultural Building, where
the varied agricultural industries of the
State and agencies dea'ing with them
are located aud alsos where Governor
Rufus Doughton presides over • the
destinies of the Department of Revenue,
the same will obtain. Practically all of
those employes desiring to return home
for the holidays will be granted this
privilege while seme of those '.located in
Raleigh will look after such office af
fairs as must be handled prior to the
first of the year. Governor Doughton ex
pects to spend the holidays at his home
near Sparta.
The State Department of Printing
and Lnbor will also follow out the
notion of the other departments, ns will
the Corporation Commission. Commis
sioner Shipman will remain in Raleigh
but his office is expected to run at half
speed. The three commissioners of the
Corporation Department and C'arence
Latham, state 'bank examiner will re
main in the capital for the holidays
season.
Over in the auto license section of the
Department, of State a general exodus
will takt place on Saturday and the
busiest office of the State wi 1 be closed
for four days. The State Highway Com
mission will run under half speed for
the holidays with Chairman Page at*his
home near Aberdeen.
.The Welfare Department, Education
department and the various other offices
of the State will be closed from Satur
day through Tuesday. Commissioner
Wade of the Insurance Department ex
pects to be on hand except for a day
but his office force will be very much
depleted for the ten day period begin
ning Sunday. Taking all the Depart
ments as a whole it is probable that
fifty percent of the employes will be
nway for the holidays aud that about
tw?nty-five percent will not return be
fore the second of January-
Adverse Report on Farley.
(By the AMoclated Ptciii.) f
WaKhington, Dec. 20. —The nomination
of Edward P. Farley as chairman Qf the
shipping board will be reported adversely
to the Senate, under a decision today by
the'commerce committee.
The committee's action was based en
tirely, members said, upon provisions of
the law which allow only one member
of the board to states touching on the
Great I-akes. Mr. Farley is from Chi
cago and the Lakes section is already
represented by Commissioner X\ ).
O'Connor, of Buffalo. .
Warns Against Punch Boards. I
Raleigh News and Observer.
,T. M. Sharp, State Councillor of the
Junior Order of United American Me
chanics in North Carolina, has issued
a statement to the newspapers of the
State warning the Juniors of the State
and others against a punch board scheme
that is nftw in operation in the State
under the alleged endorsemet of the or
der.
Investigating Conditions In Philippines.
Washington, Dee. 20.—Thorough in
vestigation by the House rules commit
tee of conditions in the Philippines and
of Governor-General Wood’s administra
tion, is proposed in a resolution drafted
by Representative Grear, republican, of
Wisconsin, for introduction today.
Further Arrests Expected.
(By the Associated Press.)
Mobile, Ala., Dee. 20—Further ar
rests were expected today in the Federal
government crusade against alleged whis
key traffic. Capiasses resulting from I
grand jury indictment were served on
20 individuals including public office
holders yesterday.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
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i Unsettled tonight and Friday, prob
i ably occasional ruins; mild terape a
|tnro.
CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923
i . FIGURES IN CHURCH WAR
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BISHOP WM. T. MANNING BISHOP LAWRENCE DR. LfeIGHTON PARKS •
Dr. Leighton Parks of New York City startled his Bartholomew Episcopal Church congregation by floating the story 1
of the virgin birth of Christ, saying he would welcome a trial for heresy. Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts is a leader
in the "liberal” forces of the Episcopal Church, while Bishop Maiming stands at the hehd of the conservatives.
FOX CASE MAY GO TO
JURY THIS AFTERNOON
Arguments in Case Are Expected to be
| Concluded During the Afternoon. -
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlantn, Grt., Dee. 20.—Hundreds of
persons today crowded into Fulton Su
perior Court room at the trial of 'Philip
E. Fox, charged with the murder of Wm.
E. Cobum to hear Robert Allen, of Dal
las, Texas, a member of the defense coun
sel. make his argument. The case was
expected to go to the jury about 3 p. m.
today.
