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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI SUNDERLAND fIKALS BEGAN HERE WITH SERMONONSUNOAY Dr. J. C. Rowan Preached Baccalaureate Sermon in the First Presbyterian Church Here. SERVICE COUNTS MINISTER SAYS Says Persons Without Faith, Knowledge, Vir tue, Patience, Godliness , and Charity Are Blind. Commencement program at the I il.au ra Sunderland Memorinl School | Began yesterday morning with the I Breaching of the bnccalaureate ser ■non at the First Presbyterian Church ' P>.v l)r. J. C. Rowan. The class play I twill be given this evening with the Igraduating exercises tomorrow after- j C noon. f Members of the school occupied the j front row pews for the sermon while j others of their members formed the choir which led the congregational singing and also greatly pleased those present with two anthems. Dr. Jlowan chose as his subject the 15th verse of the J4th chapter of Mat thew : "If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” Spiritual blindness. Dr. Rowan said, is evident in those persons who lack faith, virtue, knowledge, tem poranee, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity. These blind persons may be ministers. Church members or those without the Church, and invariably they lend into the ditch those persons who follow them. The text of h : s sermon follows: For my text I have chosen the 14th verse of the 15th chapter of Matthew and the truth of this statement, as the truth of so many of the Master's sayings, is self evident. Not for a single moment does the mind of man question the accuracy of the asser tion. If the blind lend the blind, the result is sure and certain and un avoidable. Again, this statement is an abso lute refutation of a view which*ig, ' held by a*reat many people today. I refer to tie view that any belief or creed is Cl right provided a man is conscientious in what he believes. Where would such reasoning eventu ally lead us? Listen! It is all tight for the student of Geography td be lieve that London is the capitol of the United States of America, pro vided he thinks he is right. It is all right for a child to think that a cop- J per-head is an innocent plaything pro vided he thinks he is right. We of- ten hear the following statement: "Well, every man has a right to his own opinion.” Is it true that every raqn has a right to his own opinion? Certainly not! The fact that a man has formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of a per son accused of a crime without hav ing beard the testimony and evidence in the ease disqualifies him as a ju ror in that ease, aud it ought to dis qualify him. A man has no right to his own opinion unless that opinion is right. Kvery man believing and doing that which is “right in his own eyes” is not Christianity. It Isn't even Democracy. It is anarchy. Conscience, then, 's not an infallible guide. The Bible teaches very plain ly aud over and over again thnt con science is not ah infallible guide. Listen! "There is away that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” "There is away that seemeth right unto a man”—right mark you—“but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Listen again! "I.verily thought with myself thnt I ought to' do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.” Again, history teaches very plainly and over and over again that conscience is not an infallible guidq.' Listen! The Hindoo mother was conscientious when she threw her babe as a sacrifice into the boiling waters of the Ganges. Conscience, as every other faculty and power of man, needs to be educated. “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” This state ment was made by the Lord Jesua Christ concerning the Pharisees who transgressed the commandments of God wi|h their traditions. It was' spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ to those who transgressed that which was right wRh wbat they thought was right—their deprived and illy train ed conscience*. 