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»*»*****'« 0 ASSOCIATED « fr PRESS § » DISPATCHES © & A dt dt * & (h VOLUME XXIV Egyptian Troops Fire On Military Hospital Two Platoons of Sudanese Mutinied,' and Three Doc tors in the Hospital Were Killed. BRITISH TROOPS RETURNED FIRE And Several Mutineers Were Killed in the Fighting.— More Deputies Have Been Arrested. Cairo. Egypt, JvTov. 28 (By the Asso cor.ted Press |. —Two platooiis the 11th Sudanese at Khartum today muti nied and attached the military hospital. One British and two Syrian doctors were killed, as well as other British subjects. British troops; fired on the mutineers who suffered, several casualties. Egyptian Deputies Arrested. London, i Nov. 28. —A number of ad ditional arrests of Egyptian deputies were made today, says an agency dispatch from Cairo. Cause of Outbreak. London, Nov. 28 (By the Associated Press). —The Egyptian embassy in Ixm don said today that it regarded the out break among the Egyptian troops at Khartum as not due to any influence out side the battalion involved, and not eon ne< ted officially with the trouble in Cairo. It is stated in official quarters, howev er. that it was expected that if trouble broke out along the Nile it would origi nate in the Sudan. While a mutiny of troops was not an expected possibility, it was not left outside the official Calcula tions. and the government feels that it has the position so well in liand that spread ing of disorders in Kgypj is improbable. Tlie arrest and imprisonment of the leaders of the Egyptian extremists re moves the greatest} danger to the situa tions in Cairo and Alexandria, where any important outbreaks, it is thought, would be likely to start. The new Egyptian government has co operated with British governmental au thorities in the arrest and incarceration of dangerous extremists. , Twelve More Persons Arrested. . Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 28. —Twelve more liersons were taken into custody this morning, and the police expfet to detain 35 in all as precautionary measures. NjUWUi MkkUA 18 AGAIN COMING INTO OfMEOGHT With Opening of Congress Just a Few Days Off Disposal of Property Again Is Discussed. <B, the Associated Premi.l Washington, Nov. 28.—With the con vening of Congress only a few days off. the air is tilled with reports of numerous offers to develop Muscle Shoals, which will be the first up for legisla tion at the short term. The withdrawal of the Ford bid let down the bars for revised and new offers. To fill the breach caused by Ford'N withdrawal, Senator Underwood, dem ocrat. of Alabama, today put final touch es on a bill he lias drafted, and which will have endorsement of the Southern delegation in the Senate. The exact con tents of the bill will be withheld nntil it is introduced. Before Jhe bill was completed. Senator Underwood, said he regarded the property as mainly a source of national defense, and its main purpose should be to pro duce nitrogen for ammnnition and fer tilizer. The administration is understood to have a plnn in mind, which it is believed would provide for disposition of the prop erty with a governmental recapture clause. APPROPROATION BILL. TO GET FIRST THOUGHT House MIU Devote Moot of the Time to Tills Matter in Next Congress. (By the Associated Press.l Washington, Nov. 28.—Concentration on appropriation bills was agreed upon as the basis of the legislative program for the House at this session of Con gress at a conference today between President Coclidge and House leaders. Speaker Gillett, Representative Long wortb, of Ohio, the Republican floor lead er. and Chairman Snell of the rules com mittee, agreed with the President that attention should be centered first on the .supply measure to prevent the necessity for an extra session after next March 4th for this reason alone. John M. Brady Dies on Southern Train. • Salisbury, Nov. 2(l.—John M. Brady, of this city, died suddenly on a Southern , railway train between Savannah and Rlacksville, .8. C., last night while re turning with Mrs. Brady from a ten day pleasure trip in Florida. Mr. Brady had not been in the best of health recently but his condition was not thought to be serious. Surviving are the wife and two children, A Non Alfred, is a student nt the University, a daughter, Miss Eloise, is a member of the Salisbury city school faculty. Will Keep Gen. Butler in Philadelphia. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 28. —General Sraedley D. Butler, will remain at the head of the Philadelphia Police and Fire Deportments for the next three years if his absence from the Marine Corps is extended, it was announced toddy by May or Kendrick and General Butler. Alfred Staples Under Arrest. (By the Associate* Press.) Mobile, Ala., Nov. 28.