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VOLUME XXVI
Armistice Day Sermons I
In Local Churches Are
Heard By Legionnaires
—* i
Dr. J. C. Rowan and .Rev. I
C. H. Trueblood Deliv- 1
ered Sermons at Services,
Sunday Morning.
BIG CONGREGATIONS
FOR THE SERMONS 1
Speakers Laud Men Who:
Fought and Predict That
Christian Principles Can
Alone Bring Peace.
“I do not believe there should be j
any s|>aea or place of freedom and lib-1
erty beneath the. protecting aegis of
the Stars and Stripes for any man—l
native, fore gn or alien—‘who does pot •
love that Hag in his heart and will 1
not protect it with hia arm'," Dr. Ji j
<\ Uownn, pastor of the First Presby-!
terian t’hurch declared in an Amiis- j
tiee Pay sermon ytvferUay morning, i
“Kegardless of 'eoooeientious objection',
or objections of nny other kind, I do I
not see how any innn ean entertain j
aduvrntion for even a religion which ;
eonnsels or even suffers an able-bodied I
adherent to enjoy in unpnrtieipating i
complacency the liberty and freedom }
which is being bought with) other j
men's blood." l)r. Rowan continued, j
The service was beautifully simple j
and certainly one of the most inipres-)
sive and inspir’ng in tile history of;
the church. Every sent in the main
auditorium was occupied with many '
I.egionnaires, War Mothers and I .eg- !
ion Auxiliary members present.
To the right of the pulpit hung a \
huge service Hag with a star for egeh I
member of the Church who enlisted.
On the left huug an equally large Am-,
e'r can flag. Standing between these I
l>r. Rowan preached his sermon of j
peace, praising those who offered their |
life-blood for the principles of liberty j
and .warning all tlpit only through the!
principles of .Tcjms Christ can there j
by lasting and permanent peace.
For the offertory Sam Goodman, an |
ex-service man, sang Kipling’s "Re- i
eessional” and immediately after the]
sermon the Audience stood with bowed i
and reverent heads as the notes of;
"The Star Spanned Rjnmer" filled j
Jhe ChUrrh: . . i ■ ■ 4
i ir 4 i
of l.uke. His sermon follows:
"On earth peace.”—l.uke 2.14. I
/* Siuce Christianity and patriotism!
are no closely related, and since Jesus |
Christ Hitasclf was a patriot, I ;
thought it not amiss to observe ou
this sacred day and in this sacred
place Armistice day. This day is not
observed, mark you. at this time and;
place becattse I think it is possible;
for me to Add to the store of Infor-j
ination which ninny of you already]
|s»ssess, but because I would keep I
fresh and alive in my own memory,
and would have you keep fresh and
alive in yours, like a sweet, unwither-,
ed and unfaded flower, the principles
for which so many fought and bled
and died, together with the service
which they rendered, the sacrifices
which they made and the victory which !
they won.
He who is speaking to you today
lias never passed the grave of "the
I'nknown Soldier” in any land—the
grave which is the fairest, the most
impartial and the most complete trib
ute that has ever been paid to patriot
ism and valor by adm'ring and grate
ful 'people*—without uncovering his
head and breathing a silent prayer to
Almighty God for that which others
have done for mankind. I have nn
equal reverence in my heart for ev
ery World War veteran, known o»
unknown, living or dead who perform
ed his duty and did his part and
made his sacrifice wkithoiit regrets.
1 ilo- not bel'eve there, should be any
sluice or place of freedom aud liberty
beneath the protecting aegis of the
Stars and Stripes for any man—na
tive. foreign or alien—who does not
love that flag in his heart aud will not
protect it wih him arm —regardless
of so-called “cou«cientious objections”
or objections of any other kind. I
do not see how any man can ejiter
ta!n admiration for even a religion
which counsels or even suffers an able
bodied adherent to enjoy in unpartici
juiting complacency the liberty and
freedom which is being bought with
other men's blood.
