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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI 5100 PERSONS 111 miLLE DESERT SUBMERGED HOMES 250 City Blocks in the Ten nessee Capital Covered Now by Overflow From the Cumberland River. NO LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED SO FAR | People in Flood Area Were Warned in Time and They Are Occupying All Kinds of Homes. ' Nashville, Ti>nii.. Dec. :!o.—(4>) Two hu mired and fifty city blocks where 5,000 persons have been hous- F cd, wore deserted today as a result of a swirling torrent of the Cumberland lliver, which swept through the streets of Nashville's lowlands. Without reported loss of life, the floodstricken populace of the city had withdrawn to whatever homes they could find. L Churches and privnte homes have I been thrown open to the sufferers. B while horse and motor drays carry I salvaged furniture to makeshift places I of storage. The Cumberland continues to rise E after breaking the 'IBB2 watermnrk H record of 55.3 feet, and early today | additional families were hurriedly pro le paring to abandon their homes. ■ Soup kitchens have been opened for ■ refugees and charity organizations I were buty in relief work. North ■ Nashville is waterbound. as well ns the Edgefielil section, and South Nash- H ville bottoms. Water menaced the I Itiehland Creek section near the state ■ penitentiary. Police say 1.500 persons from the I flood area have been deprived of rieir E work by the rising waters. Guesses j regarding property damage are un- B hazarded. Train . service throughout Tennes ■ see. Mississippi and Kentucky showed I only slight improvement in the flood H nrens. While many of the smaller I streams have reached their flood crest, B the Cumbetlaml. Tennessee. Ohio and I snm’ler rivers continued to rise. I Columbus, Miss., is in the clutches g of the weyst flood known in many years, and the adjutant genernl of the statu. Imul dispatched a plane to > -Tfcr.t r <4t7*tf( l afd In‘fescue-work. MOVEMENT STARTED AT KINSTON FOR SMITH I Time to Elect a “Smith" to the Pres idency, They Say. 1 (By International News Service) f, Kinston, Dee. 30.—-A movement lias been started in this section to elect a "Smith" to the presidency in 1928. It had its beginning when it, was suggested by one member of the Smith elan in a speech made recently, and many members of the well known fam ily have taken up the movement in | earnest. “It is time to elect a Smith to the presidency." said the spokesman. “The fact that the Jones and Browns '.lave never been represented in the , White House has nothing to do with | it. There arc millions of Smiths in I this country and they have been un- B selfishly voting for other people of ■ other names for a century and a half. I They demand recognition.” With the enormous number of I Hmir.is who nre to be found listed in j§ city directories and telephone books » in every city in the I’nited States. I it doesn’t seem impossible thnt such | an election could be had. | The question is—how long would ft it tnke the June;. Browns and Rob insons to get together for the same purpose? Padlock Plan May Be I'sed on Thea ters in New York. New York. Dee. 29.—Padlocking of theaters that show salacious plays was seen as a possibility by District Attorney Bantu today irf discussing Mayor Walker’s • conference with producers. He expressed the opinion, however, that the citizens’ play jury should ’be given further trial before abolishing it in favor of political a censorship. ! B The mayor's only ’ comment to ■ newspapermen yesterday when be Si was asked if he believed the play jury a flat failure was "figure it out H for yourself.,” This was just after he had concluded a Conference with pro ■ dnicers in which be had said political censorship was inevitable unless the ■ theatrical men themselves iminem- SH ntcly purged the state of immorality. H The producers agreed to do so. Fliers for Vera Cnti. IS Galveston, Texas. Dee. 30.—(A 9 )— B The Pan-American fliers hopped off JS from Tampico at 11 a. in.. Tampico '‘W time, to Vera Crux, n message rc- Jf eeived hero from Tampico by the All jj Amerienn Cable office here said. City Tax Notice A penalty of one per cent, will be added to your City Tax January Ist, 1927. Pay today, and Bave the cost. CHAS. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily SAYS MU PHARR IS EXPRESSING HIS OWN OPINION ! 