North Carolina Newspapers

FHE CONCORD TIMES, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XI- I*|[l fiM^ ©IOSISTftKING Si SHAPE- RAPIDLY D e a » Good as Any Race Course in This Section. cT A| 1 s FOR HORSES " arf. completed fr , n( | Stand Seating 2,000 pppons Has Been Com pleted.—Exhibit Building Cellini Finishing Touches ir tj u . ( 'abarrus County . (I;;, taking- shape*. „ . - made today by ;.,ir. lit*- Kaif. ai't* track was >. ~.I V i , this morning the , ,s ; ,n on tilt* la* given additional iiait*, and by the ihe'Fait - it promises to * ... .. li.u't rail in this w ’j‘. . . N * for horses has ~1 a i.,i jrr«* now ready, sos -rant!, with a eapaeity of 4i m and a row of Imx seats in 1i! 1i s 1 u*<l. uiiding. which is ‘fiOxlSO . - ioi.i rt'ieiving its finish and will-be turned over to , rij,.; a ]s tii 't of the coining v-.-f..! -in- stack barn, and for the a marked "ff. and work will begin the first of next try building is well un , | Hi,i. v- '-uaetliiug unforseen m* a delay, it should be ,>:ed within tin* next ten days. ;j ~ t„i- tin- fern , has how arriv- H , ; work "it eonstnietion of the f r , > ::i"tjig fiii wanl. The fence fii j |, H heavy me-h wire. five feet in ;t | the i"|i "f which will be three > j ii-"i Imbed wire. The post holes lt,> lii't-n dug. and workmen on Monday jjjjbegin putting up tin* wire. ll„-e iii charge of tla* work at the F. i.rwiad an* very enthusiastic over > . wiiieh has been made, and tin-re will be nothing untin air when i a* date arrives for-the op win.j i.f the Fair. The offieial prixe list L.e*'fi.-ej] i'Sited and ts being distributed h !ir. S icer. atal indication.** are that there Uli U- many splendid * exhibits Ik. i..iliari'u> eiiiinty oA_display. THE POLITICAL OBSERVERS MI lIV .HHIN'xON STATEMENT Many Sec in It Ft recast of Sharp 1 >l - in the Kepuhlicai) Party. & York. .l ily 26 (By .the Asso na'-i I'res't.—lteimneiatioii of Presi ‘v:. Harding's plan for America's entry - " world eiiurt whieh was empha '-i ' a gin in ati address by Seuu t'*r Ilram .iiiimsmt. of. California, was ' ■ ■•" i ' J "-ely by politieal observt*rs to ■» ..my of wlii.m saw in it a forecast division in tin* ranks of the Rf .bli.an party. ■ l ' 1 " 1 Johnson has beeu considered *timber by many of his and it was predicted that tin* - :v,| i in itis honor last night "■'•asioii f..r launching a boom. ■ how ever, was not the. case so- far ' ll G.iina; statements were con -I:'•it' were several among the ''• -"V*i-t e|-. win, shouted ttt out* w, !“t 'Hiram in 1924." v ' j| ' : , h' ited that Senator Johnson ai> bight against tin* United ■'l'.i;.ng the world court, to vari ..’... . "' , : r "' country. He insisted i ' ' u-t had it- genesis in the "■ and was still a part N'DKRS' n NI) SOCIETY l,f N ' l l!| 1 S ; VB, anl «f M. E. Church. 1. . - ,u, "bctl at Like •lunaltiska. I Miil s' 1 '' a —The Found* ■ t ie s. s. Board of* Fpi-copai Church, South, ,I Y r "' :| - V when L. F- Sen ‘dle. director of tin* *: ' dug I ‘epartiue'ntr- preseut -1 • '* l "l* s >nh an organiza -1 was explained, would of John Wesley. Methodist Church and —1 - ,ii i t by him of a Sun -11 *' U:l, itih in 1 Its ob •„fs. ,’. ! ' ''rection and equip : buildings for leadership b' .| 1( "' ' • ,a ‘‘ Southern ‘Assem ■" ... *nd for its west ■n -'''ka itsas. and at such b'l'ini may deem canijwt for older ' ‘ ‘''distance for per i„- * ,r, ‘pare for service in'the p • ■- —■ Held Without W j, :<r d. p,j July 2t».—Walter '"ii. today was I :il 'ge of first degree trial w ’ : ', l wi,ho »t bail. : b,r Thursday. Sep ,v'vls''l' 1 11” 1 Cire. j. ‘ i: ' Sea^ at( 'j -'' —The Whittier v” ' l,l, guest's ''' housing :g!it lire this after* • I;,, 'l ,v, ‘ud to the roofs ttt ... E iiree alarms were ~ . nice- summoned. "- t.-‘ tk, '•'ti'm- !1 , , '" ,M . llar * n Japan at,s U ,,| hites - depicting i h^" r, ' s . generally of II i ' ~r Puppy dogs/ ROTARY CLUB MEETS Music and Interesting Talks Claim At tention of Concord Rotai iaiis at Reg ular Meeting. The Concord Rotary Club held its regular weekly meetina at the Y. M. (\ A. yesterday. President Rankin presid ed and an interesting program yvas ren dered. The musical events, which opened the program, were received with marked evi dences of approval. The first number was a solo by Miss Ruby (’line with *ac eompaniment i>y Mrs. H. G. Black. Rob Roy Perry, of Lenoir College, then ren dered several violin selections with ac companiment by Miss Dorothy Wolff. CVmmittee reports included a report from Mr. L. T. Hartsell, of the public affairs committee, on the progress of the ccmm it tee's efforts to secure a paved road to Mount Pleasant and a modern road to the Union County line, which is later to be accepted as a State highway. He stated that the board of county,com missioners had decided to accept the state highway commission's offer of $1(10.