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VOLUME XXVI
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REDOINTOHECORDS
KSPITE PfiOTtSTS
In Letter Secretary Told
Admiral Robison Not to
Give Confidential Data
at Conspiracy Trial.
DEFENSE FOUGHT
FOR THE LETTER
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Despite Protests From the
Prosecution Letter Was
Admitted by Trial Jus
tice Hoehling.
AVnshinglnn, Doe. 4. —(A>)—Secre-
tary Wilbur’s order to Admiral Rob
ison directing the retired naval of
ficer. not to disclose confidential in
formation to the jury in the Fall-
Ilohony oil conspiracy trial was ad
mitted as evidence in the trial todpy
bver the objections qf the government.
Justice Hoehling permitted the pa
lter to go into evidence after hearing
arguments by opposing counsel. He
held that it was pertinent to the cause
of she defense in its effort to absolve
former Interior Secretary Albert B.
Fall and Edward lu Doheny, the oil
magnate, of the oil leasing conspiracy
charge against them.
Robison, a defense witness, identi
fied the order as one which had been
delivered to him by a naval officer the
day before he took the witness stand.
It said:
“It appearing that you have been
subpoenaed to court, you are hereby
ordered not to disclose any confiden
tial information whieh may have come
into your possession ns an officer of 1
the navy.
Signed “Curtis D. Wilbur. Secre
tary.-'
Robison was the representative of
the navy department in the leasing
negotiations which Iml to award of the i
Elk HH’.s contract to Doheny. while j]
Fall was the head of the interior de
partment, and the defense counsel con- |
tended that Secretary Wilbur's order
would tend to prevent far admiral
from making disclosures as to the ex- *
tent to which the navy itself was re
sponsible for the award.
Just ice.Hoehling ruled that tfie trial .
om/rt .otorie was vented with antboKtjh n
to detrrrgut#- what may -go before a J
in the celebrated 180.1 case'of Marbury (
vs. Madison as authority for saying l,
that a refusal to testify on the ground ,
t'./at confidential state secrets might |
bo disclosed was not valid. I
Tbe secretary’s order was read to (
the jury by Frank J. Ilogati, chief of |
the defense counsel. I
j When Robison resumed his testi- s
mony a moment later, however, he ]
flatly declined to answer Hogan’s 1
questions about confideutial nspects of (
the negotiations with Doheny. I
The questions related to a eonver- i
ration Robison had with Doheny re- I
garding the project for oil storage at 1
I‘earl Harbor, Hawaii, later undertak- (
en by the Doheny interests. i
“I recited to him secret informa- (
tion that I cannot reveal,” said Rob- (
ison. >
Hogan asked the court to “direct”
the witness to answer, and Justice I
Hoehling ruled that no particular for- i
eign gower should be mentioned by <
name, but that otherwise the ques- i
tions of counsel must be answered. 1
' “It was a conversation with the do- 1
fomlapt in this trial pertinent to the 1
issued here involved,” Justice alloeh- '
ling said.
Robison sat silent for a while, then
began to reply, choosing his words '
rare fully:
“I told Mr. Doheny of the military J
plans centered on Pearl Harbor and
of possible naval operations of other. '
pqwers,” he said. "I informed him
of the sort of defense thaf it was
necessary for us to accomplish in
order to prevent an invasion of the 1
Pacific coast, and linked the security
of the Pacific coast with the estab
lishment of our national defense.”
"Did you observe Mr. Doheny’s re- 1
action to what you told him?”
. "I did.”
■“What was it?”
“He was considerably agitated.”
"And you had explained to him in
previous conversations what part the
Pearl Harbor oil storage program had
in general defense plans?”
II had.”
“You had told him that before he
told yeu 'the government could bank
on at least one bid on Pearl Har
bor?”
“Yes."
The fact that 15,000 Canadians
cross the border daily to work in
Detroit has aroused a protest from
the labor organizations in that city.
f Cloudy tonight "and* Sunday, But
much change in temperature. Moder-
V ate fresh southwest winds.
