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O DISPATCHES • VOLUME xxm . GROUP Os ([THUGS -• 111 HOUSE DEMANDS VOTE OR IRE BOGUS Will Demand That Be Voted On Before * Enrf of January, Regardless of j Any Tax Revision. HOUSE VETERANS ! WILL LEAD FIGHT] Petitions Are Being Circu lated Asking That Confer ence Be Called to Discuss Matter Early in January. (By the Aaaorlatfd Pmu.) Washington, Doc. 20.—A house vote on the soldiers bonus by the end of Jan um y, regardless of the status of the ad ministration tax revision program, is the demand of the group Os republican rep resentatives who are war veterans. Petitions are in circulation railing for a eonferenee of republican members of the House on the night of Jnnuary 10. I'uder the proposed call, no business ex cept the bonus, would come up. It is the plan of those behind the movement to have the eonferenee instruct the ways I and means committee to report a bonus bill not later than January 21st. The executive committee sessions on f the tax bill have been suspended until j Thursday when hte measure again will be taken up. Representative Game#, of Texas, ranking democrat of the committee, has announced that he will offer for commit tee consideration a tax revision scheme which he says will differ la many re spects from the suggestions of the Treas ury. He has indicated he is in accord with a number of the administration pro posals, but believes many of the essen tial rerommendations are faulty. After the committee resumes its con sideration of the tax bill. Representative Frear, of Wisconsin, a republican insur gent member, is expected to put for ward the tax revision program of the insurgents. He has announced his in teution of conducting a fight on various provisions of the Mellon tax program. DAWRS AND YOUNG aON WAV TO PARI* MEETING *WHt «U as BxpertTwMh tin* Repara tions Commission Committee. (t, the Uwtwtal Press.* New York, Dec. 2D.—tharles Cl. Dawes, forme*- doctor of the budget, and Owen D. Young, of the General Electric .Company, sailed today on the steamship America t 6 sit with a repara tions commission committee in Paris to consider means of balancing the German budget. General Dawes attempted to elude newspaper men. and uttered numerous of his famous “Hell and Marias” every time they shot a question al him. His fellow voyager was more com municative. “I'm going over there,” said Mr. Young, “with the impartiality of utter ignorance, but I have hopes that we will accomplish something.” Rustis C. Dawes, the general's broth >r, and F. M. Crocker accompanied the reparations committeemen as aides. BANDITS FLASH GUNS AND MAKE BIG HAUL Entered Bank in Suburb of CMcago and Got Between *15,000 and *IB.OOO. (By tl*e Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 20.—Five robbers in ▼amled the State back of Summit, 111., a uuburb, todav, firing their revolvers as they entered, and carried away be tween *15,000 and *IB,OOO, ‘according to information received by the police. The bAndits lined up four employes, one a woman, against a wall and rifled the cages and money drawers. As they fled they fired revolvers wild ly in all directions, pedestrians scrambl ing for cover. One person was reported accidentally wounded when a grocery clerk seized a shot gun and fired at the fleeing robbers. TEN THOUSAND IN SILVER SCATTERED ON SIDEWALK Shower of Coins When Trolley Hits Bank Messenger’s Cab. Chicago. Dec. 27.—Ten thousand do!-| lars in silver was scattered over the pavement this afternoon, when n street car bumpfed into a taxicab, in which *50,000 was being carried from a Loop bank to the West Side. A po'iceman scooped up the money and transferred it and the messenger to a second cab, which then got so tangled in traffic that bank officials believed the whole thing a robery plot for almost an hour. Eventually, however, the money was delivered back at the National Produce Rank, in the Loop, to be redispntebed to I the Crawford State Savings Bank. Methodist Preacher Gives SBOO to Pay Church Debts- / Winston-Salem, Dec. 28.—Rev. J. S. Hiatt, pastor of Burkhend Methodist church, today gnve tlje members and friends of {be Hiatt Memorial M. E. 'church congregation a most unique Christmas present in a check for *6OO which completely liquidates the In debtedness on 'the church building and will make possible unhampered progress during the new year. The church was compleed a year ago and named in honor of Rev. Mr. Hiatt, nnder whose direction It was built. Gaston Hb~HI Milos of Improved Ra*4b, Gastonia, Dec. 20.