ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
House Bill Providing
Shorter W orking Week
For State Presented
Bill Would Reduce Work*
ing Hours in Manufac
turing Plants From 60 to
55—10 Hours Each Day.
THREE OTHER STATE
BILLS ARE OFFERED
One Bill Would Abolish
the Crop Liens, Another
Touched on Taxes and
Another States Finances
Raleigh. Jan. 13.—(*>)—Four state
wide measures cropped out of the 21
hills sent forward in the House dur
ing its brief session today. They
ranged from an act to clarify the Inw
relating to privilege taxes, to one re
ducing the legal number of working,
hours in manufacturing plants.
Representative Kluttz. of Catawba,
was responsible for the move to cut
down working hours. His bill would
reduce the number from 60 to 35 hours
a week in all manufacturing plants in
the state. His bill provides for five
days of 10 hours each, with half holi
days on Saturdays. Provision is made
that the employee may work longer at
his own option for extra pay.
Judge Winston, Bertie, introduced
a bill that would in five years abolish
the practice of farmers giving crop
liens. The Bertie representative char
acterized the practice as a -vicious de
vice for taking all the farmer could
produce in increased prices for his
surplus, but said it could not be done
away with at a single stroke.
Z. V. Turlington, of Iredell, made
the move to clarify provisions- of the
revenue act relating to the collection
of privilege taxes on contracts and
I)r. Haywood, of 'Montgomery, ad
vanced a motion that would alter the
state law relating to pensions.
Solesbee, of Maeon, presented the
one bill with a touch of humor in a
proposal to abolish the bounty on
wildcat pelts in his home county.
Another local b : ll of interest came
from Mcßryde. of Rockingham, in tjie
form , of a bill ,to place u one cent
gasoline tax on tell motor fuel con
sumed in Rockingham County. The
proceeds yvould go to the road fund.
The House ratified its bill of yes
of sympathy to Representative John
Bright Hill, of New Hanover, on the
death of his mother. The resolution
was introduced bv Jud*e Wilson.
Hear Mrs. Clark.
State Capitol, Raleigh, Jan.- 13.
&—Both braocheji of the General
Assembly indulged in brief sessions to
day before recessing to reconvene In
joint session at noon to hear Ida
Clyde Clark, nationally known editor
ami author, who is in the state pre
paring a series of articles on North
Carolina.
RETAIL. U MBER DEALERS
MEETING IN CHARLOTTE
K. C. Nibleck, of concord, YVHI Pre
side at Banquet Meeting Tonight.
Charlotte, Jan. 13. — UP) —Discus-
sions intended to point the way to
more efficient oi>erat ! .on of the lumber
selling industry in the C-Arolinas, the
presentation of the annual reports of
officers, and the election of new of
fieers of the Carolina Retail Lumber
Dealers Association and the Carolina
Wholesale Lumber Salesmen's Asso
ciation featured the joint and sepa
rate sessions today of these bodies,
which convened at 10.30 a. m. in an
nual convention at Hotel Charlotte.
M. R. flagnnll, of Columbia. S. C.,
president of Retail Dealers, pre
sided at the joint meeting, which
marked the opening of the two day
convention. The entertainment fea
ture of the meeting will be « banquet
at Hotel Charlotte Thursday evening
at which F. C. Nibloek, of Concord,
will preside, it was announced by Vic
tor W. Wheeler, of Charlotte, Secre-'
t ary-Treasurer of the dealers.
Approximately 125 dealers and
salesmen are expected to attend the
sessions of the convention. tKougb on
ly about 75 persons were present
when the opening session was called
to order.
KAtM SUIT WILL BE
SETTLED OCT OF COCRT
Justice Levy Told Only Details Re
main to Be Arranged Now.
New York, Jan. 13. —1^>—The sep
aration suit of' Count Ludwig Balm
Iloogstraeten from his wife, the former
Millicent Rogers, has virtually been
settled out of court, Supreme Court
Justioe Aarou J. Levy said today in
announcing continuance of the trial
from January 17th to March 21st.
Justice Levy said that counsel for
Countess Ka’.in had asked for the ad
journment of the trial and when the
judge demurred at such a long post
ponement he was informed by Count
ess Balm's counsel that negotiations
for a settlement out of court were al
most completed. Only details of the
sett’ement, the judge said be was in
formed, remained to be arranged.
Will Not Question Kellogg.
Washington, Jan. 13.— (A*)— By n
vote of 8 to 7. the house foreign af
fairs committee today rejected a Yno
tion to call Secretary Kellogg- for
questioning on the Nicaraguan-Mexi
enn situation.
