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VOLUME XXV
LITTLE DAMAGE WAS
mm ism
FROM WIND STORM
Gale Reached Mark of 25
IVsiles an Hour in Wil
mington and Few Other
shipwwlJnew i
OF THE STORM
v And ,So Ships Remained in
Port.—Forty Mile Wind
Reported Along Coast of
' This State.
Wilmington. X. C., Doc. 2.—OP)—
High winds which swept the North
Carolina sendbonrd last night mid
early today apparently passed with
out damage, reports from along the
coast this morning indicated.
New Bern. Beaufort and other
towns were visited by the' wind" but '
no loss is known to 'ante resulted. 1
The gulp reached a mark of twenty- 1
five miles an hour here, it was official- i
l.v announced today by the weather
department. Along the coast the ve 1
iocity was reported at forty miles an 1
hour. ’ i
Shipping, warned in advance, re
inained in junta
A rising barometer indicated clear
ing weather before toni(|!it.
Wilmington. I>ec. I.—WriglitsviUe
beach in imrtly submerged tonight
Y'tih the highest local tide of record
running off the Carolina coast tw
hours before the hour set for arrive
of the storm that Is reported moving
up from Florida. Several beach resi
dents moved into the city late to
night. They reported an unparrelle'ed
tide and were prompted by fear in
deserting the pleasure island, ad
vising that the water was rising
rapidly and the ocean a sething
froth,
BOY SLAYS HIS CHOI
y IN gruesome MANNER
Jealousy Over Woman is Back of
Horrible Killing in New York
Apartment.
New York Dec- X.—(lordan Pirie
a pink cheeked boy of 20, who calmly
confessed, early today he had hacKM
his 19-year-old chum, George N.ve
..tfcjMKK wit* d*-wtw becanse of
ah “Irresistible impulse," broke
down tonight and admitted that that
impulse was jealousy of a woman
During the day he was arraigned in
l>diee court and remanded without
bail for hearing Friday. /
The slaying of young Xye was dis
covered Sunday night by Margaret
Pirie. sister of Gordon, when she
found Nye's body under her bed on
returning to the apartment she shar
ed with her brother.
After chopping his s'eeping friend
to death, Pirie told police he shaved
the body under bis sister’s bed and
fled. In the interim before he sur
rendered, he said he had been riding
about the city and taking a girl to
the movies with money he had stolen
from his chum's clothing after the
slaying.
Pirie’s calm dhmennor both during
the confession and his arraignment
led District Attorney McGehan of
the Bronx to picture his crime as
akin to that of Leopold ami Loeb.
“thrill slayers." , McGeehan said
Pirie was tho "coldest character” in
his experience and termed the mur
der a "sad commentary" on modern
youth.
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Radios, velocipedes, guns, skates, be
cyeles, pocket knives, coasters, and a
store full of other tilings for Christ
mas gifts at Yorke & Wadsworth
Co’s.
Ladies, you can get your hair cut
ns you like it at Efird’s Beauty Par
lor.
C. H. Barrier & Co. want 300 fat
hens at once, for which they will pay
18 cents a pound for all hens weigh
ing four pounds,and over, delivered
at their store before next Saturday
at noon. '
Alemite lubricating service at the
Central Filling Station. Phone 700.
The famous D’Orsay perfumes at
the Gibson Drug Store.
At the Concord Theater today only
“Sandra” starring Barbara La Marr
and Bert Lyttell. Tomorrow "Satan
in Sables.”,
Beginning today the store. of the
Starnes-Millcr-Parker Co. will be open
every evening until- O' o'clock. The
stock is complete and ready for your
inspection. /
The Conoord headquarters for Dur
ham durable hosiery is at Julias
Fisher & Go’s.
See* list of new December Victor
reeprds ot the Bell & Harris Furni
ture Company. v
You can cook with the gas turned
off. A demonstration at the Concord
and Kannapolis Gas Co. will show
you. s
Half of Town Wiped Out by Ffre.
North Bay, Ont., Dec. 2.— yn —
Fire which broke out early today bad
wiped out half of the town of Matta
wa this forenoon, and still was raff
ing. The town’s entire population of
1500 is fighting the flames.
