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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
jTraffic Casualties In
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In May, Survey States
♦
REYNOLDS SAYS HE
j j WILL WIN NOMINATION
J Overman’s Manager is Just as Confl
i j dent That His Candidate Will Win.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
j Raleigh. May 31.—" The people
i want a change and are going to make
r j that change June sth. lam going
ito win by at least 5.000 majority.”
j Thus stroke Robert R. Reynolds, oan
j didate for the Democratic* nomination
I for Foiled States Senate opposing
' j Senator Lee V; Overman for re
. j nomination, more confident, more en
-1 thusiastic than ewer before, as 'he ar
rived in Raleigh late this afternoon
after a week of vigorous campaigning'
in tht* northeastern counties of the
state. Tired, somewhat travel-worn
and showing the effects of the weeks
jof vigorous campaigning. Reynolds
was t'he same buoyant, irrepressible
! Reynolds. And he was not bragging
! nor talking for effect.
| ”1 am in touch with the situation—
I know how the people are thinking
I and how they are going to vote next
Saturday. I am not overconfident.
lam going to be nominated. There
will be in the neighborhood of 175,000
votes cast. I will get 100.000 of
these and my opponent not more than
75.000. The situation is right—just
right. n lt looks good.”
Therefore only two men in North
Carolina today who knw by travel
| and perstial contact as to who is the
i winner senatorial contest that
i will be settled in the primary Satur
| day. Reynolds said. One is McKee
| Cooper, of Asheville, who has been in
every one of the 100 counties of the
state placing Reynolds placards and
talking with voters of classes. The
other is Reynolds himself.
"I have been in this campaign now
for three months, almost every day of
that time actively in the field, having
visited <S7 counties talking and visit
ing with the people and getting* their
viewpoint. And now I know what
I am talking about,” he declared.
*‘l know the sentiment of the peo
ple and of the whole people. And
1 know that that sentiment is abso
lutely in favor of me and opposed to
my opponent. The people want a
change and they are going to make
that change next Saturday. I am
going to win because every supporter
is an enthusiastic and active sup
porter and on the date of the primary
he will put forth every effort in my
behalf.
"During the three months of my
campaigning I have actually met and
taken the names and addresses of 10,-
j 000 individuals in 87 counties, who
I have pledged their support and active
co-operation. And I have evidences
that these same people have been ac
tive in my behalf.
"My forces are organized. And
these forces, consisting of personal
friends and enthusiastic supporters,
will win the nomination for me next
Saturday. My opponents began by
claiming a majority for their candi
date of 100.000. And now, within
the past ten days, they have them
selves said that they will win by 40,-
000 majority. I claim that they are
claiming a big majority without hav
ing any substantial basis in any sec
tion of the state on which to base
those claims. I maintain that they
are making these claims merely for
the purpose of getting the “band wag
on” riders and in an endeavor to
dampen the ardor of my supporters.
But it is having the opposite effect
and is making my supporters work all
the harder,” Reynolds concluded.
Reynolds will be in Raleigh over
Sunday and will leave early Monday
morning for Robeson and Anderson
counties, after which he will begin
; working towards home, expecting to
1 atrive in Asheville by Thursday.
Walter D. Siler, campaign man
ager for Senator Overman, when asked
for a statement said "we are undis
turbed by any of Reynold’s claims and
are willing to await the results as
shown by the election Saturday. We
feel that Senator Overman is in no
danger.” f
The Muscle Shoals Debate.
(By International News Service)
Birmingham, May 31. —Promising
to be the greatest series of political
debates in Alabama history, Thomas
E. Kilby and John H. Bankhead, can
didates for the United States. Senate,
are going to air their views on file
disposition of Muscle Shoals.
This developed following several
weeks of charges and counter charges
in which each man accused the other
of being in favor of the bid of she
Alabama Power Company and asso
ciated companies.
The debates will be“"held at Shef
field, Florence and Huscumbia. While
no official announcement has been
made by Kilby that he will accept
the challenge, it is regarded as prac
tically certain here fbat he will.
