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diJmUhes VOLUME XXVI QUEEN MO PM OFF FOR JOHRNET THROUGHTHEWEST Left New York Early This, Morning on Special Train! Carrying Ten Cars—Will Stop in Buffalo. RADIO ADDRESS THERETONIGHT Tomorrow the Party Will Visit Niagara Falls and Then Continue on Trip to Last Two Months. New York, Ot. 25.— (JP) —Queen Mnr if. or Rumania,’ today witß aboard Hip rolling palace of ton special rail way para that will ho her homo for thp two months of her western tour. leaving Now York at 7:50 n._in. slip is dup at Buffalo at 8 p. tn.' She will make a radio talk thorp from station WOH. and will, (rave Buffalo for Niagara Palls parly tomorrow morning. Hrr itinprary today oal'.rd for two! tru-minutp stops, ono at Albany at) 1 :20 p. m. and tho othrr at. Syracuse j at 4:?0 p. m. Queen Marlp, with hor children and f hrr rptlnup, bourdod tlie train at I Grand Central station at‘midnight, as-1 tor attending the benefit performance | of the Metropolitan ()|>ern House of | an interpretation yf “Idly of r,ife." a fairly tale written by the queen. COOLIDGE IS BACKING CANDIDACY OK BUTLER Political Water* of the National Cap ital Rippled Today. Washington, Oet. 25.—OP)—PoHti eaI waters of the capital rippled today ' in eyer-wldening circles from the ini-1' pact of the latest element east lata their midst, the endorsement by Pres- • ident Coolidge of Senator Wm. 51. Butler, chairman of the republican national committee, who is oppcfeed in the November elections in Massachu setts by former Senator David I. Walsh. The pronouncement, the President’s first utterance on behalf of any reppb- ' l ean candidate for office, was qnntpln, : «<l in a fetter from the Chief Executive '' which wits made public by the Masen - cliyseits stale eommittep. 1 It also praised flpv. Alvin T. Pul ler. n candidate for re-election on the ncpublican ticket* and drew immediate lire from democratic leaders in front of a prediction by Chairman YHdfleM of that jmrty s congressional cam paign committee that the letter would react aga'nst both candidates. He charged Mr. Coolidge with “repudiat ing'' his previous stand, and with “in terference." mist Pay for beer < Atlantic City Court Awards Judg- ■ ment to Salesman. - Atlantic City, Oct. 2-ti— rteer is , illegal under the Volstead act, but when It is ordered and delivered it •’ must be paid for- ] Joseph Tndaro, when hauled into court here, did not deny that he re- 1 oeived from Joseph Maretino lit barrels of beer, but he sought to avoid payment on the ground that the illegality of the goods made the transaction illigitmate. The jury awarded Martino a judg ment of $920. Survival After Death Proved, Lodge Asserts. lauidon. Oct. 25. —Survival after death is an established fact as thp re- ( suit of scientific study. Sir Oliver l-udge, noted British spiritualist, de clared in the course of n lecture here i tonight. Declaring it is absurd for anyone to contend that prayer cannot be answer- • ed by a higher being, Lodge said: , “I cannot envy the common sense of anyone able to conclude that noth ing higher than mankind exists. There is evidence to show that human be ings have a persistent existence. There j is overpowering proof that memory, affection, character and personality survive death, and that existence of real life is never-ending." Will Stabilise Belgian FVane. Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 25.— VP) —■ The Belgian franc will be stabilized at 174.51 to the pound Sterling, It was officially annonneede today. The franc will remain legal currency (or domestic usage, but a new gold unit called the Belga, and equal approxi mately to five paper francs, or 85 to the Pound Sterling, will be Issued for < foreign transactions, ANNOUNCEMENT Our November Series Will Open Saturday, November 6th, 1926 If you want to buy or to build, or to save money, come in and take out a few shares in this new series. We sell prepaid stock at $74.25 per share. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City. Daily - miITHENTSH M E. CONFERENCE >•, ... Business Matters Cleared ! Up Before Bishop Mouz pn Read Appointments as Last Business. INTEREST IN APPOINTMENTS They Are Zealously Guard ed and Are Never Ob tenable Before Being Read to Conference. Gastonia, Oct. 25. —<#) —Reading of •appointments .‘by Bishop 'Mouzon brought to a close here today the an mfgl meeting of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal- Ch&incb, South. The morning session, prior to read ing of the appointments of ministers sot tl(c next year, was taken up with . Clearing of routine business of tliej (conference. The 1!)27 meeting will jbe held in Asheville. | Today, ‘was to the ministers of file, [conference and their families the most [important day of the tive-dny session, f It was on this day that they were to ] learn whether or not they will remain lin their present homes for another (year, or move to other fields. I Methodist ministers are appointed annually and all appointments are jnnile by I’.ie bishop. These appoint ments are zealously guarded until the | moment of their being read, and it is | seldom that they rare obtainable prior to their reading by the bishop. The Appointments. Ttie following are the appointments [ for the' Salisbury, Statesville and j ! Charlotte districts: . j Salisbury District—Presiding Elder, i Z, Paris. Albemarle : Central, T. F. Marr; ' First Church, R. A. Swaringen. j Albemarle Circuit, O. J. Jones. Badin, R. M. Hauss. Bethel, D. C. Ballard. China Grove, W. E. Hauss. Concord: Central Church, R. M. Courtney; /Epworth, J. M. Varner; Fogest Hill, T. F. Higgins; Harmony, •'tJSfee supplied; Kerr Street. G. L. Wilkinson ; West word, E. Myers. Con coed Circuit, A. G. -f , blast Spencer and Long Street, J. W. Campbell. Gold Hill, F. J. Stough. Kan unpolls. J. F. Moser. f.antfln, w. e. ltufty. Mt, Pleasant. W. X.. Scott/ NAw 1/Omton. C. R. Allison. j Norwood. P. L. Shore. Norwood Circuit, H. R. Cornelius. Salem, D. H. Rinehart. Salisbury: Coburn Memorial, R. O. Tuttle, A. H. Whisner, supernumer ary ; First Church, H- C. Sprinkle, J. H. Green, junior preaoher; Main { Street, P. E. Parker; Park Avenue, A. R. Surratt. Salisbury Circuit, R. L. Melton. Silencer: Central, H. O. Eller, Woodlcaf, D. P. Grant; Yakdin and Rowan, J. M. Brandon, supply. Conference Epworth League Secre tary, W. A. Barber. N Statesville District: Presiding Elder, J. E. AbernctTiy. Balls Creek, H. F. Brittain. Catawba. B. Wilson. C-00l Springs, F. H. Price. Davidson. Ira Erwin. Dudley Shoals. O. P. Routh. Elmwood, E. E. f Yates. Granite Falls, A. S. Swafford. Hickory, First Church, H. H. Jor dan, R. M. Stafford, Jr., preacher. West view, H. W. Howard. Hidkory Circuit, J. G. W. Hallo way. Hiddenite, T. W. Hager. Hudson, CV C. Totherow, supply. Lenoir, First Church, W. E. Poov ey. South Lenoir, J. L. Rayle, supply. Lenoir Circuit, D. G. Smith, supply. Maiden, J. E. McSwain. Mooresville, Central Church, J. P. Hlpps; Broad Street, A. C. Kennedy. Sooresville Circuit, C. L. McCain. t. Zion, G. W. Vick. Newton, W. F. Womblq. OHn. W. A. Kerr, Jr. Shepherd, J. M. Green, fftitesville. Broad Street, E. K. Mc- Larty; Race Street, J. H. Bradley. Statesville Circuit. D. A. Lewis, Stony Point. J. M. Barber. Taylorsville, D. 8. Richardson. Troutman, D. A. Oakley. President of Davenport College, W. A. Jenkins. Student at Boston University, First Church, Mooresville quarterly confer- f§§J! lltH*:' : -m ; 1 I d S. HETSBE.RT 'VOL-FET H/' ■ L *£r ! CHAJRJUES* KGR IGNAT Z- S'El PEL 1 legal obstructions were cleared to permit the candidacy of j | former President Alvaro Obregon for President of Mexico. Irigadier-General S. Herbert Wolfe was stabbed in his of- ! 