ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXV
Four Phonograph Companies
Form Great Trade Arrangement
♦
They Are Leading Com
panies of Kind in World
and Represent Capitali
zation of J&l8,000,000.
TO OPERATE - IN
\ ELEVEN COUNTRIES
The Companies Involved
- Are the Two Columbias,
the Cave-Lindstrom, and
Trans-Oceanie Trading.
Xew York. Oct. 24.—OW—Aliairioi
of four of the leading phoiuytraph com
panies of the world, representing a
total cap'tnlization of approximately
1 X.OOO.OfMt and operating factories in
11 couutries, was announced today by
the Cnflinibia Phonograph Company,
one of the concerns involved ib the I
tra inaction.
The other companies included in
the alliance are the Columbia Graph
ophones Co., Ltd.. of London; the I
CarJ I.indstrom C0., -mot Berlin,* and!
the Trans-Oceanie Trading Co., of
Amsterdam. This alliance through a
common holding company, the Colum
bia IntcrndConal Ltd., of London,
constitutes a world wide manufactur
ing and trade arrangement whereby
their laboratory and factory experts
will eo-operate in producing advanced
types of phonographs, records and ra
dia equipment.
Henry C. Cox. president of the Co
lumbia Phonograph Co., is a direetor I
of the holding company. The only]
ether American director is . Louis
Sterling, who is cha'rman of the
board of Columbia Phonograph Co.
PARALYSIS PLAGUE '
, CLOSES SCHOOLS
Louisville Has Had Four Deaths anti
Casts Increase.
Louisville, ‘Ky., Oet. 24. —Presence
of infantile, paralysis 'here this fall,
which already has resulted in four
deaths since September Ist and is
continually increasing in the number
of cases, today caused I)r. Ellis Owen,
city health officer, to issue in order
immediately closing all schools at
tended by pupils under- eighteen years
of age. It was emphasized the or
der was a precautionary one.
The order affected all public, pri
vate. parochial, daheing, Sunday
schools and other school* attended hy .
children under the eighteen-year age
Until-. Children also «re forbidden
to attend motion picture shows or any
other public gathering until further
notice.
The official report showed ineteen
cases and four deaths reported in
Louisville, Numerous other eases
ami a few deaths also ’have been re
ported in other sections of Kentucky
this fall, especially Owensboro, where
two deaths recently occurred.
Bobby { !ones as Infant Was Rocked
But Not “Too Petted.”
Atlanta, October 24. — UP) —Bobby
•Tones, national amateur golf cham
pion. when a baby was rocked more
than modern physicians would have
approved, but was :not “petted too
much."
Mrs. Robert H. .Tones, mother of
the golfer, made his statement in con
nection with a discussion in Atlanta
relative to present day methods of
earing for babies as compared with
those 25 years ago.
• She disagreed with “a young matron
that “the hand that rocks the cradle •
rules the world," no longer js true.
In -Mrs. Jones’ .opinion, babies still
are rocked and mothers can find time
to do their part of ruling the world
even if they spend a large part 6f
their time in nurseries.
Hobby was rooked because he ■ was
a delicate child, and young Mrs. Bobby
•Tones rocks her six-months-old daugh
ter. christened Clara Malone but al
ready known as “Bcbby." when she
is sick or needs “extra babying.” ,
Grandfathers, in the opinion of
Grandmother Jones, still are the prin
cipal causes of spoiled babies—but
they are not to be blamed, for they
knew nothing of rearing babies.
Snow a Foot Deep.
A 12-inch snowfall blanketed the
section around Kinsman in the north
ern section of Trumbull county, Ohio,
Tuesday, crippling telephone service
Several inches of snow fell at Bloom
field, and four inches at Cortland in
the same qtate.
At Olean, N. Y., the heav ! est Octo
ber snow on record fell covering the
ground to n depth of seven inches.
Frceaing weather is reported in
many sections throughout the north
and wrest.
I Today Only
’ l.fo 11P.M.
