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DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Ormiston Arrested At Harrisburg, Pa., And Is Carried From City Located at Hotel Where He Had Been Living for Some Time—Willing to Face His Accusers. DESTINATION IS NOT YET KNONWN Left Hotel in Taxi But Po lice Would Not Discuss Case—Think He Is Go ing to Chicago Now. Harrisburg. Pa., Dec. 0. —(A>)—Kon- ■ neth G. Ormiston, missing radio op-1 rrgtor wanted in connection with the 1 A inns' Semple McPherson kidnapping case ill I.os Angeles, left here thin morning for Chicago in company with Charles Elwood and Harry Donnelly, private detectives of Chicago, accord ing to Chief Police Thompson. Ormiston, in company with the two j detectives, left the hotel where they spent the night, in a taxicab. The chief of police said he had no knowl edge of their destination ot'lier than the party was heading for Chicago. The chief expressed the opinion that Ormiston was "spirited away'* but ad mitted that Detective Oscar Carson v\;ns with the Chicago officers. He said that Carson said Ormiston de clared he was satisfied to return after he admitted his identity. Officials of the taxicab company said fiicy did not know its destination. They said De tective Ctfrson vouched for its safe re turn. The detective declined to dis cuss Ormiston's departure. Ormison was surprised by officers who visited his apartment last night. He has been living here under the name of "Fred Lininger" and told of ficers that he came to Harrisburg from Atlantic City. He expressed surprise that the authorities had not located him earlier. Ormiston formerly was radio operator at Angelas Temple, Dos Angeles, where lie is wanted on charge of conspiracy to defeat jus tice. Ormiston is said to have been j traced here through a letter. He is 1 believed to have left Chicago three I or four mont'-is ago. CAPITOL BRIEFS. lUleijjh. X. !L. o<r,. St—oP)_Jßr. •CSaa' frH'. Laughinghousc. Secretary of the State Board of. Health, is in Xew Bern this week attending the meeting of the Seaboard Medical So ciety. au informal organization com posed of eastern North Carolina ami Virginia counties. Raleigh. N. C.. Deo. 9.—OP)—The long heralded meeting of the advisory hoard of the World War Veterans’ loan fund is expected to he called this week. W. X. Everett, Secretary of Staate. has announced. Secretary Everett is ex-officio chairman of the board. The questions of the Issuance of the $2,000,000 in bonds, authoriz ed by voters in the referendum of j November 2 for the purpose of pro viding funds of the loans, anil the miming' of a commissioner are slated to come up for discussion Raleigh. X. 0.. Deo. t>W— Commissioner W- A. Graham, of the Departinent of Agriculture is back from Chicago, where he attended .the meeting of the National Assoeinti n of Commissioners of Agriculture. Mr Graham was named a vice 1 president of the organization. Methodists Aid Church Schools. Nashfrille, Tenn.. Dec. 9.—Moun tain schools belonging to the South ern Methodist church and student work at slate college centers, ns a re sult of the action of the executive committee of the church board of education, will benefit by any appro priation of $15,000 for the year 192(1- 27. according to Dr. Stonenll Ander son. secretary of the board. The executive committee met here Tuesday, ith Bishop Edwin D. Mou -35011, president. Institutions receiving financial aid nre located in Alabama. Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky. North Carolina. Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and -Tennessee. . Damage From Storms and Quaker. ! Los Angeles, ltec. 6.—iA*)—-The Im perial Valley was cut off . entirely, from outside communication for • a time today after a series of storms and earthquake shocks last night. Telephone company reports said the principal wire leads were cut near San Francisco when the high winds blew down poles at Cucamonca. In direct communication was had with Ijelcentro for a few minutes early to day but the lines soon failed. Probably rain tonight and Friday; rising temperatures in east portion to night and Friday; fresh east and southeast winds. The Concord Daily Tribune : . North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily rsr-.-^T^—nfteaesg—g—«!*' ■ i. —■ «■ ■ .-m —— m »«" 1 -ggn—, , , ... ... ■ 1 - ■ ■—■ .■■■—■ . ■ • ... ♦ THE COTTON MARKET Renewed Hedge Selling and liquida tion Featured Opening—January I and May Decline. ' New York, Dec. 9.