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VOLUME XXVI
MS OF DEWS
IN FRAHCE CAUSED
BV 7ERO WEATHER
All of Western Europe Af
fected by a Cold Wave
Which Brought Snow to
Many Countries.
LISBON COVERED i
BY HEAVY SNOW
In France Cold Weather
Has Caused Scores of
Deaths in All Parts of
the Country.
Paris, Dor. 27.—GP)—Christmas
brought real Winter to western Eu
rope. All France is freezing, with
scores of deaths reported in the last
three days. The temperature is below
zero along the Swiss border, and dis
patches from Lisbon say that the
Portuguese capital is under a blanket
of snow something almost unheard of
in that locality.
The snowfall in Lisbon began Sat
urday night. When the shivering
populace awoke, it was to find n city
of white shining under a brilliant sun.
So unusual was the phenomenon that
the people were spellbound, almost
alarmed.
France is unaccustomed to extreme
cold, and the number of deaths is at
tributed to that fact. There is an
inch of ice on Paris lakes.
England also had a shivering .
Christmas, but the only complaint
there was a shortage of coal.
DEATH OF NURSE IS
STILL DEEP MASTERY
Police Unable to Get Facts About the
Death of Miss Mary McGuire,
Well Known Nurse.
Asheville. Dec. 27. —OP)—NoligMt
had come today to dispel tin* dark veil
of mystery which for sixty hours has
overshadowed the tragir-4eath of Miss
Mary McGuire, 71-year-old hopsita]
(lielitician whose lifeless and mangled
body was found between 1 and 2
o'clock Saturday morning in the mud
and water at a street, intersection
eight blocks from St. Lawrence Horn-1
xan Catholic Churn where half an]
hour earlier. she had joined in eele- j
brating tlir Christmas midnight mass. |
While i-iiitiertll were being:
held today for the widely known worn-!
an who for the past 35 years has j
been a resident of Asheville, the po
lice continued to grope for clues in
a desperate effort to solve the most
harrowing Christmas tragedy this city
has ever experienced.
CHILDREN INJURED IN
ACCIDENTS IMPROVING
dairies Burns and Horace Lentz, of
Hickory, Hurt When Cars Crashed.
Hickory, Dec. 27. — OP) —The con
d'tion of Charles Burns, 15 years old,
son of Aldermau and Mrs. W. W.
Burns, of this city, was said to be im
proed today, following an accident on
Christmas evening in which his throat
was cut severely. Horace Lutz, Jr.,
aged 11. was also improving from in
juries received in the same accident.
11. C. Lutz, local druggist, and
Eslcy Miller, drivers of the two cars
which collided in a fog and rain, were
not injured.
As many as five smashups have
been reported in this section during |
the week-end, but no one was serious-1
ly hurt except the Burns and Lutz i
boys.
EARTHQUAKE FELT IN
CALIFORNIA CITIES
So Far as Can Be Learned No Dam
age Was Caused by tlie Earth
Tremors.
Fresno, Calif., Dec. 27". — UP) —An
earthquake was felt here and in Tur
lock nt 1 :20 this morning. The
shock was felt by telephone operators
and others, but apparently did no
damage. At Turlock dishes were
rattles, homes shaken and many per
sons awakened.
Shocks also were felt in other San
Joaquin valley towns. Severe shocks
were reported from Hanford and Por
terville. but there wero nb reports of.
damage. Coaliuga also reported feel
ing file shocks. •! ,
Grow Ilalr on Bald Mice; Try It on
Humans. ! ,
Taunton, England, Dec. 27.---<^) —
Bald mice have been made to grow
hair in experiments designed to dis
cover a cure for baldness among hu
mane.
Tb grow hair on mice is easy, scien
tists explain, but the trick was to
make the mice bald.
Dr. F. A. E. Crew, principal of the
Animal Breeding Institute of the
Edinburg University, has discovered
that mice may be made to shed their
coats by extracting certain gland Bub
stances. Dr. Crew also says that
by extracting a substance from normal
mice and grafting it on the bald ones,
he has been able to promote the
growth of the coat again either com
pletely or partially, according to the
amount applied.
The experiments are being continued
vdth a view of ascertaining if human
baldness may not be due to the same
glandular deficiency, and therefore
curable in a similar way.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, fol
lowed by rain in west portion Tues
day; rising temperatures Tuesday.
