ASSQgiB
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
PRESIDENT NOT
DISCOURUGED OVER
ELECTION TUESDUV
Says Election of the House*
Members Is Really the
Test of tite Segment of
the People.
EXPECTSBUTLER
TO RETAIN POST
Sees No Reason for Him to
Quit National Commit
tee Because He Was Not
Elected.
Washington, Xnv. (I.— C4>)—Senator
William M. Butler's defeat Tuesday
in Massachusetts at 1 iio hands of Sen
ator David I. Walsh. Democrat, furn
ishes no reason for his resignation os
chairman of I'.ie Republican national
eonnnittee, hut on the eonirar.v should
give him more time than ever for that
position, in the opinion of . President •
Coolidge.
The Chief Kxerutive also regards]
(lention of members of the House of i
Kepresentatives ns the real test of
sentiment furnished in the election.
These, it was pointed out in the White
House, reached into every state, while
senatorial contests were held only in
about one-third of the states. j
In his first comment on election re
sults, he expressed gratification that
the Republicans had returned a ma
jority in the House,
Regarding Senator Itutler the Pres
ident let it be known that he had not
discussed with him the possibility of
retirement from the committee chair
manship. The Chief Executive is in
clined, however, to the view that the j
Massachusetts senator would have i
more time now to devote to the eom- ■
mil tee than if ho had been elected.
Wayne R. Wheeler, general eonn- i
sel of the Anti-Ku loon Jssigue, oil- j
tered the eirc’.o of comment with n i
statement that the elections had!
pro veil that "the party which takes n i
wet stand in 1928 is doomed to dis-;
ruption.” *
Gains were registered by the drys. i
he added, in both the referendum elec-1
tions anti the congressional contests, j
and that the referenda in New York
and Illinois ‘‘will have little wcighj,.”.[
KlLpn FALSE FBIEN1) !
Who Had Stolen Ills 30-Year Old I
Wife’s \ fleet ions. ;r* ■ i
4 By International News Service)
Jacksonville, Fla.. Nov. «!.—-*’l spot
him to death and smiled to see film
die. I’m sorry now. I killed hltn
to keep myself from going mad."
J. J. Fife, 22, from his cell in
I luv.nl county jail here told hop- he
killed his false friend. Michael ,T.
Horne, SO, whom he charges, stole
his 20-year old wife’s affections.
"My wife’s neglect of our baby girl
A rove me to kill hitn. If it had not
been for the baby I would '.take fried
to. forget."
"My wife ran away with him to |
Pensacola last Monday. Since that I
time Mrs. Horne and I have been |
meeting every train. Whep my wife j
arrived we went borne where she con
fessed her illicit liove relations to me.
1 made her go with me td Rome's
home were I found him confessing his
infidelity to his wife and threatening
lo kill her if she told me. He bad a
gun in his hand."
“Wc entered the house. Then, there
seemed to sing a voice in my cars.
’Ki'l! Kill! Kill" "
"I shot him. I smiled to sec him
die."
When detectives arrived on the
scene. Fife handed them a revolver.
"I killed him. I'm guilty," said Fife
when he calmly submitted to having
a pair of handcuffs placed around his
wrists.
"It may bo foolish to slay a man
who steals *away your wife’s love.
God only knows the agony of n father |
who hears Tils two-year old baby j
daughter ery herself sick because tier
mother is with another man. 1 *
A coroner’s jury today will assemble
to pass oa the evidence in the case.
Modes via Mareooi.
New York. Nov. o—Startling de
velopments in the world of fashion
have taken place as the result at the
transmission -of pictures by wireless.
It is now ffuite u usual for a gown
that has been shown at a Paris man
nequin parade one morning to be
copied and on sale in New York by the
following day.
The apparent miracle is carried out
in this way: The Paris representative
of an American house obtains the de
sign, and immediately travels by air
to London, where he bands in bis
photographs or sketches at the Mar
eoi offices. . In less than an hour
r.iey are in the hands of the New
York dressmakers, who turn out the
models the same night, and have them
on view in their salon next morning.
Killed Wife, But Doesn't Remember It
(By International News Service!
Atlanta, Oa., Nov. s.—Leonard
Ewing will never look upon the face
of his “darling little wife” again.
