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$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Brown’s Pal
! Charles VV Keeler. 93. of Danvill*
111., contradicts reports that the last
member of John Brown's gang died
; in Kansas recently by declaring that
he himself fought under Brown *
banner in Kansas in 1855 and later
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line tlu» Civil Wqr
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MAY 20. 1775
! On That Date Leading Mecklenburg
Citizens Renounced Allegiance to;
British Crown.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May 20. —Aroused to the j
point of definite action by news of
the Battle of Lexington, which had
just reached them, the leading citi- I
zens of Mecklenburg county. North'
Carolina, assembled in Charlotte, one j
hundred and fifty-one years ago to- J
day"and signed a set of resolutions
in which they renounced all allegiance
I to the British Crown. This doeu
i ment is known in history as the Meck
lenburg Declaration of. Independence
and its importance is recognized even
by those who are not inclined to give
it the significance that is accorded it j
in North Carolina. There lias been j
some controversy as to just how far- j
reaching the document was. Hoyv- j
ever, the leading American historians I
refer to it as one of the pointedly
significant events leading up to the
War of the Revolution.
The Mecklenburg declaration was
i signed fourteen months before the
| Philadelphia declaration which, of j
course, takes precedence over all pre- i
viously signed documents, and nearly j
elbven months before the Halifax res- j
olution, which instructed North Caro- j
lina ? s delegates to the Continental j
1 Congress to act -with representatives ;
from other colonies in voting full in-1
dependence from Great Britain. It |
was referred to by President Roose- j
volt, in an address in Raleigh, as an |
historic fact of real significance.
May 20th .is a legal holiday in j
North Carolina and the date —“May j
20. 1775” —appears on the State flag,
along with “April 12. 177 G". the date
on which the Halifax resolutions
were signed.
The Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence, in part, was couched in
the following language:
“Resolved, That whoever directly
or indirectly abbetted, or in any oth
er way, form, or manner, counte
nanced the unchartered and danger
ous invasious of our rights, as claimed
by Great Britain, is an enemy of this
countr —to America —and to the in
herent and inalienable rights of man.
“Resolved, That we, the citizens of
Mecklenburg County, do hereby dis
solve the political bands which have
connected us to the mother country
and hereby absolve ourselves from all
allegiance to the British Crown, and j
abjure all' political connection, con
tract or association with that nation,
: who have wantonly trampled on our
rights and liberties —and inhumanly j
shed the innocent blood of American
patriots at Lexington.
“Resolved. That we do hereby de
clare ourselves a free and independent
people, are, and of a right ought to
be. a sovereign and self-governing as
t soeiation, under the control, of no
power other than that of our God
and the general government of the
! Congress; to the maintenance of
which independence we solemnly
I pledge to each other our mutual co- j
operation, lives, our fortunes and
our most sacred honor.”
A few’ days later a delegation was
sent to the Continental Congress in.
Philadelphia, with a copy of the res
olutions and a letter addressed to
North Carolina’s representatives there
-—Richard Caswell, William Hooper
and Joseph Hewes, tw’o of whom
signed the Declaration of Independ
ence on July 4,177 G—urging G—urging them to
use every means to have the proceed
ings sanctioned by the Congress. Del
egates Caswell, Hewes and Hooper
took the position that the time had
not yet come for the presentation of
such a resolution in the Continental
Congress, but they xvrote the signers
complimenting them on their zeal.
— .
Annual May Drive at Parks-Belks
•Co.’s.
The big Annual May Drive at the
Parks-Belks Company’s will take
place beginning Monday, May 31st.
They intend to make the last nine
days of May the largest in the history
of tlieir store. During this sale there
will be big stoca reductions all over
the store.
Specials every day—not just one
i day. In both The Tribune and The
Times today you will find two pages
of big bargains which will be ready
for you tomorrow morning and for
the next nine days.
Oil Company Merger Approved.
Washington, May 20. — {A*) —The
merger of the Standard Oil Company
of New York and the General Petro
leum Corporation was approved to
day by the department of justice.
Ji ■
SECRETARY MELLON
SPONSORS FRENCH
! DEBT SETTLEMENT
1—
i Cabinet Member Tells the
l House Committee Plan
Is Fair Both to Ameri
cans and the French.
