Bf sHERKl l L ’ Editor and Publisher
VOLUME XLIX
■testiohv op
I [ff ECTED TODAY
lm o Said That the State
■peds to Put Other Im-
Kant Witnesses on the
End 1 oda> •
■ DEFEN PANTS
■ARROWED TO FOUR
E,ed From Seven, as 3
■the Men Indicted Will
■ I'sed for State’s Wit
■se>. It Is Stated.
H Al;i.' 7. — I The testimony
V' | ' I'liin for tiie prosecution
■j ■ j ))f mutilators was
H,! i,‘i feature today's session of
('n!nit\ Superior Court here.
■ a!-' ill at the state' expected
■ •1,,.,. iiniKU-tant witnesses oil the
Kn'hu: the day. .
■ mmth-'f "f (h'tViidants facing the
■h.ii rharui' was narrowed yestev
■ j i( j wjit-ii Solicitor l»on (J Iliam
■ i that iln- c harge would not be
■ ~c-aiti>t three of the men indicted *
■•iMlie) would ht i used as state's
K, They previously however had
■ „,,;]!> to being accessories before
■ i”,,' mutilation ami will receive
Knt on that c'omit. Those now on
■re: F. W. Sparrow. Jr.. Claro |
■ [j [leiiis Griffin and Julian
■ while rliose agauist whom the
■ eharge will not be pressed, but
Bill he used as state's witnesses are
Ktem. Roy Cray and John Gurkin.
B ether men are scheduled to face
Bp «t a later date on the mutilation
B tiny being F. W. Sparrow. Jr.,
Bn: Lilly. Sparrow is sick in Wash-
Bjai! and Lilly is reported In a dy-
B'litien as a result of attempt at
Bin was the tirsr witness for the
and described the details
Hoperation performed upcm Needle
■i;,l the events leading up to it.
■ (iiirkin Identifies Seventeen Mem
■ hers cf the Mob.
■iamstiiii. X. C.. May 7 (By the
■ted I'ress), —Testifying as a
■ witness in the trial of four men
El with mutilating Joseph Needle-
E\lbert Gurkin in Martin County
En Court here today identified sev
■ men as the alleged members of
Bb which removed Needleman from
Bartin county jail, and performed
Brario non him. Among them he
■ as tnenihcrs of the mob was John
B. his brother, whom the state has
Bmi will not be prosecuted as one
Bsc performing the operation but
■ accessory before the fact.
■rt Gurkin also named in his tesi
■four of the defendants in the case
■g among those who actually broke
be jail. He denied, however, that
id witnessed the operation upon
“man or knew the men who per
il it. stating that after the man
cen taken from the jail, he (Gnr
iad left the mob and returned home,
c jdeaded guilty to being an ac-
J after die fact of mutilation,
daman was to take the stand at
s session but it was stated: he
by would not ho called until this
non s session.
lowing (Lukin's testimony E. C.
against whom a charge of mutila
a' been lodged, took the stand. He
mong tlie three defendants against
the. charge will not be pressed,
(a‘e announced, in return for his
t'c av a witness for the state.
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THE CONCORD TIMES
CASE OF DR. FOSDIC’K AGAIN TO
BE ARGI ED BY PRESBYTERIAN?
The Baptist Minister Who Reeent'y Va
catrd a Preshyterlan Pu’pit.
rolumbufs, 0., May 7.—The case ol
r ‘. Hah 7 EmeYson FVisdiok. Baptist
minister, who recently vacated the pub
i pit of. the First Presbyterian church of
j York City at the request of tlie
j pfiTr>byterian General Asr'tmWy, pgain
will be the center of controversy when
the assembly convene*? for its 137th an
nual riesion here the week beginning May
The Fosdick dispute arrNe at last
year's cession over the question of his
orthodoxy. His opponent* succeeded in
gettting the assembly to vote for the
termination of hi«s relationship with the
Presbyterian church. Immediate action,
however, was not taken by the New
York Presbytery and it was this de’ay
that is expected to bring comment by a
faction of the assembly headed by Dr.
