North Carolina Newspapers

1 The Concord Daily Tribune jssssJ VOLUME XXVI k Only Two Men Taken Out Alive of Tire Ninety-Three Entombed At Wilbiirton, Okla. Cecil McKinney Was Res cued This Morning.— Scores of Rescuers Stand at Mouth of Shaft. FLAMES BROKE OUT ANEW TODAY Mine Inspector Declares That Explosion Was Due to the Employment of In competent Miners. k Wilburton, Okla., Jan. 1-4.—C40 men were rescued alive today from the lower levels of Mine No. 21 of the Degnon-McConnell Mining Co., where an explosion yesterday entomb ed 101 miners. A fire which for n while halted the recovery ,<>f bodies, was extinguished shortly before noon, and rescue crews again entered the mine. Ninety-one men are dead or imacounted for. Those rescued today were: Cecil Mc- Kinie, white, and Beryl Holland, n ne gro. McKlnnie had crawled over the body of his father and recognized him, lie said, when he walked frdra the mine apparently suffering little except nervous exhaustion. The first body taken out today was that of B.' A. Thomas, an engineer who had gone into the mine shortly before the blast to make a survey. Wilburton, Okla., Jan. 14.—OP)— Cecil McKinney, white, one of the 93 miners entombed by the explosion in Degnnn-McConnell Mine No. 21 near here, early yesterday, was rescued nlive near the month of the mine shaft at 8 o'clock this morning. McKinney is the first survivor to come out of the lower levels of the mine. Eighty-six miners lay dead in the blazing Degnan-McConnell mine here today while scores of rescue workers stood at the mouth of the shaft help less in the face of the flames which broke out anew early this morning. Six bodies have been brought out, raising the death toll to 03. Mine officials last night abandoned all hope for finding any of the trap ped miners alive. A terrific explosion wrecked tbedow *r iwels of the mine yesterday after , 101 white and negro miners descend r’ rt-the shaft to start their dally tttft ' Os these only nine were brought out alive. Responsibility for the disaster was placed squarely on the mine operators by Ed. Boyle, state mine inspector, after an investigation. Boyle declar ed that in his opinion the explosion was due to the employing of incompe tent miners. HI snid he believed the explosion was from gas collected in one or more passages in the mine, and that competent inspectors should have found evidence of the gas before the five score men went to work Wednes day morning. A report from Supt. W. H. Powers of the mine stated that fire bossea had inspected the mine at 0 o’clock in the morning, two hours before the miners went to work. Boyle declared enough gas could have collected in the mine in that time to blow two cages from the shaft and wreck the tipple. Story of Survivors. The rescued told of walking over bodies of dead miners as they pro gressed from a small pocket under the main shaft to the jngan-way from which they emerged. Hysterical relatives of the entomb ed men congregated about the entrance of the mine and remained there throughout the day. Soon roads were choked for miles by sightseers. Sheriff Parks roped off the shaft of the mine and none but persons engag ed in rescue work was allowed to ap proach it. Doctors and nurses with medical equipment were summoned from all nearby towns and a special train was - brought here from McAlester to rush L. the injured 'to hospitals. ' Seventy-five men compose the res cue crews but only four may work at a. time because of the narrow shaft. The work of clearing the tunnel to the remaining men will require be tween three and four days, it is believ ed. The diggging will continue until all of the bodies are recovered. An Italian miner took his small son into the mine this morning to show him how It worked. They were among those trapped. The Salvation Army has opened a lunch stand near the mine and v mem bers of that organization are 'aiding the work of rescue. Germany's Opposition to the Rhino land Troops. Berlin. Jan. 14. —MP)—If the al lies persist in' maintaining 75,000 troops in the Rhineland, Germany's application for admission into the league of Nations must be indefi nitely postponed, Foreign Minister Stresemann told the foreign relations committee of the reichstag today. The entente’s failure to ameliorate the conditions .of the Occupation are viewed by tha government as a con tradiction,/ of the gentleman’s agree ment entered Into at Locarno, he said. Washington, Jan. 14.