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ASSOCIATED PRESS . DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI MOT CULLED FOR QUESTimiNG Mill oil ms Former Attorney General Called to Testify in the Trial of Dohcny and Fall at Washington. NEVER GAVeTHIS OPINION ON LEASES! Witness Said His Depart-! ment Was Not Asked About Legality ,of the Oil Contracts. Washington. Xov. 30.—OP)—Harry Daujjhorly. former Attorney C*en ern! of the Tnhe<! Staten, ami h ? m.Melf unfler imlictment on a conspiracy charge, was called to wit ness I'taml today iti the Fnll-Doheny oil ease. The former cabinet officer made his appearance unexpectedly to lend spice to the humdrum tenor of moi'e or less technical testimony which the prose cution lias been present inis: to strength en its claim that former Secretary Fall of the Interior Department, and Ed ward L. Ikdieny, wealthy 01lo l l opera tor. had entered into a,conspiracy in connection with the naval oil leases. Daugherty, with Thos. W. Miller, former alien property custodian, was tried in New York recently in a ease involving the dis]vr>sal of seized alien property, the case result*ng in a mis trial. Today the oil prosecution call ed him for questioning concent ingot he part taken by the Department of Jus tice in connection with the Elk Hill naval oil reserves and the Pearl Har bor naval base. He said he never had been asked for an opinion on the legality of the proposed contracts ami leases. Daugherty’s cross examination-was punctuated with frequent and vigorous objections from the prosecution table. A I general attempts to |>enetrate cab inet discussions were overruled. As a matter of fact, Daugherty said, he did not know such leases and contracts ever had come to the de partment of justice in any way. Jle added that he did not know Doheny. On orpss examination t*ae forifU*. attorney? general said each govern- MM dMmrtmcut had it* W n legal - Ktaff.amTit was customary to f)H« wnt legal question* to the attorn*)' general only when the departmental stuffs wore in doubt as to the lata. The government objected to Dough erty's answering a general question as to the usual custom in legal proeed ure within the departments. The eourt overruled the objection and the wit ness told of the process through whieh departmental questions eame to the attorney general when they did. lie said every opinion he ever had rendered as attorney general was a mailer of record in thr department of justice, benring his own signature, lie never had been asked for a "curb stone" opinion on the oil leasing ne gotiations in a cabinet meeting, he said. Frank J. Hogan, of Doheny coun sel. asked Daugherty if lie recalled Fall's having asked 'aim in a cabinet meeting in 1022 of the law of June 4. 1020. under whieh the Doheny con tracts had been made, was “all right." “I do not think so," Daugherty said. “It may have occurred, but ■ you know- a lot of water has gone over the dam since that time, and I cannot be sure of every conversation I held as attorney general." “But you don’t remember suqh a conversation with Fall?" Ilogau per sisted. “Xo, sir.” New Series in Concord I’et virtual B. & 1.. Association. The new series of stork : n the Con cord Perpetual 11. & 1.. Asoeiation. will begin on Saturday, December 4. This is the 77tb series of this old and reliable Association, it having been in existence for 38 years. Banning shares, worth SIOO, will cost yon only 25 cents a week. Tit's is the ideal way for wage earners to build a home or save money. Offices at Hie Cabarrus Savings Bank. Hl-Y Meeting Tonight At the Hi-.Y Club meeting tonight at the Y. M. C. A. the constitution of the Hi-Y Club will be read. After the reading of the constitution the new members of the club will be initiated. It was said. The meeting w'M be at 7 p. m. One case of scarlet fever was re ported today at the county health of fiee. ' LINCOLN C. ANDREWS 'H*’» NOT BOTTOM Or KYK 1M» TOR QO MORI SHOTTING MB CCt WORK CHHtSTMAB The Concord Daily Tribune . . North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily .. , . ELI" ' - . - - _ —— Cripples Flock to Lorenz K< II l|i < jiippled children have begun to come in large numbers to Dr. Adolph Lorrut. noted special si from Kur »pe, who has arrival in this country to hold clinics until next April. DITCH TO KXD TAX DODGING OK EX-KAISER “The Gentleman at Doom” Xo lstng.r is .Abie to fin je.v Luxuries cf Wealth Willi:lit Contributing to State. The Hague, Xov. 30.