Three motherless little ehiidrah
stood over the grave as she was ipiried
and sobbed in a chilly rain. But the
father waa not there.
Ewing sobbed in a cell at the county
jail where he has been held since Spn-
Uav when he fired a pistol bullet that
killed hi* wife. He pleaded for per
. mVision to attend her funeral which
f was denied. He claims jhe doesn’t
remember any of the sbowßng, that
his mind was erased with liquor.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
MUSSOLINI HOLDING
| SEVEN PORTFOLIOS:
| GIVEN MORE POWER
Has Personal Control of
! the Mechanism for the
Protection of the Fascist
Regime.
I QUICK ACTION IS
POSSIBLE NOW
Offenses Against Govern
ment or Leader Will Re
sult in Rapid Action in
the Courts.
lti.me, Nov. ."i.—(A>)—Benito Mus
noliiii today held seven of the cabi
net's thirteen portfolios, and was in
excessive personal control of a newly
created formidable mechanism for the
protection of the fascist regime against
nil attacks, conspiracies and insults
of its enemies.
So far as offenses against the gov
eminent or its leader nre concerned, j
l'.ic country was virtually under mar-!
tint law today.
Mussolini possesses the power of a
commander-in-chief of the army in
time of war. New courts for trial
of crimes against the regime, and spe
cial political police forces intend to
watch for plots here and abroad are
controlled by the fascist. Mussolini
is doubly in command as minister of
interior and commander of the militia.
Having added the ministry of. the
interior to his already enormous re
sponsibilities, the premier more firmly
entrenched in power than ever before,
called upon his bnckers to snpiiort him
in carrying into effect two on his fav
orite maxims—"Two eyes for one eye,
and for one tooth an entire Het of
teeth." and "The best way to defend
is to attack."
The wheat among the cohorts is to
Tie separated from the chaff, however.
The grand council of the fascist party
decided today to authorise the secre
tary-general to carry ont a systematic
purging of the ranks of all members
not giving proof of their faithfulness
to the original fascist spirit.
BI'RKE sheriff kills
IN DEFENSE of life
ftrril When Greeted With Gun by
Person Whom He Sought to Ar
fast.
Mnrgnntnn. Nov. 4.—A preliminary
hearing was held tonight for Sheriff
Julian Walton, at. the sheriff's re
quest, and he was bound over to <-oiirl
111 order io obtain complete legal ex
nheVatlori In connection with the death
of llllly Maloney, of Glen Alpine. So
lieitor Huffman, who returned from
Shelby to conduct the hearing, re
quired a $5,000 bond.
On Wednesday night several citi
aens of Glen Alpine reported to Sher
iff Wa.ton that a condition at the Ma-,
loney home needed investigation, that
Maloney, a man of (15 years or more, j
whose wife had left him, was living j
with a 16-year old girl.
The sheriff, accompanied by Ernest
Hardison, knocked on the door of Ma
loney's house, told who he was and
asked to be admitted. Refused ad
mission, be pushed open the door,
which had been barricaded by a bed.
As he did so, a load of shot greeted
him.
His flashlight showed that Maloney
had loaded his gun and was taking
second aim when his own pistol was
brought into play.
Maloney was shot in tbe abdomen.!
but did not die instantly. Hardison
went for Dr. Long, at Glen Alpine,
and the injured man was brought to
Grace Hospital. Sheriff Walton stayed
with him during the operation that
was performed in an effort to save
his life, but he died early this morn-1
ing.
In a dying statement made to Dr.
Kiddle, he declared that the sheriff
was not to blame. The girl who was
: with him is in jail and it is quid that
her story corroborates the other evi
dence.
•SPINNERS NOW LOOKING
FOR BETTER DEMAND
Members Believe That Cotton Will
Not Descend to Lower Level.
Charlotte, Nov. 4.—The business
prospects for cotton are better than
they have been in months and as soon
as buyers are convinced that the mar
ket is stabilised they will anticipate
their need* considerably beyond their
immediate necessities, according to a
bulletin issueS by the Southern Yarn
Spinners' Association today.
"Considerable volume of yarn busi
ness was shown during the past week
in spite of the sixe of the crop esti
mate,” it was reported.
"Members of the asaociation believe
that the low price of cotton has been
reached. Prices have shown unex
pected firmness and the effect of the
financial assistance organised in the
several states has had a materially
stabilising influence.
