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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVIt SIiTE LEGISLATURE | ODES LITTLE TOOH WITH MEMBERS GONE Sessions of Both the Sen ate and the House Were Perfunctory.— Members Leave the Capital. CHAIRMENBUSY WITH THEIR WORK Week-End is No Holulay for the Men Who Have Been Named to head Important Committees. Italcigb. .Tun. B.—OP)—Sessions of hath tlio senate am) house of the 1927 ‘ lencrnl Assembly were today ]>er funetory. The majority of the members of the house were excused until Monday niftht "'lien tbe body convenes again after loduy'a brief session. By agreement the point of “no quorum" was not raised by members remaining in the capital. Had any member done that, the result would probably have invali dated all that was done, representa tives explained. Keprcsentatives Turlington, of Ire dell: Connor, o' Wilson; and Graham, of Orange, the “big three" of J:he House committee chairmen, busied themselves meanwhile with initial du ties of appropriations, education and fiunnee over the week-end period. Members did not take the appoint ment of Mr. Turlington as chairman of his old committee on appropria tions to mean he had given up his ex pressed conviction that some sort of notion should be taken with regard to the theories of evolution which he feels “should be regulated so far as the schools are concerned." It was taken | to mean some lawmakers said, that Turlington had complete confidence in the fairness of all members of the Gen eral Assembly. He had no fears of any committee | being “packed." Other committee announcements will be made Tuesday, Speaker Foun tain said. Capital rumors hoye it that O. B. Moss, of Nash, and Fred Sutton, of Lenoir, are in line for ju diciary committee chairmanships. Squire B. T. Falls, of Cleveland, con sidered by’ many an expert on elec tion*, may, be named head of the ejec -I’WMpiwrl.• • ■-■«» ■» » THE COTTON MARKET • j Open'd Steady at an Advance of 2 to 41 Points.—March up to 12.05. New York, Jan. 8 —(&)—The cot ton'market opened steady today at an advance of 2 to ft polbts on covering and some eommisiou ’ house buying which appeared to be insp'red by the more favorable character of recent trade advices from England aud rath er unsettled weather conditions in the Southwest. March sold up to 12.95 and July to to 13.8.1, but there scorned to be in creased offerings at these prices, with the South a modern! seller here. The market reacted at about yesterday's closing figures by the end of the first hour. ■J Private cables reported covering and calling in the Liverpool market, and said there was an extensive inquiry for cotton clothes from India, al though many offers were unworkable. Cotton futures opened steady: Jan uary 12.80; March 12.94: May 13.13: July 13.33: October 13.49. Closed Steady. New York. Jan. B.—Cotton futures closed steady 2 to 4 points higher: Jan. 12.81; Marrti 12.94; May 13.13; July 13.32; Oct. 13.50. The Seaboard Extension to Miami. (By International News Service) IVm Bench, Fla., Jail. B.—Today, January Bth, will see the inaugura tion of flic first passenger train over the Senboard All-Florida extension from West I’iilin Beach to Miami, ac cording to F. E. Hoffman, distrirt pnsricnger agent. Officials of the com pany aqd a number of invited guests will be abourd the first through New York to Miami aJI-Pullman train when it comes through' West-Palm Bench. Mrs. J.jft, Wa’ker is spending some time in H&pford with relatives. Star Theatre Mon.-Tues., Jan. 10-11 EXTRA! Alabama 7-Stanford 7 America’s Championship Football Game in the Actual Picture, with Four Cameras getting every play. A chance of your life to see a real game in full. This is not a little short news reel. Also a Special Paramount Picture With It “YOl/ NEVER KNOW WOMEN” With Florence Vidor Admission 10c and 25c The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Dally ■ I Wet Battle On in Congress ER BORINS K. B>t,ACK..JRs. 1 - •. - JBfVf & * * mjk lpa*r 1 FRED A. DRITTEKT KORRTS? SHEPPARD? Representative Loring M. Black, Jr., of New York, demanded punishment of Federal officials responsible for poisoning *lcohol and Representatives Emanuel Celler, of New York, and Fred A- Britten, of Illinois, proposed laws to prohibit die use of fatal adulterants. Meanwhile, Senator Morris Sheppard, of Texas, author of the Eighteenth Amendment, defended the poisoning practice. 