As we celebrate Armistice day, and.
therefore, peace—a peace which we,
one and all, I am sure, are hoping
may be lasting and permanent— l
would to Goil that I had the power to
bring the peace message which 1
would like to bring.
v “Peace on earth.” You will not ob
ject. I know, to the transposition of
words which I have just made in
quoting from the Scriptures. Now if
there is to be on earth any lasting and
liernmnent peace, and a lasting and
liermanent peace should be our ideal,
our aim, our hope and our dream, it
must be the fruit of righteousness—
peace with honor! Any other peace
is not lasting and permanent; neith
er is any other peace to be desired.
Let us look today at the steps which
bring us towards a lasting and per
manent peace.
Lasting and permanent peace, let
me say in passing, is not the fruit
age of war, as history so abundantly
proves. God knows we have had wat
“world without end." Again, it li
not the effect of arm!es and navies,
the implements of war. The greatest
war the world has ever known wat
' waged when nations possessed them
(Please Turn to Cage Seven)
The Concord Daily Tribune
, ' North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
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j THE COTtfbN CONFERENCE
1 Derides ' That the Sa/vatlon of the
Fanner Depends on Three Things.
Raleigh, Nov. IS.—(A I )—The cotton
conference in Raleigh lust week de
cided that the salvation of the cotton
j farmer depended upon three things:
immediate financial re ief for enrry
| ing over this year's surplus crop: in--
, sneiinee that nereage will be reduced
liex: year sufficiently to avo.d nny
danger of another surplus, and I’ne
1 adoption of n plan of diversification
of crops to take up the abandoned
| cotton acreage.
| The immediate necessity of speed
ing up application of the first two
! remedies is universally recognised. The
The first, that is financial aid. is al-j
i ready prepared for application. The
' .second, which lakes in plans sor 1
■ acreage reduction has already been]
] dismissed at a general meeting, and
I is s'lited to be placed in the shape of
I a definite proposal when the eonunit
] tee headed by Dr. E. 0. Brooks meets
I’.iere on November 10th.
j The importance of the ihird provi
, sion of the scheme of salvation hasn't
I (same in for so much attention. it
I has been overshadowed by current ne
| eessity, but here and there agricul-
Jtural experts 'lave put their heads to
! gether and decided that without it the
I emergency provisions of finance and
' reduction will not amount to the pro
j verbinl hill of beans.
! Unless the farmers are taught “good
! farming" and definitely educated away
I from staking their all on one* crop, all
I (he present efforts will go for naught,
! they say. They admit, however, that
i "good farming" cannot be put into
j effect by the lucre passing of a ro.so-
I lution or t'ne signing of a note at a
' bank. That requires education, anil
! education, requires time.
For years the extension services of
j the agricultural branches of state tie
! partments have been dinning their
| tune of "iMversWcation.” The pres
; eut cotton debacle indicates that their
, job is a hard one. It is admitted
i that there are few tasks harder than
fto wean away a farmer definitely
| wedded to cotton.
! This year, with a horrible example
| to'argue, greater success is expected,
igfid greater efforts are to be made,
j according***'extension chiefs. , I’lyb
tofcity .u&Vjtewal education .ts
Sk&e rose, , \
F «W1 ti»l'W.ltili>tae> • .'tase.Wc
j with a booklet issued try the - agricul
| ttirtil extension division of Htntp col
| lege working in conjunction with the
United States department of agricul
! tore. The booklet was entitled "Farm
! Program for North Carolina in 1027."
I It outlines the present over-produc-
I tion situation, stresses the danger of
I a general shift to any other "money
| crop" such us tobacco, and gives a
comprehensive plan for diversification.
; The ptan was divided into eight pnrts,
! each of which, it was said, "are sub
stantiated by actual demonstrations
with successful farmers and by expe
rience of groupa of farmers in these
counties where such programs have
been followed."
The eight points are:
First—Each fanner should grow
sufficient graiu and roughage to sup
ply the needs of ills work stock.
Second—Grow un all-year garden
for the purpose of supplying the needs
of his family with the necessary veg
etables, " and in most cases have a
surplus for the market.
Third—Keep at least fifty laying
hens to supply needs of his own fam
ily and have a surplus of both poultry
and eggs for sale.
Fourt—Keep at least one family
cow to supply the family with milk
and bntter, and wherever sufficient
feeds are available, additional cows
to produce milk and butter to be sold
' on t’.ie market.
