North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Calles Says Catholic j Episcopate Cause Os New Mexican Uprising President Says He Is Con vinced Rebels Are Act ing Under Orders Prom the Episcopate. CLERGYMENWILL BE DEALT WITH All Guilty of Inciting to Re bellion Will Be Punished Energetically, the Presi dent States. Mexico City, .Tan. 12.—Op—The Mexican Catholic Episcopate is ac cused of responsibility for recent. Catholic uprisings in Mexico under the banner “Long Live Christ, the King' in n statement issued today by the office of President Calles. j The statement declares that the Mexican government is convinced that | the rebels are acting under specific in. structions from the Episcopate, and that orders have been issued to punish energetically clergymen guilty of in citing to rebellion. The Catholic episcopate of Mexico City “with a knowledge that internet, ional relations with the United States we uld be severely strained or unfavor ably notified beginning January Ist, showing that they still are traitors to the country,” ordered the Catholic clergy to iuduee the largest possible number of men to revolt against the Mexican government, the statement' says. Reviewing “Catholic rebellious ac tivities" since January Ist. the state ment declares that the clergymen’s ef forts have failed except in a few states. The Federal government, the state ment continues, is convinced that the rebels are acting under specific in structions from the Ep : seopatc, and lias issued orders to punish energeti cally clergy responsible for rebellions, 1 the latter being responsible for the uprisings. Although they lack mili tary ability “it is distressful to be forced to sacrifice the lives of those men who through their fanatics follow j blindly the cpisconnte's instructions.” I 26 Rebels Killed. I Mexico City. Jan. 12.— OP) —Special dispatch* from Guadalajara state enfa, AbanddTnndf Tototan in the state of Jalisco. The towtpi, military headquarters reported, were taken by the rebels * few days ago. Arms Shipped From New Orleans. Mexico City, Jan. 12.—OP)—Pedro J. Zepeda, agent here for Dr. Juan Snensa, bead of the liberal govern ment set up in Nicaragua, today de clared that the arms with which the liberals are fighting the conservative government of President Diaz were shipped from New Orleans under spe cial licenses granted by the United Stipes department of state. Will Press Claim for Stop on Air Mail Line. Charlotte, Jan. I.—A committee of Charlotte officials and business inch will appear before representatives sis the post office department in Wash- j ington February 23rd to press Char-1 lotte's claim to a stop on the proponed air mail route from New York to I Atlanta. r , j The committee will be composed of Mayor D M. Aberncthy. T. L. Kirk-| Patrick, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Postmaster J. D. Albright, R. A. Dunn, president of the Clearing House Association; Captnin Elliott i Springs and Clarence O. Kuester. see) retry of the Chamber of Commerce. Fascism Coils Around Italy’s School Children. London. . Jan. 12.—School ehil of Italy must wear Fascist black shirts, according to dispatches receiv ed here today. This is one of a number of stringent regulations put in force by Mussolini. Others are: 1— All children entering the schools every morning must make a Roman salute to Mussolini. 2 Children must repeat the daily pryaer ending “God protect the life and health of onr diice.” 3 All teachers tnqst be fascists. John Frontierger Caught. Raleigh, Jim. 12. —(4>)—State pris on superintendent Pou today reported the capture of John Fronberger, one of the three prisoners at Camp Hid denite who recently escaped. The other two were brought back several days ago. Star Theatre THURSDAY and FRIDAY The Greatest Picture of the Year “THE FOOL” WITH Edmund Lowe, Raymond Bloomer. Anne Dale, Mary Thurman, Brenda Bond, Rose Blossom, Paul Punier, and George Loamy The heart drama that stirred the world, and the picture that suc ceeded in spite of the devil TODAY IS EVERYBODY'S DAY Admission 10c and Sc \ rj The Concord Daily Tribune North Catolina’g Leading Small City Daily —-. _ ’ CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER BALANCED FARMING ' Seems to llaev Struck a Sympathetic Response, Says Dr. Brooks. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Jnn. *l2.