The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily t
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THINK SCHOONER
NOW HEADED FOR •
NICARAGUAN PORT
Mobile. Ala.. Dec. 4.—OP)— I The
runaway French rum schooner Ar
-1 fiene J with Assistant Federal Pro-
I liibit’on Director J. B. Matthews,
i of New Orleans, and Coast Guards
) man A. W. Handoy, of Biloxi,
Miss., on board as captives, is
headed for Nicaraguan port*, ne-
I cording to a radio message broad- !
i cast from all Gulf stations this j
► morning. The message was picked I
. ' up here by Tropical Radio Corpor
ation station.
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> THE COTTON MARKET
Renewed Liquidation and Southern j
!l Hedgd Selling'Marked the Opening’
Healings. }
New York, Dec. 4.—(A*) —Renewed
liquidation ami sout'.iem hedge selling
marked the openiug dealings in the
cotton market today.
First prices were steady, with De
cember one point higher in response
to rc'atively steady Liverpool cables,
but other months were 2 to ID points
lower. The decline soon extended to
11:55 for January 12.02 for May, or
about 10 to 12 points net lower on
the mote active positions.
Trade buying was slightly more in
evidence at these prices, and there was
also considerable covering by recent
sellers, which steadied the market and
caused rallies of 4 or 5 points from
the lowest by the eud of the first
hour.
There were reiterated reports of an
easing spot basis in some of the south
ern markets.
The Liverpool cables said the de
cline there had brought in covering
by shorts and continental buying.
Cotton futures opened steady: Dee.
11.90; Jan. 11.02; March 11.85; May
12.08; July 12.30.
New York, Dec. 4.—CA>)—Cotton
futures dosed steady at net advances
of 8 to 19 points* December 12.00;
January 11.80; March 12.03; May
12.24; July 12.43/
WEEKLY COTTON .SUMMARY.
New York, Qcc. 3.—An easier
i tone has developed in the cotton map
! kel during the past week. Declines
have been he’d In check from time to
time by the execution of scale down
buying orders but there has been
considerable pressure attributed to
southern hedging with liquidation of
old long accounts and offerings be
came rather more urgent today n'ter
Utc publication of a private* crop re
pflfft pointing to a yield of 19,115,-
wwiifter
records -for the season with January ]
contracts selling down to approxi-1
mutely the 11 3-4 cent level eompar- 1
ed with 12.07, the high price of late
last month, and 12.10, the low price
touched toward the cud of Inst Sep
tember. 'Dicts> would appear to have
boon no change of sentiment as to
the probable increase in world's con
sumption and takings as a result of
low price levels, but increased pri
vate estimates of the crop suggest a
corresponding increase in ideas as to
the probable carry-over at the epa ol
next season. In this way the crop
figures have probably contributed to
-ho decline, but the feeling seemed to
originate in a slackening of spot de
mand after the filling ot November
engagements and reports of a slightly
easing basis for low grades in the
south.
More recently there hare been re
ports that scale down buying orders,
in some instances, were being can
celled and that in others buying lim
its were being reduced. This, with the
talk of freer spot offerings and ex
pectations of further spot liquida
tion in advance of the holidays,
Would appear to have been the chief
factor on the decline.
Notwithstanding the rumors of
cancellation, resting orders were still
in evidence on the decline toward the
end of the week, but they appeared
to be in smaller volume than pre
viously, and after buying freely Oc
tober and November, trade and in
vestment interests seem to be operat
ing a little more cautiously on the
decline. Ideas expressed here as to
the probably showing of next Wed
nesday's government crop estimate
range from about 18 1-2 to a nttle
ever 19 million, bales, and some of
the private reports estimated gin
nings prior to December 1 Rt 14,980,
000 bales.
Oowboy Lawyer Has to Wear Tie
In High .Court.
Washington, Dec. 4. —Sid White,
the “cowboy lawyer,” of Okcinah,
Okla.. met his Waterloo today before
tbe Supreme Court- Wearing a ten
gallon bat, shirt open at the neck
and minus necktie, he appeared as an
applicant for permission to practice
before the court.
