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VOLUME XXIII
CRISIS IR FRANCE
THURSDAY DID NOT
CONTINUE AN HOUR
Senate Will Take the First
Chance of Giving Endorse
ment to the General Policy
. of Premier Poincare.
PRES. MILLERAND
SHOWED JUDGMENT
And His Position Has Been
Strengthened by Incidents
Following the Resignation
of the Premier.
Paris, May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —Thursday's ministerial crisis
ended as quickly ns if arose; to he ex
act, it lasted a lmlf hour.
The sehate will take the first dppor
tunit.v of giving unequivocal endorse,
ment to M. Poincare's general policy,
and the Premier on his part will in
sist that this endorsement cover his
action in representing communist ac
tivities.
Marcel Cachin and the other defend
ants charged with illegal acts against
the state, are to lie tried by the court
as soon us the examining Yuagistrate
lias prepared the case.
Premier Poincare's position remains
unchanged for he will undouhtCylly get
another vote of confidence in the sen
ale and probably in the chandler of
deputies also. The person who comes
out of the crisis more advantageously
is President Millerond. whose reputa
tion for-“horse sense" has been great
ly enha act'd by the energy and decis
ion with which lie handled the inci
dent. He informer M. Poincare that
if the Premier persisted in his deter
mination to resign the President wopld
avail himself of a rarely used preroga
tive and send a message to parliament
in order to give the country an ex
planation of why a government en
joining the unswerving support of a
majority of the citizens should with
draw at n moment when tin' repara
tions question wns approachiiy; a /In
cisive stage.
Poincare Gets Ovation.
Paris, May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —The entire chandler of depu
ties wiQ, .tka canlifhip of the <nu»T*Oihjj
ists. gave Premier Poincare a great
ovation when he entered the chamber
today for the continuation of yester
day's interpellations on the Ruhr. The
communists hooted the Premier, lint
this seemed only to increase the en
thusiasm of the remainder of the dep
uties.
1 Important Cabinet Meeting.
Paris. May 25 (By the Associated
Press).—The cabinet lias lieen sum
moned to meet this evening prior to
tlie departure of President Millernnd
on alO days' trip. The purpose of
the meeting is to consider the pro
cedure to lie followed in the cases of
Marcel Caeliiii and ids fellow com
munist, charged with acts endanger
ing the safety of the republic.
It was the refusal of the Senate to
try the communists as a high cocrt
that precipitated the resignation last
night of Premier Poincare and his min
isters. which the President refused to
'accept.
The charges against the commun
ists stand in spite of the Senate's de
cision which was simply on the yfcthod
of procedure and the minsters tonight
are to decide whether the case shall
lie brought before the assizes court or
the action abandoned entirely.
Continuance In office of the cabinet
was definitely decided upon last night,
it was said nt the foreign office today,
although there is a feeling in political
circles that the situation cannot- re
main as it was left by the vote of the
Senate. M. Poincare’s friends de
clare the Senate's action cannot be in
terpreted ns unfavorable to the cabi
net. since, only the day before the
Premier had lieen given a vote of con
fidence on the question of adopting
daylight savings for the summer.
M. Poincare himself, however, con
siders a new expression from the Sen
ate necessary to clear up his position
and will probably propose a question
of confidence next week on his policy.
Many Killed By London Tratflce.
(By the Asaoctated Preaa.l
London, May 25. —More persons are
killed by traffic accidents in the
streets of London in a year than pas
sengers on the whole of the railways
. in Great Britain in 'a similar
period. During the last year 505 per
sons in London were killed by Auto
mob'les and motor trucks, 63 by motor
omnibuses, s!> by horae-drawn
vehicles, 35 bv,trolley cars, and 22 by
bicycles. w
The major number or accidents do
not occur nt congested points, such
as Trafalgar Square, Oxford Circus,
nr the Bank, where traffic Is specially
regulated. .
They tube place more frequently in
the main arteries toward the outer
suburbs, .where motor drivers are in
clined to to less careful in negot ating
and corners, and wncre
ped/Pfrians, particular y children,
artless vigilant in crossing roads.
