North Carolina Newspapers

—*—i—i. ASSOCIATED v PRESS * DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV • r ~“ : f> •' ' MMBIS , AfitINST PRESIDENT . ONMUSCLESHOkLS Loader of the Insurgent! Group In Senate Says the President’s Plan is Indefensible. FORMAL REPLY ~ J TO PRESIDENT Says the Plan. Would Set Precedent That Would Be Followed, in All Parts of the Country. Washington. T>ee. o.—UP)—Presi dent Coolidge's recommendations on | the deposition of'Muscle Shoals, as i contained in his annual message are indefensible. Senator Morris, of Neb raska, one of the leaders of the repub lican insurgent group in the Senate, declared today in a formal statement. •lie does not seem to realize that I in this question we are dealing with i the natural resources of our country,l and that whatever disposition weVnnkc I of Muscle Shoals we will be establish-1 ing a precedent that w”’ be followed i from the Atlantic to the Pacific and will extent! through the lives of unbqpt generations,' - the statement continued. ‘‘We til 1 know that President C'ool idge is opposed lot anything that has tile least tendency towanl putting the government into business if it is of such a nature that private parties und corporations can make any profit out of it. He cqtnpla'ns that this ques tion, which he deems of -o little import - anee. lias consumed already too much time of Congress. Vet he recommends that this Congress shall pass a law which shall provide for a committee to make a further investigation, and then to report their decision back to Congress for such action as Congress decides to, take. His own recommen dation. therefore, proposes that w» be-' gin the discussion nil over again, and j defer the final settlement of this im portant mailer for.several years. If these recommendations are followed with, the discussion ip Congress still I ta> come, more time will be consumed | a result of this recommendation j than has been taken up in the past |>yj this important subject." PRAISE' MESSAGE OF CALVIN COOLIDGE Tar Heels Disagreeing In Part. Say Message Best President Has Writ ten. Washington, Dec-. B.—Members Os the North Carolina delegation today praised President Coolidge's long message to the Sixty-Ninth Con gress, although all of them dissented from some cf the proposals made by the President Senator Simmons and Senator rtverinan. agreed that it was perhaps the strongest message ever mitae by Calvin Coolidge. Representative John H. Kerr declared that the message showed tlint President Coolidge is coming around "by indirect methods to the great ideals of Woodrow Wil son in the determination of our pro per attitude to the rest of the world.” Senator Simmons, whi'e praising the message in/par“, declared the message “deficient in specific sug gest ion of remedies for known evils, in baltiug in initiative, too acquies-. cent in conditions as they are, and is almost barren of suggestions of n constructive nature.” Raleigh to Salisbury Short Route. Raleigh, Dee. B.—-Road makers who wish to split the Ra>igh-Chapel Hill drive in half after they get up to Nelson, are now interested iu a short shoot from‘Raleigh through to Pitts boro. Slier City, Asheboro and Salis bury through one of the best sections of the state. A soil road properly oiled and main tained would solve Vie double-track threatened from Salisbury to Raleigh and extended on either end, boosters “ say. Prom Raleigh to Salisbury’.by way of Asheboro and Lexington could be greatty shortened. It is almost s bird line. The road would rui{ to Cary ami A peg , then dash across to Pittsboro.- From there it would go to Siler City, on to Asheboro and so. on. It is the nearest a straight line drawn between any 100 iu 'North Carolina, perhaps. A good rodd well oiled’ and kept, woifld cirry the bulk of Cue lighter traffic. The Lillington and Dunn turnpike of oil and Mind is sufficient proof. No Opposition t<f Parker Nomination Washington, Dec- B.—No opposi tion was apparent in tho Senate here today to the ‘ confirmation of John ST Parker, of Charlotte, as Judge of the United States Circuit Court, .whose nomination was sent to tlie Senate by President Coolidge to day. Judge Parker has been serving , on the bench under a recess appoint ment. The only other North Carolinian whose nomination was sent to the Senate with other recess appointee* was Samuel H. Wiley, who was ap pointed an eighth class foreign serv ice officer. World’s Fair Planned F<4 Chicago. Chicago. Deo; '-9.