iifff The Concord Daily Tribune YWi
VOLUME XXV
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BEEN HELD Mil
Experts in Chine of Rescue
Work Expect to Reach the
Cave, In Which Collins Is
Held Very Soon.
COLLINS~ALIVE,
ONE EXPERT SAYS
Holds This Belief Despite the
Fact That Tests Show Col
lin’s Light WSs Not Burn
ing Today.
Cave City, Ky., Feb. 11 (By the As
sociated Press).—A definite connection
between tbe rescue shaft and the tunnel
in which Floyd Colins has been impris
oned for 12 days was expected to be
reached very sofn, it was declared this
morning by H. T. Carmichael. i I J
"I am prepared at almost any time to
find a definite connection between jthe
shaft and the cavern,” 'Carmichael saiid.
"More crevices are being found, rocks
are getting larger, sand has g'ven away
to gravel and more cave crickets are be
ing reported.”
For the first time the amplifier test
aerosa the electric light wire leading to
Colins failed to record anything in the
head phones. The last successful test at
midnight repeated the breathing sound of j
18 per minute, but H. G. I-ane. manager
of the electrical apparatus at the cave,
said the test indicated that the globe was
out of the socket or burned ont.
Carmichael would not estimate how
soon the Sand Cave tunnel might be
pierced, but “we appear to be very close,
aud I believe we will get Colins out alive.”
Twenty hours was given by \vorkers_ at
!) o’clock as the maximum time they ex
pected to take to extricate Colins. They
said that if he was not out of the hole
in that time they would be sorely disap
pointed. They were hopeful of reaching
Collins much sooner, saying it might hap
pen any minute.
Barring infection or gangrene from his
cramped rieven day imprisonment, the
physician hopes are strong that they can
save Collins if he is reached soon. Ev
ery possible emergency need of the-physi
cians has been prepared in the Red Cross
A stretcher-like appliance to raise Col
lins through the shaft has been construct
ed.
The military board under Brig. Gen.
H. H. Denbardt, the Lieut.-Governor of
Kentucky, which is investigating the
early efforts at rescue, and the rumors of
hoax and frameup, was to interrogate H.
T. Carmichael, directing the shaft work
when the board resumes its inquiries to
day.
Military Inquiry Continued.
Cave City, Ky., Feb. 11 (Bq the As
sociated Press). —Dr. W. D. Funkhouser,
geologist of the University of Kentucky,
was recalled to the stand at the opening
of the military court of inquiry this morn
ing. The court is investigating the cir
cumstances surrounding the plight of,
and efforts made to secue Flhyd CoHins.
Dr. Funkhouser was recalled to put in
to the record various phases of the res
cue work, as he had recorded them in his
field notes.
German Colleges Report Decrease in
* Registration.
(By the Associated Press)
Lcipsic, Feb- 11.—Educational statis
tics for German universities covering a
period of ten years show an increase of
women students; .a falling off in total
enrollments, and n neglect of the
ministry.
The women today are about twice ns
numerous as they were in 1014; 7,467
as against 4,056, After the war a
large number of young people rushed
blindly to the schools, many of them
unfitted for university work; these have
now departed, and attendance is becom
ing normal. Medical and theological
schoo’s report great, declines, 'the at
tendance .today being less than half
it ’jwga ten years ago.
Report Says Indians Have War Council.
(By the Associated Press)
Alburquerque, N. M., Feb. 11.—-News
of a war council by Navajo Indiana in
reprisal for the death of an Indian in
a sturggle with a constable, was await
ed beyond the borders of the reservation
tqday. Futile attempts have been made
to ,communicate with the trading post
nearest the scene of the Indians’ camp,
' where yeaerday 100 braves refused to
* yield the body of the slain Navajo to a
coroner’s juhy. Homesteaders were.re
ported arming yesterday.
The sale of 100,000 basketball guides
in a single year is one indication of the
hold which the cage game has taken on
the American public.
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CHINESE AGAIN LEAVE
THE opjfp CONTERKNCB
Declare Conference Has Failed to Kind
fiyrtem to Suppress Opium in the Far
East.
Geneva, Feb. 11 (By the Associated
Press*).—Tbe Chinese delegation with
drew from, the first far eastern opium
I conference when that body was brought
together again today to reconsider its
| findings. .
In his letter to the esu sere nee, the
chief Chinese delegates. S. Alfred Sze.