Walter I). Buckanan, pastor of Broad
way Presbyterian church. New York.
Dr Buckanan and his associate* also
will bring other cases against the New 1
York - presbytery, it is announced here,
charging that it has licenced young min
ister* to preach who do .not believe in,
the Virgin Birth, the miracles of Christ.,
and other fundamentals of New Testa
ment, These ease* will be tried in exe
cutive session by the judicial commis
sion. a separate body which sit* apart
from the general assembl.vl. If the as
sembly does not accept the findings of
the commission, then the case at issue
wil 1 be tried before the assembly.
The first test of the stiength of the
fundamentalists and the liberals will
coine on election of a moderator at
the opening session. The fundamenta
lists won last year, electing as moderat
or Dr. Clarence Edward McCarthey.
pastor of Arch Street Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia. Dr. Macartney
was credited with being mainly respon
sible for the bringing to a of she
charges against the New Y'ork presby
terv centering around Dr. Fosdick.
Tlie fundamentalists this year are ex
jnected to support Dr Lapsley A. Mc-
Ree of Berkley, Calif. William Jennings
Bryan, representing the Florida presby
tery. could have the nomination for
moderator on behalf of the fundamental
ists. but refuses to stand for the office
representing a divided church, accord
ing to the view here. Another like’y can
didate for moderator is Dr. William O.
Thompson of Columbus. president of
Ohio State university. He has been for
25 years in this office-
The Presbyterian General Assembly
will be officially attended by 1.000 new
ly elected commissioners from the 200
presbyteries throughout the United
States and by board secretaries and
other officials totaling nearly 2.000.
Annual reports will be submitted by
al the boards and agencies. A special
committee headed by Dr. Joseph A.
Vance of Detroit. Mich., will present a
report for a plan systematizing the
finances of the denomination into one
unified method in the interests of
economy and efficiency.
THE GREAT AUTOMOBILE
RACE AT CHARLOTTE
Twenty Great Racers Will Be There to
“Eat Up the Boards.”
Charlotte, May 7.—Automobile rac
ing fans of America are focusing their
attention on the Charlotte speedway, as
the day for the Memorial Day champion
ship classic draws near.
Charlotte, labelled by its partisans as
the “Queen City" of the South, is today
the mooca of the automobile racing
world’s most successful speed fiends.
The great bowls of the Far West have
emptied their crowds back into tlie work
aday world and the stars of thd recent
races against time and possible injury
or death have moved on
Carolina city. A group of twenty of
those men who are thriving on danger
while their tiny, roaring speed cars “eat
up” miles on the boards, are entered in
the May 11th event here, and, with the
day of the race almost here, it is ap
parent that "a good time will be had
by all.” '
The great bowl here, where a number
of Charlotte business men spent about
$450,000 for land and lumber and labor,
is new a scene of hustling activity, ''hi e
spectacular d r ‘ v e r s and perspiring help
ers tune up the cars which will provide
the thrills for the thousands who are
expecting to jam the speedway onday ’
Most of the drivers were here for the
inaugural race on this speedway las
October and, therefore are familiar with
the track, but their sometimes cantank
erous little mounts are being put through
the paces out there. Just to see that
all adjustments aue right, is the explana
tion of the drivers. Maybe they just
want to pet these powerful but diminu
tive speed buggies a bit. Anyway, there s
a good “side show” on at the speedway,
as everything is put in readiness for the
250-mile orgy of speed. •
In the lineup of entries are the names
of practically all 6f those living men who
have made automobile racing history.
The stars of this spectacular game have
invaded the southeast in quest °f the
$25,000 in prize money, and Charlotte
has declared a holiday for Monday.
TROTZKY RETURNS TO MOSCOW
After Four Months Isolation, Ready to
Accept Any Position the Government
May Offer Him.
