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,v v'. r . , v :• „ .. . fcm ti a gj ft a a dopcc a w •,. .yycoo . 9 \ ■ - -r." ■■■■■■ i ■ --- r l .—l ■ A- I""* 1 " m m ■ ■■—!■!■ 'I v_»« *■■?—!*." VOLUME XXIV • ■ • „ . ■<.— • HU! MR oil nun OK SEMOUS CHMIGE Young White Man is Charg ed With Rape and Lillian Hairy is the Prosecuting Witness. SPECIAL VENIRE CALLED TO DUTY Forty-Four Men Called Be fore Jury Was Chosen— Prosecuting Witness First to Take Stand. The only capital case scheduled for trial at the present term of Cabarrus County Superior Court- began Friday af ternoon when Willie Brantley went on trial to face a charge of rape, convict ion for which carries the death penalty in North Carolina. The prosecuting witness in the ease is Mrs. Lillian Henry, 18-year-old wife, who stated in open court that she hnd been married but that she does not kntnv now where her husband is. Maness & Sherrin and John M. Ogles by represent the defendant and Solicitor Ixnig is being assisted in the prosecution by Hartwell and Hartsell. The caw was originally called for Fri day morning, but in its effort to disuse of all jail oases and other minor cases, court did nbt take up the ease until late Friday afterndon. The case was culled about 8:15 o'clock and an hour and forty-five minutes, was spent in selecting a jury. Mrs. Henry was the only witness heard at the Friday afternoon session, and court recessed immediately after her direct examination, v Forty-four men were examined before the jury was selected. Included in this list were 14 regular jurors, who were draWn first, and 80 men from a special venire of 50 men. It is interesting to note that of the men excused most of them were freed from duty on the jury either because they were opposed to capital punishment or because they were not land owners. It is also interesting to note that only a few of the prospective jurors had ever heard anything of the case. Several stat ed that they had already farmed an ajjn ion, but most of them haa htnrd norb nofhfng «d tiie mis£ r Wey stated: 'lintfl the jury summons was! given to them and they readied the city this morning. Mo real sentiment lias developed in the case, it was apparent from the answers given by the men under examination. L. L. Maalden, of Coucord, was the first juror accepted. He was a member of the regular jury’ at the present term of court aud five other of his compan ions on this jury were selected for duty in this special case. Other jurors sleeted were: M. L. Boss, No. 9 township; It. S. White. No. 2 township; M. W. Lyles. Concord; Baymoml Greene, No. 10 town ship ; A. M. Hurlocker, Concord; I’. L. Cook, No. 4 township; D. W. Page, Nb. 8 township; James Sutton, No. 2 town ship; Lem Ferguson, No. 10 township; C. I). Sossoman, No. 10 township: and C. P. Lippard, Concord. Among those rejected were: W. i>. Goodnight, opposed to capital punishment; Guy I fever, refused by de fense ; Andy T.inker, opposed to cap ital punishment; J. L. Harvel. opposed to capital punishment: Barney Chandler, opposed to capital punishment; L. A. Kidenhour, refused by defense; G. F. Kindley. refused by defense; C. M. Ov ercash, had expressed opinion defendant not guilty; It. M. Cook, believed he conld not give impartial trial: W. A. Alexander, not free holder; L. W. Bus sell, refused by State; Hbmer L. Trout man, refused by defense; T. C. Tucket, not free holder; L. L. Cochran, refused by defense: B. H. Post, refused by de fense: W. M. Morgan, refused by Sate; C. Cl Lefler, opposed to capital punish ment: "4!. A. Moose, refused by defense; W. J. Willett, refused by defense; Sim Heglar, not free holder: M. L. Marsh, expressed opinion defendant not guilty; B. W. Stogner. not free holder; J. G. Fry, not free .holder; ,T. M. Itoberts, ex pressed opinion defen dan t not guilty; Martin A. White, refused by defense; J. C. Sechler, not free holder; N, B. Threadgill. opposed to capial punish ment; Fred Carroll, not free holder: J. C. Wadsworth, Jr., expresseed opinion defendant not' guilty; J. Francis Bost, excused because of ear trouble; L. L. Hargett, had made up his mind on case: Fred L. HoWell, had made up his mind on case. About twelve witnesses were sworn in by the State, but judging from the tes timony of the prosecuting witness they will have little to testify, as there were no eye witnesses to the alleged crime and most of the State’s witnesses appar ently will be corroborative. The defense did not intimate how many witnesses it would introduce. Neither did counsel for the, defense intimate what the na ture of its testimony would be. (d motler of the defend m in court and oeveral l Henry were inr court s separated from hers, estified on direct exam vas conducted by Mr. e alleged crime was corn giving night in a piece :be old stage road lead ed to Charlotte. She dee, she testified, in both Iher will and In spite of Vara. Mrs. Henry also len she threatened to jitley declared he would, kill her, and she further testified that Brantley told her he would kill her If she told anyone what happened in the * (Concluded on Page She). Tre Concord Daily Tribune 1 i -.