WSHBm'.'. :j L ■ndon All Hope Os Hscuing Miners Who Hre Trapped In Mine Mine Sealed So auing- Can Be to Aid the ISHko Workers: tJ§S HAVE \ rescued Miners Came KHBKlke, and There Is ?4ffw ,rx ‘ e id for Those Milled. |HHB !’■ b. 4. — i/p) Ahari'l'in- I :)ny of r! 1*■ If, rn : ti»■ HH|H f r after an explosion in §S99BH Min* 1 Jar«- yesterday \v.*r** H|H "a is or.:-ly today -■•al • \ when* tli(*\ wa re t-n --'i '-mother a tire that ' a- hours and make HHHB r,"-o\ I'ty Ilf the bodies. IlißiiH l e *tc at work at that ■' back in the pit. wiicn §S99i|B. • ;iTcd. Two escaped jggSgß: i ■■ •' hv^B: at Panama City. today. The dispatch dropped /lead tbi§«t. His home is Louis ' added that Mr. wSHEK' nupanied to Pana . rity hRi- ami Mr. and Mrs. Mr. ('ole is presi fBBBSHB V-:.\i:le. Chattanooga 1 -a !. Tiie members mmmm ■ : a a pleasure triy. raSSßgfl! ''ve in New (irleans WBmm mi ami he sent inune- BBBH>o!iKvTe for burial. SHR- m -aid that Mr. Ma ■HHB v ibe brought to New BR|RH’m’ Pni ted Fruit I’om ■Ha Turrealba, which f tv tomorrow and is "U February 12th. HHR : " :l ’" un ‘ for chil ■■Rß*' 1 . V'e ll who cut up in RRRRr ' ■■a’MMVC suhurrb will io>chological clinic to illilliiK' Hall, Xorthwcst in children is said to HRRdatwu in diet. Working wBHR"'. mothers of Evanston gHHHBd a campaign to spread BRRR "f go.id nutrition. A RH'nel system of diet, the RIRH- mi. wi.! help do away and need for flßllllßWnrks Well in Oliio. ||hRMR d. —(/Pt - The eree wooden crosses at ws Oft Re Carolina highways tere a, : been killed, as a | llllll* to passing motor- Ri J’d be careful, is North Carolina by RRRR' a Long Island. X. [RRRR ' " i- in this state on RHRR ;>e in Tie state of RRRR well in that state. m -lares, Cameron Morri- U 'B an. he stated, and lie bring the sug ||g§§§g|l ■ Page, chairman of RH commission. RRRH< MeEhvee Dead. "’m R 5 —'ZP'i —John Har- RRRBR' ’ tobacco manufac c o R '' Hian fifty years. RRRM " today. Funeral ifuent will be tomor jß|H at II o'clock. by five children. THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ,r i OLD AGE DOES NOT ! BEGIN AT 40 NOW j )lodrm Man May Be Young at Eighty. Declares Dr. H. S. Cum mings. Chicago. Feb. 4. —It in difficult to . define “old age.” Time was when j forty years was looked upon no the beginning of this period. Now some are old at sixty while others are mentally alert at eighty. , There i*s too great a tendency among persons reaehing a certain age to peisuade themselves that they have reached the la«t chapter of the book of life; they seem to think that both mental and physical activities shojdd be abandoned. They do not realize that effort should be made' to preserve the happy state of mind and purpose that renders old age a period of comfort and enjoyment. Mental, as well as physical diver sion, and even useful occupation are essential to true happiness and well being in old age as in- nearly every other period of life. The helpless, hopeless, s®mi-despniring attitude into which many elderly persons are allowed to sink is conducive to pre mature mental breakdown. With reasonable attention to cer tain well defined and easily applied measures and the observance of simple and reasonable hygenic prin ciples it is possible to grow old gracefully and comfortably and hap- The time to prepare for old age is in youth and early adult life. It is not expected that under pres ent conditions the layman will pos sess information which will enable him to apply all of these principles without aid. He must depend on his own family physician for guidance. He .should learn to appeal to his physician before be becomes ill. This is already being done to a greater extent than is realized. In many cities, physicians are noting that they are receiving an increasing number of visits from business and professional men of all ages who want to know each year just where they stand physically. Many men on reaching middle life first learn that they are not well when they apply for an increase in their life insur ance. They are shocked when told they are not eligible for increased insurance except- possibly at increas ed rates or perhaps not at any rate. Had ihes. men been examined at 4n*erv*l* *he befchrtrtng-* Os such conditions would have been discovered and in many cases the causes, cotild have been removed and the