L Io Jury That e Officer Was he Time of ED )RGANTON ms He Was France.—The n Is Packed Trial. 1 11.--OP)—1)<- ssp Van J >yke. 25. | in superior court ! (’. C Lybn. -of | argue to the juVy I ie defendant was at the time of A. L. Painter, of ary 14th. he was gassed G. F. during the lerwent treatment for live months. :hat Van Dykejs and died in the organton. »d with he evi- Two witnesses. It. Sweatt. Cher were called from lent weather, the lin packed l**yond :pectators. Judge er frequently. ounsel Smarted. 11. — (A 3 ) —Closing » star witnesses, R. Sweatt, Cher- i •ailed to arrive in j > test : fv, the state ' )yke murdt>r trial at 11.87 o’clock, j a clear sky, at te announced they ting a single wit i the young meat enatoi* Carl Car argument for the lie jury for aver- J ter, and nothing ir. Carpenter will hey Strcr.:p, Sodp- A. E. Woltz, and enter, all four for oey will close for •ase will probably j 0 o'clock tojrgut, | s MARKET Cnclianged Prices lints.—May Off to j h 11.— (A 3 )—The I d steady today at i to a decline of 8 ths relatively easy te!p)_ n ation today of§ ■! 'oji" -a ito abolish this city and es ipro manager last by - tion yester THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. FRANCE IS TALKING ' AGAIN ABOUT DEBT r TO THIS COUNTRY _ ; Has Reopened Discussion j ; | With United States For ’! Settlement of the Big j War Debt. * i ITALIAN PLAN j BEING WATCHED i If It Is Accepted by Con-’ gress Then New Plan i For France Will Be De vised Soon. > Washington, March 11.-^W 5 ) —j ! France has reopened discussions witti I this country for sett'.ement of her $4,000,000,000 war debt. Ambassador lierejiger, the riewly appointed French envoy here, has been in conversation on the subject wjj'u Secretary Mellon. While the secretary declined to dis cuss the negotiations, today it was disclosed that lie had advised Presi dent Coolidge that settlement of the French debt hinges to some extent upon the action of Congress on the Italian agreement now’ under fire in t’ae Senate. It is believed therefore that the | French negotiations willl not be hast ened until the Senate acts upon the pending pacts. The French debt is the largest re maining to bo settled by the debt commission. Several ineffectual ef forts to make a funding agreement have taken place since t"he close of the World War. CHARLES J. SUTTON PASSES AT CHARLOTTE ! Mrs. A. P. Phifer, of Marshville, Dies in Hospital—Negro Woman , Murdered. I I Charlotte, March 10.—Charles J. j Sutton, aged 55, formerly a well known business man of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., but who has Jived in Charlotte for the past several years, died late last night at the home of a daughter. Mis. E. L. Shealey, on North Church street. Funeral ser : vices will be held tomorrow* with Dr. Luther Little, pastors of the First Baptist church, officiating. Mr. Sut ton is survived by his widow, a son. j H-. H. Sutton, of this city, ami a i daughter, Mrs. ’ Shealey. A dramatic tournament for the! championship of western North Car l olina will be held here Friday night : | with dramatic clubs from high schools of Charlotte, Asheville and i Winston-Salem taking part. The ! | winners in the tournament will go to i I Chapel Hill to compete with eastern < I Carolina winners for state honors. i Mrs. A. P. Phifer, 50, of Marsh ! ville, died early this morning at a : local hospital ivhere she had been j under. treatment for two days. The ! body was taken to Marshville this i ; morning apd funeral services will be ■ [ held there some time tomorrow. Mrs. I Phifer is survived by' a son, Heath Phifer,and a daughter, Mrs. J. L. Bivens, of Marshville. John pa vis, negro, was being sought by the police today on a mur- I dCr charge following the killing of , Ella Wilson, negro woman, who was ; shot to death early this morning at a card game in the negro section. Davis is said to have walked into the house, shot the woman and walked ( out. In a short time he returned to the house to see if the woman was , dead. He then drove off in an auto mobile and the police have been un able to find him. COLLEGE BUILDING IS BURNED DOWN Training School at N. C. C. W. totally Destroyed Yesterday. Greensboro, Mar. 10- —Fire start- I ing at 4 o’clock this afternoon de ' stroyed the training school build- 1 ing on the North Carolina College | I for women campus Here, with loss of ; valuable records of the dean, of edu- I cation and director of the summer ' school of the college, in addition to the SIOO,OOO building going up in smoke. Iu the building when the fire was discovered were about 50 persons, in cluding 45 pupils, .children who at tend the school. Their teachers calm ly marched them out of the -building, iu actual fire drill, the children moving out without a semblance