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VOLUME XXIII
COLD WAVE DOMING
TO SOUTH mo
THE NEXT 04 HOURS
Severe Cold Spreads Virtual
ly All Over the United
States for the First Time
This Winter Season.
FIFTEEN _ DEGREES
BELOW IN CHICAGO
In Minneapolis, It is 27 Be
low—Extreme Suffering is
Reported in Chicago, Two
Deaths by Freezing.
(By the Ansoelatid Ppc.w.)
Oh ion go, .lan. fi.—Severe cold over
amend virtually all of the United States
today for the first tlmp this winter, with
tlio most extreme weather of the season
reported in the northwest, central west,
southwest, and the South, and spreading
toward the Atlantic Seaboard where n
cold wnve is predicted for this after
noon or tomorrow morning.
At t'hieago the temperature fell to 15
degrees below zero before dawn.
In the wltole south, freezing tempera
tures are foreeast in many sections to
day.
Behind the bitter weather, however, is
following the inevitable respite. Warmer
weather is forecast for the Rooky Moun
tain district.
Kxtreme suffering of unfortunates was
reported to municipal authorities and
welfare organizations. the Mayor of
Denver ordered the municipal lodging
house opened for the first time in eight
years, and the police stations also have.
been thrown open ns sleeping quarters *
for unemployed men. Au unidentified
man was found frozen to death here, and
Bt. Paul reported a park watchman froz
en to death.
Fires caused 'by overheating resulted
in 120 alarms here last night. On the,
early morning inedming suburban trains
it watt not unusual to see then scraping
snow from the platforms to rub on froz
en ears and nipped fingers. Temperatures
from Id to 20 degrees below zero were
reported' from suburban cities within
a 25 mile radius of Chicago.
Severe (aid Wave Coming.
Washington, .lan. 5.- —The government
weather forecasters brought.; into-iplay
some of tile superlative .twins of their
scientific h xi,-t»r'-t{-».cr~«> arsCrtbe ■
will Thappcu to the country fit tne next
24 hours as a result of the cold blast
that has come down out of the northwest, i
“A severe cold wnve," was forecast for
most of the Kast as far south as Virginia
and North Carolina, while a "cold wave”
with temperatures below freezing was i
said to be in store for all of the rest of
the Eastern forecast district except Flor
ida. It was recorded gi ,
The term, “severe cold wave,” is eel- •
dont employed by the bureau. It is ex- ]
plained as indicating a radical and rapid 1
drop in temperature, and in the present ;
case is expected to mean a reading of ;
less than 10 degrees above zero at points
well below the Masou-Dixon line. I
GIVEN THREE YEARS FOR
MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ,
Big Business Man In Columbus, 0., is
Also Fined $5,000.
(By the Associated Press.)
Columbus, 0., Jan. s.—Dwight Harri
son. former vice president of the R. I>. .
Dollings Company, of Qhio, was sen- ,
fenced to three yearn in the Ohio peni
tentiary and fined $5,000 by (Common ,
Pleas Judge Duncan in the County' ,
Criminal Court this morning. He was
found guilty by a jury several weeks ago
of making false statements concerning
.the holdings of the Phoenix Portland
Cement Company, of Ohio, which stock
was being sold by the Dollings Company.
John I> Scott, of Charlotte, Ordered to
Appear in Case. -
Asheville, Jan. 4.—Johu L. Scott,
formerly of Charlotte, Winston-Sa'em
and Asheville, who is alleged to have
disappeared from (Tharlotte a "few (lays
ago. abandoning his wife and his busi
ness, has been ordered to appear in this
city on January 1 for examination in
bankruptcy proceedings. The case has
been referred to Fred W. Thomas,
referee-
Involuntary petition in bankruptcy
wins instituted in United States dis
trict court here yesterday by the
American National bank, the Asheville
Citizen and the Taylor Feed and Flour
company, whose claims aggregate $5,-
180. Against this the bank has a check
ing account of $2,844.03. The petition
alleges Scott is insolvent, that lie; has
left the state and that his whereabouts
are unknown. In the appointment of
T. C. Cox, Jr., ns receiver, lietitloners
allege an act of bankruptcy was com
mitted.
Mills of the Gods Four Years Slow.
