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• DISPATCHES * VOLUME XXIII nmm FROIPNEUIOIM AT HIS RALEIGH HOI Had Been HI (Since Thurs day When He Was At tacked With Influenza.— Pneumonia Devalued. HELD OFFICES" MANY YEARS Served as State Senator and Representative Before Be ing Elected Commissioner of Agriculture. *Hv rtie AasoetstMt Raleigh. Dec. 24.—Major W. A. Gra ham, commissioner of agriculture, died at 4:45 o’clock this morning at a local hospital* following several days’ illness of penumonia. Major Graham was taken ill with in fluenza last Thursday and was removed to a hospital Friday for treatment. He developed pneumonia Saturday and l his condition has been critical since yester day morning. -Funeral arrangements had not been completed early today. Major Graham, who has been Commis sioner of Agriculture since 1006, was active in affairs of the State for sixty years. He would have been eighty four years of age had he lived thirty-six hours longer. He was born at Hillsboro on December 28. 1831). the son of William A. and Susan Washington Graham. Graduating from Princeton Univer sity in 1880 Mr. Graham soon after ward entered the Confederate army as captain of Company K. second North Carolina cavalry, later being promoted to major, and assistant adjutant gener al of the North Carolina State troops. From 1874 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1871) he served as state senator, and in 1005 he was representative in the State Legislature. From 1880 to 1008 he was a member of the State Board of Ag riculture, and in 1008 he was elected commissioner of agriculture. He was re-elected in 1012, 1016 and 1020. On June 0, 1864. Major Graham was married to Mias Julian Lane. Eleven children were born. Ills second mar riage was to Miss Sallia Clark, of Ra leigh, who survive* him. ' '* r Raleigh, N. 0., Dec. 24!—Funeral ser vices for Major W. A. Graham, Commis sioner of Agriculture, who died early to day at a local hospital, will be held at the First Baptist Church tomorrow af ternoon at 2 o'clock and the body Will be taken at 4 o'clock to Lincoln County, where burial service will be held Wed nesday morning at 11 o’clock at McPhela Church. Lincoln Auto Credited WT4h the Fast est Run on Record. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 22.—A Lincoln car is credited with the fastest run on record between police headquarters at/ South Bend, Ind., and the state house at Indianapolis. The trip of 155-7 miles wag made in 165 minutes, an average of . close to a mile a minute despite frequent ’ slow-down in cities and towns along the way and occasional pauses and stops due to traffic and road conditions. The car ' was commandeered .by Chief of Police Laurence J. Lane recently in order to secure the governor’s signature to extradition papers which were urgent ly needed. Construction Work on Dam to Begin In a Few Days. (By the Associated Press.) Andrews, Dec. 24.—Construction work on the dam. power house and transmis sion line of the proponed hydro-electric plant here will begin in the n*xt few days, it was announced today by B. L. Scroggs and Tucker and Latton, of Charlotte, who have been awarded con tract for the work. It is expected that the project wfllabe completed by Chris‘- mas. 1024. The estimated coat of the work is $350,000. Indicted TvTßnbMztenieent. •By tko Associated Puss.) Greensboro, Dec. 2*.—T. I* Bast, former clerk of the municipal court here, has been indicted on charges of em bexalement of funds placed in his hands. The case will be tried at the January term of criminal court. The charges against Bast grew out of his alleged mis handling of funds during his term as clerk of the court. Mr. L. W. Barnhardt, of Atlanta, is spending the holidays with his parents in No. 4 township. 2 Christmas Pageant 8 By Forest Hill Young People | Wednesday Night 7:30 8 At Graded School No. 2 8 o 6 X Ten Scenes—6o Characters 8 § 8T § | Admission *ls and 25 Cents 8 - g „ - A-.iii.t* v *■ i-| - ■ ■ ■ The Concord daily Tribune i* *********. * * CAROL SINGERS * ,* TO WATCH FOR * I* LIGHTED WINDOWS * I* * |* Tie various choruses of the city * ' * which beginning at midnight to- * .;,* tonight will sing sweet Christmas * * carols throughout the city, ask that * * * persons who desire carols to be * - 1 * sung at their homes leave a light * j* burning in a window of the home. * ! * For several years musicians of * . * Concord have been, singing carols *' * each Christmas morn, and the sug- * “ * gestion that the lights be left in * . * a window iR made that the singers *> * can know where interest is nwaken- * * ed in their coming this glad year. * * * sly si/ sly si/ si/ si/ \V JR Jtn JR * JR JR Jtv JR JR /•% I ■■■» mumm, mi ICEBOUND IN ARCTIC. HEAR MUSIC OF WORLD . MacMUlian Expedition. Frown in, Finds Solace in Radio. * New York. Dec, 24.