' Pete Morrison in
“Range Buz
zards”
A Clean Cut Western
Also Latest News Reel,
Comedy and
“SECRET SERVICE
SANDERS
No. 8 f
The Concord Daily Tribune
. North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
— ,
’ ACCTBKD OF TRICKING
r . A>ji> SWINDIJNG WOMEN
' John \\ Weldemler Fails to Appear
In Court.—Swindled Six Women.
St. Louis. Oct. 24.— UP) —Accused
of tricking or swindling six women
whom he met under various aliases,
.John V. Wcidcmier failed to appear
I in court o{ criminal correction here
! today to answer charges in connce
- 1 lion with the Chicago inquiry into
,his career.
His $5,000 bond was ordered for
- feicted. - ,
Esther Wcxler, 20 year old Chicago
actress, accused Wedemier of marry
. ing her and swindling her foster par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Fisher,
of Chicago,' out of $13,000.
Wedemier must appear in Federal:
court here Wednesday on a Mann Act j
| charge resulting from his elopement I
| with Mrs. Margarctta Hoffman, wife \
of a Chicago fur dealer, or forfeit his
; $5,000 bond in thnt case,
j Four other women, Miss Virginia
j Martin, of Washington, D. C„ Mrs.
Rose Burken, of New York, Miss Car-
I fie Hyman, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Ada
I Frank, of Detroit, have identified
| Wedemier from pictures ns the man
who victimized I ill 111 in some instances
obtaining large sums of money and
valuables. \
NORTH CAROLINA’S
PRODUCTION OF LUMBER
Now Stands Eleventh Among, the
States of the Union. '
• Raleigh, X. C.. Oct. 24.— UP)—
■ North Carolina Inst year cont’nued to
stand eleventh among the states in
• the union in the pi-eduction of lumber,
despite the fact thkt lumber produc
tion in this state .in 11)24 showed a
net decrease of 2.2 per cent, over 1923.
North Carolina’s failure to lose her
position, however, with resJieeT. to
lumber product ion, as compared with
the other states, can be accounted far
when it is considered that lumber 1
production throughout the country, ns I
a whole showed nh eveen greater pere- -
eentago of decrease-^.j, el . cent, de
crease over 1923, to lie exact.
* Out of a total of 35.930,98(1 M feet
cut in this country in 1924, 1.071,912
M feet were cut in North Carolina,
according to preliminary figures com
piled by the census bureau and the
forest service of the national goveern
ment, and released for publication to
day. The figures do not include the
production of mills cutting less than
'IIO,OOO feet, the bulletin of the Dc
phrtmeht of• commerce says.
North Carolina" leads “in ’ffie'Timii
ber' of mills. There were 1,120 lum
ber mills in operation in this state
last year, while in Alabama, her near
est competitor for the lend iu the
number of mills, there were 1,060. The
state also led in 1923, when there
were 1.084 mills in operation. The
increase in the number of mills_ami
decrease in lumber cut indicates "that,
in this state, more mills arc cutting
lfrss lumber.
Figures arc given by the depart
ment in the 29 states iu which there
was a production of more than 150,-
(100,000 feet of lumber in 1924. Os
this number, 10 showed decreases in
the amount of lumber produced, as
compared with 1923. South Carolina
and Montana showed the greatest de
creases, the percentage in each of
these states being 17.9. Increases
were shown by Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, Wisconsin, New Hampshire,
New York, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio
and Oklahoma.
•COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
REDUCTION OF TAXES
Reductions of Various Kinds Sought
"by Those Interested.
Washington. Oct. 24.— UP) —Taxes
on automobiles, admissions, and tobac
co were up for discussion today be
fore the House Ways and Means
Committee as it cone’uded Che first
of two weeks of public ’hearings on
revision of revenue laws.
Reductions in all these levies were
sought by the representatives of af
fected Interests. No place for such
cuts, however, was given in the $300,-
000,000 reduction program suggested
'to the committee by Secretary Mel
lon, except for repeal of tax of an
tomobile trucks, tries and accesso
ries.
