* ASSOClATfctl'.j* «k PRESS * » DISPATCHER * ***9&Ct*»» VOLUME XXIV Workers In The Hotel Campaign Here Praised E. J. Hockenburv of Hocken v bury System, Inc., Write Letter of Praise to Chair man T. D. Maness. ' OFFERS HINTS" AS TO THE BUILDING Declares Site Is Good One and That Building Can Bf Erected for the Amount oi Money Already Raised. Members of the executive comtnittof nnd other workers in the reoent hote; campaign here have been justly praiseii in 11 letter from E. .1. Hocken bury, I >-.-esi •lent of the Hoekenbury System, jne. The letter, addressed to T. I). Maness, chair man of the executive committee, in addi tion to praising the workers, offers sug gestions as to how the hotel' should In built, its Jocalion and oilier matters rel ative to the structure. The letter fol lows : T. I>. Maness, Chairman, Hotel Executive Committee, Concord, N. C„ My dear Mr. Maness: Permit me to congratulate the mem bers of your committee and citizens of your city on the splendid campaign which you have just completed to secure funds for the erection of a new hotel in the city of Concord. Your proposition has been sold upon the basis and according to the financing program recommended by this organiza tion. You can readily appreciate that our interest in your proposition does not cease at the termination of the financing campaign and with this thought in mind wc can not refrain from again calling your attention to the recommendations made by this organization. We have made an honest and scientific ttudy of your city and from this survey recommended certain things. At this time we want to again emphasize that we believe" the ultimate success of your en terprise is measured in terms of your ad herence to these recommendations con tained in the survey nnd ns made to your committee. May we again briefly sum marize these? Site. I need not dwell on site as it has al ready been purchased. However, we be lieve. -all things takeu into consideration, a notablelf. if* lo cated in the present business district nnd affords an excellent, opportunity for the rental of stores op the ground slops and the price paid is reasonable. Size of llotri. We believe that your city at the pres ent time can use 100 hotel rooms. Home communities, when they have had a suc ce.-sful financing cnniipaign, apparently -lose themselves and build a hotel beyond their needs. Our recommendation is that ’ you do not over-build blit keep the size of your hotel down to your present needs. *To build a larger building necessitates additional money, greater upkeep, expens es. it increases your overhead—which all tends to make the investment less profit able unless there is an actual need for more rooms. We believe that the recom mendations as made to Concord in this respect will take care of the present neds. Type of Hotel. Concord will need a combination of commercial ami tourist hotel. We find that probably the majority of the pat ronage of your hotel will be the so-called commercial patronage. However, there will be a large source of patronage from the so-called tourist trade. ’This, will ne cessitate a design combining the two features. Cost of Construction, We would by nil means recommend that you keep your construction cost down. So often we find that an architect or builder will design and plan n hotel, the ultimate cost of which is far beyond the original figures, and in practically every case this additional cost could be eliminated. This is usually done because he architect or builder wants to make a better showing and too much money is spent on public space and trimmings which are non-revenne producers. You can build a hotel for two, three, four, five or six thousand dollars per room, but it is our judgment that your city and your needs demand a hotel which can be built at a cost not exceeding $3,- 000 per room. We believe that this fig ure represents the maximum investment point and if you pay more than this per room, you go beyond the point of an in vestment. 