—Gaston county has SQS miles of im)po>ved highways of which 137.1 Is hard surfaced, accordins to Statistics just made public here. The Concord Daily Tribune miusm school ISTDOEITS ATTEMPT j TG MAKE GETAWAYS One Hundred Girl Students in Industrial School at Del i aware, Ohio, Rushed by i the Matrons. TEN HAVBTno! BEEN LOCATED In Attempt to Quiet Girls Officers of School Ordered Music and the Girls Spent Most of Night Dancing. - Delaware, 0., Deo. 20 (By the Associ ated Press).—Search was being .made to day for ten young women, inmates of the girls' Industrial He bool, a stnte institu tion near liere, who escaped during the disorders last night in which more than one hundred girls participated. Those who took part in the uprising and did not. escape, today were quiet, after hav ing danced themselves tired early today in the assembly hatl of the institution. After quite a number had been segregat ed in the hall, one of the officials noticing | the attitude of many of the prisoners, or dered the music to be started. The girls (immediately started dancing, i A recent order of the state welfare de [partment that eor|>oral punishment be Tabolished at the institution, was said by attaches to be the root of the trouble. The girls in cottage five started the trouble. Tile matron was dashed aside, and the 45 girls dashed into the open, forty-five girl* dashed into the open. The group soon grew to more than 100 as girls from other cottages bolted. A majority contented themselves with rov ing about the grounds, throwing stones through windows, screaming and caus ing general commotion. Considerable furniture was smashed and several of the insurgents were cut by glass or in jured by falling. Sheriff Falls to Restore Order. Delaware, 0.. Dec. 20.—Disorders among the inmates at 1 lie girls’ industrial school near here, continued unabated here today despite the presence of Sher iff Fred Harter and a force of deputies. Bedlam continued in almost every cot tage at flic school while the assembly hall were fifty insurgents were undef-guard described as an inferno. DECLARE WILLIAM E. COREY WILL RENOUNCE AMERICA Associates Say Steel Magnate Will Fol low Astor’s Footsteps and Leave This Country Forever. k (By the Associated Press.) Nbw York, Dee. 20.—William E. Corey, millionaire steel magnate of Pittsburgh and former head of the United States Steel Corporation, who last month was divorced in Paris by his second wife, the former Miss HabcTle Gilman, of Sau Francisco, intends to follow in the footsteps of the late Vis eount Astor and leave America for good, it was declared today by his assoeiates in the financial district. JAPANESE CABINET IS DETERMINED TO GET OUT Tender Resignations Second Time When Prince Regent Refused to Accept First Ones. Tokio, Dec. 20 (By the Associated Press). —The Prince Regent this morn ing returned the resignations of the members of the cabinent presented on Thursday, refusing to accept them. Pre mier Yamamoto tendered the resigna tions again this afternoon, however, indi cating that the cabinet ministers do not desire to remain in office. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM TAKES OATH OF OFFICE Succeeds Father aa Commissioner of Ag riculture for North Carolina. (By the Associated Preaa.) Raleigh. I>«x 20.—Succeeding his father, who died last Monday, Win. A. Graham, yesterday afternoon was sworn into office as Commissioner of Agricul ture for North Carolina. The oath was administered by Associate Justice Hoke, of the State Supreme Court. Close rela • tives and friends of the new official were present. Rabbi’s Wife Was Drowned Accidental ly, Jury Decides. Wilmington, Dec. 28.—A coroner's Jury investigating the death of Mrs. I. Minsky, wife of the rabbi of B’Nui Israel synagogue here, whose body was found in a batkjub of her living apart ment Thursday afternoon, toduy return ed a verdict of deatli as a result of un . cidental drowning. I The body will be sent to New York for burial tomorrow. WHAT SAT'S BHAR SATS. : ; . r ; I I —: Fair tonight, wanner In west and edn s tral portions; Sunday cloudy and farm f er, probably local rajns; much colder by : Monday night. Diminishing northwest backing,to sotUtt winds. CONCORD, N. C., S|\TUR DAY, DECEMBER 29, 1923 BOYHOOD HEROES J -See aT Shinny club? " \ . I Know whefe tee's a fi \ - v wKote fWcH of/em an* fJj n r —*— upnqtyoh au.'iOh £v M i ' Gee! *aT Beds «anT fer. Two- bit's N \ m/ anYThimg VUh km apiece \ \ W BUY OOWM AT Ml? V —| ' Jrf m\ / Ty*»OAßeow«ew^, ' /f \ PASADENA’S GOLDEN JUBILEE. New Year Carnival and Tournament of Roses Next Tuesday. Pnsadenn, t’aiif.. Dec. 20.