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0 DISPATCHES, 0 VQLUME XXIV SEVEN PASSENGERS AND PILOT OF AIR EXPRMP DIE The Tragedy Occurred Near Croydon, England, When the' DH-34 Banked and Crashed to the Earth. PASSENGERS ON WAY TO FRANCE Ship Had Just Left Ground When the Accident Oc curred—Every One In the Ship Fatally Burned. > Croydon, England, Dec. 24. (By the Associated Prese). —A Christmas tide tragedy occurred this morning at the air drome here when seven passengers and the pilot of the big Imperial Airways air express DH-34 were killed when the air plane banked and crashed to the ground soon after it had taken off.' The passengers who were reported on their way to Paris for Christmas, were hardly aware they were well in the air, when the machine suddenly banked over Purley Down in a gust <\f wind, went into a nose dive, and burst into flames through the explosion of the gasoline tank. All eight in the machine were burned to death and the machine was de stroyed. There were two women among the passengers, five men passengers, includ ing Dr. Borbosa Lima, a Brazilian, and Cedric Trudgett. representative of the Chilean Review, and the pilot. An eye witness of the tragedy said that the plane, flying low. suddenly banked, cleared a nearby house, and then stag gered in the air. Almost immediately a gust of wind caught the plane, its tail shot up, it went into a nose dise, and fell like a stone. Iminediately the ma chine touched the ground it burst into flames. “I ran to the spot,” said he witness, ‘‘but by the time 1 got there the whole machine had burned away. In the wreckage I could see the charred remains of the bodies. All of the passengers must have died instantaneously. Their clothing was gone and their bodies was black.” GOVERNOR MORRISON* SAYS TIME TO RUST Wits Not Support~tSe Institutions ha Their Budget Requests. Raleigh. Dec. 23. —“I think it is time now to stop and rest.” Governor Morri son said tonight in denying published reports that he was supporting state in stitutions and departments in their bids for a nine million dollar increuse in maintenance appropriations for the next biennium, and a $17,500,000 building fund. Registering the conviction that the state has gone as far as it is financially nble to go in prosecuting the “program of progress” of the last' four years, the governor said that he was opposed to nn.v additional bond issues for perma nent improvements other than the three millions necessary to complete the con templated six-year 20 .million dollar pro gram which was launched in 10211 The 1021 and 1023 legislatures have Hujhorized $17,000,000 for new build in/ at various institutions and it was understood at the time of the first author ization that 20 millions would be expend ed. But $17,000,000 more is unreason able. Governor Morrison suggested. “The trouble with progressives and revolutionists is that they frequently de stroy good movements by undertaking to carry them to extremes,’ 'he said. The governor's attitude is understood to be shared by the members of the bud get commission and legislative leaders. When the commission makes its report it will be found that the budget request of the institutions and departments have been' subjected to a substantial prim ing. The maximum of increased revenue hoped for is around’three •million dollars for the biennium, and that is just a third of the increases asked for. Larger appropriations are necessary in the institutions as the result of the in creased accommodations and expanded ac tivities but there is little chance for them to reach the limit suggested in the budg et requests. Judge Makes Gifing Bad Creeks Costly. Salisbury, Dec. 22.—Worthless checks will prove very expensive to the giver if he or she detected and hailed before Judge (Carles Coggin in the Rowan county court. One young man, who gave Shelby as his home, was given a hear ing in this court this morning on charge of having given a worthless check to a local concern,, and was fined five times the amount of the check with costs add ed. The check given was for $lO and the fine imposed was SSO, exclusive of costs. 1 . In a larceny and receiving case the defendant was found not guilty and , three cases, one for disorderly conduct and two for operating automobiles with out lights were continued .to Tuesday. Entire Town Looted. (By the Antedated Preeel Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 24.—The bank and practically every store in Par adise, Wise county, was looted last night, according to word received today. The bandits are believed to be the ones who sacked and burned Valley View last week. The amount of the loot has not been determined. Ponotman KUed by Bandit. (By the Anmetated PmmM New Orleans, Dec. 24.