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VOLUME XXVI
Speakership Fight No
Nearer Solution And
Interest Stays High
With Caucus Set for To
night Supporters for the
Three Candidates Keep
Up Battle to Win Votes.
OTHER CONTESTS
TO BE DECIDED
None Expected to Attract
as Much Attention as the
Fight Between Connor,
Townsend and Fountain.
Tfalcigh, .Tan. 4.— (4*) —Crowded Cio
tcl lobbies and close consultations car
ried the campaign for the speakership
through today and into, tonight's
ei'heduled Democratic nations of House
members to select the speaker for the
'31127 Legislature.
The House hall in the capitol at.
S o'clock tonight was the center to
ward which all interest pointed, for
from the speaker would come the ap
pointment of House committees and
in the committees lie the guidance of
legislative machinery.
IT. 0. Connor. Jr., of Wilson", N.
A. Townsend, of Dunn, and R. T.
Fountain, of Rocky Mount, where the
three candidates opealy in the field,
and their backers all claimed victory.
Xo outward signs of yielding Support
or compromise was in the air.
Virtually all lawmakers had ar
rived, with a few stragglers coming
in late. A full voting strength in
tonight's caucus seemed likely. To
nominnte, equivalent to election at to
morrow's opening session, 53 votes
were required. TWith the three can
didates not voting, 51 votes would put
t'.ie House leader over.
(lovenior McLean today had volun
tarily withdrawn from the public spot
light. except for preparation to i>er
sona'.ly deliver his biennial message
of 20 closely printed pages of legisla
tive reeomn .-Hattons on Thursday,
and his oxtc p- budget message pos
s:My Friday.aV'X-.e Legislature prop
s Dens at i; omorrow.
Nators V msfoi-d Long, of
I. Joke RnpiTotnul Rivers D. Jolin
st'Kr °f Warsaw, were known to be
f»ling to accept thepresidenoy pro
tein of the Senate, and their support
'‘r* wore busy counting their votes.
of the Senate.
Frit* Smith and John D. Berry,
lxith of RaleigM, were outwardly seek
ing support for the position of read
ing clerk in the npper body, to sue
ceed ■ Banks Arendall, of Kaieigh, who
held this position in the 192 ft ses
sion.
.1, Frank Burkhoad, of Randolph
county, and O. P. Shell, of Harnett
county, were after the position of ser
geant at arms in the Senate; with
J. A. Bryson, of Henderson county,
and W. M. Fields, of Moore county,
seeking the berth of assistant serg
eants at arms. Bryson held t'.ie job
at the lad session. I.erov Martin.
[of Yadkin, was unopposed for the
’position of principal clerk, as was
Key. A. Corey, of Martin, engrossing
clerk at the last session.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opeiyd Steady at Unchanged Prices
to Decline of 5 Plaints.
Xew York, Jan. 4.— UP)— The cot
ton market opened steady today nt
unchanged prices to a decline of 5
points under a little more Southern
hedging and local selling attributed to
relatively easy Liverpool cables, and
reports of continued good weather .in
the South.
Some trade buying and covering at
the decline steadied the market, but
prices were within a point or two of
the lowest at the end of the tjrst
hour, netive months showing net de
cline* of 2 to 4 points. March sold
off to 12.(52 and July to 13.01.
Private cables reported hedging and
continental liquidation absorbed by
trade calling, with a more cheerful
feeing in Manchester, and fair sales
of cotton cloth in India.
Cotton futures opened steady : Jan
uary 12.40; March 12.04; May 12.83;
July 13.02; October 13.22.
I —; i — 1 ——
Normal Condition Again in Nash,
vffle.
i Nashville, Tennl, Jan. 3.—j-Cohdi
iions in Nqshville gradually were ' re
turning |bo : normal tonight as food
waters from the Cumbeland river
continued to recede. Many persons
forced to flee have returned to their
homes. The last ofßcial reading today
placed the stage of the river at 54. S
feet, a drop of two-tenths of a foot in
five hours.
Meanwhi’e. various organised eam
liaigns initiated in an effort to raise
$50,000 for use iu relief work were
reported to be progressing satisfac
torily. The Davidson county court
voted to aid to the extent of *15.-
.000.
Orders for food, fuel and clothinp
were issued to many more refugees
by officials of the county charities
commission.