1 111 ■ 1 1 ! .11 « 1 THIS IS NO TIME FOR EXTRAVAGANCE \ “A Safe and Sound Program” For the ■ Ufbhlers Is the Slogan. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel 1 listening to ttto lengthy messages from [ the governor within three days, there was a general iel-down in legislative I circles today, despite the fact that brief sessions of both House und Sen ■ ate were held this tuorniug, only to i adjourn to re-convene Monday night. I The note of continued economy in i government sounded by Governor Mc -1 i.ean in his budget message yesterday awakened a note of approval on thy ' part of the majority of the members 1 of both House and Senate, for as a number of thg legislators have already 1 said on the floor of the general as sembly, that "with 12-eent cotton. 1 this is no time for extravagance." Titus with the approval of the policy ' as outlined beiug so general the few who do not happen lo ugree with t’.ie governor are preserving a discreet and rather significant silence. | While the recommendation that the requests for permanent improvements for Stale departments and institutions ' be sealed down from $1.1,000,000 to ’ *5,r>00,000. there was surprise in some ■ quarters that the appropriations for maintenance had been left as large as they are and not cut down more. The < requested appropriations for main : tenance for 1027-28 amounted to about ; $10,000,000, which was reduced to $14,686,103 and to $15,124,05!) for 1028-20. Those who feared that the T’niver sity and other institutions might suf fer from insufficient appropriations feel that while the amount recom mended is not as great as the amount Asked for, still that it will enable virtually all of them to continue op eration on an enlarged scale. Among the permanent improvements recom mended are the following: University, $1,220,000; State College, $580,000: N. C. College for Women. $820,000; Eastern Carolina Teachers .College, $280,000: A. ami T. College, $40.000; (’ullowhee, $210,000;' Appalachian, $100.000; \Vin»ton-Bn'.eni Normal (negro), $35,000; Elisabeth City Nor mal (negro), $10,000: Fayetteville Normal (negroi, N.t C. Col lege for Xesroes, $200,000. The maintenance appropriations re quested and recommended by the bud get commission for the larger of these institutions are as follows: University. 1020-27. S7BO 000; 1927- 28, $1,550,538 requested, $850,000 rec ommended ; 1028-20, SBBO,OOO. State College. 1026-27, $400,000; 1027- $504,670 requested; $425,000 recommended; 1028-20 $440,000 rec ommended. Extension (State College. 1026-27. $175,000; 1027-28, $175,000 request ed ; $175,000 recommended; 1028-20. $175,000 recommended. North Carolina College for Women, 1026-27, $410,000; 1027-28 $515,000 requested, $440,000 recommended; 1028- $440,000 recommended. E. C. T. C., 1026-27, $157,100; 1927- 28. $280,000 requested, $165,000 rec ommended ; 1028-20 $200,000 recom mended. Thus from the above figures it will be seen that the appropriations for maintenance have been scaled down but very little in the majority of cases. The pronouncement by the governor that it would not be necessary to in crease taxes materially and that only minor adjustment* in the privilege and i t EKANUE,!/ CEM/ER ______ I LOSS OF SHADOW LAWN ESTIMATED AT $1,000,000 i Treasurers of Art. Collected by Owner, Destroyed With the Showplace. West Long Branch, N. J.. .lan. B. (A I )—A huge heap of smouldering tim ber remained today as Shadow Lawn; showplace of New Jersey, and sumqir* white house during the administration of President Wilson. Fire last night, believed caused by j a short circuit in the lighting system. I in addition to razing the beautiful mansion, swept clear of shrubbery much of the twenty surrounding acres. The owner, Hubert T. Parson, pres ident of the F. W. Wooiworth Com pany, who fins made a custom of spending week-ends at the estate, was delayed in New York by business last night. The loss was estimated at $1,000,000. Treasures of art, collected by Mr. Pur Son in his travels, included tapes tries, rare rugs and period furniture, were destroyed. Thy mansion was built thirty years ago by John McCall, then president of the New York Life Insurance Com pany, and was sold by him to C. B. Greenhut, department store magnate of New York. Mr. Parson purchased the place in 1918. Preacher's Message Prevented Sui j eldes. (By International News Service) Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. B.