—For the last eight years Wilhelm von Hohenzol lorn. ex-Kaiser of Germany. has been a ( thorn in the side of the Dutch tax col lectors. Me has lived more or le.s in state, though in seclusion, in a beautiful castle, to whieh since lie eame a new, dignified ami well protected eptrance has been built; he lias driven otii in motor that must have cost somebody a great deal of money; he ban ha I the advantage of special police pro tection and received visits from a high-placed Dutch offieinl, who has recently accepted the post of Minis ter of the Interior—and all the time he has been able to plead that he hi.s hr.d no income of his own. Now. however, under the new ar rangement ! n Germany, he can. plead this no longer, and the Dutch tax col d-tors ore making reqd.v to receive 'arge .nuns from "the gentleman at Doom." It is not known mu what amount the taxes will be assessed, but certainly in the future such amount cannot be a small one. Another question that has to be settled is whether they eg A get aify thlng from him for arrears, and the problem is a nice one. Believing that the wisdom of the serpent is better when it Is earn billed with t|ie ap parent liannlessness of the dove, a party of them are holding long con ferences with his ex-majesty on I subject. THE COTTON MARKET Southern Hedge and laical Selling Featured the Market in Early Trad ing. New Turk, Xov. 30.—OP)—Renew al of southern hedge selling and some local selling featured t'iic cotton mar ket early today, the latter promoted by reiterated reports of freer spot of ferings in the South and relatively oasv Liverpool cables. The opening was 1 to 4 points lower in consequence, but there was a good deal of covering and trade buying on the decline, and after selling off to 12.32 for January and 12.80 for May, the market held fairly steady at the end of the tirst hour. Additional December notices amounting to. about 5,000 bales were reported, but December held a pre mium of some 15 to 18 points over January. Private cables said there had been liquidation in Liverpool and that reports from Manchester were discouraging. Cotton futures opened stead: Dec. 12.52: Jan. 12.35; March 12.57: May 12.81; July 13.00. THERE WILL BE A STATE FAIR AT RALEIGH IN 1K57 That Has Bren Decided Upon at a’ Meeting of Board of Directors. Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Waiter Hotel Ra'eigh, Nov. 30.—There will be a State Fair at Raleigh ln v 1027. But that Is not the sole result of the meeting of file directors of the Nprth Carolina Agricultural Society, nor is it really the biggest. For it was also decided to work out some plan by which the state and the fair, association wou'd co-operate in se curing the site, so that the tract for the fair would not sit idle for 51 weeks in the year and be an economic "oss during that time. Thus consid eration is to be given to a plan that might permit the fair association to use whatever space is necessary for the (air, on land belonging, to State College or to the State prison, so that whichever location is select ed. the buildings and land may be ntilised at least to some extent during the 51 weeks in the year Ike fair is not in operation. Southern Offieinl Dead. Washington, Npv. 30.— Wl —Eugene Gatewood, executive general passeng er agent of the Southern railroad, died early today of injuries received No vember 10th when he was kicked by a horse near his homr at Rectortown, Va. He was 40 years old, and leaves a widow and daughter. Queen Beaches France. Cherbourg, France, Nov. 80.— C D Marie of / Rumania, accom panied by Prince Nicholas, Princess Ileana and her Suite, arrived here this morning on board the steamer Beren garia from New York. ! REPUBLICANS CARRY THE MAINE ELECTION Klect'on cf Arthur R. Gould Assures Republicans Control of the Senate. Portland. Me.. Nov. 30.