—Every hold iu the city is crowded, or has its rooms engaged in advance, every ar riving train is packed, and the prpspeet is bright for the largest crowd ever present in Pasadena for the famed New Yenr Carnival and Tournament of Roses. Few ycarljfestijfalK. in the UWtW States arc - better fciown than the j Tournament of Roses, which for thirty- j five years has been conducted under the auspices of a civic body, which has in its directorate leading citizens of Pasadena. This year the event is given added importance by the fact that it ushers in a yenr of festivities, conven tions. and other featured planned in celebration 'of Pasadena's golden jubilee or fiftieth anniversary. During the year, a score or more con ventions will nssemble in Pasadena, Three of them are national meetings. Delegates from the 100 or more centers of the Drama League of America will meet here in April. At the same time, it has been proposed to hold a conference of representatives of Pacific Const little theaters, under the leadership of the Pasadena Community Playhouse. The national meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers for 1924 is to be held here in June. The City Plan ning Conference, scheduled for April 10, is also national in scope. Pasadena hav ing recently adopted a comprehensive city plan, this gathering here will be of special interest. One of the biggest events of the year is scheduled to take place in the Autumn, when work actual ly will be started on carrying out the civic center project—just fifty years after Pasadena was settled. There will be a series of other special daysF to center attention on notab’e men who have added to Pasa dena’s fame. July 31 is to be kept as Robert J. Burdette Day, for the cele brated humorist who made this his home for many yenrs. Another big day will be set aside to commemorate the achievements of Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, inventor, for whom Mt. Lowe,, which overlooks Pasadena, was named. For the present, however, the at tention of everyone is fixed on the grand floral parade which will feature the Tournament of Roses next Tuesday. With 22 entries in the newly-formed historical division, and scores of other floats in the 10 other divisions, the spectacle this year is certain to surpass all of its predecessors. Twenty-eight handsome trophies have been offered, which will be awarded to the winners of the (various classifications. Special interest centers in the his torical division, because it is intended to tell the story of Pasndenn’s develop ment In the last fifty years. Tuesday afternoon is to be given over to the East-West intercollegiate championship football contest, in the Rose Bowl. Tliis is a mammoth stadium holding 65,000 people, which was built . by popular subscription, under the auspices of the Tournament of Rose Association, in the Arroyo Seco, nnd presented to the city of Pasadena. The forthcoming game will be played be tween the United States Naval Academy of Annapolis, as the representative team of the Blast, and the Universitv of Washington, representing the West. Among the spectators of the contest will he thousands of officers and men of the United States Fleet, who have . been granted special leave to enjoy the oc casion. Last year Ontario produced 90,500,- 000 pounds of factory cheese, out of a tota' of 134.530,000 pounds for the " whole of Cnnada. J on the basis of Its last report, had lost ' well over a fourth of the membership it had enrolled in IWM. EXPLOSION MAY HAVE I WRECKED THE DIXMI DE ] Flashes at Sea Seen id Time the Watch i of the Commander, Whose Body Was I Found, Stopped. Paris, Dec. 29 (By the Associated ' Press). —A sudden explosion was sug- : gested today as the cause of the disap pearance of the dirigible Dixmude, ad vices from Rome aajd'jthat, nothing had been fciUMU-aoaan* of Lieut. : Grenadan, commander of the dirigible. 