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DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
SQLONS GATHERING
IN STATE CAPITAL
FOR LEGISLATURE
Their Work Will Not Start
Until Wednesday But
They Are Gathering Just
the Same.
CAUCUS MAY
DECIDE FIGHT
Speaker for House May Be
Chosen at the Democrat
ic Caucus to Be Held on
Tuesday Night.
Raleigh, Jan. 3.—(A>)—Lawmakers
of the 1927 Legislature, convening
Wednesday at noon, began arriving
today. Tomorrow night's scheduled
election of the Speaker of the House
drew immed'nto interest. •
RepreseotiKives 11. G. Connor, of
Wilson, R. T. Fountain, of Edge
eotnge, and X. A. Townsend, of Har
nett county, were momentarily ox-
IK'Cted to take personal charge of
their respective bids for the speaker's
seat. All three had backers quietly
busy.
At tomorrow night's Democratic
caucus. 104 House members will have
a vote in the race, the first and from
strategic standpoint probably the
the most important balloting of the
Legislative period, which holds the
)>opular .interest of the state from now
on through the middle of March.
To elect a Speaker, S 3 votes are re
quired. Os the 104 Democrats about
20 were generally considered unpledg
ed. a cheek at hotel lobbies had it.
In the House Speaker’s hands, and
those of the Lieutenant Governor lie
appointment of all the committees in
the House and Senate respectively,
and to these cnuimitteex nil bills must
go for consideration.
Lieut. Governor Lour, who will pre
side over the Senate, probably will
announce his committee appointments
Wednesday when the Senate convenes,
but the upper body will wait on organ
isation of the House before function
ing actively.
IS THE SALARY AND WAGE
COMMISSION DOOMED?
A Vigorous Fight Will Re Waged to
Sir Walter Hotel.
BY 4. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Jan. 3.—'That the Salary
and Wage Commission, as it is now
constituted is doomed, but that the
principal of general supervision over
the salaries paid to state employes
will unoubtedly be returned, is the
opinion of a large number of people,
both politicians and laymen, who
have been observing the workings of
the commission. In its stead will be
created according to those who are
considered to bo “in the know," a
commision with the same name per
haps. but composed largely of heads
of state department, with its powers
largely to the fixing of niax
jriimutn and mimimum wage limits,
with the power to fix individual lml
aries more largely in tie hands of
each department head, to be concur
red in perhaps to the commision.
One of the principal criticisms ot
the present salary and wage commis
sion is that every inemben of it is an
employer of 'abor mostly of but one
type of labor —and that there in not
a single member of the commision
that might lie looked upon .is a ’e
presentative of the employees. Be
cause of this fact some hold that tlm
commission has taken a too one-sid
ed attitude with the result that too
much consideration has been given
to the unrt of the state as the em
ployer and not enough to rho angle
of the emplyoe.
However, there is reallv very lit
tle opposition, either among slate
employes or othera. to the principle
of the salary and wage commission,
since its operation so far, imperfect
ns its functioning may have hceii.
has of the efficient and coneient ms
emp’oye. while the list’ess and in
efficient are quickly weeded out,
making for greater efficiency all a
loug the line. But those who would
revise the commission think that cer
tain changes are needed which would
muke it much more effective..
For instance, they say that the
best judge of the efficiency of an
emplyoe is the executive of the de
partment in , wbic that employe
Works, because there is closer :■ con
tact there and better opportunity for
observation as to industry, faithful
ness and devotion to duty. Thus rhev
hold that s the department head is a
much better judge ns to whether t'oe
salary of on employe should be in
creased than is n commission of em
ployers oftimes of a different sort
of labor—who do not know the appli
cant, the kind of work he is doing
or any of tiie personal details about
him.