* Fifth—Produce sufficient pork for
| the family’s needs. If surplus corn
| is available increase the supply of
I hogs so as to be able to sdll on the
local market or to'be able to take
part in co-operative carlot shipments
1 to the larger markets, thus increasing
’ j the family income.
J Sixth —Plant cotton only on the
best cotton lands, and restrict the
! acreage to those lands that will pro
" duce at least a half a bale during a
1 normal season.
Seventh—Have at least two so
‘ called money crops.
> Eigl'a—Begin definite rotation of
1 crops, which should include a legume
crop grown on at least one-fourth of
• the cultivated acreage each year so
'• ng to improve the fertility of the soil
J and ultimately to be able to reduce
* the cost of production,
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1 Bite of Wild Hog Causes Man’s
Death,
’l Birmingham. Ala., Nov. 14.—TL
-1 bite of a wild hog led to the death
" last nigbt of Lee Marsh, farmer of
* Ooattmrg, Ala. Marsh was attacked
■ by the hog two weeks ago when lie
“ attempted to drive the strange porker
out of his barnyard. The hog attack
-1 ed and bit him so severely that he
7 was brought to a hospital here. Une
* leg was amputated but complications
i- set in and resulted in bis death to
night.
ll '
r ‘ Thomaaville Hi School Students
Being Punished.
!t ThomasviHe, Nov. 12.—The boys
and girls from the, city high school
y who on Armistice day left school
't without permission, and took holiday
1» which they spent in celebrating, this
s, morning, on returning to the school
ft were faced by the management with
is the utterance, “you are -suspended
te from this school for the period of
one week.”
Involves Willie
X- *. *
jo*.. | -
“Do*they suspect met” "Willie 1
Stevens, one of the Hall-Mills j
ease defendants asked shortly |
after the murders, Detective
George Totten, shown on the !
witness stand, testified at the
trial at Somerville, N. J. Jus
tice Parker listened attentively.
ilnlwnattnQal KcviraeL)
THE COTTON MARKET j
Opened Steady at Decline of 2 to 5,!
Points—January Off to 12.50. I
New York, Nov. 15.—(A>) —The cot -
ton market opened steady today at:
a decline of 2'to 5 points, active 1
months showing net losses of 3 to 7 i
points after the call under southern!
hedging, liquidation and local selling. 1
promoted by relatively easy late ca
bles from Liverpool.
January eased off to 12.05, but there
was buying of near months by spot
interests and the market steadied up
4 oe 5 points from the lowest before
the end of the first hour. Governing !
was promoted by reimrts of further
rains in the central belt which were
thought likely to cause a further de
lay in picking arid lower the grades
of open cotton, while reports of a firm
basis on the better grades in the south
west probaly helped to steady the mar
ket after the initial selling orders had j
( sifiii Jutcreor.opened steady: De*.
TOtfffoßcrKwrMatfK 12.73: Mai
12.!M; July 13.14.
MAN KILLS WIFE AND
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
John Keeline Also Shot Wife’s Sister
But She is Still Alive.
Council Bluffs, la.. Nov. 15.—(A’) —
John Keeline today shot and killed his
wife and probably fatally wounded
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry Ander
son. He then committed suicide.
The shooting occurred at the Keeline
home.
Keeline was a member of one of the
oldest and best known families of this
city. He was known as a ■ financier
and sportsman, and at one time was
connected with Council Bluffs Sav
ings Bank, of which he was a stock- 1
bolder.
Mrs. Anderson had been staying at
the Keeline home during the absence
of Keeline on a business trip.
To Hold 57-Year-Old Cotton as
Heirloom.
Chipley, Gn„ Nov. ll—(A 5 )—A bale
of cotton almost 57 years old, is owned
here by heirs of Christopher Columbus
Jones, who in September, 1870, had
the bale ginned and then held it year
after year for the price he had re
solved to get for it—22 1-2 cents
per pound.
Planter Jones sold his other cotton
but obdurately held to his bale on
Which he placed a price of $132.07 1-2
for its original 587 pounds. Even
tually the “resolution bale” became a
family pet, so to speak, and its senti
mental value was such that in recent
years when cotton soared to its 45
cents per pound peak, no offers were
entertained.