—OP)—Elec tion of Arthur H. Gould, republican, as Senator from Maine, assurer re publican control of the l'. S. Senate. The lineup will be: Republicans 4S. democrats 47, farmer-labor 1. Maine voters apparently were not worried over the matter, as only two thirds of those who east their ballots in Che State eieetion in September turned out to vote yesterday. Gould's margin of victory over Fulton .T. Red man. democrat was about 48,000. With 24 precinct* missing, representing small and remote towns, the vote was: Gould 70.582: Redman 31,540. The special election was occasioned by the death of Senator P.ert M. Fer nald. who was re-elected In 1024. Red man, the democratic nominee iu that year, also was defeated. Wltk Our Advertisers. For a |ierfeet blend try the coffee at Ritchie's Case, “on the square." Every boy wants an Iver-Johnson Bicycle. Get it at the Ritchie Hard ware Co. One Bxlo colored photo free with every order for six or mpre of. Albany style easel folders at the Simpson Studio. See ad. Last time today at the Concord Theatre. Harry Imngdon in "The Strong Man." Tomorrow only Dor othy G'«h and Leon Eroi in “Clothes Mnke the Pirate." This is family day. Only IO cents to all. The great picture of "The Four Forsenien" will lie shown at the Con cord Theatre on Thursday and Friday of this week. See the new ad. today of the E. L. Morrison Lumber Co. There will be a roast pork or chick en supper tit the Y. M. 0. A. Thurs day. December 2. from 4 to 0 o'clock p. m.. served by the ladies of the Re formed Church. Regular supper 50 cents. Extras, noodles, ch'cken salad, ice cream ami cake. Roofing. 28 gauge, only $4.75 per square, at Yorke & .Wadsworth Co. The new Orthoplionie Victrola will be a wonderful gift for Christmas. The demand is so great that delivery cannot be guaranteed after December 15th. See ad. of Kidd-Frix Co. You will find a wonderful line of bath robe* at IV. A. Overensh’s, from $7.50 to $12.50. Silk lounging robes too. B. W. Kerr Die* at Mooresville. Mooresville, Xov. 27.—Benjamin W. Kerr, uged (SO years, died at his home on Academy street. Wednesday afternoon and was buried in Willow Valley cemetery Thanksgiving Day. Deceased was a native of Iredell county mid moved to Mocksvillo from Doolie thirty-one years ago. For many years he conducted a cabinet shop, being mi expert and proficient woodworker. For ten years he had been city mail carrier, having in augurated the free delivery system in the city. He was a man beloved of all people, kind-hearted and obliging. European Travel Pictures. The European Travel lectures that were made by H. IV. Blanks, secretary ■ of the V. M. G. A. will be shown on ■, Sunday night at the Epworth Meth ■ odist Church, following an address by Rev. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Fpg horns that automatically be gin to blow whenever a thick mist 1 gathers are being used more and more. ' Action of the damp "ir on calcium > carbide sets the device in motion. Beautiful Engraved Christmas Cards r , The Tribune-Times is now * prepared to deliver on short notice beautifully engraved Christmas cards at unusual ly low prices. Call at the -office and make your selec ’ tion, as the stock is now ! ready for vou CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1926 FOREIGN SOLDIERS LAND IN CHINA TO HANDLENEW CRISIS British, Fr.ench and Ameri-; | can Troops Land at Han- I kow to Co-operate in the ! Described “Crisis.” ! GOVERNMENT IS i j AGAIN DEFEATED ! Troops Needed to Meet the Situation Arising Out of Defeat of the Govern-S J ment Troops. Is.mlon. Xov. all. — (A>) —British and French sailors add marlin's have landed at Hankow, and it is reported that. T. 8. marines also went ashore to co-operate with them in what is! described in special dispatches as "the gitavest crisis in China since the Box- 1 er rebellion." Tile trouble is due to the defeat of Peking government fore-! es by the troops of the Canton govern ment. Stress is laid upon the seriousness of the situation at Hankow by the cor respondents. They assert tlmt a shortage of food is threatened; that the Chinese refuse to supply foreign ers or their servants. Foreigners : h Shanghai are reported to be purchas ing food and shipping it to Hankow to avert privations to fellow countrymen in the concessions. In the house of commons replying to a question concerning the situation in Hankow. Foreign Secretary Cham- j [ berla'n said he had been informed in a communication from the British j community tliqj there was fear of un toward incidents involving bloodshed. The protection afforded’ by the Brit ish naval forces, the communication added, was considered inadequate. It is thought the government at present lias no intention of ordering further naval units to China, it be ing considered that the vessels now on the Vangtse River are sufficient to deal with any crisis. The only diffi culty at the moment is that the waters of the river are so low that naval vessels cannot navigate them with safety. STRANGE CASE FACES WISCONSIN OFFftT.