—The campaign for better balanced farming which began on January 4 and wi'l con clude on January 13. seems to hitvo struck a sympathetic response as viewed from the standpoint or one week's campaigning, states I)r. 11. O. Brooks, President of State Ooi llege and Chairman of the Central ICotton Committee. t | “In each of the four meetings in which Dean Schauh and myself par ticipated last week.” says I'resident Brooks. "There were from 130 to ' 200 farmers. These men wore some I of the best men of their respective ■ communities and they came to the {meetings to learn something about the conditions of the cotton growing at this time. They appeared to be ! seriously interested and wanted ,o know especially about crops they Could grow in place of cotton. When they studied the farming program prepared by our. school of agricul ture they stated that thin gave the information wanted.” Dr. Brooks states that the college representatives spoke last week, in eighteen counties. In some instances they were assisted by local business men ami farmers. O. Max Gardner of Shelby, spoke at Shelby and at Charlotte and will speak in Anson county this week. The counties coh ered in the campaign last week were Rutherford, ("cveland. Lincoln, Ire dell, Edgecombe. Franklin, "Mecklen burg. Vance. Duplin, Hertford, and North Halifax in the order named. The talks given by col lege repre senatives were made from the stand point of better farm and better balanced farming. The local people joined in the program in many in i stances, said Dr. Brooks. In Edge combe County, the students at the farm life school attended while in Upper Halifax, the teachers of the county came to the meeting to find (out how they could help. I At some meetings the specialists were held at the meeting place from 'one (to two hours answering ques tions about some special conditions on a farm. At each general cotinty 'EifiHir:f6r tie vimmnutty e«Spalgr): The business men and hankers took an active part in the proceedings and many bankers are asking now for an inventory of crops from those farmers who wish to borrow money, during the'- coming season. It was found by the campaigners that the county committees as nam ed by the Central Committee have been actively at work and definite plans for the follow-up community meetings have beeu made. “Wo found three kinds of farmers on our trip last week," say * Dr. Brooks.. ‘The first was the farmer who raises cotton ns a surplus crop. "The second- farm was the man who produced cotton as a major crop with hot over 30 per cent of his cultivated land in cotton but who raises hist own supply of food and feed erppu. "The third farmey was that man who produces cotton as a major crop with 66 and 3-3 or more* per centage of his land in cotton but who does not grdw his good and feedstuffs.” Dr. Brooks states that this tended to show thaf importance of growing the home food and feed supply. Many of the nten who now have cot ton as their major crop are turning to other things. TWO ARE ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Charged With Soliciting Funds and Failing to Turn In Collections. Charlotte, N. C-. Jan. 12.—H. M. Jerow and J. M. Bailey, advertising soließora said to be from Kansas City, were bound over to Superior Court on a charge of embezzlement by Magis trate S. A. Mangum here today. The men are alleged to have solici ted funds for a labor advertising cam paign and failed to turn the money over to the American Federation of I-abor, using it themselves instead. . C..P. Barringer of, Salisbury, Presi dent of the State. Federation of Labor arid R. W. Morgan, President; of the Charlotte Council, signed the warrants. Jerow is alleged to hare embezzled 12,600 and Bailey S3OO. Cold Weather lilts Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 11.—In the wake of the lowest temperatures in several years, Southern Florida today witnessed the tempory closing of several schools and saw overcoats be come the'Vogue for the first time this season. Lack of heating facilities caused the suspension of public schools in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Br Broad County. Miami’s 37 degree temperature at 7 o’clock this morning was the coldest since 1020. Fort Lauderdale’s tem perature was three degrees colder. In' Northern Florida, the intensity of the chill varied from 22 degrees at Tallahassee, the lowest recorded to 24 at Gainesville, 26 at Pensacola and Jacksonville and as low as 37 in widespreat portions of the citrus belt of Central Florida. Supreme Court Opinions Today. Raleigh, Jan. 11.—(INS)—TBe Su preme Court will ‘hand down another batch of opinions on Wednesday, it was annunced here today by Chief Justice Stacy. iBASEBALLPUYERS | FREED OF CHARGES 1 IN LANDIS RULING j Players of Detroit and Chi cago Teams Exonerated j by Commissioner Who Made Investigation. NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT BIG FUND i Landis Rules Money Was Paid Because Tigers De ] seated Boston in the Big Series of Games. | Chicago. Jan. 12.