1 whose body was recovered by fishermen j ] off HiclTy to show that he felt the ship was in immediate danger. In addition Sicilians told of having seen flashes at sea at the time the Lieutenant's watch stopped. The watch had stopped at 2:30 o’clock. Other persons report that two distinct flames, resembling bails of fire, disappeared into the waves. It is considered possible that the fore most car of the six attached to the Dix mude, which contained/ "the captain’s cab in, fell into the sea nlone. lightening the craft and causing it to rise higher and be carried along by the wind. With Our Advertisers. The Concord Bakery, makers of Milk Maid bread, has a new ad. today. A. B. Pounds lias 4.320 fire shovels which he is going to give away. He wants every family in Concord to have one. See new ad. or telephone 244. The Cash Feed Store sells Purina O- Molene feed, which keeps your animals i in fine shape. Eflrd's is now giving from onethird to one-half off on the price of all dresses. See ad. today on page three. Otto Wood Taken to State Prison. Greensboro. N. C., Dec. 29.—0tt0 Wood, under a thirty year sentence for the murder of A. W. Kaplan, pawnbrok er, was taken to the Stnte Prison at Raleigh on December 27th to begin serv ing his sentence. Wood was convicted of having slain Kaplan in an attempt to rob him. > Review of Business For 1923 Shows Railroads Did Well (By the Associated Preaa.) New York, Dec. 29. —Business in the United States during 1923 was good in | most lines, with the outlook for 1924 regarded an encouraging by many busi ness houses and banking leaders. While opinion is divided ns to the extent which domestic business has suffered by tbe unsettled Condition of Europe, there is a unanimity of opinion among industrial executives that a sat isfactory solution of the tnublfWine reparations problem would stimulate business nnd increase industrial activ ity in tin's country. Freed from the heavy expenses en tailed by the prolonged shopmen's strike nnd the less of revenue from the miners’ strike, which caused enormous losses in 1922, the railroads generally enjoyed a prosperous year. Net income of Clast One road*, for the fir?t ten months of 1923. the latest figures available, to talled approximately #820,000.000, an increase of #200.000,000 over the oorre , sponding period of 1022, with indica tions that the year's total, net income would reach $1,000,000,000. Freight traffic reached record-break ! ing proportions, the weekly car loadings exceeding the million mark more than twenty times. The increased efficiency in loading and moving cars was shown by an increase of approximately 30 per ■ cent, in net ton miles over 1922. Huge i sums were spent for new equipment, the ( purchase of which was financed largely by short term obligations known as equipment trusts. The Baltimore & : j Ohio railroad resumed dividends on its t j common stockn during the year, the New | York Central increased its annnal divi TIIE COTTON MARKET Opening Was Unchanged to 19 Points j Higher.—Advance Met Realizing Later. (By the Associated Press.) ! New York, Dec. 29.—The cotton mnr ; ket opened unchanged to 11* points higher ; today in response to relatively steady Liverpool cables, reports of an active business in thr Southern spot markets ( yesterday), and prospects fj>r large ex ports (luring the hCxL few day*, ka&a* | advance to 35.85 lor March and 35.97 I for July met the realizing, however, and ; there was scattered local and Wall street selling which was probably pro moted by the talk of mill curtailment in botli the South and North. March broke to 35.53 and July to 34.75 after the call, or about 12 to 23 points net lower, but the offerings were compara tively light, and tlie market steadied up again during early trading. Closed Barely Steady. New York, Dec. 29.—a Cotton futures closed barely steady: January 34.95; March 35.36 to 35A0; May 3 ( 5.50 to 35.57; July 34.60 to 34.62; October 20.77 to 26.80. Cotton futures opened firm. Jan. 33.15; March 35.80; May 35.96; July 05.00; Oct. 20.18. WANTS TO KNOW WHY LIQUOR LIST DISAPPEARED i Representative Newton Trying to Get Information From Washington Officers. Ill) the Associated Press.) | Washington, Dec. 29.