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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV Will Ask Commissioners To ! s Call Special Election Soon To Get Fund For Hospital COMMITTEE NAMED TO HEAD WOB —* C. A. Cannon Named Head of Organization Formed For Purpose of Securing Hospital Funds. ACTIVE WORK IS ALREADY STARTED Petitions Asking for Spe cial Election Will Be Cir culated in AH Parts of the County Now. At th<> meeting of the central com mittee, held Saturday afternoon at the court house to consider matters in connection with the proposed new county hospital, decision was made to draw up at once a petition request ing the county commissioners to hold a bond election for the purpose of se curing the SIOO,OOO deemed necessary for the construction of such a build ing. The committee, at the same time, made itself into a permanent organi zation and selected as its hend Charles T. Cannon, local manufactur er and capitalist. Other officers chosen were: George 1., Patterson, vice president; Dr. T. X, Spencer, secretary, and Mrs. 11. S. Williams, treasurer. The decision to put the matter up to the people for a vole on bonds was reached after a discussion of the en tire matter and after a number of the men and women on the committee bad expressed themselves as being in favor of the proposition. It was pointed out by Dr. T. N. Spencer, who presented the legal as pect of the bond issue, that it would be necessary to bring before theeoun-j ty commissioners a petition signed by (■ 200 registered free-holders, 1 130 of' whom shall not reside in the city of I pensioner* could order a new Ccneord. After this had been done. * the commissioners, could order a pew! registration which would be necessary before the matter could be brought to a vote. A committee was appointed to draw up the petition and td see it was presented for circulation throughout the county. This committee con sisted .of George L. Patterson, chair man : O. A. Barringer, Mrs. H. S. Williams, Mrs. John W. Cress and E. J. Sharpe. The principal address of (he after noon was by Dr. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, who declared that the hospital was per- J haps the greatest civic, economic and] moral need of Cabarrus county. “In fact,” said Dr. Row-an, “I know i of no institution of any kind or de scription wbieh'Se so much needed in Cabarrus county today. We need it more than we need more good roads. We need it more than We need more good schools. We need it more than ■we need more good churches. lam not at all sure that we hare not had more zeal for the religion of the priest and Levite than we have had for the religion of the Good Samari tan —the religion which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself endorsed -and advocated saying ‘Go, and do thou likewise.’ “I, for one, ant in favor of the proposed county, hospital," continued the speaker, “beenue I believe in hav-, ing and supporting home institutions I and in having and patronizing home] industries. “I am happy to say that I have nOt. heard a single citizen of Cabarrus county advance or even try to advance an argument against the proposed county hospital. If any one else has, I think I can imagine what they are, and am going to speak of them for just a moment. “Some man may say, ‘lf I get eick I can go to a hospital in some other county.’ That is I grant you, per fectly true. We can trade with Sears, Roebuck & Company also. If every one did business away from home wbat kind of a town and county would We have right here in the beat section of the United States of Amer ica Program Week of December 7-13 Star Theatre "Home of Paramount Pictures” Moudsy-Tueaday “HE’S A PRINCE” With Raymond Griffith. He will make you laugh when you have last all hopes bf laughing. Also a news reel. It’s a Paramount. ' YYedaesday-Thursday “BEGGAHON HORSEBACK’’ With Edward Everett Horton, Esther Raliston, Theodore Rosloff and Ethel YVale*. Love! Laughs! Paramount. Abo a News Reel. , Friday Only. “NEW BROOMS” A William De Mille production with Bessie Love, Neil Hamilton and Phyl lis Haver. It’s a Paramount. Alto a comedy, “Mysterious Strangers” Sotnrday "STARLIGHT UNTAMED" A fire reel western. Comedy. “MYSTIjBIOUS STRANGERS" The Concord Daily Tribune ♦— ; Dr. Rowan Sponsored the Proposed Hospital in His Sunday Sermon Dev. J. C. Rowan, using as a text,. “There was no room for them in the inn," advocated from his pulpit Sun day morning the proposed county hos pital. In the course of his sermon he said. “The Christ was crowded nut of the inn at Bethlehem because there was no Christianity in the inn. What man can lay any claim to Christianity who would not give up Ills room in a hotel or his berth on a train ton woman in travail. The people of today are crowding out the Christ and can lay "no rlnim to Chris tianity, if they do not visit the sick. The visitation of the sick enjoined by Jesus and demanded by cital Chris tainity is not merely making social calls cr paying social visits, but liv ing a life of service and rendering assistance in the hour of need. I know of no wiser and better way of “Again, some man may say, ‘The proposed county hospital is for the benefit of doctors.’ If that were true—and it certainly is not—it would be a sound argument. Is it wise or right to oppose anything because it is for. the benefit of doctors? Is it wise or right to oppose the pro posed P. & N. railroad extension be cause farmers and merchants will bo benefitted?’ Saying that the proposed county hospital is for the benefit of doctors reminds pie of saying that hard surface roads are for the benefit of taxi drivers. “Again, 1 am in favor of the pro posed county hospital because one third* of (be charity beds, if I have been correctly informed, will be main tained by the Duke foundation. Are we going to sn.v to those who are not only poor but also sick and dying. ‘YY’o are going to see that you do not get any help from the benefaction of I him who thought,of you and planned for you before he died?’ God for .bid! I. “Finally,*l believe in the proposed [county hospital because it will take |To a degree the burden of Aarity i from the shoulders of the few and I put it to a degree on the shoulders of I the many, where it belongs. There ' is no more reason why the doctors should give medical and surgical at | tention gnd treatment to all those * who ezhnnot afford to pay anything than there is why undertakers should give the best burial to all those wbo can not pay for a funeral. I know doctors have done their part, far. more than their part, without a mur mur. and are still willing and ready to do as much or more; but in the name of all that is fair and just, let us help them. “I close with a question: Why not refuse to build county homes and let j all paupers be supported by their j neighbors?” I Brief speeches concurring in the i remarks by Dr. Rowan and express ing the need in the county for such an institution were made by H. J. Woodhouse, D. B. Coltrane, W. R. Odell and Mrs. H. 8. Willlama. Dr. T. N. Spencer declared that tlje maintenance could be looked af ter by the county commissioners in such away that the proposed hos pital would be self-sustaining. The taxes would, he said, be but very little increased because of the bond issue. He quoted Dr. YY’. 8. Rankin as saying that they would be thirty cents per year, per voter. J. P, Cook spoke briefly of the Cleveland county hospital which was built from a SIOO,OOO bond issue and which now does not coat the county 1 a cent to ran. It was, he said, ac- I cording to a letter which he had re ceived from a prominent citizen of. ' that county, the most - popular and ' most beloved institution of that coun ty. Caharrus must not do less, as serted Mr v Cook. Latest Hose in Paris Mora Striking ly Node. .Paris, Dec.j7.t-Parte, which spon sored the “nude” silk stocking, the presenee of which was betrayed by a mens shimmer, has mow eliminated the shimmer. - Sheer lisle ,is the latest cfase, and in shades matching exact ly the complexion of the wearer. Women now buy thfcn stockings to match their face powder, amd in the new mode there is a little shine to the stockings as there is to the well powered nose. , Daring recent wintry blasts Paris enjoyed the spectacle of fur. coats a la winter time in Fifth Avenue and apparently bare nether extremities a la summer time in Deauville. Would Investigate All Tens Officers. Austin, Tex, Dsc. 7.—OP' —Com plete investigation of all officers “from the Governor to the justices of peace” was urged todgy by Judge J. R. Ham ilton In charging the Travis County grand jury. ■■ He charged the body to take up and continue “all unfinished business from the last granl jury.” Included in the “unfinished business” is the voluminous record of two months investigation of the state high why department. •Mfi.OOO Fire at School is Michigan. Mount Pleasant, Mich., Dec. 7.