«£ff Seek Girl Who Disappeared and the Youth Charged With Her Murder. Prairie du Chien, Wise., Xov. 30. j UP) —A case unique in Wisconsin crim- j inal history confronted authorities to- j day as posses scoured the kills of picturesque Kickapdo Valley fori traces of Clara Olson, and search! continued for her youthful college boy j sweetheart, Erdman Olson, for whom I a warrant charging murder has been ■ Issued. The strange situation was present ed by (lie disappearanee of the girl nearly three months ago. the subse quent disappearance of young Olson, 18-year-ohl student at Gale College, at Galesville, M is., and the issuance of the warrant despite the fact that the death of the girl has not been established. The story goes back to last May when Erdinah Olson, son of Albert Olson, wealthy Crawford county to bacco grower, met Clara Olson, 22, daughter of Chris Olson, also a to bacco grower. The families are not related, and never met until tragedy toadied their homes. Erdman, home from college, fre quently was seen with the Olson girl. They went to dances together, and often on long automobile rides over the billy roads of the Kickapoo conn- j ty. On September 7th Investigators have established Erdmau wrote the girl a long letter wh ‘h she received on September !Hk. She destroyed the letter, whieh she received, her pnr piils said, and retired to her room. Shortly after midnight the girl’s fath er heard an automobile drive into the yard and leave again. He found ("nra had gone, and from her window a lamp east its light into the yard. FIVE NEGROEB HELD IN MURDER CASE Held In Connection With the Slaying of Ed. Morton, Negro. 1 Charlotte, Nov. 30.—W)—Five ne ' groes were in jail here today in con nection with the death of Ed. Mortou, negro barber of Davidson, a« a result of an that has been se cretly carried on by Mecklenburg • Comity ltoliee for a week, it was learned today. Morton's charred and mutilated i body was found sitting in a chair in the ashes of two buildings which had , burned down Sunday, November 21. Xo barber tools or money could be found in the ashes, and as a result the inquiry was started. The coroner today asked (hat pre liminary hearing of the five negroes go over until Friday. King Ferdinand'* Condition Tend* Toward Improvement. Bucharest, Rumania, Nov. 20. King Fedinaud's condition is an nounced in official circled as “still good, with a tendency toward im provement.” The king continues to confer with hb ministers, and all available reports in the capital as to hi* health are optimistic. Govern ment officials reiterate that there is no serious or immediate danger. Our grand busine-r is not to see what lie* tlimUy at a distance, but to i do what lies clearly at hand. —» - * » '' w » ——l *- How Will Funds For Financing Eight Months School Term Be Raised? Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Waiter Hotel By J. C. RASKfCRVILL J Raleigh. Nov. 2D.*-Though the talk (of an eight months school term has ' been copious ami ttie <naetm«nt of a •cf n*titutional amendment to provide i *iu*h a term for Ail the schools of the .stale has been advocated for months !by j\. T, Alien, state sufierini/mdent of pub'ie instruction; Dr. K. W. Knight, president of the North Caro lina teachers association, and others, i; is a significant fact that neither Mr. Allen. Dr. Knight or any other i advocate of the eig’iit months term has as yet suggested a method of fi ‘ untieing it! And it is general y agreed that the |extension of the school term in a)’, the i emifitioK of the state from six to eight j months would cost at least $.3,000,000 ! to $-J.000,000 more than at present. ■ Where, then, are these extra millions j of dollars coining from? And right Caere is the crux of the wlioie eight months school term qhes- Jf it were possible to put the eight i months school term into cqieration without increasing the cost of school j operation to the various counties and < hoo! districts, there is no doubt, but I that every person in the state would be in favor of it. for almost everyone i is agreed that the eight months term is a good thing, that it is needed and that the state would rate far higher educationally if it had the longer term school. But how can it be financed? And there the matter sticks, and is destined to stick for some time. Which brings the matter down again to another question. Will the people of the state vote for a constitutional amendment to in crease the school term from six to eight months, thereby increasing the cost of schools general!y by at least ! 