North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI spindle ran DURING FEBDIMRY SHOWED DIG JUINP More Spindles Were Active in Month Than at Any! Time Since Last May,j Census Report Shows. AVERAGE SPINDLE HOUR WAS LESS Os the Total of 37,877,376 Spindles in Place, 33,-i 028,966 Were Active During February. Washington, March 10.——More spindles were active in the eotton spinning industry in February than | in any month since May last year, the census bureau's monthly report today indicated. Active spindle hours were fewer than in January while spindles in place showed an increase. Active swindle hours for February totalled 8,003,544,068. or an average of 214 per spindle in place; com pared with 8,358.813,620 or 221 in January this year; and 7,-868,113.831 und 208 in February last year. Spinning spindles in place Febru ary 28th totalled 37.877,376, of which 33.028,066 were operated at some time during'the month ; compared with 37,843.844 and 32,803.156 on Janu ary 31st this year, and 37.875,000 and 33.217,180 on February 28l'u last year. SEVENTEEN CITED ON USURY CHARGE Warrants Issued For Officials of Ten Leading Concerns In Winston. Winston-Salem, March 18. —Inves- tigation into the operations of con cerns leding money in the city brought definite action today when warrants were issued for the owners and man agers of ten in vestment companies operating in the city and section, the warrants charging usury. The individuals included In IhS warrants, one warrant being issued .for me owner and o;>erntnr of each company, numbered seventeen. Tomorrow has been set for the pre liminary hearing of the defendants in the municipal court, but it is probable that the canes will be continued lor ~ a, few dnys. The (State. statute under which the *acta"tv were _>sued. reads as foi- , ‘ lows: "Any person, firm or corpora i-rtieti who tiis!! or may loan money in any manner whatsoever by note, chattel mortgage, conditional sales, or otherwise, upon any article or ar- ' tides of household furniture, and shall or may take, receive, or charge a greater rate of interest than six per cent., either before or after the interest may accrue, or who sjhall re fuse to give receipts, for payments on interest or principal »f such debts, or shall fail and refuse to surrender the note and security when the same is paid off or a pew note and mortgage is given in renewal, unless said new mortgage shall state the amount still due by said old note or mortgage, and that the new oue .is given as ad ditional security shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition there to shall forbeit double the interest which has been theretofore paid.” SIOO a Dozen Eggs Offered President For Easter Meal. Lafayette, Ind., March 19.—OP) — Easter morning breakfast can be an expensive feast at the White House (his year, for President Coolidge and his family will have sloo~dozen eggs ready to. serve. The eggs are those of the Arau eana, and will be the gift of 1,. H. Schwartz of the poultry department, of Purdue University, owner of the flock. N Nor will dyeing be required to color the eggs in true Easter fashion, for they have a natural turquoise shade Schwartz obtained two Arnucana lieus and a rooster last year from a zoological garden in Beunos Aires, £ npd now has twenty-five birds. They thrive in Indiana, subsiding on ordi nary poultry diet, and their eggs, similar to those of American varie ties, boil well, without losing their color, f They have the same flavor as other hens’ eggs. - The Arauoana is a native ofCbile, but even there is not plentiful. Its origin is indistinct. The bird is heavy-bodied, with sleek dark brown plumage. Through inbreeding and cross-breeding Schwartz hopes to de velop chickens with more prolific lay ing powers and whose eggs have a higher fertility. Navy Pigeon Went Home as Soon as Shorn Wings Regrew. Washington, D. C„ March 19.—0 P) —Navy pigeons may go A. W. O. LT; bnt they do npt desert. An aerial messenger, lost at sea more than a year and a half ago, turned up recently in the loft at Coco Sola, Canal Zone, and reported for duty. Examination showed that the bird’s wings had been closely clipped, probably when 'it was forced down by u rain storm and'captured by a fan cier who attempted to lure it from its navy allegiance. As soon as the clipped feathers bad molted and a now crop grew out, the pigeon took wing for its home loft. To Increase Motor Company Stock. .Cleveland, March 19.