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THE CONCORD TIMES, J g SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIH. jHIHKS AIERiCANS HOT LtKtLY TO BE killed be bandits Minister Schurman Says Ne gation? For Release of Captives Have Been Halted by European Politics. AMERICANS SAFE A says THIS REPORT I B Powell, Newspaper Man, p as Been Parol led by Ban dits to Take Part in the y e w Conference. May 24. A delayed ' ,'T fioin Minister Schunnan in !f7,",r n*«riv»*<l today by the State It ; nmeHt. expressed Mr. Schur -1 x klicf iiijTi ilit* task of obtaining T' "vie »*■ "f American nml other !"'•!! ,‘iil.liv*- lit‘l'l by Chinese baii ‘ V ne'.-iist' said it <liil not “seem . C-i.lv till*! the'Bandits would kill [y".. M.rj, captives." hut that there /•is dan~or diiit during the prolonged • r ..i,,ns and compromises, some, m'rljc might die of exposure, starvation «»r disease. ' W minister said that “certain hos tile factions" are using the handit out ni .r t * Krilisrmlit the Chihli party, the IvTvitig itnvH'iiiiieiit. and Tsao Kun. uTuiJiiiClwen "a hopeful eandidtlte for ilie i>rrsi(U*!n-y. Powell Released. • shanghai. May 24 <By the Associ sre! Pressi. —.1. B. Powell. American mvs|#i|ier pnlilisltor of Shanghai, who has ire'n held a prisoner hy the Chi jo-se liandits at Pitot zuku. has been pa rullei iii take part in a new confer ence fur the release of the captives, airiinline tn advices received here late today. Troops Falling Bark. Tientsin. May “4 i By the Associated Pressi.— I The ('hinese government troops which had surrounded the Sil t-how train .liandits and their foreign captives in the Paotzuku* mountain Hrt'iiuh'ilil have fallen hack sfx miles, unorniug to a i,f> received today frmu Liinheng. Pile brigands outposts sire following the troops as they retire. The luindiis apparently puzzled d the recent cessation of negotiations for the release of the foreign prisoners, sent messages to the relief workers tit J.iiicheng demanding that newspapers he sent to them. The newspajiers were sent hut the relief party care fully deleted all matter relating to the kidnapping. • •tie of the bandit coolies employed in taking supplies to the lNmtzukn headquarters, told a man at Tsaocli v.ang that the brigands got their idea for the Slmnghia-Peping 'ex press train from a social motion pie hire. The picture showed in detail h"w an express train \\*as wrecked, "ne or more of the bandits saw the thrilb-r. the messenger said, and im puted the details to the outlaws with IT resultant derailment' and the kid- Mpping of the foreigners. FIVi: PERSONS KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT hui lr\as ami Pacific Trains Collid el Karly T’liis .Morning in Texas. Abilene. Texas.- May 24.—At least I|V, ‘ were killed, including tt ~ “ porter, and four men said to •a\o lieen riding the “blind" baggage, •me etigim* man probably fatally injur* I il!l| E two or three less seriously ll!t when t\Vn Texas & . Pacific pas- trains collided early this mom* k* midway between Cisto and Put tiaru, Texas. 'fasonic Mulis to Mee-t. of w 1 "' 1, ass “ M{, y 24, —Thousands ipV. h D ' an Foniing to Boston next ■•'Tu to attend the annual conven " tho National League of The convention will •‘“'"tr. represent >ix hundred clubs iganm th United States, with a membership of about 400.090. i ■ . : lOs,er °f the-convention 1~, ,TIC,U(I( - between 350 and / *OO A in, n „ :v * . Li-n " U i, Ui> tM! p ( , i"n in the conven shu, i " l "‘ of the public support of the Boy and Girl gnnizations, the work of the 1 r employment agency, ip 11 hatioiial wide campaign 1 vomnmnism, and discus well V!/ * States lax laws, as stitun* n ' ie of a new e >n and by-laws for the league. klaa 11 v ahn - r Address lawyers fttWr m r " M:iy A Mitchell wl State. ," l!l / v General of the Unit itt, wju i H . Ul ,1( ‘ si '3'‘ nt Wilson's csthi ts al t,u ° >be prineipal speak- A’orrh ..' II1,1,1: d meeting of the bebi nr v., I ,' l* ; ir Association to he •h;lv *j | . ".' H ' Manor. Blowing Rock. today (fold Drowns i«r a Watering M.Tro!^h °"l child if n' ~-An IS-months- Troxlor - ,iv i«P fvmutv , v . T nl neighborhood, in /‘s through ',p ' ir " Wi "‘d iii a water r° !tl timhr n :i '* 011(4 got out Bh* h., m c y a,( ' hfnl °f those 'fiiiigt, 11111 w ’ben discovered in \ T dead. K,ks will llol(i . lt ‘ i". 