of panic. The blaze was found at 4 o’clock. At 5:15 two of the walls had fallen in and the structure was a roaring furnace. All the fire-fighting equip ment of the city was called to the blaze, but it had gained such head way that it could not be checked. Standing almost in the center of | the campus, the building was a men ace as -it burned, to others, but for tunately the fierce winds of March j had abated somewhat this afternoon, and the firemen protected other buildings, none of which caught fire. Col. Coolidge Slightly Better. Plymouth?, Vt., March 11. — (A 3 )— The condition of Col. John C. Cool idge, father of the President, who is ill at his home here, showed a slight improvement today, his physic’an, Dr. Albert W. Cram, of Bridgewater, said after a morning call at the Coolidge farm house. i Oldest active fire chief in any of the large American cities is George A. Wallace, of Cleveland, who is now in his , 78th year. Mr. Wallace has been a fireman in Cleveland for 57 years and the chief of the depart ment for 25 years. “Wets” Ahead On First 60,000 Votes; Interest Grips Nation Tabulation of the first returns in ! the nation-wide prohibit’on . roferen- I dum conducted by XEA Service and j The Tribune shows the “wet” senti ment getting away to a substantial !lead. This is. perhaps, to he expected. J The returns received at the Cleveland office of NEA Service thus far are in | complete and scattering. A large per- I centage of them comes from admitted fly anti-p:*ohibit : on tenters, and many ; “dry” strongholds have not been ■ heard from. These first ,day figures can in no sense be accepted as final, |as later returns may bring about a i complete overturn. There have been 59,075 vetes re ceived by NEA Service thus far. These are divided as follows: For the present prohibition law — 10,320. For repeal of the prohibition law — | 27.848. For modification of the law so as to allow l : ght wines and beer —20,912. The percentage to date, according ly, is nearly five to one against the present statute. The returns come from fourteen states in all parts of the country. A NEW ORGANIC ' , CHEMICAL IS FOUND University of Illinois Professor. Dis covers Rare Element Which is Known as No. 61- I’rbana, IU.. March 10.—Nearly 20 years of research in the "rare earth" group of the chemical held finally has resulted in the discovery of one of the five unknown, nut sup posedly < xastent elements; which make up all known compounds. The discovery, the first ever made in America, was announced today by I the University of Illinois. It was the work of Dr. li. S- Hop i kins, professor of inorganic chemis try, assisted by L. F. Yntema and J. A. Harris, of the chemistry staff. Known As No. 61. The new element is known as No 61. No name ever has been, sug gested for it. In the list of 92 known and un known, elements on the earth a place has been saved for an unknown ele ment between No. 60, neodymium, aud No. 62, smariura. Previously the newest element was hafnium, djscovery of ’ which was announced in Copenhagen in 1923- That announcement created great interest, but the element has remaiithd comparatively litth* known. Helium is the youngest familiar ele ment. Whether No* 61, which ia_ of metallic nature, may prove of high value commercially or -otherwise has not been predicted. It mfcy prove to be exceedingly scarce however, since only one-half ounce remained of the original 400 pounds of "rare eartii" material used by the researchers. No. 61 may remain the only chem ical element discovered in ' America because the other four unknown elements are the objects of very definite researches iu other parts of the world. Every known element may be made to produce X-rays which af fect photographic plate in a definite manner and it is possible by using the X-ray to tell exactly what ele ment is being examined. Especially constructed X-ray machinery was de signed and manufactured on. the University of Illinois campus for the work “ The rare earth group is a very complex group 6f chemical elements which resemble each other very closely and whose separation is ac companied with great difficulty, said Dr. Hopkins. "Rare earth ores are not scarce and some of the rare earth elements are relatively common, but in gen eral these elements are very little known.” FIVE STATES COVERED WITH SNOW DURING DAV ' Virginia, North Carolina, South Car i olina, Georgia and Tennessee Re port Snow, By the Associated Press, March 11. —The Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir f;inia, North Carolina, South . Caro ina, eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia were blanketed with snow, today. Rain which began yesterday turned ' into snow and sleet in the mountain sections of the South, ranging in depth from a thin coating of white at Denderson, S. C., to five inches at Spartanburg, eight inches at Ashe ville, N. C., and more than nine inches in Chattanooga. Rising temperatures, however, were rapidly melting the snow. In the coastal plains and other sec tions of the South the overhanding clouds brought only rains. The temperatures were moderate throughout the South hovering near the freezing mark in mountainous sections, and ranging upward over the remainder of the area. In the District of Columbia it was snowing steadily, with the tempera ture at 45, aud colder weather iu prospect. i Can File Separate Tax Rretums. Washington, 1 March 11.