Ginned in the old-fashioned way,
the cotton remains in what is left of
the original bagging and ties and its
quality has not deteriorated. Ex
perts have graded the lint as “No.
2" and reported that the fibre pulls
one and one-sixteenth inches.
The heirs have agreed that the bale
never should be sold.
Highways are so called because
originally they were built on embank
ments to traverse rough, undrnined
ground.
Star Theatre
TODAY and TUESDAY '
"HONESTY THE BEST POLICY”
With Pauline Starke and Johnnie
Walker
Also a Comedy “Complete Life”
W EDNEBDAY -THURSDAY’
"TIN GODS”
With Thomas Meighan. J
It's a Paramount
Also a Fox News Heel
FRIDAY ONLY
“ONE OF THE BRAVEST”
With Ralph Lewis
Big Special
Also a Comedy
“MADAME DYNAMITE”
SATURDAY
BIG WESTERN PICTURE
—And—
COMEDY
CONCORD, N. c;, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1926
kcim ms
COmTHMj
JUROR ON SITUM
Defense Counsel in Hall-,
Mills Case Says the Jur- j
or Started the Conversi
| tion in Court.
OFFICER PRESENT
I AT THE TJME
Lawyer Says Juror Only
j Told Him Brother Was
i Dead and He Wanted to
See the Judge.
Somerville. N. J„ Nov. 15.—0 P) —
Robert H. McCarter, of defense roini
! scl in the Hall-Mills case today said
I Hint conversation he was reported as
having had with a juror in the ense
i was ! n fact a conversation the juror:
hail with him. AM he opening of court I
I today there were rumors that antis !
| trial might lie ordered, that Charlotte j
1 Mill* had seen Mr. McCarter lalkWa
| to a juror and that something worn)!
lie done about if officially. : I
McCarter said to the Associated!
Press:
"In the court room Saturday morn
ing before court opened I was sitting
at counsel's table talking to Mr. Stp
' der, one of my associates. Mr. Tifi
] man, one of the jurors, with a eoUW
official came up to our table and said
i lie was the juror whooe brother had
I died, and that he wanted to speak to
' one of the presiding judges, and asked ]
: if we know where the judges were.
1 “Both Studer and I expressed re-j
j gret at his trouble, and 1 said I had
I not yet seen Justice Parker, but that I
I Judge Cleary had just gone out of the ;
room. This was the entire incident, i
and it was overheard by the court of-!
fieial in charge of the juror."
Edward F. Tillman yesterdny. ar- i
companied by ba'liffs. attended the!
funeral of his brother, Ulysses Tiß- i
i man. at Raritan.
Sister of Dead Woman Testifies.
Courthouse, Summerville, N. J.,
Nov. 15.—( JP )—Mrs. Elsie Ilarnhardt,
sister of Mrs. Eleanor It. Mills, slain
with the Rev. Edward W. Hali, said
on the witness stand today that htr ]
sister told her that she loved Mr. j
Hall's little finger more than her hits- ’
band's whple body. Testifying as a,
state’s witness *at the trial of
i Frances Stevens Hall and her broth-1
| ers, Henry and Willie Stevens, charg- I
led with Mrs. Mills murder, Mrs. j
Rarnhnrdt said that Mrs. Mills had j
taken her into her confidence in tell
ing of her love for the rector of the
church where Mrs. Mills was a mem
ber of the chair.
"Eleanor told me she loved Mr.
Hall's little finger' more than Jim's
whole whole body,” the witness said.
“Jim” is James Mills, husband of the
slain woman.
Later Mrs. Barnhardt added that
her sister repeated the statement in
the presence of 'Mills and their two
children, Charlotte and Daniel.
“She said it several times,” Mrs.
Barnhardt testified.
Her sister met her warning that her
friendship with the minister was un
wise with the reply, "I don’t care who
knows I love Mr. Hall,” said the wit
ness.
The witness told of the “last bench
in Bucoleuch Park” as a place her sis
ter told of meeting Mr. Hall "and
helping him with his sermons.”
“Somewhere on Easton Avenue wns
another meeting place,” she said, “and
another was in New York.”
THINKS COAL PRICES
WILL DECREASE SOON
With British Strike Over Demand
For American Coal Will Fall Off.