111 Mi'-ir club rooms s at * MO o'clock. SI HOOL YEAR ROUND DISTRACTION ANTIDOTE Future Educational Plan Is Forecast by an Educator. Washington. May 24 (Capital News Service). —Will boys and girls in the near future go to school seven hours a day. fifty-two weeks in the year? Some educators think such a plan will he required if the present pressure of out-of-school activities continues to in crease. “The social activities engaged in by the high school pupils, while a source of interference to their studies, are a part of the present-day order of things." says Assistant Superintendent of the Schools of the Nation's Capital "The pupils of today have distractions unknown a generation ago. ■ The condition must he met hy hav ing the schools readjust themselves t( meet the situation. Our junior liigl schools in the immediate future will have extra-hour days when the pupils .will have supervised study hours. This will permit them to do their home work Isefore they leave the school — before they are distracted. “Within ten years or so the schools will he operating on a year-round ha sis. In this way they will he divid ed into four quarters. A pupil miss ing the second or third quarter be cause of illness can take that quartet in tin* fourth. A pupil will at that time he permitted to select any thret quarters in which to pursue his course. The pupil taking sill foil quarters will finish more quickly." MANY BADLY INJURED AT FRENCH BULLFIGHT Three Toreadors Gored and Spectators Trampled in Panic as Escapes. Paris, May 22. —Three men were badly gored and many people injured at .a hull light sit Lunel, in tlit* Ilerault Department yesterday. Such fights are forbidden by French law. but in the Southern provinces the law js more often broken than observed on, public holidays. A big light was staged at Lunel for Whit Monday. The first hull to enter the ring charged the toreador so vig orously that tiight was the only pos sihle course for him. When the sec ond hull was brought in one of the pole-jumi>ers who leap over the ani mal when it charges, caught his foot against its horns and fell. The bull had trampled him before he could he saved, and be is in it dangerous condi tion. The second pole-jumper slipped and impaled himself on the horns of the same animal. He is not expected to recover. The third bull brought into the arena also succeeded in goring one of the toreadors, wlio. however, was only slightly wounded. A special hull had been reserved for amateur fighters, and this animal broke Hdq (he ring (luring an interval in wWflfJfhe spectators had ten their seats and entered the arena. One man was gored and only with diffi culty rescued, while the spectators, filled with alarm at tin* report that the bull lmd broken loose, trampled one an other in their effort to escape. Fran tic women and men rushed for any kind of shelter, and so many crowded into a merry-go-round machine that it broke beneath their weight. It waj two hours before some of the badly injured could he extricated. DAM BREAKS; PORTION OF (TTY IS FLOODED Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma, Is Partly C overed With Water, Say Lato Re ports. " Oklahoma. City. 0k1a.,~ May 24.—A report received al the office of tin* Pnited States Marshal here today said that the Rush Creek dam had broken at Paul's Valley. Okla., and that a por tion of the town was flooded. Tele phone communication with this city Ims been cut" off. The report said four feet of water was in the South western Bell Telephone Company's of fice. Miraculous Escape of Family From Lightning. Southport. May 23.—A startling story of a miraculous escape from death comes from Columbus county, a short distance above the Brunswick line, in a district away from railroads. A few days ago, during a thunder storm. the home of a farmer named Granger was struck hy lightning. In The house at the time were Granger, an older son. a wife and four younger children. At the same time three men who were in the vicinity at tlie time took refuge from the storm in the same house, standing in the door way. The holt struck the chimney, pass ed along the gable eml. and down the corner posts of the house. The shock prostrated all within the dwelling, hut only temporarily. The men in the doorway were also stunned and thrown down, while the man in the center of the group, named Register, had his clothing to the skin stripped from his body, his cap being torn and one shoe buried some feet away into the yard. Except severe burns Register escaped injury. How he was not killed, those who rescued him said, was a mystery. Some chickens and eats on the prem ises were killed at the time; Neighbors who eame to the rescue immediately sifter the bolt had done its work, discovered that fire had started in one of the beds, which upon examination, was found to have start ed from a heated brick-from the chim ney that was struck. The fire was put out without any special damage to property. Think Solution Has Been Found. Washington, May 24.—Indications were gix’en at the Treasury today that Secretary Mellon had found away for reconciling the Supreme Court’s re cent prohibition decision with foreign laws requiring ships of their nations to carry liquor as crew rations. Miss Billie-Misenheimer is attending the commencement exercises at Mont Amoena Seminary at Mt. Pleasant. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Trade Week Began Here This Morning; Bargains by Hundreds Being Offered Trade Week is here. With the op cniug of the business houses this morn ng ( oneord's greatest trading event rot underway, to continue through <; >. m. on Saturday, June 2nd. The ve.ither was not so favorable for the ipening. but the Weather Man hns iromised generally fair weather for he next ten days, and tile clouds and lampness of this, the opening day, ire*expected to give way tomorrow to .unsliine and real summer weather. That the merchants of the city are •xpecting to do a big business during he next ten days is evidenced by tlie arge number of auto coupons they are coming. More than 1(10.000 coupons lave been orderer so far, and it is expected that at least another 100,- ‘OO will be needed next week. With each SI purchase or .$1 paid »n account a coupon is received. The •onpons are kept in the store where he purchase is made until June 2nd when it is placed in a large box for lie prize drawing. The prizes will be a Chevrolet, tour- Tig car and a Ford touring car. The 'Rawing will take place at 7 p. m. on him* 2nd at Central Graded School. FUNERAL OF JUSTICE WALKER HELD TODAY High Officials of the State and City Followed Funeral Cortege to the Cemetery in Wilmington. Wilmington. N\ (\, May 24.—Earth today received back tin* body of tin* .ate Judge Platt Dickinson Walker, and it now i(*sts in Oakdale cemetery in the city of his birth. High officials of state, city amj coun ty dignitaries, and members of the Wilmington and Charlotte bar associa tions followed the funeral cortege from the home of the dead jurist's sis er. Mrs. A. E. Everett, to the historic st. James Church, where Judge Wal ter worshipped as* a boy and where the services of tin* Episcopal Church •or its dead were conducted at eleven •'clock J>y tin* lit. Rev. Tj C. Oarst. bishop of East Carolina, assisted by lit. Rev. Blount Cheshire, bishop of North Carolina. From St. James, tin* funeral pro ession passed up Market street to Oakdale cemetery, where interment Look mace. • , All city and comity offices here were closed during the hour of tlie funeral and flags on all public buildings flew at half mast. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Finn at Advance of 27 to 47 Points on Covering and Scattering Demand. New York. May 24. —The cotton mar ket opened firm at an advance of 27 | to 47 points on covering and a scat tering demand encouraged by relative ly firm Liverpool cables, and pros pects for further showers in the south. July contracts sold up to 27.20 and October to 24.35 but there was a good deal of realizing, and southern selling became ilmre active after the call on reports that a Southern authority es timated the condition of the crop at 72.3. the increase in acreage at 11 per cent., and tlie indicated yield at 12.- | 040.000 bales. • ! Cotton futures opened firm. May 28.00.; July 27.10; Oct. 24.35; Dec. 23.55; Jan. 23.55. Coal Dust For Beauty. London. May 24. —Coal dust powder, specially prepared, is woman’s latest j accessory for making the eyes beau-' tiful. The preparation is placed round the eyes in such away that it enhances the white of each orb, giv ing it a milky and filmy effect. Women whose -eyes are blue arc warned not to use iit, as the coal dust j detracts from their color. iShades of orange rouge, which when placed on the face give it the effeht of sunset color, are also fashionable. ; The tint must be chosen to accord ; with the color of the skin. The dark-1 eyed, dark-haired woman scores again in itliis fad. as sunset cheeks are not becoming to ldue eyes and golden hair. Several shades of hue, varying from tlie color of the cornflower to the mauve of lilac, are used to tint the upper lids of the eyes. Columbus, Ohio, Mon Buy the Red Sox. Columbus, Ohio, May 23.- —E. L. Schoenhorn, of this city, former presi dent of the Columbus (Till) of the American Association, announced upon his arrival from Chicago that he and other Columbus men had reached an agreement to purchase the Boston American League baseball club, and that they expected to take possession at the dose of the present season. The other Columbus men interested in the deal are Palmer K. Winslow, a glass manufacturer and Dr. Roliert B. Drury, a surgeon and former ball player. Hundred New Members For Salis bury Churches. .Salisbury, /May 21. —Three Metho dist churches in Salisbury added more than 100 niemliers to their rolls Sunday as a result of revival meet ings. Two meetings at First church, conducted hy Dr. Gilbert Rowe, closed with Sunday night service. How much are you worth? To many men that means how much has the world been worth to the, not how much they have been worth to the world. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1923. and the person winning the car must lie on hand when the drawing takes t\ The merchants ot the city are giving tin* ears away absolutely free. You get your money's worth when you make tlie $1 purchase. The chances on the autos are just some thing extra. Business men who are co-operating in the trade event declare they are offering some of tlie finest bargains of their lives for the next ten days. Goods have been reduced to the low est possible price, they declare, and tlie goods ro be offered are new and modern, not, goods.that have been car ried over from former seasons. Several boosters went to Harrisburg and surrounding territory yesterday and gave out some advertising matter there. The Booster Caravan which spent Tuesday in parts of four coun ties did not get to (Tie Harrisburg neighborhood and for the reason sev eral cars filled with advertising matter were sent there yesterday, covering the territory completely. Persons making the trip declared the Harris burg people showed great interest in the bargains to lx* found here. ME MISSIONS DAY AT REFORMED CHURCH Report of the Home Missions Board Received. —Rev. Dr. J. C. Leonard is the New | Synod President. Hickory, May 24.—Delegates to the twenty-first triennial General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States which was",. opened here last night, began their second session today under leaden skies and after a. night of almost ceaseless rain which brought with it a touch that reminded them more of northern regions than of the sunny South. Today was Home Missions day and the report of the home mission hoard was. the chief (went to follow the formal organization of the Synod after early devotional services. The even ing session will he devoted chiefly to an address hy Dr. Charles E. Schaeffer, general secretary of the church’s home mission hoard. The Rev. Dr. J. C. Leonard, of Lex ington. N. (’., was elected president of the Synod at the opening session last night a( whh li other ’officers foi’ tlie year also were elected. Dr. Leonard's name had not been mentioned publicly for tlie office prior to the opening of the session last night. THREE ARRESTED FOR ROBBING POSTOFFICE Men Are Being Held Charged With En ; tering and Robbing Postoffice at Ox ford Some Time Ago. , Raleigh, May 24.—With the arrest yesterday of John O’Brien at -Phila delphia. three of flu* four men charg ed with cracking the safe at tin# Ox ford postofliee on the night of Mmol) 9th, 1920, making away with $34,000 in cash and government securities, have | been apprehended. The three men probably will he tried at the pres ent term of Federal court, it was slat ed at the District Attorney’s office this morning. I The other men under arrest and in I jail here are Wm. Dates and John Murray. Each is known under a doz en or more aliases, the, most pietures jque of which are “California Bill," and j"Michigan Shorty." Murray is 57 years old. and Dates 52. They were arrested in Memphis last August, j " The only member of tlie alleged gang now at large is Edgar T. Yethrop, alias “Hostile Jimmie,” who forfeited a $7,500 bond. Commencement at Meredith College. Raleigh, X. C.. May 21.—Dr. Newell j Dwight Ilillis, of Brooklyn. X. Y., and I Rev. George W. McDaniel, of Rich mond. Ya., will be the principal speak ers at tin* annual commencement exer jeises of Meredith College, the program ! extending from May 25 to May 29. ! The exercises will be opened with a play by the seniors on Fridrfy night, May, 25. to be followed by society ex ercises on Saturday. Tlie baccalau reate sermon will be preached by George W. McDaniel on Sunday morn ing. Rev. Mr. Daniels also will de liver the missionary sermon on Sun day night. Class day exercises will be held at 10:30 o’clock Monday morning, while in tlie afternoon there will be an ex hibition of art. Dn Monday night 4be annual concert will be staged. The comniencemtkjt exercises will be held Tuesday morning. Dr. New ell Dwight Ilillis will deliver the lit erary address. Appointed to Ways and" Means Com mittee. Chicago, May 24 ( By the Associat ed Press). —C. 11. Houston, of Chatta nooga, Tenn., former assistant secre tary of the Department of Commerce, was appointed chairman of the ways and means committee of the republi can national committee today. His se lection was announced by John T. Ad ams, national chairman of the party, who was here conferring with Fred \\ . i Dplmm, national treasurer. Evans Suer. Simmons. ; Little Rock, May 24.—11. W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku-Klux-Klan, filed suit here today against Wm. J. * Simmons,' Emperor of the Klan, ask * ing SIOO,OOO damages for alleged ltWl * ous statements said to have come from * Simmons. The statements were print ed in u local newspaper. RUSSIAN SITUATION - GETS CONSIDERATION OP BRITISH CABINET J-,iy . First Meeting Under Pre miership of Stanly Baldwin Held Today.