Washington, Jan. 4.—When the case
of George Henry Terry was called to
day in the Supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Attorney Edmund
Carrjngton arose and pleaded that
Terry had been hanged in Baltimore
four years ago. Justice Hoehling dis
missed the indictment, which charged
Terry with assault with a dengerons
weapon. The indictment came to light
during a clearing of the docket and
court officials assumed Terry was out
on bond.
Emergency Fleet Corporation to Control
Merchant Fleet.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. s.—The President's
decision to place control of the Iherchnnt
fleet in the hands of the emergency fleet
corporation is to be carried In effect im
mediately. The board met today to go
through the necessary formalities.
The Concord Daily Tribune
OHIO RIVER PISSTS
FLOOD STAGE AND
i CONTINUES TO HIST
Crest of 30 Feet is Forecast
for Tomorrow or Monday.
—Passed Flood Stage of
28 Feet Last Night. '
NUMBEROF FAMILIES
QUIT THEIR HOMES
Farmers Moving to Higher
Ground—The Cumberland
and Tennessee Rivers Also
Running Flood Tide.
(By tile Associated Press.)
Louisville, K>\, Jan. 5.—A survey to
day of the high water and flood condi
tions at various l iver points in Kentucky
disclosed property damage attended by in
convenience to dwellers in the liver low
lands. The Ohio river passed she flood
stage of 28 feet here Inst night, and con
tinued to rise slowly today A crest of .'{o
feet was forecast for tomorrow or Mon
day. A number of families in the river
front district quit their homes.
Reports from Owensboro were t hat
the Ohio was climbing its banks steadily
there.. Farmers in the Indiana bottoms
front Owensboro were moving to higher
ground, having had ample warning to
move livestock.
Tile Cumberland anil Tennessee rivers
were running flood tide, reports from Pa
ducah said, but serious flood danger was
not anticipated.
Ferry service was suspended at Roones
boro on the Kentucky river due to high
■ water. Frankfort repotted last night
’ the crest there on the Kentucky river
with a stage of 3(1.4 feet, the highest ill
ten years.
Stage of 54 Feet at Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. s.—Continuing
its steady rise of one-tent It of a foot an
hour, the- Ohio river at Cincinnati early
today had readied a stage of approximate
ly 54 feet. 2 feet Higher than the so-call
ed flood stage. The weather bureau of
ficials expected the rise to continue until ;
late tonight or tomorrow. Many fami
lies living iu the low lying portions of
Newport and Covington. Ky„ across the
river from Cincinnati,' vacated the lower
floors of their liomes hist night. No se
rious property damage has been reported.
DO FEET UNDER WATER
Occurs Under Hudson. 1.600 Feet From
An Exit.—Will Help Sea Divers.
New York. Jan. 4-—Huddled in a •
dripping tunnel. 00 feet beyow the
surface of the Hudson river and 1,000
feet from an exit, a group of transit of
ficials, electrical experts, "sand hogs”
and newspapermen today tuned in on
radio concerts broadcast from Pitts
burgh anil a half dozen nearer stations. 1
Hie experiment was conducted at the I
farthest end of the uncompleted Jersey- I
Manhattan tube of the dual vehicular 1
tunnel by technicians of the Radio |
Corporation of America, the Westing- I
house Electric Manufacturing company j
and the New York, New Jersey Bridge I
and Tunnel commissions. 1
The radio program were heard dis
tinctly, both by ear phone and loud I
speaker. The fact that the ether vibra
tions carried into die tunnel, penetrnt- ]
ing 30 feet of water. 60 feet of earth
and several inches of steel demonstrat
ed, said those in charge of the experi
ment, hat the radio could be used as ,
a life line of communication by entomb- j
ed miners or deep sen divers. ,
“This convinces us that, the future ,
will enable our divers and caisson ,
workers, whose lives often are lost or ,
imperilled when the telephone lines
they communicate with are swept away ,
to carry Bmall portable radio transmit- (
ting and receiving sets which will make
them independent of all other means of ,
communication,” said M. M. Frohlioh,
secretary of the New York state bridge
and tunnel commission, who instituted .
today’s tests.