33 1-3 per cent, without first having i some idea ns to how that additional I cost is to be paid? Will they not | insist that some definite plan to pro vide the revenue for defraying this additional cost be submitted at the same time, so that the people may see where they are going? The more thoughtful people who have been giving careful consideration to this question are beginning to be lieve that this is just exactly what must be done if the eight months school is submitted to a vote. They believe that the peop>, no matter how much they may desire the longer term land may see the need of it, will not be willing to undertake the extra bur den until some definite means of pro- Hridiug the additional revenue needed las also been [imposed. Then, if both the idea of the longer term and the method of financing it are ap proved by the people in a referendum j election, there will be no doubt as to i what the people want or do not want, j Btit those who are clamoring for j the longer term —and it is well known that the great bulk of ttie agitation j for the longer term is inspired chiefly J by the North Carolina Teachers Asso- KAISER I-OSES ALL HOLD ON EX-SUBJECTS Press’ sliitiiting of His Recent Illnms Shows the Esteem in Which Ger mans Hold “All Highest.” Berlin. Xov. 30.—1 f a foreign ob server needed any proof that ex- Kaiser Wi.helm is an exceedingly un popular man in Germany his illness at Doom last week would have amply supplied it. Judging by the space that the German press gave to the former emperor's attack of grip, one would Mave supposed that some sort of conspiracy of silence hud been plotted against him. Berlin newspapers treated the re port telling of the illness of the mast er of Doom exactly us “The Loudon Daily Herald," English Socialist daily, deals with stories about the I Prince of Wales—that is to say, with the exception of the boulevard papers, \ all the Berlin dailies devoted a single paragraph to Kaiser Wilhelm's sick- j ness and tucked it inside or buried it at tke foot of the first page. One j lienrs it said everywhere in Berlin; that Wilhelm may possibly come back to Germany some day, but lie will never ajta>» he emperor. NEW SERIES ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th We Open Our 77th Series of Building and Loan Running Shares, worth SIOO at maturity, will cost you only 2.5 c a week. Building and Loan is the; ideal way for wage earners to save money, or to get the funds to pay for their homes. There is no better investment than prepaid shares of our stock, which are tax exempt. If you are not familiar with the Building and Loan we will be pleased to explain it to you. Concord Perpetual Build ing and Loan Association OFFICES AT CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK H. I. WQODHOUSE P. B. FETZER Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary eiation, rather than by the school pn tfons —arc concent raring on selling the idea of the lohger term to the people, relying on this inspired 'enthu siasm for i; to put iL over, and are carefully and studiously refraining from mem ion ing nnyi'.iing about the added cost. They are assuming that : if the peop c want, and say so, then they will he willing to provide a means , for carrying the extra cost. However, those who have given , thought to possible methods of finnne • ing the longer term are almost on ■ tirely agreed that the most feasible i method of obtaining t'.ie additional revenue by eiiher one of two methods. One of these to have a uniform sys tem of valuation with a uniform tax rate for school purposes in all the counties in the stnte and to have the funds so derived paid into a central state educational fund from