ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Think Tide Has Turned
In Strike With Peace
Prospects Some Better
Leader of Miners Says
“Peace Is Possible at
Any Moment” on Terms
That Can Be Accepted.
GOVERNMENT IS
ALSO OPTIMISTIC
Spokesman Says There Is
Tendency on Part of the
Workers to Drift Back
to Their Jobs Now.
London, May 11. — (JO —Peace ne
gotiations in Great Britain’s general
strike can be definitely said to be go
ing on under the surface.
They have not yet reached an offi
cial status, and wlmt results they will
achieve remains to be seen, but a
man high in labor ranks stated late
this afternoon that parleys were pro-1
<-eeding. They were in such a deli
cate state, however, he added, that
nothing definite could be said at the
moment.
He sa’d it is possible something
tangible will be forthcoming tomor
row, but emphasized that nothing defi- j
nite was in sight now.
London, May 11.—14*)—Indian-{
tions of an easing in the general strike
deadlock became more pronounced,
this afternoon. .
A. J. Cook, the miners’ chief, de- 1
clared “pence is possible at any mo
ment on terms that will give economic
security to the miners.”
Numbers of people have been np
proaching the miners’ leader, he as
serted, with a view to settling the
deadlock.
At almost the same time the gov
ernment spokesman was saying to
newspaper men “without being un
duly optimistic I think we may say
that the tide has turned. • There is
a tendency all over the country for
the strikers to drift back to work.”
The trades union congress, which
has charge of the general strike,
scouted this statement, reiterating
that the solidarity of the men was
being maintained.
Reports of peace negotiations with
Sir Herbert Samuel, chairman of the
Royal coal commission, as one, of the
central figures continued to fil the air.
1 but neither the labor chiefs nor the
government would discuss tWse re
ports. %
its voice to the pleas for peace by
telegraphing King George, asking him
to call a round table conference of
all the leaders concerned in the crisis.
The trades union congress denied
the issuance of further strike orders,
but said the “second line of defense”
men including the electrical and gas
workers, were continuing to walkout
on their own initative.
The trades union congress denial
was prompted by a Belfast message
saying the labor council there had
received intimations that the engi
neering nml ship building trades
would cease work tomorrow.
A report from the Clyde shipyards
said a threatened' stoppage of ship
yard workers and engineers there was
being keenly discussed. Eighty thou
sand men would be involved in such
n movement but local observers did
not look for a unanimous stoppage.
Reports from the provinces indi
cated that the strike was steadily col
lapsing in South as far as
the tram Way men, railway men and
electricinns were concerned. The gov
ernment’s spokesman citing improve
ment in transportation services, said
that 5.503 trains were run yesterday
in the whole country, as compared
with 841) on the first day of the strike.
Peace Movey Being Made.
London, May 11,— (JO —The Brit
ish Broadcasting Company today ra
dioed to the British public that al
though no,official confirmation can
be obtained, there is reason to be
lieve moves toward settlement of the
general strike are taking place.
WIH Seek Settlement.
London, May 11.—OP)—Sir John
Simon, a former uttorney, will ini
tiate a move in parliament shortly for
settlement of , the general strike.
Trades Union Will Meet Tonight.
London, May 11.—OP)—-‘A special
meeting of the general council of the
trades union congress was called for
7 o'clock tonight “to explore the po
sition at the present time.”
J. H. Thomas and all the other
leaders were expected to attend.
Six Armed Men Rob Bank.
Sidney, Ohio,' May 11.—OP)—Six
armed men robbed the First National
Bank here of $20,000 Just as it open
ed today, and escaped in an automo
bile. While two robbers kept the au
tomobile ready and one guarded the
door, three threatened three employees
with revolvers, compelling the cash
ier to open the vault, from wfaiqh they
scooped bundles of currency and sped
away.
Embargo on Foreign Funds?
London, May 11.—(A*)—A trades
union congress spokesman announced
tonight that he understands the gov
ernment has placed an embargo on
foreign funds which might be sent to
the British strikers.
Atlantic Cotton Association Meeting
OttMi.
Charleston, 8. C., May 11.—OP)—
Election of George D. Roberson, of
Greensboro, as President and sdec
t'on of that city aa the place far the
1837 meeting brought the third an
nual convention of the Atlantic Cot
ton Association to a close today.
The Concord Daily Tribune
.— .