G. Y. Allen, radio technician for
the Wcstinghouse company, predicted
the experiments demonstrated the
practicability of a miniature radio out
fit that already had been designed for
the protection of the miner.
Loos of Schooner With Seven Men.
(By the A**oclate<l ■ re**.)
Curling, New Foundland, Jan. 5. —
The loss of the schooner Donald Silver,
with her crew of seven men last Thurs
day off Hentherton, 100 miles east of
here, was reported today, Fife of the
bodies have been recovered. The ship
was bound from the Bay of Islands to
Gloucester, Maes.
A lecture on the Life of Christ, illus
trated by forty lantern slides, will be
given in Trinity Reformed Church Sun
day evening at 7 o'clock.
Europe now contains fifteen monnrehs
and ten presidents.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
Fair tonight and Sunday, much cohl
• or tonight and in east irartion Sunday; t
cold wave; strong northwest winds.
CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1924
“Howdy, fylr. President!”
V " 1 1 """ 1 I-,. Ml mid \|,. , ...lidgi- .1- 'I,. lid Whit.- ||..,1-.- New Yen' . pi •
within u decade. The long, long line wound through rite grottpd> out to Pennsylvania Avenue.
GERMANY’S FORMER RULER
SCORED BY HIS MARSHAL
Ex-Kaiser Bill Is Not Very Kindly
Treated in Memoirs.
( tJj the Associated rrem.i
Doom, Holland, Jan. / 'ffc=»AVilliam Ho
henzollern is not very kindly treated in
the memoirs of Count Robert Zedlitz-
Truetzschlei - . bis former court marshal,
which are today being read with unusual
interest in Holland. The Count says the
former emperor was sp suspicious of
England at all times, anil so uneasy
about English public opinion, that he in
sisted upon rending personally all com
munications addressed to him from Eng
land.
Lejters of Englishmen frequently put
him into a terrible rage. One such com
munication received in 1908 angered him
eagerinll.v, An Englishman, whose name
it«»mga(sKa^^>»aEtttt*>»i i-k vwitfthoids
wrote: ‘I advise you to give up trying
to Eh- the head of a nation of 60.000.000
people, lit-come the head of a football
team, or a cricket dub. That Would tit
you better."
Count Zedlitz-Truetzscliler credits Wil
liam's mother with having said of him:
"Do not think there is any other motive
than vanity for my son's uctSbus.”
In February, li)0!), the foanier court
marshall wrote this about the then em
peror : "The emperor more and more
gets out of the habit of regular work. He
gets up lute, has breakfast at nine and
then only with great displeasure listens
to what his ministers tell him. He has
lunch at one, and then rides in his ear.
riage at two. After this he has tea. Then
he sleeps, and has a little time before
dinner for signatures. Such is his daily
work. May one compare it with what
historians sayV"
Poppy Cultivation in China More Ex
tensive Than Ever.
(By the Associated Pre**.)
Peking. Jnu 5. —The extent to which
the poppy, for the manufacture of op
ium. is being cultivated in the province
of Kansu is illustrated by the experience
of travellers who try to hire carts, the
only mode of travel in some portions of
the province.
Owing to the fact that practically all
carters were engaged in transportation
of opium, the priee demanded per day
for a cart varied from one tael (about
eighty cents) if the carter were permit
ted to carry opium at the same time, to
S4B Chinese currency (approximately
$24) if objection were raised to this ar
rangement.
In many towns it was said practically
all of the inhibatants have reverted to
the use of the drug and the cultivation
of the poppy is carried on more intensive
ly than ever before
Billy Sunday Takes a Whack at the
Modernists.
Charlotte, Jan. 4.—Denouncing Foft
dick, Grant and other modernists, Mr.
Sundny today declared:
"No man has the right to preach
false doctrines from the pulpits of the
ehurehes built by t’%sewho believe in
the creed of Jesus Christ.
"We are getting away from the min
isterial qualifications of olden times and
the men who,ary being inducted into the
churches are not leaders in things spir
itual.
"It seems fashionable today to say,
‘I believe in the Bible, but not in the
supernatural things in the book.’ Too
mnny read the Bible with a pencil
in one hand and a pair of scissors in
the other. If you cut out of the word
of God what you do not 'like, you are
a crook, a black-hearted sinner, and
you’ll go to hell despite your I>. D's.
and your L.LD's.