Pittsburgh, Pa„ Nov. 15.—(A*)—A
decided reaction in the bituminous
coal market in this country will fol
low the return to work of striking
British miners, in the opinion of Chas.
J. Goodyear, spokesman for the Pitts
burg Coal Producers Association. De
mand for American coal from foreign
countries sent the product'as high ns
$11.50 a ton to householders within
the past month, but with the English
strike settled Goodyear said prices
should drop at least to the level pre
vailing before the rise.
Most of the coal sold to European
buyers was bought on short time con
tracts, he said, adding that these con
tracts would now be cancelled and
surplus eoal intended for shipment to
foreign ports would be thrown on the
American market with a consequent
drop in quotations.
J. J. McNeill, vice president of the
Consolidated Caol A Coke Company,
said run of mine coal had droptied
on Saturday to $1.85 a ton. after
having sold a week ago at $2.25. He
said, however, he did not expect the
bottom to drop out of the market as
a result of the strike settlement. The
domestic demand usually is heavy at
this time, he said, would serve to stiff
en prices. He added that large in
dustrial consumers would be quick
to take advantage of any drop in
prices, a fact that would aid in keep
ing priees steady.
A. J. Mahaley Dies.
Salisbury, Nov. li—Andrew J.
Mahaley, 57. farmer of the Union
church neighborhood was found deal
in bed th'» morning. Death having
occurred during the night and sup
posedly been caused by heart trouble.
Tbre men every hour the
toll taken by modern Industry in
Americff.
QUEEN MARIE WILL ’
BE WITH HER KING
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
She Plans to Return Home
Sooner Than Expected
Upon Receipt of Request
From Husband. ;
PLANS TOSAIL
DECEMBER 11TH!
Part of Contemplated Trip
to the Southern States
Will Have to Be Aban
doned by the Queen.
Chicago, Nov. 15.—Iff)—C 'liristmns
day the Christian holiday that brings
thoughts of home to millions, from
queens to the humblest commoner,
wili find Queen Marie under her own
roof in Bucharest, instead of on the
Atlantic.
At the request of King Ferdinand
of Roumnnia, his royal consort has
cancelled a portion of tier American
trip so that she and her children,
Princess Ilenna and Prince Nicholas,
may be with their own people on De
cember 25th.
They will sail from New York on
December 11th instead of December
24th as originally planned. Part of
a contemplated southern trip will be
abandoned to meet the earlier sailing
date.
"Her Majesty received word from
His Majesty that lie wanted tb have
tier home for Christmas,” explained a
member of the royal enourage. He
said too that the people throughout 1
Rumania were so anxious for their be-1
loved queen to be back at the holiday I
season.
"And Her Majesty was touched at i
the wish. She was anxious to see
more of America. She is looking for
ward to a brief southern trip, but she
wants most of all to obey the wis'.ies
of her iieople.”
The revised itinerary for Queen
Marie cancels a Florida trip and calls
for a two days stop at Washington,
beginning November 24th, and a visit
to Atlantic City on November 27th,
and to White Sulphur Srings, W. Va„
the following day. After being joined
I by her children who will attend the,
| Army-Navy game here, the royal party
will go to Richmond Va., and in a few
[days to New York. A visit to Boa
| ton may be added to rtie schedule.
1 SAY RUSSIANS WOULD
BUY CROWN JEH’ELS
Jewels Being Brought to America For
Sale by Norman 0. Wriss. Jeweler.
New York. Nov. 15.— (A 3 ) —Report
has it that a group of Russians here
has been organized to attempt to ob
tain by legal process jewels of the for
mer Imperial household ill Russia
! which Norman C. Weiss, a jeweler, is
bring'ng from Moscow to sell. Anti
soviet Russians desire to obtain con
trol of these jewels, which arc valued
at a fabulous sum, to satisfy claims
against Rod Russia.
The jewels run the gamut from the
famous nuptial crown of Catharine
| the Great which contains 1.520 dia
monds and is valued at $52,000,000, to
a gegaw in the shape of a baby's rat
tle of solid gold and ivory, upon which
the late Czar Nicholas cut his teeth.