—A preacher's message through a local newspaper probably saved the lives of a score of people who contemplated suicide, aeeording to Rev. J. A. Bryan, veteran pastor who lias preached at the same church for thirty-seven years. Declaring he was greatly worried by the growing number of suicides, Bryan called the newspaper office and asked that a story lie writting urging "all those who contemplate suicide to conic and sec me and let me pray with them.” The story was printed the next day. Later Bryan called the same newspa per and asked the reporter who wrote it to come and see him. “I want you to know." be said, “that what we did ten days sgo has stilled the troubled souls of more than two dozen men and women in Bir mingham. I cannot reveal details but I have no doubt we! saved their llVes.” !-■ j, lv i , ■ ■ i With Our Advertisers. The Change of Ownership Sale of the 0. A. Moser Shoe Store begins today and etuis January 29tli. Men’s and women’s host- given free. “Can the Living Talk to the Dead”? wiir be the subject of the sermou nt the First Baptist Church Suhday night. The Spring styles for women and misses at Fisher's, Go and see them. TKe Concord Plumbing Co., 174 Kerr street, handles a line of depend able bath room necessities. Phone 576. 1 The Forest Hill Cleaning Co. < knocks the spots out of your clothing. Phone 175 J. The Concord Vulontvzing Company saves the lives of tires gone wrong. Dry cleaning pays actual dividends. See ad. of YVrenn at Kannapolis. < franchise brackets would be necessary 1 met with approval, as did the suggest! ed increase in the school equalization ' fund and the pension fund for Con ■ federate soldiers. ' “A safe and strand program” was I the expression heard from many. CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARYB, 1927 GOULD INQUIRY IS BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN UPPER CHAMBER The Senate Elections Sub committee Handling the Inauiry Has Been Called to Meet Again. BRIBERY CHARGE IS BEING AIRED Matter Comes Up in Sen ate Again Following the Debates Which Really Started the Inquiry. i Washington. Jan. B.—o4 s )—The > senate elections sub-committee’ invest!- i gating bribery charges against Kcmttnri Gould, republican, of Maine, was call* etl to meet again today after having, heard a lengthy defense plea from the senator himself in which he charged two Canadian Premiers holding office fifteen years ago with being polilicgl ly corrupt. Takt'ng the stand on the issue I which figured in his race for the Sen ate and that trailed him to Washing ton where it was thrust before him as he appeared to take oath, the new Maine senator told the committee yes terday that his New York associates without his eonsent paid the much dis cussed SIOO,OOO to the campaign fund of the conservative party of New Brunswick. Canada, while he was en gaged in building a railroad in that provi nee. He said Premier 'Fleming and his successor Premier Clark, both solicit-. . ed money from him with threats that unless it was forthcoming his opera tions would be stopped. After being j held up repeatedly at a cost of hun dreds of thousands of dollars by vioia tions of agreements and promises on the part of the Canadians, he asserted that his partners finally "got enouglt” and withdrew. Wants Wilson Seated. Washington, Jan. B.—C4*) —A peti tion in behalf of William B. Wilson,! contesting the election of Senator- Elect William S. Vare, of Pennsyl vania. was presented to the Senate to day by the Democratic leader, Sena tor Robinson, of Arkansas. Wilson, a former secretary of labor, wo* the DetitmraUc^oriunee^agnni^ day allege that Vare was not legally I elected, and is separate from the move | merit niread.v underway to deny \*nrr| j a Senate sent because of excessive I campaign contributions. If Vnre were | kept out on the latter ground.it would ’.cave a vacancy hut would hot give the place to Wilson. Senator Robinson served notice that a resolution Would be offered urging a committee investigation of the charges made, which declared that Wilson "was chosen by a majority of the votes legally cast.” “Mr. Vare admitted before the Sen ate investigating committee expending $71,000 of bis personal funds,” said the petition, “and this constitutes a violation of the federal corrupt pine-’ tiers act. of 1025, which limits expen ditures of a candidate for senntor in every case not to exceed $23,000." McDERMOTT SAYS HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH Doesn’t Expect to Be Called. Howev er In Pending Rudner and Mazer Trials. Cleveland, 0., Jan. 8. — OP) —Pat McDermott. Convicted of the slaying of Don It. Mellett, Canton editor, and an important witness in the (tending trials of Ben Rudner and Louis Muz- j er, declared in his cell here today that : he would “tell the truth” if put on | the stand. "I will tell the truth if they will put me on the witness stand.” McDer mott declared. "But they won’t pul mo on. They don’t want the truth.’' McDermott was brought here yes terday from Canton to testify against 1 Ben Nadel, under indictment for har boring Meitermott while the latter ■ was being hunted for murder. ' > Propose to Give Away “Real Live White Baby” As Prize | Boone, Jan 7.—Some indignation , lias been caused by the announce ment that a “real, live, white baby" i will be given away by a local store . us. an' advertising stunt. j Rev. M. B. Wposley, secretary, of this Rooms Ministerial nrscHatlon, raid that if it is the intention of the , store to give away an actual living ( baby in a lottery, steps will be tak ! en to stop it. Smith Huganran. in charge of , county we'fsre work, said the mnt ' ter would be investigated, and if a baby ia to be given away as a prize, ’ the lottery will be stopiied. I ' .Rivers and Harbors. Bill to Confer ence. Washington, Jan. 8. —(A 9 )—Tjie ■ House today sent the rivers and har bors bill to conference with the sen . ate for adjustment of differences. The . measure passed the senate and house in* different forms, and an agreement ' must be reached on its final nature. Edmund W. Booth Dead. Grand Rapids. Mich., Jan. B.—(A 9 ) , —Edmund W. Booth, 60. editor and general manager of the Grand Rapids r Press, and a member of a prominent '■ family of newspaper owners, died t | hero today. For about four hundred jears i England, under the namo of Britain, formed a part of the Roman Empire. Nine Slain JH • ■■ an m Jr 'f*4 m IT ' i’ ■ I "p; m A/ Georg* Hassell, forty-five, i fanner of Farwell, Tex., wai arrested and was said to hav> confessed the murder of hi: wife and eight children by i former marriage. tint wit 1 —’ Xsnnoal) CHAIRMEN OF THE THREE BIG COMMITTEES NAMED Sruprise Expressed That Townsend Was Not Named Chairman of the House Finance Committee. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Pau. B.—Announcement of the personnel of the House commit tees on appropriations, finance and education was productive of but mild comment on the part of House mem bra, although a little surprise was that X, A. TWHSMid/ )>f Harnett, defented candidate for speak er. was not named as chairman of : either the finance or appropriations ! eommitee, although he was named as a I member of lx>th, as was 11. G. Con nor. Jr., of Wilson, the other defeated candidate for the speaker. On the whole, the selection of A. 11. Graham, of Orange •county, as chairman of the committee on finance, and of Z. V. Turlington, of Iredell, as chairman of the committee appropriations was gen erally approved, as was die selection of H. G. Connor, Jr„ of Wilson, as chairman of the committee op eduen tipn, a Committee which because of certain conditions arising nt this time, make it a committee of outstanding importance. If the committees on finance and ap propriations accept the hills for these two divisions pretty much as recom mended by Governor A. IV. McLean ami the advisory budget commission, their tasks will not be so iirduouk However, if extensive revisions are made, they will be faced with a really big proposition. However, after ana lyzing the membership of these eom ittees, the concensus of opinion seems to be-(fiat there is no great possibility of extensive changes beiug made in either the revenue bill or the appro : priations bill. The selection of Mr. Connor as | chairman of the committee on educa tion is especially approved because of his. familiarity with this branch and because of the importance the question of education is scheduled to Occupy at this session with the pos sibility of aetion on the submission of the eight months school term ques tion to the people in the form of a constitutional amendment. Thus the action taken by this committee will be followed with much interest. The personnel of the committees fol lows: ' Commit-tee on > firtnnce: Graham, of Orange, chairman T Townsend, Bridg er, Murphy, Martin of Davidson, Con nor, Winston, Hargett, Squires, Stun cil, Cox of