Fresh east and southeast winds, \
The Concord Daily Tribune
,• -- ■ Nofth Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
SUGGEST SAFETY
CONFERENCE FQR
THE STATE SOON
Greensboro, Dec. 27.- UP) —
Paps for n safety eonferem-e to
he held under the auspices of the
Carolina Motor Club an.l other or
Sanitations seeking to make fie
• Highways case fyr uutoUts and pe
destrians will be discussed* nt the
to be he’d Wednesday nt
headquarters of the motor tlrgani
sznlion here. •
The conference will the held in
February. If was stattd. the place
.Vet to be selected.
REFUSES TO DIE
Not withstanding Four Doctors Have
Condemned Him to Death.
(By International News Service.)
A llama, On.. Dee. 27. — Despite
the rather discouraging fact thur
four doctors have already condemned
him to death, with a fractured skull;
two fractures of the arm: a fractur
ed collar bone; and internal injur
ies. Frank R. Garland, 26 years out
Atlanta man. refuses to die at the
behest of any number of doctors.
Furthermore, he declare.- that at
the most, he's certainly going to
spend one more Christmas with Ills
family. And it seems true.
Garland's injuries resulted in a
mine diaaftter in Hnrrodsburg, Ky.,
about two years ago. He was un
conscious for over eight hours, but
came back with a smile on his face.
Two weeks ago an unknown as
sailant plugged him with two bullets
in his abdomen, causing eight in
testinal wounds from which surgeons
gave up all hope for his life. He al
ready hus undergone several opera
tions.
But on his hospital cot at the city
hospital here. Garland is making pre
parations not for death, but for
Christmas! And now ths doctors
who gave him up as “dead” arc
ready to admit that he will probably
live.
When brought to hospital two
weeks ago, surgeons shook their
heads and said: "There is no hope.”
“You're wrong about that, Doc."
said Garland. And he grinned. “I
can't die.” And he didn't!
"It's like this,” he said- “I’ve got
the will power and dogged determi
nation to live. I'm not ready to die
yet. Os course, I know I’ve got to go
•West' some day, but not now. I’m
going to try to -pend Cristinas at
home once more."
And the same will power and en
durance to bang on that made it
possible for him to driv&Jihwrjfeinio
bflo to the hospital here
typo bullets in bis bodyin*!- 1
pK&ihirftf-glve hTm -hits Jitirbffcfc* *
JOHN HALL, HICKORY
Man, long missing
Wrote His Wife November 30th That
Ho Was Going Home—Not Seen
Sine*.
Hickory, Dec. 27. — 04*) —Mystery-
surrounds the disappearance of John
Hall, 55, peddler .of perfumes, who
wrote to his wife from Shelby about
November 30th that he would be home
within the next few days. Hj? lias
not been heard from since. Mrs. Hall, j
who lives with liet peop’e a few miles j
from Hickory, believes that robbery
was the motive behind the sudden dis
appearance of her husband. A vigor
ous search lias now been instituted.
It lias been learned by iuvestigators
that tbete were two rneit with Hall
when he *<* his ticket in Skielby to I
come bflet; to Hickory. That is the
last information obtainable. Judge
E. B. Cline, of, this city, has recently
taken charge of the search. Hall is
crippled in his left foot and wnlks
With a tone. He is tall and slender j
and wears a sandy mustache.
TWO REPORTED KILLED
IN OIL EXPLOSION
Several Others Hurt in Explosion at
Refinery of Central Petroleum Com
pany,
Ventura, Calif., Dec. 27. —(A“)—
Two men- were reported killed and
several others injured when an explo
sion rocked the refinery of the Central
Petroleum Company, two and one-half
miles from here this morning.
The explosion occurred in the ab
sorption unit of the plant. Flames
brake out uncontrolled and threatened
a nearby gasoline tank, which was ex
pected to blow up at any minute.
The two men were believed to have
burned tb death. Si#or seven others
were rtlshed to -hospitals.
The header of the reducing unit
blew off from »n undetermined cause.
The refinery is located in approxi
mately the center of the oij
producing greq. ; ;
i AH available equipmefitfor combat
ting the flames was rushed to the
scene from nearby towns and oil com
panies.
Christmas Liquor Kills 11 Persons.
New York, t>ec. 28.—Eleven per
sons are dead here after drinking
liquor during the Christmas holiday.