'Did Not Speak for Com-i mission in Saying Time’ 1 Is Not Ripe for Action | for Longer School Term. THE COMMISSION TO | MEET JANUARY 3RD ‘Then the Report of Dr. j Morrison as to His In vestigations Will Be Heard by Commission. Tribune Bureau. 1 Sir Walter Ilntc'. | Ry 4. C. Baskervitl. I Raleigh. Dee. 30.—Consternation has been thrown into the ranks of those who nre hoping that the legis lature will submit tile question of an eight months school term to a vote of the people, by the published statement of Edgar W. Pharr, a member of the Educational Com mission could not recommend this missiion mild not recommend this action, on the grounds that the mem bers of the commission felt that "the time is not ripe" for such action. That Mr. Pharr must have been expressing his on opinion, rather than speaking for the commission as a whole, is the interpretation general ly placed on his statement here, es pecially in view of the announce ment made a few days ago, after the Inst meeting of the commission here, that the commission had not yet taken a formal vote on any of the matters before it. and that the ques tion of the eight months school term had not yet been considered by the entire commission, pending the re port of Dr. Fred M. Morrison, who has been compiling the special re pot for the consideration of the commission. "The commission has taken no of ficial action on anything, ns T nil-1 uounced last week in a written statement detailing the work of the commission," said J. .0- Carr, of Wilmington, chairman of the com mission, when called over long dis tance and asked if 'Mr. Pharr nad been given authority to speak for' the commission on the question of the eight, months school term. He stated tliakjhr question .of the months term had not as yet been taken up formally by the commission. In the formal statement issued by Mr. Carr last week at the close of a two days session of the commission here, It was announced that the com mission had gone exhaustively into the question of school financing and possible sources of revenue, with a view to developing better methods of financing the present six months school term and with a view to ue vc’eping avenues for additional reve nue “kliould the eight mouths term become a rea'ity.” Hut it was made very clear that all the discussion was purely tentative and speculative, and that no vote had been taken, and would not be until the commission holds what it hopes will be its final session here on Monday, January 3. At this session, the report of Dr, Morrison dealing with the results of his investigations into the advisabi lity of the eight months term will be heard and acted unon. as will the re port of Dr. M. C. S. Noble, .Tr„ dea’ing with the training of teaeuers in the schools of the state, past, pres ent and future. Rut until these re ports nre submitted aud studied, it is impossible for the commission to take any action. Thus it is believed that the state ment by Mr. Pharr was evidently j misinterpreted, and that although lie may have given it as his opinion that the "time was not ripe" for the eight months .school term, that he in 1 ' no sense was intending to speak for the commission as a whole, since it is at present impossible for anyone to do so, inasmuch as the commission has not as yet acted on the eight months term. A, T. Allen, state superintendent of public instruction, declined to make any statement, with regard to the situation, other than to say he did not sec how Air. Pharr could speak for the entire commission, since the commission had taken no action as yet. Mr. Alien is perhnps the most vigorous supporter of thy eight months term, and has been I' throwing all his influence toward having this qu stion submitted to a ;vote ojf; the people in the form of a constitutional amendment, although he has made no effort to influence the educational commission in Its consideration of the question. He with others interested in question have been quite hopeful that the commission, nfter a careful consid eration of the question and facts presented, would eventually recom mend the longer school term as one of the vital educational needs of the state. Rut no one has been certain of what action the commission would tajte. It. is true that one or two mem bers of the commission are known to be friendly toward the longer term and one or two are believed to bo opposed to it. Rut one of the mem bers of the commission frankly told your correspondent last week that he had no idea what the attitude of the commission as a whole would bo. and that he doubted if any of the members had made up their minds on the question—and thnt for one. he did not yet just how he would vote, until after he bad heard the report of Dr. 1 Morrison. Thus while there ia undoubtedly (Continued on Page Fire) TRAGEDY REFUSES TO liOSE GRIP ON BANK’S OFFICIALS Memphis. Tenti.. Doc. 30.