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ik dispatches VOLUME XXVI CONTRACT FOR THE BUILDING OF NEWTON ROAD HIS BEEN LET Western End of the Ca ‘ tawba Link to This Now Famous Highway to Be Constructed at Once. W. E. GRAHAM IS THE CONTRACTOR The Catawba County End of Roads is Still in Status Quo, Pending 'Decision as to Taking Appeal. - ... ... . Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Waller Hotel Raleigh. Dee, 13. —Work on the Ire ileil eonn!y end of the Stntesvilie- Newtou link of Route 10 which has ■ been held up for almost a year aR the result of litigation that Carried V* the matter through the State Supreme < ' ourt wIH be commenced at once and m '•‘f contractor. W. E. Graham, of Mt. t lln, has been notified by wire* to pro eeed at once, it has been announced by. t'ne State highway commission. This action was taken immediately af tdl the recei|»t of the formal order signed by Judge W. F. Harding here, which had the effect of releasing all of the Iredell county end of the road from the temporary injunction some weeks ago. The Catawba county end of the road is still in status quo pend ing the decision of the plaintiffs to take an appeal to the Supreme Court. If the plaintiffs decide to appeal, fiey must post a bond of <2,000 and the injunction will continue in effect un til the Supreme Court has passed up on the appeal. All construction work, course, will have to lie held up until nfter the Supreme Court decides the appeal, in case an appeal is taken. No indication as to whether the plaintiffs will appeal has been given the highway commission and no one connected wifi the commission would venture an opinion. However, oth ers who have closely watched the New ton highway embroglio are of the opinion that if Newton and Catawba county want a highway any time soon, it were best to leave matters as they now stand, rather than to at tempt. to take the whole affair before th*- Bupreiue Court again, wWere the court would be q>teeed in the Hojne-^ ing position of passing upon the con st itntionalit.v of one of their own de ccsions rendered but a few months previous. As soon as it is definitely learned that Newton does not plan to take any further action to block the con struction of the road contemplated along tbe new route decided upon, construction of this road will he started at once, the highway commis sion asserts. Thus Ihe last move is lip to Newton. McDERMOTT HAD OWN, STAR WITNESS STATES William Ritzier Says He Saw Defend ant Night Don R. Mellett Was Killed. Canton, 0., Dee. 15. — (A*) —Patrick Eugene McDermott, on trial charged i with the first degree murder of Don i It. Mellett, Canton publisher, carried i a gun the night Mellett was slain, j and told’ William Bitzler he would i •‘have S2OO In the morning.” Bitzler, i state's surprise witness, testified this I morning. ' Bitzler's testimony, painted in a 1 background of alleged police eorrup- ' tkm and bootlegging as the setting for 1 McDermott's activities early on the ' night the publisher was slain. ' On ereas examination Bitzler ad- 1 mitted existence of his own criminal record. Bitzler testified he talked with Mc- Dermott on thh Tuesday evening pre ceding the slaying of Mellett and said McDermott told him "I stand in here. 1 can do whatever 1 want and no cop would do anything about it." gm Mat!, it Talley Refuses to Sing TIH J" i Check is Up. " 'New Rochelle, X. Y., Dec. 14. Mis; Marion Talley, youthful sopra no of the Metropolitan Opera com pany. did not sing in the Rochelle bifb school tonight as scheduled, be- 1 ciin.se the promoter of her concert failed to have |»ymetit ready ' for Sliss Talley’s manager in the form of '*■ C. H. Mebane Critical! Hi Newton, N. C.. Dec. 15.—04*)—Re * ports from the bedside of C. H. Meb " * anc. editor of the Catawba Netya-En terprise, today said that his condi tion was very grave. Death is looked for momentarily, it was said.’ llaln tonight, colder in extreme west portion ; Thursday- partly cloudy colder. Fresh east winds this afternoon, shifting to northwest late \> tonight, , The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily • ' 1 11 ====== .•g=r— "■ ■ *" " ‘ 1— I ~T ■ x ■ ■ . I ’■ ...I. • ■■ . mi ■ ■ ' ■ '. ■ 'li - ■ «| > ■■■— - ANOTHER PUGH IST FATALLY HURT AID OMNEHTISHELD Harry “Berg” Berglund Fatally Hurt During a Boxing Bout Tuesday Night in Minneapolis. I SKULL FRACTURED WHEN KNOCKED OUT Head Struck the Mat With Great Force.—Cause of I Death Not Announced at Hospital. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 15.