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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV , GOVERNOR HEHI IS IMI NEW Mi: 1 ADDRESS Tells Insurance Men Gov ernment Will Prosper From Business Methods Used by Its Employes. WANTS SCHOOLS FOR TRAINING Os Those Men and Women Who Plan to Enter Gov ernment Work.—Tells of Progress in State. New York, Doc. 3.— UP) —Governor Align* \V. McLean, of North Caro lina, today discussed state govern ment al reforms that are being at tempted by his administration. He was speaking on "Improved methods in state administration." in an ad dress before the Association of Life Insurance Presidents at their nine teenth annual convention In session here. The North Carolina executive I voiced an answer to'the criticism that I America, ns a nation, is centered on | money-making; declared That the f same business methods that prove I successful in private enterprise should [ be applied to governmental affairs; I and suggested that there should be I some place in the American educa t tienal system for "training in the I principle and technique of efficient | government administration" for those I who expect to spend their lives in I public service. Refer ring to the "intended eriti- I eisin" which, when fully analysed, bc- I comes a positive compliment, Lint i America is centered on “business and money-making." the North Carolina governor said: “It is a peculiar tiling, this sug gestion that in seeking to appjy more efficient methods to the conduct of both private and public business we must necessarily garb ourselves in coarse livery, forgetting entirely to strive for spiritual values, not gauged by figures on a price tag. "I think we nil agree that (lie true / test of success in every undertakipg. I .both private and public, is not that “ we make and save money, but the-use we make of it in our contribution to human needs. So far -from feeling. ~n sense of embarrassment bn oeeolWf of following good business methods, we K’hould scrutinize our habits in order to make business methods more nearly universal in both our private and pub lic relations. “If today America has developed a business structure which locks on the world as its legitimate territory; if she can boast the largest fortunes, the greatest wealth per capital, and the highest standards, of living among her laboring classes : if she has accum ulated over half of the world's gold supply,; if her natural and industrial resources are without parallel in the history of nations, the answer is that she lias fostered individual ambition and initiative and has left her citi zens reasonably free to enjoy the fruits of their enterprise and to pur sue happiness in their own way.” The governor pointed out that it is highly important that government, in its relntion to business, should use the necessary degree of regulation and no more than absolutely necessary to insure fair methods and a fair chance to all. He then pointed but the changes of our "more complex civili zation" and how these changes have effected government. "The great industrial age in which we live hag imposed new and vastly more complex duties upon government. With the utilization of st-iui and electric power, the telephone nnd the radio, the person who would live the life of an individualist, avoidng par ticipation in the affairs of society as represented ill government, is doom ed to disappointment. "To meet these .new obligations, our democracy, if it is to Burvivc and maintain its position, must show, a constantly increasing ability to meet the test imposed upon it by provid ing a system whereby government with its greatly enlarged functions can be economically, honestly am* wisely administered. "Experience has demonstrated that success in private business is largely dependent upon the application of certain well known rules involving organization, management and busi ness economy. If we can learn to apply the same rules to the conduct of government, it is certain that we can produce the same results approxi mately at least, in government as in the management of private enterprise. This application of business prin ciples to government is both logical and evolutional. Today the business of government is so intimately in volved with the daily life of the citi zen, the ramifications of both are so interrelated, that neither can pr.lg.vr3 and prosper without the sympathetic support of the other. ” In times past the people have been inclined to give •cant attention to more business-like methods of conducting government be cause revenues were small and were largely derived from indirect sources. Recently, however, taxes, federal, states and local have so increased that they havi become directly relat ed to the conduct of private enter prise ; and as the cost of government is therefore becoming more and more an important factor in our economic ljfe, we are naturally becoming more interested in devising plans whereby such cost may be reduced withont, (Continued on Page Seven) t .. lur ;• . The Concord Daily Tribune Says Poison Gas Most Humane Os AH Weapons Os Modern Warfare General Amos Fries Denies That Gas Leaves After Effect That Leads to Tuberculosis and Other Dis eases.