* OPENING Gl’N FAILED TO
[ PRODUCE DEAFENING ROAR
* An Audience Present at Rale'gh Es
timated as From 200 so 800.
Tribune Raleigh Burenu.
Sir Walter Hotel
, Raleigh, May 11. —The opening gun
, against the teaching of the theory of
evolution in the schools of the state
fired here Sunday afternoon failed to
produce the deafening roar that had
; been anticipated. An audience can-!
. servatively estimated at from 200 to
‘ 300 people, assembled in the auditorium
; to hear Rev. Andrew Johnson, I). I)..
i 1’h.1)., president of the Kentucky Fun
. (lamentslist Society, open the eam-
I paign in North Carolina in behalf of
. the Anti-Evolution League of Amcri
, ea. The Rev. Sylvester J. Betts, ard
ent fundamentalists, who presided,
I gave a rather thinly veiled apology for
i the small number present at the lueet
i ing.
I Despite the Tact that Dr. Johnson
possessed a pleasing personality and
an agile wit, with which he served to
’enliven his lecture, -the audience be
j came restless long before the termina
tion of his address and many of them
left before the conclusion, wAich was
| considerably speeded up. else lie would
I have been without listeners.
■j The-blame for the agitation of the
question of evolution was placed di
reedy" upon the anti-fundamentalists
j by Dr. Johnson who in answer to the
! question “Who started this fight?" an
swered "It was the Modernists.”
Contrary to expectations. Dr. John
son did not express any antagonism to
evolution when defined only as devel
opment. growth and progress, ns in the
case of the growth of an oak from an
acorn. “If this be evolution, then I
am an evolutionist with, all my heart,”
he declared. His quarrel with the
Darwinistic theory, however, was that
it attempted to make evolution account
for origination and transmutation.
“How is evolution going to account
for creation?” he asked. "Evolution
cannot bridge the gap between exist
ence and non-existence, nor will it do
to shy that evolution is merely a
mode of crention, because there is no
record of n change of species."
He maintained, further, that there
could be no conflict between the Bible
and Science, because science is truth
“next knowledge gained and verified
by accurate observation” hence in har
mthyr with ail law. Thus, with science
being true and the Bible being true,
there cam be no conflict.
’His entire quarrel seemed to .be
with the teaching of the theory of ev
olutioti as a fnet. and particularly
Darwin’s theory of evolution.
“If all the teachers in the colleges
and universities will quit teaching ev
olution as n fact, I will quit talking,
so lietep me God,” he declared.
And right there is where his argu
j ment, as well as the arguments of
most of the other Fundamentalists,
falls down.. The theory of evolution
is still a theory, never having been
proved a fact, and so far as is known,
is not taught at all except as being
one of a countless number of theories.
Subscription blanks were passed
through the audience for donations to
help defray the expenses of the cam
paign and for “The Citizens Review”
a newspaper to be published by the
auti-evolutionists.”
Report Home Mission Council, of '.he
Presbyterian Church.
Chattanooga, Tcnn., 11. — (JO —In
ity report prepared for presentation
to the general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church at Pensaloca, May
20, the home mission council ex
presses the opinion that the home
mission cause of the church will be
advanced “if the whole'task can be
presented to the church as a single
enterprise.” The report was made
public here.
Among recommendations made to
the assembly by the council Is one
suggesting that all agencies adminis
tering home missions—presbyter,
synod, and assembly—work for the
whole home mission budget, each
agency sharing in the amount con
tributed according to a percentage
agreed upon by the assembly, synod,
and presbytery.
Another outstanding recommenda
tion, as embodied in the annual re
port of the council, is “that in the
church’s benevolent budget, home
missions he one item which will be
the sum of the amounts apportioned
the home missiion committees of the
presbyteries, the synods, and of the
general assembly; and be represent
ed In the progressive program by
one percentage, which percentage
shall be not less than the total of
the percentages now amigned the
home mission work of the presby
tery, synod, and assembly; and that
the total home missiion contributions
of the church be reported to the as
sembly under the single head ‘home
1 missions’.” '
With Our Advertisers.
Best, biggest, newest styles for the
summer girls at Fisher’s.
June 15 has been fixed as the open
i ing day for Luremont on Lake Lure.
Only five weeks to secure the finest of
■ ferings. See big ad. in Re Tribune
today.
i Let W. J. Hethcox show you what
you need in the way of electrical fix
tures. . ,
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Now Dry Law Approved.