1 fice in New York by a man to whom he refused to lend j i money. Senator Charles L. McNary was to investigate dec- | | dons in the State of Washington. Monsignor Ignatz Seipel i j was again elected Chencellor of Austria. ; GnUniaMnual NswsrMH ,*•! ‘ t ■ i-m 1 ■' ' , , I enec. A. P. R. Z. Brantley. Student at Emory A Henry College. Hudson quarterly conference, B. R. Rayle. Charlotte District; Presiding- Elder, Bethel nnd New Hope. L. H. (Jrif fil'a. ! ' Big Spring, J. A. Smith, supply. I Charlotte: Belmont Park. W. H. I Willis; Brevard Street. Alben God j bold ; Calvary, C. M. Short; Chadwick, B. F. Hargett: Dilworth, G. It. Jor ! dan; Duckworth Memorial; IV. M. Smith; Duncan Memorial, O. L. Rob inson ; Hawthorne l.Hne, R. H. Daugh erty. W. L. Nicholson, supernumer ary; Myers Park, C. R. Itozzelle; Spencer Memorial, John H. Green; ■ Trinity, A. D. Wilcox; Tryon Street. A. L. Stanford. Hickory Grove, J. P. Harris. Lilesville, T. J. Huggins. MarsbviUe, It. E. Hunt. Matthews, W. S. Cherry. Monroe: Central Church. H. G, -[ | Hard’n; North Monroe and Isemroe- 1 lee, J. A. Peeler. Morven, F. <). Dryman. ' Peachland, J. C. i'mbergcr; Pineville, Klzie Myers. Polkton, J. W. Ingle. Prospect, J. M. Folger. Rural Trinity. O. B. Mitchell. Thrift and Moores, J. J; Edwards. 1 Cnionville, J-, A. Fry. Wadesboro, Carlnck Hawk. 1 Waxhaw, M. A. Osborne. Weddington, T. B. Hunnicntt. Professor of the Candler School of Theology, P. T. Durham. Conference Secretary of Education, W. L. Sherrill. Missionary to Japan. S. A. Stewart. Missionary to Japan. N. S. Ogburn. Senator Glass Backs Simmons in Tax Slash. Washington, Oct. 24.—The fact . that Senator Glass of Virginia, agrees with Senator Simmons on the ‘program for tax reduction at the coming session of Congress is very interesting- Mr. Glass has not been in sympathy \vith the North Caro lina senator in all of his drives. ‘ Secretary Mellon is pulling back , in the plan for another tax cut. but hia party <s not united behind him. He is going to have a hiietl tight to prevent a stampede for a revision for a revision downward. Remarkable Woman Dies. Salisbury, Oct. 24.—Mrs. Amie Kluttz Fisher who died this week at the home of a s»n, Jacob Fisher, in Cabarrus County, was a remarkable woman. Although 91 years old she was very active. She is survived by nine of the eleven children born to her and husband, the late George Monroe Fisbfr. Also surviving are 68 grandchildren. 154 great-grand children nnd 17 great-great-grand- ■ children. Piedmont Teachers Hear Allen. Salisbury. Oct. 23. —The mcond day's program of the teachers’ con- 1 vantion of South Piedmont distrier here was featured today by an ad dress by A. T. Allen, state superin tendent of public inatruetiion, whose theme was the eight months school. ] for which he made an earnest plea. | ’. - - - - ■i, Princess lAstrid cf Sweden will wish for rain on the day of her wed ding to the Belgian Crown Prince, for a Swedish marriage superstition says: “Wealthy wll' be the bride upon whose crown the rain foils.” , * CONCORD, IST. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25,1926 f " 1 . 'jyi RARE PHENOMENON OF -WEATHER FOE FRANKLIN PBOPLp Franklin, N. C„ Oct. 25- — Snow and freezing wcnAsr toJafr followed the rare phenomenon of a raiubpw at night witnessed: here last night. A perfect qrdi was seen across the western sky about 10 o’clock. The colors.of the spec trum were not so clear in the rain bow as is psual in rainbows seen during the day. The mercury stood ot 32 this, morning, and a light snow fell. HISTORY WEEK November Bth to' 13th Will Be Ob served In North Carolina. Raleigh, Oct. 25.