Age and health certificates, entitling
toys above 14 years of nge to work in
the cotton mills during the summer,
have been issued to about 00 hoys dur
ing the past month, , Jonas Query,
•coiwty welfare officer, stated. He ex
pevfc to issne at least 00 more dur
injrthe next several weeks.
The Concord Daily Tribune
FIVE SOUTHERN STATES
DISC USS PROHIBITION
What the Legislatures of 1923 Did to
Tighten the Prohibition Laws.
(By (he Aaaodated Press,i
Atlanta, May ~2~>. —John Bnrleycom ,
found himself more completely barred ’
from two southern stntes, permitted .
restricted latitude in one, not a live |
topic in a fourth and a subject for hn- ,
morons discussion in a fifth nt the/eon- j
elusion of sessions of state legisla- ,
tures in five southern states. ,
In North Carolina and Tennessee the ,
prohibition laws were tightened, in
North Carolina by making .the state
laws conform with the Volstead Act. ,
and hi Tennessee state by revising old ,
statutes. A previous law in North (
Carolina permitted n citizen to receive |
one quart of liquor every two weeks. ■
and although that statute is super- ,
seded by the conformity act, courts j
may yet convict under the previous <
law, the state supreme court, has held.
Tennessee's legislature passed a bill
to make it a felony to transport into
the state liquor in quantities of "one
gallon or more,” or to move it from
place to place within the state. An
j other act prohibits any person from
giving away, selling or furnishing for
beverage purposes intoxicating liquor, '
the drinking of which "snail result in
the impairuielit of health or body or
death 'of any other person.” A third
measure bans possession of still ap
paratus, \vhjje a fourth amends a
previous prohibition law so as to
strike out file words "for the purpose s
of sale" or liquor, and to prohibit the j
manufacture of whiskey.
Alcohol, as contained in patent med
icines and flavoring extracts, failed
to find a majority of enemies in the
Sou til Carolina assembly. line bill to
restrict the sale of flavoring extracts i
to female heads of households, and an-1
other restricting the sale of patent
medicines containing alcohol, were
voted down.
Here also was lost a bill to make the
lawyer of whiskey a lawbreaker as
well as the seller, as suggested to Con
gress by Representative Vpshaw ol'
Georgia.
Prohibition failed to find a jilace on
the agenda of the Alabama legisla
ture. In the Virginia Assembly the
subject was discussedNonly during the
closing session, and then only in a hu
morous manner, according to the rec
ords.
GOVERNOR CONSIDERS'
SUCCESSOR TO WALKER
Number of Men in State Being Endors
ed for State Supreme Court.
(By the tnwdntcd Press.l
Raleigh, May 25.—While Governor
Morrison up to this afternoon had
made no appointment of a successor to
the late Associate Justice Platt I).
Walker, it was learned at the execu
’|?tve vdE«-e--t Suit ■ ouiiurM-Uionte
coming in from all parts of the state
by telegraph and telephone.
No one Ims made application for the
nppolnttnenf, it was learned, but the
friends of several of the leading igw
years of the state have become busy in
their behalf.
Os the endorsements so far received,
it was learned this afternoon a large
majority are in behalf of Heriot
Clarkson, of Charlotte, while quite a
number have lieen received for T. C.
Guthrie, also of Charlotte. Among
others endorsed are Judge Ben F.
Long, of Statesville, Senator L. li.
Varner, of Lnmherton, Judge W. A.
Devin, of Oxford, and E. E. Ha per,
of I.exington.
BALDWIN ANNOUNCES
NEW BRITISH CABINET
Lord Robert Cecil Appointed Lord
Privy Seal.—Few Other Changes
London, May 25 (By the AsoeUited
Press). —The official list of the new
cabinet of Prime Minister Stanly
Baldwint issued tills afternoon, shows
that Lord Robert Cecil has lieen ap
pointed Lord Privy Seal, and that G.
