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VOLUME XXVI
POSTMASTER WARD
REMS 10 GIVE
TII TO BUSINESS
Sends His Resignation to
Postoffice Department—
Wants to Quit as Soon
as Possible.
SUCCESSOR NOT
NAMED SO FAR
Mr. Ward Win Devote All
of Time to His Growing
Wholesale Business in
This City.
W. B. Ward, -tor the past eighteen
months postmaster at Concord, has
forwarded his resignation to Washing
ton, to become effective as .soon as
possible, Mr. Ward forwarded his
- resignation on December 15th.
Mr. Ward in discussing hie resig
nation stated that he found it neees
enry to devote all of his time to the
M . B. Ward Wholesale Grocery Co.,
which he organized several years ago.
The business has enjoyed such success,
he stated, that it requires bis per
sonal attention now.
R. Z. Bentley, for the past twelve
years associated with the F. M. Young
blood Wholesale Company, which was
formerly owned by A. F. Hartsell,
has purchased an interest in the Ward
company and hereafter will be iden
tified with the sales department and
management of that business.
Mr. Ward will continue ns post
master until an acting postmaster is
limned. His ■. resignation was for
warded to the post office department at
■Washington.
The successor to Mr. Ward will be
named by the President and the usual
procedure will be followed in making
the appointment. The Civil Service
Commission will issue the call for ex
amination and applicants will send
their formal applications to the com
munion, which will rank them. Un
der the law the President can name
any one of the three ranking men
recommended by the commission.
Mr. Ward stated this morning that
he had heard nothing from Washing
ton so far.
EXPRCT DISCHARGE OF
r 1 JSlsgyjg. DRY AGENTS
Thai Number Probably Will Be Dta
missed by January Ist. Sa.vs Mer
rick.
Charlotte, Dee. 15.—Eleven North
Carolina prohibition enforcement
agents probably will be dismissed from
tiie service by January Ist, leaving
thirty men to check violation of the
Volstead law in the state, R. Q. Mer
rick. prohibition administrator for
North Carolina and Virginia, said
here tonight.
The state's quota of officers now is
45, hut two agents probably will be
transferred to Chicago, it was stated.
Mr. Merrick was here today in
conference with Ben C. Sharpe, of
Charlotte, and A. G. McDuffie, of
Fayetteville, deputy administrators. .
“Thirty men are not enough for
North Carolina,” Mr. Merrick said,
•‘but that is the best we can do under
the appropriation."
Under the reorganization plan -Mr.
Sharpe will have fifteen men for the
western part of the state and Mr.
McDuffie the same number of the east
ern section. Heretofore about three
fourths of the officers were used in
western North Carolina.
“l.iquor violation in the eastern
section is just as bad as in the west,"
the dry chief said. “The west has
its mountains and the east its swamps
and' both are equally good for liquor
making.” Enforcement will be tight
ened at Wilmington, New Bern and
other port cities, Mr. Merrick Rtnted.
Is Man’s Right to Get Drank, Court
Rules.
Toronto. Oirf., 'Dec. 17.—It's a
man's right to get drunk when and
as often as he pleases in this province,
the appellate' llivision of the"pntario
Supreme Court ruled.
w' The court sustained the decision
* of a ’ower court dismissing an action
for •alimony brought bv Mia. Vtctm-Lfj
Lrfng, of Kitchener, Ont., ngtmet h#T
husband, Jerome Lang. She sought
tq prove cruelty with the statement
that he was continually drunk.
j “That’s pot cruelty,’! Mr. Justice
Riddell said in the court's decision, “a
nuwi may get drunk every day of his
life. A man in this country, under
certain circumstances, has a right to
get drunk if he wants to, at least that
► hits always been the law as I know
it.A
He suggested that Mrs. Lang should
have exercised more discretion in se
lecting her husband.