—Frozen fast in the ice 11 1-2 degrees from the North Pole, the Arctic** expedition of Captain Donald MacMillan has been listenting to radio programs broadcast from all parts J of the United States and Europe, ac cording to a radio message received from 1 the explorer and made public by the 1 Aerial league of America. The mes sage says in part: ' “Here, at the top of the world, in the ' darkness of the great Arctic night, km ‘ lated ns we are from even of ' (civilization, radio has. conquered (tide, banished anxiety over ’ friends and relatives at home. removed monotony during necessarily itttg active periods. We tiave already liPg| 1 tened to stations practically all oreg'AflH United States, from Europe, amIfSHD ' from far-away Honolulu. I “Music. vocal 'and instrunttHjH speeches, prayers, sermons are ting auroral belt and reaching Bowdoin fast frozen in the ice. We are! almost aj incredulous as this can be so. but here we nightly it comes to bind us intiuflMM to the south of us.” DEMOCRATS ARE FOR BONUS; AGAINST MELLON TAX PLAN Senator Simmons, of Finance Commit tee, Charges Proposed Reduction Helps Millionaire Class. Washington, I). o.* Dec. 20.—The Democrats stand for a soldiers’ bonus aud against “nfillioimires’ tax legisla tion,” Senator Simmons, of North Caro lina, ranking Dyiocrat on the Senate Finance Committee, which handles tax ation measures, declared today in the Senate. “Democratic members of the Finance i swsg: way Mr. Melipn and the «Hd the profiteers want to take thrin Off.” “We don't want to have any delay in the committee. We are ready to bring j a tax bill" in here and discuss it and vote on it in the Senate without ans delay.” he said. The North Carolina senator charged that there was a disposition by the Re publicans to “fritter away" the time of ( Congress with “a deadlock on this mat- , ter and a deadlock on that,” so there will | be no action before the Presidential oam , Paign on pressing problems like taxa tion, bonus and freight rates. “Let them pass that mallionaires’ leg islation (the Mellon tax program) be- , fore the election and take the conee- i quences,” he said. “Let them defeat the bonus aud take the consequences.” Chief Editorial Writer of New York World Dies. New York, Dec. 21—Frank I. Cobb, editor of The New York World, for the ; last 12 years, died today at his home : after a long illness. He had been unable to carry on his editorial duties since ; last spring. Called by Henry Watterson the strongest writer of the New "York press since Horace Greeley, Mr. Cobb became a staff editor of The World in 1004 and ' for nearly 20 years directed its editorial 1 page. Before coming to New York he had ' been chief editorial writer of The De troit Free Press. Tuckers Reach New Jersey After Trip to This State. Ridgefield Park, N. J., Dee. 23. —Mr. and Mrs. Burton 8- Tucker, indicated by the Hudson county grand jury for perjury and conspiracy to violate the marriage laws of the state arrived here today from their honeymoon, at South ern Pines, N. C. They said they ex pected to appear in court at Jersey City tomorrow morning to plead to the in dictments. 1 Sixteen Added to the Greensboro Police (By the Associated Press.) Greensboro, IDec. 24^ —Carrying out ' a plan which has been given a great deal of attention recently, the authori ties of Greensboro this week announced I the addition of sixteen men to the po lice force of the city. The total of the forces now* is fifty-three men. It i has been necessary to establish new I i traffic corners with all-day police ser ' vice and also five men have been added ' jto the motorcycle squad. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS. l nn i S Fair tonight and Tuesday, slightly D colder in east and central portions to ss night. .