Thus there in no doubt hut that
an attempt will bo made during the
session of the legislature to recon
struct the salary and wage commis
sion bo that individual department
beads will be given more gny-so a*
to the pay of individln’s in their de
partmenta. with the wage commis
sion proper being more an advisory
bodv, either composed of state offi
cials or others, who will fix the max
imum and mimimum limits of salar
ies only. And from present indica
tions. it seems likely that It will not
be difficult to get a largo number
bly to concur in the movement,
bly to loneur in the movemeut.
Sir Walter Scott at college was
known as “the Greek blockhead.”
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l «T• L/ES’LdE, KINTCAID ''E.tX'MVRD I. ET3VAT2DS*.
After twenty-five years of service, Angus McDonald was
elected president of the Southern Pacific. Miss H. F. M,
Court was named head of the accounting department of the
House of Lords, and was the first woman to hold such an
Important office in the House. J. Leslie Kincaid, hotel man,
left for Italy to invite Premier Mussolini to Norfolk, Va
Senator Edwand I. Edwards, of New Jersey, demanded a
Senate investigation into Government poisoning of alcohol
WILL BUDGET REPORT BE
CAUSE OF BIG BATTLE?
Will Connqr Name Murphy. Who Op
poses the Budget System?
* Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
as a number of people are doing these
days—what would liapiien if the
House finance committee would de
cline to accept the report and recom
mendations of the advisory budget
eomm:4*fc(>ti£ lyftwise its figures, throw
out the n’pnropiiiUiouß.'Uod revenue
bills, start new heariugx n'nd decide
to make up a new budget, a new ap
propriations bill and a new revenue
bill? Then all predictions as to the
coming session of itie general assem
bly beiug quiet and un-wnrilke would
be blown sky high, and there would
lie some sure enough excitement!
Os course this is just the merest
conjecture and no one reu’.ly believes
such a state of affairs Is.at all like
ly to exist.
Still, quite a number seem to think
that at present the moot likely of the
three candidates for the speakership
is 11. G. Connor. Jr., and many think,
that although Connor has said that
he has made no commitments ns to
who he would appoint as committee
chairmen, it would not be unlikely for
him to appoint Pete Murphy as chair
man of the House finance committee.
They point to the fact that Murphy's
opposition to the budget, commission,
the entire executive budget system and
p.ie administration is most pronounced
and that if lie were chairman of the
finance committee he might, through
the influence he would exert over the
other members, make hard sledding
for the measures submitted by the gov
ernor and the budget commission, so
that there mig.it be a possibility of
very great revision of these bills.
Thus there would seem to be some
basis for the supposition that there
may be a possibility that the revenue
and appropriations bills may have a
hard time getting through the finance
committee intact, should the commit
tee be composed of members who are
avowedly unfriendly to the adminis
tration bills.
However, the majority of political
observers here do not take the sug
gestion seriously and do not expect
much trouble will be encountered by
the outstanding administratiou. meas
ures jn the committees. They say
that even should Murphy be selected
as chairman of'the finance committee
—which they admit is likely, should
Connor be elected speaker—that it
is very unlikely that sufficient of the
other members would be of the same
mind as to greatly endanger the meas
ure coming before the committee for
its consideration, and that any radic
ally revolutionary move to mutilate
either the appropriations or revenue
bills would be promptly checked by
the majority of the members of the
committee.
Thus while it might be possible for
the committee to embarass the admin
istration considerably and cause it
some worry, the more far-seeing of
the politically wise hold to the view
that , the principal administration
measures will not suffer greatly, re
gardless of who is elected speaker.
They admit that there probably will
be a large number of revisions made —
there always arc —but that in the
end the measures will be enacted
pretty much in the same form us when
submitted.
So while it is regarded as a good
thing to look at the situation from
ever; angle and to consider ever; pos-
ST JOHN’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH AT SALISBURY
Handsome New $250,000 Edifice
Used For First Time Sunday
Morning.
