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• «P@ @ A « @ H « @ • VOLUME XXIV WILL DEMAND EQIHL t FIIHING OUE&HORS It Is Understood Prance Wants to Settle With Eng land and the United States Wants Settlement, Then. NO PREFERENCE IN THE MATTER Officials See No Reason Why England Should Be Paid : First, as American Debt Is the Larger of the Two. 1 (Bj the Associated Press, i Washington, Dee. * 18. —France’s re ported intention to open discussion with Great Britain on an arrangement lor funding her debt to the Loudon govern, ment occasioned a prediction at the treas ury today that this government, like Great Britain, would insist on equal i treatment. While there was no announcement of any diplomatic move, high officials of the treasury declared that it was ob vious thdt the United States should ex-. peet a settlement from France when that nation rnake% one with England. There was declared to be no reason why a mil itant attitude should be adopted here, since France’s diplomatic representative already y has held a series of conferences on the question with Secretary Mellon. The French debt to the United States ' is larger than the amount she owes Great Britain, and inasmuch as both loans were made for financing the World War, treasury, officials see no reason why preferential treatment should be accord ed the British. WE MUST COMPLETE THE STATE HIGHWAYS lhugbton Is Id Flavor of Another Issue of Bonds. lialeigh, Dec. 17.—“1 believe we ought to go forward with our road program.” Revenue Commissioner R. A. Doughton said tonight in recording himself in favor of an extra issue of bonds to complete the State highway system. “I think the amount of the new bond . issue should be determined after a care ful investigation of our highway needs nijd the State's ability to finanea it. - TiTftiri‘*r : '' nm pushi peed sasjWQjMft-jg. It might get along with less. Ati extra cent of tax on gasoline would probably be neoesary, as we must insure an ade quate sinking fund, interest on the bonds' and a sufficient sum for maintenance of the highways.” Estimates place the yield for the pres ent year from auto license ant the gaso line tax at $10,000,000. An extra gent on gasoline would give a million and a half or two millions additional. * As head of the revenue department and one of the most level bended and ex perienced men in public affairs, Commis sioner Doughton's support will play an important part in insuring favorable legislative consideration of the proposed new issue. He was one of the authors of the State highway act of the 1021 session, authorizing the $50,000,000 bond issue. Used Two Periscopes to Watch Hus band. Binghnmton, N- Y., Dec. 17. —The wife of a local detective, taking the trail herself when she became suspicious of her husband’s attentions to a “tall blondej’ combined her husband’s sleu thing tactics with a periscope and ob tained evidence upon which she bases her divorce suit, the woman testified re cently at n hearing of the case in Su preme Court here. Her husband enter tained the other woman in his office, the * wife said, and so she suspended one per iscope from the floor above to look in through an outside window, and raised another over the trnnsom of the door so as to be certain of a good view. Then she alternated between the devices, and while at the door heard her husband, according to her story, making love to the other woman. The wife said she made the periscope herself, getting the idea from those used during the World War and learn ing-, of their construction from technical books. President Elect Confers With Chancellor Marx. Berlin, Dee. 18 (By the Associated Press).—President Ebert th|« morning consulted again with Chancellor Marx, and authorized a final survey of the' par liamentary sttuation, in a last attempt to form a ministry with thfe necessary reichstag mjority. The summon* fob lowed the failure of Foreign, Minister SiXesemann, leader of the German peo ples party, to construct a straight non socialist cabinet. Jackie Ooogan’s Brother. ■Hollywood, ''Calif., Dec. 17.