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VOLUME XXV
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TecMtEity
nun!
Verdict For Mulatto Wife!
Was Returned in Case
Which Created National
Interest.
NO DECEPTION
BY THE WIFE
Jury Finds That the Wife
Did Not Deceive Hus
band About Her Negro
Blood.
AVhite Plains, Deo. s.— OP) —Deoil-'
nrd Kip Rhinelander, wealthy mem-'
bei 1 of a New York family, loot Ids nn
nulmeut suit against his mulatto wife,
Alioe Beatriee Jones, in a verdiet re
lumed today l>y the jury which liadt
the ease. .
Answer favorable to Mrs. Rhine
lander were returned to all the ques
tions except the first and seventh. The
lirst. that of whether Mrs. Rhinelan
der was of colored blood at the time
rtf the marriage had been conceded as
a fact by the defense during the trial.
The jury made no answer to the sev
enth question: "Did the plaintiff in
habit with the defendant after he ob
tained fqjl knowledge that the defend
ant was of eolored blood?"
The jury in its answer to the ether,
five questions found that Mrs. Rhine
lander, did not deeeivh her husbnud
either positively or negatively as to
her negro blood; that she did not con
vent this fact to induce the plaintiff
to marry her, and that he would have
married her even had lie known she
was of negro blood.
After lie had received the jury's
verdk't, Justice Morselmuser reserved
decision.
The functions of the jury were lim
ited to answering the seven questions
propounded to it. Before the ease
went to the Jury Justice Morsehauser
had Indicated that his decision rela
tive to the annulment to, be based
on (he finding of the jury, would not
be made for several days. After
Justice Morsohaused has made 'ais rul
ing the entire ease must go bpek to
a siieclal .term of Supreme Court for
final review. ' ,
>f ,Jiuttipdif»trb lifter tfuO*,
lugs had been read, Isqae X. Mills,
counsel for Rhinelander moved to have
the verdiet sit aside ns being con
trary to the weight of evidence And
on this motion Justice Morasehauser
also reserved decision instructing the
attorney to return a brief within a
few days,
FARMERS UNION WILL
SUBMIT QUESTIONNAIRE
Will Co-Operate With State Fede
ration of Labor.—Gardner to Be
Grilled.
Spertal to Greensboro News.
Raleigh, Dee. A—North Carolina
Farmers' union adjourning this |
afternoon gave the North Carolina
States Rights League for Fanners a
swift kick, called It a tool of the
Manufacturers’ association, 'de
manded" a government operated sys
tem of banking and credits, and
authorizing co-operation of the union
with the-Federation of Labor in pre
paration of a joint questionnaire for
the coming primaries.
The Daily News bureau was duly
apprised weeks ago that the farmers
purposed to Interrogate Mux Gard
ner. Os course Mr- Gardner will not
be catechized to the exclusion of
everybody else; but the tariner
uuionists who found out months ago
that Gardner .will be nominated for
Governor, resolved to "demand”
something about his polities. There
is no hint as to the embarrassing
questions which bo will be asked.
But the resolutions are pretty in
clusive and out of the wealth of
suspicion and denunciation some
thing surely can be found which will
suit the grillers of Gardner.
Many times it has been learned
since 1920 that the famous question
naie which Cameron Morrison and
Robert N. Page answered and Max
Gardner did uot, was a sort of acci
dent. The fedorationists never meant
to go so far.
In those days , almost anything
that Mr. Morrison did helped him,
because he had a hard time getting
started- Anything that Gardiner did
hurt, because he had everything in
the beginning. It is different mow.
There is no apprehension among his
fellows now.
Suggested For Place on Shipping
Hoard.
Washington, Dec. s.—(A* —B e ‘
. spending to a request by President
Coolidge that he present the names of
a democrat and n republican for the
place. Senator McNary, republican, of
Oregon, today endorsed Frank L.
Shull, republican, and Marshall X,
Dana,''democrat, as satisfactory can
didates for a member of the shipping
1 board from the northern- Pacific coast.
British Steamer Sinks.
London, Dec, o.— (A*)—The British
steamer Ashton sank today after •
collision with the United States ship
ping board steamer federal in the
Sehelet River. The Ashton went
down in a few minutes with the loss
of the captain, pilot and three mem
bers of the crew." ■ *
Aroostdok Bounty, Maine, raises
no.ooo.oqs bushels of potatoes on the
average yearly. It has 85,000 acres
devoted, to them. The averoge yield
per acre is about SCO bushels.