Salisbury. Jan. 3.—St. John's (.a-,
therae congregation started the new
V>flr macs By* wordWpptiig. In their
Ucw church which is .one of the fin
est church cd Hides in this section. It
stands on the corner of Church and
limes streets opposite the postof
fice. Ipfar.qiie center of the city and
is quite all imposing structure.
St. John's is one of the oldest con
gregations in the city and is prob
ably the largest Lutheran congrega
tion in the southern synod. It out
grew its old church ' home and soon
after the coming of the present pas
tor, Rev. Edward Fulenwider, plans
were put on foot for a new and lar
ger church.
The new building is English
Gothic of gray brick trimmed with
Indiana lime stone. It is 175 feet
long and 100 feet width. The nave ts
OS by SO feet and has a seating
capacity of 1,250 including the gal
lery. The interior trimming is oak
and pink Tennessee marble. The art
glnas was made at the Payne studios.
Patterson. X. .7. AH of the furni
ture is quartered oak and was built
by the Huntington Seating com puny
of Huntington. IV. Va.
The organ is a tlirec-mnnual in
strument with harp and chimes
made by the M.. I\ M oiler Organ
cnninnn.v. of Ilnfferstown. Md.
The Sunday school departmonr is
three stories high and is arranged
in departments. On the ground floor
is the adult and senior departments
boy scout rooms, ladies parlor, kit
chen, Sunday school superintendent
mid secretary's office; also the pas
tor's study and office. The furnace
room and fireproof vault are nlso on
this floor. On the second floor arc
the nursery and cradle roll, begin
ners and primaries departments,
each separate and with its own
equipment- On the third floor are
the junior and intermediate depart
ments. All departments are equip
ped with telephones, there being 15
. telephones in the butiding. There are
1 45 class rooms and the several de
partments can accomodate 1.500
i scholars. There are seven automatic
sanitary drinking fountains, and six
pianos. )
. j The construction of thP building
was begun enrly in 1025 and finished
I the latcd part of 1020. The first
, brick was laid June S, 1025. The eor
[ nerstone was laid Sunday, June 20,
1026.
The main tower is 100 feet high
nnd arranged for tower chimes. The
heating plant consists of two Gurney
boilers with vacuum pump and auto
matic water feed, giving 50 per cent
more heat than needed in very cohl
weather.
The building and equipment cost
cost $35,000, giving the congregation
a church property conservatively es
timated at $250,000.
t A feature of the first service Sun
day was the reception of a clows of
50 new members into the church.
Figure skating was a well de
veloped winter recreation in the
countries of northern Europe 150
years ago.
Bible eventuality that may arise, still
that t'aere is no cause for alarm, and
that there will not be nearly as much
fire when the legislature feta Into
action ai there it smoke before it con
venes.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927
APPROPRIATION FOR
NAVY PROVIDED IN
BILL BEFORE MOOSE
There Are Little Changes
in Operation of Navy ;
Provided in Bill—Less;
Funds for Cruising.
TOTAL LESS THAN
GIVEN THIS YEAR
The Total Is Also Less
Than Estimated ip Bud
get-Bill Carries Total of
$314,552,680 for Year.
■Washington. Jnn. 3.—UP)—Propos
ing h cut of $1,650,000 in the funds
for cruising activities of the United
States fleet, but otherwise providing
for maintenance of the navy about as.
it iij now, Vie annual naval depart
ment appropriation bill was reported
to tjie House today by its appropria
tions committee.
It enrrios a total of #314.552,080
for all branches of the navy for the;
fiscal year beginning next July Ist;
a decrease of $5,304,805 compared
with current funds, and $150,970 be
low budget recommendations. . The
committee refused to accept the pro
posal for a budget of 1,200 men lij
the enlisted strength of the Marine
Corps, and provided for continuation;
of its present size of 18.000 enlisted
inen, 1,020 commissioned officers, and
155 wnrrant officers.
Provision is made for continuing
naval enlisted strength at 82.500 and
the officer strength including line,
staff and warrant officers at 8.710.