1 "If the blind lead the blind both shall fall Into the ditch.” The appli- I cation of this passage is generally re- I strieted to ministers and teachers of f religion. This passage should “come I home” with tremendous force and J power to all ministers and teachers of j religion: for many of them doubtless J have been responsible for ditched j souls. It should “eotne home” with i tremendous force and power to all I persons within the Church; for many I of them too doubtless have been re *|K>nsible for ditched souls. It should “come home”, with tremendous force and power to all persons without the Church. Who can doubt that many of them by virtue of their leaderthip have been responsible for ditched shuts. “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch” —con- scientious or otherwise —church mem bers or non-professors, “If the blind lead the blind, both shall fell Into tba ditch.” The quea t 00, then, which should be uppermost in every mind is this. Am I blind? (Continued on Pag* «») The Concord Daily Tribune . • North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily No Real Land Found By Amundsen In Trip , Over The North Pole ’SHERIFF YOUNG AND . GOUGE DIB IN GUN BATTLE L. , : Men Were Neighbors sail Had Ap- I parcntly Tbereiorr Bent on Most Frit mHy Terms. ! Asbevil.e. May Wh—Citizens of |Windon today arc in a turnmoil of ,ox pc Mat ten wondering what evidence I will be brought out ns to the chime [of the shooting there last night [ which cost the livrs of Sheriff J. \V. I Young, of Yancey county, and of Perry Gouge, N | The two men are said to have | met on a road just outside of lVin don, and their conversation is said [to have given no hint of want was [about to occur. Gouge is said by j Charles Hutchins, Burnsville nttor iney, who was n witness of the shoot ling. to have, called the sheriff, and j the two stood talking. Gouge placed ! his pistol to the other man's abdo- Imen in a joking mttnner, according to HUffchin's story, and when the of ficer lnughed, the other fired six I times. Sheriff Young reeled back, re gained his footing and pulled his own gun. firing one shot, which [pierced the heart of the assassin. jThe two men are said to have fal [ len dead in the road at the same j time. The affair took place on the I road. j The fatal shootings are said to have oeeured about 8 o'clock, direct ly in front of Gouge’s home nt Win don, where he operates a general store. No reason could be ascribed by friends of the two dead men as to the shooting, but it was intimated that Gouge was under the influence of whiskey. Cumberland Presbyterians Hava Big gest Endowments. Columbus. Miss., May 17. —(A 1 )— Reports to the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, which meets here May 20-22, are ex pected to show the largest sum total of endowments of any year in the history of the denomination. More than one hundred commis sioners will attend from several sec tions of the country. About as many delegates will come for the mis sionary convention which meets simultaneously. During the last twenty years there , has been ail increase each year in tfih erection of new church buildings and manses, the reports will say. The hoard of education announces a healthy condition at Bethel College, where all indebtedness has been wip ed out. Sunday school publications have more than doubled in circulation the last seven years. , The Modern!st discussion has not arisen in previous assemblies as the Cumberland Presbyterians are about one hundred percent fundamental. WHh Our Advertisers. You can get your new dress at J. C. Penney Co.’s for only $9.1)0, in many different and approved styles, sizes for women and misses. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. will welcome an opportunity to show yfei lit person anything in their store in which you are interfoted. Straw hats from $2 to $5 at Hoo ver’s—the good kjnd too. All the new spring merchandise at Rtird’s. ■ You will always find hats of qual ity nt Robinson's millinery deparf jnent. Shewn Sentenced to Prison. Hartford, Conn., May 17.—(AD— Walter E. Sheen, of Springfield, Mass.,' partner in crime of Gerald. Chapman, recently executed for mur dering a policeman during a New Britain robbery October 12, 1924, was sentenced today to state prison for one to five years. Shean pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and with being an accessory to stat utory burglary. He has been In, jail awaiting disposition of his case for 19 months. Millions of pounds of excess meat were dumped on the English market recently by rival American and Brit ish firms, battling for trade supremn ’ oy. Prices were cut almost in half. | Ham, In the epring the thoughts naturally turn to the home, the flow- j era and the garden. A man’s wife and children are entitled to live 1 under their own roof, apd enjoy that self-respect and prestige that J comes to tho homo owner. We can help you. J CONCORD, N. C. j Office in Citizens Bank Building | ' I Explorers Tell 'Associated Press They Saw Rocky Islands Which Could Not Be Called Land. DIRIGIBLE NOW BEING DISMANTLED Will Be Shipped Back to States by Designer—Ex plorers at Nome Waiting For Vessel Home. Nome, Alaska, May 17.