No one had ever appeared before
the highest eourt without a tie, was
the reply to the cowboy lawyer's pro
tests, but bis objections were over
come when it came to the ultimatum,
“No tie, no admission.” A tie was
borrowed and the cowboy lawyer wi-s
admitted. Aa he left court he tore off
tbe tie at the doorway.
Father Smashes Son’s Radio.
Middletown, N. Y., Dec. 4.—Jo
seph Trowbridge, of Wa'.den, stood
just about all he could from his son's
radio today, so he took an gx and
antaohed the machine into exceeding
ly amall pieces and then laughed
triumphantly. That laugh angered
the boy and he swore out a warrant
for tis father’s arrest, the man being
arraigned before Police Justice
Wiley. ,
Trowbridge was fined $lO and
sentenced to serve thirty days iu
jail. Imt the prison term was sus
pended when he promised to pay SBO
1 for the repair of the receiver and
‘ listen quietly to it for as long as it
| was in the house.
Copeland Drafts 4 P. C. Beer Bill;
“Bums His Bridges” in M. E. Church
New York. Dec. 4.—United States
Senator Royal 8. Copeland announces
that he is now at work on a bill to
liberalize the Volstead act, which lie
intends to introduce at t’.ie opening of
Cotigress.
While he will not decide on the cj
| act amount of alcohol which he pro
j poses to legalize until after he com
pletes the study, a. digest of medical
| opinion on intoxication he is now
\malting in conference with physicians
! throughout the United States, the
j measure probably will propose legali
zation of 4 per cent. beer. T.ie sen
{ator said he did nett believe a beverage
of this strength intoxicating.
Senator Copeland, an Active Metho
|NO ILL EFFECT OK
COTTON SLUMP FELT
At Federal Reserve Bank at Rich
mond For October.
Richmond, Dec. 4.—(A*) —No ill af
fects from the slump in cotton prices
was felt at the Federal Reserve Hank
for t’.ic fifth district during the month
of October, the regular report of busi
ness conditions issued by the bank
reveals. Payments of loans and re
discounts were reported up to seasonal
average.
The month as a whole measured up
to the seasonal average, according to
the general summary, -which added
that some developments had been more
favorable than expected.
Crops generally Were reported above
the average and the tobacco crop was
shown to be more profitable than in
several years. Except for a few coun
ties in Nort*.i Carolina and Virginia
anil western and northwestern South
Carolina crops appeared at least ns
good ns those in 1925. and in those
sections dependent primarily upon
bright tobacco and fruit or fruit they
appeared considerably better than for
several years.
Debits to individual accounts dur
ing the past four weeks ending No
vember 10th, exceeded debits during
the preceding like period in spite of
a holiday during the Inter period and
the occurrence in the earlier period
of October Ist, a quarterly payment
date.
Savings deposits reached record fig
ures at the end of October, evidenc
ing a largo reserve purdiiasing power
of the public.
Labor was reported to be seasonally
employed at the same wage scale* as
in former year*.
Bituminous coal production in West
Virginia was report
| condition of the price of cotton,
j Mills, however, were in general opera-
I tion.
Budding permits slumped from last
October’s record and the wholesale
business was slightly off to constitute
the only two dark spots on the month's
business.
CHILD BURNED TO
DEATH IN HIS CRIB
Hot Coals Ignited Crib While Par
ents Were Engaged in. Killing
Hogs.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 4.—(A*) —The
nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roscie Brown, of Union Cross, Yad
kin County, was burned to death in
its crip Friday, according to a dis
patch received here today. The par
ents were out in the yard at thae time,
killing hogs, and had left the child
.in its crib sitting in front of the fire
place. It appears that some coals
from the fire rolled under the crib,
igniting it. When discovered, the
room was filled with smoke and the I
baby virtually cremated.
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Rogers Warned to Drop Aiken j
Lynching Case.
Columbia. Dec. 3.—W- W. Rogers, J
Governor McLeod’s detective is m re
ceipt of a warning letter. It reads:
"Mr. AV. W. Rogers, Columbia. S.
C. You had better stay out of Aiken,
as we do not need you to meddle in
our business, for if you do not stop
what you'are doing, we will get you
as we did the Bowmans. So watch
out and stay away. Your friends”
Mr. Rogers is still on the job. how
ever, investigating the lynching at
Aiken on October 8 of the three Bow
man negroes.
