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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The text of the letter probably will not
be published until it has had time to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.
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
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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