I B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
VOLUME XLVIII.
il I, THOMAS,
I OF CONCORD, MADE
I CONFERENCE LEADER
B.«tor of St. .lames Lutheran
H ,'hurch Elected President
II . Southern Conference
I For the Year. ■
BfssIONS BEING
■ fc ' held in city
■ t cudrc'vs Church Host to
■ Vbmit Seventy-Five Dele-
II S ates and Ministers Here
I For the Conference.
H, I s, ('.inference of the
■ T ; ! ’",- v ,!„ t .!ic;,l Lutheran Synod of
;; , ' under Wily hero last
,i | njHi.iios session attend-
H- r.o delegates and lay-'
"", nr i,„!< i 'l’lirelies in the jsouth-
H' , , t |,, <yt:otl. The sessions of
;ii*i* living held in St. An
■ , t'liureh. Rev. M. l.i. Kes
nnift.i -e"sion today the fol
otiiceis -were elected :
] A. 'l l: tr.as. Cone,ml. Pres,- ;
■ , y jl Kohn. Mount Holly, Vice
H l'. Park, Gastonia, See
c Lingle. Salislniry. Treasurer.
hr. Park and Mr. Lingle were re-
L,,j without opposition.
I'citcral theme of the conference
Kundanieiital Principles and Kespon
i , • Stewardship." and the dis-
L irf the subject are being led by
Ls-wis and laymen.
h... Mens of the conference will be
U, nltnl at noon tomorrow and at the
iin t!, meeting place for the
L f.'.Miice will be made. New of-
Lv .; i be installed tomorrow also,
h - afternoon at 2 o'clock another
L. f ■ conference was held. Hon.
h upps ami Rev. (I. H. Park spoke
L ;n'.. nun and their talks were fol-
L,| . address by \V. A. Riden-
U "The Practice of Stewardship.”
IT night at s ai lock there was a ser*
Lcv Rev. V, Kidenhour on “The
L.ra. obligation of the Confirmation
fcw.
Iftiiain* rbe day thp number of dele
h» a a, 1 ministers ii« aiteudunee was-jiu
jtaTi stt mere than Ur.
if,' 1 program for the closing session to
puv is as follows :
rs. in —iProtional services, Rev. P.
Miller.
pile ;i. m.—liiisine.-s.
;i. m— ”1 itweloping the Mem*
nf thf> (Tmrli in ih*> Principles of
:ri!-:iiji -Kcv. U. M. Carpenter.
H a. in.—“Tlif. Stewardship of Proy
—Rev. 11. A. Trt xlcr.
-Vijuiirnmcm.
fISPKCTATORS PRESENT
AT COMMITTEE HEARING
ii funmittpe Back at Work After a
R?cess With No Spectators in
t*ie Koom.
May- s.—ln a committee
n® institute <>f spectators. the praefi
-1 •rail-, of ~il production <>n Teapot
and Elk Hill were described to
>• for tlic Senate oil committee by H.
Hr l* ; iin. director of the Bureau of
rm ‘>it weeks the crowds that) once
t,: ‘‘ bearing room l ave dwindled
. and today for the first time the
'“ - lee began iis public session! >vith
" ll ‘‘ I*r«-s»*nt except members, witijiess
’o,l,l ntnv 'paper men. It was the first
■-'•“K in a Week.
“i mev | armers Objected to Kccon
stniction of Tokio.
ukin, M a y 9.-- Rural voters in Japan
as numerous as those from
‘"‘p- aceonling to figures published
Line Office in anticipation of the
" "i!' for the House of Rep
'w’H-.v,. which will be held May 10.
, litres furnish the most eonvinc-
M'l.inaTion „f tin* legislature's oppo
s, ale plans for the recon
r " ! btkio after ti e earthquake
sP/prawdinary session of the Diet
1 December made impossi
j„( 'y' I,lll ' which exceeded the barest
■j j,, s ." i •‘‘‘construction. The fact
i-.... ' . : ' “f the representatives
;,. r 'p *’ v country voters, who .do
|.. M capital rebuilt at the.ex
-1 . nmi * districts, explains the
to the ambitious plans
.' I . 1! . '*- v Viscount Goto, then
W,: unistw an<l President of the
board.