—-Jackie Ooogan’s new brother, born last Satur day. ha 3 been christened Robert Anthony Coogan, according to announcement made at the Coogan home today. BASKETBALL DOUBLE HEADER CONCORD HI -—vs. — mooresville hi CONCORD “Y” —vs. — HIGHLAND PARK FRIDAY NIGHT 8.00 O’CLOCK HIGH SCHOOL GYM Admission 35c and 50c The Concord Daily Tribune - ; y'. ■ ’ ’ > ■ STATESVILLE SENDS THANKS. TO MR. DI KE Rotary Club Passes Resolutions Voting Unanimous Approval of Gilts to Education. Statesville, Dec. 17—The Stato;vil> Rotary Club passed resolutions today, the members voting unanimously their l approval of James B. Duke’s singular k philanthropy toward the colleges. J churches and hospitals of North and j South Carolina. “Something has hap | pened in North Carolina in recent ; dn.vs.” said F. A. Sherrill in making the ' | motion, “Which furnishes a practical ■; exemplification of Rotary ideals. It is j, an event which, to my mind, should be recognized by this club and by every patriotic North Carolinian. The gift of many millions to education -and to the relief of suffering by Mr. Duke, a gift i of unprecedented size in the history of ; the' world, will affect the well-being of North Carolinians for generations to r > come. The philanthropy is all the more notable in view of the fact that Mr. | Duke has been the subject of more ad- I verse criticism than any other man in 1 North Carolina. I think it highly proper that this club send a resolution of thanks to Mt. Duke.” In seconding the resolution, William . Wallace related an incident which re veals the effecV of Mr. Duke’s phian . thropy upon the outside world. In dis . cussing the progress of North Carolina . recently with a traveling man who re sides in New York city, Mr. Wallace suggested that the Duke gift would tend to bring people here from other states to avail themselves of the educational ; advantages. “That very thing has decided me in flavor of‘North Carolina,” responded, the traveling man. “I have been think- j ing for some time oft coming to North I Carolina to locate. Upon reading of Mr. I Duke’s gift, I have decided to come! and I am going to make Charlotte my home.” “I thoroughly agree with Mr. Sherrill,” said Mr. Wallace, “that this club should recognize this wonderful philanthropy. I want to second the motion.” SHOOTS ANOTHER GIRL IN MISTAKE FOR WIFE Mbs Moore, Killed by Roark, in At hurta. Was a Sister of Asheville Wo man. Asheville, Elec. 17.—Miss Vera Moore. Western Union telegraph operator, who was shot and killed in the Western Union office at Atlanta last Saturday night by Claude Roark, night super visor,-was a sister of Mrs. J. B. Smith. 8 Richmond avenue, this city. > According to information received here, the killing, of Miss Moore .result ed from a mistake on the part of Roark, who supposed he was shooting his wife. Mrs. Roark, also an operator in the office, had violently quarreled with her For Rome reason Mrs. Roark and Maas Moo he changed desks. Suddenly Roark Prttne up behind Miss Moore and bred six shots from a revolver into her head. lOie young woman died instantly. Not until Miss Moore fell dead did the de fendant realize his mistake. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IS SLIGHTLY INDISPOSED Slight Gold Made it Necessary For Him to Postpone Departure For Florida. (By Ike Associated Press.l New York, Dec. 18. —A slight cold caused John D. Rockefeller to cancel his plans to start for his winter home at Ormond Beadh, Fin., this morning it was announced from the Standard Oil Company offices here. It was emphasiz ed that his indisposition was only slight. At the Oil Company offices it was an nounced he would leave for Florida with in the next few days under present plans. He would leave tomorrow, it was ex plained, except for the fact that he dis likes to travel on Sunday. Plague Germs Found In New Orleans Rats, Washington, Dec. 17. —A request for an immediate appropriation of $275,000 to be used in controlling the reported outbreak arnoug rats of bubonic plague at the port of New Orleans and vicinity was forwarded to Congress today by the treasury department. Control of the outbreak, it was de clared, involves immediate trapping of rodens in suspected areas, suppression of disease among animals and the in spection and fumigation of all outgoing vessels to comply with international re quirements. Acting Surgeon Geeral White said to night that the outbreak, as reported to the public health service, was confined to rats. No human cases, he emphasized have been reported and the appropria tion was sought merely to enable the experts to get to work immediately upon extermination of the disease among the animals. Charlotte Has 64,873 People, Says Sur vey. fftarlotte, December 17. —Charlotte’s population today five years after the last decenninl census, is 64,873, an in crease of 18,535, or 40 per cent over the 