-fit:' , • Am CONFLICT SEEK CERTAIN IN LOIR HOUSE NOW Next Fight in the House to Be Made Over the Amend ment of the Rules, the Leaders Predict. DEMOCRATS MAKE POSITION KNOWN The Insurgents Have Not Announced Policy.—Dem ocrats Take Fight to the House Floor. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 12.—The Interior Department appropriation bill remained before the House today but the interest of the members centered chiefly in com mittee activities and the prospective figb* on Monday over the amendment of the rule. Tile decision of the rules committee yesterday net to. recommend a number of changes proposed by the republican insurgents and democrats brought nil an nouncement from Representative Gar rett, the minority leader, that the demo cratic members would take their fight to the floor, and leaders 'of insurgent bloc immediately called n conference for to day to determine their course of action. The (Sties committee amendment to the rule for discharging committees from consideration of legislation is expected to draw most of the fire. The commit tee voted to recommend an amendment which would require 150 signatures on a petition for discharge of a committee after Representative Nelson, of Wiscon sin, the republican insurgent member, had advocated a minimum of 100 signa tures. The three -democratic members voted with Mr. Nelson against adoption >f the higher figure. The House and Senate agricultural committers today continued their study ts emergency legislation intended to ben efit the producers, the former dealing chiefly with the Norris-Sinelair hill pro viding for creation of a $100,000,000 marketing corporation, and the latter resuming its consideration of the Bnrt ness measure to establish a $50,000,000 fund to finance wheat farmers in acquir ing livestock and otherwise diversifying UrtKynult' ijt jjfcg, .... ..Aw**£:( The House Ways and Means commit tee has progressed in its consideration of the Mellon tax bill to a stage where it is ready to begin hearings' Monday, and the House immigration committee has decided to include in its draft of a new restrictive bill provisions limiting the admission of immigrants to 2 per cent, of the number of nationals of each country in the United States in 1890, and admit wives, husbands and children under eighteen years of age, and certain other relatives of foreign born citizens without restriction. Challenges Mellon to Debate. Washington, Jan. 12.—Secretary Mel lon waH challenged today by Senator ‘Couzeng, republican, of Michigan, to a joint debate on the question of the ne cessity of reducing income surtaxes from 50 per cent, to 25 per cent., and stopping the issuance of Tax-exempt securities as a means of diverting capital to produc tive enterprises. < , Meantime the House Ways and Means committee pressed forward to complete consideration of the administrative fea tures of the Mellon tax bill so as to open public hearings on tax reduction provi sions next Monday. Republican lend es of the House in dealing with the tax subject gave further though today to the extent to which- the Mellon bill must be modified in order to command a majority vote in tile House. A conference on this subject was held yesterday, but apparent ly (lie leaders got nowhere. Nichoisou is Re-elected. itry the Associated Press.i Washington, Jan. 12.—Thomas Nieh- Olson, of New York, Was re-elected president of the Anti-Saloon League of America today, at a meeting of'the ex ecutive committee. Wayne B. Wheel er, of Washington, again was chosen general counsel. Other officers also were re-elected. Eighty Persons Killed. Manila. P. 1., Jan. 12 (By the As sociated Press).—Eighty members of the ('olorura, a religious society, were killed at Biicaslsland last week, in a clash in w-bich a number of constabulary soldiers were slain, official advices from Suringo disclosed today.. The Southern railroad runs through this territory and about twenty years ago it put on something new—an agri cultural and industrial agent- In order to make business for the road he knew -that he must make the agriculture along the rqad permanent. His name was Carleton Bail and he started the ball of prosperity rolling by interesting the folks in poultry and cattle. l " "" "■ ■■■'! ■ ■"-!! —I—— 'JtIL— _3 SAT’S BEAK SAYS ii ■ Fair tonight and probably Sunday; colder in west portion Sunday'. CONCORD N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1924 MY, OH MY! ISN’T HE TJ|E PLAYFUL RASCAL? ■ m —— —7— * 1 FIGURE FORD STOCK AT NEARLY A BILLION Ami Experts Figure It Will Be Worth $1,260,009,000 in Another Year. ! Now York. Jan. 12.