• ASSOCIATED ft ft PRESS ft ft DISPATCHES ft VOLUME XXV Hundred or More Men Fran tically But Cautiously Push' Way to Point Where Men Are Held in the Mine. HOPE MINERS ARE LIVING SO FAR Explostion Wrecked Shaft Where Men Were Work ing, and Cut Off All Means of Their Escape. (By the Associated Prtnl Fairmont, "\V, Va., March 18,—A hun v dred or mire men frantically but cau tiously pushed their way today through the underground recess of Mine 4i of the Bethlehem Mine Corporation, three miles west of here in an effort to find 33 miners who were entombed last night, when an explostion wrecked the shaft. Jfot since a sheet of flame burst through the opening that extends 300 feet below the ground, has any one on the surface heard from the imprisoned I men. A low rumbling preceded the ex plostion which wrecked the mine’s light ing equipment and fans, and caused the tipple to totter and fall into the shaft', shook buildings in Fairmont, and broke windows and shook doors on hingers in houses 300 feet away. Some hope was held out because of the quick work in repairing one of the mine’s fans. Within a few hours after the blast the apparatus was operating and forcing air down to the imprisoned men. .The electric lights were also soon working in the mines. At 0:10 o’clock the rescuers were pen etrating the wrecked beading leading from the mine shaft, but no bodies had been reached, although reports were ex pected momentarily. Newspaper men were barred from the vicinity and it was announced that conferences would be held with correpeondents every hour. At 0:40 o’clock rescue workers had penetrated one mile into the workings and no bodies had been located. The work is progressing favorably, according to rescuers emerging from 'the mine. Expect to Reach Miners During After noon. Fairmont, W. Va., March- 18 —Hone of reaching the 34 men entombed in Mine SWHH of the Bethlehem If lip. .Corpora tion at Barracksville, three miles west of here, some time this afternoon was expressed shortly before noon today by’ members of resrne parties who are en tering the mine which was wrecked by an explostion last night. No bodies had been found at the'hour the statement was made, and in a tele grdin tot Governor Gore, of Charleston, R. k A. I.atnbe, chief mine inspector, of West Virginia, declared it was impossible as yet to tell whether any of the im prisoned miners would be found alive. His telegram described the situation as bad. Not Reach Miners Daring Afternoon. Fairmont. YT r Va!, March 18.—R„ M. Jminbie, chief inspector of West Vir ginia. declared in a statement issued shortly after noon today that rescue workers would not be able to reach the 34 entombed miners in Mine 41 of the Bethlehem Mine Corporation before late ' tonight. The belief was expressed earlier in the day 'that they might be reached during the afternoon. There has been no in dications as to whether any of the min ers survived the blast. Rescue crews, however, hold out little hope that any of them will be taken out alive. . 2 : TERRIFIC BLAST TAKES THE LIVES OF S 3 COAL MINERS Crewa Rig Bucket to Enter Shaft, Al though Hope la Gone of Saving En tombed Men. , Fairmont, W. Va., March 17.—Thir ty-three men were believed to have been killed tonight in an explosion which wrecked mine 41 of the Bethlehem Mines corporation, three miles west of here. The explosion occurred between 0:30 a fid 10 o’clock and at first it was bfi T lieved all or part‘of the men were alive. At midnight, however, Mine Superinten dent Benton Mitchell said he believed all the men were dead and that the en tire mine was on fire. It was believed the explosion, one of the most terrific in the Fairmont mining region, was caused by ignited gas. The first reports indicated that a dynamite had been dropped into the shaft. By 1 midnight the electric light plant of the mine, bhiefi was; wrecked, by the blast, was in operation again, one of the'two main fans was in operation, and a bucket was being rigged to send rescue men to the bottom. Durham Interested In Stone Mountain Prefect. Washington, March 17. —Rev. Plato 'T. .Durham, formerly