E L Seditious Hyde Park.— K ( \ ()\vn Defense Eat 1 BONN |ex offered |er Serve Two In Jail—ls Only list Now Serv fcrliament. r t ; ,4 3 )—Shaj>iirji i communist mem- j Blit. Wit' -enTeneed to 2 ; Hui t• iiiay for niiik-j i (,■ Uii- given the Eyividing >ur«‘ty to keep j or tie' pr'son sen-j |o appeared in eomiec- j arising from an ■ spVe. li made in Hyde | I l »;iv. conducted his j ItJie jairin-ss and aecu- I ft.,. report, of hi.s speech. J pgistrate lie submitted | ft,. position in wlrcli lit* j ■ltended for the public j ( nu t look upon it is a j But ion. - t } hr present propaganda ! El outlook lie consider- j ■ than right that lie be j I keep ilie peace than j lr Baldwin fur hi.s I a seet oil of the eom ■if parlia- Khc never intended to j lor eueourage breaeh of ; fte magistrate ordered | | sureties of 250 pounds j ■a 10 1 to keep the ]ieace E Sakla'tvala refused, ■magistrate ordered him ■months. ■ARE HOME ■ THE HONEYMOON | kedares Whole Affair i ■Educational Thing.” ~ j I May o. — Returning j End on the Olympic 1 ■heir "second”' honey- 1 ■Barked the end of five Btion and attendant ■erning their martial ■ James A. Stillman 1 ■he whole sensational ■ ‘‘educational thing.” ! ■ she would act in', Ee manner if she ‘‘had J 1 it all again.’/ ■uratimi,". Mrs. Still-1 I have one's nose held ■walk. It .gives you an ■of the pavement. We *' ■rs of the same club. ■ had your nose held to ' ■ gives you confidence ( ■ 'you get off the pa vo id on your own feet | 1 I E remarked that his i I clever woman.” ■n. reatSrming her be- E'ould "go through it i lings have happened in Ire have been so many I many kind people ■ I been worth while." p would not commit I whet her he would rec- 1 lillman. the boy whose pnied in him divorce p s ed the hope that to- , [would mark their last I tlie front pages of the la thousand times bet- i h over * there,” Mrs. '■ referring to European | £ES CONTINUE p HI MAN EFFORTS U'ond Men Unable to •"rs on Grandfather a\ (. (/p) —Fire is still sly in tlie Grandfather yLinvil’e Falls sections b.s men have been lea.:v for Mi r ,, 0 days in eueek the path of the .lave swept down the taioun-tam and are near • and Mortimer areas, i "i Roy Scouts have Edgeniont from Hickory being held ready to >r trQo l‘s which will be Borrow tor rest. h rioay and Saturday Brks-lMk Company. •'ik (.‘uhuany is offer- T ' n b day and Sat kroc, ; j department, s ''.’ a r!ui got Campbell's . !nl " :; 'y •» cents a can, I" 1 ~ 'nier. You cau uk of ( araja Coffee for J two pounds to- a cus '‘!"l’h ae orders tilled on " < \ will btLsold • neui the full page !l! ‘d you will find SpHC'i.M jv R^or ted stolen. ,j.. : A>) —Police to " t ‘ ,, ‘ report of the ‘ wy officials that their n,'J : :i> ’ “ Kbt and $2.- jnd stolen. • r ° H ' • Roberts, Speed ttu. . Stron? box was re a/ r which contain* aud . *1.400 in checks. THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Grip Os British Strike Tight As Ever Today; i Each Side Entrenching J 'CENTENARY OF MRS. , JEFFERSON DAVIS -; Patriotic Societies Throughout the , South to Commemorate Her Birth. 't Richmond, Va., May (5. —Veterans’ ■organizations and patriotic and other (societies throughout the South will icommcmoratc rhe one hundredth an- Iniveisarv of the birth of Mrs. Varina I | Howe 1 Davis, the wife of Jeffenson Davis. President of the Confederate | States of America. Handsome wreathe* contributed by chapters of j the United Daughters of the Con ! federaey of Richmond and other cities will be deposite. at Natchez, Mise.. and was I educated in a private school and by i tutors at home. She was married to i Jefferson Davit* on February 25, 1*45, being hie; second wife. The first Mrs. Davis was Sallie Knox i Taylor, daughter of the then Colonel land later President Zachary Taylor. ! Mrs. Ihi vis was with her husband I during his second year’#; imprison j ment at Fortress Monroe. taking ; with her their youngest child, the i late Miss Winnie Davis. | About IS7D, when the Davises had j gone live at Beauvoir, a magni } fi(3t*nt estate on the Mississippi j j coast, given to Mr. Davis by a j | Southern woman after the war. Mrs. 1 Davis acted as her husband's amanuensis while he wrote the "De cline and Fall of the Confederate Gov ranient.” After his death ;n 18S9. Mrs. Davis lived' in the North, spending her winters at a hotel in New York j City, and supporting herself with, I literary work, in which Miss Win- ! nie Davis was also engaged. Mrs. 1 Davis's residence in the North was j due to considerations of busiiuvs and ! health and he lost her close touch with the Southern people, to whom her apartments in New York were a Mecca. In 1003 Mrs Davis sold Beauvoir for SIO,OOO to the Mississippi Di vision of the United Sons of federate Veterans. The place h: s since been used as a home for old soldiers of the Coofedemey. One of the imprewiive episodes of Mrs. Davis's life- wan connected with the release of her hrueband from his confinement at Fortress Monroe. When she went to New York ro con sult Charles O'Connor, her husband's counsel, about securing her hus band's release from imprisonment, that eminent lawyer told here that in his opinion there was just one thing to be done, and that was to get the leading man of the Republican party to sign his bond " And who Is he? inquired Mrs. Davis. "Horace Greeley,” replied Mr. O’Conor. Mrs. Davis was finally persuaded to call on Air. Greeley and was courteously received. She told her story, how she had come to New York to work for his release, and had befcn told that the only way to secure it was to get the signature of Horace Greeley to the bond. “Madame.” said Greeley, extend ing his hand, "I will sign the bond.” And ihe did- But it was a costly performance for Horace Greeley. He was a candi date for the United States sena**\ but his action so angered the legisla tors that he lost the election. He had just written a history of the war, for which large orders had been taken, but the falling off in subscrip tions was sa great that the estimated loss to Greeley was over $30,000. Airs. Davis lived until her eighteith year and to the last preserved much lof her youth both in appearance and mind. Her death occurred in New York, October 17, 1906. BISHOP CANDLER SPEAKS AT GENERAL CONFERENCE Says Ministers Who Have Lost Faith in the Church Should Get Out. Alemphis, Tenn., May 6.— UP) —The Alethodist religion is a supernatural one and the ministers who deny it have lost their faith and should get out of the church, Warren A. Candler, of Atlanta, told the General Conference of the M. E. Church, South, at the opening of today’s ses sionhere. Greetings from the Bishops of the Al. E. Church in session at Washing ton were read and the bishops of the Southern Church were asked by the conference to make a suitable reply. A sharp floor fight developed in the session over a resolution introduced iby Dr. R. G.. AVood, of AlcKinney, Texas# to give mission members of the General Conference committees the right to vote in committee. The reso lution was ruled out of order as un constitutional. Dr. Watkins Re-elected. Alemphis, Tenn., Alay 5, — UP) —Dr. A. F. Watkins, of Aleridian, Aliss., was re-elected secretary of the gen eral conference of the Alethodist Epis copal Church, South, in the opening session here today of the twentieth quadrennial conference of the church. It was the fifth time Dr. AA’atkins has ■ served as secretary of the conference. The election of a secretary fol • lowed the opening roll call. The number of persons on city, • county, state and national payrolls ■ has increased 60 per cent/ in the past . twelve years. iNo Peace Parley Being ► j Conducted Today—Rail >j Service Is Improved But Far From Normal. MEN MUST WORK TO BRING PEACE Train Attacked and Pas sengers Hurt—Mounted Police Needed to Bring Order Last Night. London. Mny 6.— (A*) —The gr : p of the general strike gives no sign of les sening. The third day finds both gov ernment officials and labor chiefs proclaiming their determination to fight to the end. The administration's new mouth piece. the British Gazette, declares ‘there can be no compromise of any k ; ud. Either the country will break the general strike* or the general strike will break the country. An official communique reiterated that there would be no negotiations until tin* men return to work. Trades union officials denying all peace rumors, announced tersely "The situation continues satisfactorily.