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f ——i ■ ~ : ASSOaATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI NEW HOSPITAL FOR COBBED: humid Tract of Land on Tribune Street Purchased and Structure Will Start in the Near Future. MODERN GENERAL HOSPITAL PLANNED! Will Be 25-Bed Hospital' With All Modern Ap-j pointments and Equip- j ment—Site an Ideal One.* A ntixfrm hospital i r as- Mirml for Concord at* tho iimiili of ac- Jion taken h.v a number of heal phy«<- i<*ians who have organised and inoor pora(»*<l the Cabarrus County Itoai Ks loto (‘onipuny. Work on the hospital will hog'n at once. ITtr first stop takon by tho ronl os tflio c< rupaiiy, which will be iho hold ing company, was tho purchase of *hroo and a quarter acres of land on T ibuno street. one block off South 1 a lon street. Tho land was purchas ed from S. A. Wolff and is considered an ideal site. The hospital will ho erected on one of tho woody knoHs in iho tract. Officials of tho holding company cs Ornate the hospital and nurses homo will cost approximately $75,000. Tho exact cost will not he determined un til final plans have boon secured from C. C. Hartman. Greensboro architect. No name has boon chosen f.»r tho j hospital, it was stated, but probably j will take tho name of tho present one, ! Tho Concord Hospital. It is under stood this hospital will bo abandoned j when tho new one is completed. Officers of the holdijuf company arc. Hr. H. B. Hankin, Pfl'sident : Dr. I*. 11. MacFadyen. Vice Bros'dcnt; and Dr. Joe A. Hart soli. Secretary and Treasurer. 11l addition to the officers, stock holders in the company are: Drs. W. 11. Wadsworth. M. King. I), (L A. Vow. J. A. I'atter soir and H. K. Buchanan. Dr. Hurtsell stated this morning that as soon as final plans for the been received from Mr \ TtfirtmnnWhe contract for the work : will be It Is pfcuimd ro : Two buildings ready for oc- j eupnney by January 1. 1028. “We plan to give Concord a mod ern gene-al hospital." Dr. HartsHl added. “The structure will be entirely of brick with only imslern equipment ■ used. Wo will build a 25-bod hospit al and one that will bo the equal of ' any in the State in equipment and ap pointments." The site for tho hospital is one of ‘ tho most desirable to be found in ' < oneord. On a high elevation the 1 tract overlooks most of the city to Iho north, wh : le to tho South there b! 1 ottered can excellent panoramic view j ■ of tho surrounding countryside. It is understood that tho present ! * efficient corps of nurses at the Concord ' Hospital will be transferred to tho ' now plant, with additions to care for ! the increase in facilities. Mi*s Auten, sn|>er ntendent of the present hospital, will ho retained in tho now plant. it is said. i Granted Rejh-ieve January' Ist. TVibuno Bureau. Sir Walter Hotel. Ilaleigh, Nov. 27.—The two negro es who wore to have gone to their death in the electric chair at State's prison today. Robert Lumpkin and Booker T. Williams, have been granted a reprieve until January 1 by Governor A. W. MuLcorin .or dor that a more thorough investi gation of their eaee can he made Lumpkin ami Williams were eon victed v Yif murder and sentenced to death in connection with the killing of B. M. Rogers, police chief of Row land. in Robcsoil county. Rogers was alilin the day after last Christman. The only o Mention that remains to l»e determimMl is whether Rogers's inimter was • premeditated by the „ negroes, in which case it would really be first degree murder, or whether the killing was not premedi tated, in which ease it would be second degree murder, and would not warrant the death penalty. Don'lTell THIS GREAT BBBIAL STOKV WIIX, BEGIN IN THE TRIBI NE MONDAY, The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily England’s First ■II M ilf! ■ ■ i sh bsl / jgm The first woman to become a j Sheriff in England is Mrs. I Foster Welch, of Soutliamp ; ton, shown in her robes of toffice. ! (InUnuUoasl HmmLl 1 .SMITH IS SENTENCED TO SERVE 12 MONTHS Not (iiiilty of Murder or Manslangli ter But of Carrying Firearms. Maidstone. England. Nov. 27. —OP) —Alphonse F. A. Smith today was acquitted of murder or manslaughter in connection with the shooting of his friend John Thomas Parham. **•*. wan sentenced, however, to 12 monthx at hard labor for carrying wi*h inttajl t* *n4s*«Br in his charge to the Jury which heard the socially prominent defend-! ant ,tNr that the shooting of his fr end on Atlgiißt 12 in the Smith vil la. Stella Marie, was accidental. Judy Avery eaid: "There ie no motive more likely to cqfise