H. C. Davidson, who was secretary to
former Premier Bonar Law, becomes
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Mr. Baldwin continues the premier
ship and the chancelorship of the ex
chequer. The other members of tin*
cabinet are practically the same as the
Bonar Law ministry. The list shows
that Prime Minister Baldwin failed
to persuade Sir Robert Horne or Aus
ten Cbamlierlain of the Lloyd George
cabinet, to join his ministry.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
.* HEARD BY SYNOD
Reports of Standing Committees on
Overtures Heard.—Business Matters
Discussed.
i (By (he Associated Press.>
Hickory. May 25.—Reports of stand
ing committees on overtures of the
state of the church, and reference of
many important matters to commit
tees were among the business matters
that engrossed the General Synod of
the Reformed Church In the United
States in session here today.
At least one question of orthodoxy
which has been referred to a specinl
committee will come before the Synod
next week, it wns indicated today.
Devotional services were conducted
bv the .Rev. J. A. Palmer, of Thomas
vllle, N. C. i
Charkson For Supreme Court Bench
In Talked hi Charlotte.
Char otte, May 24.—Heriot, Clark
son, of Charlotte, to succeed the late
Associate Justice Platt- D. ‘Walker on
the Superior sourt bench developed
here today among the lawyers.
Mr. Clarkson was a. high honor
graduate from th° North Carolina
uiversity law school in 1883, has
practiced skUful'y for 25 years, iwas
solicitor for eight years, first by ap
pointment of Governor Aycock in
1905 and later toy popular vote, hav
ing the distinhtion of winning every
case appeoled in his hill of indict
ment, led the prohibition fight tQyfic-
Hcnry Ford made his first motor
’car in 1892.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1923.
Managers of Stores, Their Families and
Employes Get No Chances On Free Autos
Managers of business houses in Con
cord which arc co-operating in Trade i
Week are not eligible to draw for the
autos to lie given away on June 2nd |
by the merchants of the city. They j
are not entitled to tickets when niak- •
ing purchases. This rnje applies to ;
members of their immediate families
also, and to employes in stores which j
are taking part in the event.
This rule has been adopted by the !
Merchants' Association as « precau-j
tion. If some one in the stores won |
the prizes, it is pointed out, some one
else mighf claim the drawing had not
lieen conducted bn the square, and for
ttie purpose of keeping down such re
ports and opinions, no tickets- will lie
given to store managers, their fami
lies or employes. , j
The drawing for the cars will take
place at 7 p. in. June 2nd, at Central
Graded School. To win one of the
prizes a person must be present at the
time the tickets are drawn. If the
person holding the first number drawn
is not present, another number will lie
Favors 12-Hour Day for
£ Steel Mills of Country
Committee Appointed to Make Inquiry Says It Would
Hurt All Business to Cut Down Hours of Work in the
Plants Now, When Material is Needed Badly.
New York. May 25 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —The committee of the'
steel and iron institute appointed re
cently to Investigate the feasibility of
abandoning the 12-liour day in the
steel industry reported today through
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of tlic Unit
ed States Steel Corporation, that it
could not. at this time recommend
such a step.
Mr. Uni*- made it plain flint the com
mittee (lid not consider its report con
clusive or final. But under present
conditions, he said, the shortening of
the work day would create an acute
situation in the industry, due to the
dearth of labor and the extensive de
mands for steel and iron products. He
said at least 15 < per cent, would lie
added to the cost of steel and iron pro
duction and ttie industry would re
quire 00,000 more employees.
The committee found, he continued,
that the 12 hour day was not of itself
detrimental to their employees physi
cally, mentally or morally.
The committed also recommended
fxsS rigid '.' stiVci ioii ’on ' tmitt'ifcuitirtre
in order that industries of the coun
try in need of labor could obtain it
from thut source.
As Mr. Gary walked to the edge of
the platform be was met by his Sec
retary and led from the banquet hull.
Hotel employees hastily drew up a
couch in an adjoining lmll upon which
Mr. Gary remained until after his ad
dress was read. He uml his secretary
insisted he was not ill—that he was
merely very tired.
SOVIETS PUT FIFTEEN
NOBLEMEN TO DEATH
They Were Charged With Plotting
Against the Present Government.
