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• ASSOCIATED 0 • PRESS 0 • DISPATCHES • VOLUME XXIII Many Are Killed in a Big Explosion at Pekin, 111. Between 20 and 35 Persons Were Killed and 100 In jured as Result of Explo sion and Fire. , BUILDINGS ARE REDUCED TO DEBRIS: Accident Occurred in Pow der House of Starch Build ings of the Corn Products Refining Company. Pekin, 111., Jan. 3.—(By the Asso ciated Press). —Between twenty and thirty-five persons were killed and 100 injured, according; to estimates, in an explosion and fire ip the starch build ing of the Corn Products Refining Com pany here eniy today. At 10 a. m. seven bodies, six of them identified, had been recovered. At that hour, two buildings of the big plant were in ruins, building No. S 3, the starch powder house, where the blast occurred, being reduced to a mass, of smoldering debris, nnd building No. 27, the starch house, still ablaze, its wtt))« standing, but giving off heat so intense that on efforts qould he made to search for the liodies. Five men, wording in five box cars about 30 feet from the building were missiug, nnd are believed to have been killed Os the cars were destroyed by the explosion. Although ordinarily 250 men were em ployed in the starch houses, according to Fiank Welde, manager, only seventy two men were in the starch powder house where the explosion occurred, according to the best information he had. He and Superintendent Lawson refrained from offering any estimate of the dead ami injured until they could obtain more definite information. When the blast occurred, relatives and friends of the employees rushed to. the ptant from their homes in Pekin, Wfl miles away. Trapped on the third floor of the burning plant Frank Lichtweiss, aged 26, of Peroia, sang to hi« fellow work ers for nearly an hour to calm them, anil when the lust retreat was cut off jumped from the blazing building. He has a voice of unusual Quality and some of his companions went to their death with the strains of the songs in thfit memory. He did not jump nil til' aII the ipen wi » were able to* leave the floor had done so. He is severely bnriftM. and is in a hospital here. Fire companies from both Peoria and Pekin responded to the cdlls for aid. Distance and severe cold handicapped tWr fire fighters and rescue workers. Water froze on the ruins and gave a blackened mantel to the tvnlls of the house and debris of the stnich //powder house. Only the walls of build ing No. 27 way standing at 10 o’clock. The Story From Peoria. Peroia. 111., Jan. 3. —Between 20 and 30 men trapped in the basement of the starch works of the Corn Products Com pany plant at Pekin are believed to have been killed in an explosion which wrecked the yuilding admit 3:35 this as-. ternoon. More than 100 other work- 1 . men were injured, of whom about twenty probably will die of burns, physicians said. Kflscue vfprhers report seeing many bodies in the basement, but they will be unable to reach them until the panics are controlled. The plant employed about 800 men and it is estimated thtat about 210 were at work when the explosion occurred, members of the night shift which went on at 11 o’clock. Among the victims also were about twenty*five workers due to go on at 4 o’clock. The cause of the blast has not been determined, but if is believed to have been due to a dust explosion. The explosion was so ter rific that several box ears alongside the plant sere shattered or blown off the tracks. The property damage is esti in at about SIOO,OOO. Tile identified dead are: George Hnr meu, Lee Harding, Louis Sohmidt. Wil liam Rumler, John Hooper and William Vogelsang. New Marriage License Record In Ihir ham. (By the Associated Press.l Durham, Jan. 3.—Durham county es tablished a new marriage license record during December,’ according to the re port of N. G. Markham, register of deeds. Oiie hundred twenty licenses to weil were issued during the 31-day pe riod. The previous record was made last December when 112 of the docu ments were issued, while the monthly average is around 60. The record for the year, also a new high record, was 772 licenses. Another Unit of the National Guard. (By the Associated Press.) Asheville, Jan. 3.—Another unit of the National guard probably will be organiz ed in North Carolina according to ad vices received here fro* Adjutant Gener al J. Vanß. Metts. The city of Ashe ville has been invited by General Metts to organize a headquarters and service company for the Engineers Regiment. Asheville already is the location of cav alry and veterinary troops. Some Marrying in Cumberland. (By the Associated Press.) Fayetteville! N. C., Jan 3.