' With Our Advertisers.
Von-a-lin holds the color as it
cleans at Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co.
.Today only from 1 to 11 p. m. at
Warner's Concord Theatre, “Range
Bussards,” a clean cut, western pic
ture. Monday and Tuesday “The
Freßhman,” by Harold Lloyd.
The Concord Furniture Co. will
sell a complete outfit in an all-steel
bed for only $28.75. See new ad.
“A Son of His Father,” at the Star
Theatre next Monday and Tuesday.
This is Harold Bell Wright's First
Paramount Picture, with Bess'e Love.
Admission, only 10 cents and 25
cents, Wednesday and' Thursday, a
Fo* Special,- “It Is the Luw." Fri
day, ‘‘N|ght Life in New York." See
big Id. in today's paper.
Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman,”
at the Concord Theatre Monday and
Tuesday. , Os course its great if it's
a Harold Lloyd.
Whrher’s Concood Theatre an
nounces a reduction in prides to 25
ctnta fhr orchestra, 15 cents for bal
coßjr and 10 cents for children. These
ptiees apply to regular programs.
Raportad Rescued FYorn Seaplane
• Wreck.
Miami Beach, Fla., opt. 24.— UP)—
Cal Latham, pilot, and two newspaper
photographers, A1 Wickham, and one
named Willoughby, were reported res
cued from the wreckage of “Miss
Van lee,” a seaplane, which crashed
| off Miami Beach early today.
Starts Over)
Aaron C. R.'ad, above, has just bean
admitted jo practice law before the
Neb%ska supreme court, resuming
his profession after a lapse of 29
years. Read is go,
YOUTH GETS LINCOLN’S
CHAIR FOR A SONG
: Cliair Lincoln Used at Gettysburg
Auctioned Off For a Trifle.
Gettysburg, I’a.. Oct. 231—After a
great Collection of old furniture had
been sold at high prices during the
disposal of the effects of Mrs. Irene
Danner Reinewald, Thomas Myriek,
a town youth, bought a chair for
sl.lO. He took it home and found
under the cushion a card which told
that the chair had been used by Ab
raham Lincoln when 'he came to
Gettysburg to dedicate the national
cemetery and to deliver the address
Whiulr-hwy-j.iiU'e bci-ome iffimiitai.
The card said "that the ?Wfrtor
tncrly was owned by Judge David
Wills, who was Lincoln's host, and
the last line was the brief injunction.
“Save this chair.” Bidders had paid
more than S2OO each for chairs for
merly owned by James Geltys. found
er of Gettysburg, when young My
rick struck his bargain.
Proceeds from the saV'will be used
toward the endowment of a Young
Woman's Christian Association here,
Mrs. Reinwald having left her home
and the bulk of her estate for this
purpose.
SON WHO KILLED PREACHER
FATHER GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Dramatic Plea of Mother Claiming
Youth Was Insane Fails to Save
Him.
Allison, lowa. Oct. 23. —Warreu
Voort, 17-year-old sou of Rev. R.
J. Yandervoort, Parkersburg, la.,
must spend the rest of his life in
State prison for the slaying of ilia
father on August 0.
Sentence was piuvl by Judge (',
II Kelley after i twoduy henmng in
v’nieh oho def ",S" pis»-it:ed ex
termting evidence io-igmj to gain
a minimum sentence.
Mrs. Della M. Yandervoort, testl
’Nmg pi behalf • ar-r * n, •Ir-iu.n
tically told of events preceding the
f-1 al slioooing, ;"i:l ad led that she
le’teved “aomerhjng was wrong
wi.li Warren.”
* She discounted the statement of
her son that he had been driven to
bis act by family discord, and ex
plained the status of the minister’s
insurance policies in an effort to
sho\v that Warren could not have
shot his father in the belief thnt he
might obtain t'ae insurance money.