“You A canf wiejtl 13,000 police are
sworn to ‘get’ you alive dh dead! You
have to get all' the break*—one lttt’e
slip' means Sing Sing." This, printed
on cards displayed prominently in
street cars in New York City, act as
a discouragement of crime through
the psychological effect of fear upon
both the hardened and the potential
criminal^
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The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
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Starm Warnings ’
For This Stati
Washington, Dec. 2=— -^-Ad
vjtnry 0:30 A. M. The north
east ..term warnings continued
“firth sis Aw Virginia Capes to
Boston, and warnings changed
< northwi 4 Mart head City to
Charleston, S. C. Tropical storm
apparently central a short dis
tance cast of Wilmington, and
moving slcwfy northward. •
ScDweT
FOR IIS MEElifi
Federal Council of Church
es Will Begin Meeting in
Detroit Next Week.—
Many Matters Up.
Washington,December 2.—(4>)—The
world court, Japanese exelitsion. and
the service of chaplains in the army
and yavy will be discussed among
other questions by the executive com
mittee of tlie Federal,. Council of
Churches when it meets in annua!
session at Detroit, December 9th, to
consider the problem of war preven
tion.
Announcement here today of the
agenda -for the meeting included also
the question whether the Fedora’
Council should “make any deelara
tion regarding its attitude in ease of
actual declaration of war.”
SCHOOL TERM IS TO REMAIN
SAME FOR SOME YEARS
Forces Favoring Two Months Exten
sion Are JAirceii to Wait.
Raleigh. Dee: 2—For the enlight
enment of wary legislative and poli
tical leaders, who have registered
fear that the "time is not ri|>e'’ for
the State-wide eight months school
eim, Superintendent of Publie In
struction A. T. Allen pointed out to
day, that, at the earliest, the ex
ended term eou’.d not be put into
effect before' 1929 or 1930.
The school forces, who are or
ganizing in earnest for a campaign
in the next legislature to add two
months to the constitutional erm,
have met thus fan little active op
position. Somewhat disccmcerting
however, has been the occasiona
comment of a legislative or political
carter warning against "trying to
trogress too rapidly.” »
Tfne circumstances of, the geboo’
IZ2, Mr ' A***
■ureti today, that there earn be no
huaTy. Iu the first place, the school
people will have to wait ' until the
egislature thirteen months hence.
That will be in n.Tnunry 1927. If the
solons agree to submit a constitution
al amendment providing, for the ex
tended term, it can not be voted
upon by the people until the general
election of 1928. So that, if it carries
it can not be put into effect until
the fall of .1928, and possibly the
year following.
By then, certainly, Mr. Allen
tljinks the time ought to be ripe.
Every legislature, that turns the
proposition down will be delaying it
just two years longer, and the’ school
people thing the .dates'h duty to the
children is sueh that it can not as
ford to wait indefinitely.
Most of the calls for “time” have
been based on the meed for the en
actment first of legislation that will
equalize the school tax burden among
the counties of the state. The school
forces think five years should be
ample.
Tho 1927 session could submit
the amendment, they argue, the 1925)
legislature could work out the
fiiftneial problems. The condition of
the state by that time should be sueh
as to justify the necessary legisla
tion.
Between thre and four million dol
lars is the estimate of what it would
cost to extend to eight months the
erm of every school now running six.
The present cost of running the
schoos f around $20,000,000 so
that the added financial layout neces
sary would be about 20 per cent of
the current total.
Fat Women Have Smaller Feet Than
Slimmer Sisters.
Chicago, Dee. 2.— (/P) —There is a
saying that fat women may always
expect consolation. The latest .is that
itihey Vve smaller feet than their
slimer sisters, who take great pride in
boylike figures.
George M. Spangler, who is ar
ranging the national convention of
Retail Shoe Dealers here January
7-9, is responsible for the statement.
“Fat people are usually small
boned,” he said. “Large boned peop
ple have more area over which, to
spread their flesh and do not show
obesity.”
All the golfing, health walking and
other forms of exercise in which the
modern woman is indulging has not
enlarged her feet, but has made them
smaller and muscular, the shoe man
observed.