—(4 1 ) Harry Cohn. president of the Amer ican Savings Rank & Trust Com pnny wlii< ’ll recently e'osed its doors, collapsed in the bank today and died within a few minutes. The Ixink was closed two weeks ago after the suicide of Clafenee Henoehsberg. an Assistant cashier, who before firing a bullet into his head, told a friend that his ac counts were $300,000 short. Before Hcnoehsberg's death. Rush Parke, bookkeeper, had dis appeared when examiners found shortages of $105,000 in Parke's accounts. Two other clerks in the closed bank were arrested on embezzlement charges and are now under bond. NORTH CAROLINA WILL, KEEP PACE Willi the Gigantic Expansions of Electric Power Development. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Dee. 30. With expendi tures totalling millions of dollars in electric power development planned for the year 1927, North and South Carolina will keep pace with the gi gantic expansions forecast for the in dustry throughout the I'nited States. According to a statement received here today from R. F. Pack, president of the National Electric Light Asso ciation. new capital to the amount of $900,000,000 will be needed during 1927 for the expansions contemplated by industry. In North Carolina there are at pres ent under way three major power de velopments which are expected to he completed approximately within the twelve moni'us. They are: The Pigeon River hydro-electric plant of the Carolina Power and Light Company, west of Asheville, at a cost that hns been estimated at from $13,- 000,00 ft to $14,000,000. The Norwood h.vdro-electrie plant in Stanly county by the Carolina Power and Light Company at an es timated cost of $10,000,000. The High Rock development on the Yadkin River in Davidson county by the Tallassee Power Company and the Southern Power Company, jointly, at an estimated cost of $15,000,000. In South Carolina a new $20,00,- 000 corporation lias been formed to take over the utilities of Charleston and to do business throughout the state. On the Savannah River in McC'or-, mick county, South Carolina, thq Southeastern Power and Light Cony pnny plans an ultimate, expenditure, of $50,000,D00 for hydro development! The year just closed saw the com pletion by the Southern Power Com pany in record time of the 100,000 horsepower steam plant at Dukevil.e, near Salisbury. Mr. Pack, in tiis statement, calls attention to the completion of three great “super power” interconnections in the west and the northwest. Dur ing 1927, the two Carolinas. which for four years have been included in the great southeastern “super power" system will see themselves linked with tiie east and the northwest in an un broken connection from the Great Lakes to Florida and Texas From Roxboro, North Carolina, to Danville, Virginia, mere is now building the .only remaining link of that sectiona. inter-connection. The Carolina Pow er nnd Light Company will be the medium of connection between North and South Carolina. With Our Advertisers. The A. & P. stores have some at tractive offerings for you. See ad. today. Don't fail to visit Efird's before stock-taking sale. Every department included in this sale. See list of New Year prices at the J. & H. Cash Store. Read the attractive new ad. of Hoover's today. The J. C. Pennqy Co. led all other chain stores in tiie amount of sales. Rend about this in their new ad. to day. Groat program at the Concord Then atre Now Year's eve, beginning at 11:30 p. m. Thrifty women are taking advant age of the pre-inventory sate at Fish er's. Appointments to suit your conven ience at the Boyd W. Cox Studio. Read "What is a Master Cleaner” in the nfw ad. today of the Bob'S Dry Cleaning Ccf. * ’ * Ne\y Year’s greetings from the Cit izens Rank and Trust Company. The hanks of the. city wiR be clos ed Saturday, January Ist , Raw Red IJquor, Not Wood Alcohol, Blamed by Detroiter. Detroit, Dec. 30.—" Raw red liquor" and not wood alcohol is causing the deaths and sickness among holiday drinkers here Dr. A. Vaukhan, City Health Officer declared to-dny. Five are dead in Detroit. Dr. Vaughan said tests made by his department revealed that little lioisoned liquor is being sold, but that most of the liquor consumed here is used so soon nfter being manufac tured thnt it is almost as had as poison. Forty-four persons including eight women were treated at the receiving hospital here for acute nlcoholism. Five of them died. Rail's Condition Not So Favorable Today. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 30.—14*)—Al bert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, who is ill at his home here with pneumonia, suddenly took a turn for the worse during the night, ne cessitating the calling in of Dr. H. T. Safford at an earlier hour than usual this morning. Fail was reported yes terday as being practically out of dan ger. . CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1926 Movement For New Library Here Is Sponsored By&otary Club Members Club Members at Weekly Meeting Endorse Bond Is sue Proposal as Best Means of diving City Library Facilities Needed. A movement for a modern public library in Concord was started Wed nesday by Concord Rolarians at their Weekly meeting and o(her civic or | ganizntions will he asked to lend their I co-operation nnd support. Following an address by L. T. Hart sell. chairman of the board of trustees of the library. Rotariiuis at the meet ing pledged their support to a bond issue which was deemed necessary as a means of securing money witli which to build and ispiip such a library as is needed in Concord. "Concord people nre tired of drives: they have been about driven to death,” Mr. Hartseil stated, “nnd I tflink the library should be supported by taxa tion. with every one paying his or her proportionate share." By a unanimous vote the dub en dorsed this suggestion, nppointed a committee to draw up a bill which would he presented at the next ses sion of the legislature, and named representatives to put the proposition before the Kiwanis and Woman's clubs at early meetings. North Carolinians like to talk about the biggest towel mill in the worlA being in Kannapolis, about the biggest? denim mill in the world being at Greensboro and t'ae biggest aluminum, plant in the world being at Badin, Mr. Hartseil said in opening his ad dress. but they don't like to talk about public libraries. “They shun this subject,” he said, “because we are not doing nnything for our libraries. North Carolina and Arkansas rank at the bottom of the 48 states in library support and in the number of books i»er inhabi tant there is no one to dispute the lowest rung on the ladder with North Carolina. "Massachusetts has two nnd a half books per inhabitant in libraries. North Carolina has less than one third of one hook per inhabitant. As a matter of fact wo would have to increase the state’s total ten times to be even an average state.” Mr. Hartseil stated that he dis cussed the library subject in general just to lead up to his real subject—an adequate library for Concord. "The present library was established thir teen years ago,” tie continued, “and showed a fine growth for many years. We nre falling back now beenuse of '.ack of money. There is just ns much interest as ever on the part of the public, but that public has not' been satisfied because there were no new books available. In 1922 at the library 51,000 books were bor rowed. This year the total has fallen to 37,000, not because the public was tired of rending but because there was nothing new to be secured at the library. "All of the money secured from flic city now is needed for small salaries, heat aud other necessities. There TURLINGTON DECLINES OFFERED PRESIDENCY Tells North Carolina Bible League He Cannot Head the Organization. Charlotte, Dec. 30.—(A*)—Z. V. Turlington, of Mooresville, veteran legislator, today threw the meeting of the North Carolina Bible League, for merly the committee of 100, into a quandary When after calling the ses sion to order he announced that he could not accept the presidency of the organization. Mr. Turlington was elected at the meeting of the organization here on December 9th and it had been believ ed he would accept. The North Carolina Bible League has as its aim the combatting of mod ernism in the schools of the Rtate. and the meeting today was called for the purpose of coraploting plans looking to the laying before the legislature again the question of a law barring the teaching of the theory of evolu tion as it relates to the origin of man, in the public schools. Charlotte, Dec. 30. — OP) —Dr, Mc- Kendrick Long, of Mooresville, todny was elected president of the North Carolina Bible League, fundamental ist organization. He was chosen after Z. V. Tur lington, of Mooresville, veteran legis lator, had called the meeting to order and announced that he could not ac cept the presidency. Mr. Turlington was elected at tp, meeting here De-, Cember Ol'.i. *' " v 3 L Today’s meeting, like previous ses sions, was held .Ijehipflvelpsfid, doo Kilted hi f reight Wreck. Summevtield, Pa., Dec. 30.