(ABILITY TOPAY
WAS CONSIDERED
Mr. Mellon Thinks Plan!
Will Give France Chance
to Get on Feet Before
Big Payments Come.
t Washington, May 20. — (/ P) —The |
'French debt settlement was described |
] today by Secretary Mellon to the I
I House Ways and Means Committeel
'as "fair, both t> the American tax- 1
| poyer and the French people.”
j It represents France's capacity to I
pay. Mr. Mellon sa ; d. as lie predicted '
! that when France lias concluded her
! debt settlements with England as well
j as this country it will be able to sta
bilize its currency which lias declined
considerably in recent weeks.
The appearance of the Secretary,
| who was accompanied by Floyd Blair,
i acting secretary of the debt eomniis
‘ sion. before the committee today,
j marked the first step in the legisla
; t : ve consideration of the French and
I J ugo-Slaviau debt pacts which the ad
! ministration hopes to have approved
by Congress at this session.
Mr. Mellon pointed out that the set
tlements provide for total payments
by France of $0,847,074,102 over a
period of 02 years on its original loan
from this country of $3..*{40,000.000
with payments starting at $.'10,000,000
j and graduated up to $125,000,000 an
; nually which will be paid for the last
j 45 years.
“To : usist on too heavy payments
| in the early years,” the Secretary de
clared “might well jeopardize the ac
complishments of these reforms essen
tial to France’s economic and financial
rehabilitation.”
(various roads in the
COUNTY BEING WORKED
j Side Roads as Well as Main High
ways Getting Attention of the Road
1 Commission.
Highway forces of the county are
I engaged on various road projects at
j present, and their plan of operation
j calls for the rebuilding of side roads
| as well as the principal highways,
i During the past several weeks tfie
I road leading from State highway 15
j to Mooresville has been reconstructed.
This road runs over Cabarrus county
for a distance of about five miles and
this stretch has been put in excel
lent condition.
At present part of the equipment
of the commission is engaged on the
road extending from Pioneer Mill to
Harrisburg. This road is one of im
portance and will be modernized in
its entirety.
The major part or tbe road force
at present is at work on the Beth
page road. This road, which extends
from the Kannapolis road to the Ire
dell county line, has been reworked to
j a point near Coddle Creek.
In discussing the work one road
official explained that much atten
tion is being given now to the side
roads which connect the more im
portant highways. “While we are
trying to get ns many of the princi
pal highways as possible completed
this summer,” the official stated, “we
are giving time to the connecting
roads. We have widened many of
these roads and in addition resurfaced
them with topsoil.”
It is known that the commission
plans to rebuild the road from tjie
Shakespeare Harris home to the
Mecklenburg line within the next sev
eral months, although no definite an
nouncement to this effect has been
made.
I Alta Pass Visited By $150,000 Blaze.
Spartanburg, S- C.. May 11). —The
Alta Pass Inn, Alta Pass, N. C., was
detsroyed by fire early yesterday.
The building which had 100 rooms,
was. of brick with a wooden annex
containing a number of rooms and a
ballroom. It was only recently open
ed for the summer and had about
50 guests. Three or four summer
cottages adjacent to the hotel were
also burned.
The total loss is tstiinated at
$150,000.
The origin of the fire is not
known.
Cash Tire Sale at Yorke & Wads
worth Company’s.
For ten days there will be a big
cash sale of tires at Hie Yorke &
Wadsworth Co’s. With the best
touring months ahead of you, you
will want to make sure that your
tires are in good shape. They are
not only tires this store is selling,
but they are Goodyear’s. Tubes,
30x3, si.7o. Otlier prices on tubes
and tires just as attractive. They’ll
take your old tires in trade too.
Standard or Sinclair gasoline, only
23 cents a gallon. v
Killed in Explosion
Weatherin-on-Man, Germany, May
20. — UP) —An explosion in a powder
mill near Hassloch. Bavaria, today
caused the deaths of from fifteen to
twenty persons. Os tiie Jarge num
ber injured, thirty were taken to hos
pitals. The mill was wrecked.
