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1 OMB VOL. II NO. 70 HICKORY, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 23, 1916 Price Two Cents RAILROAD TEST CASE PRINCIPAL QUESTION Attorney General Gregory and Railroad Attor neys Trying1 to Find Case Tliat Will Cover Practically AH Points in Dispute-Would Save Much Work. (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 23. Railroad lawyers and Attorney General Greg ory continued today their conferences in an attempt to agree on one suit that would cover all the points in volved in the many cases started by the railroads. The difficulty in reaching an agree ment arose mainly, it is believed, from the anxiety of the railroad rep resentatives to pick from the many cases one covering typical cases faced by all railroads. Ilailroad attorneys thought the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe case, started at Kansas City today, involv ed all points at issue better than any other. The department of justice officials were inclined to favor tha .Missouri, Oklaho ma and Gulf case, which Federal Judge Hook yester day held unconstitutional. Selection of a test case would re lieve the department from defending a multitude of suits already filed, as it is understood all railroads would auree to abide by the result of it. SLAY Kit OF TRAFFIC OFFICER CONVICTED Slisb:ry, Nov. 23. Ollie To'bert. n Southern Railway trainman on trial in Rowan Superior court, was find guilty on a charge of man nhmrhter. Tolbert's automobile .truck and almost instantly killed W. M. Linker, a special traffic officer,!'- torn down when the brick build (Vtober 26, while Tolbert was . from.-' ings, which are being erected in sec- down west Ines street to the People3 . -t. 1 Fair Grounds. , The jury got the case late last ev ening. At l o'clock the jury return ed a verdict of guilty of manslaugh ter The verdict was taken by the e'erk, .Indge Carter not being in the court that hour. (By Associated Press.) -Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 2-3 The fact that Jack London, the author, who died last night at his Glen Ellen farm near here, spent his last con scious evening in writing, caused his intimate friends to discuss his unu sual capacity for work. London complained of indigestion when he went to bed Tuesday night, but notwithstanding his pain sat propped up in bed writing a story. His physicians attributed death to a gastro-intestinal attack of uramia. The body will be taken to Oakland Friday for burial. CONFEOENCE MEETS IN GASTONIA TODAY (By Associated Tress.) Gastonia, N. C, Nov. 23. The twenty-seventh annual session of the western North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south convened here today with Bish op John C. Kilgo, presiding. The conference faced a great deal of business and it was believed the sessions might continue into next week. Included in the eleven dis tricts of the conference are 254 pas tors and of this number 133 are clos ing the first year on thecharges to which they now minister, 71 their sec nd, 30 their third and 20 their 4th year. The latter must receive new aDnnintmenti a t.h result nf thf time limit" of the church which per mits no minister to remain on one charge more than four years. Because several of the large charg es will receive new pastors by ap pointment at this conference, unusual interest Is being manifested in this feature of the meeting. The We3t Market Street church, Greensboro, the Brevard Street church, Charlotte, first church Statesville, and the LONDON DIED IN HIS LITERARY BOOTS u t. V iTv V i -ii i if - churches at Ashboro, Leaksvdle ndjit. - Afooresv lie are onen bectuse of the The cour.tc.,3 aci.on nas ppen mi IVfooresville are open bectuse of the "time limit." Two presiding elders, Ik..... - iL. i .1 1 Hf 4. wnn oi ine osnevuiB unu iuurK'"-uii lintricts also are among the 'four year" men. iirMit.'t, r-f.irn ttti itm "" PRFSIDENT AT LAST Lakewood, N J.; Nov, 2s Jcha.. v ir..t ..ui!- STlnrntt niirht Mnf Prftldnt WiUon a tele- .. ' . .. . . 