man or woman to desire to do injury than jealousy." The prosecution hail based its case on the theory that Sinilh shot Perliam in a tit of jealousy rage over the Intter’s attentions to .Mrs. Smith. Pointing out Hint Mrs. Smilh had not lava ealled as a witness, the Judge asked. "Is it conceivable that if she could siip|K>rt or corroborate the story which Smith told yon. she would not have been called as a witness for the de fense ?" THINK OTTO WOOD IS HID NEAR PENITENTIARY That is Th-cry in Greensboro Where Gunman I'sfd to Hang Out. (iri-eiisboi-O, Not* 2<i—Following the i tenling of an automobile here early this morning, the word went around that ‘'Otto" Wood, escaped murderer from the State prieon had stolen it. but it wus mere v a rumor. Every stolen atoumobile in tbi-' vicinity will be ascribed to the bad man until he is caught. I.n\v enforcement officers really do not took for Wood to come this wav on his third trip from the prison. His wife Imik remarried and is in a hospital in Wirston-Stilem. ill with typhoid. He has renlly no interest in this ■ notion. His blood relatives live in West Virginia. Officers here point yut the utter iin|K. sibility of Wood staying 'nose, however, by stating that bis one hand will give him away. Even if he were to go to South Africa, they say in time the word would wine that a one-armed man wife seen wan jerint about and Wood would be brought back to prison. One theory here i« that the man hasn't left Raleigh. There would have been some trace of him if he had gotten away from Raleigh, they say. and thev believe that he •« ’urking in hiding not fnr from Hie penitentiary. Wind, Hail and Rain Cause Dam age in Rowan County. Salisbury. Nov. 2B. —Wind, hail and rain conspired this afternoon to give this vicinity a taste of storm. No serious damage was done in the city but to the west there was con siderable damage to windows and automobiles. One man brought to town n bucket fill! of hail atones, many of which were as large ns hen eggs ainj some of them considerably ’arger. The ground wns covered with hail several miles to the west »f Salisbury and ihany automobile tops were riddled. Explosions in Mt. Vesuvius. .Naples. Italy, Nov. 27.—Wt—Vio ’eut explosions within the cone of Mount Vesuvius terrified the inhabi tants of Portici, Torre Annunsiata and other towns in the surrounding valley early today. Visitors to the Wayside Inn on one [ day in July represented 27 states of ! five foreign countries—England. Ger many, Japan, Canada and Belgium. NEW EVIDENCE NOW i PRESENTED IN IDE HALL-MILLS TRIAL Letters Sent by Timothy Pfeiffer to State Attor ney General Presented ; in the Trial.. (hand WRITING EXPERTS BUSY [They Are Employed by the j Prosecution to Examine i Several Documents Pre j sented by the Defense. Gourt House. Somerville, J„ Nov. 27.—(JP)—Mrs. Frances Slovens Hal! wont on tho witness stand in tho Hall-Mills trial at 2 p. m. Dressed in blnek as she has been since the trial began, Mrs. Hall walked to the witness stand in tho same onlin manner that has marked *»er conduct in the court room since tho trial began almost four weeks ago. Somerville. N. J.. Nov. 27. <*>>— John Solon, of the New Jersey Attor ney General's office, was ealled aw the first witness for the defense in the resumption of the Hall-Mills trial this morning. Solon produced two letters which had hen written by Timothy H. Pfeiffer to Attorney General Mct’ran, ' concerting the investigation of the slaying of the Rev. Edward \V. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor 11. Mills four veals ago, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and j her brothers. Ilenry and Willie Stov-j ens are being tried for the murder of Mrs.. Mills. Pfeiffer is attorney for Mrs. Hall, i Solon said he had searched the At-! torne.v General’s offices for other let-1 ters written to Mr. MIS 'ran offering 1 suggestions for the investigation, but i these could not Is' found. Alexander Simpson, special pros ecu-1 tor. announced that hand writ'ng ex-j parts were examining the diary of Henry Stevens which was presented when he was culled as a witness last week. A bill for $5.00(1 presented by Felix di Martini, private detective to Mrs. Hall, for his services, also would be studied by the handwriting ex perts. the prosecutor said, - —Mrsc Henry- C/arpettrter. -.rUnaC him-; {band, is in jail on indictment similar | to that on which the three defend ants are being tried, testified she took her husband to the 7:55 train for New York on Saturday, September 16, and met him at 1 :.K<. This