' ~:tr,n,c Sale at Efird’s To Begin
f, j,. Tomorrow.
I a I; ""“ v al Sale at Efird's will
: , 1 , w •aorning at 0 o’clock. In
i»s : , ( couular sales force and
*ip* E" i " '* IP s, ore will have special
Hmrb.t 1 baun the Elird stores
biii: p,,,, .' . wistou-Salena, Salisbury,
,a 'tonia, Lexington, Albe
||‘ ! Statesville.
' N ai!. M , ! !'" tU a!ji °' will be filled with
6r “ b«.i :; ,i ,'“,7 r “ 'l>e big crowds that
si!.. ■[./ 1 •*> the store during
• . . , ‘ ' i U)s been closed yes
■ :s f„ r t | )( ;l ' to mark down the
‘ It is desired to,sell
that win,,',' .7"''*'. the present store
K'tl’liave' ; " l ". n, ’ w stwe ls opened up
_ 11 H oQ ly new goods.
. ; x,.,. . ‘ ti 111 London, it is said,
i-wek V i of pawning
7* ; oik whcV' 1 i ” tlier precious pos
*'*S,| ,her *« ««i»* on n
V'y house 1 V s '? leave them iu an
!®,>hop w|,erl h fu loave them in a
f >t cart ‘‘ they are assured of ex
ttrs ’ specially the valuable
THE CONCORD TIMES
THE COTTON SITUATION
America is Liable to .Meet Stiff Compe
tition FYnm Japan.
New Orleans, La.. May B.—That the
decline in cotton production with the
rise in the cost of production at the per
acre yield of 11)23 is seriously threaten-
Img our international balance of trade is
brought more forcibly to the attention of
the financial world in a recent discussion
of the Japanese situation by the Wall
Street Journal.
While some persons are inclined at
l times lt > prejudiced against annouuce
ments statements emanating from
V\ all Street this statement concerning
k the cotton situation is so much in line
with beliefs of economists and business
men that there is no room for doubt, j
The statement is interesting to finan- |
eial interests because of its bearing on I
foreign trade conditions which in turn '
affects domestic trade conditions, and is 1
of interest to the producers of cotton be-j
cause of the demand in Japan for cot-;
ton which encourages foreign lands to
produce the stable in larger quantities
and furnishes them* with further invent- j
ive to overcome the supremacy of the j
I nited Stares. The accomplishment of,
the latter, while not considered likely j
within the immediate future, will re- |
suit in a competition so keen that tie
American farmer will not be able to meet
it and at the same time maintain a de
, cent standard of living.
The article in the Wall Street Journal
referring to the cotton siuation is as
follows:
"Japan lias 4.877.000 active spindles
and in the last year «-onsume<l 2.220,-
000 bales of cotton. In the same period
Great Britain consumed 2.87,7.000. By
the earthquake Japan lost 080,000 spin
r dies, or about 17 per cent. Nevertheless,
that country is now consuming cotton at
a rate equal to, that before the earth
quake.
”< >f the quantity of cotton consumed
by Japan, already referred to. almost a
third of the supply of the last fiscal year
wsis drawn front America. In the past
two years Japan consumed in its mills
over 1,700.000 bales of American-grown
cotton. Only Germany and Great Brit
ain took more American cotton in that
time. Between the first of last Aug
ust and the middle of the present month
(April) Japan and China together have
737.000 .'bales of cotton from the Cnited
States.
“If'all our exports of farm products,
including wheat and other grains, beef,
work, lard and tobacco were put in one
heap and the cotton in another the value
of the cotton would be greater. In fact
that commodity is the one that turns our
international balance of trade. The Jap
anese markets look for a coarse grade of
goods and for that they can use other cot
ton. particularly ti e staple which India
produces."
