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»»**«»£** ® ASSOCIATED « * PRESS ' * «> DISPATCHES » VOLUME XXIV M»fanS EARLY THIS MORHIHG • i To Visit artd Speak at Inter-1 national Livestock Exposi-| tion and to Address Com mercial Club Luncheon.' CROWDS GIVE HIM A HEARTY WELCOME Mrs. Coolidge Is With Him, and She and the President Pace Busy Day.—Weather Gives Sombre Welcome. Chicago. Dec. 4. (By he Associated Press). —I‘resident Coolidge arrived in Chicago at 0 o'clock today to visit and speak at the International livestock Ex jK>sition and address a luncheon gathering of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Crowds at the station gave the Presi dent a hearty welcome. The weather man had arranged n more sombde welcome, however, a mixture of rain and snow I'.quqlls. which with fog and smoke blan keted the Lottp district as the President and party were driyen to their hotel. The President and Mrs. Coolidge faced I a busy day. With two addresses, a lunch-1 eon. a dinner and periods of sight seeing | which were arranged to bring the Presi-j dent on his first trip west, since his elec- ( tion. Hose to the great agricultural Mid- j die West, of which Chicago is market cen ter. Luncheon aud dinner were planned for Mrs. Coolidge. The first important affair after their, 1 arrival and period of rest and meeting 1 friends, was luncheon by the Commercial Club. -i The Women’s Koosevelt Republican 1 Club, as official hostesses, arranged a 1 luncheon for Mrs. Coolidge in a down ’ town hotel bail room. After a brief rest President Coolidge ■ intended to visit the stock yards and spend an hour or so looking over the 1 exhibits Before a dinner at the Saddle * and Sirloin Club with some 500 stock raisers and farmers, and leaders in the : meat industry as fellow guests. At the same time, twenty prominent 1 Chicago women will join the President’s ! party in a box at the Horse Show. ■ ‘i —i CAMPAIGN STARTED FOR C t’#h.WNJH»- IN FRANCE < Extremists Meet Russian Soviet With j Big Demonstration anti Police Inter- i vene. I Paris, Dec, 4 (By the Associated i Press). —The French extremists seized | upon the arrival in Paris today of Leonid ] Krassin, the first soviet ambassador to ( France, as the occasion for inaugurat- I ing an intensified campaign for eomrnun- ; ism in this country. J The demonstrators started by giving i the Moscow representative such a recep- \ tion as no other ambassador ever re- | ceived in Paris, and followed it up im- | mediately with the announcement that ( ‘•world revolution has reached Paris’’ . and that "the French revolutionists will now show they are able to do quite as j well aw their Russian comrades.” I The police intervened after the com- r munists deputy, Jncquet Deriot, had ] hurled these words from the balcony of ( the communistss’ headquarters to a col- ( unm of some- 8,000 enthusiasts who were j following Krassin's motor car from the railway station to the embassy. t Woman Fined Coder Anti-Gossiping Act. ] Owensboro. Ky„ Dec. 3.—Miss Maud j Basham, wife of a Davies county farm- , er. was fined $lO in police court today j following conviction on a charge of hav- j ing violated the' State "anti-gossiping : act." Mrs. Basham, it was testified, . had stated that the Owensboro police , wen ’“fifty-fifty with the bootleggers.” A law enacted by the last general as- ; sembly makes it a misdemeanor for any [ person to make false reports concerning . any individual, officer or candidate for office. I Conviction carries a penalty of $lO to SIOO fine and 10 to 50 days in jail, ( or both. _ ( Doctor Indicated in Narcotic Case. 1 Greensboro, Dec. 3. —Eight indictments were returned by the federal grand jury J here, five charging violations of the Har rison narcotic act, two charging viola- ' tions of the postal laws and. one coun terfeiting and passing counterfeit money. Dr. Arthur O. Jones was indicated for the unlawful sale of omrphine, Harvey E. Cline for the sale of paregoric, James • C. Wimberly for knowingly purchasing j morphine in unstamped packages, Ver nall Allred on the same charge, and C. L. Crater for violating section one of the ' Harrison act,' 'Discuss Ways of Funding French Debt. ] Washington, Nov. 28 (By the Associate I■ ed Press). —Informal discuisicns have | been instituted between representatives of ' the French and American governments, ■ relative to a basis for funding the for- j 1 mer’s wartime debt to the United States. ' ;.1 J-»J J ! WHAT SMUTTY'S CAT SAYS [ , i > Increasing cloudiness tonight, probably' rain and warmer in west portion Friday, min ami warmer in extreme west por tion. *"• • . . . -s. .;jj The Concord Daily Tribune ■ ' : —.-- TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCHES IN MANY FIELDS IS TOLD Spiritunal Significance of the Work of the Federal Council Is Stressed. (By lit Aanoetuted Press.. Atlanta, Dec. 4.—The triumph of the churches in many fields were told in the report of the general secretaries to the Federal Council of Churches at this morning's business session of the quad rennial meeting under the chairmanship ' of Dr. Robert E. Speer, of New York. The report relates that the growth j of the co-operative movement, during the last four years, has been onvma). but that there has been an increasing move- • meat on the part of the churches to work together and to do the things in common which they cannot accomplish | working alone. The spiritual signiti-, canee of the work of the Federal Counci was stressed, Summing up the report of the exeeu- 1 tive committee for the Press, Dr. (’has. IS. Maefarland, general secretary, said: I “We are not likely to experience any great advance in /public righteousness j without a great advance in personal hol iness. For this reason, the work of j | the Commission on Evangelism is being | stressed. The churches are working together along these lines and in many j communities hnve hy special periods of j concerted effort placed the emphasis on evangelism, or personal religion. “During all its history, the Commis sion on the Church and Social Service has been a center through which the churches have acted unitedly in bring ing Christian principles to bear more ef fectively upon social and industrial life. The fight against the J2-hour day in industry*illustrates this. The facts were gathered with special reference to the! steel industry. Almost every paper in j the country published the statements on i the moral issues involved. “In tlie movement in behalf on incul-! eating respect for law, with special ref erence to the eighteenth amendment, the \ Federal Council has played a quiet but effective part. “Through tlie work of the Commission on the Church and -Race Relations, pi-ac ticnl expression has been given to tlie ideals of inter-racial co-operation. In ntany communities leading white and ne-, fro citizens are serving on intgr-racial , committers. There has been an ag- ] gressive campaign of education against , lynching. The extensive publicity given to the facts through the churches and , through the public press have, in the judgement of close observers, been on small factor in reducing the lynching record of America by far the lowest fig ures ever known in the present genera tion. Another step recently taken looks toward the development of a better un derstanding and appreciation between Jews and Christians. “The efforts to have the United States join the Permanent Court of Internation al Justice has been pressed with vigor. The energy of the Federal Council is being directed persistently towiV'd 'an educational campaign for the outlawing j of war fcnd a peuceful settlement of all international difficulties. “Though the appeal of the Federal Council to public opinion on (he method in which Japanese exclusion was brought about by Congress was unsuccessful, it is clear that the sympathetic under standing on the part of the American churches was one of the most powerful influences in helping the Japanese tot retain confidence in the American peo ple. Missionary leaders in Japan feel that the exclusion act has set back the t progress of the Christian movement 20 years. The Federal Council is seeking the right program for educating the pub lic to a necessity for a revision of our present- policy. “Aid has been given through the com mittees on Mercy and Relief to the Rus sian Famine and Near East Relief and to the suffering in Germany during the last year. “Through the Federal Council. Amer ean churches have been co-operatind and: working with t|ie churches in Europe, i Approximately $1,500,00(1 has been eon-! tributed to rebuilding and strengthening the French churches. “Os special interest has been the in fluence of the council in the last two years in bringing American Christianity into a fellowship with the Eastern Or- j thodox Churches. "Undergirding tile whole program,. which the Federal Council as the na tional agency for co-operation carries on, is the work of developing co-operation in the local commnnities. In approximte- 1 | ly 50 cities