places Oar pender in New Y’ork at the time the state alleges he took papers from the Hall home. Mrs. Garpender said she and her husband spent the next day at the shore, and her husband did not go to the Hall home on that day. She was not cross examined. Free For All Argument. I Somerville, Nov. 27. —<A>)—A free for all argument between attorneys in the Hall-Mills ease occurred toduy while Timothy N. Pfeiffer, member of tile defense counsel, was on the stand as a witness for the defense. The debate grew so intense at one I phase that the jury was sent from the! room. This argument began when the de fense tried to'" introduce letters to show that the defendants. Mrs. Fran ces Stevens Hall and her brothers. Henry and Willie Stevens, had made efforts to solve the mystery of the murders of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, for which 'they are on trial. The letters were sent to state officers After Senator Alexander Simpson, special prosecutor, had accused Sena tor Clarence E. Case, member of the defense counsel, of making a “stnmp speech" nnd the defense had retored that it was compelled to "defend it self against the calumnies of Senator Simpson.” Justice Parker restored order, but excluded the letters. Pfeif fer continued his testimony between clashes that followed the first general outbreak of invective and accusations. At one time, with Felix d: Martini, private detective employed by Mrs Hall, on the stand. Senator Simpson demanded the names which the witness after investigations that cost the de fendants more than $5,000 had “burn ed up" as the renl murderers. After another storm of argument had clear ed, defense counsel said it would not name anyone suspected by themselves or di Martini unless commanded to do so by the court. BMiop to Move to Charlotte Jan uary 1. Greensboro, Nov. 26.—Bishop Ed win Mouxon will move to Charlotte on January 1. according to a nies • nge received here by Rev. A. W . Plyler from Rev. D. M. Id taker. Presiding elder of the <'harluttr die -1 triet of the .Western North Carolina 1 I.itaker stnled. "I have just received ! a te'egrum from Bishop Mouxon. which among other things, says: L 'Will move to Charlotte about Jaan | ary 1' ” B'ehop Mouxon has now made the round of his conferences, having pre aided over sessions of Western North . Carolina conference. North Carolina f conference. Upper South Carolina . conference and South Carolina coti , ference. i r The steamship Jarvis Bay, recently arrived in England from Sydney, Aus > tralia. was in direct wireless touch f with Sydney during the entire voy • age. This Is claimed to be a world’s record. CONCORD,, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1926 iEHTWHDBI . i II SOUTH 11 ME . OF SEVERE STEM r| Those Communities in the Path of Storm Clearing 1 1 Away Debris and Caring for Their Wounded. | RELIEF FUNDS I BEING RAISED ‘ It Is Known That More ; Than 300 Were Injured in States Lying All Way From Texas to Virginia. , .Memphis, Tenn . Nov. 27.—0P)-f --, Southern communities which felt the . deadly breath of whirling tornadoes Thursday and Friday were clearing away debris ami tending their wonnd !ed today, as the total of those killed iby the wind's fury rem-hed cig'.ity four. ! Funds, for supporting relief mea ; suras for the injured nnd homeless i were. being raised by newspapers Xnd ; benefioient societies in response to ap peals for aid which followed , the de structive winds. Tlte injured from Texas to Virginia were more thpli 300. and property damage was ex-' peeled to aggravate above a million I dollars. Forces of the Rod Cross were in action today in Arkansas, where forty seven were killed by the storms. In Morehouse and Claiborne parishes of i Louisiana, relief workers from Xlii'ovo i port nnd Monroe were toiling to re- I establish order w'aere sixteen persons perished and mush distress prevailed. Rehabilitation went forward afen ■ in other states where the fitful temp • est hud wrought destruction in swirl ! ing through Arkansas Thursday night. 1 striking in Louisiana. Mississippi, • Alabama and Tennessee, nnd then tiu ! ishing its fatal course Friday at Ports | mouth. Va. Reports from tile various states to- j tiny gave these estimates of known dead in ndditinn to a number missing: Arkansas, 47: Louisiana. 16: Missis sippi. 10: Texas. 1: Alabama. 3-: t Missouri. 