French Overcome Insurrection in Syl
Beirut, Syria, Jan. 4.—l4*)—Fraud)
cavalry have routed a strong contin
gent of insurrectionists who left 25
dead on the field. ,
The dissident* were in command of
Ali Attrache. a close relative of the
Druse chieftain, Sultan Attrache, who
led last year's uprising. Ali Attrache
escaped capture only through the mar
velous speed of Us horse.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
tale of great forest
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS
Few Have Ever Item-bed Scene of Fire
Which Raged Years Ago.
(By International News Service)
| Asheville, Jan. 4.—Talcs that chill
| the blots! are told of the pioneer days
of the Great Smoky Mountains, where
the whispering tread of moccasinetl
feet sounded along the banks of Cite
Oconaiuftee, but there is none more
weird than the story of the mountain
that caught tire and burned.
Adventurous souls who penetrate
the Big Snowbird country can see
from the next range the yawning cav
ity that the fire demon gnawed in the!
side of the mountain, but few have 1
ever reaitied the place and still fewer
have ever bad the courage to lower
themselves into the cavernous pit that
marks the most uncanny sput in all
the Great Smoky area.
For days the fire raged. Inky
black smoke settled in a greasy blank
et over the valley, boulders heated to
A dangerous temperature nud brust
assuuder with the noise of rending
hills. The thunderous roar of the
fire frightened I'oildren into hysterica
and caused the simple mountain peo
ple to prepare for the end of the
world.
The story begins back when the
state was young—when hardy pio
neers were carving out a dominion
from the wilderness, and communities
of isolated self sufficiency grew up in
the fastness and remained. It was
such a community at Ogle Meadows
that was thrown into a panic by the
queerest happening that is told of the
Appalachians—a story that people
strive to forget rather than remem
ber, and one that for years remained
locked in the fa sinews of the North
Carolina hinterland.
The searchlight of scientific investi
gation and explanation lias never
been turned upon (he occurrence, from
which (he mountain people in the vul
ley reckon time to this day.
The story is that a camp fire built
in the mountain by two strangers in
the community caught a chestnut tree
on fire, aud from this the ground
caught and soon a place as big a* a
cabin bad been burned.
For several days it was aoruiosity
and people came from miles around to
view, the strange phenomenon) and to
NDcpuiflto ovfrf the ctuac of it. AiiMi
munity were terribly alarmed. This
thing smacked of the supernatural.
Persons living near the roaring in
ferno, packed their belongings aud pre
pared to move to safer ground. Wom
fcn were eryibg and children hysterical
while men grew more and more alarm
ed at the spectacle. Many thought it
to be a visitation because of the mean
ness of the people.
Some hold to the opinion that a
little pocket on the side of the sleep
ing volcano caused the disturbance
that is known as the Burnt Creek
Itidge fire, but there has been uo of
ficial utterance to indicate that such
was the ease. There has been no
scientific study of the pheuominum and
few ]>eople have eveu heard of it. It
is thought that the reason for this
was that the people were frightened,
and When it was over they wanted to
forget it as quickly as possible.
Today the rdige offers a gaunt, si
lent, but nevertheless powerful testi
mony of the terror of the fire. A
huge hole yawns in the side of the
mountain, and nature has covered
part of it with brush and under
growth.
For airtime the scar marks the
greatest demonstration of terrestrial
agony ever visited upon the North
Carolina mountain section.
Evangelists Will Meet at Junaluska.
latke Junaluska, ' /Jan. 4. —In-
voicing their approval of the Metho
dist southern assembly here, and
pledging their support to its platform,
the general evangelists of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church. Bouth, in an
nual conference at Nashville, Tenn.,
last month, accepted tbe invitation ex
tended by Bishop James Cannon,"Jr.,
one of the assembly's commissioners,
to hold an evangelistic conference here
next summer and appointed a commit
tee to confer with aasetqbly officials
in preparing a program. . ’>
Decision to hold an evangelistic
conference at Lake' Jupalpska between
August 15th and 20th- was made at
the riosiag session of the annual meet
ing of evangelists and the following
committee was appointed to meet with
representatives of the southern as
sembly; Dr. Arthur J. Moore, pastor
First Methodist Cburtft, Birmingham,
Ala.; Rev. Loviek P. Law, Biloam
Springs, Ark.; Dr. Burke Culpepper,
Memphis, Tenn., and the Rev. Luther
Bridgers, Gainesville, Ga. The evan
gelists parsed resolutions urging all of
the general evangelists of the church
and evangelistic lingers, more than
100 in each group, to make every
possible effort to attend the Bible
conference at Lake Junaluska.