—W)—A world's fair, spread along the new ten-mile parkway watgrfront here, has been planned for Chicago, either in 1984 or 1937. the respective anniversaries of the incorporations of the village and of the but probably in the latter year. v y The Concord Daily Tribune - North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Wed Chinese m Bp* JU I fhls la Mrs. John Wong of Seattle. Nash., American girl who married a i ieattle Chinese. She has nskad the j Ktlice to make people stop, trying to j tet her to leave him becaifse of his j to lor v “I love him and he’s good to ; , me,” she asserts. I TAXES AND FINANCES ARK GIVEN ATTENTION | : Mare Spectacular Issues Are Held in Background For the Present. Washington, Dec. 9. (A") —Taxes and | appropriations had the whole stage | to theptselves today on c-apitol hill, | while the more spectacular issue of the new Congressional session, includ ing aviation and prohibition, awaited their term;} impatiently. Driving ahead with the tax bill de bate the- House paused only long enough to receive President Coolidge's annual budget proposing expenditures of $100,000,000 in excess of the ap propriations for. tho current year. The Senate, lingering over the for malities of getting organixj'd after the summer’s interlude, was in recess un til tomorrow. Tho budget estimates were seat to ■ I the eapitol by messenger, and the | | President's accompanying message, \ : outlining details of the government's j | fiscal program was rend to the House ■ ! by its clerk, just after the day's ses | sion began at noon. | Several House antwommittecs al -1 ready are at work on appropriation bills to fulfill the budget needs enum erated by the President. Two of | these measures making money hvnil- Sv/- IS. SMS.UMUUSU.O »>,. - paWmCnts. are uenring completion and I will be brought before (be House next j week. NEW FARM FEDERATION j OFFICERS NOT CHOSEN I Election Postponed J titil Later In! Day.—Reports Are Submitted. Chicago, Dec. 9.—OP)—Delegates to the seventh annual convention of the; American Farm Bureau Federation | continued in a perfunctory open ses-j sion today while inclosed in eomihit- j tee rooms and in other secret places j the organization's leaders devoted i themselves fervently to politics. Reading of the reports of the gen- j era! resolutions committee, and the election of officers, both set for early forenoon, was postponed until late to day. The chief issue involved iu both was 1 support of the McNairy-Huughn plan for an export corporation to take care of .'the selling of American crop sur pluses, and thereby prevent prices for home 'consumption from being de pendent upon the world price. Lines were drawn strictly, and a determined flight -on the convention floor was i forecast. €. Otto Declares He la Glad to Get 1 Back to Old Place. Raleigh. Dec. 8. —Otto Wood, ac companied by four Iredell officers, arrived today near noon and was served lurch which he greatly ap preciated. He declared that he was glad tt> get back. Mr. Wood with a wink iKdvised the prison authorities that be rode in., the Dodge chariot of "a ..friend in Ashland, 'West Virginia." There is no end to»the jocularity of Mr- Wood. He never did tell the prison authorities who ihia friend is. “I i think he came from the Dodge 4 ageftcy,” Mr. Wood said. But he would not swear to it. Mr. Wood Went back contentedly. Last year when lie took his usual eave, be came back raging and swearing that ho would leave again, if they did not fix up things for' him. Things were fixed and Mr. W’ood could say nothing. He com plained of sanitation, but the insti tution blew tho top off the register Jor* edeienoy in sanitation. Mr. Wood hasn’t a kick of any sort and if he breaks out again It must be in a new place. Seven- Year-Old Child Die* of Hydro phobia. / Reidsville, Dec. B.—Estelle Clay-: brook, seven years old, died in*a Mar tinsville hospital a few days ago fol lowing a bite from a mad dog. The little girl Was accustomed to walk more than a mile to school. About three weeks ago while returning from school about a half mtte from her home and alone, she was attacked by k mad dog, and bitten in several places. She was immediately given the anti-toxin and for a wbjle it was thought *he had beeu made immune to the disease which caused her death. She was carried to the hospital and found to have an advanced case of hyi drophobia, from which she died. Bicycles {are so popular in France p. mere is one for every seven per-1 More Bitter R emarks I Heard In Court Case Os Colonel Mitchel i CITY OFFICIALS WILL BE HEARD Mayor and Other Officers In Lowell, Mass., Are Charged With Conspir acy and Fraud. Cambridge. Mass.. Dee. 9.