«■ v • A <: CONCORD, N. C., IVBNDAY; DECEMBER 24, 1923 r ■ JOY TO THE WORLjD j | Robody will be hungry ip Concord Christmas; atteast it is un- -j “ likely. Tlie chances are no one will suffer from insufficient clothing. Va- . i ! f'PUs organizations are at work in the interest of the ndWy of the city 4 || and it is very probable that everyone who needs help wffl* "receive it. ■} But so long as some fathers are idlers and Mquatfjerers. end so a S long as some families have om.v memories of fathers, thtty will be ever »! | present the danger tbgtjtanta Claus will fail to reach mae little one. 1 | That is the real reason behind the movement here to Sip the needy. I Several years ago a paper in the North enrried the storyfif a child who 1 died of a broken heart because the expected visit of Sanla Claus failed | I to materialize. It is to be hoped that no such tragedy WiiTbe enacted in ,1 % | Concord this Christinas, and to prevent such a tragedy Concord people 3 « have given Os their substance. !j If you have not given something to the people of the ■i j city do so at once. Tonight sweet voices will sing "Joy *o the World.” *si Hi In almost every home little tots will climb into in4MM|j|rtHte flushed 1 | with tibe thrilling (anticipation of joys they will 3 I bring. I)o your part to see that each and eve: y (9B) ia ppi e r ■{ I with the coming of the dawn. ":: J :r:r:rfjflß|gßiC£: THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at An Advance of From 5 to 28 Points. (By the Aanwlttnl Press.) New. York, Dec. 24. —The cotton mar ket opened steady today at an advance of 5 to 28 points in response to rela tively steady cables and expectation.-- that the final notices issued against De cember contracts today would be prompt ly stopped. December sold up to 36.80 at the opening then reached to 35.iK>, ■■■tickle firmed up again-to 30.08 and market held steady during trading with business eoinpar quiet. Private cables reported a in Liverpool but said the *MRMr s rm °"ing to a scarcity*of oon -1 futfttp-os operjed steiKly: De iraH 38.30; January 34.02; March HBfis DENY ANY PART B. IN OIL STOCK SCHEME iwL of Chase National Bank and Chase Securities Company Testify (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dee*. 24.—Neither the Chase National Bank nor the Chase Se curities Company had any official part in the “Street” transactions in Mam moth oil stocks, representatives of the second New York institution, testified today before the Senate Public Lands Committee. Earlier witnesses in the committee’s inquiry into the leasing of naval oil reserves had testified that officials of the bank and the aeeurities company were connected with the syndicate or ganized to make a market for the Sin clair subsidiary, organized to operate the Jltugka»'’4»i«^wf^aM*a( : , —'' k-' *■• Manhood Suffrage for Japan. Tokio, Japan. Dee. 24.—Manhood suf frage is expected to be granted .to the Japanese through measures to be adopt ed by the Diet which convenes tomor row. The government is reported to have decided to urge the elimination of j tax qualifications for voters, and to ad vocate extension of suffrage to all males above the present age limit of twenty one years. Although there has been agitation in favor of giving women the franchise nothing seems likely to be done in that direction in the near future. The present limitation ou suffrage has to do primarily with property qualifica tions. The election law has been changed several times since 'IBOO, the last time in 1020, when the present law was formulated. Numerous meetings of a special com mittee on revision of the election law have been held, and it is believed that as a result of these conferences the gov-* prnment has worked out a clear-cut pro gram to be introduced among tbe first measures of tbe session. Premier Yam amoto is understood to bo entirely com mitted to this program. Expert on Weather Says: Mild Winter. Princeton, N. J.. Dec. 22.—This win ter in all probability will be mild, nc cording to William B. Scott, professor of geology at Princeton university and authority on climate and weather. He ! pointed out today that severe winters I usua’ly start earlier in the season, giv- 1 ing this as one reason for his predic tion. The cyclonic center, which de termines how the trade winds blow and therefore determine the character of the weather, is now farther north than usual, Prof Scott declares, adding that this fact has been the cause of the unusually mild December now ending. Bids For New Ford Plant at Charlotte. (By tbe Associated Press.) Charlotte. Dec. 24.—Bids will be op- i ened on Saturday, December 2!)tli, at Detroit by the Ford Automobile Com pany for construction of their proposed plant on the Statesville road just, out side of Charlotte. The buildings are expected to cost around one million dol lars and several Charlotte firms have bid for the work. O. C. Bray Dies of Wounds. • tty tbs Associated Press.) Elizabeth City, pec. 24.