trouble obviated. Among the diseases and conditions that bring about premature old age and which cause many untimely deaths may be mentioned heart dis ease. cancer, rheumatism, hardening of the arteries, nervous and mental disorders of the milder classes, and diabetes. Much can be done to pre vent the development of these dis eases if effort is made in time. u PREPARES FOR FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE Planes to Be Used in the Flight Will Be Taken to Alaska Saturday by \ Carl Eiolson. Seattle, Wash., Febg. 4. —OP)—Carl Eiolson, aviator of the Wilkins trans- Polar flight, will said for Alaska Sat urday with airplanes to be used in the expedition. Captain George Hubert Wilkins, leader of the expedition, will follow later. Wilkin6 and Eiolson first will fly from Fairbanks in the interior of Alaska to Point Barrow, where they will tiop off for the flight across the million square miles “blind spot” of the Arctice Ocean some time between March 21st and April 21st. English Sparrow Defended By Min nesota Entomologist. St. Paul, Feb. 4.—(A*) —When Eng lish sparrows bring to their nest 500 destructive-caterpillars in one day as one pair did they are entitled to con sideration as 'a most useful bird, de clares Professor A. G. Ruggles, Min nesota agricultural college entomolo gist. A second pair brought 500 insects of various kinds to their young in one hour. Besides, Professor Ruggles es timates, many insects were -eaten by the adult birds. The birds frequently consume insect eggs equivalent to one half of their own weight. Spanish Aviators Near End of Trip. Rie Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 4.— UP)— The Spanish trans-Atlantic aviators flying to this city from Pernaumbueo had but 400 miles of their voyage before them at 12:40 o’clock this af ternoon when they passed over Car avellas, in the state of Bahia, m Means’ Story to the Grand Juny In American Metal Case Delayed New York World. The federal grand jury continued its inquiry into the American Metal Company case yesterday, without, however, hearing testimony from Gas ton B. Means, former Department of Justice agent, serving a two-year term in Atlanta. Means, who arrived here Monday night, in custody of two Atlanta guards, had a long session with As sistant United States Attorney Ken neth F. Simpson yesterday morning and is expected to go before the grand jury tomorrow or Friday. He is stopping under guard at a hotel. Facts of the inquiry are necessarily secret, but it was said on good au* Losing Sight Mm o' ♦ %■ ■■■ >•' :>o. ,v PBht / Babe Ascher, A. E. F. bantamweight champion and pugilistic idol of manj an army corps, will shortly undergo an operation to save his eyesight Not only has the little fellow's rlni career been blasted but he » threat ehed with complete blindness. Hit case is similar to thrft of Pete H«r man. former bantam king. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WANTS DR. H. W. CHASE President of University of North Car olina Goes to Pacific Coast to Con ference. Raleigh, Feb. 4. — (A*) —l>r. Harry Woodburn Chase, president of the University of North Carolina, is en route ta the Pacific coast where he will consider a proposal that lie be come president of the University of Oregon. The offer of the western institution which has 4,000 students, and is con siderably larger than the North Car olina university, was made to Dr. Chase last summer, but he is under stood not to have considered it at that time. But the Oregon institntion has urged Dr. Chase to come to the coast for a conference, and he FipwA «• - :MWW*i ****&. A-- -**• The matter has been discussed -be tween President Chase and Governor McLean, it was stated at the Gov ernor's office today, and Dr. Chase told Mr. McLean that the matter was tentative both on his part and that of the University >of Oregon. The mat ter also came up at the trustee’s meeting while Mr. McLean was out of town, it tvas said. Dr. Chase is expected to be gone about a month. He succeeded the late Dr. Edward Kidder Graham as presi dent. . Dr. Chase is \mderstood to be the first choice by the Oregon Univer sity for the post among a number of men it has had under consideration. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS ARE BEING DISCUSSED By the Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Memphis. Memphis. Tenn., Feb. 4. — UP) —The educational association of tlje Meth odist Episcopal Church. South, in session here, had before it today res olutions proposing the classification of various church schools, proposals for the creation of a commission to outline the curriculum of study ministerial students and- the setting aside of one Sunday in each year as a Christian Education Day to bring before the church membership work being done by church institutions and to discuss means of financing. Other matters included a recom mendation that teachers after their retirement be classified as superan nuated ministers and the adoption of n definite program of education to inform members of the church as to what is being done by the education al institutions. FIVE MEN REPORTED KILLED IN EXPLOSION Between 25 and-40 Olliers Injured By’ Accident in Foundry %n New Brit ain, Conn. New Britain, Conn., Feb. 4.— UP) — Five men are reported dead and 40 injured as a result of an explosion in the foundry of the North & Judd Manufacturing Co., on East Main Street a few minutes before noon to day. thority that the grand jury, scheduled to hear Means yesterday, had been going over documents and other mat ters pertaining to the alleged fraud on which it is presumed Means will be eventually questioned. The inquiry has been under way six weeks, with four assistant United States attorneys working continually on tb%, alleged fraudulent return of worth of American Metal Company stock to Swiss owners by former Alien Property Custodian Thomas W. Miller. i A superseding indictment, displac ing the one which indicted Miller as the sole American involved, is gen erally looked for. y CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1926 COMPLETE JURY 111 THE BOWMAN EASE; WITNESSES CALLED Venire Had to Be Called Before Jury Could Be Completed at Newton. -149 NAMES HAD TO BE CALLEH • Former National Guan) Officer is Charged With Attack on Twelve-Year- Old Girl. Newton, N. 0., Feb. 4.--The second I edition of the specinl venire in the case against Major Wade V. Bowman for an alleged attack on a twelve year-old girl in Hickory last July’ came into Catawba county court at 9:110 a. in. today. The first venire of 100 men was exhausted early yester day afternoon with two men lacking in the jury box. Judge Webb or dered an additional venire of 45 men i summoned immediately and returnable this morning. The Bowman jury was completed at 10:30 after 149 names had been drawn. Court launched immediately into the trial of the former major of North Carolina national guard for the alleged attack on the twelve-year old girl. Girl Tells Her Story. New ton, Feb. 4.— UP) —Taking of testimony began today in the trial of Wade V. Bowman, former national guard major, charged with attacking a 12 year old Hickory girl last July. The jury was completed at 10:&0 this morning and the court launched immediately into *he hearing. The defense used 10 premptory chal lenges and the state used two. There was only one name left in the hat, and the last juror is A. B. Young. Eleven out of thirty-nine examined this morning were opposed to capi tal punishment. The percentage from the entire venire which eexpressed opposition to the death penalty is over 35 per cent. After the jury was em paneled Judge Webb ordered a short recess for counsel to eonferr N Taking of evidence began at 11.05 ,tMs njorning. The prosecutrix, her fend father. Dr. H. C. M«*u*J zies and Mr. a?id Mrs. Arthur, all of Kentucky, were the first sworn by the state. The prosecutrix was the first to take the stand. She will be 13 years old on June 10. Her home is two lots from Major Bowman's house in Hick ory. In a low voice, hardly audible at times, she began telling the story of the alleged attack by the former army major in, his, then incompleted house in Hickory. She said that on July 28 last year she passed by the Bowman new on her wheel. He was standing in the back hall, said the child, and called to her. She began crying, and Judge Webb had the witness chair moved closer to the jury box. She said Bowman induced her into the house and attacked her. A. A* Whitener conducted the di rect examination. The witness said Bowman told her not to tell anyone what had happened and then asked, hereto come ISack next afternoon. The court room was packed beyond its capacity during the testimony of the child. W. A. Self, of the defense, staff, took the child over for cross ex amination. She regained her com posure and answered the questions in a louder voice. CARDINAL MERCIER LEFT HIS ESTATE TO CHARITY Says He Was Without Fortune Be cause He Gave Away Practically All of His Income. Brussels. Feb. 4.