Forsythe, Gibbs, Haw, Macon. Wright, Mo.Devitt, Boyd, Cbf fey, Graham of Sampson, Turlington, Parker, Gold, Makepeace, Austin, Har ris, Oliver, Matthews, Aloes of Nash. Ward, Moser, Everett of Martin, Ale- Lean of Beaufort, Smith of Wake, Norwood and Jenkins. Committee of appropriations: Z. V. Turlington, Iredell, chairman; Gra ham of Orange, Connor. Townsend, Nash, Blaek, Brewer of Wake, Price, Giles, McLean of Beaufort, Dunn. Bullard, Wood, Brawley, Smith of Rockingham. Gold. Rogers, Folger, Yoiince, Rhodes, Ward. Sutton. Mason, Makepeace, Flanningan, Morgan, Tat um. Butler, Wilson of Pasquotank, Kerr, Woodward. Aloss of Ruther ford, Everett of Durham, Creekmore and Dunn. Committee on education: H. G. Con nor, Jr„ of Wilson, chairman; Aloas of Na<£), Ward, Harris. Cox of Alice glinny, AlcLean of Beaufort, Gold. Parker, Folger, Poole of Hoke, Black, Austin. Nash, Falls, Winston, Jones, fifivott. 1 Graham of Sampson, Giles, Eure, Aicltevitt, Helms, Boat, Kerr, Mcßride, Whittaker, Leggett, Wat kins of Brunswick, Makepeace. Sat tarwhlte. Smith of Wake, Rouse, Townsend, Price, Rideout, Gwaltney, Wetmur and Parnell COOLIDGE DEFENDS : HIS POLICIES IN NICARAGUAN CRISIS | “Evarts Doctrine” Was Re- j 1 ferred to by Administra- j | tion Which Denies Med-1 [ diing in Situation. PROTECTION AIM OF government! This Fact Is Set ’Out in! “Doctrine” Which Was Written by Secretary of i State in Hayes Regime. ! Washington. Jan. 8. — OP) —Oppon- polie.v hi Nicaragua, now augmented 1 cuts of the American government’s 1 by certain European as well as I.ntin- Amerioun newspapers, have been an swered anew by the C'oolidge admin istration, and principles enunciated 30 years ago have been recalled to back up his attitude. These principles brought to light from the aging files of the State De partment yesterday, and announced at the White House as one set of several precedents for the present aetion. were contained in the so-called “Evarts doctrine.” a note communicated by William Maxwell Evarts, secretary of State under President Hayes, to Min ister Foster for presentation to the Mexican government in 1878. “The first duty of government,” the note said, "is to protect life and prop i erty. This is a paramount obligation. , For this governments are instituted ' and governments neglecting or failing to perform It become worse than use- i less. “This duty the, government of the United Stales has' determined to per form to the extent of its power to wards its citizens border. It is not solicitous, it lias never has been about the met hod- or ways in which that protection shall be accomplished, whether by formal treaty stipula tions, or by formal conversations; whether by the action of judicial tri bunals or that of military force., “Protection in fact to American lives and property is the sole point upon which the United States is ten acious.” Galveston Reaches Nicaragua. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Jan. : 8. —tA6—The United States steamship Galveston, which left Corinto at dawn ’ yesterday, arrived here last night and ; was proceeding today to Salinas Bay at the southern extremity of Nicar agua. - Communications with the interior, . which were cut off yesterday after reports of bandit activities had been ■ received, were still blocked today. OIL IN NORTH CAROLINA Deep River Mining Area Contains One-Ninth of Oil Produced in United States. ' (By International News Service) Charlotte, Jan. 8. of the : total amount of oil produced in the United States since 1859 is now avail able in the Deep River mining urea s in North Carolina. The estimate is 1,000,000,(KM) gallons. This is file finding of Dr. Frank , G. Gilhrandt, professor of industrial . chemistry at the University of North * Carolina, contained in a report to the state department of conservation and • development. The oil is contained in shale, and i its distillation for commercial pur poses, according to H. G. Bryson, state i geologist, is “not only a possibility • but a promising commercial invest ment for the future for North Oaro t limans." In stressing the importance of shale * deposits, Bryson referred to the ex i perts. who have predicted that the * country’s supply of petroleum will be > come exhausted nt the present rate -of consumption within the next twen f ty-five or thirty years, and that it - would become necessary to seek new i sources of supply. He pointed out further that the fed eral government