—Experts In Wail Street who for years have wondered what the total stock of the Ford "Motor Company was worth yesterday hazard ed the estimate of $840,000,000 and said they believed it would total $1,200,000.- 000 in another year. The computations were* based on the jniMic yulnation of the > Ford Motor per eilPmnde by the Dominion corporation and the one in this country, tile former earning S6B a car and tin- latter SO7, and the market valuation of the Canadian stock, which is $425 a share.' Comparing the value of the Canadian stock, the profit per car there and the valuation of the company, with the profit per car here plus the United States production, the experts believed they had figured the first definite financial information the financial dis trict ever has had about the Detroit plant. Leading Holstein* Average 1,109 Pounds of Butter in Year. Chicago, Jan. 12.—The total yearly production of the leading Holstein cow in each of 47 states is 41.689 pounds butterfat, equivalent to 52.J11 pounds of butter, according to the advanced register records of the Holstein-Friesinn Association of America, recently an nounced. This production is sufficient to supply ench family wit hone pound of butter in cities the size of Rochester, New York and Portland. Oregon. Tlie average production of each cow is l,lofl pounds of butter in one year, which is more than the yearly butter yield of five average dairy cows in the United States, the records show. How ever. it is explained, the production is but 1.3 times that of the average of the > 294 pure bred Holstein cows which have completed yearly records under supervision of the State agricultural colleges and admitted to the advanced register of the national breed associa tion. With Our Advertiser*: Williamantic and J. & P. Coats spool cotton on sale today and Monday at Robinson's for only 48 cents a dozen. The Clearance Sale at the Parker Shoe Store still goes merrily on. One-fourtth off on all suits and over coats at Itrowns-Canuon. Co. New Victor records now on sale at the Bell & Harris Music Department. The Clearance Sale of all merchandise is now going on at Fisher’s. Now is the time to buy, too. The big January Reduction Sale at the Parks-Belk Co.’s will go on all iiext week and until January 28. AU goods are marked in plain figures. The reduc tions range from 10 to 50 per cent. Day-Light Saving May Be Adopted By I Greensboro Club. Greensboro, Jan. 12.—1 tis likely that daylight saving will be invoked to ’ swell the coffers of the Greensboro club I of the Piedmont . Baseball league, Pierce Rucker, president of the club. ■ going before the Merchants association and asking if the directors want base > ball. The directors voted "to get behind baseball.” They give it their "moral support.” The way daylight saving will help will be that if it is put into practice the stores can bee closed at what will \ he 5 o’clock by regular time and the j employes get a chance to get to the | games, something they eon not dp if they wait until 6 o'clock. Sunday Will Address Students at Davidson. Davidson, Jap. 11.—Formal an nouncement is made that Billy Sunday lms accepted an invitntion urgent and much repeated to visit Davidson during < his stay in Charlotte and to address (lie students. SOUTHERN POWER CO. CAP)' INCREASE RATES Permission For luereSr Has Gcen Grant ed by Corporation Commission of This State. f IB? thC AMWWtH Raleigh, N. C v 4P»- 12.—Tim State Corporation CoqraiaaKn today issued an order allowing tlie Stithem Power Co. to increase Hs rate 3 from the present charge to rates for Ivbich it petitioned three years ago, theJntw rates to be -immSMaeat the petition the Company-made several weeks ago for an Increase in rates for electric power fiiruislted to North Caro lina mills and power companies. The rates represent an approximate increase of 10 per cent, on most classes of power furnished. At the time of tin- applicatkn for an increase made in 1923. J. B. Duke, pres ident of the Power Company, stated that his company would be unable to con tinue its development of North Caroli na’s hydro-electric possibilities unless a higher rate was allowed. He added, how ever, that whether or not the increase was allowed, the activities developed to date would be operated at fall blast. The hearing on the petition took place early in December. Only a small number of consumers were represented. MUTINOUS CONVICTS CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE Sixty Prisoners Caused Damage of $30.