-00) —All the baseball players involved in the alleged scandal between the White Sox and the Tigers in 1017 were exonerated by Commissioner Landis in a decision to- M».v. Commissioner Landis ruled that the fund raised by the White Sox was not eol(eeted or paid to the Detroit play ers for sloughing the series in Caieago, but was i>aid because of Detroit’s achievement of beating Boston. The commissioner further ruled that there was no sloughing of games in 1017 or 1019, except possibly by Swede Risberg nnd Chick Gandil, who accused the White Sox and Tigers of having played fixed games, liisberg and Gandil testified that the White Sox sloughed a series to Detroit in 1010, to pay trie Tigers for sloughing the series of 1017, so that the White Sox could edge out Boston in the tight race for the American League pennant. Commissioner Landis in his deci sion said that beyond the statements of Gandil the records in the case dis closed nothing to the effect that the raising of the money was ever dis cussed at a meeting of t'.ie players. Whether such a meeting actually tok place is important only as going to the question of credibility, the deci sion said. CHILD FATALLY BURNED WHEN CLOTHING CAUGHT Jeantee .Drake Dies of Burns in Hendersonville.—Transylvania Wo man Burned. Hendersonville, N. C., Jau. 12. —Oft her grandmother, Mrs. R. J. Green, as a result of burns received when her clothing caught fire from an open fire. Her death came shortly after the acci dent. in her grandmother's sitting room, where her’' dress caught fire while she was standing in front of the fire playing with some pine needles while her grandmother was out of the room. Mrs. R. K. Powell, 28, wife of a leading Transylvania merchant, is in a critical condition today in the hos pital at Brevard as the result of burns received at her home at Rosman. Mrs. Powell is thought, to have suffered a stroke as she was putting wood on a fire and fell into the blaze receiving serious burns about the fact and up per part of her body before she could be rescued by members of her family. ARREST TWO MEN FOR STAGING MOCK TRIAL Two Prominent Asheville Residents Alleged to Have Forcibly Handled Youth. Asheville, Jan. 12.—W. 11. Powers, president of the Powers Engineering company, and B. H. Pace, local real estate man, were arested today by memebers of the sheriff’s department on charges of assault, false arrest ami impersonating an officer. Hearing will he granted them Sat urday morning as a result of charges brought by Odell McCarson, 16 of the Averys Greek section, who alleges that they brought him forcibly to Asheville where they went through n mock trial in an office building here, telling the youth that he was under arrest for violation of the pro hibition law. Officers declare that the burning of a house in the vicinity of where McCarson lived is said to have formed the basis for the action on the part of the men under arrest and further facts of a startling nature are ex pected to appear at thy hearing, ac cording to the officers including Frank Jordan, deputy insurance comissionetv who was the first to tell the McCarson boy that his arrest had been a fake and that be would not bnve to stand trial. Mr. Powers lives in the fashionable Grove Park section and his firm built the Asheville Biltmore hotel. Raleigh Man OS 12 Pounds After Fasting 10 Days. Raleigh, Jan. 11.—The Raleigh Times today says that a citizen of Raleigh has gone ten days without eating, has done eig’liF hours work a day, and has walked to and from work, nn average of about three miles, each day. Acting on medical advice, he intends to keep it up for two weeks. He reports that he has little crav ing for food, has lost twelve pounds, that his mind is much clearer, and that he sleeps like a baby. He works with an orange on his desk and once in a while takes a suck. That advanced age does not lessen the delight in clothes was shown when a women of 82 years participated in a mannequin parade with girls 60 yean her junior in the East end of London. She thoroughly enjoyed the experience. CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1927 nr?-.—■■■ !■ - .. ■- - Many Important Bills Dropped into The Legislative Hopper Today Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter-Hotel. nY J. C. BAKRERVILLE i Raleigh. Jan. 12.—A number of bills are beginning jfoj, into the | hoppers of the House and Senate which are of cohsidefable interest to the State as a whole and wba-h, if eh acted, might have a far reaching of ’ I feet. Perhaps the most outstanding [[of these are the hills offered during 1 Tuesday's brief session providing for ''the state-wide adoption of the Austra | liner ballot, the repeal of the absentee voter's law, the creation of four per manent emergency judgeships, the judges to be assigned to Superior I Court duty and a resolution declaring for a state-wide uniform rate of tax , ation on all subjects of taxation for 1 tho support of the public schools of .