"Yam mills are well sold for the
nfcgt few months and it is expected
Mmt yam prices should show an ad
vance within the near future.
“At present there are no stocks of
yam find mills are operating solely
upoß order*. 1
"buyers ar*. showing more interest
■in future commitments than formerly.
Prices have remained Arm during the
past week.”
After the civil war, when the
price of cane sugar rose to great
heights, candy makers tried the ex
periment of using clay in place of
kosar.
CHARGE ITALIANS
WANT TRANCE AND
SPAINJO DIFFER
Public Aroused in Charges
That Italians Seek to
Cause a Split Between
the Nations.
HAVE EVIDENCE,
FRENCH REPORT
Whole Trouble Was Start
ed by Conspirators Who
Would Establish “State
of Catalan.”
Paris. (L—o4*)—Public* inter
est was inters t >cl*y in charjrm dial
Italians were seeking to create a split
between Spain an France because of
the ope rations on F.ench soil of coli
spiiators who tried to set up “the
state of Catalan” in Spain.
Min ster of Justice Sarraut says
enough evidence has been obtained to
justify the belief that there is dose
connection between the Catalan affair
ami the activities of Col. Kicciotti
Garibaldi at Nice.
Garibaldi “working jvith other Ital
ians. it is asserted, planned to betray
the Spanish colonel. Francisco Macia.
leader of the Catalan*, and his follow
ers to the Spanish police, and thus
pave the way for Snain to decla:*c that
France was lax in allowing a conspir
acy to be batched on French soil. Some;
125 arrests on the border by the)
French broke up the conspiracy. j
Home advices character!*? as ab-!
surd the beFef held ill France that
Italian police agents were implicated
in the plot. Advices say that the fas
cist regime is in sympathy with the
Spanish government, and that Koinf
gave it the first notice that the plot
was brewing.
Garibaldi is declared by leading an
ti-fascists of Nice to be a traitor to
their cause. The police of the Kiviero
resort are of the opinion that Gari
baldi and the other Italians were not
concerned in the Catalan conspiracy
but engaged in seeking out prominent
anti-faseiats in France, that it was
their inteution to entice anti-fascists
into Italy, implicate them in plots
against Mussolini and them put
into ja ; l. i
WHEELER BTATKR WET, '/j
SENTIMENT IS DOOMED j
Points of Gains of Drys in Ilia lasi i
Election and Says It Forecasts Pro
hibition.
Washington. XoY. s.—Wayne 15.
Wheeler, of the Anti-Saloon League,
issued a statement tonight saying the
results of Tuesday's election show
"that the party which takes n wet
stand in 1928 is doomed to (iisrup- 1
tion."
"Latest and Complete returns from
practically nil district," he continued,
"rfhow increased dry gains, both in the
referendum election tights and con
gressional contests. Seventy-one per
cent, of the Democratic members and
72 per cent. Os the Republican mem
bers of the next house, with 70 ]>er
cent, of the Democratic and 7(5 per
cent, of the Republican members of
the next senate have dry voting ree- j
ords or have made dry pronounce
ments.
“The dry sentiment of the nation is
revealed in the re-election i!f 296 mem
bers of the present Congress w’to have
dry records. Only nine out of the
35 senators elected on November 2nd
are wet. Os the 30 new members of
the house, at least 25 have dry records
or made dry pronouncements in the
states. * *■* At least ten members
of the house and four or five in the
senate, not classed as dry, will op
pose any effort to repeal the national
prohibition act or to wrfte unconsti
tutional provisions in it.
"The referendum elections in N#w
York and Illinois to substitute a defi
nition of intoxicating liquor which
would include only those which are
intoxicating in fuct will have little
weight on Congress, now that the pro
vision has been declared non-enforcea
b.e by state and federal supreme courts
and by law enforcement officials. The
Wisconsin proposal is equally inde
fensive. The referendum in Mis
souri, Colorado and California have
defeated proposals to repeal the state
codes by estimated majorities of 100,-
000 in Missouri, 33,000 in Colorado
and in California by probably 40,000
—with Montana still in doubt.
“Nevada's referendum for a federal
constitutional convention will get no
where. It can have no legal effect
until 32 states join iu a similar re
quest, Which will never happen.
