DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVf
CHIN SAYS HE
MURDERED BOY TO
HIDE OTHER CHIME
Son of a Wealthy Flour
Dealer Finally Confesses
to Reason He Murdered
falter Schmith.
MISTREATED ROY
BEFORE SLAYING
I Then Took the Life of the
I Youngster to Keep Him
I From Telling of What
He Had Done.
|I Chicago. Dec. 20.—OP)— Harold
■ C’roarkin today confessed be slew six
•f year old Walter Schmith in a North
f Side barn loft in a panic of fright
' after he had attempted to mistreat the
boy, fearing his victim would tell of
his actions.
L The admissions of the motive came
f at t'.ie end of a long hour's question
ing following the youth's voluntary
| surrender on Sunday. Previously he
had maintained that he did not know
why he killed the youth who was
found dying Friday night in the loft
where the attack occurred.
"If this Is not a hanging case, you
might as well abloieh the penalty,”
Slate’s Attorney Crowe said early to
day .after he and his aides had gone
over the entire act of the tragedy with
the 20-year old son of n wealthy flour
dealer.
“Iu the murder of a six-year old boy
by a depraved man there can be no
extenuating circumstances. Os course
1 don't y what will be done in thin,
ease." The prosecutor was referring
to the time when he ns a judge sen
tenced a man to death in eonneetion
with a similar slaying.
COME TO TERMS IN
COTTON MILL STRIKE
Agreement Reached Between Strik
ers and Owners in New Jersey.
Passaic, N. J.. Pec. IS.—A fourth
textile mill was added today to the
light of those who have eome to terms
with former workers from their
I plants who have been on a strike for
f Ift 1-2 months. Charles McMahon,
I’residcnt «f the United Textile Work
-
of Clilfton. had signed an agreement.
The Passaic Worsted Company and
: the Botnny and Garfield Worsted
I Mills' previously had come to terms
[ with their employees.
The settlement in each case pro
vides that the mills officials recognize
the right of the workers to organize
and the principle of collective bar
gaining.
No increase irt wages nor reduction
in working hours, the chief demands
of the strikers when they walked out,
is included.
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The Bell & Harris Furniture Co.'s
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week.
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S'V l big ad. of the Concord and Kan
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Your home should come first, in
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mtt-. A gtod place to buy is the
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Holiday specials in la i-os at the
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will be a Cnvietmas present for the
whole family. It brings the world’s
best talent to your home.
Gifts for men, gifts for young men,
gifts for boys, nt Hoover's.
. W. A. Overcash has just received
25 dozen of new Neckties in Christ
inas boxes, from $1 to $2.
Special all this week in Christmas
A. gifts <at. Cline’s Pharmacy.’ See list of
F some of them in new ad. today, y
Your last chance of photographs
this Christmas at the Boyd W. Gox
.'Christmas gift routers $1.49 and
$1.98 the J. O. Penney Co.’s. Girt
S'eckwear 49 cents.
Handkerchiefs for Christmas giving
at ‘ Parks-Belk Co,’s from 19 cents to
$1.48, Stylish umbrellas, dainty 111*-!
gerje and hundreds of other things,
” A new. feult, the cucumber-apple,
has appeared. It is particularly
adapted for salads. It is an apple
with a distinct cucumber flavor, krown
in Australia.
i ''My? Y/jf/i ViVffiMfl
Probably raja tonight and Tues
day, except partly cloudy on the South
roast. Rising temperature tonight
M* - and in central and east portions Tues
day Moderate to fresh southwesc
winds.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
1.1.542.240 BALES
OF COTTON GINNED
TO DECEMBER 18TH
Washington. Dee. 20.—OP)—Cot
ton of this year’s growth ginned
prior to December 13th totalled
. 15,512.240 running bales, counting
557.729 round bales ns half bales,
and excluding linters; compared
■ , with 14,831,816 and 306.01 Gto
that date last year, the census bu
reau announced today, Nor.i
Carolina ginning* were 1.081,710
I hales.
i
DEED MADE TO STATE
FOR ANOTHER PARK
Judge and Mrs. Finley Transfer Ren
dezvous State Park, located In
Wilkes County.
Tribune Bureau.
i , Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. Dee. 2ft.—A third state
’ park for North Carolina has eoinv
into existence with the transfer of
a deed to Rendezvous State Park,
located in Wilkes county, troin
Judge and Mrs. T- B. Finley, of
North Wlikesboro, to the state of
North Carolina, according to an an
nouncement today by Wade If. Phil
lips, director of the Department of
Conservation and Development.