—(A 1 ) Harry “Borg'*' Berglund. Minneapolis light lienv weight boxer, who was knocked out in !he last round of a scheduled six-round bout here last night, died in a local hospital early today. Berglun was knocked down fifteen seconds before the scheduled end of his bout with Carl Augustine, of St. Paul. Ilia head struck the mat with considerable force. Early reports sere that Ilerglund's skull was fractured, but t'ne cause of his death was not announced at the hospital. He did not regain consciousness from the time he was carried from the ting until he died. Although George Bar ton. the referee, said there was no doubt that the Injury resulted from the fall, rather than tbe blow that sent him down, police at the ringside'fo rested Augustine. No charge, howev er. lias been made against him. Berg lund. who was 21 years old, had taken part in numerous fights as an ama teur, but Inst, night's fight was his first ns n professional. His death was the second in successive days to fol low I Mixing contests. Chas. Peguli han. French light henvyweitfit, died ye.«tordny at Hartford. Conn., follow ing a bout. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Advance of 3 to & Points, But Later Eased Off Few Points. New- York, Dec. 15. —(4 s )—The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of in re sponse to steady Liverpool rabies ■And reports of continued light offer ings from the Bouth. carried the price of January con tracts up to 12.05 and May to 12.53 in the early trading. This demand was supplied by a little Southern hedging and realizing by recent buy ers, however, and the market eased off 2or 3 points from the best by the end of the first hour. Private cables said trade calling bad absorbed hedge selling iu the Liver pool market, but complained that bus iness in rollon cloths was slow In de veloping. Cotton futures opened steady: De cember 12.47: January 121)2: March 12.30; May 12,52: July 12.60. New Farm Relief Bill Appears in tbe Senate. Washington. Dec. 14. —A' new farm relief bill, iu last year's gown, altered to fit this season’s demand, appeared in the senate today, but a entroveray over whose name should grace It prevented its introduction into the house. The measure, embody ing the essential feaTures of the Me- Nary-Haughen bill, but shrn of most of its objectionable provisions, was offered by Senator MeNary. repub lican, Oregon, father of the bill which has weathered two years of stormy wrangling, and the new chairman of the senate agriculture emmittee. Gold Production Soaring. Raleigh, N. C.. Dee. 15. I. N. B. Gold production in North Carolina is soaring. lain! year it jumped more than 400 per cent., rising from a to tal value of $4,450 in 1924 to $13,540. This represents nearly half the output of the eastern states. Gold Hill and Rich Cog mines in Montgomery county produced the bulk of Tar Heel gold, but other diggings in McDowell and Rowan furnished a small amount. Useful Gifts at Hoover’s. You will find at Hoovey's a wonder ful selection of Christmas things I for men, Such as mufflers, handkerchiefs, belts -and buckles, robes, shirts,' lug neckwear, hosiery, gloves, etc. The particular woman who wants to select something for a particular man will find at this store the very things he would suggest. See big ad. in this paper today. Bltder on Stand. Canton. 0„ Deo. 15.—G4>)—William Bitsler, the state's surprise witness against Patrick Eugene McDermott, went on the stand hi the trial of Mc- Dermott today for the murder of Don R. Mellett, Memorandum Books Now Ready For 1927 Our Vest Pocket Memorandum Books for 1927 are now ready. Ws want every subscriber of The TribujM and Times to bare one.. Come in aaf get it please. . - i ■ "A* FEAH FRANK SMITH MV BE MINTED FOR SENATE TERM He Is Warned by Republi can Senate Leaders Not to Accept Appointment if Offered to Him. GOVERNORSMALL IS NOT TALKING He Has Nothing to Dis r close in Regard to Suc cessor to Sen. McKinley Who Died Last Week. Washingfon, Dec. 15.—UP)—Sen ate republican leaders today warned Frank L. Smith, senator-elect from Illinois, not to accept the appointment to fill the seat left vacant by the late Senator McKinley of Illinois, if jit were tendered him. Senator Watson, republican, of In diana, a personal friend of Smith, urged him by telephone not to accept the seat on the grounds that such ac tion might force a special session of the Senate. The action was prompted by re ports that Smith is determined to ac cept tbe appointment if offered in or der to present his side of the story of campaign expenditures. Republican leaders are prepared, however, to move for an immediate vote on the seating of Smith if he is appointed, in an effort to forestall a long fight on the question. They are not hopeful that he would be seated if a vote should be taken immediately. A resolution .introduced by Senator Dill, democrat, of Washington, al ready Is pending in the senate, which would disavoy Smith as a senator eleet. Other democrats have declared they would reject his being seated. Not Talking About Senators. Springfield. 