regarded the projest . m seriously that it had appropriated money for the study and acquisition of oil bearing shale deposits. lie declared that a plant for producing oil is to be erected on the naval oil shale reserve near Boulder, Col. Bryson stated that borings in I’ve Deep River district ( Lee and C' mth nin counties, in south-central Section of the state) have shown thicknesses varying from 35 to 40 feet, and ex tending over large areas. Estimates show 400,000,000 tons of oil bearing shale, he said. I)r, Yilbrandt describes the material as "a compact laminated rock of sedi mentary origin, yielding more than 31 per cent, ash, and containing or ganic matter which yields oil when distilled, but not. appreciably when ex tracted with ordinary petroleum solv ents.” Stimulants AM to Fail. El Paso, Tex.. Jan. B.—OP)—Stimu lants were used last night to increase the blood pressure of former Secre tary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, ill with pneumonia at his- home here. H. G. Clunn, personal secretary to Fall, said today that no immediate crisis is feared, and that the patient has rallied. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Sunday, warmer tonight and in east and north portions Sunday. Moderate northeast and east winds. Voice Wins d ßp**! Rosalind Ruby, eighteen, for merly of Cleveland, 0., sang at her work in a New York shop. Queena Mario, opera singer, heard her, and ar ranged for an audition that may lead to an opera career, MOVE FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL JI DICIAL DISTRICT House Passed Resolution I'rging the State Delegation in Congress to Favor It. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Jnn. B.—The move for the eerntion of another federal judicial district in North Carolina was given considerable impetus when the Senate, by suspending tin- rules, passed a reso lution urging the North Carolina dele gations in Congress to use its influence for the creation of such a federal dis trict, and sent the resolution to the house. The resolution was presented Friday by Senators I!. S. Woinbie, Winston-Salem; Chtirles A. Hines, Greensboro; J. M. Broughton, Ral eigh: W. P. Horton, Pittsboro; F. W. Hancock, Jr., Oxford; Kenneth C. Royall, Goldsboro, and W. H. Wood son Salisbury. Two other bills of a local nature wei-e presented, and one of them passed on first reading. This was special bill by Senator D. A. AlcDonald to except .1. V. Aliles, of Aloorc county, from payment of the license tax on peddlers. The other bill offered was to provide books for the use of com mittees in the committee rooms, and was referred to the proper commit tee. , The house passed its first bill Fri day, acting favorably on tlie resolution that hnd lieen previously offered by Representative Oscar Haywood, of Alontgomery. that action be taken look ing toward the better preservation of the house in Which Andrew Johnson was born,- now in Pullen Park, Ral eigh. eigu. Seven new bills were offered in the house, live of them by Representative T. J. Wilson, of Transylvania, all re lating to Transylvania county. A bill was offered by Representative Ai. W. Nash, of Richmond county, to re peal chapter -I of the public local laws of 1925 and providing for the election of a board of,county commis sioners for Richmond county. Another bill was offered by Repre sentative Francis D. Winston, of Ber tie, to provide for an audit of the various county, officers and boards in Bertie county. The bulk of the Friday morning ses sion was taken up by the delivery of the budget message by Governor A. W: McLean, after which both the senate and house adjourned until 10 o'clock Saturday morning. A Bull “Surrounded by Water." (By international News Service) Nashville, Tenu., Jan. o.—Among the thousands rendered homeless throughout this vicinity by the Nash ville flood, a lone Hereford bull stood atop a haystack eighteen feet high, in the center of a large field. Water surrounded the stack to a depth of fifteen feet. The bull munched the damp hay and kept silent watch over his small “island." Passing canoes failed to respond to his pitying look. No doubt, bulls made clumsy canoe companions. But, wonder what the animal thought? Probably "dsmp bad weather!” Nantasket Beach Visited by Fire. Hull, Mass.. Jan. B.