the churches maintain syste-' | mafic and organized co-operation with each other through a local Council of [Federation of Churches. Each of these I local bodies is autonomous, responsible 1 only to the churches of the- community, but looking to the Federal Council con stantly for assistance and for insipra tion. “On all contacts with the daily press, the larger phases of the churches’ work, , especially their co-operative activities, have been put before the public in away that has commanded widespread atten -1 tion. In the ease of such major moral issues as support of the world court, the abolition o fthe 12-hour day in indus try, the support of prohibition and the appeal for respect for law, the campaign against the lynching evil and the effort to secure friendlier relatione with Japan, the united work of the churches has been a conspicuous feature in the daily news. “Even in dealing with the more dis tinctly evaneglistlc, and devotional phases of the churches’ work it has been found possible to reach the public through the CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1924 —.■ ■'* ■ ' ■ -• j ‘ ; I FORBES-THOMPSON TRIAL l! j I-ftter rs Mrs. Votaw, Sister cf th? Late ' | President Harding. Is Read to Jury. lily the PreM.i j Chicago. Dec. 4 (By the Associated 1 Press). —The name of Mrs., Carolyn Vo taw, sister of the late President Harding, was brought momentarily into the Feder al court trial today of Col. Charles R. j Forbes, and John YV. Thompson, charged with conspiracy to defraud the govern- I ment. I A letter identified by Elias H. Morti mer, the chief government witness as having been received b.v himself from i Thompson. - was read to the- jury over objections of the defense who declared "it would drag scandal into this case.” ! After reading the letter. Judge Onr t penlei- declared it was innocent of scan <lnl. Mortimer, just before (ho letter , won read, started to relate a conversa . tion between himself, Thom|won and Forbes, which dealt with keeping 'the proposed Pacific Coast trip of Forbes, - Mortimer aud others, a secret from Mrs. i Votaw, when Judge Carpenter halted : him. | Judge Carpenter said he could see no ! scandifl ; u the letter, aud said “the press j will drag scandal into this at their own I wish.” DR. EDWARDS WILL NOT ATTEND WIFE’S FUNERAL Ills Physical Condition Makes Trip to Montgomery Inadvisable. (By de Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., Doc. 4. —Although f*'"• George T. Edwards, prominent young physician accused in a coroner's warrant j of murdering his wife, was granted per | mis sion to attend his wife’s funeral, he i will not, be present at the services in ■ Montgomery this afternoon. | It was deeided that the physician’s physical condition makes the trip inadvis j able. FIVE DEAD OF DYBENTRV AT SOLDIERS’ HOME; Disease Is Bifievod to Ilii** Been Caused 6y Infected'Mltk.'P j (By the Associated Press.) Beauvoir. Miss., Dec. 4.—An epidemic ' of dysentery believed to have been caused 1 b.v infected milk, has caused the death of five persons at the Jefferson Davis | Soldiers' Home here during the last six i days. Thirty-three other suffering from I j the disease are being treated in a hos pital. KING AND HARRELL TO BE ELECROCUTED TOMORROW , To Go to the Chair at 6 O’clock fin- ' ( Killing Major McLeary. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 4—Mortimer N. King and Frank Harrell, convicted slay-1' ers of Major Samuel H. McLeary, of 1 the United States army, were spending tiieir last twenty-four hours of life to- 1 day. They will go to the electric chair ■ at (! o’clock tomorrow morning, accord- 1 ing to a statement today by prison offi cia's, who said all arrangements for the double electrocution had been made. 1 DR. CADMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT FEDERAL COUNCIL Succeeds Dr. Robert HI Speer. Who YVas Not Eligible for Reelertion. Atlanta. Dec. 4 (By the Associated . Press).—Dr. S. P. Cadman, of Brook- . ! lyn, X. V.. today was elected president , of the Federal Council of Churches, suc ceeding Dr. R. E. Speer of the same ; city, who was not eligible for Selection. Dr. R. D. Loyd, of New York, was reelected secording secretary. Frank . H. Mann, of New York, was elected treasurer. SAYS MRS. SHEATSLEY COMMITTED SUICIDE According to Formal Report of Coroner as Filed Today. (By the Aanoeluted Prenn.) I Columbus, 0., Dec. 4.—Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, wife of Rev. C. V. Sheatsley. j whose body was found in the furnace of the Shentsley home, committed suicide. ; coroner J. A. Murphy held in his formal report of the tragedy fijed with the coun j ty clerk of court today. 1 Ku Klnx Kian Aids Woman in Trouble. Goldsboro, Dfe. 3.—The Ku Klux 1 Klan made its first public appearance in the Smithfield community during the , past week-end when representatives of | the organization visited th'e homa of Mrs. Shep D. Broadwell and presented her with a purse of $25. The gift was a welcome one to the woman and her children as the male member of the house hold is doing time on the roads for a violation of the whiskey' law. I New Officers in Power in Rowan. I Salisbury. Dec. 3.—Several changes have been made at the court house on account of the recent election. Officers sworn in to new positions Monday in cluded Charles L. Coggins as judge of the county court; L. H. Clement. Jr., as prosecuting attorney; T. W. Summer sett as coroner, and W, H. Canup as a member of the county board of com missioners. columns of ' the daily press. For the past two years, every day during Lent. installments of the Fellowship Prayer, | issued by the Federal Council's Commls- 1 Hon on Evangelism, have been carried | in scores of papers in all parts of the country.” , •; ic-:# , .^ IJE Din we J Struck on Head Last Night With a Blunt Instrument by Some One Whose Name He Will Not’Disclose. HAD SENT WOMAN TO JAIL FOR 30 DAYS Louise Price and Her Attor ney Had Been Summoned Before Hun bn Contempt I of Court Charges. ■ (By the Aunelateil Pma.l Raleigh. Dec. 4.—Magistrate Tom Par ish, who last week sentenced Mrs. I-ouise Price to jail for 30 days for contempt of court, was painfully injured last night when struck on the head with a blunt instrument by a person whose name he refuses to divulge. The magistrate says' that he was dis cussing the Price case With several men when one of them struck him on thp head. Magistrate Parish last week cited Mrs. Price and her attorney, yYVilliam H. Saw yer, for contempt of opjjrt, alleging that Mrs. Price cursed him and that the. law yer had threatened to fight him overt a disagreement on the bond of the woman, j i Mrs. Price had been artested on a stntu- I lory charge. She was sentenced to 30 [days in jail for contempt, and Mr. Saw-j : ver was dismissed -wjigjt' lie apologized. ! j INTERIOR DEPAJotSiKNT APPROPRIATION BILL Three More Hours of Debate Given to It Today. (By the Associated Press-.) j Washington, Dec. 4.—Three more [ hours of general debate on the the inter ior department appropriation bill was in order today in the House as it resumed consideration of the first annual supply bills. At the conclusion of general dis-. missions the measure will be taken up un der the five minute rule, with amendments in order. Representative Crnmton, republican, of Michigan, who is in charge of the bill, is seeking to complete House consideration by the end of the week. A program agreed upon, yesterday by republican lenders in tlie House calls for action on at least three supply measures before the i holiday recess. TWO KILLED AND THREE OTHERS ARE INJURED In Automobile-Train Accident at Gross ing Near Columbia. (By the Associated Press ) Columbia, S. C., Dec. 4.—One woman was killed and three others injured when a train and an automobile tame together at a crossing near here today. The dead woman was identified as Miss Myrtle Kestler, 1!) years old. of Coluihbia. Raymond Cooper. E. C. Elders, and Mrs. Ida Parr, all of Columbia, were injured. They were taken to a local hospital. Later—Cooper Dead Also. Columbia, S. C„ Deci 4.—Cooper died shortly after being taken to a hospital, bringing the death list to two. With Our Advertisers. Call 890 for an appointment at Efird’s ' Beauty Shoppe. Marcel waving, scalp and skin treatments, shampooing, mas saging and manicuring. Plant your mouey in the bank while you are young. See new ad. today of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Fresh fruit from Florida at low prices in room formerly occupied by Starnes- Miller-Parker Company. The Concord Perpetual B and L. As sociation will open its 72nd series on Saturday, December oth. The books; are now open the Cabarrus Savings' Bank in Concord and Kannapolis. The house furnishing department of the Ritchie Hardware Company is com plete, a large variety of articles to se-1 leet from. Their Christinas department! will be on the second floor. A lot of big Saturday specials at Patt' Covington’s. i Have your gowns, suits and wraps dry cleaned now for Christmas—don’t wait. Phone 787. Bob’s Dry Cleaning Company. Small sugar cured hams at 25 cents a pound at the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Company. Watch the window of the Riohmond- Flowe Company for beautiful Christmas gifts. A Call Sanitary Grocery Comtutny. <IBB, for celery, lettuce, cranberries, fancy fruits, etc. The Eflrd store is full of things suit able for Christmas presents. Schloss Bros, famous clothes sold at | Hoover’s. In Spain a married woman cannot even open B bank neeount without her husband’s permission. SKELTON OF HUMAN TAKEN FROM OLD WELI .Man’s Head Apparently Crushed By a Heavy Blow.