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 This Is What Brought Marie to America ] flrjfc* t *xAWmm. * \A ' wv.wo; r«Ms»ewaaa t. ; -» - rtwwwMei.- ———vomoaw.-x 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