Os the eight deadths in Manhat
tan, Dr- Charles Norris,. chief medi
cal examiner, said they could be at
tributed to the sale of improperly
redistilled alcohol. People were also
buying alcohol Bold in various forms
as sold commercial products, he said.
Often they consumed it without any
attempt tb remove impurities, be de
eltt»d.
The other deatbq were' in Brook
lyn.
Laat Christmas. Dr. Norris satd,
the number of liquor fatalities wan
In the early days the French some
times began the year with Christ
mas, December 25, and sometimes
with Easter, which, being a movable
feast, led to much confession. In
1564, King Charles IX, decreed that
the year should begin January !■
) Murder of Boy Stirs Memories of Loeb-Leopold Case j
-Sh « brjtSSrck ft F" old (r i?s ,) - •Y n,rsis - ?. ""tlxr «f a promi Mn t
by Father C ond Foth» ck of motive that suggested the Loeb-Leopold case. The boy was found dying
Stde . to 1 *" confOTin ß Kith Coroner L 1. Eicheafdd Crcmrki. VS
2.000 DRIVEN FROM
HOME BY FLOODS
Turbulent Cumberland River at
Nashville Rises 51 Feet.
Xachville, Tenn.. Dec. 20.—At
least 2.000 persons had been driven
from their homes tonight or were
prepared to leave the flooded sec
tions of north and east Nashville due
to the Cumberland river flood, ac
cording to police estimates and stir-,
veys of the inundated regions.
Relief work. begun yesterday
morning, is' being continued under
direction of the police department
and hundreds are volunteering for
service. * • /
The refugees are being housed with
| relatives or friends, or in public
buildings, churches, warehouses nnd
other buildings, while those in need
have been provided wttn lood and
clothing.
A majority of residents in the af
fected area were forewarned nnd
managed to escape the rising waters
with their household effects.
The city temporarily was assum
ing liability for stores of coal and
provisions for the refugees.
Neither denth nor undue suffer
ing had been reported early tonight
despite freezing temperatures.
Relief workers late today rescued ’
an aged woman from a small shack
in an inundated section of north
Nashville nfttcr the water had enmb
ed to a foot over the floor of her
dwelling.
There were numerous eases where
canoes were used in rescue work-
The flooded section stretches for
miles. j
The Union stock yards is tauaial rf’
KLUtHsM-Ef/stW-hUe 4k««Ha74flh»U--paO,)j
; contains approximately 20 feet or
water. Lumber mills, sand and gravel
works and other industries along the
east bank of the Cumberland river
are inundated.
Through , out middle and west
Tennessee 'where the Cumberland,
Ohio and other rivers are
on rampage,' the losses will be. heavy.
Washouts in state highways -re
holding up traffic in many direc
tions. The United States weather
bureau here today raised the esti
mates oil flood stages at Burnside,
] Ivy., Celina, Cathage, Nashville and
j Clnrkesvil'c, Tenn., approximately
two feet above the estimates of late
yesterday.
The Cumberland river at 4 p. in
attained a depth of 51 feet here. 11
feet over flood ; stage, the United
.States weather bureau, announced. A
further rise of 12 inches is anticipat
ed by tomorrow with indications that
the river will reach 53 feet crest
stage Tuesday.
FUNERAL CONDUCTED
FOR GRADY W. I ALLY
i ■
] Well Known Albemarle Man Found
i Dead, in His Room Early Christ
mas Morning.
Albemarle. Dec. 26.—The funeral
of Grady \V. Lilly, who died sudden
ly at his home here on Christmas eve
night from heart trouble, was held
from Central Methodist church aat
two o’clock this afternoon nnd inter
ment was made in Stony Hill ceme
tery,, about eight miles east of the
city. Dr. T. F- Marr, pastor of
] Central Methodist church, conducted
the funeral.
Mr. Lilly was found yosterdo
morning cold in death by his land
lady, Mrs. H. Morris,and from all the
circumstances he must have died
early the night before. The physi
cians pronounce Heart failure the
cause of his deatah.
Bathing at Wrlghtsvilie.
Wilmington's beaches ;as all year
round resorts got another boost
Christmas play when bathers were
seen enjoying the surf at W right s
yille. Thje temperature qf .(be Water
was stiid to tie delightful and the
min shining on the whote sands made
the venture meet pleasant, declared
the swimmers, who are residents of
the beach.
Star Theatre
Program For This Week.