The Concord Daily Tribune
■ • North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Kipling Very JJJ
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Rudyurd Kipling, famous English
author, is dangerously ill with double
pneumonia at his home.
STEAMERS COLLIDE
In Chesapeake Bay'at Isolated Spot
Near Moatfe of Potomac
Baltimore. Dec. 5. —OP)—The Brit
ish steamer Morabasia and the Italian
steamer Campania were in collision
this morning off No Point, 45 miles
down the Chesapeake Bay, advices to
the maritime exchange here say.
Whether either ship had been dam
aged had not been determined.
Diehman Wright' and Pugh Inc.,
B*Bjmnrt^ge»*iuofcthe,thHnpiva,4g,!
TOffcbM n tug to the vessels’ assffanee. T
Their advices, which were vague in-,
dicaied that she had been damaged j
near No. 1 hold, and that she was •
taking some water. The Cauipana,
bound for Baltimore from Antwerp
with a cargo of potash, is n ship of
5,427 tons gross.
The Mombasa, a 7,000 ton ship, sail
ed from Baltimore yesterday, bound
for New Orleans. Her agents, Wil
bur F. Spice A Co., were without
word from her to indicate that she
'was in need of assistance. They had
radioed her eaptain to report.
The spot where the collision was
reported to have occurred is at an iso
lated section just north of the mouth
of the Potomac R'ver, where the
Chesapeake being broken up by several
islands, blends into Tangier Sound and
is 20 miles wide.
PRESIDENT REPLIES
TO JOHN L. LEWIS
Prefers Not t-o Disclose Nature of Re
ply.
■Washington, Dec. s.—(A*)—Pres
ident Coolidge announced in u formal
statement today that he had replied
to the complaint of John L. Lewis re
garding the bituminous wage scales,
but- preferred not to disclose the na
ture of (lie reply.
The statement said the President
was “anxious that there shall be no
possible interference with the efforts
now being made by Governor Pinehot
and particularly with the conference
planned for next Tuesday."
Captain Ortcn P. Jackson Dead.
Newport, R. 1., Dec. S.-r-W*)—Cap
tain Orton P. Jackson, United States
navy, commanding officer of the naval
training station here, and president
of the court of inquiry investigating
the sinking of the submarine 8-51,
died this morning at the Hiooseve’.t
Hospital in New York, according to
word received here. He had been
ill but a short time and went to New
York for treatment, being troubled
by high blood pressure. He is sur
vived by his widow and son, O. P.
Jaclcaon, Jr.
Uidversity Will Have New Coach
For Basketball.
Chapel Hill, Dec. 4.— -The univer
sity athletic authorities will prob
ably sign a contract for a new
basketball coach sometime .next
week. Several men are under con
sideration but negotiations are being
protected with a heavy veil of
Secrecy. What the university officials
are' looking for is a man who ran
coach several branches of. athletics.
The Fetsera will continue to direct
athletics at the university but it ap
pears a foregone ep net union th#t
there will be, one or perhaps two a»-
siatats for the vandty team. -No one
man has. been picked yet, however,
and all rumora to the contrary are
Without foundation in fact.
An apartment house in - Copen
hagen built by the “Women’s Home
Building Society for .unmarried,
selfsupporting women” has been
named the “Obra Raphael's House”
In honor of Denmaik’s first feminist.
Napoleon* once aald, “A great sol
dier like me dqes not care a tinker’s
damn lor the lives of a million men ”
Entomed Miners Are
Rescued After Bitter
Battle Within Mine
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45 Washington. Dee. s.—</P) 4-
4b Senator LnVc.llettc. of Wiscon- 45
45 sin. whose rigid to the place in -hi
45 republican .stale councils has be- 45
45 come a subject of controversy 45
45 among' "old guard" leaders, nl>- 45,
45 sented himself tinlay from the p
45 first ijepublienn senate confer- ;}5
45 cnee to be held since bis election. 45
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CONFERENCE NOT BE I
CHANGED AT PRESENT
Southern Conference Will Remain In”
taet. Say College Representatives.
Athens. Ga., Dec. 5. — UP) —That
the Southern Conference will remain
intact, and that there will bo no ‘.'dis
memberment of the organization" was
indicate,) here pslny by representa
tives of tile colleges of the South At
lantic section.
