Monday, May 28, >923,
II EXECUTION IN .
{[[fltU DISTRICT
[[POUTED S! FRENCH
a -s'
id, in Ou-upk-d Regions,
£ toJ)eath_
r\T TO DEATH
D VITHOI'T FALTER
jn \dmiUk'd That He Had
Kten I'P Tracks.—Re- ;
plrdcd as Chief of a Mur
tier
,• ...• y r ,\ ißy tlit* Assoei-
*’jSchlagoter was
"1 * ] :i ri.-li t'.<'uns today for
,IT * M 1 r .,i r ,, ;l ,is in the occupied
x'Mi!’•' ~5-,T-nsos. Ho was
i|iiaiT,v near a ceine-
T T ll '* . ji M j. XV;|S delivered forth
’• all ,j‘! ( , moien authorities. This
ijj io Ha*_ t liR . oet . n pied
f , n;:s . <cor:od to tho quar
- ami wont unfalter
il(.EiLi, Ton shots wore
,mw'v-ii'o:aa<‘. S, iikigeter. a for
...jiior. was convicted by
ii/'aTo.on-t martial of espionage
with criminals.- lie
had blown up rail
in-idges. Tho French
!l ' -t n'ia: as a < hio!' of the murder
Sl! " vdi have boon carrying on a
"f to; r ,,1 against tho oecupa-
E of thc Uuiir.
“ ,iack bovemmeht.
, (I]| _y.iv 11 >y the Associated
\,-it"is'stated that tho Federa
<;,.r:nau industrialists has in
(Jormaii government that
»nenilK j r> »>f-t!tv federation arc pre
rtd {l.irivt the tvquisir gunrantes
r’lnsiiis"for '' rat:olls payments.
ip.nt*-v ilispaieli from Berlin
iPLOTKK'' HI 1 HE.W IL\
‘ (ir STANDARD OIL STOCK
-
ithin Three YraN Titov Will He the
Lai;v't Sinule Group of Siookhold
rrs.
I'ima-' ’. May •.ti.-Tlnw years hence
(. eitiiotvt'es of the Standard Oil
Bipaiij ihaliana i will he the larg
! group of stie kiioidors eolloei ively, ,
,1 Vd!! mva more stock than any
!:»f individua! or collective group of
yklioltiers of *lu * company, if the
flyers patronize file stock purchas
j pia;. in f • i throe years as
>■■■ invc in the This an
anoiin‘iit w.t trade today hy the
nipsH'’ in in!“ntifi« on the result
til’* p!■: 11 ti iiuv tin two years of
rite anno;: laont says that of the
."He sfnefcholder.-N ' are now
iployoe< jiiid l:;e. v purchased stock
tier tir- ].!an. .which provides that
r every h.oilar an employee puts ttj)
rthe {mriha-o «>; stock the company’
li add ha . .. , ti, the employee's
niii in the ]inv' ii; -c. providing. how
u. litar an oiiipioyee can purchase
’ft than. n:i amount equal to- 20 ]>er
«. of his salary.
A' sum as mi amount stiflieicnt to
t; «a«‘ shar- of -took is reached the
ir.uas** is made and dividends to the
qiiuyio im *vri ll . At the end of live
ar> ail of tlu stock purchased in
ls mairior. is delivered to tlie cm-
A f"w cniii-rcio .'Xamplis of how this
; arc interesting. Two
** a - 0 an olfice hoy -e;iruing SSO a
''i- 1 "lUjtt'ibutod spi ( ,f this monthly
s' purchasing stock. Today he
"raro. and with the small
_ n 812.50 lie has to his
Ilis not profit is $340.
• .'..jo;' employe** whose salary-is
p u in jipfii to the phr
'f 1 He Ini', now I*4 shares,
due of Sr»iH 1. His
wo years is $3,561.
(news■(%» for siuni, It Explodes
. [in Her Moulii.
n'\\ i -vlv Tiuii >
, 1 l '- R'l' ye,vs old. picked up
‘A,. i* l : r !ior home at -3711
j l: ,. j 1 ‘ yesterday afternoon
disk of ehew
,7r 'J;;;., ' hi .T»m the disk into
nosed !,,>;• .iavys on it and
xml,i E' 111 ' J . !l " pavement as it
Her nVu 1 i ; f ' , '.- ,u " iUh -'
' ■''i - iiiseoveml, was a
i •* , ; 'n -.n h a; j s used'
'j I '',"' ''ho diseinh'd it the
; Firth Street sta
ur:->.,i ~ ,! 'V ,H Fvuru. Kate was
a - ; **n to Tq.Vo :,, nl thence was
lf, r iiiiin-q'. '! Ut> ' was found that
ericu," -ei..^,7 : ‘ mnro painful than
**• kt.iw-. ~‘7-V ''Xtimt will not
iky. " 11 : ‘ti .X'-ray is taken to-
Tho cq i,i ' Uur
; .'P*: up '. q S ; vin^s Bank makes
nc» . i( ‘ .units of women,
fun wn, p!'i i: ! v ;
j&itis.ar i-T-!'!!,•• 1 ‘*‘ as t °f lwtr
lu ' ’’’ '-it* next nine
N*l nf M hK'lay you cun
: ii ' many, bargains
Tii,. Y ;, . fU ’ Ills store.