which it will be re-apportioned to the counties ut so much per capita for its school popu'ation, By (Mis method, the wealthier counties would have to pay the same tax for schools that the poor er counties paid and the excess would go to the poorer counties. And with the exception of these poorer counties, it would probably mean a general if crease in the tax rate for school pur poses all along the line. This plun would virtually abolish the equalisa tion fund and any state appropriation for education would have to be lumped into this central fund. This plan is not likely to prove popular as the larger counties, many of which already have an eight months school term, will object to, being taxed more than they are at present in order to provide an eight months school ill otker counties which do not now have it. HoWCver. the smaller comities arc sure to insist that since the long er term has been forced upon them by tlie state as n whole, it is no more than right thaf the other counties in the stnte. should help pay for it. The second plan is likely to prove even irtorp popular but is generally ac cepted as Ike only other alternative. That plan is to let the counties raise what school funds they can by pres ent methods, and then provide a larg er equalisation fund—amounting to perhaps $(1.000.000 —through the levy ing of a statewide ailvalorem school tax on property, in order to get the equalization fund large enough to de fray the added expense of the longer stkool term. It is recognized that such a tax would not be popular, now that t(ie state has freed itself from any statewide advalorem taxation, and that it would be difficult to secure the approval of the people generally for ' such a plan. ~ But that is' how matters rest - at present, and many are of the belief that it is time to look matters square ly in the face right now and see where things are going, ratker than to wait until it is too late. There is no doubt but that the leg islature will have plenty to talk about when the matter of the eight months school term is brought up. CORONER GETS FACTS ABOUT FROSYTH DEATH FoUre Searching for Robert Stephen son as Coroner Begins Inquiry In to Raleigh Man’s Death. Raleigh. Xov. 03.—(A>) —Interest in the Forsyth case shifted today from the man hunt for Robert Stephenson to the little room in the basement of the Wake county court house, where Coroner Waring began his inquest at 10 o'clock. Last night officers in close touch with the coroner predicted that Steph enson would be arrested and produced at the hearing, but Mr. Waring re fused to deny or amplify the report. Robert Separk, charged with mur der and held in Wake county»jail without privilege of bond, was not ex ■ pected to testify. Evelyn Britt. 10- year-old Durham girl who admitted j being an occupant of the death car. I was slated to furnish the major part I of the information nt the hearing. | Much evidence gathered by the eor ! oner during the past week will be pre ! seated to substantiate his theory that ' "Mighty” Forsyth was killed with a sharp edged instrument, and not by a fall from Sepnrk's car, as claimed. 1 t < 1 ICING FERDINAND BETTER. SAYS NEW> Jl , RICH A REST R " London. Nov. 30.—.liman ■ ian legation this morliing an nounced the receipt ot a message slating ttiai King Ferdinand was ' grod.uai.tr improving. ' -r BriM-sh official advices state that Ferdinand is conducting his duties normally, and that today he had i an appointment with u foreign dip- j 1 lomat. ‘ !j ■ •—: * 1 j . DISSATISFACTION WITH EMERGENCY .11 DOE ACT| . lawyers Say Law Has Not Added to the Dignity of the Judgeship. Raleigh. Nov. 30.—W)-With dis satisfaction reported from numerous > sourc,*s over the operation of the enter- 1 geney judge act passed by tDo 102." general assembly, political observers in | the State capital have predicted that 1 one of the major battles before the! i-uming legis attire will Is- to repeal t the net. " j i Since the act was placed into op-] eration— tfig first emergency judge was) John \V. Ragland presiding over u I court term in Yancey county begin ning March 211. 