Slx-Yaar-OM Egg /Clear. *
Bellingham, Wash., Dec. 2. —OP)—
An egg, buried three and a ball feet
under the ground for six years, has
been uncovered here and declared to
be “as clear as if it |iad been ifi the
ground only six days’’ by 11. G.
Sinitli, manager of the Washington
Cooperative Egg and Poultry’ Asso
ciation’s station.
No one, however, volunteered to
eat it.
Expect Big Battle Near Dmmscus.
London, Dec. 2.—(A s )—Thp Evening
News Cairo correspondent says an un
confirmed report is published there
stating that the rebel Druse tribes
men in Syria are advancing to attack
Damascus, and that a big battle Is
Imminent, '
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Bombers
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Here are the central figures in an
amazing organized bombing syndicate
uncovered in'Chicago, which did a
regular business in blowing up houses
for “clients” at a rate of about S2OO
a job. Above is Lena Schrock Rice.
£9-y ear-old daughter of an Ohio farm
er, who deserted her three Children and
turned flapper to enter the ring. Be
low is the man for love of whom she
took this step, Fred Wamquist, lead
er of the gang. She has confessed
and it is intimated that ninny Chica
goans will be involved before the in
vestigation ends.
DOUGHTON FILES
FIRST DEMURRER
Nety Legal Steps Taken in Salisbury
Banking Case.
Greensboro, Dec. I.—First legal
steps in the Salisbury banking cases
since the indictment of J. D. Nor
wood, J. K. Doughton and M. L.
Jackson were taken today by F. P.
Hobgood, of this city, attorney for
Mr. Doughton, now a resident of
Raleigh, when he filed for trnnsmis
sicin to federal judge H. H. -Watkins
a demurrer and motion to quash the
original indictments; in which the
three defendants are jointly charged
with violation of the national bank
ing laws.
Sixteen counts are in this original
indictment, and it is the only bill in
which all three of the defendants are
indicted jointly, in connection with
the failure of the People’s National
'Bank, of Salisbury, which went down
in June, 1923.
Will Continue to Be Closed Sundays.
Charlotte, Dec. I.—The majority
of the gasoline filling stations in
Charlotte will continue closing Sun
days, according to statements of the
dealers at the meeting of the Auto
motive Merchants’ Association yes
terday afternoon at the Chamber of
Commerce. The meeting was featured
by a discussiion of the re-opening on
Sunday of many of the gasoline
filling stations.
’Several dealers reported they
would close on Sunday gveo it all
other gasoline filling stations should
open for business -on that day- Prac
tically all of the gasoline dealers
signed a paper about three • months
ago, agreeing to close on Sunday the
filling stations for a three-months
period, whit* ended recently.
Case Against Sunday School Work
ers Is Again Postponed.
Winston-Salem, Dec. I.—Although
today was not the time set fpr the
trial of M. W. Brabham and Miss
Virginia Jenkins, defendants charg
ed with violation of the state hotel
law, the case was again advanced,
this time being continued until De
cember 15-
Rescinds Proposal.
Washington, Dee. 2. —OP)—The
House ways and means committee to
day rescinded its proposal to allow a
retroactive reduction in tile inherit
ance taxes. "
CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1925
COUHSEL M CDtIRT
HIMHED
RV GENERftI HBWZE
President of Court Mar-'
tial Says Witnesses Hava
Rights Which Must Re
Met by Counsel.
NO NAME WAS 3f |
USED BY COUftt
But He Told Counsel oft
Both Sides to “Take Nok
tice” of the Court Mar-!
tial Law.
Washington, Doe. 2.—OP)—Warpf
ing was given today by Major tjeW
oral Itoberi L. Ildwze, president of
the Mitchell court martial, that coun
sel for prosecution anil defense here
after must protect all witnesses fromj
“irrelevant, insulting and improper
questions” and from "harsh or in
sulting treatment.”
In opening the court, Gen. Ilnwzej
rend from the manual the courtVPma
terial, the regulations from the treat
ment of witnesses, nnd sternly ordered
all of those present to "take notice,”
He di«l not make specific mention
of any of the wrangles through which
court and counsel have passed since
the early days of the trial, culmijtht
ing yesterday in an unsuccessful effort
by defense counsel to disqualify Major
General William S. Graves as a mem
ber of the court on the ground that
he interfered with the cross examina- :
tion of a witness.