—049 —Eire of | undetermined origin early toijay destroyed the ma'n bullding and library of the Central State Normal jlcbool here, with an estimated Joss of visiting (he sick in Cabarrus county than building Ihc proposed county hospital; and I want to bo one of the ministers of this county to advo cate from the Sacred Desk the build ing of that institution. To fail in this worthy and Christian undertak ing. saying thereby to those who are not only poor but also sick, Wipless and dying, we are going to ss> that you do not get any help even from the benefaction of him who thought of you and planned for you befor* he died*, is to crowd tile Christ out of Cabarrus county. He was crowd ed out of the inn at Bethlehem and to bring unon ourselves the judg ment of Him who will certainly say, “I was siek, and ye visited me not, inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." in km TM REIMS Defeated When the Rival Forces Pretended to Sur render and Then Began Fighting. Peking. Dec. 7.—(A I )—The army of ; Marshal Chang,Tso-Lin, Manchurian leader, was in retreat today after a defeat of the forces of Gen. Kuo Bung- Lien who, pretending to surrender, turned the left flank on the Mashal's forces. Kuo was formerly a followed of the Marshal. Chang is preparing to Muk den, the Manchurian capital, and has given notice that he intends to retire to private life. There was a general exodus today from Muk*n, where the defame has broken <Wwb. ' YV. L. LITTLE 18 KILED YVHEN CAR STRIKES HIM Prominent Anson County Alan .Found Dead Several Hours After Accident. YVadestboro, Dec. (i.—This cify and section were terribly shocked this morning by one of th? saddest tragedies the county ever knew, when it was learned' that.YV. I. Lit tle, a prominent and popular citizen of White Store township, was killed ■ last night by a ear on the road near his residence. Mr. Little wgs return ing from his son's store when struck by the car going in the direction of the store. His family became uneasy when he hand not returned home at 11 o’clock and instituted a search for him. He was found by bis daughter, Miss Xetta, about a hundred yards from his home ami had been dead for some time. His leg was broken in two places by the impact of the car wheel and investigation develop ed the fact that he had bled profuse ly and had crawleu across the road in his effort to reach his borne, his trail being plainly marked by blood stains. It is said that a hankerchlef found about his person was knotted and saturated with blood as though it had been used by him in trying to stanhch life flow of blood. The circumstances of bis ooath were peculiarly sad and pathetic, as from all indications be bad made a desperate effort to reach his home. . A negro boy named Wade Little, 'aged 20 years, was arrested this afternoon and placed in jail here on a confession made by ainother negro that Wade Little was the driver of the car that, killed Mr. Little. The negro wbo gave the information claims that the Little negro was driving very fast wherj-he struck Mr. Little, who was walking by the road side, and that the driver of the car refused to stop and render assis tance, although he knew it was Mr. Little whom he had Btruck. Will Mellon Resign? Washington, Dec. 5, —There was a great deal of gossip here today £ on the hill over the report that Secre tary of the Treasury Mellon wdl soon resign, and that the President’s close personal friend, Dwight Mor row, will take the treasury port folio. There has been rumor for sometime that this change would'be made. The reported foundation for it was alleged to be the desire of Mr. Mellon to retire from public life after he had ■ supervised the funding. <tf the international debts due the United States and worked out a soientile plan of taxation. Hear* That Otto Wood Has Been Oaptuml. Charlotte, Dec. 7. —<AP)—The Char lotte News says it is informed that 1 Otto Wood, escaped convict from the North Carolina State Prison was rap tured today near Mooresville, N, C„ by Chief of Police YY’oodsidc of that place. Perelval 8. HID Dead. ‘ New VOrk. Dec. 7. —UP>—Pereival S, Hill, president of the American 1 Tobacco Company, died suddenly at bis Fifth Avenue home today. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1925 ~Esj~.M-.-T I 1 Girl Bandit j Dorothy Daugherty is only 21 b*t police of Omaha, N'eb.. who have heri under arrest for robbery, stiy she' has been a bandit since she wds Ig. She traveled with A. R Henderson until he was killed in a gun battle a '> Tear ago; then she went with, his! brother, Clyde. Clyde was shot to i ■kttth by police last August,' and s Dorothy went with the third brother. Sillier. She and Elmer are accused of a robbery in Kansas City. • ABOUT THROUGH IK THE MITCHELL CASE Navy Today Drew Near End of Its Testimony With Lieut. Com. H. H. Frost as Its Witness.; Washington, Iks-. 7.