*’ Meanwhile attempts of strike sym pathizers to halt the volunteer trans portation service gave rise of farther rioting. As before, the worst of the i disorders were in Scotland, cspecial jly along the Clydeside, the cental- of labor radicalism. At Alussolburg near Edinburgh, a train was attacked and passengers were injured by the smashing of win dows. In the Scotch capital itself, there were sanguinary troubles during j the night, with the police wielding j their clubs in enssed charges to clear j j the streets of rioting gangs which j sosught to stop the emergency tram , way service. Busses were attacked I at Parsley, another Scotch city, Alounted police were called into ac tion in the southeastern section of London at the euphoniously named "Elephant and Castle," a tavern and traffic center where strike sympathiz ers attacked and set fire to a motor bus. The government continued its ef forts to assure the food supply of the p*»piJatioa, and It L i-ame Ti»cw'ljL.tl*u.t soldiers and sailors will be used in this work if necessary. The country's supplies of tinned and smoked meats and -wheat flour are sufficient for a j month, while more wheat cargoes are expect ed. Further movement of naval and military forces was reported, a cruis er arriving at Cardiff, the chief port in the South AVales coal mining dis trict and a battalian of Highlanders being sent from the Isle of Wight to "an unknown destination.^ From the standpoint of the general public, the situation may be said to be easier, inasmuch ns there has been a large increase throughout the coun try in the transportation facilities manned by volunteers. v London, Alay 6. — UP) —The strike situation was reviewed at a full meet ing of the parliamentary labor party this afternoon in the House of Com mons, under the chairmanship mons, under the chairmanship of for mer Premier Ramsay AlacDonald. The executives of the miners’ union was expected to confer with the parlia mentary labor leaders later. London, Alay 6. — U P) —No indica tion was given in the government's communique to the press at noon of any resumption of peace parleys. It emphasized that the government, ad heres to its attitude that the strike must be called off before negotiations can be re-opened. Many Passengers Injured Near Edin burgh. Edinburgh, Scotland, Alay 6. — UP) —Alany passengers were injured when a crowd attacked a train at Mus selburgh near here today. Showers of stones were thrown, shattering the windows. Both Sides Entrenching. London, Alay 6. — UP) —The evening of the third day of the great general strike finds the British government and the trades union congress stead ily entrenching and fortifying their positions without an indication of a break anywhere. The British AVorkers, the strikers’ organ, in a bulletin issued at 5 p. m., declared the situation was un changed, the workers holding on quiet l ly but tenaciously. The government is slowly increas ing its volunteer transportation ser vices, but the economic life of the country remains paralyzed. Rumors Spread And Are Denied. London, April 6.— (/P) —A telegram received by the trades union congress says the organization for the main tenance of supplies at Newcastle has broken down and that a request lias been made to have the trades union undertake food distribution. This they have refused to do unless the authorities guarantee the removal of the navy and military contingents. Attorney General Hogg in a state ment in the House of Commons de ! dared there was "no truth whatev ■ er” in the reported breakdown of the ! volunteer food distribution service at i 1 Newcastle. French Franc Goes to New- Depths. Paris, May 6. — UP) —The French franc went to new- depths today. At , the close of the Bourse it was quoted s at 32.25 to the dollar, and 156.05 to : the pound, its lowest official qquota | tion. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 671926 Mrs. Pemberton Heads War Mothers For Coming Year Elected State War Mother at Morning Session of State Convention Here.—Other Officers Elected and Reports Heard From Retiring Officers. Airs. W. D. Pemberton, of Con | cord, heads the North Carolina di vision American War Alothers for ; the corning year. Airs. Pemberton 1 was elected State War Mother at the ! morning session of the seventh an i mini Stnto convention in session iu t’entral Alethodist Church here. Other officers elected were: First Vice War Alofhcr—Airs, R. K. Little. Wadesboro. i Second Vice War Mother—Airs. C. ! P. Robinson, Gastonia, j Third Vice War Alothor—Airs. L. C. Phillips. Aslieboro. j Fourth Vice War Alother —Mi's. John K Patterson, Concord. Recording Secretary—Airs. 1-1 P. ! Lingley. Charlotte. ! Secretary—Airs. W. H. Lewis, Gas- I tonia. Registrar—Airs. J. F. Goodson. | Concord. Chaplhin—Airs. J. B. Atkinson. I Gastonia. Auditor —Airs. W. 11. Cozart, Wil son. Fnder a change in the plan of or -1 gnnizntion the offices of State Or ganizer and Parliamentarian have been dispensed with. Following tlie election of new of ficers. Airs. AI. Al. Courtney, retir ing State War Alother, called for the rejKn-t of State officers. The reports showed a steady, healthy gain in the State during the past year, several of the chapters adding from ten to twen ty members during the year. The reflort of AI in. W. H. Lewis, treas urer, showed the organization to be in excellent condition financially. Reports from various chapters rep resented at the convention also were heard at the morning session, these reports showing a majority of the chapters to be active. A number of additional delegates arrived in Concord fa id morning, the total now being more than fifty. Committees appointed yesterday, and making their reports today, were : Committees on Courtesies and Res olutions—Airs. J. AI. Bernhardt, Airs. Alary P. Baugliam, Airs. L. D Whit sett. Airs. C. H. Mny, Airs. E. E. Mc- Dowell and Alrw. Corbett. Committee on Elections—Airs. J. B. Atkinson, Airs. W. H. Cozart, Airs. 11. E. Ridenhour and Airs. Scheff. The fiue musical program, wjtiich featured the. sessions of die ciniven tibn yesterday were continued this morning. After the opening hymn and the invocation by Rev. W. Cj Lyerly, of Trinity Reformed, Church, those present heard three solos by Airs. Laura Ridenhour Gibson, wit'u obligato by Air. Dougherty and piano accompaniment by Airs. Leslie Her ring Correll. Airs. Gibson sang beautifuly "When the Roses Bloom,” "Still as the Night,” and "Sweet AIRS. JOEL REED DIES AT HOME IN CONCORD Death Caused by Stroke of Apoplexy Which She Suffered Wednesday. Airs. Ellen Creswell Reed, wife of the late Joel Reed, and one of Con cord's oldest and best known women, died suddenly Wednesday at 6:50 at her home on North Union street. She suffered a stroke of apoplexy about 4 o’clock and failed to rally. Airs. Reed was as well as usual on Tuesday, going for an automobile ride during the afternoon. She had been in declining health for several months however, and but recently had been confined to her home with Influenza, which greatly weakened her condi tion. Announcement of her death came as a distinct shock to her rela tives and friends. Mrs. Reed was 82 years of age. hav ing been born February 23, 1844. She was a daughter of the late David and Catherine Nance Creswell, of Iredell county, and was born and reared at Creswell Springs, in the Center Church community. Early in life she joined the Prospect Presbyterian Church where her membership remained until after her marriage when !t was trans ferred to the First Presbyterian Church of this city. She is the last member of her immediate family. Mrs. Reed was married on Decem ber 27, 1865, and moved to Concord Immediately afterward. She began keeping house in the Reed home sev eral weeks after her marriage and had lived in the same house for 60 years. Air. Reed died in Alarch, 1900, and one son, Joel Reed, died in 1918. Surviving are the following chil dren : Mrs. Kate C. Archey, Rich mond Reed. Dr. J. F. Reed. Junkin E. Reed, all*of Concord, and Mrs. E. J. Buchanan, of Lexington, W r ith Our Advertisers. In the new ad. today of the Reid Motor Co. you w-ill see an enumera tion of the features that contribute to Ford car simplicity, durability and re liability. Get a safety depos : .t vault box at the Citizens Bank and Trust Co., and make your valuables safe. The oldest and one of the most prominent yachtsmen in' the Great Lakes region. Commodore Charles B. Lockwood of Sandusky, has announced his retirement from active participa tion in yacht rac'ng. Commodore Lockwood is 82 snd has been a yacht ing enthusiast for nearly three-quar ters of a century. Airs. Henrietta Duncan Puren, Boston woman lawyer, has tlie dis -1 tinetion of trying a case in court less than an hour after she was ad mitted to the Alaesachusetts bar. - Little Woman O’ Aline.’’ The convention opened with a pi r ano (>olo by Airs. I. I. Davis, Jr. i Following the e ection of officers the * convention was delighted with a flute - solo by S. Kay Patterson, with Airs, i Correll playing his accompaniment. One of the outstanding features of the convention yesterday was the . signal honor paid to Airs. John K. Patterson, of Concord, who was pre . rented with a badge of honor as t’lie firs! State War Alother in North Car . olina. The badge was presented by Airs. R. C. Warren, of Gastonia, on behalf of the convention. During the past year Airs. Patterson has been , i State organizer and has been one of. the outstanding members of tlie or ganization in North Carolina since! its ineipieney. , At 1 o’clock this afternoon visit ing delegates were entertained at luncheon given by the American Le gion and the Legion Auxiliary. The closing session of the conven tion is being held this afternoon. The final session opened wit'll a piano solo by Mrs, Victor A. Aleans and another feature of the musical program was a solo by Aliss Elizabeth Woodhouse, with piano accompaniment by Airs. Correll. A round-table discussion led by Airs. Mary Bennett Little, fourth na tional vice president, was the chief i business before the convention. Airs. Pemberton stated this morn ing soon after her election t'liat the executive committee personnel will be announced later. Pages serving at sessions of the convention have been Airs. George Richmond. Airs. Adam Kluttz. Airs. Kenneth Caldwell and Airs. Farrell j White. The following visitors were regis tered for tlie convention yesterday: Afesdnmes Atkinson, Letfis, White sides. John O. Rankin, C. P. Robin son, J. E. Simpson, S. S. Alorris, C. M. Alorris, Al. A. Rhyne, C. B. Arm strong. L. F. Wetzell, Al. H. Curry, of Gastonia. Alesdarues L. D. AA’hitsett, W. T. Wohlford, J. Ale Alexander, It. B. Weeks. L. N. Sehiff, W. B. Pratt. J. W. Roark, J. W. Blanton, C. A. Alisenheimer, Hugh Alontgomery, E. P. Tingley, Sam Presson, E. AI. Alal lonee, H. H. Ithyne, of Charlotte. Alesdames Courtney, Blackwell. P. L. Kilian, J. AI. Bernhardt, James E. Depart, T. S. Lindsay, C. A. Pres nall, AI. S. Shearer and W. W. De part, of Lenoir. Alesdames W. H. Cozart and C. E. Moore, of Wilson. Alesdames Res pass and Bnuglmn, of Washington. / Airs. R. E. I Little, of Wadesboro. Mrs. L. C. Phillips, of Asheboro. Airs. E. E. AlcDowell, of Asheville. YOUNG GIRL KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Head Strikes Ground When One Automobile Plunges Into Another. Winston-Salem, Alay s.—ln a collision between two cars at the intersection of Reynolda road and Northwest boulevard today. Nina Ophelia Smith, young daughter of Mr, and Airs. E- D. Smith, who livee near Hanes, was instantly kill ed and other member of the family were slightly injured. Sidney B. Hoots, member of the local fire de partment, was driving th<* ear which struck the one occupied by Mr. Smith and his family and he is now under bond of $5,0Q0. Nina and another child were rid ing in the front seat of a car with the parents, while the two older chil dren were in the rear seat, Nina was thrown out when the cans struck, her head striking the. ground. She