— (A 3 ) —Hus- bands and wives in the 7 states hav ing community property laws which will be permitted to file separate tax returns on thCir property as usual. Commissioner Blair, of the Internal Revenue Bureau announced today pending receipt of a ruling by the De partment of Justice. Linwood and Irene Childers, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Childers, . are confined to their 'home on Cedar street with influenza. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926 These states are Michigan. Wyoming. Ohio, Washington, California. Maine, Maryland, Washington, California, Arizona, New Mexico. Oklahoma, Ne braska and Montana. Seventeen news papers have sent complete returns. More often, however, they have sent only the result of the’r first day's vote. Thus a city that is "wet” on the returns thus far received may re verse its position and show a prohi bition majority when the final figures are reached. At a'.l events it is evident that the j referendum is arousing an amount of popular interest that exceeds the ex pectations of the editors who inaug urated -it. Os the hundreds of pa pers that are conducting polls, oily 17 have furnished totals, and. of th|po all but a few are incomplete. And yet nearly 60,(MK) votes have been record ed ! In some cities leaders of prohibition and anti-prohibition forces are mak ing house to house canvasses to get out the vote. In other places, factor ies and offices are being polled. Min isters have urged their congregations to vote; editors report that citizens are coming to their newspaper offices . The Vote As It Stands Today Up to this hour (12 o’clock) 343 votes have been cast in the matter of prohibition enforcement. The vote stands as follows: For strict enforcement, 254. For repeal of Amendment, 26. For modification of law, 43. Get in your vote not later than Friday, as the ballot ing will then close. The votes will be completed in the office of the News paper Enterprise Association, Cleveland, 0., Saturday, March 20, and announced to the papers by wire. Please mark vote in only one place. ASK DEMOCRATS TO PREPARE FOR PRIVATE BALLOT! League of Women Voters Appoints Committee to Appear Before Con vention. Charlotte, March 10.—The Xorth Carolina League of Women Voters atj the final session today of its sixth j annual convention adopted a resolu-) tion creating a committee of threefto! appear befeve the Democratic State) convention' in April and ask for in- 1 sertion in the party-.platform of a plank favoring a law for the Aus tralian ballot system in whia state. The league is .very much in earnest in its advocacy of secret ballot. An unustial show of harmony, or perhaps it was organization, marked the closing sessions. The resolu tions,’ which were discussed yester day, were passed unanimously this morning, including the endorsement of the league representatives in call ing for a survey of women in in dustry in the state. Tie attitude of the members of the league is significant, of at least one thing—they are presenting a solid front in securing those measures they have set out to work for. And al though some of the best known wom en politically in the State are here they have left their axes to grind at home, or at least are keeping them away from the convention. The surprise of the morning was j a proposal to hold a regional con-1 ferenee and school of citizenship in Asheville June to July 22nd,' when the ten southern states which comprise the third region will meet for discussion and classes in various phases of government. County gov ernment will be the special study of the convention. An invitation to come to Asheville from civic bodies there was unanimously adopted. COMMITTEE AGAINST WALLACE McCAMANT ) i Votes 7 to 2 Against Nomination j to Be Federal Circuit Judge. | I Washington. March 11.— (A 3 )-- I The Senate judiciary committee voted 7 to 2 against the nomination of Wal lace McCamant, of Oregon, to be a federal circuit judge. Seven members of the committee were absent and it was agreed that they-should be polled before report on the nomination was reported to the Senate. Chairman Cummins hopes to complete the poll within a day or two. Holding Secret session. Geneva, March 11.