—Says the Records Gas Is Humane Weapon. Washington, Pec. 3.—OP)—Armed with a mass of statistics and scien tific data, the army chemical warfare service has launched a campaign to slay a g'.iosi that came back with the army from France. War has been declared against the haunting spectre that lingers in the minds of thousands of thcoc wlio got a whiff of gas "over there." that some day, because of lasting injury done by gas to their lung tissues, they wist fall victim to the dreed white plague —tuberculosis. •.This spectre is a purefigment of fancy, said Major General Amos Fries, chief of Hie chemical warfare service. Exhaustive scientific inves tigation during and since the war. General Fries maintains—and he mar shalled eausalty figures the ver dict of British, French and American doctors to sustain his assertion—has failed to disclose any case whatever of evil after effects of gassing. Gassed men. he declared, either died or got well; there was and is no middle ground; no army of maimed nnd crippled sufferers such as bullet and bayonet and shell left in their wake. General Fries' admitted Hie task he and the regular and reserve officers of the chemical service have- under taken is a titanic job. He did not attempt to deny that the overwhel ming verdict of public opinion is against his settled judgment that gas is the most humane nnd at the same time the niose effective weapon of war yet devised by man. "It is a big job to convince 110,- ] THREE NAVAL OFFICERS WILL BE GIVEN TRIAL As Result of Collision Last September of Light Cruiser Milwaukee With Schooner. ''Washington, Dee. 3.—CP)—Three naval officers were ordered tried by court martial today as a result of the collision last September of the light cruiser. Milwaukee and the American schooner Benjamin A. Ynn Brunt, off Hampton Roads. Those to be brought before the court are Captain Frank L. Tinney, of South Manchester. Conn., command ing the Milwaukee; Lieut. Thomas A, of,.l,ittle, Mock. Arlu mfIiWWSPn TlWk of Hie light cruiser Raleigh; and Ensign Elliott MeF Moore, of East Orange, N. J., officer of the deck of the Milwaukee. In addition, the secretary directed tljat a letter of admonition be sent by Vice Admiral Josiah McKean, com manding the scouting fleet, to Cap tain William C. Watts, commanding the light cruiser Raleigh. TO SELLL WILSON STAMP FIRS(r AT STAI’NTON. VA. Dies Completed and 17-Cent Stamp Will Go on Sale December 28th. Washington, Dec. 2.—Tlie die proof of the new Woodrow Wilson 17-cCnt stamp wait completed Tuesday by the bureau of engraving and printing and Postmaster General New announced that work will be rushed to have the first issue placed on sale December 28th, the birth date of the war presi dent. They will be sold on that day only at Staunton, Va., Mr. Wilson’s birth place; Princeton, N. J., his last home before coming to the White House; New York City, headquarters of the Woodrow Wilson foundation, and at ■Washington. The new stamp is to be printed in bank note black 1 ink and will bear what is understood to be the favorite portrait Os Mr. 'Wilson, approved by ills d'idow and Norton Davis, presi dent of the Woodrow Wilson founda tion. Great Increase in Value of School Property. Chapel Hill, Dec. 3.—CP)—The value of school property in North Carolina has increased from $1,097,- 064 during the school year 1890-1900 to $50,758,905 during the school year 1923-24, it is shown in figures com piled and published today in the Uni versity of North Carolina News Let ' School property value in this state during the year 1918-19 was $16,204,- 859; The increase during the 19-year period from 1899-1900 to 1918-19, therefore, iffas more than 1,500 per cent, and during the 24-year period, 1*79-1000 to 1918-19, more than 5,400 per cent. In other words, for every dollar the state had invested in scHool property in 1918-10, it had nearly sls in 1918-10 aund more than $54 in 1923-24. Christmas Drive at Parks-Bdk Co’s. From Friday morning December 4, to Thursday night, December 24, the Parke-Belk Co. will have a great sale of Christmas goods. You can find anything in this big store from 11 paper of pins to a bag of sugar. You have the selection here of a big line of Christmas gifts for evriy member of the family. Read the two pages! of ada. in today’s Tribune, and you will And just what . you want f° r Christmas. New York For Major General Sladen. Washington. Dec. 3.