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PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
■LESPOUHD
WIFE MEND
INHWYERSOFFICE
Couple Found in the Os-
fice of Frank' Brennan,
Attorney Who Has 'Been
Retained by Ponzi.
FOUR COUNTS ARE
MADE AGAINST HIM
Arrest Followed 36 Hour
Search For Ponzi, Who
r Had Been Living in
Tampa, Fla.
Jaeksonvile, Fla, Feb. 10.—(4P) —
Charles I’onzi and his wife, . Rost
Marya, were arrested in the office of
Ponzi's attorney, Frank Brennan,
shortly before noon today. Capiases
were served by the sheriffs deputies,
ending a 30-hour search for the “fl-!
nancier.” Ponzi was to be taken'
to the criminal court building, and
will ntempt .to make bond.
I’cnai is charged on four counts
with violating the. Florida law relat
ing to the conduct of business under
a declaration of trust. He was in
dicted by Duval county grand jury
late llonday while in Tampa. He
drove from Tampa to Jacksonville
arriving yesterday morning, and evad
ed arrest until today to make arrange
ments for his defense.
Mrs. Ponzi fainted a few minutes
after the arrest in the attorney's of
fice. She was revived by sheriffs dep
uties and newspaper men. She ap
peared weak, and her husband ap
peared to be greatly worried. Ponzi
previously said he was attempting to
guard his wife against any shock in
connection with his tangled affairs.
GENERAL PERSHING ON
WAY TO WASHINGTON
Making Journey on “Havana Special"
With Four Companions.
Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. TO.—OP)
—Gen. John J. Pershing passed
through here at 11:15 a. in. today. The
condition of the commander of the
American Expeditionary Forres is so
rionn. but not alarming, was the word
given out when the Havana Special,
25 minutes kite, made a three-minute
, stop.
,' General Pershing rested well during,
'—the night. He was having brealkttst
1 in his' compartment of the private car
as the train passed through Daytona
Beach.
There are five members of the Gen
eral's party. Amoug these are Maj.
John G. tjuickemeyer, who was the
General's aide during the war; Ray
mond T. Cox. and a physician. None
of the members of the party left their
quarters.
General Pershing will proceed di
rect to Washington.
McKELLER muscle shoals
BILL GIVEN TO SENATE^
Is Substitute, for House Resolution
Reported by Senate Agricultural
Committee.
Washington, Feb. 10. —(4*1 —Sena-
tor McKeller, Democrat, of Tennessee,
today introduced his Muscle Shoals
bill which he announced several days
ago would be offered as a substitute
for the House resolution which was
reported by the Senate agricultural
committee.
He declared he was opposed to the
resolution which would turn Muscle
Shoals over to a joint congressional
committee for disposal because he be
lieved the government should retain
the plant and distribute surplus pow
er.
The McKellar measure would cre
ate a Muscle Shoals commission of
three, one of whom would be director
of the government fixed nitrogen re
seoreh laboratory, and the others
would be appointed by the Presi
dent.
l. Bury Judge Billingsby In MooresvlUe.
* Charlotte, Feb. 10.—(4»>—Inter
ment services will be held this after
noon at Mooreßville for Judge J. L.
Billingsby, of Florida, who died re
cently in Washington. Judge Bill
ingsby wfill be buried at Mooresviile,
which is the one time home o fMrs.
Billingsby, formerly Mrs. Peter Mar
shall Brown, of Charlotte.
Mrs. Billingsby Is a daughter of
Dr. W. W. Pharr/of Mooresviile.
*> Child Writer; Day.
Durham, Feb. 9.—-Chilli Welfare
Day will be observed throughout
North Carolina on February IT, the
plans being in charge of the local
Parent-Teacher Associations. Mrs.
L. C. Oldham, of Durham, state chair
man has sent out literature* to all as
sociations on observance of the day,
which ha Day of the Nat
ional Parent-Teacher body.
The Stanley cup, emblematic of
the world’s professional hockey fcham
pionship, is by far the most historic
hockey trophy,, of Canada. In com
petition more than tiiirty years, the
battles for thlj cup have produced
sonie of the most brilliant exhibitions
of hockey ever witnessed in the Do
minion. '
In 1794 Ogden’s Mare, the famous
hackney, trotted forty miles in three
hours, carrying a 182-pound load in
the saddle ,a feat which authorities
say no living horse could do today.