46,338 given in the United "States enumeration ‘of January 1020, according to a survey just completed for the Chamber of Commerce. C. O. Kuester, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce, says thhat Charlotte’s population will suburbs next year will be in excess of 70,000. WHAT SMITTY*S CAT SAYS Fair tonight, warmer in extreme south- ■ wtot portion; Friday, cloudy, probably showers In the extreme west portion. " ' v-’ 1 "■: ’ - CONCORD, N. C., THURfDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924 INGEST TRIAL 11 MEM CHI r i ' HISTORY IS EH ' I j t * ; Verdict of $10,543,109.07 Is , Given In Case of Willett • Against Herrick and Group [ of Bankers. . TRIAL CONTINUED i FOR MANY WEEKS > . ‘ Took 184 Days to Dispose of Case—Verdict Returned by "Jury Which Consisted of Only Eleven Men. ‘ * ‘By the Associated Press.) Dedham. Mann. Dec. 18.—A verdict of $10,534.07 for the plaintiff was returned today by the jury, in the $15,000,000 dam age suit brought by George F. Willett against Robert F. Herrick and a group of Boston bankers. Tile trial of the ease in Norfolk superior court lasted 184 days. The jury had been deliberating since Monday. The case, which set n» new mark in American court history for trial length, J was brought by Willett to recover from I Herrick and the banking group, sums I claim to have been lost by the plaintiff | through an nlieged conspiracy in which I lie was deprived of control of the Ameri |can Felt, and Daniel Green Felt Shoe j companies. The time required for hearing the evi dence caused the litigation to be com pared with the famous Tichborn trial in London, the second period of which in 1874, lasted 188 days. In that case Ar thur Orton, the son of a butcher, was charged with perjury on the ground that he had represented himself as Rogef Richborn, missing heir to a large estate. Only evelen of the twelve jurors im paneled for the present trial considered the evidence and rendered the verdict. One suffered a nervous collapse in the course of the trial and was forced to quit the box. counsel agreeing to proceed with 11 jurors. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of From Five Points to an Advance of One Point. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Dec. 18.—The cotton mar ket was nervous aqd irregular in today’s early tra'ding: ' A tetfdency to* take profits on recen t purchases after IHe advance of the past two or three days was promoted by relatively easy Liver pool cables. Selling otherwise was re stricted by continued reports of good de mand, and very firm spot basis in the south, and after opening steady at de cline of 5 points to an advance of 1 point, prices fluctuated within a com paratively narrow range. January sold at 23.75 on the call, then rallied to 23.82, but eased off to 23.77 toward the end of the first half hour, when prices were gnerally 5 to 7 points net lower. The opening prices were: Dec. 23.68; Jan. 23.75; March 24.25; May 24.65; July 24.T0. - Christmas Dishes of. OM. London, Dec. 18.—Of the dishes with which John Bull in days of old was wont to make menry over at Yule tide, the place of honor must be as signed to the hoar’s head. Once an indispensable dish, however, it probably figures nowhere in the bill of fare in these days except at Queen's College, Oxford, vifhere it lingers be cause of a valorous act performed cen turies ago by a student there. He was walking in the fields studying his Aristotle, when a wild boar rushed at him open mouthed. But with great presence of mind the student crammed the book down the animal’s throat; it was thus chocked to death with phi losophy. Next to boar’s head, peacock pie was the favorite Christmas dish. The metnod of serving was to have the plumed crest of the peacock appearing at one end of the pie above the crust, and at the other end .the tail unfolded in all its glory. The maimer of dressing the bird for Hie table was very curious. The bird was then, roasted, sewed up again in its feathers, and sent to the table. Geese, capon, pheasants drenched with ambergris, and pies of carps ton gues were also included in the olden Christmas cheer. Mince pies were intro duced at. the close of the sixteenth, cen tury, and were originally known ns “mutton-pies.” The original plum pudding was known as "plum-por ridge,” and was always the first course at the Christmas dinner. Undelivered Mall Ten Years Old Found in Dead Postman’s Home. (By me Associated Cress.) Belfast, Dec. 18.