' 'TT 11 1 ' 1 "■ 1 —:■ mmsm TIPICO BLOCKADE ELBE MO IT i ONCE, REBELS SIT, This Decision Has Been An-! Qomced to Consul Wood,! Who Has So Advised Of-j fidals at Washington. } FEEL DECISION j IS PERMANENT! United States Sent Cruiser! to Tampico and Action ofj Rebels Came After Ship j Arrived in the Harbor, j (By (the Associated. Pres*.) Washington, Jan. 23.—Mexican revo lutionary leaders have advised Consul Wood at Vera Crux of their decision to ‘•raise the bloc tonic of Tampico." Consul Wood reported the announce ment to the State Department today but did not say definitely whether the revo lutionists' decision was to permanently raise the blockade, or whether it was of a temporary nature as had been previous ly reported. He was asked for further information.. The cruiser Richmond was recently or dered to Tafiipieo after Secretary Hughes had warned revolutionary leaders agaiust any interference, with Amertfrtn afeipfriTlg. J raise the biockade Is intended to be per manent. As long as there is any doubt however, the Richmond will be kept where she is. There is, at present, no inten tion of changing the orders of the cruis er Omaha and six destroyers which arc proceeding from Panama to Vera Cruz ond are due to arrive tliere today. New Policy Adopted. Washington, Jan. 23.—The de La Hu erta revolutionists in Mexico are prepar ing to abandon plans for a technical blockade of Tampico and substitute a pol icy under which foreign commercial craft will be warned that if they enter the zone of possible bombardment there they will do so at their own risk. Go Over to Rebels. Bronsville, Texas, Jan. 23. —The garri son Monetery, capital of the Mexican State of Neuvo Leon revolted and went over to the rebels at 5 o’clock yesterday, according to unofficial reports reaching here early today. Federal military au thorities at Matamoro, opposite Browns- | ville, have ordered trains for Monterey held up. NEW OFFER IS MADE FOR MUSCLE SHOALS Offer Comes From the Union Carbide Co., Which Would Manufacture Ferti lizer. (By the Associated Press., Washington, Jan. 23. —An offer by the Union Carbide Company, of New York, to manufacture fertilizer at the Muscle Shoals plant, was transmitted to Con gress today by Secretary Weeks. The bid provides for fertilizer produc tion for sale at coat plus 5 per cent., the latter not to exceed in any event $2.00 a ton, the basis of nitrogen content of 20 per cent. The company seeks to lease for a fifty year period properties included in the nitrate plant No. 2 and the Waco quarry with the proviso that it be furnished at least 60.00 Q elefctrie horsepower for fer tilizer manufacture. OFFER COMPROMISE ON TAX REVISION Compromise Offered to Democrats by Re publican Members of Otonnfttoa. IBy tSs AaaaeSatod Press. 1 Washington, Jan. 23.—Republican members of the House Ways and Means committee today offered to compromise: with the democrats on the Mellon tax bill and to farm a non-partisan measure. Representative Garner,of Texas, rank ing democrat on the committee, to whom the offer was made by Chairman Green, did not definitely commit the minority members to a compromise. RATS BEAR SAYS I *Uc- Faik tonight and warmer;* Thursday cloudy; followed by rain in the west And central portions. • i The Concord Daily Tribune A * i:S ?• ftp •.. ' . A »: ■ ~:v v' i •«.-' > : 7 CONCORD N. C. t WEDffesDAY, JANUARY 23 ,1924 ■(.. . urinaßr >. ■ .~ ' ■ _ . . . i TELLS OF THE DEATH OF MISS DODSON IN JAPAN I Ty.i ve’ine Companion of Kln&ion Wo j man Give-, Account Os Earthquake. I Kinston Jan. 22,' —Miss Augusta I Broom, of Baltimore, visiting here, has j brought to this town the long delayed 1 first-hand story of the dentil of Miss ' ® i-abeth Dodson, prominent loeal wo jman, in he Japanese earth-quakes last . Septembeiv-Fcw persons have had more j harrowing experiences tlrnn the Mary land young woman. Miss P.room. ob- I vionsly because of her charm and Cti!- | hire, was chosen by Miss Dodson to be i her traveling companion on a world ! tour. They were together two years. Then came the tragedy last September. | graphically de-cribed by Broom. i The telling of lie story leaves her visibly j affected. Experiences of that, late stini , mer (iny* will never be effected from her , memory. j Miss Dodson and Rroom were stop ping at a smail but exclusive Yokohama j hotel. They were about to go out in the j early afternoon when the building began I to sway and rock. Tliev had experienced ! earth-quakes in the East Indies, ln j st.ii)edively they started for the street, j where they wan’d be safer. Miss Broom assisted Miss Dodson, considerably older that herself, to keep her feet. The build