- 000 to aid in building a' hard surface rigid to Mount Pleasant attd that the town of Mount Pleasant was busy in ar ranging to build a hard surface street through the town. Prof. A. S- Webb made an interesting talk on how the members of the Rotary Club could aid high school boys. He thanked the members of the club for their efforts during the past year in sup porting the various athletic teams and in making chapel talks at .the opening exercises. He suggested that in employ ing boys, business men ask the appli cants to show their report and in this way. tin* importance j>f scholarships would be emphasized. Mr. Wat Shuford. of Hickory Rotary* Club, was a guest of the club. He was I introduced and made a happy talk, which abounded in humor. GOV. PEAY INSCRIBES NAME IN NORTH CAROLINA ROADBED This Was at, Landis on His Recent Trip Through the State. Nashville, Tenn.. July 24. —Governor Peay wrote his name not in the sand, but in the imperishable concrete of a North Carolina highway when he in scribed with a stick in the roadbed still soft. "Austin Peay. Governor of Ten nessee. July 11, 1023." This was at Landis. N. (\. where a large highway building program was un der way when the governor and other Tennesseeans visited there on the re cent tour of North Carolina's highway system. The executive inscribed his name in the fresh concrete at the request of the North Carolina members of the party. "The interstate meeting and tour of highway authorities and officials of three states was an eitochal event, the most determining factor toward the passage of the proposed S7o,(HHUHM) bond issue so far in Tennessee." said P. M. Estes, president of the Tennessee Good Roads Association, at whose suggestion the tour was planned. The Teunesee Good Roads Association is going' to commemorate the trip by the erection of a marker in concrete with bronze tablet to be placed at a high point on the Tennessee-North Carolina state-line, where the official part was met by the North Carolinians and for mally greetings were exchanged, Air. Estes said. There were fifty or more who met the Tennesseeans at the state line, includ ing Highway Commissioner Page, of North Carolina, and at first the party thought they had suddenly. run upon a mob. Air. Estes said. Instantly the cameras* began to click and motion picture machines got into ac tion and welcome was extended with the exchange of short but formal addresses. (Governor Cameron Morrison accom panied Governor Peay and the party for two whole days over a portion of the approximately 1,500 miles traveled. The governors "talked shop" along the way. said Air. Estes. Governor Alorri son telling Governor Peay that the peo ple are squarely behind the highway construction and maintenance program, which had exceeded his most sanguine expectations, and that he had based his political future on the program. "There were eight cities averaging around 30.000 population, which we could make in one day, Charlotte, Statesville, Salisbury. High Point. AVin ston-Salem, Greensboro. Durham and Raleigh, all with modern and handsome hotels, modern streets, schools, and beau tiful residences, In which the highway program has phiyed a great part, the roads association president said. "He added that lie confidently believed that the bond issue had been put over in. Tennessee by the official insight into the fine North Carolina system and the public sentiment that is being aroused throughout the state for good roads. "The association is being asked for speakers to be assigned in various parts of the state and we have been asked to conduct a demonstration each day for the three days of the AVest Tennessee Far mers Institute this month.” asserted Air. Estes. '-‘‘The party which visited North Caro lina was impressed not only with the development of the highway system, but with the entire economic development,” Air. Pistes concluded. "The members of the tri-state party, agreed that the great need is to have a highway system right away, linking the three states and furnishing an outlet to the seaboard," he stated. Would Prohibit Any Unorthodox Teach ings. Atlanta, July 24.