Truck Hits White Way Post Break
lag Lights.
A truck. Bald to have belonged to
L. fl. Bides, contractor, and to have
been driven by Vaudrey J.owder, ran
into a white way port at the inter
section of Depot and Union streets
today at 11:30 a. m.
Very little damage was done to the
post but the four lights were knocked
to the ground and broken.
It was said the bed of the truck
hotly hit the post when the driver of
the truck failed to give himself suf
ficient room on which to pasa the
port, \
TREASURY SURPLUS
. SHOWS INCREASE
OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
Washington, Jan. 4.-— UP) —Ttie
treasury ended the first half of
the fiscal year with a surplus of
f215.2T9.937. compared with $125.*
59(1,300 for the same period a
year ago.
Income tax and customs receipts
flowing and during the last quar
ter In increasing amounts ac
counted for the excess.
During (ho year ending Decem
ber 31st the Treasury reduced the
pnbl'e debt b.v $1,373,504,301. to
a total of $10,074,665,337. Os the
reduction $314,353,000 was accom
plished during the last nionth.
Customs receipt* for tpe first six
month* of the present fiscal year
amounted to $318,817,857 compar
ed with $292,621,815 a year ago.
A total of $48,431,203 was collect
ed from customs in December, or
$2,000,000 more than last Decem
ber.
EXPECT BANKS WILL
MAKE SOLDIER LOANS
Only About Half of Ranks Have
Shown Inclination to I/an on In
surance Certificates.
Washington. Jan. 3. —Confidence
was expressed by the administration
today that mint of the banks soon
would make loans on the soldier in
surance certificates as steps ‘ were
considered in Congress fur authoriz
ing the veterans' bureau to loan on
this collateral.
Although teports received by the
veterans bureau indicated only about
one half of the banks were accepting
the certificate/ which acquired a
loan today, Secretary Mellon ex
pressed the belief the banks would
soon turn to these loans ns a “busi
ness proposition.”
The adjusted service certificate
fund was increased todav bv $123.-
000,000 to a total of $400,000,000.
All of this is pledged to the certifi
cates which will have an estimated
loan value of $2,000,000.
There is no chance for the banks
to lose on the certificate loans, Mr.
Mellon explained. If the war vet
erans fail to repay tbe loans, the
Veterans bureau will make them
good, cutting this sum from tihe
value of the certificate finally due
the veteran.
DORIS DUKE SEEKS TO
STOP SALE OF HOME
Daughter of Tobacco Magnate Asks
For Early Trial of Her Case.
New York. Jan. 4.—Doris Duke,
fqtjrtceqjjfeughtcr of the late Jarfied
..BHWIdg i | irrti m mm, Ms.a xwa
day* submitted through her attorney.
Charles TT. Hughes, Jr., a motion
for an early trial of the suit brought
by her in Supreme Court to prevent
the sale of the Duke residence here.
The application was received b.v
Justice TioDiey.
The girl and her mother. Mrs.
Naualine Duke, inherited the bulk of
the $30,000,000 estate loft by Duke.
Under the terms of the will, Mrs.
Duke received a life interest in the
residence which is assessed lit sl.-
600,000. Upon her death the proper
ty goes to tbe daughter.
The daughter has elected to take
the property as her own, subject to
the life interest of her mother, and
opposes a sale of the property as a
"vain and useless proceeding,'’ since
she would be in n position to outbid
prospective purchasers.
With Our Advertisers.
Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes, in
“Forever After” at the Concord Thea
tre today. Tomorrow, is “Family
Day,” Admission 10 cents to all. The
picture on tomorrow is “Pal’s First.”
The Cabarrus Barings Bank today
publishes its statement as of Decem
ber 31st, 1926. It shows resources of
over three million dollars, which is
evidence of the growth and soundness
of this institution.
Ask the builders of this town about
the lumber sold by E. L. Morrison
Lumber Co. See new ad. today.
Robinson's Annual January Clear
ance is still going on. Dresses are of
fered in three groups at $7.95, $11.85
and $17.85. Coats at half price. Mil
linery at SI.OO, $1.95, $2.95.
The Standard . Buiek Co. has five
used cars for sale or exchange. Sec
list in new ad. today.
Cherry Bark Cough Syrup, for sale
at Gibson Drug Store, contains no
narcotics or alcohol and docs not up
set the stomach. ,
W. A. Ore reash is now having a
sale of Overcoats and Top Coats. The
prices range from $13.85 ,to $26.25.