The food ration is based on 53 cent
per day per enlisted tnan.
The allotment for cruising is cub
from $13,950,000 to $12,000,000.
The measure was drafted, (lie com
mittee report asserted, with a view
to providing for operations and main
tenance of the airplane carriers SaraJ
toga nnd Lexington, nnd the submit;
rine Z-4, all to be launched durinf
the year. It also said the air ser
vice appropriation of $19,790,000 pint
a contract authorization of $5,000,
000 was designed to carry out the five,
year building program approved bj
Congress last winter.
“The 1,000-ptane program was base
« 'VftSt agft -a£ 33 'l-3 per «*U»i
annually,” the report said. “Mqjri
recent studies suggest that approxi
mately 2 per cent, would be more
nearly accurate. There is a a in
crease (in appropriations for next
year) of $724,712 and of $900,000 in,
the contract authorization.”
Women Lead Raids on Moonshine
Stronghold.
Greenville, S. C., Jan. 3.—Crusad
ing women have done what revenue
agents found impossible in Greeiivil'e
county's "Dark Corner,” where the
distilling of corn was an established,
albeit outlawed? practice loug before
prohibition.
For years, the "Dark Corner" re
garded the “revenooers" as mortal
foes and many a bloody battle was
fought, but the production of corn
whiskey went on undiminished. In
recent months, however, with women
taking the leading part, citizens of
the district have launched an attack
against the moonshiners.
Xnnerous stills have been destroy
ed and some arrest by parties that
included no officers of the law. Min
isters have encouraged the move
ment.
Wake Forest Has Veterans For
Basketball-
Wake Forest, N. <?.. Jan. 3. —(A>>
—Seasoned veterans answered Coach
Jim Baldwin's call for basketball
pi'actiee hero today.
Monk Ober, twiee-eaptnin, re
mained on the campus througuout
the Christmas holidays. Coach Bald
win got'bnck last night, l’layers have
straggled in at intervals.
Intensive practice starts tonight
in preparation for the season's first
game witti Atlantic Christian eol
'ege here Thursday. Every member
of last year’s quint is back except
Joe Ellington, nnd Campus dopesters
are predicting a team as good as the
1920 five—which licked the Southern
Champion University team,
To plan Accident Prevention Drive.
kaieigli. X. C., Jan-. 3. —(A 9 )—
Plans for the formulation of a real
accident prevention drive will be
drawn here January 6 by representa
tives of the University of Xortli
Carolina, the Carolina Motor club
and other organizations.
The meeting is preliminary to the
Safety coufereneo set for February
14-15.
The conference city will be select
ed by the meeting Thursday. It will
mark the first concerted effort in
Xorth Carolina to cut down the
automobile accident toll in the state.
Planes Now in Guatemala.
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Jan.
3.—C^>—A short hop of fifty-five miles
to San Jose, Guatemala, and theu 110
miles to San Salvador are the next
stages ahead of the United States
army goodwill fliers. The five planes
came down on the flying field here
yesterday afternoon, completing rite
383 miles from SaKna Crux, Mexico,
in five hours.
Call for Nationnl Rani, statements.
Washington, Jau. »'i.—(A*)—The
comptroller of the currency today is
sued a rail for thiu condition of all
national banks at the cktw bf busi
ness on Friday, December 31st.
CONGRESSRETURNS
TO WORK; BIG JOB
TOeOfLETETASK
i Leaders Know the Mass of
J Business Will Require
i Unusual Work if Con
! gress Does Anything.
SMITH PROBLEM
IS NOT SOLVED
It Is Expected to Come Up
During the Week and
May Lead to Fight Now
or at Later Session.
Waslkngtoh, Jan. 3.—(A*)—Congress
returned to work today.
Members went to their desks con
fronted with the almost hopeless task
of completing action on the varied
New Year calendar in the two months
left in . the C9th Congress. Leaders,
however, had planned to put through
the legislative thresher the more im
portant measures, and leave the chaff
for next December's session.