Moscow. May 7 (By the Associated
Press).—Leon Trotzky. deposed soviet
■ war miniister, returned to Moscow this
['morning from Sukhum. Trans-Caucasia,
. after four mouths’ isolation, ready to nc-
I cept any position the government will of
*! fer him. . .
r ! The former red leader, granted absoluL
? ism on his promise to obey the dictates ol
r ‘ the party and observe all the rules of bol
Ushevism, probably will be offerpd
> comm'.ssarlat of foreign trade vacated t>s
Leonid Krassin’s apointraent as Ambassa'
dor to France.
i! Infant of Princess Yolanda Dead.
f! Pinerolo, Italy. May ,7 (By the Asso
s ciated Press). —The son born on Mai
a Ist to the Princess Yolanda, wife o!
1 Count Calvi di Y’ergolo, died this morn
. ing.
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resent ng the purchase price of the Dodge Brothers Motor Company. It was car
ried by airplane from New York to Detroit to avoid loss of; interest whic h
i amounted to $8,117.(10 a day at 2 per cent. V
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CHAUTAUQUA ANNOUNCEMENT
If ■
Exceptional Attractions for the Event
Here Which Opens .June' 4th.
The sparkling American comedy,
i' “Give and Take”; original musical pro
duction. “The 'Shepherd’s Dream"; the
Great Laurant in magic and mystery ex
traordinary ; lectures by such headliners
as William Rainey Bennett and Dr.
Hilton Ira Jones —these are among the
exceptional attractions which will ap
pear here at the big 1025 Red Path
' Chautauqua which opens June 4 and
continues for five days.
The Jugo-Slnv Taraburia Orchestra,
one of the best known and most dis
tinctive musical organizations on the
platform, will ojien the Chautauqua on
the first afternoon with an outstand
ing program. Following n prelude con
cert by thp Jugo-fFavs on the first night,
Dr. Hilton Ira Jones, noted , scientist
and lecturer, will deliver a popular and
informative lecture. “Science and the
Future,” illustrated with interesting
platform demonstrations.
A novelty concert given on the second
afternoon by The Faubel Entertainers
will feature costumed sketches, charact
er impersonations and intrumental num
bers both classic and popular. At night
the Great. Laurant and Company wi-1
appear in a lavishly staged, spectacular
production of magic and illusions.
On the third afternoon Julian B. Ar
nold, distinguished traveler, author and
savant, will deliver his fascinating, en
thralling lecture. "Aiabiau Knights.”
The great modern comedy success,
“Give and Take,” will be given on the
third night by a east of New Y’ork act
ors organized especially for the Redpath
Cliautauquas.
On the fourth afternoon the well
known Chicago Lyric Singers will give
a grand concert. Beautiful songs of
Wales, sung in typical Welsh costumes,
and gypsy airs rendered in Spanish gyp
sy garb are special features of their of
ferings.
Following a prelude by this talented
company at night, William Rainey Ben
nettt. internationally known dramatie
orator, will deliver his inspiring address,
“Pathways to Power.”
On the last afternoon, following a
prelude by the Colonial Harp Ensem
ble Company. Everett Kemp, eminent
reader-entertainer, will be heard in a
notable rendition of a complete play or
book.
“The Shepherd’s Dream.” original
musical production, is the feature num
ber of a grand concert presentd by the
Colonial Harp Ensemble Company on
the last night. This production is a
charmingly portrayed idyll of Arcadia,
produce with special costumes and scen
ery and euhanred by novel lighting ef
fects. In addition, a concert program is
given featuring the music of the harp*.
This is one-of them ost distinctly en
joyable numbers ou the entire Chautau
qua program.
Three unique entertainments for child
ren. each to be presented on a different
day. will be given in addition to the
regular programs for adults- Mr. and
Mrs. Faubel will give a unique musical
and impersonative program. Julian B.