—(/P) Ten Lowell Officials, including the mayor and former mayor, were ar raigned in the Superior Criminal Court here today on secret indictments charging conspiracy nnd fraud in the making of contracts, and purchase of | supplies, larceny and the altering of j public records. I BOY CARVES HIS NAME t ON HEROES' ROLL ; Throws Himself in Front of a Car to Save Younger Sister. | Burlington, Dec. B. Harry Cole, j eight, carved It is name on the lienor j roll of boy heroes when disregarding his own safety he threw himself in I the approach of nn automobile in an effort to save Jesse Warren, four, a ' playmate. | lit \iis attempt Harry was knocked ! down and suffered a dislocated foot, ; while Jesse progressed barely be yond the reaeli of his would-be res cuer. was knocked down and the Fbrd car passed over his body without any of the wheels touching him. His face was lacerated in addition to minor euts and bruises. The two boys, whose homes are in Haw River, were in Burlington visit ing at the 'jotne of Miss Fannie Wil liamson, Jesse's aunt, on I’laid street. They were playing on • the sidewalk in front of the home, in front of which two cars were parked with a short distance between. Joese suddenly raced between the j ears. Harry saw a ear coining nnd ' had the presence of mind to see the | imminent danger. He followed quiek ! ly. intending to catch Jesse before he was far enough in rite street to be struck, nnd failed only after a he roic attempt.' Durham Ministers Ashamed of Man ning's Action. Dnrham. Dee. B.—lncensed nt. the |«™>« «V elayor-il. it. hhluntitg its I indorsing the petition hire (tinted j'here the past week by representa tives of a national organization in favor of amending the Volstead act, which petition is to be presented to | Congress, ministers of Durham this | afternoon passed resolutions to the (effect that they were heartily nsham jed of the mayor's action, and declar ing they did not believe that this ; represented the real attitude of the j people of Durham, j They declared that, the majority of the church members of this city were in favor of I lie strict euforce ■ nient of the Volstead act and called j tfpon the courts to pass more severe 'sentences upon a'l those who violated Che prohibition laws. The resolution was several hun dred words in length and was one Os the most caustic documents ever i rntt out In the form of- an - official | message to the world at large by the ministers here. Mayor Manning, informed of the action of the ministers, had nothing to say more than that he had signed \t, being one of the first here to no so. and that if necessary he would sign again- 'Representatives of the j organization left tonight for Burling ton after securing the names of 1,- [360 local men. Mayvlew Receivers Made Permanent Greensboro, Dec. B.—A temporary receivership for Mayview Manor Company, at Blowing Rock, was made permanent here today by Judge E- Yates Webb, of Shelby, of federal district court. Western North Caro lina district, signing an order to that effect. T. 11. Coffey, of Blow ing Rock, and J. H. ‘Beall, of Lenoir, are named permanent receiver!, they having been temporary receivers. I Kipling’s Condition Unchanged. Burwash, England, Deb. 9.—(A’l — Rudyard Kipling’s condition was un changed this morning. NOW IS THE TIME I To Subscribe for Stock in the 75th Series of the £ I Concord Perpetual Building & Loan | Association | Books open at Cabarrus Savings Bank, Concord and Kannapolis, N. C. ' Thirty-seven and a half years successful business. Hun- i I dreds of homesl>uilt and paid for, and many thousands of - dbllars saved through this pld reliable association. I- Take stock with us now and be ready for your check •when our 76th series matures. J If you want to build or buy a home there is no better E [ plan than the B. & L. ( plan. £ 25 cents a week carries one share which amounts to jjj S SIOO.OO in 6 1-3 years. Prepaid shares at $72.25 will grow u | to SIOO.OO in six and one-third vears. ALL TAX EX- I EMPT. CONCORD, N.C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1925 Effort to Question Author ship of “Winged De fense” Failed Underßul i , ing of the Court, j COUNSEL OFFER BITTER REMARKS Defense Counsel Said He Excused Assistant Judge r Advocate Because o l Condition of Mind. Washington, Doc. 9.