—UP)—Assign ment was announced today of Major General Fred ‘W. Bladen, now super intendent at West Point, to command the Philippine department, succeeding Major General James H. Mcßae, who has already been designated to com mand the ninth corps area, San Fran- 000.000 people, nearly all of whom think otherwise." General Fries skid, “but that is wlmt we nrc trying to do." In the judgment of the ehemienl officers, fear of the after effects of gns in the minds of the veterans is the most difficult obstacle to overcome in changing the views of these millions of people on the general question of using gas in war. Almost every body, General FrieS pointed out, has talked with veterans who sincerely felt I'int thej had been forever im paired physically by reason of a touch of gas. On the possibility that gassing in duces subsequent tuberculosis, the war casualty reports of the sArgeon gen eral are illuminating. They show that 73 eases of tnbereuloKis occurred in 1918 among the 70,552 men in the army who ha<l beoen gassed, the rate per 1.000 being 2.45. The annual rate for troops in Eurojie that year, other than the gassed men, was 3.50 and in the following year 4.30. "It would seem apparent,” the sur geon general commented, "that tuber culosis did not occur any mere fre quently among the soldiers who had been gassed than among tfiose who had not been gassed.” “‘Deaths from gas are at least lower than one to ten compared with other war weapons, permanent dis abilities are practically negligible and after effects are of no monument,” General Fries contended, adding that compared to older methods, gas war fare "must be commended instead of being condemned.” TIIE COTTON MARKET Opening Was Barely Stead}’ at De cline of 6 to 11 Points.—Crap Esti mates Given. New York, Dec. 3.— UP) —The cot top market opened barely steady to day at a decline of 0 to 11 points in resjioiise to relatively easy late cables from Liverpool and private crap re ports tending to encourage largcf es timates of the yield. Private cables reported there had been selling in Liverpool on the ad vance in the Rank of England rate. There also was some Wall’ Street selling of cotton here, which was nt ‘rlmlisl t>i aiiyshiwniiiniihriu ahi rut vanoe abroad might lie followed by higher money here. Considerable trade buying nnd covering at the .in itial decline met liquidation or hedg ing, and at the end of the first hour prices bad worked off to 19.08 for Jan uary and 19.33 for March or about 12 to 18 points net lower on active positions. Two private crop reports were is sued, one placing the yield at 15,194,- 000 bales and the other at 15,651,000. One of these report* made the ginning* 13.631,000 to December Ist. Cotton futures opened fairly steady ; December 20.48; January 19.72; March 19.68; May 19.33: July 19.05, FOOTBALL COACHES TO GATHER IN GEORGIA WUI Consider Proposals Affecting Play In the Southern Conference. Athens, Go., Dee. 3.—( A *)•—Coaches of Southern gridiron teams meeting here tomorrow and Saturday in con nection with the annual ses.dou of the board of directors of the Southern Conference, are expected to consider several proposed changes in rules. One of the questions to be discuss ed is selection of officials for the vari ous games There is a difference of opinion as to the method of mooning these officials, some contending they should be named by a committee rep resenting the institutions participat ing in each particular game, and oth ers arguing that they be apiioiiited by ■the rival coaches. \Action will be taken relative to the presence of coaches on the playing field during games, and penalt'cs may be provided for public criticism of of ficials by coaches. With Our Advertisers. Dr. S. 8. Peterson is now located at the Nanzetta office and laboratory in Charlotte; No. 9 South Church fetreet. See ad. elsewhere. Prices on rings and watches have hecn smashed at S. W. Presiar’s. Lot of Masonic, Odd Fellow. Junior Or der, Woodman, Pythian, Elk, Red Man and Moose rings just received, and they are only $8.50- each. The first consideration of the Citi zens Bank and Trust Company is the safety of its depositors. D’Orsay toilet water in all odors at Gibson Drug Store. I Gifts for men in every nook of I Hoover’s store. See the new ad. of the Ruth-Keslcr Shoe Store on page three. Gifts from 66 cents up at Ivey’s “Gift Shop” in Charlotte. New blond kid pumps, all widths at the Markson Shoe Store. Others from $2.95 to $6.95. Six rrtotw Saw Way to Freedom. Atlanta, Dec. 3.