Arnold will tell the children of many in
teresting lands in which he has traveled
Everett Kemp will delight with a speci
ally arranged program of children’s
1 stories.
■ • i. - .
NORTH CAROLINA CLASSIB
MEETS IN ROWAN COUNTY
Rev. Mr. Welker, of Burlington, Elected
President for the New Year.
Salisbury, May 6.—‘The Classis of the
• North Carolina Reformed Church is
i meeting in the ninety-fifth annual ses
sion at historic Lower Stone Church, in
• the southern section of Rowan county.
: The opening session was held Tuesday
■ night and the meeting 'will probably eon
-5 tinue through a part of Friday. The
, Classfs is a delegated body representing
» fifty-eight congregations grouped in twen
ty-eight pastoral charges, with a com
; municant mebership of more than 7,000
> and a Sunday school membership exceed
ing 10,000. The pastor and an elder
i from each charge constitutes the Classis.
? The opening session was featured by
j the sermon of the retiring president, Rev
W. C. Lyerly, of Concord, the classical
communion, anjl the election of officers.
- Rev. H. A. YVelker. of Burlington, was
' elected president for the new year.
D Today business items concerning the
l work of the church engaged the atten
tion of the Classis.
j Lower Stone Church, where the meet
t ing is being held, was built in 1705 and
s has sent forth members to build churches
in eight communities in Rowan and Ca
l’ barrus odunties. She has also furnished
five ministers and one missionary' for
the Reformed denomination.
f To Debate Evolution.
[- Memphis. Tenn., May f>. —Dean I. R.
e Noe. of St- Mary's Episcopal cathedral
y of Memphis late today accepted the chal
i- lenge of Dr. William L. Riley, of Min
neapolis, executive secretary of the
World Christian Fundamentals assieia
tion. to a debate on whether the teacb
>- ing of the theory of evolution is seienti
y sic and not repugnant to Christianity.
>f
l- Dyeing and mining are Britain’s old
«st industries-
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY,
WOMAN SAYS WOODARD
IS HER I-OST SON
Kidnapper of Lucile ; Cliatterton Will
Have a Home When THe Is Freed From
the Law's Toils.
Brockton, Mass., Mj&y 7.—Al Wood
ward. ex-convict and kidnapper of eleven
year-old- Lucille (’hatterton. of Gran
ville. Vt.. will find a lipnie here with the
mother he has not known since infancy
when he is freed from the toils of the
law. it was declared today by Mrs. Jen
nie Woodward Sturtevdnt, who says she
is convinced that Woodward is her' long
lost son. Information jobtained in a let
ter Mrs. Sturtevant received from the
prisoner eonfirmed her belief that she
has found her missing child.
She is confident Woodward will bo ac
quitted when tried nexi week |t Middle
bury, Vt'., and will joi| her s mmediately
afterward. Simeon Stqgtevant, whom she
married in 11)01, and \\*ho heard only re
cently that she had been a mother prev
iously, expressed a willingness to have
Woodward join the family circle. The
Sturtevants have five, children,~two of
them married.
In his letter, written in pencil, Wood
ward said that when two years old his
mother, Jennie Woodward, had left him
in the care of Mrs. EBiabeth Mclntyre,
of Braintree, t ermont,«.Who had brought
him up.
“It is dreadfully lojpesome here, and
so good to get Please write
me often.” Referrinft to tlie crime, he
wrote: J
-“I have done it aim for the sake of
the Hittle girl, so shej§ can get a good
home. lam in hopjs she can get a
good home now.’ f
NEW CITY OFFICIALS
TAKE OATHS TONIGHT
Will Hold First Ald&maniic Meeting
After Being Sworn. La—Gold Board
Met Tuesday.
Concord’s new officials, chosen Tues
day in the city-wide election which re
sulted in victories for all of the Demo
cratic candidates, will take their oaths
of office tonight, according to present
plans. After being sworn in the mayor
and aldermen will hold their first alder
manic meeting.