of Charlotte, but now of Atlanta, was here today on Kis way home from the north. Mr. Dur ham is trying to briiig harmony in the forces behind the project for the great memorial on Stone’Mountain. ' He con ferred with Gutzon Belgium, the sculp tor, and believes the work will be re sumed and completed. - Senator Simmons and other southern statesmen promised to help with the work. Marquis CnraOa Now Has CompUeatlom. London, March 18 (By the Associated Press). —A bulletin issued St 8 o’clock ibis afternoon by the physicians of Mar quis Curaop of Kedleston, says the pa tient- is showing early signs of a lung complication. This followed an earlier bulletin stating that Lord Curaon’s con dition 'was giving increased anxiety. * ■ ■ JMP ’ • , ' - * • . v : » • The Concord Daily Tribune lJ , ** m •; I. 1 SHlf IS jf ® w < 1 1 Can a woman sue a deed man for bear: halipT Such a question has been raised in Los Angeles . where Mrs. Gertrude lsense has sued tor $126,000 from Peter Gross, wealthy suicide. Mrs. lsense says Gross made $360,000 while she lived with > him a» his wife. THE COTTON MARKET Sharp Advance Featured Early Trading With Opening Firm at An Advance. (By the Associated Press) New York, March 18.—Sharp ad vances in the cotton market featured to day’s early trading. Recent declines j apparently had left futures in decidedly stronger teehincal position and covering became active cn firm Liverpool cables, failture of the weather news to show further rains in the southwest, and re ports of a better tone in the stock and grain markets. The opening was firm at an advance of 14 to 20 points on active months and of 30 points on August, with the early market selling up to 20.(17 for May and 25.47 for October, or 25 to 31 points net higher. . Private cables attributed the advance in Liverpool to buying against cotton lost by fire, and local buying on. unfavor able Weather reports from the South. Cotton futures opened firm: March 25.40; July 25.81; October 25.82; De cember 25.33. WOODLOCK’S NAME IS SUBMITTED TO SENATE For Second Time He Is Named as the President’s Choice for Commerce Com mission. (By the Associated Press) Washihgton, March 18;—President President Coolidge today re-submitted to the senate the, nomination of Thomas F. When Mr. Woodlock’s name first was submitted at the last session of the sen ate, so much oposition developed that Republican leaders decided not to bring it to a vote. They said today, however, they hoped for confirmation. m He Uses Newspaper to “Cuss Out” Auto Thief. I.ankershim, Calif, March 18.—Lank ershlm has a new way to get even with auto thieves and carstrippere. This brand hew method is to “cuss out” the thief through the columns of the local newspaper—cite him by publication, so to speak. Somebody recently stripped the auto of Ted W. Goodyear, of 11248 Cumpston Avenue, and" the following is what Good year printed in the home paper; “Mere words are incapable of express ing my heartfelt 'thanks to you for leav ing the paint on my car, and the air in the tires. “But I double dare you to return for that. If there is in you any of the spirit of Jesse James and Rube Bur rows/ whom you so earnestly try to emu late, and you should try to return and get the dust and bills on the car, you will find an automatic shotgun that can empty five charges of buckshot over !M) degrees of Lankershim in nothing flat. If that isn’t hospitality enough for you, maybe some soft noses will suffice. “In my estimate you are lower than whale tracks on the bottom of the ocean. You would sell your dead grandmother’s iskin for sausage casings. “Only the censorship of the newspaper prevents me from stating how, why and what I really! think of you. “Mispah, Kismet, Selah and Auf Weidersehn! May the Lord forgive you as I do—not 1 I hope I have made myself sufficiently clear.” The State’s New Fiscal Policy. ißaleigh, March 18.