Opinions of representatives of insti
tutions in this section were to the ef
fect that there are more obstacles in
the way of such a spilt than are at
present existant in the operation of
the far-flung organization of collegiate
instiutions. •
Virginia members of the conference
were whole hear toil in their praise for
the conference during last night's bnn
quet, and North Carolina delegates
said t'jey had heard of no move for
formation cf another group of col
leges other than the meeting in Rich-,
mond last year of the smaller col
leges in the Old Dominion State.
F. M. SCROGGS 18 DEAD
AT HOME IN MORGATOX
He Had Bean Steward of the State
Hospital There For More Than
48 Years.
Morganton, Dec. 3.—The funeral
of F. M. Seroggs, steward at. the
State hospital, who died at his home
near the institution Wednesday night
shortly after !1 o’eloek. will be held
at the First Methodist church here
at 2 o'clock Friday afernoon and the
body will be taken to Lenoir, his olih
dome,. iqr«iplrrment. • {
| Mr. SeroggK was tho first man com'
■ nected with the State hospital here
j ill ar» official capacity and bought |
; the first material for the buildings
i and its first supplies. He was elected
steward in January, 1883, a posi
tion which ho held until his death,
more than 42 years. Only onar of the
board of directors which elected him
survives, U. R. Davis, of Morganton.
Efficient, genteel, courteous, the soul
of honor and of honesty tin his pub
lic life as well as in his private af
fairs, Mr. Seroggs commanded the
respect of all who knew him. He was
loved andadmired both nt the hos
pital and by the citizenship general
ly of Morganton and Burke county.
He was a lifelong member of the the
Morganto Methodist Church'for more
than forty years.
DOUGHTON LAWYERS
CONFER ABOUT CASE
Sc«m Confident That Their Client
• Will Be Acquitted of Charges.
■ Greensboro, Dee. 4.—ln confer
ence hero today with Col. F. P- Hob
good. attorney for J." K. Doughton,
of ,Raleig)i, charged with violation
of the national banking laws, were
Mr. Doughton, his father, .11. A.
Doughton, commissioner of revenue
for North Carolina, and Col. IV. S.
O’B. Robinson, hoted attorney of
Goldsboro. The conference was in
preiMitution for the trial of young
Doughton. set for December 14, in
federal district court here, along
with J. D. Norwood and M. L. Jack
son, on like charges.
The three • were indicted by a
grand jury on charge of violation of
the law in connection with the fail
ure of the People’s National Bauk, of
Salisbury, in Jtme 1923- What plans
were made at the conference were
not disclosed although defendants’
attorneys seem confident of acquit
tal.
J- L. Williams. Union County Man,
i Ends Life With Poison.
Monroe. Deo. 4.—Jodie L. Wil
liams, a prosperous farmers of New
Salem township, Vnion county, end
ed his life today by drinkiug a quan
tity of carbolic acid. Mr. Williams
emptied the bottle, walked into the
room where his fn'mily was, told
them what he had done and aaded
that it would all be over presently.
He then drank a glass of water, lay
down on the porch and was dead in
five . minutes.
•For some time Williams had been
depressed and apparently in bnd
health- His acquaintances believe
that he was a sufferer from in
cipient insanity. He was 58 years
of age and leaves a wife and eight
children most of whom are small.'
Col. Hero Made Major General.
Washington, Dee. s.—( A* ) —Colonel
Andrew Hero, Jr- of the coast, ar
tillery corps, has been selected chief
of the corps, with the rank of major
general. He succeeds Major General
Frank W. Coe, who Is to retire at
his own request. Colonel Hero is
now on duty at Fort McPherson, Ga.
Situation In Syria Improved.
Washington, Dec. s.— OP) —Hie sit
uation in Syria has so improved that
the American government is consider
ing withdrawal of the two destroyers
■cut to Beirut to protect American in
tertests.
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CONCORD , N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1925
Half of Them Staggered
Unaided From Tunnel
While Others Had to Be
Carried Out.