TODAY-TUEBDAY
"SO’S YOUR OLD MAN”
With W. C. Fields and Alice Joyce
. Also A COMEDY
WEDNESDAY ONLY
Dorothy Gish, in
"LONDON”
It's a Paramount
' THURBDAY-FRIDAY
Big Special
“MARRIAGE LICENSE”
Walter MeGrall. Richard Walling.
With Alma Reubens. Walter Pigeon,
apd others. Don’t miss this one, it’s
a Fox picture.
SATURDAY
Our Handsome Pete Morrison, in
“THE ©HOST RIDER”
Also A COMEDY
■*y?Ai,V ■ ... • A
Week qf Special Pictures
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926
UNIVERSITY TRAINING
WASTED TIME—MORRIS
Growing Skeptical as to Use of Col
lege Education for Business Men.
Oxford, England, Dec. 27. — UP)—
j Captnins of iridustry in England are
beginning to grow skeptical as to the
value of a college education for future
business men.
Even the century-old prestige of
Oxford and Cambridge is being ques
tioned, for in a recent interview, W.
R. Morris, head of r.ie Morris Motor
Company, and known as "the Henry
Ford of England.’’ declared that “uni
versity training is an absolute waste
of time’’ nnd “a severe handicap in
commercial life.’-’
Useless in Business
In explaining his remarks. Mr. Mor
ris said. “I have no high opinion of
the value of universities for education
for such essentially practical purposes
as industry or commerce, in fact, a
university training is, from a business
point of view, absolutely useless.
“There arc exceptions. I know, but
I have never found a university train
ed man of any use in m.v organiza
tion, and I am going to say that for
business n university training is an
absolute waste.of time.
IjOs* Psychology of Workers
“A university education will make i
scholar, hut it will not give those qual
ities essential for commerce and indus
try, if t*toso qualities are not original
ly there. If they are, it is quite
likely to obliterate them. It doctf
not, for instance, give them an un
derstanding of the psychology of the
in an industry. As one who
jyent early in, life in at)
glneerhig shop. I got my training
in a practical school. I know what
the worker thinks.
“When I go through my factory
among those thousands of men. 1 know
what they are thinking of me and off
the conditions ujtder which I ask them
to work. My business depends it*
much for its .success upon those mep;
ns upon anything und unless l, and
those responsible with me for the con
trol and management of the enter
prise ’have that understanding of the
workers, how can we hope for suc
cess? Neither Oxford, nor Cambridge.
Vale nor Harvard, will train f iat ele
ment into its students.”
With Our Advertisers.
S. IV. Preslar is offering from 25
to 50 per cent, discount on all goods
in stock for this week only.
Did Santa Claus forget anything
von wanted? If so, you can get it at
Hoover's.
The Pnrks-Bolk Co. is having nit
ifter-Christmas sale of misses’ coats
and dresses. Ilnlf price on fine mill
linery.
If you want plumbing or heating
talk to E. B. Grady. Phone 334-W.
A. B. Pounds reduces price of coal.
See ad. for new prices.
The Auto Supply nnd Repair Co.,
has a good supply of anti-freeze alco
hol. Cheaper than radiators.
The Concord Furniture Co. is offer
ing you one-fourth off on all heat
ers, eash or 30 days. Read all about
this offer in a new ad. today.
Have no fears of winter—have the
Concord Plumbing Co. to heat your
house for you.
' A funeral service involves sympn
sympathetim details and attention.
Read new ad. of Wilkinson’s Funeral
Home.
The Kidd-Frix Co. is offering one
third off before inventory on all pot
tery. vases, bowls, candlesticks, book
ends, brass, pictures, plaques nnd eas
el picture frames. This offer closes
January Ist. Make your money do
double duty during this week. i
. The J. C. Penney Co. storei r one
you absolutely rely on. ,
Let the Boyd W. Cox ; Studio color
yopr 1 Chif.stmns photographs in oil.
Santox Velvet Lotion at Cline’s
Pharmacy. Keeps the hands soft,
smooth and white.
Efird’s pre-inventory sale will be
gin Wednesday, December 2fitb. Great
reductions.
Build your account by regular de
posist at the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company.
Dead Body of Emperor Readies To-
Mo.
Tokio, Dec. 27.—(A*)—Silent and
bare headed, more than a million
mourners lined the four-mile route
from Hnrajuku station to the Imper
ial Palace as the body of the late Em
peror Yosbihito was returned to To
kio tonight’ from the royal villa at
Hayama where he died Christmas
Day.