(
a There are about 8,000 peraons
it listed as beekeepers In the United
¥ States. < . -
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Champ Mermaid
jßM&rrzrk ':
This is Marichen Wehslau, champion
mermaid of Hawaii, who recently ar- ,
rived in San Francisco for a series
11* swimming meets. She plans te ■
compete against Eleanor Garattl foi ;
(he 50-yard championship In Florida
later on. Marichen, by the way,
Mema to be right up to date with
“qoo of them boyish bobs."
ALL ARE SERVING 1
UNEXPIRED TERMS
AH Present Supreme Court Justices i
Must Stand For Re-election.
Raleigli, Feb. 10.— UP) —Not one of :
the five members of the North Caro
lina Supreme Court, sn that body is
now constituted, but is now serving -
an unexpired term of some predeces
sor. Judge Stacy, although elected
for a full eight-year term a« associate 1
justice, is filling out an unexpired <
term as chief justice.
This is shown by data secured from i
the office of Henry H. London, legis- «
lative reference librarian. I
Judge Stacy, Rerving as an assoei- I
ate justice, was appointed by Gover- i
nor McLean to fill out the unexpired >
term as chief justice of the late Judge
W. A. Hoke, when the later resigned.
And Judge Hoke himself was then
filling out the unexpired term of Chief 1
Justice Walter Clark.
Judge G. W. Connor is now serv
ing the unexpired term of Judge Hoke,
when the latter's seat as associate
justice became vacant when he be
cajme chief justice.
J Judge Harlot Clarkson Is now verv
fHg the unexpited term of the late
Judge Platt D. Walker. Judge Brog
den Is Oh the bench by the appoint- -
ment of Governor McLean. He suc
ceeded Judge L. R. Varser, another 1
McLean appointtee, who was named
to fill out the uuexpired term of
Judge Stacy, when the latter became <
chief justice.
And Judge W. J. Adams succeeded :
Judge Allen, who suceeded Judge
Manning, who succeeded Judge H. G. 1
Connor. Judge Adams is now filling
out the unexpired term of Judge Con
nor.
All of the present members of the
court must stand for re-election this
year, with the exception of Judge ■
Connor, whose term expired in 1928. 1
THE NEW METHODIST
CHURCH IN CHARLOTTE
A Building to Be Erected to Cost
Approximately SBOO,OOO.
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 10.—The
tentative plans for the First
Methodist church of Charlotte to be
Ideated at the corner of Eighth and
Tryou streets, call for a building to
cost approximately $600,000, it was
announced today. Spencer and Phil
lips, a Nashville, Tenn., firm of
architects, have been employed to
prepare plans for the structure, and
have presented tentative plans for
the structure It is expected that
work on the new house of worship
will be started within the next three
or four months.
The First Methodist church will
be formed by a union of the congre
gations of Tryon Street church and
Trinity chorch. The property 'of
these churches has been placed on
the market and the proceeds plus a
handsome gift from the lsDe J. B.
Duke, will be used in building and
equipping a new church building and
parsonage.
Afternoon Newspapers Set Up Ral
eigh Bureau.
Greensboro, Feb. 9. —Eighteen
afternoon papers of North Carolina,
at a meeting here last night, effected
an organization with a view to pro
viding a press bureau at Raleigh, the
better to distribute among this group
; of newspapers the news of the state
| governmental offices and agencies,
1 and to cover state news more effec
tively from all points and distribute
' it. An executive committee composed
• of W. Carey Dowd, chairman (Char
■ lotte News); J L. Horne (Rocky
' Mount Telegram), apd D. S. Elias
(Asheville Times), was constituted
and empowered to select a' bureau
* manager and secure quarters at Ital
■ elgh. Tile financial phase of the plan
: had already been arranged.
: Is Fatafty Injured Wbeu Truck
Turns Over on Him.
• Salisbury, Feb. 9.—L. F. Ward,
" 04, native of Rowan county, and
citisen of Kannapolis, died In the
Salisbury hospital today as a re
* suit of injuries be received last Sat
s urday when a truck on which he
i was riding turned over on him on a
i county road. He leaves a wife and
**▼*> chUdreo.
i Os all European countries, Ire-
J Westminister Abbey took 400
yearn to build.