— -fM —Imports of the United States for 1925 were valued at $4,224,225,962 and exports were $4,908,743,259, leaving a bal ance of trade favorable to the United States of $684,517,297. r Twenty miles of sewing cotton may be used In tbe making of a fur coat S , .17 ~ Boy* i mil 1 pC, _ Cecil ’ Crapo, member of a' wealthy/ Wichita. Kas., family, has been aid rested more .than 80 times, but hi baa never gone to prison. Now he’fl In danger of.it, however, being held for highway robbery. He’s been up for everything from speeding ta throwing sUak baOa Ip a theater J MRS. JOHN E. WILSON KILLED Death Resulted on Lexlngton-Winaton- Salem Highway When Car Tamed Over. Winston-Salem, Jan. 14.—OP)— Mrs. John E. Wilson, of Kansas City, wife of the former police commisinn er there, was almost instantly killed today when an automobile in which she was riding turned over on the Winston-Salem-Lexington highway about eight miles from here. Her companion, Mrs. Fred D. Whit ing, also of Kansas City, waß not in jured. - wm. Wilson and Mrs. Whiting were eh route to Lexington to visit relatives. In attempting to round a sharp curve the automobile struck an ice bank and turned turtle. Mrs. Whiting was driving. The machine crushed Mrs. Wilson and those leach ing her soon afterward said death oc curred almost instantly. Mrs. Wilson's nge was given as about 30. Her-husband has been no tified of the accident and is npw en route here. \ AGAINST PUBLICATION OF INCOME TAX RETURNS Senate Finance Committee Accepts This Prevision of House Bill. Washington, Jan. 14.—(4s)—Dis contonuance of publicity of income tax returns was approved today by the Senate finance committee in ac cepting this provision in the House tax bill. No record vote on the proposal was taken by the committee. Chairman Smoot announced senti ment was almost unanimous for the action but Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the committee, reserved the right to pre sent the amendment in the Senate pro posing continuance of the present law which allows publication of accounts of incomes. ■ The North Carolina senator also an nounced he wotlld ask the Senate to set a definite date for the vote on the bill for parly in February. This he said would answer critics who be lieve the presentation of the substitute program by the minority would delay final action. Such a proposal if accepted would assure tax reduction by March 15th when the first income installments are , due. Speaker Says Cleveland to Have About Same Ball Club. Cleveland, Jwn. 14.—C/P)—That baseball team that will represent Cleveland this year will be little dif ferent from the 1025 squad because, skys Manager Tris Speaker, “Cleve land had a far better ballciub than It showed in 1924 and’ 1925.’’ Trio issues the warning that the Indiana are likely to hurdle three or four teams in the 1926 finish. "We had a lot of tough luck and played considerable bad ball,” • said Speaker, “but we have had two seasons of it and I have every rea son to believe we will get squared away In 1920. “We need only one more big wallop at tbe bat to help out Joe SeweU, George Burns and myself. Between the three of us we account ed for 270 runs last year. If Charlie Jamieson dos the things I expect of him, we’ll make things bum this year.” , There are thirty-one players on the Indians reserve roster and thirty of these wil be ordered to spring train ing. The Ist is composed of four J catchers, twelve pitchers, sfrven in fielders, and six outfielders. The World’s' Committee of the Young Women's Christian Associa tion, which last met In Washington in 1624, is to bold its next biennial meeting In London this summer. m MEETING AT THE COURT HOUSE ON FRIDAY NIGHT In the Interest of the Great Smoky Mountain Na tional Park —Judge Bry son to Speak. TEAM MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED Meeting at Court House to Be Held at 7:30 p. m.— Every Citizen Should Be v Interested. A meeting, preparatory to the mass meeting to be held at the court house Friday night in interest of the pro posed Great Smoky Mountain Na tional Dark, was held Wednesday night, having been called by Chair man J. F. Cannon. A number of the local epmmitteemen were present. Plans for the Friday night mass meeting were formulated and the com mittees with enptnins were named. The hour for the meeting was set at 7 :30 o’clock. Judge T. D. Bryson, who is con ducting court here this week, will make the principal address of the evening. "Judge Bryson is an elo quent and delightful speaker,” said one of the committeemen this morn ing, “and lxis description of bis loved mountains and the Cherokee Indians who live up there in the Great Smoky- Mountains is indeed wonderful. "It is nn inspiration to hear the learned judge upon this problem which is near and dear to him.” Plans are underway to secure an orchestra for the occasion but final action has not been taken in