North Carolina Newspapers

|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.- <A>)— 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<roga, March '27.---Virginia Josephine Frazier, two-year-old daugh ter of Commissioner and Mrs. Fred B. Frazier, kidnaped from their home here Wednesday; night, was left on the front porch of the residence of Dr. Venable notified him of the baby’s presence. The baby appeared under the influence of a light narcotic or anesthetic but was otherwise unharm ed. The kidnapers had demanded a ran som of $3,333, and it is understood ; that this sum was paid before the | baby was delivered by the captives. Police were called and the child i was returned to her distracted par ents. Police said no arrests had been made in connection with the case. The abandonment of .the child fol lowed close on the heels of another development in the case tonight, when a child’s undershirt with a letter ad dressed to Mrs. Frazier was thruslT in to the hands of a Western Union mes senger boy by a negro boy. The negro told the messenger, “Take these to Mrs. Frazier. She’ll pay the charges when you get there. I’m in a hurry,” then disappeared into an alley. Demands for ransom for the child's return were made yesterday and Mr. Frazier announced that the terms would be met and no effort would be made to punish the abductors, provid ed the child was unhurt. Fat Contracts Ke°p Wolf From Peaches’ Door. New York, March 26.r-Peaches Browning was somewhat more opti mistic today over loss of '.he separa tion suit against her wealthy hus band, Edward W. Browning. “I’ve -got $l5O in the bank, my apartment rent is paid until the first of April—and who kuows but the tide may turn by then,” she said “iMarch always was my hoodoo month any way. That’s the month in which I met Mr. Browning. And now Judge Seeger’s decision coming in March.” Peaches, who attended /a Broad way show last night with a young man, says she has numerous vaude ville and night club offers. Henry Epstein, her counsel, said she would not seek an annulment, since dower rights amount (o nearly $500,000 in of the death of Mr. Browning. Delivered Whiskey As Laundry Packages. Greensboro, March 26.—Modem methods in bootlegging scored a triumph in business until police of ficers Leonard and Hayworth got wise and found that J. A. Ouster, driving a truck for the Columbia Laundry was delivering a sight of laundry. They opened one of the neat brown paper packages with the usual laundry list on the outside and inside found a half gallon jar of whiskey. Custer went to jail and the officers to the laundty. Hidden at various places in it they found seven gallons of corn liquor, a keg full, a can full and a number of other jars along with some “laundry” bundles ready for delivery. The laundry company is absolved from any knowledge of the actions ot Ouster. Goldston, of Spray, visited friends in the city Sundfiy. ] ■ MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY CAKE M ADE WITH NINETY-THREE LAYERS (By International News Service) Brainerd, Minn.. March 28.—A 93 layer cake, 39 inches high, was the unique contribution of a l daughter at the 93rd birthday an | niversary party of her mother. I Mrs. Mary H. Oliver, at Lak® 1 pd, Minn. . A ladder with .f' v •1 1 sented Mrs ' (lI fO I | covered spruce. I Red he & embankment I » Os roseA icing with the name of “Mother, 03” completed the top layer effect of the mam moth cake. It was carried in sec tions and set up at the mother’s home. b . ‘'WORLD’S COMMUNISTS r CALLED TO CHINA’S AID “ Internationale Calls “Oppressed” to I Unite in Support of Revolution. Moscow. March 27. —JVclaring that . the Nanking bombardment was a pro , vocative act on the part of English. , )nml American imperalists, the execu- J tive committee of the communist in ! ternationale, has issued a call to “all . oppressed people to uuite in protest l against the new criminal war in . China.’ The call asks that the withdrawal T of troops from Chinese territory be ! t demanded and that “the murderous j i character of the new war” be exposed, j England and America have begun j 1 a war on China, the call asserts. “The j . falsehood” that troops were sent to j | protect the foreigners*, their wives and i families, now has been exposed. The j i purpose of sending the troops, it was | s to protect the profits of iniperia lists | i and to strangle the revolution, i “By all the means* at our com-I > mand,” the call adds, “we must sup- j > port the Chinese revolutionists.” ) Pravda, in an editorial, says that r the United States, which was a former > benefactor of China, has been revealed t as the wolf in sheep’s clothing. i PROMINENT PAIR TO WED. j » f Engagement of Gertrude Seely, of r Asheville, to J. D. Eller, Winston, j Asheville. March 26.—Mr. and ! t Mrs. Fred L. Seely announced the' . engagement of their daughter, Miss i t Gertrude Seely, to Mr. John Do s waldeu Eller, of Winston-Salem, here tonight. The announcement was made at a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. Seely at their home on ; Overlook mountain. Mists Seely, who is the grand i daughter of the late • Dr. * K! W. .Grove, multi-millionaire. graduated ; Mr. Eller is the son of Mr.and Mrs. A- H. Eller, of Winston-Salem, the former , being vice president and trust officer of the chain of Wachovia banks in North Carolina. . The wedding will take place on June 25. ROY A. HAYNES IS LATEST DRY CZAR , Tdtts News Sendee That No Dras tic Change in Policy Is Planned. Washington, March 23. —Roy A. Haynes, newly appointed acting commissioner of prohibitioin, tem porarily became moqatvh of the en tire federal dry organization Satur day. Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Andrews left Washington for a short vacation in New York, leav-j ing Haynes in complete charge. Haynes told the United Press no drastic policy changes were con templated in enforcement work April 1, when the new BureaTi of Prohibition isesta Wished under his control! But he intimated there would bi* a shake-up among agents in several field offices of dry administrators. Three Men Injured in Motor Acci dent. Salisbury, March 27. —Two white , men, H. L. and S. G. Bowen, of WilmiDgton, brothers, and a negro . were injured near here Saturday night shortly after midnight when the coupe they were driving failed to take a curve and overturned near the High Rock power project, 13 miles from this city. The men sus tained internal injuries, possibly a fractured wrist by S. G. Bowen and braises- The negro was hurled into , an alley and his left thigh was broken. Passing motorists found the men in the car which was right-side-up and brought them to the Salisbury hospital, where they were given . treatment. , \ AH are workers on the High Rock project. f t ’ Greensboro Woman Is Reliever] &; i Purse. Greensboro, March 27. —While Mrs. P. E. Lindenberger was shopping in a local five and ten cent store here Saturday, a purse containing $45 iu caslj and a check for sl9 wqs snatch i ed from her hand. She felt a per . son brush up against her and im . mediately noted her purse had been : removed. Looking up she saw a , youth hurrying away and she sought : to detain him but he slipped through F the crowd and disappeared. The police were • notified. The youth was described as being 16 or 17 years old. > of light complexion and wearing a > tan suit and*tan felt hat. F ' 5 DM of ExhaustUm While Fighting a Forest Fire. > Wilmington. N. C., March 28.—0 P) t —Tom Core, East Arcadia farmer, \ died yesterday of exhaustion while I fighting a forest fire which was ap proaching his home, his brother, police I officer Hoary Core, of Wilmington, \ was informed today. Philadelphia police will use blood 1 experiments now under way prove successful. IREDELL COUNTY BOY IS AMONG THE HEROES II CHI Henry O. Warren, of Olin, Constantly Exposed to the Fire, Kept Up Steady Signals to Warships. REMAINED TILL ALL HAD ESCAPED He Stuck Bravely to His Post Despite a Steady Rain of Shells From the Cantonese Army. Shanghai, March 28.-—(/P)~*-A»e»g the many heroes of the Chinese attack on foreigners r+ Nanking are Henry O. Warren, of Olin, N. C.. and Denme I). Taylor, of Lincoln, Cal., who stand out as the men who constantly ex posed to a heavy fire, gave the “begin firing’’ and other directing signals to the American warships on the Ynngtae. j Throughout the Cantonese attacks jon Americans and other foreigners wh*» j had taken refuge on Socouy Hill, these i two men from the destroyer Wm. B. 1 Preston stood on a balcony und kept I up a steady exchange of signals with {the warships. They stuck to their |p«kst despite a steady rain of GauUMMWe j shells, und. under orders of Coreal Davis, hashed the word by flag awl rocket for the American warship* w> begin firing. They remained until aH j of-the beleagued party had escaped. SCORES OF FOREIGNERS FLOCK INTO SHANGHAI Americans Predominate. — Barely Bar cape Fury of the Mobs. Shanghai, March 28.—(A*)—Scores !of foreigners, Americans predomiaat-* • ing. continued to flock into the inter i national settlement of Shanghai to i day. fleeing from the storm of anii j foreign agitation sweeping the Yangtae valley. They * came from the larger porta on the banks of the great river, and places inland where since the nation alist victories of last week the situa tion hud become increasingly menac ing. In some instances the refugees barely escaped fury of mobs beut on destroying all foreigners because of - Cantonese reports that 290,099 Chi nese were killed when American and British warships opened lire at Nan king Thursday. There was no mistaking the relief of the refugees as they came within the confines of the international set tlement. for they were confident that the large combined army of foreign de fense forces would serve to prevent any organized attempt at attack. Those entrusted with protection of the international settlement are pre paring for all eventualities as strong i feeling against foreigners is evidtewk everywhere in the native city. AaUi foreign posters and fiery speeches iff students keep the Chinese in such a frame of mind that anything Likely to happen. FIRES DESTROY MANY ACRES OF TIMBER 1 Money Loss Will Be Tremendous.— Fires in Vicinity of WHmingtan. Wilmington, March 28.—14*>—Re ports reaching Wilmington today weife to the effect that thousands of acreq of timber have been destroyed by for est fires which have been raging in eight or more counties in southeastern North Carolina for several day*. It was impossible to estimate the money loss, but it was said that it will be tremendous. The fire* were reported to in parts of Btatou. Brunswick, Robeson, Cbiaro bus. Duplin, Onsiow, Jones and ia New Hanover counties. In Onslow county yesterday aftwr noon and last night fire fighters were said to be facing a fire which was stretching from the Atlantic ere# Line Railroad Company s track vir tually to the New River, a distaare of about eight miles. Parts of Dap sail Township in Pender County were also badly damaged from the raging flames, it was reported. A southwest wind prevailing prac tically the entire day yesterday, whip ped the flames about and made ef forts to halt the fire futile.,-, Some houses were known to have been burned. , Motorists traveling on the highway between Wilmington and Charlotte and Wilmington and Gold show* said that between Wilmington and Hamlet and Wilmington and Warsaw they were forced to travel at slow rate of si>eed Sunday afternoon on because of the smoke from the fires. 1 The flames ceased somewhat during night when wind ceased its terrific force of the day, but it is said only a rain would put an end to the tires which have already taken heaviest toll of the season. . * Death of Col. Geo. W. Bain. Lexington. Ky.. March 28.—l Col. Geo. W. Bain, 86. nationally known temperance worker, died here today. He was stricken with paraly sis a week ago. Homer could recite the Odyssey , and the Iliad from memory. IMU Fair tonight and Tuesday, probably light frost tonight; slowly rising tem perature Tuesday. > NO. 78