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*oo*ooooo • ASSOCIATED 0 0 ' PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 000000000 VOLUME XXIV DRMG UP LETTER TO BE DESPATCHED TO GERMAN LEADERS The Allied Council of Ambas sadors Agree That the Co logne Area Will Not Be Evacuated Soon. f SOLID FRONTON THIS QUESTION Allies Will Not Leave Area So Long as They Believe the Germans Are Arming Themselves. Paris, Dec. 27 (By the Associated Pi ess). —The. allied council of ambassa dors today agreed upon the terms of a letter to Germany announcing that the Cologne area will not be evacuated on January 10th. This was the date stipu lated for the evacuation in the treaty of Versailles, provided Germany had ful filled her obligations under the treaty. The text of the letter probably will not be published until it has had time to reach Berlin. The note will be presented by the five allied ambassadors in Berlin simultan eously, it is stated, the allies thus pre- ’ senting a solid front to Germany. Although the outlines of the note were drawn today the document needs some finishing touches, so it was decided the! ambassadors would not sign it until next! Wednesday when they will hold another’ session. , 1 COLDER WEATHER IS PROMISED TOMORROW Wave May Only Reach Extreme Western Part of Hiis State Tomorrow, How ever. <Br the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 27—Mach colder weather will overspread all sections east of (he Mississippi river except the ex treme south within the next thirty-six hour*, weather bureau officials predicted today, announcing at the same time cold wave warnings for sections as far south as Tennessee, Virginia and extreme west ern North Carolina. r #he northwestern disturffiftnre has mev «i.<qmtwnrd to the tower St. Lawrence oy miller tinfffrjltintf’ east of the Mississippi, but It Is being fcffifewVM ckoety by ah area of abnormally high pressure and Intensely cold weath er. Temperatures as lew as S 4 below aero were reported today from Canadian northwest. DR. E. W. SIKES NAMED PRESIDENT OF CLEMSON At Present He Is President of Coker College—Has Accepted New Presiden cy. IRt the Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C., Dec. 27.—Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of (Joker College for Women at Hartsville. has been elected president of C’.emson College by the board of trustees, it was officially announced today. He has accepted, according to a statement by former Governor Richard I._ Manning, who was authorized to make ’announcement by Alan Johns(one, of Newberry, president of the board of trus tees. Noted Humorist Charlotte Visitor. Charlotte, Dee. 24.—George Ade, one of the most widely read of American humorists and one of the great school of “Hoosier” literary men who have add ed to roll of tye Indiana’s favorite ' suns, wak. a Charlotte visitor Monday : night, en route for a tour in the South that will iUclude Florida, Cuba, and Texas. Mr. Ade, accompanied by Mrs. Ade, is making a leisurely automobile trip South and stopped at the Hotel Char lotte Monday night, resuming their trip southward early Tuesday morning. They stopped a while in Durham to visit Mrs. Ado’s brother, Ben Bolton, and will visit another brother of 'hers, John Bolton, in' Griffin Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Ade will spend some flint' along the Texas-Mexaj'nn border ‘ and will pick up O. O. Mclntyre, the 1 humorist writer, who has been visiting in Texas some dhys. He passed through Charlotte recently stopped off a wnile in Atlanta. Barney Haggerty Dead. Grand Forks, N. D„ Dec. 27. —Barney Haggerty, 85 years old, credited with having hauled the first plow into this district on an ox cart in 181*4, died yes terday of pneumonia. He came hero frpm Ontario. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMEr I WiU Be Given A WHOLE YEAR FREE ! to eveiy subscriber of either The Times or Tribune who !I 1 pays his subscription a full year in advance. Pay up 'to j date and a year in advance and get the best farm paper I published every week for a whole year without any cost to This offer may be withdrawn at any time. Take ad vantage of pt now. If your subscription is already paid up 1 to 6ome future date, pay for another year and get The Pro- ! gressive Farmer FREE. , V ' tt* k ... i w ' -nit, CHAv'tl . : 1 ’J*: » \ A" The Concord Daily Tribune * '■ . •- i. . . _ ii— '/j. fi . , FURTHER PROTESTS MADE ID HEARING BEFORE COMMIHEE Joint Post Office Committee Hears Spokesmen for Amer ican Newspaper Publishers Associhtion at Capital. AGAINST INCREASED RATES FOR PAPERS Charge That Hasty Consider ation by Congress Will Not Be Right, and Full Inquiry By All Is Advised. I (By Ike AnßoylaM Pnn.) Washington. Dec. 27. —Protests against i increases in second class mail rates pro > posed in the administration measure to i raise revenue for postal salary increases - were presented today to the joint congres r sioual post office committee by spokesmen -for the American Newspaper Publishers' . Association., Renewing their complaint against has ’ ty consideration by Congress of the Post Office Department’s cost ascertain ment report on which the rate raises are predicted, the publishers contended that I the records of the Department show the inadvisability of raising rates on second class mail matter at this time on the I theory that such an advance would pro ! duce increase in revenue. | Pointing out that since 1012 second class mail has been the only class on which I Congress has increased rates, they con- I tended that these advances increased the ! revenues of The Department more than 125 per cent., but at the sam time result ed in a large decrease in the volume of the mails. Figures were furnished in au effort to show that the previous increase in sec ond class rates had curtailed the mail cir culation of daily newspapers from 15 to 40 per cent. The present proposed in creases, representatives of the publishers declare, are more than double the for mer increases which were spread out ov er a period of four years. The effect they sflid, would be irreparnble injury both tt> the publishers and subscribers. If the advance became effective, they argued. Congress within two years Would rbe OWiglNt to- revise the rates dnwnwsrd again, because revenues' are increasing Sufficiently on the present rate structure to provide for the salary increases with in that time. Meantime, the publishers said, many publications wouid be forced out of the mails by the increasing rates. Reiterating their contention that the i Post Office department improperly charg ed second class mail with $29,000,000 for the rural free delivery service, they declared there wns no way to cover the loss of rural delivery except by spread ing it over the entire postal service, or else by regarding it'as a public policy ex penditures Attention also was directed to figures showing that the post office de partment has a net annual loss of $27,- 000,000 for special services, such as for eign mail, transit, money order, registry, special delivery, insurance, C. O. I)., and treasury savings. MANY CASUALTIES AS POWDER CARGO EXPLODES Explosion Occurred at Otaru. Japan, and Great Damage Was Wrought. (By the Associated Press.) Tokio, Dec. 27 (By the Associated Press). —Several hundred casualties were reported when a powder cargo exploded on board a ship in the harbor at Taru, the business center of the Hokkaido Island group, which forms the northeast ern part of Japan. A disastrous fire re sulted from the explosion, according to re ports received here. Victims of Fire Being Buried. Ilty the Associated Pres*. < Hobart; Okla., Dec. 27. —Babbs Switch, a little fanning settlement south of here, today continued burying the 35 victims of the fire which wrecked the community schoolhouse during a Christmas Eve en tertainment. Eight bodies were buried yesterday. Plans for burying other vic tims yesterday, were held up because of the inability to get the graves finished. At least three more victims are expected to recover. * A lad/playing with his dog, which scratched up a sample of gold from the surface of the ground, was repsonsible for the latest gold “strike” in New South Wales. ■ ' CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, 11 DECEMBER 27, 1924 few • iv. -.. JkX- ■ ■ - H|\s - LL ji . Old-time sailors in New Orleans Juat looked and gaspedTwhet) they saw Henry Ford's ship Oneida lying ai dock. They'd never aeen anything so aleek and shiny In all thetr lives. Her hull gleamed in shining automo bile enamel Her decks were clean, enough to eat from. In her engine room brass and nickle-plate trimming, shimmered In the light. And the crew proved another stunner. The men were all clean shaven, with free! hair cuts and their clothes were of the latest cut. They went up town in taxis and came back the sam. way—and sober! The lowest paid deckhand was getting $5 a day. For Henry Ford (In inset) has put Fort ideas of efficiency in his ship-operating, venture, too. And he’s found It pays. 11 GUILFORD WOMAN 1 BURNED TO DEATH Charred Remains of Mrs. J. M. Me- Michael Found in Ruins of Home. Greensboro, Deo. 211.