—CP) —Renewed hedge selling and liquidation featured the opening of the cotton market to day and the first prices were easy at decline of 10 to 14 points. Failure of the smaller crop and gin ning figures to bring in any buying power of eonuequenee evidently made a benri.s’.i impression on sentiment and early selling was promoted by re'a tively easy Liverpool cables. Exeept for covering or a little scal ing down buying very little support i developed and the decline extennded to 111.04 for January nnd 12.1 T for May before the end of the first hour or about 20 to 27 points net lower. Cot 101 l futures opened easy: Dec. 12.10; Jan 11.75; March 12.02; May ] 12.23; July 12.47. -• I With Our Advertisers. | B'it for a Christmas present for any ! man —throe fine sh’rts in a Christ- ! mas box for $5.00. at the I‘arks-Belk Co. Everything for everybody for ' Christmas at this big store. See new ad. on page two. Never before have Goodyear tires been so cheap and so good. They are 1 safe on mnd, ice or snow. Go to Hie ' Yorke & Wadsworth Co. and get your ; size. j A Bee-Vac electric cleaner would be an ideal present for your wife, mother, sißter or sweetheart. Only , $34.50 at H. B. Wilkinson’s. RankeGhnH ;tonight at thje Y' fat 8:30, University of North Carolina Monogram Club, vs. Concord Y. Ad mission 25 and 50 cents. , No better Christmas greeting than j n photograph. See ad. of the Boyd W. i Cox Studio. Auction sale of used ears Saturday, December 11th at the Standard Buick \ Co. See ad. The S.vler Motor Co. has five used cars for sale. See cut in ad. in today’s ' paper. Phone 400. South Church St. 1 You will find at Bell & Harris' ev- ' erything that goes to make a modem 1 and beautiful home. The Auto Supply and Repair Co. 1 will have a Before Christmas Sale of Goodrich Silvertown tires, one day only., Saturday. December 11th. See 1 ad. in this paper. The Yorko Wadsworth Go. -has * big stock of Chnrwtmas hardware for everybody from the baby to the grown ups. i See od. of the New York Case. Hot : cakes 15 cents. Special ‘lunch 35 1 cents, dinner 50 cents. Meal tickets: 1 SO.OO for $5.00. or $3.50 for $3.00. Practical gifts for Christmas at Fisher’s. You will find a large selec tion there. A special Christmas pack- i age for SI.OO. See adr- about it. Jewelry is n lasting gift. The i Stames-Miller-Parker Co. have this year the best stock for Christmas se lection they have ever had. In a large ad. on page five today they name a few suggestions that will help you in mak ing your selections for Christmas gifts. It will not be hard to please your i man if you see Hoover’s stock. Man hattan shirts and everything nice. New ties, all patterns for the Christmas trade at W. A. Overcnsh's, 50 cents to $3.00. All ih Christmas boxes. C. H. Barrier and Co. can use a few turkeys and chickens If they can get them by December 15th. Get a Kodak for Christmas gift at Cline’s Pharmacy. Eflrd’s Aitnnnal Christmas Sale. There is a great variety or Christ mas merchandise and toys at Efird's, and you will find the prices exceed ingly low. You will find specials on beys’ suits, with one pair each of long nnd short pants from $4.95 to $18.50, Big cut in prices of ladies’ and misses’ coats and drosses. Ever- Ready razors. 25 cents. ' Fine wool blankets $3.09. In a page ad. today on page ten you will find many other Christmas values. When informed . that : the only chance to avoid the amputation oi au infected foot was to reach ja hospital within a few hours, a woman in Corning. Calif., used the long dis tance telephone to call up an air pilot - at Klhipath' Falls. Ore. ’ The 5 pilot made; t(te 2QO-pil!j- (light to Corning ih less than two hours, took theiwom hospital in fin* to prevent amputa tion. , Wants Inquiry. Washington, Dec. 9.—OP)—Request that the campaign expenditures of , Senator Tyson, Democrat, of Tennes see, in the primary pi two years ago be investigated was made in a letter to the Senate election committee by John R. Neal, lawyer of Tate Springs. Tenn. BASKETBALL , TONIGHT , University of N. C. Mon t ogram Club vs. Concord “Y” | TONIGHT AT 8:30.. ;} Also Girla’ Gymnasium Exhi - [ bition 'JLmSLmhm Will John Gray Die in the Electric Chair Tomorrow? Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dec. o.