From the railroad station to the
palace the streets were sprinkled with
white sand as a ceremouy of purifica
tion.
A church building*where prisoners
may worship in accordance with
their religions beliefs stands alone
within the great enclosure at the In
diana state prison.
PROGRESS OF WORK
ON STONE MOUNTAIN
Expected That First Panel Will Be
Done Witin Two Years.
(By International News Service.)
Atlanta. Gn.. Deo. 27.—Satisfac
tion at the rapid progress of carving
operations on the memorial to the
Southern Confederacy at Slone
Mountain, was expressed here re
cently in an interview with Augus
tus Lukeman, noted sculptor of New
York, here to inspect the operations
of the gigantic memorial.
Recently. Mr. Lukeman lias di
vided his time between supervising
the actual carving on the huge moun
tain-side. and the further prepara
tion of models in his New York Stu
dio.
“I find that, the work on Stone
Mountain continues to progress more
rapidly and at less cost than we ex
pected." said the sculptor. “While it
would be rather premature at this
time to make a statement as to what
the actual saving will be. it is al
most safe to say that the cost will
be at least fifty per cent less than
originally estimated.
“We have taken off 264.060 cubic
feet from September 15 to December
1. and ts 1 stated before on piy last
visit, we will begin to apply the de
sign about the first week in Febru
ary. and if the weather holds and
conditions warrant, and also the fin
ances, we have every reason to be
lieve that our statement that the
fiiwf panel would be done within two j
years, would be realized.
"I have so far completed more
than one third of the quarter-size
models-that is, one qarter tie sized of
Site actual carving, which Will be
over 130 feet from the top of the
heads of the riders to the hoofs of the
•horses. Some of these models will bo
shipped from New York within the!
two weeks and on their arrival
Mountain wi’l be placed on j
public display-'
FOUR KILLED WHEN CAN
OF POWDER EXPLODES
Fire From Miners’. Carbide I .amp Set
Fire to Powder He Carried Under
Ann.
Bristol, Va.,-Tenn., Dec. 27.—(/P)
Four lives were snuffed out at In
man. Va., a mining district, three
miles from Appalachia yesterday when
Etl. Morrison, a miner, made the fa
tal mistake of carrying a can of pow
der under his arm While he wore a i
lighted carbide lamp on his cap. A ]
gust of wind ns he started out of the
doer of his home carried the flame of j
the lamp to the powder, causing an
explosion that killed one of his ehil- ]
dren, two neighboring children who j
were visiting at his home, and injur-1
etl him fatally. Morrison died three |
hours later. He was preparing to go |
to work when the explosion occurred, j
TWO PI T TO DEATH
FOR ALLEGED MURDERS 1
Paul Orlakowskl and Paul Fasci Pay j
For Crimes When Electrocuted.
HeWofonte, Pa., Dec. 27. UP) —
Paul Orlakowski and Paul Fasci, coll
ided murderers, died in the electric
chair nt Rockview Penitentiary to- 1
day. Neither man made any confes-!
sion or admission of guilt.
Orlakowski was convicted in Pitts
burgh of participating in a riot at
the Western Penitentiary in Febru
ary 1922, in which two guards were
killed.
Fasci, alleged member of a band
of 7 who held up and robbed an elec
tric car near Wilkesbarre in July. I
1923, killing a passenger, was con- j
victed in Scranton.
!, , !
Says Prohibition Has Changed ]
i Christmas. j
, Hickory. Doc. 26-j—“Ohrlstmas is
not what it used to he.” J. F. Abor-1
neth.v, one of the oldest residents of ;
Hickory, said as he walked into the j
police station to pass the time of day i
with the force. Twenty-five years j
ago. he said, he would have had tq j
step over 25 drunk men is-i«r<‘
reaching tha office of the chief.
"Times certainly have changed." lie
.said. “It used to be that the old
' men got drunk, but now it is the
young men," he observed. Mr. Aber
f neth.v, who is of the old school, be
lieves that the eighteenth amend
ment is doing more good than the
younger generation realizes.
Big Reduction in Clothing at Rich
| mond-Flowe Co.’s.
| Beginning Tuesday. December 28,
and running through Monday. Janu
-1 ar.v 10th. the Ricnmond-Flowe Co.
will give 25 per cent, discount on all
men's and boys’ suits and ovorcoatß.