—Charged in three government indictmenta< with prohi bition law" violations, Alfred L. Staples, former banker, business man and at ttrte time President of the Alabama, Bank er* Association, was placed under arrest at the Federal Building today. The Concord Daily Tribune i' COULDN’T BATHE BARE-LEGGED SO SHE SUED HER DOCTOR ; She Lost, However—Leg Became Shriv eled anil Scarred. Trenton, Nov. 28. —While conceding that it was humiliating to be both un fashionable and suspected, Justice Katz , enbnch, in an opinion filed in the Su i preme Court today, set aside verdicts ng gregating $2,500, recovered by Helen W. i Smith and her husband. Fred M. Smith, ' in a suit against Dr. George F. Cjorri ■ gan. of Newark, for alleged mil practice. The physician, according to the com ‘ plaint, used a safety razor, blade to punc ture n blood tumor which had formed on tbe woman's leg as a result of an acci dent. Subsequently, it was claimed, the , wound became infected and as a result of a second operation the limb became shriveled atfll scarred. Because of the leg’s unsightly condi tion Mrs. Smith was unable to conform tq the prevailing fashion of bathing with out stockings and on one occasion while bathing in California, she was naked to leave the pool because other bathers be came suspicious that she had an infected leg and apparently reported their fetrs to the management. In reversing the verdicts- of damage* the Supreme Court held that it could not see in the tesi mony any dvidenre which would support a claim of damnges as set out in the complaint. ,/ NO NEW LIGHT THROWN ON SHEATSLEY MURDER Authorities Await Investigations of Sci entific Nature—Hundreds Fleck to the Parsonage. Columbus, 0., Nov. 27. —Nothing tend ing to solve the veil of mystery which has hung over the parsonage of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in the fashionable Begley district, since the practically cremated body of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, was found in tlie furnace elev en days ago developed today. The work of County Prosecutor- John R. King and hi-s aides, making an in vestigation of the mystery, was at a standstill. Further aetiou, he said, will depend on the report of scientific ex perts who are investigating certain phases of the case. Hundreds of curious personfe today thronged through the street in front of the parsonage, to which the Rev. Mr. Sheatsley and his four children returned yesterday from Paris, 0.. where funeral services were held for Mrs. Sheatsley a week ag<f. Premises of the parsonage were guard the ministe ris a lecturer on religious ran i-cts. The family today remained in seclu sion. Food for their Thanksgiving din ner was furnished by ladies of tbe min ister's congrtgation. With Our Advertisers. Men! Women! You get values, and yon don’t need the cash at James H. Farleys. See big ad. today. Double your happiness with a Chevro let. Economical to biiy and ojierate. See ad. of Motor & Tire Service Co. C. M. Powell, of Kannapolis lias some “Goldbank Strain” turkey toms for sale. See ad. today. Use Mel-Bro Lotion and procure, pre serve, and regain beauty. Sold at all drug stores. Boys need good shoes. Ivey’s lias them at $2.50 to $5.00. See ad. today. Good tires roll long. Get them at Howard’s Filling Station. Globe-Wernieke sectional Book cases at the Concord Furniture Co. Visit, tbe gift shop at this store. The J. C. Penny Co. is offering silk dresses for $9.00 and up. See ad. today. Skates for everybody at the Yorke & Wadsworth Hardware Co. and the prices ale right. The New Efird Store invites you to visit their Children’s and Babies’ Depart ment. Special prices on Coats, Sweaters, Suits, Dresses and Underwear. Piggly Wiggly has a new ad. today tell ing of the specials offered there for Sat urday. • I’bone your orders to the Sanitary Gro cery Co. for good country sausage and nice fat hens. • Richmond-Flowe Co. has tlie Bonny Knit light weight Overcoatx.