7. cram congratulating mm upon nis re - ulection In hi, telegram Mr Hughes said: "BiiTSe vote I have awaited the official count in Cl fo-i or,,i w v,of it. Vino r.fiTlHK, ypon your re-election. I desire alao to express my best wishes for a sue- kko...! . i ... .. MRrlVEY - A IS 0 PIAiffi lal if 1 I V Mr. Geo. F. Ivey, awarded the contract president, has to Abee and Fry for the foundation of a brick j never varied in his story of his foundry 75 by 100 feet for the South-: movements. He said he shipped from ern Desk Company. One of the brick I N?folku &hu six0 months ago on u . ., ,. . , , , T cattle -boat for South America and buildings to be used by the Ivey Man- L,me back to New 0rleans on a ni ufajturing Company is the making (trate ship. From there he was ho of picker sticks will be completed m boing back home, having ridden about ten days and other sections will freight trains to Birmingham, Knox be built is soon as possible, making aLnd Asheville. He strucK up the picker stick factory, 80 by 175 W!th the negro boys at Drexel Wed feet r.esday, he said, and knew nothing of Mr. Ivey intends to make castings the bb"r Fie Sikes .said his for school desks and furniture in the ther 81 Mrs. Flora Sikes of Fav new foundry and the plant will give cttvllIeW. He 18 i6 'ear8 ldv . employment to about twenty addi- The oncers are having difficulty m tional r?:-n. At present the castings arc n;id'. elsewhere d fitted to tne ,cV-0!)l at the West Hickory .t 11 lev will make . . school v.T.en his new drv is in All operation. vniii m hn nir. used n t',? ,..ftnai;;icture of picker sticks will tions so as to be occupied as soon as VI 1 . t 1 . '1 If.. Xl finished and the building, like the plant, will be modern in every par ticular. The new structures not on- !y will res ut m giving employment to 4-ore men, b ;t will enable the com- pany to increase its output, and will make cmite an addition to the manu facturing industry in this city. Christ ma mi Conservation inroads that her attendants, fear she Poptilnr Mechanics'. iriay never recover. Though now A h-'itra-k has bien invented by seen occasionally in her carriage, -in Oakland, Cal. inventor, which can she is easily exhausted and often serve alo us n rack on which um- falls to sleep along the drive, brellm can be dried and as a Christ- Possessed of no more actual sov v.ua tree. J)no of the things which oreignty now than the meanest Hawa nrompted this invention was the ex- i5nn stevedore, she is still accorded tensive and wasteful cutting of a11 the' deference of royalty. On young evergreen trees for holiday . . - hor OWT1 home she "" 'T , u u J"0 sible to provide the home with a tree -;fV, n,i,!; f ,iQi;rt f ua ik IUIl'919 11 I'UII.HSl.t 111 il 9 CCII- tral post with a wide spreading base u u i ' ,-fui port or to the floor. In the sides of the post are numerous holes in which short pegs can be inserted to support hats, or long pegs to hold umbrellas that are left open to dry. The idea is to remove these pegs at rVivietmna t mo anH enhatitnta ovor. n. fcrtn.v.a cn ,, fmm tr6, w they will not injure them. 11 (By Associated Tress.) Paris, Nov 23.v iSuflDf-Lietntenan.! J George Guynemyer; the French avia- tor, has brought down his 0- aero- plane, according to an announcement v. Guv- nemyer brought down the last Ger - man machine five days ago. COUNTESS POURS OUT 1,500 BOTTLES OF WINE (By Associated Press) London. Nov. 23. The action Rosalind Countess of Carlisle in pouring away into the grounds aooui . 1 1. . A.' 1,500 bottles of wine, as evidence of her strong temperance views, nas .. ' aroused a storm of criticism in let ters to the newspapers. The coun triS is president of the British Worn- ent Temperance Association. She ; has been a lifelong total abstainer and temperance advocate. The wine was of old vintage and was stored in the cellars of Castle Howard, the Yorkshire estate of the countess. She inherited the stock but is said to hzv kept the cellars' eetiTorl for t'-t !mt thirty years. A! FRENCH AIRMAN HAS WINGED MACHINES few days ngo the wine cellars werenette Rankin of Missoula, wno was onrn-vl, a large hole ws dug near the eected to congress on November 7, countess' mansion and the caretaker po'irc.l the contests of the bottles into The counters eisod on the wn-m i that wnue it is I nnna afnnf tvim 1PT Iir IIP IH'S. II B WlllU . wo ild be very acceptable in military hospitals for the use of convalescing soldiers. ' soldiers. "" " " ' WILSON CARRIED STATE BY FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND Halei.h, Nov. 2.1.-The state board Of eiec-tions in session nere chyss v,o tn p Wnik rnrolinn for , -;." r,:"T rtnt i prrnnn'iii iui ur iinn aim jm.v. - the votes for Wilson had totalled lf.8.383, those for Hurhes 120.890. Kivm Wilson a majority oi votes. 'Mis, KatWec ParWn, a CaKfornia girl, fifteen years old has construct ed a wireless outfit which she use ex ii.. i. i i n;..n maooiKr.