—More than 1,000 un delivered letters from all parts of the United Kingdom, including registered packets as well as ordinary mail, were found hidden in the home of Thomas S. Ready, a postman, who died here recent ly. Some of the letters were more than ten years old, and were found secreted in Keady’s bed and in different parts of the house. All were unopened, and will he delivered to the addressees indicated. TT Officials are at a loss to explain Keady's action in holding the letters. ■U' Charlotte to Invito CooUdge. j! Charlotte, Dec. 17. —President Oool idge was asked to deliver an address in Charlotte should he come south after Congress adjourns in March, in a tele gram sent yesterday by President Kirk patrick of the Charlotte cnamber of commerce. Senator Overman has been \ aßked to arrange an audience for a 'group of Charlotte citizens who will go '. to Washington soon after the holidays to press the invitation to the President. '♦«***-**«*«***« ST % * DUKE CHAIRMAN * * OF 1 TRUST FUND * Ss (By the Associated Press) * % New York, Dec. 18.—. Tames B. * * Duke, tobacco and power magnate, $ * who recently established a $40.000.-'i( IsK 000 endowment fer educational pur- h * poses, has been elected chair mini of * * the trustees who will administer *X * the fund, it was announced here * n? today. * k —* ) KREISLER GETS DEATH THREAT Fifty Million Kronrii is Demanded of s Famous Violinist. Vienna, Dec. "16.—“ Seven hundred , dollars or your life” This was the de > mand in a letter Written on elegant stationery in a fine hand which was r deli-ered to Fritz fCreisler laqf night. after his Vienna concert. r The letter addressed to Frau Harriet ? Kreisler, was bongh| to the artist’s room at the concert I*t half past seven by a public mes.<>n«jer. Herr Kreisler’s brother. Hugo, received the letter and opened it to rend: j f “Three discharged State officials. I who, despite their 1 misfortunes, must . care for tbeir wives and children, ap peal to your womanly heart, you who , are so rich. They demanded that 50,- . 000.000 Austrian kronen —$700; —be left with tiie porter of the Imperial not later . than 2 oVlock Wednesday afternoon in an envelop addressed to Fritz Kreis ler; at half-past two this sum will be demanded by a public messenger, j , “Madam in net not consider this letter , os an ordinary blackmail letter, but an ' accident can happen and a shot might he fired and Herr Kreisler might die , that, night. Notification of the police will do no good, as the messenger will be followed and any attempt by the police to shadow him will he defeated.” The letter was not handed to Herr Kreisler until he completed the concert. It was at first thought an attempt was being made to disturb the artist and spoil his concert, but later an examina tion indicated it was a real death I threat. The police have the matter in hand,, but no arrests have yet been made. Herr Kreisler left Vienna this morning. His wife is in New York. SOVIET GOVERNMENT CRITICISED BY POPE Russian Government Condemned in Pope's Allocution Delivered at Secret Con sistory. Rome, Dec. 18 (By the Associated Press). —Strong condemnation of the Russian soviet government was voiced in Pope Pius’ allocution delivered at the secret consistory toda?, Vbe Pope also totiliiiiecasiiiu to praise the Congress of Holy Name Societies, re cently held in Washington, which cul minated in an address by President Oool idge, declaring religious freedom ami toleration fundamental laws of the Unit ed States. With Onr Advertisers. A Hoosier Kitchen cabinet filled with Christmas “eats” would make a fine Christmas present. H. B. Wilkinson has them. All kinds of things to eat for Christ inas at the Piggly Wiggly. Parker, Edison and Dunn Fountain riu- a. Gibson Drug Store. Genrlemen's tru/cling jjscs at Gibsou Drug Store. Wilkinson Funeral!...Home is open day ant uight. Pimm* !). • Jewilry and other gifts of distinction at W. C. Correll Jewelry Co. Only five-more shopping days till Christmas. But during these few days you can find almost anything you want at Efird’s. Oiiening till !) o'clock every evening. Skates. $1.85 a pair and special foot balls only SI.OO each at Yorke and Wadsworth Co.’. Open nights. The Parks-Belk Company states in a new ad. today that they are making a reduction of from to 20 to 50 per cent.- on ladies’ coats, dresses and Lata for Christmas buying, making the usual af ter Christmas reduction now. 1 Yuletide Decorations, j New York, Dec. 18.