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Fair and not so cold tonight; Sat
urday increasing cloudiness and warm
er ‘ Fresh west winds.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Lc&fling Small City Daily
| Co-Ed Held for Robbing Bank
Here is Rebecca Bradley Rogers, twenty-two-year-old Austin,
Tex., student and stenographer, who was arrested on charges
of holding up and robbing a bank at Buda, Tex., of SI.OOO.
(International Newsreel)
JOHN HALL MANNING
IS LOAN COMMISSIONER
Raleigh Man Chosen Unanimously to
Direct Ristribution of Fund to War
Veterans.
a Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Dec 17.—1 n accordance
with expectations, John Hal) Man
ning of Raleigh was selected as
(’ijinniistiioncr of the World War
Veterans Loan Act by the advisory
board in executive session late
Thursday, by a unanimnuajMMgJß
was known that Manning
tiie vigorous support of Frank D.
Grist Commissioner of Labor .ml
rtiiMSu: wW- tefct* iro* hw*r«frtn»st
ardent supporter of the loan net, so
that Mnpning's selection did not
come ns d'great surprise. Manning is
a world war veteran, a member of
the American Legion and a colonel in
the North Carolina National Guard.
It was announced by W- N.
Everett, secretary of state and chair
man of the advisory board, that
Manning wou'd be formally inducted
into office Monday morning. Decem
ber 20,and at qnee would take up his
duties ns commissioner of the act.
The location of his office has not as
yet been determined, but he will I
probably be assigned office space in I
one of the state buildings.
According to a resolution adopted!
by the board, the marketing of the I
#2.000,000 bond issue authorized for
the loan fund, will be placed in the
hands of the council of state and
state treasurer, since all the stute's
bonds are marketed in (his manner.
Until it is decided to market the
bonds whatever funds are required
to take eare of applications for loans
will be provided by short term notes |
issued in anticipation of the sale of
the bonds.
Now that the fund is ready for
actual Operation, members of the
board anticipate increased interest in
the fund, although indications so far
have been that there would be no
stampede of those seeking loans, and
some ore still doubtful as to whether
the act will prove of much benefit.
Grist, however, is most enthusiastic,
and has predicted that applications
for loans aggregating $250,000 will
be in hand within 30 days.
Manning will be required to devote
ias much of his time to the office of
commissioner as the advisor board
' deems necessary, it was announced.
His salary will be $3,500 a year.
1 Christmas at the Kldd-Frix Company.
‘ If you will cheek oyer the list of
S Christmas presents in the half page
[ ad. of the Kidd-Frlg Co. today you
I will be sure to find something you
1 want. They have the right gift for
a every nlembcr of your family, from a
. Christman card to a piano. Read the
ad. and me the diet. .
| Mystery Writer, Missing 11 Days,
j Found in Hotel; Memory Gone
. •
Harrogate, York, England, Dec. 17.
—Agatha Clarissa Christie, writer of
mystery tales and wife of Colonel
Archibald Christie, whose mysterious
disappearance from her home at Bun
ningdaie on the night of December
3rd baa kept the whole countryside
astir, came direct to Harrogate, and
has been resting and enjoying heraelf
ever since. She has even followed
in the newspaper the stories of her
disappearance and the wide search be
dng made' for her.
Colonel Christie came here today
and identified his wife, who had reg
istered at a hydropathic establishment
under the name of Mrs. Trazeneal, of
Cape Town, South Africa, saying she
had just arrived from that place. A
maid eventually recognized her from
pictures in the newspapers and the
police were notified. .
“There is no question about her
identity," Colonel Archibald said to
OFFICER IS VICTIM *
OF FIERCE ATTACK
Polirnnan Blackwell, of Asheville.
Found Unconscious in Comfort Sta
tion.
Asheville. Doc. 15.—Seriously in
jured by a blow on the head Police
man Ben Blackwell was found un- ,
conscious in one of the comfort sta- '
tioiw on Pack Square iatc today and
taken to a hospital where a medical
examination disclosed that he was suf- !
taring from concussion of the brain. I'
Policeman Blackwell isf63 years old
and the father of seven children.