1023—more than one hundred wis-ks of court have been : hold by emergency judges—cither rog ■j u!ar or especially nppointcl under the 1023 net. The courts were divided about equally between special terms -1 and terms in lieu of regular superior ! court judges. Prominent lawyers have openly ex , pressed the opinion that the tempo rary e’evatidh of some lnwwers to the bench tor a week or two has not served to raise titc dignity of the superior judgeship nor to add to its esteem in the eyes of the public. flenerally. they admit, the men named have been able ones and have conducted their courts well, but the principle of the matter is in disfavor. They frankly say that they will demand a change, and suggest as a means of remedying' the situation, which now calls for such a large number of emergency judges, the creation of four or more additional judicial districts. The state is now divided into twen ty districts. If a widely made sug gestion is followed by the legislature there will be twenty-four after next March, and the new district will be set up Wake, Mecklenburg. Guilford and Forsyth counties as districts to themselves. This would give the state twenty-four judges instead of 20 a number regarded as sufficient to handle the largest part of the state’s present extra judicial burden. Three would be augmented b| the state's corps of regular emergency judges—jurists who have retired from active service after fifteen years or more of service. At present there is one judge fall ing in this class —0. Lyon, of Elisabeth, but the ranks were unduly thinned by recent deaths. Regular emergency judges receive a regular sal ary of one-third the compensation of active judges. They are allowed ex penses when holding court. Emer gency judges named under the 1023 act receive $l5O a week and expanses. The principal opposition voiced to the ltlan of creating flic new districts has been that it would create offices for four new solicitors. Adherents of the plan to form the new districts back up their conten tion with the argument that a judge normally can hold forty weeks of court a year, and that with a realign ment of districts and the erention of four new judgeships there would rare ly be any cause for pressing emer gency judges into service. While he did not sponsor the emer gency judge act. Governor McLean stated recently that he was well pleas ed with the way that it had worked out. More lately he had compiled a list of judges named under it and a record of courts held during the period since it became effective. Sl'IT AGAINST THE BANNER IS DROPPED The Du Pont Engineering Company i Says Nashville Newspaper Has Ex plained Matter Satisfactorily. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 30.— UP) — The Du Pont Engineering Company | announced today that it had with drawn its libel suit pending against the Nashville, Tenn., Banner Which had been brought because of state ments published that were held to re- I fleet on the company's conduct of the construction and operation of the Old Hickory, Tenn.. powder plant. The Banner, according to the Du Pont : statement, on November 2(itli printed a statement reviewing the matter, and , regretting that such publication Mad j been made. Cables to Mars? Easy: Its in Penn sylvania. ' London, Nov. 30.—A1l London is j Chuckling at an American cable com pany's notice, displayed in itn dowu [ town office at the Roynl Exchange, i saying: “Messages to Mars accepted. 1 Delivery guaranteed.” ! People, mindful of recent attempts j to reach that far-off planet, ask in ! astonishment: “Do you really guar antee delivery?” •‘Certainly.” is the answer. “Hotv is that?” Then the inquirer is told that the ! notice refers to Mars, Pennsylvania, r. s. A. Clean-up of Goods in Basement of the Parks-Bdk Co. In order to make room for the enor mous stoJk of toys and Christmas goods, the Parks-Belk Co. is now hav ing a final clean-up sale of goods in their basement. The stock includes cotton goods, clothing, notions, kitch en ware etc. Yon will find some ex i-eptional values in these goods men tioned in a half page ad. today. THE TRIBUNE 1 PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO.fiil j „dGHT RATES Oil ] COTTON WILLI. Gtti I. C. C. ATTENTION General Inquiry Into in All Parts of is Ordered by the Corfl merce Commission. y|| | AD -.JBB BEEN NUMEROiifJI! At New Orleans in Decent- fj ber Conference Will Be | Held to Study FreHMMi Rate Question. ||M I j Washington, Nov. 30. —<A>)—A g|l|| | era! investigation into freight-,retittSß I lon cotton moving to practfeMgpJHH 1 destinations was ordered today Ijjf 9 Interstate Commerce < A conference to complete amUfIHHI incuts for it was called to be held tiggMli New Orleans December 17th. ' ‘"ijjfcl 9 A large number of complainttijhrf; "p I co-operative producers of cotton in J | by cotton shippers generally Ok. jK’sfl m rates arc now pending, the coidfiliKjn 1 siou's announcement said, and in MR I dition a congressional joint regolttaaßijaß I has required a general survejr of Jj 1 freight rates upon agricultural terprise. 