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DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXV
THE BBT HITE
PERIOD WILL EtID
SATUfffIT NIGHT
Don’t Let Your Standing
Be Weakened When the
Last Period of the Cam
paign Begins.„
THE LARGEST VOTE
NOW IN CAMPAIGN
After 12 O’Clock Saturday
Night the Smallest Vote
Schedule in Entire Con
test Will Apply.
At the strike of twelve - o'eloek to
v, morrow night the largest vote-; on the
regular prizes iu -The Tribune-Time*
campaign and the 'double value points
toward the Ford Coupe special prize
will he gone forever. After tlmt
hour the smallest schedule of votes
of the entire contest, together with a
cut of one-half in points of the extra
prize automobile, will' eoine into ef
fect and it will mean that much more
subscription business will have to be!
obtained to> get the same credit in |
•votes ami points as will be given up
to the closing hour of the third period
tomorrow night.
From ail appearances candidates
seem to fully appreciate this condi
tion and each one "is now striving to
place himself or herself in a com
manding position pending the brief
time that all business will he deposit
ed in a locked and sealed ballot box
up to and including the actual end of
the entire campaign on Saturday
night, November 21, at 10 o’clock. Too
much stress cannot be laid on the im
■ portinee „f the end cf this third pe
riod, perhaps not so much for the
benefit of the live workers, but more
for tlie understanding of the public
who have not yet given their subscrip
tion business to anyone in the cam
paign or who still intend extending
the r support to an even greater ex
tent to their fnvorite in the race.
Get Extensions Now.
In this connection it should be un
derstood by both candidates and their
supporters, that extension subscrip
tions do hot count any added votes ov
er the straight schedule in the fourth
ami last period, but will count staple
votes according to the table of
v»>tcs for rliv frorrftr JafrtotU “Hence, a
second year before tomorrow night
from a new subscriber at any time
during the campaign, will count 17,-
000 votes for the candidate, while in
the fourth period the same subscrip
tion would amount to onljvs,ooo
votes, not quite one-third of what they
now are. These figures should forci
bly demonstrate what we mean by the
value of extensions in this third pe
riod. Howevef. we might go further
and state vote figures on any possible
extensions of the last four years from
seme new subscriber who has already
taken tlje paper during the campaign
for one year. That four-year exten
sion by tomorrow night would count
104,000 votes. In the fourth period
it would credit the candidate with on
ly 75,000. So now is the time to get
in your extensions, not in the last
week.
We feel that we would be negligent
in our duty toward candidates if we
did not point out these things, for
they might be overlooked otherwise
until too late. The explanation is as
fa:- as we can 150, however. It is up
to the alert worker to act'upon these
things and overlook nothiug that may
contribute toward the ownership of
■ the s2llO Buicjt Brougham, or the
$lOlO Studebaker Special Stix Du
plex-Phaeton. the $1:13(5 Hudson
|
$O2l Ford Coupe, or any of the three
| S2OO cash prizes or the three awards
f of SIOO in cash. It is *ell to remem
[ bev at all times just what you have
[ been and are still working for. The
L prizes are big automobiles aid cash. To
f win the one of your choice at the end
I of this third period, at 12 o'clock to
morrow night, will make the final
period of one week a very simple
proposition. But to be weak at the
start of the last week will mean that
you have your work cut out for you
i in the final hours.
Mayor of Sofia Assassinated.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 13.— OP) —M.
f Medjariow. mayor of Sofia, and son
of the Bulgarian diplomat, Michael
Madjoriow,' was assassinated today by
former municipal employes who had
bjen disCahrged recently. The assas
sin committed suicide.
191 TODAY ONLY
“Macdonald’s !
Scotch High
landers Band” ‘
AT 3:30 and 8:30 P. M.
Matinee 25c and 50c
Night 50c, 75c, SI.OO J
. Picture Today
“THE UNKNOWN |
LOVER”
Starts at 2 ind 7
Al •".; 4 ,
The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
British Submarine Is
Located and Hope Is
Entertained For Crew
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‘ H’THERAN SYNOD PLANS
ERECTION OF MUSEUM
Will Be Built at Cost of $40,000
Synod Admits Two New Congrega
tions.
Hickory, Nr.v. 12. —The closing day
• n f the Lutheran synod found many
items of business confronting it. The
recommendations concerning a la>-
noir-Rhyne system of schools, which
wasdisenssed for a. full day was fin
ally tabled for this meeting of the
synod. Two new congregations were
I admitted lo ;lie synod. One near
| Lenoir and one near Hickory.