"In the fact of the" dry majorities
in both parties, how' can a wet minor
ity force either party to take n wet
stand in 1928?
"While the majority in Congress for
the maintenance and enforcement of
national prohibition remains large, the
votes east for nullification senators
and congressmen and for the repeal of
state laws will jar' a'.l the indifference
out’ of tlie over-confident dry voters
who bad believed that tlie fight is over.
Everlastingly at it, is the price of
freedom from the liquor traffic. Thiq,
will be our slogan while the outlawed
liquor laterests surrender.”
Revolution In Brazil.
Muncion. Paraguay, Nov. 6.—(A>) —
News reaching here from Brazilian
territory is to the effect tbit a band
of revolutionists are marching on the
town of Bella Vieta, Brasil. The
situation is said to be serious. Some
of the people of the district nre flee
iag.
CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1926
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It was to dedicate the Rumanian room in Mary bill Castle, at Maryhill, Wash., that Queei
Marie of Rumania came-tojher America, according to announcements. The castle, show,
above, was named for his wife by Sam Hill, railroad magnate.
! MANY DRIVE TOO FAST ; JS
AT CORNERS AND ON ttf.lAri
President of Amp-lean .YuiMDMtr
Association Visits North Carolina.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Nov. o.—Many North
Carolina motorists drive too fast on
curves and hillm Ernest N. Smith,
general manager of the American
Automobile Association stated to
Coleman \V. Roberts, vice president
of the C'nrn’ina Motor club, the
Triple A's representative in this
state. Mr. Smith was ill this state
recently, following a swing through
the South. The fast driving practice
was conspienouK in the mountain sec
tion of North Carolina. Mr. Smith
said. He has travelled all over Amer
bl observing motoring conditions
| this year.
j Determination of North Carolina
l to eliminate grade crossings and the
excellent rottdk here came in for loud
praise from the two officials as did
the accident prevept campaign now
being carried on by the Cnro'imi
Motor Club.
Mr. Smith also commented on the
approaching sprint races nt Chay
loft p Armistie Day. "MeVp’.y by per
mitting ap automobile racing speed
way in the state of North Carolina
is helping materially to advance the
mechanical perfections of the auto-,
mobile." he said. "The great im
provements of the last quarter of a
century in the passenger automobile
can be traced directly back to ex
periments ami innovations in racing
ears in the effort to generate more
power and speed and to promote safe
[(. . And it is on such tracks as that
at Charlotte that these experiments.
Ihnv. been hronght to fruition,
| "The sphere of motordcni n*K; a
real debt-(o North Carolina, and to
the other states that support auto
mobile racing. Their support of the
sport Inis done much to give the
world the almost mechanically per
fect automobi'e now in vogue.
“The Charlotte oval is a fast, fast
track. Hardly ever do a day's rices
and there without the breaking of
some record aml ut the August sprint
races four national records were set-
Added to that is the fact that the
drivers now have become better ac
quainted with the new 91 1-2 cubic
inch engines and have learned that
they are potentially capable of much
greater speeds than first forecast."
SEE POSSIBLE CLOSE
OF LONG COAL STRIKE
' r *
Labor Becom’ng More Tractable
and Arbitration of English Strike
Likely.
Londou.
promising negotiations brought rite
striking coal miners to the jsiint of
entrusting their ease to the traders
union congress, but an actual end n
the long protracted strike is not yet.
Although mm-h progress has been
made a great deni still depends upon
the attitude of the government and
owners of the mines.
If the government and the owners
enn be brought to accept the miners’
idea of an arbitration today or an
other plant for national supervision
of district' agreements, a settlement,
may be reached over the week-end.
But nt beet, jt is not likely that there
can be any general resumption of
work before the end of next week, ns
there will have to be a meeting of
the miners' delegates to Indorse
whatever agreement the present ne
gotiations may lend to.
A Musical Novelty.
Rerlin, Nov. 6.—A1l four strings of
a violin can be played simultaneously
with a bow invented by Herman Rer
koweki, a Rerlin musician. The bow
is flexible and bends almost in n semi
circle over the violin. The little fing
er of the right hand manipulates a
lever which loosens or tightens the
bow strings according to the desire of
tbe player.
You Will Like Concord Better —
when you help it grow. Let all of us put our shoulders to
the ttfheel and by hard work put over everything that will
make our city bigger and better.