—(A*)—Stock holders of the White Motor Company at a special meeting today authorised the proposed increase in capital stock fr.tn $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Government Expecting To Receive Many Bids For The Shoals Plant It Is Believed That New Bid From Henry Ford Will Be Received in Capital in few Days. POWER COMPANY WILL MAKE BID ; Hepburn Will Make Bid For. Pennsylvania Pow- I er Co., With Government to Operate Plant. Washington, March 19.—OP)— Frederick T. Hepburn, organizer of the Pennsylvania Power system, will submit a proposal to the Muscle 1 Shoals Congressional, committee Mon day to operate the Alabama property under government supervision. • Mr. Hepburn, a nationally known power expert, is understood to have substantial financial backing from New York interests. This is his sec ond appearance in the list of Muscle Shoals bidders.- He submitted a bid" last fall to the President’s Muscle Shoals commission. His proposal is understood to pro vide for creation of a corporation to operate the entire property for the production of fertilizer and power. Operatipns would be divided into two distinct units, with governmental ag encies created to see that the govern ment's interests were protected. Under the plan the corporation would complete construction of the works at Muscle Shoals and for the first year the government would re ceive 10 per cent, on the income from the sale of power. After the first year, nnd for each succeeding year an anuual rental of $2,000,000 a year would be paid unless other additions were built. In whieli case the rental would be 4 per cent, of the cost of the addition. I rnlcr Mr. Hepburn's program (he government would be requested to construct transmission lines for the distribution of power so that the op erators could sell iKiwer to consumers rather than being forced to sell il to existing |snver companies. Power rates would be subject to regulation by various state agencies. A research laboratory would be es tablished at Muscle Shoals for devel opment of improved methods for mtiir . ufficture .pf fertilizer. Laboratory would be supported by an appropria tion from the government which would be matched by similar appropriation from the Corporation. Fertilizer operations would be un der tli* direction of a board inf review whieb would' be empowered to control production. Production of ferr'tijrr would be considered'the salient use of ’ the property. - The entire property would be held in a state of readiness to turn to the production of ammunition in time of war, and any improvements would be subject to the approval of the Secre tary of War. Expect Bid From Ford. Washington. March 19.—UP)—An other -bid by Henry Ford for Muscle Shoals is believed to be in prosper). The motor manufacturer through his secretary has asked the joint Con gvess’onal committee . for information as to the terms on which new offers for lease of the property must be bas ed, and this coming on the heels of rumors that the Detroit automnbile builder must try again, for control of the Alabama Power site has stimulat ed interest of other prospective-bid ders. J. C. WlUefordl Files Petition in Bank ruptcy. Charlotte, March 19.- -UP)- -Tames C. Willeford. Concord icweler. today filed a voluntary petit-on of bank ruptcy in tbe office of the federal court clerk. His liabilities were listed ns $5,550.58 and his assets at $2,070.28. Senate Adjourns. Washington, March 19.—OP)—The Senate adjourned as soon as it met today upon motion of Senator Dale. Republican, of Vermont, out of re spect to Colonel John C. Coolidge, father as the President. Sir Oliver Dodge Declares Death Is Adventure Which Should Be Welcomed London, March 18 —Death as a “new adventure” and not as “extinc tion” was described by Sir Oliver Lodge, scientist and spiritualist lead er, in an address today at Christ Church. Black Friars. He appealed to bis hearers to dismiss the idea of. death as a gloomy thing. Sir Oliver declared that he had frequent talks with the dead. Human souls, be said, temporarily are en closed -In a body of matter in this world and it is quite conceivable that 1 in the future they might be clothed In an instrument made of something other than matter. “The body is a nuisance’’ to get rid of, he continued. “And when tbe 1 separation takes place we should try 1 to regard tbe process with intelligence nnd not with emotion. Do not be afraid of the word ‘death.’ There ia in away death but there is no ex tinction. Whatever you think about - tbe body, don’t think of the grave r with emotion. I “There ia too much superstition ; about the grave. There - are no dead I {in graveyards. 