The attack on the oflficer wgp made
■When he- -stepped* IstiOv-lgU' plow ai*d.«
saw two men taking a flrink, br ap-' |
parently taking a drink. ! He accused ,
the men of having whiskey and pre
pared to arrest them wh&i one of them
turned on him suddenly, it is believed, j
and struck him a heavy blow across
the head with a bottle. ,
Shortly after the injured officer was
discovered by Policeman Fisher a
squad of bluecoals were searching the
business part of the city for the of- 1
fieer’R assailants, but were considera
bly handicapped because of the con
dition of Policeman Blackwell, which
I prevented him from giving a descrip-
I lion of the men responsible for tiie
attack. ,
j Resentment of the officer's activi- j
[ties in brehking up the “Pack Square :
gang.” notorious bootleg crowd, is be
lieved to have been behind tbe attack, j
and the officer’s words were consid- .
cred Only incidental to the motive of
revenge. ,
At the hospital tonight it was re- |
ported that the officer was in a criti- ,
| cal condition.
TRUE BILL RETURNED
AGAINST W. E- BROCK
Former Superior Court Judge is
Charged With Embezzling. WOO
From Woman.
Winston-Salem. Dec. 16.„ The
grand jury of Forsyth county today
returned a true bill against Walter
E. Brock, of Raleigh, former Superior
court judge, charged with embezzle
ment. /
Judge Brock is alleged to have em
bezzled S9OO of the funds of Mrst
Lillie Campbell, of this city.
It is said that Brook appeared us
counsel for Mrs. Campbell in a suit
in which ; she was awarded judgment
in .the sum of $1,200. Mr. Brock’s
fee, it is claimed, was to be S3OO. She
1 alleges, however, that shy did not re
ceive the S9OO awarded in the judg
ment. , ,
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Notre Dame is sending a hockey
i team Bast ttijs winter to nqyet Jtalo
l and other big universities of that
section for the first time.
night. “She is my wife, but has suf
fered a complete loss of memory, and
I do not think she knows who she is.
She does not know me and she does
not know where she is.”
i Mrs. Christie was a popular gueat
at tbe hotel; She sang and danced and 1
played billiards. Bome of those who
became acquainted with bet said she
showned no sign of abnormality. i
Mrs. Christie is tbe daughter of the .
late Frederick Miller, of New York.
The day after her disappearance her
automobile was found abandoned in
a hedge along the road. In succeed
ing days searching parties, consisting
of scores of police, residents of the
district and friends of .the milsing
woman, aided by airplanes and trac
tors combed the entire area of Sur
rey Downs bad dragged a sinister
body of water known aa the “Silent
PooL” 1
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CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1926
ii .
■CELLOS M
QUITS WHEN VOTE
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The Reichstag Voted 249 to
17 on Vote of Non-Con*
fidence to Chancellor.—
Named to Post Last May.
i SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
LEAD OPPOSITION
I H.
They Called for Vote to De
termine Whether Chan
cellor and Aides Should
Remain in Office.
Berlin, Dec. 17.—(A*)—The. hour
geoise coalition cabinet of Ghancello*
Marx formed last May after the over
throw of the Luther ministry, today.
wsr defeated in the reielistag on a
non-confidence motion introduced by
the social democrats.
The non-confidence motion wtm
adopted by a vote of 249 to 171.
Chancellor Marx Resigns.
Berlin, Sept. 17—t^)—The gov
ernment of Chancellor Marx today re
signed after being defeated in the
reichstag 249 to 171 on a vote of hob
confidence.
THE COTTON MARKET
| Opened Easy Today at Decline of 7
to 14 Points—Trade Buying Report
ed.