BULGARIA SENDING
TROOPS INTO WAR AREA
Has Decided to Make a Stand Against
the Greeks.
Sofia, Oct. 24. — UP) —Bulgaria is
sending troops into the “war area"
and has decided to make a stand as
far as her limited military strength
permits in case the Greeks continue
to invade the territory granted her
under the treaty of Neuilly. This is
stated in authoritative quarters here.
The artillery sont to the affected
district is limited to (wo field guns,
but it is asserted that if brought into
action they will fire upon the invaders
until silenced by their superior long
range guns.
The morale of the officers and sol
diers is salt! to be excellent, they vow
ing tp die rather than to allow the
Greeks to advance further.
Baseball Players Had the Real Stuff.
r -St. Louis, Oet, 24.—OP)—John
Roakopf and Leonard Schwab, mem
bers of the Royal Hsd baseball root
ters of- Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to
possession |f real beer on the rooters’
trip here last spring, and were fined
$390 each by Federal Judge Paris.
Two Sections
Twelve Pages Today
m; \ • ;
CONCORD, N. C-, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1925
Jim Williams Signs Up For
Five More Years of Laughter
The nature of the paper which Jim Williams is signing in the above
picture is the explanation of why Jim bieaks over from the comic page
into the news columns of The Tribune today.
For Williams, famous cowboy cartoonist is signing a contract. It’s a
contract guaranteeing to The Tribune'and other XKA Service cleints for
, live years the keen, wholesome humor and unique human interest which
Williams packs daily into his comic page drawing. “Out Our Way.”
Soldier, railroader, eow-puneher. machinist—Williams knows life and
human nature from the bottom up. Mirroring thnt knowledge, his versa
tile pen and ink never fail to get a laugh or two.
EIGHTEEN TO ENTER
CHARLOTTE AUTO RACE
Names of '.he Drivers Who Will Roar
Around the Charlotte Bowl.
Charlotte, X. (’.. Oet. 24.—Eigh
teen world famous rare drivers—mas
ters of the roaring board—arc prim
ing their motors fin* another thrilling
spectacle of speed ami daring on the
Charlotte Speedway November lltli.
For the third time within a year
they will gather on what is consid
ered the fastest track constructed, to
participate iu tho dangerous pastime
of driving pigmy automobiles—small
er even than Fords—2so miles in less
than two hours.
Their first exhibitions are well re
membered by all who thrilled to a new
sensation of speed madness as they
circled the giant bowl, their cars dinn
ing and humming at a dizzy pace.
The third scene of this death defying
drama will be enacted under even
more spectacular circumstances. Fa
miliarity with the oval which bested
even the veterans of the sport in their
attempt to scale the almost perpendic
ular banks may J>e the basis for a
record produc'ug event. Then too. the
new stars who have risen in the firm
ament of.motor racedom—all coveting
the speed purple—threaten to height
en the competition for the $25,000
purse and the national championship.
Once more followers of the sport
will see the youthful Peter DePnolo,
who leaped into fame within the year
by outstripping his seasoned adversar
ies in four major encounters. DePaolo
is the sensation of the 1925 motor rac
ing season. Unt',l his first victory at
Fresno, Cal., early in the year, he
was virtually unknown as an automo
bile race driver. His chief claim to
fame, prior to that time, was that he
was a nephew of a great speedway
idol. Ralph DePalmtL DePaolo lias
defeated his fencle in several contests
and now is leading claimant for the
1925 speed crown. In the coterie "f
speed demons will be also boyish Hob
McDonough who, since his appearai.ee
here last May, has won a place among
the speedway aces by carrying off first
honors at Altoona Labor Day. Co
der the tutelage of the veteran Tommy
Milton, 11121 champion, he has learn
ed the art of speedway racink. liis
return forecasts one of the most hot
ly contested races, pitted as he will
be, against the daring DePaolo.