The park is situated iu Wilkes
county, north of Wlikesboro, the
county seat, and contains 140 acres,
crowned by three major mountain
peaks, the 'loftiest of which is
Rendezvous mountain.
Judge Finley, in his deed, is dedi
cating the park to the memory of the
Revoluntioimry > heroes of Wilkes
county, and establishes an patriotic
shrine to commemorate their deeds in
fighting for the independence of the
country.
“During the Revolutionary War,"
cites the deed, “Wilkes county, North
Carolina, sent 225 pieked soldiers
from Rendezvous Mountain to rfic
Battle q£ Kings Mountain under the
command of Col Benjamin Cleveland
and Captain (afterwards General
William Lenoir), and nine other cap
tains
“From this point Wilkes County
furnished a larger number of troojis
iu winning the Bottle of Kings
Mountain than any other county in
the present State of North Carolina.
The battle of Kings Mountain was
the deciding battle in the freedom of
the colonies.
“The ten companies of Wilkes
county were assembled at Rendez
vous Mountain, and the 225 men
were selected and started on the
march td join the other patriots at
jjlldevs in Burke County,
North Carolina
"T. Ik Finley desires to perpetuate
AaJhfai niirritpiitimjfAirt iHmUjjiiiir
Mountain and make it a patriotic
sltrfne where the people of North
Carolina, together with the hundreds
of thousand* of descendants of these j
soldiers scattered oveer practically
nil of the States in the union their
friends and tourists generally, will
visit as they pass through this part
of the State and thus aid in the
permanent advertisement of our
State."
On Rendezvous Mountain, the
tallest peak, the Daughters of the
American Revolution have already
planned to erect a monument to the
Revolutionary troops from North
Carolina who participated in its bat
tles and whose training ground was
on the mountain. A bronze tablet,
containing all of the names of the
225 patriots, will be placed on its
monument.
The donor also sets aside one of
tho three peaks for the purpose of
the construction of a elub house as a
summer rendezvous for the D. A. R,
members.
It is the plan of the Forestry Di
vision of the Department of Conser
vation and development, under whose
su[iervision the park will be placed,
to set aside 40 acres of the total urea
as Rendezvous State Park and to
dedicate the remaining 100 acres as
Finley* State Forest, creating the
fisst State Forest in North Carolina.
The Park is rich in native trees
and mountain growth including oak.
popular, chestnut, hickory maple,
inn. cucumber, pines, dogwoos.
l-hodonron, laurel, azelea and otner
growth. It is interspersed with a
number of spriugo and branches, af
fording ideal camp and tourist sites,
Iu order to make the iieaks in_ the
■>ark easily aceesible, the General As
sembly will be asked to appropriate
funds for the oonstuetion of a -high
way, which will rise to an elevation
of 1,000 feet.
. The proposed road would extend
for a distance of tS4fc miles fronTthe
Boome Highway Trjal, .lmsing*
throhgh property' of four land own-:
, «*», *n of Whofa: have donated rights
of-way. It iis festunated .'. that the
coat Os construction of the road will
amqunt to around SB,OOO.
t’ ' 1 ■ I"
If lie' Dance* He Must Go to Work
oft the Highways.
Fayetteville, Dee. 9. —Pearce Mor
ris, well known young man of Hoke
county, must serve three months on
the Cumberland toutoty toads if he is
found in a public dance hail or other
public places of entertainment with
in the next two years, according to a
sentence imposed on him by Judge
Duncan Hbaw in recorder's court
here, after Morris had been tried on
a charge of assault with a knife, on
another young man nt a dance.
The hottest region in the world is
the African desert, where the tem
perature often reaches 150 degrees,
according to an answered question in
this week’s 'Liberty.
1 India has more than three times a«
many people as the United States.
i "'i ■■ 11
1 Ten Pages Today
i Two Sections
Mill DIME
STUDENTS GIVE NO
CAUSE TON TROUBLE
Crew of Train Deny That
E. M. Streit and Com
i panion Offered Any In
sult to Woman.
: C. C. CRANFIELD
IS BEING HELD
I
He' Fired on Streit and
Friend ip Salisbury Sta
tion Saturday After He
r Left the Train.