1 have never seen| r ] I PRESBYTERIANS ASKED 11 TO RAISE SUM OF $764,265 * During the Coming Year for the Ben evolent Work of the Denomination. LcabaviHe, March 19. —Seventy- three thousand members nf the South ern Presbyterian Church in the Syn * od of North Carolina are being asitid on next Sunday, March 21st to unite [ their efforts to raise in subscriptions payable during the coming year the ’ amount of $764,265 for the benevolent s work of this denomination. This amount is to be supplemented by special subscriptions that are be- ' iug solicited to* the amount (f at j - least $85,81!) in au effort to reach a 1 f total goal of $850,084. The addition-) I al amount, was included in the total “ goal of the Synod but was not recotn - mended ns an apportionment to the ' churches, In’addition to the amounts asked i of the various churches for benevolent * purposes the efforts on next Sunday i will include amounts totaling over a - million dollars to be used in fiscal self “ support, the total gifts of the synod I' for local purposes in the last available ‘ reports being almost a million and a half dollars. The benevolent quota of npproxi -1 mately three quarters of a million - dollars goes to the support of the . church work in the entire General As i sembl.v ns well ns within the Synod. Outside the Synod there are six caus es that share in the apportionment. These are Foreign Miss'ons. Assem bly’s Home Missions. -Christian Edu cation and Ministerial Beli- f, Publi cation and Sunday School Work, the Assemebly's Training School and the American Bible Society. T'i -sc causes have $458,557 as their share. The institutions nnd causes with in the synod, with the exception of Union Theological Seminary which is located in Richmond, Vn„ are: Synod’s Heme Missions $70,426 Union Then. Seminary 9.935 Davidson College 13,757 Flora Macdonald 15.285 Queens College f 15,285 Mitchell College 5,349 Peace Institute 5,34!) Albemarle N. and l. I. 3,822 Elise High School 3,822 Glade Valley H. S. 3,822 Orphans Home at Barium Springs 57,320 Home Missions within the nine Presbyteries, total 95.386 . —- — 3* Total witlun synod $305,708 GEO- W. BRYAN Dips AT CHARLOTTE},,HOME Was Vice President of First. Nation al Bank—Long Prominent In City's Activities!. Charlotte. March 18. George Whitefield Bryan,' 83. wiefi president of the First National bajfk of this city, and one of the lending factors in Charlotte business, industry und social life for a generation, (tied to day at his home on South Tryon street ufter a lingering illness due to the infirmities of age. Mr. Bryan was born in New Bern June 27, 1843. amt was the last of a family of 14 children.. He came to Charlotte in 1866 nnd had been ; identified with the business life of the city since that time. He retired from active business in 1898 nl -1 though he continued serving as vice ■ president of the First National bank ' until the time of hie death. Want Information About Reorganiza tion. Washington, March 19.—OP)—Kuhn Loeb & Company, and the National City Bank were asked today to send . representatives to Washington and ey plain to the Senate Interstate Cora i merce Committee their plans for re - organization of the Chicago, Milwau ■ kee & St. Paul Railroad including the : amount they expect to receive for t underwriting the plan. Ml ss Reba Rippe.v, of Liberty, S. C., is spending the week-end with her sis * tor, Miss Bernice Rippey, at the : home of Jos. W. Hendrix, ou West De , pot street. , The dial automatic telephone was first introduced iu the year 1899. the grave of my son in France. He asked me not to. “If people would not wait for a general resurrection and all that me dieval superstitions they would re gard death as an adventure, some thing wf may be ready for and wel come when it onmes and not be afraid of. We should look forward to death as an emigration which we do net fear; to look forwnrd to fresh condi tions with interest, not with appre hension. , “You may ask how do we know about these people who have gone? I can not doubt that because I am frequently talking to them. You can not doubt the existence cf people to whom you talk. “What happens to us elsewhere de pends on jrhat we have done here. According to how we have made use of our opportunities, we may go up or down. Matter looks far too b'g in our attitude here. Let u« not take a pitiable outlook. Lift up your I hearts. The possibilities open to its j are beyond our Imagination.” CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1926 Cubs’ Pair of Midgets _ ~. nlavero in the National League are "Hack'* Wilson TW *° v of the Chicago Cubs. WUaon (on the left), U an Atoms cavortal around second base. Bqth are veterans according to Manager Joe McCarthy. WILLIAM A. HART DEAD AT TARBORO Was State Highway Com missioner For First Dis trict and a Cotton Man ufacturer. Tnrboro, March 19.