We live in a city of many opportunities and we should
put forth every effort to develop them for the benefit of
the community.
OUR NEW SERIES WILL OPEN SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 6th, 1926
Office in the Citioens Bank Building
President Coolidge Says Conditions
Now Warrant Rebate of Income Tax
Washington, Nov. (S. —W*>—Studies
during the past few days have con
vinced President Coolidge that some
relief for individual and corporation
taxpayers in the form of rebates or
refunds of TO per cent, to 12 per cent,
on the 1926 payments may be feasib’e.'
Although he believes that it will
not be possible for tbe December ses
sion of Congress to revise the present
revenue laws, he let it be known yes
terday that he believes that condi
tion!! are developing which would war
rant the granting of temporary re
bates.
The TrcAsury'x surplus th : s year,
it was said at the White House, will
approximate $250,006.1100 and u re
fund of 10 or 12 per cent, would mean
tlie return of between $200,000,000
CHICKENS FROM THIS
STATE MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
At the Sesqui-Cenlennial—Stanly One
of the Counties.
llaleigh, Nov. 6.-— l/P) —Tlie forty
chickens sent to the Scsqui-Centen
nial Exposition by poultry club boys
and girls of Catawbu, Lincoln and
Stanly counties made a clean sweep
of all high ribbons and cups awarded
at the International Poutry show, ac
cording to a report received by Allen
G. Oliver, extension poultry special
ist at State College. The forty birds
won 22 first places, eight second and
two third ribbons. v
In addition, three silver ipps were
won in special contests. Judges award
ed the Tar Heel entries sweepstakes
prizes for tlie best Barred Rock inale
in the show, best Wyandotte male in
the show, best Rhode Island Red male
and tlie best Brown Leghorn hen in
the contest. The two Rhode Island
Red entries were given first honors
ns rite two best bird of all breeds in
the entire club show.
These forty birds were carried to
the exposition by County Agent .1. W.
Hendricks, of Catawbu county. They
were selected from tlie farm Hocks be
longing to club boys and girls by Mr.
O.iyer and the expenses of the enter
prise were borne by former Governor
Cameron Morrison.
Tlie birds were not entered in open
clusses but only in club classes. Mr.
Oliver stated. They competed, how
ever, with other birds from all over
the Cnited States.
State College poultry experts ex
pressed tlie opinion that .rite victories
at Philadelphia show the fine quality
of stock produced in the state. One
of the sesqni judges. Walter Young,
of Dalton. Ohio, expressed the opinion
that the North Carolina birds were ns
good as any he had seen.
Hawk Killed by Airplane.
(By International News Service)
Little Rock. Ark., Nov. 6.—A lnrge
hawk, soaring at an altitude of 1.000
feet, was killed by an airplane at
the local airport as spectators saw
the mighty bird fall from the clouds
into the landing field.
Lieutenant Wright Vennilya was
pilot of the plane that killed the great
bird. Lieutenant Neil Romick was
a passenger.
Officials of Rie Arkansas national
guard and student fliers immediately
dissected the folk and each kept souve
nirs or luck pieces, by appropriating
a claw, wing or feather of the catch,
the first of its kind at the local air
port.
Scores of football fans are in Char
lotte this afternoon for the game be
tween Davidsoh and Hampden-Sidney.
A few others went to Chapel Hill to
see Carolina and V. M. I. The Dav
idson team is popular tvitfi Concord
fans and its games always draw well
either in Davidson or Chnrlotte.
and $250,000,(Wt0 to tlie taxpayers.
Receipts iu excess of the estimates
of the Treasury would make tlie re
bate possible. but at the Treasury
the White House announcement was
viewed witli some surprise, as Secre
tary Mellon and other fiscal officials
have declared repeatedly that the pres
i ent was too early for tax reduction to
Ibe considered seriously.
In June the Treasury estimated that
the surplus for the fiscal year ending
June 30th next, would be $185,000.-
000. but many s'gns since have point
ed to a larger surplus and democratic
leaders including Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, tax legislation spokes
man for that party, have demanded
an immediate tax reduction minting
as high as $500,000,000 in some in
stances.
THE REFERENDUM AND
AMENDMENT PASSED
Both Given Approval at Polls, Pres,
ent Returns Indicate.