{the state. The bill to provide the Australia ballot for the entire state was offer* ■ by Senator P. T. McNpill of the 20th District, and sets forth the type of , ballot to be used and how it is to be ■ voted. A similar bill was introduced in the house during the 1023 session of the general assembly by Represea tative B. T. Falls of Cleveland, arid at one time it looked as if it might , be adopted. On the final vote, how ever, it was defeated, but only by a i small margin. , There has been strong agitation in ■ favor of a state-wide Australian bal- , lot law for some years, and sentiment , has seemed to be growing in favor of it, so that a number are inclined to ] think that the possibility for its pas- | sage is better now than at any time ] so far. The various women's organ- j izations in the state, including, the , State Federation of Women’s Clubs, , the League of Wornen Voters and otb- , ers have been strongly advocating such , a law for some time. With the result , that the majority of the women vot ers of the measure offered-by Senator j McNeill will receive serious consider- , ation with a fair possibility for its , ultimate adoption. j The bill offered by Benntor W. P. , Horton of Chatham repealing certain sections of the consolidated statutes relating to absentee voting is also di rected along the same general line 1 as the bill by Senator McNeill, in ‘ that it is designed to correct certaiD * abuses and imperfections which have ! existed for some time. There seems to ’ be much favorable sentiment toward , the bill. Two bills were offered by Senator M. K. Blount of Greenville, relating j to the operation of automobiles. One I would require '(automobiles on side ' roads to stop before entering main 1 highways, and the other would amend ■ fcJtpai&MSf&m? ’ making it more strict. All of the i other measures presented in the house i SPIRIT BAPTISM IS NEED, SAYS BISHOP At Gathering of Methodist Leaders Stresses Demand for Reawakening. Charlotte, Jan. 11.—Presiding e'ders and leading laymen of the North Carolina and the Western North Car olina conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, meeting here today for a two-day conference, con sidered plans for work of the year. Bishop Edwin E. Mnuzon is leading the conference discussions. Two big aims arc before the Meth odists, evangelism and raising the ben evolence and mission fund quotas of the year. One hundred per cent, is the goal for benevolences. Last year, it was announced today, the North Carolina conference raised eighty-two per cent, of its quota, tho Western conference eighty per cent. Bishop Mottzon called for a “fresh baptism of the spirit"—that is what the church needs today, he said. He stressed the need of a spiritual re awakening throughout the church. The speakers included Charles H. Ireland, of Greensboro, lay leader of Western North Carolina conference, nnd mission board secretaries, who are vitally interested in the conference. This afternoon Rev. J. W. Perry, D. D„ of .Nashville, Tenn., represent ing the church’s general board of mis sions, was chief speaker, and Bishop; Mouzon spoke tonight, showing the vital connection between missions aud evangelism. Check Room for Babies Latest Job in Library. Asheville, Jan. 11.—Check the baby? Why not? It can be done at the check room of the Pack Memorial Public Library and it is done. A. woman carrying a .baby and sev eral parcels came to the library to get a book -anti checked the parcels. Mrs. Lunsford, in charge of the check rooin, checked the parcels and then smilingly suggested that the baby be checked also.. The mother took ai sharp look at t the official and thereby j satisfied herself that she was taking no chances and handed the baby over. She was then able to examine the books wit-h her bands free and her raj ml not distracted by attention to the baby. Indict Charlette Man On Charge of. Homicide. Charlotte, Jan. 12. —F. L. Goodwin,! Charlotte cotton broker, was indicted i on a charge of homicide here today by Mecklenburg Superior Court grand jury, the outgrowth of death of the infant son of J. W. Rowell, 8r„ near this city on November 6. Mr. Good win is at liberty under bond. The death of the child was the re sult of a collision between Mr. Good win's and Mr. Rowell's car, the child being jolted from its mothers arms to the iwrement and its skull being fractured. Recause of the increasing crimes police of the largest