8 The large area of t’lie eountryfijjLljl I volvcd and interested in eotton mahs* : :§||B it desirable, the commission held, for a jiuncral proceodiiiß to be At the New Orleans conference the M commission proposes to summon M resent at ives not only of the complafttjf. but a'so of the railroads and railroad commissions. The JB 1 the investigation and the program for j it will he outlined at that time. REGIONAL COMMISSIONS I GIVEN ENDORSEAWsWf' 'j| Traffic League Official Thinks Would Hckl interstate CtimtjgsfjM I Ccmmission. 1 Charlotte. Nov. 30.—OP)—Senti- M I ment of Southern business men regard ing proposals that regional commtjP< ; a9 I sions be created to operate under I interstate commerce comra/esion is ■a ■ connection with fixing of freight IHg rates is being sounded out by the ;.<] ■; Southern Traffic League, it was lion need here today. ,1 The a'fifieuucemeht was made'-lHy -IKJSB 1 S. Creighton, president of the Souro**l9 | ern Traffic League. He made public; 8 a letter in which he I personal opinion that the ei caTßffi" ffib M I regional commissions now is" "lteceivc j|g 9 sary.” The letter was sent today to {a 1 M. M. t'askic. of Montgomery, Ala., 9 I exeeutive secretary of the Southern 4 J, Traffic league, and was in reply' tttgfl 1 one sent out by Mr. t'askie asking the “Si I opinion of members of Ihe league. 3 1 “1 have concluded." said Mr. (Veirfh- » ton in his letter, "to support. JMraga f movement for regional i nrcr#ftlflilN(' -M 1 commerce commission, ns l huve || I to belieVe it is a natural de | and m*ce«sar.v to the best results. can be made to work out just n* 1 as is being done in the Federal system, and it is fast coming to realized that it is as important fltid 1 as necessary.” ANOTHER WOMAN IS STRANGLED TO DEATH jg Eighth Case of Its Kind on Ptrifit Coast During Past Seven Month*. | Portland, Ore., Nov. 30.—C^)—- jj Mrs. Blanche Myers. 48 years, old* J| was found strangled to death in her , v. home here late last night. A hand- :M kerchief was about her neck, ahd the room bore evidence of n terrific Strug- 1 gle. T'.iis is the third ease in whiqfe |9 women have been strangled to death y here in the Inst few weeks, ,and tad ’.o eighth ease of its kind on the Pa- i eitie coast in about seven months, Police from here to Central IW. ifornili are searching for n “dark straj>gler”..-jli w hom they believe is responsible f<W J the killings. Members of Elm a Crew Stand Trial, .{! Tribune Bureau. 3 Sir M’lilter Hotel. : Raleigh. Nov. 30. of the 3 crew of the steamship. Elnm. held at '3 Wilmington for several months tinder ;; ehnrges of violations of the federal ya prohibition Inns, have sent an aiqieSi to (»ov. A. W. McLean, asking that' J 1 lie aid in securing a trial at the | j earliest possible time. ; The crew complained that its mem; .9 | bers have been confined in -ne j Wilmington jail for five months un- S Ider prohibition law violation charges, ..J and that they have made every ef> '9| fort to secure a trial without sue- c-M even. They aiinealed to the governor to sei- that they at least get a trial, 1 declaring that close confinement for ?§ such a long time is having a had i's- ,| ; feet on their health, and that one i>¥iSsß their number has died. Governor McLean lias answered ! the letter, saying that he under- i stands the members of the crew arc J in jail on piSH-ess of the Enited. ay ' States court and that the State lia*> w* • nothing to do with the matter. ■ Greater Ixindon has 2.300 miles of -M ‘ streets, and their upkeep coots about M *15,000.000 « year. * ——^ THE WEATHER ''"&■< ■" ; J * Fair and colder tonight. Wedne«dliy iJ| - increasing cloudiness with riilll|MHM - perature. Diminishing northerly windr'^ll - becoming southerly and inereasiof Wednesday. .