4. and Virginia 3. I Heber Springs. Arkansas, where the storm's toll was heaviest with 21 dead.l hath treated her nearly three "coral wounded and elearad her streets -W1 debris. Fifteen residence blocks in 1 this small resort city of the Ozark! foot hills were razed in twin twisters j ! which struck early Thursday night.! Water facilities today were restored I to nearly normal, and conditions of sanitation were secured by numerous corps of doctors and nurses wlio came from Litt|e Rook. Kensett and Harri son on thrge relief trains. Tame less. estimated at 750. were given shelter and the destitute were fed and clothed. With Our Advertisers. Give the Concord Plumbing Co. a chance when it comes to heating your house. Phone 576. Vulcanizing is tire economy. See ad. of the Concord Vnlrnnizing Co. Auto insurance will take away much of your travel worries. Phone 231. Fetzer & Yorke. At the Concord Theatre Monday and Tuesday, Harry Longdon in "'Pie Strong Man.” This is a laugh riot. Don't miss it. Special Sunday chicken dinner to morrow at Ritchie's Case, "on the square,” from 11:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. YVrenn at Kannapolis wants to do your dry cleaning for you. Phone 128, Kannapolis. Two-trouser suits at $30.00 at Hoover's. New collar-attached shirts. Stetson pnd Sehoble hats. Many pat terns and models to choose from. Big assortment of Christmas cards to select from at Cline’s Pharmacy. Phone the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. your order for groceries. Phonq 571. Children's Pennies Will Build Raleigh Monument. (By Internationa) News Service)., Raleigh, Nov. 27. —After twenty-five years' accumulation of school chil dren's pennies. North Carolina's cap ital may yet erect a stone memorial to Sir Walter Raleigh here. Back in 1901 school kiddies began donating to a fund to erect a monu ment to the founder of "The I-out Colony." Now it has been suggested by Joseph C. Brown, treasurer of the fund, that Raleigh civic clubs aid in raising 'the required amount for the undertaking. The $1,600 in pennies donated by school children has dragged along at 4 per cent, interest until now the city has a $2,240 nest egg ns a starter. Beautiful -j Engraved Christmas Cards The Tribune-Times is now prepared to deliver on short notice beautifully ?ngraved Christmas cards at unusual ly low prices. Call at the office and make your selec tion, as the stock is now ready for vou jmn : PUBLIC STITEHT I GWIKG HIS POSITIOK ijHas Not Promised Murphy f the Chairmanship of Ap r proprtations Committee in Next Legislature. NOT MEMBER OF > A BLOC OR GROUP 5 To Wreck or Discredit the I McLean Administration. r —Sets at Rest the Vari ous Reports. Uolnigfh Tribune Bureau j Sir Walter Hotel By 4. (\ BAKKERVILL f Raleigh. Nov. 27.—Positively <le-' • nying that he has assured Walter' 1 Murphy of tlir appointment ax chair- ! ■ man of the house appropriations com-; miltee. or that lie is a member of any ■ bine or group to discredit or wreck the [ 1 present administration, or that tie has I f expressed any preference or made any j - promises, iii the event he is e'eeted, ; sneaker of the house of representa-: i tives of the legislature. If. G. Con nor. Jr., today issued a statement xif-tting forth his position with regard to these matters, thus setting at rest :i various reports that have been in fir- j eolation with regard to his position. | Not only does he say ttiat he has had no part in organizing or helping to organfce any bloc or group which has for Its purpose the Ivrecking or disordinating of the preseut adminis tration. becnuse*lte helped draw and put through many of the bills which are at present fundamental features! of this and preceding administrations, i but Me doubts the very existence of such bloc or group. Itespite the fact that the rc|Mirts re ferred to by Mr. Connor appeared ex ! clusively in the afternoon newxiMipcrs Jof the State, Mr. Connor chose to I make his statement public through a Iltaleigh morning newspaper that is known to be bitterly opposed to the | Mel.can administration rather than j through the afternoon press of the [state. I ‘‘l do not know of the existence of 1 sttch a group or gloc, if there is any isuctk which I very gravely doubt. ' he ( declared, adding that "AVhateVer of qp-j | position there may be to the present j i administration among the members of I the lately elected general assembly is.! jin my opinion, individual in character i with no attempt at organization.” I 1 He declares further that he has noi reason to conceal his opinions or po sition and thus has chosen to take this | method to let the people of the state I know how he stands. His complete I statement follows: “As my attitude toward and posi tion ns to