this matter. It is considered likely, how ever, that the orchestra will be nt hand to play. According to committee members, an unusually large audience is expect ed to be present. The drive in Ca barrus county has stirred unusual in terest and indications are that the meeting will be one of the most gen erally attended here in recent years. Letters have been sent to a number of the residents of the city and coun ty. urging them to attend. The text of the letters is as follows: Dear Sir: fijurely. every citizen in North Oar dlinfc iff" fhterested in the prospect of securing a great national park in our state. At the Cabarrus county court house, Concord. Friday. January 15th, nt 7:30 p. m.. Judge T. D. Bryson, of Bryson City, will spenk on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, de scribing the mountain area and ex plaining the prospect of securing this great park for North Carolina. The public is invited and urged to be pres ent. Come and bring your friends. JOSEPH F. CANNON, Chairman of Committee. The captains and team members have been named as follows: H. I. Woodhouse, captain; H. B. Wilkinson, C. W. Swink, W. G. Cas well, Lee Foil and Z. A. Morris. F. C. Niblock, captain; H. W. Blanks, J. F. Dayvault, O. A. Swarin gen, J. E. Davis and J. A. Kennett. J. A. Cannon, captain; A. S. Webb. A. B. Pounds, Alex Howard, J. B. Sherrill, A. F. Hartsell and C. S. Smart. C. B. Wagoner, captain; J. G. Parks, W. D. Pemberton, J. B. Rob ertson, H. C. Herring, W. A. Over cash. R. E. Ridenhour, F. J. Hay wood and A. R. Hoover. G. L. Patterson, captain; Frank Armfield. W. R. Odell. J. L. Hart sell, W. B. Bruton and W. M. Linker. T. N. Spencer, captain; H. W. Caldwell, C. A. Meis, W. M. Sherrill, J. L. Miller, J. O. Moose and P. M. Lafferty. L. D. Coltrane, captain; A. E. Har ris, W. C. Houston, G. H. Richmond. H. W. Calloway and B. E. Harris. Dr. J. C. Rowan, captain; C. A. Cannon, C. F. Ritchie, W. W. Flowe, Julius Fisher, M. L. Marsh, P. G. Sherbondy. Arthur Odell, captain; W. L. Burns, W. H. Wadsworth, H. S. Wil liams, Ernest Hicks and Dr. Row lette. L. T. Hartsell, Jr., captain; A. B. Palmer, Ed Sauvain, R. M. King, 0. H. Barrier, L. T. Hartsell, Sr., and J. P. Cook. L. M. Richmond, captain; J. B. Womble, D. B. Coltrane, R. B. Ran kin, Thomas Webb and E. C. Barn hardt. Every captain and members of his team is expected at the meeting Fri day night and immediately after the addresses a meeting of the committee will be held, at which time plans are to Be perfected in an effort to make the campaign a success. Charleston to Revive Tired Business Girls. J Chicago, Jan. 14. — Charleston, \ classed for business girls, will aup ’ plement the health education pro , gram of the Young Women’s Ohris i tian Association of Chicago during , tts winter term. In the belief that the active rythm > of tbe dance is beneficial the asso t elation has decided to add the Char - leston, with lessons in clogging. Golf ■ ing for women is another special - course. * ' s One young woman in the United > States sells a million dollars’ worth -of lumber a year to dealer*. She la i Mias Daisy B. Tetple, the Detroit I representative of a number of South ern lumber mills. w; •„ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1926 Osage Murder Ring’s Work? " 1 81-..4 1 ’ ’’ l - "".I’ wESS'i:-; K / . .J - '-'x- . -1 | The picture above shows the home of W. E. Smith, of Fairfax. Okla before It was wrecked by an explosion that killed Smith, his wealthy Indian wife and a white servant girl. The picture below shows the wreciteC home. A federal grand jury is Investigating charges that the explosior was port of a murder ring’s plot to gain the wealth of many rich Oms Indiana. NASH MOTOR CO. CUTS BIG MELON Gives Its Stockholders a Stock Divi dend of 000 Per Cent. New York World. A stock dividend of 900 per cent— one of the largest ever granted to de lighted stockholders—was announced Inst evening by the Nash Motors Company. The corporation is one of the outstanding successes of the au tomobile industry. Its common stock, climaxing remarkable advances on the New York Stock Exchange through out the last year, leaped 52 points yesterday to $517 a share. This is an advance of $32.50 a share from the 1925 low price of $19.50 a share. The stock sold at S9(J a share in 1924. In the latter year, when the company was only six years old, it gave each owner of one common share four additional shares of com mon and three of preferred stock. Nash, which has made fortunes for its consistent followers, paid cash dividends of S2O a share on ooimnuo stock last year. It is the intention of the company to continue paying the same total of