Moscow. May 25 (By the Associated
-IVdss). —Fifteen persons, all of them
princes, generals or noblemen, have
lieen executed as a result of the dis
covery of an active counter-revolu
tionary plot in the soviet republic of
Georgia, says a dispatch from Tiflis
to the Pravda today. The names of
those executed are not given, but it is
said all were active participants in the
movement. /.
The counter-revolutionary activities
in Georgia are alleged to have lieen
liegun early in 1922 with a combina
tion of a five non-bolshevik parties,
the plans including a general uprising
for last Septemlier. The conspirators
are asserted to have lieen in communi
cation with the former Georgia pre
mier; one of the Kerensky cabinet
members and other anti-Bolsheviks
abroad who promised money and aims
WANT NEXT MEETING OF
CAROLONA MOTO CLUB
Charlotte, Raleigh, Blowing Rock and
Pinehurst Bidding For New Conven
tion.
' CHj the Awocludl Preen.*
Greenslioro, May 25.—According to
a, deluge oftelegrams and letters re
ceived by Secretary C. W.-Roberts, of
the Carolina Motor Club here today,
a number of cities are bidding for the
next annual meeting. Charlotte, Ra
leigh, Blowing Rock and Pinehurst are
among the bidders.
Telegrams from the Chamber of
Commerce in Charlotte, urging that the
next annual meet be held there were
received, along with similar messages
from merchants associations, and all
the civic clubs of Raleigh.
Bailinson, Is Convicted.
(By, the *««wnnfi Crc.,l
• New' York, May 25.—Abraham S.
Bailinson, secretary of the Society of
independent Artists, today was con
victed of exhibiting u picture that
outraged public decency in tile niuch
criticlsed painting “Father, forgive
them.” depicting dry advocates raid
ing Christ as He turned water into
wine at the wedding feast.
Signs Treaty With Great Britain
London, May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —King Hussein of the Hedjas-,
it is nmiopneed, has signed the treaty
With Great Britain, which recognizes
Aral! independence and regards Pales
tine os within the Arab zone. It does
not modify the present from of govern
inent for the Holy Land.
Rudyard Kipling ns a schoolboy wns
considered dull and, lazy by teachers.
dratvn ami this plan will tie followed
until some one present holds .the num
ber corresponding to the one drawn.
Trade Week started off well Thurs
day. and good business was also en
joyed today, though the inclement
weather has detracted some. Tomor
row it is ex|iected that thousands of
shoppers will lie here, and business
houses are planning to take cure of
the bargain seekers.
If' you are entitled to n ticket, he
certain that you get one with each $t
purchase or with each #1 paid on ac
count. Each number was printt'd in
duplicate. You get the main ticket
mid tlie stub, with a number corre
sponding to file one on your ticket, is
deposited in one of tlie Ikon'S which
have been placed in each store. On
the 2nd of June dll of the,stubs will
lie placed in one large box./tarried to
Central Graded School and ■there the
drawing will take place. A Chevro
let touring car will be tile-first prize
and a Ford touring car second prize.
SENATOR VARSER REVIEWS
THE 111 GLUX KLAN
Denies Milliken Bill More Drastic
.Than' Armlield Substitute.
Lumbertbn. May 23.—Senator L. R.
Varser presents his legislative record
on proposed secret order legislation
in the last General Assembly in a re
cent issue of the Robesonian. and ex
plains why he opposed the Milliken
bill and supported the Armlield sub
stitute. both of which went down to
defeat.
"The Milliken bill does pot prohibit
masking, but expressly contemplates
that it will continue and so obscures
its meaning as to the secret orders cov
ered by its provisions. . requiring the
reporting of names, that it. is of no
real bfuiefit," Senator Varser says.
."I submit that the Armlield bill."
he declares. “ when it authorizes tlte
unmasking by peace olfil%s and citi
zens of the State, with power to sum
mon a popse as large as might be de
sy-ed ip, ..order that Jhe,..imunskiug
''proceed on'"the spoCnml the
identity disclosed, is as strong us the I
bill can lie'made in a practical way." |
Before the Milliken bill left the
House. Senator Varser says it was
amended in 'several vital particulars,
which seriously weakened the act as
originally drafted. He says, that the
amendment providing that the Milli
keii bill should apply only to such
organizations as coneealed their iden
tity front the public by masks prac
t ticall.v nullified It, as all statutes have
to be construed strictly against the
State and liberally in favor of the per
son indicted, which would make it ex-
tremely hard to secure evidence.