—Will John Gray die in the electric chair tomorrow for the mhrder of “Dad" Watkins in Stanly county October 30, 1925? This is a question being asked here today pending the result of a vigorous last-minute effort by Gray's attorneys and interested citizens of Stanly coun ty to save him from the death chair. No announcement has been made as yet by Governor A. W. McLean as to whether sir not he intends to grant l a commutation, although lie and H. ■Hoyle Sink, commissioner of pardons, were elosted with the Stanly county delegation in an extensive henring yes terday afternoon. After the hearing It was announced that further investi gation into Gray’s case was still be ing made. Final decision by the governor is expected today. Considerable difference of opinion seems to exist ns to Gray’s mental condition, some maintaining that he undoubtedly is insane, others main taining that lie is as sane as any crim inal ever is. and that tie knows the difference between right nnd wrong, j That he knew full well the enormity of his act in killing Watkins, it is pointed out, that if he had not been conscious of his guilt he would not have gone to the pains to dismember* Watkins' body and burn it up in an old barn. It also pom led out that the slaying wns undoubtedly premedi tated, since the object was robbery. Others maintain, 'however, that only a maniac would have gone through with the horrible detail of dismember MOTORISTS SHOULD KNOW LEGAL RIGHTS Ignorance is Costing Them Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Yearly. Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dec. B.—lgnorance of their legal rights still is costing motorists , hundreds of thousands of dollars year ly and to combat this lack of knowl edge is becoming increasingly the ob- i jective of motor clubs throughout the country. This point is made h.v C. W. Rob erts. vice president and general man ager of the Carolina Motor Club, who declares that “the movement among t’je 855 clubs affiliated with the Amer ican Automobile Association to ac quaint members with their legal rights is not in the interest of defeating justice blit rather to see that the | ends of justice properly are served. ’’No fair-minded motorist wqdtdf tiihik. of holding ."»uy-jfeelef for* thej violator of the motor vehicle laws, - ’ Mr. Roberts points out. “By the same token, he would not want to see the law unfairly interpreted against the man who (ms not violat ed the code. This, however, in spite of all the campaign against it is the practice in many places. “Probably in no other misdemeanor case does the accused start with so much against him. Inevitably, it seems even in the courts that arc en tirely nbove all suspicion, the whole theory of justice is inverted and Che motorist virtually is considered guil ty until he proves himself innocent. Even motorists take this attitude to ward the fellow driver who is seen by the roadside in conversation with an officer. “It is a long road motordom must travel to overcome this prejudice. Mo tor clubs are tackling the journey be cause they know that the average car owner is a fair, decent, law-abiding citizen. He has been imposed upon to the extent of many thousands of dollars. He will get fairness when Survey Shows Cotton Acreage For Year 1927 Will Be Reduced Raleigh Tribune Burenu Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dec. 9.—ls the preliminary survey made among some 200 farmers in the state is typical, and it is be lieved it is, cotton acreage for 1927 will be decreased in North Carolina nearly 30 per cent., and the acreage planted to other crops will be in creased accordingly, it was announced by Dr. i E. O. Brooks, president of State College and Chairman of the State central committee working for a decreased cotton acreage through greater diversification of other crops, following the two-day session of the 'annual conference of county farm agents. These agents brought in ; approximately 200 blanks that had been signed by farmers in accordance with the proposed plan of the central committee, showing the acreage of various crops that they expected to plant this coming spring. As a re sult of this preliminary survey, an ; intensive campaign will be launched in all the forty cotton counties of the state immediately after the holidays, | to get every farmer in these counties to adopt uniform programs of crop diversification that will automatically ■ reduce the cotton acreage, and make the farmers economically independent : of cotton, regardless of its price. The blanks brought in to the con ference showed that among the 200 farmers who signed them that tobacco would be increased 10.7 per cent., poultry 10 per cent., hogs about 23 per cent, and cover and feed crops about 27 per cent. The blanks showed further that there would probably be a' decrease in the number of dairy cows, and that the reduction in cot ton acreage brought about as the re sult of these other increases, would amount to a little