—Dan Cupid took the toll of 442 couples'in Cumber land county during 1923, according to the records of the register of deeds made public here on January first. It’ was a close race between Caucasians and Ethiopians, the records indicated. 223 of the licenses going to white couples while the dusky race got the remaining 219. Queen Mary of Eng’nnd Is said to V the best cook among tbe royal women of Europe. The Concord Daily Tribune ************** * “DON’T PAY TO SWAP ' * * COTTON DOLLARS FOR * •h BREAD AND MEAT” * * * & (By the Associated Press) * * Atlanta. Ga„ Jan. 3.—"lt has * I* taken the advent of the boll weevil * * to blnßt into the minds of outiiern * * farmers that it does not pay to * * swap cotton dollars for bread and * * meat ,from the west,” farmer Gov- * * ornor R. I. Manning, of South Car- * * olina, stated today in speaking in * *, opposition to lower grain rates * * from the west, at an Interstate * * commerce hearing here. * * * *************** WALL ST. BOYS DEMONSTRATE l . S. IS LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Evidence That the United States is a Land of Opportunity. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 3. —That the United States remains a land of opportunity is evidenced by the fact that during the last five years 30 former |iage boys an tele phone clerks have purchased seats ip the New York Stock Exchange at SBO,OOO or more each. .Benjamin Jackobson, for mer page boy who pa id SBO,OOO for a seat, is the most recent example. Among tlie members who worked from a humble position to a seat in the ex change is Celentin A. Durand whose phe nomenal rise from a obscure clerk to his present position occurred in a period of eight years. He lias the record of being a trade genius and has purchased seats in the exchange for two assistants. Another striking example is Arthur G. Somers, now a member of Charles M. Schott, Jr., & Co., of which he became a senior partner January Ist. He be gan his business career as a runner for a Wall Street brokerage house. For twelve years he worked as clerk and six years ago bought exchange membership with $90,000 borrowed money. II he now hQs 100 clerks in his employ. "There are now more than 1,000 stocks listed on exchange insteeail of about 250 as there were years ago. These are in creasing steadily." said Somers. "Now something like 1.000.000 shares change hands daily; l predict that before 1024 has run we will see 3.000,00!) shares a day. "This means that experienced men will be in greater demand. It means that mow mss mlisnligsis isisil lin in ■lQ—' fireship as page abd clerk must buy legts. Mr. Somers declared the first requisite for the young man who would succeed in Wall Street, is honesty. Per Acre Crop Value in State Multi plied. Raleigh, Jan. 2.—North Carolina per acre crop values have climbed from $22.10 in 1000 to SSO in 1023, accord ing to an annual report issued today by Commissioner W. A. Graham, of the North Carolina Department of Agricul ture, setting forth comparative figures demonstrating the state agricultural progress. This state ranked fourth among the states of tlie union in 1023, as it did in 1922, in the total value of the 22 prin cipal crops, tlie reports stated. The average per acre value of cotton in North Carolina in 1923 was given as SIOO, while it was stuted many formers averaged over S2OO gross return per ■icre on the cotton planting. Tobacco averaged $l6O per acre, ac cording to the report. The total value of all of the principal erons produced in the state last year was estimated at $431,500,000. as compared with $131,- 1)72,000 in 1000. German Druggist Sent to Jail When He Scorned Paper Marks. (By the Associated Press.) Berlin. Jan. 3.—Six months in jail and n fine of ten trillion marks was the sentence imposed on a Frankfort drug gist for refusal to take paper marks in exchange for iietroleum. He told the court he had to pay for the oil in some sort of stable money and consequently did uot know how he could replenish his stock if he sold for paper marks. Under the laws of the republic'paper marks are legal tender and the judge bail the druggist hustled off to jail imme diately. explaining that such treatment of the denier would have good effect on other merchants and afford the public protection.- Mississippi Cyclone Does Damage. IMy the Associated Press.* Meridian, Miss., Jan. 3.—A cyclone , struck Causcyville, four miles south of Meridian, shortly after midnight, injur ing several negroes, nnd doing heavy property damage. Numerous families arc ■homeless. »: Cali For National Bank -Statements. PSSMJ po)S|ooswy oqi .Cg) Washington, Jan. 3.—The Comptroller of the Currency today issued a call for the condition of all Nationnl Backs nt the close of business on Monday, Decem ber 31st. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS., Rain and colder tonight, Friday fair and much colder. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1924 BY GOLLY! THIS IS GETTING EXCITING r~ —— -Toons twee Y; ; CAL HAP HIM ) , V, S' ' s \ > V "I . 1 / Whose me , 4 C /■' T— N -: i'STfWW? j fSk TTsA i ABOUT TIIE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS Place* cf Meeting Since 1844 and Ballot on Which Nominees Were Named. Washington. D. (’., Jan- 3.—St. Louis is engaged just now in a vigorous cam paign to capture the Democratic nation al convention to be held this summer. New York. Chicago and several other cities will also be applicants for the -n- v. i m tvhea. the national, committee meets het***fWlP* , nifrßth Toinake’ the" final decision. While the Republicans have confined their conventions a'most entirely to the middle West, the Democrats have done considerable wandering in the past. In comparatively recent years they have been as far south 11s Baltimore and ns fnr west as San Francisco. Should St. Louis be named ns the convention city this yenr. abundant precedent may be found for the choice. Since lS7it St. Louis has had the honor of entertaining more Democratic national conventions than any other city. Four times within that period have the presidential tickets cf the party been named in the Mound City. Chicago, with three of the Demo cratic national conventions to its credit, is next in the list. In the early years Baltimore was the favorite convention city of the Democrats. Going back more than seventy-five years, the meeting places of the Democrats were as follows, with their presidential nominee: 1844—Baltimore; Polk nominated on ninth ballot. 1848—Baltimore; Cass nominated on fourth bal’ot. 1852 —Baltimore; Pierce nominated on ninth ballot. 1856—Cincinnati; Bbobanan nomi nated on seventeenth ballot. 1860 —Charleston. S. C.; Douglas led on fifty-seventh ballot, when convention adjourned ’to reconvene at Baltimore, where Douglas was nominated on second ballot. 1864—Chicago; McClellan nominated on first ballot. 1868—New York ; Seymour nominnt , od by acclamation on twenty-second , ba'lot. 1872—Baltimore ; Greeley nominated . on first ballot. 1876 —St. Louis; Tilden nominated on . second ballot. I 1880 —Cincinnati; Hancock nominat . ed by acclamation after second ballot. 1884—Chicago; Cleveland nominated , on second ballot. 1888 —St. Louis; Cleveland nominat ed by acclamation without ballot. 1802 —Chicago; Cleveland nominated on first ba’lot 1896—Chicago; Bryan nominated ■ > after fifth ballot. \ 1900—Kansas City; Bryan nominat . cd by acclamation. r 1004—St. Louis; Parker nominated after first ballot. I!K>B—Denver: Bryan nominated on first ballot. 1012 —Baltimore: Wilson nominated on forty-sixth ballot. 1910—St. Louis; Wilson nominated on first ballot. 1920 —Saif Franeiseo; Cox on forty fourth ballot. 1024 ? ? ? S_ Reward Offered for Gatling’s Arrest. ißy ts» tmKatdl Press.* Raleigh, Jan. 3.—While Raleigh police reported that no trace of Lawrence Gat ling, alleged slayer of his wife and Owen Stephens had been found,. Governor Mor rison today offered a reward “for an al leged party in the county of Wake, wanted for the murder of Mrs. Lawrence Gatling, and Owen Stephens.” The Gov ernor named S4OO as the amount of the reward, tbe highest allowed under the state law. | Kansas is geographically the central States of the Unitsd States, bcin£ equal ly distant from the four boundaries of the country. ORDER IS ENTERED TO VACATE THE DIVORCE Until Mrs. Sanderson Shall Satisfy the Court That She Js a Resident of Rhode Island. (By the Associated Press.) Providence, It. t„ .Tan. 3. : —Judge Cheater W. Burrows, of the Superior Court, today entered an order vacating the divorce granted yesterday to Nina Wih-ox Putnam SJandv&pn, from Robert ■!.'~'Sftt)<rerSon, unfix Subh time as~sM» -hall appear in person nod satisfy tlie court that she has been a resident of this state for more than two years prior to October 16th. 1923. Judge Burrows also sent a letter to P. Francis Cassidy, attorney for Mrs. Sanderson’s son, stating that if the court does not hear from his client within a | reasonable time, it will feel that it is j its duty to lay the facts before the at-! torney general for suitable action. | PRESIDENT TAKES HIKE WITHOUT HIS OVERCOAT Shivering Washingtonians Gasp as the Executive Scorns Cold Wave. Washington, D. C., Jan. I.