—C4“)—Six white prisoners sawed their way through iron bars and escaped from the De- Kalb county jail at Decatur, near here, early today. Search was begun at once for the fugitives, who are be lieved to have fled to Atlanta. Those who escaped were U. E. Harrell, convicted of highway rob bery ; W. 8. Bolton, prohibition law violator: Harry Arnold, automobile thief; Garland GtnguiUette. burglar; C. H. McDonald, automobile thief, and Arthur Bellew, burglar. * North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1925 SHENANDOAH TIL FOLLOWED BY THE MITCHELL HEARING; Court Martial Hearing Following Along Trail Covered in the Shenan doah Hearing. NAVAL COURT HELD INQUIRY Charges Made by Colonel Mitchell Result in Ren hash of Some Facts as Given at Inquiry. • 1 Washington. Dee. 3. —04*)—The Mitchell eourt martial followed the trail of the Shenandoah court of in quiry today covering in many particu lars the same field previously explored by the Navy court. | While the naval inquiry sought to fix responsibility for the Shenandoah, wreck, however, the army court has its its objective the rebuttal of Cot,- Mitehell’s (’illryes that the Shenan doah accident was the result of gen eral (acompetenoy and criminal neg ligence in the conduct of the national defense. Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, senior surviving officer of the Shenandoah, and navigation of ficer of the ship during its fatal mid west flight, related to the eourt mar tial today mnny details of the crash. He was called as n prosecution wit ness. Much of Commander Itoliendajil's j testimony today repeated his state- ; ment* before the Shenandoah eourt. j He read to the court martial his of ficial report of the disaster, already a' part of the records of the naval tri bunal. SEVEN CHILDREN IN ONE FAMILY GO BAD j Story Told of Tragic Breaking lip' of Group After Father Died. Madison. Dec. 2.—,\ story of the tragic breaking up of a family after the Inisbniid and father died that is probably without parallel in the state nan told here a few days ago by Miss Elizabeth Simpson, county welfare superintendent, who stated that five of. seven Children in one family are gfcaa». JioXawti. AttMCattniwi institutions. Two boys are at the Jackson Training School and three girls at Samarcand. The family moved to this county from Surry a little less than a year ago, following file death of her hus band and father, and had resided here and at Mayodnn since. Some how the mother, it is said, fniled to exert any influence over her children nnd they became incorrigible and a public menace. Miss Simpson, in her capacity as welfare officer, was called on to rem edy the situation and succeeded in placing the children, for at least four of them are tinder 17, in the in stitutions mentioned. One boy is on(y 9 while the other is 11. The two youngest girls are 14 and 16. The mother now has only one of her seven children with tier. Her oldest boy is said to be working on a farm in Surry county. She and her baby have been returned to Sur ry county and placed in the care of relatives. . It is said the family was getting along well until the death of the father. » Searching For Albert W. Gilchrist. New York. Dee. 3. —(A*)—Police of the Missing Persons Biireati today started a search for Albert W. Gil christ, former governor of Florida, tvlio disappeared after he bad been visiting friends in this city. The search was started at the rrequest of Charles A. Finley, secretary of the Florida State Senate. Florida Favors Unification. Orlando, Fla., Dec. 3.—UP)—The proposed plan of unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with that of the Methodist Episcopal Church was voted upon todaby the Florida annual conference in session here. A total of 259 votes was cast, of which 149 were for unification, and 110 wore against. NOW IS THE TIME To Subscribe f6r Stock in the 75th Series of the Concord Perpetual Building & Loan Association Books open at Cabarrus Savings Bank, Concord and Kannapolis, N. C. ~ , r < Thirty-seven and a half years successful business. Hun dreds of homes built and paid for, and many thousands of dollars saved through this old reliable association. Take stock with us now and be ready for your check when our 75th series matures. If you want to build or buy a home there is no better plan than the B. & L.'plan. 25 cents a week carries one share which amounts to $100.06 in 6 1-3 years. Prepaid shares at $72.25 will grow to SIOO.OO in six and one-tttird vears. ALL TAX'EX EMPT. ' ' - ■ .<v 'v r * • leet* Willard Tibbets," Harvard’s treat little distance runner, who von a heart-breaking race from Loueks of Syracuse in the recent in /ercollegiate cross-country champion ihip in the east. He beat Loueks >,v a scant yard in’one of the most drilling finishes in the history o| die event. Tibbets covered the six miles in 30 minutes, .34 seconds., COUNCIL BLUFF IS ' DAMAGED BY BLAZE Damage Estimated at More Than $1,000,000 Result ed From Fire in the lowa Town. Council Bluffs, La., Doc. 3.