A pony is defined as a norse under
13 hands h’gh.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MaT20,T926~
Where Norge Ended Trans-Pole Trip
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In this view of Teller, Alaska, the artist has inset a picture of the Norge, showing hoM
Amundsen’s Pol'": dirigibli possibly appeared as it came to the end of its journey acrcsi
the Pole. : _ _
! CATAWBA COLLEGE TO
HAVE NO COMMENCEMENT
! lias No Graduates, -Due to Being
Closed For Two Years.
Salisbury, X. U., May 20. — (A 3 )—
Catawba College is perhaps the only
institution of higher learning in the
state which will have no commence
ment exercises this spring.
There will be no commencement,
since there will be no graduates.
The explanation is that Catawba
College, wlr'ch is a Reformed institu
tion. after being cmlosed for two
years during the course of moving the
plant from Newton to Salisbury, wife
reopened with a view to doing only
A-grnde college work. Hence only
freshmen and sophomores were admit
ted at the re-opening last September!
The institution was closed in Miiy
1023. after nearly 75 years of opera
tion at Newton. It re-opened here
last - September with new buildings,
entirely new faculty, administrative
officers and students.
“The institution nas made a bril
liant boginning.” President Elmer
R. Hoke declared today, “with a
strong faculty, an enrollment of 127
students, and new equipment. Re
cently the committee of the North
Carolina Conference of Colleges made
an inspection, and as a result the col
lege will be given full credit for the
work of all four ears during the ap
proaching school year.” An enroll
ment of 250 students is expected next
year. President Hoke added, y
The new catalogue shows ai staff of j
30 persous for next year. Twelve of !
these are professors with Ph.l). de-;
grees.
Tiie college is now completing its
equipment by the erection of a mod- j
ern gymnasium to be ready July 17.
SENATORS DECLINE TO
SERVE ON COMMITTEE!
Senators Reed, Deneen an Bayard
Will Not Serve Investigating Body.,
Washington, May 20.— (A 3 ) —Three J
of the five senators named on the sen- j
atorial campaign investigating com- j
mittee tendered their resignations,
from the committee today to Vice;
President Dawes.
They were : Senators Reed, of Penn-1
sylvania , and Dennen, of Illinois, i
Republicans; and Bayard, Democrat,!
of Delaware. The members left are: j
Senators Reed, Democrat, of Mis
souri; and LaFollette, Republican, of I
Wisconsin.
Reed, of Pennsylvania, said he i
could not serve because he already i
j is on the Senate tariff ' investigating
committee, and also wants to go
.abroad this summer with the battle i
monuments commission of which he i
is a member.
Senator Deneen is secretary of the ;
Republican senatorial committee, and ;
has been designated to have charge of
that committee’s Chicago office.
Senator Bayard resigned because i
he is treasurer of the Democratic sen
atorial committee.
Want Federal Censorship of Movies.'
Memphis, Tenn., May 20. — (A 3 )— |
The General Conference of the Meth-1
odist Episcopal Church, South, hur- j
rying towards adjournment, today j
scored the moving picture industry |
and called upon Congress to pass a j
federal censorship bill now pending. ]
A resolution introduced by Rev. R.
H. Shuler, of Los Angeles, attacked
the moving picture industry and the
“private lives of those who make the
pictures—the so-called artists.”
j,
Negro Boy is Killed When Hit By [
Car at Blast Spencer.
Salisbury, May 10.—A six-year
old kou of Charles Evans, negro, of
East Spencer, was fatally injured by
being struck by an automobile early
tonight, dying several hours later at
the Salisbury hospital. Gilmer Mar
tin, young •white man of Salisbury,
who was driving the car, was re- j
quired to give a .small bond pend- j
ing an investigation to be held next |
Saturday. v
Vare Candidate ‘ Losing Out.