— UP) —William A. Hart, cotton manufacturer and state highway commissioner of tbe first district, died suddenly at his home here today. The manufacturer died at 5 a. in., when he suffered a heart attack. He is survived by Mrs. Hart and oue son, B. M. Hart. Funeral arrangements are yet incomplete. W. A. Hart was appointed to mem bership on the State Highway Com-, mission in 1921 by Governor Morri son, after a successful life ns a build er of his section of the state. As pres ident of the Tarboro Cotton Mills. Mr. Hart was a prominent figure in his section and was an active contributor Ito every worth while cause. His interest iu agriculture was »8 Matter ©!’record, hnd in'l926 he was elected President of the North Caro lina Agrehitural Society which oper ates the Statci-Fair. He at once turn ed his energies to this new endeavor and had planned during the coming year -to devote considerable time to tipbuilding the State Fair on its new bite when it was selected. REV. DR. ANTON BAST IS DECLARED GUILTY Charged With Fraudulent Conver sion of $67,684 of Charity Funds Entrusted ,to Him. Copehnugcu. Denmark. March 19. —(4 s ) —Rev. Dr. Anton BastO Metho dist Episcopal bishop of Scandinavia, was found guilty by a jury today of the fraudulent conversion of 182 000 kroner ($67,084) of charity funds. The bishop was exonerated on the second clause of the prosecutor’s charge, that of making public appeals for charity based on “more or loss ! shamelessly falsified accounts.” I He was also cleared on the third clause of fraudulently converting to his own use 55,000 kroner ($14,410) belonging to the central mission. Bishop Bast was sentenced )o three months imprisonment. With Our Advertisers. The 57th series of stock in the Ca barrus County B. L. & S. Association will begin April 3rd. The officers and stockholders invite each and every man, woman and child In Cabarrus County to take some shareß in this series. Running shares cost 25 cents, per share per week. Prepaid Shares cost $72.25 per share. Each share is worth SIOO.OO at maturity. The Boyd W. Cox Studio will give special prices on photographs until Easter. See prices in ad. today. The special price on Ruud heaters installed is only $22.75 will expire to morrow. Terms, 75 cents down and $2.00 a month. See ad. of Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co. See the new Htudebaker ad. of the Auto Supply and Repair Co. New coats for misses, women and juniors $9.90, $14.75 and $24.75 at J. C. Peuney Co.’s, Pre-Easter Sale of Shoes at Efird’s now going on, 65 cents to $5.45. Schlosß Bros. Easter suits anil top coats, $25 to SSO, at Hoover’s. You will find a hat at Robinson's that will be a perfect complement. Specials Saturday at the Kidd-Frix Co., piano for $lO5, and player for $321. Catawba Preparing For First En counter. Salisbury, March 18. —Uniforms were issued to the Catawba College baseball squad this afternoon follow ing a week or more of rather inten sive practice iu preparation for the opening game of the season on Satur day against the Kanuapo'.is Y at Kan napolis. The lads have been working out steadily as often as the weather per : mitted for about two weekß. and (rive promise of having a splendid team 1 ' this year, although it i> ■-t i be put out by the collate ainCe its re-opening here this past fall. 32 KILLED AND 30 I WOUNDED BY TROOPS Soldiers Fired on Parade of 2,000 Young Men and Women Students in Pe king Street. Peking. March 10.— (A 3 ) —*Tliirty- I two persoiiH wore dead today as the ■ result of soldiers firing upon a pn i rade of 2,000 .young men and women student* in front of the residence of . the chief executive, Tuan Chi Jui. * The students sought to protest yes terday against the government’s ac » ceptance of demands of foreign pow ers that the blockade of Tientsin be ■ lifted. Thirty persons were wounded so* ■ rioitsly and some thirty others alight-. ■ ly. The dead include twenty-one > students, among them two girls. The soldiers after beating the students i with their rifles used bayonets then 1 fired shots for five minutes. “BOARD OF TO AID PROHIBITION WORK I Board Will Assist Work in Two Carolinas, Florida and Georgia. Savannah. .(ia.. March 19.—(A 3 )—A ; committee of five to serve as a “board , of strategy” for dry law enforcement in Georgia. Florida, North and South Carolina, xvaa named today by M. O. prohibition enforcement 00-ordinator Dunning, collector of port here, and ■ for the four states. Captain Philip W. Lauria, of the ■ United States coast guard, heads the i board which includes It. H Sharpe. Charlotte; Captain John G. Berry. Key West; P. F Hambsch. Tampa, and F. D. Dismuke. deputy adminis , trator for the southern Georgia dis trict. 