Washington, May 11.—OW— The re
' vamped administration measure tor
tigbtening np dry law enforcement was
i approved today by a majority of the
Senate prohibition committee, and will
be recommended favorably to the judi
ciary committee Thursday.
Additional Attention Is Now
Being Focused on North Carolina
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, May 11.—Additional at
tention hi being focused upon North
Carolina ns the result of an article
appearing in Electrical World, New
York, the monthly publication most
representative of the electrical In
; dustry in the United Staten, written
lespecially for thin issue of May 8 by
jOov. A. W. Me Lean and published
| under his name. The article is en
j titled "What Electricity Has Done for
j North Carolina" and is it clear and
. concise presentation of the part it
11 has played in the development of the
; (state.
| This issue of Electrical World.
! which was just off the press Satur
day. was especially prepared for the
annual convention of the National
Electric Light Association that will
meet, within a few days in Atlantic
City with approximately 8.000 dele
gates from all part* of the United
States in attendance. The principal
feature of this convention number is
a compendium of short and meaty
articles by nationally known figures
in commerce and industry on topics !
dealing directly wit electricity. The i
article by Gov. McLean is placed
second among fifteen in the entire
collection, and Is the only state
executive included in the group of
contributors.
An entirely different and very im
portant group of readers will be
reached through this article, ns I
Electrical World circulates almost I
entirely among public service cor- j
poration heads, investment bankers,
technical experts and industrial j
leaders, so that the Ntory of North 1
Carolina's growth and development
will be told to new and influential
group, particularly from an indus
trial point of view.
The invitation to Gov. McLean to
contribute this article to the con
vention number of Electrical World
grew out of the visit of its editor. W-
H. Onken, Jr., to Pinchurst during
the convention of the Southeastern
division of the National Electric
Light Association the latter part of j
April. Mr. Onken was much im-1
pressed with North Carolina and j
asked Gov. McLean to prepare the:
article which follows:
“In the industrial development in
North Carolina—a state only recent
ly described as one which has clear
ed ’with one bound the morass of
fifty yeans of poverty and depression
to reach the level plane of a new
century of promise and achievement’
—electrical energy has hnd a major
GOOD WHEAT CROP IS
EXPECTED THIS YEAR
AmonSng to Frank. Parker. State,
Crop Statistician.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May 11.—North Carolina
should produce a good wheat crop
this year as the condition of all small
grains averages from» fair to very
good at this time, according to Frank
Parker, crop statistician in the state
department of agriculture.
Wheat is showing up well through
the Piedmont and mountain counties
and is making slow but fair growth
and rain is greatly needed. Slight
damage from recent frost has been
reported and some winter damage is
noted from the mountain sections.
The plants are considered rather
small for the season but fair stands
nre general and prospects for a good,
crop are encouraging. The delay
due to cold may result in the advant
age of the crop as the plants hnve 1
developed a good root system and
should show much improvement af
ter good rains. An increase in acre
age is reported from several Pied
mont counties.
Oats and rye were damaged by the
cold probably more than other small
grains, but the condition of these is
fairly good at this time. Barley is
reported to be in fine shape.
Farmers report that about half the
usual corn crop was planted by April
Ist and is coming up to a good stand,
though dry weather la delaying it.
State Music Festival.
Raleigh, N, C., May 11.—OF)—The
second annual North Carolina Com
munity Music Festival will open here
on Thursday night, May 13, with a
joint program of the Raleigh Sym
phony orchestra and the singing of
two groups of school children, one
from Durham, the other from Ral
eigh.
Orchestral contests, contest singing
by choral societies from various cities
oof the state, and singing by school
choruses will feature the two day fes
tival. In connection with the festi
val, a state wide music memory con
test will, be held.
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I YOUR PLANS
Whatever your plans for the future may be, this Asso- !
ciation will Help you carsy them out. !
If you want to save money, or if you want to buy or !
build a home, you will find no better way than to carry
stock in this great home building savings institution.
MAY SERIES NOW OPEN.
Citizens Building & Loan Association
CONCORD, N. C.
, Office in Citueno Bank Building
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, 11, 1926
part.