TWO killeiTin
RESCUE EFFORTS
Rescue Worker and Miner
Aiding in the Rescue
Work Lost Their Lives
in the Mine.>
Nederland. Colo. Dee. 5.- Twenty-!
two miners entombed in the Mauling'
(•übJor'snenn passages of the Fairview
Mine near this little mining town for j
< nearly IN hours, emerged tolly fro.iy
tiieeir undo ground tomb alive ' q
Half of them, big stalwart leecws,
staggered almost unaided from, the
smoking -tunnel, while others wire
carried out unconscious, - G
Tjjc fight now has shifted from the
tortuous fire-swept earthen chambers,
to a little frame, house where a tern-i
pornr.v hospital had been thrown up to '
receive the 22, together with ten vol
unteer rescue workers whp collapsed,
from the fumes that rolled through the
mine. There death came to claim two; I
Robert Stevenson, a miner, and (’has.;
Herquist, a rescue worker. Most of j
the others are expected to recover.
LUTHER CABINET RESIGNS 1 j
Objects to Government Policy Witfe
Former Enemy Countries.
Berlin, Dee. 5. —C4 3 ) —The German
cabinet headed by Chancellor Luther,
resigned today.
The Luther cabinet was constituted
in January last, to succeed the Marx-
Stresseman ministry in which Dr.
Luther held the portfolio of finance
Growing opposition from the na
tionalists because of the government's
policy of reconciliation with the for
mer enemy countries culminated bi
October with the resignation of nil tije
three nationalists members at the
cabinet . The s)ieeifie point on whi<si
they withdrew was the negotiation 4f
the security pact and collateral trea
ties which Cancellor Luther ami For-
Jeign Minister Stresseman helped jo
finance at
The places of the three nationalists
were not filled, their duties being tnk
|Hi over by the remaining cabinet
members. Dr. Luther announced to
the leaders of the various parties nn
November 20th that I’lie government
would resign after the Locarno sign
ing ceremony in London on December
Ist. to leave the way clear for (In
formation of’a new ministry in fall
sympathy with tho Locarno policies
and obligations.
FORMER EMPRESS IS
GRAVELY ILL AT HOME
Little Hope Entertained for Recovery
of Former Empress Charlotte.
Brussels, December s:—UP)—For
mer Empress Charlotte, of Mexico, is
gravely ill. She is reported to be
sinking rapidly.
The former empress ha- acute
bronchitis, with pulmonary conges
tion. liej physicians announced this
morning," after a consultation with
King Albert. The queen has been at
the bedside and the royal family has
been kept informed of the patient's
condition hourly. Slight hopes are
entertained for her recovery.
With Our Advertisers.
The reserves or strength of the
Citizens Bank and Trust Company,
are: Resources of capital, an efficient
organization and the goodwill of its
dejmsitors.
Valuable property on the national
highwn.v opposite the intersection of
the Sunderland Hall road near the
Flint Rook Filling Station will be sold
at auction Saturday, December 12tfi
at 2 o'clock p. m. There will alee
be three other sales, including several
lots near the Hartsell Mill, nnd four
store lots and one dwelling directly
opposite the mill. Fifty turkeys will
be given free at tQe sale. Sec half
page ad. in The Tribune today.
Do you need new kitchen con
veniences, bath room neqessorics or
new heating apparatus? See ad. of
the Concord Plumbing Co.
Let IV. J. Hethcox demonstrate to
you one of his sewing machine mo-'
tors.
Phone the Sanitary Grocery Co.
your grocery orders. Phone (S7(> and
080.
Mechanical toys arc ideal for boys
and girls for Christmas giving. At
J. C. Penney Co’s, from 23 to 8!)
cents each.
The White is a superior sewing
machine. Sold here by H. B. Wil
kinson.
The Thies-Smith Realty Co. has
money to loan oh Cabqrrus county
farms nt 5 1-2 per cent/ Office at
■ 20(1 Commercial Building, Charlotte
Phenes 3278 and 4415. See ad. in
this paper.
The hagfish, found lu Afoul erey'
Dag. California, has three hearts, ae
co-aing to David Starr Jordan. Be
sides .thf mnjn. heart, it has one in
the jail and in addition to this an
-1 other special heart' for the portal
uyslem of veins.
The next championship meet cf the
Athletic Conference of American Col
lege Women 4s to be held at Cornell
■ University in 1927. The national
i meets are held onee in every three
yearn, with sectional meets In the in
tervening years,.' ’■
'‘Please”
j GOLDEN^RULE
j DECEMBER T
“Help me to *3v» my Sister.” t
; METHODIST YOUNG
! PEOPLES’ CONFERENCE
-
| To Be Held at Memphis From De
cember 31st to January 3rd.