— UP) — Fire caused more than $1,000,000 damage in the business district of Council Bluffs today. Vue flames started in the basement of the Continental Furniture Com pany when a boiler exploded. ,1. M<- Munigal, night watchman at the build ing, was badly burned about., the bend *C<l, body. Eighty guests at the .Grand Hotel were safe, although forced to flee in scant attire when the flames enveloped an later destroyed the ho tel. Their personal property was lost. Eight fire companies from Omaha and Council Bluff battled with the flames and for a time it appeared that the fire would spread through out the entire down-town district. LUTHERANS WILL ERECT A HISTORICAL MUSEUM Old Data Regarding Activities of lit nominal km In This State Will Bo Assembled- Hickory, Dec. 2.—A church his torical museum will be ereetpd in the near future on the campus of Lenoir- Rhyne col lego here, through the ac tion of the North Carolina Synod of the United Lutheran church in America at its recent convention. Forty thousand dollars have been ap propriated for the building and addi tional $25,000 a year was voted for the purchasing of historical material pertaining to the Lutheran church which will go into the museum. Thousands of early records are In existence somewhere which will yield the intimate workings of Lutheran congregations in the old south dur ing the period of colonization prioir to the Revolutionary War. Many churches moved with the shifting population from the old towns along the seaooasf up into the piedmont section, and it is expected that a vast amount of history relating to these churches will he uncovered and permaently placed in the historical museum. Will Abolish Military Directorate. Madrid, Spain Dec. 3 UP) —King Al phonso tins agreed to abolition of tlie military directorate and its succes sion by civil cabinet under Captain General Primo de Divera. The new government is to take the oath of of fice before the king today. ILEFTWICH ARCADE BUILDING VISITED BY ANOTHER FIRE For Fourth Time This Year the Building Located in j Greensboro Is Damaged by Stubborn Blaze. FIREMEN SAVED ALL OCCUPANTS Means of Escape Were Blocked by Blaze Until Firemen Reached Them by Outside Walls. Greensboro, Dec. 3.—OP)—-For the fourth time this year tire took a heavy property toll shortly before C o'clock this morning in the Leftwich Arcarde building on Elm street. Fourteen persons who reside in apartments on tlie second nnd third floors were cut off from escape and were rescued by firemen. Fireman t'rumpicr was injured as n result of cutting an artery in his leg when be kiekked a glass out of a door. The damage to the building alone probably will exceed $30,000 and loss to stores on tlie main floor from wat er damage will equal or exceed that amount. As a result of tlie fire an investi gation is being conducted with a view to cotulemnrng the building, it was announced by Capt. Shaw, of the fire department. Y. J. McAdoo, city building inspector, and W. L. Scott, fire commissioner of the state, today are inspecting the structure. REV. R. W. BOYD DIES AT MOORESVII-LE Was Prominent Presbyterian Minis ter and the Founder of Barium Springs Orphanage. Mooresville, Dee. 2.—Rev. Robert Warren ltoyd died at the home of his son, Pascal S. Boyd, on Eastern Heights, at 9 o'clock tonight, follow ing an attack of pleurisy nnd compli cations. Tlie deceased was born in Chester county. South. Carolina, De cember 8, 1839, and had he lived until next Thursday would have at tained his B,Bth year. He was edu cated at Erskine College. Due West. S. f-, and the University of North Carolina. lie was a student at the university at flte oitlbrenk of' the war between the states, and enlisted in Company F, 12th South Carolina reg iment. He studied medicine tinder the late Dr. Wiley, of Chester, S. C„ after the war. but qn account of all the colleges of the south being de stroyed during tlie war and being un willing to go to a northern school, Me gave np his medical course and entered the ministry, havind devoted his tipie to teaching and farming, prion to securing his degrees from Co lumbia Theological Seminary. In 188(1. May 24th, he was married to Sarah Jane Backstroui, of Chester county, South Carolina, and to them were born six children, two of whom are dead. The funeral services will be held at Little Joe’s Church at Barium Springs at 11:3Q o’clock Friday morn ing. Three Quarters Million in Auto License Taxes. Raleigh, Dec. 2.—Gasoline and automobile license taxes collected by the state during November totalled more than three-quarters of a mil lion dollars,’ the figures made pub lic by the motor vehicle bureau of the state revenue department here today show. The exact figures were Gasoline tax collections. $056,534.42, as com pared with $440,909.27 during No vember. 