A historical building or museum will
be erected by the synod at a cost of
$20,000 and $250 a year has been
set aside to purchase historical ma
terial pertaining to the diurch to go
in same. A committee of five was
appointed to secure all data concern
ing the synod in tlie past and edit
same. This committee is to serve
for a period of ten years.
Boards of all institutions were
elected and the delegates to general
convention of the church selected.
The ministers are J. L. Morgan, Sal
isbury ; A. G. Voigt, dean of South
ern Seminary, Columbia : J. 0. Deitz,
Claremont: J. F. Crigler. Clinrlotte;
E. 11. Kohii, Jit. Holly: P. E. Jlojt
roe. Hickory: E. I-'. Keover. Wiltning
lt>n. and E. J. Sox. Hickory. The
laymen are L. M. Swiuk, Winston-
Salem: 11. Capps. Gastonia; .1. D.
Heiiig. Salisbury; (5. F. McAllister,
Mt. Pleasant; H. E. Iscuhour. Salis
bury: J. Rom Smith. Liberty: J. I).
Kellenberger. Greensboro; 4. A.
Jloretz, Hickory.
At a special service. Rev. Q. D.
Lyerly and Rev. E. R. Lineberger
werf ordained, Rev. Mr. Jlauney, of
Hendersonville, preaching a fine or
igination sermon. ,
The foreign mission board 0# the
ttourehat large was given a donation
of 915,000 by the synod and a special
day set apart by the synod when
funds should be collected for this
board.
I>r. A. D. H. Handier, of Rich
mond. pointed out the opporrtifijties
of home mission work in North Caro
lina. C. P. Harry, student secre
tary, spoke of the difficulties of work
among students, many of whom have
never learned to use the Bible with
skill or even to pray. Dr. E. G.
Miller outlined the hopes of
erhood movement in America, which!
is to solicit the man and his means
in putting across the North Carolina
financial obligations of the church.
The responsibility for making Andrea
College, Guntur, India, and the $5,-
000,000 pension and relief fund rest
with the laymen of the rfuirch.
Standing committees were appoint-”
ed. An invitation was accepted to
hold the next meeting of the synod
at St. Johns, Salisbury. The minutes
were read and the synod adjourned at
7:30 p. in. Officials of the synod will
be elected next year. These serve
for a period of five years.
With Our Advertisers.
Ladies' and misses’ silk dresses,
priced from $8.05 to $27.50 at Efird's.
Today only at the Concord Theatre.
Macdonald’s Scotch Highlanders’
Band. At 3 :30 and B:3Q p. m. Mat
nee prices 25c and 50c. Night, 50c,
75c and SI.OO. Picture today, “The
Unknown Lover.”
Schloss Bros. Suits and overcoats
$25 to $45.
All the ladies should visit the house
furnishings, china and gift depart
ment of the Ritchie Hardwardc Co.
See new ad. today.
If you want to build a home go in
and talk over with, the officials of
the Citizens B. & L. Association,' at
the Citizens Bank. New series of
stock now open.
Six new styles of shoes this week at
Ivey’s. Priced from $3.95 to $9.00.
New Method in Rowan.
Salisbury, Nov. 13.— UP) —Judge
Charles Coggins,' -of Rowan county
court, has his on an additional method
of preventing those under suspended
sentences for driving an automobile
while under the influence of liquor
frotn driving a car during the period
prohibited by the court.
s *A recent defendant, convicted on
this charge, was put under a sus
pended road sentence. The suspen
sion was on condition that the de
fendant not operate a car in six
months, and that he surrender the
key to his own car to the sheriff for
A period of sixty days. The key sur
rendering clause of the proviso is
new in Rowan.
Edward Drummond Libby Dead.
Toledo, 0., Nov. 13.— (A*) —Edward
Drummond Libby, millionaire glass
manufacturer and internationally
known art connoisseur, died at his
home shortly after 9 o’clock this morn
ing. ✓
I Bom, a daughter, Catherine'
Hughes, on November 12, 1925, to Mr.
and Mra. H. G. Melton, of West De
pot street.
Sub F<rand on Bed of the
Sea at a Point Twelve
Miles Southwest of the
Starting Point.
MEN CAN LIVE
FOR 48 HOURS
The Vessel Has All Mod
em Equipment and Un
less It Is Flooded Crew
- Can Live.