Nellie Freeman’s Trial to Begin on
June 9ih.
(By International News Service)
Charlotte, May 31. —Nellie Free
man, pretty 20-year-old widow, who
is alleged to have slain her husband,
Alton Freeman, by slashing his throat
with a razor, will go on trial for her
life in Mecklenburg Superior Court
June 9th.
The dimunitive girl, it was brought
out during a preliminary hearing,
was made a widow by her own jeal
ous love for • the youth whom she
claimed was too fond of other women.
Following the hearing, she was held
without bail on a charge of first de
gree murder.
During the Month 160 Per
sons Were Killed and 963
Injured in 11 States of
the South.
LESS THAN THE
YEAR’S AVERAGE;
During April 220 Persons
Were Killed and 1,156
Hurt.—3s Killed in This
State.
(/4 s )—A sharp decrease in the num
' her of traffic casualties was noted in
May from previous months this year
when a survey today of eleven South
ern States revealed that 100 had been
killed ami 1K53 injured. The May sur
vey was made by consolidation of
four weekly summaries made by the
Associated Press during the mouth.
This number in decided eon
-1 trast with the April survey which
showed 220 killed and 1.15(5 injured.
The April total however was aug
mented heavily by two oil ship disas
ters in the New Orleans area.
There have been no major disasters
(luring May. the records of the Asso-.
eiated Press showed.
Surveys were made for the weeks
ended as follows:
May 9, dead 40. injured 200; May
1(5, dead 30. injured 225: May 23.
dead 37. injured 278: May 30 dead
44, injured 251 ; totals 1(50 dead, 0(53
injured.
It will be noted that no survey was
included for the week ended May 2.
The survey of that week was included
in the April consolidation for the con
venience in keeping the records by
weeks. By the same token, the dead
for May 31st will be carried in the
June survey.
North Carolina reported the great
est number of deaths, with 35 for the
month, which is one more than her
record for April. Florida came next
with 28 deaths for May. against 3(5
for the previous month. Arkansas
and Alabama had the best record for
the mouth, with only six killed in each
State.
A tabulation by states for the
month follows:
Y’rjinia d*»ad 8, injured 1 104 : North
Carolina dead 35. injured 50; South
Carolina dead 12, injused 27; Georgia
dead 10, injured 100; Florida dead 28,
injured 151; Olabama dead 0. injur
ed SG; Mississippi dead 11. injured
07; Louisiana dead 15. injured 118:1
Arkansas dead 0. injured 15): Tennes
see dead 15; injured 101; Kentucky
dead 8. injured 44; Totals, dead IGO,
injurel 903.
WIFE AND SON OF DR.
AARON EMBER BURNED
Fatally Burned When Fire Destroyed
Home in Baltimore Early Today.
Baltimore. May. 31. — OP) —Three
persons were burned to death early
today when fi.e destroyed the home
of Dr. Aaron Ember, eminent egyp
tologist of tjie Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. * The dead are Mrs. Regina
Ember. Dr. Ember's wife, their six
year-old son, and a white maid.
Dr. Ember was seriously burned
before he was rescued from the roof
of the blazing house. The dead were
all trapped in their bed rooms.
To Fight the Rum Runners. v
(By International News Service)
Tampa. , Fla., May 31. —Prepara-
tions have been made for a "fight to
death” against rum runners along
the coasts of Georgia and Florida, it
was announced here today.
Two hydro-electric planes, cruis
ing along the coast, have completed a
1,300-mile flight from Pensacola, Fla.,
down the west coast and up the east
coast as far north as Savannah, Ga.,
during which charts of the coasts
were drawn of the keys, inlets and
sheltered rocks which might furnish
hiding places for rum running craft.
Equipped with machine gns, search
lights and cameras, the giant planes j
will be held in readiness here to de
part for points where the presence of
rum runners is suspected, it was
said.
Outstanding Features at Livingston
College.