• ’ ‘
Northeastern Part Os
Country Again Caught
In Grip Os Big Storm
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MUSSOLINI REFUSES
TO CHANGE HIS TACTICS
Says Italian Flag May Fly Beyond
the Brennero Frontier.
Rome, Fob. 10.—G«—Replying in
the Italian Senate today to yesterda.v'R
I address by Foreign Minister Strese
manu. of Germany, Premier Musso
lini said:
. n I confirm the letter and spirit of
my previous speech, not excluding the
accent uiion my phrase referring to
the possibility of the Italian flag go
ing beyond the Brennero frontier
which Stresemann can interpret as he
chooses.”
"Stresemann in his speech merely
confirmed all the points I made,” the
premier continued.
Mussolini asserted that Italians
would interpret his pdirase in regnrd
at . Brennero Pass as meaning that
Italy would never endure violations
of the treaties of peace guaranteeing
a frontier won by blood. He said
that Dr. Stresemann had not de
nied a single one of the charges he
had made in his speech of last Sat
urday, and denied categorically that
Italy ever would ask for a supple
mentary guarantee pact in regard to
the Brennero frontier. TSe premier
declared it was impossible to compare
the question of the Italian minority
in Jugo-Slavia with that of the Ger
man minority in the upper Adige ter
ritory.
“It is hardly necessary,” he added,
“to retreat that our policy in upper
Adige which I call Roman equity,
will be continued.”
He concluded by declaring that the
German population in the territory
did not constitute a national minority,
that Italy would not accept any decis
ion of the matter in any assembly or
council (an apparent reference to the
league of nations) and that the fascisti
government would “react with maxi
mum energy against any plan of this
nature.”
THE COTTON MARKET j
Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices .
to an Advance of 4 Points.— May ,
at 19.75.
New York, Feb. ’ 10.—(4*)—The cot- ,
ton market opened steady today at
unchanged prices to an advance of ,
four points. Hie easier showing ot
Liverpool a little- selling and ;
further ‘March liquidation atcompa- ]
nied reports, of an easing spot basis .
in the South.
Offerings were comparatively light,
however, and the market was quiet
but steady during the first hour, ,
March holding at about yesterday’s ,
closing quotation while later mouths ,
were 2 to 6 points higher, May sell- ,
ing at 19.5 and October at 18.27. i,
Private cables reported liquidatiou ,
of March by Manchester interestes in ,
Liverpool, but said the continent was
buying distant deliveries and that re- ,
port from Lancashire were eneourag- ,
ing.
Cotton futures opened steady. ,
March 20.25 ; May 19.73 ; July 19.03;
Oct. 18.22; Dec. 17.89. j
SNOW NINE INCHES DEEP
IN NEW YORK AT NOON ,
Storm Was Raging More Fiercely !
Than Ever.— Heavy Winds Driving j
Snow.
New York, Feb. 10.—(4*1—New
York's 0,000,000 inhabitants were vir
tually snowbound today. The Great
er City lay as a gaint, paralyzed as ,
the second blizzard within a week dis
rupted train services, all but paralyzed
surface traffic and motor transporta
tion, and buffeted shipping within and
without the port.
At noon nine inches of straw had
fallen since last night, and the storm
was raging more fiercely than ever.
The snow was borne upon a 52-mile
gale.
Open Air Schools.
Durham, Feb. 9.—Underweight
children have been showing improve
ment in the qpen air school conducted
here in connection with the Morehead
graded school, the school nurse re
ports. The open air room as present
ed to the school board by the Kiwanis
club in 1924 and is proving of much
value in restoring the health of deli
iate children..^
Thoughtful Wife.
When the Newark, N. J., police
reported that her husband was in
jail for lack of bail, Mrs. John
.Locksley of Westfield, that state,
said: “Well, I think I’ll let him Btay
there. He drank up his week's pay
and we havs no eoal at home.”
Under the States Relations Ser
vice of the U. Si Department of
Agriculture co-operating with State
departments more than 1,000 women
are employed in home demonstration
work in rural districts, as leaders of
girls' club, specialists In nutrition,
etc. .
Ten years ago the policewoman
was an innovation and the Idea had
been introduced in only a fdw cities.
Now, nearly one hundred cities scat
tered throughout the country em
ploy women on regular patrol duty
or in other departments of police
work.