Plymouth. England, Nov. 13.— UP)
—Tlie submarine M-l was located to
day on the bed of the sea, twelve
miles southwest of Start-Point. De
vonshire. There is a. slight chance
that member,, of tlie crew of <lB nr
still alive.
Men May Be Safe.
Plymouth, England. Nov. 13.— UP)
—The monitor submarine JI-1 may
have become fouled in thp wreck of
the many vessels sent to tlie bottom
of the English channel by German
submarines in the World War.
This theory was advanced in nava’.
circles today.
Naval men believe it possible the
crew of the M-l may exist under
water for 48 hours, provided the ves
sel has not filled with water, as she
was equipped with all most modern
ttomjiressQd air machinery.
The JI-1 has been commanded for
t'ie last year by Lieut. Commander
Aleo Jlurray Carrie. The other of
fieers aboard were: Lieut. C. A. R.
Thorp, Lieut. Thomas W. Pliilipot,
Luther R. t'asey and Warrant Engi
neer C. S. Good.
The JI-1 which disappeared during
maneuvers in the Channel, is said to
be lying at too great a depth to per
mit either diving operations or at
tempts to bring her-to tlie surface.
Admiralty Doubts Accuracy of Report.
London, Nov. 13.-— (A*) —All admir
alty statement this afternoon ex
presses doubt concerning tlie accuracy
of the report that tlie Ji-1 has been
located. The statement says “Every
effort is being made to locate the posi
tion of the JI-1" but that “the ad
miralty have not received any intelli
gence enabling them to give credence
to tlie report that the submarine has
been loe" ted.” .A*, -i
EASTERN METHODISTS
VOTE. FOR UNIFICATION
Vote 145 to 133 In Favor of Jlerger
With Norhtern Methodists.
Fayetteville, Nov. 12.—The North
Carolina conference of the Jlethodis:
Episcopal Church, .South, in session
in Hay Street Church here, went ec
record as favoring the pla nos unifi
cation that is voted on by the
two branches of Episcopal Methodism
in the United States this year, by the
clone vote of 145 to 133.
I This is the most important item of
business to come befort tlie body dur
ing its session, and the interest was
intense. As the special hour for th
vote approached the main auditorium
was filled and the crowd overflowed
into the Sunday school annex and
hundreds were standing around the
“wails eager to vote and to know the
results. All the annual conferences
in Episcopal Methodism in the Unit
ed States are voting on the plan and
it will require a three-fourths vote of
all tlie conferences in both churches
to ratify the plan. It is patent that
the church in the north will ratify, but
it is very doubtful whether the south
ern church will give the legal major
ity.
While interest, was keen and the
lines closely drawn before the vote, as
soon as the balloting was completed
afld the results announced all. pros
and cons, settled down to business
with the brotherly spirit that has al
ways dominated the conference.
NON-SKIDDING WAX
FOR BEAUTY FOUND
Beauty Specialists Develop Immov
able Material to Rebuild Wrinkled
Faces.
Paris, Nov. 12. Non-skidding
paraffin is the latest hope wnich
Paris beauty doctors are holding out
to those with old .faces who desire to
be made young looking.
Many of the faces rejuvenated
years ago by injecting paraffin under
the skin to fill up hollows and
wrinkles have assumed their oM time
look because the paraffin slipped.
One motuble case was the husband
of a well-known actress. The wife in
sisted that he should have his face
re-shaped so would not be
forced to gef a divorce from him.
She said he looked too old when he
appeared in public with her. She
herself had been worked back into a
soemigly young girl under the skill
ful methods of beauty doctors. The
husband underwent the necessary
treatments but the paraffin used to
take dut his checks and jnws slipped.
As the man was well known in
Paris his case was a great tragedy
for the "face lifters.” The demand
for the pnrafifiin treatment became
almost nil. and investigators went to
work to discovering n none-skidding
way. This they now nflrm they have
found.
There have been over one thou
and different varieties of potatoes,
but only n few of these have been
found worth cultivating.
The Germans are the largest
growers of potatoes, arifi the Bel
gians the largem consumers, the
Iriab coming second in this respect.