-n THREE ARE FOR BREAKING FOR TWO BIG INTO CARS ROBBERS Ralph Hooper and Loy Whitener, two small negro boys who say their home was at Newton, were arrested Wednesday night by Chief Lentz and Sergeant Sigmon on thee harge of en tering Southern Railway freight cars . Monday night and removing a num-1 gave his home as Fayetteville, hadinave louna no cme xne I something to do with the affair and Night Officer ePterson picked him up later in the night at the union depot. The colored boys are remarkable chiefly for the different stories they tell. Seen in their cell this morn ing, they offered the finest line of contradictions ever shown in Hickory, ' according to Chief Lentz. They i' practically said that another negro i boy, who is gone from here, did the breaking. They also said they had hoboed to Morganton and returned Tuesday, and they spoke of potted ham and other delicacies that were in the cars. The white bov. on the other hand. l'nr?inB , L?arns ,8Pun, Dy ine cl or,ed b,ys . The white boy on the ether hand tells a straight-forward tqlo and Via ia Vioitiop tiolrl -fn-n imrfletL , rr"& " . . fnn-i vaiiun. oeverai men gave mm mon-IUU.1- w,l i I r. .- J :J 7 f.- "c. - uy iuiu 11 "e nau not oeen mrceptea nere SLLNESS OF QUEEN GIVES FRIENDS CONCERN (Ly Associated Press.) , , a u uokalam, the 78.year.old former queen of Hawaii, continues to cause her friends grave concern. Her ill ness began with a cold some time ago, and she has been weakened so by its is accompanied by ladies in waiting , a,K-vl"'a J . her, wno wave ueacucn. aou while kahilhs bears stand motion- . ----- J""" ,.at ,eBldf holdin5 V16.01 Vahihs feather-topned standards. No n7son,s. Permitted to pass behind "?er Majesty" nor must the shadow of anv human being fall uPn fj- , the years immediately following overthrow of her monwchy, LiWkalani struggled brly a- "ninst trie laie uiai unu .. ' 1 attituoe xowaru Aiiiencaiis wao .... , , , : .....' hnsn p. rsuL aire nas neaicu ineac ivonnas and today tier constant aavice is that thev ne lovai to tne county tVifit has adopted them j The former cmeh has in recent vqrs occupied herself larerely with h'frarv labors. ''She is the author of both the words and music of "Alo va Oe." the Hawaiian song that is now well-known in the United States. Phe wrote it as a farewell tribute to jher brother, King Kalaukaua. and it 'is a matter of grief to her that the is bing syncopated ana piayea "Twerenwy as uucC ...u j mamianu. tvt i.aonlv T.iUnnlrnlnrn Tina been assistine the Rev. Henry Parker, a native minister in completing a dic-! iy Uip territorial legislature. Thev al - rrdv have completed about 15.000, j i 4i a t ': T,ili"oValani has defined in English and Hawaiian . with all the finer, shndes of meanings and accentuation. ! of, The difficulty of the work is that Uil ll,C " V'" .. j . J wanv Hawaiian wonis nave a uujcii H;flTAr.nt. Tnennine-s. denent unon their inxtIIM)Sjtjon to other words and up- on gestures and inflections MISS RANKIN SPENT LESS THAN T (By Associated Press.) Helena, Mont., Nov. 23. Miss Jen spent $687.07 in her campaign, ac" cording to ner expense kcouui secretary of state here- wun me A 010 n ine s ry " " day. " HOUSAND J T . . . ' .nnrivrrrNTil WORRYING OVER LACK OF SHIPS I (Bv Associated Press.) Bueno Aires.-The whittling away of the Argentine merchant marine, frpo-hters. nassenger boats and fish- fj-W continues j rapidly, owing - tne ioreign uemanu xui v.. ka.f tnnum nf the shiDDiner comDanies " w" v,-rart1 with m nisi m i . . passenger and cargo steamers witn ,ut, it appears, any immediate - ten tion "Tf- - . "-A two mu ""v" " ' the purchasers being European firms. ho W. Pai."tS - aisD";d of for 36 000 - also been disposed of lor db.ouu pounds tn pair. HELD POLICE LOOKING TELEI (By Associated Press) Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23. Po- lice and express officials today sought , two men who stole $400,000 from the Southern Express Company here last night. Although tjhe robbery oc which was being shipped to southern cities. The only evidence the po lice have was given by the driver of the wagon, who said two men set up on him, demanded the keys to the strongbox and after rifling the safefvears of active association in public clubbed him over the head. The driver was detained at police headquarters during the night by de tectives who said they wished to question him further. ES 10 SURRENDER SUPPLIES (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 23. The Greek gov ernment has refused to comply with the demands df the entente allies for a surrender of-part of its supplies of arms and ammunition. Renter's Athens correspondent cables. OE " IS (By Associated Press.) iDayton, O., Nov. 23. D. W. Dris coll, aged 43 years, originator of the mule "Maude" cartoon, died