—Persons on the Washington streets today, bundl ing up their wraps iu one of the cold est snaps of the winter, noticed a man iu ordinary business suit walking along ! briskly without an overcoat. His indif- I ference to the cold made him a rather curious figure, nnd tlie curiosity was in creased when passers-by, approaching nearer, saw it was the President. Dir. Coolidge missed hits early morn- | ing walk today, but made up this after- i uoon with a jaunt around I-afayotte Square and the ellipse back of the White} House. He proved the -Washington temperatures have not thinned his blood by leaving all outer covering behind, much to the interest of those who were discussing the cold wave. The mercury stood at 35. The President returned to tlie White House smoking a cigar and in the best of I spirits. He rose at his usual hour! today, 6.30 a. m„ and wan at tlie exeu- | five offices before any one hut his per-1 soual secretary, Edward T. Clarke, was ou deck causing other employees to un derstand he intends to set a fast pace for 1024. He signed a number of pa pers before returning to the- White House. Irvin York Honored. Nashville, Tenn , Jan. 3.—Pall Mall post office, in Fentress county, the home of Alvin York, hero of the World War, ha« been named “Alvin Y’ork" by tiie I post office department at Washington in | honor of tiie soldier, said to be one of | the greatest of the war. General Advance of Rends to Begin To day. Vera Cruz, Jan. 2.—The general ad vance of the rebels oil Puebla and Mexico City will begin today, according to in surgent headquarters. Who Pays For Advertising? | Not the manufacturer, for he thereby procures more | 1 business, the profits from which more than offset the ad | vertising cost. j* Not the retailer, for advertised brands sell easiest, turn p quickest and therefore yield the greatest on the amount | invested per year. Not the person who buys the advertised article, for | the cost of production has been brought down by increased A business and the cost of selling has been reduced because I advertising has already practically completed the sale. | Advertising is an investmerft which produces returns I and therefore pays for Itself.. EDITORS MEET AT PIN’EHURST North Carolina Press Association Opens Its Mill-Winter Session. fßy the AMHoeiated Pre**.) Pinelmrst, N. (’., Jan. 3. —With the publishers and editors from all sections es the State preent, tlie North Carolina Press Assooeiation opened its mid-winter meeting here todhy with President Phas. A. Webb, of the Asheville Citizen, pre siding; During the morning session the members of the -craft heard addresses by' Leonard Tufts, of Piuehurxt, on North Carclinti’is natural resources, anil Bion H. Butler, of Southern Pines, on the Sandhills. Today's session followed tlie execu tive committee meeting last night and a meeting of the Associated Press Club composed of members of tlie association j who also sire members of the Associated ! Cress. T;)iis meeting adjourned this j afternoon at 1 o’clock. | The evils of free publicity were to be I discussed this afternoon. Golfing and otlidr amusement will also occupy a portion of the afternoon. Harry Thaw Will Again Seek’His Free dom. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 3.—Bartholomew B. Coyne, a New Y’ork lawyer, who for a j number of years has represented Harry jK. Thaw, today definitely confirmed re liorts that his client, the slayer of Stan- I ford White, now in a Philadelphia asy ) lum, would soon seek his freedom. | Confirmation of reports that Thaw | would seek his freedom anil face charges of having whipped Frederick Gump of Kansas City in a New York hotel in 11017. today Was followed by announce l meat that Gump would agree to settle a $650,000 civil damage suit against Thaw out of court, nnd indications that he would let the criminal charge lapse. Thaw’s Mother Will Oppose Attempt. Philadelphia. Jan. 3.—Former Judge James Gay Gordon. I'ounsel for Mm. , Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, indicated today that any attenlpt 'to have Thaw released from the Petm- Isylvania Hospital’for Mental ami Xer i vous Diseases would 'bt> opposed. Fire at Halifax. Nova Scotia. (By the Associated Press.) Halifax. N. S.. Jan. 3.—Fire this af ternoon swept and Union Ho tels on Water st™t. Tlie blaze started in the I’aris. Tlie entire upiier story was in flames before fire apparatus ar rived aud, fanned by a stiff wind, the fire spread to the Union. Soon both buildings were ftlav.ing furiously. i Resolution to Investigate Eletrtkm of Mayfielil. flly the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 3.—A resolution for mally authorizing investigation of the . election of Senator Mayfield, democrat., of i Texa,s. was adopted today by the Senate. . A sub-committee will meet in a few days to map out proceednre. tom RESUMES MK AFTER THft-; HOLM RECESS With Indications Pointing to Busy Five Months Before Adjournment for the Na tional Conventions. DEADLOCK STILL REMAINS UNBROKEN The Senate Ballots for Chair man of Interstate Com merce Committee.