—Jacob Uhle, a * traffic policeman, was shot and killed this morning by a bandit who robbed the Frenchman Street branch of the Marine Bank of $13,000, The Concord Daily Tribune ***;**** * * * $ * * * * * FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT ik .. i £ 5k Send The Dally t TYibune or the 5k ik Semi-Weekly Times to some rela- 5k 5k five or frieud as a Christmas pres- rk 5k ent. They will be a constant, re- 5k , 5K minder of your thoughtfulness. 5k * 5k THE STATE IS GETTING GOOD ADVERTISING Example of How Business Men Are Di recting Attention To It. Edward E. Britton iu Raleigh News and Observer. Washington. Dec. 22.—North Carolina is getting advertising of the best kind at this time and from many sources. Not alone are newspapers and inagnzines tell ing of the great progress and prosperity of the State, not alone are speakers di lating upon the matter, but business, men who move about over the country are.'tell ing of the great opportunities n the Stqte. This was exemplified last night at the New Wilard hotel, when Harry E. Morse, division manager of the Ameri can Chicle Company, was entertaining a group of friends, the subject of business, opportuuities in certain • States in the Union being dscussed. “North Carolina,” said Mr. Morse, “of fers greater opportunities for money mak ing than any State in the country. If Horace Greeley were now on earth, he would advise young men to go South and stop in the Old North State. “Whenever 1 am in North Carolina I am reminded of a remark made many years'ago by the late Collis P. Hunting ton, great empire builder. He was talk ing to a number of business friends nbout the possibilities of the South. He said ‘Watch North Carolina. It will not be only the greatest State in the Southland, but the greatest State in the Union. In a short time it will eclipse even Massa chusetts in the textile and other manu facturing industries.” Huntington True Prophet. “Mr. Huntington,” continued Mr. Morse, "was indeed a true prophet, North Carolinn has the greatest future of any state in the Union, and I am constantly advising my friends of that fact and urg ing them to invest their money there.” • Mr. Morse is not a North Carolinian, but is a native of Virginia, but he could not have "boosted” the opportunities of the State, more if he had been born in it. The group to which he was talking had in it a number of capitalists, and in the course of his remarks he pictured the wonderful modern highways of the State and the scenic beauty of Western North Carolina in such glowing terms as to al most give his hearers a view of the laurel of the mountains and a touch of the bracink climate of the “Land of the Sky.” Rat when Mr. Morse began-talking'of the manufacturing industries bis eloquence climbed the heights. He expatiated upon the industry of the people of the state, telling of the growth of its cities and towns, and the rapid strides its people are making in education, business and in things generally, its progress in road building being given high praise. If Mr. Morse continues to talk of North Caro lina in other places as he did in Wash ington he will prove one of the best boosters that the State; has. FOUR MEN DIE WHEN SEAPLANE DROPS IN WATER One of Victims Then on Way to a Hos pital—Propellers Strike Two. Norfolk. Va... Dec. 23.—Three navy men and « civilian met death this after noon when a navy ambulance seaplane, returning from Hateras. off the North Carolina i coast, with a hospital patient, swamped at the Hampton Roads unval air station landing. The dead are E. M. Keyser and A. S. Manwaring, chief petty officers; P. S. Gavin, a hospital apprentice, and Uriah B. Williams. Jr;, of Buxton, N. C. Wil liams was being brought to a Norfolk hospital for treatment for pneumonia. 11. B. Williams, Sr., father of the ei-, vilian victim of the wreck; Lieut. W. B. Gwin, pilot, and a radio operator and a inechanic escaped. The wreck was , attributed to the probable existence of a hole in the bow of the plane, which al lowed the water to rush into the for- ' ward part of the airship when it glided j to the water at the landing station. | Only the forward portion of the plane was inundated. Two of the navy men, trying to escape aft, were struck by the propellers gnd killed. The other %jc tiinp were drowned. BALDWIN SPEAKS BEFORE POST OFFICE COMMITTEE President of National Publishers’ Asso elation Opposed to Proposed Increase Rate on Newspapers. (By the Associated Press.) ■Washington, Dec. 24. —A charge that the post office