Hugh M. Dorsey, leading counsel for
Fox, was schedeuted to follow Mr. Allen.
Solicitor Genoral Boykin was to close for
the State.
The eight-year-old son of the defened-;
ant was brought into the court room to
day for the first time. Tile boy sat in
his mothers lap facing the jury. Fqx ap
jieared haggard, pole and extremely ner
vous.
Additional deputy sheriffs were on duty
in the court room and Fox's guard also
was doublet).
“Fox knew nothing of his defense,"
Mr. Allen told the jury. “He was ‘never
consulted. His attorneys have talked to
him only five minutes since they began
working on the case."
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MAN REMEMBERED FRIENDS
John Borg, Millionaire Curb Broker,
Gives Business to His Three Part
ners.
New Y’ork. Dec. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —Having accumulated a fortune
of more than $2,000,000 in Wall Street.
John Borg, one of the leading members
of the New York Curb Market, today
announced his retirement from the brok
erage field, and the gift of his business
to three junior members of the firm.
“I have made my pile,” Mr. Borg said,
“so I’m getting out and letting younger
fellows make theirs. lam giving them
the business because they have eajned
it and I have no use for it as I have
all ti(c money I need.”
Mr. Borg started in Wall Street as
as 4 a week office boy in 1897. He
now is only forty-two years old.
Negro Orders Pistol, and Lands in
Prison.
Warrenton, Dec. 18.—-Buying a pis
tol from a mail order house in an at-!
tempt to evade the State law requiring
a permit in order to purehnse a weapon,
is keeping Davie Frazier, colored, of
Norlina. in the county jail nt War
renton until he is able to pay a fine of
SSO and costs.
Frazier, who is a brakeman on the
Seaboard Air Line, decided he needed a
pistol in his work. The high cost of ob
taining a permit, or possibly fear that
it would not be granted him. prompted
Davie to order one from a beautifully
eo’ored catalogue.
The pistol arrived hy mail on De
cember sth and Davie hastened to his
room with his prize. Meanwhile the
Norlina police learned or Davie’s ac
quisition nnd searched his room. They
found the new pistol, a razor and a half
pint bottle • of whiskey, which they
confiscated.
Davie was arrested on two charges
nnd was given a earing before Mayor L-
J. Overby, of Norlina, who hound him
over to the Recorder's Court.
At the trial before Recorder Rodwell
on Davie explained how he
happened -to have the pistol. The
whiskey, he said, was intended for
medicinal purposes as he hud had n
touch of the “flu.” Being n full grown
man, with growing hair, he maintained
thnt he was entitled to use his own
razor, barbers to the contrary.
With Our Advertisers. a
Christinas specials in candy, apples,
etc., at the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co.
Everything in Christmas gifts at
Cline's Pharmacy.
Everything for women to wear from
hats to hose at the Specialty Hat Shop.
Don't forget that the Concord Furni
ture Co. is offering great reductions in
everything before they move.
.1. E. Love’s sale is now in full blitet.
Read the half page ad. today, which
tells you about some of the big bargains
he is offering.
Beautiful gift watches for both men
ami women at Starnes-Miller-Parker Co.,
$lO to S9O.
Seaboard Wants to Sell Bonds,
i (By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 20.—The Seaboard
Air Line today sought the Interstate
Coipmerce Commission’s approval for an
■' issue of $1,020,000 in equipment trust
• certificates, to - assist iu reconstructing
i the rolling stock. --
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THE COTTON j MARKET
Opened at a Decline of 3 Points on Oc
tober, but Generally Higher. j
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 20. —The census re- '
port showing 9.594,g05 bales of cotton
ginned to December 13th was slightly
in excess of expectations, but it was
not considered much of a factor in the
early market which opened at a decline
of 3 points on October, but generally 10,
to 33 points higher in response to rela- \
tively steady cables, and rather more
favcrnble reports from Manchester.