dividends, establish ing a rate of $2 a share annually af ter the additional stock is issued on a ratio of nine new shares for ench share now held. Participating in the record prosper ity of 1925, the company sold 93,000 cars and earned a net profit of more than $16,000,000. It set nside ap proximately $8,500,000 for retirement of preferred -stock and yet at the close of the year had on hand more thou $24,000,000 in cash or government se curities. This cash total is almost half of the corporation's total assets —an up-, usual, if not unique, showing. Capi tal obligations are carried on the bal- . anee sheet at $i),640,400. There are reserves of more than $12,000,000 and surplus of approximately $25;- 000,000. Other companies in. the automotive industry also have dealt handsomely with stockholders recently. The Chrysler Company has split its stock on a basis of four new shares for one of the old stock. General Motors has paid a huge total in extra cash divi dends. Mack Trucks, Inc., following its policy of expansion, yesterday an nounced $10,000,000 of additional stock wouldl be offered stockholders at SIOO a share. The stock com mands a market price of $147 a share. Similar offers hjid preceded this one. Committee Will Press Plea For Branch Bank. Charlotte, Jan. 13—A special com mittee, representing the chamber of commerce, will accompany members of the Charlotte Clearing House As sociation Friday to Washington to present this city’s claims for a pro posed branch of the fifth district. Federal Reserve Bank. For almost a quarter of a century Norman B. Sanson has been in charge of a weather bureau station on the top of Sulphur Mountain, at Banff, 7,456 feet above Bea level. ' —!— i Cotton Consumed During December Was 575,271 Bales Washington, Jan. 14.— UP) —Cotton consumed during December amounted to 575,271 bales, of lint and 55.701 of linters compared with 543.098 of lint and 65,966 of linters in Novem ber and 533,789 of lint and 47.738 of linters in December a year ago, the census bureau today announced. Cotton on hand December 31st was held as follows: In consuming estab lishments, 1,117,972 bales of line and 135,448 of linters, compared with 1,- 456.166 of lint and 106.370 of linters on November 30, and 1,319,736 of lint and 121,095 of linters on December 31st a year ago. In public storage and at com presses: 5,608,066 bales of lint and 50.728 of linters, compared with 5,- 1 206,283 of lint and 36.608 of linters i on November 30th, and 4.616,910 of i lint and 58,526 of linters on December : 31st a year ago. Imports during December totalled 34,474 bales, compared with 27,000 TO DISCONTINUE LOADING PASSENGERS ON HIGHWAYS Drivers to Pull Off Highway to Load and Unload Passengers. Greensboro. Jan. 14. — UP) —Since publication of the fact thnt Coleman IV. Roberts, vice president of the Car olina Motor Club, has written Chair man Frank Page, of the State high way commission, asking him to order bus operators to discontinue loading and unloading passengers on the high ways, A1 Kraemer, manager of the Carolina Motor Coach Compony, has announced that his company will take steps to remedy the situation, with out waiting for an order. "Section 9 and 10 of State highway commission ordinances," -wrote Mr. Roberts to the highway commission chairman, “provide that no motor ve hicle shall remain on the roadway while being unloaded or served from a filling station, and I presume this means also thaij no motor vehicle may be loaded or served by a filling station while on the shoulders of the highway. “The motor busses constantly vio late this ordinance. They do not pull off the highway for loading and dis charging passengers, all of which has resuited in a number of accidents with which wc are familiar. The custom of these large busses stopping on the highway without warning to the other cars following is dangerous, and we ask that you issue instruction to the bus operators to discontinue such practice. "We would also like to call your at tention to a number of instances where filling stations and garages are built so elose to the highway that a ear may stop on the right-of-way for gasoline service. This is dangerous. AVe would be glad to furnish you with locations of such hazards if you would care for them.” The Carlonia Motor Coach Com pany operates lines from Raleigh to Greensboro and Raleigh to Rocky Mount, and Mr. Kraemer states that about 100 stops are now made be tween Greensboro and Raleigh. He plans to designate specific stops for busses and erect signs at such places. Drivers will be instructed to pull off the highway to load and unload pas sengers, he says. Rudyard Kipling has nn unusual hobby