Philadelphia, May 20.— OP)— -John
S. Fisher, candidate of the Mellon-
Pepper forces, took, the lead today
from Edward E. Beidleman. who had
the support of Congressman William
S. Vare for the Republican guberna
torial nomination. With returns from
383 districts missing from Tuesday s
voting. Fisher was 5,046 ahead. The
vote was: Fisher, 600,862; Biedle
man, 603.016.
| Railroad Labor Board Abolished.
j Washington, May 20.—0 P) — I The
Watson-I’arker railway labor act.
abol : shing the railroad labor board
and substituting a new system of hand
ling railway labor disputes was sign
ed today by President Coolidge.
| LOCAL MENTION
Panelled visiting cards beautifully
printed at The Times-Tribune office,
50 for SI.OO or 100 for $1.50. Orders j
filled on a few hours’ notice.
The Music Department of the ;
Woman's Club will meet with Mrs. W.
H. Gorman Friday evening at eight
o’clock.
Marriage license was issued here
yesterday by Register of Deeds El
liott to Edwin C. Parrish, of Rouge-!
monfc, and Miss Anna B. Grier, of j
Harrisburg.
Rehearsals are being held daily
now for students who are to take
part in the annual high school play
which will be given at the high school
auditorium on next Wednesday eve
ning.
Police officers this morning stated
that they had nothing new to report.
No session of the recorder’s court was
held yesterday afternoon and no busi*
ness of unusual interest developed
during the day, they stated.
J. A. "Walker has tiie contract to
build the new sidewalk in front of
the hotel. Excavation ivork for the
sidewalk was begun this morning and
the cement will be laid as soon as this
preliminary work is completed.
The tennis court at t.ha country
club is being used how. A wire
j fence has been erected around the
j court which was used for the first
I time yesterday. "While the court is
! not in good condition yet it is smooth
enough to allow players to rtse it.
Police officers yesterday continued
I their war against homeless dogs.
I Eighteen were killed Tuesday and
| about a dozen others yesterday. As
I a result of the campaign Dr. T. N.
; Spencer, veterinarian, states that he
i has given more than forty dogs the
| rabies serum this week.
Examinations are being held at the
i high school this week. Work in the
! school will be completed within the
; next week, the commencement exer
| eises to be staged next week. Mem
i bers of the senior class always have
j their examinations a week sooner than
! members of other classes.
R. W. Graeber, state forestry ex
pert, will pay a visit to the county
I tomorrow as the guest of R. D. Good
i man, county farm agent. Tomorrow
| afternoon at 2 o’clock lie will give a
i demonstration in forestry at the farm
of B. F. Moose and all interested per
i sons are invited to attend.
| -
Concord Kiwanians who are go
' ing to Statesville tomorrow for the
I inter-city meeting will leave Concord
’at 4 :3(>., They will meet at the Y
at 4:15 and leave in time to reach
i Statesville by 0:30 when the meet
ing starts. So far as is known now
every member of the club plans to
make the trip.
According to a deed filed yesterday
j J. B. Linker has sold to the Yorke
S & "Wadsworth Company property in
| Ward 2 for $2,850. Another deed
| reeords the sale of property in No.
I 4 township by John A. Sims and
others to Charles G. Sims and au-
I other records the sale of land in No.
4 by Charles G. Sims to R. S. Rumple
for S3OO.
Former Pastor at Albemarle Near
Death in Florida.
Albemarle, May 10. —-News was
freceived here last night from Eustis,
! Florida, stating that Dr- F. C.
Davis, former pastor of the First
Baptist church here, was in a seri-
I ous condition following a serious
operation in Orange General hos
pital at Orlando.
No hope is held out for his re- j
covery and all the family has been .
summoned to the bedside. Dr. Davis I
i was pastor at the First Baptist |
! church here for seven years and was
j loved by all the people. He moved to j
| Eustis. Florida last ‘August. Hoping
that tiie warm climate would restore
his wife's health. His wife is also
ill.
Jailed on Charges of Immoral Con
duct.
Charlotte, May 19. —While his wife
lies at the point of death, William
Frye, white, remains in jail on
charges of immoral conduct involving
‘ his fourteen-yenr-old daughter. A re
■ quest was made that Frye be allowed
to see his wife. Sheriff Cochran
stated that ’he would not allow the
man to leave the jail, because he was
‘ under a SI,OOO bond.
I > Birth Announcement
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mac
■ Lauglilin, Jr., a daughter, May 19th,
1926.