There was some Wall Street and scat- '
tered commiss'on house buying nnd (romp I
covering by December phorts on the op- I
ening advance, but there was consider
s nble realizing and drift's eased off sev
eral points from the! best during the'
early trading. DeceiSler was relatively j
firm selling a full Offor over January,
but after touching 35.55, reacted to
35.32. May advanced to 35.15 and
then sold off to 34.89.
Cotton futures opened firm. Dec.
35.50; .Tan. 34.50; March 34.95; May
35.10; July 34.35.
COTTON GINNINGS.
Prior to December 13th This Year »-
548,805 Bales Ha* Been Ginned. '
th® AnnnHmt& Pr ****.»
Washington. Dec. 20.—Cotton ginned
prior to December 13th totalled 9.548.805
bales, including 232.530 round bales. 17.-
045 bales of American-Egyptian, and 753
hales of Sea Island; compared with 9.-
488,852 bales, including 101,781 round
bales, 24,613 bales of American-Egyptian.
and 5.039 bales of Sea Islam], the Cen
sus Bureau announced today. North
Carolina ginnings were 987,607 bales.
The revised total of cotton ginned prior
to December 1 was announced as 9,251,-
2(>4 bales. There were 15,121 ginneries
operated prior to Dec. 1.
Fire Loss at Norwood Runs Into Thou
sands of Dollars.
Norwood, Dec. 19. —The fire which
swept Norwood yesterday morning did a
property damage of thousands of dol
lars. The furniture store of G. W.
! Stinson was a total loss. Mr. and Mrs
iStinson owned the two stores in which
the furniture house was located.
Estimated loss on the furniture and
! stores is S(S,(KM) with SISOO insurance.
! Besides the furniture store, other
losses and damages consisted of the
bui'ding in which Crump Duke did a
small grocery business, which was
totally destroyed, no insurance. The
Campbell building which is located on
the same street ami right by the Stin
kon bui'dings wts badly damaged and
for awhile it wis feared that it could
not be Saved. The Albemarle fire de
partment came down and made quick
work, thereby helping to save the Camp
bell building and the Norwood Feed and
Sales stables, which building is owned
by D. N. Bennett. The flame was so
vio’ent at one time that many thought
with the laek of water nnd a fire de
partment. the whole lower Main street
would be burned. The Royal case.
GUlon’s pharmacy ami the Norwood
postoffiee had the job of moving all
goods, supplies and fixtures and then
carrying them hack.
The Campbell building is badly
smoked and begrimed and the lower
wall may be damaged on account of ex
cessive heat. But the drug store and
case do not feel that their loss is great,
except for the jolt given when moving
and replacing things.
Cleaning Policeman’s Bulls-eyes.
London, Dec. 20.—One jof the quaint
est of old-time jobs which still survive
in London is that of cleaning the oil
lamps used by members of the Metro-'
politun Police. These have not yet
been entirely discarded in favor of elec
tric lamjis. '
The police are dot responsible for
the cleaning and filling of their own
lamps. This has been done under con
tract- for many years by a firm which
employs a staff of twenty-nine men os
neciall.v for the work. The men are
know nas “trimmers.” and for thirty
five years it Ims been their jib to trim
the wicks, fill the lumps with oil, and
' make them quite- fit for service by the
iwlieement of 200 station* in and around
London.
Destroy Insanitary Meat
(M* the AMAclntMl Pifitn.l
Washington. Dec. 20—Federal inspec
tion laws have been in operation for 17
I years. During this time more than
1 3.500,000 whole carcasses and more than
i 12,000,000 parts of carcasses have beeu
t condemned and made unfit for food pur
! poets* through the vigilance of federal
meat inspectors.
j PUNCH BOARDS UNLAWFUL
Junior Order Declines Responsibility in
| Salisbury Cases.
I Salisbury, Dec. 10.—Local members
!of the Junior Order, Unite! American
Mechanics, arc very much interested in
a case .that went up f-om Magistrate
W. L. Ray's court to Superior Court
today. The case involves the so-called
Junior orphanage punch boards, and th"
i defendants whose case went ui are G.
| A. Sowers and Billy AValser, of Yadkin,
a mill town near Spencer. Nominal
bonds were required, the magistrate not
having final jurisdiction in such cases.