1 am writing this because this organi gatioji is vitally interested in your prop osition and we are particularly interest ed that your hotel be built ns an invest ment and not as a monument. Our Mr. W. |H. Flory, who is the di rector of our Service Department, and his services are at your disposal. Mr. Flory will be glad to advise with ypu at any time on nny phane of your proposi tion. He will bring all questions con cerning your city before our executive staff and. you will have our combined juitynent and counsel. Very truly yours, E. J. HOCKENBURY, President and General Manager. Sheriff Bandy KMed'wfceo Train Hits Auto. . Newton- Nov. 28—-Ex-Sheriff T. L. Bandy, wiho lived nine miles from New ton, was instantly killed tonight at 5 o’clock by train nnmber 21, at a cross ing about two miles west of Btat*aviie. His automobile was completely wrecked. The body was taken to Statesville, where it will be prepared for burial. Sheriff Bandy was about 72 yean oM and was sheriff of Catawba county for four years. He is survived by hib wife nnd ouv oWM. The Concord Daily Tribune \ 's•* % ' ■ GIACOMO PI CCINI DIED j IN BELGIUM AT NOON TODAY ■ Famous Composer Succumbs to Infection i t Tlx-taf Fallowing’ Operation.—Otic of Lms Lius ts Famous Composers. Brussels, Belgium, NojWBM P.y the As sociated Press).—Gtacorai}'Puccini. fam ous opera c-jnjposer, died jit noon today from a throat infection frfHPwiug an op eration. Death was due to a heart at tack. Coming from a family which for a cen tury and a half produced uninterrupted line of fmnouH musicians, it wits not sur prising that (liocomo Puccini, early showed signs of precocious musical tal ent. The great-great-grandfather of Puc cini, born in 1712 wrote church music that was highly respected, and was the master of Gnglielmi. His son, Antonio, born ip 1747. was loss famous as a com poser, while Domenico the third in line, born in 1777, attained distinction an n church composer but was more famous! for his operas. His son, Michael, father of Giacomo, won fame for his conpiosi-) tions of snored music, which were ad mired throughout north Italy. Puccini was one of the few composers of recent times whose opera successes were both numerous nnd lasting. As to numbers, he is matched only by Massenet, but so far us frequency of performances is concerned, the Italian composer far surpasses the Frenchman in America at least. One of Puccini's best known op eras in America was “The Girl of the/ Golden West.” t SCOTCH THEOLOGIAN COMPILES ; BRAND NEW OLD TESTAMENT . Garden of Eden is “Park”; Noah's Ark Designated “Barge,” aud Jerusalem is “David sfourg.” | New York. Nov. 21).—Publication on . December 1 of a translation of the Old , Testament in modern English, in which the Garden of Eden is called a park. . Noah’s Ark is termed a barge and the Oity of David is named Davidsbnrg. was , announced today. It is t'he work of Dr. James Moffatt. . eminent Scotch theologian nnd Greek nnd Hebrew scholar, who two years ago . translated the New Testament into . modern English. Dr. Moffatt, who is professor of chnrch history in the United Free Church College, Glassgow, exp’u ins in his preface that it is his belief that the Bible cannot be proporrly understood by the present generation unless it appears to them in. the language of tlieiv every jMt'-itf'tt * r a* ?,lib generation from ‘whom it Wiw»-*writtpn. It is his belief, he explains, thnt the fcible should be translated trfresh for eacli succeeding generation. The book, entitled “The Gild Testa ment, A New Translation,” is the result of eight, yenyo’ unaided labor on the part of the Scotch theologian, who declares that it in no sense is p revision of any previous Eng’ish translation, but it is a translation of the ancient Hebrew' texts. Industry That Defies Progress. London, Nov. 20. —There is at least one industry in England which remains unaffected by scientific progress. It is carried dn in the beech woods in Buck inghamshire, and still employs for its work—the turning of chair legs—exart ly the same type of tools used hundreds of years ago when the industry began. A primitive pole-lathe is used, the pe culiarity of which is that it requires no flywheel or crank to drive it. A springy poje, or even a young sapling, is bent over the head of the worker, and a cord connects this to the treadble. On its way from the pole to the treadle the cord is wrapped once or twice round the pice of w'ood being turned in the lathe. Thus, when the treadle is pressed down the piece of wood revolves, and the sharp turning tool held in the hnnd of the worker rapidly cuts away the superflu ous material. The lathe—and the hut which covers' —it is motved to the place where the dost' suitable trees are to be found, and' a!