Chinese Editor Pays For Insult.
Pekin. »Jnn. s.—Dr. Wang Hsi-nien,
editor of the CJiing Pao, was fined two
dollars, Mex., recently and in addition
had to pay court Posts of one dollar,
Mex., because in an editorial in his pa
per he called the members of iiarliameut
who extended their own term of office
“fligs.”
His defence was that lie did not men
tion tlie mime of any individual, and
| that the word “pigs” has long been em
ployed in Canton to indicate slaves.
THE “BIG WIND” IN |
ERIN 85 YEARS AGO
Eiglity-Fiftli Anniversary of ‘T’he Night
cf the Big Wind. ’
New York, Jan. i*>.—Thousands of
-oils anil daughters $f tile Emerald Isle
who have found new'homes in America
will recall tomorrow fils the "85th anni
versary of the "Xightlof the Big Wind"
in Ireland. Although me one has ever
nteeessfnii v determined that there ever
was such a cyclone, which had the repu
tation of blowing the city of Cork around
the Cape of Good Rope—according' to
those in (lie kuow, it happened just 85
years ago tomorrow, night, or on the
night of January (i. 483!),
To those interested in this grenlest
tour undo of nil time*!, the question has
rfteu arisen, “Was jhere sever a 'Night
of the Big JVind’ in Ireland at all, at
ait?” Many- -M*>ltV tl# 'truth.?
while other contend, "There’s nothing
to it.”
However, to the thousand* and thous
ands of mothers of the "old sod” who
endured many trying experiences in
their struggle for self-determination "The
Big Wind" has always been the out
standing topic of their everyday life.
Even iu Ireland today, it is never, “Oh
my yes. so-and-so was born in the year
>f 1844.” Not at all. It goes a thing
iccurred so many years after the Big
Wind,, and so on.
Whether the Big Wind was just a
mythical hurricane—much press-agented
or not—there are numerous stories prev
alent about the damage wrought by the
biggest of big breezes. Fish were blown
completely out of the water and found
hundreds of yards inland, buildings were
'uprooted, hogs, cows and barnyard stock
fluttered through the air like so many
butterflies, and some even went so far
is to say the city of Cork was picked
•ip on masse and blown through the air
out to the Cape of Good Hope. More
conservative reports had it that Cork
floated around to the Cape.
Nevertheless, it was one great storm.
Tn some sections of Ireland it rained
salft water and hailstones fell as large
is footballs. These hailstones fell in
such quantity and with such force that
some districts for miles square were said
to have resembled what might be called
a million-holed golf course.
Within comparatively recent years men
and women have come .forth who declar
ed they were aetnal eye witnesses of
the storm. They have told with cir
cumstantial detail how a terrible tempest
prevailed and how Limerick. Dublin and
other Irish cities suffered great damage.
The coast of Ireland, -western England
was strewn with wreckage, hundreds of
houses were blown down, hundreds of
persons were killed, and hundreds more
were drowned.
There was a steady blow far 10 mortal
hours, according to the stories told. ’lt
started at 10 o’clock at night and did
not abate until about 8 o’clock the next
morning. Birds by the thousands were
slain by the tempest and the next day
cart loads of them were gathered up
in tlie streets. S. complete was tile
destruction that for years afterw'nrds.
it is said, not a single crow was seen in
Ireland,
Today the story of the Big Wind
many times is dougted." Although there
are still living men and w mien ,who
claim to have actually seen horses fly
and many other things seemingly incred
ible. there ate more who aver “ ’Tie all
bunkum. Such puff never was.”
Attacked By Thugs—Dead.
(Hy the A Mandated Pres*.)
New York. Jan. s.—Edgar H. Dolge,
a wealthy real estate broker of Mt, Ver
non. N. Y„ died at Lincoln Hospital to
day from pistol shot wounds suffered
last midnight when attacked by two
thugs on the stairway of tlie Hunts
Point station of the New York, West
chester & Boston, Railroad. He was 55
years old.
Hope iMat End of Seine Flood Is in
_ Sight.
Paris. Jan. 5 (By the Associated i
Press). —The spell of frosty weather tlujt j
set in yesterday after so many days of I
rain seems likely to Wst, increasing the
hope that the tod of the Seine flood , is
well in sight..