Manager Miller Huggins o» the
New York Yankees, who was report
ed to have lost heavily in the stock
market several years ag£ is said to
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEB RUARY 10,1926
Blinding Wall of Falling
Snow Nullified Efforts to
Clear the Streets of Last
Week’s Snow.
shippingTeels
STORM’S EFFECT
Three Men Lost on a
Schooner and Calls For
Help Have Come From
Several Vessels. j
New York, Feb. 10. —<4*>—North-
eastern United States not yet dugoitt
from under the snow banks left by
last week's blizzard, today was swept
by another storm of equal fury. The
train schedules were disrupted and I
surface ears and motor traffic was all I
but paralyzed.
Driving down on a northeast gale,
the blinding wall of falling srifltv
largely nullified the efforts of tfiou
oands of workmen to clear the streets
nnd highways of the previous fall
which already has cost millions of
dollars.
The gale swept ouj to sea, piling up
mountainous waves which hampered
shipping along file north Atlantic.
Wireless companies reported numer
ous calls from ships requesting radio
compass bearings. One vessel wks
known to be in distress. This wds
a fishing schooner Ralph Brown
which was driven ashore near Glou
cester, Mass. Three members of the
crew of 21 were known to have been
lost.
Three Men Lose Lives.
Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 10. —<4>>—
At least three members of the crew
of the fishing schooner Ralph Brown
arc known to have lost their lives
when the vessel was driven ashore
on Briar Neck in a blizzard early
today. They are: Joseph Lopes.
Maunel Jeneiro, and John Braza, all
Gloucester fiidiermen.
Telephone reports from Briar Neck,
where several of the shipwrecked fish
ermen sought refuge, said that Cap
tnin Alvaro Quadron was safe, and
that a number of his twenty-one men
were sheltered in summer cottages
along the shore.
Lopes was seen clinging to the qt&itp
boom of the ly/.iooner after some of
his mates had reached shore. He
was swept overboard when a huge
wave raked the deck. Several sur
vivors said they saw Jeneiro and I
Braga washed overboard. Fifteen
men started overland through the deep
drifts of snow from coast guard base
seven, not far from the scene of the
wreck. A tractor from Gloucester
succeeded in reaching Briar Neck, but
the snow drifted in again as soon as
the tractor passed.
Reports from near Briar Neck also
said the schooner was pounding hard
on the rock, nnd would soon go to
pieces. Guardsmen and city police,
were maintaining communication with
Briar Neck in an effort to check up
survivors.
Killed When Blinded by Snow.
Boston, Feb. 10.—(4>)—Captain Al
fred W. Ogle, attached to the marine
corps barracks at the Boston navy
yard, apparently blinded by the driv
ing snow, was killed today when he
stepped in front of a. yard locomo
tive.
Three Known to Have Perished.
Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 10.— UP) —i
Three members of 'the crew of the
fishing schooler Ralph Brown, lost
their lives today when the vessel was
driven ashore In the blizzard off Briar
Neck. Eighteen others, including the
shore safely but suffered from expos
ure and cold.
The three men who lost their lives
were drowned when they with other
members of the crew went back to the
schooler to get clothes and other be
longings after she hnd been washed
close to the shore. Others managed
to get off before a huge wave struek
the 100-foot craft and drove her far
ther out to sea, but the victims found
themselves helpless as the ship was
battered by the rearing breakers. The
vessel was pounded to pieces.
Storm Warnngs Issued.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The follow
ing storm warning was issued to
night by the weather bureau: Ad
visory northeast storm warnings
9:80 p. m. Sandy Hook, N. J., to
Eastport, Maine. Disturbance of
considerable intensity over the mid
dle Atlantic states and the Caro
lines and the upper Ohio valley,
moving east, northeastward.
CONCORD THEATRE
Under New Management
TODAY ONLY
PRISCILLA DEAN
—in—
“THE DANGER GIRL”
TOMORROW and FRIDAY
MONTE BLUE
' - —in— ,
‘LOVING LIES”
SATURDAY
PETE MORRISON
—in—
“BUCKING THE V WEST”
COMING
MONDAY and TUESDAY
NORMA TALMADGE
G. 0, P. COMMITTEE
HAS BIG BUSINESS
TOTRAHSACTTOBAY
Must Choose Successor to
W. G. Bramham or Per
suade Durham Man to
Keep Job.