■ Wilson. X. <’.. Dee. s.— UP) —More
j I’.ian 240 young Methodists from
: North Carolina are expected to attend
1 1 the Methodist Young People's Con
vention at Memphis, Tenn., -December
1 31—January 3. l!)2ti. Rev. S. F.
1 j Love, of Wilson, and Rev. E. K. Mc-
I; Laity, of High Point, sire chairmen
, I respectively of the convention com
j mittees of the North Carolina and
' I Western North Carolina conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. They report increasing in
terest in' tite forthcoming gathering
which is expected to attract more than
| <‘>,ooo young people.
, Reports indicate that the two eon-
I ferences in North Carolina will send
, | virtually the full quota of delegates
| allotted, that is 100 from the North
' Carolina conference and 140 from the
Western North Carolina conference.*
’ They will represent those in the
‘ yliurCT between t+te age* of t” and 30
years, in addition a .lumber of
conference officers will be among the
delegates. Free entertainment \ ill
be furnished to 35 delegates from the
western and 30 from the North Caro
lina conference.
Stale and church schools which are
expected to be represented at the con
ference include University of North
Carolina. North Carolina College for
Women. Duke University, Greeimboro
College, Carolina College, Louisburg
College, Weaver College and Jefferson
School.
' ’ ' It is understood font the young
people themseives will have a promi
nent place on the program and will
lead in discussion of topics relating
to problems of young people of the
present generation. The general theme
of the convention will be “Today and
Tomorrow With Jesus Christ.”
Col. Sherrill to Be Cincinnati Man
ager-
Washington, I)e<'. 4. —Col. C. O.
Sherrill, former North Carolinian
and Director of Public Buildings and.
Parks here, has accepted a position
as city manager of Cincinnati, Ohio,
at a salary of $25,000 a year, it was
learned here today.
Col. Sherrill, who is the son of
Miles O. Sherrill, one-time State
Librarian of North Carolina, must
resign from army before taking the
Cincinnati job, no the War Depart
ment has adopted a strict policy with
regard to granting leaves of absence
to Army officers taking civil em
. ploymoiit-
Sherrill is understood Jo have
been recommended for the post by
Secretary of War Dans nnd other
officials. *
Post Office Robbed.
Stillwater, Minn., Dee. s.— (A>)
Burglars knocked off the dials of
three vaults in the Stillwater post
office early today and escaped with
approximately $20,000 in stamps and
cash.
% NOW IS THE TIME
1 . . 1;
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady But 8 to 15 Points
Lower on Southern and Local Sell
ing.
New York, Dec. s.— </P) —The cot
ton market opened steady today but
8 to 15 points lower under southern
and local selling which doubtless in
cluded hedging and further liquida
tion of leng accounts.
Continuance of good weather in
the southwest led to talk of further
free movement of cotton to market,
and he reported 1 resignation of Ger
man cabinet had rather an unsettling
influence on sentiment which may have
accounted for some selling. Offer
ings were well enough taken to steady
the market around 19.4(5 for January
contracts, however, and there were
rallies of 10 to 12 points from the
lowest on covering with January sell
; ing around 19.53 at the end of the
first hour.
Cotton futures opened steady: De
cember 20.14; January 19.45; March
) 19.40; May 19.05; July 18.70.
!
r NEW CIIAPLIN BABY.
I Lila Coikflnns Report of Expected
Addition to Family.
Hollywood, Dec. s.—Long before
the Spring flowers burst forth in all
• their beauty there will he great rc-1
joieing ill the home of Charles Spell- j
i eer Chaplin. '
If everything goes smoothly C*har
i lie will bo bouncing another young
; ster on his comic knee. And Chaplin, i
Jr., will be playing about the floor
with another baby brother or sister.
: Lita Chaplin is anxiously await l
. ing an increase hi the population and
Charlie hovers ear her night and
. day. Until recently Charlie was in
, the habit, of “stepping out" with liis
. own friends, as dispatches from
New York revealed, but today one
couldn't get Charlie away from the
side of Lita.
The, news was confirmed when
Charles gave Lita a lawn party.
Lita was asked if the report were
true. She blushed. Charlie blushed.
Lita murmured, “Yes” and Charlie
strolled away humming.
FRENCH foU NOII DRIVE
To Free Mount Ilcrinon Plateau of
Its Druse Bands.
Par's, Dec. S.— UP) —A Beirut dis
patch iff Le Temps says that the
Frenrii launeheil a large scale opera
tion in South Lekanan this morning.