—OP) —Members of the Council of the League of Na tions went into secret unofficial ses sion late this afternoon to resume ne gotiations on the problem of recon structing the council and of Ger i many’s election to a permanent seat which broke up sensationally lust n ght. Premier Briand replaced M | Paul Boncour as the French repre . | sentative. •, r Jury Selected- for Marshall Case. :L Philadelphia, Mnrch 11.— OP)—Tie , 1 selection of a jury to try David Marshall, charged with killing Miss Anna May Deitrieh and dismember^ • j ing her body, was completed at 11:25 ) a. m. today after 146 talesmen had | been examined for jury duty. . Charles Darwin, in his boyhood, ■ was accounted a dunce by his teach ers. to get ballots. A strict check is being kept in ev ery newspaper office to see that no “re peat” votes are cast. Every effort is being made to see to it that this big referendum is as accurate a represen tation ot the people's wil os is hu j manly possible. For that is the only reason the vote is being taken. Ne’ther the ed itors of NEA Service nor this paper have any ax to grind. A clear expres sion of the ration’s seutiinont. what ever that may be, is nil that is sought. Above all. it is important that these first figures be not accepted as final, in any sense. Only 17 cities out of hundreds have reported; most of their figures are incomplete. As a rule —though not universally the \etes thus far received at the, .main office of NEA Service are from the larger cities, where the anti-pro hibition sentiment is strongest. Hence today's figures must not be taken as indicative of the feeling of the nation. It will be two weeks before final re sults can be announced. They.will be presented to you first in this paper. Meanwhile, if you haven’t voted yet—vote! TOBACCO ASSOCIATIONS ARE NOW UNDER FIRE ; Members Would Dissolve Two Tobac co Co-operative Associations. Louisville, Ivy., March 11.— UPh — I While shits were being filed to dfs i solve two co-operative tobacco market i ing associations yesterday, farmers : 1 were be : ng advised not to overplant ' tobacco this year, and today they were ) wondering what effect if any. these ae i tions would have on prices of the product. Seventy-one members of the Dark Tobacco Growers Co-operative Market ing Association filed suit here asking that a receivership be appointed for the Association, ami its subsidiary cor porations. They charge the Associa tion is insolvent and asked for a “dissolution, accounting and settle ment of affairs.” Five members of the Tri-State Ta bacco Growers Co-operative Market-; ing Association residing iu Virginia! asked that a hearing be given to show i why a receiver should not be appoint- 1 ed. Their complaint, which was filed at Raleigh, N. C., charges fraud and misrepresentation. yl Dreams oF Love- Hopes of Happiness t round the of a fyr l V if who emerged from 1 }r£ her cocoon—a woman jrSolden §• Cocoon j.|| •RUtit'cßOSS The first chapter of this great serial story will begin in The next Monday, March 15th. Sues Mother-in-Law for $100 # (X)0 Lorrain L. mother ■ in • I \ : ';- / / * \ / SHIPPING BOARD WILL RETAIN PRESENT POWERS | Congress Not Likely to Make Any Change at Present Session, Presi dent Hears. Washington, March 11.—OP)*— President Coolidge was told by Sena tor McNary, Republican, of Oregon, today there was little prospect of ac tion by Congress at this session of legislation to curtail the powers of the shipping board and place opera tion of the merchant fleet under a single executive. Mr. McNary, who is a member of the Senate commerce committee which has jurisdiction over such legislation, said a majority of the committee was opposed to reporting a bill to carry out such a program as recommended by the President. Senator Edge, Republican, of New Jersey, who is a commerce committee member. oaßed np the White House and likewise expressed the view that ; the action favored by the President was improbable. New Line For A. C. L. Washington, March 11.—OP)—The Interstate Commerce Commission to day authorized the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to construct a new line approximately 21 miles long in H:lls boro aud Tasco counties, Florida. I _. Great Interest Everywhere in the Work of Duke University at Durham By R. P. Harris. Durham. March 11.