I ALL CLAIM “INJUSTICE”
HAS BEEN DONE THEM
Dines, Greer and Mabel Normand All
Smarting Under Reports.
(By tlie Associate,! Press.)
Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. s.—Three
persons are smarting in what they term
ed the injustice of a situation created
by the shooting here last Tuesday of
Court la nd S. Dines, a Denver oil opera
tor and club man. They are Mabel
Normand. motion picture aertess, pres
ent at the shooting: Horace A. Greer,
her chauffeur who fired the shots; and
Dines, who was hit by two shots.
Miss Normand, recuperating from an
oneration for chronic appendieit is, awaits
at the Good Samaritan Hospital the ef
fect of an appeal she addressed last
night to the American public to "with
hold judgment of me until all the facts
x are known.” * ? *»’-
"It is unjust of the censors or anv
one else to condemn me before -they have
heard my story,” she declared.
Greer, who police describe as a “self
constituted hero, who shot in outraged
dignity," when Miss Normand failed to
take seriously his efforts to “rescue"
her from Dines’ apartment New Year’s
night, occupied a cell in the county jail
after !: ; s arraignment yesterday on a
charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
He clings to his original declaration
that a noble desire to protect the screen [
'Ctress, coupled with a desire to save
his own life, constituted his sole motive
for pulling the trigger of Miss Normand’s
pistol and sending a bullet through
Dines’ lung.
As for Dines the injustice of the sit
uation. as it affects him is evidenced by
his statement, "I don’t know why in the
world the fool shot me unless he was
full of hops.”
Edna Purvianee, also present, con
tinued to maintain silence.
EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT
TO CLEAR UP MYSTERY
Os Killing of Ba,scorn Jones Near New
port. Temi., December 27.
«If y the /Vnuoplulph »
Newport, Tonn., Jan. s.—Following the*
return here last night of Harry Smith,
Noah Bishop, Bill McKinney and Hobart
Taylor, arrested in Asheville, N. C„
charged with the mui;der of Bascom Jones,
on the night of December 27. local offi
cials said they had evidence sufficient to
Clear up the mystery. Hearing of tlie
four young men lias been set before a
magistrate here for next Tuesday. The
officials said today they had issued a sub
poena for a group of local business men
believed to be bootleggers who are alleg
ed to have driven two cars from Newport
to Bridgeport the night of the killing.
One car contained a load of whiskey and
the other bore the five young men, the of
ficers said.
Officials here said the evidence they
have gathered indicates that the five
Asheville men came to Newport for
liquor, obtained a large quantity and
were driven to Bridgeport, where they
loaded thdir whiiitapl on it Southern
Railway freight train, when they start,si
back to Asheville.
Train Service on Cuban Railroads Sus
pended.
(By tb« «.<u»c:ate(l Press.,
Havana, Cuba, Jan. 5.—A1l train ser-1
vice on Cuban railroads and on the north
ern railways of Cuba, two of the most
important carriers in the island has been
suspended, following arts of violence
during tlie strike on these lines, accord
ing to reports received today at the of
fice of the Secretary of the Interior.
Socialist Governor of Yucatan Shot and
Killed.
Mexico City, via Laredo Junction, Jan.
5 (By the Associated Press). —It was of
ficially stated today that New York dis
patches report the death of Felipe Oaril
lio Puerto, socialist Governor of Yuca
tan, who was shot by his colleagues at
Vera Cruz.
“Common sense, in a rough, dogged!
I way, is technically sounder than the:
j special schools of philosophy, each of!
' which squints and overlooks half the
fact and half the difficulties in its cager
i; ness to find in some dctnil the key to the
whole."
PREPARE TD LAUNCHbJ
EIGHT 01 MELLON
BILL IN CONGRESS
Democratic Leaders Against
a Number of Important
Provisions of the Tar Re
duction Bill.
l
j WANT THE MAXIMUM
| SURTAX 44 PER CENT
The Mellon Bill Has Been
the Subject of a Number
of Conferences by Demo
crats on Committee.
(By (lie AHHodaled Pr»m.)