The preceding paragraph makes it
very plain that America is liable to
stiff *«tfirp**rfHi»n m muL tlm
largest cotton consuming countries of the
world. The only way to-offset or avoid
litis competition, according to scientists
and business men. is by an increase in
production of cotton it* America with a
corresponding decrease in costs of pro
duction which can be done only through
the control of the boll weevil.
REP. HAMMER IS AFTER
REP. BLANTON, OF TEXAS
Two Representatives Had Misunder
standing in the Committee. —Hammer
Throws Folding Chair.
Washington, May 8. —Representative
Hammer, democrat of North Carolina,
objected to being called a “garrulous
pld grandmother” by Representative
Blanton, democrat of Texas, at today’s
meeting of the House district of Colum
bia committee, and it took a good deal
j>f effort by other committee members to
keep them apart.
Air. Hammer, first let fly a folding
chair at his antagonist, and when that
did not hit the mark, grabbed the balky
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
Thereafter the two members made sev
eral lunges at each other across the
table, but the meeting ended with hand
shakes.
A disagreement over the closing of
the» meeting caused the outbreak.
With Our Advertisers.
p :1 tr Covington has many things to b<
exchanged for others. Hee list in his ad.
today. If you have anything you want
to swap see him.
Let the officers of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. show you the advantages
of doing your banking with that institu
tion.
Fisher’s is now having a Clearance
Sale of all suits and coats at from one
fourth to one-third off. Specials also ’»
dresses and hats.
Tie young men are attached to the
$2.50 shirts of Browns-Cannou Co.
The Dr. Geo. W. Graham property on
North Tryon street. Charlotte, on the
Concord road, will be sold at public auc
tion on Wednesday, May -14th. Tins
property will be divided into about .>(>o
choice building lots.
Big White and Clearance Sale at the
Parks-Belk Company.
The big annual May White and Clear
ance Sale at the Parks-Belk Company
will begin tomorrow (Friday) May Oth,
and will last throughout the mouth or
as long as the goods last. Big reduc
tions will be made in every department.
Many specials will be offered on well
known goods such as J & P. Coats spool
cotton for 4 cents, sheets for
70 cents, Octagon soap for 5 cents, and
others that will save you money. Read
the two pages of advertisements in this
paper and go early and get the best bar
gains.
Proclamation for Mothers’ Day.
Raleigh, May B.—Governor Morrison
last night issued a proclamation calling
upon the people of the state to observe
Sunday, Alay 11th, as Alothers’ Day m
their homes and churches.
I England’s “Wizard Burbank;’ is Miss
i Ellen Willmott, whose name is famous
’ among horticulturists the world over, so
many are the plants named after her.
THE TIME IS RIPE
The time is ripe for securing a new hotel for Concord.
I he citizens of the city have realized for years that the
city s greatest need is better hotel facilities and it is possi
ble now for the new hostelry to be erected.
Ehe only tiling needed is co-operation on the part of
the people of Concord. The company that purchased the
hotel site has done all that it can do until the people act.
It takes money, not talk, to secure a new hotel for any
city. A number of the city's men and women have sub
scribed liberally to the stock of the hotel company. They
realize that the invesment will bring them about 6 per cent,
annually, and at the same time will benefit their city.
They are not only anxious to see their city grow but
they are willing to assist in the growth. They are nrti
willing to sit idly by-and let their neighbors create a bigger
and better city. They are willing to subscribe to this un
dertaking that means a more modern city.
C. \V. Swink, Charles B. W agoner, L. E). Coltrane,
T. 11. W ebb, L. M. Richmond, A. F. ITartsell and J. A. Can
non will he glad to call on you and explain the details if
you are interested. The-sooner the stock is sold, the sooner
work on the hotel will start. Now is the time tp act.
REPORTS SUBMITTED TO
WOMEN’S CLUB MEETING
Half of District Presidents Read Rej>orts
Before Federated Club Meeting at
Raleigh.
Raleigh, May B.—A series of break
fast conferences held hen* this morning
completed much of the work of tie con
vention of the North Carolina Federation
of Women's Clubs before the general
meeting which opened at 0 o'clock. The
groups which considered problems of the
convention at various hotel private rooms
were department club presidents, home
economics group, art and music divisions,
and education, conservation and library
extension departments.