, said the withdrawal Was due to the con
’ ference’s failure to adopt a system for
! the suppression of opium smoking in the
! Far East.
The Chinese have withdrawn from I
both the bodies which were convened in
Geneva to deal with the opium and nar
cotic drug evil. Mr. Sze left the inter
t national opium conference in which the
United States participated. February 7.
ipllowing the action of the Americart
! representative, Porter, who withdrew the
previous day.
The first conference which the Chi
nese today abandoned was restricted to'
Far Eastern countries.
SAVS RIEHL OFFERED
TO SELL HIM PAROLE
Such Testimony Given at Trial as Rietd,
Sartaln and Fletcher in Atlanta,
Atlanta, Fpb. 11 (By the Associated
Press). —Alleged efforts of Lawrence
Richl, of Columbus, 0., to sell him a
parole from the Atlanta federal peni
tentiary, today were described in United
States district court by Graham Baughn,
ope of the men convicted in the Savan
nah rnin ring exposure. t
Baughn gave his testimony in the trial
of Biehl. A. E. Sartain, and L. J. Fletch
er, the latter two formerly warden and
deputy respectively,*of the penitentiary,
on charges of conspiracy and bribery.
Baughn testified that he already had
“put up $12500 for a soft job” and that
he did not feel like giving Biehl any
more money at that time. “I told Riehl
I would think over the matter and send
him the money later but I nevet sent
it,” he said.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened teady at Advance of 8 to 15
Points on Relatively Firm Liverpool
Cables.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, Feb. 11. —The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at an ndvance
of 8 to 15 jioints'on relatively firm Liv
erpool cables, reports, of ah advance in
Egyptian cotton, continued dry weather '
in Texas, ami reports that trade esti
mates of the East Indian crop were be
ing further reduced.
Considerable realizing anfci a little 1
Southern selling was readily absorbed by
trade and commisison house buying,
tiff !
hour, or about 16 to 20 points net higher.
Opening prices were; March 24.33;
May 24.70: July 24.05; October 24.85;
December 24.90.
MOVIE SOT WILL BE
WILSON COURT FIGHT
Answer Filed by United Artists Corpora
tion to 91,500 Action.—Another Suit.
Wilson, Feb. 10.—The United Artist's
corporation, of Washington, D. C., has
filed answer to the suit brought by the
Wilson theater for $1,500 damages for
alleged violation of contract of defendant
corporation for allowing two I). W. Grif
fith productions to be shown on the same
dates in this city.
Labor Conditions in State Better.
Raleigh, Feb. 11. —Labor conditions in
North Carolina during the week ending
February 7th were decidedly more fav
orable than they have been during the
past six weeks, according to the week
ly report of the State and federal em
ployment service, which has just been
made public through Frank p. Grist,
commissioner of labor and printing. The
improvement is noted, It is stated, through
more favorable weather conditions and
the situation over the state is reported
as being fairly well balanced.
According to the report there were a
total of 790 registrations with, the six
bureaus in the State during the week,
of which number 587 were men and 212
women. Os this number 447 men and
127 women were reported placed, mak
ing a total of 574 placements during the
week. There were 728 requests, for
help and n total of 633 applicants were
referred. j
The placements for the week are clas
sified as follows; skilled, 69; unskilled,
353; clerical and professional, 42; indus
trial, 0; domestic, 110.
Public Safety Course Saves Children’s
Lives.
( (By the Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Feb. 11. —A reduction
, of 21 per cent in child fatalities due to
. motor vehicles has been made through
, systematic teaching of safety in the
. public schools of Los Angeles, it has
{ been revealed in a chcekmade by the
Automobile Club ,of i Southern Oali
j forhia. ‘ ">
, The Safety curriculm in Los Angeles
. public schools was inaugurated about
three years ago through the cooperation
lof the board of education and the pub
lic safety department of the automobile
g .club. Children are given practical iu
, struetion and in addition they compete
in designing posters and verses tor bul
letins used iu the safety movement.
5 Diplomas are issued to students com
pleting the course.
Earthquake Fett In San Francisco.
Berkley, Calif., Feb. 10.—An earth
quake in the San Francisco hay region'
of no great intensity but with tabid vi
brations was recorded on the seitnograph
of the University of California beginning
! St 1:06:21 and endiqg at 1:06 o’clock
this morning. The center was given as
25 miles southwest.