1 Salisbury, Dec. 20.—</P)—Railroad
men who witnessed the shooting of
two Washington and Lee students
here Saturday night by C. C. Cran
; field, of Winston-Salem, today vigor- '
ontdy denied that the boyß had insult- j
ed Crnnfield's wife, as the prisoner j
claimed in a statement from the i
Stanly county jail whore lie is held.
The boys occupied a drawing room
five ears from the day eoaeh in which
Cranfield and his wife were riding,
they said, and did not leave their
compartment between Greensboro and
Salisbury.
Flagman O. R. Pineton, of the Dan
ville division, told local officials to
watch Cranfield ns he thought he was
acting queerly, and had remarked to
him that lie would have to get off the
train at Salisbury or be killed. Be
fore local officials could locate him the
shooting had occurred.
E. M. Streit, of Birmingham, who
was treated nt Salisbury, is improv
ing rapidly and may be able to leave
the hospital today. C. T Crowsle.v,
of Dallas. Tex., who was slightly hurt,
continued on the train until he reach
ed Charlot te, but had to leave the train
there for medical treatment.
Cranfield will be turned over to
railroad officials here after a hearing
in Stanly County today.
FAMOUS FOARD HOME
IS BURNED TO GROUND
Residence at South River, On Row
an-Davie Line, Was Southern In
stitution.
Raleigh. Dee. 19.—Telephone mes
sages to Raleigh relatives and friends
of the Foard family at South Iliver/,
ried the news that the nn'cestniß
Foard borne on the edge of Davie
was burned at noon today, and with
j the fire went one of the famous old
southern institutions.
The residence, built perhaps a :
hundred years ago by Newberry
Hall and bought during slavery by
the late J. Cicero Foard, was in
every sense a house enchanted. It
had been allowed to retain much of
its ante-bellum beauty, particularly
on the inside. Mr. Foard addedo t
, the structure ns he found it and lie t
made it the pre-eminent place of hos
pitality in Davie county. '-He died
more than 3ft years ago. but his sou. .
the late John B. Foard, retained the
place and lived in it. Though the
original Foard family was large, till
of the children have died and the
grandchildren retained it. Misses
Mary and Laura Foard were living,
in the big house and were there to
day to see their treasure go up in the
biggest fire that the little South
River community ever saw.
The neighbors were able to rescue
with the young women who occupied
the grand old place, substantially a’l
the antique furniture downstairs, but
the famous old beds were burned
andthc Misses Foard lost most of
their clothes. The origin of the fire
was not certain, but it began in the
upstairs and was too much for the
neighbors.
SAYS OPERATE FULL
TO HELP TEXTILES
British Economist Claims Plan Will
Also Aid Cotton Fanner.
Manchester, Kng’and, Dec. IS.—A
noted economist's theory that full
time production, instead of part time
and restricted output, will offset de
pression is to be tried out by the
Manchester cotton mills using Amer
ican yarns.
The practical theorist is John
Maynard Keynes, fellow of King’s
college, Cambridge, and author of
the striking book. “The Economic
Consequences Os the Peace." , Mrs.
Keynes, whom he married in July,
1925, was Lydia Lonopkhova of Len
ingrad, :onp. of tbe : greatest living
dancers who has 1 performed in the
United States.
Under his plan, approved by the or
ganization committee of the Federa
tion of Master Cotton Spinners, the
practice of curtailing American yarn
spinning, which has been in effect al
most continuously since 1920, will be
abandoned.
Mr. Keynes insisted that the short
, time had the effect, by restricting out
put of enormously increasing the
. cost of the manufactured article
, for the consumer, to the ad
vantage of Japanese and other for
eign competitors. He urged mass pro
i Auction, with fuller utilization of
. American raw material.
, As a result of this plan, British
i spinners will find work six full days
a week for the first time in nearly six
years fn those mills using American
■• yarns, and American cotton farmers,
faced with heavy losses because of the
, second large crop in as many years.
will he able to sell part of their
, surplus.
The modern girl is said to have no
principle. At the Mine time ah* at-
I tracts a lot of interest.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1926
■■■
HHP9 life
M
i Mrs. Zachary Landsdowne, widow of the commander of the
wrecked Shenandoah, was engaged to John Caswell, Jr, of
\ Boston, it was announced. - -
(International KewareeLt '
NEWTON TO APPEAL
FROM ROAD RULING
Attorneys Arrange $2,000 Bond Be
>. .quired by >udge Harding in 4»k
Recent Derision.
