North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES to Aunts TO GOOPEBATE FOR STRUT SETTLifIIT “No Strike” Conunitee Which Met With Miners Tuesday Will Hold Con terence With Operators. MINERS AGREE TO START OVER AGAIN They Say Operators Must Recede From Position That Demands Must Not Increase Production Cost Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 26.—OP)— Anthracite operators will meet the citirnes “no strike’’ committee here this afternoon to hear its appeal that wale negotiations, broken off with » the mine workers August 4th, be re- I Burned to prevent a suspension in the hard coal fields September Ist. The miners, in giving their reply at a similar conference in Hazelton yes terday, said they would clean the slate nnd start afresh with the mine owners on one condition. This con dition. however, the operators found prohibitive. The miners stipulated that the operators must recede from their position of insisting that no de mands would be considered that in creased production costs. President Discusses Matter. Swampscott, Aug. 26.—The pros pective suspension of operation in the anthracite fields on September Ist was discussed t oil ay by President t’oolidge with .lames J. Storrow, fuel administrator of New England during the war. Mr. Storrow described his visit as personal, nnd emphasized that the coal situation did not come up for discussion on business affairs general ly. The President nlso received today TVm. t’oolidge. of Boston, who is a bituminous operator from the West Virginia fields. DAVIDSON PLANNING FOR ’ ITS FOOTBALL ELEVEN Hope Justified That the Team Will Finish Near the Tap. Davidson. N. C., Aug. 20. — UP) — with eleven varsity Wildcats sched uled to return to the local campus within the next ten days, Davidson Oollege is planning for a football eleven which will hold its own in the 1925 season. Supporters are con fident that the tentative line-up is strong enough to justify the hope that the team will finish near the top In the 1925 State race for football hon ors. Nick Sappenfield. quarterback, will re-assume his position as key man of the team and is being mentioned as a likely choice for captain to succeed Ralph Boggs who is not returning to college. Tom Baker, who played in the line last year, also is mentioned for the position. Charlie Ritchie will join the' squad this season after a brilliant record last year on the “Wildkltterfs" team; the name given to the first year ag gregation. Ritchie haa had four years’ experience as an outstanding man for the Concord High team in addition to his training last season. The team, according to its coach es and supporters, looks like h will grade up well this season. While the most optimistic do not say that Car olina and Wake Forest, the State lenders, will be conquered, it is be lieved that prospects warrant an opinion that State and Dnke will be victims of the Wildcats. , The team last season while ligh made up for ■its lack of weight in swiftness and surprised n number of its opponents. Os the State leaders. Wake Forest and Carolina, the latter team conquer ed Davidson last year. Wake Forest was not on the 1024 schedule. Slate College played the ’Cats to a 10-39 tie and Duke University was van quished. Backfield letter men who will re turn this season are as follows: Black, fullback Wells and Leg ette, halfbacks; Sappenfield, quarter, and McCombs, another halfback pos sibility. Black heretofore has demon strated his ability in line plunging. Wells and Legette have established good records as general backfield men good for either end runs or line plunges and Sapenfield handles the passing in good style. Legette han dles the punting. In the line, two men stand out 1 out prominently from last year’s elev en, Tam Baker and Vance. Baker played tackle last season and Vance held down a guard position. Baker is being considered this year for an end position and tackles may be chos en from among Laird, Anderson and Ritchie. Hendrix, Covington, and Hunt, all of whom played at various times in the backfield last year and Davis, Summers and Boggs, who played line positibns, will be missed this season < but there is a strong nucleus re maining from last year’s varsity squad. Bohannon and Pinkney, who played i end posts last year, will return and Coach Monk Younger will have arrow smith and Gray aa two likely candi dates from the freshman team. Me- ■ Connell will return to hold ls!s posi tion of center for the varsity. In May, 1026, vestige tors In sere- < ral countries will make daily ascents I to study the upper air. . i The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Giant Rookie MEET the latest McGraw rookie, Fred Fitzsimmons, highly touted hurler, who got away to a good start by winning his in itial game In a big league uniform. The crafty New York pilot expects |he youngster to prove of great aid ta the final dash for the gonfalon. MERE MAN TQ PAY LESS FOR HIS OWN CLOTHES Lower Price for Male Apparel Pre dicted by Dealers. p Chicago. Aug. 26.