Harry Hartz, young and handsome
owner of three high-powered racing
cars, will be back with his team. Leon
Duray aud Fred Comer. They arc a
formidable combination and one or
all of them are usually found among
the successful contenders.
Fresh from his triumph abroad,
Tommy Milton, who received the
plaudits of European royalty, will
display that same spirit of sport
mnnehip that won for him at Monza,
Italy. And with him also will be
Peter Kreis, another of America’s
representatives in the Grand Prix
classic, who astounded the Europeans
with his bursts of speed.
Jerry \Youderlich. the calculating,
seientife driver; Earl Cooper slid
Benny Hill, stars of former days;
Dr. Will'am Blmttue, the million
aire physician, who gave up his
practice oo satisfy his craving for
speed and more speed; Phil Shafer,
the “Texas Terror"; Frank Elliott,
former Chicago University gridiron
star—these and .other newer in the
Be d, will comprise the liucap of
drivers who will send their motor*
roaring around the Charlotte bowl.
The first- - wireless signal sent
across the Atlantic waathe letter 8.
DUKE’S DIVORCED WIFE
DYING IN NEW YORK
• But Little Hope For Htr Recovery
is Held Out.
New Y<*k, Oft. 23.—Mrs. Lillian
X. Duke, divorced wife or the late
James I’,. Duke, tobacco jind power
magnate. was In a critical condition,
tonight in Hie modest uptown npnrt
nient in which she has earned her
own living as a vaeal teacher. Two
hemorrhages suffered yesterday have
so weakened her that little hope for
her recovery was held out.
Miss Lucille Pugh, attorney for
Mrs. Duke. admitted that her
client's funds have been dwindling,
although she said Mrs. Duke's con
dition was not due to malnutrition
as reported earlier. In his will tiled
at Somerville, X. ,L, today, Mr.
Duke left most of his property to his
second wife. Mi's. Xanaliue H. Duke,
and their young Slaughter. Doris,
without mentioning his first wife.
“For 20 years Mm. Duke has been
supporting herself with her voon'
lessons,’’ said Miss Pugh. "During
thill time Mr. Duke did not give her
one penny. I know she ha- not much
money left. Her income lias been
cpF’to almost nothing in the last
three weeks, particularly since she
fell ill. Even before that, her stu
dents began dropping off.
“She may at times have gone hun
gry. although I doubt that because
she has so many friends.’’
Before her marriage to Mr. Duke
in 1904. Mrs. Duke was the divorced
wife of Wil’iam D. McCredy, New
York broker. Mr. Duke in 1905 filed
suit for (Jivoreo, naming Major
Frank T. Huntdon as co-respond
ent. It was reported he settled $500,-
000 on Mrs. Duke at the time of the
divorce.
In March of this year. Mrs. Duke
filed suit here to set aside the de
cree, Which was issued in New
Jersey, declaring she still was the
wife of Mr. Duke. In May, Justice j
Giegcrirh in Supreme court dis
missed the complaint.
At the rime she filed suit to set
aside the divorce decree. Mrs. Duke
said she had been swindled out of i
$400,000 since the divorce and that
she was compelled to teach music. j
PROPOSALS OF REDUCING
INHERITANCE TAXES;
Endorsed by Chairman Green, nf the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee.
Washington. Get. 24.—04 s)—Pro
posals for immediate reductions in
the federal inheritance tax. with re
peal at the end of six years were en
dosed today by Chairman Green of
rtie House ways and means commit- i
tee.
Says College Entrance Tests Are
"Too Wooden and Formal.”
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 24.—0 P)
—The present head of the University
founded by Thomas Jefferson, says
that entrance requirements in Amer
ican colleges are “too wooden and too
formal.”
Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president
of the University of Virginia, who is
not at all satisfied with the present
scheme of entrance requirements,
thinks that in a quarter of a century
an utter change will come over the
system. He believes this change will
be based upon intelligence tests and
psychological study of each entering
candidate.
Washington and Lee University in
stituted intelligence test requirements
at the beginning of the present ses
sion.