*' though power-lathes have been tried, their work has not been satisfactory, anil ttjey have been discarded. Electric Warning for Auto Drivers. Paris, Nov. 20. — Automatic warning signals to prevent collisions betweeen au mobiles at dangerous crossings have been tested recently near Bordeaux. These signals are operated electrically. Across each roadway near the intersection is placed a metal plate even with the road level. Whenever bn automobile approach ing the crossing passes over the plate, it makes an eltctric contact that releases a danger signal at the crossing and on the intersecting road. At night the sig nals are illuminated for several seconds after conact Ib made with, the road plate. Thus a driver is warned instantly that another car is approaching the intersec tion. The signal is at a stiffieient dis tance from the crossing to give him time to apply his brakes. Plans For Funding French Debt, , I3r the As*Belated Peess.) Washington, Nov. 20.—Uniform ex changes looking to a refunding settle ment of the French debt to the United States have progressed to the point where I the matter will be laid before the full, membership of the American Debt Com mission for discussion at a meeting call-J ed here for-December Ist. , j Secretory Mellon called the meeting of the cojnmission shortly after it became j known that the Treasury head had held held a series of informal conferences re-| cently with the French Ambassador on the subject of his government's wartime | obligation to the United States. Among Scottish fishermen there Is a' superstition that the word “rabbit" I must be avoided at all costs in conversa tion while at sea. This word, like “salmon” and “tdj)niater," Is regarded ab being unlnckly, though 'no one knows how this queer belief arose. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1924 KHARTUM MUTINEERS - SMB TO THE ' BRITISH TROOPERS ‘ ! About 200 Soldiers in Pla toons That Started Trouble’ !on November 27—No Gen-; j eral Dissatisfaction Now. j I NUMBER WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING Two British Officers and S Enlisted Men Wounded.— About. 60 of the Mutineers Were Killed or Wounded. Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2!> (By the Asso ! dated Press). —The surviving mutineers , Ist Khartum have given in to the British, Jit was officially announced liege this af ' ternoon. The mutiny among (lie. troops was con fined to ijvo platoons! of the Jlth .Sudan ese and the" mutineers who survived sur rendered after a bombardment of the compound of (lie Egyptian Army hospital. Two British officers and eight men were wounded. The mutineers, the advices state, num-1 bered about 200. and suffered about 601 casualties. I Details of the mutiny which have rench jed official circles here state that there is no evidence of a spread of dissatisfaction among the remaiudet* of the Sudanese troops which number about 1,000 officers and men. The mutiny started on the evening of November 27tli. when two platoons of the 11th Batallion became insubordinate nnd started to march on Gordon College in the center of the town. The mutineers each had several rounds of ammunition and hail commandeered two machine guns. They were met in the street in front of the British Army hospital by two platoons of English troops. An offi cer of the latter attempted to persuade the rebels to obey orders. A black of ficer s)>enking for the mutineers threaten ed -that they would use their guns unless they were allowed to inarch on. Adjutant Genet a! Huddleston, the acting sirdar, eventually came up and addressed the rebels in the face of their guns, command ing them to obey his orders. Restore Telegraphic Communication With • London. com munication with the Sudan was restored at 12:60 o’clock this afternoon, it is an nounced in an agency . .dispatch from Cairo, i SERVICE GAME ATTRACTS OFFICIAL WASHINGTON Man.v Government Officials Have Gone to Baltimore to See Army and Navy Foot ball Game. , (By In A sum-in ted Press. > . Washington. Nov. 29.—An exodus that left Washington almost void of official dom began with .