New York, Dec. 17. — C4>) —The cot
ton market„ opened easy today at a .
decline of 7 to 14 points under furth
er liquidation, combined with local *
and southern selling, which was en
couraged by easier Liverpool cables .
and reports of better weather in the
South.
The decline of 11.90 for January
and 12.40 for May brought in some
Iradc buying, however, and the mar
ket steadied upon reports that a Mem
phis authority estimated ginnings to
December 13th at 15,550,000 bales, or
somewhat below figure* recently talked
of in the trade here. January rallied
to 11.96 with more active months
showing net declines of 6 to 7 points
at the end of tiie first hour. Private!
cable advices reported hedging with
local and continental liquidation fn ,
Liverpool, but that owing to unsatis- !
- Jj
na<i been withdrawn in the Manchester'
mills spinning American cotton.
Cotton futures opened easy: Dee. :
12.26: Jan. 11.92; March 12.20; May
12.38; July 12.61.
THREE INDICTED IN
FORSYTIIE KILLING
Grand Jruy Returns True Bills
Against Stepenson, Separk ami
Evelyn Britt
Hmithlield. Dec. 16. —True bills
were returned this afternoon by the
Johnston county grand jury against
Robert Separk and Robert Stephen
son, of Raleigh, .and Bvclyn Britt, of
Durham, charging them with the
murder of , Louis G. (Mighty)
Forsythe. aTlie three were also in
dicted on the charge of transporta
tion and peasession of wlmkey.
Evelyn Britt was given until 10 j
o’clock tomorrow morning to give
bond in the sum of SIO,OOO for ap
pearauee. She has been at liberty
under $5,000 cash bond put up by
Willie Frank Webster, of Durham,
since soon after here arrest at her
home in Durham three weeks ago.
PAUL SCHAEFFER IS
HELD IN GREENSBORO
Is Said to Be Wanted in Pennsyl
vania for Killing Man and Wife.
Greensboro. Dec. 17. —(A*)—-Paul
Schaeffer, wanted at Harrisburg Pa., .
on a charge of clubbing George D.
Shull and his wife to death on a farm
in Perry county, today wbb held in
jniL here pending arrival of Pennsyl
vania officers.
Schaeffer, according to officers, con
fessed last night after he had been ar
rested on a tip from an unnamed
man who told police a man wanted
for murder was staying at his house.
This man, police said, denied that
he had had any previous acquaintance
with Schaeffer.
I . L
Waring Awaiting Trial.
Durham, Dec. 17.-4Wl—Awaiting
trial before W. M. Bond to
morrow, Coroner L, M. Waring was
at liberty following indictment by a
Wake county grand jury alleging mal
feasance in office.
The indictment charging “failure
I and neglect to perform and discharges
duties of his office” was the second
one returned against the coroner. He
■ was indicted some time ago on an
* embezzlement charge.
No subpoena has been formally
* served on him, the sheriff*s office re
ported today.
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Two Men Escape From Chain Gang.
Two white meiri—Spurgeon Crisp
and John 800e —made a successful
get-away from the Iredell county chain
gang Saturday night. They won their
freedom by cutting their chains with
a bolt clipper. A car track near
the camp indicated tyat transporta
tion had been provided from outside
source.
Another Fart* Relief Bill.
Washington, Dec. 17.—0 P com
,panion measure to Senator McNary’s
Saew form relief bill was introduced in
the House end of the capitol today by
Representative Fulmer, of South Car/
alias, democrat.
WITNESS SEEKS TO
SHOW BUNIN WERE
SOWN ON IWELLETT
i Witness Says He Heard j
L. Mazer Predict Mellett
Would Get “Bumped!
Off” for Actions.
anotherlheard
ABOUT THE SAME
\ [Other Witness Tells of See
| ing Mazer Carrying Gun
' on Night the Canton Ed
ited Was Murdered.