—'The charred ■ *>ones of Mrs. J. M. McMichael, of Stokes - dale, were found in the ashes of her > home there this afternoon. The house was destroyed by fire this morning at ! About 11 o'clock. Mrs. McMichael, about I 50 years old, wns last seen about the ■ house last night and when the building went up in flames it was feared she had been burned, as she could not not be I found. When the ashes grew cold seareh -1 era went into the riiins and found the ehnrred remnant of her body. There was left only a small part of . the trunk bones, the rest of the body being consumed. Mrs. McMichael wns subject to epi leptic fits, and it is supposed that she fell into the fire in one of the seizures, and that the blaze from her clothing set the house, a small one, one fire. What was left of the body was found near where the fireplace wns. She lived by herseilf, since the death of her husband, about n year ago. FOUR KILLED NEAR RICHMOND IN WRECK Another Probably Fatally Injured Held on Reckless Richmond. Vn„" Dee. Three per sons met denth. another was fatally in jured and a fifth man slightly hurt when an automobile in which they were riding at 6 o’clock this evening ran over an embankment on •the Petersburg- Riehmond ‘urnpike. Ryland Leonard.’ driver of the car who is suffering from cuts and bruises, is being held on a charge of careless and reckless driving, which was later changed to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and being n fugitive from justice from Chesterfield county. He was later released on bond in the sum of SI,OOO. The dead nre: Earl Gathright, Bernie Childress . and Herman Cumber all of Richmond. MRS. FERGUSON IS SEEKING FULL POWER Wants Court to Certify That She Is Qualified to Make Contracts As Gov ernor. i ßy the Associated I‘rrssl Temple, Texas, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, Governor-elect of Texas, bus petitioned the district court of Bell county for removal of all legal disquali fications in making contracts that might arise from her status as a married wom fln. Friends of the family said the step wait taken so that no contract or docu ment she might make while Governor could be attacked as invalid because of the legal disqualifications imposifld on> married women in Texas. • Christiania to Resume Ancient Name of Oslo. Christiania, Dec. 27.—The name Chris tiana, which the capital of Norway has borne for 800 years, will be replaced on January Ist by Oslq, the ancient name by which the city was known for 600 years. Nine hundred years ago King Harold 111. founded Oslo. Six hundred years latet this city on the fjord that winds down to the Skagerak lay in ashes. King Christian, then ruler of Norway and Den mark, founded a new town across the bay, calling it Christiania. The two cities grew up side by side, until today they are one, and on New Year’s the ancient designation, Oslo, will be restored. To Launch Submarine Today. (By the Associated Press.) Portsmouth, N. H., Pec. 27. —-The fleet submarine V-2, the second of a series of seagoing submarines constructed lor the United States navy, will be launched to day at the Portsmouth navy yard. The V-2 is a sister ship of the V-l, launched here last July. She is 841 feet six j inches over all, and displaces 2,164 tons yon the surface. . Four oil engines pro i vide 6,500 horsepower. Put Time Limit on Cross Word Puzzlers. Los Angeles, Dec. 24.—As a result of the abnormal popularity of dictionaries I due to the cron* word puzzle craze, the j Los Angeles public library has been com jpelled to sea a time limit of five min utes on the use of the dictionary by any. lone person at one time. 1 In case of an argument among those In the waiting line, parties to the dif ference are requested to “please settle ferences at the librarian’s desk.” Pawnbrokers in England are proh-b --ited from taking in pawn any kinds of firearms or ammunition. There are abotit 520 muscles that have to do with the moving of the human body. THE COTTQX MARKET Active Baying for Mill Accounts Partly l Responsible for Today’s Strong Under tone. j • •’j (By the Associated Plena.) ' New York, Dec. 27.