—(A*)— Lincoln Ellsworth, of the Amundsen- Ellsworth trans-polar expedition, told the Associated Press here today that they saw much open water at the Xbrth Pole when, he and his seven teen companions passed over it Tues day night in the dirigible Norge. This statement by Ellsworth provided an answer to a question that has puzzled geographers anil explorers for many years, and which was not completely settled with the visits of Commander Peary and Lieut. Commander Byrd in their trips to the pole because of the limited amount of area reviewed by them there. Mr. Ellsworth said that rock is lands were seen by his party nt tile pole, but these could hardly be con sidered land. Mr. Ellsworth said he had sent a telegram to President Coolidge in reply to one from the President rongrntulating him and his associates on their attainment of the farthest northern point of the earth. The explorer said he dropped an American flag nt the pole. The Norge was being dismantled at Teller, seventy-five miles northwest of here, where it landed Thursday night ending its flight from Spits bergen. Col. Umberto Nobile, of Italy, designer and builder of the blimp, was supervising the dismantl ing. Two other members of the ex pedition besides Amundsen aud Ells worth were here awaiting a steamer to the states. These are Captain Oscar Wisting and Lieutenant Oskar Omdahl. The four arrived here in a launch from Teller yesterday. Despite the rather chilly reception accorded the four explorers because of their failure to laipU(g,ete instead of at Teller. Ellsworth, the . only American in the expedition, said to day he was enjoying himself. He is a typical American, enjoys frontier , life, and is well known here. Ells , worth came to Nome in 1913, and was associated with an attempt to extract gold from gold bearing sands , in this section. The four men are staying at a log cabin which has been named “The Explorers Club of Nome.” The explorers said they slept little on the flight. They said the blimps' ■ gondola was too small to permit the ; men to lie down. Record Certain That Dellinger is Ross. Greensboro. May 15. —The Daily Record says in n copyrighted story today that the fact is firmly estab lished that Julius Coleinan Dellin ger and the long-missing Charlie Ross are the same. J. Frank (raffney, formerly of Gjaffney, S. C., hns made an affidavit before a notary public in this city tliat he is sure “Dellinger” is the person for whom the world-wide search was made back in 1874-75. Mrs. Mae Starr, wife of Pierre C. Starr, both subscribing witnesses tu the affidavit, is herself u cousin of Ross, and is convicted beyond a doubt that the man formerly known by hia abductor’s name in 1874, then as Coley Mi-Hale, and finally as Dellinger, is her long-missing cousin, the son of Christian K. Ross, of Germantown, Pa. Will Have Referendum. Berlin. May 17.—MP)—The Marx cabinet has decided that a national referendum on the question of confis cation without indemnification of the property of the former German ruling house will be held on June 20th. concord, n. c., Monday, may n, 192 6 7 JIHpjP zmgg ::Mmm ('apt. Roald Amundseu. h modi if: the expedition, which flew over, tit North Pole fti the dirigible Norge, w shown here in his Arctic togs as Mr dressed for the Polar hop from Kinjjs Bay, Spitsbergen. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Easy at Decline of 7 to 12 Points With July Selling Oil to 18.20. New York, May 17. —(A*)—The-cot- ton market opened easy today at li de cline of 7 to 12 points. July selling off to 18.20 and December to 17.4 S in the early trading, or about 12 points net lower on active positions. The The decline was in resjamse to rela tiinely easy Liverpool cables, early reports of favorable weather over Run day and the offieinl forecast wihich pointed to generally seasonable weath er for the coming week. Liquidation and Southern selling on the decline was absorbed by cov ering, and with a moderate trade or commission house demand, prices steadied. The market was a point or two up from the lowest at the end of the first hour when sentiment may have been influenced to some extent by private reports of rain at San An tonio, Texas. Cotton futures opened easy: July 18.24; October 17.42; Deeembeer 17.40; January 17.38; March 17.51. PRESBYTERIAN BUDGET IN STATE NOT MET Balance of $210,454 on Benevolenit Budget For Year Must Be Mat in Near Future. 1 Charlotte, May 17.