—Right in the t midst of the spread of general pros f perity comes the cheering news that I clothing and furnishings for men are to be cheaper in price. This announce ment was made by H. E. Bigelow, re # president of the National As „ sociation of Retail Clothiers and , Furnishers, whitO opened its twelfth annnal convention here today. Mr. Bigelow said notable economies had been worked out by manufacturers and dealers ami that men's apparel business will soon be on the most economical basis ever known in the history of the trade. Members of the convention, 2500 in number will be in session five days. 1 They will select the five best dressed aieu from their ranks and from this number choose a single champion dresser. ' WILL SHARE BLAME FOR BOILER EXPLOSION Chief Engineer of Mackinac Says He WIU Bear Blame With Whoever Is Guilty With Him. Providence, R. 1., Aug. ’26. — UP)— Declaring that responsibility for the i boiler explosion with the loss of 501 lives on the excursion steamer Macki nac in Newport harbor last Tuesday be placed on somebody, John Grant, chief engineer of the vessel testified at a Federal hearing today (hat he “was willing to bear the blame with whoever is guilty with me.” “1 am satisfied to go through," he said. “Whatever happens to me, 1 won’t stretch the truth.” WANT OFFICERS TO RESIGN THEIR JOBS Citizens of Collier County. Florida, Said to Be Dissatisfied With Condi tions Th<re. Marco. Fia.. Aug. 26.— UP)— The resignatiou of officers of Collier coun ty and the calling of a special elec- : tion will be demanded of Governor Martin by a delegation of Collier county citizens who assembled in Ft. Myers today nnd left by automobile for the state capital. The committee < will present a long list of grievances to the Governor and urge him to take i prompt action. i i Three Bales of New Cotton Sold on the Charlotte Market. Charlotte, Aug. 25.—The first new crop cotton grown in Mecklenburg county was sold on the Charlotte mar- 1 ket today, three bales being brought 1 in by J. R. Miller, of Pineville. The 1 offering was middling grade and was j 1 sold at 22 3-4 cents per pound. The' i first bale this year was received about i two weeks earlier than last year, ac cording to J. S. Withers, weigher, the first bale in 1024 being received on September Bth. j Mrs. Mary Layton, a 73-year-old i resident of Santa Monica, Oal., cel- 5 ebrated her golden wedding anniver- i sarjr by haring her hair bobbed. 'j Sharpers Will Get a Billion Dollars This Year From Public New York, Aug. 26—Despite en actment in many states of blue sky laws for its protection, the American public will pay $1,000,000,000 in 1025 to operators of fraudulent stock schemes, promoters of sandy oil wells and financial wizards of the Ponzi type. The cost of credulity in 1024 was well over the billion dollar mark and a report published today by the “Bet ter Business Bureau,” of New York, indicates the still flourishing cult of goldbrlck artists may well claim an other ‘‘normal” year. % Progress has been made, the bu reau notes, toward safeguarding the inexperienced investor, hut the most optimistic observer does not foresees legislation which will entirely Mock the game of the sharper. ’ - Sa • * • » TIKE PRECAUTIONS TO HALT TONG WAD IN THIS COUNTRY Deaths of Four Chinese in Last 24 Hours Give Rise to the Threat of Nation wide Conflict. HUNDREDHAVE BEEN ARRESTED Extra Details of Police Are Guarding Chinatowns in Eight Different Cities Now. New York, Aug. 20.