Titey sell the well known Kirschbaum
, and Michael Stearn clothes, and noth-
I lug will bo reserved in this sale. They
will have a special job lot of men's
and boys’ overcoats at $7.95 «nd
$8.95. They about this sale
in a page ad. in both The Tribune
land The Times today.
ROYAL DELUXE TOURS
COSTLY TO RAILROADS
Notables Tour the Country at a
Nominal Cost to Themselves.
Washington, Dec. 27. — UP) —Sup-
plying of special trains and cars to dis
tinguished foreign visitors who wish
to see this country in deluxe style has
become an interesting phase of Ameri
can railroading.
Through the courtesy of tiio rail
roads. in many cases, members of roy
al families and other notables have
been able to tour the United States
and Canada in luxurious equipment at
nominal cost to themselves. The
transcontinental jaunt of Queen Marie
of Rumania and the earlier visit of
President Machado of Cuba nr out
standing instances when the railroads
themselves played host and footed
most of the transportation bills.
Swedish Visitors Paid
Tac Crown Prince and Princes of
Sweden paid for the special car which,
attached to regular trains, took them
across the country on their recent
visit, but the Prince of Wales and
Marshal Foch of France rode in spe
cial trains that cost them next to
nothing.
The most consistent user of special
trains is President Coolidge. but he
buys his own ticket out of a special
appropriation provided for the pur
pose. T.te government at times em
ployes special equipment with which
to transport distinguished visitors
from New York to Washington and
return when they pay official calls to
the national capital.
More than the desire of the rail
roads to be courteous hosts to visiting
sightseers is necessary in supplying
traius nt nominal Cost- to the guests.
Under the law only railroad employes
are allowed free transportation and
in order to carry Queen Mario, for
example, at one dollar fare, n special
tariff had. to be filed with file Inter
state Confrere* Commission and that
body’s approval received.
10,000 Miles for $1
In Marie's case, she paid out of her I
owh pocketbook one dollar for her- |
self, her two children and each mem
ber of her immediate party to each
of the several railroads over which
she traveled on ’nor 10.000-mile tour.
Railroad fares alone, at winter tourist
rates, would have totalled approxi
mately $20,000 for tlie nearly eighty
persons aboard the Royal Rumanian.
Another huge expense borne by the
roads was that iWident to stocking
diners nnd private kitchens aboard the
several special cars making up the
royal train. Special illustrated book
lets describing the country through
which flic queen passed nnd elaborate
menu ears also were paid fqr by the
railroads.
Railroad men ngrped that the royal
Rumatfian was the most luxurious
equipment ever assembled. Contrpis
ing six special cars, all of them the
property of railroad presidents, nnd
equipped with the most modern con
veniences.
The "Champeen" Fiddler.
Franklin. X. t’., Dee. 27.—When
“Fiddling Jim” Corbin played his
fiddle in the hills of North Carolina j
and fairly “made (t talk", folks listen- j
ed and believed, for Jim was the'
“champee fiddler."
But now Jim brings to Franklin
a tale, v'aieh although vouched for
by his wife, is causing much specula
tion among amateurs ns well as ex
perts. »
The wielder of the Bow relates how
he drennted of a beautiful sapphire,
buried in an old mine near his home:
nnd how. next morning he arose, and
after relating the dream to his wife,
took pick and shovel. Journeyed to the
spot nnd Actually found it.
An almost perfect Masonic emblem
cut: upon the :side of the stone was
eif.ier the work of nature or an nma
iteur. according to experts. Jim shows
the jewel to corroborate his story and
states he has already refused an offer
of SOO for it.
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! &
Rivers Already Gushing
I From Banks Promised
\ More Power by Addi
j tional Rains.
I- i
i STORM WARNINGS
PROVE TIMELY
Few Lives Lost But Prop
erty Damage Has Been
Great in a Number of
States.
| Memphis, Trim., Deo, 27.— UP) —
I Rivers that readied out of their banks
j ami grasped valley dwellers in five
Southern states in their icy grip to
day were promised still further pow
er for the weather forecast was for
more rain today and tonight in all of
them.
Few lives were lost for the warn-1
ings had come in time, but property !
damage mounted into thousands of j
dollars, as farms were ilimndated, in-;
dnstry stopped, livestock drowned, j
and railroads and highways washed
out.