On of the “tiandiest" editions of a
Chinese encyclopedia embraces 7-45
volumes and fills nine large book
cases In the British Museum.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
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PROSPECT FOR AUSTRALIAN
BALLOT HOPEFUL
North Carolina Only State Not Hav
ing Some Form of the Australian
Halloa.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel. !
Raleigh. Jan. 13. —The piiaetment ;
of u state-wide Australian Ballot law ]
looks very hopeful to the legislative I
Council' of North Carolina Women ]
who have been sjionsoring this law
as one of their principal legislative j
desire for a number of years.
Aside from the urgent fact that
.North Carolina is the only state in
'the union that hasn't some form of
the Australian Ballot, public 'senti
ment is now strongly in favor of it,
according to Mrs. Palmer Jcrman,
one of the leaders among the women
of the state. Many legislators have
promised their constituents to vote
■for the measure, and others arrived
with bills in their |>ockets. so it is
assured of good support, Mrs. Jerman
believes.
Not so much hopefulness is felt ns
to the fate of the proposed new mar
iage law. also sponsored by the Coun
cil. Perhaps the attitude of the law
makers toward it is best expressed
by one man who jovially remarked,
“You women have taker) our drinks
away from us, now you want to keep
us from getting married.” However,
Mrs. Jerinan ia not diseournged.
“I have lived long enough to see the
passage of many good measurea.
which when they were first introduced
wre laughed to scorn, or completely
ignored. You can't down a good
-measure," she said.
“The idea behind the amendment
to the present marriage law is good
and basically sound,'’ Mrs. Jermun
said. This amendment provides that
the applicants for a marriage license
shall make application for said license
two weeks before marriuge.
For years, the women were urged
to tukc a definite stand on the divorce
problem. When they did, they decid
ed to attack it from the preventative
rather than Trom the curative stand
point, feeliug that, it is futile to try
to keep |>eople together after they
have tried marriage and found it
wanting. Btatistics show that 60 per
cent of the divorce are a result of
ruuAway marriages.
The women feel that there tea
• ■***&***s I" .%TeJte
firm colony .for women (mended”
Such n home would provide a 1 place
where these women could be given
industrial training instead of serving
jail terms, as they now do, in idle
ness. Only a few states hare such
folohles, but they have proven highly
successful where they have been es
tablished.
"The Council favor a much stricter
absentee voter's law, rather than the
total repeal of the preseut law,” Mrs.
Jerman stated.
THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
Governor Me I sum Regards It as the
Moat Important Legislative Act Dur
ing His Administration.
(By International News Service)
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—Governor Mc-
Lean, halfway in his four-year.admin
istration, regards the executive budget
system as the most important legisla
tive act during life economy rule.
“The governor now supervises the
business and financial affairs of the
state in much the same way that the
executive head of a large business en
terprise supervises the various brancti
es of that business,” Governor Mc-
Lean pointed out.
“Many instricacies in the State
government have been eliminated by
the system, and co-ordination of ex
penses Ims been brought about.
“The executive budget system," the
governor continued, “has had much
to do with the marked improvement
that has.boen'brought about in -aandl
ing the State’s financial affairs, with
the result that large sums of money
have been saved the taxpayers.”
The governor (minted to the balance
sheet in his budget message to the
general assembly as proof of his state
ment
Governor McLeau also called atten
tion to the fact that North Carolina
was the first southern state to inaug
urate the "executive budget system 1 .”
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TWO MORE DESTROYERS
ORDERED TO NICARAGUA
Rear Admiral Latimer May Keep
Four Vessels There If He Thinks
They Are Needed.
Washington, Jan. 13.—b4>>—Two
more destroyers have been ordered to
Nicaraguan waters today by the navy
department.
The ships are: The Williamson and
the Goff. Both now are With the
scouting fleet off Cuba
Navy officials said the plan was to
have the WHHanmon and the Goff
place the destroyers , Smith-Thompson
and Osborne, recently scat to Nica
ragua. These two In turn would take
the places of the Williamson and the
Goff in the scouting -fleet.
Doubtless Rear Admiral Latimer, in
esmmand of the squadron in Nica
raguan waters, will keep all four ships
as long as he thinks conditions war
rant
Want Army of 118,760 Men.