When the Milliken bill reached the
Senate, a substitute Hill was drawn
by Senator Armiield because of the
weakness in the measure. Senator Var
ser says, and lie prints both bills in
his communication as evidence of bis
assertion that the substitute was dras
tic enough and concludes with the fol
lowing statement:
‘■ln a practical way. I see nothing
fin-ther that might be desired in a
criminal statute of this character. I
voted for the Armfleld substitute. I
am in favor of It now. 1 certainly
could not have supported the Milliken
bill, and I believe upon consideration
of these two bills, that it is plainly
apparent that the Milliken, bil] is not
only without merit, lint weakens our
present, laws, and that the Armfleld
bill strengthens our present laws, and
is as severe ns anybody might reason
ably desire.
“The inability to convict in secret
crimes lias been due to the lack of
proof, and generally not to anv de
fect in the law. In order to aid con
viction and to save society, the courts
have allowed conviction to stand upon
circumstantial evidence, because of
necessitv is most eases direct proof
ennnot be bed. Our courts Wrestled
with the iiw of secret assault for
years, until finally an assault with in
tent to kill was substituted with like
punishment, and the law was greatly
strengthened.”
PREMIER POINCARE QUITS
French Cabinet Resigns When Senate
Fails to Art Against tlie Commis
sion.
Paris. May 24. —Premier Poincare
and his colleagues in tlie cabinet today
submitted tlieir resignations to Presi
dent Millerand',' but the president de
clined to accept them.
The action of the ministers was the
outcome of the refusal of the Senate
to proceed with the trial of Marcel
Cochin and other communists charged
with illegal acts against the French
republic. M. Poincare' informed the
correspondents that lie interpreted
the vote in * the Senate ns proof'of
want of confidence in the cabinet, which
made it impossible for the ministry to
act agninst communist plonts.
The mlnistrv remains in office. Presi
dent Millerand holding that, the vote of
the Senrtte was purely juridical and
without political effect.
At The Theatres.
“Trailing African Wild Animals,” is
the feature at the Stur tofihy.
Tom Mix in “Stepping East,” is be
ing shown at the Piedmont today.
The Pastime today is showing
Charles Ray in “Gas, Oil and Water.”
ARMED COMMUNISTS
REPORTED ON W
TO CITY OF ESSEN
Germans Are Alarmed Over
Reports, and Ask Permis
sion to Send Police to Keep
Off Any Attack.
SOME MINERS ARE
ON STRIKE NOW
Strike Not General Through
out the Ruhr, and It is Not
Expected to Spread to
, Great Proportions.
London. May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —The German government is
alarmed tit reports that armed com
munists bands are inarching (Tn Essen,
says a Central News dispatch from
Berlin this afternoon. It has asked
permission of the French authorities
to send forces of German police from
the occupied districts to Essen and
iGelsenkircii.
No General Strike.
Berlin, May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —Dispatches from the Ruhr
this morning gave rise for a time to
the belief that work had ceased in all
the Ruhr mines, tlie correspondent
reporting a general walkout with the
assumption that a strike throughout
the Ruhr had been declared in sym
pathy with the Dortmund strikers. La
ter advices, however, showed the move
ment was confined to tlie Gelsenkir
chen district. ,
Strike Is Spreading.
Esset/. May 25 ( By the Associated
Press).—The strike in the Ruhr, in
augurated by tlie communists, is gain
ing in numbers and now includes
thousand's of iron and steel' workers in
addition to the miners previously out.
The latest to join were 20.000 em
ployees of tlie steel works at Remsei
eid, near Elberfeld. whose demand for
a s(t per cent, increase in pay was re
fused.