— UP) —The will of Cardinal Mercier, executed in 1908 and made public today, says he was without personal fortune, having con secrated to good works his income from publication and other sources. Moneys on hand at the time of his death, the will stipulates, will be spent in paying for his funeral and for arrears in household expenses. Any surplus is to go to charity. '( The cardinal leaves to his nephews his equity in a cottage in the country and advises them to make their liv ing by their own work! The document dedicatee the life of the cardinal to God. It asks the par don of all those he may have wronged, and forgives those who may have wronged him. McFADDEN BANK BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Gives Certain National Banks Right to Operate Branch Banks. Washington, Feb. 4?— UP) —TheMc- Fadden bill.' 1 so authorize national banks to engage in branch banking in cities where the state banks employ this practice Was passed today by the House. The measure now goes to the Sen ate. Its passage came after the House j had rejected an amendment by Repre sentative Stegall, of Alabama, rank ing Democrat on the banking com mittee, designed v to reduce materially the powers the bill would confer to 1 national banks. Final passage was ! by a vote of 292 to 90. A similar measure was passed by i the House in the last Congres but failed in the Senate. i The average age of the German bride is now 27 years, whereas be fore the war it was 24. Protected m mm I 5 f One thousand Kentucky militiamen, with five tanks, three field pieces and 37 machine guns, were ordered to duty at Lexington, when Edward Harris, above, went on trial for kill ing Mrs. Mary Bryant, her husband and their two children. Business places were closed, interurbans arfd busses did not carry passengers into the city and nil persons were kept away from the neighborhood of the court house. Convicts at the state prison, where Harris was kept, tried without success to lynch him._, MILK MARKETED BY M CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Survey Shows That 1,700.000,000 Pounds Were Sold in 1024. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 4.—(4P)—More than 1.700,000,000 pounds of milk was marketed by farmers’ co-opera tive associations in the United States in 1924, it is shown by a purvey re completed by the United States De partment of Agriculture. The results of the survey are shown in a bulletin of the department, released for publi cation tonight. The figures, the department says, are based on reports received from 60 associations whk*h sold the bulk of their milk wholesale, and 25 of which were selling mainly at retail. The former group handled 1.546.254,000 pounds, anfl the latter group, 158,- 273.000 pounds. Nearly 60 per cent, of the total was handled by 15 asso ciations in New York State, while two associations in Minnesota handled pounds, and eight asso ciations in Vermont, 101,152.000 pounds. U ft . Altogether the department,obtained j%potA« from 128 associftHofc Os mraf number, however. 30 areJorglfßi zations described as bargaining' nsso-’ ciatkms. These do not, as a rulq, sell milk directly, although there is a tendency for them to evolve into ac tual marketing concerns. These or ganizations, the department estimates, handled 90 per cent, of the total fluid milk business done co-dperatively in 1924. Their membership exceeded 204,000,- About one-half of this membership,, however, was in the private bargain ing associations, 40 per cent, in the association engaged in the wholesale distribution, and less than four per cent in the retail distributing associa tions. The Middle Atlantic States, the department says, with a large membership concentrated in New York state, had nearly one-half of the to tal dairy marketing association mem- i bersliip: in the country. Indicative of a tendency toward large organizations in the* co-operative marketing of