1924. and license laxes $106.537.3.8, as compared with $104,- 882.40 during November. 1924. The total of both gasoline and license taxes for the first live months of tfcc present liscaj year is $7,642,963-21. more than a million ahead ot the. Collections at the end of November, 1924, .when tbt figure for total col lections of these tow tax items of $6,482,356.24. Postal Inspectors Watch Florida Land Deals. Tampa, Fla., Deo. 3.—(A s )—Postal inspectors "by the score" have been assigned to Florida, according to Wil liam M. Gober. United States district attorney, and are maintaining a vigi lant watch on all questionable promo tions in real estate. Mr. Gober said the transactions of many realty firms and developers are under surveillance, and a "goodly number of operators willl be prose cuted as soon as the. investigation is completed.” Knew Nothing of Discoveries In Mis scuri. Hannibal. Mo., D6e. 3. —(A 3 ) —Citi- zens of Bowling Green, Mo., today declared they had no informal ion ns to any discoveries by a party from St. Louis which has been carrying on excavntions on a farm one mile north of ttiat town, intermittently for sev eral months. Press dispatches bad stated that R. D. Burehard, and assistants announc ed the discovery of ruins of a buried city, possibly of pre-glacial age. Wants to Renew Debt Funding Mat ter. Washington, Dec. 3.— UP) —Score-' tary Mellon has received word from Finance Minister Louchetir, of France expressing hope for an eariy renewal of negotiations for funding France’s debt to the United States. Clubber % j jam Till’s man. Robert of Tole- do. (>., was arrested on suspicion of Leins the U elubber“ who has attacked nine women in the fashionable resi dence district of that city. He was found wandering in the woods near town, his hands bloody and carrying a hammer. Now, however, police doubt that he is the gnilty party. BUNK OF ENGUND CUBS IIS RITE Finds It Is Necessary to Raise Official Minimum Discount Rate to Five Per Cent. London, I>ee. 3.—OP)—<The BSnk of England today raised its official mini mum d'seount rate to 5 per cent., an increase of 1 per cent. The increase in the official minimum was found necessary in order to check Ihe onl flow of gold which has amount ed to 19.000.000 pounds Sterling since the hank rate was reduced in October, and over 10,000,000 pounds Sterling on balance since the country returned to the gold standard. It is understood there were pros pects of further withdrawals of gold, and as the New York Exchange is hovering near the gold point, a pro tective measure was thought neces sary if the bank's proportion of re serves to liabilities was pot to be fur tfier'lowcrod. ' " ' MOST OF COTTON CROP HAS BEEN HARVESTED Favorable Weather During Past Week For Fanning in Southern Agricultural Belt. Washington, Dee. 2.—Favorable weather for picking and ginning cot ton continued in the western and northwestern portions of the cotton belt, during he |«ist week, with most ly ideal conditions for field work pre vailing in Texas and Oklahoma- The weather bureau, in its weekly summary of crop and weather condi tions in southern states, made pub lic today, added that in Texas pick ing has been early completed, except in the northwest.: where the crop Is nearly out. in most section of Okla homa. There is much unpicked cot ton remaining on ihe lowlands of Ar kansas but that which is still oiit is generally badly stained and of a low grade; cotton is mostly picked clse whee in the state. There is still con siderable to pick in parts of Ten nessee and some remain in the fields in Norh Carolina. There was some damage by rain ill the Imperial val ley of California. Hardy vegetables show improve ment in the South Atlantic states and conditions were favorable for stripping tobacco in the middle At lantic area and Ohio valley. Conditions by states include: Vir ginia—Week comparatively dry and cold. Winter grains doing well. Pas tures fair to good; favorable for marketing tobacco and for the usual farm work of the season. North Carolina : Week cold, rain fall light- Favorable for farming, (food progress housing ‘crops, but still some cotton and corn remaining in the fields. Winter grain and hardy truck doing fairly well. Seeding let tuce completed in southeast. Kotarians to Hold Meet in Charlotte. Charlotte, Dec. 2.—More, than .'{(Ml clubmen from eight clubs in this district are expected to come to Charlotte next Tuesday for the Rotary inter-city meeting at the chamber of commerce- Fred Kent, of Asheville, district governor, will be present und outline the pupose of an inter-city gathering of Rotarians. Several of the members will speak on various phases of club activities. The opening session will be held at 10:30 o'clock at the chamber of commerce auditorium. Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock, at which time Rabbi Joseph Marks, of Atlanta, will speak. Adjournment vj-iil occur in mid-afternoon. This will be the second consecu tive inter-city meeting of . Rotary clubs to be held at Charlotte. Last year 307 clubmen attended a sim ilar gathering here. The committee arranging for the convention is com posed of Norman Pease, chairman; H. C- Jones, club president; H. C. Sherrill, C. A. Williams, Jr,, Frank Moser, Tom Lane and Tom Earn hardt,, Jr. Agreement on Boundary Question. London, Dec. 3.— (A 3 ) — An agree ment has been reached on the Irish boundary question. Details will be announced today. THE TRIBUNE J PRINTS | TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I NO. 280 BRIANOS CABINET i WINS FIRST POINT :FINANCE FIGHT 1 After Fight Which Con -1 tinued All Night, Cham- I her of Deputies Voted . With the Premier. | FIVE VOTES'OF 4 FAITH TAKEN lln Each Instance Premier Briand Marshalled Suf ficient Votes to Carry the Point at Issue. m Paris. Dec. 3.—(A 3 ) —Premier BrL aud's now cabinet has won its first victnry. After an all night und all j forenoon fight in the chamber of dep- , , ut'cs for bis financial measures, the Premier succeeded in forcing adoption 3 of new advances from the Bank of ; France to the government of 6,000,- J 000,000 francs and it new paper mon- jr ey issue of 7..700.000.000 francs. ,'vfl The final vote on the bill as ad; whole was made a question of eonfi- M deuce, and was carried 277 to 220. a } majority of 28. It wafc the fifth vote : of* confidence during the- lengthy ses- sion. M. Briand made it. plain during the debate that the government, was stak ing its existence on the measure in its entirety, and that if the financial pro gram as out lined by Finance Minister Loucheur was rejected the ministry would step down immediately. The bill now goes to the senate, the. finance committee of which under Fi nance Minister Doumer, is meeting this afternoon to examine it. Tile inflation voted today is the ’■ fourth measure of the kind in a year to be passed by the chamber. Before the final vote this afternoon the Pre- f| mier in a speech in which he rose to heights of eloquence tie has never stir- ’j passed, excoriated \ those deputies who were unwilling in a national cri sis to forgot petty political consider ations and flunk only of their eoun- Tite veteran orator impressed all. and convinced some, as was evidenc- j cd wilea on the first vote of confidence on a motion to proceed to discussion of the bill,'most of the principal op position groups abstained from voting, and lie was upheld 2i>B to 113. Arti cTC.T fltithot'ozibg (jmtasiwri of— -000.000 francs in new paper, bringing total circulation to 38,500,000,000. was voted by a show of bands. : l The climax of the session came when the provision for a further ad vance of 600,000.000 francs from the bank of France to the government was carried by a narrow margin of 6 votes. 245 to 2311. Premier Briand calmly conversed with Senator Berengor in the Cham- A! ber lobbies while !I|e vote on which the fete of the ministry hung was being taken. NEW HIGHWAY TO LINK CHARLOTTE, GASTONIA Will Be Built Early in New Year at a Cost of From $500,000 to $900.- 000. Charlotte. Dec. 2.—Approval of a recent survey and a definite decision % to build early in 1926 anew highway linking Charlotte and Gastonia, cut- | ting the distance between the court | houses of Mecklenburg and Gaston from 21 1-2 miles to 17 miles, was . .j announced Wednesday bp W. C. Wil- J kinson. of Charlotte, commissioner for i the sixth state highway district. ' ! fil The new route. Which is to be 40 q feet wide, 20 feet of sand clay, will % cost from $500,000 to $900,000 and j it will be built with funds allocated ■ by the state for use in the sixth 1 highway district. The old road be tween the two cities, slate highway i route No. 20. has carried more traf fic than any other highway in Nort’i Carolina. For several months surveys have been made along the Charlotte-Gas- |j tonia route by engineers of the state highway department under the J supervision of J. B. Pridgen, district highway engineer. Os the surveys Mr. Wilkinson announced fiat what appears to be the most practiable one lias been adopted. Finds Greece Should Pay Damages. Geneva. Dee. 3.—(A 3 )—The League' - of Nations commission which inquired 1 into file recent Graeco-Bulgarian frontier incident finds that Greece ,i should pay Bulgaria 20,000,000 leva i damages. The leva, nominally worth 19 cents, 1 now is quoted at .73 of*a cent. When bears climb up r.p aspen their scratches leave a permanent record on the tree. SAT'S BEAR SAYS: Fair tonight, slightly colder i<t". southwest portion; Friday inereWsingj eloudqioss, probably showers in tremc west portion. Diminishing wests and northwest becoming variable.