—Why are holly and mistletoe used as Christmas decora tions? In olden times holly was regard ed as a sacred plant. The red berries were associated with drops of holy blood, and spines on the leaves with the thorns composing the Crown of Thorns. The beasts of the field would not touch .the tree, but treated it with the greatest respect. Mistletoe dates back to the time of the Druids, who used it at their Yule tide feasts. Their name for it was "All heal,” and they laid it on their altars after sacrificing n white bull. The idea of bringing branches of trees into houses for the Yuletide celebrations was that the good spirits of the Woods might, be appeased by being' kept warm. The Druids did it when | celebrating their pagan rites, and so did the Romans, who used laurel as an emblem of peace, joy, and victory. Salisbury School Contract Awarded. ‘ Salisbury, Dec. 14.—Contracts total - 1 ling $425,000 were let here Saturday for the new high school building for the • city. L. S. Bradshaw, local contractor, ' was awarded the contract for the erec -1 tion of the building. It is planned to 1 have the building ready for use by f January 1026. NOTICE! Assessments against property i for street paving are due Decem ber Ist of each year. Take notice | that all assessments which are due < must be paid at once or the prop erty will be advertised and sold. CHAS. N. FIELD, t City Tax Collector. 17-4 t I FUNERAL SERVICES * 1 IN HEW YORK CITY i FOR GOMPERS TODAK ► After Services, Which Were Held In Elks Home, Body r Was Carried by Automobile f To Tarrytown for Burial. 1 HUNDREDS PRESENT' t FOR THE SERVICES st ” Men High In State and Na t tion In Attendance Along * With Labor Leaders From * > All Parts of the Nation. (By the Associated Preu) New York, Dec. 18.—rriinpreseive fun- I eral services were held today for Sam ' uel Gomp‘ers at the* Elks Club, after * which the body was taken by automobile ' to Tarrytown for burial iu the historic Sleepy Hollow cemetery, Tfie great assembly hall of New York 1 Lodge .No. 1, draped with the mourniug purple of the order, was crowded to ca pacity with co-workers and friends of the late President of the American Fed eration of Labor. In the throng were 1 met) high in the state and city. Fifteen hundred persons unable to gain ‘ admittance to the hall, assembled in the : town hall across the street, and heard [ the services by radio. Other thousands ; stood reverently in nearby streets, held in line by details of the police. Officers of the lodge, headed by Sol ' Tekulsk.v, tile Exalted Ruler, marched J into the hall, and conducted the obituary ritual of the fraternity. Each officer wore a carnation the badge of mourn -1 ing. The simple Jewish hitual for the dead '■ was intoned by Rabbi Steven S. Wise. This service began by the reading in Hebrew of the 23rd Psalm. Other ver ses from the Bible were in English. In the eulogy that followed. Dr. Wise , said, “among all the characteristics of Samuel Gompers I have come upon, none i is more fitting than frontiersman. For Samuel Gompers was a pioneer, ragged, rather than suave, firm rather than con ventional. Pioneer he was ir. the mili tary sense, for his was the ml’it ant mood, and throughout his life he was a battler. As a pioneer, Gontpers fought for a great caaae, not for larger wage or add ed,' Comfort, b«t fog a freer and uiHer. life for the toilers of (lie nation, which could not be without these instrumentalities of life and freedom.” James Duncan, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, in his eulogy, gave to organized labor what he said was the last message of Mr. Com pere. When Mr. Gompers realized that the end was near, he said, he summon ed him to his bed and said: “Give them this message. Say to them that as 1 kept the faith, I expect them to keep the faith. They must carry on. No un ion man with a card can be a good citi zen unless he upholds American institu tions. And he is a poor 'Citizen if he does not uphold American institutions.” Mrs. Gompers, heavily veiled, entered the hall with members of the family be fore the services began, aud occupied a serft near the casket. She wept during the solemn ritualistic ceremonies of the Elks, when the hands of the clock were lighted, at 11 o’clock the mystic hour of remembrance for departed members.” TWENTY-FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE Quake Was of Severe Natare in Surigao Province on Mindanao Island. Manila, Dec. 18 (By the Associated