THE NEWS-RECORD, MARSHALL, N. C.
coiisnoii of
COTIOIl SHOWS 01
MILL! USED 80,000 MORE BALES
IN AUGUST THAN IN JULY
SAYS CENSUS.
EXPORTS ON THE INCREASE
light Increase In Spinning In the
South Shown In Federal
Report.
Washington. Cotton consumed dur
lag August totalled 491,604 bales of
lint and 47,988 bales ot llnters, com
pared with 461,575 ol lint and 44.775
of llnters in July this year and 526,380
of Unt and 62,841 of llnters in August
last year, the Census Bureau announc
ed. Cotton on hand August 81, In con
suming establishments was 506,671
bales of lint and 106,036 of llnters
compared with 1,089,230 of lint and
117,558 ot llnters on August 31 last
year J -fl9U
Stocks on hand In public storage
and at compresses were 1,179,204 bales
of lint and 24,832 of , llnters compar
ed with 933,689 bales ot llnters and
35,876 of llnters on July 31 this year
and 1,530,141 bales of Unt and 30,098
of llnters on August 31, last year.
Cotton spindles actlcve during Au
gust were 33,708,667 as compared with
84237,887 In July this year and 32,
491,857 during August last year.
Imports during August this year
were S.420 bales as compared with
6,356 during July and 14,678 during
August last year.
Exports during August 244,415 bales
Including 8.825 bales ot llnters com
pared with 171,469 bales including
8,661 of llnters during July and with
272,808 bales, Including 4,490 of llnt
ers during August last year.
Statistics for cotton growing states
fallow:
Consumed during August 329,162
bales compared with 308,181 in July
this year and 338,588 In August last
year. '
On hand, August 31 in consuming
establishments 339,480 bales compared
with 532,203 July 31 this year and
408,958 on August 31, last year.
On hand August 31 in public stor
age and at compresses 1,038,426 bales
compared with 752,888 on July 31 this
year and 1,277,332 August 31 last year.
Cotton spindles active during Au
gust numbered 15,858,075 compared
with 16,871,805 in July this year and
15,609,596 in August last year.
Suggests Inquiry Into Coal Trade.
Washington. President Coolidge
has suggested to the federal trade
commission that investigation be made
of possible unfair practices in coal
trade which would tend to Increase
prices, it was stated by a White
House spokesman.
Coal often passes through a number
of hands before reaching the consumer
and the President thinks that some ot
these duplicate handlings could be
eliminated as unnecessary. As alleged
profiteering In anthracite is viewed
iby the executive is largely a local
question, he feels it would be difficult
or the federal government to reach
into the several states and undertake
to say how individuals should conduct
their business, and such conditions
could be better handled by the mu
nicipal and state officials. The auth
ority of the federal trade commission
over unfair practices is believed to be
a pratial remedy, however, and it was
added that the coal commission is
working along the same lines.
! Army and Navy Not Dry Agents.
Washington. President Coolidge
has no idea at this time of asking
Congress for authority to use the arm
ed forces of the nation In enforcing
prohibition laws, it was stated official
ly at the White House.
The executive does not belive it
would be wise to use the army and
navy In such police work. . He regards
it at conceivable that a time might
com when It would, be desirable to
use naval craft to prevent smuggling,
but inch use of war vessels should be
resorted to with a great deal of hesita
tlon. - - :.'
' Enforcement of police regulations
should not be put on the army and
navy, the '" President believes, but
should be shouldered by the regularly
consttluted state and federal authori
ties, ' It was pointed out that it is
only rarely , that a state calls on its
national guard to perform police func
tions and that it should be seldom
that the federal government used its
armed forces for such work.
v.., Japan Needs Five Billion.
Toklo. It Is estimated that the
cost of reconstruction work in Toklo
and, Yokohama, as a result ; of the
earthquake and fire, will approximate
10,000,000,000 yen ($5,000,000,000).
A nation-wide syndicate of bankers
has been organized" to assist the gov
ernment, in rebuilding the devastated
area and the empire 4s asked to de
vote all surplus funds for this pur
pose, i ' ,,: -
The banking syndicate announced it
will raise the additional money '
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BODIES OF 70,000
COUNTED IN TOKlO.