ANOTHER BODY ON
NAVY SUBiIE
IDENTIFIED TODAY
| Was That of James Dud
ley Hasleden, Jr., of Dil
lon, S. C.—ldentification
by Finger Prints.
WAS 28 YEARS
OLD AND SINGLE
j The Body Was Found Clad
in Pajamas.—ldentifica
tion Also by Wallet
in Pajama Pockets.
Newport, R. 1.. Oct. 24.—OP)—One
of the two bodies taken from the en
gine room of the sunken Navy sub
marine 8-51 yesterday was identified
today as ilmt of James Dudley Has
leden. Jr., lieutenant junior grade, of
Dillon, 8. C.
Identification was made at the New
port naval hospital by J. H. Taylor,
finger print expert, who came lure
this morning from the Bureau of Iden
tification in Washington. Determina
tion of .the identity of the two other
bodies here, one of which was found
yesterday, and one the day before,
may be delayed, it was said, owing
to the condition of the bodies. Tay
lor has* wired to Washington for ad
ditional identification records.
Lieut. Hasleden was 28 years old
and single. His next of kin is a sis
ter. Miss Mary Lucia Hasleden. also
of Dillon. 8. I'. The body was found
clad in Pajamas. Identification was
made by means of linger prims and a
wallet found in the pajamas.
The second body found yesterday
later was identified as that of Robert
S. Noble, motor machinist first class,
of Merrimack, Mass. He was 27 years
; Old.
| TIIE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance of From
8 tc It) Pounds.
New York, Oct. 24.—The cotton
market opened steady today at an ad
vance of 6 to 10 points, and sold 15
to 18 points net higher with Decem
ber selling at 21.46 and March at
20.96 on covering and trade buying.
Tiie demand was stimulated by rel
atively firm Liverpool cables and an
unfavorable view of weather eondi
• tious in the South. The advance met
considerable estimates of llic crop may
have been checked to sonic extent by
2 private reports issued this morn
ing. one of which: pointed tn a yield
of 14.901.000 bales, while the other
placed it at 15,725,000 bales, or oon
siderably above the average of prev
ious figures.
Cotton futtireOs .openede steady: j
December 21.35; January 20:64;
March 20.87; May 20.98; July 20.57.
Rail For 1928 Laying Purchased h.v'
Southern Railway.
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 24—Contracts
for the purchase of 46.200 tons of
new steel rail to meet the require- i
ments of its track improvement pro-1
gram for the first six months of 1920
have just been let by the Southern
Railway system.
The new rail will be in the 39-foot
length which lias been adopted as the
standard for the Southern and will be
sufficient to lay over 300 miles of
yack. The greater part of it• will
be of 100-pound to the yard weights.
11l line with tiie policy of the i
Southern to patronize industries in
the South wherever possible con
tract for 39.200 tons was given to
the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Company, the rail to be rolled at its
Ensley, Ala., plant, near Birmingham.
Four thousand tons were bought from
the Bethlehem Steel Company and'
2,000 tons from the Illinois Steel
Company.
As the new rail is laid, an dqnal
mileage of 85-pound rail will lie re
leased for relaying on lines of second
ary importance which are now equip
j ped with lighter steel.
v
Seaplane Race Postponed.
Ray Shore Park, Balimore, —t/P)
—The International Schneider trophy
seaplane race, scheduled for this af
' ternoon, was formally postponed at 10
ia. ill. today to be held tomorrow,
j weather permitting.
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| THE ROUGH SPCT FE
!ji are made smoother by tli your ?!
i wages, and in years to w. i NTER- 5 1
Jij EST count up—you become inuv, (support* s'
;!; ing! ‘ >'
i| Isn’t this worth saving for? * C
! Begin now by taking out a few shares of Building and ]!]
! Loan in our new series that opens Saturday, November , |
j Citizens Building & Loan Association!