Salisbury, . May 29. —The two out
standing features of the commence
ment of Livingston college, which
has just come to a close, were the
raising of $50,000 on the $250,000
i campaign for equipment and en
largement, and, the inauguration of
President W. J. Trent. The nt
i tendance was said to be the largest
'dn the history of the college, and
from many points of view both in
the number of the alumni present,
and in the high standard of the
ifiusie and address and the amount of
I money raised, this year’s closing will
I be long remembered-
Hisses and Cat-Calls at Presbyterian
Assembly.
Baltimore. May 31. —(4 s ) Hisses
and cat-calls punctuated the Presby
terian assembly here today during an
i exciting session w’hieh culminated in
| a fundamentalist victory in the adop
tion of a rule for rotating member
: I ships of boards. The resolution
j adopted was a ministry report pre
sented by Rev. Mark A. Matthews, of
,! Seattle.
t A University of Utar sophomore
. was paid S3O for damages to his
1 clothes recently when freshmen eom
•1 pelled him to clean green paint from
| the campus flag pole.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY; MA Y 31, 1926
Sentenced j
Prince Carl Windisch Graetifc,
Hungarian Prince, was seb- 1
tenced to a year in prisou and ;
fined ten million crowns tor
his part in the counterfeiting !
plot designed to overthrow the
Hungarian Republic.
ALL MOTORISTS SHOULD CARRY
THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARDS
It May Prevent Much Embarrassment
at Times.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir "Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. May 31. —Further co
operation on the part of all police .of
ficers and sheriffs in the Srate with
the Automobile License -department
in the matter of requiring all motor
ists to carry their identification
cards, containing their name, make
of car. license number and motor
number, is being urged by Ij. S. Har
ris. chief inspector of the Theft
Bureau. The cards that will be is
sued this year are on a much better
quality of cardboard, and the six is
such such that it will be convenient
to carry in a bill fold and wallet.
Heretofore, the majority of motor
ists have been careless in carrying
their cards because they an* rarely
asked to produce them. It is quite
necessary for them to carry them at
all times, however, according to Mr.
Harris, as a protection for the indi
vidual motorist, and as a means of
Mlßbl' ijr -the police and county .of
ficers in assisting State officers in
locating and recovering stolen auto
mobiles-
" Take, for instance, an officer in
hunting down a stolen car. The
| license plates, very often, have been
changed, and it becomes necessary
to stop a number of cars. If the
driver has his identification card,
and the license number and engine
number on the card check with those
on the car. it immediately becomes
apparent to the officer, and the driver
is permitted to proceed without
further questioning.
“If. however, lie does not have his
identificaion it may become very em
barassing to him to explain. even
though the car may be properly hi&
Hence it is of the utmost importance
that the drivers of cam generally be
educated to the point where they
realize the . necessity for carrying
these cards at all times. It will save
them embarassment and will ma
terially assist the officers over the
state in their work.”
THE CANNING INDUSTRY
In a Few Weeks It Will Be in Full
Swing In South Carolina.
(By International News Service)
Greenville, S. C., May 31. —Within
a few weeks South Carolina’s newest
industry will be in full swing and
canneries throughout tike low coun
try will be turning out carloads of
canned tomatoes and other home
grown products in carload lots.
Canneries throughout this section
are already ready to begin operation,
hut the gathering of beans has been
somewhat retarded by the extended
drought which has devastated certain
crops in lower South Carolina. How
ever, it is believed, that the gath
' ing of the home-grown products will j
begin early in June. '
The canning industry, which was
established in practically all of the
agricultural centers of this state a |
few years ago as a result of the in- j
vasion of the boll weevil and the,
consequent difficulty in producing cot-]
ton, was only an experiment in those
few years, but now it is considered an
established and profitable industry in
the lowlands'.
Farmers, diversifying their crojis, |
have realized all-the-year-round profits j
as a result of the canneries. On the J
other hand, each town and village
now has its employment problem
solved, as the canneries at this sea
son give work to thousands of la
borers. - i_
Change the Charleston Rules.