—Pyro technics in the House. (By the Annoolated Prena,) Washington. Jan. 3.—With the two weeks holiday recess over. Congress went back to work today with indications pointing to a busy five months before adjournment for the national conven tions. | In the Senate, balloting for a chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee was the order after tlie usual morning , hour for transaction of business of "a routine character. Despite holiday eon-I ferences there appeared little prospect for a breaking of tlie deadloek which de-1 veloped soon after Congress convened at month ago. The House program called for a day ' of oratory. Three members had prepar ed addresses to deliver. Representative Treadway, republican, of Massachusetts, on the anthracite situation ; liepresenta- ! tive Upshaw, democrat, of Georgia, on ! "The Majesty of the Law and National Sobriety,” and Pedro Guevara, the resi jilent Philippine commissioner, on Phil "ippine independence. Next week tlie House expects to re ceive from the committee carrying funtlu for the interior department. Army and navy and other supply bills will follow. The House ways and means commit-1 tec had before it again today the Mellon tax revision bill, but members said it would be another 10 days or two weeks before consideration of the administra tive provisions of the measure would be completed. HINES’ CHANCES FOR RECOVERY ARE GOOD Mabel Ncrmand Taken to Hlspital in Highly Nervous State. * • - Los Angeles. Jan. 3.—Coitrtlanil S. Dines. Denver oil operator, shot New Dears night by H. A. Grier, chauffeur for Mabel NormaniT. film star, passed . a satisfactory night at a hospital here, according to attending physicians. They added his chance of recovery was good. Miss Ncrmand. who last night, was taken to the same hospital, is said to , be in a highly nervous state. She will be operated on for appendicitis in a few days, her physicians said. Texas is After Irvin S. Cobb For Violating Hunting Law. Houston, Tex., Jan. 2.—lrvin S. ■ Cobb, humorist, against whom a war rant charging violation of the Texas game law has been issujd, is said to be hunting aud fishing off Aransas Pass t and it is not known when he will return . to the city. Meantime state officers are holding . the warrant, in which it is alleged Cobb . took a resident hunting license under the name of J. H. Davis two years ago • when he should have obtained a non t resident license. The resident license f fee is $2, the non-resident is sls. The i warrant was issued after a complaint . had been filed at Wharton. . Houston, Tex., Jan. 2. —Irvin Cobb, . New York writer, named in a warrant held by Texas officers charging vio'ation of the state game law, is not likely to v fall into the clutches of the officials, it was announced today by friends who declare he has been in New York for ’ two weeks. . Man and Eight Children Burned to Death. ißy tlie Associated Press, t Oil City, Pa.. Jan. 2.—Trapped in an • upstairs room with escape cut off by tlie burning of the stairs. James Mentzer. aged 77. and eight of his grandchildren ranging in age from two months to four teen years, were burned to death yester day, when fire destroyed a farm house nt Tylersburg, in a remote section of Clar ion County. Masked Robbers Get $4,000 Worth of Jewelry. (Ty the Associated Press.) New Y’ork. Jan. 3.—Two masked rob bers with drawn revolvers this morning invaded tlie suite occupied by David Pal ter, a stock broker, on tiie fifth floor of a.W est Tilth street apartment house, forc ed their way into Sirs. Palter’s bedroom and escaped with $4,0000 worth of jew elry. - To Count a TrUlkui No Idle Job. " (By the Associated Press.) 1 Heidelberg. Jan. 3.—Since the terms billions and trillions came into daily ns | | age in Germany in connection with the » paver mark, some one has figured out j that if Old Adam hud started counting ji in the Garden of Eden nnd kept on counting eyer since to this day, he would « reach the total of a trillion some time |j within the next year. ; Two Trainmen Killed. (By the Associated Press.) t Orangeburg, 8. C., Jan. 3.—Two train “ men were killed and four seriously in s jured near here early today when a lo i comotive pulling a freight conductor’s jj cab ran into a special freight train on || the main line of the Southern Kailway. i The crash occurred in a dense fog, mem g bers of the train crew said. : O TODAYS <1 0 NEWS O • TODAY O 00000000 NO. 311. DRASTIWION TO ALLEGED LIQUOR DRINKING By Members of Congress and Other High Officials is Demanded by Represen tative Upshaw, of Georgia. MAKES VIGOROUS SPEECH IN HOUSE Wants to Stop the Flow of “Diplomatic” Liquor in Bootlegging Channels.