—0. C. Bray, jwho was shot on December 7 when he rnn instead of obeying the command of a negro highwayman to put up his hands, died in a hospital here today. i aMemi j i TjplS Cknstmaj! The spirit of love's in | A* TK* tingle of frost in die air, Tke hqjfy wreaths bnghten each comer and street, 1 vemzelos^^^^H^ 'fMß' re q i rst Wires to Him to Return WVfIHHBe Land. Athens, Dec. 24 j('l](y nip Associated , Press).—Former Prgne Minister Venize . lot», has telegraphed'’fAnn Paris to Col. .■ Plastiras,' of the revolutionary commit tee, requesting information as to the rel . ative strength of thy eomtendiug parties I in Greece, it was attfcounced today. The former premier's request followed | the sending last week off an invitation to ; him to return to Greece and take the po litical situation in hand without any re : strict ions upon his liberty of action. Tac invitation was sent by Jhe revolutionary committee at the request of the council of ministers. ■« ■ ■■ , iU. NEGROES ELECTROCUTED I WHILE FIGHTING OWL Bird Was on Heavily Charged Electric Wire Witieh Negrtes Hit With Iron Pole. (By tbe Amdand Press.) Greenville. S. €., -I>ey. 24. —Attempt- ing to knock vlie body of an owl from a heavily chained eleetv'jy wire with a long iron pole, Jesse Wilson and Sam Smith, negro laborers, )spre electrocuted here todaff. Both men were killed in stantly, 13,000 volts passing through their bodies. Jonas MoKi inner, who also had a grip on the pole, escaped because he wore rubber boots. FOUR MEN WOUNDED IN LItH'OR FIGHTING Fighting Took Place in Roundup of Al leged Bootleggers and Moonshiners. (By (be Associate Press.) Marion, IIL Dee.;24j(®Four men were sTmfßbVm round bp of al leged bootleggers .i and moonshiners in Williamson County Saturday night and yesterday, and today thirteen persons are held in the Franklin County jail at Benton, and sixty-two were at- liberty under bonds ranging from 2,000 to $5,- 000. All were charged with violating the I Federal prohibition law. SALISBURY MAN-NOW SPECIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY A. H. Price Made Special District Attor ney For Western and Eastern Courts. (By tbe Associated Press.) Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 24.—A. H. Price today received a commission as special assistant district attorney for both tbe western and eastern North Carolina Fed eral courts with authority to act in matters pertaining to enforcement of the Volstead act. The duties of Mr, Price will not conflict in any way with tlie present district attorneys. Much Money is Paid Out to Cotton As sociation Members. Raleigh, Dec. 22.—Slightly over $3,- 000,000 was handed to the members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative Association during the past two days—a second distribution on 18,- 000 bales of 1923 cotton delivered to the association during the past few months. These checks make a total of twenty cents a pound, basis middling, that ban , been distributed on the new crop. The 1 cotton received by the association up to I December Ist. shared in this distribu tion and cotton received since that date will be equalized in the next distribu tion. These checks went to the members of the association in time for Christmas "and were sent out without advance •in formation, and sooner than the second distribution was made last season. Henry Robinson Chosen. (By the Associated Press.) i Paris, Dec. 24.—Henry N. Robinson, lawyer and banker, of Los Angeles, has been selected as (lie third American to serve ou the expert committees which aw to investigate the condition of Germany's finances, under thy auspices of tlie repa rations commission. Eight Arrests Made. (“y the Associated Press.) Belfast, Dec. of the li ster constabulary and special officers yes terday raided a meeting in Imndonderry and arrested eight. |>ersoiis, iucludiug a nationalist election agent. Four of tlie prisoners had returned north recently l from interment in the Free State. I REBEL SOLDIERS AT 1 GUERNAVACA. FORT! ] MILES FROM CAPITAL I This is the Nearest Approach l They Have Made to Mexi | co City Since 'the Present | Revolution Started. j DENY PUEBLA HAS BEEN EVACUATED ? Heavy Fighting in Suburbs of City is Reported—Gen-j eral Situation Shows No Big Changes. . .! • f -5 era Crux, Dee. 24 ((By the Asso ! elated Press). —Rebel fierce* have made, their nearest approaeh to Mexico City , so far with the capture yesterday of , Cnernavnea, forty miles south of the ‘ capital, it is stated in a revolutionary i statement issued here. The forces advanced from their posi- . tion in the State of Guerrero into 1 Morelos. Xo heavy fighting was re ported. The general situation is un changed except for the general approaeh on the capital. Puebla has not been 1 evacuated, according to a rebel state-1 ment which adds that the insurgents | are encaged in heavy fighting with! Federal forces in the suburbs. BIG LIQUOR INQUIRY IS PROMISED FpR CAPITAL I Will Lock Into Oft Repeated Charges | cf Liquor Drinking in High Places. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dee. 24.—National eap- 1 ital's biggest bootleg scandal which or iginated from a modest police raid, gives promise of developing a sweeping inquiry into tlie oft repeated charges of liquor drinking in the high places. The sudden disappearance of portentous , lost of purchasers taken during the raid I resulted in insistent demands from sev- I eral quartern today for an explanation ] There were inductions that the district | attorney’s office which has threatned to prosecute those whose names appeared on the list, would investigate thoroughly why the evidence vanished into thin air and that the demands for inquiry would b*' taken up in Congress immediately after a holiday recess. MeanvASe both the fimfncial bm-ttlffc of the bootlegger's ring involved and the actual sourefe of its -liqifor supply are under investigation by Several agencies I of the municipal government of the Dis trict of Columbia. An effort will be made to eonneet prominent banking in terests with the financing of the pro ject, and an inquiry already has been trade bv the State Department as to the immunity of a liquor stock which police were prevented from seizing by the in tervention of a foreign official. Welfare Bureau For Colored People. (By the Associated Press.) Ealeigb. N. C., Dee. 24.—A Welfare Bureau for the negroes of the State is discussed by Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson in a review of tiie N. C. Negro Teachers’ Assembly meeting early in the month. Mrs. Johnson's review is issued in the Public Welfare Progress bulletin of the State Board of Charties and Public Wel fare. That the Bureau will be established is a settled fact declared Mrs. Johnson. A colored worker will be placed in charge and the welfare work among the negroes of the State will be supervised. "1 would not have you think that I am trying to make you believe that the Board of Charities and Public Welfare has functioned as effectively for the ne groes in North Carolina as it has for the white people,” Mrs. Johnston told the teachers “but I do say that I think expansion of the work of the,Board to include the negroes may be looked for in the near tuture.” “Correctional institutions for negroes in the State has been sadly lacking in the past," said Mrs. Johnson. “But, I am happy to say that the State School for Delinquent Negro Boys promises soon to become a reality,” Mrs. Johnson also told of plans underway to- erect a similar institution for colored girls. Bandits Get Liquor Valued at SII,OOO. (By tbe Antedated Press. • Philadelphia, Dee. 24.—After chloro forming a watch dog, bandits robbed the home of Croasdale Knott, at Gleneside, a suburb, of liquors said to be worth SII,OOO late Saturday night. It became known today. The bandits in their flight dropped $0,500 in bonds taken from n desk. Itare wines and cordials were included included in the liquor stock the police said. —9- Jumps to His Death. (By the Associated Pina.i New York, Dee. 24. —Benjamin Adler, a «hoe manufacturer, jumped to his I death today from the fifth floor of his small Sixth Avenue factory. Members of his family said he had been worried | about his business. Girt Anarchist is Freed. Paris* Dec. 24. (By the - Associated Pret*v). —Germaine Berthon, girl an archist, was ucquitted by a jury today ;on a charge of killing Marius Plateau, 1 a reporter for the Royalist newspaper L'Action Francaise last January. f Airman Hurt in Fall. (By the Associated Press.) Omaha. Nebraska, Dec. 24. —James “Dinty” Moore, air mail pilot who left North Platte, Nebraska, this morning, fell near Burns, Wyo., according to word received at the local air mail field. Moore was seriously wounded. i RUM RUNNERS MAKE IMMENSE PROFITS DESPITE CAPTURES War Has Netted a Rich Haul in Ships, Liquor and Men. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Dec. 24. —The war of gov ernment forces on Rum Row, seat of j history’s greatest smuggling operations, ! an activity that since last January, has provided many rhiilling stories of piracy. . tragedy, comedy and buttle, has netted a rich haul in ships, liquor and men. I Conservative, inofficial of [ the seizures oby Coast Guards. Customs land Treasury department agents, pro ‘(hil>itio nagents and policemen develop - the following list: Small rum-running speed boats. 