—OP)—An ef fort by the prosecution t-i question the authorship <rf part of Col. Win. Mitch ell's book "Winged Defense,'" failed to day before the army court martial , trying tlie ait- officer. Maj. Allen Uuilion, the assistant ’ judge advocate, sought to bring tlie : subject before the court through (c--- j titnouy of (.'apt. Thos. C\ Hart, a navy officer, and to prove that Col. Mitchell ■ had “deliberately cribbed” some of the passages, but the court held that it would not be advisable to often up such a phase of the controversy. The rule “false in one. false in all” was argued by Maj. Bullion, who as serted that the testimony should be received to'“impeach the accused as r witness." To this Representative Frank It. Itcid, defense counsel, replied "I say. 1 fool in one thing, a fool in everything,” 1 adding tlint he could excuse Major Bullion on account of "the condition of his mind." The prosecution insisted that in a statement September 9th Colonel Mitchell made mention of "the book I have written.” and that later on the defense stand he said that the book was "Winged Defense." Maj. Bullion ( said he proposed to prove that substan tial parts of the book were "cribbed" from tlie lecture by another man. and had brought Cnpt. Hart here from the Pacific coast for that purpose. Major Bullion argued that inasmuch - as the defense had undertaken to es tablish the truth of every portion of Col. Mitchell’s charges against the war and navy departments, and which led to his trial, the prosecution should be allowed to show the falsity of any parts of these statements, r fTh* pi*, eoutiou now propose*-...rf! prove, and ifisists upon the govern ment's right to do so, that substantial parts of the book, of which the accus ed claims authorship, were without permission or authority or any indi cation that they were not the product of the accused’s own brain, deliberate ly cribbed Irotn a lecture long prev iously delivered by another man.” he su'd. WILSON MAN FALLS FROM S. A- L. TRAIN John D. Price in Hospital at Fred ericksburg in Serious Condition. Fredericksburg, Va„ Doc. B. John D. Price of Wilson, X- C„ suf sered a fractured skull and other in juries when ho fell from the door way of a speeding northbound Sea board Air Line passenger train near here today. In a dazed condition at the hospital here toniight he was un able to talk out but had a railroad ticket to Philadelphia. Price, about 25 years old, said he was standing in tho doorway of the train when he Rytt his balance and fell. Apparently, no one saw the ac cident. 'Staggering up to a farm house near the tracks, he collapsed nt the doorway and was unconscious for several hours after being brought to the hospital. Such Is Fame! Cal Never Heard of “Red.” Washington. Dec. B.—" Red" Orange the football star, here for a profes sional game, was presented to Presi dent Coolidge at the white house today by Senator McKinley, of Illinois. The “Galloping Ghost,” who was in the executive offices but a moment, said tite President shook hands with him, asked him where he lived and wished him luck, y Ernest Brown nnd C'aarles An drews. of Charlotte, are spending tlie day in the city. Women Who Are Sitting in New Congress < L lti_ mm IT uss jmm* mp "j * are the three new women members of the new Congress. They ate. left to right. .Mrs. Mary T. N'ort I on of New Jersey. Mrs. Florence I*.Kahn of California and Mrs. Kdith lingers of Massachusetts. From the way i "j their eyes are cast down, it appears they aren't ns used as most congressmen to having their pictures taken. ! ■ehliet To«lfffl Refugees Coining Into City But So Far No Fighting' Has Taken Place, Tokio Has Learned. Tokio, Dec. O.—MR)—A dispatch to the war office received this morning from Mukden reports that a large number of refugees are arriving, but hat the city remains quiet. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin. who was reported to have resigned his leadership in Man churia. is still in Mukden and liis troops are holding the Liac river line west of the city pending the assembly of an army of from 70,000 to 80.000 men a week hence, when it is expected i Chang will make a final attempt to expel his enemies from Manchuria. VIIERE MONEY Cd.MKS FROM AND WHERE IT GOES Budget Estimate for 1927 Shows FI , n uncial Status of Government. Washington. Dee. !).— UP)— The t story of where, the government’s money odmes from and where it goes, in. terms of the average dollar was told today ill estimates for 1(127 submitted ’ by t the budget bureau as follows: ‘Where il comes from: Income and .profits tax. 40.0 cents: miscellaneous, , ((denial revenue. 2285 wHls,; cus ,toms, revenue. 14.43 cents: interest, premiums and discount. 403 cents; fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures. .84 cent; repayments on investments, 1.62 cents: trust fund receipts 2.16 corals; and other miscellaneous re ceipts, 3.00 cents. "Where it goes: General functions of government. 3.33 cents; national defense. 10.32 cents: military pen sions, retirement pay annuities, world war allowances and life insurance claims, 10.33 cents; public works, 5.60 cenls: promotion regulation and operation »f marine transportation, 188 cents; ot’iier civil functions, 7.