-'it BP" ■■ hi Hlff I BEiiH Alii ■B .i?' * y JBfl m Hka A|J W& jm ■ ■ M Tt is Is the latest and best picture of Mrs. Ctiarli pi in. Moviegoers perhaps know her better os Lite Grey. She’s Charlie’s leading woman, you know. The comedian married her at 5 In the morning in the little town of Eropalme, near Guaymas, on the Gulf of Californio, Jn Mexico. i» ——— K ■■ ' f" , THE WILSON LIVESTOCK i' COMPANY DESTROYED Fire Burned Building of Company To gether With 55 Horses and Mules, tltf the Associated Press.) Wilson, X. C„ Nov. 20.—The building . of the Wilson Livestock Company, to i set her with 55 horses and mules, ’ was t burned early today. The loss is estimated , fit SIOO,OOO, partly covered by insurance. , The fire spread to the Clark Livestock . t oinpany s building, * which adjoins the M 'lson Company, but only slight damage ( was done there. A grocery store ope-njed by the Wilson X Co., in. aviAjul ifig next door to I their stables, also was destroyed, with a loss estimated at approximately $7,000. Forty-two of the horses and mules were placed in the stable last night, and ho insurance was carried on them. The blaze was discovered shortly after 2 o’clock tills moaning. The origin of the (ire has not been determined. DEAD BODIES'BF MAN •)< t AND WOMAN FOUND Bodies Found in An to Shortly Aft<* Persons Heard Three Shots Fired. V r the Associated Press.) Shreveport, La., Nov. 20.—Miss Myr tlp Oden, a young business college stu dent, and .T. ,T. Bass, aged about 25, were found dead in an automobile in a promi nent residential section this morning shortly after the firing of three shots, two of which struck the girl in the head’ the other killing Bass, who, the police, believe, fired all of the shots. Charlotte Beauty Hurt in Accident. Charlotte. Nov. 28;—'“The oeautiful Charlotte girl who turned down a job in the Follies to manage a Unfe.” thus , heralded in the public prints. Miss Laura Devereaux. was Wednesday after noon knocked unconscious in an automo bile collision occurring in MjVrs Park. Miss Devereux was reported Thurs day as getting along well, having sur vived the shock of the accident. Her injuries were of a minor nature. Mrs. Mabel DeverettX, her mother, was Accompanying the young lady in her Ford touring car when a car driven by a man who gave his name as Robertson collided with it. The cars met near Hnwthorine Lane-, Miss Devereux was taken immediately to 'her home at 216 Crescent Avenue. Prominent Church Woman is Dead at Greensboro. High Point, Nov. 28. —Mrs. J. F. Mc- Culloch, wife of the editor of The North Carolina Methodist Protestant Herald and a member of the High Point college, died in a hospital at Greensboro last night according to advices received here. Mrs. McCulloch had been in ill health for a long time and had been in the hospital for treatment. Holiday Buyers Have Best Chance Now. Holiday buying begins about Thanks giving day and continues until almost the end of the year, but those who come I early are best served. That stands to reason. The stocks are full now and the ■people in the shops and department stores are at their beet for services. At-', tractive merchandise at*moderate prices! will move steadily. Why not avoid the! hurry nnd rush of the belated buyers? j I CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS j I We have in stock a beautiful lihe of Engraved Christ- | mas Greeting Cards. Call and see thetn and place your or der in good time. The prices are very reasonable, and it I is best to place your order now while the stock is complete. fjj TIMfES-TRIBUNE OFFICE. THE COTTON MARKET I - Moderate Rally Featured Market. Open ing Being Steady—January- 23.H7. (By the Asnncatetl Press.) New York. Nov. 21).—A moderate rally ; featured the cotton market early today. ■ The opening was steady at an advance i as five points, to a decline of six points. [ ftetive months sold 0 to 15 points lief higher in the first few minutes on eover ; ing for over the week-end, European bti.v . ing, and local buying encouraged by rel ■ atively firm Liverpool cables. The advance met further liquidation i around $3.67 for January, and 24 02 for , March, however, and the nijirjwt was sev.- ?ml points’otf’frofß the bestAif the end of the first hour. The amount of cot i toil on shipboard awaiting clearance at the end of the week was estimated at 130,000 bales, as against 210,001) bales last year. The opening priees were: Deo. 23.40; March 23.02: May 24.25; July 24.20. Closed Barely Steady. New. Yqrlk,. Noy. 29—Cotton' futures 1 lelosed barely steady. Dee. 23.25 to i'23.28; Jan. 23.30 to 23.43: Marclr 23.76 ' ;td 23.77; May 24.10 to 24.11; July r 24.1 0; POLICE READM TO COPE WITH TONG WARFARE Drastic Measures Will Be Taken in New York to Prevent Open Hostilities. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 20.—Police were pre pared today to take drastic measures to prevent further bloodshed in the renew ed hostilities between the members of the Chinese tongs. fjjveral hours before the end of an arm istice between the Hip Sings nnd the On Leungs Thursday, Chong Food an On Leong member, was shot to death in a Bronx laundry. Within 36 hours two other men were wounded seriously and one was stabbed to death as he slept in a Chinese tenement. j Police today Svet'e stationed at all Iflundrys and .other' places where trouble might be expected. Boy Babies Predominate With Mothers of Riper Years. (By the Assorts fed Press) Dresden, Germany, Nov. 29.—That the ago of the mother lias an important rela tion to the sex of the child is asserted by Doctor Flescher of this cjty, who has made this topic the subject of special studies. He found that mothers up to 25 years gave birth to just as many boys as girls. With the mothers between 25 and 30 years, the ratio of boys to girls was 111 to 1(H), while mothers of 35 and more years gave birth to 124 boys and 100 girls. The exact cause of the phenomenon of the sudden increase of boys born as compared to girls, in the years after the war, lias not been ascertained. Leo Koretz on Way to New York. (By the Associated Press.) Halifax, X. S., Nov. 29.—Leo Koretz today is on board the steamship Caronia, bound for New York, on his way to Chi cago to answer charges of having perpe trated swindles totalling approximately . $2,1)00,000 through mail frauds. :' Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 22 3-4 cents per pound ; cotton ! seed 55 1-2 cents per bushel. SEIMTE OEMOCRITS RHDJf TO HELP ON Senator Robinson, the Senate Leader for Democrats, Says Party Members Will Not Try to Block Opponents. G. O. P. TASK TO DRAW 7 UP MEASURES And These Will Be Support ed by Democrats So Long as They Are Worthy of the Democratic Support. (By the Assnefnietl Press.) Washington, Nov. 29.—Senate demo crats have no disposition to obstruct ac tion in the coming session of Congress on. nny measure of general importance which can lie thoroughly considered. Sen ator Robinson, of Arkansas, tile minority leader, declared today upon his arrival here from his home state. He added Hint the Democratic organization would eO-op crafe in the passage of the appropriation lulls. Senator Kobinxon said it was incum bent on the republican majority to for mulate tile legislative program, and that (tie Democrats would not assume the ini tiative unless public necessity required. Ihe minority lender added, however, that it was expected that many measures of general importance would be acted upon finally at t lie short session opening Mon day. “The indications are.” he said! “that among tile subjects which will receive at tention are farm relief legislation, includ ing co-operative marketing, the transpor tation act as it relates to adjustment of labor disputes, rate making and freight schedules. It is doubtful whether any of these will be brought to a conclusion.” “It is antietpated that an effort will be made to dispose of the Muscle Shoals project, and the policy of completing this project by the government seems to be gaining support. “Further tax reductions can hardly be accomplished in the immediate future, owing to the condition of the revenues, but this subject undoubtedly will be re vived in the early future. ’’lt is not practical to anticipate tfce emergencies which may change -the out- Jopfc f-ii ip j n jpr but the foregoing swats *to be a fair outline at present.” ' MTWOW GREATEST FOE FOR MALARIA DISEASE ' R y Destruction of Hie Mosquitoes Germ Will Re Stamped Out. 1 Kiefers De clare. s New Orleans. Nov. 29. - The little ? minnows, dwelling in nearly every ditch . and pond, with a little publie coopera- I lion are going to be flic means of ridding the southern states of most of their malaria and other fevers, in the opinion j of speakers at the concluding session to day of the ria field workers co'nfer i ence held here in connection with the annual convention