Washington, Jan. 13.—(A*)—Provid
ing for an average strength of 118,-
750 men, and flatly rejecting the bud
get bureau recommendations for a
for of only 115,000, the army appro
priation bill carrying $366,001,118
for the next fiscal year waa reported
to the House today by its appropria
tions committee.
| Air Spy? h j
j|
Vivian Standers, an English
man, was held by French
police on susficion of beina
engaged in dn espionage plo?
directed against French air
forces.
t intern sunnal 'Kswsrtau
BETIMENT AOAIBT
COMPULSORY INSURANCE !
For Automobile Owners. .State In
surance Commissioner Wade Flatly
Opposses It.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 13. —Marked senti
ment against compulsory liability in
surance for automobile owners has
been uncovered in legislative and offic
ial circles following introduction of
a bill by Senator W. B. Horton, of
Caswell county providing for a mini
mum amount of SBOO.
Stacey W. Wade, stute insurance
commissioner, has come out flatly
against compulsory insurance as has
Col. James A. Y'ouny, former eom
missoner. The National Association
Os ItuttHßtnce Commissioners and the
t UfUMhimt Under* rtt-r- a«octat oiii. s«
well us Mate and national motor and
dealer organizations arc also opposed
to the measure.
The eompuisory liability insurance
law went into effect January Ist in
Massachusetts and the- nation is now
awaiting the rouction to the measure.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
lias ruled that insurance ‘companies
must issue ]>olicie.s to nil who apply,
thus nullifying all discriminatory
powerx. now enjoyed by companies in
all states except Massachusetts.
Opponents of the measure express
the belief that it will increase high
way hazards rather than curb danger
ous ami reckless driving, for which
u motorist who lias been compelled
to insure to be more careful than he
was without it, opponents point out,
adding that the insured motorist has
less to lose than the uninsured.
North Carolina is the 36th state
in which compulsory insurance laws
have becji introduced and Massachu
setts is the only one that has enacted
a law. Several other states have
appointed committees to study such
legislation.
Opinion has been expressed repeat
edly in official circles here that a
state police patrol system will do
' more towards accident prevention on
streets and highways than even the
most enthusiastic proponents of com
pulsory insurance would hope to ac
complish and at an infinite fraction
of the cost to the motor car oVuer.
Metis Denies Call to* Arms.
Raleigh, Jan. 12.—Rumors abroad
to the effect that leal military units
had been ordered to prepare- for
moblization were declared by Ad
! jntant General J. Van B. Metis to
night to be without foundation.
Nicaraghan developments have
given rise to the reports, bobbing up
at various points in the state, that
the national guard was getting ready
for war but General Matts assured
. tonight that everything is still on a
“peace basis.” , ,
i Any mobilization orders rant
might be issued logically would be
, first directed to the. regular , army,
, General' Mftts so id,a nd : he was cer
tain that there owuid he no great
secret about it if the call should
ever go out for the mobilization of
’ the national guard.
I Centenarian Freezes to Death in
, Snow Drain.
Reidsville, Jau, 12.—Jane Roach.
( colored. 107 years old, who lived
. alone in a small bouse near the
home of Henry Brown about four
milrs west of Reidsville, left her
‘ home some time Sunday night and
' was fouud dead Monday morning by
* the Brown family who missed the
old Colored woman early next morn
-1 ing. They began a search and found
* her lying in a small drain a short
1 distance from the borne, her body
■ covered with snow. It is supposed
that she wandered away during the
night and fell inlo the drain, was
unable to extricate -herself and froze
■ to death. Funeral and burial took
* place at Cool Springs, near Went
- worth; Tuesday afternoon.
i
McNary-Haugen Bill Approved,
i Washington, Jan. 13. ; — UP) —The
I house agricultural committee today
- approved the McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill by a rote of 18 .to 8,
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, jANUARY 13, 1927
605,21? BALES OF
COTTON WERE USED
DURING DECEMBER
Total Was Almost 100,MO
Bales More Than Total
for December 1925, Rec
! ords Show.
SOUTH CONSUMED
439,837 BALES
An Increase Over Decem
ber 1925 Consumption—
-17,395,284 Spindles Ad*
tive in Month.
Washington. Jan. 13. — UP) —Cotton
consumed during December totalled
605,217 bales of lint and 56,016 of
linters, compared with 576.216 oflinl
nnd (112)34 of linters in December a
year ago. the census bureau announced
today.
Statistic* for cotton growing states
included:
Cotton consumed during Deeerabet.
436.837 bales: compared with 400-,51)0
in December a year ago.
Cotton oh hand in cotton growing
states December 31st was held as fol
lows :
In consuming establishments, 1,-
227,582 hales.