ing was swaying violently. As they neared the door a beam fell upon them. Miss Dodson was crushed, ft is possible that she was instantly killed. Miss Broom was pinned to the Poor by the heavy beam. The weight held one of her feet and etie shoulder securely. She called to her companion in vain. I After three-quarters of an hour a miracle happened. A particulary violent sh ek so shifted the weight of the beam that Miss Broom could extricate herself. For the first time she found that her shoulder and three ribs were broken. Those injuries wore, mere bagatelles in vflwovefeit to ce J efttfitfffTl'Pr ’Covered’fn] debris. Miss Broom fled byway of the roof and over reof-tons of other ruined build ings. occasionally fnl'ing through. She made for the water front. It was a ted ious. painful journey. Everywhere there "were devastation and death. At the har bor’s edge she encountered two English men and an Englishwoman, and appeal to'them for aid. While they .were consid ering going to the hotel with her to in vestigate Miss Dodson's fate, oil tanks exploded. A resultant fire spread about them- They waded into the water to es cape the intense heat. For five hours th y stood in the water, probabll.v less than waist deep. Miss Broom and the largest of the men stood between the others to break the force of a strong current. The larger mnn was n chival rous as the hero of a fiction story. Sud denly the water rose to their necks. The party waded ashore, but the intense hent drove them back into the water. I Then a boat came thi\t took them to on English Vesseb One of the Englishmen went ashore again to nssist the distress ed there, while the other busied himself about getting Miss Broom aboard a homeward-ship. Miss Broom suffered a broken foot when the party first left the water, by striking it against a bit of wreckage. .The scenes that she • wit inessed simply defy deeriptlon. . i J WANTS TEAPOT DOME LEASE CANCELLED BY CONGRESS Senator Carraway Says Lease is “Taint ed With Corruption.’’ fltr t*c AnndaKd Press.* Washington. Jan. 23. —Declaring it had become apparent that the Teapot Dome naval oil lease is “tainted with i corruption,” Senator Carraway, demo -1 crat. of Arkansas, moved today in the Senate for immediate action on his reso lution to cancel the lease. “It . was a transfer of public property for a private consideration,” said Sena tor Carraway. “I think every one fa ihiliar with the record of the investigat ing committee will concede this.” THREE KILLED IN TRAIN WHEN BOILER EXPLODES Explosion Occurred When Train on P. A L E. Was Running 40 Miles an Hour. . (By the Associated Press.! Pittsburgh, Pa„ Jan. 23.—The boiler of an Erie Railroad engine lauding the morning express from Pittsburgh to Cleve land over tlie Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, exploded at Aliquippa, I*a., -23 miles west of here, thia; morning while the train was running 40 miles an hour. Engineer George Clark and Fireman P. L. Kueebler and ,T. R. Meade, road fore man of engines, were killed. Tobacco Sales on Wilson Market. Wilson. N. 0.. Jan. 22.—Tobacco sales | on the Wilson market 'for the week end- 1 ing January 1? were totaled ih pounds at; 1,584,254 os compared with sales of the 1 ' week before of 1174,11X5 pounds, according to a statement issued by H. B. Johnson, supervisor of sales of the Wilson Tobac co Board of Trade. The figures also show average prices paid during the j week ended January 17. An average of , $20.40 per hundred ]>ounds was paid ! during the week just closed against an, overage of $18.70 per hundred pounds during the week before. 1. Women jurors to the number of 13,- JSOO \fcre sumntond in England in 1022. BODY OF LENINE IS CARRIED TO MOSCOW FOR FINAL TRIBUTE Body of Late Soviet Premier Carried Five Miles in Mos cow on Shoulders of His Comrades. j THOUSANDS LINED STREETS OF CITY To Watch as Body Was Car ried Through Streets.— Body to Lie in State Sev eral Days. I Moscow. Jan. 23 (By the Associated Press). —The body of Nikolai Lenine. late premier of soviet Russia, was brought to Moscow this afternoon frpm the little Gorky iu the distant suburbs, where hist j struggle for life after a loqg illness end ed Monday. On the shoulders of his ; comrades of the .council of commissaires, 1 his coffin was carried nearly 5 miles through the streets guarded by soviet j troops to the House of Unions, where it | is to rest in state until further ceremon- | ies. The day was cold and dismal, but the \ casket, uncovered except for the lid of ; thin glass, was. carried through the i streets, of | I pSces of vatit age-«6»n* Th’eT-i;ornuglifa res j in which all traffic was stopped, were j crowded with thousands of silent onlook- j ers. More than 20,000 members of parlia menl and the communist party drlega tions from various departments and labor unions gathered at the railway station, where the train bringing the body, drawn by locomotives, the upper part of which were wound with red and black ribbons, drew into the station quietly and prompt ly at 1 o’clock to the slow and solemn music of u funeral march played by the soldiers’ bands. FOUR MEN IN TACOMA LOST LIVES IN WRECK Other Members of Crew Are Now on Naval Tugs in Vera Cruz Harbor. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, .Tab. 23.—Four lives were loot; in the final wrecking of the cruiser Tacoma at Vera Cruz. The dead were: Captain Herbert G. Sparrow, Edward Thaxter Herrick, radio man second class, Homer Harry Lusier, radio man, first class, and Solomon Sivin, radio man, third class. The remainder of t|ie force of forty eight men on the Tacoma with Captain Sparrow are now on board naval tugs in Vera Cruz harbor. The bodies of the dead are still aboard the cruiser, and an effort was to be made today to remove them. With Our Advertise rs. Mr. Morgan Smith, representing Storrs Schaefer Co. will be at the store of the Query-Goodman 00.. in Kannapolis Jan uary 25th and 2Cth. Suits made to measure. The indoor food that gives you outdoor health —Milk Maid Bread. The Cabarrus Cash Groeery Co. has a fresh lot of high grade flours. W. A. Overcash has just ten winter overcoats left, and he is going to sell them. Better go quick* The Elgin, the popular priced brace let watch, at Stnrnes-Miller-Parker Co. The Southern Motor Service Co. has moved to the greeu front building on West Corbin street, jfc The Ritqfiie Hardware Co. specializes in builders’ hardware. No sale is considered complete at Rob inson’s unless a customer is satisfied. The new store next to the new Cabar rus Savings Bank building, into which the Concord Furniture Co. is moving to ijay, is especially designed for a furni ture store, and is one of the handsomest anywhere. Fisher's has a special collection of smart new Spring Hats, to be shown to morrow. Don’t die without a bill. Read the nd. of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. on page three today. All grocers in Concord now handle I Electrik Maid Bi-oafi. I Dr. A. C. Milter, dentist, is located in | room No. 8, Maness building. ' Thk inmportance of making a will and I ' selecting an executor cannot be over-es timated. The Citizens Bank and Trust 00. will act as your executor at the reg ular commission fixed by law and allow ed by the court. “Resolved, t hat the use of rouge and cosmetics detracts from a girl’s beauty,” /was the subject of n recent debate of the Girls’ City Club of Boston. Westminster Abbey contains a Works of dead kings and 'queens and*: other notables. ROW OVER LEARIE OF NATI«fjS AT HEARING Several Sharp CftriljiM Between Senator Reed and Senator Barra way. (By the Associate.) Press.) Washington. Jan. 2$. —A row over the League of Nations brlko out at the in quiry of Ihe Senate propigouda commit tee as Senator Iteed, (democrat, of Mis souri, cue of she league irreeonoiliables. -ought to develop the attitude on this I question of the nitmfr'is of the policy commission aud a jury erf awards in the Bolt peace movement. > There were several’ sharp passes be tween Senator Reed and Senator Carrn wa.v, democrat, of Arkansas, when Miss Esther Everett Lape. pneinber in charge | of the policy committee of the Bok award I insisted ugon her right, as a witness to : respond with more tllftn a mere yes or no to questions propounded by the Mis souri Senator. j Senator Reed opened this phase of the inquiry by asking Miss Lape for nn ex pression of her own. attitude on the league. She replied tjar she was not a supporter of the ieagftir In its present form, hut had become In adherent of the I , league i u her own mind. Liter she add- J I ed she would be for the league with the ' reservations proposed in the Senate. The witness insisted, however, that in the or ganization of the polity committee and' the jury award the league question had not been considered in. any way — CLEM SON PRESIDENT IS DEAD AT WASHINGTON Had Gone to Capital on Business.—Was ; 111 Only a Very.’Shaft Time. (By the Associate.) Press.) ! Washington, Jan. '*23.—Dr. W. M. 1 Riggs, president of Clemson College, H. j C., died in a hotel he* last night. Dr., | Riggs came here to fippear before the ] i Congressional comipitfaes In connection I with agricu Rural maJfcy.Vi in which bis 7 i«?f dimwn «• ‘ftftAßWf’fhvotftir fltrVj?