Charlotte. X. ('.. Nov. 6.—OP)—
North Carolina voters on the face of
returns from about two-thirds of the
state Inst Tuesday apparently voted
to clear up disputed points in the
World War Veterans loan fund bill,
and adopted a constitutional amend
ment, taking a canvass of elect inn re
turns out of the hands of the Legisla
ture. Only n heavy uu'nvorable vole
in unreported counties can change the
indicated result. With official ret Skits
receive* bar,* from more than half -es
the counties of the slate, and unoffi
cially tnbultitrd this afternoon, both
measures were maintaining their fav
orable majorities of more than two to
one.
The constitutional amendment vote
was much smaller than that east on
the referendum measure, and in 1,080
out of 1.734 precincts in the State re
ceived .",5,169 favorable votes, and 17.-
009 unfavorable.
In the same number of precincts
tlie soldier loan bill received 46,675
favorable votes, and 18,040 unfavora
ble.
The counties still unreported are al
most evenly divided between the west
where the measures botlt received a
heavy favorable vote, and the east,
where some counties east unfavorable
majorities, with five unreported iu the
central section where favorable ma
jorities were the rule. Four of the
unreported eastern counties had unof
ficially reported majorities for the
measures and two had' reported ma
jorities against them. In at least one
county, Jackson, no votes were east
on either measure.
THE HALL-MILLS CASK
Trial Moved Slowly Today.—l jess
Sharp Shooting by Counsel.
Court House. Somerville. X. J..
Nov. 6.—C4*)—The trial of Mrs. Frau
ces Stevens Hall and her brothers,
Henry and Willie Stevens, on charges
of murder moved slowly today, per
haps because the court was iu session
on a day usually made a court holi
day. There was less sharp shooting
by contending counsel. The first wit
ness, Mrs. Mary Memarest. concluding
testimony begun yesterday, seemed ir
ritated by questioning by Clarence K.
Case of defense counsel, and for n mo
ment appeared on the verge of losing
her temper. She recovered her poise
after one very loud "No," and fur
nished the reply to a question.
Henry 1,. Diekman. former New
Jersey state policeman who once work
ed on the pofiee investigation of the
Hall-Mills murder, and retired from
the office without collecting back pay,
was on the witness stand at the lun
cheon recess.
Ou direct examination Diekman
testified that iu February, 1928. he
saw Henry Stevens at Lavallette, his
home, and was told by the defendant
that he was fishing there on the bench
ut the time of tlie double slaying at
RNew Brunswick.
' Prosecutor Simpson was content to
develop this testimony on direct ex
amination, with a statement that Stev
ens appeared "nervous” and that he
waa “evasive" but did not ask the wit
ness why he left the state police with
out collecting his salary due.
Sevan Hurt In Explosion.
Kansas City, Kans., Nov. 6.—OP)—
Seven men were injured, one severely,
in an explosion that wrecked the fer
tilizer department of the Wilson A
Company packing plant here early to
day. The explosion was believed to
have been caused by spontaneous com
j bastion Officials estimated the datti
, age at $50,000.
A lengthy friendship is often
terminated by a short temper.
NICARAGUA ROCKED
BY EARTH TREMORS
immmi
_ *** v-* j
I For Nearly a V-winute Fri-j
day Most of the Country
Trembled in the Worst
Shock in 28 Years. ;
HOUSES DAMAGED,
i SOME DESTROYED
I People Rushed to Streets
When Quake Was Felt i
and Stayed There Sev
j eral Hours.
Managua. Nicaragua, Nov., li.—OP)
—For Hourly a raimito yostonlay Man
agua ami most of Nararngua trembled
in the worst earthquake felt in the
Country for 28 years. A number of
persons were killed and many injured
while the property damage was esti
mated at JM.000,.000.
! The worst damage was done at
Leon, about fifty miles northwest of
Managua. There, about 80 per rent,
of the houses sustained damage, and
many of them were destroyed.
Iti Managua about 50 per rent, of
the houses s’.iow damage. At the
first signs of the quake the people
rushed to the streets, remaining there
several hours.
SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP ON
THE CHARLOTTE SPEEDWAY
Battle Between Rear-Drive and Front-
Drive Automobiles.