died before parties attracted by the crash could reach hea*. The left side of the Smith car was crushed in and all of the spokes of the right rear wheel were broken when the wheel was shoved across the pave ment and into the curb. The right front fender of the other car was smashed, the right headlight was pushed back against the radiator and the front axle was slightly bent. PEACE CONFERENCE BROKEN Negotiations at an End Between the i Riffians and Franco-Spanish Dele gates. Oujda, French Alorocco, Alay 6. OP)—The peace conference between the Riffians and the Franco-Spanish delegates broke down today. The Riffian delegates who returned today from consulting Adb-el-Krim their chief, told the conference they must sustain their previous attitude. Thereupon General Simon, chief del egate and chairman of the conference, declared the negotiations at an end. French military headquarters have been established at Taza and opera tions will begin ns soon as the con ditions along the present front per mit. Governor AlcLeau has declined clem | eney to Albert Glover, of Stanly coun ! ty, convicted of receiving stolen goods. : ■ and also to George Culp, of the same . 1 county, for manslaughter, sentenced to I minimum term of II years. Clemency ■ 1 was also denied to Tom Benton, of 1 Alecklenburg county, convicted of store • ( breaking and larceny, | Opposes Sale of Virginian Railway. Washington. Alay 6. — UP) —An in . terstate commerce commision examin er has submitted an adverse report on t the proposed acquqisition of the Air ■ ginian Railway by the Norfolk & i Western Railway. Passenger Traffic Increase o ’&&& a Jiff' ! jWBlt |^v mm jjjgSfl ipgH HHk ill UMBMPL Tom Tom has just reached Chicago from California —the whole 745 pour, h) #f him. Getting into a berth on the train was out of the question, so he jode in the baggage car. where the porter used half a carload to improvise a hed for him. Sinclair Lewis Declines To Accept Pulitzer Prize For His “Arrowsmith” New York. Alay s.—Sinclair Letvis today refused to accept the SI,OOO Pulitzer prize for his -novel, "Arrow smith.” Asserting that all prizes, like all titles, are dangerous, and that the Pulitzer prize is "peculiarly objec tionable," he wrote the award com mittee that lie considered by such awards "every compulsion is put up on writers to become safe, polite, obedient and sterile.” He wrote that although it was gen erally believed the prize was given THE COTTON MARKET Afore Favorable Advices From Lover- j pool ami Unfavorable Weather Map Send Prices Up. New York, Alay 6. —(/P)—Alore fav orable advices from Liverpool and an unfavorable weather map were reflect- j eel in advances in the cotton market j early today. The Liverpool market [ was better than due on covering and i buying which private advices attribut ed to reports of rains in Texas apd a more hopeful view of labor situation. The market here opened at an ad vance of 8 to 12 points, active months showing net gains of 12 to 14 points on apprehension of further rains in Texas, and a possibility that ; they would spread over the eastern ! part of the belt before the end of the j week. Alay was selling around 18.70 and J October at 17144 at the end of the i first hour. Cotton futures’ opened steady : Alay 18.75: July 18.30; October 17.40; De cember 17.14; January 17.04, The Norge Arrives at Yadso. Oslo, Norway, Alay 6.—(A 3 )—The dirigible Norge arrived at Vadso, northern Norway, at 5 :30 this morn ing. The airship which is to ne dedavor to take the Amundsen-Ells worth expedition across the North Pole from Spitzbergen left its liangnr at Trotsk, a suburb of Leningrad, morning. Tlie Alemphis Country Club will be host to the Southern amateur championship jjolf tournament dur ing the third week of June, Dr. McGeachy Resigns From Fundamentalist Organization Charlotte, Alay 5. —Announcement this morning by Dr. A. A. AlcGeachy, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, and one of tlie leaders in the organization o| the fundamentalist eommmittee of one hundred, of his withdrawal from the organization, marked