—UP)—Wide spread precautions wore being taken today by police in nearly evpry large ; c?ty in the ea«t and middle west in an attempt to out short a new Chi nese tong war in which four Chinese | have been killed and three wounded , in the last 24 hours. , Extra details of police guarded the Chinatowns of eight cities. More | than 100 Chinese have been arrested, some being held in connection with the murders and others on suspicion, i The dentil toll score seems to stand , at 4too in favor of the Hip Sing tongmen. Police have learned that 75 telegrams to this effect were sent 1 out from New York to Boston to Chinese ‘leaders all over file country. ■ On Leong tong men have been mur dered in New York, Chicago. Minne- ' apolis and Pittsburgh, one in each city, while a former Hip Sing tnan in Chinatown in St. Louis has been wounded. FILE REPORT CONCERNING SINKING OF THE NORMAN All District Officials and Employes Directly Connected With Boat Are Responsible. Washington. Aug. 26.—(/Pi—A war partment report on the sinking of the Steamship Norman in the Mississippi River January 15th has fixed the re sponsibility on “nearly all district of ficials and employees directly connect ed with the boat and its operation.” A report of the disaster which cost 23 lives has been made public by Major General Harry chief, of army engineers, ft says it is YirT possible at this'time tto fix responsi bility "in appropriate degree upon individuals.’’ The report was submitted to engi neer headquarters here by s-peeini army board appointed tot investigate the disaster. Tile vessel, belonging to the Mississippi River Commission, the re -1 port said, apparently had been in- I spected "mainly as to the adequacy and safety of appliance for the pas sengers who were to make the special excursion trip at that time.” PRONOUNCED CHANGES IN FORD STANDARD CHASSIS Both Open and Closed Cars Have Steel Bodies on Lower Chassis. Detroit, Aug. 26.—G4>)—Tiie most pronounced changes in Ford automo biles since the Ford Motor Company began production of the model T, the standard Ford chassis, was announced today. There is no change in price. Both open and closed ears have all steel bodies on lower chassis, with changed body styles in nearly all models. Color has replaced the black finish on closed cars, fenders are low er nnd larger, and the brakes have been re-designed. Longer lines -with a re-designed cowl, and a higher radiator are spe cially noticeable. The gasoline tank is under the cowl in most models, the seats and steering wheel are lower, and the car is roomier. The motor is unchanged. Young Pro baby Out for Season. New York. Aug. 20.— UP) —Ross Young. New York Giant’s right field er, suffered a fracture of the right hand in two places when hit by a ball pitched by Pete Donohue, Cincinnati hurler yesterday, and probably will not be able to play again this season, it became known today. Dorothy Ellingston Sentenced. San Francisco, Aug. 26.— UP) — Dorothy Ellington, 17, who was found guilty of manslaughter Saturday by a jury which tried her for shooting her mother, Anna Ellingston, was sentenced today to serve one to ten years in the state’s prison. The bureau expects always there ■ will be a considerable number of peo | pYe ready to purchase shares in Brook i lyn Bridge or to “invest” their sav ; ings in that hardy old standby, “the i money-making machine.” I The lmbitat of the gullible is not confined to the rural sections, but is i as wide as is this land of ours. I Meantime, however, the campaign ■ against fraudulent stock operations , and other Wallingford machinations ! will be carried forward. The Martin ■ Act, now on the statute books of New York, is cited as an excellent de terrent to the use of stock certifl ■ cates to separate the unwary from ; tbeir assets. The law permits the i Speedy issuance of injunctions to re ; strain bucket shops and similar or ganisations. , His New Nose Wins a Bride \ M jfl BiSU 9 ■ jJ99b9 Remodeled noses are the latfct fashion for fighters, since Estelle Tay lor persuaded Jack Dempsey to Chfcg e his. Marion Nixon, movie actress didnt seem to like the nose of Joe Benjamin, Pacific Coast lightweight champion, so just before their recent marriage Joe had a “major operation" on his nose and here’s the happy couple. Hylanlndicates That He Will Be an Independent i His Sharp Attack on Gover 1 nor Smith Taken as Sign He Will Be in the Elec tion Regardless. . REPUBLICANS SEE ! CHANCE TO WIN j If Mayor Hylan Runs as Independent 3 Candi dates Would Be in the Race for Office. , New York, Aug. 20.