Last week at a district meeting of
1 Juniors from Rowan and Davidson
counties it was stated that the state of
, ficials cf the Junior order had endorsed j
the use of the punch boards.. . Not-;
withstanding this reported endorsement
by the state officials, the district Juniors
passed strong resolutions condemning
the boards. Now it appears that the
state officials had given no such en
dorsement to the boards, the operation
of which is against a state law.
As focal Juniors understand the
scheme, the men who put the board out
get nineteen dollars and a half from
each board for merchandise that goes j
with the lgoard and the local man selling I
the chanefcs on the face. of the bohrJ I
gets three dollars and a'fcahL which' bet
is supposed to donate to the Junior -of- j
phanage.
The boards bear inscriptions that
make a direct appeal to members of the
Junior order, and are said to have been
scattered through the sections where
| there are many members of the order.
A large number of individual members
of the order were reported as having
taken boards in order to help the orphan
age of the order.
The case heard here today is, so far
as local Juniors know, the first to b“
tried in the State since the special or
phanage boards were put out. Officials
of the order are anxious that warnings
be broadcasted against the use of the
boards, the use of which is not only a
violation of the state law, but they have
not the endorsement of the order for
which they are supposed to be operated.
Fraudulent Punch Board Branded By
Junior Order.
Asheville. Dec. 10—A punch board
device which is said to be in the pro
cess of installation throughout the
state, representing that it is" indorsed
by the Junior Order of the United
American Mechanics ns a .benefit for
the Junior Order orphanage, is con
demned and branded ns fraudulent in
a letter receive here today from J. M.
Sharp, of Reidsville. state council'or of
the order.
Mr. Sharp says that literature of the
concern purports to carry his signature
as state councillor. He declares the
signature is fraudulent, and that the
Junior Order not only does not indorse
the punch board project, but condemns
it as violation of the laws of North
Carolina.
Planting Trees by Machinery.
Washington. Dec. 20.—Machines have
been devised to do many things, but one
of the most remarkable is used by the
United States Forest Service, which i
sets out seedling trees ten times as fast I
as the old hand planting methed. Its
capacity in from twelve to fifteen thous
and treeH a day. It is an adaptation
of a machine made to set out tomato |
and cabbage plants, and it takes three
men and two horses to operate it at ca
pacity.,
In appearance the tree planter is
something like a mowing machine. It
has a ploughshare arrangement in front,
and at the back of the feeder are two
lnatal wheels, which push ehrth around
the tree seedlings and pack it down.
Two men sea toil beside the driver are
kept, busy placing the seedlings in the
planting hopper.
Extra features of the tree planter in
clude a marker that indicates where the
nert row is to go, and two hoppers, con
taining water and fertilizer that drop
the nutriment for the young trees around
their roots just before the metal wheels
fill in the furrow.
Scvrtwl Persons Hurt In Wreck.
(By the Associated Press.)
Ilethesda, Ohio, Dec. 20.—Eight or
ten persons were reeported injured, two
of them seriously, when a Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train bound from Wheel
; ing to Chicago, split a Switch in front of
the station here, turning over otae day
1 coach and damaging the front end of the
1 station.
i
A leaf from Christmas decorations is
I preserved in parts of rural England as
a preventative of toothache.
ALLEGED SOVIE THREATS
QUESTIONED BY SENATORS
Senators Who Wont Russian Soviets
Recognized Question Authority of Evi
dence.
. (By the Associated Press.)
I Washington. D. C.. Dec. 20—Secre
. fsry Hughes' disclosure of a soviet move
ment to overthrow the American govern
ment was the subject of a Senate debate
today in which the authenticity of the
secretary's evidence, was questioned by |
, Senators who have urged recognition of !