—A measure to pro hibit the teaching of atheism, agnosti cism or Darwinism as a fact was intro duced yesterday in the Georgia House of Representatives. Another measure introduced would re quire all fraternal and secret oraginza : tions to record the names of their mem bers and forbid the wearing of masks in public. In order to get first hand information of girls' problems in industry. Aliss abeth Dennison, daughter of a million aire manufacturer of Framingham, • Mass , is working at the bench as a fac j tory hand in Dayton, Ohio. PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO CANADIANS TODAY AT VANCOUVER. B. C. ! First Visit of American Pres ident to Canada. —Points to Century Old Friendship i Between Two Countries. “IT IS PUBLIC WILL, NOT PUBLIC FORCE” He Says, Which is the Key to International Peace. — Advises Against Annexa tion to United States. Vancouver. B. ('., July 2E—President Harding, in an address made* during his visit here today—the first visit by an American President to Canada —pointed to the century old friendship between the people of Canada and the people of the United States as proof to nations of I Europe that public will rather than pub lic force is the key to international peace. "It is the public will, not public force, that makes for enduring peace." he told i his audience of Canadians gathered in I Stanly Park, “and is ir not a gratifying circumstance that it has fallen to the lot of us North Americans living amic ably for more tluyi a century under dif ferent flags to present the most strik ing example yet pronounced of that basic fact? If only European countries would heed the lesson conveyed by Canada and the United States they would strike at the root of disagroerents. and in their own prosperity forget to inveigh con stantly-at ours.” With his emphasis upon the long friendship between Canada and the United States Air. Harding coupled ad vice to the peoples of the Dominion to guard against giving encouragement to "any enterprise looking to Canada’s an nexation of the United States.” "Let us go our own gaits along par allel roads, you helping us and we help ing you." he added. Air. Harding at the outset alluded to his visit being the first ever made by a President of the United States to Can ada during a term of office, and with the exception of the visit to President Wilson to Europe, the first on any po litically foreign soil. Cotton States Merdnuus’ Association. Memphis. Tenn., July 2(>.— Represen tatives of the Cotton States Merchants' Association which will be in convention here August 22-24. inclusive, will be treated to some of the opening guns in the great political battle which will rage throughout the country pending the presidential election in 11)24. according to the tentative program for the conven tion. which was awaiting approval of the executive committee. Tin* three headliners who have beeu engaged to address the convention, ac cording to announcement by I*. AI. Bir mingham, Secretary of the organization, are Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, Senator Oscar AI. Underwood, of Ala bama, and George R. James, member of the Federal Reserve Board at Washing ton. As the convention date draws near, the office of the Association is a thriving scene of activity with preparations go ing forward for the greatest meeting in the history of the organization. Arrangements for the entertainment of hundreds of guests who will throng Alemphis while the assembly is in ses sion are being made satisfactorily. Sec retary Birmingham states, under the di rection of R. B. Buchanan. Chairman of that committee. Full details of the pro gram will be ready to be announced soon, it is stated. To Boom Maine in the West. Augusta, Ala., July 25.—T0 see what the West has to offer, and incidentally to spread the name and charm of Alaine. the State Chamber of Commerce is send ing a special train of "boosters’' through western Canada and .the United States, early in September. The itinerary in cludes the Canadian Rockies, Puget Sound. San Francisco, Salt Lake City -and the Grand Canyon, with return by wav of St. Louis, Detroit, and Niagara Fails. Inquiry Into Farm Products. AVashington, I). C., July 25. —An in vestigation into the prospects abroad for greater export of American farm prod ucts be begun soon by the United States Department of Commerce pursu ant to legislation passed by Congress. The facts to be found will be laid be fore the next sessibn of Congress, with recommendations for legislation, if it is thought further legislation is necessary. Interest in the survey has been height ened by the recent slump in grain prices. . Jack Coilins’ Plea to Be Self Defense. Salisbury. July 25 Jack Collins, Salisbury man who is charged with the killing of Gus A. Adams at the govern ment vocational school at Chick Springs, S. C , is out on $2,000 bond and is here visiting his wife and family for a week. Collins claims self-defejise and expects to be found not guilty when the trial comes up in August in Greenville, S. C. Expelled From Curb Exchange. New York. July 26.—The board of ■'governors of the New York Curb Ex • change today announced expulsion of - Adam L. Schneider, of the firm of A. ; L. Schneider & Co., for violation of the exchange’s constitution. i Diamonds may be black as well as - white, and some are blue, red, yellow, - green, pink and orange, but there is no , | violet diamond, although, in addition to •’ I amethysts, there are sapphires, rubies • and garnets of that color. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923. INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA. Sixty-five million dollars has been appropriated by the last two general assemblies for road construction and main tenance in the state. The State Highway Commission, in addition to handling the construction program for roads, has under its jurisdic tion a well-organized maintenance department which de votes its entire time to keeping in condition the roads con structed witji state funds and those roads which have been removed from county to state jurisdiction. A plan of the Commission, which is being developed by degrees, is to construct a "Mountain to Sea” hard sur faced highway. Many sections of the proposed route al ready have been hard surfaced. 'The system employed .by the commission is to divide the state into districts comprised of several counties each. Kvery district has a district engineer in general charge of all maintenance and construction work. Coming under his authority and in direct charge of held operations are two engineers, one for maintenance work and the other for con struction and the condition of all roads being maitained. The general headquarters of the Commission is at Ral eigh, the state capital. Frank Page is Chairman of the Commission and Charles M. Upham is state highway en gineer. McGowan and Finch Receivers of the Mecklenburg Mills Co. Greensboro. July 26. —E. F. McGow an. of Charlotte, and Thos. J. Finch, of Thomasville, were today Famed as re teivers of the Mecklenburg Mills Co., known as the Norwood mills, by Federal Judge James PL Boyd here today. The new receivers were named instead of M. L. Cannon and J. I>. Broughton, select ed more than a month ago when a peti tion for receivership was filed, and who MeBRAYER REPORT IS TURNED OVER TO GOVERNOR Was Sent to Him at Asheville by Spe cial Delivery This Morning. Raleigh, N. July 26. —The report of the legislative committee apiminted at the last session of the legislature to investibate charges of mismanagement against I)r. L. B. Mcßrayer, superintend ent of the State Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis, was filed at the Governor’s office today. Chairman Bowie and other members of the committee declined to give out the details regarding the report. He said the committee !r»“mbe*n* lmtl no objection to the report being given to the press but thought this should be done by the Gov ernor and Council of State. The report was mailed by special de livery to Governor Morrison at Asheville, where it is expected the contents will be made public. TIIE COTTON MARKET Opening Decline of From 5 to 14 Points Today.—Good Deal of Realizing. New York. July 26. —Disappointment over the failure of Liverpool to reflect the high temperatures and hot winds re ported in the southwest yesterday ex plained an opening decline of 5 to 14 points in the local cotton market today. There was support from New Orleans and trade and commission houses, but the selling for Liverpool account and by spot houses was rather liberal while a good deal of realizing by yesterday's buy ers took place, forcing October off to 22.68 and December to 22.52 or 20 to 22 points net lower. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 22.75; Dec. 22.55; Jan. 22.38; March 22.51; May 22.60. Opening Hale of New Shoe Store a Suc cess. The opening sale of the new Shoe Store, which started up here last Satur day, was a big success, and has con tinued successfully. The store is locat ed between the Parks-Belk Co., and the McClellan Five and Ten Cent Store. The prices are exceedingly reasonable. The sales force has been increased, so that the store will be able to handle the crowds from now on. Jury F»ils to Reach Verdict. Lewisburfi, W. Va., July 26. —The jury which heard the testimony in the trial of William BlizzaVd. who was in dicted for accessory to murder in con nection with the armed inarch of miners against Logan County two years ago, today reported it could not reach a ver dict. It was given the case for con sideration late yesterday. Two Negro Women Burned to Death at Taylorsville. Statesville, July 26. —Two negro wom en were burned to death when their home at Taylorsville was destroyed by fire to day. The fire is supposed to have caught from sparks under a wash pot. Mrs. Hollie J. Starkey. 83 yeajrs old. was the winner ,of an old fiddler’s tour nament held in a Texas town the other day. An Aged Man and His Wife Kill Each Other in New York New York, July 24.