—Belt and Shoes Found. Winston-Sa'cm. Dec. 3.—lnstead of only the leg of a man. it developed today that an entire human skeleton was , found in a well near an old uon ndonei’ house not far from Teaguetown. a few miles south, of the city. Tuesday. The - well is on tlie old Bodenhamer farn Which was purchased two years ago by Pooie brothers. A belt, knife, two pen nies and dental work in the paws o' the skull are the only marks of evidence so far secured in the investigation b.v Sheriff McCreary and other officers. Twe clues are being followed anil it is hoped to soon secure some more tangible evidence. The Pool brothers, who reside it: Yontztown. on the Lexington road, told officers that they had made arrange ments to clear the wood from some of the land during the Winter. The old house on the property, which had not been occupied for six years or move, was being put into shape by the owners for use by them during the cold weather I while they were cutting timber. A boy. employed b.v the Pool brothers, was en gaged Tuesday to clean out the well when pnrts of the skelton were brought up in the bucket.. Skull Apparently Crushed. , When the bueket wns sent down and drawn up the second time, other nones were discovered. This aroused suspicion and Sheriff McCrary was notified. He and the coroner, with other county offi-. cers. proceeded to the scene. Further in vestigation revealed articles of clothing and a large portion of' the bones of a human ske’eton, including the skull, were disclosed. The skull appeared to hnve ben crushed in above the right temple and a crack ended over the top of the -head, stopping just above the left (temple. The hole and erack in the skull indicated ‘that n heavy blow had been I iqflicted' , on tlie msiYJs bend. The (Nothing found included what looked jfc Beds, of lap-button shoes. Tim entire right etna? and the upper part' -of the shoe were taken from -the well. The size appeared to be about No. C and had the name of Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart, of Harrisburg. Pa., sewed in one side of the shoes. A leather belt was also taken from the articles of dothihg. It measured 31 inches in cir cumference. Finding of the skelton nas produced much interest and some ex citement in the Abbott’s creek com munity. May Be That of Bruce Snipes. The entire citizenship are giving en couragement and assisting the officers in their efforts to Unravel the mystery. The county coroner, following -the in vestigation, stated that the skeleton found was that of an unknown man. Late this afternoon the opinion was expressed by Charles Snipes that the skeleton was that of his brother. Bruce Snipes, who mysteriously disappeared four or more years ago. The dental work on the teeth was the strongest evidence revealed to Charles Snipes that it must be his brother. There were other slight things connected mith the case which persuaded the living brother that it; must be Bruce. Only Confederate Veteran in House. (By the Aaeoclated Press.) Jackson. N. C., Dec. 4.—James S. Grant, member of the House of Repre sentatives from Northampton county, will probably be the only confederate veteran in either house of tlie legislature when it convenes next month. Mr- Grant served two years in -the Con federate army, surrendering with Gen eral Lee at Appomattox. Coats and Dresses at Penney’s. The J. C. Penney Co. is now making some unusual showings in ladies’ coats and dresses. Dresses in wool at $7.90 and silk from $4.98 up. Winter coats $9.90 and up. They are selling a 32-inch Amoskeag gingham at 23 cents. Warm / coats for girls. $3.98 to $12.75. See I page three today. | 11 The Concord Perpetual Building & i Loan Association li 11 OPENS ITS 72ND SERIES On Saturday, December 6th, 1924 jj . i r Books Now Open at Cabarrus Havings Bank, Concord, N. C., awl Kan- ! , i napoßc, N. C. I I J ' a Thirty-sis years successful business., A goo<l, safe, tax-fgoc investment ' » for your savings. A good way to secure money to buy or build n home. ’ NOW IS THE TIME. Take a running start for the next six and , a third years —for every share taken now and kept up yon will have SIOO six and one-third years from now —Only 20 Cents l’er Week Per Share. | C. W. BWINK, President. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec.-Treas. P. B. FETZER, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, PURE BRED JERSEY CATTLE IN IREDELL Established at County Home Through the Efforts qf R. W. Graeber. (By the Aswoeinteu Prr».i Statesville. N. Dec. Largely hrough the efforts of R. YV. Graeber. •ount.v agent for tlie State College Ex tension Division, a foundation herd of purebred Jersey cattle lias been started it the County Home at the direction of rhe County Commissioners, iir. Graeber in company with the superintendent of the County Home appeared bpfore the ■ounty commissioners and asked permis sion to start tlie foundation heard at the Home. ! It was explained that thp heard could be used as an asset, to the home farm and that the county ngent would super vise the cure of it. Tt was a’sfo pointed I out that, the foundation herd would serve as a stimulant to farmers througli f out the county to start purebred stock | on their farms. The commissioners appointed a com , mittee of two to confer further with Mr. i Graeber and the result was tht the • herd was established- It now consists of , one bull and three heifers. “The bull selected," said Mr. Grae ber,” was a yearly on the form of R. L. Shuford, Catnwba County, nnd is nil animal which we believe is one of the best bulls Mr. Shuford ever produced. He is the son of Oakwood’s D. Fox, who during the past month became Gold Medal bull and has about twenty-five register of merit daughters. “The heifers are of good breeding. Two of them were sired by a bull yvhose dam had a butter record of 613 pounds. All three of these heifers were bred by a bull whose dam has a gold medal. “We believe that with these animals as a foundation that a wonderful h'erd of Jerseys can be built up within the next few years.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady Today at a De , ( line of From K to 13 Point*. ■ - -«)»«>- AaOoal tttrJL Press« New York. Dee. 4.-—The cotton markets, opened barely steady at decline of 8 to 12 points today as a result "of Liverpool selling, commission bouse liquidation, and local selling inspired by relatively easy cables and reiterated talk of increased crop estimates. After selling off to 22.96 for January and 23.22 for March, however, the mar ket steadied on trade buying and renewed covering. January selling up to 23.10 or back to about yesterday's closing. Cotton futures opened barely steady: December 22.84; January 23.03: March 23.35: May 23.68; July 23.80 bid. SMOOT TANNERY SOLD Big Plant at North YVilkesboro Bought By International Shoe Company. (By the Assoelnteil Press.) Winston-Salem, Deo. 4.—Sale of the big Smoot Tannery at .North YYUkesboro to the International Shoe Co., of St. Ixaiis. today was confronted by Robert S. Jones, secretary of the C. C. Smoot & Sous Co., which has offices in North i YY'ilkesboro and at Alexandria, Y'a. The ! new owners will take charge on January Ist. It is said that about $11,000,000 was involved in the deal. The plant employs several hundred people. It began opera tions in 1897. Longest Bridge hi China Brown Up. Hankow. China, Dec. 4 (By the As sociated Press). —Followers of Gen. YY'u Pei Fu. formerly military commander of the Peking government, are reporting to have blown up the Haukow-Peking rail way bridge over the Yellow River, said to be the longest bridge in China. Several Killed in Train Coßiston. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 4 (By the Associ ated Press). —Three known to be dead, six others reported, killed, and more than a score hurt is the result of a rear end ; collision between a Sacramento Short Line train and a Key Route suburban electric train here this morning. - V' 000000000 0 TODAY'S 0 0 NEWS 0 © TODAY 0 ©©©©©oooo » ■ • -tjjß - Pv££Sl NO. 284 jliunrn — lflA i oF UMTIIGIffIE SHOALS TO FRONT Adiminstration Leaders Go to White House to Learn President’s Attitude on the Latest Proposal. PRESIDENT HAS NOT GIVEN HIS OPINION Will Wait to Hear From His Departmental Advisers.— President’s Plan to Be Generally- Supported. •By the Associated Press.) A\ aisliington. Dec. 4.