which has given him a unique collection, and one which is very dear to his heart. The famous writes for years past lins collected the Brass rings which hang from the harness of horses. Such old rings frequently possess special significance, decipher able only by one who has studied them, and Kipling has spent many hours visiting the villages in 'the neighborhood of his English home, seeking additions to his collection. A bolting mule caused James Ab bot, 79-year-old farmer of Madison, Ind., to fall into a corn cutter. His left leg was severed at the knee and he bled to death before his plight be came known. during November, ami 48,663 during December a year ago. Exports during December totalled 984,061 bales including 33,342 bales of llnters. compared with 1,306,786 including 11.166 of linters during No vember, and 1,076,923 including 22,- 475 of linters in December a year ago. Cotton spindles active during De cember numbered 33,000874, compared with 32,082,324 in November, and 32,720,568 in December a year ago. Statistics for cotton growing states Include: Cotton consumed during December, 390,908 bales, compared witti 382,- 186 in November, and 365,262 in De cember a year ago. Cotton on hand December 31st was held as follows: In consuming establishments 1,104,- 001 bales, compared with 1,007,067 on November 90th, and 867.676 on 'De cember 31st last year. [NEWSPAPER IN ! NOW IN SESSION AT CHAPEL HILL | Robert Maddry Addressed Them This Morning on, the “Problems of College i Correspondents.” , NO SUPPRESSION AT UNIVERSITY [ Os News of Any Kind, Said Mr. Maddry—Robert La ' tham, of Charleston, | Followed Mr. Maddry. I Chapel Hill. .Tan. 14.—OP)—A pol s | icy of perfect frankness with reference 1 i to the news of the I'niversity of North [ j Carolina is one of the things that has P enabled the I'niversity to win the eon- I fidcnce of t'.ie people, Robert W. Mad- I dry, director of the University News I bureau, said here today in nil ad [ dress before the St a t.e newspaper in stitute in session here. Mr. Maddry was speaking on “Prob -1 lems of the College Correspondents.” ; "Any educational institution that adopts a policy of non-censorship of news is certain to get unfavorable publicity now and then, but if the in stitute is making renl progress,” de clared the speaker, “the favorable pub licity will in the long run offset the unfavorable kind.” j Mr. Maddry emphasized that the University lias never made any at , tempt to suppress any news relating , to the University. And he cited as . an example of this the fact that, he said, the newspapers of the state first . learned of the suspension of the Uni . versify dances through the news bu , reau, although the news was likely ’ to injure the institution. , The obligations of the news bureau . was described by Mr. Maddry as three , fold. He said such a bureau has an obligation to the state, to the Uni versity nnd to the press. Sir. Maddry's address was the first on today’s program of the institute. ’ He was followed by Robert Latham, editor of the Charleston, S. C. News . and Courier, speaking on “A Look Into the Future.” R. H. Wettach, associated professor of law at the Uni , versity, discussed “Law and the ; Press” and "Propaganda and Free ; rublieity,” was the subject of an open discussion led by Dr. E. C. Branson, of the University faculty. CYPRESS SWAMPS YIELD MOST VALUABLE TIMBER But Heretofore Have Not Been Re garded as Valuable for Reforesta tion. ‘ New Orleans, Jan. 14.— UP) — ! Cypress swamps of the South have 1 yielded richly in valuable timber, but have never heretofore been re garded #s profitable for reforestation -1 The “wood eternal”, as it has been advertised, has been cut out clean. 1 leaving only the "poor relations" of the swamp land, chiefly tupe’.o gum, • a tree long considered to be of very 1 little worth. 1 Now- comes a forester, E. W. Hadley, of the Southern Forest Ex . periment Station, to say that tupelo I gum, the Cinderella of the swamps, r is coming into its own silvieulturally and may be the savior of these dis . mal areas. Cypress will not repro , duce rapidly or dependably enough . to make reforestation possible there, but tupelo reproduces promptly and ■ adquately. The growth of industry in the South and the demand elsewhere for southern woods promise an out let for this wood. Tupelo gum, it is now pointed out, is used by the mil lions of board feet for boxes, crates. ‘ and veneer. It is beginning to be ■ sought ns a paper pulp wood. • The total area of cypress hard t wood land is estimated us 32 mil i lions of acres, or more than one r fourth the area of the combined - southern ptne forests. On the land 1 already cut oover are plenty of • tupe'o seed trees,and practically > none of cypress. , Stands of tupelo in the lower Atchalalaya River basin of Louisiana are growing at the rate of one cord . of peeled wood to the acre each year, , according to the forest service of the , United States Department of Agri | culture. This is almost the average . rate of growth of the southern pines. , Veteran Divorces Judges Commend Proposed Laws. Chicago, Jan. 14.