—Beginning with July Ist, the date on which the State’s new fiscal policy goes into effect and the executive budget law becomes operative, all departments of the government and institutions collecting money will be re quired to make deposits daily with the State treasurer. •, • ' Heretofore, heads of departments have been placing'funds collected by them on deposit In .various banks scattered over the state. Reports were made to the treasurer at certain intervals. After July Ist, the State treasurer, under the new system, will be enabled to report daily on how much money the State has to its credit. On the same date the executive budget bill will become operative. .Under this new system, its advocate claims, thqye will - be no reason why any department or institution should exceed its allow ance. In fact, there will be no provi sion for them to do so. t ,V Reject Child Labor. Concord, N. H., March 17. —New Hampshire house of representatives to day voted against ratification of the fed eral child labor amendment 327 to 37. : The amendment will not be referred to | the senate. ’ ' Getting the Laws Ready for Publication. Raleigh, March 18.—Legislative clerks i are completing the task of getting all bills; '|in order preparatory to turning theta’ • over for publication. They expect to be through within the next' few days! CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1925 OIL COMPANY BEIKG mil FIGHT TO KEEP LEASE 01 OIL Mammoth Oil Go. Giving Its Side of Case Now In Con test With Government to Set Aside Lease. ALBERT B. FALL GAVE THE LEASE And Oil Company Hopes to Show In Court That Lease Was Few Best Interest of the Entire Country. (Br the A.sorla'rt Press) Cheyenne, Wyo., March 18 (By the . Associated Press).—Pleading justifica tion of file leasing of the Teapot Dome on the ground that the national defense situation in 1021 demanded immediate ’ action in the matter of creating oil sup plies for the navy and that the navy stood to lose greatly by draining of the Wyom • ing reserves into the adjacent Halt Creek commercial field, Harry F. Sinclair’s i Mammoth Oil Comapny and its alleged million dollar counsel today began their, ; fight in Federal Court here to retain! , the lease given by Albert B. FaH, former' secretary of the interior. The opening statement in behalf of Sinclair and his oil company was to be made by Martin T. Littleton, noted > New York attorney, followed by the read ing of three depositions considered by the defense as of prime importance to its ease. SHEPHERD AND FAIMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER Indictment Returned by County Grand Jury Investigating Death of W. N. McClintock, Chicago, March 18 (By the Associated Press). —William D. Shepherd and Chas. C. Faiman were fromaily charged with murder of William N. McClintock, Shep herd's foster son, in an indictment re turned today by the county grand jury. The indictment further charges that poison 'in the form of Aconite Prussic acid and morphine were administered. Judge Hopkins ordered the two men who now are prisoners of .the State’s at torney who took Shepherd into custody Sunday night, to be brought before him at 2 p. m. for arraignment on the in- Justice Hopkins, of the criminal court, charged that Shepherd and Faiman inoc ulated the victim with typhoid, bacilli. Faiman, the head of a science' school, confessed to the State’s attorney, and announced he taught Shepherd how to feed “Billy” McClintock typhoid germs to get the boy’s $1,000.00 Oestate. A habeas corpus writ, sued out Mon day on behalf of Shepherd in view of the indictment now is futije. Although murder is not a bailable of fense under the Illinois law, the court ex ercised discretion and counsel foe Shep herd is expected to apply for bond. Faiman. who had confessed .Shepherd hqd promised him $200,000 foi* his (mi-i in the alleged plot to murder by inocula tion, is not a party to the habeas corpus action, and although he has been actually in- custody for several days no attorneys have appeared in his behalf.. Goldsboro’s Population 15,000. (By the Associated Press) Goldsboro, March 18.