milk, the department cites the fact that 72 per cent, of tiie total membership of the country was found in eight large associations. By states. New York led in association membership, with Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts. Illinois, and Michi gan .following in the order named. Eighty-two organizations, not in cluding those grouped as price bar gaining associations, did an aggregate business of $110,820,000 during the year. New York led ip the volume of business, as in membership. Thirteen associations in that state reported a gross business amounting to $79,G79,- 000. Although the associations fall roughly into the three general classes of bargaining, wholesaling, ahd re tailing organizations, there is no sharp line between them, the department says. Many of the Associations en gaged mainly in wholesaling also do considerable retailing, and on the oth erhand, most of the retail associations do a certain amount of wholesale bus iness. In like manner, the so-called bargaining associations, which were formed originally for the sole purpose of agreeing on prices with distributors are setting up machinery, for whole sale and retail distribution of milk. Milk marketing associations were first organized to serve customery. the department explains. The next ( step was the development of wholesale distribution by farmers’ organizations. The bargaining association is the lat est development Succeeds Norman Black Here. Charlotte, Feb. 4. — UP)—4. R. Leigh, formerly of the Shelby district of the North Carolma Co-operative Marketing Association, has been nam ed to succeed Norman Black of Cabar rus county," as field representative of j the Fourth District, and will have j headquarters at Charlotte. Mr. Black has been transferred to Monroe. Snow Along Atlantic Seaboard. New York.* Feb. 4—G4>)—The en ; tire north and central Atlantic sea board was blanketed in enow today as a resuit of the storm which /lias swept from Georgia to Maine on the wings of a heavy gale. Hand-painted shoes and hand painted hats are the latest fancy of fashionable women in Paris. I, >■' *' V * ■ r-* ; r j Troops on Duty in'Lexington One thousand national guardsmen were on duty in Lexington, -Ky., I when E ■ v i ; " r" i h:i "i t:i ■!, 1 « J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher FORTY ALIENS WILL 1 BE DEPORTED TODAY • V 4 ‘ ♦ Most of Them Were Ar rested in or Near San Antonio.—Fifteen Mex icans Among Party. * \ San Atonio, Texas, Feb. 4. —G4>)— Deportation of about forty aliens, most of them arrested in and near San Antonio, will be completed to night when a dozen Europeans are taken to Galveston to be “shipped.” Thirteen aliens were started toward Mexico and the far East today. All ’ hre charged with illegal entry. | Fifteen Mexicans were taken to Laredo Tuesday night for deportation following their recent arrests in Kan sas City and Chicago. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at an Advance of i to 5 Points And Rated Higher In Early Trading. New York, Feb. 4. —(m —The cot* ton market opened *teady today at an advance of 1 to 5 points and ruled about 3 to 5 points net higher in the early trading on covering and trade buying"promoted by steadiness in Liv erpool and continued encouraging re ports from Manchester market for cotton goods. Further liquidation of March was absorbed by spot house brokers who bought against sales of May at a dif ference of 58 points while the trade and foreign buying absorbed offer ings of later deliveries. March held around 20.19 and Octo ber 18.82 at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: March 20.18; May 19.58; July 18.88; October 18.32; December 17.00. \ - Increasing Yield. ' Albemarle, Feb. 1. —C4*>- —D. R. Bowers, of Albemarle, route No. 3, has gradually increased the cotton yield on his farm by the use of pedi greed seed and careful seed grading, so that last year he secured an aver? age yield of 481 pounds per acre or lint eottpp from 22 acres, \t is re ported by County Agent O. 13. Phil lips. On nine acres of this land, where clover'had been planted and turned under, the average yield was 516 pounds per acre. Other farmers are beginning to no tice the increased yields, due to care ful grading, Mr. Phillips says, and last year Mr. and his sons graded seed for pver 365 