1 j Canton, 0.. Dec. 17.—OP)—That
Louis Mazer left the home of “Doll”
s jft’arey, underworld figure, carrying a
i gnn tbe night Don R. Mellett was
, slain and had not returned at 1 a. m.
wan brought out in the evidence today
fil the trial of Patrick Eugene McDer
mott, charged with the murder.
Mrs. Thelma Harris, state witness,
testified that Mazer and Floyd Streit
enberger, former Canton policeman
jvho furnished an alibi for Mazer,
'conferred alone in the kitchen of the
■Carey home earlier on the night of the
crime.
| Sire said that the morning after the
jhurder Mazer and Ben Rudner left
the Carey house together in an auto
mobile. Both Mazer and Rudner also
are charged with the murder.
1 Norman Clark, former Canton police
prosecutor, facing a liquor conspiracy
Charge in Federal court, testified that
fWice before the Mellett slaying Mazer
ibid him “if Mellett keeps this up he'll
le bumped off.”
| Testimony pertaining to Rudner
was given by Stanley Baltzly, Mas
silon druggist, who said that, two
weeks before the murder Rudner told
jiim “something is going to happen in
Canton."
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE FORSYTHE CASE
Developments Waiting Trial at
SmltMleM Possibly Next Week.
Smlthfleid, N. C.. Dec. 17.—W)—
Developments in the Forsythe alleged
murder ease outwardly ebbed today
waiting on the trial possibly next
lycek.
f: Evelyn Britt, Durham girt, made
$*L oppeajranee jterey and talked infort
mally with county officers, (he sher
iffs office reported, but no definite le
gal action the sheriff added, accom
panied her appearance. She was at
liberty under $5,000 bond put up by
Willis Frank Webster, of Durham.
Miss Britt was in an automobile the
night several weeks ago when For
sythe was found dead.
Investigat'on of the ease continues
with true bills returned against Miss
Britt, Robert Separk ami Robert
Stephenson in connection with the al
leged murder. The investigation in
clurdes possible run running.
WOULD FORM NEW
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Eleven Colleges Asked to Be Repre
sented at Charlotte Conference.
Charlotte, . Dec. 17.—(A s)—Forma
tion of a new athletic association com
posed of colleges in Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina is con
templated in invitations sent out from
here today to eleven colleges in the
three states. The meeting, to be held
here would be on January 15th, or in
the event that date might not be sat
isfactory to some colleges on a later
date.
The colleges invited are; Furmau
University, Presbyterian College, the
t’ital and Wofford, in South Carolina;
Hampden-Sidney. University of Rich
mond, William & Mary and Roanoke,
in Virginia; and Duke University,
-Wake Forest College and Davidson
College.
The invitation* were mailed to fac
ulty chairmen of the colleges by Clar
ence Keuster, secretary of the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce.
Aviation 23 Years Old.
Newport News, Ya., Dec. 17. —<A*)
—The Junkers, all-metal, airplqne and
its party of four, among them Miss
Herta Junkers, hopped off front Lang
ley Field id noon today for Kill;.Dev
il, near ' Fayetteville, N. C., Where
Mias Junkers this afternoon will
place a wreath on tbe spot from which
the Wrights took off on the first suc
cessful airplane flight in this country
23 years ago. , lit', the party besides
Miss Junkers, assistant pilot, are
Frederi Melehoir, Jotto Scherer and
John Goldetrom.
Will Take King to Paris.
Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 17.—(A?)
—lt has been decided to take King
Ferdinand to Paris for treatment at
a radium sanatorium. He has been
gaining in strength daily since his re
cent operations, and is expected to be
in condition soon to make the trip.
Poultry, Pet and
Hobby Show
TONIGHT AT 8 P.M.
—AT—
Y. M. C. A.
Admanion Fod Children and
Adults 10c
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Elections In Hungary gav#
Count Stephen Bethien, Pre
mier,' a seven-eighths ma,
ority in Parliament and a
control exercised by no other
■administration in Europe.
fbltemstlnaml Vmumll
ENTIRE HOPKINS WILL
CONTEST THROWN OUT
Action Taken When Forgery of Will
Is Admitted—Guard Alleged Forg
er. .
