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——— -th VOLUME XXVII FARM RELIEF BILL FIDOS FAVOR WITH MUORIFf REPORTS McNary-Haugen Farm Re lief Bill Approved by Ma jority Report of Senate Agriculture Committee., MINORITY LOOKS WITH DISFAVOR Report of Minority of the House Comndttee Says Bill Worse Than One De feated Last Year. Washington, .Tan. 22.—C4>)—De scribing the McNary-Haugen bill aa “more objectionable and certainly more unconstitutional" than its pred ecessor of last spring, a minority re port signed by three members of the House agriculture committee was fil ed with the House today, seeking in stead the enactment of the Curtis- Crisp bill. The latter measure was held up as “a constitutional and constructive measure upon the oitly lines which our long examination-, of this ques tion leads us to believe can prove successful.” The report was written by Repre sentative Fort, republican, New Jer sey. Representatives Tincher, re publican, Kansas, and Pratt, republi can, New York, added their signa tures. The two measures in controversy are unlike in several respects, but the most important of these is the equali zation fee by which McNary-Haugen bill would control crop surpluses. The Curtis-Crisp plan omits this, feature. In additiou to declaring the fee to be a tax and unconstitutional the mi nority report said the bill containing it was a priee-fixiDg measure; that it would upset all existing trade chan nels; kill co-operative marketing or ganizations; and increase production if it actually succeeded in increasing prices. t . f The equap'.itatiou fee was described as "clearly a tax", no different from that levied by municipalities to pro vide money for sinking funds. “As to cotton,” the minority de clared, “we are Inclined to beMf*«. thb fee aa a; tax is constitutional,, since and rice, 'however, the bill has beets carefully drawn both to exclude any interest of the producer in any bal ance in the equalization fund, aud to eliminate the possibility of the fee being levied against processing by the producer, or against sales from one fprmer to another.” Given Approval. Washington, Jan. 22.— (Aft —The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill was approved today by- the Senate agri* culture committee. PROSECUTION IS THROUGH IN THE NORRIS CASK ‘ Argument by Counsel WBI Re Begun Monday Morning. Austin, Tex., Jan. 22. —(A*) —The prosecution closet! its case at 11.26 this morning in the trial of the Rev. J. Frank Norris for the slaying of Dexter E. Chipps, wealthy lumber man. The State rested after the tes timony of rebuttal witnesses. The defense at once placed on the stand a number of witnesses in sur rebuttal, in an effort 'to impeach the testimony of several state witnesses.. A young school teacher, Miss Melba liullock, who formerly lived in Fort Worth, was the state’s chief witness today. She arrived at the First Bap tist Church in Fort Worth just a few minutes after Chipps was shot by Nor ris. She testified to the general ef fect that Norris eras calm after the killing. C. D. Rogers testified that R. H. Rans had told him a few minutes af ,ter the shooting that Norris bad re marked “I’ve killed me a man.” Arguments will begin oh Monday. The defense' asked a delay to per mit the arrival of two witneaaes. Boy Writes Backwards. London, Jan. 22, —A, sig-year old boy in a Paddington hospital is suffer ing from a rhie niaease called mancin ism, a brain condition which causes ] him to write backwards. All his Writing has to bC heM up to a mirror before it can be read, J c . : , j:;i The right side of the brain normally governs the left aide of the body, but in this case there is a tranference of certain motion centres from the left to the right. This boy writes with his left hand, and from the right side of the paper to the left. Except for a slight stam mer, he is bright and normally intel ligent. > First in.as,Years. Raleigh. Jan. 22 Representative 1 Thomas _H. Coffey of Blowing Rock ia Watauga County’s first Democra tic representative in the General As sembly in a period of 28 years. Representative A. McL. Graham, of Clinton, is Sampson County’s ‘first Democratic representative in the As sembly in 32 years. Another who overturned the usual Repub'lean vote in the last election was Senator R. J. Roanne of Whit tier, wbosf neat is being contested. Health Officer Resigns. Charlotte, Jan. 21.—Dr. W- A- McPbaul. city county health officer, ban resigned to begin private prac tice, it was announced today. The resignation is effective April 15. The Concord Daily Tribune . ' North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily - 1 -a- - -» i i ' ■■ .'L.. Outlook Favorable for Passage Os an Australian Ballot Law The Tribune Bureau i Siy Walter Hotel | Raleigh. Jan 22.