Newton, Dec. IS.—Attorneys for
the town of Newton iu the case of
Newton vs. State Highway commis
sion, today arranged the required
$2,000 appeal bond set by Judge
Harding, which had to be given with
in 10 days after he his decision
known December 13? setting aside
.ho injunction and mandamus pro
ceedings restraining the State High
way commission from letting the |
contract to build the link of No. 10 j
from Statesville to Newton.
Newton has, therefore, taken an j
appeal to the Supreme court, on the j
grounds that she "feels that the pro- 1
What Will Be the Fate of the
Present Emergency Judge Act?
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. Baskervill.
Raleigh, Dec. 20.—What of the
emergency judge act? What steps
will the incoming legislature take to
provide for the constantly increasing
litigation in the state since the pres
ent emergency judge act expires
March 1, 1927?
These are questions being asked
not only by the attorneys ot the
state, but by all who are in any
manner affected by the courts, and
who are interested in facilitating the
judicial machinery of the state. And
since the emergency judge net was
just wliat its name implies—an
emergency measure —it is not sur
prising that it has not worked out to
•the comp etc satisfaction of all con
cerned. lint especially because the
act expires on March 1, and because
there must be some provision made
to take care of the accumulation ot
civil cases in the various ' judicial
districts, there is more than usual
interest as to what steps may be
taken to relieve and take care of the
situation. i
Before the situation can be entire
ly remedied and full relief provided,
a constitutional amendment wifi
really be necessary, according to
Judge Walter P. Stacy, chief justice
of the State Supreme Court, when
asked for an informal opinion on the'
emergency judge situation- As a
basis for this opinion. Judge Stacy
cited the report of the committee on
judicial proeeedttre of the Judicial
Conference, in which the committee
states that "no effective reform in
our judicial system can be wonted
out, except through constitutional
amendment.” And the opinion of
this committee takes on additional
significance in that the committee is
made up of the four associate jus
: tices of the Supreme Court, the at
torney general and an outstanding
attorney in the state, J. C. Aterri
i mon, of Asheville, with Justice W.
; J. Adams chairman of the cotnmiUee. |
1 However, it would be at least two j
. years before a constitutional amend- j
* meiit could be obtained, even should
. the legislature decide to submit the |
• question to the people, Judge Stacy !
pointed out, so that no matter what I
action is taken by the legislature |
t with regard to. a possible constitu
■ tienal amendment, there would be an I
intervening period of at leait two
poeed route by the highway commis
sion is too nearly like the one the
court has enjoined, and that the logi
cal location for the new road is on
"red line" ns .shown on the hut
veyor's map. which is nearer the
center of the county,and will there
fore take care of a larger number of
the citizenship of the county.
Rev. J, F. McOuisteen Dead.
Winston-Salem, Dec. 20.—(A s )
Rev. J. F. McOuisteen, one of the
most widely known ministers of the
Southern Moravian Church, died early
today at a local hospital where lie bad
| been under treatment for ten days,
j He was pastor of Friedberg Church,
! in Davidson county. He was about
i seventy years old, and is survived by
] his widow and two sons. Funeral
| arrangements have not been made.
years which would have to be bridged l
by temporary or emergency legisla- |
tion. ns a result of the expiration of
the- present act on March 1.
Instead of reenacting the present
emergency judge law for another
two. years as may bo done. out
which is believed unlikely, the legis
lature might be able to work out a
plan for appointment of a number
of emergency judges, to hold offio“
continuously for say at least two
years, and who would be available for
assignment to any ditrict where addi-'
tionul help was needed. Judge Stacy
suggested. He in no sense advocated
such action, but merely threw out
the suggestion as a possibility, stat
ing that the whole question, of
course. Would be one for the judiciary j
committees of the house and senate!
to decide.
One of (he chief drawbacks of the
present emergency judge measure is
the temporary nature of the judges,
nnd the fact that the short term ap
pointments given to those named to
serve ns judges is hardly fair to the
men appointed. There has been no
dissatisfaction with the men named,
for they have been invariably men of
the highest type and with the high
est standing in tlhe profession. But
there, is a vast amount of difference
in being an attorney practicing in a
court and being a judge presiding
over a court. Thus it is argued first
that it is not fair to those attorneys
named to serve as emergency judges
to call them out of their law offices.!'
and away front active practice, to sit
for a week or two weeks as judge,
then ltnve to return to their practice
as attorneys. Neither is it fair to tin’
attorneys which have to try inch
rases before these courts, no matter
how able an nt.torne.v the emergency
judge might, be. This is evidenced
by the fact that comparatively tew I
important cases arc tried bcforM
these emergency judges.