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1925
Hunting S6OOO Worth of Radium
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?§jjm BpSy '^'l'
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Beventy-five miffigrnpis of radium, worth SOOOO, went down a drain In St J
Joseph s Hospital, St. Paul. Minn., and the owner gave it up for lost.. But
prof. Henry Erikson of the University of Minnesota is hunting it with his
huge electroscope, which will register the enamations of radium within a
distance of 75 feet. He may have to trace a mile oX sewer before heftnOstt*
CAROLINA GIRL IS -
KILLED IT COLLEGE
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Miss Jeanne M. Robeson,
of Elizabethtown, Acci
dentally Killed by Gas at
Smith College.
Northampton. Jfass.. Nov. 13.— UP)
—Jliss Jeanne JI. Robeson, of Eliza
b''thtT,vm, X. C.. a senior at Smirk
' College.' was found dead today in the
kitehenet of her dormitory Park
House. Deafli was due to accidental
asphyxiation, according to Medical
Exanimer Edward A. Brown, wild
was called by Miss Jean Wilic, the
matron.
Miss Roberson was a daughter of
Dr. John A. Robeson, a physician.
She had planned to attend the Vnle-
Princeton football game tomorrow,
and went into the kitehenet last night
“o press some clothes in preparat’on
for 'her trip to New Haven. It was
believed she turned on the gas in a
small two-burned stove and either,
tripped and fell or fainted before stie
put a match to the jet. It was be
lieved she was unconscious through
out the night and died early this
morning.
Jliss Robeson was popular among
the students in Smith Coliege, and
was in good health.
France Hopes For Easier Settlement
Plan. '
Paris. Nov. 13—G4») —Hopes that
France may obtain far better terms
than the American debt funding com
mission was willing to give JI. Cnil
laux, have been raised by the Italian
debt settlement.
French official eireles assume that
tlie American ctmmission has modi
fied its rigidity of its attitude since
the collapse of French negotiations
six weeks ago and hhe failure at that
me, they believe, may be one of the
•easens for tht easy terms granted
Italy.
State Sunday School Convention.
Raleigh. Noe. 13.— UP) —Plans are
underway for the 1929 State Sunday
School convention and are being per
fected, it is announced. The con
vention is to be held in two sections.
The western section will meet at Hick
ory on -May 3, 4 and 5, and the east
ern section cf the convention will be
held at New Bern Jlay 7, 8 and 9.
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LARGE OR SMALL
YOUR BUSINESS WILL BE APPRECIATED jj|
We want every individual in need of a home and fire- X
sire to feel perfectly welcome to come in and talk the mat- j!j
ter over with us.
It is our ambition to serve the people of Cabarrus \ \
’County in the broadest possible way, and we want you ]![
to look upon our BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIA- X
TION AS YOUR ASSOCIATION. ||
NEW SERIES NOW OPEN
Citizens Building & Loan Association jjj
Wc Sell Prepaid Stock. (Office in Citizens Bank) ||
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ITEH DEATHS FRO*
: CRASH OF IMS
, Death List From Pensy
Wreck Mounts as More
t Victims Succumb to In
juries They Received.
) Plainsboro. N. J., Nov. 13.— UP 1 )
- The toll of deaths today bad reached
\ -**n and the list of injured was 29
• as tile result of the collision .venter*
:; day of two Pennsylvania railroad ex- j
] • press trains.
1 j The collision occurred in a heavy I
i | fog when the Jlcreantile Express from J
• | St. Louis passed a stop light at high
j sjieed and telescoped tlie two rear
j sleepers i f a Washington to New
j York express. Tlie steel rear car
. j was split down the center. Tliere
. j were about 120 passengers in tlie
two cars. All of (“hose killed were
i ! in tlie rear ear.
. j General clearing of the wreckage
could not be started for seven and
I one-half hours because Arthur Gross
■ was still alive and pinned in liis berth.
He was given water through a rubber
, tube, and last rites were adminis
; j tered by a priest. He died In a I
hospital.
Says Jlununy of King Tut Disclosed.
Cairo, Egypt. Nov. 13.—Gf) —The
mummy of Tut-Ankli-Amen with the
hands clasped on the breast, and a
tall golden crown on the head, has
been disclosed at last, says a message
. from Luxor today. The experts ex
amination established that the Pha
roah was only 15 years old when he
! died. On the breast were found two
large golden scarabs and strapped to
the side two gold iiiltcd swords and
two gold handled knives.
• Earthquake at, .Manila.
