|lu me li lotion At Shanghai Is Busier For The Moment mt i * L i’ort es Landed at Kohai Sunday From ■ ser Pittsburgh Re- Kd to Ship. ■URINES ARE B | \T SHANGHAI B s tratiaP Sunday Not Bwed !)>' Disturb- B—Plans to Re-en- B Admiral Williams. B ■ !' -S.- )— The |K,V ■ si;j iiiiliai .vesterday Pittsburgh A»*“• '"hip. ami i:: that <-ity today. ■ .•••inmanding the H t’< ' hina. n- H lh „ ]!a \ : , (!f|tart n:«*nt in a u > i'i-.pii; S!i:t ns'hai at -I :05 Mac i that “a large IHj;,.!! at the west [jH ( , r:^ -If \ \esterdav. the the return of the H : ; i i;,!ernation:il set- H ntiicials explained §■, wa.iams had handed the H he Pittsburgh when atiti-foreign demon* lead in the native d and live hundred au . at Sliang ... r.iottstration was L) any di-turbanee it |H n t,j the in"-•■"p-i:> for keep ietachment ashore H Wilbur I'eceivtHl the re- Wii .lnins with tnani . and hurried to the a la: President ('ool |H •i" aatioii at Shanghai .f :n*' taiuueiit at least, j fining a eond : tion r vct-r danger to ; M aad property, the 1 WM a .-rnr. nr went forward) * reinforeiug the eotn- K . Wiliams to wltom j the difficult and: throwing safeguards IHp win nave hem endangered |H sweep nf the Cantonese |H a large part of China. , iß > < > ia:; ordered to San -labiirkei l on the frsns- Hc" o’e being gathered' along the Atlantic coast !>y radio today an- woni l enter San Diego |H April ilrd. ready to take for the trip aeross the an destroyers joined hai’is forces at Shanghai' Wm -.r." cruisers are en route and -to >ll Id he available ! !■ : - aer.'ssitv requires witll jjHwith •- policy of getting j of ihe Chinese danger |H Stitt.' department has de- I gH remote consulates* ' initikiaiig when ■H '■ American nationals at 'ao completed. The retire to the coast, and the iwo cities then can B«'L B man ■ BADLY SHOCKED |M\\eaver Wyler. in Union Destroyed by Fire. B^~ v !! '-if. —A\ alter Bivens, a lineman on the city's Bm i' l:l i>h 'tation, came near when coming into con- H u if<- charged with 2.800 had started up a pole t" tli.- ground a short fetulered unconscious. part of the current gH' ! ,i; ivc iicen killed instant- of Cnion county, ;iI “l ail its contents by Mr. Wyler waked r "l |d that morning and g^B* 1 kitchen and made a fire. that it was too early gBB l ' u ' family he went back g^B A: ' an 'l dropped off to sleep. BB U;is aroused by his wife " i; fife, but the fire ' l 'ha | icec that the family g^B l '" 1 * and saved nothing of \>w President. Bc' V' " ' —Final BB , r,! annual session of gH, A:l " marked by adop |^B'^ 1S ■ mmurs calling 'T' Stat( ‘ to carry eight-months' IBrAvs" A'”'''" 1, of T - W«n --■ s mi'-ident and ■,!: :o ". h 1 en t of the Hi:';-' as viee-presi |B " special and re- ' 1 * a.’ioptiion of B BcJir '" ,ie [Bteie ! , - I’reaking WM'-;, A" I.SOO Wm and |Bn„ the j,. : " lU, ‘ !| ts from i (ju ; h ; ■bj easl, 1 :I ' T ' t 0 Eie WM . in the 18 ii,,! • n, '° u j 3 ° in WM li.i ' " : : C.,00 more til- " :: i the nt ■■ ' lUlr uuerv. THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. t HI NDHEDS OF “VETS” I WILL ATTEND REUNION I ‘: Efforts Being Made tb Secure Living Veterans Medals for All of Them for Reunion. italeigh, March “28.—Four Surry county veterans, Z. T. Smith, and G. [ Y. Nichols. Mt. Airy; G. M. and John G. Burrus of Rockford, in neew uni : forms of Confederate Gray and wenr- II ing U»e new living veteran medal is . : tmwl them by the Stone Mountain j Confederate Memorial will be at Tam ■ pa for the l'. C. V. Convention April Bth. Thousands of other veterans from North Carolina and other Southern i states will be in attendance there al i so. Efforts are now being eoncentrat 1j ed in a movement that will make it’ possible for each one of these men to wear one of the living veteran medals j and to have their names enrolled in j the living book of memory. Chambers of commerce, civic clubs. busiiieHH . houses and, Interested indi i viduals have taken upon themselves I tiie duty to see that these veterans are pnseated with thes* 1 medals and have them to wear at the convention. It i shows the civic pride of the commun ity from which these men come when I you see them wear this medal. With every five* dollar subscription one living veteran will be enrolled in j a special book that will be treasured | for all time at the Stone Mountain Memorial. There are approximately 40.000 living veterans now remaining j in the south. The cry of the veteran for the past few years has been “finish - the monu ment while we are still here.” By en roll : ng them we shall be helping to both honor them and materially ad vance the work of finishing the monu ment to the soldiers of the south. STANLY’S ROAD BOARD WILL BE CHANGED Many Seek Jobs Despite Lack of Funds to Fay Full Salaries. Albemarle. March 28.