— UP)— Politi- V were amazed today bg Mm * . ■M.rmis attack on Governor Smith. . who is opposing the mayor for re nomination. The attack, contained in a letter to . United States Senator Royal S. Cope land. is generally considered as an , other indication that the mayor with , the backing of W. R. Hearst will run as an independent if defeated in the primaries September 15th. On the other hand Republicans who have claimed all along that the Democratic primary is a battle be tween Governor Smith and Mr. Hearat for the control -of the New York dele gation to the Democratic national conventidn in 1028, saw in a possible 1 t hree-eornered tight a good chance to elect a Republican mayor. ' Mayor Hylan said it was time to “call a spade a spade, and an under world grafter an underworld grafter,” but he mentioned no names in connec tion with those phrases. He linked the governor. State Senator James J. Walker, and his opponent for the Democratic nomination, and Tam many Hall with the "traction inter ests.” His defeat, he wrote, would mean a wideopen town and 10-cent car fares. MILLION'S OF DEAD FISH OFF FLORIDA DELAY SHIP Surface of Sea 10 Miles ors Shore Covered With Every - Sized Kish, Steamer Reports. Tampa Fla., Aug. 25.—Millions of dead fish covered the surface of the water for more than 20 miles be tween Manasopo and Boca Grnnde today, causing the steamer Koynl Palm, enroute from Fort Myer to Tampa, to reduce its speed nnd ar rive in this port several hours late. Ship officers immediately reported the matter to federal authorities and an investigation is Being made. Lamar Walker, first assistant en gineer of the Royal Palm, said the surface of the water about eight to 10 miles offff shore was clogged with dead fish ranging from small min nows to large groupers. The officer express the belief that dynamite may have been used- American Spenders Leave “Remind ers.” London, Aug. 26.—Thousands of American tourists who visited Lon don, spent their money freely and now are homeward bound will not be easi ly forgotten, because they have left a plague of “spats” behind them. The visitors on their arrival were told that it was the correct thing to wear spats, and spats were bought to match each suit they p'urchased. Considering that they would have no use for such things at home, they packed their baggage and left the spats behind. Hotel proprietors have set aside space for the discarded foot wear until second-hand sales man bt had. Expedition Resume* Voyage. Washington, Aug. 26.—OP)—The MacMillan Arctic expedition has re sumed its southward voyage after hav ing been weatherbound for several days on the northwest coast of Green land. i Glen Frank, newly appointed pre- , sklent of the University of Wiscon- i sin, is said to be the yocngest usi- < versity president in the United Statin i ♦ r ************** I IK & . * DON’T STEAL FLOWERS * IK IK IK With all nature a-bloom it is IK IK a temptation for motorists to get 41 IK out along the roadside and IK IK ‘swipe" blossoms, even invading IK [ IK private premises to steal tree IK IK blossoms or flowers. It is aIK IK nasty practice; contemptible IK * IK from any viewpoint and every IK . IK honest motorist should strive to * k IK check this practice. Wild flow- IK - IK era wilt quickly; they rarely sur- IK IK vive the trip back home. Why IK IK be a ghoul? ' - IK r ♦)K’K*^K)KIKIKIKIKIKIKJK.^ hr : I CAR KNOCKS BOY FROM » WAGON. RUNS OVER HIM - Tourists Refused to .Assist Injured i Lad Until Compelled. i Moneure, Aug. 25.—A rather ser ■ ions accident occurred at Loeksville. a few miles below here, on the Lee i county line, when a Studebaker car, > driven by Mrs. Irene Cruch, of Cleve . land, Ohio, knocked the eight year ; old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gunter . from a wagon and then ran over him. | The boy suffered a broken leg nnd . several other serious injuries, i The ear. driven by Mrs. Cruch. was occupied by five people and four t dogs. It was making its way to Miami, Florida. The party refused to stop long enough to determine how seriously the boy was injured or to carry him to a hospital until forced to do so by the issuance of a war rant. They then agreed to carry the boy to a Sanford hospital and to pay all expenses. The boy will recover. DOVE OF PEACE HOVERS OVER TWO ANTAGONISTS If Sho Alights Charlotte May Keep Her Employment Bureau. Charlotte. Aug. 25-—Peace be tween Frank Grist, State Commis sioner of 1 sibor and Printing, and Mayor Moore, of Charlotte, in their controversy over the State-Federal employment office here was impend ing Tuesday, while the fate of the office was hanging in the balance, with September 1 looming as the date