The retiring board met Tuesday night
for its last meeting, and after ordering
all bills paid, re-adjourned. A few mat
ters were presented at the meeting, but
was not taken on them as the retiring
board thought the new board should act
on these questions.
The officials to be sworn in tonight
are;
C. H. Barrier. Mavor; A. R. Howard.
W. A. Wilkinson. H. CL Hahn. J. G.
McEachern, ,T. T. Sapp and It. A-
Hullender, Aldermen.
The officials sworn in tonight will
hold office for two years.
DEATH OF LORD LEVERHULME
Was One of the Leading Industrial Fig
ures of the British Empire.
London, May 7 (By the Associated
Press). —Lord who rose
from a grocer’s assistant to become one
of tlie leading industrial figures of the
British empire, died at 4:30 o’clock this
morning. He was 73 years old.
~ He had been ill from bronchitis only
a few days and until yesterday his con
dition did not cause much anxiety.
As chairman of Lever Bros, he con
trolled sixty British soap manufacturers
and other companies with capitalization
of 56,627.000 pounds Sterling.
His only son, William Hulme Lever
succeeds to the title, and the acting
chairmanship of the Lever Brothers.
Babe Ruth Is Up and Around —On
Wheels.
New York World.
Babe Ruth is out of bed!
For the first time since April 0 he
left his cot in St. Vincent’s yesterday.
He didn’t, stroll around- He was wheeled
about in a wheel chair, and when he
heal’d the Yankees had broken their
losing streak and beaten the Athletics at
the Y’ankee Stadium, he said he felt
ready to get up and call for his uniform.
His first call in the wheel chair was
on Mrs. Ruth and Baby Dorothy, two
1 flights above in the hospital. There was
a family reunion. The change of scene
1 did the Big Hitter a world of good and
he will improve more rapidly from now
on, his physicians say.
“Don’t worry about the Yanks,” said
Ruth. “When Meusel and Pipp hit their
' stride, everything will be all right. And
1 Tombs —don’t forget him. He’ll make all
* the pitchers guess this year.’,’
! Gen. Patrick and Pilot Land at Black
wood Field.
Nashville, May 7—The airplane car
rying Major General Mason M. Patrick
and his pilot. Captain St. Cl*ir Street,
* landed at Blackwood Field at 7 :55 o’clock
1 this morning. The officers spent the
' night in Eva, in Benton county, making
-a landing at that point which explained
f the lack of news from the fliers over
* night. General Patrick said they had
* experienced no trouble.
Bob McAllister, once a contender for
the middleweight title, has opened a box
- ing school in Oakland, Cal., where he has
made his home for some time.
MAY 7, 1925
MORE ARRESTS FOR
BOMB OUTRAGE IT
KRAL CATHEDRAL
In Consequence of Revela
tions Made at the Trial of
Those Charged With Com
plicity in the Crinie.
ABOUT 3,0P0 ARE
NOW,IN PRISON
The Authorities in Bulgaria
State That the Communist
Organization Is More Far
Reaching Than Supposed.
Sofia. May 7 (By the Associated
Pre»s).—More arrests have been made
in consequence of revelations at the trial
of those charged with complicity with
ihc Svetai Krai cathedral bomb outrage.
There are now about 3.000 persons in
prit-on throughout Bulgaria and authori
ties state that the communist organi/.a
tion is more far reaching than was at
first supposed.
Nearly all the members of the middle
j class who were involved in the movemem
>lia\e been apprehended, but several gangs
o? idealistic communists are still undis
covered. Few peasants were imbued
with the communist doctrine, the authori
ties say, and the majority of these are in
towns where poverty and discontent of
fers a fertile field for the red propagan
dists.
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DEATH WINS IN
POORHOUSE RACE
Former Wealthy Wake Land Owner is
Burled Instead.