CONVENTION DATE
TO BE CHOSEN
Also Must Elect Some One
to Succeed Judge Park
er as National Commit
teeman From State.
Durham, Feb. 10.—OP)—The resig
nation of W. G. Bramham, of Durham,
ns chairman of the Republican Exec
j ntive Committee in North Carolina
l and the choice of a successor to Mr.
j Bramham if his resignation is accept
| ctl was expected to feature the ses
sion of the committee when it met here
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Mr. Bramham had previously an
nounced that he would resign at to
day’s meeting.
With the question of Mr. Bram
hain’s resignation and the choice of a
successor to come before the commit
tee in addition to its other duties, the
meeting was expected to be an extend
ed one.
The committee was expected to fix
the time and place for the republican
state convention and to nano: candi
dates for the state office* ns well as
a national committeeman from North
Carolina to succeed Judge John J.
Parker. The candidates named by the
committee will bp subject to the rat
ification of the convention when it
meets.
GASTONIA GIRL HELD
BY RICHMOND POLICE
Former VirgUln Shook. Charged
With Check Flashing. Gives Name
of Mrs. J. C- Fayssoux.
Richmond, Va.. Feb. 9.—A stylish
ly dressed young woman of slender
build and delicate features, hailing
from Asheville, N. C., and giving her
name as Mrs. J'. C- Fayssoux, was
held here today on the charge of at
tempting to pass a $25 worthless
check at a loeal department store.
She told police that lrw husband
1 formerly traveled out of, Atlanta,'
'Oc, toi Williinfton," Indian and
Stribling. cotton factors, of that city,
and that she has been separated
j from him for some time. He is now
with Anderson Clayton company,
another Atlanta firm, she said.
Among her effects was a letter
from Roy Tipton, of 128 South
Grove avenue, Asheville, who, ac
cording to a newspaper c’ipping in
the letter, was recently arrested a t
Asheville on a federal warrant
sworn out at Charlotte, December 9
last,' charging him with transporting
five gallons of liquor into Spartan
burg, S. C., and was bailed for his
. appearance in federal court at
O-reenville. S. C., at the spring term.
She said that she was Virginia
Shook, of Gastonia, N. C„ before
marriage, and that her father, j. T.
Shook, operates a private detective
agency there.
In her grip was a quantity of
silverware bearing the stamp of the
Cleveland and George Vnnderbilt
bote’s Asheville. A deposit book of
the Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany indicated that she once had as
much as $2,500 on deposit there.
She arrived here this morning
from Norfolk and registered at the
Richmond Hotel.
Instantly Killed on Yards at Salis
bury.
Salisbury, Feb. 9—-C. Ray Iddings,
28 years old, of this city, extra con
ductor on the local yards of the
Soutern railway, was instantly killed
at 3:30 this morning while work
ing as a brakemnn in the yards. He
fell from the tender of a shifting
engine and was run over. The body
was not mangled, however. He is
survived by the widow and one son,
also his parents:
:
■ Bertha Brown, Negress, Burns to
Death in Home.
Salisbury, Feb. 9. —Bertha Brown,
a negro woman, was fatally burned
today at her home on east Fisher
street, when she fell in an open fire
place. Getting out of the fire she
i jumped in a bed and set it afire,
i The fire department was called out
! to save the house.
Spanish Airmen Complete Flight.
BeunOH Aires. Argentina, Feb. 10.
—C/P)—The Spanish trans-Atlantic
! aviators arrived here at 12.27 o’clock
this afternoon from Montevideo, com
pleting their 0,232 mile voyage from
Palos, Spain.
Dr. Chase Offered Oregon Presidency
Eugene, Ore., Feb. 9.—Dr. Harry
Chase, president of the University
pf North Carolina, was today of
fered the position as president of the
University of Oregon, by the board
of regents. Ho was given two weeks
to make his reply.
Germany’s Application Received.
Geneva, Feb. 10.—OP)—Germany’s
application for membership was for
mally presented to the League of Na
tions today.
The temperature of the sea de
creases as the depth increases. In the
Pacific Ocean, for instance, when
the temperature at the surface was
54 degrees Rahrenheit, at a depth of
2,95* ten it was found to be #0.5
degrees, a difference of ISS degrees.
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* SNOW FLURRY IN *
* CITY JUST AFTER *
* NOON HOUR-TODAY *
* X
X Heavy clouds, which seem X
X packed with flaky snow, hovered X.