Manila, Nov. 13.—OP)—A strong
‘ earthquake occurred at 8:15 o’clock
I tonight. Tlie tremors continued for a
, half hour. The weather bureau esti
. mated the center of the disturbance to
I be 300 miles from Manila.
>1 No damage was reported, although
buildings ill Jlanila were shaken tier
. eeptibly.
A season's .schedule of 90 games,
starting on November 23rd, lias been
- arranged by the new Western Canada
’ Hockey League, formerly the West
■ ern Canada Hockey Association.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. ;
LANSDOWNE NOT BE i
• THHOWN fROIfI CASE
Defense Wins Point When i
Court Ruled That Testi- j
mony of Woman Has;
Bearing on the Trial.
J. E. CASSIDY
NEW WITNESS (
Gives Testimony Concern* j
ing Chemical Warfare
Service, Being a Colonel
In That Department.
Washington, Nov. 13.- (A>) —The
; prosecution in the Mitchell court mar
i tinl failed today in an effort to throw !
j out of court the testimony given yes-j
! terdny by Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne.
After hearing arguments by oppos-(
ijlg counsel, the court overruled a j
prosecution objection that the evi
dence given by the widow of the ’
Shenandoah's commander was irrele
vant and incompetent.
Mrs. I.ansdowue’s testimony, includ
ing the statement that ("apt. Paul Fol
ey, judge advocate of the navy's Shen
andoah court of inquiry, sent her a
memorandum in advance of her ap
pearance before the board ‘falsely”
1 describing her attitude, and the court
, today in secret session ruled that it
should be made a part of the record.
After disposal of this question, ,1.
Edward Cassidy, a colonel in the
chemical warfare service reserve, was
called.. Representative Frank U.
Reid, defense counsel, then read ex
tracts from testimony given a Con
gressional committee by Brig. Gen.
Hugh A. Drum, of the army general
staff, in which he said the General
informed "the committee that 3.439,150
pounds of mustard gas would be re
| qit're.i to materially affect i (id square 1
i.i'rie area, or 9.573,850 pounds to
cause evacuation of a similar arcra.
“Is that statement correct'?" “It is
absolutely inaccurate." (
, Major Herbert A. Hnrgue, of the *
air service supported Col. Mitchell's 1
1 charge that the air service was muz- 1
zled while the “lid was taken off for •
the coast artillery in the second corps <
area,” so far as publicity was con- 1
ccerned during the anti-aircraft test at <
i Fort Tilden, N. \\ •
The witness said the War ftepKft'-*' 1
Iment ordered that no publicity be giv- •
en the test at Fort Tilden. but when 1
he arrived there he found a large 1
number of newspaper men present, and <
coast artillery officers in charge of 1
! press arrangements to the exclusion of 1
I the air service. 1
| BANKS TESTIFIES IN I
ASHEVILLE MOB CASE <
By His Own Testimony He Is Gull- i ;
ty. Judge Stack Has Stated. j I
Asheville, Nov. ’I”.—C4 s )—Herman
„Bailks. resident of Craggy j stands.!
convicted of participating in the mob!
attack on the Buncombe county jail
the night of September 14th upon liis S
own testimony, according to the de-
I duration this morning of Judge A. M.
! Stack, presiding over the trial of al
leged mob members, in Superior ‘
Court. *
Banks went on the stand in liis *
own defense, and upon completion of j
his testimony and after the jury had,| f
been excused, Judge Stack said Banks 1
had made a clear admission of guilt *
j and the only way he can escape con
viction is for the jury to disbelieve ,
what lie swore ou the stand. Judge j
Stack said he would charge the jury .
to this effect regarding Banks.
Banks told of seeing Commissioner
C. H. Bartlett at the jail. Before )
the crowd disappeared. Banks said
the commissioner stated that George
Digges, county tax collector, would j
ing a solo and everybody would leave.
At this point Banks said he himself
declares "Yes, every man for his own ;
country, I’m bound for Craggy.”