Washington. The dead counted
by Japanese authorities up to Sep
tember 7 numbered 47,000 In Toklo
and 3,000 In Yokohama, the for
eign office in Tokio reported to the
Japaneae embassy here.
The message said 160 foreigners
had been killed "so far aa has been
ascertained."
About 816,000 houses, or 71 per
cent of all, wars destroyed in To
klo, while 70,000 of the 86,000 hous
es in Yokohama met a similar fate.
Police of Toklo, according to the
message, estimated 1,366,000 per
sons homeless there, constituting
67 per cent of the total population.
Sim THOUSAND- CREMATED
NOW BELIEVE ONE-FOURTH OF
YOKOHAMA POPULATION
DEAD.
Foreign Minister Declares.' Untrue
Report Japanese Capital Be Re
moved From Toklo,
Washington. The bodies of 60,000
dead had been cremated by the auth
oritiea In Tokio up to midnight Sap
tember 8, the Japanese minister of
foreign affairs said in a telegram re
ceived here at the Japanese embassy,
The number of bodies still unrecover
ed is probably very great, It was add'
ed. The casualties In Yokohama were
stimated at 110,000, or one-quarter of
he entire population, and many more
dead were said to be unaccounted for
in outlying districts.
An official investigation, it was said,
showa that Yokohama, of 3,000 for
eign residents, 100 were killed, in
eluding 60 British and 20 Americans,
Consul Dickover at Kobe, transmit
ted a dispatch from Ambassador
Woods at Toklo, dated September 7,
saying the following Americans were
among those "known to be killed."
Mr. and Mrs. Amrine and child;
Paul R. Cannon; Mrs. Albert Mandel
and ion, and Paul E. Jenks.
In an undated dispatch from Kobe,
Consul Dickover said that Mrs. L.
H. Jenks, previously reported kill
ed, was safe In Kobe.
Consul Dickover said he had re
ceived from Tokio definite informa
tion that Helen Cameron and Mrs.
Spencer Gilbert, both of Virginia, are
safe.
The foreign minister declared to
be untrue reports that the capital was
to be removed from Tokio, although
he said many of the industrial, com
mercial and publishing houses plan to
remove temporarily to the Oasaka and
Kobe districts.
Exchange Reports Near-Stampede.
New York.-Improved business con
ditions and an estimate from Wash
ington, placing this year's probable
cotton crop at only 10,750,000 bales,
have caused a condition which
amounts almost to a stampede among
cotton users both here and abroad,
the New York Cotton Exchange an
nounced. The demand in futures has been so
great, the statement said, that the
facilities of the exchange have been
taxed to the utmost and clerks have
been working nights in an unsuccess
ful endeavor to keep the books up to
date.
Six weeks ago cotton for October
delivery sold at 20 3-4 cents on the
New York Cotton. Exchange, It closed
at 28.
This advance is equal to more than
835 a bale, and is equivalent to an
increased return to the cotton plant
ers in the south of about 8400,000,000.
Divorcee Increasing Rapidly. '
Washington.: Divorces are increas
ing more rapidly in. the southern
states 'than are marriages, according
to statistics based upon information
gathered by the census bureau and
made public by the department of
commerce. Several of the far west
ern states show decreases, Navada be
ing an exception. In that state more
divorces were granted last year than
the number of marriages.
The martial bonds that were shat
tered in North Carolina last year al
most doubled the record for 1916, al
though there- were fewer than 1,000
more marriages In 1922.
North Carolina: 22,191 marriages
and 1,317 divorces in 1922 compared
with 21,337 marriages and 668 divor
ce in 1916.
Fines Woman $2 For Smoking
New York. Jean Albright, a miss of
18, paid a 32 fine, for puffing a clg
rette on a part Of a Staten Island
ferryboat, where smoking is prohibit
ed. She was said to be the first
woman ever prosecuted in this city
for smoking.
To Protect Game Birds. V
Wilmington, Del. The extensive
areas of unoccupied land connected
with the du Pont explosive plants
in the United States, amounting to
36,344 acres, are to be used as sanctu
aries where game and insectivorous
birds will be protected. The Sporting
Powder Division ot the company an
nounced that this step was being tak
en in connection with Its plans for
the better preservation of game. Sev
eral of the plants have already been
stocked and the game has multiplied
and been protected.