Thus it is pointed out that if a |
number of emergency judges could
be named to act. as emergency
judges wherever needed, but fro uold
! the office continuously for a period of
j not less than two years, such action
won’d go far toward remedying the
I defects of the present emergency
: judge system. And these who are in-
I terested in remedial legislation think
'| it moat likely that aome suoh act
will ha brought before the legislature,
[along with the move for a consutu
> tionul amendment.
IRREGULARITIES IN
ADMINISTRATION OF
OFFICE ARE CHARGED
The New York World Says
Comptroller McCarl Has i !
Reported Matter to Pres-'
ident Coolidge.
BIG j
SPENT FOR WORK
It Is Charged Administra
tion of Alien Property
Matters Was Not as It
Should Be.
New York, Dee. 20.—OP)—Comp- !
troller McCarl in a special report to
President Coolidge on the administra- ,
tion of a half billion dollars worth of
alien property seized during the war,
reveals many irregularities, say a
Washington dispatch to The World.
The President, says The World, lias
sent copies, of the report to the treas
ury department and to Senator Borah,
chairman of a committee to investi- j
gate the alien property situation. j
A tranßscript of the report, The i
World say's, reveals among other
things:
“Excessive amounts aggregating
millions were paid for attorneys' fees,
for commissions to depositories, and
other expenses.
“Corporations supposed to he liqui-'
dated were permitted to continue for
years with the benefit only of officers
and attorneys.
"Salaried government employees
were paid additional amount from
trust funds.
"Interest on trust funds was with
drawn from* the treasury which paid
more than 4 per cent, and placed itr
banks paying less than 3 per cent.
“The securities taken over were so
scattered through banks and trust com
panies through the states that admin
istration was expensive and difficult.
“Individual trust accounts are in
complete.
“Annual reports did not list the en
tire force of the pay roll.
“The great bulk of property how
ever. is fully accounted for."
RUDNER’S FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS ON STAND
They Go to Defence of McDermott,
Who Is Charged With Murder.
Cantou, 0., Dec. 20.—G4>)—Neigh
bors ana members of Ben Rudiicr’s
family today came to the support of
Patrick Eugene McDermott on trial
for the murder of Don R. Mellett.
Canton publisher. Rttdner was in
dieted with McDeermott nnd Louis
Mazer for the murder.
The defense witnesses this morning
included Max and Herman Rudner,
father and brother, and Mr. and Mrs.
William Slieedy, neighbors of Ben *
Kudner. in Massilon.
Ben Rttdner’s activities and where
abouts July 8 and 9, the days Steve
Maseholk. state’s star testi
fied McDermott “got in touch with
Kudner" and on July 26 alleged by
the state to be the pay off day, were
covered by testimony of the witnesses.
Robbers at Salisbury'.
Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 20. —K AP) —
l Robbers sometime between 11 o’clock
| Saturday night and Sunday morning
forced an entrance byway of the front
door at Pender's East Intiis Street
door in the business section of this
city, and carried off the safe con
taining about S3OO in cash. The
robbery was not discovered until late
Sunday afternoon when the manager
went to the store to look after some
mail.
Pan-American Flight Postponed.
San Antonio, Deo. 20. —(4 s )—The
Pan-American flight, scheduled to start
today at 1 o'clock this afternoon, was
postponed on account of rain.
Christening ceremonies for the ship
were carried out, despiie rain, which
I fell most of the morning.
; Messages were received from Secrc
; tar.v of State Frank B. Kellogg and
Secretary of War Dwight Davis.
Fourteen Bodies Found.
New York, Dec. 20. — UP) —Fourteen
bodies had been taken at noon today
from a 60-foo.t launch which capsized
in the ice Hoes of the Hudson River.
The boat capsized about 7 o’clock this
morning while taking employees t 6
New Jersey. ;
Most men are quick to embrace an
opportunity—when ■ it’s wearing
frills.
Star Theatre
PROGRAM FOR WEEK OF DEC
EMBER 20TH TO 25TH
TODAY-TUESDAY
“THE ACE OF CADS”
With Adolphe Menjou, Alice Joyce,
and Norman Trevor.
Also a COMEDY'
I WEDNESDAY ONLY
“THE OUTSIDER”
| With Jacqueline Logan, Lou Tellc
gen and an All-Star Oast.