Men's suits reduced 25 per cent.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. has re
duced prices on bicycle tires and
{lubes.. Bed .the quotations in new ad.
today.
“Charley Ross” to Appeal For Help.
Denver, Jan. 4.—Destitute, hut
still hopeful because of new evidence
he has unearthed. Charity B. Ross,
local carpenter, will renew his fight
to establish bis right to the name of
the Philadelphia millionaire’s kidnap
ed son as soon as he can secure dund*
to push his claims, be Haid today.
The nature of this new evidence
the Denver man did not disclose bat
it is “new and startling proof" he
said. He is now in Sulphur Bpri'igs,
Fla., writing a hook oh his f rty
years search for a birthright. Dur
ing his invest igatiou. he said, and on
hi* .recent trip to Philadelphia when
he presented his claims to the Ross
family, he has completely exhausted
hie finances. lie will now appeal to
the public for aid, he said, and in
tends to repay any assistance given
him when his book is completed-
Ross, until he became convinced
that he was the long lost Charley
Ross, was known aa Ju'ius <A !'<-!-
linger.
Moat actors prefer a small role to
an entire lost.
CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1927
! PIHCHOT IN FINAL.
i MESSAGE ATTACKS
! WILLIAMS. IE
i
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Retiring Governor of Penn
• sylvania Says Vare’s
Nomination Was Made
' by Unlawful Means.
!“PARTLY BOUGHT,
PARTLY STOLEN”
“Mellon Machine” and the
“Mitten Machine” Also
Were Assailed by Gover
nor in Message.
Harrisburg, Pa.,, Jan.,4.— UP)— ,
Charges that Benator-Ko!eCT*AVilliain'
S. VAre's Republican nomination for
that office was “partly bought and
partly stolen" were made by Gover
nor Gifford Pim-hot in his final mes
sage to the Pennsylvania Legislature
today. ;/<■
The “Mellon machine” in Pitts
burg. and the "Mitten machine" were
assailed by the governor.
Declaring lie had refused to sup
port Vare in the elections for that
reason. Governor Pinchot said: 1
“I have no doubt that Vare deserves
to be and will be excluded from the
Senate, hut whether he is or not, the
mere fact that a Senator-elect from
Pennsylvania is in danger of losing
his seat because of scandalous expen
ditures in the primary and notorious
cheating in the election is a bitter
disgrace to this commonwealth.”
Governor Pinehot opposed Senator
elect Vare and Senator George Whar
ton Pepper in the primaries, Vare
gaining the nomination by votes roll
ed up in Philadelphia, his home.
Two “political machines,” the “Mel
lon machine in Pittsburgh and the
Mitten machine in Philadelphia." he
said, “spread their black hawk-like
shadows over the community, borne
upon the wings of eminent respectabil
ity and organized crime.
Gould Counsel Challenges Senate Au
thority.
Washington, Jan. 4.—UP)—Coun
sel for Senator Gold. Republican,
Maine, today challenged the authority
of the Senate to investigate charges
.growing out of an alleged payment!
years ago.
Wealthy Farmer Dead.
Hendersonville, Jan. 4.— UP) —M.
M. Brittin, considered oi\e of the
wealthiest residents of Henderson
county, was found dead in a field late
yesterddy afternoon on his big farm
near here. Physicians said he had
been dead about four hours, and that
heart diseast apparently was the cause
of death. He was 75 years old.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row.
Governor McLean To Deliver
His Annual Message Thursday
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 4.—Following the an
nouncement by Governor A. W. Mc-
Lean that he would probably deliver
his regular bi-ennial message to the
legislature on Thursday, followed by
his budget message and the report of
the budget advisory commission on
either Friday or Monday, much spec
ulation is developing a» to what new
features and recommendations will be
forthcoming in these messages. Bui
there is scarcely anything upon
which to base supposition or specula
tion. since there have been exceeding
ly few “leaks" as to the contents of
either the Governor’s message or the
budget commisHion- report, despitd the:
fact that they have been in course of
propartion since November 4th. I
However, indications are that the!
second message, together with the re-1
port of the advisory budget commis
sion, will be the message which will
be of the greatest interest to the peo
ple of the state, since it will contain
the entire fiscal program for the com
ing biennium, including the tentative
appropriations and revenue bills that
have been prepared by the Commis
sion. The first message, as is requir
ed by the institution, will contain a
review of tl)e workings of the: state
government during the past two
years, and then will set forth in a
general way a number of items which
the Governor advocates for the com
ing biennium, with the exception of
fiscal matters, which will be reserv
ed for discussion in the second mes
sage.