last night. OFT (By Associated Press) iWlashington, Nov. 23. President Wilson today sent a telegram to Chas. E. Hughes thanking him for his message of congratulation. The president's telegram read 'I am sincerely -obliged to you tor vou meSsaare ot congratulation. Ai - i mo tn aaeuro von ot mv ennn'i j wishes for the years to come. Veteran Fighters Exchange. A Boston woman applied for 4i pension. "And pray madam," asked the pension examiner, "why do you think yourself entitled to a pension?" "My husband and I fought all though the war," was the reply. HmtHKWKKnmtmtam MARKETS l COTTON FUTURES (By Associated Press.) Mow Vork. Nov. 23. There was a renewal of heavy liquidation m the cotton market today and the opening was 20 to 28 points lower January and May sold on oeiore tne euu H, flt Vnnr o-o TIP- into loW grOUlld urc ihok for the movement( The market closed steady. Open C'ose .December 20.05 19.80 20.00 20.22 ! January -- ,tu q March 20.38 iMay 20.60 I July 20.57 20.42 20.38 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton -19 Wheat" S1-80 CHICAGO WHEAT (By Associated Press.) Chicago Nov. 23. Heavy selling by nrominet houses caused the wheat market to weaken today after an in- rtiai upturn. vpemng "V ranged from 1-4 to 1 1-8 higher, . . , . -. RA tn a -ia .hDete at 1.84 to 1.84 1-4, nA Mn flt 1.89 to 1.90 1-4 were fol- i lowed hv a reaction to well Deiow yes- i -- - - terday s finish. THE WEATHER -to gJBBtOTftt iFor JNortn Carolina Rain, follow- fi w rlearin and colder tonight. J 1 . , Vi i - j Friday fair and colder, southerly to - westerly gales. COMPARATIVE WEATHER mSS? 1916 1915 52 ' Minimum - - - 37 32 , Minimum xucai GREECE REFUS AUTHOR MAUDE CARTOON DEAD W SON WRES HUGHES MESSAGE HANKS S i PUBLISHE (By Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 23. The white house today made public several thousand telegrams of congratula tions from cabinet members, govern ors of states Democratic leaders and from the presidents of several Latin American states. No messages were received from any of the rulers of belligerent nations. Mr. Wilson's answer to cabinet members follows: '"One of the besj; things about the resun is tnat it means iour more service and in that we are genuinely rejoiced." This was taken by some to forecast an invitation to members of the cab inet not to offer to resign. Former Secretary Bryan telegraph ed as follows: "I am proud of the west, including Nebraska. The states beyond the Missouri have rallied to your sup port and saved the day, and in doing SO hav ViVinorpfl thpmspluoo n- than you. TThey have been greatly ... .. T J oenented by the; progressive legisla tion, and are standing with you for peace, prosperity and progress." Secretary Lane said: "New York may be a feudal state, but the remain der oft jthe dpuirftry wfalhes to bef' free." i ' ' ' Many telegrams came from women voters. Mrs, R. H. Johnson has returned from Old Fort. She was accom- panied by her mother, Mrs. Sanborn, ARMY AVIATORS IN MEXICO DOING WELL (By Associated Press) Field Headquarters American Pu nitive Expedition in Mexico, Nov. 23. "Get there and back," is the mot to of the punitive expedition's aero squaaron. censorship restrictions GRAM D ON ELECTION uave piaceu an aimosc impenetrable the union to the bureau, hedge about the army aviators, but upoyitbsemottothe SqUadrn has lived $37,500 MISSION FUND IS (Flights are not begun at sea level, RAISED DJjf N. C. BAPTISTS where the propeller blades can grip . . ??nai!f' but at a heiSht of 5'200 to Raleigh, Nov. 23. Corresponding twS ThlKZ rftoln?6 atmosPhere is Secretary Johnson of the North Caro tnm. lne mountains, canons and sun- v ( ,. . , . . . . baked plains plus the altitude, com- llTla BaPtlst board of missions, said bine to produce air currents and pock- 'e nad nt yet completed his com ets that are a constant source of -per- nidation of the financial statement for the convention year that closed In one case a pilot went through last night, but that he now has well that nightmare of all aviators, a in hand the $57,500 pledged by the spiral nose dive. The machine was state convention one year ago for the flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet, mission and the Sunday school work which is more than 10,000 feet above for the rounding out of which it was sea level, when it struck an air pock- necessary to get in $18,000 the past et. Clouds obscured the pilot's vis- week. ion and he had no idea where he was. He expects to have a statement that VVjhen he realized that manipulation can be made public within a day or of his controls