WILL SEEK PARDON
. FOR TOM C’OOPERi
His Friends Believe His Federal
Prison Term Will Be Enough
Punishment.
_ ltjlcigh. Dec. 2.—Tom Cooper who
lost his appeal in the- state court this :
week, is to get free from Atlanta
prison on minimum time and he will j
start at once into the service of!
eight years for banking violations!
under the state law.
The federal and state offenses are I
very much flic same. The state bank
went into a national depository so
that the breaches of the banking!
law are almost the same. Tho punish-;
meat inflicted upon Copper is 11
- years. His transactions tvcrP Wff'
called embezzlement. It. was not al
leged that lie took money and failed
to pay it. hack. He violated the law
as regards he prohibitions against
exceeding the reserve and the capital
stock. These were essentially state
offenses. It was not .charged that he
actually stole money with intent to
1 steal.
Tho violations were flagrant, all
the lawyers and judges who have iu
; [Hired into the ease say. but the !n
--1 equalities of the law show up in
rather lurid style.
The purpose is to get him here
so soon as he cam leave the federal
prison, then make application for a
parole. He will be allowed to serve '
a year or more before any move will 1
be made in his behalf. Mr. Cooper
has been prominent in state politics.
Governor McLean knows him well-
His brother, now under federal sen- 1
fence for violations of the same laws
as Tom Cooper, is out on appeal. XV.
B. Cooper, former lieutenant, gover
nor, stands a small chance of escape <
through appeal. He had been acquit
ted iu the state courts for violations i
of the state law. i
The fact that Tom Cooper will
have done three years before he
gets into the state prison works
powerfully in his behalf. He is now :
in the early forties and giving 25 per
cent of his life to prison service is
a good clemency talker. His Wil
mington friends are going to get tip
a whale of a petition, one of them
said here a few weeks ago.
In New Hanover politics Cooper
was a member of the school board
and always he was credited with 1
carrying New Hanover against Max '
Gardner in .1920. Which is used as
no reason whatoever for getting the
parole affair fixed before Gardner
gets into the governorship in 1929.
Southern College Heads Average
$6,101 Annually.
Georgetown, Ky„ Dec. 2.—(/P)
College presidents of the South aie 1
making their contributions to eduea- i
tion at average salaries of $O,lOl
yearly.
This was learned by James More-
land, registrar of Georgetown Col
lege, after making a survey of 44
first rate southern institutions.
His investigation a'.so revealed that
full professors averaged $3,111, de
partment heads $3,099, college treas
urers $3,000. registrars $2,337, execu
tive secretaries $,2,094. Deans aver
aged $3,034 while t'ae lowly instruc
tors were at the bottom with $1,588
Salaries at beads of departments
at the (j'niversity of Texas showed
more than those received by presi
dents of several colleges. Texas was
the highest paying university in the
South with SIO,OOO for its president
down to $1,900 for instructors.
Bralmm Caught Train at Thomas
vllle For South.
Thomasville. Dec. I.—M. W. Brab
ham, who was arrested in Winston-
Salem on Saturday night under a
serious charge and who was expected
to appear in court to answer the
charge on Monday, came to Thomas
ville Sunday «nd boarded Southern
train No. 45 at 2 trcUxrk p. m-,
going/South.
Come in and get one of our Vest I
Pocket Memorandum books for 192(i.
We want every subscriber to have one.
Five Tons of Steel Take a Ride
ij '■ ' ■
I An oil refinery still nt Aakansas City. Kas.. blew up the other tiny untl (me still was thrown a c|uurtrr of a mile
“ f '* lo explosion was so great that this live-ton chunk of steel on top of tinned three men to death. The forte
I through the air. bouncing fifty feet after it strrttk the ground.
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1 NINE PERSONS DIE
RESULT OF MUTINY
Mutiny Led by Murderer
Under Death Sentence—
Guard Seized by Prison
ers in the Jail.