Banks continued that Jeter Bell 1
was armed with a hammer, and J
threatened to liberate all the prison- j
ers in jail. Bell pleaded guilty to i
the charges in the bill of indictment j
yesterday, and is awaiting final dis
| position of the case. He estimated
t’.ie crowd in front of the jail at be- j -
tween 1,000 aud 2,000 persons. j j
SAYS COURTS ABE NOT
COLLECTION AGENCIES ,
. Judge Schenek Scores Practice of '
I Thus Using Justice Tribunals-
I Greensboro, Nov. 12—Judge Mich-
J ael Schenek, expressing himself in n j
i habeas corpus hearing where a man
' was before him on a worthless check i
| charge, scored the practice of using
i the criminal courts to collect civil
' debts. It was the ease of W. E. Sul
j livan, an evangelist, who had been
i arrested on a warrant from Florida,
1 it being charged that he gave a
| j worthless check there for $23. A
i telegram from a Florida justice of
' peace stated that if Sullivan would
I pay the costs and make the check
i j good the warant would be with
-1 drawn,
!j "If Sullivan is guilty of a felony,”
i'Judge Schenek said, “then the Flor
'iida official is guilty of compounding
i n felony and ought to ho punished
1 1 for it. This practice of collecting
|! civil debts by criminal processes is
, [ wrong nnd if it is kept up I think
iit should be called to the attention
[| of the Bar Association."
i; The judge also denounced the
i i practice of giving worthless checks
| j and told the prison, who was rc
i leased, that he did not, in signing
the writ of habeas corpus, inany way
| condone the giving of worthless
; chccl* in Florida.
Locked Up
Harold Freeman, aged 2Vi year*,
was found entirely naked, burrow.
Ing in a heap of straw in an out
building on the farm of his parents
near Bath, X. Y„ by county officials,
who warmed and fed him and then
arrested his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
James Freeman. Mrs. Freeman said
she had locked him in the building
three months ago because he an
noyed her. The room was only ten
feet square, was unheated and had no
furniture.
THE COTTON MARKET
Rallier Unsettled During Early Tin ti
me tOie Opening Being 4 lit 9
Points Lower.
New Y'ork. Nov. 13.—04>)—The
cotton market was rather unsettled in
today's early trading. A report that
the short time proposal. l ! were’ to be
balloted upon by Lancashire spinners
together with expectations of an in
creased movement of cotton to market
and more hedge selling as a result of
cleariug weather in the South, appear
ed to bring out further selling, and
the openhig was 4 to C points loh-er.
January sold off to 19.02; the general
list showing net losses of 12 to 15
points shortly after the call, but this
decline was chocked by covering, and
prices showed rallies of 5 to 10
points from the lowest by the end of
the first hour.
Notwithstanding die talk of add if
tional short time in Lancashire, Liv
erpool cables were relatively steady.
Cotton futures opened steady. Ilee
20 28; Jan. 19.75; March 19.85; Mav
19.52; July 19.00.
BAKER IS PRESIDENT
OF DAVIDSON STUDENTS
Succeeds Sapprnfield. Who Was In
jured ar.d Will Not Return to
School This Year.
Davidson, Nov. 12.—T. S. Baker,
of Jacksonville. Fin., was elected
president of the student body of
Davidson college to fill the unexpired
term of N. E- Happen field, wiio suf
fered a compound fracture of the leg
in the first football game of the sea
son for Davidson, nnd will not re
turn to Davidson this year.
Since his injury on September 19
Sappenfiekl has been in a Charlotte
hospital most of the time, and nas
lost so much of the year's work
that he deems it inadvisable to re
turn to college this year.' This an
nouncement was made last week, and
an election called.
Declares South Has Defeated Uni
fication.
Buffalo, N. Y-. Nov. 12.—An
nouncement that the proposal to re
unite the Methodist Church. North
and South, had failed of passage due
to opposition in the Southern church,
featured yesterday’s sessions of the
Board 0 f Bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The announcement was made by
Bishop William F. McDowell, of
Washington. He said that apparent
ly the Southern Church objected to
the admission of negroes to the union
and also favored the preservatioiri of
that body as a separate religious
jurisdiction.
Bishop McDowell a sorted that al
though the final results ot the
referendum oil the union question
had not been received it was mathe
matically impossible for sufficient
votes favorable to the union to be re
turned from the areas yet unheard
from to permit consummation of the
union. A three-quarters vote in
favor of union would be meoessnry in
the Southern church in order to
carry the proposal into effect. The
Northern church voted overwhelm
ing in favor of the union.
Christmas Tree Crop Harvested in
Vermont.
St. Albans, Y't., Nov. 12.—Ver
mont's large Christmas tree crop al
ready is harvested, and thousands of
trees, out, trimmed and packed were
lying at shipping points, ready to be
sent south about the beginning of
| December.
The crop this year, while a large
one, is not ns large as it has been
in some seasons past. Most of the
trees are of medium size. Philadel
phia is virtually the only eastern city
that demands extra large trees.