Dancing masters are trying out new
rule« in the hope of eliminating some
of the dangerous and otherwise ob
jectionable features of the Charles
ton. Radical changes are made in
the kicking rules, for instance but
we don’t believe that will affect the
game except in that department. The
forward pass should be legali?e<l* al
so, and restrictions jmt on high tackl
ing. Penalties should be made more
severe for off-side, and the number
of antagonists on the field should be
limited ton 11 ou a side.
During its history the British snd
foreign missionary society has dis
tributed the Scriptures in 579 lan
guages. Last year it added seven
new languages. For of these are
African.
PILSUDSKI REFUSES
! TO BE PRESIDENT
! OF POLISH PEOPLE
! : !
Was Elected by Senate and
Chamber of Deputies I
Setting as National As-!
sembly Today. !
Constitution is
MAIN OBJECTION
h • !
Says He Would Not Serve
With Present Constitu
tion —Wants Prof. Dzie
chowaki Named.
j
Warsaw, Poland, May 31. — (A 3 )—
Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, head of the
successful military coup, today re-
I filled the president's seat of Poland
; to which he was elected by Senate
j and chamber of deputies sitting as the
' national assembly.
j Pilsudski based ’his refusal upon
• the ground of conscientious scruples
against the existing constitution. He
recommended election of Prof. Mar
jluiz Dzieehowaki. of Yilna Univer
sity. over Ignatz Moscicki, professor
_uf chemistry at Lemberg University.
Pilsudski contends that the pres
ent constitution fails to protect the
president against parliament and de
prives him of the needed executive in
fluence because it fails to give him
authority to dissolve parliament in
the case of urgent necessity.
GARDEN CONTEST
Nearly 3.000 Gardeners Enter State*
t wide Garden Contest.
Raleigh, May 31. —04 s )—Nearly 3,-
000 home gardeners in North Carolina
have entered the state-wide garden
contest being put on by extension
workers at State College this year,
according to E. B. Morrow, extension
horticulturist.
The campaign for better gardens is
being conducted as a joint project
by the departments of horticulture
and home demonstration. ’The en
rollment of gardens and the field work
i« being done by the home agents,
while the technical aid and informa
tion is being supplied by the horti
cultural workers. ,’"
»
Cumberland county lends the state
in enrollment, according to Mr. Mor
row, with Miss Elizabeth Gainey,
home agent, having enrolled 370 per
sons in the contest. Northampton
county is second with 300 gardeners
enrolled, and Rowan, with 275, comes
third.
Enrollment in the contest closed on-
April Ist. but the' campaign will be
conducted on a year-round basis, and
final reports will be secifrad on those
gardens which have furnished food
for the family throughout the year.
The date for closing has been set for
March'l, 1927
At the present time the horticul
tural workers are preparing a series
of letters to be sent to each contestant
monthly. These circulars will give
latest available information on' the
various vegetable crops and garden
management.
Mr. Morrow states that, excellent
results were secured from the contest
last year, despite the prevailing
drought. About 3,000 persons com
pleted the work and made reports.
Valuable prizes will be awarded coun
ties making the best records and ad- j
ditional prizes are offered locally to
the gardeners making the best records
in a county, Btates Mr. Morrow.
POSSES SEARCHING FOR
SHERIFF’S SLAYER
Officer Was Killed Saturday Night by
Fred Shekkm, Negro.
Hendersonville, May 31.—(/4 s ) —A
scattered search was still underway
here today by posses of officers and
citizens for Fred Sheldon, negro slayer
of Deputy Sheri : H. L. Capps, who
was killed Saturday night.
Feeling was apparently running
high, and although many citizens
j have been engaged with officers in a
I continuous search since the time of the
shooting, some are waited in the hunt.
Last night and yesterday the posse
j searched Henderson county and adja-
I cent towns for the negro. A number
| of South Carolina officers were aiding.
1 The shooting occurred whene the
officers were returning here with Myr
tle Means and Sheledon after the two
had been arrested for violation of the
prohibition law. The negro is deelar
ede to have killed Capps as the lat
j ter stepped from the automobile in
| which they were riding, after the pris
oner had made some pretense of
alighting.
