DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Chamberlain And Levine Hop Off For Europe With Berlin Believed To Be Their Goal LEVINE SURPRISED FRIENDS BY GOING Even Wife of Director of Columbia Aircraft Cor poration Did Not Know He Was to Make Plight. NOVA SCOTIA IS PASSED BY FLIERS They Had Not Made as Good Time as Lindbergh Did When He Made His Record Flight to France. Roosevelt Field, June 4.— OP) —The mysterious trans-Atlantic flight ‘began today. Seated side by side in the Rellanca monoplane Columbia, designed for tmns-ooeanic flying, Clarence D. Cham berlain, holder of the world's endur ance record for flying, and Charles A. Levine, managing director of the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, hopped off nt 0:05 a. m„ eastern daylight time, for flight to an unnamed Euro pean destination, presumably Merlin. It was a dramatic moment as they sonred aloft from the runway where on May 20tli Captain Charles A. Lind bergh began his epochal flight to l’nris. Ja>viue sat beside Chamberlain clad in an ordinary business suit. There wns no hat on his head. "Neither showed any emotion ns they prepared for the flight, with spectators standing about the plane not knowing who Cliaipber lain’s companion reallv would be un til Levine cil.mbed into the cockpit. In a Garden City hotel several miles away, Mrs. Wylda Chamberlain, the plot's wife, was in great anxiety. She had said previously that she knew her husband was taking his life in his hands. So she stayed away from the fleW to keep in her trdndH'"pio-. ture of him that she treasured, saying but Mrs. 7>vltie. w-lfe of the surprise crnnjflfTc ion to Chamberlain, was nt the run way. She did not know whq was going with Chamberlain. And then her husband stepped into the cockpit and waved good-bye to her, and she was as much surprised she said later, I ns any spectators. She fainted and was hysterical for a time, but later revived. The deftly designed monoplane, its propeller whirling, and its motor roar ing, taxied down the runway, and lifted itself clear of the earth about 2,000 feet from where the spectators stood. A flight that has kept mil lions in anticipation for weeks, was underway at last. The true start of the plane was preceded by a false one, the plane taxiing down the runway for about 500 feiet and then returning to its starting place. Levine was in the {Wane at that time, but it was not expected that he would go. Immediately before this Levine had refused to say In his wife's presence, whether he would go; all he would say was that Chamberlain would not go alone. As the plane sped down the run way on its final start, Mrs. Levine turned pale nnd her hands fluttered to her face. Then she fainted, and wns taken from the field by friends. The destination of the Columbia wns not announced prior to the de parture, but Chamberlain said that he would fly to h • v >4 V •*■ m • * ■ *&£ 4. -s' * " s*§p I I - 'JR . .!V ?^,fci..;.i':e.. ■■■r» f -, V "V / * .. jb jc M&m A THE STOCK MARKET | Prices Made Irregular Recovery To | day After Opening Period of Heav iness. | New York, June 4.—OP) —Stock | prices made irregulary recovery to day after an opening period of lieav | inese. Operators for the advance i supported stocks freely on the theory | that the technical position of the mar : ket had been improved by yesterday’s shakeout, but bear traders continued to ferret out new weak spots. The closing was firm, total sales approx imating 1,000,000 shares. Passing of a Dickens House. London, June 4.—Charles Dickens wrote much of "Edwin Drood." his last and unfinished work, at No. 5, Marble Arch, W., which has just been acquired by a syndicate with a view to building a large motion-picture the ater on the site. Lord Charles Beres ford lived in the house for many years. There are many other associations of Dickens with the locality, which is rapidly changing its character owing to the great increase of traffic. NEW SERIES ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4th We Open Our 78th Series of Building and Loan Running Shares, worth $1:00 at maturity, will cost you only 25c a week. Building and lyoan is the ideal way for wage earners to save money, or to get the funds to pay for their homes.' • There is no better investment than prepaid shares of our stock, which are, tax exempt. If you are not familiar- with the Building and Loan wc will be pleased to explain it to you. Coneofd Perpetual Buid ing and Loan Association OFFICES AT CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK H. I. WOODHOUSE P. B. FETZER Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary - * PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE U. S. FLEET Ninenty-Seven Gray Sea Warriors Pass in Review Before President in Hampton Roads. Cape Henry, Vu.. June 4.— OP) — Ninety-seven sea warriors of the Unit ed States fleet, manned by 23,000 of ficers and men, left their moorings in Hampton Roads shortly before noon today, and began a proud and colorful procession down the Thimble Shoals Channel to be reviewed for the first time by President Coolidge at the doorway to the Atlantic. The great armada, constituting the backbone of the combined battle and scout fleets, got underway an hour and a hall after the yacht Mayflower with the presidential party on board had taken up her reviewing position two and one-half miles northwest of Cape Henry. The battle fleet will continue on to sea and to its post in the Pacific Ocean. A whale shark has 24.000 teeth.set in eighty rows of 300 each. The above is a drawing of the new St. James Lutheran Church by the architects. Spencer & Phillips of Mem phis. while at the lower left is shown the present church in which final