— Fighting with stiletto, axe and revolver by the light of a flickering wick in a glass of olive oil in an East Side telement, Anthony Gi ordano, 63. and his wife, Thefeso. 61, today inflicted fatal wounds on each other. Both were dead when the police found them. With forty years of happy married life behind them the aged couple fought •for thirty minutes. Two daughters sleeping in an adjoin ing room heard the death struggle and helplessly tried to force an entrance. Abou't 3 a. m. the sisters were awak ened by screams. The heard the sound refused to serve. Each of the new receivers was order ed to give bond in the sum of $25,000. Under the terms of today's order the receivers may issue certificates bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent, and constituting a lien on the property so as to raise money to "manage, conduct and operate” the mills if they see fit. The certificates cannot exceed $150,000 un less specifically ordered by the court. SANDHILLS PEACH SHOW To Open Tomorrow Morning at Hamlet. —Attendance Expected to Be Large. Hamlet, July 26. —With the choicest <of what is expected to be a $2,000,000 crop on exhibition, the third annual Sandhills IVach Show will open here to morrow morning. With a large warehouse for the show instead of the tens formerly used, and a system of calling for tin* choicest dis plays rather than having them brought in, the show tomorrow is expected to outstrip its two predecessors both in size of display and in general arrangements. This season the promoters of the show, having in mind the fact that the peach grower is exceedingly busy at the pres ent time with a fast ripening crop, ob tained trucks tOf call for the various ex hibits. In this way a greater number of producers will be represented at the I show. Arrangements for entertaining vis itors to the show have been made on an extensive scale. Last season hun dreds attended the show and this year it is expected that the attendance will be more than doubled. The fact that the Sandhill belt of South Carolina is fast developing a peach growing industry sim ilar to that of the North State, is expect ed to drgw a large number of South (’ar oliliaus Hamlefward tomorrow. Governors Morrison, of North Caroli na. and McLeod, of South Carolina, were invited to attend the opening, hut be cause of other engagements neither was J able to attend. ! GOVERNOR MORRISON AT HENDERSONVILLE TODAY Attends Ceremonies Marking Opening of New Water System. Asheville. N. July 26.—Governor I Cameron Morrison will attend the cere ! monies marking the opening of a new water' system at Hendersonville this af ternoon at s:3<> o'clock but will not go to Hamlet for the Sandhills Peach Expo sition at that place. This announcement was made today by Miss Margaret Willis, secretary of tlie Governor. The Governor's health is good, but the Chief Executive is in need of a complete rest, and that is what he wants to get while in Asheville, accord ing to his Secretary. GENERAL PERSHING IS AT camp McClelland today Presents Distinguished Service Cross to Uaptain Cox, of Asheville. Anniston. Ala.. July 26.—Reveille to day at Camp McClelland found Gen. Jno. J. Pershing, chief of staff of the l . S. ; Army up and stirring for a busy day. I After a review* of droops he presented la distinguished service cross to < apt. ! Geo. C. Cox. of Asheville, N. C. Capt. Cox was honored by the govern ment for extraordinary heroism in the Mthise-Argonne offensive during the world war. One wealthy woman of Los Angeles journeys to' Kansas every summer and cooks for all the hired hands on her big farm there. of breaking furniture and the passing of epithets. . Crying to their parents, the girls tried the knob of the bed room door, but could not turn it. Above the din could be heard the dull thuds of blows and later shots. Unable to open the door the girls ran out through a rear door and called the police, who broke'into the room. The woman was on a bed with her right hand clutching a revolver. A stil letto lay on the bed. The body of the husband lay about five feet from the bed, his throat cut. THE STATE WINS FIRST . SKIRMISH IN GARRETT CASE Judge Rules That the State Has the Right *to Appeal for a Change of Venue. Cubreland Courthouse, Va.. July 26. The State won the first skirmish today at the trial of the Commonwealth against Garretts, when Judge R. D. White over ruled the demurrer of the defense to the motion by the State for a change of venue. The demurrer challenged the right of the State to enter such a mo tion. The court held that the law was de signed to protect the public as well as the individual and that the State did have the right to appeal for a change of venue. He announced he would hear the read ing of affidavits or oral testimony by which the prosecution hopes to establish that a fair and impartial trial could not be held here. The State was not ready to proceed, however, and as it was then 12 o'clock Judge White recessed court until 1 :30 o'clock. The reading of affidavits was expected to begin immediately upon re convening to court. Whether oral tes timony would be heard was not indicat ed. DESERT RAILROAD MADE TO ORDER FOR PRESIDENT Forty-Mile Railroad Rushed to Com pletion in 87 Days. Salt City. July 25. —A forty mile railroad over the desert between Lund and Cedar City, rushed to com pletion in 87 days at a cost of $1,040.