-- j periinental work. THcHieSune ill dur ; ing the recent severe weather and failed | to rally, | Tlie widow is expected here today and ! will return to Clemson College with the body tonight. Dr. Riggs was 51 years old and was born at (Orangeburg, 8. C, aud before going to Clemson College was a member of the faculty and president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at Auburn. Ala. During, the war he was; engaged in welfare and educational work, with the American Army in France. Davidson County Boy “Skins” Stanly Banker. New London; Jan. 21.—A mean, and clever trick, was that of a young man of Newsom, when on January 17th, lie ] knocked off from work and came to the ] Peoples’ Bank, New London, and pre sented a forged check with note attached bearing the name of Jake Coggin, lumber dealer of Stokes Ferry, on the Davidson side of the river, and asked the cashier to cash the check for Mr. Coggin. Tlie sum was three hundred and twenty-five dollars; a pay-roll also, asking $75.00 to be deposited, and send $250 to Mr. Cog gin. The bank had done business with Cog gin heretofore, and the same man—said to be Clay Varner—had presented cheeks before, so the oashier did not hesitate to liand out the money. On Friday the j bank was called by the Wachovia Bank, of Winston-Salem, and informed that the check had incorrect signature. Officers immediately were notified, and the man was finally captured near Newsom at the home of his brother Saturday morning I at 2 o’clock. After giving bail, he is at j liberty, awaiting trial. sSESHHSSHSSs YOUR WILL I j The importance of making a Will and selecting a i ■ suitable Executor cannot be over-estimated. ’ , The appointment of this institution as Executor in- * sures the administration of your estate according to I instructions ajid wishes. t For this we arc paid the regular commission fixed by law and allowed by the Court —no more than when j * the handling of your estate in the ■ Let us talk this matter over with you. fife. CITIZENS ; I ggjjfll BANK & TRUST ; 1 I eUPHH company ! Ice-pound ■; ■ ~ > The city of Hamburg, Germany, la Ice-bound these days. Vessels have little or no chance to get away once these powerful lea blocks wedge them in. Shipping has almost come to a standstill, so far as thi? port Is concerned. NEW RUM TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN IS SIGNED Secretary Hughes and Sir Auckland I Geddts Affixed Signatures to Docu \ incut. v (By the Associated Press.) today at thelStflte Dewnrtmezt. Secretary Hughes for" the United States, and Sir ’Auekland Geddes, the re tiring British ambassador, affixed their signatures to the agreement which pro- I vides for extension of the American right of search beyond the three mile litnit. and permits British vessels to bring ships stores into American ports under seal. Senate ratification is required before the new arrangement becomes effective, but there are indications that, pending that approval, the two governments tac itly will follow a more lenient policy toward each other in dealing with the liquor question. RAMSAY MACDONALD AND MINISTERS IN POWER NOW New Ministry Formally Took Office Dur ing Day.—MacDonald New Premier. London, Jan. 23 (By the Associated Press). —The labor ministry headed by J. Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Min ister, formally took office at noon to day. The members of the retiring Baldwin government visited Buckingham Palace this morning. Shortly afterward Pre mier Mas Donald and his ministry ar rived at the palace and received the seals of office. Premier MacDonald, wasting no time ! in getting the machinery of his govern i ment to work,, called a cabinet meeting for this afternoon at which it was un derstood the policy to be presented to Parliament when it re-assembles will be submitted. | Ain average speaker spraks from ! from 120 to 150 words a minute. NO. 15. LACK OP SNOW CAUSES CONFUSION IN ALASKA Mild Winter Weather Holds Up Oe- I ivories By Dog Stetls. Washington, D- C.. Jan. 23.—Notices are net uncommon at this time of year of transportation tie-ups because of too much snow. It is something new to have the Government repotting traffic demor alization because of too little snow. That is what is happening in Alaska. According to the Interior Department, the Alaska Railroad has had to build two great warehouses to store suppliers for the mining and the establish ments, as the mild winter has made it impossible for the regular dog sled ex presses to deliver the goods to the camps. Railroad tie and wood contractors, the report also says, have been unable to, make delivery of their products nlc’ng the entire route of the Alaska Railroad because of the unusually mild winter and the insufficient, snowfall prevent ing movement by sled overland, which is the only means of transpejj-tation form the interior of Alaska to points on the railroad. RAILROAD MEN ATTEND BILLY SUNDAY SERMON Over 3tOOO of Them From Winston- Salem. Spencer and Columbia Go to Charlotte. Charlotte, Jan. 22.