Included in the purchase is the his
toric diamond-studded three-edged
sword of the "Mad Monarch" Paul I.
which he carried in the military re
views of his day, and the pointing of
which at a regiment which had gained
his displeasure through poor maneu
vers meant that the entire regumment
was to be sent to bleak Siberia in ex
ile.
With Our Advertisers.
Frocks from Paris at J. C. Penney
Co.’s—charming ami surprisingly low
priced, only $24.75. See illustrations
and descriptions in new ad. today.
See program of the Star Theatre for
the week on the first page.
Why not lay up your winter supply
of eanner goods during Canned Goods
Week. See new ad. of C. H. Barrier
& Co.
Get your Thanksgiving suit now.
See new ad. of Hoover's today.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co.
has everything you need for your
home, from clothespins to living room
furniture.
Buck's blue nnd gray-enamel ranges
require no polishing. Buck's have
stood the test for 80 years.
Union suits for men and women,
boys' work shirts, sweaters, overalls,
in fact everything worn by meu and
boys, at Efird’s.
In the new ad. of the Concord and
Kannapolis Gas Co. today there are
six reasons "Why Coke la Your Best
Fuel.”
Salesladies wanted at the Charlei
Store for permanent positions and al
ao on Saturdays.
Biehard Barthelmess in ‘‘Ransom’i
Fol’.ey" nt the Concord Theatre to
day. S
Fruit, shade and pecan trees, ever
green and rose bushes at Moore’i
Truck Farm. 194 East Corbin street
Make your appointments now wit!
the Boyd W. Cox Studio for youi
Christmas photographs.
Betk's is headquarters for Cooper’i
night shirts, underwear and pajamas
Latest styles now on display. Alst
suits and overcoats from $9.95 ti
$29.95. See new ad. tbday.
A tablet is to be placed on th<
Egypt is n obe'isk in Ixtndon knowt
' as Cleopatra’s Needle giving f
i t»n*lstion of the hieroglyphics in
veribed upon it in 1000 B. C.
I • -
Premier Mussolini at Bologna
Benito Mussolini is shown pinning a medal on a faithful
Fascist! aid at Bologna, Italy, where the sixth attempt on
the Premier’s life was made.
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION ; :
Will Meet in Wilmington Tuesday j
Afternoon at 2:30 O’clock. ’ ]
Wilmington. Nov. 15.— (A>) —The i
ninety-sixth annual session of the I
Baptist state convention opens here I |
next Tuesday at 2:30 o’clock and i
continues through Thursday evening. '<
The sessions will be held in the First ]
! Baptist Church. The pastor' con-p
I fcrence begins Monday evening at 1
| 7 :30 and continues t’.irough Tuesday I ]
! morning.
A number of prominent out-of-state ,
siienkers are on the program and sev- ;
eral questions on which there is known ;
to be a division of opinion are ex- >
peeled to come up, which make the i
conference of great interest, not only
to Baptists, but to the public gen
erally.
For the past several years Wake
Forest college lias furnished the storm
center of dissension. Fireworks have
been furnished in tight on college fra
' ternities at the institution and upon
' t’ue religious attitude of the college's
liberal president. Dr. W. L. Po
’ teat.
The rank and Hie of Baptists ap
pear to have become pretty well recon
ciled to the Greek letter fraternity,
l now that it has been out in tile open
for two years and has brought on
■ none of the dire evils its opponents
charged up to it. The question is
: not expected to create any disturb
■ mice at the conference. .
The Potent question is also believed
- to be settled. After weathering op
i position for years, the president an
■ (lounced last summer that Vie intended
- to resign next year when he reached
- his seventieth anniversary. The fight
I on Dr. Poteat was due to his leaning
I toward scientific theories of biology
rather than strict adherence to the
■ teachings of fundamentalism demami
■ ed by straight-faced Baptist c'nurch
■ men.
i “While there is nothing spectacular
. or sensational scheduled, yet no seer
i is wise enough to forecast what may
happen in a Baptist meeting. Sev
eral important questions, about which
] there is a division of opinion, will be
presented and it would be easy enough
I for some one to ‘start something' if
f he had a mind to do so, but usually
I she conservative element prevails in
I'licse meetings,” declared Walter M.
, Gilmore, of Raleigh, secretary to the
. con von tion.”