US over Concord during most of to- )K
X day. x
X A snow flurry just after the
X noon hour quickened the heart- jK
X beats of children, but the fall jji
X continued just king enough to NS
x set at rest any doubt about show X
X being in the clouds. X
j X A blizzard is reported ir| the
X northeastern part of the country
X with heavy snow and high winds X
x x
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FARMER CHOKES
CANINE TO DEATH
Much Alarm In Asheville Vicinity
Because of Rabid Dogs.
Asheville, Feb. 9.—Two men and
a number of animals were bitten
early Monday by dogs believed to be
rabid, according to reports from the
Buncombe County Health Depart
ment wlieh told of the killing, of one
of the canines by a Fairview farmer
who choked it to death bare handed
to free an employe whose leg the
animal had seized.
The other dog was shot by the
Swannanoa mttn who owned it when
it sank its teeth in his hand while
he was petting the animal unaware
of its condition. The heads of both
animals were cut from their bodies
to be sent to the State Health De
partment for examination and serum
treatments have been ordered rushed
to Asheville by Dr. Grady A. Mor
gan for distribution to the victims.
The first dog made its appearance
at the farm of B. F. Merrill in the
Fairview district early this morning.
It was n large animal of nonde
script breed, he said. Its nrst at
tack were made on a number of
chickens penned in a ‘coop in the
bnrn-yard and it turned from them
snapping Mr. MerreH’s own dog
which approached it.
John Anderson, negro, fnrm hand,
ran to the yard to drive the rabid
animal away and it whirled toward
him sinking its teeth in the heavy
overalls that covered his leg. He was
unable to free himself and called for
help. Mr. Merre'.l, noting the com
motion from where ‘he was working,
rushed to Anderson's aid. He seized
the dog by the throat and ehoked it
until it released its hold on the
negro’s leg. It then struggled to turn
on the furmcr himself, and he
tightened his grasp on its throat un
til its wild struggle* ceased. He then
struck its head with an axe and
the two men decapitated the animal
to send the head in for examination.
The animal’s teeth had W reach
ed flesh of the negro because of the
clothing he wore, although scratches
showed on his. leg and he will prob
ably be given treatment, it is stated.
The other supposedly mad dog
made its appearance in the Swan
nanoa section. A farm school stu
dent had come to the home of Har
vey Buckner on business and the
dog lunged at him. He immediately
ran from the yard. Meanwhile, Mr.
Buckner came to the dog in his home
and called to the animal. When it
came to him, he began to pet it, and
it seized his hand, sinking its teeth
deep into his flesh. He freed him
self from its grasp and ran into the
house getting his gun and when he
returned he shot the animal. It’s
head was also removed for examina
tion.
And Mr- Buckner came immediate
ly to the County Health office for
treatment. Serum will be rushed to
him at once, it is stated. The wounds
on his hand were treated with such
antiseptics as he had at hand he
said, after he had been bitten. The
dog had been acting queerly and had
not eaten anything or drunk water
for a week, it is stated.
Says Many Dunces of Today Will
Be Gnat in Future.
London, Feb. 10.—C4>)—Charles
Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton were
backward children, it is pointed out
by Dr. A. F. Tredgold, a specialist,
who contends that many senool
dunces of today will become great
men.
“The dull boy who is made to wear
the fool’s cap in classes in the future
will be able to beguile the tedium of
hie penance by reflecting that his
stupidity may some day mnke him
famous,” declared the physician, ad
dressing the Women’s Sanitary In
spectors at Bedford College.
The backwardness of Newton and
Darwin, he «aid, was due to late de-1
velopment of their meutal powers. I
His studies have convinced him that
the boy who is a dunce, and who has
not much intellect or capacity for
learning often bas a large mount of
common sense and intelligence tuck
ed away under his scalp, and gets on
in life better than the scholarship
boy.
Former Judge Before Charlotte
Court.
Charlotte, Feb. 9.~Former Judge
Bernard Mason, of Parisburg, W.
Va., th:« afternoon paid a fine of
one penny and the costs in Magis
trate F. B. Alexander 's court after
he had pleaded guilty to a charge of
violating the speed law. T3ie former
judge and his wife were arrested on
one of the highways near the city by
a rural police officer who charged
that he was violating the speed law.