The shock was felt by many In San
Francisco and the east bay cities and
generally was mistaken for an explosion.
No damage was reported.
Six thousand yachtsmen between Van
,’couver and san >-go are represented. ln
I ’the membership of the Pacific Court
Yachting Association.
CONCORD, N. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IJ, 1925
Sunday School Ins Mute
To Begin Here Tonight
' a* : _
First Session of the Institute
Will Be Held Tonight ip
First Baptist Church, the
Scene of Au Sessions.
MISS MAGEE AND
| MR SIMS HERE
Dr. Smith, Noted Sunday
School Worker, Also Pres
ent for the Institute Which
Continues Three Nights.
Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the opening Reu
nion of the Concord Township Sunday
I School Institute will be held in the First
j Baptist Church. Tlje Institute will eon-
I tinue through Friday night, sessions be
' ing held at 7 :30 o’clock each bight.
The opening address of the convention
wHI he delivered by Dr. I>. Burt Smith,
of Philadelphia, Pa., of the I liqui rtinent
of Sunday Schools, United Evangelical
Lutheran Church, the subject being, “The
Sunday School ns an' Educational Com
plement.” This will be the first of the
series of addresses to be given by Dr.
Smith during the Institute.
Two other well knowu speakers on the
program will, be D. W. Sims, the well
known General Superintendent of tile
North Carolina Sunday School Associa
tiorf”; and Miss Daisy Magee, of Raleigh,
Children's Division Superintendent of the
same organization. The officers in charge
of arrangements for the Institute feel
that with these three speakers in the
city-for three days a storehouse of up-to
date and useful information on Sunday
School work will be open for the Sunday
Sclwol workers of Concord.'
Featuring the sessions of the Institute
will be special departmental conferences,
at which; time the workers from the vari
ous departments of the Sunday school
will have an opportunity to present their
problems and have them discussed.
While special invitations to attend the
institute have been sent to pastors, sup
erintendents, teachers, and other Sunday
School officials, all who arc interested! in
the development of Sunday School work
are asked to attend.
Today's program is as follows:
Wednesday Night, Februa«]y J1:
J. E. Davis, Township President, pre
siding.
7:3o—Song.
Scripture reading and prayer—Rev.
Jj6u* Rowan, p«(kiU)r'^Fi^t_l*r^hytoria^
7:4ti—The Sunday School as an Edu
cational Complement—Dr. R. • Burt
Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., of the Depart
ment of Sunday Schools, United Evangel
ical Lutheran Church.
B:lo—Record of Attendance.
B:2o—Key to a Greater Sunday School
—D. W. Sims, Raleigh, General Superin
tendent North Carolina Sunday School
Association.
B:so—The Daily Vacation Bible School
—Miss Daisy Magee, Raleigh, Children’s
Division Superintendent North Carolina
Sunday School Association.
9:2o—Announcements.
9 ;30—Adjourn.
Huge Sums Go to Replace Copntry
Schoolhouses. ’
Bedford. Ind., Feb. 11.—That the flim
sy sehoolhouse. like the hiektory stick of
the Three-R days, is drifting into ob
scurity, is indicated in a survey made by
the Indiana Limestone Quarrymen’s as
sociation, which shows that last year
more than $225,000,000 was spent in re
placing antiquated school buildings with
materials of a permanent nature.
Reports o fthe association said that a
far greater number of school buildings
were replaced than remodeled, -and that
Contracts already awarded give promise
of 1925 exceeding the previous year in
volume of school building construction.
Case Against Norwood Continued.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Salisbury, Feb. 11.—Witnesses in the
case in federal court at Greensboro in
the defunct Peoples National Bank of this
city, have been notified by Clepk R. L.
Blalock 'that the case against “J. D.
Norwood, et al which was to be tried
February 23rd, has been continued to
an indefinite date, therefore you need
not appear as a witness until you are
re-summoned.”
The 1025 wrestling championships of
the Western Intercollegiate Conference
are to be staged at the t’niversity of
Minnesota in March.
sssss2s.oossss £
Twenty- Five Dollars
j For. an Idea
lam seeking new Ideas from every angle -How to interest my old j"
trade,and attract new trade.” *
I Any idea, no matter bow radical wil be considered and have an ;
equal chance of winning the $95.00 prise.
There are only two restrictions. It must conform to the laws of £
the State and United States and make no mention of selling on credit. j.