—The outlook for ' I the passage of a slntewide Australian ballot bill continues to look increas-' | ingly promising, according to those who have been carefully watching the j growth of> sentiment ,in favor of a! measure of this kind. Thouffh an j Australian ballot net was offered in ■ the senate early in the session by ( Senator McNeil, a later bill, spon ’ sored by Representative B. T. Falls, of Cleveland county, in the house, and by Senator J. M. Broughton, of Wake, in the senate, is the measure whiqh seenw to be gaining the most approval. , This seems to be because it provides that the names of all candidates and questions to be voted upon be printed on one sheet, instead of several ab sentee voting. Under the terms of the Falla- Broughton bill, provision is made the illiterate, blind or physically disabled voters may have assistance in the vot ing of their ballots, the two judges being designated to do this. Straight party tickets may be voted by making one mark in the proper place, as at present. The fact that ballots in primary elections are to be marked in muck the same way as they are at present is a factor that is going to aid greatly in winning the eventual passage of this bill. Heretofore there has been very little opposition to the Australian ballot in general elections but in some quarters party leaders have feared that it might be dangerous in the primaries, should one faction get in l control and use it against another faotioe. However, under the Falls- Broughton bill there is little danger of this possibility of this taking place in primary elections. It is generally admitted that the Australian ballot gives the advantage to the party in; power and it is conceded that its statewide adoption would probably re- ! duce the already small republican rep resentation in the senate and house, though it would give the republicans STATE TROOPERS ARE CHARGED WITH MURDER ! Held in Connection With Death of; Woman During Battle at Farm' House In New Jersey. Flemington, N. J, Jan. 22.— UP) — As the result of the death of a woman duriug au all-night battle at a lonely farmhouse in the town of Jutland, twelve state troopers were held here today on charges of murdet, Two other troopers and two- ngents of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty gatfbti of a complaint by the society that Cattle were underfed. The warrants were issued last night after the coroner's jury had found that Miss Beatrice Meaney, who, terrified, hid in a closet, met death “in an unwarranted, atrocious and unlawful attack on the home of her brother." Mias Meaney and her brothers, Tim othy and James, barricaded themselves in the house after James had been shot in Qiie knee by a trooper. The twelve troopers accused testified that they fired their guns during the 12- hour seige, during which gas bombs also were used. Twenty-four troop ers were present. LEE’S LONG LOST LETTER LOCATED Note Written In 1870 Is Discovered In n Discarded Trunk. Blue Ridge, N. C., Jan. 22.—tA strange coincidence occurred here when a letter written by General Robert E. Lee was found in Lee Hail after having been lost for twenty sereu years. The letter was written to Mrs. Cornelia Adeline Webb, Oaks, N. C., in 1870, it remaining a treasure in the family until 1900, when it dis appeared. A search was made, but all in vain. It was never seen again until a few weeks ago it was found in an olcf trunk in Robert E. Lee Hall at this place. This being the first year of the existence of Lee School, it seemed very strange, indeed, that the letter should come to light there. The trunk iq which the letter was fonnd had -recently been brought from Oaks, but the letter was ndt’ known to be in it* '..v •,, When the owner, S. H. Webb, fees informed of the recovery of the letter he exclaimed, ‘Why I have looked, for that for years. - It .will stay fibre in thy pocket ,as long as J' llve." j The-contents of'the letter have not i yet been disclosed. . , !!' ,V* — IL“' 1 L “' H'.t ■-. j The foyer), of the Ooncqrd Theatre has recently been painted and sev ; eral pictures of motion picture stars i have been placed on the wala. The ; inside of the theatre has also been repainted within the last few days. AT FIRST METHODIST PROTEST ANT CHURCH Anne and Moore Streets . Sunday, January, 23, 192 T ; 11 A. M. . “The Glories of the Cross ” (First of a Series of Sermons on the Cross) 1:00 P. M. i “Brotherhood Night ” i Male Chorus Will Sing WELCOME Note; Last Sunday evening was “Family Night” with a capacity house. ~ A person who had not been to church - in more than eight yehrs said: “I nev er saw the the like.” Others said; e “Wonderful," “I aa coming back.” The reason is, they are different; I