150 Deep sea craft 10 - Sea planes 1 Motor vehicles 40 Men 375 I j Cases of liquor 27,000 In addition to the seizures Coast , Guards caused more than 100 runners to 'ljettison their cargoes, averaging 50cases .Ja boat. , The monetary loss to smugglers I I through these captures is estimated at about $5.000.0000, but they only laugh at this, claiming the loss to be but “a drop in the bucket” compared to the gain of successful operations. | Rum smuggling. be|)in on a small 'scale off the New Jersey coast in 1!)21, 1 was extended all along the Atlantic sea ' board in 1022, and the first big anehor | age of rum carriers established in the waters south of Ambrose Lightship last i January established the now famous Rum Row, a location desirable for the runners of lamg Island as well as for those of New Jersey. Nineteen rum i boats, including three feteameirs, were | parked on the Row at the height of the 1 I January -trade, and since that' time | there has been always at least one rum J carrier out there doing business. Coast Guard bhats launched the cam- Ipaign against the runners in the first : month, seized at least a dozen of the c-i-aft, and smuggling became a hazard | ou« game. I Federal agents ashore began eoncert |od operations against the motor truck ,runners, and many rich prizes well into • heir hands. Still the business con tinued. The gaps made in the run ners’ rank by captures filled like a hole dug in dry sand. Captures increased in number, smuggling increased in vol ume. I In the summer months a sea plane ] was employed by the runners on the | Long Island shore for scout work. One I day the seaplane, disabled made a forced i landing near a Coast Guard station and was captured. Some of the bigger craft of the smug glers became venturesome then and were caught close inshore. Morning was unfolding two months ago when the Coast Guard cutters oh rum-patrol ..a about six miles off the Jersey bench? They chased her through haze, over i hauled her and took her captain and crew and “Rummy Bill" McCoy, the king of, rum msugglers. A week Iqter the Dragon, a palatial cabin cruiser equipped with radio wire less, was captured. She is said to have beeu the mother-boat of the swarm of small runners, her duties being to warn them of impending danger and the whereabouts of the governmept craft. Tlie latest seizure of consequence, the Dutch auxiliary schooner Beehoud, end ed tlie career of the transport used by "Minnie" Kessler, the bootlegger king, the shore rival of MlcOoy. Kessler soon is to go to Atlanta to serve a term for conspiracy to violate the prohibi tion laws. WOOD SENTENCED TO SERVE THIRTY YEARS Was Convicted of Second Degree Mur der for Death of Greensboro Man. (By the Associated Press.) Greensboro, N. C„ Dec. 24.—Thirty yeai-s nt hard labor in the state prison was the sentence imposed on Otto H. Wood, in superior court here today for the slaying o£ A. W. Kaplan, pawn broker, here on November 3rd. He was found guilty of murder in the second de gree with a recommendation of the max imum punishment by a jury yesterday. Bountiful Christmas for Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Chicago is looking forward to enjoying perhaps the most bountiful Christmas in its history. The general prosperity of the past year is reflected in the record-breaking holiday trade and the gift giving promises to be on an unprecedented scale. Nor have those basking in the sun of prosperity been forgetful of the less fortunate. The city authorities, work ing in conjunction with many charitable and religious organizations and individ iialp, have provided on a scale hitherto unknown for the comfort and welfare o fthe poor, and, it is asserted that all forsaken and homeless persons are as sured at least of shelter for the day and a real Christmas dinner. Baskets of food, clothing and toys have been dis tributed to thousands of poor families, while dinners for the poor will be given by the Salvation Army, the Volunteers of America, the church missions, and numerous political and civic societies. Mistaken Foe Turkey. High Point Man Shot. High Point. Dee. 22. —Because has ; hunting partner mistook him for a wild turkey, Charlie Miles, son of Deputy Sheriff C. M. Miles, of the county, is painfull injured. * Miles and Luther Spencer were hunt ing in the woods about eight miles east of High Point Friday afternoon. TJiey were separated for a brief time when Spencer saw a movement at a