Mad all letters containing New Ideas to me not Inter than Fefcru- t
ary 25th. Contest closet on that date.
Winner’s name will bf announced on March Ist.
A. B. POUNDS I
, v ICE, COAL AND SERVICE
♦ -erf-
D. WfIMS
Mr. S : ms. who is General Superintend
ent of the North Caratina Sunday School
Association, nrrived it Concord today to
take part in the Sundb.v school Institute
which begins its seasons at the First
Baptist Church tonight.
‘ BUS AT THOMASVILLE
STRUCK BY SHIFTER
> Dixie Bus Mashed, But No One In
-1 jured—Mrs. 1 Ralph Lewis, of Greens
boro. Bus Passenger.
Thomasville, Feb. 10. —A handsome
’ red car of the Dixie Motor Bus line, was
• crushed in the center : by the local shift
er of the Sontherh Railway this morn
i ing about 10 o'clock at West End cross
, ing. That is the crossing of the spur
- track leading into the plant of the Thom,
I asville Chair Company. The. driver nor
• the two passengers on board the bus
were not hurt at all, Mrs. Ralph Lewis,
■ of Greensboro, was one of the passeng
ers. The only damage was that done to the
’ car when struck by a freight car moving
i back to connect with another ear stand
: ing on the track by the crossing. The
bus was badly mashed in at the center
and the lights were broken out, but the
wheels and motor remained intact so that
. the driver continued on bis course north.
J. W. Boyles, who was stauding near
in his car waiting for the shifting ear
, to come in aud hook up to the standing
i car, saw. the bus approaching and states
” ■ tJwtyhe' wa* the bus driv
. er didn’t hdld up instead of hurrying in
: an attempt to get across the track before
. the backing car reached the point of
. crossing.
The name of the driver was not learn
ed here except by the conductor on the
1 freight and this was not given to any
. one here, but turned into train head-
I quarters.
There is a turn, or curve, in the high-
I way, where the accident happened, but
j so far nothing of a serious nature has
( happened at that point.
Bill Proposed to Arrange Independence
Celebration.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Creation of a
federal commission to arrange for par
ticipation by the government in the 150th
anniversary of tfie siguing of the Meek
j lenburg declaration of independence
which will be celebrated at Charlotte,
N. C., next May is proposed in a bill
_ j introduced today by Representative Bul
rj winkle, Democrat, North Carolina. The
. 1 commission would be composed of four
, senators, four members of the house and
three persons apointed by the President
j and would have $5,000 for expenses, and
B SIO,OOO would be available for defraying
t the cost of the government’s part in the
e celebration.
* Gooding Bilk Not Favorably Reported.
(By the Associated Press!
Washington, Feb. 11. —The House com
merce committee today by a vote of 11 to
0 declined to report the Gooding bill pvo
e Minting higher railrond freight rates for
II short hauls than for long hauls over the
s same route.
’• A deed filed Tuesday records the
1 transfer of the Dusenbery property oh
0 North Union street from Mrs. Sadie D.
d Gron to Dr. J. F. Reed. Another deed
e records the sale by John M. Griffin of
one-sixth interest iu property on South
Union street to his sister, Mrs. Ethel
* I Griffin Black.
e i
f« Charles Barrage is confined to his
home on Meadow street with mumps.
FORMALLYNOTffY
CILIDGE-DAWES
THEY ARE ELECTEB
Electoral Vote Polled Accord
ing to Law at Joint Session
of Both of the Houses of
Congress.
COOLIDG^TDOT
531 VOTES IN ALL
Davis Got 136 Votes and La
Follette Got 13.—Dawes
Got 382 Votes of 531 for
Vice President.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 11.—The result of
the November election, received . the final
attest of Congress today in joint conven
tion assembled.
The statement by Senate President
Pro-tem ik)re Cumins that the count of
electoral votes showed Calvin Coolidge, of
Massachusetts, and ('has. G. Dawes, of
Illinois, to have been elected, and the en
tering of the ballot in the journal of the
House, closed the political contest in ac-'
cordance with constitutional requirements. !
Barely half an hour was set aside for
the ceremony. Pursuant to a concurrent
resolution for joint assembly, the Senate
inarched to the House chamber, preceded
by sergeant-at-arms and pages carrying
the electoral vote in locked boxes. Sena
tor Cumimns presided, with Speaker Gil
let on the dais at his left After formal
annouikeemeut from the chair of the pur
pose of the meeting, telers of the House
and Senate took charge of the ballots, op
ening the envelopes in alphabetical order.