—Dr. William i Preston Few. president of Duke university, returned home a short time ago, after an extensive tpp to the larger educational institutions in the North, East, and 'Midd’e West, filled with renewed enthusiasm over the future growth of “the world’s wealthiest educational institution-” One of his first remarks, in an in terview shortly after his arrival at Duke, wds to the effect that inter est in the mammoth undertaking *s just as marked in the big education al centers as it is in his own North Carolina. “I found.” President Few said, “that the people of Boston and New York and Chicago are just as inter ested and just as enthusiastic as are the people of Greensboro or Ral eigh, or Winston-Salem, or Char lotte. or—or even Durham. Every where I traveled, wherever I w(K entertained, I was literally battered with questions concerning our future developments.” He admitted that he had not spent a more pleasant three weeks in many years. Di*. Few stated that he believes that to be able to start with a “clean slate/ unhampered by re strictions or prejudices, will prove a great drawing card for prominent men in all branches of education who are looking for the chance to be given free rein, with ample financial and moral backing and with all pos sible resources and equipment. And although he did not mention any j names, he intimated that only j recognized leaders in thought and achievement are being secured by [ the university. “We are living in a new era. one i of great material prosperity,” presi dent Few (said, “and there never was a greater opportunity ior an educa tional institution of wide scope and power. The Old South has never had a really great endowed university | | before- And in addition to this ma- j ! terial growth must come a growth | in thought and a falling away of the ; I old provincia’isms and prejudices.” j I He further stated that it is his hope ? to see idealism festered, rather than j gross materialism, and that all that is best of the Old South may he pre served in the new civilization. In a written statement concerning *h:s trip, President Few states the following: I “I have had to go away from | to get a full sense of the opportunity j and responsibility that have come to j us here. Thrge weeks contacts with , a half-dozen and more of the impor-; tant centers of education in this J. B<- SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher CITY AUTO TAX OF $5 IS DECLARED INVALID • ' O it! ilia nee Contradicts Statute Which Fixes Amount of Municipal Levy. Italeigh, March 10.—The New ■ | Pern automobile tax ordinance today • | was held invalid by the State supreme , | court. The ordinance imposed a city ■! tax of five dollars upon automobile ; owners which .the court held was in : | contradiction to tfie statute which ■ j provides that no such municipal tax t’l Schaal exceed one dollar. j The case came up on an appeal by : j the state. Z. V. Jones was convicted ij of violation of the ordinance and , j Judge Albion Dunn held the law in i valid. The state appealed tq the • higher court. 1 In making its decision tlie court points out that the tax is clearly one upon automobiles, since it- is levied ; upon the owner of a car, rather than > A driver’s license fee, ants .therefore is invalid. De Valera Resigns. Dublin, March 11.— UP) —F.amonn de Valera, Irish republican leader, has resigned the presidency of the Sinn Fein following rejection by the Ard Fheis or republican general as sembly to his motion favoring repub lican representation in tfae Dail Eireann and Ulster parliament. country have __convinced me that many enlightened Americans look upon the chance to build a strong* endowed university in the Old South as the outstanding educational event in thh world today. It is but the sober truth to say that in the cir cles in which I moved the interest in the Duke foundation and Duke uni versity is just as keen as intelligent in distant" cities. like Bo6tonj and Chicago as in cities of North Caro lina. ‘‘There is a new interest in the ! South and a distinct trend of North ern people toward the South. The Florida boom and the material i progress of other Soutiiern states, notably pur own North Carolina, are signs that ihe new' day of the American South is at hand. The natural interest in the building and founding of a university is enhanced by this striking tendency so manifest in this country today. “The educators realize that it is possible to build up a new university ; without the limitations of traditions, which are so hampering the o’d uni- j versities. The chance to start with a j clean slate makes a strong appeal to j men of vision who would like to . have a part in building a law school, a medical school, or other eehpol, just as they think a school should be 1 built and can be built when re sources are nvai able and the “dead hand’ is removed. | “Again, there are many who be |lieve it well within the range of pos jsibility that the best rallying ground j for idealism may after all be in the ! South. But this will require the keeping of. the fine things in our Southern civilization along with the benefits of a growing material pros