| Other heavy coats for cold days. Read the change of ad. today of Wil kin’s Funeral Home. Cline’s Pharmacy invites you to their Christmas opening today and tomorrow. Oranges, tangerine* and grapefruit di i root from grower to consumer for sale at 41 South. Union street. Do you like fruit cake with rum in it. See ad. of the Copcord Steam Bakery. Mnny fine suits on sale Saturday at W. A. Overeash’s-for $25, $27.50 and See ad. Economy and safety for your esstate is assured if the Citizens Bank and Trust Company is executor. See ad. today. Fatty Arbuckle Now in Paris, Sued for Divorce. > Paris, Ncv. 26. —When Roseoe Ar buekle arrives in Paris ttf fulfill an en gagement at a music hall in the Are de Triomphe quarter, he will be served with papers in a suit for divorce. The pro ceedings were instituted in the Paris ’ courts by Arininta Durfee, his wife, who charges abandonment. The plaintiff gave 1 a Paris address. The papers' in the case ! state that Mis Durfee married Arbuck’.e | in I/w Angeles in 1000, and that there 1 are no children. i Congressman Madden of Illinois and Congressman I/ongworth of Ohio are the candidates, for Speaker in the Congress to come in March 4, when Speaker Gil lett will become a Senator. Longwortb i appears to have the lead. He married - Alice Roosevelt. Madden probably will , have little sympathy in tbe South on t account of his attacks on Lee and Jack - son on the floor of the House, at which t time only the fact be is a cropple saved him from a good thrashing- ' CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1924 • MEMBERSHIP DRAFE 1 SOUTH FOR ID CBOSSKSUCCESSj i Twenty Per Cent. Increase in the Enrollment Over Last Year, First Reports From Campaign Have Shown. NORTH CAROLINA SECOND ON LIST North Carolina Has 31,128 Members While Georgia Has 37,947 Members—Fig ures for Other States. (By tile Assoclnveri Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28:—First reports from (lie American Red Cross member ship campaign, which closed yesterday, ■show an increase of 20 per cent, for the eight states __ in the Southern Division, over the enrollment reported nt this time last year, it was announced today. With incomplete reports from 270 out of tlie 564 chapters participating in the campaign, showing a total enrollment of 168,005 members. Southern headquarters predicted complete returns will give the South the largest membership it has had | in four years. Available reports sow I the followinging enrollment: North Caro- I lina 31.128; South Carolina 14,912;! Georgia 37.947 ; Alabama 17,797 : Tennes see 23,905 ; Florida 24,000 ; lanjisiana 8.-! 985; and Mississippi 19,327. FEAR TONG WARFARE WILL START AGAIN Rival Tongs in New York Failed to Sign Peaee Agreement. (Bv tbe Assoelfiten l'rrs. I New York, Nov. 28.—Tlie spectre eff Tong war fa iV again hovers over China town today as a result of tlie failure of the Hip* Sing and On Leong tongs to sign the ]>eace agreement scheduled for formal acceptance Thanksgiving Day. Continuation of the enmpaign of terror was foreseen by Eddie Cong, secretary of the Hip Sings, following the killing of a member of his organization within a few hours of the expiration of the temporary truce between the tongs. Goag-J'hong Food. ,78 years old. a laun drymau,\an inactive, mchiber qf-the Hip Sine tong, was shot to dfutth by two gun- . nicn ’ycsTi’fffnv tn iVie SfrtVnx. CORONER NOT SATISFIED , WITH VERDICT OF JURY New Bern Coroner Will Investigate Fur ther Death of Charlie Long. man. (By (he Associated Press.) New Bern, Nov, 28.—Coroner J. L. Harsfield has announced that he will go behind the verdict of a coroner’s jury which declared that Charlie Long, a lo cal Chinese laundryman. had come to his death by committing suicide. Long’s body was found in bed yesterday morn ing with a bullet through the right eye. A pistol with two cartridges exploded lay beside the bed. The coroner asserted that be would have an autopsy performed on the body of the Chinaman. He said he could find no local reason for the mnn to kill him self, and thought it possible his death had grown out of the tong war which had been raging in Chinese quarters over the country. EIGHT PERSONS KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS Five Pearsons Killed in One Automobile awl Three Killed in Another Near Chi cago. (By the AssbelnteU Press.) Chicago, Nov. 28.—Two railway cross ing accidents on tlie fringes of Chicago last night brought death to eight persons, probable fatal injuries to two. and se rious hurts to another. 1 Five hiembers of an automobile party of young people were killed at Aurora, when’ a mail train struck their motor car. Three women were killed at Lom bard, 111., when another train struck a family automobile party. FRAND MCDOWELL HAS BEEN DECLARED INSANE Slayer of Mother, Father and Two Sis ters Removed to State Hospital. '(By the Associate* Press.) Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 28.—Frank Mc- Dowell, slayer of his mother, father and two sisters, has been, adjudged insane, and removed to the State hospital, it was learned today. The transfer was made from the State prison farm- at Raiford where he had been sent to serve a life sentence on No vember 25th. A lunacy commission ad judged him insane. Rowan County Will Have a Creamery. l Salisbury, Nov. 2(l.