' ”•! :* Ho. lias a
mops, wall
7 Hi, - “• bottle and hair
1 | 'Hauture dusters. Also
F ‘ baskets.
;* Candidate for
v.ye;-, j•- 1 taper. Lexingtoii
■ iMisiti,',/. his e indidacy
E ::r<i .i>tstice of
>'• n! 'I:' 1 v j-, N iirth t'arolina
j7 '•ip p \v,i'', ' i' 11 ].*>' the death
ij, j itm ; n “‘ V i!!,i his name will
' 1 'iuu (’ameron
,-f 1-* k’wver.* . t’ir'’ ! i» u,tr "tdorsement
*' Piedmont section
*4^. : “< f s.aia, nas
1 SOI THERN BEYS RAIL '
TO IMPROVE ITS LINES
! Thirty-Three Thousand Tons of Steel
I Rails Have Just Been Purchased.
Washington, D. C., May 20.—Thirty
! three thousand tons of steel rail have
1 just been purchased by the Southern
Railway system for deli-very during
the last six months of 192,'v Includ
ed in this order are 25,500 tons of
100-pound section and 7.500 tons of
, sri-poun<l rail. This brings the Soutb
‘ ern's purchase of new* steel for 1023
j to 73,000 tons, 40.000 tons having been
bought earlier in the year.
I The largest share of the note order
j went-to the Tennessee Coal, 'iron &
: Railroad Company, which will roll
1 23,000 tons at its Enslcy, Ala., plant;
! 8,000 were ordered from the
i Bethlehem Steel Co., and 2,(MX) tons
| from the Illinois Steel Company.
The 100-pound rail will be used in
I carrying out the " program of the
kSouthern to relay the Wasliington-At
j lanta. Cincinnati-Chanttanooga, and
j.other liiH's of high traffic density with
this heavy rail. This work is now in
i progress between Manassas and
| Orange,. Va., between Greensboro and
Charlotte, X. C., between Knoxville
and Morristown. Tenn., and between
Somerset, Ky., and Oakdale,. Tenn.
Heavy tie plates are being used
wherever the 100-pound rail is Jieing
laid, giving added strength and smooth
ness to the track.
A large amount of serviceable 80-
pound rail is being released and trans
ferred to lines which are now equip
ped "with lighter rail.
Cabarrus Boy Graduates at Catawba
College.
Xewfon, May 23.—Despites the
threatening storm a large audience
greeted the ac t demy graduates Mon
day night at Catawba College audi
torium. After prayer by Rev. J. A.
Koons. of Maiden, President Woltinger
announced that Prof. A. C. Sherrill,
principal of the academy, would have
charge of the program.
The following representatives of the
class of 15 then -delivered orations and
essays; "Domestic Science and Art in
the High Schools,’’ Miss Merle Cor
nelius, lx,ng Island ; "Henry Ford,” B.
B. Monroe. Salisbury: "Present Day
Child Training,” Cleo Lentz. Cabarrus
comity; oration. "Youthful Criminals,”
Paul Drum, Catawlia county,
■_ Principal Shenyll presented high
school diplomas to the following:
Henry Roger, St. James: Paul Drum.
Catawba county; B. B. Monroe. Salis
bury; .1. R. Morrison. St. James; S. T.
Plott. Greensboro; Hugh Sigmon. New
ton. li. 3; Roy Wliisenhunt, Newton:
W. H. Wilson. Mecklenburg couiity:
Sam Yount, Newton: Junie Angel.
South Fork; Alary K. Carpenter, St.
James; Merle Cornelius. Long Island :
Cleo Lentz. Gold Hill; Mary Setzer.
Newton R. 2; and Nell Sniyre, St.
J a nit's.
TRUSTEE OF COLLEGE
TO CONSIDER REMOVAL
Committe Appointed to Look Into
Proposition Made By Gastonia.