an advantage in those counties which j are preponderantly republican. Scenes in the house in 15)25 when ! Representative Falls introduced his Australian ballot bill and the valiant; ' fight he made for it then are being | recalled by the “old timers” who took I | part in the fray, w'.iioh is now ad-i j mitted as being one of the most tense I sittings of the 15)25 bouse. ! Argument pro and con had been J waged and a vote was drawing nearer. and nearer, with the likelihood of a majority of two or three votes for the ; pawage of the Falls bill. Several of the opponents of the measure were absent from the bouse and the bal ance of the opposition knew it and were sweating under theif collars. There was little doubt but that the bill would pass the second reading, at least. Then someone moved to have the bill read, the call was sustained and the tedious task was started. And ail the'time the hands of the clock were rapidly creeping up towards eat ing time and the hour for adjourn ment. Hunger seized upon the op ponents of the Australian ballot bill with violence. They yearned and longed for food and it seemed as if their lives could no longer be sustained without it Finally one member of the opposi tion who could stand it no longer pot up and made an eloquent speech as to the extenuating position of the hungry members of the house, ending with the motion that the “house do now adjourn.” And siuee the motion to adjourn was undebatable, the house did thereupon adjourn, at the same time signing the death warrant of the Falls Australian ballot bill for the session. It died hard and it was known that it would in time be res ; urrected. Aud at present virtually this same bill Is up and coming and promises, to be and remain one of the livest measures in the general assembly with an excellent prospect for its eventual passage. KANNAPOLIS HIGH BID ' FOR WESTERN HONORS ';! s "Apex” Gilliam's Quint Has Defeat ed Many oi West’s Strongest Quints. ■’ Gastonia, Jan. 21.—With ten vicj tories to their credit in 12 starts, in cluding the' licking handed the high ly touted Charlotte high outfit, Kan napolis high school basketbal 1 team looms bright in the west as cham pionship contenders when the State wide elimination series start* under Kannapolis has won from such supposedly strong teams as Char lotte, Salisbury, Lexington, Gas tonia. Welcome aud Mooresville. Exhibition games were dropped to Welcome and King's Mountain. The Kannapolis Towlens are being coached this season by “Apex" Gil liam, all-State college player in 1924-25. He has whipped together a neat outfit of hardwood floor playero and intends to make every break count in his drive for State honors. Kannapolis’ first stringers this season include L. Fowler, R. Fow ler, Ro.iins, Wldenbouse and Ket chie. DR. DAVISON TO HEAD DUKE MEDICAL SCHOOL Johns Hopkins Alan Ejected Dean at Meeting of Executive Commit tee Friday. Durham, Jan. 21.—Dr. Wiiburst Cornell Davidson, assistant dean of •he Johns Hopkins School of Medi cine, was elected dean of the new School of Medicine at Duke univer sity at a meeting of the executive ■ommittee of the Duke board of trus tees here this afternoon. The head of the Duke medical school will as sume responsibility at once in or ganizing and building the new school and hospital. He will not come to Durham, however, until next. Sep ember. The announcement of his appoint ment was mode immediately after the meeting of the executive com mittee by President William I*. Few, who furnished data concerning be new dean and' iptimated that ither important announcements con -erning the Duke School of Medicine may be forthcoming within the next few months. - . Preacher Ousts 3*700 Worldly Church Members. Memphis, Tehn.. Jan. • 21. —What should a pastoy'do. with, those mem bers of his congregation, if any. who refuse to sign tile church Covenant ! *nd continue , their dancing, card • playingn lid heater going? i The problem for months vexed Dr. ; James B. Leavell. pastor ot tfie > First Baptist church of Houston, Texas, and finally he arrived at a : solution. He expelled them. Dr. Leavell dropped 3,700 mem bers of his congregation from the church roll, he told the Southern Baptist Sunday School conference- Now, he said, the remaining 1,600 •re “doing better work and making more progress than did the 5,300 members.” Lessons by Wireless. s The Hague, Jan. 22.— School les sons by wireless hsve been instituted by the Netherlands minister of public instruction for the children of barge men. These children live all the yesr round on barges and consequent ly are always wandering from place to place, which gives them no oppor tunity to 'attend school. i . Funeral services for M. B. Moore, l who died Thursday night in a C.iar -, lotte hospital, will be held tomorrow : afternoon at 2:30 at Trinity Reformed ’ Church. Interment will follow in 1 Oakwood cemetery. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1927 | . MOB BREAKS UP AFTER NIGHT SEARCH FOR YOUNG NEGRO Greensboro, Jan. 22.—C4>)—-Re ports from Reidsville this morning are that a mob after an all night search for Paul Settle, negro, who is alleged to have attacked a young white girl there yesterday, had dis , parsed, their search for the negro ■ being futile. The negro, who was arrested soon after the alleged, at- J I tack, had been spirited from pine* j j to place by the sheriff's force in ah 1 effort to evade an excited mob. The young girl, who ig seventeen 5 I years old, is reported to be in a serious condition, but it is thought she will recover. —--T- ■" ' 1 — PROPOSED GAME LAW. Uniform Regulations for Hunting sad Protection of Wild Game. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel -Raleigh, Jan. 22. —Uniform regula tions for hunting and for the protec tion of wild game are contained in.ff state-wide bill introduced in the House Friday by Representative Fred Sutton of I.euoir County. Modelled in part from statutes which have been found satisfaetol# and beneficial in other states and witi consideration oi local consideration in North Carolina, the bill is said by its ffiends to be virtually assured of paw sage by the General Assembly, The bill has received the of officers of the North Carolina and Fish I<eague and of the DepanJ meat of Conservation and Develop ment, together with that of leading sportsmen and conservationists ovet the state. High spots of the bill include the creation of a state Game Commission for the administration of the regu lations, the establishment of gam* sanctuaries, a uniform hunting seasoß for the various game, bag limits, find ' a uniform license fee. Acting under appointment and dir ection of the commission, and bill authorizes the appointment of a state Game Warden to have general super vision over the administration of the law. A salary of not to excess five thusand dollars a'year is set for the warden. With the approval of the comission, the warden would have authority to appoiut deputy wardens over the state. The bill provides a fee of $1.50 and 25 cents for the officer issuing the lieense to residents of the state, while a non-resident license fee of $25 with the same issuing charge is provided for. However, each county is given authority to assess such other fees against non-residents of the state M 'thedraftof^the*Tn)* , thr l would be authorized to make such changes as conditions might warrant. Bag-limit are fixed in proportion to the protection required for the preser vation of the various species of wild life. Other provisions of the bill are designed to prevent the slaughter of game in sufich manner as is generally prohibited such as by poison, trap, net, snare and other ways. The administration of the law and: the establishment of game preserves are designed to be self-supporting through the collection of the license fees, which have been shown in other states to be sufficient for this purpose. The proposed act provides that a special fund shall -be created of the receipts from the operations of the regulations, and to be expended at the direction of the commission. From the fees, the commission is given authority to lease or purchase lauds for game saucturaries, with pro vision also made for the acceptance of lands as gifts for this purpose. Along with the authority goes that of providing game to stock the reserves and the care of such lands. Violations of the proposed game law upon the first conviction call for a fine of not more than SSO or impris onment for not more than 30 days, and the second conviction a fine of not less than $25 nore more than S2OO, or imprisonment of not more than six months or both. JOHN CONLEY IS NOW IN MECKENBURG JAIL Alleged Yegg Believed to Have Helped Rob Patterson Brothers Store Here. - Charlotte, Jan. 21. —John Conley, of Detroit, Mich., alleged yegg, ended a long transcontinental trip here, when he Was placed id Mecklenburg county i jail by a ; secret service operative on a charge pf altering registered United States Liberty bondk. Conley was arrested several days i ago in Los Angeles, California, after ; being trailed by United States sleuths ! from Detroit. He - is- alleged to be one of two who robbed I’atterson . Brothers’ grocery store in Greensboro t last October. Part at the loot taken , from the grocery was found near here > by J. W. Caddy, deputy sheriff. Couley, according to secret service - officers ,here, has lived a hunted life ! for several months. He was arrested i aloug with his alleged “pal,” Walter - Burns, in Detroit, several -mouths ago, > when officers there raided a near beer t Saloon. • Conley and Burns were released by Detroit officers on their own recogni sance and officers here Baid they sli|>- ped out of town at once. When the -two men were arrested the bonds were I found oq a table nearby, it was, said. : Burns was later arrested in St. - Louis and is now being held in Chi e eago on a murder charge, it was - stated. Conley will be tried at the i next term of federal district court at - Greensboro, it was said. John Gilbert will be shown at the , Concord Theatre next Thursday and - Friday in “Flesh and the Devil,” said r by many critics to be his greatest pic -1 ture. The program tor next week i is carried in an ad. in another column •I tkla paper today. BUSINESS WITH THE LEGISLATURE TODAY WAS NOT IMPORTANT Day Stood Out as Dullest of 1927 Assembly.—Quo rum Not Present for the Session. FEW BILLS WERE GIVEN THOUGHT i | Most of Those Introduced Were Local Measures.— Will Meet Next Monday Night. j State Capitol, Jan. 22.—OP)—The General Assembly of North Carolina i completed the first quarter of the leg islative session here today. Not a statewide measure was intro r duced nor argued. There was not a suggestion of important business dur ing the session. The day stood out as the dullest of the 1927 Assembly as considerably less than a quorum went j through the formality of the Saturday I session. ' The committee schedule was blank for the afternoon, and by noon a new exodus had left only a handful of leg islators to remind the capital that a General Assembly was in session. In the House the principal bid for fame was the passage of a bill amend ing the local enforcement laws in four extreme western counties—Swain, Polk, Jackson and Transylvania. This bill presented by Representative Nich olson of Jackson county, would tight en the mountain rum laws by throw ing out the special laws passed in 1925 covering the territory, and substuting the statewide Turlington act. The bill was brought up for passage yester day, but was tabled because it did not provide means for trying prohibition cases now pending. Today Mr. Nich olson sent forward an amendment that would make all such cases come under the Turlington Act., The only two House bills introduc ed came from ' Representative Mat thews, of Scotland, in the form ol an ' instrument that would amend the laws relating to damage done by rov ing dogs in liis 1 home county; and from Representative Williams, Swain, that would regulate the taking of fish from mountain streams and lakes of l i""—* ’\ta# a measure that would prohibit j the killing and shipping of-calves for veal in Madison county. The Senate, although due to have convened at the same hour as the House, was a bit later. Senator Mc- Cracken, of Columbus, contributed a bill authorizing county commissioners of hie home county to levy road tax es. The statewide game bill schedul ed for presentation in the upper house yesterday simultaneously with its in troduction in the House, again failed to appear. The four bills passed by the Senate and prepared for submittal to the House for ratification were led by a measure tthat would require the in vestigation of the estates of orphans, inebriates and insane persons in Wilkes county. The Senate adjoutned until 8:30 o’clock Monday night. THE COTTON MARKET Opened alt Decline of 4 to 7 Points in Response to Lower Liverpool dairies. New York, Jan. 22.—( A *)—The cot ton market opened steady today at a decline of 4 to 7 points in response to lower Liverpool cables. Overnight buying orders in the market prevented a full initial re sponse to the weakness abroad, but pressure increased after the opening, active months soon showing net loss es of 9 to 10 points. May sold off to 13.51 but again seemed to attract trade buying at that level, while there was some covering by recent sel lers for a reaction, and prices stead ied up 5 or 6 points before the end of the first hour. Private cables- attributed the de cline in Liverpool to hedging and, liquidation of long accounts, but said there was continued good demand for cloths in Manchester. Cotton futures opened steady; Jan. 18.25; March 13.35; May 13.56; July 13.73; Oct. 13:96. New York, Jan. 22. —Cotton fu tures dosed steady: Jan. 13.32; March 13.44; May 13.64; July 13.83; Oct. 14.04. Want $2,000,000 for Park. (By International News Service) Raleigh, Jan. 22.—" The State must act now or never.” This is the slogan being broadcast by tbe delegation here boosting the appeal for a $2,000,000 bond issue for the Great Smoky Mountain Na tional Park. One of the main supporters of tbe proposal is Reprsentative Harry Net tles, of Buncombe county. ____________________ Senator Borah May Speak at Char lotte. ■Washington, Jan. 21. Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, may 1 go to Charlotte following the ad journment of Congress to speak at the invitation of Colonel T. L. Kirk patrick, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The invitation to speak in Charlotte was extended by J Senator Lee S. Overman. • Yr "Donie” Bush, the new manager of ( the Pittsburgh Pirates, began his base > bull career With an independent team at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., in 1905. "l MEEKER RETURNED I TO HICKORY HOME I DURING THE NIGHT Hickory, Jan. 22.— UP) —Dan L. Meeker, prominent American Le gion man, who has been missing , since last Monday, returned to Hickory sometime during the night, and was back in the Meeker Art Studio today. Legion officials from Charlotte and Hickory got in touch with him over long distance tele - phone at Birmingham Thursday af ternoon and he is said to have promised to return home. He gave ! financial circumstances as hiR rea son for leaving. BILL TO STANDARDIZE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES C laimed W ill Save Thousands of Dol lars to Merchant* and Consumers. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Jan. 22.—Merchants and | consumers will save thousands of dol lars annually If a bill to standardize i weights ami measures, now in pro cess of formation, is enacted into law by the Legislature. Governor Mc- Lean, in his budget message recom mended a standardization measure. Some interesting statistics and com ments were secured In an Interview with George Ross, head of the Divis ion of Markets. “There is one stand ard of measure of length of surface, one of weight and one of capacity,” said Mr. Ross, "yet in North Carolina we guess at these standards, and in so far as the law is concerned, one man’s guess is as good as another's. There are_ exceptions, of course. A few counties have sealers of weights and measures and most men are honest, but, according to a survey made re cently in one Southern state, only one third of the measuring devices in the retail stores were accurate. Those thnt were incorrect were about equal ly divided for and against the owner of the scales.” Farmers last year suffered thous ands of dollars loss, it is estimated, due to inaccurate scales as many bales were overweight , and ginners lost money on bales that were under weight. A service station operator here said he had been in business six years and no check had ever been made of his pump tanks other than by the wagon driver. Dairymen register a general complaint that they do not know whether their butter-fat is be ing properly measured by the Babcock test. The Babcock test is made with a small mechanical device that weighs as accurately as the beam scale. Those interested in the effect of heavy transportation over state high ways look forward to -portable weigb , Ing devices when the maximum weight ;3P J tew: - Portable scales are now in use in many slates. “The only way a stnte can protect itself against short weight and false material received as interstate ship ments is through a weights and meas ure act,” said Mr. Ross. “Sometimes North Carolina may seek to stand ardize loaves of bread. Ohio did and in two years varied 100 per cent, in the price of bread did not vary more than 10 per cent. A bill is now be fore Congress, to make the Ohio law nationwide. “Alabama has a modem weights and measure law and from an annual re port the .following interesting facts are revealed: 74 per cent, of the cot ton beams were incorrect and it is estimated 6,500 bales of cotton were lost in weighing and 60 per cent, of the errors were against the customer. In the inspection of packages sold ov er- the counters 81 per cent, were short in weights, 7 per cent, correct and 11 per cent, overweight, Many wagons and trucks were found deliv ering Ice and coal without any pre tense of weighing. “Recently a foreign shipment of thermometers, incorrectly sealed, but priced below the cost of manufactur ing. were scattered throughout Amer ica. Many people were found with , temperature, some minus and some plus. This brought about a consider ation of the testing of thermometers by the government and a bill provid . ing for same ia now pending.” Bra dst reef’s Weekly Review. New York. Jan. 21.