“A little more than two decades
ago there was not in the entire state
a single electric light plant in the
modem sense. Today there is con
servatively estimated total hydro
electric power installation of 000,000
horsepower on North Carolinn
streams. The output of electrical
energy totals 1.500,000.00 ki’.lowatt
hours a year. At present, electric
power and light utilities hnve in
-1 stalled in this state 433.711 horse
power and in addition deliver the
output of 411,300 horsepower m
, stnjlod in other Ktate.s carrying this
845.000 horsepower over 2.000 miles
of high-tension transmission lines.
"What the release of this store of
clean, economical and reliable power
has meant to North Carolina is re
flected in what North Carolina in
dustry has achieved. More than 50(1
textile mills give employment to 99,-
000 persons and manufacture pro
ducts with a yearly value of $400.-
000.000. Great factories, the largest
in the world, mnke North Carolina
I the premier state in the manufacture
jof tobacco, the products of which
have a value upward of $300,009.-
000 annually. Several of our towns,
notably the city of High Point, are
centers of n furniture industry im
portant in the nation, the value of
whose products is in excess of $50,-
000.000 annually.
| "In 1023. according to official
j figures of the United States Depart
j ment. of Commerce, fin* total value of
our manufactured products was
! SOSI.OiI.IKK). Today that figure ex
j coeds $1,000,000,000. Electric ]>ower
lias freed our industry for expansion.
Incomparably has it helped to raise
the standards of desire out of which
the rinndard of living is born.
"In dealing with this great new
industry, which has so wisely and
with so little friction recognized the
necessity for governmental regula
tion, the state of North Carolina has
been and will continue to be helpful
.and liberal in policy. We do not cod-
I <Ue corporations, but. what is more
important, we do not bait them. If
j the state is to continue its wouder-
I ful industrial expansion, if it is to
mnke the best use, through allied in
dustry and manufacture, of its rich
mineral resources, if it is eventually
to bring about economic practice on
the farm, we all know that to these
ends nothing will contribute more
greatly than the corresponding ex
pansion of our supply of electrical
energy.”
SHENANDOAH PARK IS
LAUDED BY SPEAKER
Scwtinr Swanson Says Proposed J|Rk
Would Be Moat Popular in United
States.
Washington, May 11.— OP) —More
people would visit the proposed Shen
andoah National Park in the Blue
Ridge section of Virginia than any
park in the United States, Senator
Swanson, democrat, Virginia, told the
Senate public lunds committee today.
He urged enactment of the bill pro
viding for the establishment of that
park and the Great Smoky Mountain
national park in North Carolina and
Tennessee.
He explained that approximately
$1,200,000 had been raised in Virgin
it by state appropriation and public
subscriptions, and that $1,006,000 had
been raised in North Carolina for thfr
purchase of the land which would bi?
, transferred to the Fegedal government
: for the parks.
The Shenandoah Park would con
; sist of at least 25,000 acres and would
be approximately 125 miles long and
from nine to ten miles wide. The
Great Smoky Monntain park would
contain at least 300,000 acres, but it
is hoped that additional tracts can be
included in both.
Both sites have been recommended
by the Secretary of the Interior.
Plow Up Body of Baby in Caldwell
Hickory, May 10.—When a man
plowed up the body of a three-days’
old baby on his farm in Caldwell
county late Saturday afternoon things
began getting hot in Lenoir. Sheriff
Sherrill was called and after an in
vestgiation, the method of which was
not made public, he arrested and
jailed one Burt Nelson, of that coun
ty. Sheriff Sherrill said he expected
to make another arrest within a few
days.
Want Shorter Hours for School Chil
dren.
Charlotte, May 10.—The Parent-
Teachers’ Council thinks Charlotte
school children are overworking.
They’re going to tell the board of
education about it. Shorter hours
will be advocated for the children.
FUNERAL OF ALTON
0. PARKER, NOTED
; JURIST TOMORROW
Services Will Be Held in
St. Thomas Episcopal
Church and Interment at
Kingston, N. Y.
DIED SUDDENLY
WHILE ON RIDE
Was En Route to Country
Home From New York
’ When Stricken.—Had
Been 111 Three Days.
New York, May 11.—CP)—Alton B.
j Pnrker, farm boy who became a’ lead
> ing jurist and wns Democratic eandi
i (late for President in 1904 against
1 Theodore Roosevelt, is to be buried
tomorrow.
The former chief justice of New
! York State Court of Appeals died of
a heart attack yesterday afternoon
while driving through Central Park
on ills way with iiis wife and a nurse
to his country home at Esopus, N.