over 30 per cent. This was interpreted ->by Dr. Brooks to indicate that the signing of these blanks would be efficient in bringing CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926 ing ilk l body of his victim and attempt ing to burn it. In some respects, the murder of Watkins by Gray is regarded as being one of the most fiendish in the crim inal anna’s of the state. After killing Watkins, Gray decapitated him. muti lated the head, then cut off the arrps and feet of the trunk, apparently with an axe, threw the pieces of the body with the exception of the head, into nn old barn and set fire to the barn in nn effort to destroy the tell-tale corpus deiecti. The pieces of the charred body were discovered and re moved, however, and identified. Gray carried the head away from the scene I with him and later threw it into the roaring furnace of a school house which he was passing, according to his own story. Tom Host in the Greensboro News ‘ has the following; “John Gray, young white moron who is to die within 48 hours for the murder of Dad Watkins, Stanly white man. has the governor nnd the pardon commissioner this afternoon working on a petition for clemency presented hy Judge Lane Brown and 10. J. Sikes, of Albemarle. I The friends of the ktanly half-wit came without price to his aid. They did not appear for him in tlic court below. The impression of virtually *all the people of Albemarle is inat a brain of some size planned the gruesome killing of Dad Watkins, but the mind of a baby executed the scheme. “Judge Brown and Judge Sikes got fairly into the case, but they will continue it tomorrow.” ■ ■'■■■■i—* 'lie knows his rights. Teaching him these rights is one of the most popular forms of service rendered by clubs ev erywhere.” Miss Dare Musi Go to Rear Or Don | More Rags. Raleigh. Dec. 7.—Virginia Dare, ns represented by the scantily clad and buxom young woman from Car rara marble and presented to the staate of North Carolina at the an nual meeting of the Literary and Historical society last week. is threatened with ejectment from her recently acquired position of emlit ence in the state's hall of history. In giving the sister a critical once-over this morning, Ben D. Mae- Neil, feature writer for The Raleigh News and Observer and one of the five members of the state historical commission, made known that he would propose to his colleagues «n j the commission when they meet here Friday that the statue may be ._s£■/ 'moved Uo the lees pretentious stare museum. * The lady might lie a very interest ing relic. Mr. MacXcill thought, hut there is certainly no history about her. He could not. imagone her kee;>- ing alive the tradition of Virginia Dare. The statue pictures a plump young woman whose sole dependence for raiment is a chain of Indian heads about her neck and a fish net conveniently placed to save her from I positive scandal. Rare Bird Captured. (By International Nefc-s Service.) Siler City, N. C., Dec. 9-—A rare bird was captured near the residence of E. T. Noel. It has distinct colors. Mr. Noel has carried it to the State Museum in Raleigh where it will be stuffed and put on exhibition. The name of the bird is Lapwing, nnd is a species of the Plever family. The first and only Lapwing found be fore. this one in the United States, it is said, was found on Long Island in 1883. about the desired acreage reduction. There is little likelihood that Texas will reduce its aereage much next year, according to Dean I. O. Sclinub, because of more land in west Texas being planted in cotton, although indi cations are that east Texas will de- ' crease its cotton planting. However, this decrease will be offset by the in crease in west Texas. He explained .that Texas was able to produce cot ton more cheaply that North Caro lina, due to soil differences, and dif ference in farming and harvesting. This makes it of increasing import ance for North .Carolina farmers to so conduct their farms as to be less and less dependent upon cotton, since they* cannot hope to' compete with Texas, Dean Scliaub said, and potpted to the fact that Brunswick and Columbus counties have now virtually gone out of cotton production with the result that they were as prosperous or more prosperous than when they raise cot ton almost exclusively. Although many of the county agents from cotton counties were of the opin ion that many of the fanners would be very slow in signing blanks of any kind, they were of the belief that if the matter were properly presented nnd explained to them, that they would respond, and that with the