—Goldsboro, with an estimated population of 15,000, has an assessed property valuation of $16,000,000 and bank resources of $6,178,904. The annual output of its factories is worth $6,125,000. The value of Goldsboro’s industrial plants is over $4,000,000, and they have an annual payroll of $2836,000, Thirty-two passenger trains pass through Goldsboro daily. Till- city has nearly twenty miles of hard-surfaced streets and twenty-eight miles of cement sidewalks.. Goldsboro has nine modern school buildings which will 'accommodate 1,600 children: Tobacco and cotton warehouses, retail and wholesale stores and factories make up Golrsboro’s business enterprises. Fifty-Flftii Series to 'Begin April 4th. The 55th series of .stock is the Cabar rus County Building Loan and Savings Association will open April ,4th. You are invited to take some shades in this series. The security is the best on earth, because it is real estate security. All stock is non-taxrible, aud tax return day is coming. Running shates cost 25 cents per share pey week.:,,; Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. Each share is worth 100.00 at maturity. The stock has been maturing in 328 weeks. Purser Arrested. New York, March 17 —Victor de Caro, purser of the Leviathan, was arrested to day as he was about to leave the liner’s! pier on a charge of attempting to smug-| gle unset diamonds valued at approxi-i mately $50,000. He vts arrainged be fore United States Commissioner Boyle | and after waiving examination was re-i * manded to the Tombs to await action 1 of the grand jury upon failure to fur- 1 Dish $40,000 bail. | . Governor Beseiged. Raleigh, March 18.—Now that the . general assembly has adjournetf the office i of the governor is beseigned with at torneys and others seeking executive clemency for clients and kinspeople. Not ' a day passes that the execuetive is not ‘ kept busty from early morning until late 'ii afternoon. I ; ; ___ > , E. G.. Cook has accepted a position with the Belk Company in Charlotte. I SHF .k jlr ' b ‘‘ mm I SbP I 49P a ■ iw :, M A --- , i Mlaa Doris Salter, Id", daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mflton "pElterT AuSurn N. Y., waa man ed to Erwin Geisser of Lawrence, Mass., personal atenog rapher to Prasii put Coolidge. Both have worked In the executive ’ • ; a since Coolidge took office. —■- W ■ r fr I—-■ ■ '-■== YOU CAN’T FRIGI TEN* A MAN NTO GOODNESS Human Depravity Sermons Worse Than Smutty Plays, Says Paster. Philadelphia. March 18.—Some ser mons in churches are worse toy children than the plays wich are being objected to in New York, said the Rev. Percy G. Kammerer, rectory (jf Holy Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, tftn a Lenten talk today. He spoke An St. Stephens Church. Tenth Strati, above Chestnut, at noon. “Sermons exposing human depravity are as bad as the defeatist propaganda used againt the French during the war,” said Mr. Kammerer. "Too much em phasis is being put op human depravity and not enough on human respectabil ity. “You can’t frighten a man into good ness. You can’t frighten a man into anything worth having. "These sermons create a spiritual in feriority complex. It is infinitely het- Mio tell can do with (Rtfs' aTIT a nil whavtKey -can’t do with out Him. “There are some plays now being ex amined by citizen juries in New York ns obnoxious that I would rather send, my children to hear than some sermons I have heard which preach human de pravity.” . 1 With Our Advertisers. You are invited to a birthday party of I Humming Bird hose at Riehmond-Flowe Co’s. From March 16th to 21st in clusive you can buy a box of three pairs for $4.25. This is the only time this this year this famous hose will be sold for less than $1.50 per pair. These stock ings are pure silk. See big ad. on page six today. Gold, platinum or' exquisitely jewelled wedding rings, at Starnes-Miller-Parkcr Co.’s. \ Pure silk full-fashioned hose at J. C. Penney Co’s, for $1.19 a pair. Also a full-fashioned silk hose with fibre thread for only 98 cents. Dont’ forget that you get free face powder all this week with every SI.OO purchase at Cline’s Pharmacy. New silks, ginghams, ladies’ and men’s ready-to-wear and shoes at Efird’s. Schloss Bros.’ spring suits, Schoble spring bats and Manhattan unionsuits at Hoover's. Crystal all-steel refrigerators, snow white inside and out at Concord Furni ture Co. See the new ad. today of W. .T. Heth cox, the electrical man. Indorse Turner for Seat on the Bench. Statesville, March 17.