Governor McLeod gives assurance
that he will continue the investiga
tion of this crime, despite the fact
that Solicitor Carter and Attorney
General Daniel have advised against
a special term of court in Aiken.
Ty Cobb Will Attend Asheville Meet
“Just to Mingle With Bays”
Asheville. Deq 3.—Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb, just a citizen from
Augusta, Ga.' has niade reservations
at a local hotel and has written that
he will attend the annmml jneeting
uext week of the National Assocla
■ tion of Professional Baseball Leagues
here. (
“Just wanted to mingle with the
1 crowd, that’s all,” said Cobb in his
> letter making reservations. Clark
f Griffith, owner of the AA’ashingron
Senators, of the American League,
also is to stay at the same hotel.
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“FROMPRISONTO PARADISE”
Sunday, 7:00 P. M. by the pastor, at the
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
11:00 A. M.: “THINGS OF GOOD REPORT’’
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, DECEMBERS, 1 92(T
dist. characterized his present activ
ity as a “burning of the bridges.” Ho
is a member of the official board of
a Methodist church, is a trustee qf
Syracuse University, n Methodist in
stitution, and was formerly a leader
in the Epworth League.
“The referendum." he said, “was
unquestionably n popular mandate
which should be followed by myself
and every other v representative frotti
this slate in the national Congress.
I so regard it.”
The action is generally interpreted
as the first formal notice Mr. Cope
land intends to seek renominntion ip
1928 and is trying to head off an at
tempt by Tammany, such ns is re
ported in prospect, to turn him dopti.
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FARIJSY ACQUITTED
< OF MURDER CHARGE
, Man Over Whom Haywood Sheriff
And Massachusetts Authorities
Wrangle Goes Free.
Cambridge. Mass., Dec. 3. —George
C. Farley, of AVayncsvillo, N. C,‘,
was found not guilty toidght of mur
der in shooting Eugene Crawford, a
negro, here July 13.
Farley pleaded self defense. After
the negro's dentil ho lied to North
Carolina, where he was arrested in
September.
George C. Farley, acquitted yes
terday of the charge of murdering a
negro in Massachusetts, was the man
whom Sheriff Cube, of Haywood
county, refused to deliver ' to the
Massachusetts authorities until Gov
ernor McLean intervened. Sheriff
Coble insisted thnt he be paid the re
ward.. thnt had been offered before
surrendering the man. He was in
duced to yield, however, when, iM
governor appealed to him to respect
the state’s honor.
Confesses to Crime After Twenty i
Years. 1
Berlin, Dec. 4.—“ Dr. Karl Ilau I
was innocent. I killed Mrs. Molitor j
by accident."
This is the substance of a myster
ious letter addressed to the German
authorities by an unnamed author.
If proved genuine the letter may re
open a murder mystery that was a
world sensation twenty yeans ag o I
and would make Dr. Hau. n Wash-1
ington lawyer, one of the mast tragic |
viotim of julical blindness.
Hau was sentenced to death al |
Karlshube in 1906 on a charge of j
killing hi* mother-in-law. The ser.- ]
tence was commuted to life imprison
ment and after serving twenty yeans
he was released Inst year. lie wq>
agljin hounded' by German ailtkon
thVi boeanSp jib published a
'fits prison experiences and in which
he maintained hi* innocence.
Later he fled into Italy and then
committed suicide in the A'illa Had
rian. '•! Tivoli.
The anonymous author says a for
tune teller prophesied lie is to die in
1926 and therefore lie makes the con
fession which he promises to follow
up with details. Ho also says he has
willed his entire fortune to Dr. Haii's
heirs.
Europe Spindles Rushed But Can’t
Use South's Crop.
New York. Nov. 4.—C. O. Moser,
president of the American Cotton
Growers Association, returning on
the Iycviatlian today, reported the
cotton mills of Europe are running
longer hours than at any time since
pre-war days, but asserted there is
no hope of the world being able to
consume, the enormous cotton crop of
the South.