department’s cost ascer tainment report was specially aimed at newspapers and periodicals was made; today before the Senate poSt office sub-1 committee by Arthur J. Baldwin, presi-j dent of the National Publishers Asso-, ciation. I Apearing at public hearings to oppose , the $10,000,000 advance in second class mail rates under the administration bill to take care of pay raises for postal em ployees, Baldwin said that Joseph Stew art who had charge of the compilation of the report, had an obsesison that the sec ond class mail a big burden on the de partment. Referring to rural free delivery charge against periodicals, Baldwin said that Congress established this service, not for the benefit of the publishers but of the farmers. This service costs approxi mately $100,000,000 a year. That SIOO,- 000,000 should be regarded as an ap propriation for the relief of the rural population,” he said. Youthful Robbers Get SIOO,OOO. (By the Associate* Frees.) Chicago, Dec. 24.—Two youthful rob bers held bp employees and, guests of the Parkway Hotel early today and rifled the safety boxes in the safe of more than SIOO,OOO. it was disclosed after the guests made a hurried checkup of their valuables. The robbers escaped. t CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1924 ‘ EVACUATION OF THE ! COMEIT UTER MY i This Is Opinion of French Cabinet, In View of Re , ports Made by Inter-Allied Military Copunission. I j f CONCEALED ARMS HAVE BEEN FOUND ; So Long As Germans Are; Arming Themselves Troops Must Be Kept In Area Is View of French Cabinet. Paris, Dec. 24 (By the Associated 1- Press). —The evacuation of the Cologne area of the Gerqtan occupied region on January 10th, as conditionally set by the Versailles peace treaty, is considered im possible by the French cabinet in view of the reports from the inter-allied mili tary eontrOl commission. At this morn ing’s cabinet meeting the ministers ap proved a memorandum in which the French government expressed this con clusion. Premier Herriot in submitting the doc ument to the cabinet read a note from the British government regarding main tenance of the occupation. The French memorandum is based on the control com mission's official report already received, setting forth failure in some respects by Germany to comply with disarmament conditions. The cabinet, however, also were informed of later information re garding the French discovery of concealed arms. CHARGED WOMAN ‘‘WITH ATTEMPT TO MURDER Warrant Making Such Charge Is Issued Against Mrs. Hilma Ensminger. (By Ike Associated Frees) Oleaif, N. ,Y., Dec. 24. —A warrant charging Mrs. Hilma Ensminger. of Co. lnmbia, Miss., second wife of George A. Ensminger, a professional golfer, with attempted murder in the sending of pois oned candy through the mails, today is on itN way to the sheriff of Marion county, Mississippi. . Miss Harriet Moser, of this city, is in a critical condition froiq eating the candy. Wrapped in a package containing Christ ipaa greetings, the candy wag, sent as a gift to George E. Ensminger. ,tr.. who is the six-year-old son of Ensminger by his divorced wife. The boy. lives here with Miss Mosier wos il his grand aunt. Denials that' the candy contained poi son have been made at Columbia by Mrs. Ensminger. She said the candy had been prepared by herself and a cook. There was some rat poison in the kitch en, she said, but she was positive none of it had been mixed with the candy. THE COTTON MARKET Opening Prices 8 Points Lower to 5 Points Higher.—January Sells Up to 23.43. / (By the Associated Press.l New York, Dec. 24.—Considerable ac tivity developed iu the cotton market this morning and after opening steady with prices 8 points, lower to 5 points higher it sold up to 23.43 for January and 23.86 for March, or 6 to 8 points above the prev ious close. A little January liquidation at tile start was absorbed by Liverpool, the trade and Wall street but at the ad vance renewed selling for Southern as . count was met with and prices lost the improvement, March working off to 23.77. Heavy rains in central and eastern por .4 tions of the belt, to be followed by cold er weathqr was considered a bearish in | fluence as was also the prediction for lib i ernl notices on the first January notice i day which occurs on Friday. Opening prices were: January 23.35; . I Mark 23.80 ; May 24.13; July 24.34; I j October 23.78. i I NORTHWEST TO HAVE “WHITE” CHRISTMAS Snow Fall Probably Will Ijist AH Day Today With Temperature Near Zero Tomorrow. Chciago, Dec. 23.