—-Active buying for mill account was partly responsible for a strong undertone in the cotton market early today. After opening Bto 18 points higher, the market advanced to 24.08 for, ‘ January and 24.41 for March, or 28 to j 32 points net higher. The rise was at-1 tended by good buying for western, Liv erpool and Wall Street accounts, with I evidences that cotton was at last begin ning to share in the Hjieoulative activity which has featured stocks and grains for several weeks. The ' fact that 172,032 bales were on ship board awaiting clear ance at the end of the week suggested a further large export movement before the .end of the month. Cold wather prevail ing throughout the cotton belt is expected still further to curtail boll weevil. Opening prices were: January 23.83; March 24.20; May 24.63 ; July 24.78; Oc tober 24.28. Closed Steady. New York, Dec. 27.—Cotton futures closed very steady. Jan. 24.32 to 24.35: March 24.72 to 24.75; May 25.06 to 25.10; July 25.17 to 25.22; Oct. 24.65. Weekly Cotton Review- New York v Dec. 36.-—Moderate ad vances dfrertireed' flre"|oir<tfi market thm week, ■especially alter the. holiday when it was found that the 'heavy January notices, aggregating 110,000 bales, fears of which had previously disturbed the market undertone, were being promptly stopped. The buying which "followed enrried most native positions well above the 24 cent level and gave an especially firm tone to the Jnuuary contr act on the idea that big spot houses were evi dently impressed with the intrinsic worth of cotton. To some extent, the pronounced strength of stocks and grain, the latter selling at new high records for the movement, had a stimu lating effect on cotton prices and (here was some buying also for European ac count late in the week* On the bear side most emphasis seemed to be placed on the continued unsatisfactory develop ments in cotton goods markets and con ditions in the belt calculated to give a line on the next crop acreage. There have been good rains in the central and eastern pomons of the belt and cold enough weather to reduce the boll weevil menace. With the exception of Texas, therefore, where moisture has been insufficient, the entire belt ap pears to be 'having a favorable winter season and if prices are maintained, bears predict another liberal ncreage in the spring unless extraordinnily high pices for grain promote diversification in the southwest at the expense of cot ton. Exports continue to run about a mil lion bales ahead of last year and it is said very little of the cotton is consign ed confirming the belief current in bull circles here that Europe is anticipating a good business: and in addition to an active consumption is building up its stocks. Further liberal exports are ex pected for the balance of this month, but many expect that. the movemerit may fall off somewhat in January as there are fewer January commitments reported in the south. National Junior Order Orphans’ Home. High Point, Dee. 24.—Architects ot this city are viorking on the final plan: for five of (he buildings to be erected at Lexington as the National Junior Or der' Orphan’s Home, it has been an nouneed here. The National Council of (hi- Junior O. U. A. M. and the North Carolina State Department of that fra ternity are co-operating in the erection of the home. The first payment by the North Caro lina department to the funds for thr home was made some weeks ago. it was said, and other funds are expected from this state soon. / ■ ~i Stocks Are Again Active. (Bv the Associated Press) New York, Dec. 27.—Christmas week closed with a blaze of glory on the New Ydrk stock exchange, 53 individual stocks including every copper issue, soaring to new peak prices for the year on sales that ran above 1,150,000 shares, a total ex ceeded only by one Saturday siiice the post-election boom started. Vat Pocket Memorandum Books. We want every subscriber of both The Tribune and The Times to have one of our Vest Pocket Memorandum Books for 1025. Come in and get yours. Leon Bakst Dim at Parte. (By the Asaertattfl Press.) Paris, Dec. 27. —Leon N. Bakst, 85 ytars old, noted Russian painter and. designer, died at his home here today. FOURTEEN PERISH UNDER I AN AVALANCHE OF MICK Eight Others Still Missing Following Dis aster at Saltville. Virginia. j Saltville, Va., Deo. 20.