—The road ; electorate for Stanly County having i iu hand the naming of a county high | way board has held tentative meet- I ings in which the “lay of the land” • has beeu discussed and probable can : didateri for the respective positions were considered. W’ith some certainty, it may be stated that Thomas S. Parker, of Albemarle, ia favored by all for the position of chairman to the board, to succeed Amos S. Biles. Mr. FarlteF’ has gFFvVQ '~JBC 'CbtrrtHteadowr in the past, and is a man who holds the confidence and respect of the general public. Names foremost under consider ation seem to be G- D. Blalock, A L. Efird, Wade H. Love, M. D. Brooks, Sam Poplin, R. A. Hatley and Jonas j Shoe. It is unofficially stated that in all probability a purchasing agent will !be named, in conformity with the Brown law. John M. Boyett is being | most frequently mentioned in this j connection. The position of road superintend | out will look for a competent man. ‘ The name is that of J. I). liOwder, who ha« had much ex perience on the streets of Albemarle. Nevin G Cranford has held that position since the chaingang was abolished preceding the famous “con vict hose trial” of lafct Summer, which attracted attention through out the State. t - The embarrassing feature about erating several positions and keep ing hope alive is that the county has a levy of fourteen cents on SIOO valuation of property for road«, .and the total «um raised is sligHTly less than $43,000. The first meeting occurs on Mon day, April 4, when all vacancies will be filled. It looks novr an if there will be a 100 per cent change. LUTHERAN CONFERENCE TO .MEET AT HICKORY Western Section of the Denomina tion to Hold Sessions at Bethany Church. Hickory. March 24.—The Western Conference of the North Carolina Lutheran Synod will meet here on March 29th and 30th with Bethany Lutheran Church in West Hickory, of which Rev. R. M. Carpenter is j pastor. } On Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock the Liturgical service will be con ducted by Rev. C. R. Patterson, fol lowed by the conference Sermon by the president, Rev. John L. Morgan, D. D., and the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Vesper services will be held at 2 o'clock, led by Rev. C. N. Yount and Rev. M. J. Klutt. Other afternoon services will be conducted by Rev. C. O. Lippard, and. at 7:30 o’clock the sermon will be preached by Rev. J. D. Kinard, D. D. The Wednesday session will open . I with a business session, the subject to be: “What Can and May the Luth- I eran Church Do to Reach the Ln churohed ?” ' Rev. J. A. B. Goodman ■ and G. E. Mauney will lead the dis cussion. Rev. J. C. Deitz will preach 1 the sermon. At 2 o’clock Rev. E. J. Cox, D. D. f and Rev. P. P. Risinger i will conduct the concluding service. - Further evidence of the growing ! popularity of professional sports in , Germany since the war is furnished I by the announcement that Berlin is to > have a new arena for indoor athletics [ i with a seating capacity of 25,000. Ln .: der one roof there will be a bicycle i track, a mammoth swimming pool, ? ! and a field large enough for football j and all sorts of .athletic events. The * seats will be arranged in a circle, and - the center of the hall will be crowned by a mammoth dome. IWO MEN KILLED IN A GANG WAR AT DETROIT TODAY r Another Fatally Wounded as They Walked Down a Corridor in an Apart ment This Morning. WERE SHOT WITH A MACHINE GUN Slayers Were Entrenched Behind a Steel Fire Door —War Between Rival Gamblers, It Is Said. Detroit. March 28. —OP)—The first mnch ! nc gun fire in the history of De troit's gang war killed two men and probably fatally wounded another as they walked down a corridor of an apartment building early today. The machine gun w’as entrenched behind a steel fire door. The slain men are believed by police to be George Cohen and Joseph Bloom, addresses unknown. The third man taken to a hospital wounded nearly a dozen times, is Frank Wright, alias Burke, 23, of Chicago. He has been living at a down town hotel for several weeks. In his room were found Chicago newspa per accounts of beer and gambling feuds in which machine guns have fig ured. Wright told Philip A- Neubeck, as sistant prosecuting attorney, he and bis companions. Bloom’ and Cohen, were summoned to the apartment in Alexandrine Avenue to release “Fish.” an acquaintance who had been kid napped. “While we were walking down a corridor, a steel fire door swung open and three men began shooting at us,” Wright said. “The man with the ma chine gun was in the middle aad on each side of him was a man firing away with a pistol.” The police believe the shooting is an outbreak of a war between rival gamb ling house proprietors of Detroit, and that gunmen from New York and Chicago have been brought here to carry on the feud. The sawed off shot gun heretofore has been the favorite weapon of gang shootings iu Detroit. Counsel For Henry Ford Move to Pre vent Sapiro From Amending Declar ation. Detroit, March 28.