Also A NEWS'
THURSDAY ONLY
(Special Holiday Picture) >y
"THE ANCIENT MARINER”
With Leslie Fenton, Clara Bow, Earl
Williams and Gladys Brockwell.
It’s the One You Want to Sec.
FKIDAY-SATURDAY
Our Dear Old Buck Jonea in
“THE GENTLE CYCLONE*
Also a COMEDY
COMB TO THE STAR FOR THE
BEST
WANTS CAROL TO
TAKE THRONE AT
THE PRESENT TIME |
Paris. Deo. 20. — (P) —Kin"'*
dinan of Rumania wishes
cate (he throne and restore
Crown Prim-c Carol to lhe\: ««'
he renounced on January 4lhlast.
The king made this known to
I <iis ministers at a secret council
! held in Bucharest last week, it is
f- learned from a high Rumanian po- ]
lilieal source in Paris.
> i
IWILIJAM R. WEBB DIES I
AFTER A NOBLE CAREER I
f Confederate Veteran Educator and
Former l*. S. Senator. —Native of
This State.
ljeil Buckle. Tent).. Dee. If> —\Vil-
liam Robert (Old Sawney) Webb. ■
84. founder of the Webb school for
110. former United States senator
from Tennessee and Confederate
veteran, died here today. Mr. Webb
liecnmc seriously ill about a month!
ago, rallying later and suffering a
relapse during the past few days. I
Funeral services will be he’.d tonior- '
row afternoon.
An exponent of the Christian re-j
ligion. Mr. Webb wielded a great in
fluence over the lives of his pupils.
Many have gone out from his school
to become lenders in the affairs of
the nation. He was uncompromising
in liis viowl on temperance and al
ways fought the liquor traffic.
“Old Sawney" was born November
111, 1842 W in Person county, North
Carolina. lie was the son of Alex
ander Smith Webb and Adeline Stan
ford Webb. When his father died at
the age of 48. his mother was left the
care of 11 children. Susan. lth elder
sister, tutored Webb ih his early
days.
"Sawney" Webb first taught
school at Homer's school, Oxford.
N. C., and his first school was found
ed at Oulleoka. Tenn- He was joined
by his brother, the late John M.
Webb, three years after lie had es
tablished school, and they conducted
the first preparatory school west of
the Allegheny mountains. The school
was moved to Bell Buckle in 1896
where it obtained national promin
ence.
Webb was married in 1873 to Em
ma Clary, of Wilkesboro. N. C„ who
aided him in carrying out his pur
suits in educational endeavor.
He was a church man and a former
legislator in Tennessee. He served
out the unexpired term of Robert L.
Taylor, in the United States senate.
Webb was prominent in both s f
and national activities to suppress
the liquor traffic- He gained .promin
ence in his senatorial, maneuvers
during discussion of the Webb-ftcn
yon bill in the senate, ACbictl prohib
ited the shipment of whisky into dry
territory by a public carrier.
LAW GOVERNING AUTO
LICENSES IN THE STATE
Only Persons With New Cars Can
Buy Licenses for Half the Year.
Raleigh Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
l Raleigh, Dec. 20.—Car owners who
•have failed to procure state license
and who are waiting until January
Ist in order to take advantage of
the six months rate are reminded by
C. W. Roberts, vice president of the
Carolina Motor Club, that the half
year rate is not available if the car
has been driven prior to January Ist.
That many motorists arc awaiting
(he new years to secure plates is re
flected in the daily report of the seven
full-time license offices maintained by
the club, Mr. Roberts points out.
However, this condition has existed
each year, he said, the sales showing •
a perceptible decrease during Novem
ber and falling off to Virtually noth
ing in December. There is always
a “rush" immediately following in
auguration of the six months’ fee
basis.
New car sales are also affected dur
ing November and December, accord
ing to reports of dealers from through
• out the state, Mr. Roberts said, as
many motorists put off buying a new
I ear until t’ae half year rate is nvaila
) ble.
Applicants for state license at half
j the annual fee must make sworn af
fidavit that the car has not been driv
en perior to January Ist. Instruc
tions have gone forth to all state au
tomobile inspectors from the automo
bile department of the revenue de
partment and so all Carolina Motor
Club license offices urging that espe
cially diligent efforts be' directed to
wards curbing any motorists seem-t
ing plates at- half price when they
should pay the full annual fee.