It is estimated that more than 100,-
000 trees will be shipped south this
year.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY]
NO. 270
FIHILIRGUMENTS 1
J HEARD NOW
IN STEVENSON CASE
The Former Indiana Klan
Leader and Two Others
Charged With Death of
a Woman.
GREAT INTEREST *
IN THE TRIAL 1
i jpg
; Case Has Been in Progress
For Month.—The Wom
an Died After Taking
Poison.
Nohiesville, Ind.. Nov. 13.—0f>)— J
I Final arguments in the murder trial ;S
lof D. ('. Stevenson, Earl Klencli and 5
: Earl Gentry were re-umed today as
j the ease neared consideration by the f
| jury. The three men are charged with j
j first degree murder in connection with *;
i the death of Madge Oberholtzcr,' al
leged to have been kidnapped by them
lasi March 15th.
The girl took poison at Hammond,
Ind., the day after her alleged abdue
lion.
Chas. E. Cox, special state counsel, ;
resumed his plea for conviction of the
former Indiana Kit Kiux Klan leader j.
and his bodyguards when court con
vened today, and Floyd Christian of |
tlie defense counsel, followed him. 1
The case is expected to go to the ;
jury tomorrow, after the reading of j
instructions by Judge Will M. Sparks. \
Yesterday marked the end of the J
first calendar mouth of the case, se- -|
lection of the jury having begun Oe- J
tober 12th. Ten farmers, a truck \
driver and the manager of a gas plant J
comprise the jury.
CLAIMS KILLING MAN
WAS PERSONAL FAVOR
Washington Window-Washer State* -
His Companion Asked to Be Killed
and He Complied.
Washington. Nov. 12.—Because the 1
victim asked him to do it as a favor, J
Joseph A. Pickard. 25. told the po- J
lice he shot and killed Jos. F. Stein, '•%
45, here last night as a quietly , nr- -
ranged act of kindness.
“I did it because 1 hndted to see
him live when he wanted to die” was
Pickard's plea when held on a mur
der charge after confessing 4q the
police that he shot Stein in his room
in the basement of a hospital where
both worked as window washers.
“I tried to kill Stein Tuesday
night,” he was further quoted. "bi*t
flic revolver I had failed to discharge.
I traded this revolver yesterday for j
a 45 calibre revolver. Then we went
to Stein's room. He bowed his head
and I placed the revolver against it
and fired.”
Pickard said Stein wanted to die
because 'lie had "wrecked his life,”
but other employes at (he hospital
said there had been ill feeling be
tween tDo two men because Pickard
had made accusations against Stein's i
character. He is alleged to have
continually chided Stein for living
under the onous of his accusations.
Pickard’s story to the police is
that after failing several months ago
to obtain a passport for Europe, Stein,
became morose. He wanted to kill
himself, he is quoted as saying but
he "didn’t have the nerve and he >
aksed me to do it.”
Two Germans Sentenced For Cruel
tis in the War.
Amiens, France, Nov. 12.—The
Council of War has condemned to
death by default the German Colonel
Weige, commander of the 50th infan
try, and Lieut. Schultz, of the 17th
artillery, for cruelties during the first
year of the war.
Colonel Weige, it was testified,
used twelve inhabitants of the vil
lages of Bertheneomt -and Alaineourt
as shields for his troops, several be
ing killed. Later he permitted his
men to pillage and burn the villages.
Schultz was declared lo have or
dered a wounded farmer to be shot
and to have assisted in looting his
farm.
Serious Earthquake Recorded.
Washington, Nov. 13.—(A>)—A so- \
rious earthquake, upnrently centering
at a great distance from Washington,
left its record today on the seismo-.-
graph at Georgetown University. It
began at 0:12 a. m.. Eastern time,
amt still was In progress at 9:40 a.
m. Father Tondorff. in charge of
the instruments, described the shock '
as “very Severe.”
Coast Guard Patrol Boat Aground, i
Boston, Nor. 13.—C4P)—The coast
guard patrol boat CG-135 went '
aground on the Meuemsha breakwater
early today, it was reported in a,, ra
dio message received today from the
1 coast guard cutter Cummings. The ■
crew was in no danger.
, ' SAT'S BEAR SAYSs ’ J
' t'artl.v lUniilv nni! rolda, i
s tonight, Saturday fair. Freah weal;
winds.