SIX DROWN TRYING
TO ESCAPE THE LAW
Were Members of Party of Merry
-1 makers on Houseboat on the Mis
s sissippi River.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15.— (A s )
1 A party -aboard a houseboat on the
Mississippi River here ended in trag
y edy last night when six of the merry-
H ! makers, attempting to escape from
r the law. were drowned in the river
when a small duck boat sank.
Three other persons were rescued
from the water and were recovering
’■ today at t'ne city hospital. Two
r bodies were found. They were those
" of Michael Hogan, 25. and an uniden
tified woman.
'* Others believed drowned were Chas.
e Randall, owner of the houseboat; Nick
Berger and an unidentified man and
’• an unidentified woman.
The tragedy occurred when those
d on the houseboat tried to flee as
two policemen appeared in response
d to a call from a neighboring boat,
-e which reported that a drunken fight
was in progress on the Randall craft.
“Diva" is the Italian feminine for
*' “divine.” and has accordingly come
to be applied to a great woman
8 singer.
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SENATOR COPELAND TO
WORK FOR MODIFICATION
Has Been Ixtng Silent on the Ques
tion of Prohibition.
Washington, Nov. 14.—One of the
first tnntib'.e results of the wet vic
tory in the New York state referen
dum is an announcement by Senator
Royal S. Cope.and that he regards the
rote in that referendum as a mandate
to him to do all he can to bring about
modification of the Volstead act.
This is the first time since he was
elected to the Senate iq 1922 that
Senator Copeland has indicated his
position oil the liquor question. In
that 4election, ’he defeated Senator
(.'alder, a wet Republican, and in do
ing so received the support of many
dry Republicans. By many persons
it was assumed that Senator Copeland
was inclined to be dry, if he was not
actually dry.
During his service in the Senate
he aas not been called upon to vote
wet or dry. But he has not hitherto
joined with the wet group iu the
Senate demanding modification of the
Volstead act. His present statement,
'however, shows that,. _iq,~tj*e coming
session of Congress he w ill be aligned
with the senators who huve been lead
ing the fight for n revision of the
Volstead act.
Aside from that. Senator Copeland
announced that one of his main tasks
in the next two years will be to bring
about the nomination on the Demo
cratic ticket and election of Governor
Alfred E. Smith as President of the
United States. " The senator says the
result of the gubernatorial vote in
the state puts Smith into the preferred
position for this office and his claims
cannot be denied.
PAPERS MERGED
Memphis News Scimitar Purchased by
Scripps-Howard Publishing Inter
ests.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 15.— 04*) —
The Memphis News Scimitar, after
noon newspaper, has been sold to the
Scripps-Howard publishing interests,
according to an announcement here
today by Bernard Cohit, publisher of
the News Seimitar.
The News Scimitar, a member of
the Associated Press, will be taken
over by the Memphis Preßs, a Scripps-
Howard daily, Air. Cohn said. Paul
Block, of New York, was owner of the
News Scimitar. The transfer is ex
pected to lie made within a few days,
and tile combined edition of the two
newspapers will be published tomor
row. Tlie consideration was not
made known.
Baptist Preacher Kills HU Family.
Southern Turrington, Wyo., Nov.
14.—The Rev. J. B. Minort, . 45,
pastor of the Baptist church here,
early today shot, and killed his wife.
40, and four of his vve chydren,
ranging in age from four to 15 years.
He then committed suicide. One son.
John. 18, survives. He is attending
1 school at Liberty. Mo.
‘ Mrs. Minort was shot to death
■ with a shot gun while she lay in bed.
the children were slain with a re
• volver as they slept, with the exoep
: tion of Hubert who was shut to death
I in his mother's bedroom.
| The motive for the deed has not
1 been established but it is supposed
* that gossip and domestic troubles are
s j responsible.
ti Originally a scandal was a trap to
. I catch wild animals.
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3 MINERS KILLED.
TWO OTHERS HUH
\n mm
Explosion Occurred in th§
i Glendale Gas Coal Com*
1 Pany Mine Near Whed*
j ing, West Virginia.
FOUR MEN WERE r
CAUGHT IN MIN*
lit Is Believed They WiH
i Be Reached Soon, and
J Are Thought to Be Safe
j at Present Time.