THE COTTON MARKET
Unfavorable Weather News Made the
Market Irregular at the Opening.
the
New Yflrk, May 25.—The cotton
market was irregular at today’s, early
trading. The unfavorable weather
news brought in buying, however, and
the undertone was fairly steady.- The
first prices were 5 to IQ points higher,
with .July tit 27.20 anti October 24.88,
and after reaching to 26.00 and 24,67
respectively, the market steadied up
a few points from the lowest. It
was rumored that 10 or 12 of the Fall
River mills would be closed from today
until June 4th or even longer if there
was no improvement in the trade.
Cotton futures opened steady ; Julv
27.1 ft; Oct. 24.80; Dec. 24.82:' .Tati.
24.05; March unquoted.
With Our Advertisers.
Tlie prices of the entire stock of J.
E. Love have lieen reduced, and with
every purchase of SI .OO is given n
prize coupon which gives yon a
chance to win one of the automobiles
to lie given away. - -
The Cabarrus Savings Bank makes
a specialty of the accounts of women.
See new ad. today.
The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. is
offering a number of Dollar Specials
for Trade Week. See ad.
For Trade Week H. B. Wilkinson
will sell for cash one Simmons bed.
either white or copper oxidized, one
. 45-pound cotton mattress, and one pair
of coil springs for only ,$18.50. Regu
lar price .$29.50.
You will find a great feast of bar
gains at Fisher’s for the Wxt nine
days. In this paper today .you can
read of some of the many bargains
reaily for you at this store.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has a
complete line of floor mops, wall
brushes, commode, bottle and hair
brushes and furniture dusters. Also
flower pots and hanging baskets.
You can buy now and pay later at
James K. Farley's. I.et him help you
fit, out the family .from head to foot.
See big three-column ad. In this is
sue. i
Senator Overman to Address Kiwan
ians.
Senator Lee S. Overman, junior
senator from North Carolina. Will ad
dress tlie members of tlie Concord Ki
wanis Chib this evening. Senator
Overman will lie present, lor the regu
lar weekly meeting of the club, hav
ing on Wednesday accepted an invito- 1
tion to lie the club's guest this ev- ■
enlng. |
After the business session Senator
Overman will nuke an address before'
the dull members and any invited i
guests. In extending the invitation
to the Senator local Kiwanians asked !
Him to speak ou any subject that lie
desired, -and he has not announced
wliat his subject will lie.
The meeting will begin at 7 o'clock
and as- usual will be held at the Y.
M. 0. A.
Brings Down Gray Eagle.
(By the Aenoelated Pram.)
Hickory, May 25.—Slipping up on a
number of crows which he suspected
of robbing guinea nests, E. K. Knnupp,
a Catawba County farmer, found tliat
the birds were quarrelling With a
gray eagle, whose wing he broke with
a shot. The eagle, which measured
7 feet 2 inches from till -to tip, was
brought here today by Knaupp.
NIELS GRONS AS A FIGURE OF
INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE
Once Recommended for Position as
United States Minister to Greece.—
Fought Germans Politically in the
World War.—Negotiated With Wash
ington for Sale of Danish West In
dies.—Wants to See His Nine Year
Old Boy.
(The following article is taken from
a recent issue of a Portland, Maine,
paper. Mr. (Iron's present wife was
Mrs. Saidee Dusenliery, of Concord,
and she was married to Mr. (iron in
New York, February 15. 1923.—Edi
tor).
Niels (Iron. Who is.he? What is
he? These are two questions that
have unilolmtedly been asked many
times since the latter's most unusual,
if not spectacular attack on Maine
jurists and clergymen, because of the
decision of the Cumberland Superior
Court relative to the custody of his
nine year old hoy. In view of the
unique situation which the Danish dip
lomat. as he is more familiarly known
in Maine, has created and tieenuse if
the singularity of his claim which
has brought him most forcibly before
the public eye of the Fine Tree State,
the following interview was sought:
In order to bring Mr. (Iron's posi
tion in Maine up -to date, attentiob is
called to the .(Iron divorce suit which
was settled in the January term of the
Cumberland Superior court in favor of
Mrs. Madaline (Iron. The case at the
time did not attract unusual attention
in {his vicinity as neither of the
principals was known here. Judge
Sanborn, who heard the case, granted
Mrs. (Iron flie divorce and gave the
custody of the child to her. Mr. Gron
| went away for a time, during which
I period he became remarried.