—A creamery plant is assured for ltowau county but the .campaign for more stockholders is being prosecuted in order to have the en terprise as much a co-operative concern as possible. A number of meetings have been held over tbt county and tbe propo sition for the creamery has met approval everywhere. No organization has been perfected this waiting on the completion of the list of stockholders. Series of Robberies in Brooklyn. (By the AmMliw* Peru.) New York, Nov. 28.—A series of rob beries in Brooklyn by a band 'of holdup men, one of whom was disguised as a woman ended early today with the cap ture of four men. • The man dressed as a woman, made up to represent a blonde flapper described ’ himself as Frank Burns, of ’ Brooklyn. | 1 The police said he was a member of the, ’ Louctte gang. ■SS B Hundreds* of women vieretoufateiUlnto' the" auxiliary''t'o“ the Ku‘ Kliia Klon at a big rally in Elmira, N. Y. Here they are seen' being sworn in,. j Stfte fiery gross ie burning fn the background. The women wear hoods and | robes just as the men do. THE COTTON MARKET Unsettled and Easier During Early Trad ing.—Active Months Sold Lower. (By the Associate* Press.) New Turk, Nov. 28. —-The (Mtlon mar ket was unsettled and easier in today’s early trading, owing to reports of a con | tinned slack demand for cotton goods, in i the primary markets, increased private estimates of tlie crop, and Southern hedg ing and liquidation. - The opening was steady at unchanged, prices to a decline of four points. Active months sold 26 to 30 points net lower by tlie end of the first hour, January declin ing to 23.00 and March to 23.98. Two private crop reports were issued, one estimating the yield at 12,704,000 bales. The other placed it nt 13,410,000, exclusive of ] inters. Opening prices were: December 23.75; January 23.88; March 24.20; May 24.56- July 24.54. GRANDCHILDREN GIVEN BULK OF HARDING ESTATE Will of Mrs. Harding Leave* Most of Estate to Jeanne and George De- Wolfe. (By the Associated Press.) Marion, ()., Nov. 28.—Jeanne and George DeWolwe. grandchildren of the late Mrs. Warren G. Harding, are left the bulk of her estate of which no estj,- jwalc was avajlablmuader her will'filed for probate Kerrntf!s-’<- Th’e wilt makes special bequests to friends and relatives, aggregating $50,000. and leaves the resi due of tlie estate to tlie grandchildren who live here. Although no estimate could be ob tained, it was generally believed that Mrs. Harding’s estate would total more than $500,000. The grandchildren are not to come into their inheritance until they are 28 years of age. tlie will es tablishing a trust fund. Jeanne is 15 years oid, and George is 12. ZEPPELIN MAIL SERVICE WILL BE STARTED SOON Service Will Be Between Germany and United States, Zeppelin Director Says. Berlin, Nov. 28 (By the Associated Press). —A weekly mail Zeppelin service between the United States and Europe soon will be started. Dr. Hugo Eckener, director of tlie Zeppelin Company, who had charge of the ZR-3’c trans-Atlantic flight, said today. Tlie Zeppelin-Goodyear combination does not intend to establish a passenger service for the present, he indicated, but believes that one Zeppelin each week, carrying half a million letters at 25 cents a letter would be a business success. Rich Youth Says His Wife Has Negro Blishl. New Rochelle, N. Y., Nov. 26.—Leon ard Kin Rhinelander, scion of one of New York's oldest families, who mar ried Miss Alice Jones, of New Rochelle, October 14th, today filed suit in the West Chester county supreme court to annul she marriage. Rhinelander al leged that his wife concealed from him the fact that she had negro blood in her veins. The papers were supported by an affidavit made by Rhinelander before a Kings county notary public. The complaint declares that the “con- > sent” of the plaintiff, Rhinelander, to the marriage, “was obtained by fraud,” and that the defendant, formerly Miss Jones, told Rhinelander “she was white and had no colored blood.” Rhinelander, the complaint tftate. entered into marriage on the basis of such representations, “which be since has discovered to be untrue.” Rhinelander is 22 years old. He is the son of Philip Rhinelander, hear to a fortune of $100,000,000 in Manhattan real estate and a member of one of Man hattan's most exclusive families^ IJake Schafer, who is again contesting with Willie Hopiie for the 18.2 balk line billiard championship, first learned the game from his illustrious father, but it is a strange thing that his style of play is much different. Young Jake’s play is less spectacular and more re sembles that of the great Frank Ive. J. CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS j We have in stock a beautiful line of Engraved Christ- a [ mas Greeting Cards. Call and see them and place your or- I I : der in good time. The prices are very reasonable, and it I i l its best to place your order now while the stock is complete. ■> ! 