aid of the bankers nnd supply merchants that satisfactory results can be ob- tained, - The county agents will get busy holding meetings in their counties, at which State College specialists will as sist, immediately after the holidays and the plan evolved and agreed upon will then be carried into every com munity in every county. In the mean time a special committee of agents from the cotton counties will make a special study with regard to any needed adjustments in the blanks which will be used, and will help oth er agents in formulating plans for the final redaction campaign. DOHENY, WIFE AND SON TELLJURYOF too FRIEND All Deny Money Given to Albert B. Fall Had Any thing to Do With the Oil Lease Contracts. NOTE PRODUCED FOR THE JURY Doheny Said Signature Was Torn Off So if He Died There Would Be no Embarrassment to Fall. Washington, Dec. 9. —(A*)—Edward L.Hohen.v testified in liis own defense • today in his trial for criminal con spiracy. The 70-year old nil man went to j the wintess stand at. his own request ' to. ckplnin to the jury the circum stances of his SIOO,OOO “loan" to Al bert It. Fall, who is a defendant with him under the charge of conspiring to secure the award of file Elk Hills oil lease to Doheny interests while Fall was interior secretary. The story of the SIOO,OOO as Do heny told it to the Senate committee three years ago. already is in the trial records. The oil magniate described the advance as purely a private loan made to help a man with whom he had worked as a mining prospector thirty years before and wholly unconnected with the Elk Hills negotiations. Just before he took the stand Do j lien's wife and his son, Edward L. Jr., had provided other details of the transaction. Appearing ns defense witnesses they related how the ad vance was made in cash and how af terward the signature was torn from the SIOO,OOO note given by Fail nnd put into Mrs. Doheny's hands for safe keeping. Both the note and signa ture were produced for examination by the jury. The prosecution did not cross cx-1 amine Mrs. Doheny or Edward, Jr. ! As lie began his testimony with the j usual trite recital of his name, occu-1 pation and past connections the elder j Doheny showed plainly the weaking I effects of tile arm infection which had | kept him in bed much of the time for j the past week. He spoke softly and j ' deliberately. After detailing; his early ] life wolieny said: "in 188 M I found the first mine—the dream. Mr. Fall then was prospecting there. It wns then I met him.” ('ailed to the stand after his mother hod testified about her connection with the incident the younger Doheny was brought under fire of questions from I counsel who sought to develop not on ly details of the transaction but the reason behind it so far ns he knew j them. I The wife of the oil magnate de-j fendnnt faced the jury with great: poise and related calmly how her bus-1 band told her of the “loan'' to Fall and how he had torn off the signature of the note Fall gave in return and put it in a safe deposit box so that no embarrassment might be caused to the then secretary of interior in case of Doheny’s death. Owen J. Roberts, of government ccunsel. objected to Defense Attorney Frank J. Hognn's questions as to how Doheny characterized the “loau.” There was protracted argument after which Mrs. Doheny was permitted to answer. Mrs. Doheny said her husband had j been asked by Fail for a loan to ex- j lend hie New Mexico ranch holdings. Doheny had indicated an inclination to make tjie loan and she said she told her husband she would be willing to make it. She told of Mr. Doheny giving to her the signature off Fall's note of November 30, 1921, in their quarters in the Plazn Hotel, New Y'ork, on December 20th of that year. "He gave the signature to me and told me to keep it." said Mrs. Doheny. The signature wns offered in evi dence. In a quiet, even voice the elder Doheny told the jury as man to man that he bad no feeling of culpability and that when he advanced SIOO,OOO to Fall he had no thought but to help an old and very dear personal triend out of personal financial troubles. He disclaimed firmly that the money had any connection with the award of Elk and fyiarl Harbol oil con tracts to. Dqih.eny interest* while Fall was secretary of the interior.., Fbrrite firat tmle he-uftHclosed that in 1925, more than three years after the SIOO,OOO “loan” was made. Fall gave him as security a block of ranch stock valued at twice the principal of the debt. Salm Trial Adjourned. New York, Dec. 9.