Confronted with the officer's testi
mony in court he declared his faith
in the honesty of officers and said he
would willingly submit to the penal
ty of the law, whereupon he was
fined one cent and ordered to pay the
coats.
Belgian Debt Settlement Plan.
Brussels, Belgium. Feb. 10 —OP)—
The dumber of deputies today ap
; Proved the Washington agreement
the funding of Belgium’s war debt
Ito the United States. The vote was
Ire to » with 18 abstentions.
Seeks Walker
weight, who expects to show bis
Ssticufflng ability in the east shortly.
He’s bent on getting a match with
Hickey Walker, champion. On the
tar west coast Liston is well thought
H and many experts predict * great
ring future for him.
TEN THOUSAND FORD
TRACTORS SENT TO RUSSIA
Largest Tractor Order Ever Placed.
—Order Filled in Seven Weeks.
Charlotte. Feb. 10.—The last of
10,000 Fordson tractors, the largest
tractor order ever placed which were
purchased by Russia, hav% just been
delivered to representatives of the
Russian government in New York, it
was stated today at t!ie Ford Motor
Company, Highland Park general of
fices. The entire order was filled,
at the River Rouge plant of the com
pany within n period of approximate
ly seven weeks. During the time
that the Russian consignment was
being produced, tractors for domestic
absorption were also being manufac
tured, as usual.
At approximately the same time as
the last ship laden with Fordsons
clears port in the United States, the
first of the tractors which were built
on the latest order will have reached
the Russian interior. The complete
consignment will be delivered in time
for the opening of spring tillage. To
gether with the tractors which had
previously "been ordere/Übj- tAe ShvTet
government this new ornrder will in
crease the number of Fordsons in use
in Russia to approximately 20,000
units, all supplied within the past
three years.
Practically the entire shipment was
routed through to New York to Ports
of Novorossisk and Odessa on the
Black Sea for distribution. The re
mainder was routed through Seattle
for Vladivostok.
With Our Advertisers.
Today only, Priscilla Dean in “The
Danger Girl” at the Concord Theatre,
Tomorrow and Friday, Monte Blue in
“Loving Lies.” Next Monday and
Tuesday, Norma Talmadge in “The
Lady.”
Read “Town Topics” by Fetzer &
Yorke .in their new ad. today.
Moore’s Truck Farm wants the or
ders for your Norway, sugar maple,
pecan and umbrella trees, fruit trees,
vines and cabbage plants.
Get Hollingsworth candy for her.
At Gibson Drug Store.
Efird’s millinery department just
oozes with the newest in Spring mil
linery, from $2.95 up.
The new pumps at the Markson
Shoe Store convey the theme of
Spring. Phone 897.
Now is the time to plant some
thing in the idle places on your prop
erty. See ad. elsewhere of Crowell’s
Plant Farm.
The Standard Buick Co. has several
used cars for sale. See list in new
ad.
Wonderful new Spring fabrics at
the Parks-Belk Co’s. They have in
cluded all the new Spring goods in
their sale, which continues all this
week.
Spring suits for men and young
men at \V. A. Overcash’s, $25.00 and
up. Rich patterns and new models.
I Wednesday and Thursday at the
j Star Theatre "Flames of Desire,” a
| big picture and one you should see.
An all-star cast. Admission, 10 and
25 cents.
Schoble Spring hats, $5 to $8 at
Hoover’s. New neckwear and new
caps, too.
The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co.
wants your orders for groceries, ’flour
and feed. Phone 571 W.
Kyber cloth shirts are vat dyed,
and are featured by the J, C. Penney
Co. Only $1.98.
; Private Schools Should Not Receive
Public Funds.
Durham, Feb. 9. —Private schools
: have a place in a community, but they
. should not receive public school funds
i to help support them, because it would
have a tendency to break, up the pub-
I lie school Bystem. Dr. L. A. Weigel,
. dean of religious education at Yale
- University, said In a series of lectures
i at Duke University last week. He
■ was discussing "The Policy of Paro
- chiel Education,” referring particular
i ly to Catholic Bchools.