I
| Rangoon. India., Dee. 2.—OP)—
Nine persons have been killed and 24
wounded in a jail mutiny at I’yapun,
Lower Burma.
Led by a murderer under death sen
tence, prisoners overpowered the
guards and seized arms.
; Police surrounded the jail and the
I prisoners surrendered after' a pitched
j battle in which five prisoners and
| four guards were killed and twenty
| prisoners and four guards wounded.
I The leader of the mutiny was among
I those killed.
FLORIDA IS RECOVERING
I FROM EFFECTS OF STORM
Business in State Picking Up Again
After Being Halted by Rain ' ami
Wind.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Dee. 2.—OP)—
Florida—storm-tossed and rn : n soaked
—today was regaining its equilibrium
after a hectic 24 to 36 hour session
with the elements.
Damage amounting into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars was
wrought, particularly along the coast
lines where wild seas driven by winds
of near hurricane proportions, lashed j
its way through pilings and bulwarks, j
and over piers, causeways and some,
houses. The highest tides in yeaas |
were recorded along the Atlantic coast :
where the greater coastal damage was i
done, a number of vessels being driv-j
en ashore and wrecked.
Ten dead and about 20 inqured. all
negroes, is reported as the toll of the
storm which centered its frenzied
death dealing blows to Tampa on the
West coast and the vicinity of Day
tona Beach on the east. Four persons
were killled in Tampa when buildings
collapsed near that city, while six
negroes, members of a schooner crow,
drowned off Dnytona when their ves
sel went aground and was wrecked.
At various points in the state rain
fell with record-setting consistency.
Miami was the hardest hit with some
what \over 15 inches of precipitation
in the storm period, while other
points along riie coast and in the in
terior reported heavy rainfall. At
Winter Garden on Lake Apopka in
Orange cqunty, ten inches of rain
fell, according to reports here, but
little damage if any was caused by
the downpour.
Rudyard Kipling 111.
London, Dec. 2. —CP)—Lord Daw-1
son, of Penn, the King’s physician, |
has been called to Burwash to attend j
Rudyard Kipling, whose condition is!
giving rise to anxiety.
The famous writer is reported to |
be suffering from bronchitis, compli-j
eated with pneumonia.
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Ferguson Gives Facts
On Texas Controversy
As Wife Sees Them
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CHARLES PON'/I TRING TO
“RECUPERATE” IN FLORIDA
Tells Jacksonville Mayor of His
Plans For “Rehabilitation.”
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 2.—Char
les Pcnzi, Boston's former "financial
wizzard,” now seeking “rehabilita
tion" through the sale of Florida real
estate, laid his entire plan of pro
eeduve before John T. Alsop, Jr.,
mayor of Jacksonville this afternoon
the Jacksonville Journal says.
Following the conference, Mayor
Alsop said that while he was heartily
in accord with PonziN battle to re
pay more than $2,000,000 which he
says is due his New England credi
tors, he was warned to “stay within
the law" anil not bring down upon
himself liability of arrest or criticism
for the State of Florida.
"Your picture^has been shown in
every newspaper -in the- north ,>t»nd
ritow who want to criticise: FTgriiTu
already are getting in their work."
the mayor told Ponzi. "They arc
doing this because <,{ your record in
Boston. They believe you will at
tempt the same tiling down here.”
Ponzi reviewed at length his an
nounced plan of sellyig lots at $lO
each and said that he expected to
sell many thousands of them. He said
lie was sincere in. promising "200 per
j cent, in sixty days" and denied that
jhe had under consideration the
i launching of any scheme which
| would in any way involve himself or
1 associates.
I New Cure Dispensed For Liquor
Drinking.
Asheville, Dee. 1.-—A unique sen
tence was handed out to George
Earl, aged colored man. when he was
found guilty of being drunk by Judge
Macßne this morning in police court.
Testimony was to the effect gnat
Earl partook of alcohol too freely
ami was found drunk and cursing
Sunday just as tho colored popula
tion was going to church.
Earl admitted that lie was a
church member, who • had "gone
wrong” and the judge ordered that he
attend church services for the next
twenty Sundays. If he fails once to
bring a written message from the
pastor to court on Monday morning
he will be required to reak rocks for
30 days.