little dis i lance which, lie says, he thought was made by a turkey. He fired and Miles was wounded. i. ■ ■ Countess Markievlcx Released. Dublin. Dee. 24 (By the Associated Press |. —The Free State government to day announced the release of Countess Georgina Markievie, one of the leading woman republicans who was arrested here November 20. The government also announced that between December 1 and December 25 political prisoners to the * number of 3,481 had been liberated. > TODAY’S « » NEWS m » TODAY « NO. 302. iHns in mSger ’ ' [ ; Big Air Boat Has Been Drift ing Helplessly for Three Days Over Gulf of Cabes With 50 Persons Aboard. AIRSHIP DRIFTS ! TOWARD INLAND Military and Naval Posts erf All Nations Have Been Ordered to Give All Aid Possible to Csaft. Paris. Dee. 24 (By the Associated Press). —There appeared this morning to be some hope of tlie saving the French dirigible Dixmnde, which with fifty men and officers aboard had been drifting helplessly for three days over the Gulf of Cables on the north coast of Africa. Although news received in Paris Ims been sparse, the latest advices said the great airship had drifted well inland, and taking a northwest direction, was hover ing in the vicinity of Foum Tatnhouine, I thirty miles south of Mediniu. Military authorities at Foum Tata- / houine were reported to have prepared a fair landing place in ease the ship was able to descend. Automobile headlights were set to mark out a spot through the night. A strong force of troops aso was present. The Italian authorities in Tripoli have instructed all military posts to maintain a close watch for the Dixmnde, and to take all necessary steps to aid her should help be necessary. British officials at Malta have warned several natal units in the Mediterranean to keep an extra lookout by day and searchlights playing by night. Think Scon to Lccate Airship. Toulon, Dec. 24. —The aviation author ities here are hopeful that the Dixmnde will soon be located, but are concerned over the lack of news from the dirigi ble, which is believed to be over the coast of Tunis. The French are receiv ing the co-operation of the British au thorities at Malta and the Italians in Sardinia, and on the mainland. KENNEELY IS INDICTED ON SERipt’S CHARGES Grand Jury Finds Grounds to Charge Drunkenncha and Disorderly Conduct. (By the Associated Pram.) Palata. Fin., Dec. 24.—C. H. Kenner ly, member of the state legislativeu com mittee that investigated the death of Mar in Tabert of Munich. Nortli Dakota, several months ago, has been indicted on a charge of drtinkenness and disorderly conduct by the Taylor County grand jury it became known here today. Much of about Taylor County in which is located the Florida headquarters of the Putnam Lumber Company for whom Tabert was working as a convict when he died. The indictment grew out of a trip made by Mr. Kennerly, another member of tlie legislative committee, and several newspaper men to Clara, Fla., for the purpose of locating Tabert’s body. These two members of the committee reported upon their return that they had beeu intimidated by armed men at Cara. Men Hurt hi Accident. (By tbe Associated Press.) Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 24. —A score of men were hurt today when a work train in which they were riding was side swiped by a ditch digging engine in the West Sharon yards of the Big Four Railroad near Sharonville, 0., today. Most of the victims were only slightly hurt, and noe is believed to be se riously hurt, and noe is believed to be seriously injured. File Motion Fop New Trial Fop Cox. (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Dec. 24. —Motion for a new trial for Philip E. Fox, former Ku Klux Klan editor and publicity chief, convict ed last week on charge of slaying Wil liam S. Coburn, klan attorney, and sen tenced to life imprisonment, was tiled in superior court here today. No Tribune Tomorrow and Wednesday. There will be no issue of The Tribune Christmas Day and the day following. Tliis is clone in order to give our force (and incidentally ourselves) a little time in which to enjoy tlie festivities of the Christmas season. Christinas Pardons For Eleven Prisoners. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dee. 24.—Christmas par dons and commutations for evelen men serving terms in the federal penitentiar ies was announced today by President Coolidge. mm AGAIN we cordially thank you for your loyal patronage and at the same time wish you the best of Christmases PIGGLY WIGGLY .
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