—<4>)—Five Cook County judges in a state which had the second largest number of di ! vorces, are unanimous in commend ing the federal divorce bill, inasmuch as it attempts to introduce uniform divorce laws throughout the nation. The bill, introduced by Senator 1 Arthur Capper of Kansas, allows • only five causes for divorce—un -1 faithfulness, cruelty, desertion for a - year, insanity and conviction of a - felony. . The Chicago jurists, who have . heard approximately 75,000 divorce I petitions filed in this district alone I In the last five years, suggest modi fications and amendments to the ' t Capper bill. , Judge Harry A. Lewis, who astounded feminine divorce seekers ’ some time ago by declaring he would grant no alimony to women in good health who had no children, went in to some detail in proposing improve -1 meats on the Senate bill. “The strongest proof should be • required tor the charges of cruelty 1 and insanity, which are causes for ’ divorce' in the bill,” he said. “Fraud f« likely to creep into such cases." ,■ jgaflMa-y> « » 1 mi ? i SavV > x This la Arne Borg, sensational swim, mer from Sweden, who has been cut ting quite a few capers in swimming meets of late. He and Johnny Weiss muller, the niinots sensation, have been teaming together around the country and have hung up several new records. Borg Is considered one of Weissmuller’s greatest rivals hi the water sport. THE COTTON MARKET Advance of 5 to 10 Points at Opening. —Higher Mill Consumption. New York, .Tan. 14. — (A s)—Relative ly firm Liverpool cables, n higher market for Egyptian cotton, and larg er census figures on home mill con sumption for December than expected were reflected by opening advances of 4 or 5 points in the cotton market today. May sold up to 1953 and October to 18.23 in early trading, or 5 ta 10 points net higher, but these prices seemed to bring on Southern hedging as well as realizing and about half the improvement was lout before the end of the first hour. Private cable advices said the ad vance in Liverpool was due partly to the decision of the Egyptian govern ment to purchase 500,00 cantons pf Egyptian cotton in order to support cotton prices. Egyptian futures in Liverpool were 57 to 62 points high er. The census report showed domestic mill consumption of 575,271 bales for December against 543.098 for Novem ber, and 533,789 for December last year. Cotton futures opened steady. March 19.99; May 19.48; July 1S.81; Oct. 18.22; Dec. 18.04. BASEBALL TO THE FORE IN KANNAPOLIS AGAIN Business of Electing a Manager For the Team Will Come Up Saturday Night at the Meeting. Baseball is one more beginning to be talked in Kannapolis and the business men of that city, who are expected to finance another year’s games, are scheduled for a meeting Saturday, the purpose of which is to select a manager for the team. In addition to the business of making arrangements for the sum mer sport, the aesthetic side will not be neglected and. Miss Laura Dilling, of Gastonia, n prominent singer will render a number of selec tions. Miss Dilling is said to have a remarkable voice nnd has permormed on many occasions. Four names have been received by the pannupolis magnates. All are well-known in this community- Red Ervin, former High Point. Durham and Greensboro player, has placed a bid for the position and will receive serious consideration from the baseball moguls in session. Ervin was a member of the pennant winning team ill the Piedmont Lea gue for four consecutive years, it is said. Hodge, who held down second sack for the Towelers last summer is al so anxious to play on the team and take the helm. His work during the past season was conspicuous and he was voted one of the most valuable players on the team. Hawn, who played several games for Gibson and who is a C-otton State League player, is said to want to manage the Cabarrus players. His work when he played for Concord was outstanding. He formerly pin yeti for Spartanburg in the Sally League. Wood has also sent in his name and will be a good prospect. Other payers will probably receive atten tion before a final decision is made- Mueh interest is being shown by the fans of Kannapolis in the selec tion and an effort will be made to put out another winning combina tion. The Kannapolis ‘earn last year was runner-up for the state ameteur championship. Fire Alarm Each Day. High Point, Jan. 13—Figures which have just been complied by A. B. Horney, fire chief, show that an average of more than one fire alarm per day was High Point’s record during 1925. The local fire lads answered 426 alarm during last year, which is considerable more than number recorded in 1924. Austrian Cabinet Resigns. Vienna, Jan. 14.