—(A“) gene eral assembly of the Presbyterian Church to meet at Pensacola,; Fla., on Thursday, will be told that the North Carolina Syqod needs $210,454 to bal ance its benevolent budget for the year. This is the announcement to day by J. B. Spillman, secretary of the stewardship committee of the state. Mr. Spillman declared, however, that by the time the report is present ed at Pensacola, plans will have been made to meet “this paper deficit.” Members of the synod stewardship committee and of the executive com mittee of the advisory Council of bus iness men and women will meet in Greensboro tomorrow to consider plans of balancing this budget. DePaolo Pledges Safety on Pair of His Baby’s Shoes. Indianaiiolis. May l’i. — (A*) —A pair of baby shoes was worth $97,- 500 in ensh to Pete DePaolo last year, hut they failed to bring him victory at the recent international sliced way race. The 1925 American automobile racing-champion, who also leads the pack for 1926, attributes his suc cess to the fact that a pair of his youngster’s boots hangs from the front axle of hia care in every con test. His cash winnings aggregated approximately $97,500. DePaolo is superstitious only in that one respect. He said from the time he attached the shoes he lias not had a serious accident. They will be his good-luck pieces until he quits the sport The champion driver will have two new cars in the 500-mile In dianapolis race 1 and the shoes will be switched to the one he selects to pilot. Annual Convention K. of P. Goldsboro, May 17.—0«—The an nual convention of the North Caro lina Knights of Pythias will be held here June 8, 9 and 10, and a com mittee, headed by Captain Nathan O’Berry is already at work on plans for entertaining the delegates during the convention. The Grand Lodge will be convened on the night of June Bth, and imme diately following there will be a pub lic meeting, with addresses of wel come and responses. Plans for speak ers have not yet been completed. The “Dokis” will have their cere monial oh Wednesday afternoon and evening, June 9th. At least 200 delegates from all sections of the state are expected, members of the entertainment com mittee say. , Mrs. U B. Hayes Dies Suddenly. Winston-Salem, May 17. —(A>)— Mrs. AgnCs Rockwell Hayes, 35. wife of Rev. L. B. Hayes, pastor of Ard more Methodist Church, this city, and daughter of Dr. Lula A. Rockwell, of Asheville, died suddenly at a local hospital this morning. A native of Morristown, Tenn., she had lived in North Carolina for several years, and was one of the best known women ini the state. Mrs. Hayes was a sister ; of Captain KUBn Rockwell, who was | killed while flying in France during [ the World War. Bhe is. survived by her husband and three children. Funeral arrangements have not been I completed. NO ONE HURT WHEN BOMB MED IN \ EUR OF EMBASSY ;Bomb Was Exploded Late i Last Night in Front of I the United States Em bassy at Buenos Aires. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO BUILDING / - $• Ambassador Jay Was Not In Embassy at Time.— Cause For Bomb Not! Known by Officials. Btiphos Aires. May 17.—(Ah—-A bomb was exploded in front of the U. S. embassy late last night. No one was injured and only slight damage was done. The American Ambassador Peter Augustus Jay, was not in the embas sy at the time, but returned about ten minutes after the explosion. He was at n loss to explain why the em bassy should be bombed, but the theo ry was advanced by some that the incident was connected with the recent denial of a new trial for Nieholai Sac co and Bartolomeo VanZetti, convict ed in Alassachusetts of murder. Tlie bomb which exploded in front of the main entrance of the embassy, tore a hole in the left side of the door and sliattered several windows of the building and of neighboring houses. Only servants were in the building at the time. They at first attributed the uoise to the bursting of a tire, and did not realize a bomb had been ex ploded until the police arrived within a few minutes. A police investigation was begun : mmediate)y. UNIFICATION BURIED FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS Methodists Also Decide Not to Elect Any Bishops at This Time at Gen eral Conference. Memphis, Tenn., May 17.—(A 1 ) The general conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, today buried the question of unification for four years, after deciding against the election of any bishops at this time, thus disposing of two major problems within a few minutes. \ Action on proposals for ’the reor ganization of the general board of the church also was deferred until the next general conference, the confer ence today adopting the report of a special committee which recommended thnt a new commission be appointed to study the’question and report back four years hence. As a result, the status of the general boards will re main as it is during the next quadren nium. A new constitution for the board of missions, however, still is pending. Under the t>rovisions of this constitu tion, the complete reorganization of the mission board would be effected. Following disposal of the much dis cussed bishop question came the ques tion of unification in the form of a report from the church relations com mittee. Notice to Those Who Want to Flirt With Firemen. (By International News Service) Spartanburg, S. C., May 17.