Hickory, May 23. —Hickory citizen*
wore interested today over the action
of the board of trustees in adopting,
II to 4. a motion by John J. George,
of Cherryvllle, to consider pionosi
tions from the Gastonia Chamber of
Commerce and Daniel E. Rhyne, of
Lincoln county to move' Lenoir Col
lege to one of these places. the 21
members of tj?e board, only 15 were
present and those who have been
closest to the institution, it was said,
opposed most vigorously the removal
talk.
J. A. Morerz. of Hickory, who went
on the board in time to push 7 the
first campaign. Rev. W. .1. Boger. of
Newton, and Rev. J. C. Dietz, of
Salisbury, twelve the prim*pal op
ponents of the removal reso.ution,
and it was -said later that the pro
position probably would never get
anv farther than the* committee.
iMr. Morotz told the trustees that
Hickory people had raised $48,000 in
tho appeal campaign and had done as
well as other groups. He also re
ferred to divisions in the Lutheran
Church, which is represented in this
county by three separate synods, and
asserted that matters of this kind
were what prevented unity. The com
mit tee* to consider removal proposi
tions consists of D. W. Aderhodlt.
president; Mr. George and Rev. Mr.
Roger. .
The Legislative Job.
Charfotte Observer. *
The pay- of Texas legislators for
regular sessions is live dollars a day.
but if they happen to get caught in a
special session it is twirTlollais a (lav.
Os course, serving* the State at a rate
of that kind these days would be a
disastrous proposition, hut the Texas
legislator knows how to get around
the* law. The present Texas Legis
lature is its SStli find it is now in its
third called session. The legislators,
however, are drawing the regular pay'
of five dollars am? this is how they do
it: At the end of the fixed (50 days
they "adjourn” to a special session, at
which the business left over fs to be
finished uiM—at Hue regular rate of
pay. In North Carolina when the*
time of a regular session expires,, the
pav expires also, and what s moie.
the State has indignantly refused to,
pay more for regular service. The
occupation of State legislator is a los
ing proposition from the financial
standpoint, hut always the supply of
patriots is sufficient to prevent the
spectacle of a vacant seat.
Says Ford is to Construct Cotton Mill
in the South.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 24.—Henry Ford..
Detroit manufacturer, is" planning to
establish a cotton mill in the south for
the purtxise of manufacturing all the
cotton drill used in the manufactuie
of his automobiles, according to a
story published in The Atlanta Journal
today. .
The proposed mill, according tp The
Journal story, will cost at least $2.».-
S<K).<KM) and have a capacity of 300,000
spindles. J
Mr. Ford’s reported purpose of build
ing a mill in the south is being taken
seriously by southern mills, tlieJourn
il story quotes an unnamed mill ex
ecutive as saving, adding that many
looms that have been engaged in the
production of doth for the Ford plants
will have to he altered as to size in
•order to meet new’ conditions.
Aatigo. Wis., has a woman Judge.
Managers of Stores, Their Families and
Employes Get No Chances On Free Autos
Managers of business houses in Con
cord which are co-operating in Trade
AYeek are not eligible to draw for the
.autos to be given away on June 2nd
by the merchants of the city. They
arc not entitled to tickets when mak
ing purchases. This rule applies to
members of their immediate families
also, and to employes in stores Which
are taking part in the event.
This rule lias been adopted by the
Merchants Association as a precau
tion. If some one in the stores won
the prizes,#it is pointed out, some one
else might claim the drawing had not
been conducted on the square, and for
the purpose of keeping down such re
ports and opinions, no tickets will he
given to store managers, thLir fami
lies or employes.
The drawingNfor the cars will take
place at 7 p. m. June 2nd, at Central
Graded School. To win one of the
prizes a person "must he present at the
time the tickets are drawn. If the
person holding the first number drawn
is not present, another number will be
HOT CLARKSON IS
- •
To Be Associate Justice of
North Carolina Supreme
Court.—Guthrie Wtihdrew
His Name.
Italeigh, May 2(>.—lleriot Clarkson,
Charlotte lawyer, this morning was
appointed by Governor Morrison suc
cessor to the late Platt D. Walker as
Associate Justice of the North Caro
lina Supreme Court.
The announcement of Mr. Clarkson's
appointment was contained in a two
line statement in which Governor Mor
rison merely stated he had appointed
Mr. Clarkson to succeed Platt I>. Wal
ker. deceased. •
Although it was not learned at the
executive office whether the withdraw
al of T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, of
his name from among those being en
dorsed for the place had anything to
do with the selection of Mr. Clarkson,
the appointment was announced ti few
minutes after the news of Mr. Guth
rie's action had been received here in
a news dispatch from Charlotte.
Guthrie -Withdrew.