—Members of the Statesville bar association in session here today unanimously indorsed W. D.,Tur ner, prominent Statesville attorney., for mer lieutenant governor of North Caro lina for judlfe of the Superior Courts of the 15th judicial district to succeed Judge B. F. Long, deceased. A delegation froiu the local bar was named to' appe|r be-; fore Governor,McLean Thursday to urge the appointment of Mr. Turner. J . ANNOUNCEMENT .■ I The 55th Series m this Old Reliable Building Loan and ‘ Savings Association will open on April 4th. The Officers and Stockholders invite each aVrd every ■ ; person in Concord tb take some shares in this series. * I 1 “Our Security Is the BEST ON EARTH because it is REAL ESTATE SECURITY.” ■ } Running Shares cost 25 cents per share per week. I ! Prepaid Shares cost $72.25 per share. Each Share is worth SIOO.OO at-maturity. We have been maturing our stock in 328 weeks. TAX RETURN DAY IS COMING “Just Remember That All Stock With Us Is Non-Taxable” ( TAKE SHARES NOW • CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAY- ( INGS ASSOCIATION | Office in Concord National Bank I WOMAN SAYS SHE IS PAID ' FOR PART IN MURDER Mrs. Gladys Kennedy Says Minneapolis Officer Paid Her SB,OOO For Part in Murder. (By the Associated Press) San Francisco, Cal., March 18.—Mrs. Gladys Kennedy, arrested here yesterday on a charge of vagrancy, today made a signed statement to the police in which she said she was paid SB,OOO by a high official in Minenpolis for her part in ar ranging for the killing of a woman of whom the officer wanted to dispose. Mrs. Kennedy, according to a state ment, formerly resided in Mineapolis 'where she recently was given a 00 days suspended sentence. She said she was giv en the alternative of serving the sentence or leaving that community. She left, the statement says. Discredit Story. Minneapolis, March 18.—Police author ities here discredit the sfory of Mrs. Gladys Kennedy, who told San Franrisco police toddj that she-had Teewved for her part in the murder of a Woman' here in 1920. RECEIVERSHIP IS ASKED FOR C. M. & St, P. RAILROAD j Application For Receivership Filed in Dis trict Court at Chicago During the Day. ’ Chicago. March 18 (By the Associated Press).—Application for a receivership for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway' Company, was filed in U. S. District Court today. The petition, offered as a friendly ae J tion with the Company concurring, was filed with Judge James H. Wilkerson’s court. —■ Harry F. Bryan, president of the com pany, Mark W. Potter and Edward Brun dage. the latter recently retired as Attor ney General pf Illinois, were apointed re ceivers by Judge Wilkerson in bonds of $50,000 each. i • Governor Considering Several Candi dacies. Raleigh, March. 17.—Governor. Mc- Lean will this week hear friertds of various eligib’es for appointment to the fifteenth district judgeship, vacated by the death of Judge B. F. Long, ana will probably designate tile new jurist next week. * The list of attorneys who have been endorsed for the position had grown considerably this afternoon. The gover nor had before him endorsement for John M- Oglesby and Frank Armfidd, of Concord; Harry P. Grier, Z. V. Tur lington and Z. V. Long, of Statesville; R. Leo Wright, of Salisbury; John Poole, of Montgomery county, and J. W. Brittain, of Randolph county. Named Minister to Paraguay. Washington. March 18.—General L. ■ Kreeek, of Kansas, was nominated to day by President Coolidge to be minis tery to! Paraguay. To Test Powers Science will try to explain the mys terious healing power ,of Dr. Eliza ,l>eth Cantrell, Wichita. Kas.. when she goes to London to appear before the British College of Psychic Science. Scientists say she seems to cure people of organic disorders L*v th* t£us/>h of h*»r> hanrift FORD’S RAILROAD TO PAY HIM TWICE ITS COST IN FEW DAYS Bonds He Paid $4,578,000 for to Yield $0,601,550 When They Are Redeemed. New York, March IS.