In the course of this general bien
nial message it is expected that the
Governor will make some definite
recommendations as to the continu
ance of the work being done by the
salary ami wage commission, but
persons with some change*, together
with his views on such matters as
public education, state game and
hunting laws, state highway police,
public health and other matters of
public interest. But nothing at all
startling or revolutionary is looked
for. ' i
But when it come* to the presenta
tion of the budget message, it wil] be
another matter, since .in this message
the Governo* is expected to go to the
■ cry lieurt <;f cite state’* road Lion,
and lay it open to public view and
analysis. And with this message,
which is virtually the. report of the
advisory budget commission, since all
at tbe members ol the commission
Crash in Air
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Two elevated trains crashed
into each other in Queens
County, N. Y. Nine persons
were injured,
(loteruatlec&l Newarcell
CAN STATE LEVY TAX
ON RAILROAD INCOME?
Special Tribunal Now Sitting in Co.
lumbia, S. C., in Case Brought by
the Southern Railway.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 4.—UP)—Ar
guniento for and against the state’s
■ rights to levy tax on a portion of the
[ Southern Railway Company's income
| from its .interstate business were made
I here today before a tribunal composed
Hos three United States District judges.
I % Bltthnr with Judge Ernest *\ Coeh
rhn of this district are Judges IT. H!
Hawkins of A mice son, and E. S. Dar
ker of Graham, N. C.
The amount involved is $369,645,
interest included, which was assessed
agaiust the railroad company by the
South Carolina tax commission.
Last October upon a hearing of the
proceedings. Judge Cochran granted a
temporary restraining order against
collection of the tax, pending a decis
ion after today’s arguments.
A similar action is pending in the
state supreme court in behalf of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
with the exception of Fete Murphy,
of BaYsbury, have signed the major
ity ro]>ort goes the rejiort of the bud
get commission. Since Murphy failed
to attend n single session of the com
mission. he has thus prevented the
possibility of his filing a minority re
port. it is believed.
And while this message of the. Gov
ernor as executive director of the bud
get and report of the advisory commis
sion are expected to contain much
Chat will ho of vital interest to the
taxpayers of ttie state, setting forth
as they do in such detail the facts re
lating to the fiscal affairs of the
state, the two bills which will bo sub
mitted at the same time, the nppro
jpriations and revenue bills, are ex
pected to prove of almost as much
i as they do in such detail the facts re
| fitting to the fiscal affairs of the state,
| the two hills which will be submitted
i at the same time, the interest, and in
some quarters, perhaps more. For in
the bill, the various
stafe institutions and spending agen
cies will learn just how much of the
money they asked for has been rec
ommended. and in the revenue bilt
will be foupd the answer to how the
increased revenue is to be obtained,
and at whose expense.
“I have never worked harder on
anything in my life than on this
fiscal message and budget report,"
Governor McLean said in discussing
it, “and the members of the budget
commission have worked equally as
hard. The result is that, we think
we have compiled sufficient informa
tion that will answer almost any ques
tion about the state that anyone can
ask. We also hope that the people
. over the state as a whole will take an
. interest in this work and go into it
carefully and try to understand what
we have done.
| That it is not very probable that all
,j of the institutions and depnKments
; will get all they have asked for in tbe
1 way of appropriation* is gen
' | orally taken for granted, although a
! considerable increase in the equaliza
tion fund for the public schools of the
j state i* expected and has been pre-
I dieted. And while the University has
. j been conducting an intensive pre-leg
.. islature lobby among its alumni in all
. '"rtir.ns of the ntato for many weeks,
it is thought very unl-'kel; that it
I . will get all it wants.
, There will probably be some slight
> adjustments of rates in the revenue
II bill, with the chief boost in rates in
i the inheritance tax brackets.
DUKE ESTATE NEAR
$90,000,000 WHEN
BENEFACTOR DIED
This Shown in Petition for
First Accounting Today
Filed n Surrogate Court
in Somerville, N. J.
TOTAL REDUCED
SINCE HIS DEATH
More Than $30,000,000 Has
Been Paid in Expenses,
Trust Funds and Lega
cies, Records Indicate.