—Bradstreet’a tomorrow will /say: 1 Wholesale trade this week was ! spotted, . with some future business booked in certain linen, especially ■ cotton goods, but with most orders [ of a fiill?in nature. Some centers re- I ported that, although it was ex • peoted that a good spring business ufould develop eventunl'y retailers were backward in building up de ■ pleted stocks. At Chicago, a better business was done with buyers from . the southwest than had been antici ; pated, in view of the- low price of ! raw cotton. Wholesaling was held back somewhat by heavy falls of snow and low temperatures early in the week over the northen sections of the country, and this fnctor re t tarded retail trade to an even great ter extent It wan further noted that t response to “reduction sales” at re i tail was not as strong as earlier in ' the mouth. Jewelry and millinery showed, perhaps. somewhat more than seasonal dull!ness. Weekly bank clearings $10,837.- f 063.000, a decrease of 4.1 per cent ' from a year ago. “Hell” or - “Is God too Good to ; Punish the Wicked” 0 ? Pastor’s Sermon Subject Sunday Night at the [ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH i 4th In series on. “Life Beyond Hie Grave,”. Don’t Mias It. RIOT IN SHANGHAI HALTED BY POLICE., WITH FEW y Rioting Started During Pa rade of Conductors and] Motormen of the City Tramway Company, BRICKS AND STONES USED AS WEAPONS Clash Came at End of a Week of Labor Troubles. Workmen Had Been on Strike Two Days. Shanghai. Jan. 22. —OP)—Rioting broke out in Shanghai, the principal refuge of foreighners in China, dur ing a parade of conductors and motor men of the Municipal Tramway Com pany tonight, but was put down by thet police of the international settle ment with only a score or more of in juries to the tramway workers, and a few bruises among the officers par ticipating. None of the injuries was serious. The melee took place on Nanking Road, the Broadway of Shanghai, in tbe heart of the city, during the eve ning rush hour. The police used their clubs freely, but were careful not to use firearms. A barrage of bricks and stones featured the offensive of the tramway workers. The clash came at the end of a week of labor troubles. There has been a more tense undercurrent in the situ ation apparently as the result of ac tivities of agitators. The parade was staged by the tramway workers to celebrate their victory in a two-days strike. They won several concessions from tbe company. BROCK CASE MAY GO TO JURY LATE TODAY The Former Superior Court Judge is Charged in Winston-Salem With Embezzlement. ■Winston-Salem, Jan. 22.—(A 3 )—The jury is expected to return a verdict late today in. the case charging for mer Superior Court Judge Walter E. Block with embezzlement. Judge Brock is charged with embezzling $996 from Mrs. Lillie. Campbell, of W'alk ertpwn. ■ -. Ma tohi the-mpaey -waa depnaitad -in the bank and taken for - payasewfc on an overdue note, but bank officials oh the witness stand have testified that no charge was made against the ac count of the defendant because of any note he might have had there. JURY MAY GET THE MITCHELL CASE TODAY Negro Being Tried at Pittsboro for Murder of William Fogleman. Pittsboro, N. C., Jan. 22.— UP) — The case of Pearl E. Mitchell, negro, charged with the murder of William Fogleman, was expected to be in the hands of the jury shortly after noon today. Two state witnesses testified yesterday in the case. Fogleman was killed last Saturday night when he and Allen Cheek,son Os the merchant, were guarding the stove of W. V. Cheek, at Ore Hill, against robberies. Cheek testified to grappling with a negro robber, aud identified Mitchell. Mitchell waa arrested soon after the robbery and taken to Dur ham, where it was said lie had am mitted that be was the man wanted. Alleged Yeggman la Jailed in Char lotte. Charlotte, Jnn. 21.—John Conley, of Detroit, Michigan, alleged yegg man, was brought here this after noon, ending a long ride in company with n government secret service man, and was placed in jail on charge of altering a registered lib erty bond. Conley was arrester several days ago in Los Angeles, Calif., after be ing trailed by United States sleuth.* from Detroit. He is alleged to be one of two who robbed the safe in Pat terson Brothers grocery store in Greensboro, last October. Part of the loot taken from tbe grocery was found near here by J. W. Gaddy, deputy sheriff. May Ash Government Aid. Los Angeles; Jan. 22.—GW—An ap peal to Secretary Mellon to lift one of the income tax liens which the gov ernment has filed against' the millions of the screen Star, in order that Mrs. Chaplin who it suing for divorce, may collect temporary alimony out of bank deposits here in Chaplin’s name, was under consideration by her attorneys today. Wireless Concerts in Trains. Mosow; Jan. 22.—Passengers on the Moscow-Leningrad now enjoy broadcast concerts. The soviet au thorities have just installed an experi mental equipment oh this train, and if the venture proves popular other trains will be similarly, equipped. Each compartment contains wall plugs for loud speakers and ear phones. | Winston Tobacco Sabs. Winston-Salem, January 21.