PRIMARY VOTE IN THIS
COUNTY MAY BE LARGE
Due to Fact That Concord Man It to j
Be Voted Big Vote Is Expect
ed.
Ordinarily a primary vote in Ca-
I barms county on “off years” is not
I very big. but there are indications
that ttiis will not be the ease this
year.
Going about the streets now one
hears polities discussed rather fre
quently, interest for the present be
ing centered in the Democratic pri
! mnry vote of June sth.
j One factor expected to bring out
a big vote in the county is the can
didacy of Judge John M. Oglesby,
seeking the Democratic nomination
for judge of Hie fifteenth judicial dis
trict. Judge Og.esby will have no
opposition in the primary, to be sure,
bnT just the same his Cabarrus friends
seem determined to give him a large
vote of confidence.
Interest here has been aroused too,
in the fight between Senator Over
man and Robert R. Reynolds. While
most people contend that Senator
Overman will carry the county there
are many who will argue that Reyn
olds will get more votes than the Ov
erman forces expect. It is a fact
that many prominent men of~tlie city
and county are working for the Ashe
ville candidate, and they are going to
' throw votes his way. Often it is
heard that the Reynolds vote through
out the state is going to surprise the
Overman forces.
The contest between Solicitor Zeb
V. Long, of Statesville, and B. F. j
Brittain, of Asheboro, for the Demo-1
cratis nomination of solicitor of the I
fifteenth district, is arousing interest
in the county. Both candidates have
been working in the county, Mr. Brit
tain having paid several visits to the
county within the past several weeks.
Mr. Ixmg is conceded the edge in the
county at present, he having many
friends here who are working earnest
ly in his behalf. Mr. Long has served
but one term as solicitor, these friends
point out, and his service has been
very efficient and effective.
The vote in the county this year
may be as big as it was two years
ago when the gubernatorial candi
dates were responsible for a large
vote.
MT. PLEASANT FINALS
WILL BEGIN SATURDAY
Class Day Exercises Will Be Held at
Mont Amoena Seminars’ Saturday
Night.
The commencement program at the
two schools at Mt. Pleasatir. Mont
Amoena Seminary and MK Pleasant
Collegiate Institute, will begin on
Saturday evening of this week. The
exercises will be concluded on Wed-,
nesday of next week.
On Saturday evening at S o’clock
class day exercises will be held "at the
Seminary, the general public being in
vited.
The Sunday services, the bacca
laureate sermon by Rev. Prof. G. K.
Bell and the address before the Y. M.
C. A. and Y. W. C. A. by the Rev.
O. F. Blackwelder, will be held in
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The
other exercises will be held in the au-1
ditorium.
Sunday evening at 8 o’clock Rev.
Oscar Blackwelder, of Baltimore, will
address the Luther League of the
Seminary and the Y. M. C. A. of the
Institute.
The exercises will be held in the
auditorium at Mt. Pleasant.
Tickets are now on sale at Cook and
Foil’s for tlje commencement drama,
“Sherwood.”
Fumes From Mash Cause Two
Deaths.
Steubenville, O-, May 19. —What
i was at first believed to have been a
double murder today proved to be an
I accident. County authorities this aft
j ernoon announced that investigation i
I revea’.ed that Omar Miller, 30, and i
j his wife. Mrs. Ethel Miller. 30, who j
I were found dead in a pit of a saw
-1 mill near Holtze, Jefferson county,
; were victims of fumes from fer
mentation of mash.
The two bodies were found this
morning by neighbors after a search
had been conducted as a result of
tho couple’s disappearance Monday.
Coroner Bell reported the Millers
were preparing to operate a still and
that poison fumes from the mash
caused their deaths.
I Judge Bryson To Quit July First.
* Raleigh. May 20. — UP) Governor
McLean today received and accepted
the resignation of Judge T. D Bry
son. of Bryson City, from the su-,
perior court bench effective July Ist.
The executive had no announcement
i to make with reference to a succes-
sor.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
GERMANY READYT"
OUTLAWED
AND POISON GAS
Would Forbid Each in Fu
ture Wars Under Pro-1
posal Submitted at Con
ference at Geneva.