1 designed definitely to free the Mount
Hermon plateau of the Druse bands.
Two French columns which effected a
junction in this region Thursday ad
‘ vanced from the north and west.
W. Ladislaw Reymont Dead.
Warsaw, Poland, Dee. S.— UP) —W.
Ladislaw Stanislau Reymont, Polish
novelist and poet, and last year’s
winner of the Nobel prize for litera
f tore, died today after a long illness.
i Both in China nnd Japan hnnd-
I writing still ranks as one of the fine
arts.
Offered Job - |
Input, (\»J Clarenep O. Sherrill, j
I*. S. A., until recently military aide j
to President <Y»rli<lgo. has been offer-!
j ed the Host of pity manager by Pin-'
! cinnnti, A at a salary of $25,000 a*
| year. His present position pays
j $0712.
i i
AMERICANS ARE BUYING
MI CH LIFE INSURANCE
: A Gain Was Made of $2,200,000,000
Over the Previous High Mark.
New York. Dec. 5.—(A 3)—Ameri
■ cans now are buying as much life in
surance in seven weeks as they bought
in a year a quarter century ago,
Chairman William A. Law, of Phila
delphia, declared in opening the an
nual convention of the Association of
i j I.fe Insurance Presidents here today.
As an index to the condition of the
, country, he called attention to $15,-
400,000 of new insurance paid for this |
; year—a new record. This represents I
1 a gain of $2.200,0001.000 over the pre-!
vious high mark of 1924.
"American business expansion of j
rite past quarter centry is amazing. l
■ and becomes more so as we project the |
1 picture backward to the beginning of j
his as yet comparatively young na-1
tion," he said. "With our modern |
financial, commercial and manufactur-1
ing machinery, dare we use definite!
figures in attempting, prediqtjfjns 'for j
| the next quarter century.
"T-be vast growth of our urban I
! population accompanying otff Sotffflner-!
rial expansion, the Organization of
! business on a large scale, the urgent 1
j demand for higher and higher living j
I standards, and the rapidity of com- j
i munication. all lend to emphasize the I
inter-dependence of our population,
i the extent of-our future problems, and
] the need of broad-minded co-operation
in their solution."
Robert W. Huntington, of Hart
ford, Conn., told the members that
life insurance companies this year are
making a further loan of $1,000,000,-
000 to American people.
“This additional loan has been used j
to finance homes and farms, indus- j
try, transportation and commerce and 1
makes an investment record for life |
insurance companies,” lie said. “Nev
er before has the net increase in life |
insurance investments in a single j
year reached $1,000,000,000. Tfce to
tal invested assets of the United l
States life insurance companies will j
amount to $11,500,000,000 by riio end |
of the current year."
SAYS PINCHOT PLAYS
TO THE GRANDSTAND!
' Dr. McCauley Contends Pwinsyl- |
vania Governor is ot Trying to
Settle Strike.
■ [ CliarlottiS Dec. 4.—Governor Pi -i
--ehot, of Pennsylvania, instead of
, trying to settle the coal strike, L |
making a grandstand play, was as- \
serted Thursday night by Rev K.
, R. McCauley, of aleigh. preaching in
a scries of revival services at Holy
Trinity Lutheran church. Every one
who knows anything about coal and
hard coal stikes and Governor Pin
chot," said Dr. McCauley, "knows
['that he is not going to settle the
J strike any more thau Col. Mitchell
.; is going to make a Dei>artmeut of
| State for aviators,
i "The coar strike will soon be set
tled. . because the Interstate Com
■ | mission has released the West Vir
ginia Coal to Baltimore and Phila
-1 detphia and it is better coal and will
: | cut into the anthracite business."
Makes Net Profit ol $#90.78 on Poul
try.
i Statesville. Dec. s.—(A*)—M. T.
Combs, partially disabled veteran of
the World War, who lives in Concord
township, made a net profit of $690.78
on his poultry during the past year.
! reports It. \V. Graeber, farm agent
| in Iredell county.
j The- income from the flock, includ
' ing sales of eggs, broilers and hens,
and all culled birds, totaled $1,317.22,
while the expences of operating and
of buying new birds for the flock was
$6,26.44, leaving a net profit of $690.-
78. ■ The flock now numbers 246
hens and twelve roosters, and Mr.
Combs is planning to increase this
number as his physical condition im
proves sufficiently to enable him to
care for a larger number.