produced no effect, two. The state convention meets in he glanced at his compass. It was Elizabeth City early jn) jDecenber. txirned sideways, indicating that his Re will be able to report that the plane was fallinsr with its wine-s at TJant-.isfa nf tVio ct-o v, ova fuller mttt iijfiit aiiuies to tne earr.n. arotn v ... .... ' ii, - ' "j , i. ",: I too quick a reverse would pmmnlp , ' the planes. Several times he did that. At last he felt them take hold. Just then, the Clouds thinned nnl he saw the earth not more than 500 teet beneath him. jHe had fallen like a plummet at least 4,000 feet. J Another pi'ot at an altitude of sev- 1 eral thousand feet early one morn-' ing noticed a sheet of flame shoot from the hood of his machine. Startl ed, he began to volplane down, seek ing a place to land. He throttled ciown the motor and the flame re- ceeded. When he , , . "s"- a lew moments later tn rmm mor- entum, the flame reappeared. Sever- Democrats, the vote minus the soldiers al times this occurred. Finally, he vote showing Kelly a victor over Con glided to earth and got out to inspect gressman Coleman by 250 votes. :c 'ciui-Muiie. rjverytning seemed in good shape. There were no signs ofiire. The flame he had seen had been the rays of the early morning sun gleaming on the highly polish ed, red blades of his propeller. BAZAAR AND TURKEY SUPPER The Philatheas of the Methodist church will conduct their annual ba zarr next Tuesday evening, Novem ber 28th from 5 until 10 o'clock the Chamber of Commerce rooms JEAN CRONES MAY 4 BE UNDER ARREST 7 (By " Associated Press) Spaulding, Neb., Nov. 32. A man who the town marshal believes fits the description of Jean Crones, want e(i n r-hirqo-o on r'nnro-oo oJ i,n,Tin, ed. m .ago on cnarges ox havm poisoned soup served at a hannnot j poisoned soup served at .a banquet m honor of Archbishon MnndeHn ? under arrest here. GEORGIA TECH LEADS (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 23. There was Q ! no change in leadership in the high team score -standing as the feseult assumption that there now was no of the football games of last Satur- doubt President Wilson had been el day. Georgia-Tech still heads the ected. elevens of the east and adjoining ter- Eestimates of the total sums wag ritory and Pennsylvania moved into ered in the financial district range second place while Vanderbilt dropp- from $3,000,000 to $5 000.000. Prob ed to third place. I ably half was paid within a week 1 after the election, but it was said few lYoung chickens treated with elec- 'who placed money on Hughes still tricity by a London experimenter msist their bets not be paid until grow more rapidly than those raised President Wilson s election is officiaj without treatment. jfr conceded. FAHENHAYN'S SWEEPING WALLACHIA Rumanians Unable to Check Drive of Austro Grmans, Who Continue to Advance May Abandon Whole Country News of Fighting on Other Fronts. Rumania says troops have sb RETIRED (By Associated Press) Bucharest, via London, Nov. 21. The Rumanian troops in the Jiul val ley in western Wallachia have been withdrawn and now occupy their old positions, the war office announced today Tn In the Alt valley, the statement reports, the Rumanians have maintain ed their positions. HOBSON IS SPEAKER AT CLOSE OF W. C. T. U. MEET Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 23. The thirty-eighth annual convention of the National Women's Christian Tem perance Union adjourned here last night. Presidents of the 12 states which made a gain of 500 or more in membership in the last year had charge of the program of the last session. Among the speakers was Richmond P. Hobson iof Alabama. Explaining .the constitutional amend- ment he introduced in congress, Mr. (iobson -said it was not the purpose to make the nation "dry," but t'o stop the sale of intoxicating liquor. An additional resolution, com mending the work of the federal employment bureau was adopted, tendering the aid of all branches of ' ....... - U,U, "1U ' V. - V lllClr than. n!in.nl. v,. 