- <4O cents; refunds 4.01 cents; public debt retirement froiii ordinary re ceipts, 14.76 cents: interest on pub lic debt. 22.73 cents; and trust funds, C.4S rents. • With Our Advertisers. Beginning Thursday night the big store of the Parks-Belk Co. will be open until 8 o’clock every night. Big shipment of sugar just received. Visit the grocery department on the second floor. Today and tomorrow at the Con cord - Theatre Bert Lytell and Anita Stewart are being shown in "Never the Twain Shall Meet ’ Also a good comedy ‘‘The Sen Squawk,” starring Harry Langdon. H. B. Wilkinson isegiving away ab solutely free a White Rotary Sowing Machine. Read new nd. today. Sweets of all kinds at Cline & Moose. Carolina corah honey, Cabar rus county Sorghum and Ponce Porto Rico molasses. They have them all. Parks-Belk’s Beauty Shoppe has’ a new nd. today of Interest to the ladies. You can get a gift for men for 50c or SSO at the Browns-Cannon Co. Read the new ad. today. Aged Charlotte Negress Found Dead In Her Chair. Charlotte, Dec. B,—Seated before an •open fireplace, in which the live em bers had long since died out, Molly Smith, aged negro woman, was found dead Monday morning around !) o’clock at her ‘home, 314 North Myers street. The condition of the body indicated that her death occurred sev eral days ago. Neighbors had not seen her since Thanksgiving Day and, becoming alarmed, telephoned police headquar ters, Detectives Owens and Moser went to the home, broke open a door and found her dead in a chair. No Progress Toward Ending the Coal Strike. Philadelphia, Dec. 9.—(A s ) —No sub stantial progress towards'ending tbc hard coal strike now in its 15th week, was made at the conference, of repre sentative merchants from the anthra cite fields with Governor Pinchot at Harrisburg yesterday, and with oper ators ami miners here last night, it was learned today from participants. Raises Prize Com. I China Grove. Dec. B. J. A. Pattor , ,aon and P. J. Cress, prominent farm er<4,of Ilowan county, have just been notified that they are winners of first prises on the ten-ear and single-ear exhibits of corn, respectively, at the i Chicago Fair. StLtCI IPITAFKT3 BE USED ON GAMES “Here Rests in Honored Glory, an American Sol dier, Known But to God,” Reads Epitaph. Washington Dec. 9.—(A s )—Upon 1,- 682 white stone crosses that mark the resting places of unknown American army dead in Franco, the American government will chisel this legend: ’’Here rests in honored glory, an Am erican soldier, known but to God.” The epitaph was selected by the Battle Monuments Commission, head ed by General Pershing, and lias been approved by Secretary Davis. THE COTTON MARKET Lowey During Early Trading, .After' Opening Decline of 2 to 9 Points. 1 New York. Doc. 9.-l(>P)—The cot ton market was lower during today's ! early trading. Yesterday's buying ap- ’ peared lo have eased the technical i*>- 'sitimi of the market, while Liverpool was lower than due. and the opening i here was barely steady at a decline of 2 to 9 points. Initial offerings were fairly well absorbed around the open ing prices, and the steadiness follow ing the first break on yesterday's gov ernment report evidently encouraged some fresh buying of the later months. J The selling continued, however, and I prices eased off to 19.20 for January} and 18.96 for May before the end of the first half hour, or about 22 to 25 points net lower. Liverpool and the South were both sellers during the early trading and the trade buying which had been a feature yesterday af ternoon was (ess ill evidence. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. Dec. 20.05 ; Jan. 19.37 ; March 19.37 : May 19.00; July 18.73. FIRST AIR LINER FOR SOUTH LEAVES GOTHAM Four Passengers Aboard Airplaiue Bound For Cities of Sunny Florida New York, Dec. B.—Bearing four passengers, the new seaplane, "Miss Key Largo City” left New York Monday afternoon for Florida in the first trip of a proposed direct air lint between New York and south ern cities. Letters from Governor Smith and Olianncey Depcw were carried in the plane to be delivered to the may of the cities at which stops will be made en route- Before hopping off, the p'ane, described as an “air yacht," was christened with cere monies on the bank of the Hudson river. The plane is equipped with liberty motors totalling 400 horse power and is all metal construction. It lias carrying capacity of seven passengers, with a compartment for luggage. Lutherans Are Getting Ready For Cage Game. Hickory, Dec. B.