Boundary Commission Holds Back
. Report.
London, Dee. 2.—(/P)—The Irish
boundary commission has agreed to
postpone the issuance of its report,
Premier Baldwin announced today in
the House of Commons. He secured 1
I the agreement after consulting with j
| William T. Cosgrave, president of the
I Free State Executive Council.
j At the Concord Theatre today only j
j “Sandra,” starring Barbara La Man
innd Bert Lyttell. Tomorrow- "Satan ■
in Sdbles." i
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The Husband of Governor
“Ma” Ferguson Gives
Her Side of Highway
Situation In Texas,
MAKES CHARGE
AGAINST FOES |
Says a “Liar Has Been
Working Overtime to
See Just How Many He
Could Tell” in the Case.
Austin, Texas, Dee. 2.—OP)—A
statement wan issued today by .Tames
F Ferguson, husband of Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson, giving the gov
ernor's side of the highway situation
ill Texas.
The statement says in part: “For
the (last few weeks the oftpbsifion to
the Ferguson administration have
been crowing in high glee over alleged
frauds upon the state by the notion
of the highway commission, in letting
contracts to the American Road Com
pany. Attorney General Moody is I
being proclaimed as a man of the hour
because it, is claimed for him that he j
lias detected great fraud and corrup
tion, and that he saved the state hun
dreds of thousands of dollars which
was about to be taken from the state
in contracts, which as stated to him
were made in fraud and executed in
a fruud. In aid to this propaganda
and campaign, the daily papers of the
state, largely unfriendly and hating
the present' administration, have by
misleading and deceptive headlines anti
distortion of the facts, sought fur
ther to fix in the minds of the people
that the awful and lasting eriine has
been committed, and n blot had been
placed upon the fair name of the
state. <
“While all this storm has been
ranging around the Ferguson admin
istration, the wicked liar has been
working overtime to see just how
many he could tell, and if people
would listen to them they would get
the idea that the most corrupt official
regime that was ever entrusted with
power had been in control of the
highway department at A u st i n.
Through it all 1 have thought it best
to remain silent in order that Mr.
Moody might have his full sway and
make out his case as strong as he
could, and make liis record as big as
lie could, and while the case of the
American Road Company was pend
j ing in the courts and the grand jury
j investigating the same was in ses
sion, I have refrained from making
j any statement that would interfere
1 with Mr. Moody's program or the de
j liberations of the court and the grand
' jury. The grand jury Ims jknv ad
journed after five weeks' deliberation,
| and the judgment against the Ameri
; can Road Company has been rendered
|in the courts, and Mr. Moody's
friends are now claiming that he is
well on the road to the governorship.”
' Says South Can Meet World De
mand Far Cotton.
j Auburn, Ala.. Dec. 2-—OP)—Boll
j weevil or no boll weevil, the cotton
1 belt of the United States can pro
-1 duee all the fleecy staple the world
iwiil consume and pay for at a “living 1
price,” in the opinion of Alabama
| Experiment Station officials.
i This could be accomplished through
; intelligent use of fertilizer and better
j varieties of seed, said Professor M.
| J. Funchess director, aftetr studying
i results of experiments extending over
; a fifteen-year period.
, The added cost necessary to in
crease production would be small
compared .with the net return and it
would not be necessary to extend the
cotton area, he explained.
The condition of Mrs. Ernest Hickß,
who has been very ill at the Charlotte
Sanatorium since last Saturday, is
Bomewhat improved today, it is said
by relatives.
An important meeting of the Lewis
iHartsell chapter of the Order of De
Molay will be held tonight in the
.Elks’ lodge rooms at 7:30 o’clock,
i All members arc urged to be present.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j
NO. 285
* J"S CABINET I
! TELLS GOVERN® i
; IT IS CONFIDENT
Admits That Many Grave i
1 Questions Are Facing the >1
j Nation But That It Is I
Ready to Face Them.
FINANCES GiT
MUCH THOUGHT (
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' Cabinet Says It Will Limit .j
Inflation to Immediate J
! Needs of Treasury, But |
Goes No Further.