Charlotte, May 20.—T. C. Guthrie,
of Charlotte, who had been prominent
ly mentioned as a successor to the late
Justice Platt I). Walkter telegraphed
Governor Morrison early today asking
that he no longer be considered in this
connection. ,
Full Smashes Two Red Autos Parked
Outside His Pasture.
Rochester, N. *i'., May 23. —Two val
uable automobiles belonging to Ernest
and Earl Blaisdell, of Woleott. were
badly damaged when charged upon and
butted hy an enraged Durham bull to
day. When farmers came to the res
lnie of the motor cars they were forced
to retreat until pitchforks and stout
clubs were obtained with which to
heat the anim#l hack into a pasture
near hy.
The P>laisd<4l brothers being twins,
they affect the same tastes, and their
ears are both painted a deep red.
which attracted the attention of the
bull when they were parked on a road
near his pasture.
His anger rising rapidly, the annual
snorted and stamped about, and finally
broke down a stout stone and lire
fence surrounding the lot. With
lowered head In* charged the two ma
chines and badly crumpled both hack
and rear parts of the ears.
Driven back by five strong farmers
'Summoned to the rescue, he succeeded
in smashing several crates of eggs
awaiting shipment before he returned
to the pasture. 7
They Bwap Even.
Philadelphia, May 23. —Lee Mea
dows. pitcher, and John Rawlings, sec
ond baseman, have been traded hy the
Philadelphia National League chib to I
the Pirates in exchange for Charles
Glazner, and James Tierney, second
baseman. President Baker of tlie
local club, said if was a straight trade
with no cash inducements.
Rawlings recently was purchased hy
the IHiillies from the New York Giants
and had not played with the local
club.
Brings Ilovvn Gray Eagle.
Hickory. May 25. —flipping up on a
number of crows which he suspected
of robbing guinea nests, E. K. Knaupp,
a Catawba County farmer, found that
the birds were quarrelling with a.
gray eagle, whose wing he broke with
a shot. The eagle, which measured
7 feet 2 inches from tip to tip., was
brought here today by Knaupp.
Commencement Program for Concord
3chools Announced by the Officials
Commencement exercises a-i me
public schools in Concord will begin
next Thursday evening, .Ala-y 31st,
and continue 'through Monday even
ing, June 4th. The full commencement
program, covering the grammar
sch(K) s and the high schools, was
announced Friday by Prof. A S.
Webb, superintedent of the schools.
Concord people will haw* the
privilege of hearing two able speaK
ers during the commencement
cises of the high school this year.
One of them is Rev. W. C. juyerly,
popular pastor of Trinity Retirmed
Church, of this city, who delivers the
baccalaureate sermon. The other is
Dr. Wlilliam H. Frazer. President of-
Queens College, Charlotte, who will
deliver the literary address.
The commencement finals will be
gin on Thursday evening. May sist<
when the commencement exercises ot
Central Grammar and No. J Gram
mar Schools will be' held, the exer
cises to be held in each school, and to
begin in each instance at 8 o’clock.
r.THE CONCORD TIMES
drawn and this plan will be, followed
until some one present holds‘the num
ber corresponding to the one drawn.
Trade Week started off well Thurs
day, and good business was' also- en
joyed today, though the inclement
weather Ims detracted some. Tomor
row it is expected that thousands of
shoppers will he here, and business
houses are planning to take care of
the bargain seekers.
If you are entitled to a ticket, he
certain that you get one with each $1
purchase or with each $1 paid on ac
count. Each number was printed in
duplicate. You get the main ticket
and the stub, with a number corre
sponding to the one on your ticket, is
deposited in one of the boxes which
| have been placed in each store. On
the 2nd of June all of the stubs will
bo placed in one large box, carried to
Central Graded School and there the
drawing will take place. A Chevro
let touring car will be the first prize
and a Ford touring car second prize.
FIVE POWERS 08ECT
TO COURT’S RULING
England, Spain, France, Italy
and Holland Give Views on
the Recent Supreme Court
Decision.
Washington. May 20.—Five foreign
governments have already made known
to the state department their position
in regard to the recent Supreme Court
ruling against the presence of liquor
on foreign ships inside the three mile
limit.
Besides the communication* received
yesterday from the British embassy
the department has received the views
of the Spanish government also Sll
writing, and the attitude of the Frencjh.
Italian and Dutch governments have
been presented orally to Secretary
Hughes.
In substnhee if was said today at
the department tin* five countries take
tho same position in calling attention
to the "inconveniences” resulting from
the court decision and also point out
that freedom in international com
mercial intercourse is threatened if
heretofore recognized practices of com
ity between nations in this regard are
abandoned.