—(A*)—The trial of the separation suit of Count Lud wig Salm von Hoogstrneten vs. Milli eent Rogers Balms, Standard Oil heir ess. was announced today until Janu ary 17th. BASKETBALL TONIGHT University of N. C, Mon ogram Club > vs ’ . Concord “Y TONIGHT AT 8:30„ > Also Girls’ Gymnasium Exhi bition ' ADMISSION2Bc-50c Press Hunt for Olson Boy ' j w*- . .■WSPm , i #w | #£► ft- *. A 'A. &*% -®| J I < Jn? Cjt IS I £f imvi''' ™ ■ wBRSWUb^"-- Jr 9| *<*#■" »» 1 !." ’— nrr i i i. ... t. ■~"~~ District Attorney J. S.Earll (left) and A. B. Curran who is to succeed him in office, discussed the man hunt for Erdman Olson, of Prairie Du Chein, Wis., who was wanted on s charge of murdering his sweetheart, Clara Olson. Ksvirati.) $ * d‘ *.l ' “DRUNK” GOT OFF STREET ONTO ROOF Tired of Being Arrested for Being “Drunk oil the Street." (By International News Service.) Miami, Fla.. Dec. 9.—Barney Me- I/cndon. 30, a frequent caller at po lice station, who had tired of being arrested for “drunk on the street,” thought he would go the officers one better, so he took to the roof of a house. Brught before Judge D. .T. Heffer-. nan shortly after his arrest by Patrolman C. G- Reilly, who said he pulled McLendon from the roof of a ! house intoxicated, .the court asKel 1 the defendant if he had anything to I say. "Yeti, sir, Your Honor." replied j.McLendon, still somehaf intoxicated las he began his eloquent plea for freedom. I “It seems they always get me | when I get drunk on the street, so t j just climbed, yip op the roof.” "What werS you doing up there?” asked the court. Barney failed to answer. “Judge, lie was taking a drink on the house," yelled a court fan. After order was restored. Me- j London drew a sentence of 30 days in jail. Opposed to Carnltals. 1 Durham. Dec. 9.—(A")—Carnivals : and local merchants don’t get along at | all. and the merchants, being perma i nently on the ground, are out after j the itinerant organization’s scarps. A special merchants’ committee has been named to draw up plans for keep ing the tent shows out of town. They are doing missionary work among civ ic organizations preparatory to pre senting a petition to the city council calling for a bar of all such travelling organizations. “Keep • our surplus cash at home where it will flow into home trade 1 channels,” is the merchant slogan. Morons Fill Harvard, Says Crimson Editor. j Middletown, Conn.. Dec. 9-—Un- I dergraduate mentality at Harvard was given poor rating at the student parley at Wesleyan this week-end by : the editor of the Harvard Crimson, ; Donald Gibbs, an official delegate. Mr. Gibbs stated that the number i of morons at Harvard was astopnd ’ ing. there being more “to the square i inch than there nre plumbers in a tenement house bn zero day.” Mr. Gibbs seemed to think tlic low ■ rating he gave to those in the graduate schools was due largely to . insuffieent preparation in colleges from which they had come. ‘ M. ■■ . - ..L I NEW SERIES • ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th ;j, We Open Our 77th Series of ! Building and Loan l Running Shares, worth SIOO at maturity, will cost you l- only 25c 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. WOODHOUSE P. B. FETZER Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary A STRANGE CASE Question at Stawe Arose From a Case in Macon County Court. Franklin, X. C., Deo. 8.-—(A>)—A strange case will come up in the Su preme Court of North Curolina when it gets around again to hearing ap peals from the twentieth district. The question at stake arose out of a case tried recently in Macon County Superior Court and shapes up like this: ; A man is killed. His family in stitutes suit for damages. The jury finds that there was contributory neg ligence on the part of the plaintiff’s intestate. In view of the latter fact can the jury award full damages? Roy Brooks was killed at the plant of the Sunerest Lumber Company. Cole . Brooks, his father, instituted suit againßt the lumber company for $3,000 —the maximum amount recov erable in state courts. There were two issues before the jury r Was the lumber cojnpany guilty of negligence,, and was the plaintiff's intestate guilty of contributory negli gence ? Both questions were answered in the affirmative, yet the jury awarded the full amount sought, apparently taking no account of the’ contributory negligence, i The defendant appealed on this point. Women's Veils Banned By Turkish Province. Constantinople. Dee. o.