Duggan Off For Haiti.
Guantanamo, Cuba. May 31. (A 3 )
—Bernardo Duggan, Argentine avia
tor on a flight from New York to
Buenos Aires, left for Port Au Prince,
Hiti, at 7:31 o’clock this morning.
Duggan hopped off yesterday morning
hut was forced to return after hav
ing encountered a storm near the Hai
tian coast.
Condition of Dr. Reavis Improved.
Charlotte, May 31. — OP) —The con
dition of Dr. J. O. Reavis, of Nash
ville, Tenn., field secretary of foreign
missions for the Presbyterian Church
of the United States, was described
as “improved * today at a local hospit
al. I)r. Reavis yesterday underwent
a major operation here.
The bricklayers, masons and plas
terers’ international union comprises
nearly 1,000 local unions with an ag
gregate membership of 70,000,
| Duchess of York and Her Baby ]j
jag— : j
Sere is the first photograph of the Duchess of York with her
Irst child, Elizabeth, granddaughter of King George V.
(Copyright International Newsreel!
PLANS GO FORWARD FOR
DEBATE IN CHARLOTTE
Lakewood Park Will Be Scence of
Debate Between Atheist and Anti-
Evolutionist.
Charlotte, May 31.— (A 3 ) —Prepara-
tions went forward here today for
holding the atheist-anti-evolution de
bate tonight at Lakewood, a suburb,
despite the announcement of Charles
Smith, of New York, president of
the Society for the Advancement of
Atheism, that lie had received a tele
gram from the “Supreme Kingdom"
stating that “we recognize no rights
of atheists.”
Mr, Smith’s statement came late lost
night in the form of a letter to Dr.
T. T. Martin, field secretary of the
Anti-Evolution League, and one of
the debaters. It said that the “Su
preme Kingdom” ifc an offspring of
the Ku Klux Klan.
Neither side in the debate would
venture an opinion today as to wheth
er the organization would attempt to
prevent the Lakewood event.
Five hundred members of the klan
yesterday were planning to attend to
preserve order, but the “Invisible
Empire” recognized the right of free
speech and free assemblage.
T’he letter to Dr. Martin, however,
said the “Supreme Kingdom’’ message
added that “atheists should he deport
ed" and was signed “Edward Young
Clark” and “Fred W. Rapp.” Neith- j
er of the men are known locally, and ;
debate leaders assumed they are from j
out of Charlotte.
The subject of the debate is “Should
the teaching of evolution that man j
evolved from a lower order of animals I
be excluded from the tax-supported j
schools?”
Howell S. England, Detroit law-!
yer and biologist, who is upholding
the atheist side, said that he would
use a “live monkey” as an exhibit to '
support his theory. j
With Our Advertisers.
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to $14.95 at Parks-Belk Co.’s. Many
new.things at this big store.
When Yorke & Wadsworth sell you
anything that doesn’t stand up to
representation, they will make it
good to you.
Salisbury Boy Is Missing.
Salisbury. May 31. —04 s ) —Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Thomas, 108 Ryan street,
this city, are endeavoring to locate
the whereabouts of their 15 year old
son Charlie, who left home Sunday
Sunday shortly after noon and has not
been heard of since. The boy has an
artificial left eye, a scar above the
right eye, wore a light suit, long
pants, light cap and tan^shoes.
|
Seven Balloons Landed. 1
Brussels, May 31. Seven of the
fifteen balloons* which started the in-:
ternational race for the* second Gor- j
don Bennet trophy yesterday, had i
landed either in Belgium or Holland
by noon today.
Do Not Want National Women’s |
Party.
Taris. May 31.— (A 3 )—The interna-j
tional Woman Suffrage Alliance to-;
day voted 123 to 49 to admit the Na
tional Women’s party of America to;
membership in the alliance.