—Soviet Note Read to Cabinet. RUSSIANS SHOW BETTER SPIRIT Some Quarters in England Regard the Note as Favor able, and Say It Meets Ail Demands of England. London. May 24 (Bv the Associated Press). —At Prime Minister Baldwin’s first cabinet meeting today Lord Cur zon presented the latest note from So viet Russia for consideration. The reconstruction of the ministry itself was discussed and so tlie subject of relations between Great Britain and Russia received scant attention. Congratulations were extended, howev er. to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs' for at last had be obtained a (liplo-' matic communication from Moscow which did not contain recriminatory language. There is still discussion as to wheth er the soviet concessions meet all the British demands, but it is generally thought that the present trade rela tions with Russia on the disputed questions remaining may be settled at tin* (‘(inference table. The Russian note is received favor ably by tlu* liberal newspapers which say it concedes Great Britain’s demand on all the main issues involved, and removes any ground for even talking of a breach between the two nations. Although Lord Robert Cecil’s report ed appointment as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashter has not been con firmed officially, the Morning Post's announcement that he lap* accepted the office seems to be in tfccordance with the probabilities of the situation. MISS MacDONALD, FILM STAR,-TO WED One of “Twelve Most Beautiful Wom en in America” Gets a License. Atlantic-City. X. J.. May 23.—A mar riage license was issued yesterday at, the ventiior City I tall for KaihftrinC Mas Donald. movie star, called by art ists one of the twelve most beautiful women in America, and Charles John ston of Philadelphia, grandson of Charles T. Schoen, inventor of the pressed steel railroad car. According to Dr. It. Johnson Held, stepfather of Mr. Johnson, of 104 Smith Cornwall Avenue. Yentnor. the wedding will take place at his home tomorrow afternoon. Miss MacDonald gave, her age as 2N and Mr. Johnson sis 30. Miss MacDonald in private life is Mrs. Maleomn Strauss, divorced wife of a portrait painter. She obtained a divorce in 1910. five years after she left the Winter Garden chorus to be come the bride of the artist. Mr. Johnson is head of the Rose \ al ley Company. Inc., a music roll manu facturing concern left to him by his grnmlfatheiv- Caneer In One Years Kills 90,000 Peo ple. New York, May 23. —Cancer claimed 90,000 victims in the United States last year and ISO.OOO more will die within the next two years, all of whom might have been saved or at least had the course of their disease mitigated by prompt diagnosis and expert treat ment. according to Dr. Frances Carter Wood,, of the Crocker cancer research laboratory, who today addressed the state medical society. Relief from cancer, lie said, must come first from awakening of the prb lie of the dangers of the disease by means of the publicity work of the American society for control of can cer. Then. Dr. Wood said, family physi cians must make early diagnosis and submit their cases immediately to eom perent surgeons. Inter-City Rotary Meeting. Raleigh, X. C.. May 24 District Governor Roger Moore, \N ilinington, will he the principal speaker al (lie Eastern North Carolina Inter-City Ro tary meeting to be held here tomorrow. The sessions of the convention will he held at the Methodist Orphanage, on the outskirts of Raleigh. In addi tion to Mr. Moore, addresses will bo delivered hy a number of prominent Rotarians from the various Eastern Carolina elute. In the afternoon the delegates will he entertained at an old fashioned barbecue by Rev. Albert S. Barnes. Superintendent of tlie Method ist Orphanage. Seventeen Rotary clubs will be rep resented at the meeting, including Wilson. Greensboro*. Durham, Eliza beth City, Farmville. Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville. Henderson, Kinston. New Bern, Oxford, Washing ton. Wilmington, Clinton, Rocky Mount Raleigh. Lose No Time Making Exit From Building. New York. May 21.—With the recent selioolhouse fire at Cleveland, S. t fresh in their minds, 1,300 pupils of Evander Child's High School, in the Bronx reached the street in two min utes and forty-five seconds today when a fire started in a waste paper chute. The tire was confined to the chute. \ No one was injured. ATTRACTIONS SECURED FOR CABARRUS’ COUNTY FAIR Secretary Spencer Says He Has Ev erything Ready Now.