I the Russian soviet government. \
Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho, ]
declared it was his opinion after ma- •
I ture investigation that during the past;
(three years the soviet had not connived I
at any effort to overthrow the govern
, inent at Washington. He added that '
iif flic Department of Justice, or any
| one else would furnish him any evidence, i
he would conduct public investigation. |
j Tlie evidence made public by Mr. I
Hughes and certified ns authentic by
‘the Justice Department, wa3 declared,
by Senator Norris, republican, of Ne
braska, to be "merely conclusions,” I
rather than facts.
Announcing that he intended to dis-!
cuss the subject later at length, Senator
j Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican
j leader, 'told the Senate he thought he
would be able to produce evidence which !
would command the attention of the 1
senators.
TWO CARDINALS ARE
_ CREATED BY POPE PH’S
They Are Papal Auditor and Director
General of Vatican Museum.
Rome. Dec. 20 (By Die Associated
Press).—Pope I’ius XI at a secret coil-j
History today created two Italian car
dinals. They are Evari-tta Lucidi. who
is papal auditor, and Monsignor Aurelio
Gnlli, director general of the Vatican
Museum.
In his allocution delivered at the con
sistory the Popp pointed out that peaee
conditions in Europe had not changed
for better since his s last consistory. He
recalled the letter he had addressed to
Cardinal Gasparri, papay secretary of 1
state, relative to relieving calamities «f '
Central Europe was bringing happy re
sults, but, he said, much remains to be
done because of the bitterness and an- .
tagonism; needs of all kinds were in- j
creasing, especially with the approach
I of winter.
Albemarle Girl Burned to Death Satur. !
day.
Stanly News-Herald.
A most dreadful tragedy was that '
which happened last Saturday when ,
Miss Abegale Melton, the 14-year-old
adopted daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. '
K Melton, of this place, burned so !
seriously that death resulted Sunday
: morning. No one was in the house ]
..with her when her clothing caught., en
tire. and the girl hardly knew herself
it dtt hfippend. ShKT?fiK?r ffiat *
| she was sitting with her back to the
fire reading, when all at once she found
her clothing a mass of flames. She
rpn out of the house and her screams
soon brought nearby persons to her res
cue, but too late to save her. She
was so badly burned that from the first '
little hope for her was entertained. Her
suffering was awful, and thought ev
erything possible was done for her re
lief. her intense agony was only re
lieved by death Sunday morning.
_ The body was carried to Mlt. Zion
Church in Union county, where the fun
eral will be held this afternoon. The
horrible tragedy is deplored by the entire
city over which its happening cast a
gloom.
Hotel Cape Fear Selected for Name
Salisbury, Dec. 20.—Tile m<mc of
■Wilmington’s three-quarter million dol
lar tourist inn has been changed from
Cape Fear hotel to "Hotel Cape Fear,”
it was .officially announced last night
by Roger Moore, president of the hotel
corporation.
American Woman Killed by Bandits.
Baker, Ore.. Dec. 20.—Mrs. Emily
Chnistcnsen Earhart, formerly of this
city, has been killed at Tula, Mexico, by
bandits, according to word received here
today from the woman's husband at
Tampico. Earhart said that he and his
two small children were safe.
Train Passengers Robbed.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Dec. 20.—A daring
bandit held up the Pioneer Limited, the
crack train of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railroad, as it was nearing
Milwaukee last night, and robbed four
passengers of $.170.
Want Venizalos to Return.
Athens, Dec. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —A group representing 4,000 offi-
Icers of the Greek army and navy sent
a telegram today to former Preuier Ven
izelos in Paris, urging him to come to
Athens immediately.
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» NEWS I
» TODAY
NO. 299.
CONGRESS RECESSES
, .'THING
v ~ii»iG BEEN DONE
j
(Members Today Began Two
Weeks Recess Without
Doing Anything During
Time of Meeting.
SENATE Is STILL
IN A DEADLOCK
House Decides to Make In
| quiry About Philippines,
Following Criticism Made
by Natives of Gen. Wood.
(By the Associated Press.)
j Washington. Dec. 20.—Congress began
i a two-weeks’ holiday recess today with
the Senate organization still incomplete,
and a practically blank record of legis
lative accomplishments since it assembled
on December 3rd.