—Plenty, of snow' for Christmas Eve and weather not too cold was today predicted for throughout the upper Mississippi valley and the far northwest. The weather man said that the snow would not be heavy, but would probably fall all day tomorrow. The temperature would be near the zero mark before Christmas morning, he warned. This new cold wave, which probably will not be as severe as that of last week. I developed ip Alaska and tonight was I pushing southeast across the Canadian 1 Rockies and plateau region. It will be j attended by winds of increasing velocity which should become strong by tomor row evening. World’s Strongest Wire. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Twenty-five thousands miles of wire, the strongest of its kind ever made, will be used in the two cables suporting the world’s longest suspension bridge now being constructed across the Delaware River between Phila delphia and Camden. The wire, long enough to girdle the earth, is shown by taste to have a stretching strength of 223,000 pounds per square inch. After assembly into cables It will hold against a pull of 36,000,000 pounds. The total length of the bridge, Including the ap proaches, will be 9,760 feet. William H. Anderson Arrested Again. i lly the AsaoeUte.l Press A Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 24. —Released from Sing Sing prison on parole this morning after serving nine months for third degree forgery, William H. Ander son,' former state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, was arrested imme diately on indictments charging grand larceny and extortion. * 1 ’ A CHRISTMAS HYMN (James Whitcomb Riley) Sing. Christmas Bells! * Say to the earth this is the morn .Whereon our Saviour-King is born; Sing to all men—the bond, the free. The rich, the poor, the high the low. The little child that sports in glee, The aged folks that tottering go— Proclaim the worn That Christ is l|orn, * That saveth them and saveth me! , Sing, sons of earth! O. ransomed seed of Adam sing! God liverh. and we have a king! The curse is gone, the bond are free— By Bethlehem’s star that brightly beamed, By all the Heavenly signs that be, , ,We know that Israel is redeemed; That on this morn The Christ is born ‘ That snveth you mid saveth me! DID WILLIAM McCUNTOCK DIE OF TYPHOID FEVER? Body Will Be Exhumed and • Examina tion Made to Determine Whether or Not He Was Given Poison. ' (By the Associated Press! Chicago. Dec. 24.—The body of Wil liam McClintoek, the ‘(millionaire or phan” will be exhumed iwssibly today to determine whether typhoid fever, ns in dicated in the death certificate, killed him three weeks ago, while Miss Isabel Pope, his finanoee, waited at his bedside with a marriage license. States Attorney Crowe and Oscar Wolff, coroner, who have started an inquiry into his death at the instance of Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal court, said that a path ologist would make a special examina tion for poison or other foreign matter in the vital organs. The death ocurred a fesv months after McClintoek became of age and took pos session of $1,000,060 fortune left by his mother, when he was four years old. In his will'signed a few (days after he reach ed 21, the entire esstate was left to Wm. D. Shepherd, an attorney, whose wife was co-guardian with A. F. Richmnnn, also an attorney, except that provision was made for an SB,OOO life annuity to Miss Pope. DR. OTTO R. EICHEL, OF NKWJBpjL IS DEAD Director of Vital Statistics in New York State, Dies in Geneva. Geneva, Dec. 24 (By the Associated Press). —Dr. Otto R. Eichel, of Albany, N. Y.. director of vital statistics of the New York State Department of Health, died today of pneutqonia. He was on leave for temporary service with the League of Nations, of which he was the chief of the epidemological, in telligence and statistics section. Dr. Eichel had been director of vital statistics for the New York State Health Department for seven years. He was one of the twenty-three Americans holding fellowship in the Royal Statistical So ciety of England. He gained promi nence a few years ago for his conclusions based on a historical study of influenza cycles. MR. COOLIDGE SPARING WITH YULETIDE PARDONS But One Prisoner Benefits by Usual Ex ecutive Clemency. Washington, D. C„ Dec. 22.—Exten sion of executive clemency as a Christ mas gift by the President was limited this year to one person, John Rohrer, of San Jose. Calif., whose life sentence was commuted to 20 yeara.’ Rohrer thus becomes eligible for parole upon immediate application. Rohrer, a prisoner at Leavenworth, lias served nine years for the murder of a Chinese sojdier while he was a mem ber of the legation guard at Shanghai just prior to the World War. Sawdust for Roads. London, Dec. 24. —Experiments with a new road surfacing material are to 1 be cnrrried out by the Ministry of Trans port. As is well Jin own, railroad ties impregnated with creosote last for years, 1 and it is believed that similraly impreg ' nated sawdust mixed with a tarmac ' bitumen or asphalt top dressing would provide a non-slipping tid a weather- I proof road surface. Iljlj THE CHBISTMAS DINNER | iij fit; if not taken at home should be § \j /cLr enjoyed in some quiet, comfort- I f n A able and cozy restaurant where jj j\ W » I the food is well selected, excel- 8 I\IJV / n i lently cooked and faultlessly jj Ikm I served, where there is plenty of [ Hio/ \\ // (V choice iu appetising dishes, and jj \\ / I where the price is sure to be I 1 | reasonable. And that means jj DAY SOUPS | Chicken or Vegetable Roast Young Turkey With Dressing and Cranberry Sauce Creamed Potatoes Snap Beans ■i Sugar Corn Celery : Lobster Salad j DESSERT i *, Blackberry Roll Coffee 1 Milk Tea CAROLINA CAFE CONFEDERATE RECORDS ’ DESTROYED IN FIRE - Record Burned When Fire Destroyed One r of the Largest Buildings in Pittsboro. (l y the Associated Press.! Sanford, N. 0., Dec. 24.—Damage es - timated at around $37,000 was done by - Are which last night destroyed one of the ' largest store buildings iu Pittsboro. Es - forts of the Sanford fire department to 1 go to the scene were unavailing because 1 of the slippery roads. ? The building was owned by W. L. Lon f don, and the H. A. London estate. It i was valued at about sl2,o<X>. One sec- I tion was occupied by Connell & Johnson ’ and the other by the local offices of the - J. M. Odell Mfg. Co., which operates a - cotton mill at Bynum. • The Pittsboro law office of Lieutenant Governor-elect Elmer Long was located in the building. Many old records be - longing to the late Henry A. London, and, < pertaining to Confederate histor,' also i, were destroyed. The loss to contents of • ■ the building is estimated at $25,000. The . j entire loss is about 50 per cent, covered < by insurance. > | ■ i LOUISIANA SANTA CLAUS II GETS SPECIAL PRIVILEGE i j District Attorney Makes Concessions on I Whiskers and “Masks” FMr St. Nick. 1 1 Shreveport, La., Dec. 23.—Snnta Claus has won the -first big battle he [ has had to wage to Visit the horned of any American state. He will be allowed I to enter Louisiana, whose laws and officers but a day ago stood obstinately , arrayed against his coming. Life seemed hard for the kiddies, merchants and collectors for Christmas , dinner giving organizations when they , realized that, the anti-Ku Klux Klan . law passed by the legislature last. June, prohibiting the wearing of masks and l hoods in public places or on highways, , forbade old St. Nick's entering the , state. , Then some youngster pulled an eye ’ full of tears before District Attorney A. . C. Blanchard of the first judicial dis , trict. and the word went out to welcome , Santa, whiskers, mask and all—provid ed he violates no other state laws. Advertising Concern Makes Good Head way. Greensboro, Dec. 23.—Notice has been received foom Raleigh of the granting of n charter to Carl J. Balliett, Inc., of this city. The charter authoriz ed the new corporation to do a general advertising business to sell merchan dise, and to acquire stock in other cor porations; also, to establish branches in other cities in the State and other states, if found advisable. The auhorized capitalization is $75,- 000, of which $40,000 is subscribed by the incorporators and $35,000 is in eight per cent preferred stock. The in corporators mimed in th application of charter are Carl J. Balliett. Evelyn W. Balliett and D. D. Conkwright. The Bnlliett agency has already made its influence felt over a wide territory, extending from Maine to Louisiana, and is now serving many clients. 2Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Collie will leave tonight for Danville to visit for a few days the family of Mrs. Collie’s parents. The regular Christmas service will be held in St. James Lutheran Church to morrow morning at 6:30 o’clock. •♦sK******siOK***sK*^ 5K 5K *NO PAPER THURSDAY AND * * FRIDAY. 5K * - * In order to give our force (and 5K| 5K incidentally ourselves) a little timeJM -5K to enjoy the Yuletide season" , 5K will be no issue of Tt . 5K Christmas day and theA 5K Thursday ami Friday. T\, -XT'S- Ij<] 5K sue of the paper wilt appear Satur- SK! 5K day, December 27th. ♦ ***'**»*«**.**«' MORE THAN $2,000,000 COLLECTED BY BOARD For the Permanent Fund for Superan nuated Ministers. (By the Associated Press.) St. Louis, Mo.. Dee. 24.