—“1f you want to flirt with the single mem bers of the fire department, call 236 and not 428. The latter number is for fire only." This was the request to Spartanburg flappers made by members of the lo cal, fire department, as a result of re peated calls over the wrong telephone. One ’phone, the elder firemen ex plained. Is for “conversation” and “flirtation,'’ while the other is strict ly for “fire." Not only is the calling of the wrong number a menace to pulie safety, the veterans of the department pointed out. but it is a nuisance to the mar ried members of the department as well. This is especially true, they said, when a call comes in after bed time, as it has. been known to happen. Dr. Ben R- Lacy Accepts Call. Atlanta, Ga., May 16.—Dr. Ben R. Lacy, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church here, has ac cepted the Presidency of the Uniion Theological Seminary, of Richmond. Va., be announced today He will succeed Dr. W. IV. Moore, who has been elected president emeritus. True American Indian types exist in Tibet, 6,000 miles from the nearest point of the American continent, ac cording to scientists of the Smithson ian Institution. A new tenement in New York has the first baby carriage garage. It is made of galvanized iron, with a sep arate compartment for each perambu lator. Star Theatre TODAY—TUESDAY “The Splendid Crime” WITH , bebe Daniels and Neil Hamil ton William DeMille Production [ A Crook Melodrama It’s a Paramount Picture' 1 j The Best of A!l Times—Com* Where You Are Welcome Christening Airmail Plane f|| I % ,* h k z 1 - ’ 1 I s -••. t I ' 1 *i ' i'W; ? iR I ! vM i JHI fi HWfli Citizens of pli. M<|". h.-M a piihiir jubiiiition w i»* n the first plane on the new air mail route left St. Joseph for Chicago. This picture shows Marie Hogan, “air mail queen,” christening the plane Miss St. Joseph. Immediately after taking tlr's picture Photographer M. P. Ha becker put the negative on the plane and it was carried" to XEA Service’s office in Cleveland as part of St. Joseph's first air mail package. The new route is from Chicago to Dallas. MAKE REQUESTS FOR HUGE SUMS FROM DUKE ESTATE Chaneey Court Asked to Rule Upon the Validity of the Requests. Trenton. X. J., May 17.—(A I)—Be cause of two claims totalling more than $1,000,000 made upon the es tate of the lates James B. Duke, to bacco king, who maintained a home nt Duke’s Park, Somarest county, ex ecutors of his estate today asked the chancery court to pass upon the val idity of the request and to determine how much money, if any at all, should be paid to the claimants. The larger of the two demands was made by the Southern Power Com pany, of Charlotte, N. C., asking that $990,884 be paid, from Duke’s estate for money and electric power fur nished in the prosecution of experi ments conducted by him in a process of making cheap phosphate fertilizer by aiv electrical method. Duke, it is said, was the controlling factor in the power eoneern, and re lying upon his word and upon his per sonal credit the power company ad vanced funds and electricity to the Piedmont Electric Chemical Company of Charlotte, the name under which the phosphate operations were con ducted. The latter concern never went beyond the experimental stage, it was stated, and its property was recently sold for $301,000. Trustees of Dilworth Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Char lotte, have also placed a claim against the estates for $50,000, the executors declare. It is alleged that Duke; pledged (hat amount for building of a new church and plans were changed 1 in accordance with his views. Convicted of Converting Soldier’s Soldiers’ Funds to Own Use. ( By International News Service) Atlantag, Ga„ May 17.—Unless he finds a means for further court Inter vention, State Senator J. D. Clifton, of Leesburg, Ga., must serve a sen tence of from three to live years which | was imposed oil him following hjs conviction of fraudulently and will fully converting to his own use more than $4,000 belonging to John J. Curry, disabled War veteran, for i whom the solon had been made guar dian. This was the status of the Senator's case after he lost his appeal to the Georgia Court of Appeals. The indictment against Clifton charged that he converted the sum of $4,000. representing funds that had come to him as compensation for the veteran's injuries in the Wqrld War, to his own use. Will Not Abandon Co-operative Mar keting. (By International News Service.) Danville, May 17.