111., Deo. 15. — UP) — Governor Len Small today declared he. was not talking about the appoint ment of a United States senator. Informed of the warning sent Frank L. Smith, ,senator-elect, by Republican leaders in the Senate, the governor repeated "please say I'm not talking about it.” MrNARYIIAUGKN BILL. No One Seems Anxious to Sponsor BM at Present Session of Con gress. Washington, Dee. 15. 04*)—The famous farm relief jiartnerahip of MeNary and Haugen appeared today to be in the course of dissolution as the fight over the agricultural prob lem waxed warmer in Congress. Failure of Senate farm leaders to ask Chairman Haugen of the House agriculture committee to ' introduce the MeNary bill which was offered yesterday In the Senate, gave color to the story told by Mr. Haugen's asso ciates that he objects to elimination of certain tariff provisions which were a part <£. the old McNary-Haugen ’ surplus Ipiltroi measure. Mr. Hau gen remains silent on the new pro posal. Meanwhile Representative Purnell, republican, of Indiana, and Fuller, 1 democrat, of South Carolina, who were requested by Senate leaders To ' introduce the new MeNary bill in the 1 House are undeeided as to their ! course, and have indicated they would no move until Chairman Hau gen has expressed himself. Should they continue to hesitate, Representative Dickinson, Republican, lowa, a farm leader, would be ashed to introduce the hill. Representative Aswell, of Louisiana, ranking Democrat on the agriculture committee, announced today he would oppose the MeNary bill because it would provide for the collection of an equalization fee on basic farm com modities with which to handle the surplus problem. Meanwhile Senator Harrison, Dem crat, Mississippi, was out with a new agricultural bill today proposing re lief to the farmer through loans rang ing up to $1,200,000,000 to be handled through -the Federal,' Intermediate Credit banks, and TV. I. Drummond, a member of the farin' congress which recently 1 in Kan’sas City; called on President Coolidg*' with -Still an other protposnl fbr/niteetiiig tie situa tion. * ’ Ginnlngs Not Up to Those of Last Year. Raleigh, Dec. 15, : —(4*)—Despite constant predictions of a record cot ton crop in North Carolina, 1926 gin nlngs have not yet caught up with the total for 1925. This was shown in the department of commerce report Indicating that only 1,000,502 bales had been ginned in the state up to December 1, 1926, whereas up to the sarqe date last year 1,033,226 bales had been reported; Robeson showed the greatest num ber during the prasent year: 64,064 as compared with 58,685. Johnston came next with 63,376, a decrease from last year which showed 67,839. Argentina is now producing polo poniea said to be superior to those bred in any otber country. One of (be Argentina ponies sold recetly for ak much as $13,000. Ten Pages Today i « Two Sections CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926 ' H* ' *; ■ e.J, ■ M . 1 ■? Sirs. Edith Wilmans, who ran i gainst “Ma" Ferguson, is being back ed for the Vice Presidential nomination by the Woman's Party. She is a prominent lawyer. • f ■ 1 Southeast Is on the Threshold of Still Greater Achievements . sc. By D. A. KusSell. Jr. j International Newt* Service Staff ■' Correspondent. Atlanta. Gn„ Dee. 15.—The Smith east is at present on the threshold of greater achievements —industrially and agriculturally—than ever before' attempted, and as result, there is ad ■litinnl prosperity awaiting her. 5, Furthermore, there is no logical' reason to substantiate the so-called uneasiness manifested in some quar-_ ters that the South is headed for any' kind of a pronounced “slump" in its, business, present or future. The future development of the; South, its industrial progress, the' strides being made by hydro-electric power, and the agricultural outlook, will continue Co be of signal interest JWtljrima a* heretofore- These are some of the opinious of M. D. Wellborn, Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank. Sixth Dis- . triet.. Atlanta, given in an interview to The International News Servie? on business conditions in