— VP) —November ,Bth to 13th will be "History Week” in North Carolina. During this pe riod state and city committees will conduct an active canvass for funds in the American Historial Associa tion’s effort to raise an endowment of $1,000,900 “to promote American history nnd history in America.” The movement nationally will be directed by a committee headed by former Senntor Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana. Governor A. W. McLean is honorary chairman of the North Carolina group of workers. "At the close of Hie late war tne representatives of the contending na tions met to arrange the terms of peace,” says a statement sent through out the county by the association in appealing for support.” The last and in some prospects the most important mobilization of the vast struggle then occurred. “In this unprecedented mobilization of scholars of the World the historian took first place. His specialized knowl edge of Hie peoples dealt with, de rived from a study of their develop ment made him the best equipped per son to advise concerning tbe moment um* problems, social, political and economic that awaited solution. “The necessity of the historical ap proach was universally recognized. Only through the medium of history can the man of today make a true ! appraisal of existing Institutions and build the future on stable founda tions.” THE SHAH OF PERSIA HAS NARROW ESCAPE Munitions Auto Accompanying Him on Tour Blown lip Nenr Damavend. Teheran, Persia, Oct. 25.—OP)—The Shah of Persia today escaped uninjur ed when an automobile which was es corting Him on a tour of the province of Manzandaran was blown up near Damavend. Several officers were kill ed and two Injured. The automobile blown up was car rying arms, ammunition nnd bombs. , The cause of the explosion was not | apparent. The Shah continued on bis tour. North Carolina Apples Break Record (Vop. ! (By International News Service) - i - Raleigh, Jv\ C., Oct. 25. —Xorti Carolins is now gathering its largest apple crop. Government forccaaG place tbe crop at 5,628,000 bushels, This la a 76 per rent. Increase ov*i production of 3.102,0*1 iit* kfl IKK M BUIE' KILLS TWO INDIO ; OTHERS IDE HOOT jone Other Man Is Miss >; ing as a Result of the k Fire at the New Sour i Lake Field. | FRED TUFF ONE 1 OF THE VICTIMS [Fire Raged for 14 Hours, and the Property Dam- I age Is Now Estimated at - $500,000. I | Beaumont, Texas. Oct. 25. —VP) — j (Two men nre dead, another is miss ! i»g. «l)d ten wert in a hospital here; ! today following a tank farm fire at 1 (.the, New Sour Lake field, 25 miles j of here, Watch raged for fourteen I | hours yesterday, causing dnmage es- 1 ; t bunted at $500,000. Two of the in ,j Jqred are believed to have been fa- burned. Fred Tuff, genera: superintendent! iof the Humphreys Oil Corporation,: unit a former chief of the _United! j States Bureau of Mines, was killed . j and an unidentified companion of Tuff j jls thought to have been burned to death when a 500-barrel tank near j wliiph they were standing exploded, j ;T’-iefir bodies have not been recovered.! ! T. Chamberlcss. oil field laborer, was fHtall.v burned. Ed Dunhon, a field 1 l tuatjnjSer, and J. S. Leleaux, a crew ! foreman,' were severely burned. A spark' caused by friction of tools Pgjilnst a well casing is thought to! 1 ! have started the fire. Eight 500-barr i 1 jrcl tanks, seven drilling rigs and all i equipment were destroyed. CALL FOR OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER Till In Behalf of World Peace, Made by 1 Federal Ctunell of Churches. Washington, Oet. 25. — VP)—De claring the United States. Great Brit ain and Japan still reserve to them- 1 selves the right to resort to war for maintaining their rights and souring | their interests, the Federal Council of] Churches in an Armistice Day mes sage today called on all the great fln - tious of the world to set Ipp effective , agenaidk for settlement of hltersatlon •jal disputes by arbitration. - - The message, whlcn is being sc»E j to thousands of congregations over the I country calling for observance of \ Sunday, November 7. and of the en- j lire week iu behalf of world pence, declared many Euronean