Y.
He contracted a cold three days
ago, and because of his 74 years his
physician ordered him to wait until
yesterday before leaving for his coun
try home where he had planned a
holiday with horebnek riding and mo
tor boating.
Besides his widow he is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. Charleß Mercer Hall,
wife of a Bridgeport, Conn., clergy
man, and two grandchildren. Mary
and Parker Hall. Mrs. Hall is the
daughter of Judge Parker and his
first wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Shoon
maker Parker, who he married in
1873. ami who died in 1917. He
married the present Mrs. Parker
three years ago.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
noon at St. Thomas Protestant Epis
copal Church. Interment will be in
Parker family plat at Kingston, N.
Y., the lower Catskills, where Judge
Parker spent his youth.
CALX, MEN BACK TO
FIGHT FOREST FIRES
Lightning Held Responsible For
Another Outbreak In Pisgah Na
tional Forest.
Asheville, May a
j brief r repute Sunday after long
&eeks of fighting forest fiVee in this
section, foresters were again today
called to the fire lines. Lightning
which aceomi>anied thundershowers
Sunday afternoon wns held respon
sible today for two fires which broke
out in Pisgah national forest- The
rains which did much toward halt
ing the havoc which was being play-’
ed in other sections, had no effect
on the new fires and soon they were
blazing dangerously.' One of the fire
proved to be rather smnll. but the
other burned approximately 50 acres
on the head waters of Jarett’s creek.
Additional calls for aid were also
received today from Transylvania
county, where a large fire, reported
Saturday to be under control, had
broken out again. Fifteen Boy scouts
left the city today for the scene of
this fire, which has to daate burned
over more than 4,000 acres. With
more rain scheduled for tomorrow,
foresters are hopeful that this last
threat will be halted.
METHODISTS SUPPORT
THE VOLSTEAD ACT
Want Congress to Reject “All Legis
lation Which Would Weaken” the
Law.
Memphis, Tenn., May 11.—(A 3 ) —
Tlie General Conference of the M. E.
Church, South, by a rising vote today
called upon Congress to reject “all
I legislation which would weaken the
( Volstead Act" and pass “all legisln
: tiou which haR been recommended by
the prohibition department of the
, United States government.”
The resolution adopted amid ap
plause, was presented by the board
of, temperance of the church, of which
Bishop James Cannon is chairman,
and Mrs. W. A. Newell, Mt. Airy,
N. C„ secretary.
A demand is made in the resolution
that tlie .aw be enforced “among the
high in social life who have declared
they will have intoxicants regardless
' of the Constitution.”
f KLAN OFFICIALS IN
1 ASHEVILLE MEETING
Holding Secret Meeting to Discuss
Matters of Vital Importance to the
Organization.
Asheville, May 11.— (A I )—Ku Klux
i Klan officials representing the prov
inces lying west of Salisbury in the
| realms of North Carolina quietly as
i sembled in Asheville this morning
and went into executive session at an
| unnamed place.
i While secrecy veiled the exact time
1 and the place of the assembly, it was
i said in highly authentic sources that
matters of vital importance to the In
‘ visible Empire were transpiring.
North Carolina’s Fertilizer Bill the
Largest.
Tribune Bureau
Raleigh. May 11. —North Caro
lina’s annual fertilizer bill is the big
gest in the United Btates, amounting
to $37,000,000 yearly, according to
Frank Pnrker, crop statistician of
the department of agriculture, who
has just made Pais discovery. The
amount used is in excess of 1.300,-
000 tons. The cost average about
S2B a ton which is approximately
What is paid tot it in other states.
Will Perfect Plans For
‘Y’ Campaign Tonight
At Luncheoa Meeting
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TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC TO
START IN COUNTY MAY 17 j
Clinic Will Be Held in Concord. Kan
napolis and Mt. Pleasant. (
Apiiointinents are already being;
made for the next tuberculosis clinic l
to be held in this county beginning
May 17th.
Miss Margaret Ford, county tuber-1
i eulosis nurse, this morning made pub- ]
lie the dates for the clinic, adding
thut persons desiring to be exnmined
should make application now for ap
pointments.
The clinic will open in the Y. M.