Several weeks ago he re-appeared in
Portland and sought to see his hoy,
which privilege he was denied. /
Harvard Graduate.
In a secluded corner of the Man
sion House piazza at Poland Spring,
where the Grous are stopping. Mr.
(iron in answer to questions put jo
him, related facts concerning his ca
reer in this country and his diplomat
ic relations between the United States
and Denmark over the purchase of the
Danish West Indian Islands. He told
of his coming to this country as a
young man of limited means, of his re
ceiving his preparatory education here,
and of liis. subsequent graduation from
Harvard college in tlie class of 1894.
From time to time lie produced sub
stantial proof of his various state
ments. which conclusively prove him to
have been at one time a dominant fig
ure in the political and diplomatic life
of this country.
Cited by Mary A. Hanna.
Tn tlie McKinley presidential cam
paign of 90 Mr. (Iron was the Repub
lican National chairman of the Scan
dinavian Political Bureau, and as such,
Xfus tafer''credited by Mark YYYiTfirn.
Hie great Republican leader, with hav
ing turned fully 000,900 Scandinavian
votes in favor of McKinley. He had
become a citizen of Boston in 1895. re
maining as such until 1905 when he re
turned to his own country in order to
wage a tight against a faction that
was trying to get a destructive toe
hold on Denmark through unfair deal
ings with this country over the sale of
the West Indian Islands.
Recommended for Foreign Posts.
Shortly after ttie election of Presi
dent McKinley, Mr. (Iron was recom
mended by Senators Hoar and Lodge,
of Massachusetts, backed by ejery
Massachusetts congressman, for the
ministry to either Siam or Greece. He
was personally taken to tlie President
by some of these Senators and recom
mended for whatever position he
would like in recognition of. his work
in behalf of the party and because of
his wide range of knowledge of inter
national problems.. Senator A. B. Cum
mins of lowa, who is still ■represent
ing his State in the Senate, as early
as ‘97 in a letter to the President urg
ed that Mr. Gron be given whatever
foreign post lie desired.
Broke Treaty.
About that time. Denmark, desiring •
to enter into negotiations with Wash
ington for tlie sale of the Danish West
Indian Islands, made a bid for his ser
; vices. Mr. Gron accepted and with
drew his application for a foreign
ministry. But it was however several
years later before he returned to Den
mark as a citizen, not until after he
had made and then through rare strat
egy broke a treaty with the United
States lor the purchase of these Is
lands for two million dollars. The
story is a long one and covers a per
iod of many years, during which the
Spanish war was fought and settled.
Through the waging of a relentless
fight in his own country, Denmark was
saved from the hands of conspiring pol
iticians and firm relations were again
established between that country and
America. The American press during
this period devoted no little space as
shown by numerous clippings which
Mr. Gron has preserved of his activi
ties in the matter.
Fought, German Control.
During the world war working in
co-operation with American and Euro
pean allied heads. Mr. Gron played an
| important part 111 keeping Denmark
<mt of the war rind in driving the
[Kaiser out of Denmark. He states
| that there was a time when the Den
mark foreign office was completely in
| the hands of the Germans hut that he
was instrumental in breaking fids con
trol before tin* war had advanced very
; far.
Organized “Fotentia”
Some time around IPI4 he conceived'
the idea of world justice. He got
many of the greatest national and in
i ternationnl figures,on his side and or
| ganized “Fotentia” which has grown
I steadily, become commercialized and
' adopted in foreign countries as well ns
to some extent in this country. Al
-1 ready great corporations are using the
>! “Fotentia" seal as a guarantee of good
faith and integrity. The scope of "Po
t: tcntia" is far reaching in its effect,
1 ; though to some possibly impractical, of
1 such importance that many of the
i 1 ■
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HEAVY FIRING NEAR
lilSip
Just What Caused the Fir
ing, or Who Did It, is Not
Known in the Locality in
Which It Occurred.
CAPTIVES MOVED
BY THE BANDITS
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With the Government Troops
Forming Cordon Around
Stronghold, Bandits Are
Taking More Precautions.