HEAVY GUNS TO
BE BANNED TOO
j In Plan Submitted at Con-!
I ference by Count Von
j Bernstorff, Former Am
bassador to America.
Geneva, May 20.— (A 3 ) —Concrete !
proposals to forbid the use of air-1
planes and poison gas in warfare, and j
j suppress heavy artillery and tanks j
! were put forward by Germany today
. at the session of the preparatory dis
i armament commission. The propos
als were presented by Count Yon
Bernstorff, former ambassador to tbe
United States.
Answering all allusions to Ger
many’s industrial strength which
would have to be taken into account
when Germany’s neighbors were asked
to disarm,. Count Von Bernstorff de
clared :
“I don’t want to evoke memories of
the past, but history has demonstrat
ed the impossibility of transforming
our industrial equipment into imple
ments of war, primarily because our
factories are so near the frontier that
they can be destroyed, at the very out
set of a wag.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 2 to 5
Points, With July Off to 18:07.
New York, May 20.— (A 3 ) —The cot
ton market opened steady today at
declines of 2 to 5 points in response
to relatively little Liverpool cables
and reports of beneficial showers in
the eastern belt. Trading was not ac
tive. but prices worked off to 18.17
for July and 17.44 for December, the
general list showing net declines of
about 3 to 10 points at the end of
the first hour.
Private cables said there'" had been
seme covering and trade rilling but
reported hedge selling and liquidation
in the market there.
Except for reports"' oP'iWVr'ff' friror
! able weather the decline here seemed
to be without any particular news
| factor, but there was further July
i liquidation and a l’itie southern seJ
ing of new crop issues.
Cotton futures opened steady. July
18.19; Oct. 17.50, Dec. 17.48; Jan.
17.40; Marc.n (7.50.
QUIET TWENTIETH OR—
MAY IN CHARLOTTE
Granite Boulder Marking Site of the
Home of Capt. Jaimes Jack Un
veiled During the Day.
Charlotte. May 20.—A granite
boulder marking the site of the home
of Captain James Jack, bearer of a
copy of the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence to Philadelphia, was
unveiled here today on the 151st an
niversary of the signing of the docu
ment.
The day with the exception of this
ceremony was no different from any
other except that banks and a few
offices were closed.
Captain Jack's message carried to
the Continental Congress at Phila
delphia, was dispatched by “pony ex
press’’ -on May 20, 1775.
Last year marked the celebration
of Che sesqui-ceritennial anniversary |
and a pagenat lasting six days and |
drawing thousands of visitors was j
staged.
With Our Advertisers.
What's better than a sennit straw
hat? Only $2.98 at J. C. Penney
Co’s.
New shipment of Bostonian shoes
at Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store. Phone!
116.
There's only one Duco —Dupont's
Duco. You can do almost anything
with it. See big ad. of the Ritchie
Hardware Co. phone 117.
Yorke & Wadsworth Co. can give
you Goodyear high quality tires at,
a price you can't beat.
The Markson Shoe Store in the
Closing Out Sale has still many bjg
bargains for you. Shoes from 50
cents to $4.95, none higher. Tbe sea
son's best, correct in style and qual
ity. Hosiery from 9 cents to $1.29.
See big ad. today.
Gets Reward for Chapman’s Arrest.
Hartford. Conn., May 20.— UP) —
Captain Fred W. Puckett, a detective
of Muncie. Ind., one of the claimants
for the $3,000 reward offered by the
state for the capture of Gerald Chap
• man, executed April 6th for the mur-1
der of a New Britain policeman, to-'
day received the reward. He was giv
en »u order on the state treasurer for
the money after a decision by Judge
L. Waldo Marvin, was filed in the
superior court.
Anti-Evolution League Incorporated.
(By International News Service)
Raieigh, May 20. —Certificate of in
corporation has been issued from the
secretary of state’s office to the Anti-
Evolution League of North Carolina.
Headquarters are at Charlotte.
Incorporators of the non-stock cor
poration are John R. Pentuff. of
Concord; I. W. Durham and H. G.
•, Goode, of Charlotte.
We have received a letter signed
■ “Blue Eyep”, but a« rto name ac
companied it we cannot publish it.