C. A. at Kannapolis on May 17th and
continue there through the 20th. On
the 21st and 22nd it will be conduct- .
ed at the Cnbarrus Hall in Kannapo- '
lis. ,
Concord will be headquarters for
the clinic from May 24th to 27th, in- <
elusive, the examinations to be made c
at the county health offices. On the t
28th the clinic will be held in Mt. t
Pleasant and the following day it j
will be conducted in Concord again. 1
Dr. S. E. Lee, who lias conducted
oeveral clinics In the county, will re- I
turn for tlie one this month. He ,
will be assisted by Miss Ford and ]
i Dr. H. E. Buchanan, county healt'.i ,
i officer. ,
Persons who feel that they nre suf- ,
sering with the mnlndy arc urged to ,
i be examined (hiring tlie clinic. Pro- ,
• nounecd cases nre not so dangerous, i
health officials state, for these pa- I
tients take enre of themselves and i
persons in contact with them are i
■ careful. Howevet, persons who hnve
the disease in its early stages often
are not certain about it and they i
fail to care for themselves or tlie per- 1
sons about them. ,
The examinations are made free of i
cost. ,
THE COTTON MARKET I
i
Advances Yesterday Were Followed 1
by Reactions in Early Trading To- <
day. I
New York. May 11.— (JO —Advances *
in the cotton market yesterday were
followed by reactions in today's early t
trading. Liverpool made a full re- 1
spouse to the local gains of Monday, i
Private cables said the strike situa- 1
1 tion was improving but local traders (
seemed rather more favorably im- I
pressed by the early weather news,
and were evidently disposed to take i
: PfofiJ*. P«? yesterday’s• pnrritases.
1 The opening was steady at an ad- i
vanee of 4 points to a decline of 9 ' i
points. Active months showed net i
losses of 7 to 15 points before the i
end of the first hour. July selling off 1
to 18.52 and December to 17.64. 1
There was some southern and local 1
. selling here, as well as commission l
house realizing, but trade interests I
were buyers of new crop positions 1
with covering by July s*.iorts on the t
decline. \
Cotton futures opened steady. July i
18.03; Oct. 17.78: Dec. 17.73; Jati. .
17.68; March 17.82. ]
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“CAT-EYE ANNIE” IS
UNDER ARRESt AGAIN 1
Woman Who Escaped From Auburn I
Prison Monday Arrested Early To
day, j
Syracuse, N. Y„ May 11.—OP)— |
Rain-drenched, hungry and wretched- |
ly cold, Lillian McDowell, the “cat
eye Annie” of numerous spectacular i
jewel thefts, who escaped from Au- >
burn prison early yesterday, was re- j
captured at daylight, one mile north- i
east of Weedsport. ;
She was found in an open field,
partly hidden in a pile of weeds and
brush which she hnd collected to pro
tect her from the cold and rain. Still
clad in her prison uniform of blue
and white gingham, she appeared to
, have suffered greatly from exposure
. during her 24-hour flight. She said
. she walked to Weedsport yesterday,
, eight miles, without once being chal
lenged. '
I Monument For Fisher Grave.
, Salisbury, May 10.—A simple
marker at the grave of Col Charles
F. Fisher in the old Lutheran ceme
tery was dedicated todny, the cere
i m °ny being the principal feature of
, the memorial day exercises here.
I The address at the dedication wns
( made by Col. A. H. Boyden. who re
lated some of the life of the dis
tinguished Sa'.isburian, who volun
teered at th& beginning of the war,
, was placed in charge of a regiment
and lost his.life soon after the bat
tle of Manassas.
! Colonel Boyden paid high tribute
' to Colonel Fisher.
The exercises were in charge of
‘ Mrs. R. G. Kizer, president of the
; Daughters of the Confederacy, and
’ Mrs. L. H. Harris, president of the
Children of the Confederacy. A poem
f was recited on the death of Colonel
1 Fisher which poem appeared in a
Virginia paper soon after he wns
s killed.
’ Tfo* marker was erected by the
t local chapters of the Daughters and
the Children of the Confederacy.
Warehouse Burned
Elizabeth City, N. C., May 11.—14>)
—Fire attributed to spontaneous com
bustion. destroyed n large warehouse
at the plant of the Eastern Cotton
Oil Company on Knobbs Creek just
outside this city early today. The
loss was unofficially estimated at be
tween $60,000 and $05,000, partially
covered by Insurance.
Children usually enter school at
the age of five in London, although
they are not required to attend un
til they have reached the age of six.