With some of its committees function
ing during the holidays the House will
be able to get down to serous business 1
of the session after it assembles on Jnn
\ unry (5. The Senate, however, will come
back to renew the efforts to break the
deadlock over the chairmanship of the
Interstate Commerce Committee unless it
should prove possible for the leaders to
effect some sort of compromise in the
meantime.
With the Senate having agreed yester
day to defer further balloting until after
the recess, only business of a purely rou
tine character faced the two houses to
day. Many Senators and Representatives
already have departed for their homes.
Will Put Bonus oil the Shelf.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Committed to a
program which calls for temporary shelv
ing of the soldiers’ bonus, the House
ways and means committee forged ahead
today with its consideration of the ad
mnirt native provisions of the Treasury’s
tax bill. Under an agreement reached
yesterday, the committee, once it has
passed on the administration features,
will postpone action on tax rates until u
decision is reached ns to whether a bonus
bill is to be reported in the (House. The
present plans call for committee sessions
until the end of this week, then an ad
journment until after the Christmas ho'.-
days.
MR. FORtvR DECLARATIONS .
STIRS POLITICAL CAMPS
AH Avowed Presidential Candidates
Withhold Comment.
Washington, Dec. IS).—Political camps
here were visibly stirred today by the
declaration of Henry Ford in support of
President Coolidge for 1924.
It brought unconcealed elation to ad
ministration leaders' interested in Mr.
Coolidge’s cause, and democratic leaders
said there was satisfaction at lenst in
the fact that Mr. Ford was out in the
open and apparently self-eliminated as a
Presidential possibility next year.
President Coolidge plans to express
his personal appreciation of Mr. Ford’s
action by sending the Detroit manufac
turer a telegram, which will not be made
public here.
Comment on Mr. Ford’s statement,
however, is withheld by all avowed
Presidential candidates here. Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, opponent
of President Coolidge for the republican
nomination, and Senator Undertvood, of
Alabama, a democratic candidate, would
not talk about development although
they manifestly view it as of major po
litical importance.
Representative Cordell Hull, of Ten
nessee, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, also declined to make
a formal statemeftt, but in reply to a
question said that Mr. Ford "is a free
American citizen’, and is entitled to his
personal preference the same ns any
one else.”
“Ford Can’t Change Coolidge.”
“Nothing that he can say in behalf
of President Coolidge, however,” added
Mr. "will make Mr. Coolidge less
'•'actionary nor change him in any respect.
The record of the ruling faction in the
republican party as the political instru
ment of the special privilege class.”
Os prime importance, in the view of «.
political leaders, generally, will be the
passing of the Ford-for-Prceident move
ment which has been fostered in recent
conferences of Ford workers in Mich
igan and other states. Mr! Ford’s ac
tion is looked upon by all the leaders as
removing the nnssibility of a new party
movement with him at the helm, a pos
sibility that for months has made him
one of the great engimas of national
politics. \
That there would be some political
advantages to Senator LaFollette, in
case he should become a Presidential
candidate, was the belief expressed by
of the Wisconsin senator. In
the effect upon, the action of the farm
labor party, particularly in the Dakotas,
Minrsota and Wisconsin, Mr. Ford’s re
tirement as a potential candidate, it was
thought, might operat to the benefit of
the LaFollette forces. He has been
sharing with Mr. Ford insevera! regions
the apparent favor of farm-labor leaders
in consideration of their presidential en
dorsement for 1924.
In all discussions of the subject the
Ford offer for Muscle Shoals had promi
nent mention. Recently Mr. Ford, had
the matter under discussion' with Presi
dent Coolidge during a visit here, and
Chairman Madden, of the House appro
priations committee, and other republi
can leaders in Congress are behind a
bill to have the government accept the
Font , offer after modifications. During
the last session of Congress, considera
tion of the offer was Mocked, although
championed vigorously by democrats as
well as some republicans.