Press). —Twenty-four persons were killed Monday when a severe earthquake rooked Surigao province on . Mindianao Island. The, quake destroyed 28 houses on four small island situated near the northern coast of the province. Forty-seven per sons were injured. Although the quake occurred on Monday, the first news of the situation was received here today by the American Red Cross. Christmas in Mid-Summer. Washington. D. G, Dec. 18. —Strange as it may seem to people who have al ways been used to keeping Christmas on December 25. this was not always the date for Yuletide rejoicings. It was once a movable feast, which different churches kept on the day they thought best. Ail old writer tells of one which ; used to observe the festival in June, or , even as late as the dog-days of July, While _ the Eastern churches chose the months of April or 'May. ' In ancient Egypt January wrts eon ’ sidered the proper month, and for mauy years the Russian church kept to that date also. December was the favored 1 month in Cyprus, but for centuries the day was the 6th, Only gradually did the various countries agree on December 25. Don’t put Christmas seals of any kind ! or the address side of letters and post * curds. To do so makes them urunail ' able. l ‘ ' : : STAR THEATRE TODAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THE BIG PICTURE ; “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” SHOWS AS THEY RUN: l .-00, 3:00, 5.00, 7:00; 9 Last Show Ijf . RQTARY MEETING 1 ‘Concord Rotarians Hear Hurley and In •torse J. B. Duke’s Big Gift to the Carolinas. A speech by James F. Hurley, of the Salisbury Pest and prominent tariau. and a resolution indorsing' .rfr. J. B. Duke’s recent gift .of forty millions |/ °/ dollars to education, religion aud pub ■ lie health iu the Carolines, featured the | regular weekly meeting of the Concord Botary Club at the Y. M. C. A. yester day. p E. Sauvain. chairman of the business methods committee, was in charge of the y program and introduced Mr. Hurley, who p .made a splendid address on Rotary prin c ciples jn business. John M. Oglesby offered a resolution expressing the appreciation of the Con cord Rotary Club to Mr. .1, B. Duke for his recent gift to the causes of educa -5 t on. religion and health in the Caro linas. The resolution was unanimously adopted. " The meeting next week will be in r charge of the music committee. It. E. * Ridenhour, Jr., chairman. Sam Wiley, I of Salisbury, was the guest* of C. B. Wagoner, and Mason Goodman was the guest of L. D. Coltrane. Only one member was absent. - american japane.se RELATIONS DISCUSSED r e Era of “The Moat Cordial Relations” c Predicted by Secretary Hughes. I Washington. Dec. 18 (By the Asso k dated Press). —The Washington govern g ment, whose officials have been puzzled _ and somewhat disturbed by agitation over f the American-.Tapanese relations, took oc [- casion today to formally bespeak an era of "the most cordial relations” between the two countries. 1( Departing from precedent, Secretary p Hughes issued a formal statement tak l ing notice of the appointment of a new s Japanese ambassador here, and welcom ,, ing him to this country as a step toward a further cementing of friendship between ; the tw‘o governments.' j Tokio, Japan. Dec. 18. —Tsueno Mat , sudaira was officially gazetted and in , stalled as Japanese Ambassador to the United States today at a reception at the Imperial Palace. He plans to arrive in I Washington before March 4th. ; WARRANTS FOR FORMER , ATLANTA PRISON OFFICIALS Officials Charged in Warrants With the ! Acceptance Os Bribes. (Br the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 18.—Warrants charging the acceptance of bribes by A. ' E. Sartain, deposed warden, and L. J. Fletcher, deputy warden of the federal prison in Atlanta, were sworn out in U. S. District Court here today. Both men were waiting in the clerk's office to make bond. The details of the charges were- not '«te3e pnJHIc. -pending formal service of ■ the wararnts. and execution of bonds by the accused men, but it was understood they were based on charges made by Graham Baughun, a prisoner, at the pen ' itentiary. ANOTHER CHARGE FOR SENATE TO WORK ON Alleged That Employee of Senate Com mittee Accepted Money to Use His Influence For Proposed Bill Or the Ass related Press.) Washington, Dee. 18.