—With the re covery of six additional bodies today, fourteen persons are known to have per isher Wednesday night when an ava lanche of muck swept down from its poek |et into a little valley that sheltered a dozen homes back of Saltville. I Eight persons still are missing and more than 20 injured are being treated j in the improvised .hospital at Saltville. It was at 10 o'clock Wednesday night while families were placing the re maining touches on their joyous Yule tide celebration.plans that suddenly and without warning the two hundred foot dam of the muck reservoir broke and a mountain of muck poured its pit into the valley below, engulfing a number of homes and carrying everything before it as it wended its way swiftly into the north fork of the Holston river. A deafening roar announced the on rush of the waters, but there was no time to flee to safety before the torrent of watery slime, an accumulation of thou sands of tons of muck lime, lime refuse from the alkali plant, descended. Noth ing withstood the direct path of the wall. Houses crumpled like egg shells. Their occupants were hurled into the seething,! flying mass. Unable to swim, in the st)eft solution, the victims weee swept to HiMr death. Other inhabitants of the tiny valley set tlemen helplessly watched the swirl of water and mud crawl up the walls of their houses, and could not stand and wait for the flood to subside before fight ing out to safety. On some of the hous es the mass crept up to the windows and broke upen doors, pouring in on the oc cupants from every crack or opening. Many taken from their wrecked houses by rescue squads had saved themselves by climbing to pieces of wreckage that floated clear of the wave. Two children were found on a bed under a piece of roof, all that remained of their home where hours before they had retired to wait the visit of Santa Claus. Still Searching For Dead Bodies. (By the Associated Press.) Saltville, Va., Dect 27.—With fourteen bodies now recovered, search of the muck lime deposit along the Holston River val ley near here was continued today to account for eight persons still missing, af ter the disastrous dam break of Christ mas eve. More than 200 men kept up the search today while Saltville completed plans for burial of the dead. RHINELANDER’S WIFeTs GIVEN *3OO PER MONTH While Divorce Suit of Husband is Pend ing—Also Gets Attorney Fees. (By the Associated Press.) Nyack, N. Y„ Dec. 27.—Supreme Court Justice Tompkins today awarded S3OO a month temporary ailmony to Alice Jones Rhinelander, pending trial of the annul ment suit brought by her husband, Leon ard Kiy Rhinelander, after their mar riage last October. Rhinelander, who is wealthy in his own right, and also is a prospective hear to millions, charges that his wife is part negro, and that she fraudulently repre sented herself at white when they were narried. The woman also was awarded $3,000 ■ounsFl fees, JURY IN KID McCOY CASE IS DEADLOCKED Fowled to Reach Verdict Friday Night, and Was Ordered to Renew Delibera tions. (By the Associated Press.) Los .Angeles. Dec. 27. —The jury in the trial of Kid McCoy, ex-pugilist, for the murder of Mrs. Theresa Mors la6t Au gust returned to its deliberations today after failure to agree last night. One of its nine women members was ill from a severe cold. The jury prior to being locked up for the night, reported it stood Bix to six. Court attaches today voiced their opin ion that a permanent deadlock has been reached. Dr. Plato Durham to Speak at Gastonia. Gastonia, Dec. 27.— Dr. Plato Durham, a native of North Carolina and now of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., will be the principal speaker at the meeting to be held here on Tuesday, December 30th, of the Gaeton . County Association of she Trinity College alumni, it has been announced.. He will discuss the recent endowment gift of James B. Duke to the college. At the same time the county association of the alumni of the Uni versity of North Carolina will be hold ing its meeting in tills city also. All the college and high school boys of the I county have been invited to attend both! meetings. DOCTOR TRESSTEtI SPIKE FRO* HEIBTT' PITIEDT IS ME Spike Was Lodged in Heart by Crude Cannon, Which Was Made From Pipe and Loaded With Powcler. HEART SNATCHED FROM THE BODY And After Spike Was Re moved by Pressure of Phy sician’s Hand, It Was Put Back in Body Unhurt. (By the A■■orlat*4 Press.) Chicago, Dec. 27.