nations were "ahead” of the United States in their pledges not to resort to war and tin less progress were made toward a gen eral arbitral code the alternative wotdd be “ever increasing competitive preparation for war and recurring; wars." With Our Advertisers. Up-to-date shoe shine parlor and shoe hospital at 22 S. Union street. | Phone 161. Don’t fnil to visit the Parks-Belk ! Co. during the Big Fall Opening. This is the last week of the grocery de partment. Ten per cent, off on all groceries this week. Bob’s, Master Cleaners, want their service car to stop at your-house every week. Phone 787. You will find just what you want: in good for the cold weather at Efird’s. You need a new top coat, this cool ! day. Sec new ad. of Hoover’s. Bulps in tupips. narcissus and hya-1 ninths at Cline’s Pharmacy. Phone 333. 1 Fine motor cars, sales and.service! at the Corl Motor Co. Phone 630. Buck’s heaters and stoves have stood . the test for 80 years. See hew ad. to- f day of the Concord Furniture Co The new winter coats have arrived at J. C. Penney Co.’s. The fur-trim med coats triumph at this time. Goodyear tires will make you safe bn a muddy road or a slippery street. Special cord 30x3 1-2 only $7.95. Get | them at thh Yorke & Wadsworth Co.’s. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. has just received a new shipment of Armstrong’s linoleum, and want you to call and look over the pretty patterns. Get an Atwater Kent radio to tell you what is going on. See ad. of the Yorke & Wadsworth Co. M. P. Church ot State to Meet. - I/exington, Oct. 25. —The Metlio- j dist Proteetanta of North Carolina j are looking forward to the first week In uext month when the annual con ference of the denomination will meet in Greensboro. The datce for j the annual meeting of the conference: this year are November 3,4, 5, 0. , 7 and 8. The pastor and congregation of Grace church in the Gate City will be hoat to the gathering of ministers and much of the work of preparing , to entertain the members of the eon- ! ferenee has been done. An enter-! tainment committee of the church will secure homes in Greensboro in which the ministers and delegates will be entertained during the five days of the conference on the Har vard p'an. providing lodging and breakfast. This plan of entertain ment has been followed for the past few years. The program for the 101st annual j session of the North Carolina Meth odist Protestant conference has been pi; >ared by special program com : mittee, and provides for the opening 1 of the conference Wednesday morn ing, November 3, at 9:30 o’clock, j \ Sessions of thY" conference will be j 1 hejd daily until 1 Monday. November . 8, at nooz- LUTHERANS DECDI TO STM) SCHOOLS! FOB DEMIT! Comission Is Appointed to Make Survey With Pur- j pose of Getting Data for Unified Program Later. INSTITUTIONS TO BE VISITED LATER Junior Colleges and Acad emies of Church Will Get ■! .Attention of Recently Appointed Commission. ! Richmond, Oct. 25. — VP) —Details of a two-year survey of Lutheran col : leges, to be undertaken immediately ! by a commission of the bourd of edu ! cation of the church were given the j fifth biennial convention of the Unit ed Lutheran Church in America to day in the report of the bTiard. Dr. Robert J. Leonard and Dr. Ed ( ward S. Evedon, both professors of ; education in teachers college. Colum \ bia University. New York, have been ! appointed ns joint directors of the survey. Together with a commis j sion appointed by the board they will ’ make a detailed s(ndy of the history, location, equipment, finances and ad- , j ministration and curricula of the 29 [ junior colleges and academies of the i church, and will work out a uhified 1 educational program for the future de velopment of the higher educational institutions. The board also reported the merger of Summerland CoUege and Newberry Co! ege in South Carolina under a single board of trustees. Attention will be concentrated on Newberry Col lege. but certain courses for young •women will be continued at Nu miner - . land. A site for a Lutheran col lege for women which has long been ’under consideration has beeu selected in the suburbs of Washington, the board stated, and a committee has ; been organized to secure funds for es \ tablishmeut of the school. CHRISTIAN LIFE COURSE Lutherans Ask for a Definite Program of Religious Education. Richmond, Va„ Oct. 25.