Some of the questions that will
eoine up during the week nre pri
mary expenditures, provided Frank L.
Smith, senator-designate from Illinois,
appears to take the oath; the Lau
sanne treaty with Turkey; rivers and
harbors; annual supply bills; farm re
lief : railroad consolidation: sale of
federal patronage charges ; coal; and
Contested Dominations.
There are also prospects that the
latest baseball scandal will come up
for an airing, as well as the contro
versy born in the holidays over the
use of poisonous dennturnnts in indus
trial alcohol
The Senate’s program was uncer
tain, due to the impending battle over
the seating of Smith. This, however,
is not expected to get underway before
the middle of the week, when the Mc-
Kinley successor arrives to take the
oath. Meanwhile both sides are mar
shalling their forces, with Senator
Curtis, the republican leader, trying
to persuade the senate to admit
Smith and then refer his ease to the
elections committee, and Senator
Ashnrst, democrat of Arizona, re
maining firm in his purpose to press
to a vote his resolution withholding
the oath pending investigation by this
committee of his qualifications.
F?Today the senate had onty miseri
itmeous bills to consider for the first
two hours, with the Lausanne treaty
(t probable vehicle thereafter.
In the House Chairman Dempsey of
the rivers and harbors committee, had
■planned to ask immediate aequiens-
SeetH'e in Senate amendments to the
omnibus rivers and hnla
bors bill to stave off the delay that
would result in sending it to confer
ence with the senate.
With Our Advertisers.
You can find big reductions in
dresses and coats at Robinson’s dur
ing the Birthday and Anniversary
Sale. See new ad. for particulars.
If it’s hardware you can get it at
the Ritchie Hardware Co., says new
ad. today.
C. Barrier & Co. want hens and tur
keys. See ad. for particulars.
When you think of groceries think
of the J. & H. flash Store.
Some people think of saving only
after an unexpected financial emer
gency makes them realize the import
ance of having a reserve fund. See
the attractive new ad. of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company.
Suits from $18.50 to SSO, and they
are made by Schloss Bros, at Hoov
er’s.
If you need a coat now is the time
to buy. says new ad, of Farks-llelk
Co. Prices from $7.95 to $27.50 on
sizes 16 to 52.
The Boyd IV. Cox Studio can make
a picture frame to suit your every
need. v •
Artificial flowers, reduced in price,
at Cline’s Pharmacy.
Give t'-ie young man a watch. It
teaches punctuality and pride in own
ership. See the line carried by S.
W. Preslar.
■ Attractive living roam suites, at re
duced prices, can be found now at the
Bell & Harris Furniture Co. See
ad. for particulars. ,v
v The Star Theatre in a front page
ad. today carries; the week’s program
of good pictures.
Atwater Kent radios, complete and
installed, only 1 $125 and $135 at the
Yorke & .Wadsworth l Co.
When you send your clothes to
Bob's you have sent them to a master
cleaner. See in new ad. what com
pany must do to be classed a “mast
er.”
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SPEAKERSHIP RACE
STILL IS PROBLEM
FOR STATE SOLONS
All of the Candidates Are
Optimistic But So Far
None Has Much Advant
age in the Race.
CONNOR APPEARS
TO HAVE EDGE
Supporters of Wilson Man
More Hopeful as Time
for Showdown in House
Draws Nearer.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. RAWED Yl LI.
Raleigh. Jan. 3.—Frobi out of the
haze of rumors, reports and ctm IKM
reports issuing from the camps ■Rite
three candidates for the epealJßfep
it is nothing if not difficult
ant any definite trend or to even pick
>ut one candidate who for file moment
may have the edge over one or both
»f the other two. especially since the
candidates themselves decline to dis
cuss the situation. However, one
fact does begin to loom as a verg
real possibility and that is that the
Fight undoubtedly will be carried from
the caucus Tuesday night to the floor
)f the house Wednesday—with still
another possibility that a speaker may
not be elected until Thursday. And
in this event, the governor would have
to postpone the delivery of his mes
sage until Friday.