1 In addition to preseut coast guard equipment for the states two torpedo 1 destroyers, six 75-foot patrol boots ( and eight seaplanes will be assigned i to the district, he said, i He signified that a general confer ence of the superintendents of the I Anti-Saloon League in this territory > soon would be called. THE COTTON MARKET Very Quiet But Fairly Steady Dur ing Early Trading.—May Sells Around 18.70. New York. March 19.—OP)—The i eotton market was very quiet but I fairly steady in today’s early trading ■ The weather map was considered more I I favorable and as printing to prospects i for warmer weather, but Liverpool i. was relatively steady and an advance i was reported in the prices of Egyp ( tian eotton. On the whole, the early news ap , peared to be about a stand-off, and [ after opening steady at advances of 2 to 4 points, active months held about 3 to 5 points above yesterday’s clos * ing quotation. At the end of the [ first hour May was selling around j 18 70 and October 17.55. Cotton futures opened steady. May 18.70; July 18 22; Oct. 17.55; Dec. t 17.20; Jan. 17.16. Wants Brookhart to Keep Seat. Washington, March 19. — UP) — A discrepancy of several thousand be-| tween the numbers of ballots in the Steck-Brookhart election contest re ceived in Washington and the number issued to the voters was alleged today by 'Senator Stephens, democrat, of Mississippi, who is preparing a min ority report recommending that Sen ator Brookhart retain his seat. Alcohol Ring Members Sent to Prison. Columbus, 0., March 19.— UP) — Seven men were sentenced to the federal prison at Atlanta, ten to the county jails in Ohio, and six others fined in federal court here today com pleting tile government's prosecution of an alcohol ring which waR said to have operated iu Pennsylvania, Mich igan and Ohio. Fnusc Touches New Low Level. Pacts, March 11).— UP) —The franc touched a new record low level in the terms of American exchange tndav. be ing quoted on the bourse at 28.25 to the dollar. Exchange on London was 137.20 francs to the Pound Sterl'ng. Funeral Service FV ISW ,« Colonel Coolidge 2 Tomorrow Afternoon —A i - - —'»l SIDELIGHTS | IN VOTE ON PROHIBITION A Brief Glance at Events j That Accompanied Big Referendum Many women are voting against their husbands in the prohibition poll being conducted by the Brockton. (Mass.) Enterprise, says I). M. Trav is, managing editor. Indicating the accuracy with which NEA newspapers are conducting the 1 poll, the Brooklyn t'itizen threxf out 6718 ballots as improperly marked. The Seattle Star found that its farmer readprs do not favor the pro hibition law. A tabulation of farm ers' votes showed: For prohibition, 66; repeal. 222 ; modification 378. 11l Hickory, N. C., several lodges polled their entire membership. The Sioux City (la.) Tribune plac ed ballot boxes in stores, theatres, churches, industrial plants and lunch eon clubs. “The response from Sioux City and the surrounding territory | was unusual, many small towns in lowa, South Dakota and Nebraska voting," says E. G. Tripp, managing editor. Rev. Charles W. Brashares, Meth odist pastor, of Dayton. 0., announced before his congregation that he felt it his duty to vote in the poll con ducted by the News. C. M. Vaughan of Russell, 0., per sonally solicited 125 dry ballots for the Ironton. (O.) Tribune. Clara C. Cloyton. state president of the Nebraska W. C. T. U-, announced that the national W. C. T. U. was preparing a “roll of allegiance" of persons in the United States who want the prohibition law upheld. She predicted the names oil this roll woufd greatly outnumber the total of wet votes in the national referendum of NEA Service. Long lines of people waited at the voting booth of the Brooklyn Citizen on the last day of its poll. In Memphis about 55 per cent, of the women are voting for modifica tion. 30 per cent, for repeal and 15 per cent for (he dry law. The Biloxi-Oulfport Herald listed the names of all those voting in its poll, but did hot reveal liow they voted. It thus answered the .criticism of a subscriber that “bootleggers would vote as many times as they pleased,;’ The Lubbocjt. Tex., Ministerial As sociation urged all church members to vote in the Lubbock Journal poll and to vote dry. , In Tulare, Cal., the chief of police sui>ervised the counting of ballots. Excerpts from letters received by tile Times, IVichita Falls. Tex.; "I do not think you are fair to the side that wants a change in the pro hibition law. You have tried to st'r up the prohibitionists to vote and haven’t done anything of that kind for the other side.” “i am- a World War veteran and refute the implication so often heard that the national army would have voted against prohibition.” “I am a World War veteran. Ask those who write In favor of prohibi tion how they got it. Ask them if we had a fair vote.” Strange Substance Found in Boring Well. Edeton, March 18.