Raleigh. May 6.—The grave beat the
poorhouse to S. Hines Scarborough,
death yesterday and burial today re
moving the mortal remains of the once
wealthy Wake land owner, who on Mon
day had applied for admission to the
county home after ho had lost the last
Remnant of his property, the victim of
fraudulent stock selling campaigns of
the overly properous post-war period.
Five years ago, at the age of 80, Scar
borough had a fortune variously esti
mated at from SIOO,OOO to $150,000 to
care for him through his remaining
years and to pas* on .to children and
grandchildren after his death. Slick
toneued peddlers of worthless stork cer
tificates hnred -him into the investment
of his wealth in fake stocks, and the
earnings and savings of three-scoic
years were quickly swept, away.
For months, according to neighbors.
Scarborough had expressed the wish to
enter the county home and accept a
pauper’s lot, but his children and
grandchildren persuaded him to re
main with them. He had his way last
Monday, however, and asked the coun
ty authorities to prepare a place f r
him at the poor house.
A room was made ready, and he was
to occupy it today. Instead, funeral
services were conducted for him at
Rtlesville Baptist church this afternoon.
Cancer, the malady which had caused
doctors to send him home to die seven
years ago, turned its trick yesterday- He
fought it off through his late adversi
ties. but it beat him to the poor house.
Whether the old man thought his
extra seven years worth his losses in
land and wealth, members of his family
never asked him. Had the cancer done
its work when the doctors said it
would, his fortune would have been
preserved for his kin.
THE COTTON MARKET
A Further Severe Decline Occurred To
day, Owing to Reports of Rains. •
New York. May 7.—A further severe
decline occurred in the cotton market
early today owing to reports of addition
al rains in the southwest, continued com
plaint from the cotton goods trade, and
relatively easy Liverpool cables.
The opening was easy at a decline of
5 to 18 points, active months soon show
ing net losses of 18 to 21 points, with all
deliveries making new low ground for the
movement. July broke to 23.02 and Oc
tober to 22.76, but at these prices some
trade buying of early new crop deliver
ies which with more active covering caus
ed rallies of 10 or 12 points from the
lowest before the end of the first, hour.
May was relatively firm, selling to 10
points above July with trade interests
again buyers of the maturing positions
against sales of later delivery.
Cotton .futures opened easy. May
23.15; July £3.12; Oct. 22.85; Dec.
23.08; Jan. 22.75.
Women’s Clubs Come Out Against Wo-
Man Governor.
Baltimore, May B.—A proposal to nom
inate a woman for governor of Mary
land is meeting with strong opposition
fromo women.
An effort at a recent convention of
the United Democratic IVomen’s Clubs
of the state at Salisbury to obtain the
endorsement of Mrs. W- Hubbard,
of Chestertown. for the gubernatorial
honor, failed and subsequently the Bal
timore Federation of Democratic Wo
men put its official stamp of disapproval
on the nomination of women candidates
for the office.
The federation resolved “that there
be recorded as the unanimous sense of
the Federation of Democratic W omen.
Incorporated, of Baltimore, in view of
the recent public reports with respect
to the nomination of a woman for gov
ernor 6f Maryland, the federation’s em
phatic opposition to the ill-timed and
hastF thought giving rise to his ambi
tious proposal.”
There will be no election for governor
in Maryland until Nvember, 1026.
Ideas are funny little things. They
won’t work unless you do.
Convalescing
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Babe Ruth is so far on the road to
recovery that he can be photograhed.
Here :s tlie first picture of him to be
taken since he entered the hosital. It
shows him feeling a lot happier since
he is neoring the day he will return to
the diamond.
CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE TO BE
HELD HERE ON SATURDAY
Miss Eugenia Lore Has Charge of the
Program.—Miss Kluttz to Hold Model
Service.