After assembly singing at the opening
of the general meeting the convention
began the second full day's program.
Half of the district presidents read their
reports, and the other half having placed
theirs before convention yesterday. Among
other reports ready today were those on
home economics by Mrs. Rosalie A. Red
fearn, library extension by Miss Mary
Devane, and social service by Mrs. ('has.
R. Quinlan.
RESTRICT SMOKING AT
NEW YORK CONVENTION
Due to Presence of Women and Fire
Regulations Smoking at Conventual
Hall WHf Be Restrict*?!
New York. May! 8. —Due to the pres
ence of women ajid |to fire regulations,
smoking will he restarted at the Demo
cratic national convention. Philip P.
Day, chairman of the; New York commit 1
tee. made this known jwlien he announced
that the committee has accepted an offer
of a local department store to provide
a club room for the use of delegates and
guests at Madison Square Garden.
Governor to Get Report First.
Raleigh. May B.—The report of the
ship and water transportation commis
sion will not be given To the public un
til after it lias been submitted to Govern
or Morrison. Chairman R. AI. Miller.
Jr., of Charlotte, stated here this
morning. The commission is meeting here
today.
Textile Depression Soon To Be
Over —Optimistic Note Sounded
Charlotte May 7. —Through the loan
of $5,000,000 to foreign markets by 41
American banks, the present business de
pression. especially in the textile indus
try. will disappear wholly and an op
timistic note will be sounded within the
next 15 days. predicted Norman H.
Johnson yesterday in his annual address
before the Southern Wholesale Dry
Goods Association, of which he is secre
tary.
Air. Johnson spoke before a large
gathering in the convention had at the
Chamber of Commerce.
“Besides this loan, other banks will
come forward with additional advances,
I have been informed,” Air. Jhonson said.
“It means that business conditions are
going to improve materially, is my be
lief.”
That approximately $lO 000.000,000 is
being wasted annually in American in
dustry. because improper methods of
production are being used, was a state
ment made by A. E. Foote, of the di
vision of simplified practice, department
of commerce of the United States. Air.
Foote said that much of the waste could
be prevented by more efficiency in op
eration and the .application of simplified
practice in production. His address was
illustrated.
The annual banquet of the association
was given last night at the Chamber of
Commerce, with H. V. Kaltenborn, editor
of The Brooklyn Eagle, and Dr. D. W.
Daniels, president of Clemson College,
. South Carolina, as the principal speak
ers.
The morning program today calls for
further general discussions relating to
the trade, and a round table discussion
bv former' presidents of the association.
A new president and other officers will
be elected, and the selection of the next
place of meeting will be announced. J '"All
of today’s meetings will take place at
the Chamber of Commerce. In the af
ternoon a visit to Cramerton will be the
feauture.
Tonight there will be a smoker and
buffet supper at the Southern Alanufac
turers Club.
Following a number of executive ses
sions the convention was called to or-,
i der at 10:30 o’clock yesterday. John
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1924 •
CAREY AND IIUTU HAVE
CHANGED THEIR MINDS
Charged With Rap, Langley of Conspir
acy to Defraud the Government, They
Decide to Plead Guilty.
Covington, Ky.. May B.—Walter B.
Carey, of Canton. Ohio, and M. E. Huth,
of Alliance, Ohio, (woof the four co-de
fendants of Congressman John W. Lang
ley, of Kentucky, ou trial in Federal
court here on charges of conspiracy, to
defraud the government through a whis
key transaction in PJ2I. today reversed
their pleas of not guilty, and entered for
mal pleas of guilty when court convened.
A motion by Attorney W. K. Gray, of
Philadelphia, representing Milton Lip
sehut/rf of Philadelphia, another defend
ant. that all testimony concerning Huth
and Carey be striekene from the record,
was overruled.
lluth ami Carey were removed from
the court room to prepare bonds. It is
understood that they will not bo sen
tenced until after the trial ends.