CHINESE SOLDIERS LAUNCH
CAMPAIGN AGAINST BANDITS
Peking’s Plan is Now to Force the
Ba nd.its to Free the Captives.
Shanghai, May 24.- Panic seized
the bandits of Paotzuku today as
Chinese government troops aunened
a determined advance against the out
laws in an effort to break up iheir
communications and force an issue in
tlie international problem revolving
about the kidnaping of foreigners
from the Shanghai-Pekig express
May 6.
The Peking government's pan io
release the captives by force appa
rently is to be put iinto operation at
once.
The cordon of troops about the
Paotzuku stronghold today was
tightened in all directions. Messen
gers traveling to and from the out
law hil*l retreat have been stopped.
Troops are engaged in breaking up
all the bandits’ lines of communica
tions in an effort to iso ate tho nnnd
tKatfj is boding the foreigners.
Chief;' of the brigands are sa>d to
be greatly discouraged at the refusal
of the diplomatic crops’ at Peking
io deal with them and are reported to
bd anxious to come to, some sort o F
■terms before it is too'late to save
their own ives.
Twenty-five Million Dollar Merger of
Movie Interests.
Atlantic City. N. J.. May 22.—Con
solidation of the Goldwyn Picture Cor
poration, Cosmopolitan Productions,
Inc., and Distinctive Pictures, Inc.,
with a combined capitalization of $25.-
000.000. was announced here today at
a meeting of executives, district man
agers and salesmen of the r GoUlwyn
and* Cosmopolitan concerns.
The new organization will he known
as the Goldwyn-Cosmopolitnm Corpor
ation. Branches are expected to he
established in thirty-one cities of the
United States and in many large cities
of Europe.
The object of the merger was de
scribed as being the economical an def
ticient production and distribution of
photoplays on a scale to provide 12,000
theatres with sufficient pictures for
weekly changes of program. It was
openly admitted that t.W new combi
nation will aim to comete lyith the
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
The high school deylnmation
ditation contest will be held in the
auditorium at Central School on Fri
day evening June Ist. at 8 o’clock.
The bacca aureate sermon u> the
members of the graduating class at
ths high school will be delivered in
the auditorium at Central School on
Sunday, June 3rd. at 11 a. m. by Rev.
W. C. Lyerly. All congregations of
the city are most cordially tnv.ted hy
the school officials to attend the ser
vice, and it is certain that no ser
vices Vwl! be held in a majority of the
Churches here on that morning.
The graduating exercises, or the
high schf>6l -will fake - place in the
Central School auditorium on Monday
evening June 4th, at 8 o’clock. The
annual literary address will be de
livered hy Dr. Frazer. Prssident of
Queens College, and a speaker of
great popularity among Concord and
Cabarrus county people.
The exercises as> announced adovs
will be open to ths general public.
NIELS GRONS AS A FIGURE OF 1
i INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE
i
Once Recommended for Position as
j United States Minister to Greece.—
Fought Germans Politically in the
World War.—Negotiated With Wash
ington for Sale of Danish West Ip
dies.—Wants to See His Nine Year
Old Boy.
(The following article is taken from
a recent issue of a Portland, Maine,
paper. Mr. Grou’s present wife was
, Mrs. Sgidee Dusenbery, of Concord,
and she was married to Mr. Gron in
New York, February 15, 1923.—Edi-
J tor).
| Niels Gron. Who is he? What is
I he? These are two questions that
I have undolmtedly been asked many
! times since the latter's most unusuaj,'
if not spectacular attack on Maine
jurists and clergymen, because of the
decision of the Cumberland Superior
Court relative to the custody. of his
nine year old boy. In view of the
unique situation which the Danish dip
lomat, as he is more familiarly known
in Maine, has created and because if
the singularity of his claim which
dias brought him most forcibly before
the public eye of the Pine Ih'ee State,
the following interview was sought:
In order to bring Mr. Gron’s posi
tion in Maine up to date, attention is
called to the Gron divorce suit which
was settled in the January term of the
Cumberland Superior court in favor of
Mrs. Madnline Gron. r l*he case at thd
time did not attract unusual attention
in this vicinity us neither of the
principals was - krTmvyi here. Judge
Sanborn, who heard the case, granted
Mrs. Gron the*divorce and gave the
custody of the child to her. Mr. Gron
went away for a time, during which
period he became remarried.
Several weejis ago he re-appeared in
Portland and sought to see his hoy,
which privilege he was denied.
Harvard Graduate.
11l a secluded corner of the Man
sion House pkizza at Poland Spring,
where the Grows are stopping, Mr.