OFFICE IN CITIZENS BANK
New Senator
W« J i
i *
.: M HI
Arthur It. ICoi>inson. abov«\ Indian-!
apolis lawyer, has boen appointed by I
Gov. Ed. Jackson of Indiana, to suc
ceed the late Samuel Kalxton in the |
United States Henafi?.
BROOKS ( LEARS POINT
IN FAMOUS (’OLE CASE
Denies That Miss Cole Wrote to Or
mond After the “Slander letter”
of February.
Tom Rost in Greensboro News.
Kaleigh. October 23.—Aubrey L.
Brocks, of Greensboro. lias been in
Kaleigh doing some little preliminary
work in the A. and Y. ease, attending
the Wright-Evegptt wedding and talk
ing the l'ole ease in which lie came
out with immortal .honors without
convincing a very substantial portion
of ttie public that even Union county
jurors are omniscient.
Mr Brocks did one thing, however,
which deserves to be published im
mediately. He set at res’ among
those with whom lie strove in argu
ment, the story that Miss Elizabeth
Cole continued to correspond witli
Bill Ormond after the famous “slan
der letter" which produced such wide
sobbing amongst the unwritten law
yers.
The impression lias been very near
ly universal that Miss Cole continued
to write to the writer of the “slander
letter." Os course, nobody could ex
plain that. Nobody would have tried
to do so. It set the girl in an awful
plight sentimentally. Here was ev
erybody believing that the letter did
not offend the girl and that in defiance
of tier father's furious anger over it
she continued to see Ormond. Mr.
Brooks banished that and lie did more
for his cause than lie could do as at
torney for Mr. Cole.
DRAMATIC SUICIDE
OF CHINESE GENERAL
Rather Tlian Surrender When Sur
, rounded He Shot His Wife and,
| Concubine ami Himself.
I Shanghai. Oet. 24.
| reports tell of the dramatic suicide of |
; Gen. Sliing Tsc Lin's regional com-
inniider for Gen. Chang Tso Lin at
Shanghai. Gen. Siting recently was
forced to retreat up the Yaugtse Riv
|er under pressure from Chekiang ;
I troops now occupying Shanghai.
| Rather than surrender when sur
| rounded near the village of Hsuchoj
fu. the report says. Gen. Sing shot his
wife add concubine and then turned
the pistol on himself.
B .N. Dulte's Condition Now Reported
to Be Much Better.
Durham. Oct. 25.—Friends through- 1
! out North Carolina will be glad to
learn, according to information given
flic Daily News today by relatives]
in Durham, that the condition of Mr.
B. X. Duke, who has been very ill
at '.iis New York home for the past
several weeks, is considered to be
mueh improved.
At the time of the death of Mr.
Duke’s brother, James B. Duke, he
was so ill that it was impossible for
him to attend the funeral service
conduced at the home in Xew York.
Neither was 'lie able to accompany
the funeral party to Durham, though
j slrs. Duke came -to the city for that
purpose, returning the ne,xt day to be
at her husband's bedside. Accord-'
ing to the information furnished the I
Daily News today, the physicians who
are attending the tobacco magnate, I
«a,v that *his health is better at pres- ]
cut than at any time during tile past ]
fortnight.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS M
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY ]
NO. 254
! CANDIDATES ARE 1
NOW GOING AT IT I
IN DEAD EARNEST 1
i A Spirit of Determination |
Has Taken Hold o f 1
Them in Our Big Sub- I
scription Campaign.
RUNNING NOW
NECK AND NECK 1
The Real Battle Is Yet to j
Be Waged—Friends Are J
Daily Lining Themselves j
For Their Favorites.
With a spirit of determination tak*
•: ing hold of the candidates in the now |j|
famous campaign of The Tribune and 9
.' Times, it appear* that from now on
] until the end Concord and Cabarrus 4m
| county is destined to witness the ~||
, most exciting finish of anything of its
nature ever staged here.