DRUGGED AND ROBBED
WHILE ON STEAMSHIP
Loretta Smith Victim of Chance Ac
quaintances Met While on Trip From
Florida to Baltimore&
Baltimore. May B.—Drugged and rob
bed by chance acquaintances who she
met on a steamer en to Baltimore
from Miami. Smith. 27
years old. of Jersey City Heights, New
Jersey, is in a critical condition at the
University Hospital. The police are
searching for two men ami a woman
who disappeared when the steamer reach
ed a wharf.
Miss Smith was found tinconscious in
a stateroom this morning.
One Prisoner Member of Prominent
Family*
Atlanta, Alay B—Ray Garcia, one of
the three Cubans held at Ocala, Fla., in
connection with alleged violation of the
neutrality law, is a son of General Gar
cia Yalez, president of the Aeteransand
Patriots Association of Cuba, it was
learned here today.
Cotton on the local market today is
quoted at 2f> 1-2 cents per pound.
It. Summers ,of Dallas. Texas, scheduled
to address the meeting on the subject
of “Rulilding a Real Department on
Small Notions,” was unable to be pres
ent. but sent his address instead. It
was read to the convention by Secretary
and its theme was substan
tially as follows:
“Don’t allow a salesman to misrepre
sent an article in order to make a sale.”
In the discussion which followed, C.
W. Jones, of Nashville, said “that no
wholesaler can play golf and run his
business all at the same time.”
“And by that I mean: One must pay
strict attention, to business while in the
store, and then pay strict attention to
golf while on the links. AVork while
you work. Play while you play. You
can’t mix the two.”
AA’hereupon President AA T illiams said
that many salesmen are in too much of
a Turry to get home from the territory
in which they are assigned.
‘‘They rush into a town, try to see
20 retailers in four hours and a half, and
then rust right out again. No sales
ma nis a miracle. Hence, no salesman
can do his best work for his house by
rushing around in such pell-mell fashion.
I won’t have them in my business.”
Sounds Optimistic Note.
Norman H. Johnson’s annual address
before the wholesalers sounded a note of
optimism. Excerpts from his speech fol
low :
“The recent slowing up in business is
not so pronounced as to destroy confi
dence. The worst depression is now past
history.
“There has been a lot of propaganda
abroad. The condition of the western
farmer, reported so darkly, has been
merely a smoke screen. It was political
propaganda to blind the eyes of indus
try. and to fool the public.
“AA’ithfn three weeks from now there
will be an improvement in business con
ditions. Recently 41 American banks
made a $5,000,000 loan, sanctioned by
the Federal reserve banks, for the pur
pose of creating a foreign market for lo
cal products, such as cotton, wheat and
other materials in demand abroad. There
will be additional loans by other banks,
according to he information I have, and
this indicates to me an optimistic note in
future business.”
ESTABLISHMENT OF
WORLD COURT K
BEEN PROPOSED NOW
Proposal Made by Senator
Lodge in Resolution .He
Would Establish Court at
The Hague.
WANTS PRESIDENT
TO CALL MEETING
Complete Plan For Proposed
Court Embodied in Resolu
tion—Would Have Court
of Sixteen Judges.
M ashjugjfon, May B.—Establishment
of a world court at The Hague, to which
the l nited States would adhere, was pro
posed today in a resolution introduced
by Senator of Massachusetts,
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee. For the purpose of creating the
new tribunal. President Coolidge would
be "respectfully requested to propose the
calling of the third Hague conference."
The resolution embodied a complete
plan for the proposed court. It would
be composed of 1G judges—four of them
deputies—who would he selected by an
electoral commission.
This commission would consist of "a
general committee composed of represen
tatives designated by the signatory pow
ers. and a special committee composed of
representatives designated by the Unit
ed States. British Empire, France, Italy
and Japan, together with representatives
of five other signatory powers, which
powers shall be selected by the signatory
powers by a majority vote from time to
time."
Members of the could would be se
lected by the electoral commission from
“a list of persons nominated by the nat
ional groups in the permanent court of
arbitration.”'