perity. And an endowed university, enlightened enough to maintain the highest standards of excellence and strong enough to withstand the gusts of unwisdom that inevitably arise in a democracy, will have a contribu tion to make to Southern civilization and perhaps to American civiliza jtion. Hence the widespread interest iover this country in the building and j founding of an endowed university |on the soil of the Old South,” During the past few months, Duke university has been visited by numer ous prominent men of science and j letters who ha\e come incognito to confer with Duke officials and see just what is taking plSce at the Mw 1 university. It is believed that *im -1 portant and startling announcements concerning new faculty members and ! new department heads will be made during the next two months. BRIAND RETURNS TO 1 DELEGATES SI GENEVA CONFERENCE ' Doing All He Can to Pre vent the Council Recon struction Crisis From 'r Wrecking the League. GERMAN REQUEST GETS APPROVAL Committeee Votes to Give Germany Membership in League.—Many Prob lems Not Settled. * Geneva. March 11. — UP) —Premier Priand was back from Paris in an active consultation with the other leaders today in an effort to prevent the council reconstruction crisis from wrecking the league of nations. The • outstanding development this fore noon was the unanimous adoption by l'lie council’s full political committee of the sub-committee’s report recom mending Germany's admission to the league. M. Briand arrived at 9:15 a. m. and immediately conferred with M. Paul-Roncour and Louis Loucheur, of the French* delegation, who described for him the developments of the coun cil controversy since his departure for Paris to adjust the Frem/a min isterial crisis. In adoption of the sub-commit-tee’a report the assembly's political com mittee smashed precedent by renounc ing the right to convoke representa i tives of the German delegation to give information concerning Ger many’.‘Tlnternational status in her de sire sincerely to conform with her international engagements. ' Renunciation of this privilege pre vented further complication of the delicate situation as it was realized that the German leaders in view of the uncertainty over the council mem bership question might well decline to send delegates before the commit tee. , TEXTILE PLANTS TO BE AUCTIONED * • Court Orders Sale of Four ol Meck lenburg Mills. Greensboro, March 10.—An order providing for the sale at auction of the four ccftton mills of the Mecklen burg Mills company wns tiled in the federal district court clerk’s office here today, the order being made by Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby, judge of the western North Carolina district. The sale will be held at Newton on n day to be set by the special mas ter, who is also named in the urifipr. He is Sidney S. Alderman an attor ney. of this' city. The property to be sold consists of the Mecklenburg Mil’s, at . Charlotte, Newton und Clyde Mil’s, at Newton, and Nancy mills, at Tuckertown, Montgomery county. It is provided that no bid be re ceived for less than $250,000. The property will be sold so satis fy the bond holders, represented by „ the Coal and Iron National bank, of New York. The amount due- the bond holders, who were secured by a deed oft rust on the properties of the mills company, is $010,802. j The bonds were sold April 1, 1922. The mills company went bankrupt October 17. 1923. J. D. Norwood, formerly of Salis bury. now of Birmingham, Ala-, was president of the Mecklenburg Mills company. He was tried in federal I court here last December on a charge of violation of the national banking laws and sentenced to serve i three yeain the federal prison at Atlanta. He haA appealed from the sentence and the appeal is pending. Ho was chairman of the board of directors of the Peoples National Bank of Salisbury, when it was clos ed in June. 1923, and much paper of the Mecklenburg Mills company was found in the bank. Tunney-Stribling Cancelled Miazi, Fla., March 11. —G4 5 )--The • match between Jene Tunney anil j Young Stribbling for Friday night 1 was declared off today. Tunney’s manager, Billy Gibson, l announced that the match was off, saying he would not let Tunney take part because he said the promoter* had been unable to meet their ad vance obligations by March Ist, ac cording to contract, and he saw no hope of obtaining the st : pulated mon ey. Perhaps the longest will on rec ord is that of an English woman which contained 05.940 words and made four large volumes. The short est will on record was written ou the back of a sailor’s identity check. ■■ = SAT'S BEAR SAYS: f" " Cloudy with rain and colder in the east portion tonight; Friday partly cloudy. Fresh to strong northeast i winds on Friday. NO. 71