Son Francisco, Dec. 16.—The con
test to force a redistribution of the
$30,000,000 estate of Mark Hopkins,
California pioneer railroad builder,
was thrown out of court today when
both sides admitted that a newly found
will on which the contest was based
was a forgery.
When tiie ejjsc was called in tbe
Superior Court today, W. IX. Rich and
A. L. Hart, appearing for P. B. Me-
Oahdless, of Bnp Jose, a beneficiary
tiadd- Lite new/Will, nerved nmtw w
the court of Hieir withdrawal from
the ease on tnb groiyiid that the in
strument was a! forged document,
j Decision of tW> attorneys regarding
the will was reached alter a confer
ence with handwriting experts yester
day. they said. Later court officials
iet it be known that a man suspected
of executing the allegi/ forgery was
under guard in a San Francisco hotel.
Tiie action was said to have settled
the claims of 228 other supposed heirs
living in many parts of the country.
Several months ago a man named
David Moore, of Hillsboro, N. C„ pro
duced a will which he claimed was
made out by Hopkins and which in
cluded him as a legatee. Later an
other camp of supposed Hopkins heirs
obtained a warrant for Xloore's ar
rest and he fled. He bns not yet
been apprehended Tm the warrant.
Hillsboro Man Believed to Be Under
Suspicion.
Dui'ham, Dec. 16.—Dave S. Moore,
eccentric resident of Hillsboro, clock
winder and jack of all trades, is un
doubtedly the man referred to in the
dispatch from San Francisco in con
nection with the Mark Hopkins will
hearing as being under guard in a
San Francisco hotel. Moore left
North Carolina about two months ago
for California, going ns the guiwt of
representatives of P. It. McOandless.
San Jose, Calif., lathing contractor
who filed the copy of the will Moore
is alleged to have found iu an old
!ng house in Orange county.
In fnct, those questioning the au
thenticity of the will, report that
Moore would write another will when
ever he found it expedient to do so •
in order that the new found friend
might be included. At least two
have been displayed, apparently in
the same handwriting., one of which
, wan filed, the other being held in this
. state. Attorneys for 200 or 300
. North Carolina claimants have con
, tended all along that the will was a
i forgery, and iir their'petition asking
! that the will not be probated, request--
. ed the court to name, a commissioner
, to take enrge of the property in ques
-3 tion and make an investigation of the
B claims of the North Carolina claim
-1 ants, so a just rc-distribution might
be made.
When Dave Moore went to Califoc- (
nia as the guest of the proponents of |
the will, he was entertained royally ,
at a hotel, given a.car for trips and
given every consideration. He wrote
back home. He later wrote tluit he
was being guarded, supposedly by his
host, in order that reports of attempt
ed intimidation might not be prac
tised on him. It was such intimida
tion, some five months ago, t'aat caused
him to disappear from Hillsboro. the
day after ht buried his mother, re
turning a few days before he started
on the trip to California, it is said.
Whether the $30,000,000 mentioned
as to the value of the Hopkins estate
referred to the time of Mark Hopkins’
death 48 years ago, or at the present
value Is uncertain. References pre
viously, had placed the present esti
mated value Rt $300,000,000 or more.
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Ten Pages Today
i Two Sections
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DEFEATS gjjjSH
j AND RULES NATIQN
; Took Charge of Lithuanian
i Government When With
’{ Aid of Army He Over
! threw the Old Regime, j
iRUSSIANPOLICY
BROUGHT REVOLT
! People Dissatisfied With
Soviet Policy and Also
Indefinite Attitude of Mi
nority Question.
Riga. Latvia. Dec. 17.—(A*)—Dis
patches received 'here today from Kov
no contained the first definite infor-.
matron that the Lithuanian govern
ment has been overthrown by General
Smetons with the support of the army.