Wheeling, W. V., Nov. 15.—C4*>—»• ”
Three miners were killed nnd two
others injured in an ex plosion early
today in the First Street mine of- the;
Glendale Gas Coal Co., at Mounds
ville, near here. Four worfanlfe in,
the mine at the time, and possibly a
few others, were entombed by thd
explosion, it was said at the com
pany's office. It was expected that
rescue workers would reach the sec
tion where they were trapped within
a short time. Some hopes wore en
tertained that the missing workmen
may be 'found alive.
Reports from the mine were that
the blast occurred in the south enry.
The force was so great that it wa#
felt in all sections of the
Tlie Three miners killed were reported
to have been working only a shoft,
distance from the point where the t*xe:
plosion occurred.
The dead are: Walter Forest, Ig
years old : Mike Kovachak. 43 yeaag
old: nnd Rube Kirkhart, 23.
Those missing are: Thomas Robin
son. J. E. Stifel, James Ross, a-nd J.
F. Burger. Two men were rescued;
from the mine and taken to the Glen
dale bospitul where it was said their
condition was serious.
Rescue workers from nearby mines
were summoned immediately after fSat
blast and began the task of digging
their way toward the entombed men.
Boy Also Reported Milled.
Moundsville, W. Vs., Nov. 15. —(A 1 )
— Two miners and a boy met de*tjib|||
two others were seriously injured, and
two of their comrades were eutofaiM ' j
by a gas explosion early today in the
First Street mine of the Glendale. Gas
Coal Company here.
Eleveu workmen escape*) Hie biast -4
wiiicfi' oecift+ed in the srfhtfi ’ efitr.v ‘
about a quarter, of a mijf from thej*?i
shaft. Rescue crews were searching
for the two entombed men. and held
out some hope that they would I|(| ■
f(fluid alive.
SHOWS NO EMOTION , ji
FOR SLAYING. W
Girl Says Site Killed'Him TWftlise
He Had Caused Her
Put Her Out of Home.
New York. Nov. 14.—KetrayJJig
no emotion when charged with
ing a mail here last night Mrs. Cath
erine Denino. 10-year old Kuanstoiq
Ml., girl, was arraigned in 1 "ollce
court today and held without bail for
Homicide court.
She had killed the man , who?#,
threat to expose an attack lie made
oil her when she was 12 years old:
had caused her husband of n year to
put her out of their home, she t 'id
police. Homeless she went to Chick*
go bought a pistol and came' to Xev;
York Friday. She visitej) the aunts
of the man who had written that lie
would exjiose her unless paid 'or hid
silence. .
Freshly shaved. I,ouis Find." a tile
setter, stepped out of a Broqx barium .
shop last night. Mrs. Denino was
waiting. She fired twice, he fell to
the sidewalk. She stood over him,
and fired again. A policeman came
running up. the girl's gun -still aimed
at Finn jained. She handed it to the
policeman and was arrested. ,^§;|
Ford Raises Pay of Men to Offset
Five-Day Week Cuts.
Detroit. Mich., Nov. 14.— Raison
in pay to offset the reductions
brought about by the five-day-work
week have been granted to 92,486
employes of the- Ford Motor com
pany and are gradually being put in
to effect throughout the entire of
ganizaation, officials of the company
announced today.
The number to whom the increase
so far has been granted represent#
about one-third of the employes of
the motor cominmy brunch of the
Ford organization. By spring, offi
cials indicated, they expect that every
| employe in the organization will have
been brought under the new work
plan.
Although not formally announced
until a few weeks ago. the Ford, five
day week plan has been in process of
experirentation for more thau u year
and officia'« indicated they were
satisfied of its success. ffi
It is the contention of the Ford, or
ganization that with two days leisure
each week, workers turn out more
and better work anil in addition
point out that this leisure time le'-P#
the automobile business.
In Northern Siberia some native#
are said to practise a form of hiber
nation. sleeping during the wintefc
for days at a time.
THE WEATHER
Rain tonight and probably Tuesday
morning, colder Tuesday and in west
portion late tonight, much colder Tues
day night. Increasing southeast and
south winds, probably becoming strong
and shifting to the west and nortllC
west Tuesday. .