'I ' , I I . TIMES-TRIBUNE OFFICE. ■JURY RENDERS VERDICT IN’ THE ROBINSON CASE Kinds “Mr. V A” Was Victim of Conspira cy But Frees Robinson anil Wife From Part in Conspiracy. (By )■« .Associated Press.) London. Nov. 28. —The jury in the Robinson conspiracy case, involving an un-named Indian prince, rendered a ver dict this afternoon finding that conspirac.v had existed to extort money from the • prince, known ns “Mr. A”, but that Rob inson and Mrs. Robinson were not par ties to it. The jury also found that “Mr. A” was induced to part with two checks for 150.- 000 pounds Sterling each through such fear and alarm that his mind was unset tled, and that the act was not free and 'voluntary. After these findings the jury again re tired to consider further questions put to it by the presiding judge. REQUIRE BUS DRIVERS TO OBEY ALL STATUTES . i Must Stop at All R R. Crossings and Must Not Drink or Smoke While on Duty. Greensboro, Nov. 27. —Obey nil state, county and city laws was the order given drivers of the United Stage line busses 1 when a meeting- was held here at The bus terminal. Company officials an nounced a set of rules as follows: No Mrtoking iMfile "drivirigr driver must bring bus to full stop at all main 1 and branch railroad crossing*; driver 1 will be dismissed if -intoxicated or has whiskey odor in breath; safety first ,nt • all times. There i* no use having acci- • dents, T. ('• Gregory, engineer of Travelers’ Insurance company s-tated, i declaring that four reasons for them are bad routing, overcrowding, speeding and • defective brakes. 1,. V. Herman and J. \V. Cabyll, of Charlotte, connected with the Travelers Insurance company, wire - present and made talks. VANCE MORGAN, NEGRO, WAS ELECTROCUTED TODAY 1 Said to Have Confessed to the Murder of WTiich He Was Convicted. (By the Associated Frees) Raleigh, Nov. 28. —Vance Morgan, a negro, alias Vance Clayburn, was elec trocuted at the state prison here this morning nt 10 :30 o’clock. A few minutes before the electrocution he confessed to his spiritual adviser that he killed Butler Funderburk, of whose murder he was convicted last July in the Superior Court of Union county. Governor Morrison yesterday declined to interfere, after hearing last minute peals in Morgan’s behalf. Novel Banquet of Millionaires. London, Nov. 28.—A -farewell mes sage that was eaten instead of utttered was a feature- of a fourteen-course ban quet at a gathering of some of the world's richest mean at the Savoy Hotel a few night since. This millionaires' banquet, over which Lionel N. de Rothschild pre sided. was given by the La tin-American Society of Great Britain to the Chilean Minister in London, Don Augustin Ed wards, on the eve of his retur nto Chile. Practically all the 200 guests were (millionaires, and they represented a cap ital of over $1,000,000,000. Each course ' of the" menu formed a key to the mes sage. The clue was found in the cap ital letttrs. It was in Spanish, of which the translation wa« Good Lucy and Boil -T Voyage. Charged With Taking Role of Physician. Kinston, Nov. 27.—Earl Brewer, a well-known youn man. was yesterday under $750 bail on a charge of assault, of a serious nature, growing out of in cidents alleged to have occurred in the Deep Run section. It was charged that : he impersonated a health officer and in such a role presented himself to sev -1 eral women in the community. In a specific case, in which a young matron was involved, he was alleged to have i proceeded with a physical examination. • Brewer stated before a magistrate that there had been a mistake. I BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION To M*tt at Tabernacle Church, Raleigh, December 9th. Raleigh, Nov. 28.—Unusual interest in felt throughout the state in the. approach ing session of the Baptist State fro'- tion, which meets in Tabei-n of this city on Tuesday nfl T'-'-'' ‘•ember 9th. according tot \ .