The tribunal would sit at least once a
year with extraordinary sessions author
ized at the call of its president.
The signatory powers would recognize
■‘as compulsory, ipse facto*’ the jurisdic
tion of a treaty questions of internation
al law, evidence of breach of internation
al obligation, and the nature and extent
of indemnity for such breach,”’
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
, IN FLLJj ANNOUNCED
Exercises Will Be Held at New High
School Building and at Confederate
Monument.
The Dodson Rnmseur Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy will ob
serve Memorial Day Friday afternoon,
May Oth, 1024. The exercises will be
held in the new High School auditorium
at two o'clock, after which the Daugh
ters and Veterans will be joined by the
teachers and children of the city schools
and march to the court house and decor
ate the monument. All Confederate Vet
erans, all members of the Daughters of
the Confederacy and the public generally
are momst cordially invited to attend
these exercises.
A splendid program has been arrang
ed. Music will be furnished by Miss
Elizabeth Woodhouse as soloist, a mixed
quartet composed of Mesdames H. G.
Gibson. Miss Pat Adams, Messrs. K. E.
Ridenhour Jr., and J. B. Sherrill, with
Mrs. V. A. Means as accompanist.
The program follows :
Song: The Son of God Goes Forth to
War—By Audience.
Invocation —Rev. L. A. Thomas.
Solo: The Homespun Girl—Miss Eliz
abeth Woodhouse.
Introduction of speaker—H. W.
Blanks.
Address —James F. Hurley, of Salis
bury.
Tenting Tonight—Quartette.
Dixie.
The exercises will close at the monu
ment with the benediction by Rev. W. A.
Jenkins.
IMMIGRATION MEASURE
IS HEARTILY ENDORSED
Both Democratic and Republican Spokes
men Assailed Postponing Japanese Ex
pulsion.
Washington. May B.—The Senate heat
edly debated the immigration bill today
with both democratic and republican
si>okesmen bitterly assailing the confer
ence report, postponing Japanese exclus
ion. Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the
democratic leader, opened the attack, and
was joined immediately by Senators Bo
rah, of Idaho and Johnson of California,
Republicans.
The provision directing negotiation of
an understanding cancelling the' gentle
men’s agreement adopted .at the suggest
ion of President Ooolidge, was assailed
as an abrogation of the principle as a
purely domestic question.
Brown-Norcott School Commencement.
The commencement exercises of the
Brown-Norcott School will begin Fri
day evening. May Dtb, at 8 o’clock, with
an exercise by the primary children.
Saturday morniug, at 10 o'clock, the
inter-club track meet will be held ou the
school grounds. Several nice prizes will
be offered in the various athletic con
tests.
Saturday afternoon, at 2 :30. ti e an
nual address followed by the graduating
exercises, will be given.
Supper on the grounds at 5:30. Sat
urday night at 8 o clock, the upper grade
pupils will give their play. The public
is invited to all exercises.
Another Breakfast Conference.
Washington, May B.— The general leg
islative situation in the Senate, par
ticularly with reference to tax and farm
relief bills, was again considered today
at a breakfast conference at the White
House.
JUDGE GRADY WARNS
NEWSPAPER REPORTED
Would Put Him In Jail If He wk^
Story Like He Did Two Weeks Ag».'-
Raleigh. May 7. —R. E. Williams.
t court reporter of the Raleigh News and
j Observer, was threatened confinement in
I jail for contempt by Judge Henry A.
Grady, of the Superior Court, and grand
. dragon of the Ku Kiux Klan in North
i Carolina, if he wrote any more articles
j similar to one which appeared in the
paper two weeks ago. according to a
story which will appear in the Raleigh
[News and Observer tomorrow morning.
The article cotnpained of by Judge
Grady asserted that a jury was hope
i lessly hung and was awaiting his return
Ito court. The story alleged that Judge
i Grady was found by an officer of the
court attending a session of the Ku
Klux Klan officials and was not to be
disturbed. The jury was dismissed un
til the following day by the assistant
clerk of court, according to the story.