—Efforts were renewed today by Representative New ton, republican, of Minnesota, to obtain information from the District of Colum bia police as to the disappearance of the long list of liquor purchasers seized in the recent bootleg raid. In a letter to Commissioner Jas. F. Oyster, in charge of the police, Mr. Newton declared the Commissioner bad failed to give him the information he requested regarding the raid and subsequent developments. . (lend from 5 to 7 per cent , and the Gulf, Mobile & Northern • declared an I initial dividend of 1 per cent, on its j preferred stock. The T/ouisville & Nashville railroad declared a stock divi-' dend of 62 1-2 per cent. For the first time since 1017 the rail roads showed' an increase in the con -1 struetion of main line mileage. Im portant construction developments under way include the linking up of the South -1 ern Pacific with Alexieo City, the double tracking of the Santa Fe. the cut-off operations of the New York Central at Albany and of the Illinois Central on its mnin line. Elimination of the 12-hour day at the suggestion of the late President Harding was one of the outstanding de . velooments of the steel industry in 1023. i E. H. Gary, chairman of the United ' States Steel Corporation, estimated, when the announcement was made, that i the change in working hours would in crease the cost of production by 15 per cent. Record-breaking building eon -1 struetion. much of which was delayed by the war, and unusually large railroad ■ orders helped to offset the loss of export i business through the economic disturb i anee of Europe. Material for recon r struetion work ,in Jnpan was an import i ant factor in the closing months of the • vear. The declaration of an extra • dividend of 1-4 of 1 per cent, by the > United Stateu Steel Corporation on Oc i tober 30th was generally construed as i an expression of confidence in the ira c mediate business future. I Heavy over-production of crude oil in ir California followed by the discovery of (Concluded on Page Six). Made Money : •' ' | It is reported that Lieutenant Onboriip ; Cutler Wood, son of General Leonard i Wood, governor general of the Philip pines, will resign his commission soon. •He is reported to have made nearly a 1 | million dollars in Wall Street specula tions, and is about to enter the diplo j matic service. ; MOROS DIE IN CLASH WITH THE CONSTABULARY I Twenty-One Were Killed in Fighting Which Took Place on 16th of This Month. Manila, P. 1., Dec. 29 (By the Asso rted Press). —Twenty-one Mores were killed in a clash with sixty soldiers of j the Philippine constabulary at Malun |du in I>anou province, Island of Min . daiiao, on December 16th. according to a dispatch received here from Major Fletcher, commander of the Philippine scouts, at Zamboanga. There were no casualties among the members of the constabulary. At least | twenty-five Moroe are believed to have escaped. The Moros were accused of cutting telephone wires maintained by the con stabulary. The clash was at the aban doned cottage where tlie Moros were en camped. They were under the leader ship of Dato Pata. MISSIONARY SEIZED BY BANDITS IS NOW FREE E. W. Schmalzried. Captured in No vember, Set at Liberty on December 20th. Peking, Dec. 29 (By the Associated Press). —E. W. Sehmalzreid, an Amerir , cwi mjasionary attached toj the -Reioruied .Church in the United States, who was kidnapped by bandits last November, was released on December 20tli, accord ing to advices received here from Chang sha, in Hunan province. No details were given. Mr. Sohmalzeid whose mission is at Shenehow-Fu, was seized while he was on his way from Changteh to Tungjen. Four women who were occompanying him at the time were permitted ta re sume their journey. TWO WOMEN KILLED BY BOMB THROWERS Bombs Were Thrown at Budapest Into a Crowded Dance Hall. (By the Associated Press.) Budapest. Dec. 29.—A bomb was hurl ed yesterday among the crowded dancers at a Jewish woman’s charity ball ’ at Chongrad. southern Hungary, killing two women and wounding fifthy. The bombers who tossed the missle through a window, are suspected of being members of the anti-Semitic “Awakening Magyrs Association.” After the explosion the crowd within tlie building rushed to the door. In the panic that resulted many were injured. Saved By Loaf of Bread. PhiDipsburg, N. J.. Dec. 21*.