general throughout the Southeast. They are not beliefs uttered with out something to buck them up. bur they are the i(inclusions reached by one whose duty it is to make a study of business conditions in the South n man who. with his finger tips al ways feeling the pulse of the South's business, iu in a position to Know whereof he speaks. Neither are they made in a boast-' ful attitude, for Mr. Wellborn can cite statistics to prove his beliefs. They are simply plain facts, without varnish thereon, nnd facts that point to a greater prosperity. And. as if to give emphasis to his 1 assertions, Mr. Wellborn pointed ro Florida as an example of what a ' state, temporarily halted perhaps, by 1 a tremendous real estate "boom," and a devastating hurricane, can do ' in business, It was an unsolicited tribute to the banks of Florida for thir ability and judgment at a ser ious stage in that state's progress. Asserting tat information he had from 33 cities in the sixth si is triet showed that the retail business for j the month of November wats :i "moderate increase” over the same period in 1925. Mr. Wellborn said 1 this fact seemed to indicate that i businem was on the climb, and not a ; reason for fears of a “slump.'' “From what I can learn and per sonally know about the manufnettr iug' business in the Southeast," said Mr. Wellborn. ”T may say that it is doing very nicely, and that there is ■ no e!oud upon the horizon. I see no . reason why this progress should not continue. “I don’t look for any pronounced ‘’slump’ in business, agriculturally r industrially. On the other hand, I look for a greater prosperity, think' it is gratifying the price cot ton is bringing, taking into eonsil STATE WATERS STOCKED WITH 2,847,539 FISH These Came From the Five Fish Hat cileries of the State. Raleigh Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dec. 15.—Waters of North Carolina during the seasons of 1925 nnd 1926 have been stocked with 2,- 847.539 fresh water fish from the five state hatcheries, according to figures furnished today to Wade H. Phillips, director of tbe department of conser vation nnd development, by J. K. Dixon, Chairman of the fisheries com mission board. Basing the value of-the fish on prices fixed Uy commercial hatch eries, the fish with which the streams were stocked were worth to the state $69,184.87 at the time of distribu tion. Although ttiere is no system for evaluating the final worth of tbe fish. U is estimated that should only. 25 per cent, of the number survive and Hve to become six inches in length they would be worth $85,- according to the eame baaie eratiofi the enormous crop. That in itself is very encouraging. It is thought by a large number of people in a iiosition to know, and it is the prediction of many writers, that the cotton acreage for next year will be greatly curtailed, nnd because of this it is expected tliat cotton will likely show an advance in price by next spring. “The Cotton mill industry is mak ing good progress, while the road building program being carried >n throughout the Southeastern states are turning loose vast Sums of mone v which, in addition to making for greater highways, is caring for a large number of the unemployed. “The iron business in the district I Ut doing well. Alabama's utput last fcqoprii was better than it ha|bheen in several months. "The development of the hydro electric power units in the South fa-t is one of the biggest assets this j section can claim, nnd with the splendid climatic conditions of the southeast, I believe we are destined lo develop grenter manufacturing and industrial progress. “I want so nay a word in tribute to the State of Florida. “As a whole. Florida is coming on very well, nnd this condition is es pecially true with respect to the banking institutions. “I think the leading bankers in Florida have shown praiseworthy ability and judgment in the conduct of their affairs since the passing of their tremendous 'boom' in real es tate test year. I believe business conditions there are very healthy, to say the least. "Following the 'boom' it was anti cipated that there would be a reces sion in deposits in that state, but the hankers were wise and prepared for it “The extension of the Seaboard Air Line for passenger trains from Palm Beach to Miami is another sign of prosperity, and the coining of that great .railroad system into Miami will undoubtedly give that city greater impetus “As I see it. the hurricane of a few months ago was just an event — something that could occur in any section of the country at any time, and which, in my