—04*) An engineer was killed and his fire man is believed to be dead under the wreckage, the result of one freight train running into the rear of an other on tiie I.egiligh Valley railroad here today. Tiie engineer was John Johnson, of Sw.vre, Pa. His fireman is Michael Langan, of Pittston, a junior at La fayette College. HOLIDAY NOTICE SATURDAY, JANUARY lit, 1927 being -a legal holiday the banks of Concord will not be open for business. . CONCORD NATIONAL BANK CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY has been no money to be spent for hooks. Did you know that during Ihe fiost year not a single new child's hi.uk has been purchased for tiie li- ; hrary? Yet despite the fact tlinl new books have been scarce the li brary has loaned bonks al the rate of 120 a day. Thnt stiows the pub lie wants to read if the library can furnish the proper reading material. Had we enough books the total would have been twice, yea thriee, ns large. "Not only do we need money for hooks. We need a new home. The present building is wholiy inadequate. It is impossible to get light except through the front and unsatisfactory skylights. "We need $50,000 for a new home, SIO,OOO for new books and an income of about SO,OOO a year for salaries and other necessities. To get Phis money we should have a bond issue and let Ihe people decide for themselves what they will have. "In Cabarrus county we are spend ing 93 cents on the SIOO for educa tion. For the library, a necessary adjunct to the schools, we are spend ing one cent on the SIOO. The li brary should carry parallel reading books and other material needed by school children. Wif.i an income of $1,200 it cannot do this. “1 think the people of Concord want their library. Certainly textile work ers and members of their families find the library of greatest pleasure and benefit and we should provide for them. I am confident that they would vote for a measure that would provide for them an adequate library without excessive cost. By giving the library five rents on the SIOO it would receive about SO,OOO a year, and the increase in taxes would be negligible to Che nverage taxpayer.” Mr, Hartseil suggested that the mat ter be presented to the next legisla ture so it can be 'voted on in the mayor's election in the spring. Mr. Hartseil was asked to draw a bill and deliver it to F. J. Haywood, state senator from Cabarrus, for pres entation in the new General Assem bly. R. E. Ridenhour, Jr., was named to present the mntter to the Kiwanis Club and S. Kay Patterson was ap pointed representative to appear be fore the Woman's Club. Several members discussed the movement, all offering their, endorse ment and support. W. R. Odell, head of the Kerr Bleachery Slid Fin ishing Works, said he had always been interested in Che library and thought it bond issue was the proper way to handle the matter. “My company will gladly pay its proportionate part of the tuxes needed for such a pro ject,” he said. W. W. Morris, trustee of the li brary, was the guest of Mr. Ilart ■ sell, and said he thought Mr. Hart (Contlnued on Page Five) WANTS MORE HOSPITALS FOR DISABLED VETERANS Bill Carrying $ 1ff,000,000 Appropria tion Drawn Up For Congressional Action. Washington. Dec. 30.—(4*)—A vet erans hospital construction program calling for appropriations of $16,- 000,000 for new structures or addi tions to existing ones, is asked in a bill drawn up by chairman Johnson, of the House veterans committee. It would authorize 5,000 additional beds, and with a few exceptions they would be used for world war veterans suffering with mental disorders. The measure follows recommendation* made at the Philadelphia American Legion convention. "The additional hospital facilities," Mr. Johnson said today, “have been found necessary because the number of former service men suffering from mental diseases attributable to the war has increased at ttye late of 1,- 000 a year for the past four years. Under special treatment the govern ment may be able to cure a substan tial number of these, but existing hos pital facilities are not able to meet demands placed upon them.” Mayor of Augusta Dead. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 30. —(4>)—Wil- liam Penn White, mayor of Augusta, died this morning at It :30 o'clock. He became ill at the city hall Mon-, Aay aftpri.bpviflg, been in failing health since beginning of his , second term as mayor, (jy o years ago. , , JJi\ ; wat* .56 years qld. .He was a descendant of Wtllfctti) Penn., DLAaIAumI |J r 1 fnu,. a tTwiflpiu duck Nome. Washington, Dec. 30.—14*>—Presi dent and Mrs. Goolidge arrived home j early today from Trenton, N. J.. where the President spoke last night at the Battle of Trenton celebration, i and were driven immediately to the White House. Nearly five hundred whales were taken in Alaskan waters last year. OBJECTSTO POISON IN DENATURANTS SO CHANGERS ORDERED In the Future Government Will Not Use Poisons, Under Order Made by - Secretary Mellon. NEW PLANWILL BE USED SOON | Objects to the Practice of j Poisoning Persons to j Keep Them From Drink ing, Secretary Asserts. Washington, Deo. 30. —G4*>—On the theory that no effective prohibition enforcement is bound to drive drink drinkers to the use of industrial alco hol. Secretary Mellon announced a determination today to eliminate the use of poisons in the use of denatur ants. The secretary’s attitude, made known today at the treasury, is thnt he does not eoneeive it as a duty of the government to permit poison ing of citizens in order to enforce the law. He expects government chemists soon will be able to denature alcohol so that it will be too distaste ful to drink rather titan too danger ous. When the new government denat uring formula goes into effect Janu ary Ist certain poisonous substances previously included in it will be elim inated. The four per cent, of wood alcohol provided for in the formula will re main. however, ns Mr. Mellon does not think that percentage injurious. Under the old formula two per cent, of wood alcohol is used. The decision not to use poisons in dangerous quantities is based on a conviction on the part of Secretary Mellon thnt complete prohibition en forcement is impossible. He thinks that as enforcement grows stronger bootleggers and drinkers will turn to alcohol nnd ot'uer substitutes. He is not willing thnt the government should poison these substitutes to enforce the law and believes thnt concoctions can be placed in them to prevent their use. Improved prohibition enforcement under the administration of Assist ant. Secretary Andrews is believed by Mr. Mellon to have resulted in use of industrial alcohol by bootleggers, and in the consequent poisoning of some drinkers. He does not believe, however, that any portion of the num erous holiday alcoholic deaths result ed from use of poisoned alcohol, and believes excessive drinking was a more likely cause. The secretary declared today that smuggling both along the coast and on the Canadian border had been greatly diminished, if not almost elim iniated. Domestic liquor leaks also have been stopped to a great degree, he said, through the concentration in fewer distilleries of the medicinal li quor stock. As a result bootleggers, lie understands, nre to use industrial alcohol. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 7 to 10 Points, With January' Selling Up to 12.05. ‘ New York, Dec. 30.—C4*) —The cot ton market opened steady at an ad vance of 7 to 10 points in response to) relatively firm Liverpool cables and reports that while the weather, was clear in the South it was too rold for much progress in picking. Additional January notices were is sued, causing a little liquidation anti a slight widening of the differences between January and later months, but the general market held steady. T'.iere appeared to be a little trade buying here for continental account. January sold up to 12.95 nnd July to 13.27 and prices held withih 2 or 3 points of these figures at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: Jan. 1 12.74; March 12.92; May 13.10; July 13.27; Oct. 13.41. Fenner and Beane’s Cotton Letter. New Orleans. Dec. 29. —The cot ton market was a small affair today owing', to the uppronching holiday J . Sentiment was generally reactionary but there was no selling of conse quence and the market l was steady though a shade lower. The weather continues bad with rains in the east and cold in the west. The forecast is for fair weather and rising tempera tures but the map indicates another raiuy spell is on the way into the belt. Export* continue to run heavy