for its closing. Only an adjustment of the dif ferences between these officials can result in a continuance of the operation of the employment office here after Monday. With Our Advertisers. Speaking of silk frocks, have you seen the beautiful new fall styles at J. C. Penney Co.’s? Silk dresses this fall arc gorgeous and dashing in style. In black, wine, green, rust and purple. See new ad. today. Cline’s Pharmacy with its new re frigerator, now carries twice the num her of kinds of ice cream, also brick ice cream. “The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted,” today and tomorrow at the Concord Theatre, with Irene Rich. Huntly Gor don and other stars. This is a picture for wives, husbands and lovers. Tutjk Mcßee. Jr., aguin tonight at the Concord Theatre in his won derful xlyphone playing. At 3:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p. ni. Liner President Garfield Aground. Boston, Aug. 26.— UP)— The Dol lar Line S. S. President Garfield was aground on Half Moon Shoal, off Cape Cod today, radio dispatches to coast guard headquarters here stated. The coast guard cutter Acushnet was pro ceeding from Woods Hole to her as sistance. i An ordinance passed April 10, 1800, by the city of Schenectady, New York, fixed a limit of six hours as the time during which a carriage of any kind might stand on aqy street or alley “after sunset or in the daytime.” Delinquents paid 50 cents for each offense against this law. NIVAL HEWS PLAN TO 1101 LESS MONEY IN FUTURE The Navy Department Has Slashed Its Original Es timate in the Budget by About $40,000,000. ARMY ALSO WILL GET LESS MONEY May Be Necessary to Drop From 7,000 to 10,000 En listed Men and Many Officers. Washington. Aug. 26.—OP)—Bud get paring and its possible require ments as to a curtailed program, is engaging the study of naval heads as well as the War Department. Acting at the request of the bud get bureau to reduce its program for the fiscal year 1027, the Navy De partment has slashed its original es timate by more than $40,000,000 by arranging to curtail activities all along the line and perhaps abandon a num - her of eastern shore stations. War Department officials at the same time fear the Army's budget, although there has been no authoritative indication of what the bureau’s recommendations may be. will be limited tto a figure that will necessitate dropping from 7,000 to 10,000 enl’sted men and pos sibly 1,000 to 2.000 officers. FT here $353,000,000 was originally , asked, the navy program is now under • $310,000,000. This compares with an : appropriation of $323,000,000 for the : present fiscal year. \ PARIS SHOCKED BY WARREN PERSHING \ Young Man About to Shatter One of Oldest of French Traditions. : Paris, Aug. 26.—Sixteen-year-old : Warren Pershing son of General : John J. Pershing, has sown the : seeds of a social revolution that may : shatter one of tile oldest traditions of : the best families of France. Warren : Pershing has gone to work. While | French boys, who consider 25 years a good age to begin to look for a - are playing tennis or swim-1 • ming at the seashore. Warren, dress ed in grimy overalls, is perspiring in a Paris automobile repair shop us a mechanic's apprentice. The Paris newspapers are full of accounts of Warren Pershing's en ergy and initiative. French fathers, who themselves never worked until the age of 25 or 30. are beginning to suggest to indolent sons that if an American general’s son can work at the age of 16, during) his school holi days. they should make themselves useful at the age of twenty. Cimone Tory’s interview with Warren, published in I.e Quotidien, is typical of the stories in the Paris j pres*. “I found the son of the American generalissimo astride the mud-guard! of a limousine. His head was buried in the motor. From behind he had the appearance of a large Teddy- Bear, dressed from head to foot in grimy, greasy khaki. “Is your work interesting?” I asked. “Warren jumped and turned to ward me the face of a child. Sixteen years? He appeared to be no more than thirteen. His peaches and cream complexion is surmounted by a wealth of beautiful blonde hair, apparently curled by the angels. Un der eyebrows so blond, as to be al most uwiotieeable, his small, blue ' eyes appear a little hard and cold. “How did you happen to have the idea to leave your school in Lausanne and spend your summer vacation working here?” Dad O K'd the Plan “ ‘M.V father thought it was a good idea, and so did I.’ “ ’Were you ever in Europe be fore you started going to school in Lausanne?’ “ ‘Yes.’ “ ‘Where,’ “ ‘Oh, around —everywhere,’ with a vague wave of the youngster’s hand, as he continued his work. “ ’Are you homesick sometimes?’ “ ‘No.’ “ ‘You’re well pleased to be alone?’ “‘l’ve always .done what I wanted to.’ He appeared to think over this ; last answer which bothered him. He decided to correct it. “ ‘That is i’ve almost always.’ ” “Fighting Dick” Hyland, one of the ! crack lightweights of two decades ago. i is now a fire fighter in Fresno, Cal. i The Tribune Is Printing North Carolina Story Today Possibly no agency in the South in the past several years has doqe more to advertise the South and its won derful advantages than the Advertis ing bureau of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in its various campaigns of co-operative publicity, both at homem and through the col umns of the magazines and weekly j publications of national circulation, including the New York Times, The Chicago' Tribune, Printers link, Edi tor and Publisher, and other national publications of wide circulation. The Tribune for several years has been one of the papers participating in this wonderful campaign of pub- Breaks ’Em! < j I|l . ' '' i | Creaking swimming records is sort' of a pastime in itself to Agnes Oeraghty, sensational mermaid who Recently broke her own mark for khe 220-yard breast stroke event by Clipping four and two-fifths seconds off the former time. Agnes, by the way, figures quite prominently in virtually all natatorial meets. 1 GERMAN SECURITY PACT NOTE GETS ANSWER French Suggests Germany Open Ne gotiations Rased on Membership in the League of Nations. Paris, Aug. 26—G4>)—The French note to Berlin on the security question suggests that Germany open negotia tions for the security pact based on membership in the league of nations ami execution of the treaty of Ver sailles. The note insisted upon obligatory arbitration in all eases “to make fur ther j-econrse to anus impossible.” It rejects the Gorman proposal for a limited arbitration which might be applied to the western frontier. While convinced the agreement is possible, the French emphasize the treaty of Versailles must not be tam pered with. "The entrance of Germany into the league of nations is the only solid basis for mutual guarantee of Euro pean accord,” the note says. Says New Cheek Law Has Proved Harmful. Burlington Aug. 25.—Loose busi ness methods and eagerness to do ' business are the reasons, \V. Luther fates, secretary of the Burlington I merchants association says, that a continual stream of bad checks empty into his office for collection. Eighty bad checks from $1 to $25 accepted by Burlington merchants were on the desk of the secretary to day. Tomorrow the number will be boosted by others he said, and some of them haven't a ghost of a show to be collected. i The new check law i« harmful. Mr. Cates said, and has caused business men to accept checks with less scrutiny, in the belief that persons would hesitate to give them iu the < face ofthe new law. Only in the case of permanent residents is the law effective, it is pointed out. for the reason that it has a ten day clause in it. giving the professional a chance to get away. Held for Sister’s Death. Burlington, August 2(s.—UP)—Al though Lcssie Bass, 18 or 20 year old girl, died in a hospital ’here more than eight months ago, from blood poisoning caused, it is alleged, by an attempted illegal operation, the arrest [ of her sister, Beuias Bass Marlette, East Burlington woman, was not , made until a few days ago. The lat- ; ter is being held in the county jail at Graham, without bail, charged with . murder in connection with her sis ter's death. The deathbed statement of the young girl is said to have mentioned the name of her sister as the one in whose hand was used the crude in strument that is alleged to have caused the infection. Beulah 51ar lette has denied that she was respon sible for any malicious action in con nection with her sister’s death. lieity for the entire Southland and in the issue of today there appears the North Carolina copy, which is also appearing in all of the principal cit ies of the South and in the above mentioned national pubiieatiotnß. The North Carolina papers partici pating in this campaign are the Ashe | ville Citizen, Asheville Times, Char lotte News, Charlotte Observer, Con cord Tribune, Elizabeth City Advance, Fayetteville Observer, Gastonia Ga zette, Greensboro News, Henderson Dispatch, Hickory Record, Kinston Free Press, Raleigh News and Obser ver, Raleigh Times, Rocky Mount Tel egram, Salisbury Post, Winston-Sal em Sentinel. . > - ’H THE TRIBUNE .; prints ’- m r TODAY’S NEWS TODA^i NO. 2@ij DEBT OUESTIOI IS 1 “““ COHERtO; ary ' r IK THREE nR Italy Hopes to Get BettJ Settlement Even, That! Was Given to the Bm gian People, BRITISH CABINET ,-J| WILL GET FACTS Will Be Toi d of Efforts £1 Reach Accord on French Debt During the Pas Week. Rome, Aug. 20.