—The Underwood plan for operation of Muscle Shoals bad taken a foreffont position today among the various proposals for a solution of T tile long pending problem. After it became known yesterday that i Senator Cnderwood. Democrat-, of Ala bama, hail conferred on various ooen- ' sions with President Conlidge during fho process of preparing the bill, adminis tration leaders went to the White House ’ to learn the President's attitude ou the measure. They were said to have been in formed .* . that the chief executive would await a report from his deparmental advisers be- i fore expressing an opinion ors the Cnder- > wood proposal. Republican leaders had hoped to hear from the President b-fore the measure was brought up on the Sen ate floor yesterday. In the absence of word from the White House, agreement was reached tto post pone consideration of the matter until to day. Republicans generally feel disposed to support the President's ideas as to the best plan for settling the Muscle Shoals issue. Senator Underwood expects to receive considerable support from the Democratic side and if the bulk of the parties unite behind this bill its passage ' is assured. Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebras ka. has announced that he will not sup port the Underwood bill, regardless of the President’s attitude. He is pre pared to fight for the passage of his own measure, as reported by the Senate ag riculture committee, hilt he declared lie realised' he would be waging a losing I tattle Irt the f»eV of the Presiden's op- ’j position. •me snggestion advanced from a source close to the President is that the <i«cs tion might best be solved by the passage of a bill including a compromise be tween the Underwood and Norris plaits.' LARGE SUM INVOLVED IN BANK INDICTMENTS Total of $350,865 Involved in Salisbury Bank Cases. Greensboro. Dec. 3-—The staggering total of $350,865 is involved in indict ments brought by a Federal court grand jury hei'o against .1. D. Norwood, ,1. K. Doughton and M. L. Jackson, these in dictments bring more specific and strengthening than those brought by a Federal court grand jury here last De cember against the three. They are the result of the failure in June. 1023, of the People's! National bank, in Salis bury. The failure of the Mecklenburg Mills Company, a textile organization, with home officers in Salisbury and operating the Mecklenburg mills', in Charlotte. Newton, and Clyde mills, in Newton, and Nancy mills, in Montgomery, pre ceded the failure of the bank, and the bank was found heavily loaded with Mecklenburg mills company paper. Doughton was president of the bank; Norwood chairman of the board of direc tors. and Jackson a member of the bon.d of directors. Norwood was also president of the Mecklenburg Mills Company and Jackson a director of the mills com pany. There are five Counts in the indiet mens against Doughton individually; six counts against Doughton and Nor wood jointly; one count against Nor- | wood individually and five counts, against Norwood and Jackson jointly. The charges in the main are that funds of the bank were used to carry worth less Mecklenburg Mills Company paper. j On chese for SBO,OOO is mentioned, with the charge made that when the mills • was benefited by it the com pany was already overdrawn SBO,OOO. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LOAN EXCEED $500,000,000 Treasury I»ng-Term Bond Issue Is Large ly Oversubscribed. ’ <By the Associated Press.) Washington. Dec. 4.—Subscriptions to the new Treasury long-term bond issue of $200,000,000, opened yesterday, ex ceeded half a billion dollars today, and .1 Acting Secretary Winston announced jjj that the offering for further cash sale j would be withdrawn at the close of bind . ness tonight. i -.".'Vis j Condition of Judge Ferguson Unchanged. tßy the Associated Press.) ! j Asheville. N. C.. Dec. 4.—‘-The condi : tion of Judge Garland R. Ferguson, of i ; Waynesville. Confederate veteran and for mer judge of the Superior Court was re liorted unchanged today and his condition , ,is very weak. Little hope is entertained for his recovery. Oasis Temple Holds Fall CerenmiM. Charlotte, Dec. 3.—Arriving tonight and tomorrow morning will be 2,000 members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Myotic Shrine who F come to Charlotte for the annual fall t* ceremonial of Oasis Temple. J. D. El- 1 liott, of Hickory, Imperial Potentate, is here. There will be three hundred can didates for admission into the order. i|g
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