The dispatches state that President
'• Kasmir Grinius. who was elected to
j the chief executive post last June,
j and all ministers within reach were
i arrested.
j The reported motives of the rising
I are a widespread feeling against the
) policy of the government toward soviet
| Russia and its indefinite attitude on
| the minority question,
j London, Dec. 17. —04b—A Reuter s
j dispatch from Berlin states that it is
! reported today from a reliable source
in Memel that the Lithuanian govern
! ment has been overthrown, its mem
bers arrested, and marital law de
clared.
The report adds that General Smet
ons has taken over the government
and is supported by tiie military
forces.
“ROARING BULL MARKET”
FOR WALL STREET TODAV
United States Steel Common Touched
Record High Prices for AU Time.
New York, Dec. 17. —MP)—Wall
Street experienced a "roaring bull
market" today as a result of the un
expected cutting of a $200,000,000
melon by the directors of the United
States Steel Corporation late yester
day. The first sale of United States
Steel common was a block of 40.000
shares at the “spread” priee of 158
1-2 to 100, a record high nrice.for all
time, this individual transaction in-'
vblvirf* otfer s6J)oo,ooo.'*„£).lJl£r,.in
dustrial and railroad stocks changed
hands in large blocks with initial
gains running from one- to four points
in scores of Issues. '
With Our Advertisers.
You can find enough useful gifts at
Hoover's to fill the back seat of the
sedan. Rends new ad. today.
Tlie Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
is ever nnxious to give the most effi
cient service.
Holiday hardware that will be a
j(.v the entire -year can be found at
the Bitchie Hardware Co., says new
ad. today.
In another column today the A. &
P. stores tell you of a few Christmas
grocery bargains they have for you.
Grapefruit, large size, nt 10 cents, is
one of them.
I.ots of Christmas bargains at the
J. &H. Cash Store. Everything you
want in fruit cakes, candies, nuts,
fruits, vegetables and canned goods.
You can’t if you try make more
acceptable or more sensible Christ
mas gifts than footwear. See new
ad. today of the Markson Shoe Store.
Chiffon hose. $1.75 a pair or three
pairs for $4.75 nt the Merit Shoe
Co. Give her hose to match her
frock. See ad.
Comfy house slippers nt Ivey's, 81
cents to $5.50. 1 Dozens of styles to
select from at 85 cents to $5.50.
Special prices on candies in quan
tity at the Cabarrus Candy Co.. 31
South Church street. Phone 039.
The grand opening of the new cloth
ing store of the Ilnited Woolen Co.
will take place Saturday morning at
!) o'clock at 37 South Union street.
You can buy any suit or overcoat ami
I you will be given nnotber suit or ov
ercoat free.
City Takes Another Move to Stop
Rescue Workers.
ChKrtotte, Dec. IR—The city com
missioners today took another step in
their fight to keep the American Res
cue Workers from soliciting alms u
the streets of the city when they
passed an ordinance making ench act
of soliciation of alms without, a city
permit punishable hyb a fine.
Thin actiqn followed announce
ment by the Rescue Workers uiat
they would start ' solicit ing alms
early in the morning, submit to ar
rest and then return to their solici
tation.
Tuesday Judge W v Harding de
nied an injunction sought by the
Re-rue Workers in an effort to re
strain tlie city from enforcing its or
dinance banning them from seeking
alms here.
Emperor Still Critically 111.
Tokyo, Japan K Dec. 17.—(A*) —Em-
poror Yoshito who lies gravely 111 of
pneumonia at Hayama continues to
hold an uncertain grip on life.. A
bulletin issued at ,4:80 o'clock this af
ternoon said his condition regained
unchanged. Member, of the imperial
family and the cabinet remain at the
bedside.
Arraignment Postponed.