—0P>—The Austri SMSrSSffifSS NO. 9 WORLD COURT ISSOE 1 BACK ON SENATE 9 FllT'lAra! ..nan Adds to Group of J \'* Proposed Reservations Which This Country J Would Enter Tribunal. NO LESSENING OF INTEREST | Issue Is Again Before the Senate Until Displaced | Temporarily by the Tat 1 Reduction Bill. Washington, Jan. 14.—OP)—With no apparent lessening in it*' control | versial intensity, the world court i*» | sue is back on the Senate floor for s a week's stay at least until displaced 1 temporarily by the tax reduction bilt ;5 As the newest development; 5 Senate has before it a resolution Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor, of t Minnesota, requesting the state die partment to supply copies of a|l copv respond ence between government; (fe- j partment* and between the goveifijk : ’|j ment and the League of Nations re- ..J garding American adherence to the 1 court. Another Shipstead resolution would direct the foreign relations com- 'Ji mittee to index and abstract for the Senate all State department corre- '{ spondenee concerning the court. Senator Overman, Democrat, North j Carolina, lias added to the growing group of proposed reservations with | which this country would enter the tribunal. The Overman stipulation would prevent the court from ponsid- 3 ♦'ring without consent of this govera ment, purely domestic questions such '< as immigration, territorial integrity v| of the several states, and any alleged i obligations of any of them and the jjj Monroe Doctrine. CHRYSLER PRICES OUT. Regarded as Sustaiujiiig OonfldeuMß m of President Chrysler in Ability to Surpass Existing Values. New York Mirror. The question that has been on the ;'<l lips of thousands who have thronged . the Chrysler display places at the National Automobile Show in Grands: . Central Palace and the lobby of the Commodore Hotel: "What is the price, of .the new Imperial ‘fUVVi t... ~ its answer. The figures announced by J. E. Fields, vice-president hi charge lof sales, are bound to create a senna tion second only to the introduction of the car itself. Here they are: Phaeton, $2,645: roadster, two to four passengers, $2,885; coupe, four passengers. $3,195; sedan, five pas sengers, $3,395; sedan, seven passen- p gers, $3,595; sedan limousine, $3,- 695. These prices all f. o. b- Detroit, j Many persons who placed their J orders before this announcement had full confidence in the statement made by Walter P. Chrysler, president,yjl only a short time ago, that he felt sure that cans of this quality and ' character, surpassing in performance and luxury the existing standards of America and Euroiie, could he pro duced at much lower cost. The price J of tlie Chrysler Imperial “80” is far less than the cars that hitherto have been regarded as luxury cars in this country. “The phenomenally low prices at which the new Chrysler Imperial 'Bo' is now offered to the public.” S says Mr. Fields, “is, J believe, anoth er proof of the unusual Chrysler manufacturing and engineering gen ius. Aged Woman Dies of Burns Receiv ed Monday. Wsm Mooresvil’e, Jnn. 13.—Mrs N- M. / Robinson, aged 89 years, died at ' the home of her son-in-law, P. L- Sneed, on East Wilson avenue, at 6 o’clock this morning. Last Sunday early in the morning Mrs. Robinson, whose mentality was defective, go't out of bed before the other members of the family and in some way her clothing caught fire before an opelt fireplace. She was badly burned, and her injuries, together with her ex treme old age, resulted in death. Mr and Mre. Sneed were also burned on the hands nnd arms in their atterajxi to rescue Mrs. Robinaon. Funeral services will be held, at the home to morrow morning at 10 o'clock, con ducted by the pastor. Rev. C. H. Myers, of the First Baptist church. The burial wil take place 8t Fair view cemetery. Much interest is being manifest in the movement in the city to raise money for the establishment of the proposed Great Smoky Mountain National Pork. A meeting is planned t' for Friday night at which time Judge Bryson will speak to the peo- ■ of the community. ■—— : •■aag -a SAT'S BEAR SAYSI i||| n ..=1 Fair tonight, rising temperate** -MM i iness and warmer. Moderate nortfi- 1