Paris. Dec. 2. — W) —The liriand \
cabinet's ministerial declaration pre.-r
j sented to t'lie chamber of do unities to- 'ij
day admits that the situation is liar
iicalarly grave, bat says it cannot I
! have irreparable consequences provid- M
cd rhe government has the confidence
of (lie entire country and the collabo- 1
ration of both houses of parliament, 5
The declaration asserts that the 1
| government is ready to assume i’a . '
i immediate responsibility and to eh- .if
forc<« the necessary measures to meet y
| the treasury bonds which fall due ‘1
j December Bth.
: it promises that inflation will he ij
j limited to the immediate nee is of the
treasury, but dees not mention the ex'- J
act amount of new emission which will |
be embodied in a special bill.
The declaration says that realizing ,|
timt the restoration of French finauc
|es cannot be accomplished without |
I loyal agreement with the great na- J
: lions which are France's creditors, .1
' “the government will continue ear- |
j nest I y and promptly the negotiations 3
with 'tie allies concerning debts."
Rriands Wins Point. . vj|
! Paris. Dec. 2.— UP) —Premier Rri
and. although coolly received when he *||
read the declaration of policy of his
new ministry before the chamber of v
‘ deputies today, won a partial victory •!M
\by inducing the chamber to change I
' its method of procccdurc and consul- 'tl
er the proposed .increase of 7,500.000 if
francs in the monetary Circulation be-,' n
f ire discussing inlerjiel.arions.
The bill, framed by Finance Minis- ' '*]
ter Ixmeheur, raising the limit of the 1
issue of paper money from 51.000.000 i
to . »K.,,1M).1M)0 francs, was introduced! i
at once and referred to the, lim, nyp J
committee, which demanded a suspon- j
sion for t’iie session until 0 p. m.
THE COTTON' MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of « to IS
I Points. —Setbacks Occurred After 'I
| the Opening.
i New Ytjrk, Dec. 2.— UP) —The cot- J
ton market opened steady today at an |
advance of 6to 13 points on buying ;
which appeared to be influenced by ']
relatively steady Liverpool cables. |
which included further demands for J
October from houses with foreign, 1
trade connections.
Setbacks occurred after the call un
der local selling, promoted by a fav
orable view of file weekly weather re- |
port, but offerings were readily ab- 1
sorbed. and the market held generally |
i steady at the end of the first hour, 1
January selling around 19.67, or 9
points net higher.
The weekly reports of the weather ;i
bureau indicated that conditions hava 1
been generally favorable for picking 1
and that the work had been nearly ■
completed in Texas and Oklahoma.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dec. 'Sg
20.52; Jan. 19.68; Mart* 19.64; Mav *1
19.35: July 18.98.
Spurious Kip Letters Sold in Chi- J
eago. :fj
Chicago. Dec. 2.—Spurious copies II
of Leonard Kip Rhinelander's letters M
to Alice Beatrice Jones, were being
vended in Chicago yesterday, the au- IS
thorities were informed.
Prices ranged from ?1 to $25, in
vestigators declared. The majority '1
of sales were made at cigar' stores k|
and iiool parlors.
One of the schemes was. sending ||j
envelopes supposed to contain copies |
of fje unexpurgated letters. On op
ening them purchasers found them to *3
contain sheets of paper on which wag M
printed “We Thank You."
Christmas at Penney’s. -M
Christmas gifts! In a page ad. to- |
day the J. C. Penney Co. tells you “Jj
of some of the many beautiful things 'Jj
this store has for you. You will find :?
here a wonderful array of everything raj
needed for Christmas presents. UtMUt'afl
tile ad. for in it you are sure to see I
just the articles you want.
! Ministerial Crisis Feared in Spain. J
' Hendaye, France, Spanish Frontier, vS
Dee. 2.—< A* )—lnformation reaching
here from Madrid says "a Complete J
ministerial crisis is imminent.'’ 1
SAT'S BEAR SAYS: |
’ Cloudy, probably rain in north,'*■[
? portion tonight, Thursday
? fair; colder fraught on the .cbtf§j9i
• Shifting gales becoming northwest ylj
. find west, and diminishing tonight, J| j
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