but spot demand is light and ship ments from interior points are less than lust season. Sentiment is gen erally reactionary but the steadiness of the market nnd cheapness A( cot ton is restricting selling for the short account. Finds Whiskey SOU in Public Square. Charlotte, Dec. 29. —Local police today were endeavoring to figure out whether some moonshiner took a New Year resolution to quit making “white lightning” or merely lost the tools of his trade. Roy Biggers, negro caretaker, who works on the city hall lawn, walked into police headquarters this morn ing with a five gallon still. He said he found it on the city hall square about a half block from the police station. One of every three persons in New York City ia a Jew. AMERICA DECLINES TO CHANGE POLICY 111 ncr;>v Standing Pat in Face of Battering Rain of Far- Flung Protests and the Divergent Opinions. SACASA TROOPERS HAVING SUCCESS It Is Saitfr American Forces Will Stay Where They Are to Protect Ameri cans and Property. Washington, Deo. .‘lO.--(A 3 )—While the Sneaoa I i bora Is continue to forge ahead into the interior of Nicaragua, threatening the vital portions of the conservative forces of President Diaz. American government officials in the face of a battering ram of far-flung protests and widely divergent opin ions are standing pat on their an nounced policy of protection for Am erican lives and property. While conferences continue today between high officials in Washington, late dispatches from the war zone in Nicaragua told of the retreat to El Bluff from I,as Perlas of the Diaz troops, their disarming in the neutral zone, and the dispatch of 200 conser vative soldiers to Monkey Ridge to save that strategic point from falling into the hands of Saeasa's army. President Diaz, who has been rec ognized by the United States, is re ported to have asked the American minister at Managua to have the Es condido River established as a neu tral zone, in view of his inability to guarantee protection to foreigners. Several neutral zones already have been established on the east coast, and whether additional ones will be cre ated rests with Rear Admiral Julian Latimer. American naval commander in Nicaraguan waters. OLD MAN MOORE PREDICTS 1927 AS "NO BETTER” Famous Astrologer Fears the Coming Year Will Teem With Agitations. By CHARLES A. SMITH International News Service Staff Correspondent I London, Dee, 10.—Those who im agine that 1927 will be a better year titan 192<? are doomed to disappoint ment, according to “Old Moore.” who, through the medium of the famous “Old Moore's Almanack,” annually brinking the said tidings to n sorrow ing world that "next year will be no better.” “Old Moore,” who bases his pre dictions on the influences exercised by the stars, opines that Neptune is going to cause this old world a good deal of trouble next year. lie signs his predictions “Francis Moore, physician.” It is only fair to the inhabitants of the various coun tries said to be going to be affected, however, to point out that as this Francis Moore was the original “Old Moore,” the astrologer, his vitality must be enormous, for he lived in the reign of King William the Third of England. Fears Crime Waves The old gent has apparently been bitten with the popular socialist bug bear, and this issue of his almanack literally teems with “bolshevik at tack,” “crimes against law and or der,” “socialistic agitation," “strikes,” "unrest," and so on. As a gloomy prophet "Old Moore” easily ranks with Dean Ingle in this issue. For instance, he foresees in next February that: “The position of Nep tune in the sixth square to Mars and opposition to Venus denotes troubles among the workers, bolshevist ten temlies. immorality, and danger of strikes." Apparently Neptune is in disgrace with the venerable astrologer, for in Mnnh he tells us that "the position of Neptune in the eleventh house de notes socialistic disorders in the Eng lish House of Commons.” World Politics Then in April we read that "the position of Neptune denotes double dealing among the powers,” and in May “the rising position of Neptune shows unrest among the people of the world.” Neptune's appearance in. June de notes strange deaths, drowning, drug ging and heart failure. Indeed, what ever this unfortunate planet does is wrong. Generally, 1927 will be a bad year for t’iie world, according to this in curable pessimist. Winston-Salem’s Building Record For Year *5.583,000. Winston-Salem. I>ee. 29. Win ston-Salem's building record for 1920 it- *.