--m received at tlie office of WaltW-YL Gil more, secretary of the convention. Tlie pastors conference begins on Monday night and will continue through Tuesday morning. This pre-convention gathering is said to always draw a large number of pastors and others. Featuring tlie convention this year will be the address by Dr. TV. R. Cullom, of Wake Forest, cn his impression' gathered from his re oenf>*trip to Europe. During the convention there will be a number of side features. In addition to various meetings of boards and com- ’’ tpiftees, several banquets will be held. At one of these banquets state officers and general workers of the I!. Y. I’, V. will be present. Perry Morgan, of this city, general secretary of the B. Y„: P. I will be in charge. A large number of young people are expected to attend the convention this year. All the general workers of the board of missions will attend the banquet on Wednesday evening of the convention week. Professor M. Huggins, secretary of the board of education, is in charge of arrangements. Interest in the convention, it was said, will center in the finishing up of tlie five year period of the 75 Million Cam paign ami in launching (lie new program, which will begin January Ist and con tinue for only one year. The Baptist of this state, it was pointed out, are concentrating ail their forces in an effort to finish up the. old campaign by the last ’ of the month of December. According to officials of the conven tion, a canvass will be made next Sun day in all the Baptist churches of the South with a view to getting pledges from file 3,500,000 white members for a sufficient fund to -take care of all the missionary educational and social serv ice activities of the denomination for the year 1925. The goal for the whole South was placed at $15,000,000 while Mint of North Carolina was placed at $1,000,000. exclusive of the amount that will be given the Thojnasville orphanage, wlijeh will be about $200,000. Dr. Charles E. Maddry, of Raleigh, corresponding secretary of the Baptist Board of Missions in North Carolina and general director of tlie new program, has just received a telegram from Dr. Clias. E. Burts, of Nashville. Tenn.. general director of the new program for the en tire South, stating that all of the states are well organized and are ready to start the campaign. Dr. Burts reports that the First Bap tist Church of Nashville, Tenn.. of which Dr. Fre* Brown, native son Os North Carotin*,' is--pastor, has -dlready - more $70,000 to the new program for 1025. This is said to be about one-tenth of the entire Tennessee quota. This $70.- 000 was raised in nddition to the $35.- 000 budget that the church has for 1925 while there is a $200,000 debt cn the church. The laying of the cornerstone of the greater Meredith will also take place dur ing convention week. This will be fea tured by the ratification of the report of the bond commission, which is to pro vide the necessary funds for carrying for ward immediately the building projects. OSTRACISED WOMAN CLAIMED BY DEATH Had Lived For Years in Spot Practical ly Unknown to White Population. Thomasville, Nov. 26.—Mrs. Roxobel Gainel, of TVallburg community, was buried at that place Sunday, her age being 95 years. She died Friday night while in tbt home of her daughter, who was a mulatto, with a negro husband husband and* a number of children. The home of tlie famity with whom, the aged woman had lived for many years is said to be in nil almost unknown spot by the average white pel-son in the neighborhood, described as a wood back of a pasture the entrance to the premises being on a path with two gates to be opened and shut by those passing that way. After the unfortunate circumstance, which ostracised tlie then young woman from her former associates, she mniiried Mr. Gainey, whom she lived with until lie died at the age of 70 years, it was then that Mrs. Gainey went to live with tier daughter, there making her home until her body, neatly liesfeld in a cas ket. was borne from thence 'to the hearse by the hands of her colored neighbors, led by a colored preacher to a colored church where the funeral servtces were held, interment being made according to her requests in the colored cemetery thereby nnd again in accordance with her last request, bf tlie side of a grand child who died about, four years ago. Train Wrecked By Gasoline Explosion. Clarksville. Tenn., Nov. 26. —When a tank oar <•>’ gasoline in a Teiinewsee Cen tral trnin exploded oil a trestle near here this afternoon, 10 other cars were plunged into the ravine/ under the tres tle and more than 200 feet of the trestle itself was burned before the fire could be extinguished. No one was hurt, rail road officials said. Tlie cauwe of the ex plosion could not be learned here to night. Local railroad officials said tonight that it probably-us-ill be four or five days before the trestle can be repaired and normal traffic resumed. Tlie finamcal loss is estimated at almost SIOO,OOO. M. D. Barringer Dies In North Albe marle. Albemarle. Nov. 27.