—Max Peck was alive today after surgeons had extracted a bul let from his heart, that fact strangely be ing hardly less remarkable, his friends said, than the mauuer of acquiring the • missile. Lonely in a lodging house on Christmas eve. Peck decided to end his life. Hav ing no weapon, he constructed a cannon out of a piece of lead pipe, rammed down • a charge of powd?r, and for a bullet us ed a piece of steel spike. He placed it j on a table, pointed it at his heart, and | exploded the charge with a red hot wire. 1 Other inmates of the house reported to the police that Peck had merely blister ed his chest, but an X-ray examination revealed the steel spike in the left ven tricle of the heart. Dr. Carl Meyer opened a flap in Peek's chest, out through the sac around the heart, stilled its beating by grabbing it in his hand, and the pressure forced out the spike bullet. The heart fhen was relaxed into position and resumed beat in *- I WILLIAM D. SHEPPARD ARRIVES AT CHICAGO Will Seek Public Exoneration From the Publicity Directed Against Him. Chicago, Dec. 27 (By the Associated Press). —Wm. D. Shepherd arrived in Chicago today from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to project himself into the in vestigation of the death of his foster son. Wm. McClintook, the "million aire orphan.” He declared he would seek , public exoneration from the publicity . which has been directed against him. “I have come voluntarily from Albu querque,” said Mr. Shepherd, “to answer questions as may be asked me, and also to ask some questions myself. I will seek a public exoneration ns widespread as the publicity given the accusation against me.” With Our Advertisers. Let Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. clean your children’s school clothes. Phone 287 and somebody, will eome a-rUnnin'. Reginning today and continuing through January 3, Efird's big Pre-Inven tory Sale will be on. Great reductions on everything. Send New Year’s greeting cards to your friends. The Musette has them. Hoover’s lias the goods for the raw winter weather. Let Howard’s Filling Station oil your crank cases and bearings. Ivey's is equipped to give you shoe comfort always. Parker's Shoe Store want to save you money oh your shoe bill for 1925. If you are in a hurry the Ritchie Hardware Co., is ready to meet your needs. Your credit is good at the Concord Fbrniture Co.’s store. AH Christmas toys and novelties a( Phrks-Belk Co.'s are being cleaned out at a low price. On all other merchandise you can get low prices before stock taking tftne. The weather is right for that overcoat and the prices are right at W. A. Over cash's. The Mascot range sold here by H. B. Wilkinson's allows the heat to go all around the oven. The best quality of dry and tailoring at M. R. Pounds’. You will find a full line of Star Brand shoes for the whole family at Richmond- Flowe Co.’s. i H. B. Troutman, the Barbrick street grocer, wishes all his patrons a happy New Year. Royalty cake of all kinds at the Con cord Bakery. Phone 299. Qr 277. “Savings that Multiply”—read the new ad. of the J. C. Penny 00. The areh-preserver shoe is sold here by the Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store. Phone 116. Goodyear tires are no higher in price than ordinary tires. Yorke & Wadsworth Co. sells them. Elgin wrist watches are especially at tractive. Sec them at the Starnes-Mil ler-Parker Company. You can get a safety box for your val uables paper at the Citizens Bank and | Trust Company for only $1.50 a year and upwards. C. H. Barrier and Company want to buy your butter fat for 1925 on a com mission basise. See new ad. Value of Cotton Seed OIL (By (be Associated Freak) Washington, Dec. 27. —Establishments engaged primarily in the manufacture or refining of cotton seed oil reported prod ucts valued at $220,887,758 in the de partment of commerce biennial census'of manufactures in 1923.y*The department’s announcement of the 1923 figures said they showed an increase of 4.2 per cent, over the preceding census in 1921. Heavy Balm in Ireland. (By tba Associated Pima) Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 27.