—Women’s veils, which even angora left alone a year ago when it prohibited the tradi tional Turkish Fez. have been sup pressed by the Province of Trebizond, long rewarded a bulwark of the old regime. The provincial council today pub lished the following proclamation: "The veil is unhygienic and de- s , prives women of the primordial right to earn a living and henceforth will be prohibited in this province. The veil also constitutes a means of dis simulation for persons desirous to es cape the police.” Christmas Toys at J. C. Penney Oo’s The Christmas toy department and 1 doll shop at J. C. Penney Company is j complete. They’ve planned well for the children and shopping for them here for Christmas will be easy. They take a whole page in both The Trib une and The Times today to tell you j about this department. Everything i is illustrated and you can tell just what you can got there. Everything is plainly priced too, Look over the page ad. and you are spre to find something you want. 5 ? .t ' ' j TODAY’S NEWS TOfytiff —— -" "■ wMM * v.s • ■ '. .J NO. 289 68 MEN FNTOMBED : if\, THIRTY ■ sunn i Men Were Trapped in Coal j Mine in Francisco, Ind., | Soon After Starting to | i Work Today. RESCUE WORKERS J SOON ON SCENE I They Had Rescued 30 of the Men Three Hours After the Explosion Oc curred, Say Reports. I \ * « t . fo-’gyjHfr as 1 Fansico. Ind„ Dee. 10. —14 s )— All of j| ihe men of the first shaft, numbering between fifty and sixty, were en ■j tombed in mine No. 2 of the Francisco Coal Company by an explosion this morning, the telegraph operator here informed the Associated Press? The explosion occurred about 6:20 ,:Ji this morning, a few minutes after thn J men entered the pit, the operator said. Rescue work was started at once, she J added, but she did not know if any- M body had been saved. Mine No. 2 J k about one-fourth mile from Franeis co. which is seven miles east of j Prineeton in southwest Indiana. 'J Thirty Rescued. , j® Evansville, Ind., Dec. 9.—tfl— Re- 'Mj ports received here at 9 a. m. indi cated that thirty of the men entombed ' in the coal mine at Francisco had been rescued from the shaft. It was said that there were several dead at jf| the foot of the shaft. A total of sixty-eight inen were in the mine wh,en the explosion occurred, according 6) J latest reports. ■' si PARKE SI RRENDERS. Said He Got Virtually None of the *’ Money Said to Have Been Tatup . Freni Memphis Bank. Memphis.. Tenn., Dec. 9.— W*>— ’ Rush H. Parke, clerk of the Ameri can Savings Bank and Trust' co„ which wati'tplaccl in receivership fol low 1 ng the suicide'of Clarence Heb ochsberg, assistant cashier Tuesday, declared to the police, today tat he | had been the tool of Henochsber* and ] wa* taken info the bank’s oSawMSL''-' i assist the status of that) >, institutions, accounts. .' 'X’iMHj Pirrke sffrrehdereii the police here early today, after « fiv-edays absence in which bank exam iners announced a shortage .of sm- i I 000 in his accounts. He tolcf of .Mjfeviw ing in New Orleans, and returning to -Memphis as soon as lie’ lelarned of '| Henochsberg’s suicide. l’nrkc received for his own use vir- :| tually none of the money.' he told the * bnk examiners. WANTS U)W GRADE COTTON TO BE VShjp Senator Harris Would Have Govern ment I'se These Grades Instead of Imported Jute. Washington, Dec. 9. W s ) — ln an effort to relieve depression in the cot- | ton market Senator Harris, Democrat of Georgia, today offered a resolution || directing tire secretaries of commerce and agricultqef to provide for use : of low; grade-cotton in the manufacture of government; goods and for covering cotton hales iu place of jute which is ;; imported from India. ’.’Low grade cotton,” Senator Har- S ris said, "is just as strong as other grades and the surplus of this grade is i what causes the low prices. "If cotton were used instead of jute «g for tares the farmers would save % thousands of dollars." he added. MOVEMENT TO BAR SMITH AND VARE Charged That Huge Sums of Money - Were I'sed in Their Election. Washington, Dec. !).—C4 s )— The first move to bar from the Senate Frank L. Smith, of LUinois, and Mm. i F. Vare, of Pennsylvania, elected as Republicans, was made today by Senp '-M ator Dill. Democrat, of Washington, r who charged that huge sums of money had been expended in their primary campaigns. He introduced a resolution asking that the Senate deolcne^to(accept: th;eir credentials if Ifreseutedi l " ■ssszbs ■ ,i 11 |. — >— j) Ten Today j| |j Two Sections 11 I L :'i f BABY MIKE J 8 is one of the crrY^Toß*'L PHANSTVMHK OF HIM WMOttl SHOPPW& FOR CHTOSTMMtI
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Dec. 9, 1926, edition 1
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