Rhinffender Jury Brings Sealed
Verdict.
White Plains. N. Y., Dee. 4.
The jury hearing the suit brought by
Leonard Kip Rhiifclandcr for an
nulment 'of his marriage to bin megro
wife, handed a sealed verdict to the
court clerk at 11.30 tonight and
j then went home. The verdict will be
opened by .Judge Morshauser at 10
3 o'clock tomorrow morning.
THE TRIBUNE j
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I
NO. 288
IP.COMTTEE
ruitfMlG REPORT
for ran
Will Suggest That Fort at
| Hawaii Be Made Strong-
I er as Island Is Import-
I ant Defense Point. Jj
PROTESTMADE M
ON NEW SENATOR;
j An Effort Will Be Made to
Keep the Senate From
Seating Gerald Payne,
From South Dakota.
Washington, Dec. 5. —C4 3 )—Materi-
I til strengthening of the Hawaiian for
tifications is favored by members of
the House naval committee which re
cently visited the island, and is ex-
I peeled to become a part of the com
mittee's program for the coming ses
sion.
The proposals in their present form
! contemplate the addition of two IB
j inch guns to the armament of the
I islands, improvement of the Penfl’
I Harbor channel to facilitate the pas
sage of battleships in and out. con
struction of a sea wall and viaduct
facilities, and increased storage space
for ammunition.
The necessary legislation is being
prepared by Representative Stephens,
Republican. Ohio, who has the sup
port of Chairman Butler of the com
mittee and Representative Britten, df
Illinois, the ranking Republican mem
ber.
Pretest Against Nye.
Washington. Dec. S.— OP) —A for
mal protest against the seating of
Gerald I*. Nye, as senator from North
Dakota, bus been lodged with the
I president of the Senate by the Re
| publican state central comuiitee, and
! Harrison Carnet t. Republican nation
i al commmiteeman from that state.
j BURGLARS PAY VISIT
TO SCHOOL BUILDING.
Got About SIOO Last Night From
; Vault of Albemarle Structure.
Albemarle. Dec. 4.—The new city
; high school building was visited by
| burglars last night and aroumd SIOO
I taken from the vault. be Scotch
; Highlander biitig gave n cOnceW Hf r ’
i the early evening and the amount of
; money which the Athletic associn-
11 ion got from the proceeds Vrf the
sale 'of tickets was loft in tde vault,
with about S3O of he school “book
fund." Superintendent Beam stated
last night that he took out around
S2OO that, he bail collected'on tuition
last afternoon and deposited in the
local bank and but for that,-tho
burglars would have goten that
amount too. Bloodhounds were se
cured but as the breaking was not
learned about until afer a great
many of tbe pupils had tracxed
! around the building and over the
i grounds, the dogs didn’t seem to be
able to follow the trail of the thieves.
Superintendent Beam feels hat be
[ has a pretty close clue on the fel
| lows and he believes they are local
j people who know where tne vault is
and that there had been money left
here last might. The vault door had
| been pried open with a claw-hammer
Iso the thieves could get their hands '
j in. Entrance to the building was
1 made through a window. r ;
KIPLING’S CONDITION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Message From All Over the World
Are Received at Home of Famous
Poet.
But-wash, Snxxes, England, Dec.
4-—Satisfactory improvement in- the
I condition of Rudynrd Kipling, wao
is suffering from double pneumonia
at his retreat here, continued
throughout the day. The author is
not suffering pain, and is completely
conscious. His ctrong constitution is
believed to be withstanding the dis
ease as well as can be expected.
Messages from all parts «f the
world have reached this little vil
lage since the illness of Kipling be
came known. King George has re
quested that he be kept in constant
touch with the condition of the
■patient. Stanley Baldwin, the British
prime minister, who is a cousin of
Kipling, has made a similar request.
Little Chilli Falls in Pot of Boiling
' Fats.
Columbia. S. C„ Deo. 4.—Ealine
Boone, aged four, died at a local
; hospital last night from burns euf
[ sered when she fell into a pot of
, grease near Gaston, a few miles
’ from here. The little girl was playing
; in a neighbor's yard while her par
ents were assisting the neighbors in
killing some hogs, when she lost her
balance and fell backward into the
■ pot of boiling fats.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
Fair and colder tonight and Suit
day. Fresh, possibly strong south
west and west winds, diminishing to
night.