The result was announced ns follows:
Whole number of votes cast for President
531. Calvin Coolidge, of Massachusetts,
382. John W. Davis, of West Virginia.
136 votes. Robert M. Wis
consin, 13. Whole number of votes cast
for Vice President 531. Chas. G. Dawes,
of Illinois, 382 votes. Chas. W. Bryan, of
Nebraska. 136 votes. Burton K. Wheel
er, of Montana, 13 votes.
Senator Cumins then dissolved the eon
vent:on with the traditional words:
“This announcement of the votes cast
by the electors of the President and Vice
President by the president pro-tempore of
tlie Senate is under the Constitution and
laws of the United States, deemed a suf
ficient decision of the persons elected for
the term beginning March 4, 1925, and
shall be entered, together with a list of
the votes so cast on the journals of the
Senate and the House.”
Following the ceremonies both houses
resumed their routine work.
HOUSE PASSES POSTAL
PAY AND RATE SCHEME
Only Few Scattering Votes Against Bill
In the House—Substitute for Measure
Passed by the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 1(1. —Without a reo
' ord vote the house today passed the Kel
ly iKintal pay and rate increase bill and
sent it to the Senate, which already has
passed a somewhat similar measure only
to have it turned back by the house as
[ infringing on the exclusive prerogative
of the house to originate revenue produc
’ ing legislation.
Brought up under a special rule which
limited debate to less than two hours,
barred amendments from the floor and
■ required two-thirds majority for passage,
the measure was approved in about two
hours. It would raise $61,000,000 in
; revenue—about twice as much ns the
; Senate bill —and fall short by only $7,-
000,000 of the sum estimated to be re
quired to meet postal employee's salary
raises, which it would make available
from January 1, 1925
Only a few scattering “Nos” opposed
i its passage, although 97 members had
. voted against the method of bringing
■ it up, while 245 favored it. As in the
. bill passed by the Senate, the rate sec
tion is intended to remain in force only
long enough for Congress to act on rec
ommendations to be made by a joint
i congressional committee which is autlior
■ ized to study the whole postal rate struc-
I ture with a view to permanent revision.
i With Our Advertisers. 1
l Kn s ghts of the Ku Klux Klau will have 1
a parade and public speaking Thursday i
night. The parade will be on Union street i
* at 7:30, followed by the lecture by I*r. i
Stroub at the court house at 3 o'clock. ’
, The public is invited. 1 .
Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has just re
ij celved another car of Galvanized Rooting,
to be sold at $5.00 per square.
H. B. Wilkinson is telling of the |
many'conveniences of the Myrtle Desks,
which they sel. See new ad.
When W. J. Hethcox tells you a job is
finished. It is finished o. k.
Men’s Spring suits for 1025 at the .T. '
C. Penney Co. Priced at $24.75. See 1
ad. ,
The Corl Motor Co. has nJfcw used cars
for sale at bargains..
Jewelry of refinement to be found at
the Starnes-Mdller-Parker. Co. See new
ad, today.
A. B. Pounds is offering $25 for an
■ idea. Read change of ad. today, and get
I busy.
. The Parks-Belk Co. is receiving new
'apparel for spring every day. In a new
ad. today you wil find enumerated some
I of them and the prices at which they a N re
i offered.
a) The big sale of jewelry at the W. C.
3 Correll Jewelry Co. is still going with a
g rush. Only a few more t(hys remain.
M No Improvement In Dr. Sen’s Condition.
Peking, China, Feb. 11 (By the Assoei
j-l afed Press). —Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Southern
H» Chinese leader, who has been in a hos
□ pita! since he was operated upon about
hi two weeks ago for cancer, remained in a
|] critical condition today.
FORMALLY DECLARE
COOLIDGE 18 ELECTED
Joint Session of Two Houaeq erf Congress
Held for the Purpose.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11. —The per
fectly perfunctory, but highly important
task of. declaring Calvin Coolidge and
Charles G. Dawes elected President and
Vice President, respectively, of the Unit
ed States, was performed here today at
a joint sesisou of the Senate and House.
Officially Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Dawes
had not been elected until after today’s
session.