opinion. Will not now or in the future, cause any set back in Florida’s progress.” In concluding Mr. Wellborn said that he believed business in the Southeastern states as a whole would continue to be good. This section, he ■said, wus oil a very sound business basis, and he believed its future de velopment would continue .to at tract the interest to outsiders it al ways has. “There is no cause, in my opin ions,”, he said, “for fear of any kind of a decided ‘slump’ in any busi ness.” of figuring. • However, sportsmen and fish eul turists estimate that at least SO per pent, of the fingerlings will, under normal conditions and wit f u reasona ble protection, reach the size of six inches, the minimum size as fixed by' law for their capture, making the ee timnted value |170,852.16. The fingerlings furnished by the hatcheries nre between two and four inches in length. The vnrities and numbers of each include the follow ing; brook trout, 2,010,671; rainbow trout, 416.118; lake trout. 27,400; steel bead trout. 35,000; and large mouth bass, 383,350. $5,000 For a Nose. At New Haven, Conn., one Frank Fusnris, grocer, saw one Angelo Oaval’aro. barber, fingering his nose. Infuriated, the grocer leaped at the barber, chewed off the offensive noae, «pat out the blood. La*t week the courts fined him $5.00 mahem dam ages, in favor of Barber Cavallaro- The fellow who is for ever drink ing the health of Others usually lose* M* own. MINTS 111 THE FULLimSI IRE FINISHED HOW It Is Predicted That Oil 1 Lease Conspiracy Case | Will Go to Jury Some j time During Afternoon. NAVY OFFICIALS KNEW OF LEASES Defense Counsel Says Of ficials of That Depart ment Played Major Part in Perfecting Plans. Washington. Dec. 15.—G4>)— Al bert B. Fall, former secretary of the Interior, and Edward L. Doheny. multi-millionaire oil man, sat in the District of Columbia Supreme Court today and heard the test word of praise and denunciation by opposing lawyers seeking to exonerate them on conspiracy charges, or send them to the penitentiary for their participa tion in the famous oil reserves leases. By mid-afternoon they expected to see the case placed finally in the hands of tbe jury which has listened to testimony and argument in the case for nearly four weeks, and which during that time has been under lock and key when not in court, or in cus tody of court officers. To former Senator Atlee Pomerene, of Ohio, of special government coun sel, fell the task of making the prose cution’s final plea of a verdict of guilty, but before his tihie for argu ment arrived, Frank J. Hogan, chief , of staff of the Doheny legal array, closed his appeal for an acquittal which was begun yesterday. In addressing the jury. Hogan spoke for both Fall and Doheny, his as sociates in the defense Wilton J. Lam bert. counsel for Fall, having yielded his time.' Hogan declared at the out set that the navy department had a “predominant part” in shaping the oil reserve policies of 1922. and that therefore no wrong doing could be traced to Fall and the Interior De partment. Navy influence, he insisted, estab lished the policy under which Do heny’s Pan-American Petroleum Co. ! selected the Elk Hills, Cal., lease on December 11, 1922. which became the basis Os the- conspiracy I-barges, , “That policy was established by the Secretary of the Navy in October, 1921,” and the policy was never changed or varied by a single letter until November 28, 1922, when agnin the Secretary of the Navy changed it. Arguments Concluded. Washington, Dec. 15.—(4*)—Prose cution nnd defense spoke their final words of accusation and denial today in the oil conspiracy trial of Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny and the ease passed shortly after noon into the final keeping of judge nnd jury. The battle came to its conclusion with a eras'll of legal forensics. Three defense lawyers and one for the gov ernment followed each other swiftly in the final brief session of the ar gument. , Justice Hoehling then recessed court until 1:30 p. m. before beginning his instructions to the jury, outlining the points of law on which it will be de termined whether the oil magnate and the t'iien interior secretary violated the conspiracy stntute when Doheny sent Fall the SIOO,OOO before the Doheny companies were awarded leases to government oil lands. The defense told the twelve men in the -jury box that the SIOO,OOO was a private loan. Mark Thompson, person al attorney for Fall, said it was “the cleanest money that ever passed from one man's hands to- another's.” Speaking also for the former secre tary, Wilton J. Lambert accused government counsel of distorting the facts after the best manner of llou dini; nnd Frank ,T. Hogan chief of the Doheny attorneys, askM that the two defendants be returned to their homes and families “by sundown to night.” THE HOPKINS CASE Tomorrow is the Day Set 'for Hear ing on Probating the Will. (By International News Service) Durham, Dec. 15.