—More than $2,(XX),000 has been collected durirtg the year 1924 by the Board of Finance of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, ip ' tlie campaign for SIO,(XX).(XX) for the per manent fund for superannuated ministers of the denomination, according to a state ment issued here today by Dr. Luther E. Todd, secretary of the board and in charge of the campaign. “Keep the superannuate candles burn ing” is the campaign slogan set by Dr. Todd and he is issuing an appeal to all Methodists to contribute to the cause during the coming year. As a reminder of the need of keep ing the superannuate candles burning. Dr. Todd called attention to the condi tion that there are 2,300 age men and women, “worn out in the service.” that are dependent on the results of this move ment for the comforts and necessities of | life in their old age. Byway of emphasis and symbolical of J the need of brightening the lot. of the |, superannuates, the secretary states that i. he is sending out Christmas cards that will reach every Methodist throughout |' the Southland by Christmas Day. On ■ each card, he asserted, are five candles. ; one for each year that the superannuate campaign is scheduled to run. The 1924 candle burns brightly signifying that more than $2,000,000 were collected dur ing the year 1924. Mr. Todd is urging all Methodists to redouble their efforts in this campaign in order that the 1925 candle may burn even brighter than the 1924 iigiit. COLD CHRISTMAS DAY 1 IS AGAIN PROMISED Snow Predicted For Tomorrow In Most ■ of ttie States in East and West. (By the Associated Press) . Washington, Dec. 24.—The weather bureau reiterated today that Christmas will be cold almost generally over the United States with snow over the ground over most middle and northern ••section* east of, the Pacific states. Although- precipitation has occurred’at most generally from the plateau region eastward within the last twenty-four hours, the weather will clear in the low er Ohio valley, Tennessee and the east Gulf states tonight, and in the south At lantic and poritions of the middle At lantic states tomorrow. The rain will probably change to snow except "in Flor ida and along the south Atlantic and east Gulf states. The temperature has risen in the At lantic and east Gulf states but much colder weather has overspread most of the other geions, and will overspread all sections east of the Mississippi river within the next 24 hours. MOST OF WEEHAWKEN OFFICIALS ARE INDICTED Alleged to Have Had Part in Operation of Bootlegging Ring In That City. (By the Associated Press.) Jersey City. N. J.. Dec. 24. —Almost one-third of the personnel of the Wee liawken police force is under indictment today in connection with the operations of the alleged bootlegging ring in that city as the result of the indictment yes terday by the Hudson county grand jury j of Captain John Dillon and Lieutenant Edward John Kirk, on charges of mal feasance. Os tlie fourteen persons thus far indicted, eleven are members of Wee hawken police department. 1 The finding of true bills against the | policemen, the raiding of forty-seven al leged saloons in Jersey City and Newark ' by federal agents from New York City and the charge made by Samuel Wilson, assistant superintendent of the anti-sa ■ loon league of New Jersey that there are “a few hundred open saloons here" furnished the high lights of the prohibi , tion enforcement situation here. WOUNDED VETERANS ARE GREETED BY PRESIDENT Christmas Message Sent to Them by the President One of First He Dispatched. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 24. —Among the first Christmas greetings to go out from of ficial Washington today were those sent by President Coolidge “to the men whose disabilities tell most eloquently of their service and sacrifices in the armed forces of the nation.’’ The President sent his message through the disabled American veterans, and it amplified greetings broadcast to the army and navy by Secretary Weeks and Wil bur. With all government activities ceas-l ing at noon today for the Christmas holi day, Christmas merrymaking in the capi tal started earlier than usual. High officials and officials of the war and navy departments were guests of the telephone operators of the two big departments. Tubercular War Veteuans Must Report by January Ist. Asheville, Dec. 23.—January 1, 1925, is the final date on which men presumed' to have contracted tuberculosis ns a re sult of war service may apply for treat ment, it was announced here tonight by General Frank T. Hines, director of the veterans' bureau. General Hines said, however, this will hot aply to men whose records are held by the veterans’ bureau. Senator Underwood in. Washington, Dee. 24.