Charlotte, Nov. C.—Speetators at
(he thrilling Armistiee Day sprint
championship on the Charlotte speed
way are due to see the derisive battle
'between the conventional rear-drive !
automobiles and the new front-drive
creations. This declaration has made
today by Harry Hart*, the youthful
speed king from Hollywood, who has
clinched the A. A. A. championship
title for the year.
Hartz, circled the huge miles-and-a
quarter board bowl at 134 miles an
hour in practice, using the same rear
drive motor that has won him a for
tune this year on the "roaring road,”
then pulled up to the pits after battl
ing on the turns in practice wit all
jive of the enteVed froht-drive motors.
"The front-drive cars of Riiray,
Bennie LIiII, Earl Coojffir, Pete Kreis
ntid Rave lewis are going 'to-be plenty
fast in the two 25-mile sprints, assert
ed Hartz, telling of the sensational j
s|ieed duels between Lewis mid Cooper
'.lore at the August 2Hni sprint races.
"Blit,” be aded. "they sure will
have to move over in the 50-mile and
the 100-mile dashes because there is
going to be about ten of us with rear
drives who are going all the way
through with the motor wide open.”
Fred .1. Wagner, noted sportsman
and starter, talking in the group of
raring pilots with Hartz as t'.iey stood j
with split-second stop watches timing j
the others in their tuning laps, cau-1
tinned the drivers against their ter-!
rific skiding on the steeply hanked |
turns. Observers stationed at the |
curves saw Ane driver after another
Hash through with their tires smok-!
ing as the ears, impelled by the ter- j
rific momentum, rearqd ami swung
sideways.
Because the American championship
for sprints will be decided here, the
crowds'of fans lined back of the safety
fences watching the ears practicing
have already seen a score of impromp
tu races. Frank Lockhart, the youth
ful star who won the two long races
here in August, has repeatedly tried
iiis powerful ear against the othei*s in
' brushes on the hazardous curves and
I straight-ways.
!
THE COTTON MARKET
Closed Barely Steady Today, One
Point Fp to Three Points Down.
New York. Nov. 6.—(A 3 )—The cot
ton market was a little more active
at the opening today but prices fluc
tuated within a narrow range, most of
the business being attributed to furth
er evening up of accounts in prepara
tion for next Monday's government re
in >rt.
The opening was steady at a de
cline of 2 points to an advance of 1
point.
Some southern hedging ami a litt'.e
local selling on easy I.iverpind cables
| developed, blit the trade bought and
there was covering.
The demand seemed sufficient to
hold the market on the basis of 12.70
for May, and January fluctuated be
tween 12.31 and 12.33 during the first
hour.
Private cables reported hedging ab
sorbed by trade calling in Liverpool,
with improved demand for cotton
cloths and a larger business expected
when the coal dispute lias been Set
tled.
Cotton futures opened steqdy. Dec.
12.20 ; Jan. 12.31: March 12.54; May
12.7 H; July 13.02.
Cotton futures closed barely steady
one point up to f.iree down: Dec.
12.11); Jail. 12.32; March 12.55; May
12.71); July 13.00.
| Refuses Lights That Would Stop
joy of Spooning.
Washington, Nov. s.—Complaints
against "petting” parties on top of the
double-deck busses here and requests
that lights be installed to forestall
the spooners were given the cold
shoulder today by the public utilities
commission. One member said, “let
them spoon If they want to,” while
another remarked that if lights were
put. on the busses, "seat lights” in
private automobiles also should be
required.
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
NO. 263
MEUTSTFJ
TIGHTEN UW OVER I
iDLLnion'
Lets This Be Known While
Making Denial of ** v l
ports That Coast GuaftJ
“Sold Out” to Wets. |
HAS DRYCHIEF \M
BEEN DISMISSED? |
It Is Reported Washington |
Official and Three Men
Dismissed for Stopping:
an Official.
Washington. Nov. f>. —04*)- —Prohit
bitiort into the liniHiglit again
today in tlu* nation's capital.
While Assistant Secretary AudrewH
in charge of enforcement, \va* deny
ing that the coast guard had “sokl
out" to the bootleggers, and making |- J
known Irs determination to seek leg*. ./43
Islation next month giving the govern- ’/3|
ment greater control over
liquor, it was revealed that the cbiel ill
of the prohibition machinery in. and J
around the District of
three of his agents had been dismis#fK| S
for condtfet "distinctly unbecoming t<* « J
federal officers,*’ when they held up |
with drawn revolvers an automobHtt vl
containing an unidentified but repeat*
edly prominent government official.