Sunday golf in England is closely
restricted by law. Play may be in
dulged in only during specified hours ,
of the afternoon. Regular matcher! I
are prohibited and the Sunday play-1
ers are not allowed to have caddies, j
What is believed to be the tallest
mast ever carried by a British yacht;
‘ has just been placed in position in
the KingAs racing yacht Britannia,
The mast is of Oregon pine, 100 feet
■ in height, and weighs from four to
: five tons.
Ramage. a clever shortstop who
hails from Arizona and who >s said
i to be a tiptop fielder, has been signed
by the Columbia team of the South
Atlantic League.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
FINDS THESE STUDENTS
INDIFFERENT TO CHURCH
Survey of 47 Leading Universities j
Shows General Indifference.
Baltimore, May 31. —04 s ) —Generali
indifference to religion by student |
bodies, with one pronounced “aggres
sively, pagan", is reported in a sur
vey of forty-seven leading universi
ties to be presented to the general
assembly of the Presbyterian Church
here tomorrow.
The report was compiled by I)r. M.
William Lampe, general director of
the department of university work
Presbyterian board of Christian edu
cation.
The Colorado School of Mines,
where the “Mines Spirit” is given the
extreme description, is pronounced
"one of the most difficult centers for
student work in the United States.”
The Memorial Church of Iceland
Stanford Junior University is com-;
pared to the Biblical altar to "An j
Unknown God,” while a number of j
professors at the University of Cali
fornia are said to “depersonalize
God.”
The University of Michigan, how
ever, is pronounced fully co-opera
tive, its activities including the com
plete support of a missionary and lo
cal religious work which is commend
ed in the report.
j The University of Illinois, the re
| port states, is bereft of chapel, re
i ligion and Bible, while the “attrac
j tions and distractions” of a city make
i work difficult at the University of
Chicago.
| Purdue University, in Indiana, has
“no philosophy or ethics or anything
j to suggest the spiritual side of life,"
the report continues, while material
• istic tendencies are noted at Jhe Uni
versity of Kansas.
Religion “has been made respectable
1 on the campus,” of the University of
I Montana, the report notes, while
jumping to the University of Wash
ington, Dr. Lampe finds there is a
certain amount "of real antagonism
on the part of professors and students
toward religion and the church,”
With these pronounced results of
the survey, the report finds otherwise
that there is no standard by which
the general attitude of the schools
can be measured, although the lack
of facilities often is given as a rea
son for limited work among student j
bodies.
THREE NEW CHURCH
EDIFICS IN ROWAN
Ground Broken at Rockwell For One
While Another is Dedicated —St.
Paul’s Opens June 6.
Salisbury, May 30. —St. James
Lutheran congregation at Rockwell
has broken ground for their new
church home which will be built at a
1 cost of $20,000 or more. The cnurch
I will be of brick and will seat 500,
I with a basement to be used in Sun
day school work.
The handsome new church nome or
St. Paul's Lutheran congregation
i several miles south of Salisbury will
|be formally opened with an all-day
j program June 6. Sermons will be
j preached by Rev J. L. Morgan, pres
ident of the North Carolina synod,
land Rev. George X- Cox, cf Salis
bury. Rev. C. E. Ridenhour is pas
tor of this congregation.
Ursinus Reformed church, Rock
well was dedicated in a beautiful
i service Sunday. This congregation
! was organized in 35M)0 with nine
; members and has grown to 139-
j Two of her sons have entered the
ministry. The church building is
| valued at $40,000 and is a very at
tractive one, well arranged for ser
vices in all departments of church
work. Rev. H. A. M. Holshouser is j
pastor.
The congregation of Central Metho- J
dist Church was pleased to hear the
solo rendered last night by 11. A. i
Warren, superintendent of the C’hau- j
tauqua. 1
SEVEN PERSONS DIE
BROOKLYN IEI
TAFT HOTEL BORNS
Mother and Four of Her
I Six Children Among the
Seven Victims of Early
Morning Blaze.
FIRE STARTED
IN PAINT SHOP
Father Threw Twin Sons
From Hotel and Later
Escaped by Jumfing
From Window.