In public storage and at compresses,
6,162.532 bales.
Cotton spindles active during De
cember numebered 17,365,284.
LIBRARY SERVICE IN
STATE BELOW NORMAL
Only 30 Per Cent, of North Cuto
linians Hare Public Library Facili
ties Now.
Raleigh, Jan. 13. — UP) —About 70
per cent, of North Carolinians are
without public library facilities, com
pared with un average of 45 per eent.
for the 'entire country and Canada,
the biennial report of t'iie State library
commissions says.
The report was before Governor
McLean toduy, and states, however,
that steady development of library seA
vice in the state has been made lit
Ihe last two years covered by thf
report.
The commission requested an in
creased appropriation of $42,221 so?
Tlie budget commission, however,
cut the request to $26,000 for each of
the two ftecnl, years, to include a sl,-
350 printing, l binding and publicity
fee. the printing not to be charged to
the account of the department.
The recommended appropriation to
the legislature less this item was $24.-
650; or less thun the $25,000 estimat
ed for the department for the current.,
fiscal year.
With Our Advertisers.
See ad. of the Forest Hill Cleaning
Co. -| > hones 157 J and 175 J.
Fresh lettuce, celery, cauliflower,
beets, spinach, sausage and liver mush
at the J. & H. Cash Store.
A. B. Pounds has reduced the price
of coal. New prices $8.50 and $0.50
a ton. See ad.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. has just
received a large shipment of water
fountains, feeders, chicken hoppers
and buttermilk feeders. Agents for
the famous Buckeye incubators and
brooders.
Things you never thought of may
be successfully cleaned by a Master
cleaner. See ad. of Bob's Dry Clean-'
ing Co. Phone 787.
Get a new portrait of yourself. Sec
ad. of the Boyd W. Cox Studio, over
Correil's Jewelry Store.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Com
pany offer values that invite compari
son in mid-winter furniture, j
The Bell & Harris Funeral Home is
open day and night. Phone 640.
Courtesy and cordiality are never
out of fashion at the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company.
Until January 22nd the Concord
and Kannapolis Gas Co. will have a>
Special Redaction Sale of gas ranges,
water heaters, radiant fires and room
heaters, during which 20 per cent, re
duction will be given. Terms $2.00
down, with six months in which to
pay the balance.
ONE KILLED. ANOTHER
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Car in Which Miw Watiington add
I Mias Mcßryde Were Riding Is
Wrecked on Highway.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 13.— OP) —
Miss Catherine Watiington, 17, is
dead, and Miss Bessie Mcßryde, 16,
wao seriously injured this morning at
7 o’clock on the Piedmont Highway 6
miles north of Reideville, according to
a special to The Sentinel, when their
small roadster akided on the icy con
crete road, struck a snow bank and
rolled down an embankment, overturn
ing.
With them at the time were Miss
Pauline Watiington and Mrs.' Grace
Evans, all on their way to work in
Reidsville.
Miss YVatlington’s fatal injuries
were caused by the steering wheel
striking her in the breast and she was
instantly killed. Miss Mcßryde's
death is hourly expected.
Wants Data About Government Still.
Washington, Jan. 13.—UP)—Secre
tary Mellon was called upon in a
resolution todn.v by Representative
LaGunrdin, Republican. New York, to
furnish information on what he al
leged was government operation of the
diatiliery in JQtitabeth City, N. C.,
and also of a poolroom in Norfolk,
Va. •„ “
STATE HIGHWAY LAW
IS TO BE REWRITTEN
Ij BY THE LEGISLATURE
M In Order to Give the High
l) way Commission Juris
■ I diction Over the Loca
tion of Roads.
RESULT SUPREME
>: COURT DECISION
■:ln Case Prom Robeson
■ j County—-Also to Circum
vent Court’s Decision in
Newton Road Case.
ij The Tribtino Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By 4. C. BASKERVILL
’ | Uuleijth. .Inn. IS.—The state high
i j way law la to he re-written in order
I j to give the highway commission juris
i diction over the location of roads, as
1 j IBe result of the decision by the State
, Supreme Court yesterday, affirming
. I the case of Carlyle vs. highway eom-
I mission, Robeson county. In which the
plaintiff alleged that the highway com
t mission had no right to utilize a
• portion of a read already completed
as a party of the county seat-to-county
■ seat route between KnePord and Lum
berton.