—(/P)—December 16th is the hew date set for the hear ing on probating the alleged will of Mark Hopkins, California multi-mil lionaire filed in the California Superi or Court in San Francisco by P. B. , McCandless, San Jose, Calif., accord . ing to a message ,received by Victor Bryant, of Durham, from Judge James H. Longden, who is in California af ter spending several months in this section opposing for his clients the probating of the will. , Judge Bongden informed Mr. Bry . ant, who is associated with him in I the case, that the postponement was . taken at the request of Mr. McCand less’ attorneys who, he said, had ; shifted in personnel since the alleged . will was filed. He did not comment on the significance of the original law yers retiring and others coming into the case. He predicted success in blocking | probation. > Walter Dararosch Quits After Forty i New York. Dec. 14.—. Walter Dan ■ roach today resigned as conductor of the New York Symphony orchestra, a position he had filled for 42 years. • The resignation is effective at the i clean of this season. No successor has bom named. FORSYTHE CASE IS WITH GRAND JURY; DEATH IS MYSTERY More Than Dozen es Ready to Appear fore the Johnston Conn-! ty Grand Jury. ROBERTSEPARK UNDER ARREST Robert Stephenson and; Evelyn Britt Also Are Wanted in Connection With the Case. .Smithheld, N. C., Dec. 15. —OP)— More than a dozen witnesses were | ready today to appear before the] Johnston county grand jury and tell j what they know of the killing of L. G. Forsythe. Presentsments against three defend ants ordered held without bond by a Wake county coroner's jury were sent to the grand jury and Solicitor Gen eral Clawson Williams said he ex i pected the case to be taken up at . once. Robert Separk, only one of the three ‘ accused in custody, was still held in the Wake coiinty jail today. Separk was injured in an automobile accident the day after Forsythe's death and physicians refused to allow his re moval to Johnstbn county except in an ambulance. Evelyn Britt, Dur ham girl, hns not been re-arrested, al though she was ordered held without bond. She is at liberty tinder a $5,- 000 bond. Robert Stephenson, last of the trio, has never been captured. | WRU Our Advertisers. You will find Christmas goods that last at Starnes-Miller-Parker Co.’s, and a great variety to select from. If. you are perplexed about what to give for Christmas, they will help you. 1 j Shop early. 1 This is Family Day at the Con cord Theatre, only 10 cents to all. The picture today is "Her Second Chance,” with Anna Q. Nilsson. Why don't you give mother or wife a new gas range for Christmas? The Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co. is • now having a sale Os Oriole oven heat 1 control gas range, for only SI.OB -down and 18 months in which to pay the 'hwwnw. “or T» W 1 cash in 30 days. They also give you • free a six-dish heavy guage aluminum set. See big ad. in this paper. The Auto Supply and Repair Co. 1 lias a supply of Anti-Freeze and al • cohol. which is much cheaper than radiators. Complete stock of auto ■ accessories. I Nunnally's and - Hollingsworth's j candies at the Gibson Drug Store. In a new ad. today of Cline's Phar -1 maey you will find numerous gifl 1 suggestions for Christmas. See ad. in this paper of the Dor man Chemical Co. This medicine is sold here by Cline's Pharmacy. Full treatment for $3.50. Christmas will last all the year at your house if you give your family a Ford car. All Ford cars are now finished in color. Prices from $360 to $545. f. o. b. Detroit. See big ad. of the Reid Motor Co. The prices included starter and four balloon tires. There will be a special free foot demonstration at Ivey's Shoe Store t on Friday, December 17th. Go and get a free sample of Dr. School’s zino -1 pads fer corns. Twenty-Four Hurt in Accident. Indianapolis, Infl., Ifjec. 15.—OP)— Twenty-four -persons 'were injured, three seriously enough to be taken to a hospital when the rear car of a Big Four passenger train was tele scoped by a Pennsylvania railroad switch engine near the Union Station here today. Those in hospitals are George Esh l man, Asheville, N. C...broken rib; C. . M. Adams, 30, Williamsburg, K>\, spine injuries; and Burney Miles, ne gro. 35. porter, of Covington, Ky., most seriously Sinn with chest in juries. The Newspaper Institute. i Chapel Hill, N. C>, Deo. 15.