—Henry Ford will receive more than double the sum he paid for the Detroit. Toledo & Iron ton Railway within a few days, it be came known in Wall Street today, when the Central Trust Company will redeem the railway's 5 per cent, adjustment mortgage bonds, virtually all of which are held by Mr. Ford and his son. Ed sel. The bonds, of which there are $7,031.- 000 outstanding, never have paid any interest since they were issued and pur chased by the Fords at SOOO per SI,OOO bond ill 1020. They will be redeemed at SI,OOO, plus five years’ accumulated interest. The unpaid and accumulative interest in arrears since January, 1010, when hte bonds became accumulative, totals $1070.550. The road was pur chased five years ago at a total cost of $4,030,100, of which $4,758,000 was paid for the bonds now to be redeemed for $0,001,550. BORGLCM TO MAKE NEW SET OF MODELS SOON Probably Will Present Them to North Carolina After WoTk at Stone Mountain Has Been Finished. (By the Associated Press) Raleigb, March 18.—A new set of mod els, similar to those used in the preHmi mrrr worse na - thg-Gmrfrdzu atw mnnoctai. at 'Sfohe Mdtfnta'ii; "wil!" be WlMf by ' Gtrtt zon Borglum. The sculptor announced last night that he expected to opens stu dio here in n few days and one of jiis first tasks would be used to complete models which might be used to finish the work which was interrupted when differ ences arose between Bprglum and the Stone Mountain Monument Association. Borglum intimated that he migjit pre sent the models to the state of North Carolina, in appreciation of the welcome which he has received here, after they had been used in completing the memo rial. Women Will Re-PuMiah Wheeler’s State History. Hickory, March 17.—Two patriotic organizations, the abel A Shuford chap ter and the John Hoyle chapter,' D. A. It-, ,of Hickory, are rapidly completing their plans for the republication of IVheelei’s History of- North Carolina. Colonel Wheeler was a native of Catawba county, uccoding to infoma tion eceived hee. when he wote his his toy. His home was at Beattie's Ford on, the Catawba river. When the line was first surveyed, taking Catawba from old Lincoln county, the village of Beattie’s Ford was in the new county. However. 1 some years later the lower part of Ca tawba county was given back to Lin coln. Colonel Wheeler also designed the courthouse torn down at Newton last year, it was said. Noted War Mother Buried in Charlotte. Charlottd. March 17.—Funeral serv ices were held this afternoon for Mrs. Antoinette E-. Wilbur, Charlotte's most outstanding War Mother, who died short ly before midnight last night at a local hospital. Mrs. Wilbur had two sons killed in France where they were mem bers o fthe Americaii expeditionary forc es and another son lost a leg. Not content with giving thre sons to the country Mrs. Wilbur enlisted in the army nurses' corps and spent many months in. advanced hospitals in France. She was over 50 years of age at that time. Dog Finds Master’s Body. Dutch Harbor. Alaska, March 17.-p- The story’ of a faithful dog. which led rescuers to his master’s body, became known today when the gasoline schooner ; Daisy arrived with the body of Hugh j Dennehy, manager of the Western Live ; stock Company. Portland. Ore., who per ished in a storm on L’nalaks Island, one of the Aleutian chain. Deneiiy’s body was found after many other efforts had failed, by watching dog through a field glass. I Toothsome Shad Running. I Kinstoft, Marcli 17. —Shad are report 'ed as coming up Neuse River in fair numbers. Quite a few good sized roe shad have been caught by local fisher men in the past few days, and a num ber of others > are getting their seines and skim nets in readiness for a whirl at the toothsome fish. Members of Tax Appeal Board. (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 18. —President Coolidge today nominated the following, i members o£ the board of tax appeal: tyiiliam R. (ireen, of Iowa; Dercy W. Phillifls, of. New Y'ork; Logan Morris, of L'tha; and William D. Love, of Texaa. 