— JP) —Counsel for Henry Ford moved today to pre vent Aaron Sapiro from amending his declaration of 141 separate libels in his $1,000,000 libel suit against the automobile manufacturer. Sapiro last Thursday sought to eliminate 54 of the allegations and change the phraseology of one other. The jury was excused at the open ing of court today and legal argu ments began. “If this amended complaint is ex cepted, we must ask for a mistrial, and that the case be taken from furth er consideration of the jury,” asserted Stewart Hanley, of Ford counsel. JHe maintained that in addition to the alleged libels having been laid before the jury in opening statements and testimony, Sapiro could not prove them as libels because of incorrect statements of innuendo and insuffi ciency of allegation. Hanley quoted at length from prec edents. although in making his tenta tive decision to permit Jhe amend ments last Thursday, Judge Raymond cited precedents to show that such amending was permissible. The court took the motion to refuse amendment under advisement, stat ing he would announce the decision at 2 p. m. ... .in ■ - ■ «j „ JJ J THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane (Quotations at 1:30 P, M.) Atchison 177^4 American Tobacco B 125% American Smelting 146% American Locomotive 111% Atlantic Coast Line 185% Allied Chemical 140 Baldwin Locomotive 184% Baltimore & Ohio 115% Chesapeake & Ohio : 162% DuPont 211% Frisco 111% General, Motors 181 General Electric 85% Hudson 69% Standard Oil of New Jersey __ 37% Kennecott Copper 62% Coca-Cola l9l Liggett & Myers B 96% Mack Truck 105% Maryland Oil 5O Pan American Petroleum B __ 63% Rock Island 86% R. J. Reynolds 109% Southern Railway 124% Studebaker 52% Stewart-Warner 59% Te*as Co. 48% Tobacco Products 104 U. S. Steel 165% Westinghouse 74% Wool worth 126% American Tel. & Tel. 167% American Can 46% Allis Chalmers 95% Dodge Bros. 21 Great Northern * 85 Golf State Steel 60 Lorillard —— 27% i Montgomery Ward ; ’ 66% Norfolk A Western 176% s Overland 21% I Republic Iron & Steel 71% I Vick Chemical New Steel 119% CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1927 Bishops Start Move To Ban Southern Cotton Mill Communities 11. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer Washington. March 2*T.—A move ment launched here today by Bishop f blames Cannon. Jr., has for its purpose [ the elimination of the "cotton mill , community.” He and 40 other south ern bishops and ministers issued an airpeal to industrial leaders of the ) I south today to merge the factory vil- I lages into the "larger community.” | “Life in a mill village under coin- j pnny control, while an advantage of i status in the beginning." Bishop Can-, ! non and his associates assert, “is not ! the best training ground for citizeu jship. in that it does not train residents for participation in government. It r I ias generally proved in recent years | to be unfavorable to education, to re-: ■ ligion, and to.understanding and sym * pnthy between the citizen of the mill; e, village and those of the large oom- Iraunity." Would Allay Strife. Bishop Cannon points out to raptM tains of industry that by taking thel j. steps suggested by him and his eo-[ workers they and the south will avoid j "the waste and bitterness of industrial , conflicts and the intensity of the class j struggle. «— mmmtummmmmmm —————lP> 1 I > THE SMITH FORCES > ARE WORKING HARD * ' Democratic Group In Congress I Careful Plans for Popular Leader. , Washington, March 28.—An active f fight for the Democratic Presidential ( nomination is being planned by t group in Congress here favoring Gov-' ernor A1 Smith of New York. | , Smith is exepected to issue a state-]' ’ uient shortly which will embody his answ’er to opponents in the party, who < object to him on religious grounds. ) Smith’s friends here tonight said, the statement will be made iu response! • to au open letter published in the 1 | Atlantic Monthly, from a New York’ attorney questioning the right of a. Catholic to seek the Presidential office iu view of alleged sectarian obliga tions. This charge has been made 1 adgainst Smith repeatedly since he appeared as a Presidental candidate - in 1924, but heretofore he always has 1 j disregarded it. 