According to the story which will ap
pear tomorrow morning Judge Grady ad
dressed Mr. Williams when the latter
entered the court this afternoon asking
if he was to continue as court reporter.
Upon being answered in the affirmative.
Judge Grady is quoted as declaring that
"I want to tell you right now that if
you write anything else about me like
you did lat week, 1 am going to put you
in jail for contempt of court.
The judge continued, according to the
story, by declaring that Mr. Williams
had written something which was not
true, whereupon Mr. Williams replied
that ht* had written "what I thought to
he absolutely true.’’ The judge then
asserted that the jury had said it. was
not inconvenienced by the delay in find-*
ing him and Mr. Williams asserted that
he had not written that, the jury was
inconvenienced.
The story of two weeks ago .accord
ing to tomorrow's item, did not assert
that the jury was inconvenienced but
had merely stated the facts as to where
Judge Grady was when the jury awaited
him and why it was necessary for the
assistant clerk of court to dismuiss the
jury. The article continued by declar
ing that the statement of thp jurors had
been printed in the paper.
AWAITING ACTION BY
COLLEGE OF BISHOPS
Nothing in Connection With 'Unifica
tion of Methodists is Expected to Be
Done Today.
Nashville, May B.—With receipt here
of official notification, by the Southern
Methodist College of Bishops of the
ratification by the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Springfield, Mass., of the plan of unifi
cation of the two great bodies of Metho
dists, action by the Southern Methodist
bishops on a call for a special session
rtf- +hfr Generat of
ern Church is expected today or tomor
row, A member of the College of Bish
ops staled that if the work of the board
of missions permited the bishop to be
absent for an hour or so today, the
session of bishops would be held at once,
otherwise the college would certainly
take uj) the matter tonight or tomor
row.
SITUATION IN RUHR
IS SERIOUS AGAIN
Refusal of Miners to Add Hour to the
- Working Day Causes Another Crisis
in Mining District.
Berlin, May 8 (By the Associated
Press). —The situation in the Ruhr,
where 300 miners are out because of their
refusal to meet the demand of the own
ers for the addition of an hour to their
working day, is admittedly serious. Gov
ernment circles evidently are deeply con
cerned, and the hasty departure for the
Ruhr last night of Labor Minister Braun
in an attempt, to settle the conflict em
phasizes the gravity of eondrtitons.
The entire German press is appre
hensive that the conflict may react un
favorably against German international
conditions and foreign policy.
Slimmer School at State College.
Raleigh. May B.—With the signing up
of Professor Garfield A. Bowden, of.the
University School at Cincinnati. Ohio,
the summer school of State College will
have a complete faculty and everything
is in readiness for the opening June
10th, according to Director T. E.
Browne. Professor Bowden will give
the professional courses in science teach
ing for teachers of science and prospec
tive teachers of science in the secondary
schools of the state.
The requirement that for a school to
get on the accredited list, two sciences
with laboratory work must be taught
lias given rise, it was said, to an urgent
demand for teachpvs trained iiv methods
of teaching science. .Tule B. Warren,
secretary of the North Carolina Teach
ers' Association, in charges of the place
ment bureau, states that he has had
more difficulty in supplying teachers of
science than any other class of teach
ers. State College Summer School is
making a special effort to prepare teach
ers to meet this demand, it was de
clared.
Prohibition Officers Fooled By Pur
poises.
New Y>)rk. May 7.—Persistent, ru
mors that submarines were being used
in smuggling liquor off the south shore
of Long Island today proved to be noth
ing more than fish stories. What were
thought to be the conning towers of
undersea craft were only the dorsal fins
of porpoises disporting themselves jn
their spring playgrounds.
Spurred by reports of submarines
sighted off shore, prohibition agents set
out in a fast launch last night to investi
gate. They sighted a supposed submarine
and gave chase. For some time they pur
sued the object, but, it reeatedly disap
peared-
When the light came the agents ap
proached close enough- to ascertain that
it was a porpoise.
A campaign is about to be launched
to raise $1,000,000 for a women’s
building on the campus of the Uni
vereitl of Michigan.