CAN'T USE HAW TO
ENFORCE DRY LAWS
THIS IS RULING DECLARED BY
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DAUGHERTY.
"NO NATIONAL EMERGENCY"
Delivers Opinion to Coolidge; Says
Navy Use Would Require Congres
sional Act.
Washington. The navy cannot le
gally be used the enforcing prohibi
tion, Attorney General Daugherty rul
ed. In adddition, he declared, there
is no national emergency in the situ
ation calling for the employment of
warships to make the dry laws effec
tive. Delivering to President Coolidge
the formal opinion, asked last spring
by the late President Harding, the
attorney general held that the naval
establishment could be used as an
enforcement agency only by special
authorization from Congress or In an
emergency which made civil pro
cesses Impotent.
Two questions were submitted orig
inally by President Harding wheth
er the executive had power to use
the naval forces In enforcing prohlbi
tion in the absence of an emergency
and, if this was unlawful, whether
an emergency existed authorising
their use. Both questions were an
awered in the negative by Mr. Daugh
erty, who cited several lawa and su
preme court decisions as precedenta.
"I am of the opinion," he aaid "that
you have no authority to use the na
val forces in the enforcement of the
national prohibition act when no
emergency exists."
Declaring there was no emergency
justifying a call upon the navy, the
opinion said:
"There can be no emergency auth
orising the President to call out the
naval forces to enforce the civil and
commercial laws until the courts and
the civil departments ot the govern
ment are no longer able to enforce
them.
"While there have been numerous
violations ot the national prohibition
act, both on land and within our ter
ritorial waters, there have been no
unlawful obstructions of the functions
of the courts or restraint of their
processes, or ot .the coast guard, the
division of the customs, the prohibi
tion unit, nor of the marshals and
their deputies of the department of
justice. All the departments ot the
government are functioning and mak
ing a steady advance against lawless
elements.
"In the general the prohibition act
is being enforced. There are stub
born exceptions in congested locali
ties in some of which local support
has not been rendered. There are
places where public opinion is un
friendly and the enforcement ot this
law is difficult But I cannpt believe
that such isolated cases constitute a
national emergency within the mean
ing of the "Act of Congress."
"I am, therefore, of the opinion
that there are no unlawful obstruc
tions, combinations or assemblages or
persons, or rebellion against the
government of the United States in
the enforcement of the prohibition
statutes, such as render It Impracti
cable to continue to enforce these
laws by the ordinary course of execu
tive and judicial proceedings.".
League's Work Upheld by China.
Geneva. China came out strongly
In support of the league ot nations.
Tchengloh, minister to France, In an
address before the assembly, declar
ed the league had given ample proof
of its ability to secure the peace of
the world and to help the triumph oS,' trlla In a straightway flight, with-
justice.
This had been accomplished, he de
clared, because the basis ot the league
was recognition of the equality ot
peoples without distinction of race,
color, or religion.
Art Treasures of Japan Destroyed.
Toklo. In addition to the remen-
dous loss of life and property in the
recent earthquake, Japan is mourning
the destruction of art treasures, valu
ed at hundreds of millions of yen.
The Okura Museum, housing an in
valuable collection of fine arts, was
one ot the first Toklo buildings to
go. Other museums : met the same
fate.
But the museum losses were small
compared to those, of private families
whose priceless ; relics, retained for
many generations, were destroy d.
Gallon of Real Booze From Sky.
Martinsville, Va. B. A., Anthony,
prohibition officer of this section, was
the recipient of an unusual gift a tew
days ago.:. ; s ' ' ;i v
An unknown person, traveling by
airplane, to some unknown , station,
dropped in his yard a hot water bot
tle containing a gallon of real apple
brandy. Attached to the hot water
bottel was the following note:
"For B. A. Anthony. -We have 220
gallona and leave you one." . ",, ,
Mr. Anthony lives only a tefv miles
frbm this city. ' " " . ' " . '.
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DOG CARRIES A HUMAN
HAND VICTIMS FOUND
Alma, Oa A dog carrying a hu
man hand In its mouth here led to
the discovery of the bodies of Lu
ther Knowles, 17, and his brother,
Estell, 15, on the (racks ot the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantie
railroad.