'j The statement, it is said, will take ; the position that Smith’s religion is a private and personal matter which can in no way influence his conduct in public office. Smith’s lieutenants here plan to use the .document throughout the South in h n active campaign to diminish opi position against him there. While the . Smith, group does not expect any dafagntinns to rfio i Democratic National Convention wm j be pledged to his candidacy, they are ! working to have the delegates come to ; j the convention without pledges against : him. 1 , . | The Smith plan now 1s to obtain j as many Southern delegations as pos- | sible pledged to favorite sons, in the hope they may be swung over to Smith after the balloting begins. To obtain this result several congressional back ers of the New York Governor are un derstood to be planning summer trpis to Southern States. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at Unchanged Prices to a Decline of S Points. New York, March 28.—OP)—The cotton market opened steady today at unchanged prices to a decline of 3 points. Liverpool made a fairly steady showing, but weather news was fav orable and small orders in evidence here seemed to be evenly divided in early trading. A little price fixing was reported, and some commission house buying of nevy crop months which gave the market a steady under tone, but demand was supplied with in a range of 2 or 3 points, with July -ruling around 14.32 and October at 14.52, or about 1 to 2 points net high er. Private cables said continental buying had absorbed some hedging and Bombay selling in Liverpool, but that buyers of cloth were holding aloof in anticipation of lower prices. The market later worked up to 14,35 for July, and 14.55 for October, but seemed to meet a little southern sell ing or realizing at these figures and eased off a few' points. At midday July was selling around 14.39 with the general market quiet. Cotton futures opened steady: May 14.10; July 14.28; October 14.49; December 14.66; January 14.68. i ■ RECENTLY “MURDERED” GIRL BECOMES BRIDE Miss Mary Vickery, For Whose “Murder” Man Had Been Serving Term, is Married. Harlan, Ky„ March 26. —Mary j 1 Vickery, 16, and C. E. Dempsey. 28, 1 were married at a lawyer’s office 1 here today. 1 The courtship and marriage of the girl came swiftly after her unexpect -1 ed return last week after she had 1 j been believed slain and Conda Dab ney was serving a life sentence in ! prison for her “murder.” 1 Living at the home of the girl's * father, E. C. Y* < * er s'* whom he ‘ was employed as a painter, Dempsey i renewed acquaintance with the girl, t He had known her w’hen they both t lived at Ijafayette, Ariz., before he went to the navy and she left home, t He was discharged from the navy at. i the expiration of his list on July 24 t last year and came here, t The marriage was solemnized by t Rev. H. O. Davis, pastor of the Bap -1 tist church of God. who also is a magistrate in the office of J. G. Jarvis, who had prossecuted Dabney for the “murder.” The license had 2 been issued a short time befoye by i County Clerk M. G. Smith. They will b make their home with the girl father. 1 A man i« South 'Africa has just 2 papered his room with 500,000 used i postage stamps. He would build in the south “a greater and more powerful industry constructed solidly upon good-will and eo-operntion, higher wages, shorter hours labor representation and the ab sorption of the mill village.” Bishop Cannon has co-operated with | the Anti-Saloon league for years in its campaigns for national prohibition. At times he has been a storm center. His new movement, it was predicted I today, will meet with stout opposition in some industrial circles in southern states. Not A Commodity. "We do not undertake., to suggest the farms which employes’ representa tion in factory government should take, whether arrangements negotiated with regular unions or forms of works councils,” said Bishop Cannon, “‘but labor is human and not a commodity.” Among the 41 signed with Bishop [Cannon arb : Edwin D. ilouzou, Char llotte; Mrs. W. A. Newell. Mount Airy, and Charles C. Weaver of Winston- Salem. The other signers are from various southern states. Bishop Cannon lived in North Caro lina for a number of years. | MR. GOOCH DECLINES PLACE AS TRUSTEE ' Sees Too Mitclt Work Without Com pensation in Handling Defunct B. and L. Affairs. Salisbury, arch 27.—Clyde E. ,j Gooch, recently named ns trustees 4for the Perpetual Building and Loan I association, has declined to qualify. 4 He is the fifth man appointed to look | after the affairs the Perpetual j since Frank R. Brown, secretary and \ treasurer, wan relieved of his duties. Mr. Gooch gives the reason for ; his not taking up the work the fact 5 that since he was appointed judge ’ Webb ha*< issued an order allowing Frank R. Brown to look over all the ' pupers oU the association in tre presence of the trustee and this Mr. Gooch thinks would take at least • four weeks with no allowance for compensation. It is understood that D. A. ltandleman will be named to ,_euceeed -Mr- GoOch. GIRL HURT IN AUTO SPILL RESTING WELL Miss Caro Fish, of Raleigh. Had Hip And Thigh Broken in Wreck Near Salisbury. Salisbury, March 26.