- 000 While They Were In Rebellion. (By the Associated Press.* Montevallo, Ala.. Jan. 12.—Damage amounting to $30,000 was caused by six ty-six mutinous stab* convicts who last night surrendered after a day of terror, at the mines of the Thomas Weller Com pany, at Aldrich, acc irding to estimates today by Dr A. Thomas, president of the company. A rigid inquiry was underway in con nection with the outbreak with members of the State board of administration on the ground. MISSION SCHOOL HAS BEEN BADLY WRECKED School Fired cn and Damaged by Chinese Soldier* of First Division. Peking, Jan. 12 (By the Associated Press). —Chinese soldiers of the first di vision fired on Plavjan Mullens, an American, and Arthur Benson, of the Passionist Mission at Supu aud then looted a.ud .wrecked the mission -school, according to a report from the American consul at Changsha. Neither Mullens nor Benson was injured, although bullets passed -through the former’s clothing. Preparing to Opm New Charlotte Hotel. Charlotte, Jans 10.—A. M- Scales, William Floor, A. G. »Wright, Emmett E. Robinson head of the corporation owning the new hotel. Charlottl:, the ; Francis Marion hotel in Charleston, the O. Henry at Gj-eensboro, the New George Washington Hotel in Washing ton, Pa-, are in Charlotte for tut in spection of the new hotel here, pre paratory to its opening at an early date. Grand Jury Continue* Inquiry. (By the l*rma.> Charlotte, Jan. 12. —The grand jury inquiry into dealings in cottdki and grain | futures in Charlotte was -continued to ! day with a number of witnesses due to jbe heard. The names of six managers j of brokerage houses alleged to have dealt in cojton and grain futures yesterday were presented to the jury for indict ment. Found Dead in Office. San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 12 (By the Associated Press).—J. W. Bonner, treasurer of Porto Rico, was found dead ;at his desk at Ba. m. today. He leaves -a widow and a son and daughter resid | iug at Ann Harbor, Michigan. NEW PASTOR OF ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHI'RCH Rev. L. I). Miller. Paster cf St. Steph ens Lutheran Church at Lenoir, Ac cepts Call. V (Special to The Tribune) Lenoir. Jan. 12.—The Rev. L. D. Mil ler, pastor of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, here, presented his resignation to the congregation Sunday morning, January (S, in order to accept an urgent call to St. John's Lutheran Church, near Concord. /-Sr. Miller bus been the _pax tor or Stephen's LuThrtidWl I #iVii Ttti“ five years, and has the res]tect and af fection, not only of the member* of his own congregation, but also of the people of the community, and there was keen sorrow at the thought of his leaving. He is now President of the local Ministers' Association, and also, of the Catawba County Lutheran Pastors' Association. While pastor here, (lie membership of his Congregation has more than doubled, the finances have increased more than 300 per cent., and the church property ha* been greatly improved, the most re cent improvement being the completion of the basement of the church building for Sunday school rooms. Pastor Miller leaves the congregation here in fine working order. He will en ter upon his new work about. the first of March. CIGAR TOBACCO SHOWED INCREASE DURING YEAR 195,788.000 Pounds Raised During Year. —All States But One Had Increase. (By the Associated l’ress.) Washington, Jau, 12.—Production of cigar types of tobacco last year was 195,- 788,000 pounds, compared with 175,001.- 000 pounds in 1922 the Department of Agriculture annonuced today. Produc tion by cigar tobacco increased ini all the tobacco states except Ohio. / The crop of all types for snuff and chewing, cigarette and pipe tobacco, to talled 1,298,998,000 pounds in 1923, ns compared with 1,071,836,000 pounds in 1922. The hurley crop alone jumped 116.000 pounds in 1923. The old belt type Os tobacco grown in North Carolina from 275,001,000 pounds in 1922 to 326,- aud Virginia was 249,500.000 pounds in 1923, as compared with 209,708,000 pounds in 1922, and the new belt chop of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, was 306,847.090 pouuds, as' compared witli 199,060,000 pounds. GIVE UP ALL HOPE OF SAVING CREW OF SUB This Announcement Has Been Made by the British Admiralty. (By the Associated Press. 1 London, Jan. 12.