Team Members to Gathei
at Y Tonight to Get Final
Instructions and Inspira
tion For the Drive.
DRIVE TO START
EARLY TOMORROW
First Reports Will Be Sub
mitted at Meeting at Y
Tomorrow Night—Drive
Over Thursday.
Concord's interest in its Y. SI. C.
A. is to be tested tomorrow and
Thursday When the annual budget
campaign is conducted.
Seeking $16,000 members of the
campaign teams will make a canvass
of the city, giving to practically ev
ery one an opportunity to subscribe
to the association which has just com
pleted the most active year in its
history.
A total of more than 340.000 yisits
to the Y. M. C. A. tiave been made 1
during the past year by Concord peo
ple who have found there a variety
of interests to attract them. The
equipment and facilities of the asso
ciation have been untilissed by per
sons in all walks of life, the gener
osity of Concord making it possible
for every boy and girl, regardless of
his or her financial status, to feel an
equal share In the-benefits to be de
rived.
The Concord association is unique
in that it demands a membership
fee from no one. When the associa
tion was first opened its facilities
were available only to person with
membership cards, but the plan was
changed when it became known that
many employed girls and boys wanted
to use the Y but could not afford the
memberships. It was then that the
heart of Concord was first tested un
der the unique plan that calls for a
budget made up of subscriptions with
free memberships to all.
Persons to make the canvass will
gather at the Y tonight at 6:30 for
final instructions. Leaders of the
four divisions will supervise the dis
tribution of cards and will confer
with the leaders and members of
their various teams.
Ministers of the city have been
invited to the meeting to give their
moral and. physical support to an
agency that works hi- -complete -har
mony with them.
The race track, over which reports
of the campaign will be made, has
been put in excellent condition for
the preliminaries tonight. As each
team ia called and signed for the cam
paign the leader will take his mount
and his position on the track. The
progress of these riders will be de
termined by the amount of subscrip
tions turned in, the horses to move so
many feet with each SSO reported
Jockeys in the race will be L. T.
Hartsell. Jr., E. E. Peele, Ernest L.
Hicks, Mrs. Richmond Reed, R. E.
Ridei,'.lour. Jr., L. M. Richmond, W.
I?. Ward. P. M. Lafferty, 0. W. Byrd.
H. L. Collie, ,T. W. Pike and B. E.
Harris.
The track has been marked off in
to twelve divisions, and runs the en
tire length of the gymnasium, where
the reports will be received.
At the meeting-tonight a luncheon
will be served and another will be
served tomorrow night at 6:30 when
first reports from the campaigners
will be received. The executive com
mittee also will make its first official
report at the luncheon tomorrow
night.
The drive will begin tomorrow
morning nt 8:15. Members of the
teams are asked to report at the as
sociation building at that hour and
continue their canvass during the
day. It is predicted that practically
all of the funds will bo received the
first day.
However, it is planned to have an
other luncheon meeting Thursday
night at which time final reports will
be received.
To give an added impetus to the
campaign officials of the Y. M. C. A.
today are publishing a Y edition of
The Concord Daily Tribune. The
edition is being sent to all subscrib
ers of The Tribune and in addition
many extra copies will be distributed
throughout the city.
Tlie edition carries a score of pic
tures and interesting data concern
ing the work of the association during
the past year. It undoubtedly will
prove of much interest.
Persons interested in the outcome
of the drive but who are not mem
bers of the teams to be banqueted
can hear the reports each evening by
going to the balcony of the gymnasi
um. C'.mirsshave been provided for
them.
Five unique attendance prizes are
to be distributer) at the luncheon
meeting tonight.
Earthquake Recorded.
Washington, May 11. —(A>)—“A
fairly pronounced" earthquake was re
corded early today on the seismograph
nt Georgetown University.
Director Tondorf placed the dis
turbance at 2,500 miles from Wash
ington in an undetermined direction,
lasting from 6 :26 to 7 :30 a. m., with
maximum between 6:43 and 6:47
a. m.
Fourteen Pages Today
Two Sections
THE TRIBUNE * I
PRINTS t|
TODAY’S NEWS TODAf®
NO. IQ9 j
linusl
TO NORT“ POLE B)J
diU DIRIGIBIi
Plans to Take Possesgfcwjl
of Any Land Found DtfW»
ing Voyage in Name of|
Norway’s King. fl
SENDS MESSAGE 1
TO HOMELANDS
Says He Was Sailing Ovei§|
Polar Ice When
sage Was Sent to Pre-||
mier of Norway.
