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 The text of the letter probably will not be published until it has had time to reach Berlin.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