- 000. was one of the incidentals in the recent reception by the state'of Utah to J President Harding. i On April 2. last, the right of way men, acting for the Union Pacific rail road. secured possession of the needed ground for the construction of Ihe rail way from the Salt Lake route main line at Lund to the entrance of Zion National Park, and on the same .day the first scraperful of earth was turned on the grade. The contractor strung his men out in sections and as fast as a section was completed, the track-laying crew took possession and the ties and rails Were set in place. Crowding upon their heels was the ballast crew. And so the work was rushed toward Cedar City. In the midst of this orgy of toil came word that the President of the United States would visit Zion Park, providing the track was in shape for his big special train upon his arrival in the west. Every man on the system from the highest executive to the lowliest section hand plunged into the work with redoubled energy. Whereupon there came the announce ment that President Harding's trip to southern Utah had been cancelled, and the work dragged. But again came cheering news, defr nitc this time, that the president would come. Ignoring dust and desert heat, tin* men plunged into the job again, determined to finish the road in time. Only forty-eight hours before the ar rival of the president's train the depot site at Cedar City was strewn with foundations and debris left from the removal of houses that, had been carted away or torn down. Bal’nst trains brought in clean white gravel. An ap proach twenty feet wide for automobile travel was graded and surfaced and grounds were roped off. Twelve hours before the president’s train was due the electricians were erecting poles and stringing the lights along the railway track and the station yard. The superintendent of the work rode into Cedar City on a pilot, train ahead of the presidential train and met his yard foreman, who was just finishing liis second continuous 24-hour shift that week. He was covered with dirt and grime and a half-inch growth of rough beard bristled on his face. The superin tendent prevailed upon him to get cleaned up and take a little nap before the president arrived- The man dragged himself into a car within 500 feet of the spot where the president’s special was "parked,” and slept so soundly that he never even saw the "highest executive. During the construction of the new branch, ballast trains bringing gravel were given right of way over every other train onn the Salt Lake route main line. The biggest day’s output was 119 ears. In the 87 days nearly one half million tons of gravel were hauled an average distance *of 100 miles. NAMED RECEIVER FOR FIRM OF. BARRETT & CO. Roy Elliston. of Augusta. Apointed by Judge Sibley Today. Atlanta, Ga., July 26—Roy Elliston. of Augusta, was named receiver for Bar rett & Co., prominent cotton factors of Augusta, by Judge Sibley here today immediately after W. H. Fleming. Au gusta attorney, had presented a petition in bankruptcy. The order for receiver ship will be filed in Augusta this after noon. The proceedings were brought be fore Judge Sibley on account of the disqualification of Judge W. H. Barrett, of Augusta, who is a relative of Frank 11. Barrett, president of the cotton com pahy. t Mr Fleming said the proceedings were in an effort to keep the firm together, and not to disrupt matters. He would make no other comment. Judge Sibley said he understood cred itors of the company had been unable to effect an agreement, and that there would be no opposition to receivership action. It was brought, according to the judge, by three minor creditors, whose cotton is held by Barrett & Com pany. No figures as to liabilities and assets were mentioned in the petition. Dr. Mullins Chosen President cf tlge Baptist World Alliance. Stockholm. July 26 (By the Associat ed Press). —Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of Louis ville. Ky., was unanimously elected president of the Baptist World Alliance todaji by the third Congress of the Al liance in session here. In Des Moines, women detectives pos , ing as "gappers” trapped 115 automo i bile "mashers” in one day recently. (2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. MAGNUS JOHNSON 1 T ",:;,*::,uLuilON 00 RESORT 10 ARMS New Senator From Minne sota Says Conditions Con fronting Laboring Man and Farmer Must Be Changed. SAYS THE U. S. CAN DO LIKE RUSSIA Is in Favor of the Farmer Be ing Guaranteed by Govern ment Cost of Production and Reasonable Profit. St. .