Gron in answer to questions put to
him, related' facts concerning his ca
reer in this country and his diplomat
ic relations between the United States
and Denmark over the purchase of the
| Danish West Indian Islands. He tohl
lof his coming to this country as a
i young man of limited means, of his re
ceiving his preparatory education here,
and of his subsequent graduation from
Harvard college in the class of 1894.
From time to time he produced sub
stantial proof of his various state
ments, which conclusively prove him to
have been at one time a dominant iig
ui e iu the political and diplomatic life
of this country.
Cited by Mary A. Hanna.
In the McKinley presidential cam
paign of 9(5 Mr. Gron was the Repub
lican National chairman of the .Scan
dinavian Political Bureau and as such
was later credited by Mark Hanna,
the great Republican leader, with hav
ing turned fully 600.000 Scandinavian
votes in favor of McKinley. HeMiad
become a citizen of Boston in 1895, re
maining as such until 1905 when lie re
turned to his own country in order to
Wage a tight against a faction that
was trying to imt a destructive toe
hold on Denmark through unfair deal
ings with this country over the sale of
the West Indian Islands..
Recommended for Foreign Posts.
Shortly after the election of Presi
dent McKinley. Mr. Gron was recom
mended by Senators Hoar and Lodge,
{of Massachusetts, hacked by every
Massachusetts congressman, for the
ministry to either Siam or Greece. He
was personally taken to the President
by some of these Senators and recom
mended for whatever position he
would like in recognition of his work
in behalf of the party and because of
liis wide range of knowledge of inter
national problems. Senator A. B. Cum
mins of lowa, who is still represent
ing ids State in the Senate, as early
as ’97 in a letter t<> the President urg
ed that Mr. Gron he given whatever
foreign post he desired.
Broke Treaty.
Aliout that time. Denmark, desiring
to enter into negotiations with Wash
ington for the sale of the Danish West
Indian Islands, made a bid for his ser
vices.. Mr. (iron accepted and with
drew his application for a foreign
ministry. But it was however several
years later before he returned to Den
mark as a citizen, not until after he
had made and then tlmfugh rare strat
egy broke a treaty with the I liited
States for the purchase of these Is
lands for two million dollars. . The
story is a long one and covers a per
iod of many years, during which the
Spanish war was fought and settled.
Through the. waging of a relentless
fight in his own country, Denmark was
saved from the hands of conspiring pol
iticians and firm relations were again
established between that country and
America. The American press during
this period devoted no little space as
shown by numerous clippings which
Mr. Gron has preserved of his activi
ties in the matter.
Fought German Control.
During the world \yar working in
co-operation with American and Euro
pean allied heads. Mr. Gron played an
important part in keeping Denmark
out or the war and in dri\ing the
Kaiser out of Denmark. He states
that there was a time when the Den
mark foreign office was completely in
the hands of the Germans but that he
was instrumental in breaking this con
trol before the war had advanced very
far. . „
Organized “Potcntia
Some time around 1914 he convened
the idea of world justice. He got
many of the greatest national and in
ternational figures on his side and or
ganized “Potentia” which has grown
steadily, become commercialized and
adopted in foreign countries as well as
to some extent in this country. Al
ready great corporations are using the
“Potentia” seal as a guarantee of good
faith and integrity. The scope of *To
tentia” is far reaching in its effect,
though to some possibly impractical, of
such importance that many of the
world’s leading journals have written
lengthy editorials favoring its adop
tion. Lectures have been delivered -be
fore bodies of men and' women com
posed of the highest intellect and hold
ing-positions of eminence in the coun
try’s affairs, both private and public.
Discussion of the subject is a story of
its own, hut mention has been made
of it as Mr. Gron is at presents its
interna tional head.
Mr. Gron’s first wife was the sister
of Edgar Lee Masters, poet und author
of “Spoon River Anthology” who was
only last week granted a divorce from
his wife, the mother of several grown
children. His sister, the former Mrs.
Gron, is now living in Portland where
she is known as a society sculptress.
She has the boy with whom the fath
er is seeking ai% interview. Her other
three children, two girls and a boy
are grown up. *
Wants to See Child.
Mr. Gron during the interview made
little reference to his former wife. Os
his child he also had little to say be
yond that what he Was seeking was to
have a body of Christian men and
women given the custody of the child.
He said that he did not ask that the
boy he taken away from his mother
but that supervision of his twinging
up be guarded by such people as he
above refers to. Most of all he says
thut he wants is the privilege of see
ing his hoy and knowing that the lit
tle chap’s mind is not turned against
him.
UNCLE SAM PAYS EXPENSE
OF PRESIDENT’S TRIP
President to Leave Washington Next
Month on Trip to Alaska.