—The I local tobacco market today shotted the sales of 310,770 pounds at an. average, price of $21.10 per hundred pounds. Babe Going Into the Movies. Burbank, Cal., Jan. 22.; — UP) — Babe [ Ruth, home run king of the American League, has signed a motion picture i contract with First National Produc tion Corporation. THE TRIBUNE TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I *- NO. COMMITTEE PLANS HEAR SMITH ! pIISE WITHIN Wit Elections Committee Wilt j Consider Evidence mitted at Inquiry Made During the Summer. SMITH WILL TALK '£§3 ABOUT HIS C Am If Action of Committed Approved Smith Wiii Bl Given Chance to Offer Additional Testimony. Washington, Jan. 22. —(J s )—lß| • case of Senator-designate Frank. .In Smith will be considered on tbe bMig of tbe evidence adduced by the atftt nte campaign funds committee,'iij.uß decided today by the senate and elections committee. Hearings will be started next, £ unlay, at which time Smith, whose credentials were referred to the com mittee yesterday, will present fiis.Ar; gurnent through counsel. They, ( «B contend that even if Smith did draff' ’ contributions to his primary campkla from public utilities as brought by the campaign funds committee, ij»l9 should not operate as a bar to ]§§ being seated under appointment foeM Governor Small to fill out the hnhtT pired term of the late Senator Wil liam R. McKinley. Chairman Ernest said that if tjw, contention should be overruled bjrjjSf senate hearings would then prochM with Smith given full opportunity OH present additional evidence. ' • .-(fa Challenge’s Senate’s Action,,, !:■&* Washington, Jan. 22.—OPI—GllWp E. Carlstroin, attorney general ol Sir nois, said in a formal statement tq day that he concedes the senate right” to exclude Frank L. Smith, senator-designate from Illinois, front taking the oath of office. WATCH OUT FOR “WOMEN” MEN Asheville Salesman Picks Up "Lady” to Find She is a Man in Dfegtth*. ; Asheville, Jan. 21.—Motorists, be ware of women who hail you on the highway and ask for "lifts!’ 4 For they may be men in disguise. Such da the warning of a y.CUUUL Asheville ,Vho reasons doesn't want his name.,men tioned. The other evening while traveling between Canton and Ashe ville, he said, he was accosted by a woman near Turnpike just at thfi Haywood and Buncombe County line. "How about a ride to ASHetillb, - young mail?” she inquired. While the salesman said he- never* picked up men. be was more gener ous with women, and so he mtfljSt her on the front seat. Before ijHKI had driven a quarter of a mile, jiafft, ever, he observed the hand of w passenger. And. horrors, it was the hand a man. Renching for his revolver,, the salesman said: “Well brother, , | guess this is as far as you’ll go with me. Now get out.” As the woman- impersonator alighted from the automobile ae muttered: “I’ll get even with jrw» for this some time.” * ’ And now this salesman wouldn’t pick up the most beautiful woman in the world. With Our Advertisers. -.-jy Genuine Ford batteries, only : at Reid Motor Co. Fits 80 ■pen.HMkt of ail cars. Ask them about ttwik ' change price. * ! .* 1/ New Spring styles at thß Moser Shoe Store, $1.95 ito Ladies’ Slippers from 50 cents SK« See the ne\V ad. today of the FetSttp & Yorke Insurance Agency. ScSjff! Have your clothes dry cleaned an save them. See new ad. of Wrenii Kannapolis. , The Concord Plumbing G 0.,, Kerr Street, will give you excbtleii plumbing service. Call up 576. The Citizens Bank and Tnwt lßfe will carry out your wishes ■ faithfully and efficiently as executor or trust& Millinery, coats and dresses at ab solutely Clearaway Prices at Kohlu son’s. See list in new *d. of Hi; prices on wool dress goods. . eiSp Harry Rosenberger, of Schloss Bni & Co., is, holding a special, sal* fine tailoring at Hoover’s Store today. Go and be measured for a suit. ; .: "Showers of Blood.” .-Jy Paris, Jau. 22. —France recently perienced a storm, the remarkable fea ture of which were “Flowers of blood.** At Toulon, Clermont and other plattf, tbe rain was blood-red. At Aix and Arles a yellow shower fell, VMM Hyeres had black rain. .-Jaj All these showers are said to been due to a similar cause, i#£i ence of black,;yellow and red duet • in the rain drops. Examination;bßmW . that the dust came from tbe i the Sahara. During the past century thereh|lp been about half a dozen cases of ored showers. ' The most reettj|aH| , twenty years ago. i .Ljjiiii I WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy with rain Sunday, and the 'west and north portions tonight] > colder in the west and, north,{KMtSH i late tonight; much colder Suada||3H s Sunday night. Moderate to nH - southwest winds becoming fresh north er'.'-. M