— Introduces Resolution. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Jan. 3. —Drastic action to put a stop to alleged liquor drinking by members of Congress and other high gov ernment officials, and to prevent leakage of “diplomatic” liquors into bootleg chan- I nels, was demanded today by Representa tive Upshaw. democrat, of Georgia. His demand was embodied in a resolution I ami a speech prepared in support of it. Mr. I'pshaw said Congress should “clean around its own door by passing a resolution declaring persona non grata to i the floor of tile House, any member found • under the influence of liquor in the capi tor or house office building, or known to • have liquor illegally acquired in his of fice.” He also suggested that all Federal ap pointees including cabinet officers, army and navy officers, and diplomatic and ] consular representatives abroad, be re quired to take a pledge of total abstin ence. The "executive guillotine,” he added, should be used on all government officials known to drink liquor. In reference to diplomatic liquor Air. I'pshaw said : “Recent investigations have convinced me that some diplomats would be hear itily glad to be relieved of the expense and all their other troubles and respon sibilities from liquor immunity. I am introducing a bill to relieve them of their temptations in our prohibition land.” If he were President, Mr. I'pshaw said, he would "declare without delay the White House shall be dry, the President shall he dry, his appointees shall be dry, and I here and now ca)l for the resignn tiojv of eyqry executiyc appointee, includ ing oymy, navy ami cabinet officers, who drink the liquor that has been outlaw ed by tiie constitution of our country.” THE COTTON MARKET Renewal of Liquidation.—Decline of From 5 to 36 Points. (By tbe Associated Press.) New York. Jan. 3. —There was a re newal of liquidation in the cotton market at the opening today owing to the con tinued weakness of Liverpool and reports that yesterday's break in raw cotton had 1 checked the demand for cotton goods. First prices were easy at a decline of 5 to 36 points, with March selling off to 34.37 and July to 33.60. Some trade buying was reported at these figures, pre sumably to fix prices, however, while liquidation was less active than it was yesterday, and the market steadied up some 30 or 40 points from the lowest during the early trading, i Cotton futures opened easy: January • 34.00; March 34.40; May 34.60; July i 33.65; October 28.15. With Our Advertisers. , Watch for Efird’s Pre-Inventory Sale announcement tomorrow. All Ladies’ Suits, Coats and Dresses, Men’s and Roys’ Suits and Overcoats reduced for . this big Pre-Inventory Sale. Is your watch accurate? If not, take i it| to the Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. > New line of dress ginghams at Scar boro's. See new- ad. i 1 The mid-winter shoe sale at the S. S. • Brown Shoe Store will begin tomorrow I morning. They have 300 pairs of slices |at SI.OO a pair. One lot of Selby $12.50 , shoes for $5.05. Look up ad. on page ,seven. i Fisher's big clearance sale begins to morrow. All seasonable merchandise must go, as they cary no left-overs. See ad. on page six. Men's dress shoes, the new tan calf plain tqe, only $4.05 at Parker's Shoe Store. < Lutnoran Missionaries in Hospital at Siang Yangfu. (By the Associated Press.) Hanbow. China, Jan. 3.—Prof, and Airs. Bernard Hoff, missionaries of the Swedish branch of the Lutheran Church in the United States, who were wounded recently when bandits raided the town of Tsaoyaud, nre in a hospital at Siting A'angfu, according to official advices to Chinese government officials here. No word lias been received concerning Mrs. Julina Kilen, who was kidnapped by the bandits. ! Kiyoura Will Try to Form Cabinet. Tokio, Jan. 3 (By the Associated Press!.—After announcing earlier his in ability to complete a ministry, Viscount Kicgo Kiyoura. Who was summoned Tues day by Prince Regent Hirohito to form a cabinet, has reconsidered. At the fur ther request of the prince regent he has accepted the task of forming a new eab inet. Previously he declared he had been unable to obtain the support of any political party in the diet. ( To Push Centenary. Fund Campaign. (By the Associated Press.) Statesville, Jan. 3c—Decision has been made that the churches of tbe States ville district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will hold mission meet ings during January for the purpoae of stimulating interest in the Centenary Fund Campaign. Eighty-seven churches compose tbe district. ’
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