-..583.000, according to figures compiled today by the city building inspector. This represents an Increase of more than a half million dollars over the total for 1925. Earthquake Fest in Washington State. Wenfttehee, Wash., Dec. 30. — OP)— A pronounced earthquake wag felt at 10.05 a. m. today. Buildings shook and many occupants ran into the streets. One old citizen who has felt them before, said it was the most pro nounced in the seventeen years he has resided here. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight, slightly colder on the coast; Friday fair, rising tempera ture. Moderate to freah northwest and weat winds. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 307 JUDICIAL MATTERS 1 'RE DISCUSSED AT ‘ 'ijDNFEREHEETBiWf State Judicial Confere&fce Meets to Discuss Prbb-, lems Confronting Courts | of the State. EMERGENCYACT j NOT ADEQUATE 3 It Is Proposed That Sey- ' eral New Districts Be Created for the Trial of Civil Cases Only. Raleigh. Dec. 30.—CP)—Creation of judicial districts for the trial of civil cases only, and new laws covet": -v ing the selection of juries are among legislative proposals made today. A,.- •11 The judicial conference met injthd Supreme Court room with Chief .Turn- 1 ticc Stacy presiding for hearing re- .1 ports in the judicial system. .1 Associate Justice Adams recom mended an amendment to the state constitution, to permit the forming of the proposed superior court districts- j The effect would be to permit the nam ing of Superior court judges, without 3 naming of solicitors in similar propor tion. Appointment of emergebty j judges would be done away with. Tba present emergency judge laws were termed inadequate. Appeals to the Supreme Court at present may be made only through su perior courts from inferior ones. The jurist committee headed by Judge Frank Daniels, proposed a igry commission of five members in Mtgp county to purge the jury of all names except those properly qualified; aban donmnt of peremptory challenges, ex cept in capifal felonies; and placing authority in judges to remove jurors for cause. Each side in a legal action would be permitted to strike three venire | men from the panel list of 18, Httr morning after the judge had passed on objections for cause. The committee on trials headed by Judge Devin proposed a bill to give Superior judges the right to limit ar- i gument in misdemeanor cases to not less than one hour, and to not less than two hours in felony cases, ex* ; cept for capital offenses. Committees on process and plead- via ing. appeals and rules of practiCff-alsS 'fl reported. $30,000,000 MORE FOR ~ | TIIE STATE HIGHWAYS This is the Amount the State High way Commission Will Recommend, (By International News Service) ‘ Raleigh. Dec. 30.—Thirty million jj dollars—enough greenbacks for any “l)nd” to pay up his Christmas bills! ™ —is the amount that the North Caro- a lina State highway commission will recommend for additional highways jn. j a bond issue to the January legisla ture. uA-jiM This amount was announced Ciete : recently following a session of tbp commission and a conference with Governor Me I-can. The amount agreed upon by the commission was not unexpected—os 1 tic bond issue had been mentioned * variously from .$20,000,000 all the ; way to $40,000,000 —so it was thought | the commission would probably "split” j the two figtirCs. They did. And it is for “additional" highway construction, too! Coolidges Will Hhake Hands With Thousands. . >. , j Washington, Dec. 30.—The WMlte House expects a large crowd' for the New Year reception, president, quid Mr. Coolidge will shake hands wfltli thousands of men, women and child- I reu. beginning at 11 o'clock with the diplomats. After the Diplomatic Corps has passer! out of the White Houqe, Cabinet members. Justices of the Supreme Court, members of Congress and other officials will greet tiie I‘rtesidenl and Mrs. Coolidge., After lunch general public will be ' received. New Year's I)a.v is the one dn.v of ' the ypar that all citizens tele free ter ' see, the President. . <’ Pumell Must Stand Trial. Benton, Hurbor, Mich., 1 Dec. 30. • (AO—Benjamin PUrnell, leader of the s House of David Colony, was bound over today for trial in circuit court • on charges of criminal assault made -by Mrs. Bessie Woodworth, of Ben ton Harbor, a former member of tbn Colony. The Progressive Farmer FREE for a wliole year to every bub seriber of . 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