Two men were drowned near Pine I
Bluff, Ark., and another near Polum-!
bus. Miss., and another died at So]- j
mar, Tenn.. from exposure
In Alabama. Arkansas, Kentucky. I
Mississippi and Tennessee rivers and j
streams were out of their banks and j
the latter state probably felt the de- |
structive power of the high waters |
more than the others. In Nashville j
more than .70 blocks of the lower part 1
of the city were inundated by the !
Cumberland River, which had risen ;
today to 51.1 feet, higher than ever j
before except in 1882 when it rose to j
55.3. Nearly, a score of Tennessee:
towns were cut off from rail or high- j
way traffic by flooded lowlands. The j
Nashville flood drove 2.500 people j
from their homes, and halted indue- j
tries and hundreds of acres were in- j
undated near Chattanooga.
In Alabama 1,000 miners were j
thrown out of work by high waters [
in Walker county. Arkansas damage j
was chiefly to highways and to lie- j
stock, while in Mississippi swollen I
streams had driven hundreds from j
their homes in and neaf as |
the Tombigbee River rose and crops
and highways suffered heavy loss.
Kentucky was recovering from its
flood conditions as -the high waters
swept on toward the South, but the
flood still was felt and a coating of
sleet over the western part of the
state had paralyzed communications)
over the week-end,
THE COTTON MARKET
Issuance of .January Notices of About
OH.OOO Bales. Featured Early Trad-.
*ing.
New York, Dee. 27.—(A3)—Issu
ance of January notices featured the
cotton-market today ou resumption of
trading after the Christmas 'holidays. I
No definite estimate of their number j
was available, but it was supposed
they represented nearly the entire cer- 1
tifieated stock of around 1)8.000 bales. |
and while (heir circulation brought out i
some liquidation it was readily ah- 1
sorbed by the buying of spot houses |
against sales of later deliveries.
This buying hoiped the tone of the
general market and after opening i
steady at an advance of 4 to 0 points j
active months’ sold 18 to 20 points I
higher, January advancing to 12.02
and May 13.03 before t'he end of the
first hour.
Reports of continued bad weather
for harvesting in the South probably
brough in some buying of later dc-
I liveries.
Cotton futures opened steady : .Tan-
I nary 12.42; March 12.74; May 12.5)2;
! July 13.12; October 13.25).
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SALISBURY MAN KILLS
SELF AT Al'TO WHEEL [
Ernest Thornburg Commits Suicide !
at an Early Hour This Morning.
Salisbury, Dee. 27.— UP) —Ernest
Thornburg, white man about 30 years
old, of this city, oil truck driver, com
mitted suicide at 5:30 this morning
by shooting himself in the right tem
ple. ihe pistol bull passing entirely
through the Mend. The deed was com
mitted as the man sat in his nutomo-1
: bile on North Main street near'the I
j street cor barns. He had been at j
I tire barn only a few minutes beforei
jhe called up several acquaintances,
one a woman, and told them of his'
intentions. Parties at the barn, how-1
ever,' thought he was going ’home, but
instead he walked to his ear only a
short distance away, took seat behind
the steering wheel and fired the fatal
shot. He leaves a father, mother
and other relatives.
Russians to See Barbarous Sport To
day.
Moscow, Dec. 20.—The barbarous
“sports" of the pagan era will be
Moscow's way of celebrating the
great Christian festival of the year.
On Monday, forty man-eating
wolves, captured for the purpose in
Siberia, will battle to the death with
savage dogs. As a pre’iminary, foxes
and rabbits trill be worried to death
i by huge hounds.
1 During this bloody spectacle, the
noble audience will be guarded by
hunters armed with: rifles.''
The promoters of the “attraction”
announce that: over $50,000 ■ persons
have applied for tickets and many
will have to ie turned away!
▲ (Odd irianj r-'-of the Soviet;
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
NO. 304
THE HORTHEASTERI
TITESMHKETED '
WITH HEAVY SNOWS
(Streets in New York City 1
Turned Into Icy Glare
From Inch of Sleet alu}
Light Snowfall. 1
MANY ACCIDENTS "Vs
REPORTED TODAY |
When Sleet Storm Was at
Height, 20 Barges Broke
From Moorings.—Occh- f
pants AH Saved.
New York. Dec. 27. — UP) —Snow
and ice today covered the northeast- >
ern states, with a white and slippery' |
coating after mild Christmas tempicr;- |
attires.
II Streets in New York were turned gj
into an icy glare from an inch of
sleet followed by a light snowfall, and -f
j numerous accidents were reported.