—While boring a new well on land owned by C. H. Barber Tuesday, Harrison Spruill, discovered a substance of which has been sent to the State geologist for i analysis. Wlien the drill had been pierced j about forty-five feet he bored through a two-inch cypress board in fine preservation and going deeper to the depth of sixty-five feet he found about a bushel of petrified substance, part of it hard and clear like glasN and j other pieces dark brown, suggestive■ of great heat. • Ty Cobb’s first game in the major league was against the New York Yankees, August 30, 1905. ANNOUNCEMENT j ; The 57th Series in this Old Reliable Building and Loan l j s Association will open on April 3rd. j ! The officers and stockholders invite each and every | l man, woman and child in Concord to take some shares in | i this series. Running Shares cost 25 cents per share per week. J Prepaid Shares cost $72.25 per Share, s Each share is worth SIOO.OO at maturity. - We have been maturing our stock in 328 weeks. ; ! Tax return day is coming. jj ■ “Just remember that all stock with us is non-taxable. BEGIN NOW CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Office in The Concord National Bank - ■ - TEXgSi Jrr«i until, fJ3 53X51338gg aSlJ3aaS333iS^^ [Services Will Be Held at Coolidge Home in Ply mouth.—President and i Family Arrive. SIMPLE RITES j ARE PLANNED Burial Will Be in Little | Cemetery in Plymouth Where Many Members of the Family Lie. Plymouth, Vt.', March 10.— (A>) — President Coolidge came home to Ply mouth today. At 10:10 o'clock the President arrived at the white form house where his father Col. John C. Coolidge, lay dead. He was driven to Plymouth from Woodstock, accompan ied by Mrs. Coolidge, their son John, Attorney General Sargent and Maj. Jas. F. Coupal, white house physi cian. The Presidential party arrived in sleighs having left their automobiles at Bridgewater Corners for the last seven miles of snow covered roads. A military guard saluted the Exec utive as he turned from the main highway into the road leading to his old home. At the farm house the President was the first to enter, fol lowed closely by Mrs. Coolidge and John. A battery of cameras mounted on eight foot snow heaps beside the porch, clicked as the party entered the house. Attorney General Sargent and Maj or Coupal followed the President and family into the Coolidge home. Across the road in front of the general store the entire population of the village stood in silence. All the old neigh bors, many of them bound to the Col onel by tics of blood, were in the group. While the mourning family remained with their dead in the boy hood home of the President, the neighbors stood about silent, and with with little demonstrations of sorrow for the folk of this Vermont linmlet do not wear their hearts on their sleeves. Major Coupal announced that the funeral would be held from the house at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Ilev. John White, Episcopal clergyman of Sher burne. will officiate. Burial will be in the little cemetery here where tnany members of the Coolidge family lie. Trade Figures Disclose Alaska Good Investment. Juneau, Alaska, March 10— (A*) — Trade figures compiled by John C. Mcßride, collector of customs for the territory, show that Alaska. for which the States in ISO7 paid $7,- 200.000, exported $82,223,735 worth of products in 1025 alone. The Ter ritory closed the year with a favorable trade balance of $20,024,224. There was an increase of $1,828,133 in the total value of merchandise shipped from and into Alaska. Tiie Territory's total commerce was $05,428 240. of which $,33,199,511 was imported and the balance exported. Gold, silver and copper production materially increased. The fish industry showed a slight decrease, the total being $38,163,845 in 1924, and $37,009,451 in 1925. The shortage was attributed partly to a small salmou run in the Bristol Bay district and to restrictions made by the government for preservation of t'he industry. Mccklenburg-C'abarrus Association to Meet. Charlotte, March 19.