—(A s )—The navy today drew near the end of its testimony before the army court mar tial trying Colonel William Mitchell, as a result of his charges of incorapc teney and management of aviation. Lieut. Com. H. H. Frost, naval strategist expert; testified that in his opinion “an air invasion of the United States by an Asiatic power is impos sibleuse by it. of Russia* - and Canadian territory. “Even with the Russian and Can adian assistance.” he said, “the in vading .power would require a very superior naval strength, at least three to one over that of the United States. - “YYV have no reason to be con cerned over the possibility of an air force attacking t’iie. United Slates across the Pacific." NO WARRANT FOR -SPECIAL SESSION IN TEXAS Texas Attorney' General Puts Foot Down on Underwriting of Expenses. Austin, ex., Dec. s.—Financing or underwriting of the expenses of a special session of the Texas House of Representatives for impeachment purposes' from private or individual sources is unauthorized and unwar ranted as against public policy, At torney General Dau Moody, of Texas, ruled tonight. The ruling was made at the request of Lee Sirttcr wbite, speaker of the Terns House of Representatives. The opinion held there would be no authority to is sue warrants against exhausted ap propriations made for the contingent expense*- of the 351th legislature, to cover compensation of members of the House while attending nn im peachment session, should it bo call ed by the speaker. It states that the attorney gen oral assumed that the speaker in his letter made no reference to <l,- ftcienoy warrants issued against a deficiency granted by the Governor. This opinion is taken here as the termination of the proposed special session of the .legislature, which has been agitated foro some time. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Unchanged Prices to Decline of 3 Points. New York, Dec. J. —OP)—The cot ton market opened barely steady at unchanged prices to a decline of ‘.I points, with the active aionths show ing net losses of C to 12 points under a renewal of commission house liqui dation, southern and local selling. The relatively steady showing of the early Liverpool eables seemed to be offset by the tendency to increase estimates of the crop but absorption of the early offerings steadied the mar ket around 19.37 for January and 19.01 for May. In addition to cov ering, some trade buying was report ed and while trading continued active, prices showed rallies of a few points from tile lowest by the end of the first hour. Three more private crop reports were issued this morning, and esti mates of the yield ranging from 15,- 300,000 up to 15.646,000 bales. Cotton futures opened barely steady. Dec. 20.10; Jan. 19.88; March 19.33; May 1908; July 18.07. Verdict Returned Against Kirk Rub Lines For $15,800. Charlotte, Dec. 5.—A jury in Mecklenburg Superior court here r<- turned a verdict for $15,600 in favor of Mr. and. Mf*. E. H. Kcpley agarbit Kitk litis Lines, of Sulije bury. Mr. and Mrs . Kepiey 'were suing the bus line for SIOO,OOO as a result of their car being struck by one of the company’s buses near Charlotte several months ago. E—t —.... i. _ .. ■ -- -. iCongress Opened For Work at Noon Today; Tax Measure Sent In . —■■■*- ■* .... . , . FORTY-SEVEN IN | SOUTHLAND DEAD |As Result of Auto Acci dents Over Week-End.— | More Than 250 Others Received Injuries. Atlanta, Dec. 7.—C49—Forty-seven persons met their doom in the South from ‘automobile accidents during the week' just ending, while more than a quarter of a thousand were injured in mishap^'ln which motor cars-figured. These figures are revealed in surveys of (he Southern stater by the Associ ated Press today. Nertli t'arnlina; Deaths 1, injuries 21- \ South Carolina—Deaths 2, injuries HOUGHTON SENDS PAPER HOT REPLY .Congressman Replies to Criticisms; Made by Mt. Airy Paprr in Regard i to Highway Route. Washington, Dee. 7.—Representa tive It. L. Doughton does not appre ciate criticisms that have been di -1 reeled to him from Mount Airy re garding the location of the national highway in that section. An editorial of the Mt. Airy News, November 19th, regarding the location of the road via Sparta, which is Mr. Houghton's home, brought the fol lowing reply, which lie made public today, as being of intefest generally: "l’l>on my return here this morn ing I found upon my desk a marked ; copy of your paper cf November 19th and I have read Ihe editorial headed. ‘At the Expense of the Public.’ "In just as parliamentary language ns 1 can employ, 1 say that so far as this article reflects on me, either as a public servant or a private citi zen. it is as devoid of truth as purga tory is of water and 1 challenge and defy you to furnish any responsible ■ evidence supporting your charges and insinuations. "As to the location of the national highway referred to in your article, I had nothing whatever to do and I have every reason to believe that my brother R. A. Doughton, hid no re- whatever-in -tWjj matter, . “Acscording to information received frdm the office of the bureau of public roads in Washington, this matter was handled entirely through official chan nels. It seems that the secretary of agriculture appointed a oommmittee of representatives from the national bureau of roads and the state high way departments for laying out, and numbering the national highways. My information is that this commis sion received recommendations from the various state highway departments and based upon this information, mnde the report on which the department of agriculture or the bureau of roads ] took official action. “I have never opposed the placing of tlie road via Fancy Gap, Mount. Airy, YY’inston-Salem, Salisbury, etc., on the map. YY’heri the delegation | from these towns was in YY’ashington | seme days ago in the interest of this. road, they informed me that they were not opposing the road via Sparta, Elkin, Statesville, etc., but were only seeking to have the one via Mount Airy, etc., mapped by the federal gov ernment also. I assured this dele gation when they were here that I would be glad to aid them in any .way that I possibly could. "Now I urge that you furnish some responsible testimony in support of your defamatory charges or retract what you have published concerning inc." I .lightning Hits Tower of Catawba College. Salisbury, Dec. o.—Liightr.ing hit the tower on the main building of Catawba College during a thunder storm that swept over the city about 6 o'clock Saturday morning, doing damage of approximately SSOO. Part of the dislodged stonework of the tower crashed , through the third floor ou the second floor into a room adjoining that of Rev. Shuford Peeler, dean of the college, but no one was hurt. NOW IS THE TIME I • Si To Subscribe for Stock in the 75th Series of the Concord Perpetual Building & Loan j; Association Books open at Cabarrus Savings Bank, Concord and 1 Kannapolis, N. C. Thirty-seven antj a half years successful business. Hun- | Idreds of homes built and paid for, and many thousands of | 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. i -25 cents a week carries one share which amounts to • SIOO.OO in 6 1-3 years. Prepaid shares at $72.25 will grow l to SIOO.OO in six and one-third years. ALL TAX EX- 5 EMPT. ,ii,in i i ~i jj After the Longest Recess In Several Years Con gress Opens For Work in Regular Session. G. O. P. HOLD THE UPPER HAND But Its eaders Are Not Go ing to Take Their Eyes From the Democrats and the Insurgents. Washington. Dec. 7. —t^)—Con- gress came back into session today after its longest recess in years. YY’itli the opening ceremonies at noon the Republican majorities rolled up in the Coolidge landslide of 1924 took the saddle in both the Senate and House, but kept a weather eye on the Democrats and insurgents who again were threatening a coalition against some of the pet prpjects of ' the administration, i | YVith almost a mid-session momen tum. the House put the new tax re duction -bill t the head of its calen dar. and prepared to go to work at once. Menatime the Senate, after its cus tomary manner, was organizing leis urely and putting off its day of de rision regarding the recognition to be given Republican insurgents on its big commmittees. Would Repeal 18th Amendment. Washington, Dec. 7.—G49—Repre sentative Hill, Republican, of Mary land, leader of the wet forces in the House, introduced today a joint reso lution proposing the repeal of the 18th amendment. New Revenue Bill Presented. YY'nshington, Deo. 7.—C49—The now revenue hill, proposing a slash of $325,730,006 in taxes during the next calendar year, anil providing relief for virtually every federal taxpayer was reported to the House today as the first legislative business presented to the new Congress. In presenting the report of the ways and means committee which drafted the measure during a seven weeks pre-Congress session, Chairman Green served notice that he would ask the House to take it up tomorrow un- • "ffer she pTaiilo send it to the senate' before the end of the second week of the session. A saving of $193,575,000 to income taxpayers on taxes payable next year is the principal relief proposed by the bill, ami leaders -of bath the House and Senate have set March Ist as the goal for enactment of the measure in to- law, so that this benefit may he taken advantage of in the payment of first installments of the income tax due March 15th. Although unanimously ordered re liorled to the House by the ways and means committee, the comraitee report | on the bill contained separate statc ] meats of “additional views" by Rep resentative Rainey, of Illinois, and | Hull, of Tennessee, Democratic mem- I bers of the committee. I Nye Credentials to Committee, i YY’ashington, Dec. 7.