Washington, May 25.—rWlien Presi
dent Harding leaves .Washington next
month on his tripto- the far west and
Alaska It wilt; be the first long jour
ney tllht he lias undertaken since he
entered the White House. To date,
he has taken fewer jaunts about the
country than any other of the chief
executives of recent years. From the
day of his inauguration various con
djjions and circumstances have com
bined to keep President Harding close
to Washington.
Uncle Sam will pay for the Presi
dent’s forthcoming trip. In addition
to his salary of $75,090 a year Con
gress appropriates for all the expenses
of the White House—except the food
served, which tjie President pays for
out of his own lxicket —for his auto-'
mobiles and carriages, and $25,000 a;
year for his traveling expenses.
Taft was the first President for;
whom an appropriation for traveling;
expenses was made. Before his timei
Presidents paid their traveling oxf
penses themselves or accepted the fav
ors of railroads. It was customary for
railroads to provide u Special car or
train free whenever the President
wished to travel.
The railroads in this way invariably
paid the railway expense of extensive
campaign trips of Presidents. This
led to so much criticism that Con
gress inaugurated the provision for
traveling expenses of Presidents.
Taft used up his $25,000 a year "hi
trips around the country* for
an inordinate traveler. 'Wilson ex
liemled scarcely any of the appropria
tion in the first two years and only a
small portion in'The third year. The
unexpended balance each year is turn
ed back to the trehsury.
The question lias arisen as to wheth
er when President Harding departs for
Alaska, he will take the presidency
with him or leave it in the hands of
Vice President Coolidge. in Washing
ton. There is no authority under
which the chief magistrate may dele
gate his powers to anybody. So far
us the Constitution goes, a man is
President of the United States, or he
is not. If Vice President Coolidge be
comes Acting President in President
Harding's absence, then Warren G.
Harding, during his absence, will not
l>e President, because there cannot he
two Presidents at the same time un
der the law.
But. in order to put at ease anyone
who may he anxious concerning this
subject, it may he well to say that the
President can carry the presidency
with him to Alaska as easily as he
can carry it to New York or to Flori
da. Wherever he may happen to lie.
for the time being there also is the.
White House. In these days of inven
tion, and convenience, the President
can he as close to Washington, by
wire and wireless, in Alaska as if he
were on a day’s outing in Virginia.
POSSES NOW SEARCHING
FOR JOHN L. WHITFIELD
Being Sought as the Slayer of Dennis
Griffin, Cievdand Policeman.
Madison, 1 Wis., May 20.—lohn L.
Whitfield, sought as the murderer of
Dennis Griffin, Cleveland policeman,
was sighted by a member of a Madi
son posse at 3.30 this morning when
he ran out from a grove near Macfnr
land, police headquarters were noti
fied. Five large posses in twenty au
tomobiles are closing in an the man be
lieved to l>e the now hard-pressed fu
gitive. -
Easter Island Still There. Earthquake
Did Not Sink It.
Santiago, Calif., May 24. —Recurrent
rumors that Easter Maud had sunk
beneath the Pacific during the intense
earthquakes of last November have
been proved unfounded. The fishing
schooner Falcon, which left for the
island in February, returned today,
reporting that all was well.
The inland, which is used by the
Chilean government as a pe ( nal col
ony, has a population of about 1,200.
Hold For Robbing Oxford Postoflice*
Philadelphia. May 23.—Charged
with robbig the postoffice at Oxford,
N. C., of $25,000, in 1920, John
O'Brien, said to be known to police
throughout the country as "Hostile
John/’ was arrested here today by
federal authorities. He was taken
into custody when >be applied for
treatment at a hospital, where it was
said he was suffering from cancer. He
is 64 years old. Federal officials have
been looking for O’Brien since 1920.
Germans Evince Growing Contempt
For Paper Harks.
Hamburg. <Mny 25. —Contempt for
Germany’s depreciated paper money
seems to grow daily, and the public
has Jost sense of its value.
August of wind recently blew five
one-hundred-mark bills from the
counter of a Ideal marketman. A
courteous woman picked up the bi Is
and offered tliem to the owner.
"Keep them.” the man remarked
gruffly, ‘‘What can I do with 500
marks?”
'Although 500- marks at the present
rate of exchange are worth only
about two American cents, they are
the cost of two street car rides in
German cities, and will buy three
stapeps for letters mailed within the
German republic-
PAGE FIVE
GREAT BRITAIH NQT
TO BREAK WITH THE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
While Last Russian (Note is
Not Wholly Satisfactory,
Possibility of An Agree
ment Seen. t -
ENGLAND IS READY
FOR NEGOTIATIONS
And Action is Expected as
Soon as the New Premier
Wants to Settle the Inter
national Questions.