However, despite the fact that H.
CJ. Connor. Jr., of Wilson; X. A.
Townsend, of Dunn, and R. T. Foun
tain, of Rocky Mount, the three can
didates, all seem to be assiduously
refraining from making any further
statements with regard to their enn
ilidaeies, their friends do not seem to
be s'naring in their modest retirement
and the proponents of each candi
date freely prediet the election of their
favorite man.
For instance, the friends of H. G.
Connor assert that he has gained much
strength in the last few weeks, and
that at present he is undoubtedly the
strongest candidate in the field, with
more pledged votes than any other.
They point to the part he played in
the framing of highway legislation ami
in p'utting through hllrnmistintloh
measures in the last legislature, and
declared that he is the logical choice
for speaker. As to thi> claims re
garding the nutnbcr of votes pledged,
it is estimated at from 40 to 44. And
since it (fttpeoted that there will
be about, -20 unpledged votes, Con
nor’s friends say it will not bo diffi
cult for him to get the nine more
needed for election. They say furth
er, that if ho loads on the first bal
lot, as they expect him to, that the
band wagon jumpers will hop on, and
put him over. And while these Con
nor boosters are not over confident,
they are earnest.
But then there is the grout)—and a
good sized group it is—that is for
Townsend. They are not doing any
ball.vhooing, but they are working.
While no claims are heard regarding
t’ue number of votes pledged to Town
send, his friends say that when the
time for a vote comes, the public gen
erally will be surprised at the strength
he will exhibit. * They point to his
record since he has been in the legis
lature. and especially to his work in
this committee and to the results ob
tained. He may not have the drive
Connor lias and may not be so well
known to the members ns some of
the other men, but ns to his sheer abil
ity as a legislator, there is no doubt.
And many who are not particularly
for any particular man admit that
Townsend is undoubtedly a formida
ble opponent and likely to become
more so when things go into action
either in the caucus or in the house.
And ns to the hinted surmise that
has been gently whispered nbout here
that he may retire from the race—his
friends laugh at the suggestion and
»ay that someone may retire, but that
it will not be Townsend.
But the Connor and Townsend
groups have by no means eliminated
Fountain—not by any means. His
friends point to the fact that while
he has not had much to, say during
the present Campaign that he has been
working steadily with his candidacy
for the speakership in view for at
least two years with the result that
he probably has more pledged votes
from the old members of the legisla
ture than either of tbe other two
candidates. They do not mention
tbe number of votes he has pledged,
but several have hinted that it is well
up toward forty, if not fully that
many. They point to his continuous
record in tbe legislature since 1918,
the fact that he was chairman of the
judiciary committee in 1925 and that
he Ims consistently been active in
sponsoring and championing construc
tive legislation. They also point out
that there is probably no man in the
bouse who is more popular personally
and better thought of by the mem
bers than is he. And they casually
mention that personal popularity goes
■ long way in a contest like that for
the speakership.
Fountain’s friends say that there
ia not a man in tbe entire house bet
ter fitted by temperament and train
ing and experience to be speaker—
that he never gets excited or loses
bis head, no matter how hot the battle
may rng<* about him.
Thus it will be seen that the Dem
ocratic caucus when it meets Tues
day will have a real problem before
it and that there is every reason to
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Justice Albert H. F, Seeger,
of Carmel, N. Y., was named
to hear the Peaches-Daddy
Browning separation action,
replacing Justice Josaph
Morschauser.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Fairly Steady at Decline of
7 to 11 Points in Response to Rela
tively Easy Liverpool Cables.