This was learned authoritatively to
day from a member of the public
■ roads committee of the house, who
declared that this committee would
begin at once on the work of revis
ing the highway law, go as to cir
i cnmvent the Newton highway decision
of the Supreme Court and this latest
■ decision, which was based lnrgely on
■ the Newton decision.
"The decision of the Supreme Court
yesterday means but one thing," said
1 the spokesman for the committee, “and
that is that the highway act will have
to bo re-written. And from all indi
i cations no time is going to be lost in
getting at the job."
It is significant note that the
Supreme Court was divided on the
’ Robeson county case in exactly the
same manner it was in tbe original
‘ Newton case, with Justices Brogden,
Connor and Clarkson rendering the
opinion for the majority, with Chief
' Justiee Story and Justice Adams dis
i senting. In the Robeson county case,
( JiaWcver. the - dissenting efifoion- was
written by Justice Adams, while the
dissenting opinion in the Newton ease
was written by Chief Justice Stacy.
Thus the predictions that have been
made that if the Supreme Court ruled
against the highway commission in
the Robeson county case, the highway
act would be revised by the general
assembly, seem to be in a fairway to
ward fulfillment. And that a bitter
' "War will be waged before the task is
completed is almost a forogon con
clusion.
“I dissent from the (majority)
opinion not only because I believe it
to be unsound in theory and unwise
in policy, but because in ray judg
ment it is based upon fundamental
drror and upon misconception of the
purpose and spirit of tbe act by which
the State highway commission was
created," says Justice Adams in liis
opinion.
“Moreover, excepting the Newton
case, the opinion as I read it combats
all previous decisions construing the
statute and cannot bo harmonized with
them through the medium of doubt
ful or subtle distinctions."
\ The committee ou public roads, of
which W. C. Woodard, of Nash eouh
ty, is chairman, is tbe committee
which will have the task of ironing
out the present difficulties in the high
way act.
The only other important decision
handed down by the Supreme Court
yesterday tvns the one granting a new
trial to W. L. Ross, of Warren coun
ty, convicted of slaying Mr. and Mrs.
Odum, to whose home Itoss’ daugh
ter had fled when he had threatened
her. The new trial was grauted on
. the grounds that certain salient evi
dence had been excluded from the first
trial.
Other decisions handed down were:
Board of Commerce vs. Lumber Co.,
Beaufort, affirmed.
Lockhart vs. Life Insurance Com
pany!* T'nion, new trial.
Wentz vs. Piedmont Land Company,
Mecklenburg, affirmed.
Killian vs. Hanna, Catawba, af
firmed.
Pennell ys. Brookshire, Caldwell, no
error.
Overman & Co., vs. Maryland Cas
ualty Co., Rowan, no error.
Springer vs. Springer, Burke, af
firmed.
Banks vs. Kocbamora, Buncombe,
no error.
State vs. Jim Waldrop, Cherokee,
new trial.
Cox vs. Lumber Co., Haywood, af
firmed.
Crips vs. Fibre Co., Swain, reversed.
* Arnold Dal}’ Burned to Death.
New York, Jan. 13.—(#*)—Arnold
Daly, actor and theatrical manager,
was burned to death in a fire in his
apartment on the fourth* floor at 28
West Slat Street today.
The fire, origin of which is not
known, swept from tbe ground floor
up the Rtairway, cutting off tbe only
avenue of escape.
Firemen dakhing into the building
made several daring rescues, but they
seemed unaware of Mr. Daly's pres
ence in his apartment.
In the 16th century it was a cus
i tom of the big finitertities in Eng
land to present a pair of perfumed
(lores to all distinguished visitors.
Project to Raise Cotton in
. The California Basin is on Foot
Raleigh, N. 0., Jan. 13—South
ern cotton farmers are evidencing
considerable rtnneeni over the pro
* poxal that tile United States govern
, merit spends $125,000,000 on a pro
ject to create a most formidable
competitor to this section in the cot
ton growing industry, according to
reports from widely-scattered
’ sources throughout the South.
. The proposal is contained in what
is known as the Swing-Johnson bill,
‘j recently introduced in Congress by
(Senator Hiram Johnson and Rep
i Tentative Phil I). Swing, both of
California, it cnlls for government
appropriation of public funds to
build the largest dam in the world
and back of that dam to create a
water storage reservoir of a capacity
1 of 20.000.000 acre feet.
, Water to be stored in this gigan
tic reservoir is to be used in irri-
I, gating the Colorado River Lower
Basin: and the thousands of other
wise fertile acres comprising that
basin are to he cultivated in cotton
—the crop of which lias, even with
out competition, spelt disaster for
thousands of Southern farmers. It is
\ claimed by opponents of the bill that
cotton can be raised in the Basin at
a substancial profit even if the mar
-1 ket price is only fifteen cents per
1 pound.