The boys had been' Instructed
to watch a broken down automo
bile for their father, but apparent
left the car and sat down on the
railroad tracks, being hit by a
Brunswick-Atlanta fast freight
train. There will be an inquest
NO OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
TERM IT THE GREATEST PEACE
DISASTER NAVEY EVER
SUSTAINED.
Many Theories Advanced as to Cause;
Santa Barbara Coast Subject to
8trange Tides,
Washington. Lacking even the
bearest official explanation of the loss
of seven first class destroyers on the
California coast navy officials contin
ued to withhold judgment on what
they termed the most severe peace
time blow the navy has ever sustain
ed. Although regulations prescribe that
every effort be made to forward Im
mediately names of the dead and in
juries Id such cases, no such list had
been received at the department up to
a late hour. The initial dispatch from
Admiral Robinson, commanding the
Pacific fleet, informd the department
that specific orders had been issued
for the preparation and relay of this
list, the duty being assigned to Cap
tain Edward H. Watson, commanding
the wrecked squadron.
The theory advanced in press dis
patches that radio operators on the
destroyers were thrown off their reck
oning by shore signals Intended for
the Reno was declared by officers in
the department to be doubtful. Leav
ing out of all consideration, they said,
the material difference In location and
the destroyer group "position signals,"
Invariably are addressed specifically
to the ship which has requested them.
This was held to render It improbable
that all of the operators on the naval
vessels could have taken the signals
as bearing upon their own course and
to have acted in concert, although
one might have done so.
Unofficial description of the scene
ot the wreck and known peculiarities
of the coastal area in which It occur
red, led to the belief by some officials
that a tidal disturbance of unusual
force threw the destroyers far off their
course probably without the knowl
edge ot the officers on board.
A possible connection between such
a phenomen and the recent Japanese
earthquake was discussed. Records of
the hydrographlc office and reports
of naval officers who have served ex
tensively on the California coast have
agreed that the Santa Barbara section
frequently experiences a strong coast
ward tide attributable to no known
factor. It was suggested that such a
tide might have been in force Satur
day night, augmented by a trans-Pa
cific reflex from the Japanese shelf's
shifting.
tlew Air Speed Record Is 238 Miles.
Washington. A new mark for speed
in the air was claimed by the bureau
of naval aeronautics which announced
that Lieutenant L. H. Sanderson, of
the marine corps, piloting (he plane
which will represent the navy in the
Pulitlzer races at St. Louis, in Octo
ber, attained 238 miles an hour over
a measured course at Mineola, Long
Island. The official record is now
held by Lieutenant R. L. Maughan, of
the army air service, .who raced
through the air at 236.58 miles an hour
at Dayton, Ohio.
The mark was made during build-
out the advantages of diving from alti
tude to attain momentum, and the
timelng, the announcement said, was
accurate, according to standard prac
tice!. World Supply of Cotton Reduced.
Washington. The total world sup
ply of cotton on August 1, was 27,568,
000 bales, as compared with 29,602,000
bales on August 1, 1922, according; to
a survey made public by the Depart
ment of Commerce. -
The world's consumption of cotton
for the year ending July 31, last, was
given at 20,960,000 bales as compared
with 20,047,000 or the previous corres
ponding 12 months. World stocks at
the beginning of the season were 9,
636,000 bales as against 14,752,000 for
the preceding year, while the stocks
at the end tof the season were 6,400,000
bales as compared .to 9,536,000. V
Break In and Out of Currituck Jail.
Elizabeth City. They break In and
out of Jail in Currituck. Following a
recent jail delivery in which the one
negro prisoner in' Currituck jail sawed
and chiseled his way to liberty, some
parties , unknown broke into the jail
and' stole five copper worms and a
lot of other distillery equipment that
had been stored in the jail for the
sheriff and prohibition officers. The
distilling apparatus was put In the jail
for safe-keeping against the time when
it might be used for evidence in ourt.
GERLlmiT WANTS
FREEDOM OF RUHR
STRESSEMAN ADMITS TACITLY
THAT RUHR FIGHT IS NOW
LOST.
CHANCELLOR SPEAKS PLAINLY
Speech Doesnt Show Readiness "te
Quit Passive Resistance Uneon
' dltlonally. .'
Berlin. Chancellor Stresseman de
clared "we are ready to give real guar
antees In order to secure the freedom
of the Ruhr." . ..