the first split in the ranks of the committee following yesterday's hectic session here. “I could not approve of the intol erant spirit of the gathering," Dr. AlcGeachy said in explaining his rea son for refusing further to have any thing to do with the committee. "It was an intolerant attitude that. I think was out of keeping with the true spirit of. Christianity.” Dr. Mc- Geachy also deplored the method by which the platform was adopted, say ing that parliamentary rules were not followed apd that no opportunity was given for careful consideration of the measure. . AV. E. Price, prominent business man of this city, secretary of the com mittee of one hundred until its meet ing here vesterday, today indicated that he would sever his relations with the committee. He expressed prac-i ticaily the same reasons for his ac tion as those set forth by Dr. Alc-j Geach.v. The spirit of intolerance shown at yesterday’s meeting will de feat the purpose of the organization, Mr. Price said. He said that Ue J- B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher to the novel of greatest literary merit, the term of the award actually called for selection of the book "best pre senting the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest stand ard of American manners and man liQod.” "This phrase, if it means anything at all.” he wrote, "would appear to mean that the appraisal of the novels should be made not according to then actual literary merit but in obedience to whatever code of good form may chance to be the monu«i.t.'’ I PUBLIC TRUCKS SHOULD j BE REGULATED AS RAILROADS Baniters’ Report Says They Are Bet ter for Short Hauls Than Rail- i roads. Pinehurst, X. C., May G.— UP) — j Suburban hauling by motor truck for { distances up to thirty miles offers a j more flexible and convenient service than any other form of transporta tions. and railroads generally admit that the trucks are better adapted to this work than-they are, says the pre liminary report of a committee of the; commerce and marine commission of the American Bankers Association. Commercial motor lines compete in- I juriously withl the railroads among ' themselves, the report says, declaring | that in the public interest they should j be regulated to the same extent as the J railroads. i T’ue report, prepared for the execu tive council of the association which concluded its convention last night, was not made public until today. In formal committee heetings being held today following the conclusion of the convention and prior to the bankers returning to their homes. Seven Day May Sale at Efird’s. A Seven-Day Alay Sale will begin at Efird’s Friday morning, Alay 7th. closing Saturday night, Alay 15th. Iu this sale you will find men’s, women's | and children’s wear, including cloth-j ing, dresses, underwear, hats, shoes. ; etc., at Alay Sale prices. Read the | page ad. in The Tribune today and see yome of the many big bargains which will be offered you in this big j sale. _ probably would have no further con-1 nection wil'i the organization. Yesterday’s meeting was the subject j of general comment here today, a number of leaders in the meeting ap parently regretting the actions at the conference. Some expressed the opin ion that yesterday’s action would practicaly ‘•kill” the movement, fear being expressed that there would be a strong wave of opposition to such a campaign. However, some con tended I’lat the organization would successfully push forward its cam paign. The Charlotte News, which strong ly indorsed the stand of the com mittee of one hundred at its first meet ing here several weeks ago, today withdrew that indorsement, saying | Chat such tactics as* employed yester- j day Could not be countenanced. Dr. T. T. Martifl, director of the j Anti-Evolution Society of America,; and a professional crusader, who came here to take part in the evolu- j tion fight, but who was ruled out of i the running yesterday, today an- I nounced that he would conduct his fight in this state with the aid of j outside workers. He announced ten-, tative plans for bringing