—OP)—Although the reports received here of President Coolidge’s statement regarding tbfc j Belgian debt settlement still are ex tremely meager, enough of his view point has reached Italian offieiakMN to creat an impression. , JQjB This first impression is favorabkjp in that authoritative Italians see it an opportunity to seek even better terms than were accorded Belgium-* ■ln this sense they are glad of the President’s opinion that the Belgian 1 1 settlement does not set a precedenj «for the refunding agreement is still to be worked out with France u| Italy. To Discuss Debt Settlement, 'a Brussels, Aug. 20.— UP). —Pariiaznesijl I discussion of the Helgo-American debt ! accord recently reached in Washing-; ton now is set for after Christmas 1 , vacation, although the agreement wjjß be laid before the November sessionj of the champer of deputies. The newspaper are aiming considerable! -criticism at the Belgian official notfe* concerning the outcome of the WASH ington negotiations, declaring the terms of file communique too optilj mistie. Cabiiiet Wants Information.. >3 London, Aug. 26.— UP) —The Brit>l ish cabinet lias been summoned for, this afternoon to learn from Chancel-; lor of the Exchequer Churchill the progress of his conversations with Fi- • nance Minister CaiJlaux, of France, The chancellor may ask his col leagues’ advice to govern him in his i talk with M. Caillaux this evening,j bwt.it seqms. unlikely the British actej prepared to make any more conces-l sions even to save meeting from fail ure. Reach Agreement. e’a London, Aug. 26—(/«—The Brit-" ish cnncollor of the exchequer. Wing--; ton Churchill, and French Finaneol Minister M. Caillaux reached today an agreement in principle on the of the French debt to Great Britain, ; It was officially announced that an agreement lias been reached on. the basis, in principle, of 62 annual pay ments of 12.500,000 pounds Sterling fj on flic sole responsibility of Franca, J subject to an agreement being reached ! on various matters of detail, and sub ject to agoverning condition of pro- ; portionate equal treatment by Franca-; of her creditors. 51. Caillaux, while reserving his opinion on these propositions, will undertake to lay them before liis gov- : ernment. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 1 to S | Points and Soon Showed Losses of 5 to 12 Points. New York, Aug. 26.— (A 1 ) —The obfij ton market opened steady at a decline ,j of one to two points and soon showed -j net losses of five to twelve poiqtsl under selling promoted by relatively i easy Liverpool cables and private re* 1 ports of further rains in central j Texas. October broke into new l<rgr < ground from the movement, selling off J to 22.87. but the decline was checked! by covering at 23.14 for Dooemb(ff3l Trade buying to fixe prices helped to • bring about rallies before fire end of a the first hour. Fears of an nnfavor- ! able weekly weather review were prob-J ably a factor in the subsequent recqv- ' ery to about yesterday’s closing quo- j tations. Cotton futures: Oct. 23.00; Deeti 23.22; Jan. 22.75; Mach 23.03; Mass I 23.35. Baroness’ Dog Ate Radium as ConJ For Its Skin Disease. Vienna, Aug. 26.—Forced to choeMH between paying 20,(KM),000 kronen orj allowing her dog to be killed ess Itenoviere shed bitters tearg be-i fore the court yesterday but after, gf| struggle decided to sacrifice the pet, 1 *! The dog had a skin diseasf, which J veterinarians sought to cure by r*t~j dium treatment. A capsule of ttMji precious metal valued at 20,000,0(ffMj kronen, was applied to the alfecteM part. The dog preferred an intentM] application, however, and swallovrflfH the capsule. The court action foUl lowed. J SAT’S BEAR SAYS 8 ■ ‘fj i Fair in west and cloudy in portion, possibly showers pn nortM east coast tonight; Thursday,,(mH northeast to north winds. *