London, May 26,—(8y the Associat
ed Press).• —Great Britain has decided
that there shall lie no break with Rus
sia. It is held in diplomatic circles
that while the last note from Moscow
is in some respects not wholly satis
factory, riie remaining points in the
dispute with the soviet', government
are susceptible of solution.
The government of Prime Minister
Baldwin, it is known, desired to begin
its career hampered by as few inter
national problems' and controversial
political issues,as possible. If Leonid
Krassin, the soviet representative here,
succeeds in having- the Moscow govern
ment comprqinise on Lord Curzon’s re
iterntjsl demand for withdrawal of the
Russian political agents abroad whose
actions'have offended Great Britain, it
is believed that the British foreign
secretary will inform M. Krassin when
he calls at the foreign office next week
that Great Britain is disposed to dis
cuss with him, or another appointed
plenipotentiary, the whole subject of
internal relations at. a conference to
be ctilled in London in tlve near silt
ture.
'DEATH OF MR. J. T. BRASWELL
Was a Soil of Rev. I). A. Braswell, of
(Vmcord,—4>eath Occurs in (’har
lote.’
Charlotte Observer.
,>«k>sepli F. Braswell, a popular and
efficient employ of the Southern Pub
lic Utilities Company, died at 7 o’clock
last night at the Charlotte Sanatorium,
whore he had been confined for two
or three weeks. He had l>een a suf
ferer for some time with diabetes,
which caused the death;
The remains will leave mboard the
train at 10:12 o’clock this
morning for Concord, where the fun
eral will be conducted sometime Sat
urday, arrangements being incomplete.
The service will l>e at the house of
the father of the deceased. Rev. D. A.
Braswell, with Rev. Mr. Shelton, pas
tor of the Concord Methodist Church,
in charge. l
Surviving are the widow* the pa
rents, Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Braswell,
of Concord, four sisters. Mrs. S. O.
Bundy. Mrs. Blanche Waddell and
Mrs. Mart Garmon, all of Concord;
two brothers, J. S. and J. T. Braswell,
of Hamlet, the former at one time
chief of police of Hamlet. The broth
ers and sisters were at the bedside
when the end came.
Joseph F. Braswell was horn Sep
tember 9. 1877, thus lieing in his forty
sixth year. He was married aliout
16 years ago to Miss Emma Eudy.
They made their home at 1204 South
Tr.von Street. His father has been
a member of the State Methodist Prot
estant conference* for 20 years. -
Mr. Braswell was a motorolan on
the Charlotte street railway system,
l+eiug connected with the company
for 15 years. He was generally liked
by his associates and by the public.
ALL FOUR ARE DEAD
Three Daughters Try to Rescue Their
Mother From Burning Building.
Mountain Lake Park. Md., May 24.
Fate today intervened in summer vaca
tioning plans of Mrs. Mary O’Connor,
aged 94, and her three grown daugh
ters* who arrived here this morning,
and as a result the four are dead.
The four met death when lairqing
leaves ignited accumulated gas iu the
"ottuge occupied by Mrs. O’Connor.
The three daughters were some dis
tance from the cottage wlun the ex
plosion occurred. When they reached
the building it was -il mass of flames.
Disregarding their own safety the
daughters rushed into the cottage in an
attempt to rescue their mother. They
never caiue out.
The dead Iteside Mrs. O’Connor, who
lived at Clarksburg, W. Va., are: Miss
Kate O’Connor, Clarksburg: Mrs. Jett
Grannon, Fairmont. W. Va.; Mrs. Maty
’E. Rooney, Clarksburg.
When rescuers removed the fimr
bodies from the debris late today $2,090
in gold was found hidden in a chimney.
It was turned over to the authorities.
Several other cottages near the one
occupied by the victims also were de
stroyed.'
Albemarle Sudent la Tapped by Red
Friars.
An*-innrie News-Herald.
As the Red Friars, a fraternal organi
zation at Trinity College, sent their
mysterious red swathed figure among
the student body last week. John It.
Harris, an Alliemarle ls»y. son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Harris, of tills place,
was one of the fortunate seniors who
received a “tap” on the hack, indicat
ing that he was chosen as one of tin
lucky.
Prohibition Baits Spanish Ship Line*
' New YoYrk, May 24.—The Spanish
Royal Mail Steamship line, oper
ating between Barcelona and New
York, has ordered of
all American sairings, ’Lure) Lianso,
local agent for the company, an
nounced tonight. The discontinuance
was ordered because of "recent Su
preme court decision forbidding
foreign vessels bring liquor, into
American territorial limits, he said.
Women are now acting as in
nineteen states. / j