Plans for the County Children's Di
vision Institute which is tot be held in
the Cenetral Methodist Church, Concord,
Saturday, May 9th, 1925, are said to be
progressing splendidly
Miss Eugenia Lore, County Children's
Division is giving untir
,lng effort to make the Institute a Sue-,
cess, while other county officers are co
operating heartily.
One of thd most attractive features of
the program will be a worship service
conducted by Miss Janie Klutz, of Con
cord. The children will be present and
participate in tlie service. It is expeeted
tiiat this service will be conducted as
such a service would be conducted in an
up to date Sunday School. The program
arranged for the occasion is as follows:
Presiding, Miss Eugenia Lore.
3—Worship Program. Mips Janie
Kluttz, Superintendent Junior Detri
ment, C’eptral Methodist Church, Concord^
3:ls—How to Have a Wide-Awake
Cradle RoH, Mrs. Jfdm Reed, Sttfwrmr
tendent Cradle Roll Department, First
Presbyterian Church. Concord.
3:3s—The Story and Its Importance
in Teaching Children—Miss Mary King.
Superintendent Primary Department,
City Public Schools, Concord.
3“55 —Special Music.
4:10—Co-operation of Parents and the
Sunday Sehool^—Miss Daisy Magee, Chil
dren’s Division Supt... North Carolina
Sunday School Association.
4:4o—Hymn.
4 :45—Discussion.
5 :(K>—Adjourn.
The Cabarrus County Children's Divis
ion Institute is under the auspices of the
Cabarrus County Sunday School Associa
tion. It is for Cradle Roll, Beginners.
Primary, ami Junior Sunday School
Workers of all denominations and all
others interested in the religious training
of children, under thirteen years of age.
Miss Eugenia Lore, County Children's
Division Superintendent.
J. J. Baruhardt, County President.
J. Sam Query. County Secretary.
NEW Y’ORK MASONS SEVER
TIE WITH BELGIAN LODGE
4 ——
Have Abandoned Compulsory Belief in
God, Says Grand Master, Explaining
Move.
New York, May 7. —Masonic rela
tions between the Grand Orient of Bel
gium and the Grand Lodge of New York
were terminated by the latter body
April 2, it was revealed today, because
the Belgian organization, has “abandon
ed the requirement of belief in God and
is removing the Bible from its altars. ’
The formal announcement was made by
William A. Rowan, grand master, at
the opening of the 144th annual com
munication of the Grand Lodge.
In his edict terminating the relations
which had existed for many years, the
grand master said in part that the
Grand Orient of Belgium “has attempt
ed to accomplish that which it is not
within the power of any man or body of
men to do. In abandoning the require
ment of belief in God and laying violent
and profane hand* upon the great light
in Masonry it has attempted to change
the plan and the very ground work -of
the institution. That the Bible is a book
containing sacred truth is one of the
fundamental tenets of Free Masonry.”
Big Sun-Spot Almost Visible to Naked
Eye.
New York, May 5. — A new and stead
ily growing spot on the eastern edge of
the sun was so large today, according
to Dr. Davis Todd, emeritus profes«or
of astronomy and navigation at Am
herst College, that it was almost visible
to the naked eye.
Dr. Todd discovered the spot Friday,
he said. It has developed during the last
few days, he reported, and has attained
a diameter of between 50.000 and 60.-
000 miles on the surface of the sun.
Displays of the aurora borealis may
' be expected. s
Suit Against Ford Motor Co. in Mississ
ippi
I Miss., M*ay 7.—W. J. Miller,
State revenue agent, today filed ;n the
chancery court of Hinds County here a
. suit against the Ford Motor Company
charging a criminal conspiracy to violate
the anti-trust laws of Mississippi and
r seekin? to collect penalties totalling $12,-
000,000.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
RELENTLESS WAR
JRCEMENT
AGAINST RUM ROW
On Sea and On Land the War
of Extermination by Prohi
bition Enforcement Offi
cers Goes On.