Somerville, N. J., Jan. 4.—UP)—Tin
estate of the late Jas. B. Duke, to
bacco manufacturer, was worth $89.-
704.859.C6 at the his death, according
to a petition for a first accounting fil
ed in surrogate court today. Money
paid out for taxes, administration ex
penses, legacies/ and trust funds since
Mr. Duke's denth in 1925 cut the val
ue to $53,451,778.70.
Legacies were paid and trust funds
set up to the amount of $36,253,080,
while taxes and the administration of
the estate cost $9,957,710.
The bulk of the estate or $62,443,-
383, was made up of stocks and mis
cellaneous bonds, while $18,805,700
was invested in government, state and
municipal bonds.
Cash, notes and accounts receivable
totalled $4,524,634.
The executors are Mr. Duke's wid
ow, Naualine 11. Duke and Geo. C. Al
len and William P. Perkins.
SEEKING WAYS TO AID
VETERANS AFTER LOANS
Congress Will Be Asked to Do Some
thing Since Banks Decline to Han
dle Certificates.,
Washington. Jan. 4—UP)—Wide
spread refusal of banks to make loans
on soldier bonus certificates which ac
quired a loan value for the first time
January Ist, has stirred up a small
slzhil rebellion in veterans ranks, and
plans for relief have already been
laid on the doorstep of Congress.
Meanwhile the treasury with $40.-
000,000 in its adjusted sendee cer
tificate fund as a pledge to certifi
cates having a loan value of approx
imately $200,000,000, is confident that
hanking tortituthms will make sweh
loans When they realize there Is no
chance for them to lose in these trans
actions.
Reports to the veterans’ bureau
which under the law must make all
unpaid loans good to the banks, indi
cate that about one-half of the banks
are accepting the insurance bonus cer
tificates as securities for loans, while
news dispatches from large cities show
a tendency on the part of financial
houses to treat only with those vet
erans who have banking relations with
them.
HEAVY RAINS MEANS BIG
SAVINGS IN TIMBER
More Rain However, Would be Bene
ficial to the Forests.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. Jail. 4. —Heavy general
rains of last week will mean a saving
of thousands of dollars to timber own
ers through the prevention of forest
tires, 0. 11. Florry, district forester
of the fourth district, has reported
to Wade 11. Phillips, director of the
Department of Conservation and De
velopment.
Although the rains hnve been great
ly beneficial, District Forester Florry
reported, more fall would soak the
forest soil to a greater extent and
would be helpful.
Before the rains of the last week,
declared District Forester Florry
there had not been a heavy precipita
tion since last summer, and as a
result the forest fires in the eastern
part of the state were greater in
number during the fall than for some
years, November experiencing the
peak.
So dry lias been the eastern section
of the state that lumbering oiierations
hnve been carried on in some of the
swamps for the first time in a score
of yenrs.
As a result of the forest fires, the
service has been usually netive (luring
the fall months. The number of war
dens was extended and the pntrol
areas extended. Operations of the
fields forces have prevented the spread
of the tires, and have saved valuable
timber.
The district forester reports that
many comities in the section which
have not heretofore co-oi>erated with
the State Forest Service in forest fire
prevention work are planning to do
so this year. Many large landowners
are also making preparations to join
the co-operating forces during 1927.
Daugherty-MiUer Rehearing.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—Motion
for rehearing in the move to quash
the indictment of Harry M. Daug'i
erty, former attorney general, and
Thomas W. Miller, former alien prop
erty eustodinn, for conspiracy to de
fraud the government is docketed to
come up in federal court today. Coun
sel for Miller bases his motion on a
recent decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States that the three
year period of limitations holds good
in conspiracy to escape the payment
of income tax. The ease against
Daugherty and Miller was possib'e
j hoeause of .he six-year statute of limi
tations.
The poor may always be with us,
but the miser is dozer.
ELMA STARTS ON
TRIP IHT FORCED
TO CALL FOR AID
Wilmington. .lan. 4.— iA 3 )—ln J
response tv distress .calls from.-ti
former rnm ship Elma. •’tjjtjl®**
Were going to tin- _^rfTe
steamer which left
j afternoon bound for Jacksonville,
j Fla. The Elma. purchased under
I court order by George Linton, of
| New York. wao to go to Charles
ton, to be reconditioned, and thence
1 to Jacksonville, where she was to
he put in commercial service,
t
NO REASON FOR DELAY
IN STARTING WORK
1 Governor Will Deliver Message Soon
So legislature Can Get to Work.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Jan. 4.—Regardless of
whose hand shall be the master of
the gavel in the House of Represen
tatives or oilier organization details
expected to he worked out in eon
euses tonight, when the General As
sembly of North Carolina conveners
tomorrow for its session of 1H27. it'
will he fari-il by circumstances iiiiii
precedented and most favorable. The
most outstanding of these is that
there is no apparent reason for any
delay-—any dragging—and prospects
point to the transaction of all really
important business within the first
two or three weeks of the session.