—A loaf of bread, saved the life of l’eter Scripp, of New Village, a short distance east of here, yesterday. Peter went to the home of a neighbor, and during bis visit a fight started, during which he was hit over the head with a bottle by Luip Wasylehnk, severing an artery. A physi cian was sent for at Washington, five miles away, but it was feared Scripp would die before the doctor con'd reach him- A friend, who had learned the trick in Poland, grabbed a loaf of fresh bread, cut of the crust, placed tlie loaf on the wound, then bandaged it tightly. The flow of blood was stopped, and, when lie came. Dr. Lariew 1 gave the bread credit for saving the man’s life. , Wasylehnk is in the county jail at Belvidere. QOCOOOOOOOOOOOOO<»OOOOijqOOOOOOOOaOOOOOOOOC»OOOOOOOB4» ■ I CHRISTMAS CLUB j j Our 1924 Christmas Club Now Open Join Today and Have Money Next Christmas Citizens Bank and Trust Company I ■ # TODAY’S « ® NEWS « O TODAY (I NO. 307. FEDERAL FORCES IN t REBEL QUARTERS Advance Against Stronghold at Guadalajara Is Being Conducted at the Present From Three Sides of City. TEHAUCAN HAS BEEN EVACUATED BY REBELS And Federal Reports State That Rebels Are Retiring on Several Fronts—Presi dent Obregon Moves. ‘By the Associated Press.. Juarez. Mexico, Dec. 2D.—Federal forc es early today are hemming in on three sides the revolutionary stronghold at Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco. After j having captured the towns of Zncoalco, Yitracuaro and Cuidad Guzman, the fall |of the city is expected momentarily. Reports that thp revolutionists had captured Gen. Cardenas and 300 men at Irnpuato were contradicted in advices re ceived here by the consul genera], he raid, adding that Cardenas is commanding a division on one side of Guadalajara. Evacuate Tehauean.' Mexico City, Dec. 2ft (By the Associ ated Press). —A general advance upon Vera Cruz extending from Tehauean to Apizaco lias been ordered to begin Satur day under command of General Eugenio Martinez, according to Puebla specials. This following the receipt of a report from General Almazan to the effect that the rebels have evacuated Tehauean and are retiring in the direction of Oxaoi. President Obregon has moved his head quarters from lrapuato to Yurecucaro following the evacuation of that town and I>a Barca by the rebels. The work of re pairing the railways torn up by the rebels is being rushed. CRI'ISER ROCHESTER SENT TO lIONDVRAS Will Remain There Until Present Dis turbances hi Honduras Have Quieted. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 2ft.—The armored cruiser Rochester, flagship of the U. S. special service squadron in Central and SouWr • American -waters, has been sent to"-ahtTPhrt tit Ajtnapnla 4Jpndurf§, apd'; ■ will remain in the vicinity until the pres ent disturbances in Honduras and south ern Mexico have quieted. The step is explained as a precaution ary measure against any ham to Ameri can life or property in cither of the two countries now torn by international war fare. The Rochester is in command of Admiral Dayton, who also is commander of the Southern Cruiser Squadron. She lias aboard a small complement of ma rines, but it is understood none of the ship's personnel will be landed except in case of an emergency threatening Ameri can interests. From the Honduran port to which she has been ordered, the cruis er will be within easy reach of Southern Mexican parts where the revolution is reported to have gained headway. REV. SABINE BARING GOULD CRITICALLY ILL Due to His Advanced Age Much Anxiety Is Felt Over Outcome of Illness. (By the Associated Press ’ Lew-Teenchard, Devonshire, England. Dec. 2ft.—The condition of Rev. Sabine Bariug-Gould, the author, writer of “On ward, Christian Soldiers,” and other widely known hymns, was stated last night to be very critical. He has been seriously ill at his home here for some time, and because of his advanced age— he will be ftO years old next month much anxiety is felt over the outcome of his illness. Venizelcs on Way to Athens. Paris, Dee. 2ft (By the Associated Press). —Former Premier Venizelos, of Greece, left Paris for Athens last night. He evaded newspaper men by announc ing that his departure had been post poned. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Cline and daughter, Miss Volina, of Blacksburg, S. C., arc expected to arrive in Concord! this evening to visit at the home of Mr. Cline's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cline, on East Corbin Street.
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