Oslo. Norway. May 12. —C4 s )—-TheEfl
Amundsen-Ellsworth dirigible Xorgg|»
starts on its flight to the north pole,®
and Alaska at 10:10 o’clock this I
morning, says a message from Kakfffl
Bay, Spitzbergen. I
A wireless message received frqjjt ®
Captain Amundsen at 11:45
this morning said: "Now flyingacroggafl
the polar ice. The expedition s£»4jtijffi
! its best thanks to the Premier'(ot fl
Norway) for 'his kindly telegram rfc "fl
ceived immediately before the start.’- fl
It was officially announced. this at- I
ternoon that Captain
take possession of any Idnd foioEH
during the voyage in the name of ujjfifl
King of Norway. <1
BILL WOULD PROVIDE 1
THREE NATIONAL PARKS 1
Smoky Mountains Park Ineludqff ia I
List Approved by House Coding- fl
tee. 1
Washington, May 11.—t/P) —
tion of three new national parks is ®
proposed in bills approved today by*®
the house public lands committee. 1
Tite tracts. Mammoth Cave in KjdtS®
lucky, Shenandoah in Virginia and-fl
the Great Smoky Mountains in N«rffc|s
Carolina and Tennessee, would cona||®
prise a total of 1.300,000 acres andfffi
would be presented to the federal gov*Jfl
eminent after being purchased by thw®
states. fl
Associations in each of the four jfl
states have raised a large part of the®
purchase price of the land to be jdi9
eluded in the parks, with no part ol®
the purchase price to come from
federal government. More than
000,000 each have been raised by or-4®
gauizations supporting the Grekfl®
Smoky Mountains and ShennndoafcM
project*.
The great Smoky Mountains would J
be the largest with 704,000 acres,®
with the provision that the secretary®
of interior be authorized to
minimum of 150,000 acres for admin*®
istration. An administration area®
of 250,000 acres would be provided fl
for tlie 521.000-ncre Shenandoah park,®
in the Blue Ridge mountains. IM®
Mammoth Cave project comprises 7ft -®
014 acres, and 20.000 acres, for ad*®
ministration area. - -ifcs-B®' ■
LOWER POSTAL RATES I
MAY BE ENACTED BOOK®
Joint Committee Agrees Upon Mm®
terial Changes.—Cent Rate i« fl
Newspapers. fl
Washington. May 10.—Material®
changes in five classes of temportnfH
postal rates approved last year weed®
agreed upon today by the - sp&flffi®
joint congressional postal committed®
They are: fl
Reduction in the rate on private®
mailing cards from two cents to oifi)®
cent. Jj
Reduction of the rate on transient®
second class mail matter—newsMcj®
pors mailed by individuals—to onfl
cent.
Establishment of a rate *lof' not.®
more than two cents on return pdW®
tal cards sent out by business" firms fl
11 with the collection to be madd aftSl®
‘ their return. 1
Rearrangement of tlie speeiht®
‘ handling rate on parcel post Ijtaefc- 9
ages so that in place of the
- 25 cents charge there will be jg®
• graduation with a 15-cent ra« ftrr||
1 packages weighing not over-# two®
pounds; 25 cents for two to 10®
> pounds and 35 cents for ovef IQ®
. pounds. |
E A penalty of one cent, for eastu|
> ounce on mail matter on which pe®H
. agge is short paid more than oM®
i rate. fl
1 I
Danville Franchise Goes to High ]
Point . 3 |
High Point, May 11.— (A*) —The*
t Danville, Va.. Picdmoni League bate- 1
I ball franchise will be transferred!
from that city to High Point this njpfl
> ternoon. Contracts to that effect J
- were signed here this morning by a®®
i Higgins, owner and manager of the.fl
• club. Mr. Higgins said the fran< j
- ohise would be officially transfertgpj®
r just ns snap as lie could notify PrM®
ident Bramham about the signing.lqff!
1 the contracts. I
1
SAT’S BEAR SAYS I 1
i ®
• i v %«Slj® J
“J’IOOE® 1
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight,jl
showers in west portion. WediMlm|
day fair, cooler on south coast, MSm j
eratc to fresh northeast |
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