farmers in their sections of the county. The village blacksmith of New New Moorefteld, Ohio, is the town’s champion . cake maker, having an nexed his seventh prize in this con nection, competing with women wide ly known for their skill in cake mak ing. The jointed cactus, introduced from England into South Africa in 1878 as a garden plant, has become a de structive weed which has ruined many farms. ' f / ~mw 10 BE INVESTIGATED BY FEDERAL BODY “"'' * * V New Corporation Was Re cently Organized to Deal * in Materials Used by the Baking Industry. ~ INQUIRY APART FROM 2 OTHERS William B. Wferd Says He Is Ready and Willing For the Inquiry to Be Completed. Washington, Feb. 4.—G4>)—A spe cial investigation has been ordered j by the federal trade commission into the Ward Food Products Corpora- I tion. recently organized to deal in ' materials used by the baking hdus try. The investigation will be conducted by the legal department of the com mission and will be apart from the economic investigation Sf Ae entire < baking industry which has been in -progress for several months as direct ed 6y a senate resolution. Thd gen eral investigation is not to be com l pleted for several months and hereto-' fore it has been the general view in commmission circles that it would em brace the newly formed Ward com pany. j As ordered, the new investigation is distinct from the one proposed in the senate yesterday by Senator La Follette. Republican, Wisconsin, .who asked that a senate committee inves tigate all companies directly or in directly controlled* by William B. Ward, who with his associates organ ized the Food Products Corporation. Replying to that move Mr. Ward . wired Senator La Follette that he „ would welcome senatorial scrutiny of ’ the project. With Our Advertisers. New hats and spring frocks at , Fisher’s. Hats $2.05 and $5, and i dresses $0.76 to $15.00.’ From February Ist to February 10th, inclusive, the Kidd-Frix Music & Stationery Co. will give 500 votes for every dollar paid on charge ac counts. Dresses, new and modish, foremoat ! styles for spring, only $14.75 nt~ S. " C. Penney CVj.’s. The new all-steel Ford body sepa rate from the chassis is now being displayed in the show rooms of the Reid Motor Co.. \ Don't listen to the blue sky promot er but safeguard your heirs by having the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. act as trustee of the money you bequeath. Patt Covington has something in teresting to say to you in another col umn. If you are planning to buy furni ture. see the splendid lines at Bell & Harris Furniture Co. Shoe specials all this week at the Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store. H. Hoyle Sink at Asheville. Asheville, Feb. 4. —C 4» Hoyle Sink, commissioner of pardons, here to investigate a number of applica tions for exeelutive clemency, will have presented to him the appeals of a number of the men convicted Os par , in the mob which stormed the Buncombe county jail last Sep tember in an effort to get Alvin Man , ael. negro. i Mansel was later convicted of an attack upon a white woman, and sen . tenced to die. He now Has an-ap peal beforp the Supreme Court. His case also is being investigated by the pardon commissioner. When Mr. Sink reached Asheville, the farailiA of fifteen of the twenty men convicted of participation in the mob were ready to present personal appeals to him. And in two cases, petitions, said to bear the signatures of a large* number of had been prepared. > v - Music Contest at North Carolina Col lege. Greensboro, Feb. 9. —04”)—Early in terest manifested jn the, seventh an nual North Carolina music contest at North Carolina College indicates an even larger "number of. participants than last year,.according to Dr. Wade R. Brown, dean of the school 61 mu«de at the institution. The contest will be held April 29th and 30th. Last year 964 high school students from various points in the state took --part jn the contest, and a number of high schools have already indicated. - their intention of competing tiiia spring, says Dr. Brown. Freezing temperature of salt water is four degrees lower than that of fresh water. SAT'S BEAR SAYS I Fair tonight, Friday fair in east, increasing cloudiness in west portion; not much change /v temperature. Di [ minisbing northwest winds. NO. 6t