New York. Jan. 3.—(A s )—The cot
ton market opened fairly steady to
day at a decline of 7 to 11 points
in response to relatively easy Liver
pool cables. There was some south
ern selling on the opening decline to
12.75 for March and 13.10 for July,
but offerings were comparatively light
and prices held fairly steady during
the first hour on covering and a little
trade buying.
Private cables said thorp had been
hedging combined with local mid con
tinental liquidation in tile Liverpoo
market but reported an improved de
mand for cotton cloths from the con
tinent and Near East.
A feature of tbe trading here wns
the switching from March to July at
a difference of 33 to 34 points, nnd
■ftre first hneincss in December, 1927.
contracts which sold at 1.3.40 or about
12 points above the price of October.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady.
Jan. 12.60: March 12.78; May 12.96;
July 13.12; Oct. 13.28.
Belnsco’s Condition Improved.
New York, Jan. 3.—(A s )—David"
Belnsco, 67, noted dramatist, who wns
severely injured in an automobile col
lision Now Year’s day. spent n com
fortable night, and although he wns
reported as still very weak, improve
ment in his condition was evident.
British air experts are hopeful that
one of the three new planes under con
struction will attain five miles a
minute.
believe that the fight will be carried
to the floor of the house) before a
speaker can be selected, And while
the Connor forces are counting on the
first ballot, both Townsend and Foun
tain tuEierants believe that the latter
ballots —the fifth or sixth or tenth or
fifteenth—will be the ones that wil.
really tell the tale. And while they
all admit that the band wagon jump
ers —the unpledged delegates of whom
there are about twenty individuals—
will wait to sec which way the wind
is blowing before they jump, all three
factions are confident that they will
get a goodly number of votes from
this suorco.
The fact that there is little if any
difference in the platform of the three
men. all three having solidly endorsed
the present administration and its
measures, makes the outcome all the
more difficult to foresee. And in the
final analysis, the outcome will be
based very largely on the individual
personality of each candidate, unbi
ased observers feel, and the man that
wins out will be the man who can
make his own personality count" for
the most during the caucus- and dur
ing the election in the house.
Will the next speaker then be Nat
Townsend, or Dick Fountain or Tobe
Coutior?
Only the gods know ,and they wont
tell. In the meantime the merry
fight goes on and will until next Wed
nesday.
Star Theatre
Week of January 3rd to Bth
MOXDAY-TUESDAY
“You’d Be Surprised”
With Raymond Griffith and Dorothy
Sebastion.
WEDNESDAY ONLY
Back By Special Request
“Sandy”
With Madge Bellamy and Harrison
Ford. It’s a Fox Special.
THURBDAY-FRIDAY
“East Lynn”
With Edmund Lovve, Alma Reubens,
Lou Tellegen, Marjorie Day, Frank
Keenan, Belle Bennett, Leslie Fenton
and many other*. It’s a Fox Special
SATURDAY
“The Rambling Galloot ”
With Buddy Roosevelt. A red hot
■western. Also a comedy. ,
January 10-11—Foetfcall
ALABAMA VS. STAMFORD
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS 1
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY;!
NO. 310
DETMLSOFBITTLf
IN KIM GIVE
LIBERALS THE EOflE
About 3,000 Troops Were
Engaged in Three-day I
Battle at Pearl Harbor—
Several Hundred Killed*
NO ATTEMPT TO
BURY DEAD MAfi® |
Frank R. Mitchell,
War Veteran and Sohßtf "
of Fortune, Saya Se«he
Was “Indescribable.”
Managua, Nicaragua. Jan. 3.—<A9
‘ —Final reports of the three-day battle ’
last week at I.«s ferics (Pearl Hsr- I
bor) show it to have been tbe bWtil
iest of t'.ic present war between thb
forces of the Diaz conservative m* i
eminent, lrcognized by tbe UintLS
States, amr the Sacasa liberal govem
ment, recognized hy Mexico.