According to the authors of the
bill, the Colorado Basin enjoys
1 many important advantages over the
group of Southern states from which
American cotton production lias
heretofore come. Those advantages
are given as (1) No boll weevil
(2) No need for fertilizer (3) llet
ROBBERS AT STANFIELD.
Were Halted last Week in the
Midst of Their Undertakings.
Stanfield, Jan 10.—Robbers at
work ilium the door of Mr. T. C.
Honeycutt's store were scared away
Wednesday night about 2 o’clock.
Mr. P. W. Teeter and Ralph Bar
bee, returning from Salisbury and
Spencer on business, saw a large lux
urious sedan parked below the railroad
just opposite the Norfolk and South
ern Depot. They suspicioned some
thing by the ear being parked there, as
there is where several ears have been
parked ruring robberies. They turned
around and came back through the
town, but did not see anything suspic
ious. They then went and got Depu
ty Sheriff Green and returned to the
scene but the car was gone. They
made investigation of the depot, bank,
postoffice nnd stores to see if they had
been robbed, but did not find any
signs. They decided that the parked
r«r teeimf fltimlH« '
On Thursday morning he "found
that the robbers hnd been about to
enter his store. All the moulding nnd
putty had been removed from the large
glass in the rear door of the building.
This work was done with a knife and
screw driver from all appearances.
The robbers must have grown sus
picious and fled when the car turned
around and came back through town.
Mr. Huneycutt handles dry goods
mostly. The robbers were- probably
intending to make a haul on Mr. Hun
eycutt’s ready-to-wear clothing. The
sedan which looked like a Buiek, was
supposed to have been from some town.
The car was facing Monroe and the
tracks the following morning showed
that the car went that way.
MUSSOLINI DECLARES
WAR ON THE MASONS
lie Assures Deputies That Drive on
Protestants Will Go on.
Rome, Jan. 12.—Mussolini yester
day received delegates of the Center
Pnrtey from the Chamber of Depu
ties. He pledged himself to make
war to the end against oflieo-ho’ders
who still am Masons affiliated with
the Grand Orient-
The extreme fascist! organ, 11
Tevere, continues bitterly to attack
| American intervention in Xioaragut.
and while supporting President (Sti
les of -Mexico today critizcs the
Pope for putting the French Organ.
L’Action Francaisc, on the indext
expurgatorios. It accuses the Pope
of “Ori ntating" toward the radical
Masonic Government in France by
this action.
II Tevere, consistently Anti-
American, is credited with ousting
Farinacci from Italian office, claim
ing that he was proving to be a
thorn in the side of the Italian
Government, which is moving con
sistently for rcapproachlnent witli
Vatican.
Hoover’s January Cberanre Sale.
On Friday; January 14th, there will
begin .at Hoover's a sensational sale
at clothing and men's and boys' fur
nishings at. from one-fourth to one
half off of regular prices. The sale
will end Saturday night, January
22nd, giving you eight full days to
secure these bargains. Clothing, hats,
shirts, socks, sweaters, pajamas, night
shirts, bath robes, union suits, etc., in
cluded in this big sate. Sale for
cash only. In a full page ad. today
in both The Tribune and The Times
you will find many of the prices men
tioned.
Body of Babe Found on Charlotte
Street
i Charlotte, Jan. 12. —The body of
; a baby girl, twelve pounds in weight,
was found here today on East Trade
Street, one of the chief thorongh
i hires of the city. The child was well
. developed, evidently white, new
born, but it could not be determined
, whether or not it hnd been placed
I dead or alive in the street.
Mrs. Cranford Dead.
Salisbury, Jau. 12. —MAlrs. Julia
- Cranford, aged 75, died suddenly at
- the home of a daughter, Mrs. James
I Partes, Sunday night. Two sons and
two daughters survive.
ter grade of cotton and h*’
(4) Store cotton'’per n<\"
pendeneo upon rainfall' l ,
seaports within easy Ex
cellent manufacturing contrition.':.
The item of "fertilizer" is one of
the largest in the Southern farmer’s
expenses and with no such expense j
the California farmer no doifbt can •
produce his crop and se’l it profit- j
ably at fifteen cents a pound. I
It is claimed that all the cotton j
grown in the Colorado Basin is of j
the "Aoala” variety and that it l
commands 2 1-2 cents more “at the
farm.” New York prices than the
average good middling Southern cot
ton brings.