Ileports that the coast guard forces
had decamped to the liquor law VIOJ9- .
tors were laid by General Andrews % ; VS
"bootleggers who need advertising fog
their home made foreign liquor/*
While not referring specifically tp
the latest instance that it! KonjK&i.’
where four coast guard men are held
for aiding occupants of rum row. Odftl|p||
Andrews conceded that there had
been so nit* demotions, but the organiza
tion under tiie direction of Gen, E. "C. 3
Dillard merited praise for its acllyp;
t ; e*<. '/ t ~
General Andrews saitl that lie would j
again urge Congress at the next sen. a
skill to pass the prohibition enforce
inent reorganization measure and the 'i
hill to strengthen the Volstead Act, d
but tiie only new measure he will prde, j
pose will give the government greater
control over the rapidly vanishing sup
ply of medicinal liquor.
Tiie dismissed agents here were. -|j
Robert Livingston, deputy prohibi* -
, lion administratin' for the district, ai
and Agents J. Carter, .fames Cook aflq
John Fitzpatrick.
"Agents may not rush about the
riiy streets and county roads holding A
up automobiles wtl'hout the sPgStest, ;
cause, using drawn revolvers jind talk-. |
ing abusively to occupants of the ail-* • J
tomohiles they stop." said Gen, All-'
drews in connection with the disiuiy-:
sal. "Such conduct is not bewiqilng. |
to a Federal officer and must hefitop- 'j
ped.”
While none cf the three agents jpUT
ever he rea|ipointed to tiie Federal
service under any circumstances, fie in
added. Livingston may be given anoth- 7
or chance and transferred to iJcnte oth
er enforcement field. « I i
With Our Advertisers. ‘|
The Yorke & Wadsworth ,Ci>. has
just received another car of 2ti-gaEiJ*e ,3
roofing. The price is $4.75 for a
square of !)1 pounds. They are pay
ing one-half n cent over the market
for cotton in trade or on account!” _ i;
The Concord Plumbing Co.. • 174
Kerr street, wants to advise you as i
to your plumbing needs. Phone 57(1.
The retreading of I lie Concord Vul
canizing Co. uienns money saved. •• ,5
Wrenn. at Kannapolis. will clean
your curtains for you. Phone 128, :
If you have none, get soffit* ante,
daimige insurance at once from l'Vtzer (
& York*.
Buck’s parlor heater carries fire
over niglit. Heats by circulation.
Warming every nook and corner of
tin* room. For sale by the Concord yl
Furniture Co.
Full room size felt base linoleum i
] druggets, only SIO.OB cash at H. B,
I Wilkinson's.
Left It to the Judge.
. (By International News Service) I
i Nashville, Tenn.. Nov. ft.—"Do you
[ want to go on the C.iain gang for j
1 thirty days or get out’of town?" asked i
i City Judge Roscoe ’Matthews of a
j "bird of passage" who had spent the '■
| night in jail on a charge of va-
I grancy.
j The prisoner meditated. “It’s just |
I with you," said the prisoner.
| "No, it’s up to you, 1 am making
you a proposition." said the judge. ■
l The prisoner again meditated. “I
1 simply can’t take the responsibility hi
I this matter. It's up to you; judge,” i
[again returned the prisoner. • '.s, ,;'d®
So Judge Mat Views fined him $25, j
which is thirty days mi the chain ;
gang.
Janitor Steals $74,000 in Bank.
Isis Angeles. Nov. s.—The theft of s*s
$74,000 from the I a i Angeles branch
of the federal reserve hank of San i
Francisco was disclosed by the p>!ii*o *J
here today with tin* arre.it of Wes’ey <ls
Davis, negro janitor mid recovery of ;S
$71,805 hidden in his home. ‘
A new automobile which Davis do- . j
dared be purchased with a part of ; \
the money also was seized. * -fiSH
He said he found the money In a *
bundle on the floor of one of the
cages-
THE WEATHER |
Fair tonight and Sunday, warmer
except in tiie northeaat coast tonight* ’J
Gentle lo moderate northwest wind*,
becoming variable.