The low price of cotton, he said, is
being ’passed on to the consumer in
| Europe and lias resulted . in great
[ popularity in cotton goods. Oil the
i Continent especially, Mr. Moser said,
'cotton mills are working at high
I speed and he predicted thnt. with the
I settlement of the coal strike in Eng
land, the cotton mills would take on
increased activity. But, Mr. Moser
pointed out. the spindles in European
cotton mills arc limited and even
• with; the increased business, the ro
-1 suit would not grently affect the cot-'
1 ton problem of the South.
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Murder Suspects Are Set at Liberty.
Charlotte, Dec. 3 —Murder charges
against Ed Withers and Kenneth
McCorkle, Davidson negroes, accuse!
of slaying, robbing and burning
Charles Morton, negro barber, were
dismissed' today in magistrate’s
eourt.
Maud Sloan. A’. Q. Horton. Janies
Neville and Brevard Houston, ne
groes, who were held as material wit
nesses, also were released.
The body of Morton was found in
bis shop after it had been destroyed
by fire the night of November 20.
Defense counsel contended that
Morton was drinking, had fallen
as’eep iu a drunken stupor and that
bis stove set the shop on fire.
Conference Tennis Tournament at
the Hill.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Dec. 4.—(A*)—
The 1027 Southern Conference Tennis
Tournament will bo held at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. The tour
nament is scheduled for the second
Thursday and Friday in May.
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t FOUR DEFENDANTS
, RELEASED TODAY;
I MURDER CASE OVER
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'j | Supreme Court Justice
i! Parker Quashed Indict- j
ments Against Mrs. Hall j
»i and Her Relatives.
iYERDICTOFJURY
:| LED TO action;
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.'All Charges Dropped Be-j
! cause Defendants Were
Freed in the First Trial
r i Against Them.
Somerville. N. J., Dec. 4.—OP)—
, '.All defendants in the Hall-Mills mur
der ease were released from custody
! today when Supreme Court Justice
[ (’lias. A\'. Barker, on motion of Attor
ney General Katzenbach quashed the
■ indictments which remained against
I them after yesterday's acquittal of
II Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her
l brothers Willie and Henry Stevens
• I for the murder of Mrs. Eleanor R.
Mills.
The indictments quashed today
as follows:
Mrs. Hall and her two brothers and ,
their cousin. Henry de La Brn.vere
Carpondor. charged with the murder of
Edward AA\ Hall and Henry Carpcn
' der. charged with the murder nf Mrs.
Mills.
Attorney General Katzenbach took
charge of the proceedings when spee
: ial prosecutor Alexander Simpson tel
j ephoned that he would not come to
j Somerville for the proceedings.
I Keep A'ereliet From Mrs. Gibson.
, Jersey City, Dec. 4.—CP)—Mrs.
Jane Gibson, who gave the most ac
cusing testimony against the Hall de
fendants, had not been apprised of the
verdict today. She has not been al
lowed to read a newspaper in more
than a week, it was stated at the
/Jersey City hospital where she has
| been ill nearly a month, and news of
| t,he not guilty verdict was being with
held from her iu fear that the excite-
I ment might cause a relapse.
Wants Investigation.
I Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 4.—CP)—
Suggesting that Jersey justice bo em
balmed and sent to the British Mus- .
*uin if there was a cessation of fur
ther prosecution of the Hntl-MIUs
murder cases. Senator Alexander'
Simpson in a letter to Governor A.
Hairy Moore today resigned as as
sistant attorney general. Shortly af
terward he announced that he con
templated asking for a legislative in
vestigation.
With Our Advertisers.
“Fix it and Git,” is the slogan of
the Concord Plumbing Co., 174 N.
Kerr street. Phone 570.
Babani perfume sold here exclus
ively by the Gibson Drug Store.
The ad. of the Boyd AV. Cox Studio j
on fifth page presented at the Studio
will entitle you to a 25 per cent, re
duction on any size or style pboto
, graph.
Stop, look, and insure with Fetzer
, & Yorke. Phone 231.
See the new ad. today of AA’renn,
, the Kannapolis dry cleaner.