He admitted a solution ot the prob
lem could not be obtained by passive
resistance.
Tacitly admitting that the Ruhr
fight had been lost and there could be
no prospect ot the international re
construction of Germany nntl 1 the
foreign conflict had been adjusted
Chancellor Stresseman remarked to a
gathering ot editors:
"Candor is preferable to illusion,
and Germany desires to speak out
plainly."
Informal contact with the occupying
powers has revealed the gravity of the
existing differences, whlgh, he said,
primarly involved the question of Ger
man sovereignty and - the restoration
to Germany of complete administra
tive freedom in the Ruhr.
The cancellous speech did not con
tain a direct reference to readiness
on the part of Germany to call off pos
slve resistance unconditionally, but
presented a more preclsee formula
tion of the nature of the productive
guarantees which Germany was pre
pared to pledge for the security of the
reparation creditors. These . would
comprise the hypothecation of private
holdings in industry, commerce, fin
ance and agriculture, in such a man
ner as to insure their immediate
fluidity as active loanable collateral.
Such security, said the chancellor,
would In every way be superior to
the pledges prescribed In the Ver
sailles treaty, which only enumerate
governmental properties, none ot
which possess productiveness equal
ling that of private holdings which
Germany proposes to hypothecate for
the benefit of reparations.
"Unless France is ben on annexa
tion, Germany's pledges," he contend
ed, "were of such a nature as to meet
the conditions under which France
once prepared to evacuate the irrupt
ed areas."
A solution ot the Ruhr dispute could
not be achieved solely by continuance
of passive resistance; nor could the
question be settled by a policy of
force, th ecbancellor said.
Even Chancellor Cuno, stated Herr
Stresemann, had never contended
that negotiations could only be under
taken after the evacuation of the,
Ruhr. The object of passive resist
ance was only to free the Ruhr terri
tory. "For us," continued the chancellor,
"the question of the sovereignty of the
Rhlneland and regaining the freedom
ot the Ruhr territory is decisive. For
it we are prepared to give real guar
antees." :
Rum Runners Do Big Business.
Hamilton, Bermuda; Americans
who buy liquor from bootleggers con
tributed indirectly 8157,204.80 to the
government of Bermuda in the form of
an export tax of $2.40 on each case
shipped from the island, between
April 1, 1922, and September 1, last
During this period rum runners
have taken out of Bermuda more
than 60,000 cases, as well as 41 bar
rels ot liquor, all of which has found
a market in New York and vicinity.
This Is a total of more than 750,000
bottles which, at the average retail
price of f8 a bottle, Nwould mean a
return of 16,000,000 on cargoes that
were bought here for about 11,000,000.
Battleship In 8ea Crash.
San Pedro, Calif. The battleship
Texas, bound from San Francisco to
San Pedro, collided with the steam
ship sEeel Seafarer of the Isthmian
line, 14 miles north of Point Arguello,
according to word reaching here-, The
collision occurred i In the vicinity
where seven destroyers went on the
rocks.'' 'H - ' ,
'The Steel Seafarer left here last
night. She is a vassal of 8,471 net
tons and is in command of Captain
Kltt V,
Reports reaching here declare the
merchant ship has a lrage hole in
merchant, ship has a large hole in
In no immediate danger.' . , x
' 8outb ..Moving Much Freight' "
Atlanta, Ga In an address before
tire bi-monthly meeting . of the South
Shippers Association; in session here,
Tj M. BettsV of Washington, repres
enting the American Railway Associa
tion declared that the loading reports
to the association, for the week end
ing September 1, showed that 1,092,567
cars were shipped : during the week
and that it represented the heavlst
figure ever reached in one week.
"Lumber shipments led the list ot
commodities, the report showed."
DRUGGISTS CLOSE 1ETINS
After Recommending the Appointment
fa Federal Narcotlo
1
Commissioner.
Asheville-vAfter recommending the
appointment ot a Federal narcotlo
commissioner, voting to affiliate with
the International Pharmaceutical
Federation, awarding the Ebert prise,
to Paul 8. Pittenger, New Tork, and
Installation of H. V. Amy, New York,
as president .members ot the Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association end
ed their 71st annual session here.