—Senator Os car W.. Underwood, of Alabama, is ill at his home here from an attack of grippe. Hia condition is said not to be aerious. * news m: 9 TODAY * NO. 300 LAWRENCE M. HIOHT [ SHEET! rIOTH FOUND GUILTY Woman Sentenced to Serve 35 Years in Penitentiary and Former Preacher Gets Term For Life. JURY DELIBERATED DURING THE NIGHT Jury Was Unanimous in De claring Both Guilty But There Was Difference as to the Punishment. (By the Associated Press.) \ Mt. Vernon, 111., Dec. 24.—The jury trying Lawrence M. Iliglit and Mrs. El sie Sweetin for the murder by poison of * the woman’s husband, Wilford Sweetin, early today returned a verdict of guilty. Hight was given life imprisonment, while Mrs. Sweetin was given 35 years in the penitentiary. After deliberating all night the jury re ported at 8:30 this morning that it had reached an agreement. Reports had been tliat the jury had been in disagree- I ment over the degree of guilt. | Th jury hud deliberated about eleven I hours, having gone out at ,10 o'clock last j night. It considered the case nlmost | continuously during the night. The jur [ors stated after the verdict that the jury had been unanimous for finding both de fendants guilty from the first ballot, but there had been wide difference as to the puuishment to be inflicted on Mrs. Sweet in. The decision as to her. they said, rep resented a compromise. Two of the jurors had favored infliction of the death pen alty upon Hight. None voted for the hanging of Mrs. Sweetin. The two defendants received the ver dict in silence and with no outward dis play of emotion. Attorneys gave notice that they would ask for a new trial. EXPLOSION IS CAUSED BY ELECTRIC GAS PUMP Prompt Action of Firemen Prevents Disastrous Blaze at SatesviHe. Statesville, Dec. 23. —Prompt action on the part of the local fire department prevented a disastrous conflagration at. the plant of the Satesville Oil Company this afternoon, about 4 o’clock. The building 4a located between the Vance : Hotel and the court house, just to the rear of several business houses on the west side of Center Street. The fire started with an explosion when Norris Blaekwelder. one of the of fice men, turned the switch of an electric pump for the purpose of filling a tank with gas. Mr. Blaekwelder was knocked backward several feet by the explosion and was dazzed by the shock, but had presence of mind to give the alarm and to save several cars and property. The quick work of the firemen pro ing large quantities of lubricating oils tected the adjoining warehouses contnin from a conflagration which might have imperiled the business section of the city. The damage is limited to the practical destruction of the repair shop, great in jury to a set of tools and a large truck, the total loss estimated by J. P. Flan ingan, owner and manager of the com pany, at nbolut $2,000 covered by in surance. PRESIDENT AND WIFE PLAN QUIET CHRISTMAS Will Have No Christmas Tree and Only Guests Will Be Mr, and Mrs. Steam. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 24. —Memories of Christmases in other years before the family circle was broken crowded in upon President and Mrs. Coolidge today as they prepared for their second Christmas in the White House. With the approach of the holidays bringing fresh reminders of the loss of Calvin, the younger son, the preparations made were with a view to the simplest observance. There will be no Christmas tree and no guests other than Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, of Boston, who arrived today. Mr. Coolidge had arranged to spend the greater part of this afternoon at his desk. Mrs. Coolidge had accepted an invitation ' to assist officers of one of the city’s char ■ itable organizations in distribution Christmas baskets to the poor Death of Mrs. M. J. Brown. Mrs. M. J. Brown, one of the oldest . residents of the city, died at the home ■ of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lottie i Brown, on Buffalo street, at noon today at the age of 82. Mrs. Brown had lived in i Concord mnny years, having lived in No. : township before she came to Concord. The funeral services will be conducted . Thursday afternoon at three o'clock in I the Epworth Methodist church. Surviv . | ing are George Brown, of the county, • Mrs. Ernie Thompson and Mrs. Fannie - Cress, both of this city. i _________ * WHAT S WITTY’S CAT SAYS j . i © i- Rain and colder tonight, possibly I' changing to snow in the interior; Thurs !. day, generally fair and colder probnfctff. , preceded by rain on coast.
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