New York, May 31.—(/P)—A moth
er and four of her six ehiWwn, a
65-year-old man and an aged wkk*w
met death early today in a tire which
destroyed the old Taft Hotel in tho
Carnarsis Brownville section of
Brooklyn.
The fire started in a paint shop- is
the rear of the hotel and spread tw
the forty-year-old wood struetwwu
Trolley ear crews rushing to the awl
of hotel guests saw Thomas Hughe*
in his night clothing with one of his
twin boys in his arms. He threw
the child to the street where later the
other twin was found. After an
unsuccessful attempt to reach his wife
and other- children Hughes jumped
from a second story window.
No trace had been found several
hours after the five of Mrs. Hughe*
and the four children, or of Joseph
F. Nolan, 05, or a Mrs. Smith, aged
widow of a policeman, all of whoaa
had been in the building.
“EMBRACE CHRISTIANITY"
URGES JAPANESE EIFCTOR
; Says She Must l>o So 4f She Expects
the Benefits of Western CrviUaai
! tion.
Osaka. May 31.— (A 3 )—If Japan ex
pects to absorb the benefits of western
civilization, “it will be necessary for
her to welcome Christianity with open
arms and harmonize the religion of
the West with the national charac
teristics of the Eastern empire,” in
the opinion of the Osaka Mainichi,
This newspaper’s editorial on the
subject, which attracted considerable
attention, said it “is indeed a great
mistake to think that western 'cnltnrtC
grew up quite independent of its re
ligion. just as it is absurd to think
that Eastern culture is independent of
its religious thought or feeling.
“Strange to say, the majority of
Japanese seem to think that we can
i very well absorb western culture with-
I out paying any heed to its religion
—Christianity. It is our humble
opinion that in order to fulfill the •
heaven-sent mission, if such it be, of
welding the Oriental and Occidental j
civilizations into one, it is almost in- |
cumbent upon us Japanese to welcome ,
Christianity with often arms, «6' as
to be able to make that religion our ,
own, just ns we did Buddhism and .
Confuscianism in the past.
“To welcome CfiristianitJ means
not necessarily to make this country
a so-called Christendom, but it means
that the nation as a whole should be
come conversant in Christian doctrines
and sentiment in a similar degree as
western peoples who confess that re
ligion.
“Japan should have her own Chris
tianity perfectly harmonized with her
national characteristics, and so well
assimilated as to make it her own re
ligion, side by side with her inherited
spiritual cults, such as Buddhism*
Confucianism and Shintoism.”
New York Sky Scrapers to Be Bar
red By Paris; 65-ft. is Height Limit.
(By International News-Service.!«
Paris. May 31. —Drastic chaugp* i
in the city ordinances will have to ;
be made before American sky scrap
ers can be constructed in Paris, ac
cording to a high authority of the i
Prefecture of the Seine.
A report was recently circulated ;
tat an American syndicate intended |
building twenty and thirty story j
buildings to solve the housing crisis <
at present facing the city-
The International News Service ;
made inquires at the Prefecture, the j
center of the city government, and j
was informed that no request had i
been received from any American
group for the construction of build
ings of any sort.
“In the first place.” said he of- :
ficial, “a decree of IJK)2 issued by ;
the Prefecture limits nil building* !
to sixty-five feet and only in spe- 1
eial cases can this limit be passed?* jj
Race Halted by Rain.
Speedway. Indianapolis, Ind., May j
31 — 04 s )—The 500-mile automobile I
race, over the Indianapolis motor j
speedway was halted temporarily at f
157 miles today due to another drfz*- »
zing rain.
Doctor of Laws C’onferred on B. N.
Duke.
Atlanta. Ma. 31.— (A 3 )—The degree
of doctor of laws was conferred on .
Benjamin Newton Duke, of North,
Carolina and New York, here last |
night by Oglethorpe University at the
graduation exercises.
The surface street railways in Chi- v
cago employ 14,000 motormen and
I conductors.
THE WEATHER
• Jfl
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday,
J probably local thundershowers, slight-j;,
ily warmer tonight. Moderate to fresh
i southwest winds.
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