—Miss Caro Fish, young Raleigh society woman, who was seriously injured *|Tridav of Salisbury, is reported tonight as resting well at the Salisbury hospital. Her injuries consist of a broken hip and thigh. Internal injuries that were ! feared at first have not developed and I it is though now Miss Fish will re ; cover. She has been conscious all along. Her mother. Mrs. L X G. Fish, arrived last night from Raleigh and is with her constantly. Paul Whitlock, Jr., and Garrett Morehead, Charlotte young men, who were with Miss Fis'h when the car in which they were riding left the road- | way aiid turned over three times were j able to leave the hospital this after- i noon and were to their homes in Charlotte. Mr. Whitlock’s principal injury was a cut on the head and Mr. Morehead suffered bruises and sprains. A knee was badly sprained but x-ray pictures developed today show no frac ture. Sheriff Kridef, who has been in vestigating the accident, has not been able to find any eye witnesses today • but expects to get in touch with pas sengers on the Piedmont Limited, with which train the automobile was said to have been racing at the time of the accident. According to Mr. Whit lock’s account the car turned off the hard surface to avoid a collision. THE STOCK MARKET. Higher Prices in Nearly All Railroad Stocks Today. New York, March 28.—04>)—Furth er accumulation of railway shares re sulted in higher prices in nearly all divisions at the opening of the New .York stock exchange today. Some big blocks of investment shares chang ed hands within a few minutes, not ably 3,700 shares of New York Cen tral, at 144 1-2, and 5,000 General Motors at 180. Pan American A, United Drug, Nash Motors, Atchison and Baldwin opened one to two points higher. With Our Advertisers. Spring modes in footwear at Efird s from $1.95 to $4.95. I Cooper’s union suits with shock ab sorbed tailed back at Parks-Belk Co. s. Extra special at Bell & Harris Co. s —famous Red Cross- mattresses and Blue Ribbon springs. Your brakes will respond quickly if you use Hood tires. Get them at Ritchie Hardware Co. . Cole planters, Oliver plows and cul tivators, disc and drag harrows bought in car loads by Yorke & Wadsworth Co. Business Better With Gaston Cot ton Mills. Gastonia, March 28,—Business with Gaston county’s hundred c-oiton mills, whil note on easy street, own ers say, today is in better shape than it has been for several months. Mills are reported running on full time with all regular employes at work. Yam orders are being taken by operators at a fair margin of profit. “Babe” Ruth long entertained a plan to go into the dairy and poultry business when be retires from base ball. Now he ia said to have aban doned this ambition Id flavor of the establishment of a physical training institute. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher ARRESTED CHARGED WITH IKE KILL! OF DO. GEHRIG Retired Lutheran Minister Was Struck and Killed Almost Instantly by an Automobile. PIERCE DENIES WAS DRIVING CAR Is Held Under Bond of $5,- 000.—The Preliminary Hearing Is Set for Next Wednesday. Hickory. X. C.. March 28.— (/P) Joe Pierce, 23 year old shoe salesman of this city, was arrested early today and charged with the murder of Dr. G. H. Gerberding, retired Lutheran minister, who was struck by an auto mobile and killed almost instantly last night. Piereo denies that he was driv ing the car that struck the minister. Dr. Gerberding who was formerly president of the Lutheran Seminary in Chicago, was attempting to cross the street near Ivenoir-lthyne iQollege, when the car struck him and sped away. A few minutes after that, po lice say, ■ Pierce returned to a local automobile rental company with a car he had been using for about an Lour. The right side of the car was eaUl to be dented and the police claim there was blood on the axle. Pierce is then alleged to have Jumped into a roadster with Clarence Hefner, who is being held by police under SSOO bond, as a material witness. Hefner told investigators that he and Pierce drove around Hickory for the next two hours, and that Pierce acted as “natural as always.” Pierce is being held by the police in lieu of a $5,000 bond on a charge of second degree murder. Preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday. Dr. Gerberding was one of the most prominent men in Lutheran circles. He w*as a noted theologian and was j said to be preparing final chapters of a religious work. LITTLE FRAZIER CHILD RESTORED TO PARENTS Il»by Found on Porch of Preacher’s <’hartYin