—(/P) Clinical discussions <jf newspaper prob lems will feature the mid-winter meet ing of the North Carolina Press As sociation and Newspaper Institute here January 5-7. Sessions have been divided tiq r discussions of every phase of modern newspapering—from the press room to the executive office. There are- always more bargains in the shop windows when you art hard up. BEAUTIFUL Christmas Cards 10 IN A BOX With Envelopes to Match FOR ONLY 50c A BOX TIM ES-TRIBUNE OFFICE Phones 78 trad 988 ■v ■ »> i Y A THE TRIBUNE |.,i PRINTS ’ TODAY’S NEWS TODAY 1 ■ ■■■■■■ ..... • ' = « g NO. 294 TO MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TOOM TO Ai' r " r Mooffl 'fCol the Crew But the I Captain Taken From the ! Schooner Chas. A. Dean } Early Last Night. NO MEETINGON , SHIP TUESDAY (Four Tugs Will Seek to Take Ship Off Frying , Pan Shoals at the High Tide Today. Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 15.—OP)— | Pounded by waves driven by a high ] wind, and with only her captain on I board, the schooner Charles A Dean, of Bangor, Me., bound from Savan nah to Baltimore, today still was hard aground on Frying Pan Shoals. Her crew of 8 men was taken off late last night and held at the Oak Island coast guard station, but planned to return to the ship this morning. All available tugs from this port and Southport, four in number, were preparing for another effort to free the vessel, which is reported leaking 4>adly. It was planned to make the main effort at high tide this after noon. - jagS Members of the crew were taken off the vessele late last night without difficulty by the coast guard crew af ter the reseue workers had been warn ed off the ship yesterday morning by Captain A. W. Albert, who had taken a position aft, and was forcing the | crew to remain in the bow of the boat. Tim captain, according to. coast guardsmen, showed a pistol. H East night, however, the captain made no protest when the guardsmen went aboard, but refused to leave the •ship. Although the coast guardsmen yesterday reported a mutiny aboard the ship, members of the -crew today denied that they had mutinied. They said that on Monday night before the ship went aground they asked the Captain to stay farther off shore. He refused their pleas, they said, and ordered them into the bow of the boat and refused for nearly 24 hour* to permit them to leave. ■ * -/feaSM i DENIES PETITION FILED / ' BA UKStIE WORKERS Judge Harding I ffholds Charlotte' Ordinance Regulating Alms-Sol leit ing on Streets. ' ,; ' Charlotte, Dec. 14.—The American Rescue Workers this afternoon lost in their court fiklit to restrain the j city commissioners from regulating | alms-soliciting on the streets of the city when Superior Court Judge W. j F. Harding denied a petition TiTrit by lhe Rescue Workers. The Rescue Workers asked an in junction restraining the city • fiwrt enforcing an ordinance requiring that a permit be secured from the city be fore any persons or organization could solicit alms on the streets of the city. New York Firms Consolidate. New York, Dee. 15. — UP)—Consoli dation of the securities department of Stone & Webster, Inc., nationally known for its activities in the public utility field, and the old investment i house of Blodget & Company, was announced today. The new com pany, known as Stone & Webster'& Blodgett, Inc., will begin operation* on January Ist with an authorized capital of $10,000,000. Will Tell President Obout Navy. Washington, Dec. 15.— UP) — By unanimous vote the House naval com mittee in secret session instructed. Chairman Butler today to present to ' the President the views of the com mittee on the condition of the . navy. The confidential letter to the I’resi- . dent was drafted today and Mr. But ler was ordered to deliver it at the White House todny. Japanese Emperor Improved. Tokyo, Dec. 15.— UP) —A household department bulletin issued shortly bbe fore 11 o'clock tonight reported im provement in the condition of Emper or Yoshihito who is ill at his villa at Hayama. A bulletin issued during the after noon also rejiorted improvement in the sovereign’s condition, and said his tem ‘ peraturc was decreas'ng. —v—: Si|i Charles Roswell Erwin Dead. Winterfiaven. Fla., Dec. 15.>— UP)— Chagtes Roswell Erwin, Chicago, na-> tionully known advertiser, died here ' last night. I BABE RUTH WOULD LIKE ASKXXOOO A j YEAR RAISE FOR CHRISTMAfiIJ V.' . ... .1.11 .1 ■ .l