The Ebert prist an award of fSOfr
in memory ot the late Albert E. Ebert,
ot Chicago, was awarded to 'Mr. Pit
tenger for. the outstanding pharma
ceutical research work of the past
year and la one ot the most coveted
honors in pharmacy. The" award waa
made for a paper on "bilogical stand
ardization of local anaesthetics."
The final general session formally
ended the convention, which is jro-
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nouncea as one oi uie ue-i iu iuo uw
tory. of pharmacy and marking a new
era by reason of the adoption of the
plan for reorganization, which was put
in effect during the session.
W. L. Dubise, New York, who la
an active member ot the association
for the past 43 years was elected hon
orary president
L. L. Walton, Pennsylvania, was
elected and Installed as chairman of
the house of delegates, at the final
session. W. Bruce Phillips, Callfor-
nia, wii mtnjiou - luwuau uiu ,
B. Day, Chicago, secretary and B. F.
Kelly, Baltimore, treasurer.
Officers nominated for the year of
1924-25, taking office at the 72nd an
nual meeting to be held In Buffalo and
to be elected by mall ballot during the
ensuing year, follow: For president
John Cully, Utah; Charles W. Holton,
Now Jersey; George Judisch, Iowa.
Directors nominated for election In
the same manner were: H. V. Arny,
New York; J. O. Beard, North Caro
lina; Jacob Diner, New York; A. G.
Dumes, District of Columbia; 3. G.
Godding, Massachusetts; Julian A.
Koch, Pennsylvania; H. B. Mason,
Michigan; E. L. Newcomb, Minnesota,
and H. M. Whelpley, Missouri.
Veneering Plant Destroyed By Fire.
Henderson. A fire of unknown
origin but believed to be from spon
taneous combustion destroyed the en
tire plant of the Henderson Veneering
and Manufacturing company, Just west
of the city. The lire was discovered
shortly after its blaze had started, but
the building having - much veneering
stored in the main plant the fire spread
so rapidly that the building was soon
all in flames and it was impossible for
the fighters to make further headway
than to save adjoining buildings. Th
Henderson Veneering and Manufac
turing company was only located in
the city a tew months ago and had
just gotten a good headway into the
manufacture ot coat hangers and trunk
pannels.
Kills fWo Deer With One Shot From
" . Gun.
Scotland Neck. D. Albion Madry,
who is with a party ot hunters at Ray'a
Camp, near WiUiamston, had unusual
luck. Going out early after squirrels
he had the luck to have two deer jump
up In front of him. He fired both bar
rels and brought down the two.
When R. J. Madry arrived at his of
floe his phone was ringing madly, the
call being from Albion Madry telling
him the wonderful new? and advising
that he was shipping one of the deer
to him. '
Marshville. Nelson Thomas, of
Rockingham, was almost Instantly
killed and Misses Gladys and Maxlne
Carpenter, of Peachland, were serious
ly injured when the Ford roadster in
which they were riding turned turtle
on the Charlotte-Wilmington highway
a mile and a halt west of Marshville.
The party left Peachland about 5
o'clock, and were returning when the
accident happened, as the driver at
tempted to steer around a car being
driven by Bryce Griffin, who was com
ing out of a side road from J. S. James'
residence. Eye-witnesses state . that
Themas attempted to steer his car
back into the highway too suddenly,
which caused ft to turn over, wedging
his body and those of the young ladles
beneath the wreckage.
Name Field Instructor.
Oxford. Mlse L. Tuttle, of Knapp,
Wisconsin, has arrived at tha ftxfnrri
Masonic orphanage to take up the
work of field instructor at the orphan
age. This is a new department Just
added to the corps ot Instructors, '
whose duty will be to look into the
welfare of the children here and else
where, a kind of service department .
She will visit homes,, places of busi
ness and schools where the children
are sent .
Klnston Minister Heads World Body.'
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runs ion. imonnauon was naa nere
today of the unanimous election of Dr. "
Abram Cory, ot Kinston to the presi
dency ot the International Convention
ot the Disciples of Christ Dr. , Cory
heads one of the : largest . separate
groups of religionists In America., The
church has nearly 1,500,000 members.
The election was by the World Con
vention at Colorado Springs. Dr. Cory'
Is a former army chaplain. t He served
In the First infantry. He is the' au
thor of several popular novels. ' " '