—(A*) —Tobacco growers of North Carolina and Vir ginia are not going to following South Carolina and abandon co-operative marketing. Such was the outcome of a meet ing of 500 leaf growers who gathered here to decide what was to be done with the Tri-State Co-operative To bacco Market'ng Association. When a resolution calling for the immediate conducting of a sign-up campaign ou a five-year contract, the planters were unanimous in .their approval of the plan. This action on the part of the weed growers came ns a surprise to former pool members over Virginiu and North Carolina. Thin Ice and Open Water at Pole, But No Land in Arctic Nome, Alaska, May 17. —Lieuten- ant Wjalmar Riiser-Larsen, second pilot of the dirigible Norge, said that thin ice and open water were found at the North Pole, but no laud was discovered !u the Arctic waste by the Amundsen-EUsworth expedition, which arrived at Teller, Alaska. Thursday night in the airship from Kings Bay, Spitsbergen. Teller is 75 miles northwest of Nome.' The big airstoip was in the air about 72 hours. Considerable time was spent at the North Pole making observations, the Norge having descended to within 600 feet of the ice, knd rose to Ai atti tude of 4,000 feet. V Over Point Barrow, on the 7 Arctic MAN AND WIFE SLAIN AFTER DOMESTIC ROW Mr. ami Mrs. Sidney Odom, of Near Areola, Dead—W- L. Ross /Is Held. Norfolk, Vn., May I(s.—Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Odum, of near Areola, X. V., were both shot and killed this afternoon, .according to a special dis patch to the Virginian-Pilot from Warrenton. N. C. IV. L. Ross, ot Hollister. N- C„ is in jail charged with the double slaying and is al leged to have confessed, saying the affair grew out of a family quarrel. According to the dispatch the trouble centered around Ross’ step daughter. The girl was said to have left home a few weeks ago because of alleged cruel treatment and had since been making her home with the Odums. This afternoon Ross is said to have gone to the Odum home, and following a quarrel fired five shots from a revolver into Mr. and Mrs. Odum, killing both- Following the double killing Ross went to the home of I jew is Capps, well known merchant of Areola, and. according to the dispatch, tohl him of the af fair and asked that he be taken to the Warren county Jail. This was done. The ease is expected to be taken up at the term of the Superior court which opens in Warrenton to morrow. Ross Rushed to State Prison For Safekeeping. Raleigh, May 1(}. —George Ross Pou. superintendent of the state prison, said tonight that W. L. Ross, lof Hollister, charged with the mur -1: der of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Odum, lof near Areola, was being rushed to the state's prison for safekeeping by the sheriff of Warren county. Mr- Pou stated that the War ren county sheriff had notified him over long distance telephone that a mob had been reported formed for the purpose of taking Ross from the jail at Warrenton and lynching him. .COUPLE KILIJSD AFTER THEY BEFRIENDED GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Odom Dead and Their Slayer, W. L. Ross, Is in Prison. Warrenton, N. C.. May 17.—(/P) Because they befriended a young girl. Sidney Odom and his wife, of Areola. N. C., were dead today with, their slayer, W. L. Ross, of Hollister. N. O. in confinement at state's prison, Raleigh. Little is known of the actual slaying except what was told by Ross himself immediately after the shooting. He had been at odds with the Odoms be cause they took into their home sev eral weeks ago Ross' step-daughter, who left their home, she alleged, be cause of ill treatment by Ross. Tlio man went to the Odom home yesterday, and emptied his revolver, the shots taking effect in Odom and his wife, and causing instant death to both. He then went down the road a short distance to the home of Lewis Capps and requested him to ride down the road with him. A short distance from Capps’ home Ross told his companion what he had done, and asked to be taken to the Warren coun ty jail. Mr. Capps stated later thaf Ross had indicated he would plead insanity when arraigned, but added he expected lie would go to the electric chair. Fear that violence might be done the prisoner caused the sheriff of War ren vounty to carry hint to state prison yesterday afternoon. coast, 550 miles northwest of here, iee formed on the whirling propellers of the ship and then broke off, cutting the. big gas bag. Loss of helium gas made the