IMPOSSIBLETO
GET LIQUOR ASHORE ‘
Blockade Said to to Be 100
Per Effective.—Pad
lock Rapidly Locking Up
the Liquors On Hand.
New York. May 7 (By the Associated
Press). —On sea. on land, and in the
air, forces .of prohibition enforcement to
day continued their war of extermina
tion against rum row. and its satellite*
ashore. During the night the fleet op
erating against the rum runners had the
added task of battling against a 45-mile
gale.
With the hloekade of rum r,ow. said
by federal agents to have been one hun
dred per rent, effective in less than two
days, prohibition agents in New York
and the surrounding country have initi
ated a cleanup which they say will make
it impossible to procure liquor inland.
Padlocks are rapidly locking up liquor
that was spent ashore before the blockade.
With developments expected- to be
helpful in dry law enforcement was the
discovery that persons who informed the
government of violation* leading to the
arrest of dry law violators
arrest of dry law offenders may receive
25 per cent, of the fine as a reward from
tlie government* and may obtain a quar
ter of the proceeds from the sale of the
confiscated boats.
MRS. JULIA SHEPHERD
IS NOW AT LIBERTY
Named as Accessory to Her Husband,
Alleged Slayer of YVm. N. McClin
tock.
Chicago. May 7. —Mrs. Julia Shep
herd, named as an aoes*ory of her hus
band, William D. Shepherd, the alleged
slayer of William N. McClintock. was
at liberty today on her own recognizance
after surrendering last night.
Her release on a $5,000 bond was
promised by Judge Jacob Hopkins be
fore whom she appeared. Until it i«
arranged he stayed aervice of the cor
onri s mittimi from which she fled Tues
day night after the coroner's jury had
recommended ihat she be held as an ac
complice in the death of young McCHn
tock last fall and of his mother sixteen
years ago.
No opposition'to her release was made
by Robert E. Crowe, state's efforts to
resisted efforts to release Shepherd now
in jail. “There is no evidence that I
have as state's attorney that can c-au*e
me 4o oppose bail in this case.” said the
prosecutor.
WAIF GETS A FRENCH
MARCHIONESS FOR MOTHER
Gloria Swanson Adopts Little Joe Smith
In Superior Court.
Lo* Angeles. May 7. —Little Joe
Smith, who shortly after his birth 'n
Oakland two and one-haif years ago was
made a ward of the Childrens’ Home So
ciety in that city, was given a French
Marchioness for a mother in Superior
Court here today.
His new mother is tlie Marquies de
la Malaise et de la Coudray, better known
as Gloria Swanson of the films, who ha*
provided for the child since early in 1923.
Under yesterday’s proceedings “Sonny”
was named Joseph Swanson, and received
the same legal status as hi« foster sister,
Gloria 11, including the right of inheri
tance.
The Marquise and her husband were
in court.
Commander Fuller Acquitted.
Norfolk. Va., May 6 (By Asso
ciated Press).—Commander D. W. Ful
ler. commanding the naval trapsport
Beaufort, was acquitted of all three
charges alleging neglect of duty in con
nection with the finding aboard his ship
of five hundred quarts of whiskey when
it docked here in February, by a court
martial at rihe navy baße here today.
At the Theatre*.
Rudolph Valentino in “A Sainted
Devil,” is being shown today at the Star.
“Daughters of Pleasure, starring
Monte Blue and Marie Prevowt. is the
feature being shown today at the Pas
time. ' , ,
The New Concord is showing today
and tomorrow “The Price of a Party,”
starring Hope Hampton, Harrison Ford,
Mary Astor. Arthur Edmund Carew and
Dogmar Godowsky.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Kiwanis Club will be held tomorrow at
12-30 o'clock in the Club Room of the
Y. M. C. A. Dr. Tracy N. Spencer will
be in charge of the meeting.
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WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
- Tfri
1
Unsettler with occasional showers to*
night and Friday, eligbtly cooler tonight
in extreme eaat portion.
NO. 85