cities may be armed with pletob. Moat policemen in Japan am now armed only with •hort swords. were of a strictly local nature. Out of the 1"> new bills and reso lutions introduced in the house. none would be more far reaching in its ul timate effects perhaps than the reso lution offered by Judge Francis D. Winston, of Bertie, declaring for a state-wide property tax for educa tion. No fixed nmouot of tax or plan is set forth, as it is left up to the committee on finance arid edu<*ation to definintely work out a plan. The bill has as i‘t« ultimate aim. however, the alMilitlo'n of the present county system of schools supported rby a state tax on property. This would mean, of course, a return to ad valorem taxa tion for state purposes, which was abandoned in 1021. And there is not much sentiment to be found in favor of returning to this system. Another bill of considerable interest and importance was that offered by Representative A. D. McLean of Beau fort. to divide the state into four dis tricts, and to provide for one emer- I gency judge for each district. This [would provide for additional judges to hold superior courts in civil eases, but would make these judges perma nent instead of temporary aR at pres ent, and would not entail the crea tion of additional solicitors, as would be required should additional superior court judges and districts bo created. There is no doubt but that serious consideration will lie given this meas ure. since the present emergency judge act has not proved entirely sat isfactory, and especially since the present act expires March 1. True, both the Governor and Judicial Con ference have recommended an amend ment to the constitution remedying the present judicial system. But ev en if such an amendment should be submitted, it would be at least two years before any action <x>uld be tak en, and hence some temporary provis ion would liave to be made any way. And Mr. Metean's hill seems to go at least part of the way toward solv ing the present emergency judge sit uation. What may prove an interesting ex periment along the line of counties attempting to levy an additional tax on gasoline and oils, the process to go to the upkeep of the county roads, may be found in the bill offered by Judge Wlrtston of Bertie, proposing a tax of 1 1-4 cents a gallon on gaso line and oils in Bertie county. Al though the bill is not expected to travel very far toward becoming a law, it is expected that it will bo pro ductive of much interesting argument and discussion. AH of the other bills -.introduced were of a local natuye. - '"'Thus much material for subsequent discussion is gradually being stoked into the legislative furnace. MAN FOR REPLACING DESTROYED LIBRARY Drive Will Be Conducted By Lenoir- Rhyne Gift Commission. Hickory, Jan. 11.—Plana for a drive to be conducted by the Lenoir-Rhyne Collette Gift Library Commistdon were formulated and Paul W. Bumbarger, Jocal merchant, was named general chairman at a meeting of that body Monday. The object of the drive will be to replace, by donations from friends of the.college the 8,000 volumes destroyed by fire when the adminis tration building burned last Thursday. Unless Lenoir-Rhyne College has a library of not less than 8,000 volumes of books, it cannot remain in the A grade classification of colleges, and it eannot gain admittance to the South ern Association of Colleges in which organization application had already been made. An office has been opened in the Chamber of Commerce to receive books or cash donation for bookp until the date for beginning a canvass is nemed. MAN IS KILLED. YOUTH IS HELD Says He Was Hunting Birds and Did Not Know Anybody Was Shot. Siler City, X. C., Jan. 11, —James Martindale, IT, is being held in Pitts boro jail in connection with the fatal shooting Saturday of Lewis Tillman, 21, near Carbondale, Chatham County. Martindale said he was hunting birds aloug the highway and shot down the road at a bird with his rifle. He declared that at the time of his arrest Sunday he did not konw any one had been shot. Officers said the road was unob structed for a considerable distance at the place where the shooting oc curred. No evidence of any trouble between the youths had beep produced. King George Bars Bobs and Shingles From Court. 1 | London, Jao. 12.—King George dis | likes the latest hair fashions, accord ing to The Sunday Express, and will I not allow any woman connected with the court to appear with bobbed or shingled hair. Not even membera of the King'a family are exempt from this ruling. Two of them wear their hair ahort—the Marchioness of Garis brooke.and Princess Arthur of Con | naught—but in the King's presence j they take special steps to conceal it. Princess Arthur, whose hair was reshingled a few weeks ago, disguises the fashion skillfully by wearing an all-around tiara. Various ladies in waiting have worn switches while, their own shorn locks wre regrowing. 