-Paul, July 26 (By the Associated Press). —Revolution—political indus trial. or even resort to arms —faces the United States "if conditions confronting the laboring man and the farmer are not changed” in the opinion of Mangus John son. recently elected Senator from Min nesota on the Farmer-laibor ticket. "Many think the same thing that hap pened to Russia cannot happen to this country," the Senator-elect said today in a statement to the Associated Press, "but don't fool yourself." It could hap pen here before you knew what was go ing on.” "The Czar had a big army but lie couldn't stop a revolution. We haven’t any army at soo so what could our gov ernment do if there were a nationwide revolution? It couldn't do a thing.” Many things need changing, the new Senator said, when asked if lie had a definite plan for altering conditions, hut "right now he has nothing worked out.” "It will all have to be worked out by Congress,” he said. "The farmer is iu dire need.” he continued, "and emer gency legislation” is needed to remedy the situation. But clamoring for special sessions of Congress "isn’t any use,” he said, "for President Harding in a letter I saw recently, said he would not call a special session under any circumstances." "The farmer should have cost of pro duction plus a reasonable profit definite ly guaranteed by the government,” Mr. Johnson holds "because the farmers’ products have lost their buying power, and when tin* farmer can’t buy the coun try will soon feel it.” MACK DIVIDES TIME WITH PEACE SPEAKER Evangelist Strong For Moses Authorship , in Bible. Greensboro. July 24. —The United States will surely be drawn into another war to which the world is fa#t drifting, declared Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of the Council for the Preven tion of War to 10.000 people at the Mc- Lendon evangelical service last night. ' Cyclone Mack allowed Mr. Libby to speak for twenty-five minutes before the opening of the night service, the first time that he has ever thrown his meet ings over to any society or speaker, lie said. Mr. Libby advocated elimination of armaments, a world court, and league, and proper education of children in se curing a universal peace. Ixiud voiced "amens” responded to Mr. McLendon all the way through his ser mon on faith. Forty-nine conversions were recorded at the end of the service, bring the total to 85 in five calls. Mack, too, had another shot at the higher critics who- question the authorship and inspiration of the Bible. "If the con sensus of scholarship agrees that Moses did not write the first five books and not the commandments then concensus can go to hell, I am going to believe God and stick to the old “Book,” he said. BLOCKADE RAISED? Reported That French Have Raised the 6Blockade of the Occupied Areas in the Ruhr. Berlin. July 26 (By the Associated Press). —It was reported from Dort mund in the Ruhr today that the authoi ities of occupation had announced that the blockade of the occupied areas had been raised dating from last night. No confirmation from authoritative sources was available. Frontier Opened. Duesaehlorf, July 26 (By the Associat ed Press).—The frontier separating the Ruhr vailey from the rest of Germany was opened at midnight. Thousands of Germans were passing in and out of the occupied area today mak ing haste to transact urgent business. They were anxious to accomplish all bus iness possible during the present oppor tunity because of reports that the fron tier would Is* closed again in a few days. INDICTMENTS FOR EXTORTION ADDED TO ANDERSON CHARGE Anderson Pleadad Not Guilty to New In dictments and Gave Bond. New York, July 25. —Two indictments for extortion were added by a special grand jury today to the charges of grand larceny and forgery on which Win. H. Anderson, state superintendent M the Anti-Saloon League, must stahd trial. The grand jury also handed up pre sentment in which Anderson was se verely criticised for issuing statements about his case while the jury was still considering it. Anderson was indicted for grund lar ceny and forgery last week. Anderson pleaded not guilty to the new indictment and his $5,000 bond was continued. In 1850 the tallest building in New Y'ork was only five stories high, and the church spires were conspicuous above them. Now there is no spire in the city that begins to approach in height many of the towering skyscrapers. • NO. 6.