(Previous dis|intehes Mid the lib
erals were victorious, the conserva
tives retiring their mailt Body to* ■ 1
Bluff, where they were disarmed W
the American naval authorities. TESty- • 3
rear guard was overcome by the Hof* d
erais).
Os the 1.800 liberals and 1.300 con
servatives engaged. 302 were killfeti
and 150 wounded.
No attempt was made to bury ttfft :S|
dead, and many of the woundfea
crawled off into the swamps to die. |
Thousands of vultures are iioveMhg \
over the battlefield.
Frank R. Mitchell, World War tht
eran and soldier of fortune in mtthjr
Central American revolutions, today I
termed the scene after the battle, as
indescribable.
‘■l had to turn away,” he stiilL
"I have never seen such sights W J
jmy career—not even in the WrtHi( F
! War. due lo the lack of attention rot
| the wounded."
The commander of the conserva
tive army announces it will be nechtt
snry to call out every "able bodied
male between the ages of 12 and 50.
He has received requests from Amer- §
iea and other foreign countries plant
ers to allow the laborers to proceed >
with the coffee harvest, but the says
the laborers must go to the front.
Charges of Mexican intervention in
Nfnfragtm are renewed -tn a • (data- - •
meat issued by Adolfo Diaz, presi- s
dent of the conservative government,
in power here.
AMERICANS FREED BY 1
PAYMENT OF MONEY
J. W. Wiley and E. B. Conners
Freed by Bandits Who Were Given
$350.
Mexico City. Jan. 3. —04*)—Ransom
of $350 effected the release of J. % |
Wiley and E. B. Conners. American
employees of a British mining odifi
pnny, at San Francisco del Oro, Cfti
huahua state, who were kidnapped By
a bandit gang last Tuesday. • The
bandits after seizing the two meii in
formed them they would be held until
they or their friends produced $5,000.
The Americans dickered with their
captors, and finally bargained the guin
down to $350.
States Taxes Off in December. j
Raleigh. .Tan. 3. —(A*)—State taken j
collected in December for the general
fund purposes were slightly lower than
those collected in December, 1925.
ures made public today by the State |
Department of Revenue showed. i J
The figures showed collections of
$300,067 in December. 1920. a*
against collections of $315,126 in De
cember 1925.
Taxes collected during the past lie- 5
eember were from tile following sourc
es; Income $75,423: inheritance $70,-
971; License $45,000. j . ; 4j. '.:J
More Tremors in California. 'j
Calexico. Calif. Jan. 3.r-(A*)—A
heavy earthquake shock was felt here
shortly before 5 o'clock this worhlM.
No damage followed the tremor which
fame as two severe jolts.
A railroad worker reported shqeks
occurring at intervals of about one j
hour. The movement at about ;5 |
o’clock was the most noticeable, of the
shakes during the night nnd early |
morning.
Young Reynolds Fined. I
Winston-Salem, Jan. 3.—04*1 S
Richard ,T. Reynolds, son of the late
It. J. Reynolds, president of the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, pleaded
guilty ia municipal court this morn
ing to two charges—retesting an offi- .
oer. and violating the prohibition law.
For the first offense he was fined SSO, i
and on the second $25. Coets were i
added in each case. No evidence waisTa
introduced.
Landis Wants to Question PlayeW.;-*^
Chicago, Jan. 3.—C4>)—Comn>(£||S
sioner Landis today sent telegrapMc :;l
requests to thirty-eight baseball pMka M
ers, urging them to appear here at IHH
a. m. Wednesday in connection with Jj
charges involving the Detroit-ChitJttilS
“sloughed” seriee of 1917.
More than 300,000 fish have baa Jj
placed in Kansas streams this year, fsH
breaking all previous records. JH
WEATHER FORECAST. «
Fair tonight, Tuesday increaiildfcijl
cloudiness, probably followed by UmtM
rain in extreme west portion! wanWk : fi
in east and central portions. Mode** M
ate west backing to southwMt ttJKH
south winds, increasing Tuesday,^