1 While the Queen recognizes that the fashion can be defended on prac tical grounds and does not share the King's intense aversion, she does not disguise the opinion that it is very unbecoming. The Queen of the Belgians aud the Que -n of Rumania are the only bobb ed Queens iu Europe. Was "The Fool’U.really such a fool? See it at the Star Theatre Thursday and Friday. GOVERNMENT POLICY . nmu ; BEING SCRUTINIZED & ’All Details and Possibili-! j! ties of the Policy Exam- j | ined by Two Committees j •j of Congress. ! r 11 11 ! KELLOGG TALKS ; TO SENATORS! At Same Time the House! t Members Were Passing! Resolutions Demanding! More Dtails. > Washington, Jan. 12.— OP) —The > administration's policy in Nicaragua I , was examinedjo all its details and all ■ its possibilities today by two commit tecs of Congress. Secretary Kellogg before the for i eign relations committee of the Sen-i ■ ate by invitation, repeated under ques tioning the principles laid down in i President Conlidge's recent special message, and explained the diplomatic antecedents upon which this govern ment acted when it landed troops in Nicaragua. The meeting was behind closed doors. At the same time members of the House foreign affairs committee were taking up a group of pending resolu tions, most of them demanding more complete information about the Nic araguan tangle. The committee had ngrci-d to consider all of these propos als in conjunction with the Presiden tial message. Before either of the committees met, President Coolidge summoned to the White House senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the democratic floor leader pf the Senate. The matter discussed was not dis closed. A similar conference between the President and the opposition sen ate leader took place before the spec ial message was dispatched to the cap ital on Monday. LOVER AFTER QUARREL RECOMMENDS POISON But Clarence Jon eg, of Durham, Says He Didn’t Mean For . Girl To Drink It. Baltimore. Jan. 12.—Clarence L. JoueH,.2o, of Durham, X. Cl, and. Miss Ora re Taytor. of: Richmond, Vn., were fined $11.43 each in police court to day on charges of disorderly conduct. The couple with Joseph Cagle, also of Durham, were arrested at a West Baltimore street hotel Inst night when screams echoed from a room. Police found Jones apparently un conscious on the floor, the girl cry ing and Cagle trying to comfort her. Miss Taylor told police she mte Jones here by arrangement intending to elope. A quarrel arose and Jones offered her a glass which he said con tained poison. She refused it nnd Jones drank it. But he told the j magistrate today the glass contained only water. He put some poison in Miss Taylor's glass, he said, hut did not intend ot let her drink it. With Onr Advertisers. At Robinson's January Olearaway you will find some big bargains in silks. See new ad. today for list and prices. Final and drastic reductions also on coats, dresses and millinery. At the Star Theatre Thursday and Friday "The Fool,” a great heart drama. Today is Everybody's Day. admission 10 centtf and 5 cents. Melton hats, big assortment at W. A. Overcash’s, $5 and $6. Spring styles now ready for your inspection. Fetzer & Yorke auto insurance pro tects you against the other fellow's carelessness. If you have a size 2 1-2. .3, 3 1-2 or 4 foot you can get pumps at Ivey’s for 33 and 93 cents and $1.93. Serviceable sheeting and sheets nt the J. C. Penny Co.’s< , See prices in their new ad. today. Big lot of boy’s overcoats that were sold from $9.75 to SIB.OO, now only $2.98 to $9.93 at Parks-Belk Co’s. Many other values just as good at this big store. Efird’s is having a final ci?au-up of all winter coats at wonderfully low prices. Coats run from $3.00 to sl9. Says President Was Mistaken. Mexico-. City, Jan.- 12- — OP) —Gener- al Migutd Pina, under secretary of war and navy, has given denial to the asertion made in President' Coolidge’s message to Congress that a Mexican naval reserve officer commanded a gun running vessel taking arms to the liberals in Nicaragua. “I eategorieally deny that any Mex ican naval officer has left Mexico for Nicaragua on such a commission,” General Pina said. “I also declare it is untrue that there is a naval re serve of any kind in our country." The young man of tdday does not want to leave his footprints on the <ands of time. It’s his automobile tracks he wants to see there. Attractive Winter Rates Offered Apply Manager, Hotel Concord I GENERAL i BILLINTROP> l| TO STATE SOLONS The Bill Was Presented to ■j Both Houses of State ' i Legislature Today—Dis ! ferent From Others. i j CARRIES NO NEW j REVENUE SOURCES ! This Means It Does Not Tax Anything in State That Is Not Already Be | ing Taxed. Raleigh. .Tan. 12.