—Will Super vise Attractions. Dr. T. X. Spencer, secretary of Cabarrus County Fair Associat states that lit* lias everything al>..,u ready for the faftv He already lias booked a number of attractions, in cluding shows for the fair's midway, and free stunts and amusements for the crowds. Dr. Spencer states that lie is also certain that a number of well known racers and their horses will be here for the fair. Work on tlie fair grounds is being pushed with double vigor now. A large force of hands is kept at work on the grounds all of the time, and the land that raised cotton and corn hist year is rapidly taking on the form of a race track and fair ground. It is practically certain that everything will he in readiness for the opening of the fair in October. Some of the best free attractions that are to be found in tin* South to day have been booked for the local fair, Dr. Spencer states. Twelve free at tractions have been secured, in addi tion to a number of tent shows and other features which will be shown here during fair week. The free at tractions will be offered at a point near the midway and the race tracks, and will be offered several times each (lay. One of the biggest of tin* free attrac tions is a fire-works display, said to l»e one of the finest things of its kind in the country. All tent shows and other amuse ments which will charge) an admis sion. will he uiider tin* supervision of officials of tlu* fair. Dr. Spencer stated. The .shows will put up in time to give a performance the night before the fair opens, and at this performance officials of tlu* fair will determine tlu* j fitness of the show. Anything vulgar, suggestive or hinting at suggestive-! ness will not lie allowed. No gambling games will be allowed on the midway, it has been decided. All attractions will be given the once over before opening and the fair offi cials in tlieir contracts with the va-1 rious companies and individuals who will show here, have reserved the right to cancel any amusement that they deem detrimental to the fair. Though the fair does not begin un til October, already great interest is being shown in it and there is every reason to believe it will he a great success its first year. BUILDING COST UP 30 PER CENT: Philadelphia Reports, However, No Let Up in Building Operations. ''Philadelphia, May 23.—Increased and increasing wages to skilled and unskilled building workers in this city has added 15 per cent, to the finished cost of dwellings this year almve the Th22 pihvs. ~.uhi»)(*i- prices have tr\ so added in tlie neighborhood of a 15 per cent, increase during the same period. There seems to he no slackening in the building boom despite tlu* talk of. curtailment on account of high wages. The demand for skilled workers rather than avariciousness is responsible for higher wages to men employed on dwelling construction. That ivork is given out to sub-contractors —plumb- ing, plastering, bricklaying, cement laying, stone masonry and carpenter ing. Tlu* sub-contractors work tlieir men in crews and shift rapidly from one jot> to another. The efforts of the sub-contractors to handle as many jobs as possible put them in the posi tion of bidding for labor.. They an nounce a few weeks in advance that they will pay 10 or 15 cents an hour increase beginning on a particular date. June 1 having already been set. for a ten cents an hour increase by a number of the employers. The effect is to attract first class workers away from their competitors. The general contractors are given notice of the wage increases and have to figure contracts accordingly so that there is little or no dispute on the part of the contractors between them selves. or with their men. But all the while the cost of new homes goes mer rily up and prices of older houses scale up accordingly. The highest paid among the building trades is the plasterer who now re ceives sl4 for an eiglif-hour day. The next in wage rank is the bricklayer at $42 per day. Other classes, by the hour, receive : Tile titters. $1.25; plum bers. $1.25: lather*. $1.25; structural iron workers, $1.12 1-2; carpenters. $1.12 1-2: painters 90c; ordinary labor, 45 and 50 cents an hour. The above rates are quoted from union scales. A large portion of the dwelling con struction is being done with non-union labor-which is receiving a few cents an hour less but \\<tb the sub-contrac tors bidding for workers, they will, on (lie first pf June be receiving approxi mately tin* union rates. An unusual situation exists in this cl tv, due to tin* shortage of bricklayers and plasterers. The public schools are giving to boys instruction, under tlie supervision of skilled mechanics, in plastering and bricklaying. Con tractors and business organizations furnish tlie materials used and union supervisors give the instruction. The boys arc rapidly absorbing the knowl edge of the work and will he high class workers when they finish their school terms. A* number of private schools have been organized where in struction in plastering and bricklay ing arc being given. Instead of an tagonizing the schools the union