certnin matters of public interest iinvc been the subject of com-1 ment ill several articles lately appear ing in the press of the state; as 1 am a candidate, with reason to believe that I shall be the successful one. for ■a high and important position, both! myself and certain of my friends and j supporters desire that 1 should cor rect certain incorrect impressions and assumptions lately appearing in the public print. To do this, it is per- \ haps better that 1 should state m.v po sition'ami opinion and not, or at least, as little ns possible, be contradictory. “At the outset, I desire to say that I am in no wise responsible for the publication of the articles in ques tion nor did I know of their contents Until I read them, and they werp as j surprising to me as to any other per son. “I have not authorized any person to speak for me or to state my opin ion or position. Ido not understand t that any one has assumed to do so, j nr has been quoted or reported ns having done so. “The suggestion, assumption and; report contained in certain of these articles that I hnve assure the Hon- i orable Waiter Murphy that if rtiosen \ speaker I would appoint him chairman , of the committee on appropriations of - 1927 session is without the slight- j est foundation and is quite untrue. Mr. Murphy has never mentioned this subject to me, nor Ito him. I have not promised to appoint him or any other gentlemnn chairman of any com mittee in the event I should become! speaker. I shall make no such prom ise to any gentleman. I have not and shall not promise to appoint any gen tleman chairman of any committee. It will be time enough to decide upon and make such appointments when speaker. Any other position would in my opinion be highly improper. “The suggestion or assumption is entirely gruttuitious from whatsoever source it may have emanated. “I am not a member of any bloc or group to discredit or wreck the present ndministrotion. either by the repeal of certain acts passed at the 1 <)2r, session, some of which I assisted in drawing, fnvored then anil favor now. or by any other means. Ido not know of the existence of any such bloc or group, if there is any such, which I very gravely doubt. What ever of opposition there may be to the present administration among the members of the lately elected general assembly is in my opinion individual in character with no attempt at or ganisation. "That there are members who are not in entire sympathy and harmony with the present administration. I do' pot doubgt. There usually are. (Appo rtion causes discussion, discussion ex poses error, produces its correction and opposition la not to be despised; , Men and Women in the News kr? wiUtox hvanderbiit charuexje Meredith HENRIK SHI PISTE AD CLARENCE C VXI&,. Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt planned a Paris divorce. Charlene Meredith incorporated herself and sold shares before she attempted to break into the movies in Los Angeles. Equality of strength between Republicans and Democrats in the new Congress was expected to give Henrik Shipstead, Farmer- Laborite, balance of power. Senator C. C. Dill planned tffi introduce a bill providing Federal control of radio, j THE COTTON MARKET I Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to Decline of 6 Points—January Off to 12.41. L Vpj-k. Nov. 27,—(A 3 )—The rot- I ton iftHTktf opened sfrmfrr -'tfrtin | unchanged prices to a decline of fi ! points under southern hedge selling and week-end realizing. There was : further covering by December shorts, i and that position was relatively ! ; sready, increasing its premium over January to about 12 points, but the general market sagged off, January de -1 dining to 12.41 and March to 12.HT>. and the general list showing net de clines of J) to 11 i>oints at tf-ie end of the first hour. Private cables reported trade call ing and continental buying had off ' set moderate hedge selling in Liver pool, but complained of poor inquiry for cotton cloth from India and i China. i The amount of cotton on ship board awaiting clearance at the end of the week was estimated at 2Ht>.- 000 bales, against 208.000 bales last year. New York. Nov. 27. —Cotton futures ! dosed at net declines of 0 to 12 points. Jan. 12.39; March 12.65; May 12.87: July 13.03; Dee. 1258. Cotton futures opeued steady: De cember 12.66: January 12.51: March 12.70; May 12.91; July 13.11. it serves a inoat useful purpose. "1 have no purpose to organize, to assist in the organization of or to become a member of any bloc or group which has for its purpose the wreck , ing or discrediting of the present ad ministration. 