It is significant that cotton pro
duction in the Basin has increased,
even under difficult water condi
tions. from zero only a few years
ago to a production of 224.383 bales
of 500 i>ounds each in 1025.
According to expert estimates,
wit an irrigation system financed by I
the Federal government 1.000.000 J
bales of cotton would be added to I
tbe country's annual output. South-!
ern farmers see In that eventuality)
nothing but financial ruin tor tnem
selves and possibly, through a sur
feited market, ruin for the Colorado
Basin farmer at the same time.
Should Congress deride to spend
$125,000,000 of the public's money
and the project be authorized, the
Southern farmer's attitude is that
the Federal government will be us
ing public funds to establish an in
dustry in competition with the
means of livelihood, upon which
millions in the South arc dependent.
ARE STATE BLI’E LAWS
TO BE MADE BLL'ER?
Dr. Haywood Wants to Prohibit On
Sunday, Soft Drink Stands Out
side of Cororate Towns.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Baleigh, Jan. 13.—Are North Caro
lina's “blue laws" to be made bluer
by the present legislature? It would
seem so, if the bill introduced by re
presentative Oscar Haywood of
Montgomery, former assistant pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church, New Y’ork,
may be taken as an indication of
others, that are to follow. Mr. Bay
wood’s bill, if enacted, would prohibit
the soft drink stands and “other mer
cantile establishments” outside of
corporate towns on Sunday.
Though gasoline filling stations are
not directly mentioned, the term
“mercantile establishments" covers.a
wide range of activity. Thus It would
seem that “soft drink stands” arc not
The only Type of filling stations Which
would he prohibited from operation
on Sunday, would Mr. Haywood’s bill
become a law.
Although the bill would permit soft
drinks stands, restaurants, gasoline
filling stations and other "mercantile"
establishments to operate as long as
they were inside of incorporated
towns, it would compel those along
the highways in the country to close
up and it is pointed by several that
such a law smacks decisively of class
legislation, which is expressly against
the tenets of the constitution. Then
too, it is pointed out that proprietors
of lunch stands and filling stations
along the highways as a rule enjoy
better trade on Sunday, due to the
many Sunday motorists, thau any
other day in the week, with the result
that a law conqielling them to close
on Sunday would materially reduce
their income.
It is not believed that the bill will
travel the line of “blue law” legis
lation, ind its progress in the general
assembly will be watched closely by
those who are in favor of tightening
the already tight blue laws, enacted
more than 100 years ago and which
are still on the statute books of the
state.
REPORT FIRE DESTROYED)
THE ORANGE SPOT INN
Hotel Was One of the Landmarks of
Florida East. Coast, Near Mel
bourne.
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—OP)—A dispatch
received here today reports that a fire
which broke out yesterday morning
completely destroyed the Orange Spot
Inn, one of the landmarks of the East
Coast, neat* Melbourne, Fla.
The loss was reported as estimated
at sloo,ooo* No lives were lost, al
though the guests escaped scantily
clad and without belongings.
Tbe hotel was: under the manage
ment of Florence A. Humber, of Car
thage, N. O,
The fire department saved several
adjacent residences, but was some-'
what handicapped by the fact that a
small but dangerous fire earlier in the
winter residence of C. 11. Rose, of
Heuderson, N. C., had used’up its
available supply of chemicals, and
part of the crew had been left at the
Rose residence to guard against a fur
ther outbreak.
Trying to Determine Who Is Boot
legger to Girls.
(By International News Service)
Pensacola’, Fla,, Jan. 13.—A special
effort is being made here by police
to determine "just what Pensacola
bootlegger is making a specialty of
selling liquor to young women."
Following the arrests of several
gir’.s recently, ten in the past three
weeks. Chief William O’Connell pro
nounced war on ttie caterers to girls
in the liquor business.
One girl recently brought! before
tbe judge on charges of having cursed
an officer in an attempt to resist ar
rest, told the recorder she "was too
drunk to remember.”
Jia-.m , iMML-.r ,
WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain and warmer tonight and Fri
day, increasing east arid southeast
winds.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
.TODAY’S NEWS TODAff
NO.
AN ® U TI AIRICAH *
j
MEXICO BROKEN If
: A Band of Workers
1 Headed to the Consulate ;
| When Federal Troops
Dispersed the MarchejfS*
KELLOGG BLAMED
FOR STATEMENT
Pedro Zepoda Says Stase- %
ment and Not Regime
the Liberals May Cauae
More Trouble.