Washington, Jan. 5. —Democratic lead
ers of the House are preparing to launch j,
j a tight against a number of important
| provisions of the Mellon tax hill, among
I them the proposal to reduce the sur taxi
| rates to a maximum of 25 per cent, on
net incomes exceeding SIOOO,OOO.
Minority members of the Ways and ,
Mear<« committee are understood to have I
agreed that .the maximum sur-tax rate |
should be 44 per cent, of incomes in ex- j
cess of $02,000. The existing law
I fixes the maximum at 50 per cent, on
j the incomes exceeding $200,000.
I The administration bill has been the j
j subject of a series of conferences by J
[the eleven democrats on the committee,,
and Representative (Jarrefr, the\piinor-|
ity leader. The group is said to be
united as to what changes should be
made in the bill, ami is counting on the
support of the insurgent republicans.
Among other amendments fsf-ored by
the democrats, is said to be one provid
ing for a more sweeping repeal of nui
sance taxes.
COOLIDGE OPPOSES CHANGES
IN MELLON'S TAX PROGRAM
Chief Executive Will Fight Any Efforts
by Congress to Compromise Essential
Provisions of the Measure.
Washington, Jan. 4.—President Oool
idge is opposed to any attempts by Con
gress to alter tin* essential provisions
of the administration's tax bill.
This announcem&it was made today
at the White House as the Houiso Ways
and Meane Committee continued its con
sideration of the measure and Republi
can leaders of the House redoubled their
done on tax revision.
Torso comment on the si t notion at
Iho Whito Honso was to tho effect that
any attempt by Congress to Compromise
tho principals embodied in tho plan out
linod by Secretary Mellon would moot
with tho President's opposition. Mr.
Coolidge, it was assorted, has confidence
that Congress can bo depended upon to '
refuse compromises in principle and to
translate into law tiie will of the people.
The President, it was said, will make
ino effort to bring pressure unon indi
yidual members of Congress in support
of bis views.
DIVERGENT TALES OF DINES
SHOOTING BAFFLE OFFICERS
Contradictory Statements Made By All
Parties Concerned.
Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 4.—Al'eged
discrepancies in the stories told of the
shooting of Courtland S. Dines. Denver
oil operator. New Year’s night; con
tradictions in statements made by the
four perxons present in Dines’ apart- I
ment when the shooting occurred, and >
unexplained circumstances attending i
the affair continued tonight to baffle
the authorities.
Dines, with n bullet wound in his
lung and suffering a'so from a mild I
attack of pheumonia in a hospital, was
reported as resting comfortably. Mabel
Normand, who, with Edna Purviancc
I both film actresses, was in Dines
apartment when Horace A. Greer, Miss
Normand’s chauffeur, shot the oil man,
is recovering from an opperation for
appelldieits at the same hospital.
Greer was arraigned today on a
charge of assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill and preliminary
hearing set for January 11, Greer Was
remanded to jd i 1 in default of SII,OOO
bond.
Police records do not reveal that any
report was made of the shooting or a
call put in for a doctor until some time
after the shooting when Greer surrend
ered. »
Greer. Dines and the two women, ail
disagreed on their positions when Dines
was shot. Greer said he fired when
Dines reache(J for a bottle to strike
him. Dines denied that he threatened
the chauffeur. Edna Purviance and the
police declared that Greer, jealous of
Mabel Xormand's presence in Dines
apartment and infatuated with her,
shot his supposed rival. Miss Normaud
' and Greer deny it
Mabel Normand at first said that
Dines and Edna Purviance were en
gaged to be married. The latter tacitly
admitted it, then later corrected her ad
mission. Dines from I lie first sa id there
was nol|iing between them except a
‘•close friendship."
The gun with which the shois are
said to have been fired, a .25 calibre
automatic which belongs to Miss Nor
mand, also has provided a problem.
The chauffeur declared that he got
the pistol from Miss Notmnnd’s room
with the knowledge of Mrs. Edith
Burns, companion lof MEss Normand.
and went to bring Miss Normand home.
Mrs. Burns denied that she saw Greer
gdt the gun.
1 Turkish women no longer refuse to
see doctors except through a rent in a
curtain. Many of them will now, when
ill, voluntarily send for a doctor and
suinit to examination.
a TODAY’S «
a NEWS «
a today a
NO. 313.