The latest modeli in Orthophonic
A'ietrolas at Bell & Harris.
Evelyn Britt Returns Home.
Raleigh, Dec. 4. —(P)—E vel y n
' /Britt, 19-year-old Durham girl, who
. has been implicated in the mysterious
i murder of L. G. “Mighty” Forsyth,!
‘ returned to her home today after Cor
- oner L. M. Waring had withdrawn the
i capias 'he issued yesterday for her re
-1 ] arrest. Tile withdrawal came after
1 the girl with her attorney had ap
-1 penred before Superior Court Judge
' AA r . 51. Bond, prepared to start habeas
' corpus proceedings in case she was
re-arrested.
Extend Football Season One Week.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 4.-—(P)
he southern conference football sea
son will close one week later than in
former seasons, the conference de
cided today when it adopted an amend
ment to the by-laws providing that the
football senson s’hall dose the second
Saturday after Thankagiving, instead
of the first Saturday as heretofore. •
Doheny Ordered to Bed.
Washington, Dec. 4.—(P)—Ed
ward L. Dolieny, veteran oil man, and
defendant in the Elk Hills conspiracy
trial in the District of Columbia Su
preme Court, was ordered to bed to
day by physicians who have been
treating him for a week for an infec
tion in 'iiis left nrin.
Get SIO,OOO in Bobbery.
Rochester. Miss., Dec. 4.—CP)—
Three or more men armed with rifles
burslit into the Olmstead County Bank
today, held up the employees, scooped
up *IO,OOO in cash and shot their way
out, wounding two policemen. They
escaped in a waiting automobile.
Dr. J. A. Shavers
ANNOUNCES
That he is now able to re
sume his practice at his
offices
203-204 Cabarrus Bank
Building
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If Your Children Were Orphans? |[
An Editorial on Golden Rule Sunday by Charles Dan?
Gibson, Editor of LIFE
If your children were orphans, and the Np .
world's richest land, would it not, then, be thv xtffs
. rich country of the Near East.to care for your to
save their lives and to bring; them'up'and educate them?
The practical application of the Golden Rule is the <
l sole purpose of the Near East Relief, which has saved j
| more than a million lives. Statesmen, clergymen, busi
j ness men, prominent citizens in every walk of liie indorse i
! the work of this nation-wide organization.
But nation-wide approval is not enough. The Near
j East Relief must have nation-wide support in its stupen- I
f dous task of teaching thousands of helpless children in the
chaotic Near East to*help themselves, to become factors in
| the help of others—and the work has just begun.
Observe Golden Rule Sundav. December sth. Make
it a day of self-sacrifice, a day of kindly thoughts toward
ihe needy thousands across the sea. Make it an opportun
ity to help in this great movement of good will. i
In bespeaking for the Near East Relief ttw interest and j
a<d of its readers, this paper is actuated by the desire to i
relieve the suffering of children whenever and wherever 1
it may exist. Neglect, starvation and disease have pretty
much the same results in Asia Minor as in New r York, I
little children suffer as deeply from sickness, hunger and 1
abandonment tbday as little children suffered in 111 11. The ’
sufferers of the slums are before our eyes; the plight of J
the children of France was on every front page. But the ;
misery and want of the Near East are brought home to »
us only by the tireless and consecrated work of those who j *
have been there, who have seen and who know. I,
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DOCTOR PREDICTS LONG I
LIVES FOR EVERYBODY
Head of Medical Society Says Those
AVho Wish May Reach Three Score
and Ten.
Durham, Dec. 3. —“AA’e arc cater
ing an ora when the basic principles
of bugiene, diet, sanitation and pre
cise medication will be so perfectly
understood that we expect our
clientele, barring deaths from
violence and especially motor ve
hicles. will all attain the three score
years and ten. or wo shall attribute
it to deliberate purpose on their
part." Dr. John Q. Myers, of Char
lotte. president of the North Caro
lina Medical Society, told the mem
bers of the Sixth Councilor district in
simiannunl meeting in Durham yes
terday.
Criticising College Proffesors Target
Qf Conference Presklent.