—OP)—The cre dentials of Gerald P. Nye, as Senator designate from North Dakota. were referred today by the Senate to the privileges and elections committee. LongwOrth Speaker. YY’ashington. Dec. 7.—o49—Nicholas Longworth, Republican, of Ohio, was elected speaker of the new House. Mrs. Hoyden Suffers Broken Limb. Salisbury, Dec. t>.—Mrs. Boyden, wife of Col. A. H. Boyden, fell at her home this morning ntul broke a limb near the antic; She is at tho Salisbury hospital where it is said she is resting well this evening. "Rod” Grange to Enter the Movies. New York, Dec. 7. —C 4 Grange signed a motion picture con tract today under which lie received at once a flat guarantee of $300,000 for his first screen performance. Supreme Court Takes Recess. YY’ashington. Dec. 7.—UP)—The Su preme Court decided today after de livering opinions and receiving mo tions. to recess until January 4th. U Good Morning j rti vrA^ : V #’ * % \.;,y <» — Norma Stannard is Jack Demp scy's nieco and is phone operator it I his Hotel Barbara, Los Angeles. Shi is required to say "good morning) •n every call that comes in, and shi estimates that this means _ abort SAYS NATIONS MUST 1 DISARM FOR PEACE Peace Will Come in Bal kans When Disarmanent as Provided In League of i Nations Is Fact. Geneva, Dee. 7.— OP) —Peace will he assured in the Balkans only when disarmament provided by the league is a reality among the Balkan na tions. Foreign-Minister Kalfoff, of Bul garia, made this declaration before the League of Nations council today at the inaugural meeting of its 37th sessioin. The meeting was devoted to consideration of the report of tie league’s commission of -inquiry into the reCeert t?raeoo2RjSff«ria« conflict: The commission was told in cable dispatches last week it was found that <1 recce had violated the league eove nont by invading Bulgaria, and im posed upon Greece the payment of reparations for damages and casual ties. FORK RITE MASONS WILL HOLD FESTIVAL Three-Day Gathering to Be Stages! in Salisbury, Commencing Wed nesday. Salisbury, Dec- 7.—Salisbury will be host to a large and distinguished gathering of prominent Masons from all parts of the state when a three day festival of the York Rite bodies opens hare Wednesday afternoon at 3.30. o'clock. Leon Cash, of Winston-Salem, grand master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina; James W. Payne, of Salisbury, grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of the State; William R. Smith, of Raleigh, illus trious grand master of the Grand council of North Carolina; and James H. Taylor, of Gastonia, grand commander of the Grand Command cry of the state, lire among the high officials expected to bo in at tendance, and -each of them will make addresses during the festival. The chapter degrees will be con ferred by the Salisbury chapter on ’ Wednesday afternoon; the council and eomtnamlory degrees will be conferred Thursday by the Salis bury bodies; while on Friday, a dis trict meeting of the 25th Masonic district will be held with the Salis bury and Spencer blue lodges. Drunken Hog Leads Way to Large Still. Hattisburg, Miss., Dee. 7.—A drunker, hog led to the discovery of one of the most, complete stills found ! in South Mississippi in recent months located at the plant of the J. J. Newton Lumber Company. The moonshiner had coupled up his improvised still with the sienm house of the lumber plant, and in that manner was able to obtain steam, water and power. A hog staggered across the yard in front of the general manager's office and the authorities were not- i ' ified. It was feared the hog was j i inad. Deputy Sheriff Ward Camp I j resixmded. He took oue look at thej j porker ar.d started an investigation, iHe walked about the big yards and i when he neared a certain point the hog made a rush at him. The animal stood guard over the spot, but was too intoxicated to put up much of a fight. Camp continued his investigation and found a Complete 100 gallon still. The lid of the outfit had been sealed with a c’.ay mixture. Finger prints found in the clay may lead to the identity of the moonshiner. Gov. Pine hot Thanks the President. Pa., Dee. 7. —OP)—Gov. Pinchot today wired President Cool idge his thanks for the Pretrident’c action in withholding from publica tion the text of bis reply to the com plaint of John L. Ijewis, president of the United Mine - Workers, regarding the situation .in the bituminous fields, pending Mr. Pinchot's efforts to end j the anthracite suspension. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS 1 T6DArS NEWS TODAY no. 2m •TH£ fULLOOHENI 1 oifIERY MBS I UPHELD BV COURT j The District of Columbia j Court of Appeals Holds J That the Indictments Are 11 Valid. OTHER CHARGES , 1 NOW PENDING Two Specific Charges Are Covered in the New De-1 cision Handed Down in ■ the Case. ! Washington, D. C„ Dee. 7.-r I The Fall-Doheny bribery indictments J | which were squashed several inpntbs I ’ ago in the lower courts here were Wfl to be valid today by the District- of i Columbia Court of Appeals. . VLI A plea in abatement filed by former jj Secretary Albert B. Fall, Edwanl L. , i Doheny, oil magnate, and his son, Er- - ward 1.. Doheny. Jr., which the lower I'i court granted, was overruled by Chid f Justice George F. Martin on raotiopSi; of the government's special oil eel, Alice Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts. Two indictments were conveyed by the court's decision, one charging of >; receiving a bribe of SIOO,OOO to influ- | ence his official action respecting eer- ' tain oil leases, and the other charging 5 the Doheny’s with giving the bribe. $ The appelate court held the act of Congress taking the prosecutioh of the ; oil eases out of the hands of the de- j partment of justice meant only to de- w prive the attorney general of “charge 1 and control" of the litigation, and did | not interfere with the right of the : S special counsel to make use of the as- j distance of district attorneys. The defense has aligned the presence of the grand jury room of Oliver G. Pagan as special assistant to the attorney general violated the snnetity of the , proceedings, and nullified the indict ments. The view was accepted in N! the lower courts. There is pending also in the Dis- j tdict of Columbia Supreme Court in- 1 dietments returned against Fall and Doheny. Sr., and Harry F. Sinclair, j charging conspiracy in connection *% with naval oil leases. Argument was heard last week on the validity of -thesc-tridhniurgf* hielmißse vetdf*** -) 3 after the fight developed over the in dictments dealt with in today's deci sion. Counsel for defendants had not de cided today on their future course, but it is regarded ns certain that the ;j ease will he carried through the higher court. - t — ■ jPB With Our Advertisers. The big Christmas drive at the Parks-Belk Co. is going on in fine style, and you will find special bar- i gains nt this store every day until A Christmas. They have two car loads I of sugar on the way. Save your sugar tickets. See two-column ail. on last | page today. , The resources cf the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. are over $1,000,000. |j Santa Claus at Cline's Pharmacy. Phone 333. - Furniture. is an ideal gift for J Christmas. See new ad. today of the Concord Furniture Co. “He's a Prince,” nt the Star The atre today and tomorrow. Wednes day and Thursday, "Beggar on Horse back.” Friday only, "New Brooms,’’ ) and a good comedy. C. H. Barrier & Co. want 100 fat turkeys and 200 fat hens. They will pay 25 cents n pound for turkeys nud 18 cents a pound for hens. Sec ad. The Ritchie Hardware Co. has the • wagon your hoy wants for Christmas. See illustrations in new ad. today. 3 Atwater-Kent radios at Yorke & Wadsworth Co. l.et them give you ' a demonstration. Give a “hanky” for Christmas. J. C. Peuney Co. has them from 5 to 3ft rents each. Rend amout them in the new ad. today. ; ~ M New winter coats at Etird’s, priced -2 from $11.75 to $24.50. Irene Castle dresses, too, $27.50 to $39.50, , ; i Finishes lto Hours of Continuous Driving. Greensboro, Dee. s.—Earle Sea bock, of Hickory, this afternoon at 4 o’clock completed here one hun dred and ten hours of consecutive |j driving of an automobile. He started J at 2 n. m. Tuesday. He was chained anil locked to the wheel and kept the automobile moving continuously * the whole time, taking gas and air ’ for the tires on the move. A year i j ago Ralph Bennett drove for one hundred consecutive hours here. He . I died about six weeks ago. just after ; another like test. . Come in and get one of our Veit j I Pocket Memorandum books for 1926. j ; We want every subscriber to hnVe one. t - SAT’S BEAR SAYS I ’ Mostly cloudy tonight and TuM»>ifj .1 day; slightly warmer tonight. Mostly west and south moderate south nlilWl