—Throe thousand or more Southern railway men heard Hilly Sunday in a wonderful sermon to night at the tabernacle. The men. with officials, came from Winston-Salem, Columbia and Spencer on special trains and occupied the main block of seats irt | the tabernacle. [I R. E. Simpson, genera' manager of , lines east, and other officials from each city represented, occupied seats on the platform. This was. the only gathering 1 of railroad men that ha? ever, came :• - -kear isßetwHi -paeaoh -StmdoyAmA tho officials come on his platform, and | they had a love feast. Many went forward after the sermon • to unite with the church. A tribute to • Robert E. Lee by Mr. Sunday brought i forth a great demonstration from the men. Mr. Sunday knfw many of the 1 men, calling them by names. The service was one of tremendous interest. GETS HOLD OF BIG SNAKF> IN CLEARING OUT DRAIN Man Dhpr'difs FeptMe After Getting Unexpected Shock. j East Mauch Chunk, Pa.. .Tan 22 j When Edward Binder, of No. 923 North ■ street. East Mauch Chuuk, entered his cellar last evening to look at a service wire, he had a most startling experience. Noticing a eonsiderab'e amount of water in the cellar, he inspected the drain and found it c'ogged with what appeared to be a heavy rope. Binder pulled it out and it proved to be a black snake, six feet three inches 'ong, which had tried to enter the drain, but wa unable to do so for the reason that it had swallowed severa' large potatoes it found in the cellar. The snake was a’ive. but stiff from being in the cold water, and was quickly killed. » NEGRO K1L1.,8 ""mAN~AS POSSE SURRONUDS HIM Another Man Was Seriously Woundo-' and a Third Slightly Hurt by Negro. IHy t*ie Associated Press. 1 ■ Cordele, Ga., Jan. 23. —One man was shot and instantly killed, another serl ousl.v wounded, and a third slightly wounded when a negro for whom a posse was searching opened fire on the men as they surrounded him at a saw mill on Flint River, near Huguenin Ferry. The white man had gone to arrest the negro who, it is alleged, had made threats against the life of the white men who i had whipped the negro’s son yesterday. Ed. Barber, a farmer, was killed. Carl Williams, a dentist, is seriously wounded. •The negro escaped. NORWAY TO END DRY LAW. Ministry Plans Prohibition Abolition to Raise Revenue. London. Jan. 23. —A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen 1 says the Norwegian State budget for i 1924-1925 provides for an expenditures of 631.381,000 kroner, an increase of 79,872,875 kroner over the previous year. The Government suggests the aboli tion of the Prohibition upon spirits, estimating 38,000,000 kroner from a special spirits duty. (A dispatch from Christiania Jan.l2 said, the Ministry announced that a bill would be introduced, abolishing what remained of the Prohibition Law.) FRANCE BARS BOXKRS’ KISS. • Custom Originating in the "South Abolished as Unhygienic. Pnris, Jan. 22.—The boxers’ kiss has been banned. For some time it hag been ‘he fashion for two fighters to exchange kisses—one on each cheek—at the con clusion of a bout, but the French Box ing Federation has decided that for hygienic reasons the practice must go, and has issued an official decree to that effect. Originating in Southern France, the custom gradually spread to all French rings until it threatened to become a mania. 1 «••*•••« * TODAY’S « ® NEWS ' O • TODAY 0 9,946,462 BALES OF COTTON GINNED IN COUNTRY THIS YEAR This Amount Had Been Gin* ned From Last Year’s Crop Prior to January 16—In crease Over Last Year. ONLY ONE REPORT TO COME LATER This Will Be Fnal Report in Far More Than a Million March.—ln This State So Bales Have Been Ginned. (By tbe Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 23.—Cotton ginned prior to January 16th amounted to »,- 1 1146,462 running bales, including 235,891 round ball's counted as half bales, 20.- 181 bales of American-Egyptian, and 5,074 bales of Sen Island. Ginnings to January lGtli include: North Carolina, 1,028,998 bales. The revised total of cotton ginned this season to January Ist whs announced ns 9,811,038 bales, with 15,200 ginneries be , ing operated prior to tliat date. To day’s report was the last ginning report of the season excepting the final report to be made in March. / ; ~. w . 1 OpaMrrtMy Steady at Advance of 2 Points to Decline of 20 nfSt/iT ■»»