Norge extremely heavy. A fair wind aided it on the voyage from Barrow to Teller. The crew of eighteen arrived at Teller very tired, but in excellent physical condition. preparatory to landing, an anchor was dropped from the Norge *nd Ser geant Aetter Arduino, assistant me chanic, descended and supervised the landing. A strong wind blew while the airship was being lowered and T. A. Pellerson, manager of the Teller Lighterage ’(Company, grabbed the bow line of-the ship and beaded it Into the Vrthff. * " ’ ’ THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY ] NO. 114 NIHIL MM DDES NOT WiNTTO , STEIN POUM Refuses to Become Dicta tor Although He Alien ated Extreme Left Ele ments by Decision. AFTER ONE MAN IN CABINET Leader of New Govern ment Takes Oath as Min ister of War But Will Take No Other Office. Par’s, May 17.—0 Pis said in well informed quarters in Warsaw, says a dispatch to the Havas Agency from the Polish capital, that Marshal Pilsudski has never had any intention of establishing himself as dictator. His sole object was to compel Pre mier Witos to resign, and he has per sisted in confining himself to this, notwithstanding urging by the left groups and certain generals. He took the oath of office as minister of before provisional Ilresident Hataj like the other ministers and by this attitude is declared to have alienated the extreme lejFt elements. Former Fremier Witos and thfc ministers in the late cabinet w)io were detained at Vilna have been releMAd and returned to Poland, but a dote* military officers of high rank are stai being kept there. Among these are generals Rozwadowa and Suszynaki, inspector of cavalry Zagorski, and tile governor of Warsaw. Other officers have been sent back to their regi ments. The dispatch adds that the prqyis ional government has decided there shall be no reprisals whatever, and M. Rataj and Premier Bartel asked M. Trompszynska who always has been an open adversary of Marshal Pilsudski, to go to Posen and try to calm the anti-Pilsudskites and in duce them to accept the new situation. The Havas correspondent , Rays Trompsxynski's act was only one case of broad-mindedness on the part of public meu, all of whom are following the example of former President Wo>- c'echowski, sacrificing personal resent ment in the interests of peace. , . Continuing, the correspondent de clares that it has become known that when President Mojsiechowski ’ and Premier Witos resigned they knew that strong reinforcements were on the way to Posen to help the government, but preferred to withdraw from office and thus prevent a struggle in which brother would fight against brother. The posen divisions stopped 8 miles from the capital at Ozarow, where they are now encampel. Armed Motorcycles For New frit* Cops. :| By Internatiional News Service. ~ :4| New York, May 17. —A stew I armored motorcycle, which the mak ers claim will revolutionise the present system of pursuing auto mobile bandits, was inspected re cently at Police Headquarters by Police Commissioner McLaughlin and his aides. Both the motorcycle and its side car are completely protected with steel shields, in which are set bul let-proof glass panels. Bending low behind these shields both the opera tor and his companion are complete ly protected from bullets, and at the same time are able to operate the motorcycle and direct revolver or rifle shots at their quarry. The motorcycle has a speedy, of 70 miles an hour and the mairaSc turers claim the machine will -be more effective in the pursuit of bhn dits than the present high-powered automobiles used by the department, because of the ease with which t& motorcycle can be manuevered in heavy traffic. “Bouncing Walts” Helped to lHv>- vent Speedway Deaths. , *• .1 Indianapolis. May 17. (A 3 ) “Bouncing walls” and hub-high guard rails have been instrumental in preventing serious addidents in 500-mile races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the last six years- Pronounced the most dangerous speedway in the world by drivers, the course has been singularly free of fatal accidents since 1!)10. when two drivers were killed. Thb con crete walls are so constructed that when a car crashes into them, it is bounced back onto the track in such fashion that it seldom overturns. The improvements to the course were made after 1919. On the long straightaways, the guard rails are hub-high, so that when a car slashes into them they hit nt the center of gravity and rare ly are upset. SAT’S BEAR SAISI ' Fair tonight and Tuesday occ«|si9 probably local showers Tuesday in wc- JS treme west portion; little change in jJ temperature. Moderate to fresh " and southwest winds.