—The Depart ment of Justice has begun an investiga tion into charges that an employee of a Senate committee has accepted money to use his influence in aiding in the passing of legislation. Attorney General Stone announced to day that it had been revealed that the money actually had passed, but lie de dined to indicate the legislation con cerned, or to identify the employee sus pected. Dim Kneeling as Though in Prayer. ’ Durham, Dec. 17. —In an attitude of , prayer, his head bowed upon his clasped hands, his hands upon the sent of a . chair before which lie kneeled, the oldest I citizen of Durham, J. G. Loeffler, was I found dead in his rather bare apart ment above *> Main street store this ; morning at 8:15 o'clock. The deceased was of German birtli. immigrating to Raleigh well over 40 yeans ago. Two score years ago he came from Raleigh to Durham and lived zere since supporting himself through his trade, watch repairing. He died at the age of 05 years and is believed to havi been Durham oldest resident. 1 1 PLENTY OF MONEY F Those who were members of our Christmas Club during the last year and who made regular weekly de posits on this plan, now have plenty of money to dp j their shopping and some left over to deposit in their J m. Savings Account. NEW CLUBS ARE FORMING—JOIN ONE Citizens Bank and Trust Company CONCORD, N. C. »•••••••« : ’is* : » TODAY « NO. 296 :LpTir I mulysis pm 1 TO CONTAII POISON Sixty Barrels of the Stuff Be ing Sold as Liquor Found to Be Wood Alcohol, It Is Stated by Officers. 29 DEATH® FROM STUFF THIS MONTH Eight Barrels of Denaturated Alcohol Was Also Seized— Wood Alcohol Seized on a Ferry and Was on Trucks. (By the Associated Prrm.) Xew York, Dec. IS—Sixty barrels of luiuor seized by prohibition agents and police in their campaign against bad Christmas liquor, has proved upon analy sis to be wood alcohol. In addition, eight barrels of denatured alcohol have been confiscated. Deaths from bad liquor so far this month total 29. The wood alcohol was seized on a ferry Tuesday night, together with two trucks. Four men arrested on the trucks gave New Jersey addressee. The denatured alcohol was seized on a truck Inst night on a downtown street, and the driver arrested. Seventeen alcohol victims, three of them women, were admitted to Belleview Hospital during the twesty-four hours ended this morning. JOHNSON STILL HAS SOME FRIENDS LEFT President of American League Is De fended by Two Major League Club Owners. Chicago, Dec. 18 (By the Associated Press). —Clark Griflßh, president of the Washington Club, declared today that he and other friends of Ban Johnson, presi dent of the American League, who was rebuked yesterday in a letter read at the joint meeting of the major leagues, still will support Johnson as president of the league. ,- We are still for Johnson,” Mr. Grif fith said, adding that it was expected that Johnson would remain as head of the league. “I personally regard Mr. John son as one of the greatest leaders base ball has aver had,” he said. BflU Also. Defends Johnson. St Loti is, the. PMt D. C. BSW. t*f<WdHltt of the St. Louis Americana, in commenting today on the action of the major league club owners at yesterday's meeting in Chicago in rebuking Presi dent Ban Johnson, of the American League, declared that "the biggest figure in the national game has been a victim cf men whose gratitude has bowed to the dollar sign.” Charge Against Dry Agents Investigated. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Dec. 18.—Charges by Cole Finch that his father, Homer Finch, a, hotel keeper, was shot to death a week ago by three federal prohibition agents because he failed to pay them a bribe when they found him selling alcohol wholesale, were being investigated by. federal and state authorities today. Bishop Bast Released. Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 18 (By the Associated Press). —The superior court today after a number of hours’ delibera tion, ordered the release from custody of Dr. Anton Bast, Methodist Episcopal Bishop for Scandinavia, pending pro ceedings in connection with alleged mis appropriation of charity funds. Seaboard to Take Off Two Trains Jan uary 1. Raleigh, Dec- 171—The Seaboard Air Line yesterday was granted a petition by the state corporations commission to discontinue trains number 31 and 34, operating between Charlotte and Ruth erfordton, the order becoming effective Jnnuary 1, 1925. Two trains, one in each direction, will be operated daily between these two points after January lj next, it was said.
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