ENTERING A PERIOD
OF GREAT ACTIVITY
The Rebels Commanded by
Gen. Dieguez Have Ap
peared in the Vicinity of
Leon, in Guanajuato.
BELIEVED A BIG
BATTLE IS NOW ON
The People Will Soon See
Whether Supremacy Rests
With Rebels or Govern
ment Headed by Obregon.
Mexico City, Jan. 5 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —It is official}} - Gstated
[that rebels commanded by Gen. Dieguez
have appeared in the vicinity of Leon
in the State of Guanajuato, evidently
[with the intention of taking the city and
cutting railwe.- and telegraphic com-
I nmnication with the north. It is bc
, lieved that a battle now is on. and that
I the fighting undoubtedly will be heavy.
] Immediately upon receipt of informa
; tion that the rebels had appeared in that,
vicinity the War Department ordered
Generals Artiz, Gallegos and Medina to
rlie scene.
I The war department announces that
j fighting is entering a period of great ac
tivity which soon will show the people
] whether the i supremacy rests with the
government headed by President Obregon
or the rebels.
According to intercepted wireless mes
sages the rebels lack war materials.
Other intercepted messages indicates the
rebels plan to attack San Marcos Junc
tion. where the Federal General Mar
tinez has massed his best men.
Rebel Attempt to Attack Tampico De
feated.
Brownsville, Tex., Jan. s.—Reports
received at Matamoros this morning by
courier stated that an attempt by rebel
forces under Governor Lopez DeLara,
Governor of the state of Tamaulipas, to
make an attack oh Tampico has been de
feated. the federal troops engaging tin'
rebels at Hacienda El Cerro and com
pletely defeating them. The report stat
ed that tiie rebels had been completely
dispersed, aipl are fleeing northward to
ward the border.
To Deliver 5.000 Enfield Rifles and 6,-
000.000 Rounds of AnmunHion.
of Fort Sam Houston and Fort Bliss
have been ordered' to begin deliver}" im
mediately to designated Mexican agents
of 5.000 Enfield rifles anil 5.00,m«
rounds of ammunition. Similar orders
have gone to the army air service depot
at Fairfield, Ohio.
Similar orders have gone to the army
, air service department at Fairfield, Ohio,
for delivery of eight surplus DH-4 air
planes, which are to be shipped to the
border under arrangements to be made
by the Mexican government.
MABEL NORMAND FILMS
, MAY BE BANNED IN OHIO
'Director of Education Indicates Sucli
j a Step May Soon Be taken.
1 Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 4.—A1l motion
pictures in which Mabel, Normand is
one of the characters, may be barred
from exhibition in Ohio. Director of
Education Vernon M. Rigel indicated
today after receiving an ‘"urgent re
quest.” from Attorney General C. C.
| Crabbe that such action be taken.
I In his reply to tiie attorney general,
j Director Rigel after reciting the fact
that Jack Johnson and “Faty” Ar
j buckle pictures had been barred by the
! state censor department, said :
j ‘‘l assure you there will be no de
viation from our present policy of deal
ing with such pictures.”
“This film star has been entirely too
closely connected with disgraceful
shooting affairs and her name brought
into such disrepute as to warrant this
suggestion." the attorney general wrote
Mr. Riegcl declared. The barring of the
Normand films, lie said, would bo “to
the best interests of society and of the
legitimate picture industry.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Easy at a Decline of From 20 to
20 Points.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. s.—The cotton market
opened easy at a decline of 20 to 36
points owing to relatively weak Liver
pool cables. There was some covering
for over the week-end but it was readily
supplied by continued liquidation, with
March selling off to 34.35 and May to
34.55 during the early trading or 47 to
51 points not lower.
Cotton futures opened easy. Jan.
33.00: March 34.40; May 34.60; July
33.65; Oct. 28.15.
Closes Steady.
Cotton futures closed steady. Jan.
34.20 to 34.30;,March 34.53 to 34.60;
May 34.80 to 34.88; July 33.70 to 33.77;
Oct. 28.34 to 28.36.
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The Southern Motor Service Co. will
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New Victor records are now in at tho
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Electric fixtures of character at W. J.
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than the famous Australian and South
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