The meeting was a highly dignified af
fair, as befitted a ceremonial prescribed
by the Constitution. Many persons of
distinction, inclnbing members of the
cab’net, foreign diplomats, and; their lad
ies, tilled the galleries. The president
pro tempore of the Senate, Senator Cum
mins, of lowa, sternly announced that
there must be no applause from the floor
or galleries, but occasionally some enthus
iastic individual had the teniperito to ig
nore the order.
Rigorous procedure, prescribed by the
Constitution and supplementary statutes,
was strictly followed in the canvass of
the votes. It was flic supreme and final
act of (aw really “making” Messrs. Cool
idge and Dawes the nation's executives
for the next four years. The inauguration
to follow is but the formal attestation by .
oath of the new executives’ promising ,
•obedience'to the Constitution and laws ,
of the country and faithful execution of
their trusts and their ceremonial indue- j
tion into office. ,
Adopted after a prolonged and bitter ,
dispute in the famous Constitutional Con- ,
veution of 1787 in Philadelphia, the Elec- .
toral College system has since its.incep- ;
| tion been the ce-ntge of various momen
tous disagreements. When Washington
was first elected to the presidency the
legislatures of New York aud New Hamp
shire were torn by dissensions which
reached so far that no electors were
chosen, and Washington consequently
did not receive any votes from either of
these states. At the second election,
however, Washington received the unani
mous vote of all tlie electors, being the
only President in the history of the nat
ion who has been thus honored.
At the second elect inn Jefferson and
Burr appeared as candidates, Kentucky
giving the former, four votes and South
Carolina giving the latter one. At the
third election they appeared again and ;
this time much more prominently. Jeffer
son receiving 68 votes and Burr 30. John
Adams, with a vote of 71, just one over
the requisite majority, carried off the
presidency and Jefferson became vice i
president. i
At the next election Jefferson aud Burr
appeared again, and tlie vote in the elec- i
toral college was a tie which led'to the
famous election by the House, an episode
occupying a prominent place in Ameri
can history. la 1825 there was auothur
election by flle House, helrhef of tlfa Tour
candidates having a majority. The elec
tion came off on February 9, 1825, and
resulted in the. choice of John Quincy
Adams.
The celebrated Tilden-Hayes controver
sy occurred in 1876. A violent partisan 1
dispute arose over the electoral votes of
Florida, Louisiana, Oregon and South
Carolina. The entire matter was refer
red by Congress to an electoral commis
sion composed of eight Republicans and
Seven Democrats. As a result by a strict
party vote 185 electoral votes were award
ed to Hayes and 184 to Tilden. Some of
the supporters of Mr. Tilden became so
aroused over the decision that they openly
talked of “taking Tilden to Washington
and seating him anyhow,” and threats of
bringing about a civil war were bruited
about. /
The ablest men of'the newly born Unit
ede States founded the Electoral College,
choosing a system that was but one of a
dozen advanced for the purpose of decid
ing the presidency and vice presidency.
To Alevauder Hamilton is given most of
the credit for bringing about the adopt
ion of the system as originally created by
■the Constitution.
ITALY SHOWING INTEREST
IN ALLIED DEBTS AT LAST
This BeKef Caused by Visit of Italian
Ambassador to Premier Herriot.
(By the Associated Press)
Paris, Feb. 11.—Italy is begining to
take an interest in the interallied debt
question says the Petit Parisien, which
was the reason for a call by the Italian
ambassador yesterday on Premier Her-
riot.
The ambassador was not the bearer
of any particular communication, the
paper asserts, but merely called to take
soundings as to what would be the tenor
of the French government's reply to the
British debt note. As the latter is drill
in the hands of the experts, M. Herrlot
and the ambassador only were able to
indulge in a very general exchange of
views.
Former Republican Leader Cleared For
Second Time.
Savanah, Ga., Feb. 10.—Clarke Grier,
former federal revenue agent and one of
the Republican leaders in Georgia, was
acquitted in the United States court eariy
tonight, of the charge of extorting money
from Savannli bootleggers on the promise
of immunity from punishment. This is
Grier’s second acquittal within a week,
his first trial being for using the mails
to defraud.
Earl Holt Is Keidsviile Man.
(By the Aaaoolated PnH) .
Fremont, Neb., 11. —Earl Holt, 27, who
was found about the streets, of Fremont
penniless and eating raw corn for sus
tenance, police say, has been identified
ns a member of a prominent Southern
family of Reidsville, N. C. A brother,
C. W. Holt, has arrived . here faking
charge of his brother, preparatory to tak
ing him to his home in Reidsville. ,
Durant Makes Fortune in Stocks.