Tientsin, May 25 (By the Associated
Press). —Considerable mystery is at
tached to heavy firing heard six miles
north of Tsaoehwang last night in the
direction of the I’uotzuku stronghold
of the Stu'how train' bandits, accord
ing to advices received here.
it is assumed that the brigands may
have encountered government troops
and are attempting to escape to the
hills in the rear of Paotzuku, or that
Tnore bandits liave joined the >utln\vs,
who are holding the foreign captives
in the mountains, and the combining
forces are attempting to break the
government cordon which is supposed
to have surrounded the mountain' re
treat. Another theory is that the
bandits are lighting among themselves.
Although messengers arriving front
Paotzuku informed' the refief workers
at Tsaoehwang that the captives have
i been removed two miles farther back
in tlie mountains, letters received from
tlie bandit stronghold do not mention
the removal.
DEATH TAKES HEAVY TOLL
OF RAILWAY PASSESE
Death Overtook 129 Persons in 1922
While Trespassing on Southern Rail
way Property.
(Special to The Tribaee>
Atlanta, Ga„ May 25.—Death over
took 12!) person? while trespassing on
the property of the Southern Railway
system during 1922.
While walking tracks. !tfl trespasssers
were killed and (52 injured, 29 were
killed and 91 injured while stealing
ritjeß juu-"lmpphig" trsyine. nud IK wero
injured fit'miscellaneous accidents, i
According to a preliminary report of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
2.431 trespassers were killed and 2.545
injured on tlie railways of the I'nited
States in 1922. Even this heavy sacri
tice of life ami limb to carelessness is
an improvement over past years. In
tlie fifteen-year period from 1901 to
1915, deaths and' injuries to trespas
sers on American railways averaged
10,73(5 per year.
As a part of its effort to discourage
trespassing on its property, the South
ern is enlisting the aid of school teach
ers in pointing out to children the grave
danger of this practice. A very large
proportion of tlie trespassers killed and
injured have been school children.
Wage earners, walking to and from
their work on tracks, have also con
tributed a large proportion.
Tlie popular impression that a large
percentage of the trespassers killed on
railways are tramps is.shown to lie en
tirely erroneous by figures compiled by
the Southern from its records running
over a period'of years.
ALL FOUR ARE DEAD
Three Daughters Try to Rescue Their
Mother From Burning Building.
Mountain Lake Park, Md„ May 24.
Kate today intervened in summer vaca
tioning plans of Mrs. Mary O'Connor,
aged 94, and her three grown daugh
ters, who arrived here this morning,
and as a result the four are dead.
The four met death when burning
leaves ignited accumulated gas in tlie
cottage occupied by Mrs. O'Connor.
The three daughters were some dis
tance from the cottage when tlie ex
plosion occurred. When they reached
(lie building it was a mass of flames.
Disregarding their own safety the
daughters rushed into the cottage in an
attempt to rescue their mother. They
never came out.
Tlie dead beside Mrs. O'Connor, who
lived at Clarksburg, W. Va., are: Miss
Kate O’Connor, Clarksburg; Mrs. Jett 1
Grannon, Fairmont. W. Va.: Mrs. Mary
E. Rooney, Clarksburg.
When rescuers removed the four
bodies from the debris late today $2,090
in gold was found hidden in a chimney.
It was turned over to the authorities.
Several other cottages near the one
occupied by the victims also were de
stroyed.
Albemarle SudcnPis Tapped by Red
' Friars.
Albemurlo Jfews-Herald.
As the Red Friars, a fraternal organi
zation at Trinity College, sent their
mysterious red swathed figure among
tlie student body hist week, John B.
Harris, an Alliemarle hoy. son of Mr.
| and Mrs. A. I*. Harris, of this place,
’ was one of the fortunate seniors who
received a “tap" on the hack, indicat
ing that he was chosen as one of the
lucky.
Suspect Arrested.
Monteral, May 25.—Detecives today
arrested on the streets here a matt
believed to be one of the band in
volved in the big Denver Mint rob
bery several months ngo. The sus
pect is 'being held for identification by
.the Colorado authorities.
I Carpet weaving In Persia is done al
most, exclusively by women.