1 have had entirely too much to do with the writing of ; bills, enacted into laws, which arc essential features of this and preeed | ing administrations, to underlake to | wreck and discredit my own work, for such it would be if 1 should bloc or ! group myself as has been suggested | in certain of the articles lately appear i ing in the press. It would be u most | sorry sight to see me wrecking the i State highway act, the executive bud | get act and certain other acts of which I I was either author or a joint author and which I, either alone or with the joinder of others, introduced in the .house and which were and still are essential features of the program of both Governor Morrison and of Gov ernor McLean. "I regret the necessity of thus ap pearing in the public print. I would not do so but for the fact that my name, unknown to me, unauthorized by me, has been used in connection with certain suggestions and assump tions, my notions of and position in regard to certain matters, been the subject of incorrect comment. I hnve no reason to conceal my opinions or my position and perhaps those mem bers—and there are many of them— who have assured me of their support, and such of them as my hereafter do so, have a right to know where I stand, and in justice and fairness to and at the request of some of them, 1 am taking this opportunity to in trude myself upon the public in the hope that further comment will be unnecessary and will cease, unless such comment be based upon correct assumptions. j “Just a word more: Perhaps it is! true that certain members who are not in- harmony with Governor Mc- Lean's administration are supporting me. but it is equally true that cer tain of them who are in entire har mony are likewise doing so.” j ROYAL MAIL WILL TAKE OVER WHITE STAR LINE Transfer cf Stock Will Not Affect Continuity of White Star Line Or Sie Mail Steam Packet Co., announced to day that arrangements had been con cluded to aeqirre (he entire capital stock of the White Star Line, as of the date of January 1, 1927. Tile International Mercantile Ma rine. owners of the White Star fleet, I confirmed the announcement. Transfer of the shares will not as- j feet the continuity of the White Star Line organization. STAGE PISTOL 18 FIRED TOO CLOSE i Movie Actor Collapses After Scene i in Which Gun is Fired Into Siele. j Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 26.—Charles I De Roche, movie actor, co'.lapued j Wednesday night after finishing his act in a local vaudeville theatre, as! the result of a blank pistol being! tired too ole;se to his side. Wadding I from the pistol penetrated iiis cloth- j ing and buries! itself in the iicsn. De. Roche continued , his act with- 1 out a halt, but fell in a faint when the curtain fc'l. The wound was not serious and the actor will conclude j his engagement here. Soap and Castor Oil in l"se Before j Christ. London, Xov. 27.—C4>)—Soap. alum, j liquorice, castor oil and, pepperment I were only a few of the medicines in use- centuries before Christ ns they | are today, said Dr. Edward G. Gibb- j Smith, health officer for Teddington. j in a lecture on the Greeks and Rom-j tins ns specialists. Ether was discovered in 1540. but' the secret was lost and not redisoov- j ered until 200 years later, said the j physician. The Greeks and Romans ! had precisely the same kind of surgical 1 instruments as were in use at the present time. “ISids" Still a Menace in French War Areas. Lens, France. Nov. 27—(A 5 ) — Casualties from hidden projectiles that have escaped the search of the crews employed to ntop up t lip shell j strewn regions of France are still j common here, eight years after the last cannon shot was fired. Children are the most frequent stif- j ferera. The severe regulations against the picking up of metal scraps by any but the persons employed to clean the region of projectiles have reduced the number of such accidents but they still occur at the rate of about two per week in the coal region. i Firs) Christmas Showing at Parlcs- Betk Company’s. , In a half-page nd. today the Bnrks- Relk Company stores announce the beginning of their big Christmas drive and first showing of toys. They have set their quota of sale from now until December 24th at $250,000. Take the , kiddies and see what old Santa has ; for them—dolls, carriages, pianos, cradles, tea seVs and hundreds of oth jer things they will want for Clirist ] mas. See ad. for x full particulars. Born in the year after William IV. came to the throne. Captain D» Kant zow. who has just celebrated his 95th birthday, is the oldest officer of his rank in the British navy. THE TRIBUNB PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY] NO-279 n Hus MUG; STILL Bp 1 IMMTIS Roumanian Foreign Office 1 Says Mind Not Affected j With Blood Disease.