I t«*y the Associated Press)
New York, Feb. 11.—William C.
Durant, motor manufacturer and stbek
operator, is credited “by Wall Street with
having made aboift $2,500,000 during
'tile last two days In the rise of United
States Cast Iron Pipe. His paper profits
on Rie same stock Jin its up wird move
ment is less than two years.are!/estimated
at more than $10,000,000.
NO. 36
MEASURE AGAIN NOW
By Vote of 45 to 43 Lower
House Agrees to Recon
sider Bill Which Was Vot
ed Down During Week.
MURPHY~LEADER
FOR NEW MEASURE
At His Suggestion That Mat
ter Came Up in the House
After the Defeat of the
Original Measure.
(By (he Associate*! Press)
Raleigh, N. ('.. Feb. 11.—By a vote of
45 to 43. the House this morning voted
to reconsider the vote by which the meas
ure to increase by seven the number of
judicial districts of the state was defeat
ed on second reading yesterday. The
motion to reconsider was made by Repre
sentative Murpjhy, of Rowan, who indi
cated that he wished a bill providing for
four new districts to come before the
House.
It was immediately announced that a
bill as outlined by Mr. Murphy would be
placed on the calendar and come up for
consideration tomorrow morning. The
House then posed unanimously on third
reading the measure to place commercial
motor busses under control of the tate /
Corporation Commission and sent a bill
to the Senate for concurrence in two
House amendments.
The House committee on education
failed to submit its unfavorable report
on the Poole bill designed to prohibit
tlie teaching of evolution iu State schools,
but members of the.eommitte reiterated
their determination to bring the measure
before the House on a minority report,
and ask for a roll call vote.
Passage of the bus, bill on its final
reading was a mere formality. There
was some suggestion of a debate on, the
amendment limiting commercial intra
city busses to twenty passengers exclu
sive of the drivers, but to have gotten
to this it would ’have been necessary to
make a nnltion to reconsider the vote
by which the entire measure passed its
second reading last night.
The bits now goes back to the Senate.
The House last night voted three nmend
imtlJf*; Was .ti) strike om the Sen
ate amendment exempting busses 94 inch
es wide which were on the,roads on Jan
uary 1, 1925 from the clause requiring ~
narrower busses. A second limited the
number of passengers to 20, and a third
clarified the language.
DR. AI TON HOEFLK IS
ARRESTED IN BERLIN
Arrest Follows Cross Examination by tlie
Public Prosecutor.
Berlin, Feb. 11 (By the Associated
Press). —Dr. Auton Hoeflle, former min
ister of post and the clerical party's mem
ber, iu the Marx-Stresemann cabinet, was
arrested today after a cross examination
by the public prosecutor.
The arrest was said to be due to in
crirwuatmg statements made against him
by officials of the Baimat Bros., to whom
state funds are alleged to have been loan
ed. and also on the suspicion that lie was .
attempting to conceal incriminating docu
ments.
Birth Rate Decline Seen as British Na
tional Peril.
Manchester, Feb. 11.—Decline of the
birth rate in England has become a na
tional peril in the opinion of Sir Rob
ert Illair, former chief education officer
of the London County Council, who,
speaking at a Manchester educational
conference, estimated that within the
next eight years there would be 2.000,-
000 fewer workers jn this country.
“Within the last few years, the birth
rate has fallen off tremendously,” he
said, “and appears even .vet to be going
down. We are losing 100,000 children
a year from each age group in the
schools and on this basis, from calcula
tion I have mad ,eby 1032 there will
be some 2,000,000 less workers in Eng
land.”
Taking this year as an example, as
. serted Sir Robert, the board of educa
tion is budgeting for a million less chil
dren than in its budget of fourteen years
ago.
Decrease of the birth rate during the
years of the war in some measure ac
counts for the reduction in the number of
children who are now attatining school
age, according to ministry of health of
ficials.
Holts Not Known in ReMuviHe. **’
(By the Associated Press)
Greensboro. Feb. 11.—City officials and
men in Reidsville and Burlington, and
cotton and textile men could furnish no
i information as to the Holts mentioned in
the Fremont, Neb., story today.
Misses Orchard and. Emma Lou Las-.
( ferty are confined to their home with
mumps.
WHAT SMITTYS CAT SAYS