—Early basketball practice will be ushered in at Lenoir- Rhyne this week, when 20 candidates : report for drills. Practice ; 8 forging ahead this week j to make ready for a holiday invasion | of three Y. M. C. A. teams. Games have been signed with Con-j cord, Salisbury and Mt. Hol\ teams.. The intercollegiate contests start im mediately after the vacation period, i Burley is looking to Boger and Ov- ( cash, subs of last year, aud Hodge and Coulter, new men, to fill the shoes left by Miller, Brown, Seehlqt and Clemmer, gone front last season s squad. Captain Karriker, guard, and Baxter Moose, center, have been showing that their eye is st : ll on the old basket, E. P. H. Simmons Makes Address. St. Petersburg, Fla., Deo. 9.—(4 s ) — E. P, H. Simmons, president of the New York Stock Exchange, delivered an address here today to bankers at tending the 14th annual convention of the Investment Bankers Association of America. Preceding Sir. Simmons’ address, the convention benrd reports from committes on railroad securities, com mercial credits, municipal securities, and securities law. Christmas at Eflrd’s. Dolls, toys, eleetricnl trains, ten sets, mechanical toys, gift boxes, can ■ dies and in fact everything you want i at, Efird's Department Store. Gifts for every member of the fnmily and • then some. The slock is complete in ! every detail. See half page ad. in to day’s Tribune. DISCUSSES DRY LAW I IN ANNUAL REPORT; Laxity In Enforcement of Law Cannot Be Blamed Entirely on Government, Says Dr. Wilson. Washington, Dec. 9.—(A I ) —Blame for laxity in enforcement of the prohi- | bition law cannot be placed solely on the government, but part of it must be assumed by "reform leaders” who slowed down and let themselves be'put ' on the defense when they should have advanced on all fronts. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary, de clared in' his annual report read today to the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist ; Episcopal Church. The rc]K>rt endorsed the remarks of ; President Coolidge in his message to Congress on the IStti amendment, up holds the enforcement policy adopted by Assistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury, and attacked the men “with : great fortunes" who “are doing all j they can to break down the authority of the law to which they owe their ' lives, their fortunes and their safe- ! ty." INTER-CITY MEETING OF ROTARY LS HELD Two Hundred aud. Fifteen Members of she Organization Meet bt Clrar- I latte. Charlotte. lipc. B.—Disappointed ‘hat Rabbi Marx, of Atlanta, was not able to attend tile Inter-city meeting of Rotarians here Tuesday. 230 mem bers of the club of Charlotte and sim ilar organizations from adjacent towns nnd cities, enjoyed a luncheon in t'iie Chamber of Commerce. District Governor Fred Kent made a statement of the principles of Ro tary. David Clark, of Charlotte, fol lowed with a talk on the extension of Rotary into other communities. A brilliant address was made by Dr. Hardin, of Monroe, on the work be ing undertaken on the part of Rotary and other elulx for the establishment of clinics for crippled children and Arnold Snider, of Salisbury, spoke on the ideals of Rotary. After the luncheon, the convention adjourned to nil adjoining hall where the remainder of the day's program was given. The only address of this occasion was made by Rev. G. Floyd Rogers, who spoke on the cssent'ality of Ro trians everywhere. The inter-city meeting began at 11 o'clock, being called to order by Pres : ident Hamilton C. Jones, of the local club. The invocation was made by Rev. G. H. Hardin, of the Monroe club. After a word of welcome from j President Jones, club singing was led j by Rotarian Edwin Stckle, of thej Uastonia club. To Consider Problem of Common Crooks. Charlotte, Dec. B—“ The Prosecu tion of Common Crooks" will be the subject of J. H, Tregoo, of New j York, executive secretary of the Na ! tional Association of Credit Men. who ' will address members of the Char- I lotte Credit Men’s Association and the general public of Charlotte, at a | dinner Wednesday evening at the j Chamber of Commerce, j Mr. Tregoe lias been to Charlotte j twice and is remembered here as a | forceful nnd impressive speaker. He is regarded as on authority on econo mic questions. During the twelve years that Mr. Tregoe has been executive head of the National Association of Credit Men. the organization has increased its membership to 30,000. Pleads For Abolition of Capital Pun ishment. Greensboro, Dee. 8. —A plen for the abolition of capital punishment was made today to the students here of North Carolina College for Women, by Rev. H. P. Mariey, pastor of the First Christian Church here, speaking at chapel exercises. He is one of the leaders of the State in the move ment to abolish the electric chair and one of a group here that plans to or ganize soon,a society to work active ly ngainsttit, working in conjunction with like organizations in the state. Vetoes Bill Calllfng for Plebiscite on Philippine Independence. Manila, P. I„ Dec. 9.