Time may even hang heavy on the
solons - hands as they wait for the
constitutional expiration df the
sixty-day term. Certainly, there need
be no hectic days toward the end of
the session, no days in which the
members will have to patriotically
work without pay in order that, the
session’s business may be roundel
In thp first place, the Governor
plans to deliver his message either
Wednesday, Thursday and not. later
than Friday, dependent upon wheth
er there is a deadlock for the speaker
ship. Then, there can be no reason
for dragging; nobody can alibi.
"Well, we can't get started until the
Governor presents his program." The
revenue and machinery bill has been
written, meaning that, the cloth for
the garment lias been prepared; and.
in addition, the. pattern, in the shape
of full budget recommendations, hits
been out. There may have to be some
minor alternations. However -ill
things taken into consideration, it
appears now very likely that the
bulk of the legislative business,
which always centers around fi
nances, will, or ran be, transacted
during the first half of the session,
[leaving the members free to frolic
[over evolution and whatever other
“rfHftifcvy Business" they care id'in
dulge in while marking time until
the close.
Governor McLean has announced
llmt he will deliver his general mes
sage very shortly after the sesvion
convenes. Further, he has stated he
will bo able to folloyv this with i
budget message and bIH, calling fo(-
appropriation for the coming bieti
nial. Os course, this will be scrutiniz
ed and argued over, ns all important
legislative measures have to scruti
nized and argued over: yet. in the
main, it is not likely that there will
be any drastic or revolutions \
changes. Neither are any drastic
taxation changes looked for. About
six years ago, the State banned the
ad valorem tax on personal and real
property, leaving that form of taxa
tion to the counties for the operation
of local affairs. So, it will be neces
sary to turn to other sources of
revenue. Os course, these have noi
been announced. Rut there appears
on the faces of none of those en
gaged in framing up the revenue and
machinery any evidences of conster
nation. This means there must be a
fair amount of agreement between
them. It certainly indicates there is
no alarming proportion of disagree
ment.
Anti-legis'ative scenes are about
the same as usual. The post-holiday
■inlet of hotel lobbies has been brok
en by the hum of voices. Button
holes are slightly more in use than a
while back and are becoming less
sensitive to the touch of thumbs and
forefingers. But that is natural, with
so many attaches to be appoiatc 1-
A fi-eling of fellowship is evident
everywhere. The gavel falls tomor
row. All minor doubts will then be
removed,a s speakership, the ser
gents-at-arms reading clerks, etc.,
ami the solans will begin the manu
facture of history.
REVOLTS IN ALBANIA
CONSIDERED SERIOUS
Musselman Tribes Incensed Over
Condemnation of Six Insurgents.
Belgrade, Juglo Slavia, Jan. 4.
(/P)-—A new revolt of Musselman
tribes, in Albania has broken out, re
ports received here today state.
The insurrection was the result of
the condemnation yesterday at Scu
tari of s : x insurgents, who took part in
a recent outbreak which was put down
by government troops. The new in
surgents are members of the Puka,
Shalja and Strupa tribes, which with
four others have already raised their
standards.
Informed circles in Belgrade con
sider the rising serious.
Town Without Commercial Food Sup
ply.
Wisemans. Alaska. Jan. 4.—OW—
Wisemans’ population of about 100
was without a commercial food supply
today as the result of a fire which
destroyed the only store in town yes
terday. The loss was $40,000. Food
is being sent here from Beetles, fifty
miles distant.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Hair tonight and Wednesday,
slightly colder tonight. Fresh to
strong weat and nortbwwt winds.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAf
NO. 311
PROHIBITION AGAIN
' CONGRESS AS
BOTH BRANCHESACT
Senate Asks Secretary Mel
lon for Correspondence
He Had With Wheeler
About Poison in Alcohol, f
SEN. EDWARDS IS
DEMANDING ACTION 1
Question Precipiated by
Agitation That Develop
ed Over Poisoned Alco
hol During Holidays.