—Asking t! ‘f «loi>tiou of g definite program of religious education and it* pronio ton through synodical, conference, district, and local organizations, the ; Parish and Church. School Board laid before the United Lutheran Conven tion today a complete plan for such a course. The "Christian Life Course" as outlined by the~board, parallels the method and nomenclature of the grad ed public schools, the 6-3-8 plan be ing followed in the preparation of the text-books and courses of study. Dur : ng the i>ast two years the 1 Board has bent its energies toward . the establishment of local training ■ schools and other agencies for develop-1 ! ing efficient teachers and leaders, j These schools offer two and three year j courses nnd award diplomas upon graduation. “One of the greatest needs of the Church today,” the re port declared, "is trained leaders who know their Church nnd who possess the personal uqalities of leadership.” A great increase has been noted in the number of Daily Vacation Bible Schools conducted by Lutheran cou ; gregations during the past two years. Although the church is working out j a comprehensive system of religions education, covering the Sunday schools, and weekday religious courses ns well, J the primary responsibility for the re ligious training of the child, the Hoard finds, rests upon the parents. It ! urges those who are in charge of the religious educational work ih the T churches to "make special effort to reach down into the homes and secure devotional use of the Scriptures, a sys tematic study of the catechism, ns well as our general religious litera ture.” The promotion of this pro gram is to operate through a monthly 1 magazine, “The Parish School.” A hymnal containing a simplified Order of Service and 373 carefully selected hymns has been prfpared nnd is now off the press. A budget of $50,000 was asked for the next biennium. Two additions have been made to field nnd editorial forces. Mrs. Maud J. Baldwin of Philadelphia has been appointed editor in charge of the Phil i dren’s Division, and Rev. S. White j Rhyne of Rocky Mount, N, O:, has ! been called as southern field secretary. ! The stauff now consists of six men and women, tbe other jnembers being, Rev. Charles P. Wiles. I). D„ Rev. | William L. Hunton, D. D., Rev. D. : Burt Smith. I). D„ and Rev. Char ; les 11. B. Lewie, I), p. Morality Will Not Save a Man’s Soul. Richmond. Va„ Oct. 25. —“Moral- ! ity alone is helpless to save a man’s soul; salvation does not depend upon man's own efforts but upon his faith j In God's grace," declared Rev. Joseph ! Stump. D. D., L. H. D., President of Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn., in the course of his sermon last evening at the First Lutheran Church, attended largely by the delegates to the eonven tion of the United Lutheran Church in America meeting here. Although Christ has given ns a code of ethics equalled by none, and al j though Christ is acknowledged the greatest teacher tbe world has ever knownl yet these things pale into in significance, be asserted, when com-, pared with tbe real fundamental prin ! clple of the Christian religion,—salva | tion by faith. That was the message i Christ came to bring to the world. I “Salvation by faith, now as then, I I In Regal Robes ||ys§|m %jMWttrziMsSwffi* *****' yfelP^fl™| * vv Vv ** f ■#« i IHW pril )p ISSSSImBJII” nil '"” ■ Queen Marie of Rumania ' looked the part when she at- | tended a grand ball given in i her Honor in New York. IMmitoul £«kvp~<- BROTHERS HI RT WHEN TRAIN STRIKES CAR Harvey Lowman Probably Fatally Hurt and Marshall bowman Lees Seriously Hurt, Hickory, Oct. 23. —(A 1 )—Harvey Lowman, .25, is not expected to live, and liia brother, Marshall, 20. i* not ho seriously hurt, but both *¥e in a I hospital -.tojjhy '»s a result of i a grade crossing aeeident late yegter- | day afternoon at I card, about Chree j milcN west of Hickory, when train ! No. 21 struck the rear of treir car. { Information from the hospital this morning said his chest was crushed, one arm and a shoulder broken, and he hud other minor injuries. Marshall, his younger Profiler, has no bones broken, and expected to re cover, said hospital authorities. Neith er of the young men is married. The car in which the victims were riding was not greatly damaged, said j witnesses today. Its rear was struck by the train, and it was whirled around several times, flinging Harvey through the air. The boys are sons ' of Robert Lowman, a farmer who lives about two miles north of Icard. The American Woman's Associa tion has paid $1,400,000 for a site for its new clubhouse in New York city. has been scoffed at by those who think themselves wise." l)r. Stump pointed out. lie quoted his text. I Cor. 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness: but unto ns which are saved it is the power of God." It is human nature that we can lift ourselves over the stile by pulling on our own bootstraps, but af ter we have tried it. we realize that the power must come from outside ourselves before v ■ can be lifted up. The grace of God is the one power in all the world which is able to save men from sin and death and to make 1 them the children of God in time and eternity." Changes in Methods of Teaching The ology Proposed. Richmond, Vu„ Oct. 25.—Radical changes in the methods of teaching theology in the twelve seminaries of tlie I'nited Lutheran Church are pro posed in a report delivered today to the biennial convention of that organ-, ; zation by its Commission on Theolog ical Education. The Commission pro posed to the governing body of the church that the three-year courses now offered to students in Lutheran seminaries should be extended by the addition of a fourth year to the class es in two of the seminaries, one in the East and the other in the Middle West. Hoards of education in each of the thirty-four synods of the Luth eran Church arc urged to extend their aid to students electing to take this additional year of study. It is suggested that the four-year seminaries be encouraged to develop, alongside of their theological courses, schools of instruction for the laity aud the special training of foreign mis sionaries and postgraduate courses in theology. ConsolidaCon of seminaries now located in contiguous territory is proposed and a resolution is offered, providing that hereafter no synod, or group of synods, should organize or locate a theological seminary without first securing the consent of the Unit ed Lutheran Church, These recommendations are the re sult of n thorough survey of the his tory and present status of theological education and the Commlss'on makes it clear in its report that its purpose is to strengthen the curricula of the seminaries and to provide for the stu dents sounder instruction in theology. > TODAY’S NEWS TODAI® NO. 252 j Today’s Government Re port Forecasts Cotmftl Crop of 17,454,000 Bales, % a Big Increase. 8,722,066 BALES rs ALREADY GINNED i Previous Report Called ftst Crop of 16,627,000 Bales* 3 —Condition Figures Are Not Given. Washington, Oct. 25.