—OP)—Gover nor General Wood today veoted the Philippine legislature’s bill providing for a plebiscite on the question of Philippine independence, on the grounds that the legislature has no power to authorize such plebiscite. the Tribune prints 1 TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS NO. 291 :iGE JUROR WAS ; APPROACHEOWHILE CASE BEING MO Juror in the Rhinelander Case Tells Justice Mors chauser Yonkers Man Talked With Him. . MAN’S NAME IS GIVEN TO COURT Grand Jury Will Be Asked to Make Inquiry to See If Law Was Violated in the Case. White Plains, N. Y„ Dec. 9.—-(A s ) The Westchester c-ouuty grand jury today was directed to c-onduct an in vestigation into the* alleged attempt to tamper with the jury which heal’d Leonard Kip Rhinelander's annulment suit against his mulatto wife, Alice Beatrice Jones. Frederick G. Sanford, a juror in the trial, told Justice Morsebaqser that he- had been approached by a cer tain Yonkers man, who had broached the- subject of the Rhinelander case.- "1 gathered from his talk that he favored Rhinelander, and was opposed to inter-racial marriages," Sanford told Justice Morschauser, who presid ed at the trial. Sanford said he had been approached by other residents of Yonkers during the trial of the case, but he was only able to give tie name of one man definitely. "This sort of thing strikes at the foundation of justice," said Justice Morschauser. "Influence of outsiders brought to bear upon a jury is harm ful. It must stop. 1 want jurors left alone while they are hearing a ease.” Assistant District Attorney Coyne, aflcr talking with Sanford, said the ~ evidence would be placed before the grand jury aud a searching investiga tion begun. BRABHAM MAY SUE • WINSTON NEWSPAPER .Vise Understood He May Start Action Against Hotel.—Confers With His Friends and Counsel. Winston-Salem, Dee. 8. —M. \V. Brabham, of Nashville, Tenn.. indicted here several days ago upon the charge of violating the state hotel law and who is to be tried for the alleged offense on December 13th, arrived" in the city last night and it was under stood that today he was in conference with relatives and friends from South Carolina, who met him here, and with his attorneys. It is understood that suit for a large amount will in all probability be brought against a local newspa per in connection with an article ap pearing in the paper and that suit may also be brought against a hotel here. While nothing was given out. it was the jmpresgion today that Mr. Brabham was here to consult with his counsej and friends relative to the propose,} suit or suits. WiR es J. S. Myers Filed For Pro bate. Charlotte, Dee. B.—The last will and , testament of the late J. S. Myers, prominent Charlotte citizen, for whom Myers Park was named, was filed for probate in the clerk of the Mecklen burg county court’s office Monday. The instrument, dated June 27, 1923, leaves the estate practically in tact. The "income goes to Mrs. Mary 11. Myers, wife of t'iie testator, during her life time. The value of the es tate is estimated at between $275,000 and $300,000, Mr. Myers disposed of a considerable portion of bis es tate several years ago to his children. [ The principal charity bequests in j the will lare $5,000 each to trustee* |of St. Peters Hospilal and to the , Uocil Samaritan Hospital, the latter a negro institution, to be ueed in the charity wards of these two hos pitals there. Uawlinson Myers aud Richard A. Myers, sons of the testator, and Har old C. Dweile, son-in-law of the tes tator. are named as executors. j Winston-Salem Has Population of 70.756. 'Winston-Salem, Dec. 9.—The popu lation of Winston-Salem near the op ening es 1926 is 70,656, compared witty 48.393 in 1!I20, an increase of 56 per cent, according to a survey just com pleted for the afternoon paper here. The special survey shows male citi zens number 35,306 and females 35,- 350. Those over 21 yearn old total 40,116. Berenger Coming Soon to Washing ton. ■ Paris, Dec. 9.—(A s )—Henry Beren ger, the French ambassador-designate for the United States, expects to sail for New York at the end of Deccmbei;■; or early in January. SAT'S BEAR SAYSt * V iha Generally fair tonight nnd Thuf|»f ■ day, colder -in northeast portion t||| 1 night. Moderate to fresh northw«si] winds.