Washington, Jan. 4. —G4 s )—The
post-holiday outburst of prohibition
agitation again overran both tCie Seif
ale and House today.
Within a few minutes after it con
vened. the Senate adopted the resolu
tion of Senator Edwards. Democrat,
New Jersey, calling upon. Secretary ’
Mellon for any correspondence be
tween the treasury and the Anti-ga
loon League with respect to the point- :]
onitig of industrial alcohol.
At the same time the House, amid ;
loud applause was listening to a speeejl „
in which Representative "Underhill, j
Republican. Massachusetts, denied tp®
statement of Representative Celler,
Democrat. New York, that congress
men "drink and drink to excess."
The Edwards resolution wept
through the Senate without discus
sion. but immediately afterward there
was a burst of debate into which Sen
ator Heflin. Democrat. Alnbainn, toofc
Senator Edwards to task for I'avin*
mentioned in his speee-h-yesty;rday .tlie
recent Alabhma incident involving tbo
arrest of former Governor Brandon
while on a hunting party. The cl.sFgn
agninst Brandon later was disimsi»d.
The Edwards resolution among oili
er things calls for copies of the lad's
under which the treasury has re
quired the poisoning of industrial al
cohol, and Senator Sheppard, Demo
crat. Texas, a dry leader, protested af
ter adoption against the language em
ployed in the text of the measure. ‘ |
Industrial ae'.oliol itself is “poison"
said the Texas senator, and “yon can't
poison ■ poison."
DI KE OPENS FOR THIRD j;
TIME AS YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Indenture Creating Enlarged Insti
tution Signed in 1#24; Trinity
Students Relumed to New “Duke"
in ’25- .. . -
Durham. Jan 4.—More than IJSOD
students returned to Duke university
yesterday and early this morning, to 1
begin class work for 11)27. It was the
third | year that the institution 8
formerly known as Trinity college
has operated as a part of Duke lini
eesity, theft indenture which eregfed y
the new uniyersity having been sign
ed by the late James B. Duke Vlt
December 11. Students who t# 1
Trinity college in December, i€ |
returned from their Christmas va
cations to Duke University. January
11)25.
The interval between December 2S,
l!)2(i. and January 5, 1!)27, saw this I
Duke campus practically deserted,
only about 75 students remaiping
during the ynletide season. Mnny of .
these students were guests of Presi
dent and Mrs. Few at a Christmas |
reception given a short time ago. at
which time there was a gathering pf 3
representatives of numerous foreign
countries. Chinese. Japanese. Jla- 1
waiinn. and other nationalities were '
representatives, and students from |
the west coast, from the extrema
northwest, and from the lower sopni -1
were present, making the party a
cosmopolitan affair.
It will be a long grind between
now and the next official holiday re
cess. the Easter og-dnys beginning
on April 14. •
SMITH CONTEST AGAIN
IS BEFORE THE SEN^fp
Senator McKeilar Says When Creden
tials Are Presented They Should
Not Be Accept eel.
Washington, Jan. 4.—(A s)—Discus
sion of the Smith senatorial contest
was renewed in the Senate today by
Senator McKeilar. democrat, of Ten
nessee, who said that when Frank L, t
Smith presents his credentials with
“unclean hands’" he should be exclud
ed.
“We already have the proof taken
in this very case,” said Senator He-
Kellnr after reviewing the testimony
before the senate campaign fundo ■
committee. "This proof overturns any
regularity in credentials. The Sonata "'.d
should not hesitate, but it should im
mediately exclude Smith so that the v|
great state of Illinois may appoint a i
man to come to the senate for this if]
time being whose hands are eleas-.?3
and whose selection does not grow out 1
of one of the most corrupt campaigns |
that ever took place in any atatel'cC®
Senator McKeilar called nttentidtt-J-S
particularly to the contributions to |
the Smith campaign by Samuel Insult ||
the traction magnate.
University Winter Quarter ia Open- #j
ed.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 3.—The univet*
sity of North Carolina opened its 1
winter quarter today with an est- .Jl
rollment that increase* by npproxl- ia
mnte’y 100 the " registration for the M
fall quarter which was 2,314, TW« M
carries the total of resident fttudentft''7M
for the present scholastic year MhtjS
yond 2,400, and means that, with in
Others to be added with the spring ]
quarter opening. The total for tim''m
nine-month period will be around i I
2-500-