999999999 9 TODAY’S • 9 NEWS « 9 TODAY 0 999999999 NO. 65 SEVERAL 818 FIRES In Northeast Tokio 20,000 Persons Are Homeless and 3,000 Buildings Ruined as Result of Blaze. DROUGHT MAKES MATERS WORSE Firemen Not Able to Get Enough Water to Fight the Fires—l,ooo Homes Burn ed in Northern Tokio. Tokio. March 18 (By the Associated Press). —Twenty thousand persons were rendered homeless when a major confla gration swept northeast Tokio today de stroying 3,000 buildings and resulting jn unestimated casualties. The fire was brought under control tonight. A confla gration which swept over northern Tokio this afternoon destroyed more than 1,000 homes by 10 o’clock tonight and was spreading in ail directions. Firemen were helpless in their attempts Jto check tile conflagration outburst be cause of the drought that has exhausted reservoirs. The fire started in a factory at Napori - Junction in northeast Tokio and tonight was sweeping in southwest direction to ward Lyeuo, largest of the metropolitan parks, und the site of the famous Im perial Museum and Zoological Gardens. Simultaneous with the outbreak of the major conflagration, fire started in Ohima chi and Zoshiguya districts, detached areas, but these were controlled. Craze For Bobbing Hair Brings Jobs to Women. (By the Associated Press) London. March 18,—The women and girls of England are being absorbed back into industry far more quickly than the men and boys, according to recent statistics on unemployment. Hair dressing, owing to the bobbed hair craze, has given employment to a large num- • her of young women who earn better wages than the men barbers because of the ertra charges made for trimming bobbed locks. Men in London pay ap proximately 25 cents for 'a hair cat, while women pay double that amount. Last spring there were 300,000 wo- Britain: while today the number 'fe something like 250.000. Although about 1,000,000 extra women and girls are now at work compared with the figures of the year before the beginning of the war, women and girls together do not represent one-quarter of the total num ber of unemployed. Government officials say there is every indication- that tjio • number of unemployed, both men and women, will be greatly reduced during this year. Outbreak of Cholera in Buncombe Herds. Asheville, March 17.-—Spread of chol era among herds of swine in Buncombe county the past few days today caused issuance of a warning by Dala Thrash, county agent. Fully 200 hogs vaued at something like $4,000 have fallen vic tims to the disease, which can be pre vented, but not cured, Mr. Thrash said today. Upon receipt of reports of the spread of the malady , among the herds, Mr. Thrash this morning wired the State de partment asking that a,veterinarian be sent to Asheville at once. He received a reply that there was no available vet erinarian who could be assigned to Bun combe county at this time. He has been instructed by the district agent to obtain the services of a local veterinarian in helping to cheek the disease by vacci nation. Government Rests in Rickard Case. (By the Associated Press) Trenton, N. J., March IS.—The govern ment today rested its case against Geo. ,L. '“Tex'’ Rickard, and five others charg ed with conspiracy to violate the law against the interstate commerce in fight films, at tlie conclusion of the morning session of the trial before a jury in Federal Court here. New Ambassador to Argentina. (Ey the Associated Preaa) Washington. March 18.—Refer Augus tus Jay, of Rhode Island, at present min- , ister to Roumania. was nominated today by President Uoolidge to be, ambassador to Argentina. > , Fifty boys from Concord will go to Charlotte to attend the Hexathalon meet which is held in that city Saturday. This is the second year that the local boys have competed with the Charlotte boys in this meet. Winnie Freeze, who has been 111 at the Concord Hospital for some time, has returned to her home. WHAT SHITTY’S CAT SAYS i QgHj jEr I ' [! 4 * : Rain tonight and Thursday, slightly . warmer in northwest portion tonight) , 1 colder Thursday in central and west pop* . tions.