—The streets of Londonberry, Ireland’s only wailed ' • city, are under water today as a result Os the torrential Christman rains. , :v is&trt • TODAY « NO. 303. vtf *** ? —■ l UXJTLU hAiL I HEMED IT PfIESEiT : IKTO MIDDLE WEST t Cold Wave Will Be Third i of Series That Has Rushed ! Into the Middle Western States Recently. HALLECK, NEVADA, IS COLDEST TOWN ■ Thermometer there Register ed 60 Degrees Below Zero Friday Night.—Railroads Feel Effects of New Storm. Chicago. Dec. 27 (By the Associated • Press).—Another eold wave, the third of - the. series, was driving from western Can - ada into the Rocky Mountain States to • day with forecasts that it would spread • zero and under zero temperatures into the middle west by tonight. i The middle west had just breathed a ■ sigli of relief as thermometer figures got i info couple figures above zero as the cold wave of the Inst few days drove eastward with diminished energy when the reports jof the renewed onslaught were received, j Seventeen deaths followed in the wake of Christmas cold, four being in Illinois, three in Ohio, three in Colorado, two in Oregon and one each in California, Tex as, Utah, Montana and New Jersey. Nevada continued to lay claim to the United States cold record, with Halleck reporting 00 degrees below zero last night, and Deeth 59. Railroad traffic in Mon tana was the first to feel the effects of the fresh bit of winter. The Great Nor thern's mainline was blocked at Glacier Park by snow drifts. INTEREST OF PUBLIC MUST Ml PROTECTED This Is Chief Point Brought Out in the Latest Decision by the Railroad La bor Board. (By the Assocl.--‘ed Preaa.) Chicago, Dec. 27. —The power of em ployees or of railroads to default them selves out of court may he granted, but they cannot default- the public, the other party in interest in wage and working disputes, it was argued by the railroad labor bo*r4 iu a brief submitted today, to JteMf here. *i*sr* brief was in connection with a suit of the board against J. McGuire, who refuse.,, ed to appear before the board to testify in a wage dispute between the brother hood of locomotive enginemen and fire men and the conference committee of managers of western railways. The public, the brief states, has an in terest because an increase of rates of pay may be reflected in a demand for in creased rates for carriages which i( would pay. It also has an interest in the rules governing working conditions and hours of labor, aside from mere social aspect, since the rules may be unnecessarily bur densome, causing unnecessary expenses and so sustaining rates of carriage at unnecessarily high levels, the brief ar gues. Wilson Fund Award. New York, Dec. 27.—1 n the presence of a distinguished gathering, in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor to morrow night the formal presentation of the $25,000 Woodrow Wilson peace award will be made to the winner, Vis count Cecil, the English statesman. The award will be the first made by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, wmch was founded a year ago to carry on those ideals and principles for which Woodrow Wilson gave his life. Vis count OeciT - was selected, by a jury headed by Dr. Charles W- Eliot, presi- , dent emeritus of Harvard University, as the person "who had rendered the most meritorious services of a public character looking toward the establish ment of peace through justice, and who had done most to give effect to the ideals and the great plan for world peace to which Mr. Wilson gave so much thought and effort.” Viscount Cecil, the recipient of -the award, is the third son of the late Mar quis of Salisbury, the eminent British statesman and premier. After receiving his education at Eton and Oxford he began his career in parliament in 1906. During the war he served first as as sistant secretary for foreign affairs and later as minister of blockade. Last year l)e was the official representative of the British Empire in the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva. Not Meant To Start Controversy. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 24.; —An inclination in some quarters to make a diplomatic in cident out of yesterday’s White House comment on the French Ambassador’s public address on the Freeh debt, led to 'a White House statement today disclaim- ' ing any intention of starting a oontrover *y’ ' r ' iWM WHAT SMUTTY'S CAT SAYS ? .1 U.-.M—Jn ...
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