Mexico City, Jail. 13.—(P)—Special \
(dispatches from Guadalajara state that
jun anti-American demonstration be.
1 fore the American consulate there w«#
only avoided by the prompt inteyye®-
tion of federal authorities. .?•* >3
The disepatches state that a band
of workers had already begun a march
toward the consulate when Gcpeyal
Ferreira, military commander of tbe
state of Jalisco, took personal com
mand of a force of Federal so
and dispersed the marchers.
Blaines Kellogg and Not Liberals.
Mexico City, Jan. 13. —
declaration that Secretary of State
Kellogg, and not the liberal reginje j®
Nicaragua would be responsible fog
any demonstrations there in wbi<s
Nicaraguan and American lives giiybf
lie lost, was made today by Pedri}
pedn, representative of the liberal in
terests there.
Zapeda said he had been authopjeef
by Dr. Juan Saeasa, head of the JjJjt
eral government, set up at .Puerto jGa
bezas in opposition to the regime of
President Diaz, which has been reoqg.
nized by the United States, to guar
antee foreign lives and property, if
American marines were withdraw#:
from Nicaragua.
“Otherwise,’’ he added, “we will uog -
be responsible for any manifestation
of popular indignation owing to out
rages by tbe occupying forces against
the liberals, placing the responsibility
on Secretary Kellogg for any uprising
in which Nicaraguan or American '
lives may be lost.”
He also said that recent extension ’
of the neutral zone to Bama on the
Escondido River was unjustified,
their being no foreign interests in that uj
section, .whi.-h is in the heart ofr-tM**
mountain's.
POISON DENATT’RANT
FOR ALCOHOL STAND#
Mellon Says Treasury Must Stick To
Present Formula Due To Congress ;
Demand.
Washington. Jan. 12. —Congress lias
required the use of poison lienatur
nntx for industrial alehol. Secretary
Mellon today informed the senate in
a reply to its request for inforiufttiou
on the subject.
“The treasury does not wish to use
dangerous substances as denatnrants,"
Mr. Mellon said, "but Congress hna
imposed upon the treasury the. duty
of specifying an effective demit.urnnt
readily available to industry.”
Wood alcohol is the “simplest de*
naturant,” meeting the requirements
of the law, the secretary said, and
while the treasury lmd been search
ing for years for a substitute, none i
has been found.
“The treasury feels, then,” lie de
clarer!, "that it has pot the discre
tion, under existing laws, to abandon
an effective deunfurant in favor of one
not harmful, but effective."
As for the senate’s request for any _
correspondence exchanged between
Wayne 11. Wheller, general coun&qLbf
the Anti-Saloon league, and the tcealse
ury regarding the use of poison denat- :
nrants. Mr. Melton advised that thsro
was none.
THE COTTON MARKET |
Showed Continued Strength at Open
ing. With First Proves 8 to 14
Points Higher.
New York. Jan. 13. —GP)—The ebt*
ton market showed continued Strength
at tlie opening today. First! prices |
were 0 to 11 points higher, all posi- J
tions making new highs for the cur- I
rent movement on further trade -buy
ing, covering and commission house
demand. ’
March sold up to 13.42 white Os- J|
, tober touched the 14-eent level, hut s
these prices attracted a little more
southern selling, as well as Consid- 1
erable realizing. Reactions of sev
eral points followed, bnt the market
wiis holding fairly steady* at tbe end
of the first hour, buying being en- |
eon raged by reports of rains in the |
southwest and the report of the cen* ’j
sus bureau showing domestic consume- |
tion of 605,217 bales compared with
583,850 bales for the previous month, 1 !!!
and 576,216 for December last yeari. j
Cotton futures opened steady: JanT !
13.28; March 13 38; May 13.55; Ju&j
13.76; Oct. 13.87.
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Will Seize Ballots. %
Washington, Jan.. 13.—OP)—Iinme.
1 diate seizure of the ballots cast iu
1 Philadelphia and Alleghany County in 1
• the Pennsylvania senatorial election
i last November was decided upon to
day by the senate campaign fua4# |
1 committee. .
C. M. Vanstorj is Oasis Potentate. \
i Charlotte. Jan. 12.—<0. M. Van- |
story. Greensboro man, mi this aße||
1 ernoon elected potentate of OaeldiT
Temple, Ancient' and Arabic Order!
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at tltt) J
close of two-day annual
the temple here. Other offieeH WMffl
t chosen and representatives elected to I
the annual council meeting. jiJMj