—O(P) —A fire at Nantasket Beach which leveled the 174-room Atlantic House in less than an hour, destroyed two large cottages, and damaged five others with an es timated loss of $250,000, was brought under control early today through the combined efforts of firemen from ten towns. Nantasket Beach is a popu lar summer resort near here. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS (TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 2 BRITISH SUBJECTS jr WHif Cantonese Leaders Hav<* i Agreed to Withdraw Chi nese Troops and Pickets at British Concession. ] BRITISH POLICE TO BE GUARDS Police From the Former Russian and German Concessions Also Will Be Employed Now. r j I London, Jan. B. OP)—The British (foreign office was advised from flan* kow this morning that the Cantonese authorities have agreed to withdraw al! Chinese troops anil pickets front tho British concession which will be polic ed jointly by the British police in sist isl by police from the former Rus sia ii and German concessions. These are foreign trained Chinese, , Ivi&a The British police also are native* under British supervision. It is expected that British subject* w : ll return to their offices some titno today from the barracks, where they were eouceutrated for safety. Quiet Now Prevails. x : ■ Hankow, Qhina, Jan. B.— (A 3 )—Tim Cantonese government late tonight promised to withdraw its soldiers and pickets from the British concessions tomorrow. _ Quiet prevailed here throughout the day, because of a heavy rain wfeiejj) prevented the coolies from assembling in the street.s All British firms have kept their doors closed, but American concerns continued do operate. 'All Hritlsb women and children have been moged out, and tiie men remaining hera were confined to one building. . , j Two ships bearing women nnd chil dren safely passed Kiukiang 150 mile* down the river, bound for Khnnghai. Americans Leave Kictkiaug. Hankow, Jan. B,— (A s ) —Word from Kiukiang. 150 miles from here last night said Americans there had been put aboard the American gunboat Punguin and that all women and chil dren were taken from the city after rioters broke down the barricade, to tlie foreign settlement and entered. Cantonese troops look over, the con- „ cession. “Closed” Door Open at Press Con ference. Washington, Jan. o.—(A*)—Tit# big clock on the wall of the outer lobby of the president's office point* its bands to 11 :55. if it is Tuesday, or to 3:55 if it is Friday. > gpfl Precisely then a veteran White House polio- officer calls out: "Have all questions been passed in? Time's up." Ilis inquiry is directed to some forty or more new spa per-writ CVS, about to be received at the regular bi-weekl.v “press conference.” Uidcr a custom inaugurated by President Harding, the questions must be sub mitted in writing- The clock pushes the indicators five digits forward, to the fixed meet ing hour. Automatically a door opens. The correspondents file iri to a big, (lag ornamented mahogany desk.' The door remains open, in actual ity. with a secret service man stand ing at the portal. But for all the intentsa nil purposes of this dispatch it is closed, locked, and doubled ' sealed. For what transpires next within the room transpires in ijtgsol* • able confidence. Hen I .ays Ewo Eggs m Same (By International. News Service)! Dunn, N. Jan. 8. —Dunn boastA • (lie most distinguished her in tht state, a bin) that laid two perfectly • good eggs iui the same day and lit the same time. One of them, wd» almost as large as a goose egg. and the other was inside, a regular sfiWt T hen egg. Inside file large egg. ia addition to the smaller egg Was tho usual food product. Tiie proud lien is tlie property of Air. and Airs. A. B. Adams. ;j|j| Continues Injunction Against Ashes villi-. ..Mala Alnrslinll. N. C\. Jan. K.—(#)—Tltp temporary injunction restraining t'ih j city of Asheville from purchasing ap- = proximately 4,500 acres in the North Fork watershed area, wajs' teila,v or dered continued by Judge P. A. Ale- Elroy, sitting in chamber* here; un til "such time as the city may ap propriate sufficient funds with Which to purchase the land in question." Fin* River Boat Burns. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. B.— UP) —The ;) Kate Adams, rated as one of the fitly est of tlie packets now plying the Mississippi River, was burned to water s edge at her moorings in the * mem phis harbor today. “SPIRITUALISM" or | “Can the Living Talk To the Dead?” Sermon Subject at the Jg , FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT ||jjH The Male Quartet Will o^ji