—<M. I). Barringer died Monday night at. his home in North Albemarle, after a short illness. He was stricken with paralysis Saturday after noon and since he was first stricken lit > tie hope had been entertained for his re covery. | The deceased leaves surviving seven .children. They are: Mrs. Ella Frick, I Miss Annie Barringer, 0. V. Barringer, Henry Barringer, Mrs. Phrona Riden hmir. Mrs. Edna Deese, Mias Nora Bar ringer. Mrs. Barringer died a number of | yearn ago. 000000000 0 TODAY’S 0 0 NEWS 0F 0 TODAY 0 000000000 NO. 279. ffl 111 EOLLETTE -Oil OF THE REPUBLICS Plfflf At Conference of Senate publicans Wisconsin tor and Three Supporter ' Named In Resolution. NOT CONSIDER THEM HEREAFTER Will Not Be .'Asked to Con ferences and Will Not Be Given Republicans Places On Senate Committees. (By the Aftnorlated Prea*.| Washington, Nov. 28.—Senator Hob art M. LaPollctte. of Wisconsin, ami three of liiw pi-inc-ipa] supporters in the - Senate were practically read .out of the republican party today at a conference of Senate republicans. The conference adopted a resolution by Senator Heed of Pennsylvania, under which Mr. LaFollette, Senators Ladd and Frazier, of North Ilakotiio. and Brook hart, of lowa, will no longer be given republican places on Senate committees or invited to attend future party con ferences. The Heed resolution follows: “Resolved that it. is the sense of the conference that Senators LaFollette, Ladd, Brookhart and Frazier be not in vited to' future conferences, and be not named to fill any republican vacancies on Senate committees.” Senator Ladd was the only one of the four Senators named in the resolution present at the conference. Senator La- Follette who was ano independent candi date for the Presidency, remained at his home. Senator Curtis New Senate Leader. Washington, Nov. 28.—('has. Curtis, senior Senator from Kansas, today was selected as successor to the late Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as the re publican leader in the Semite. Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, was elected vice chairman and party whip, a post which has been held by Senator Curt is since the republicans re gained control of Congress in 1018. SIR GILBERT PARKER INJURED IN ACCIRBNT Knocked Down By Automobile on Street at Aiken. S. C.; Nurse Also Hurt. Aiken. S. 0., Nov. 27. —Sir Gilbert Parker, of I .on don, suffered severe in juries here yesterday when he was struck and knock to the ground by an automobile on one of the principal busi ness streets of the city. Sir Gilbert's attendant nurse, Miss Cashmere, was also painfully hurt when she was thrown beneath the machine and caught in its running gear. Sir Gilbert escaped injury by a close margin when he was throw'll heavily to the ground, but the wheels of the auto mobile did not pass over his body. He was removed to a nearby inn. Physi cians announced that he received several injuries about the head and severe body bruises, but his condition is not consid ered serious. Miss Cashmere received painful bruises and iareerations.' She was re ported resting well, but suffering from the shock- Gift for Galll-Curci. London, Nov. 28.—There are three peo ple now living in London who sang with Mine. Galli-Curci at her first appearance on the operatic stage over sixteen years ago. Two of thtse are waiters in a celebrated London .restaurant, one a head waiter. They sang on the chorus of “Rigoletto” at the Constaniz Opera House Home when Galli-Curei made her debut as “Gilda.” ■ That night the future trimna donna lost a pendant of rare Florentine work manship. and this was never recovered, to her regret. Cpon learning that the famous singer was to appear in London this Autumn the two waiters succeeded in finding, in Rome, a pendant resembling the one lost, and this they have now presented to OaTli-Curei as a graceful tribute of their admiration. Says Railroads Can’t Plead the Stop Law. Goldsboro, Nov. 20.—Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, in his charge to tho Wayne county grand jury yester day morning, stated that contrary to the general tie’ief, the statute requiring automobilists to Stop within fifty feet of a railroad crossing was not a rail road law. “It was enacted for the pro tection of the public,” said his honor;! “and the railroad cannot, plead its viola tion as a bar to the recovery of damages in case of an accident,” Miss Hilda James, England's famous woman svimer who hold every British record form 130 yards to one mile, has decided to turn professional. L - U. J! JLHBBHBP WHAT SMITTVS CAT BATS ' Cn—lrl.il tooifbt and Saturday, aiil. ' t rain and colder in the weat portion on Saturday. *' • ‘ .V vWmB
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Nov. 28, 1924, edition 1
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