. Jacksonville. Deo. 3.—ls college
professors who see harm in football
would put forth the energy and dis
cipline In the "classroom That The
coaches put forth on the gridiron.
I here would be less scholastic tnil
urcs and no room to talk of an un
balanced era with all prowess going
to athletics.
This was tlic opinion expressed
by Dr. S. A’. Sanford, president of
the Southern Conference, who an
swered charges which have arisen m
many quarters that football was
tending to overbalance the college
life.
It was an echo of the debate heard
j from several sections recently as to'
] the relative importance in the col
lege scheme of conches and profes
sors.
Whistle of Cop Said “Peep, Peep.”
Prisoner Freed.
New A'ork, Dec. 4.—A traffic po
liceman was ordered to blow his
whistle in court today to sec if it
sounded—ns n man he had arrested
said it did —like a bird in a tree. It
did. and the prisoner was given a
suspended sentence.
i Hamilton Evelyn, negro cluiuf
| feur. was given a summons bj
| Reuben Carter, a negro policeman,
for not stopping his car in Harlem
when Carter blew his whistle.
“llow could I te’.i it was a police
man?" Evelyn asked the court. “It
was just a peep, peep, like a-bird in
a tree.”
“Blow,” said the magistrate to the
policeman.
“Peep, peep,” came from the whis
tle as Carted put into it all the lung
power he could muster.
“Sentence suspended,” said the
magistrate.
NEW SERIES
ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th
We Open Our 77th Series of
l
Building and Loan
Running Shares, worth SIOO at maturity, will coSt you
j only 25c a week.
Building and Loan is the jdcal way for wage earners
r 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 CABARftUS SAVINGS BANK
H. I. WOODHOUSE P. B. FETZER
Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary
I PUBLIC SCHOOLS COME
FIRST. BOWIE ASSERTS |
I
Higher Institutions Can Take Care j
of Themselves Later. He Tells j
Welfare Folk.
Winston-Salem, Dee. 3.—"1 .I}*-
mnnd that every boy and girl in tlie
great state of North Carolina have
an equal opportunity to secure an
education at the hands of their moth
er state,” declared Tam Bowie, of
West Jefferson, in addressing the
northwestern district welfare confer
ence here tonight.
"I am a great believer in tl>* om
mon schools,” said Mr. Bowie. ‘ Take
care of the common schools first and
then the higher institutions can be
taken care of themselves later, oh,
how I love the old university. My
father was a university man; I came
from the university, but for the sake
of future generations, for the sake of
the boy and the girl who will never
see inside of a university or colics",
take care of the public senoois first.”
More than 100 delegates attended
the 1 eonVenfiofr' bF'
here today, the session closing to
night with a 'banquet at which Mr.
Bowie was tho chief speaker.
Alexander Says Short School Tend
Blessing.
Durham. Dec. 3.—“ The short term j
school system’ in North Carolina is a i
blessing rather than a curse," Dr. |
Thomas Alexander, of the faculty of i
Columbia university, said here to- |
night in an address delivered at j
Duke university, under the auspices
•of the Braxton Craven Educational |
association. “It is a blessing because
the students have a chance to get
away from the pool- teachers and
make contacts with other people.”
This statement, coming just at a
time when the long-term school is
being so widely agitated, caused n
mild sensation among the speaker's
audieribe. He explained, however,
that with competent teachers the
situation might be considerably
changed, but assorted again that the
average student in a rural high !
school can get more valuable and |
usable training during his vacations j
than he can under the dull tutelage j
of semi-illiterate teachers.
388 Reported Drowned.
Mexico City, Deo. 4.—14 5 )— IThirty
eight persons, including five children
and six women are reported to have
been drowned on Thursday near Pue
blo, Nuevo, in the state of Tebasco.
when the motor boat “President Obre
gon” sank in the rivere Grigalva.
In Australia snow is practically un
known. <#i
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THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS |
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY!
„ , i
no. 2gr;
Ml || r | I AHr Will
jUTLAW w keep
UP HUNT FOR 1 j
That Is State’s Answer to 1
Wood’s Proposal That |
j He Will Surrender Un* |
der Certain Conditions.