State inspectors scattered tlirough-
I I out Toe state will personally investi
gate many cases and will collect the
full license if they secure evidence
that the ear has been used. False
’ affidavits in securing lieense is pun
, ishable as a misdemeanor.
Duke Professor Honored By Scholars
In Britain.
Durham, I>ec. 20—Dr. W. T. Lap
rade, professor of history at Duke
university, now in London on sabat
tical year’s leave, has been elected a
, fellow in the Royal History Socu-ty
of England, according to informa
tion received here. This is a uis
tinctlon attained by few American
scholars and is said to have come as
. recognition of Dr. Laprade’s work in
English history, particularly for hie
book, recently published, “Engllsa
History for American Readers."
300 Coolies Frozen to Death.
I Peking, China, Dec. 20.—0P)—300
coolies who were pressed in the Man
churian military forces were frozen
to death en route to the Suiyan area,
near the Mongolian border, and their
bodies hare been returned to Kalgan,
in Shansi province, from where they
< started, says a dispatch received here
today, i
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LAUNCH GOES DOW!
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25 Persons Carried to Hos-1
pitals and an Unknown
Number Are Believed to
Be Missing.
BLAME ICEFLOW
FOR THE TROUBLE
Employees of Big Bread
Company Were on the
Launch When It Was
Suddenly Capsized.
New York, Dec. 20.—(P)—Three .
| persons were ' drowned, aij undeter
mined number are believed to bo miss
ing, and 25 persons were taken to hos
pitals suffering from submersion ns
fine result of the capsizing of a motor \
launch in- the Hudson River off 129th
Street this-morning^
The sixty-foot paunch, “Linseed
King." owned by Spencer Kelllogg jc
Soils, bread manufacturers )of
Edgewater, N. J., was returning with
a load of employees when the acci
dent occurred. Police believe that
the craft was capsized by an ice
flow.
Police rescue and emergency squads
removed the survivors from the icy
water. The rescue work was hom
| tiered by ice flows which clogged foe
river.
An emergency hospital was estab
lished on the pier, and those suffer
ing most from exposure were gi*W
first aid treatment there before be
ing taken to hospitals.
The launch was in mid-stream when
it capsized. All of the
were men.
Because of the confusion the poliee
had difficulty in the checking up sff
the number of missing. Reports
the number on board the craft varied
widely. Some said there were 158
on board, others 75, and still otiiew
50.
Several tugs hurried to the scene
and the tug Buffalo rescued 30 men
found clinging to the side of the over
turned craft and to ice cakes. ?
Thg three bodies were removed from
the water by the tug Terigo. -
The launch disappeared after the -
accident. Police believed it had not.
sunk but had been carried away W" 1
drifting ice floes.'
At Least 27 Drowned.
New York, Dee. 20.— OP)—At least
27 persons were drowned in the- icy
waters of the Hudson Kiver today
when n sixty-foot launcii carrying
about 100 employees to an Edgewater,
X. J., manufacturing plant from Man
hattan was crushed by floating iee»
Three bodies were picked up float
ing in the river, and 24 otheite weye
taken from the partially submerged
launch after it had floated upstream' to
254th Street, where is grounded. :
TIIE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 2 Points
on December But Generally High
er.
New York, Dec. 20. —(P)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of 2 points on December, but
generally 3 to 11 points higher in
response to bullish views of the cen
sus report on ginnings prior to De
j cember 13th.
Early cables from Liverpool were
lower, but prices there rallied after
the local opening, and the New York
market sold up to 12.36 for January
and 12.83 for May, active months gen
erally showing net advances of 13 to
18 points in early trading. 4si|
The census report showed ginnings
of 15.524,240 bales prior to Decem
ber 13th, which evidently was regard
ed by some of the local traders as ii»-
dieating that the total for the season
was likely to fall short of the 18,*
618.000 bale estimate.
Cotton futures opened steady: De
cember 12.50; January 12.22 ;, March
12.50: May 12.75; July 12.99. ;
Knew Nothing of Dynamite on Tracks.
Salisbury. Dee. 20.—CP)—'Dismiss
ing rumors that dynamite had heed
found on their rails near Barber.
Southern railroad officials declared
Mere today that they knew nothing
about any explosives being placed oiji
their line. However, they said a
freight train between Barber and
Winston-Salem was delayed for a
short time this morning by a rail
■ which turned over while the train with
passing. No serious damage wan
done and the train proceeded on its
way after a short delay.
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