—The admiralty today abandoned all hope of saving the lives of the 43 men who went down with the submarine I>-24 when if was rammed by the dreadnought- Resolution off Portland Bill on Thursday. As soon as the weath er moderates the naval officers will take further steps to verify the position of the wreck and ascertain the cause<of the dis aster. May Send Through Trains By Way of Mooresville. Mooresville, Jan. 11.—A rumor is being heard here that the Southern rail way is making preparations to send through trains Nos. 31 and 32. running from Washington to Augusta byway of Mccresville. detouring from the main line at Greensboro byway of Wins’on- Snlem. Heavy rails have been laid on the line and when the bridges ever Muddy creek and the Yadkin river are reconstructed, the road will be ready for the heavy engines. Fi ish to Get $15,000. (By the (nnrtaled Press.) New York. Jar. 12.—Frank Frish, New York Giant baseball player, has 'been'signed for next season at $15,000 i a year, the highest salary sver paid a member of that team. NO. 6. PMIICI IS AGAIN IK HINDS Os E OHM SOW Capital of Hidalgo Taken by Federal Troops After the Fighting of Several Days, Starting Wednesday. FEDERAL GENERAL KILLED IN FIGHT General Victor Fonter Killed in Battle.—Loyalists Re port Oaxaca Has Been Taken by Mountaineers. Mexico City, Jan. 11 (By Radio via Ft. Worth Star Telegram) (By the Asso ciated lb-ess).—Paqhucn. the capital of • Hidalgo, is again in the hands of Obregon troops. Meager reports telling of the fighting there the last few day* and of the capure of the city by the rebels were followed today by War Department bul letins telling of the recapture of the city by the Federate. Tile fighting started on Wednesday - when the rebels attacked. They occupied j the city after they had dislodged 70 Fed eral soldiers by dynamiting a building. Yesterday Fed;—al reinforcements arriv ed and attacked the rebels taking the city, according to the bulletin,. The bul letin said the battle lasted all day and the rebels lost 116 killed and wounded. The Federal general. Victor Mon ter ‘ was killed in the battle, the bulletin said. Today’s bulletin explained that the De partment in giving out information yes terday that the city had fallen into the hands of the rebels, had accepted reports from that city, telegraphic communica tion having been cut by the rebels. The bulletin said that Oaxaca which was held by the rebels, had been captured by a loyal band of mountaineers under Senor Isaac Ibarra, acting on orders from the central government. Romulo Figueroa, the rebel chieftain, who has been roaming at will in the southern part of Morelos, advanced to within sight of Cuernavaca, the capital, today, but quickly retreated when he found that the Federals under General Pedro Gabay were enveloping him, ac cording to reports. The rebels in Vera Cruz are retreating before tiie advancing Obregon troops, is THE COTTON MARKET Yesterday’s Decline Followed by Consid erable Covering at Opening Today. (By the Associated Press., New YJofik. Jan. 12 ( —Yesterday’s sharp decline was followed by consider able covering at the opening of the cot ton market -today. First prices were steady at an advance of 7 to 25 points in consequence, with March selling up to 34.10 and May to 34.20. There was fur ther liquidation but it was smaller in volume and the early buying was pro moted by rallies from an early decline in Liverpool and reports that prepara tions are being made to ship about 50,- 000 bales out of the local stock. After the first flurry of covering was over, however, the demand tapered off, nnd prices reacted with March selling dbwn to 33.84 and May to 33.95. Cotton futures opened steady. .Tan. 33 90; March 3410; May 34.20; July 33.12: Oct. 27.97 BANDITRY GIVEN MORE ATTENTION AT PRESENT Cleanup Squad in Philadelphia Keeps up Drive Against lawlessness. «Jy ,Le Associated Ckm- Philadelphia. Jan. 12.—With nearly 1.000 of the city's 1,200 saloons closed, every known disorderly house and gamb ling establishment put out of business, and bootleggers driven to cover as a re sult of the intensive police campaign for the elimination of vice and crime. Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, director of pub lic safety, today turned his attention to hauditry aud other forms of lawlessness. General Butler said he was satisfied that at least 80 per cent, of the places where vice flourished before the drive had been . wiped out. He said that although atten tion was to be turned to the bandits, vice raids would be continued. Gunboat Ordered to Suriago. Manila. I‘. 1.. Jan. 12 (By the Asso ciated Press).