offi cials are encouraging the classes ns they realize that many years will elapse before there will be enough men to meet Hie demand created bv the great building era which will con tinue several years. Three Rum Runners Captured. Highlands, X. J.. May 24. —Coast guard cutter Seminole, which had lieen patrolling rum row off Jersey’s three mile limit, today captured three rum runners. She was seen from shore putting into port with her prizes, [which were heavily loaded. • $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. COMMUNISTS STILL N,u FIGHT I. THE RUHR DISTRICT Police Headquarters at Gel senkirchen Seized and Red Flag Raised by the “Reds” Over Building. FIVE PERSONS IN i CITY WERE KILLED In Struggle for Building Ci vilian Defenders Gave Up When “Reds” Fired One Wing of the House. Essen. May 24. —The communists have taken possession of police head quarters at Gelsenkirchen and have hoisted the ml fiat; over the building. Reports from German sources say that live persons were killed and 01 wounded in the lighting for the pos session of the building. The struggle began late hist night and continued till early this morning. The building is said to have been defended by the civilian defense or ganization which was Anally forced to quit when one wing was set on lire by the attacking mob. Fighting was not restricted to the building, but spread through the streets and many street cars were shattered. A number of non residents were wounded. WOMEN TO BE APPOINTED ON EXECUTIVE COMMUTES Os Southern Presbyterian General As smbely.—Closing Work of the As sembly. Montreat. May 24. —Last minute ef forts to delay the placing of women on tin* executive committees of the Southern Presbyterian Church were lost today when just la*fore Anal ad journment the General Assembly or dered that not more than three women be added immediately to each commit tee. The proposal for a Presbyterian Foundation, a corporation for solicit ing annuities and bequests for the en tire church and its institutions was not put into effect, but the assembly ap proved the suggestion and authorized an ad interim committee to study methods of changing its laws so that, the boar’ of trustees nigh*. in such manner. Although the Lord’s Day Alliance was refused a place in the budget of the church, a day was set aside for the collection of $20,000 for it. The National Christian Council is not re ceiving the support or encouragement of the church, the Assembly was in formed. No Anal action was taken on the re port of ad-interim committee on the amendments to the book of church or der. but the commjttee was continued until next year’s meeting in San An tonio. All divisions of church organizations submitted reports reflecting progress in their work. With Our Advertisers. Bell & Harris are selling Crex nmL other rugs at half price and less to day. See ad. Certificates of deposit at the Citi zens Bank and Trust Co. earn four per cent, interest. The- Specialty Hat Shop is offering some wonderful discounts during the ten Trade Week days. ± During the ten big bargain days the Parkstßclk Co. is offering from 10 to 20 per cent, off' on many lines of new and staple "oods. Buy now while the price is cut. See half page ad. on page six of this issue. Woman Kicked in the Head by a Con trary Mule. Salisbury, May 22. — Mrs. Ross Cress, Route two, out from Salisbury, was painfully injured by Iteing kicked in tin* head by a mule which bud gotten out of the lot and was being driven back by Mrs. Cress. The lick Mrs. Cress received in the head reiplered her unconscious for several hours. Burn 10,000 German Poppies. Cedar Rapids. Mich., May 22.—" Po ppies made in Germany are not tit to honor our boys who perished on Flan ders held.” said the women of the American Legion Auxiliary today. They voted/Tast night to burn 10.4100 cloth poppies in a public bonfire on the municipal island Friday night. The poppies had been purchased to sell on "poppy day," which falls on next Saturday. Later it was discov ered they were made in Germany. University Trustees to Meet. Raleigh, N. C.. May 24, — I The full meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina will be hold in Chemistry Hall.. Chapel Hill, on Tuesday night instead of on Tues day afternoon, June 12. 11. M. I.<ondon. Secretary, announced today. Mr. London said the'meeting usual ly is held in the afternoon, but on ac count of the Virginia-Carolina base ball game it has l»een decided to have the session at night. Golf Ball is Found in the Stomach of a Fish. Durham. May 22 —Captain It. L. Bishop, secretary of the Ilill and Dale Golf Club in this city, is in possession of a regulation golf ball found bv a local Ash dealer Tuesday afternoon in the stomach of a searoll mackerel fish. The Ash weighed four pounds. Silkworms are sold by the pound in China. NO. 92.