—(A s )—An all day conference of the workers and pastors of the Meeklenburg-Cnbarrus : Association will be held here Monday, j according to announcement here to- I day. Many problems of the Associa tion will be worked out, it was added. Want Public Hearings. Washington, Mnreh 19.—UP)—Pub lic hearings on the bills for modifies - | tion of the 18th amendment and the Volstead act will be recommended to the Senate judiciary committee by a special subcommittee- of five. ■ l.os Angeles has a Mexican popu lation of 125.000. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY* NO. 64 M PRESIDENT 1 RESIGNS AND NEV-j ELECTION FOLLOWS I Admiral CoundouridMS Who Has Been Head Iff I Nation Since 1923, $39 ing to Take Needed Rest 1 premiertobe ■ ’fli NEW PRESipRHtf| Will Be inOffke Until AfcM ter Election.— Admiral 1 Plans to Go to Native I Island of Hydra.' I Athens. March 19.—OP)—Admiral Couiidouriotis has resigned the GrefijpJM presidency. An election will fig hell® to decide his successor. - ■ Admiral Coundpuritis assumed thgjl * regency of Greece when King Gtfirja'j'W was forced to leave the countri* December 1923. .Subsequently upeji the formation of the republic after the i: plebiscite of April 1924, he bccatg#?*: provisional president. holding post up to tlie present time. Vot I ItmnorS of liis impending tion arose last Mouth when announcer! that he was going native island of Hydra for a shbsjt'aK , rest, nnd that Premier Pangalos, fljjl-vfß itary director of the Greek goverhlM ment would visit him there. I Pangalos at that time said he dldt not expect the president to but that if the unexpected happened, J he would either appoint a new chief I executive or arrange for a new execu- ‘ j tive. He would assume the pres’defidy himself, but only temporarily. 1 CAILFORNIA MAN RUNS 1 AMUCK AND KILLS SIX. 3; His Wife and Sister-in-Law Among 1- Those Slain —Revenge is the Mo* |E tive. f I Sacramento. Calif., March 18.—rvt® John M. Going, of Stockton, who to* ** day shot and killed six net'sons slain on the state highway north, of a here tonight by Captain Carel Slatterback. state traffic officer, and T Supervisor W. S. Briggs, of F'doradflt' county. I Stockton. Calif.. March 18.—FW» Jj; women and one man w;ere slain today fgjf by John M. Goins, Stockton real es-Sll tate man, who ran amuck. Goin(f!ja : was still at liberty tonight. I After shooting to death Mb Wfft£3jM Florence I’odesta Goins: his sister-iu law, Minnie Podesta, and Mary Cnf«..-*| roll McXqble, wife of George F. Me- sM Noble, prominent Stockton attorney, Hi Goins fled from Stockton. I On a farm near Galt, Calif., he killed Alexander Marengo, his wife ft and their daughter, Mary. * I The Marengos were related to 'M Goins' wife, Stockton authorities said, J All officers in this section of Cali- *1 fornin were seeking the slayer. .vX | Mrs. Goins recently had consulted -|g3 MoXoble with a view to obtaining a :i divorce and it is believed that, b am* ylli ing MeX’oble for a part in his domes- 'Si tie difficulties. Goins went to the Me- -j Xob’c home for revenge. He first went to the Podesta home li near Stockton and shot his wife nnd sister-in-law. Ranch hands heard the 1 shooting and saw Goins fleeing in hia automobile. , Goins proceeded to McNoble’s of fice and, finding that the attorney was in San Francisco, drove to the . MoXoble home. Mrs. McXoble was shot down as she appeared at the *; door. Two of her children just ar- ! riving from school witnessed the shooting. Police found Mrs. McXoble still breathing. On the floor were six a empty cartridges, indicating that Vi Goins had reloaded his revolver before '■'% he departed. Believing that Goins intended to - kill the entire Podesta family, whose 'M estate he had handled, police took Wi two of the Podesta sisters to placed Ij of safety. Goins reached the Marengo ranch uui about 2 o'clock this afternoon."" : He 1 used only three shots to dispose of j three members of the Marengo fans- j ily. Two small children of the Marengo girl who was Mrs. Mary Dutra, wit nessed the slayings. They were not V molested. Improving on Nature. London, March 19.—The prodac- I tion of synthetic camphor froui tur- i pentine oil in this country appears t» be an accomplished fact. Exact de- | tails are not known, but from one to three tons a day have been quoted as estimates of the production- -’i Charlotte Toth, the great new 4 England swimmer, could not swim i until he was 20 years old. SAT’S BEAR SAYSt Partly cloudy tonight, BlightljKj warmer in extreme west portion; Bat- M urday increasing cloudiness and .A 3 warmer, followed by showers in w«rt :J| portion. Gentle variable winds bhe'3 3 coming south.