Home Ftor Farmers.
lowa’s complaint about agricul
. tural depression is not reflected at
-1 the Home for Aged Farmers at
-jDavenport. It costs $3500 a year to
t, maintain the home and its lone oc
t • cupant—John Reil’y, 75. It was the
s,*ift of Count Fejervafy of Austria
who made a fortune at Davenport
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS - M
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY]
NO. 32
RIOT SQUAD REAM 1
Ml TODAY
IN SCRANTON FlEll
Placed on Duty at Police ij
Headquarters as Resq«j
of Action Taken by the j
Miners Tuesday. „ 1
TEAR GAS BOMBS
WILL BE C ARRIED
The Officers Also .Wifl Be
Armed With Shot Guns.
—Hyrdaulic Production
of Coal Now.
Scranton, Pa., Feb. 10.— C/P) —jjH
riot squad was on duty at police head
quarters today as ttie result of 509
striking anthracite miners marching
yesterday on two washerics in protest
against the hydraulic production 4jP
coal.
The squad, which will be on duty
until the strike ends, is to liava shot ,
guns and gas bombs. Persona partic
ipating in demonstrations similar to
yesterday's, will be arrested on charg
es of inciting to riot, Chief Rose say*.
BODY OF BABY FOUND ||
ON PILE OF RUBBISH :
Disposing of Remains Declared Ser- ’
ious Violation of Law. •’
Charlotte, Feb. 9.—The body of a ;
little white baby, wrapped in new** .1
papers, was found yesterday on a
junk heap not a great distance front '
North Charlotte. The officer* thought
that it was placed there Saturday
night.
The diminutive body was discov
ered yesterday afternoon by John
Simmons and his brother, both of
North Charlotte. They reported their '■
find to the rural police station and !
Officer Howard Wilson investigated. ;
Simmons says he and his brother
were taking a Sunday afternoon j
walk and were attracted to the trash
pile by an automobile fender which
appeared to be in good condition and :
suitable for use. When he started to
lift the fender he noticed a package 1
which aroused his curiosity, he said,
and on opening it found the child's ]
V. P. Fesperman, rural police ?
chief, gave as his opinion that foul
play did not enter into the matter,
saving that no mark of «k>l«ic#!.gtgj|i
penred upon the child. He said, how- j
ever, that he would investigate and'
rather expect to find that some man
had used that means of disposing of
the body to avoid official
thus protecting the name of the
mother. This, he explained, ts a
serious offense against the lnw.
Officer Wilson turned the bowl
over to Coroner Frank Hovi# for
(such disposition as that official may
determine.
SPECIAL COURT TERM g
FOR THE VAN DYKE CASE
Alleged Slayer of Police Chief of Cher
ryvilie to Go on Trial March Sill. ~
Gastonia, Feb. 10.—04 s )—Jess Van
Dyke, 28, accused slayer of Chief of
Police A. L. Painter, on the street# |
of Cherryville, will face justice at a
special term of Gaston superior court
beginning March 8, with Judge <3. C.
Lyon, of Elizabethtown presiding, So- «
licitor .Totin' G. Carpenter
today.
Painter was shot down January 14,-
it is alleged, by Van Dyke, while the
latter was drunk.
Southern Publishers to Meet lit
Asheville V
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 9.-—T%#.'
Southern Newspaper Publisher# a*-;>
seeiation will hold the twenty-fourth
annual convention at Grove Pash (
Inn, Asheville. N. C, on July sixj
seven, eight. The time nnd place were
fixed at the meeting of the director* i
here. Victor H Hanson, publisher «(■,
the Birmingham (Ala.) News and :
director from his state, was designate.
cd as chairman of the program com
mittee.
The board adopted a resolution re->
questing the incoming board next;
July to hold its mid-winter meeting
at Birmingham in January 1027. -3
Frank J. Farrell Dies Suddenly. V
Atlantic City, N. J„ Feb. 10.—(49
—Frank J. Farrell, former owner at
the New York Yankees, died sudden
ly of heart disease today at the Ritl
Carlton Hotel here.
Relatives in the city have been ad
vised of the death of Lloyd Beck, at#)’
of Rev. and Mrs. S. W. Beck, of
Littles Town, Pa., whit* occurred
Tuesday uight at a hospital after ah
illness of several weeks, Mr#. Beck
, beefore marriage was Miss Daisy.
Barrier, daughter of Mrs. M. E. Bar
, rier, of Concord.
SAT'S BEAR SAYSt
’
Fair tonight and Thursday; <#ml
■ what colder tonight. Fredb nor^