—(4*)—The gener al revenue bill which will raise the money necessary to run the State and provide for maintenance of state in stitutions and departments,- was iu trodueed in both houses of the I.egis < latnre today. The bills were offered h.v the ehairmen of the revenue com-; mit tecs in the two houses with the ex planations that, the hearings on the bills would start during the present week. The interesting feature about the revenue bill is that it does not seek to- tap new sources of revenue—that it imposes no anything that has hitherto not been taxed—but de pends on getting the increased reve nue through the levying of an estate tax on inheritances equal to the amount levied by the federal govern ment. and on increases in the licens es and fees charged under schedule B. The revenue bill, it is estimated by the budget commission, will raise a little in excess of .$14,000,000 for the first half of the biennium and nearly $l. r >.000,000 during the second year. This, together with the million and a quarter surplus will meet the needs of tbe state if the Legislature does not increase appropriations over those recommended by the budget commis sion. During tbe past two years the revenue bill produced about $2,000,- 000 less per year than does the new one. The appropriations bill for perma nent improvements and for the main tenance of the institutions and the departments which were introduced in the Senate on Monday reached the floor of the liopse today. They were offered by Representative Turlington. The permanent improvements btOvcnlls for bond issues" of $5,1500,1100. The maintenance measure calls for an an nual outlay of around $14,000,000. Bills then flowed In thick and fast, rounding out the house's busiest day. I’riee, of Mecklenburg, sent forward a bill that would abolish city aud county automobile license taxes ; Giles, of Burke, moved to amend the land law and tenant act; KJuttz, of Ca tawba, toucher! on garnishments in seeking amendment of law- on liens on assets and wages in case of insolv ency. j Representative Everett, of Durham, introduced a bill to provide for the appointment of n member of the Ben nett Memorial Commission to fill tbe vacancy caused by the dentil of Col. Beuuehan Cameron, and three others that would provide for pile rotation of judges, inerense superior courts and judicial districts, and divide the state into three judicial districts. Tbe flow of bills ended, announce ments of the membership of tbe ap propriations sub-committee, of which Turlington, of Iredell, is chairman was made; and also of a meeting of the pensions committee immediately after the session. TELL OF POISON GAS MADE FOR GERMANS Two Workers Return to Berlin With Story of a Secret Factory in Russia. Berlin. Jau. 12. —Two German workers who recently returned from Russia assured Herr Kuenstler, a Soc ialist member of the Reichstag,- that they had been employed in a poison gas factory operated there for the German Army, according to the Welt ara-Montag, a pacifist organ. The plant is located in Trozk-on the-Volga an manufactures varieties of phos gene gas known as yellow aud blue cross, the workers are quoted as hav ing said. They declared the factory was called Rttsko-Gremanskaya Fab rika Bersol, was ruu by two ultra reactionary Germans, Dr. Hugo Stolzenberg of Ham-berg and Herr Nass, who was resident manager, on behalf of the so-ealled Gefu concern, was said to. be financed by the Ger man Reichswehr and was supervised frequently by Reichswehr officers. The Soviet authorities, the workers said, seemed on tbe best of terms with both Geririau civilians and officers. The German employees received good wages, Honoring to their testimony -—between 700 and 000 marks a month in German eurreney—but were subjected to the strictest control and threatened with the vengeance of the Cheka, as well as with trial for high treason in Germany, if they revealed the secrete of the enterprise. Sees Nation On Verge of Greatest Revival. Charlotte, Jan. 12.—The United States is on the verge of the greatest revival in history. Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, of the Southern Methodist church told a conference of Methodist church leaders from the two North Carolina conferences tonight. All Southern lawn tennis titles are now in poseesaion of the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club as a result of last year’s clean-up campaign by the Cres cent City organisation In the cham pionship tournaments. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS .TODAY’S NEWS TODAY W NO. 5 m j pn ' v MOUNT, VA. If ' EIRE CAUSES MUCH I PROPERTY OAMABE i Black Prince Overall PtaMf ) i and Several Other Struc-« ■ j tures Were Destroyed bf f 1 Fire Today. [ELEVEN WOMEN M HURT IN BLARflfl .411 More or Less Seriomijr. Injured as They LeqpeC From the Burning Over** all Factory. Rooky Mount. Vn.. Jau. 12. —UW-i* •% Eleven women were more or-Jess sir * riously injured by jumping from setts 1 dows of the Black Prince Overint Company's plant here today when Urn , destroyed that structure and six other* J buildings. The loss was estimatest 4 at over SIOO,OOO at 10‘1*. o'clock, al most three hours after the fire' wn» discovered. At that time the flames were under control by local lireaaMl :| who were being assisted by an i ugiUki J company from Roanoke and anot-ae?- " : from Martinsville. The injured, who were taken to lt0*» pitals in Roanoke in ambulance* i rushed here, are: The Misses Mary Stanley. Lottft! . J Cooper, Annie Brown, Beulah Brown, Thelma Altice, Lydia Frith. Blawctlk w Frith. Grace Hodges, a Miss Cuftaoi I and Mrs. Gram* Pugh and Mrs. Degfe-,1 Turner. Mayor Hutchison expressed opinion that the fire originated ha the furnace room of the overall factory, '* It was first discovered at 7 :30 o'clock by the girls iu the overall fuefeotfk ™ eating its way up the elevator risaft, and soon afterwards the eutiro Modi was in flames. The following build ing' were burned : Blace Prinee ©w#»'“ -j all Company, J. B. Morris Grocery Company, J. N. Montgomery Hard ware Company, Rocky Mount Drug Store ; Cash & Carry Grocery; W. C. I Smithers Paint Store, and Perdue Case. The Presbyterian Church was badly damaged by water which wo* poured on it to save it from the fix*, MRS. CLARKE IS TO SPEAK TO SOLONSji Tfie General Assembly WIH Hear Iroi Noted Writer Tomorrow. •’* The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel il Raleigh, Jan. 12.—The general as sembly is expected to' lay aside the problems of the State Thursday long eiioug-a to hear Mrs. Ida Clyde darke,- noted writer, who addressed the North Carolina Press Association at Cha|*4 Hill las! week. That she made a deep impression upon the editor* is a certainty, since they dubbed her ” “the Will Rogers of women hnmiir | ists.” It is expected that a 'oo*o' tution will be introduced today in viting Mrs. Clnrke to address the gen eral assembly Thursday. As editor of the Pictorial Review for four years, Mrs. Clarke was kMt'ijj leading woman editor in the country, reaching monthly an audience of ap proximately 2,000.000 people. Mhe is at present editor of the Century Magazine. The journalists brought Mrs. Clarke to North Carolina, but North Carolina A is holding her. She is charmed by the state, its climate, and its folk, she declares, and is even considering | making it her permanent home. Bho feels that North Carolina furnis'ye*, I more ideas for tin* writer than New Y'ork. Mrs. Clark will spend several,sHafW 1 in Raleigh collecting material for ati J article on North Carolina to ai>|*eav it* a future issue of the Century. THREE ROWAN PEOPLE DIE AT ADVANCED MiK James A. Link, of Morgan Tnnurtlp. Mrs. Julia Carnford and W. fr’ j Klee Pass. , .*, Salisbury, Jan. 12. —bnq qjf the. ■; best known and most highly respected j men of Morgan township passed with the death of James A. Lisk, who died Saturday at the age of 84. Air. Light a was born in Montgomery county but had spent most of his life in Morgan lij township. He was a Con Me rote , veteran having volunteered iu Wade Hampton's South Carolina division' at the outbreak of the war beiwrttt 1 the states. Four sons and two • drtughtesr su vive, these being W, C. and Needy J Lisk, of Morgan township; L. U. Lisk, j of Kansns City; S. C. Lisk, of Salis- \ bury; Mrs. W. 11. Fry, of Morgatt < township, aud Mrs. L. R. Wagner, * Misenheimer. The funeral was coo- . dqcted from the Zion Methodist church. Mr. Lisk was the oldest meat- l! her. Mrs. Julia Cranford, aged 73, died suddenly at the home of a daughter, ; Mrs. .Tames Parks, Sunday night, ahe-'-J is survived by two sons and two daw* ghters. W. F. Rice, aged 77, one of the t owners of the Third Creek roller mill, / S died suddenly at his home at leaf Monday morning. He was up- i parently in good health when lie araSwM Monday morning. He ate ijreakfMfcl* and wrote a letter and while seated4)i|l bis desk fell over dead. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and warmer tonight; Thunjci day increasing cloudiness and — nrimh.:M probably rain Thursday afternoon la 4 west portion. Moderate northeßEM shifting to southeast winds, -a