Washington, Dec. 17 .—<4*5 —Ar-
raignment of Harry F. Sinclair and
Albert B. Fall on an oil Cenapiracy
charge was postponed today by the
until next Tuesday.
TODAY’S NEWS TODAtj
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NO. 206 \
i |T *NAN LEADER IS
rAfXIfIUSTOTRAVEL
TO UNITED STATES
Mussolini Says He Has Al
ways Wanted and Often
Thought of Making Visit
fto United States. j|j
DEFENDS ACTIONS T
OF HIS REGIME
Also Denies Some of Many
Charges That Have Beat
Made Against Hhn Dur
ing Past Several Years.
BY P. H. WINNER
Romo. Dec. 17. —(4*) —Premier
Mussolini has always longed to vi| if
the United States, he told a com
spondent for the Associated Press in
an interview at his office in Cbici pal
ace.
“I have often thought of visiting
America." the Duee declared. “In
fact, as long as 1 can remethbert 1
have always wanted to see jmur coun
try. The people which build rapidly,
with its own hands such colossal for
tunes and formidable power could not
fall to attract me strongly.
“Then my sympathy Is greatly in l
creased when I notice that despite
the fact that an ocean divides us, our
revolution and the work of fascism
have been more quickly and more
completely understood in America than
in many other countries separated
from us by a few hours train
“America’s understanding onr mov#if
ment is easily understood if it is ate.
sidered your pioneers raised with tlflpi
robust arms on the virgin soil of Aip*
erica a temple to a new goddess,'
which is the same to which all
cists have raised a similar temple on
the hanks of the Tiber—energy.*’ •-k •
The recent drastic national defeat
decrees, he said, were issued for pted
sole purpose of protecting the “pro-'
ductive rhythm of the Italian nation.’”
“Look there,” he said, pointing to
a corner of his huge desk where lay
great mass of newspaper clippings.
“I call that corner of my desk the"'
poison deposit. It is a collection!'
which my press office sends me every*
1 day of all the criticisms, calumnies
’ and insults which daily are printed
against me and fascism in certain ftSri?
"Now. many of these articles are”
1 sent from Rome and Milan. When'
1 there is the terrible censorship
: which so much is spoken in America?”
"I mnst recognize one thing, - *"He
continued ironically. “There is when
it is n question of to dis
credit fascism certain journalists
give proof of an inventive power which
could well be used to write a movie
scenario. ,
“They have not as yet invented—
it would be the height of absurdity and
ridiculousness —that I purposely in
vent the attacks on my life one after
another.”
PRISONER MAKES
CLEVER GETAWAY
1 Shoves Deputy in Jail. Locks Him
Up and Calmly Walks Away.
Monroe, Dec. 15. — T. A. Gay, a
i native of Union county, who is
■ charged with breaking in Lomax’ii
I store on the Concord Road last week
‘ and wounding Lum Lomax, was cap
-1 lured yesterday by Deputies Arru
' I field. Nivens and Williams at his
• j home a few mi’.es up the Charlotte -
? road.' Gray was brought to Sheriff
? Fowler's office and after questioning
r him the sheriff turned him over ro
Deputy Nivens to lock up. As the
l two were entering the jail, the pris
> oner uddenly fell over, seeming to bn
j very sick. ' 998
..... o.vn.
The deputy began rendering nrstt
aid and finally Gay was able tw
stand up. As Niveus opened tbd
door, Gay gave him a shove and locks
ed the door on him. The offitfb- had
neglected to lock the outer dop- and;
the prisoner walked 'out of tne jail
and has not been sceii since. it
Mrs- Fowler saw the two men or.-,
ter the jail and hoard the door «slqui.
a few minutes later. Know tag ’ tbej
officer had not'time Jo lock the iprie-j
oner in the cell, she'went into Aw
jail to investigate. As she entered
Deputy NjVens called to her tp open
the door and let him out. This she
did but it was too late to capture the &
prisoner. <■ H
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