$>2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
AGAINST WALSH AND
WHEELER DISCUSSED
Daugherty Commitee Hears
More About Efforts to
Smear Names of the Two
Montana Senators.
GRORUD TELLS
WHAT HE KNOWS
Says Coan Tried to Get Affi
davits That Would ' Hurt
Senator Walsh.—G i v e s
Much Evidence.
Washington, May B.—The activities <»f
Blair Coan, the Republican national
committee investigator who went to
Montana to inquire into the records of
Senator Walsh, of the oil committee, and
Senator Wheeler, of the Daugherty com
mittee, were further described today in
the Senate Daugherty investigation.
A. A. Gitnrud. of Helena. Montana, an
attorney, testified that he had talked
with Coan in Montana in April.
“Coan came to me and said he wanted
something to smear Senator Walsh.”
Grorud said.
”He asked me for affidavits. He
said they had Wheelpr where they want
ed him. and now they would get some
thing on Walsh.
“I told Coan that I knew something
about the Campbell ease (the case on
which Senator Wheeler's indictment was
based), and that there was nothing they
could convict Wheeler about in that.
Coan said that was right, but that they
would have the indictment to hold over
Wheeler anyhow. Slattery, the United
State district attorney, had not wished
to bring the ease before a grand jury,
even. Coan went on. but the Department
of Justice had a charge against Slattery
because he had been mixed up in some
liquor prosecutions, and that made Slat
tery go through anyway."
Coal also said, the witness testified,
that a Burns agent named Mcflraw was
assisting him.
“Blair Coan told me the Department,
of Justice had twenty-two men in Mon
tana.” Grorud said.
Before 11)10, Grorud said on cross ex
amination. he was a law partner of Sen
ator Wheeler. He became a deputy at
torney general later for the Mat.- of
Montana.
E. G. Toomey, another Montana law
yer. told the committee lie had encoun
tered Department of .Tusice agents in the
state who said they were investigating
the actions of Slattery.
THE COTTON MARKET
Relatively Firm Liverpool Cables Fol
lowed by Steady Opening.—First
Prices Higher.
New York, May B.—Relatively firm
Liverpool cables were followed by a
steady opening in the cotton market to
day. First prices were 3 to 13 points
higher, and after selling off several
points after the call under realizing the
market steadied upon renewed demand
from July shorts, Liverpool and com
mission buying. May contracts
advanced from 211.90 to 30.20, while Ju
ly sold up to 28.35 and October to 24.55,
or 15 to 22 points net highers
Futures opened: May 30:15, July
28.25. October 24.47: December 23.85;
January 23.55.
TUCKER VERY HAPPY TO
BE FATHER, HE SAYS
Wires From Ls Angeles—Mrs.
Tucker Will Make Explanation I^ater.
New York. May B.—Seventeeii-year
old Burton S. Tucker, whose bride. Mrs.
Susan O. Tucker, forty-nine years old on
April 22nd. gave birth to a daughter at
Baldwin, N. Y., is “very happy” to be
a father, according to a telegram which
Tucker’s lawyer says lie had received
from the young bridegroom in Los An
geles. The lawyer said he had received
on Monday from Mrs. Tucker, who with
her husband is under indictment in New
Jersey in connection with their marriage,
a telegram which read :
“Letter follows. Full explanation.”
Coolidge is Far in Lead of Johnson in
California.
San Francisco. Calif., May. 7.—Presi
dent (’oolidge’s lead over Senator Hiram
Johnson for California’s indorsement
for the Republican presidential nomina
tion continued to increase in returns
late today, the gain being especially ap
parent as belated tabulations from Los
Angeles county came in.
The same precincts gave a slate of
delegates to the Democratic national
convention pledged to Wm. G- McAdoo
almost a six to one lead over an un
pledged group which opposed McAdoo.
Billiard cues, superseding mace*, came
into general use in America about 1820.
WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT
SAYS
S)
Fair tonight and Friday, cooler to
night and in the east portion Friday.
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