~ . | Keeps at Work. OPERATION~MAY FOLLOW LATER |On All Sides in Bucharest I There Are Indications That Condition of Kiitf | Is Not Improved. | Ibwliaresi. Uomiiania. Nov. 27. j UP) —The Roumanian foreign offitw ) day formally authorized the Asnocwft -led l*resH to categorically deny ' u»- j founded and fantastic* rumors thmt I King Ferdinand is dying of a Moo^ Idise.it e. and that the Kinjfs vigor ir! impaired.” The King is continuing to receive and work with his min inters daily, fas j liable and authoritative sources report the monarch's condition improve#. t The newspapers announced today that the physicians in attendance odt the King are ready to forego nti oper at:on if his health appears to be bet ter. and there is general agreement from every available source that it is * improved. There ha< not been the slightest suggestion either in the press or in of ficial circles regarding Princess HeT en. wife of former Crown Prince ' ol for membership in a regency* FAMILY (D ARREL 18 cai se of snfum i C. H. Williams Shot Wife and TfeNg J Took His Own Life at RuldgO., Raleigh. Xov. 27.—(A s )—Mrs. Williams, 42. dung to life with a pre carious grasp at a local hoxpifal to day. while her husband lay dead in a morgue, as the result of two shots , fired from a shotgun by Williams at. ,* their home near here last night. .V.&fi Williams. 50. a bookkeeper, shot bis" ‘ wife and then placed the muzzle of j! the gun beneath his chin and blew his face off. according to Mrs. Wil liams. who although suffering intense. :ly from wounds to relnte details of the She declared she and her husband had quarreled about his not having a job and "providing for the family.” She said he left the house in a rage. J but returned to his xtip|>er without -al luding to the quarrel, leaving again nn pretense of carrying some milk to a : grandchild. I lYip wounded woman said she saw. ! nothing more of him until she vy** j preparing for bed. when he appeared ■ | outside a window and fired t hrough ff, j She said she fell to the floor aixytlffit j | lie rushed in and embraced Iter, de- , ! elating that lie was going to kill hlm "Xn, no. don't do that. One mtir j dOr is enough." she said she pleaded witli him. She staled lie then wept in- Ito the liali and turned the gun OK -J j lrmself, dying four hours later. A'S j ANOTHER TI RN IN •>« !:J| FORSYTH MI'RDER CASE ! Girl Under Arrest Says Forsyth Was Killed When He Fell From Autoirwi ; bile. I Raleigh. Xov. 27.—(4P)—Mystery j surrounding the killing of “Mighty” l Forsyth near here early this week as ; slimed a deeper hue today when a wo ! man giving her name as Evelyn Britt, j Ul. of Durham, now held in Wakes | (Vinty jail without bond, admitted I that site was a member of the death | party, and declared that Forsyth met I his death by falling from the ear driv |en by Robert Separk. Sepnrk is now j be'ng held in a local hospital in con ! nection with the slaying, j Tlie arrest of Evelyn Britt eayined J | Coroner Waring to drop the murder j charge against Xannie Card Forsyth, | 21. wife of tlie slain man. Mrs. For i sytli was first suspected of being in the death ear. but proved that she was Mil Baltimore. Members of Mob Begin Serving Sen tences. . ji (By International Xews Service I Cairo, Ga . Xov. 27, —Major Brown, sentenced to life imprisonment for heading a mob that lynched a white ! slayer here recently, lias started bis j sentence with a road gang. His first work was assistant to the engineers * I -who are straightening a roadbed near i this city. Seven other members of tlie mob— who were sentenced from four to twett* % ty years—have also started work on the chain gangs. Bandits Hold Up Bank. , i Defiance, Ohio. Xov. 27.—(A*)—Five armed bandits held up the Merchants National Bank here today and es caped in an automobile with $40,000 in cash, and a number of securities* < the value of which have no( been de termined. * ’S&9H Hammer Spent $3,540. j Washington, Xov. 27. —G4 > ) al expense accounts for re-election ~ 1 fi’ed today included: Hammer. North-® Carolina, $3,349. THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday, colder i night, slowly rising temperature tjf||£| < Sunday in west portion. northwest winds becoming variflbhit^sj