HIHERS REFUSE 10
ACCEPT PROPOSALS
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Proposal Put Before Dele
gates Who Declined to
Recommend It to Mem
i bers of the Union.
I *
FIGHTING WAGE
CUT PROPOSED
'Miners Not Making Wages
Enough Now to Allow
Decent Standard of Liv
ing, It Is Charged.
London. May 20.— (A 3 )—The na-
I tional conference of miners’ delegatee
j today rejected the government’s pro
! posals for settlement of the miners’
strike.
The delegates adopted a resolution
saying “We are unable to recommend
that mine workers accept Premier
Baldwin’s proposals for reduction ofc
wages which do not at present pro
vide for a decent standard of living.”
The resolution adopted by tiie del
egates said that the conference was
largely in agreement with the legis
lative and administrative proposals
set forth in the premier’s plan, but
that the conference could see no rea
son why these measures should fire
be revieved by a coal advisory com
mittee. The resolution said that tbe
miners were prepared to render every
assistance possible to secure the suc
cess of the measure.
VETERANS GIVE ATTENTION
TO BUSINESS MATTERS
Cheering Throngs Greet Heroes as
They Wended Way to the Meeting
Place.
Birmingham. Ala.. May 20.— (A 3 ) —
Veterans of the Confederate army to
day swung into the final business of
their 30th annual reunion amidst
scenes that inspired highest enthus
iasm.
This remnant of Lee's immortals
wended their ways to the meeting
place, the first Methodist Church,
along streets lined with cheering hu
manity. /
Sons and daughters and admiring
thousands were out early to see and
applaud the grey uniformed warriors.
Bands were on every corner and flags
were dipping in the gentle breeze.
Traffic down town was blocked as the
thousands gathered to do honor to the
group who will not walk these streets
again.
Out early to greet the Vet era ns
were smartly uniformed officers of
the American Army, National guards
men. marines and dozens of members
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
One veteran bubbled over ant\ ex
pressed the feeling of all his com
rades :
“We do not meet to keep alive old
animosities, but to preserve and to
promote an idealism by which the un
ion, not less than the South, will be
blessed and eternally enriched.”
The veterans did not want to trans
act business, but there was something
which had to be done, principally
election of a commander-in-chief to
succeed General Freeman.
■ The grand ball will come tonight,
and the parade tomorrow. Veterans
registered to date numbered 3,233.
REVOKE CHARTER
ASHEVILLE KLAN
Revolting Organization is Dismissed
From Membership.
Asheville, May 19. —Charter of the
I Asheville Klan No. 40. Knights of
j the Ku Klux Klan, has been re-
I voked. and a new organization al
ready has sprung up here loyal to
Judge Henry A. (Jradv. grand dra
gon. it was learned today.
News of the revocation of the
charter of the organization here and
the forming of a new group follow
ed close the heels of the fight which
has been waged for the past iwo
weeks about the iierson of Judge
Grady, charged by revolting mem
bers of the klan with having abuwd
the powers of his office and with ir
regularities in the handling of funds.
Traffic Officers to Be Uniformed.
Hendersonville. N. C. May 19. — Two
uniformed traffic officers will sup
plant the p’ainelothee officer operat
ing in a speedy automobile in Hen
derson county, J. E. Stubb. secre
tary of the local chamber of com
merce informed representatives of
the Carolina Motor club here today.
Mr. Stubbs carried the matter be
fore the board of county commission
ers following repeated protests re
garding the plainclothes speed cop
and that body dpcided to put on two
motorcycles in uniform to supervise
j traffic.
Robber Gets $5,000.
. New York. May 20. — (A 3 )—A lone
robber today' entered the auditor’s of
fice of the fashionable Hotel Ambas
sador in Park Avenue, slugged the
auditor's assistant, grabbed a satchel
containing a pay roll of $5,000 and
escaped through' a side entrance.
Boiled cocoa, corn and red peppers
constituted a favorite drink of the
Aztecs.
THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Friday,
cooler tonight ; slowly rising tempera
ture Friday in west and central por
tions. Moderate to fresh northerly
winds becoming variable Friday.
'NO. 92