! One man was killed when he fell
j down slippery steps and a skidding
j automobile caused another fatality. j
| When the sleet storm was at its ■«
j height, twenty barges broke from their
| moorings in the East river and their if
I twenty occupants were rescued after
| great efforts by fire boots and tug's;
j The barking of dogs attracted atten
' tion to the barges as they drifted intq fl
| the treacherous current and reefs of ,
Hell (late. The faet that the brnges
were lashed together made it'possible 4
for lugs to tow them back to safe
| anchorage after lines had hern at- -]
j tached.
Unusually Low Temperatures in tin
Rockies.
I Denver. Col.. Dec. 27.—UP)—Un
i usually low temperatures prevailed Jif |
' the southern Rocky Mountain states 1
I and desert regions today following a
i week-end storm which brought snow 1
jto the valleys ns well as lo the tower- :J|
ling peaks.
! Snow fell at Tucson for the first
I time in three years, leaving a mantel s
nearly a foot deep on nearby mottn- |
j tains. The mercury hit. 33 above at
i Phoenix, being a new low for the year, *
land threatening the citrus crops. |
| One death was reported from.the fj
[Texas pan handle country where a
J negro died from exposure in the rain 3
i and sleet storm.
THREE COUNTIES ,1
PROJECT HOSPITAL t
j
Representatives of Edgecombe. Mar- |
tin and Halifax Consider Under
taking.
Tarbor. Dee. 27. —County official*,
prominent physicians, attorneys and
other citizens from Halifax. Martin ;-J
and Edgecombe counties met here at -jf
noon teal ay to consider the offer i>f
the KdiMombe Benevolent Assoeia- Jj
tion of the Edgecombe general hbh- J
pital to be used by These counties lor. |
permanent hospital purposes.
Final action was deferred but tile
meeting was favorable to the propo- , w
sition. —, Ja
Chairman Yines Cobb of the Edge- -J
combe hoard, called the meeting 10 • |
order. Commissioner J. W. \Yhituker,
of Halifax, acted as permanent ■M
chairman of the meeting and J. A.
Weddell acted as secretary. Dr- J. .Jj
M. Baker explained in detail the oh
jeet of the meeting, saying that a. j
simple deed would he made to toe %
three counties if the ’hospital proposi
lion is accepted, without cost to them
for the use of all people of these J
counties.
Dr. W. S'. Ilnnkin. of Ihe Duke en
dowment, was present and ably die-'
cussed the matter. He said he would
do all he could to further the .prow*
sition. He pointed out the great need |
of such an institution for the ben<* . j 8
fit of the people of these counties. He '
gave valuable assistance on the sub- '<s;
jeet and hi, able address made a
profound impression. He said that in <
the three counties twenty-five hun
jdred people are sick daily and many
poor people cannot now be treated ip
j hospi'uls. . >
j lie said the Duke - Endowment
would contribute one dollar a • day
for each charity patient in publi? ,
hospitals, and the churches and
charitably inclined people should,; be I
willing to contribute the balance, |
DIAZ TROOPS MAY BE
DISARMED RIGHT SOON
I re- 1 -m
American Bluejackets in Position to M
Guard Neutral Zone. SB
Washington, Dee. 27.—(A I ) —Rear l|
Admiral Latimer, who landed Ameri- <’f|
can bluejackets at Puerto Cabazas, a
j Nicaragua, and proclaimed a neutral II
zone last week, advised the State do- '% 1
pnrtment today that he had notified ;9
Nicaraguan Diaz government forces, |j|
recently defeated by liberal troop*, 3'
that they would be disarmed if they |
were forced into the Bluefields' neu-d;M
tral zone.
It was emphasized at the State -de-. im
payment that the Bluefields’ neutral 1
zone agreement was still in effect, and 4
that the military lenders of both side* i|
liad entrusted to American naval <3
forces the task of seeing that neutral- a
ity was observed within the tone.
t 'HM
Statesville Man Shoots Himself—« J
Expended to Die.
Statesville, Dec. 26.—P. D. Cline, 1
26. jitney driver, is iu Long's sana- l
torium in a criticrfl condition as the m
result of a self-inflicted pistol wound I
through his left lung. He shot him
self while alone at his home. Ho was,, a
' found shortly after the shot
fired lying face down in bis kitchen. M
No reason has been shown for hitC-df
act. He in not expected to Uve. 1