— OP)— A oqt«v i'l ton crop of 17,454,000 bales cf 500 -\ pounds gross weight is indicated fur this year, the Department J lure announced today. Cotton, of this jrear’s crop gltmgji' 1 prior to October 8.722.006 runnijtp g hales including 25K.1t)!! round '4 counted as half bales, and excluding "■s] Kntefti. the Census Bureau mniqpnce^ • The forecast is based upon data aou, rfl renting conditions, probable yield*, ig | ginning* and other factors as of Qj»X|9 bet- 18. which indicated a yield of ajje proximately 1,76.7 pounds /if lint cot- i ton per acre. No condition dgiire grf# 4H announced. -j The previous report on production based on October Ist con- 'H ditiou placed the crop at 16.6^7,(Ki0 bales, and the acre yield at jigHE9| pounds. Last year's crop w4s ltM :| 1102.(17!! bales anil the acre yield ! pounds. The indicated production . 3 : states include; 51 KII.LED. 260 HURT IN TRAFFIC I>EATU|| M Ten of These Killed in North Qwji 3 lina and 23 Others Hurt in tjUgf?. ( By the Associated Press) Fifty-one persons lost their BtjMM and 26(1 were injured in traffic agdl» '1 dents in eleven southern states due* ing the week ended October 23rd, cording in a compilation by the Agfc.® sociated Press. v| Ten of these were killed in KoIHKH' Carolina which led in deaths. Twen- S j ty-three were reported injured. sissippi aud Arkansas held the death M j list to u minimum, each state report- J 9 j ing but one death reslfftiitg ft'dkp'tflf. I tic accidents. J I I.ouisiami reported the highest num..'|» I her of injured, with forty, whife bama which had four deaths WtH) lo|i* JJ in the injured column, with thirteen. ■ THE COTTON MARKEf j After Government Report Prices itrgßi.W ped About *1.50 a Bale. ' New York, Oct. 25.— UP) —Tike cfMB ton market opened barely steady Mr 9 day at a decline of 8 to 15 (joints, 9 January celling off to 12.25 and' .Jm| active positions making new '.try iwfl ground for the movement and the seas 49 son under Souther'll selling and renew*.!® ed liquidation, promoted by relative* l.v easy Liverpool cables. fHferilAaß were coirqraratively light. however, cap and January rallied to 12.28 on tie- : M \ mand of this character, hud held ' W. around 12.30 at the end of tHc first , After the government report pric«i"lH dropped about $1.50 a bale. I*2B 1 Cotton futures opened barely December 12.20; January I!L2fi fli March 12.55: May 12.75: July 1&N»; Stray Chimpanzee Js Now Sought lit "im Tampa, Fla.. Oct. 24.—A wtlijdering 31 chimpanzee made ii tour of a residtfe |S tial sfetion yesterday and threw frljj|ot'|iffi into its residents by .climbing through .M windows and perching upon chiraneyfc Apnprently an escaped circus anl- * mal. the full grown chimpanzee toak seeming delight in its ability to evade "M pursuing policemen and the.f.jjy dog J The animal first was seen Crawtijitaß from under a house. - flB | street, it t hen pulled the screen froth. a window of a house ami entered. Tho lii occupants of the house were away. B Soon'the chimimnzee was sc-eu sitting 1 on the chimney. 1 Police were called and when 'hey 13 arrived, the animal disappeared clown im the chimney and has not been scea r ’l SAN FRANCISCO IS j SHAKEN ONCE MOBjg-jjfl .Mild Earthquake Last About Ten -j Seconds—Also Felt at Palo AffiaJl —No Damago Done. I Sun Francisco, Oct. 24. —A mild 1 earthquake- lasting about ten ,MC;omts. 4g 1 shook San Francisco at 2 :i>2 p. Idtl'lß today. No damage was done. I The sliock was felt by resident* ojMB Palo Alto. 30 miles to the south. It Jt was described there ns "veij mild ‘ j 3 He Made Hia Own Wine; Drank 10-9 Gallons; Died. •(.<: (By International News Sgrytoaffß j Winona, Minn.. Oct. 25. Wroblewski, 37, of Winona, ten gallons of wine at his hotnf ami then proceeded to drink one ghi- 21 lon of it eaclc day for 10 days, is All autopsy d : sclosetl no nnisnn. SBB 1 _ 2 THE WEATHER. h'air today with heavy ftjj|jUin i£h9 tral. and heavy to killing frost in tUflB west. Colder tonight. Tuesday part*3j l.v cloudy. Fresh to strong weft ■«ajg l northwest winds th s all erl miniehing tonight.