4-u -4.i. . .' &co . V"- VV1L" ,UI,1C ..o "" "'c amwuuw KELLY WAS ELECTED (By Associated Press.) Pittsubrg. Nov. 23. Representa- tiveM. C. Kelly will be a member of tiie obtn congress as 56th congress as a Progressive- The soldiers vote gave a plurality to Kelly in the district. Congress and Prohibition Charlotte News. About the first thing congress will find on its hands when it opens for business the first Monday in next n onth will be two prohibition meas uies. The first will call for submit ting to the people a prohibitioncon m siitutional amendment. The second will be the advancement and passage of the bill closing the saloons in the District of Columbia. It is possible that the latter movement will be first pressed to a conclusion. It had been p aced about m shape for passage at the 'last session. The gain in prohi tition sentiment as indicated by the results of the recent election will act as an accelerator for amendment legislation, and it is scarcely likely ! congress will be permitted to let the )' m-attar relet T'lio oTrofacro nnntrroQc. is a ciose observer of the way the wind" blows and while many may - not personally indorse the prohibi tIcn movement, mere win do a iew h are fund brave e h to run 1 ui; . ticn movement, there will be a fewj eourr public sni NEW YORKERS PAYING OFF ELECTION WAGERS New 'York. Nov. 23. Holders of some of the largest wagers made in Wall Street on the presidential elec tion began paying the bets off on the FROM PITTSBURG RUSHES. (D(y Associated Press) Later reports of the campaign that General Von Falkenhayn is waging against the Rumanians indicates that the Teutonic forces are overruning western Wallachia, following up sharply their defeat of the Rumanians in the Jiul valley and the capture of Criaova. Berlin has 'reported progress of the Austro-German armies that are op erating eastward toward Criaova. The fate of the Rumanian army was still in doubt. Indications of the abandonment by the Rumanians of a large section of western Wallachia may be found in today's announcement by the Bulga- rian war office It reports the de- struction by the Rumanians of the bridge over the Danube 50 miles northeast of Criaova; the firing of stores of ammunition there, and the sinking by the Rumanians of their barges in the Danube river. It appears that the entente forces which captured Monastir have not .been able to press their advance be j yond the new line taken by the Bul garians and Germans a short distance from the city. iSofia reports the repulse of attacks of entente forces north of Monastir. x Only atillery operations along the Somme and elsewhere on the Franco rfclgian front. The British admiralty today con firmed press dispatches that there were no wounded on board the Brit ish ship Brittamic when she wus sunk in the Aegean sea. Those on board were .members of the crew and physicians. TURKEYS ARRIVE (Bfcr Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 23. President Wjlson plans to spend Thanksgiving Day at the white house with his fam ily. The annual flock of turkeys "raised especially for the president" already has begun to ..arrive. One will be selected for the presidents table, others sent to hospitals and oth ers to homes of the poor. On one of the crates from Okla home, railroad men had written, "How about the high cost of living?'" and "Remember the eight-hour day' E TO STUDY EDUCATION (By Associated Press.) Durham, N. C, Nov. 23. Selection of a commission to study the negro educational system of the south will be announced at tonight's meeting of the Negro Educational Conference in session at the National Training School in this city. The personnel of the commission is as follows: Dr. W. E. DuBois, editor of the Crisis, a New York newspaper; President W S. Scarborough, Wilberforce College, Ohio; Dr. I. Garland Penn, Cincin nati; President J. E. Shepherd, Dur ham; Dr. J. T. Rendall. This afternoon's session was fea fctrred by an address by Dr. J. Y. Joy ner, state superintendent of public instruction. BOLD ROIBBERY IN THE HEART OF CHATTANOOGA Chattanooga, Tenn.. Nov. 23. For ty thousand, nine hundred dollars was estimated to have been stolen from a Southern Express Company trans fer wagon in the Western and Atlan tic railroad yards here last night by two white men who held up the lone driver. Fred Corneilson who said the bandits forced him to unlock a box containing approximately $100,000 in currency. The robbery took place in the heart of the business district less than a block from the local office of the Southern Express company. The money was in packages made up for shipment from various Chattanooga banks to several southern cities. President T. W. Leary, of the Southern Express company, said that the amount stolen "was a little more than $40,000." Clerks in the local of fice said the missing packages of pa per currency were appraised at $40,900 in the receits. His Own Importance Philadelphia Public Ledger. New Teacher Who can tell me a thing of importance that did not ex ist a hundred years ago? Little Boy Me. FOR WILSON'S DINNER ANNOUNC NN S 5 , 'ft- ill 19 ' iii vv.i9tui auministration. jieruy to svwi muu