—The gunboat Sacramento lias been ordered to the province of Suriago where a number of members of the constabulary have been killed recent ly by religious fanatics. Sacramento will leave tomorrow. gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooq* I; Concord Merchants to Close Stores at | j 8:00 P. M. Every Saturday | We the undersigned members of the Merchants Asso- . j ; j ciation, agree to close our doors promptly at 8 o’clock every 11 j J | ' Saturday night, beginning Saturday, January 19th, 1924: !I : i I Parks-Belk Co. Yorke & Wadswoyth Hardware Co. ] | 1 Efird's Department Store McLellan Stores Co. i i [ | Ivey Shoe Co. Ritehie-Caldweil Co. .i i 8. ft. Brawn Shoe Store. Ritchie Hardware Co. X , 11 J. E. Love M. It. Pounds J .\ \ Parker’s Shoe Store fttarues-Miller-Parker Co. V , i Rielimond-Flowe Co. Citiaens Ban kand Trust Co. K ; | 1 W. A. Overeash . Cabarrus Savings Bank 5 Hoover's Inc. Cash Feed Store ft : i Musette, Ine. Lipperd & Barrier X > Specialty Hnt Shop Cabarrus Cash Grocery 5 \ W. C. Correll Jewelry Co. (’line & Moose 0 i 1 City Grocery Orchard Produce* Co. ’ ' The Propst Co. I’iggly Wiggly O i i Sanitary Grocery Co. J. W. Cline X ! 1 1 H. B. Troutman Kidd-Frlx Co. 4 fJ • i- . • • • • • • • •<! % T< NEWS S 0 • TODAY 0 BAILEY DEFINITELY TO ENTER RACE FOR GOVERNOR Raleigh Attorney Notifies Chairman of State Demo cratic Executive Commit tee of His Decision. IFULL PLATFORM ! TO BE ANNOUNCED Platform to Be Made Public on January 17th.—Has Given Much Thought to the Question. Raleigh, N. C„ Jan. 12 (By the Asso ciated Press).—Josiah W. Bailey, Raleigh Attorney, today definitely announced ms decision to be a candidate for the Dem ocratic gubernatorial nomination at the ' primary in June this year, stating in a letter to State Chairman John G. Daw son. of the Democratic Executive Com mittee. that he would make the platform on which he will stand in his race pub lic on Wednesday, January 17th. Mr. Bailey's letter to the state chair man was in answer to one addressed to him hy Mr. Dawson in which he stated that "the date wheh any of the prospect ive candidates may announce is some thing addressing itself to the discretion of the candidate himself, and no one will be in flip slightest criticized by me far his decision with respect to this mat ter." Mr. Bailey in his reply asserted that he had reached his decision to an nounce at. tlie present time "after mature consideration.'' BIG HARVEST BRINGS DOWN PRICES ON TURKISH TOBACCO The Big Crop Proving a Serious Draw back to the Prosperity of That Be gun Athens. Jan. 12.—The bumper tobae eo crop, common to all tobacco-growing states in the Near East, is proving a serious drawback to the prosperity of this region. The indications are that the world market for the type of tobaeco produced in the Near East, formerly designated as "Turkish,-” is glutted with the prod uct, and its absorbing capacity is today greatly limited, unless producers in . ' “’ki 'iiSS. 1 ' prices- than v tHey now demand. Turkey and- Bulgaria have each from this year's crop alone about 90,000,000 pounds of leaf, and Greece has about 120,000,000 pounds, chiefly raised in her Macedonian possessions. All this tobacco is for the manufacture of cigarettes alone. In the United States, for the purpose of manufacture, it is blended, chiefly with Virginia. It might possibly be used for filler in the production of cigars, but that is still a question. The impraetibility of manufacturing cigars out of "Turkish” tobacco was amply proved in Bulgaria a few years ago. when an effort to bnild up a cigar making industry of native tobneeoproved a flat failure. “Turkish” tobacco does not possess a sufficiently large and tough leaf for the wrapper of a cigar# That is why the demand of America and west ern Europe for Near East tobacco is limited. Tobacco in the Near East bears about the same relation to its prosperity that cotton bears to the prosperity of the southern states of the United Stateß. Tobacco is produced even more cheaply in the Balkans than cotton is grown in the South. » But it will not sell this year at any thing like the figures for which the pro ducers of tlie Near East are holding out. The failure to sell the crop at the [beginning of winter already is exerting an unfavorable influence on Balkan fi nances. Flume Annexed' to Italy. (By the Associated Press.) Rome, Jan. 12.-r Today's newspapers Publish telegrams from Belgrade which assert that the Fiume question has been settled by the annexation of Fiume to Italy, and Porto Bnrros delta to Jugo slavia. with both ports hnving a com mon administration. Plot to Assassinate President Tomayo. IBy the Associated Press.) Guyaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 12.—Advices from Quito say that ithe police of the capital have discovered a plot to assissi uate president of republic, Dr. Tomayo and other political leaders. Thirty-eight arrests, it is said, have been made.