of the Southern Medical association. According to papers read by several , southern health officers, it had developed that the minnows in destroying every , mosquito and prospective mosquito had I become the greatest natural enemy of I _ the yellow fever and dengue fever most I , quito to breed only in cisterns and man j built containers. Tlie speakers urged ( residents who used cisterns to supply } them well with the new scheme of mos , quito destruction' ! Dr. H. H. Health, of the United States \public health service, Mont- I gomery, Ala., read a paper on the ejpdi , cation oftlic mosquito by spreading oil on inland waterways and drainage cjmqls. Malaria by this means he said. • was being rapidly reduced, but vigorous cooperation must he obtained to cbm 4ortafion will be td Cana da or Italy in the event that the charges against I’onzi are sustained, can be de termined only by the Secretary of Labor. I’onzi came to this country from Canada, after -being convicted of banking irregu larities at Montreal, but if Canada ob jects to having him deported to the Do minion, officials of this country may or der him sent to Italy, of which’he is still a cituCth. The warrant obtained against T’onzi t followed several days investigation into - his activities during the past 20 years. It. - charges he is in ilia country in violation -of the law and the Commisioncr said F that until I’onzi was given a hearing de ‘ failed charges could not properly be made public. It is known, however, that the evidence includes a record of Ponzi's eon -1 viction of smuggling aliens into this eoun ■ try from Canada, for which he was seu ‘ fenced to serve two years at Atlanta, the reeord of his three years' sentence for for gery at Montreal under the name Charles Rianchi, and the evidence introduced in . Federal courts where he was convicted of using the mails to defraud in his 1020 scheme. PREPARING NEW BID BW Bring Prepared b.v Former Senator Southerland fer New York Company. (By the AHsoctnteO IVeM,I Washington. Nov. 2!).—A new bid for operation of Muscle Shoals has been preimred by Howard Sutherland, for liiPi- Senator from West Virginia, in be half of Hambleton & Company. New York Bankers, and is expected to be introduced next Week ih the Senate. Tile bill authorizes the acceptance of the offer, and provides for the organiza tion of the Federal Power & Fuel Cor poration, capitalized at $5,000,000, to complete, lease and operate the Muscle Shoals property for the manufacture of fertilizer and chemicals for explosives, and to distribute electrical power and fuel throughout the southern territory. Bans Cross-Word Puzzles and Radio. New 'i ork, Nov. 20.—Cross-word puj- and long distance radio were frowned ■on by tiie police department today. Po lice Gpiniuisssioner Enright, in an edict written before lie sailed for South Amer ica. and made effective today, ordered that these fads be shelved by members of the department in favor of pistol marksmanship practice. "The men are spending too much time in looking up two-toed sloths and three leitered Australian birds or attempting lo tune in on Honolulu." the commis sioner told his commanding officers. "I want l hem. from now on. to spend dll their spare time in target practice. I am tired of hearing about half a dozen policemen and detectives emptying their guns at a crook, with no damage done on either side except that the crook in variably escapes.” Cooper Resigns From Hanover County Board. Wilmington. Nov. 28.—At a meeting of the county board of education today the resignation of Thomas E. Cooper was read and received without comment. His successor has not yet been selected. Cooper has appealed to the supreme court from combined sentences of eight years on the roads of Neiv Hanover county, imposed by" Judge Grady, as a result of charges filed after the collapse of the Liberty Saving bank, of which ('oo)K'r was president. Boy Emperor of China Granted Freedom. (By the Associated Press.) London, Nov. 20.—According to a Reuter dispatch frem Peking. Hsuan Tung, the boy emperor of China, who yesterday was granted his freedom by the new government, today took refuge in the Japanese legation. It was stated that there was apparently no cause for him to fear immediate danger. ggigßLU ! WHAT SMITTTS CAT SAYS ... —.—i——.„ east portions; Sunday fairr~~—