ser vices will be held Sunday. The new SIIO,OOO building will be erected on the site of the oM church, comer of West Corbin and South Un ion streets, and Monday workmen will begin salvaging the present church and manse. Barring unforseen (develop ments the inadequate and antiquated church and parsonage wilt be cleared away in five weeks. The new plant will be stately and picturesque in its Gothic architecture. Provisions have been made to its ad equacy to accommodate any great growth of the church during the fu ture. The great auditorium and bal cony will seat more than 600 people, and its Sunday school quarters will care for several hundred. St. Janies Lutheran services after Sunday will be held in the auditorium of the Concord high school until the completion of the new church. Steps to build a new Lutheran Church were taken some mouths ago whdft the membership sill I ss(!.- 000. Immediately a building commit tee was appointed, and last week the contract for the structure was award ed to Blythe & Isenhour, Charlotte contractors. Construction of the church will be gin in the near future, and it is ex pected that it- wil Ibe completed aiul ready for occupancy by March, 1928. i HOUDINI BOOKS EXPOSE MAGIC Mediums’ Tricks Uncovered Frauds , Practiced Centuries Ago Still Amaze Public. Washington, June 3. —Secrets of magicians—from fire eating to card tricks —are revealed iii the Houdiui library of 5,000 volumes now being unpacked and classified by the Library of Congress. Books amj mnnusCrips of the great magician, bequeathed to the Govern ment, will carry on the work of Hou dini of exposing frauds and trickery among mediums. Many tricks which Houdini’s vol umes shown to be thousands of years old are still being used today, and tiie modern public views them with ns much amazement ns did the nncibnts. In one yellow, age-worn manuscript, dated in the early part of the seven teenth century, are a few recipes for fire tricks. “Mix the juice of marshmallow, the white of an egg. flea-bane seeds, the juice of a radish nnd lime, anuoint the body with this and one will be ren dered fireproof," the expose reads. “To walk on fire or dip boiling lead with the bare hands anuoint the feet or hands with a mixture of samphire, aquaevite, quicksilver, liquid stores and hermatitus.” This was an ancient of Japanese priests. If is still practiced by modern magicians. For placing apparently molten lead in the mouth a metal made of bis muth. block tin nnd lead is used. This will melt in boiling water and cools quickly. Fire eaters wash their mouths with spirits of sulphur before attempting to consume"live coals or red hot iron, the ancient volumes show. “Miracle, mongers,” Houdini called them. The volumes are in Spanish, Eng lish, French, German, Dutch, Italian 'and Chinese. Nothing performed by man can be supernatural, Houdini maintained. “Ghosts” and “spirits” were placed in the same category with card tricks and sleight-of-hand “miracles” by the magician, who perhaps knew more of the inside workings of magic than any other man. Governor Small Will Pay $650,000. Springfield, 111., June 4.—(A*)—Set tlement out of court of the $1,000,000 interest suit against Governor Len Small of Illinois today ended six years of litigation with a stipulation clear ing the governor of the charge of pock eting the money himself in 1916 and 1917, when he was state treasurer. The governor agreed to pay $650,000 and the coats. C V KILLS 10 FOOT \ SHARK IN SEA FIGHT inn. New Zealand, June 4. —i ft —Charles Ferris of this city, is ft hero of a hand to hand fight wit® j»ur sharks, in which "Old Kruger," who had been terrorizing bathers for years, was killed. “Old Kruger" and other sharks had been coming close to the beach and Ferris determined to put an end to the menace. With pieces of stingaree in a bag around his neck for bait he wad ed into the surf, carrying a har poon to which a rope was attach ed. Ferris threw bits of stingaree ahead of him and four sharks in cluding "Old Kruger" fought for them. When Ferris got among the b : g fish he thrust a harpoon in to “Old Kruger" and a group on the beach hauled him ashore. The big fish weighed 400 pounds and was 10 feet long. COAST GIARDBMEN HEROIC DI KING FLOOD Gallantry of Men In This Service Has Meant Safety To Many People. Mobile, Ala.. June 4.—(IXS) — Gallantry of the l'nite/i|^B No Poolrooms For Alain fares. Charlotte, June 4.—Chief PoH|B Alex West, sounded the for poolroom operators who operate on Charlotte's main fare. B 'Licenses for such must be renewed prior to July Chief West will issue no a pool room whose owner iiitehtliriH operate in the immediate lmlcpcmleiicc Square, lie said. ffiß| Children Kidnapped. iyjj£ I Nashville, Tenn., June*. George Keith, Jr., 0 years Lehman Keitli. 4 years obi, George J. Keith, president of milage Mills here, were here this inorniug while a road in a park a short distance ffjß“ their home, their step-mother rim | ed to the police. The Aitmt'SH carried away in an automohHh;’ step-mother said. B Blair Recovering From Operation. :? fl Washington. Julie 3.—Davfngß 39 Blair, commissioner of revenue, is at Rochester, Minn., *■>' covering from an operation - JHHB pendicitis. He was operated,ion W4'(S nesday. a week ago, and well. I)r. Starr Judd surgeon. JH tluin five years ago JCCB'lliflfl Trego arrived in Kansas City PfSBH| cully without funds and with mother anil mi infant daughter port. Since then, largely through fl own efforts, she has built muiiufacturing company winch IMB 9 to do an annual business of mutely SLOOO.OOO. ' || \ll L, |4 I LJ'pritw Probably rain tonight and Stntti-'^ 1 slightly warmer in night, cooler in extreme went p«Mtt 1 Sunday. § WM