GOVERNOR SAYS
“NO” TO PLANS I
! Declare the State of North |
Carolina Will Not Treat j
With Otto Wood or Any ;«
Other Prisoner.
Tribune Bureau,
j Sir Walter Hotel, 1 , mWM
I BY J. C. BASKERVILLH ||i
I Raleigh, Dec. 4.—Otto Wood is to .. 1
be declared an outlaw with a priofe
upon his head, head or alive.
was the answer of Governor A. !
McLean here today to the proposal
purported to have been Inn do by Otto. »
North Carolina prison TTigitive tie luxo
in a letter carried by a Greenebdro jt
morning newspaper in which Oftb’4e
dared that lie would give himself tip |
to the Winston-Salem chief of poliid «
within forty-eight hours, if Governor 4
j McLean would agree to put iiim on a J
chain gang or under the eupervisibjr; -fJ
!of someone else other than George
i Rosts Pon, superintendent of the state a
| prison.
j “I will not treat with Otto Wood or
any prisoner and will ignore his pro- |
posal entirely.” said Governor Me-
Lean when asked if he would give ig
any consideration to the proposal iftßßo
by Otto in irs letter to the Greens
boro paper. "My only statement, is )'sj
that the Attorney General and ifv. 8
Pon are at present working on a pWn
to hnve Otto declared an outlaw. As .
far ns I ant concerned, he is to fie .¥.
shown no consideration."
The same sentiment was expressed G
by Mr. Pott. "We are continuing our i:i
efforts to capture Otto Wood and shall
until we have him." said Mr. Fo»,d|
"The reason we kept him in solitary • i
confinement was because that is the
only way lie cau be kept in any prjs-V j
on, and if he is captured, as long as I '
have anything to say about it, he will
go back to solitary. As to his state* I
moot that lie would be willing to stir- 3
render in 48 hours jf lie oohld n<?t jMgwjf
.assigned to Ft -chain "gang r _Ufiat S mwraj
twaddle, for lie would not stay on
chain gang longer than 48 honrs. He' J
was shown all the consideration it
safe to show him while here and re- .jj
j stilts show that lie was shown- too j|
much as it is. If we catch him alive, Taj
1 and I hope we will, he will cevfainly J
Igo hack into solitary confinement.*' si®
, Mr. Pott said, if he is declared an 3
I outlaw by the Governor any citisett'' J
lof the State will be privileged to |
j capture him. or to shoot him on sight. .J
Reward For Wood’s Capture In
creased to SSOO. 1
Rale'gh. Dec. 4.—(A l )—Reward for
recaptutjt of Otto Wood, who escaped" r,
from the state penitentiary November j
22. was, increased from $250 to SSOO •>,
today by Governor Me Lea u at the re- ia
quest of George Ross Pou. Superin- l
tendent of tlie prison. At the same |
time it was announced that a revis- JS
ion of the prison law in 1025 nnto-, d
I matically made the escaped convict an
j outlaw, who may be killed by any cif-’sj
j izen in the face of resistance if suck
• is necessary to return him to the pris
| on. , -i
—
j “Penny Cirrus" Great Success. ~, JS
! Hundreds of kiddies and a score or
more of grown-ups went to Central '
graded school Friday night for the* ik
“Penny Circus." staged as a benefit H
performance of the school’s library
fund.
Wild animals, or at least their rep- ’j
rehtatives, were numerous and in ad
l dition there were those delicacies such
as ice cream, candy and “hot dogs” ij
that appeal so to the children.
Olt is reported the proceeds amount- <
ed to about $75. a few small bills yet
I to be paid.
A Pepperj- Question. I
Vienna. Dec. 4.—-A Viennese edi- jj
tor's cook showed her master a 1
i pound of pepper which she had |
thought. Half of it was dust. In his :i
I journal the editor printed a parq- m
graph saying that if the unending i
1 salesman did not immediately send a
| like amount of pure pepper his name i
would be publised. Within a day or - s
two no fewer than 32 grocers sent 1
in 32 pounds of real pepper.
[JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
j ' j|
ONE. MAN WHO CAN AFfVftfeL
CHIMTHASem