! hunched did the workers emerge from-djl
| the end of the first period of tluvijj
| campaign, tliar they were forced tS'SI
take up the tight at the start of the |1
j second period, Which will continue in j
: force up until midnight, of Saturday, 9
; October 31st. iri neck and neck posi-VM
| tions for the big prizes. j
To those who have personal inter-Jim
est in various of the prospective whEwM
. I nets of the four big automobiles anA.jS
j thousands of dollars ill cash, it is evi- J
I dent that the real battle is yet to be .a
. waged and it is interesting to notcfM
that friends are daily lining tlieim-i®
' selves behind tlieir favorites in the J|
race. Slow to get underway, and a
still backward as to volume of candi- m
dates for the prizes, the last couple of 9
weeks has seen an added impetus to j
; the fortunes of those striving toward M
] the goal of success. While we - be-S®
lieve it is generally realized, yet it a
will do no harm to mention to the j
. public that now is the time to give
. their subscription to their friends or
any ambitious worker in the cam- 'W
. paign. After the close of .the second 'j
i period one week from today, the vote .a
. value of subscriptions again takes a ii
marked decline and then there will J
remain only three weeks of the en- la
tire campaign. I
And candidates must appreciaMwß
that one half of this second period M
, is already gone. In addition to that
it will be but six working days after J
today in whk<i to get the
. biggest voles of the contest. Now is m
tlm rime to get tiie new subscriptions ,1
as they carry a bonus vote of 10,000 '|
for each year while in tile third pe- I
riod this is cut to 5,000 and in the 3
last period is eliminated altogether. 9
All (lie regrets in the world will not jj
bring back these big votes once they 11
are gone. Those who act upon this J
] warning will be the ones who find J
! themselves successful at the end. And
! that end is not far away. I
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION j
DRAWING Ttl .A CLOSE 1
Only a Few Odds and Ends to Be J
Gathered Ip at last Minute. ’ I
Now Orleans, Oct. 24.—OP)—With 9
tiie dose of tin' 48th triennial general j*
convention of the Protestant Kpisco
pal Cliurcli a matter of hours, the 3
Bishops and Deputies nssembleed to-’fl
day with reading of the minutes of 9
the convention the principal iteem be- uj
j fore them. - j
1 Only a few odds and ends were to Jj
be gathered up as last minute reports 9
of couferenco committees were made. J*
A few committees were at work iron- ®
! ing cm differences in the leg’slatkiiiS
passed by tiie two houses. I
A late action of the bishops was
agreement with tiie House of Deeputies II
in removal of the 39 articles of celig- 9
ion from the prayer book. The ae- .tl
tion must be approved by the dioceses "m
aud fiimlly adopted by the 1928 cou- : :fM
vent ion. j
Mrs. Lillian \. Duke Still in Critical ®
Condition.
Xew York, Oct. 24.—OP)—Mrs.
Lillian X’. Duke, divorced wife of the -9
lat. James It. Duke, today remained m
iin a critical condition at her home-®
here. Her phyaidan, Dr. llyvon G.tS
j Clark, stated that, his patient appear-:®
ed weaker than on yesterday. 9
1 Mrs, Duke suffered two ' crcbral IM
j hemorrhages Thursday night. HaFvjlS
! entire left side is paralyzed, and 1
’ ] lingers in a semi-eonseious state, Ilr. <3
I Clark said. J
I Oeis.h of Mrs. A. A. McLean at G**i'lj
I i tonia. I
M Gastonia, Oct. 24 CP)—Mrs. A. A. j 9
1 McLean. Sr., prominent society matfoifi'.4ja
|; of this city, died here early today from ‘9
i, t.vplioid fever. ,1
Mrs. McLean had pursed her sotfJM
[! through an attack of the
i i ing the late sumnier. M
SAT’S BEAR SAYS: ]
Ruin tonight and probably SooqfljH
morningfi warmer tonight, colder ||hH
day and Sunday night. Fresh, pOfeaPi
| bly strong southeast and south ,
I shifting to north on Sunday 4
|i"«. m