into the state an array of speakers to wage a whirlwind campaign against evolu-, tion and modernism. i THREE OFFICERS! RUSSIA EXECUTED BY ORDER OF G. P. U. Volin, Chepeliovsky and Rabinowitch, Important j Finance Ministry Offi cials, Executed Today. CHARGEDWITH ABUSING TRUST I Imposed on Them by Gov ernment in Effort to Ad vance Their Own Inter ests by Speculation. Moscow, Alay 6. — (A I )—Throe im . portunt finance ministry officials. Vo i lin. Chepeliovsky and Rabinowlteb, j were executed today by order of the | G. I*. IT. (state political police). The three were charged with abus ing the trust imposed in them by the government to advance their own in terests through speculation iu the Chervonets. They are said to have worked in league with professional speculators on the Aloscow and grad bourses. A number of these speculators recently were imprisoned. DEFENDS BAST. Bisop Blake Says Bishop in Den mark, Found Guilty, is Innocent. Washington, Alay 5, —A defense of Bishop Anton Bast, of Denmark, who was convicted in connection with charity fund collections featur ed the semi-annual meeting today of | the board of bishops of the Meth odist Episcopal Church Bishop Blake, of Paris, who attended the trial, told the board in executive session that the trial and conviction of the bishop concluded persecution cover ing a number of years. Letters oil the Bast case, written previously by Bihop li’ake and Bishop Nuelson. of Switzerland, and made publie today, i asserted that the charge on which the bishop of Denmark was sentenc ed to three months covered an al ’eged offense of 10 years ago and involved no actual wrongdoing on tjic part of the bishop. They asserted 3 tjiat since 1920 a number of charges had been placed against the bishop and .that on all except the one on which he was convicted, he was ex onerated after searching inquiry by *, the government. • ' . _ Charlotte Speedway Tickets Free. You can see the automobile race* i Monday, May 10th, 'for a few min utes’ of your spare time. To every boy and girl who secures five new subscriptions to The Daily Tribune or five new yearly subscrip tions to Tlie Semi-Weekly Times we will give free one B- Grandstand ticket. The subscriber must be from families that are not now taking either paper. , Here’s the chance of your life to t witness the world’s wonder raco classic where you will see the great est automobile racing Afall times on the most modern speed bowl in the United States. This will be free of post to you. Road the ad. and see ; just how easy it is for you to see these races free! Get busy and at tend these races at the* expense of The Tribune. Night Session For House. Washington, Alay 6. — UP) —The second of the four days allqted to farm relief debate in the House began today with an agreement to hold an extra session tonight so that some of the many waiting to g : ve their views may have a hearing. Representative Aswell, of Louisiana, ranking democrat on the agriculture committee, opened the discussions with an explanation of his commodity mar- I keting bill which, together with the Haugen pree stabilization measure j and the Tincher credit propgsaJ sup ' ported by Secretary Jardine, is u|> for consideration. Will Investigate Fenning Chargee. Washington, Alay 6. — (A 3 ) —The House today ordered an investigation of charges against Commissioner Fred erick A. Fenning, of file District of Columbia, to ascertain whether they, constituted grounds for impeachment proceedings. Two Escaped Convicts Captured. Leonore, 111., Alay 6. — UP) —Two convicts who escaped with five others from the State penitentiary near Joliet were captured today on the farm of John Rose, three-fourths of a mile northeast of here. They were found buried under the hay in tbe loft of the barn. Dr. Bigger Dead. Rock Hill. S. C.. Alay 6 —OP)—l>r. Isaac Alexander Bigger. 59, physician, died at his home here today. He had been ill for several weeks. SATS BEAR SATSI ! ' % S 3 . s Fair tonight, slightly warmer in extreme yest portion; Friday increas ing cloudiness. Aloderate northeast j and east winds. NO. 88