' ' ■ l ■' . • dispatghes • VOLUME XXIV WELCOME RUSSIANS BUTIK MIST THEIR PROPAGANDA British Glad to Have Soviets at ;Trade Conference But Do Not Want Doctrinces Preached At All. PREMIE DIvi’DONALD ISSUES WARNING Says If He Sees Any Evi dence of the Propaganda Work the Conference will Be Closed Immediately. (By the AaMoclated Press.) London. April 14—The Anglo-Russian conference wns barely underway today when Premier MacDonald took the op- ' portubity to warn the soviet delegates against' engaging in Bolshevik propa ganda in England during the present ne- 1 gotiations which are certain to extend. over many weeks. The labor premier assumed his gravest J manner after welcoming the Russians, I and blnntly to!d them his government would not countenance propaganda of any sort from the Russian visitors. I The premier’s statement was some what tempered and made more accept able when he pointed out that he was not demanding anything from the Rus sians he would not demand from any political mission visiting this counthy. The premier made it very plain to M. Rakovsk.v and the other Russian dele gates that at the first indication of Bol shevik propaganda methods with which he as a veteran socialist is very fa miliar, a halt in the ne gotiations wonid be called. Mr. MacDonald who cailege the con ference together at the foreign office where the delegates will endeavor to reach a settlement of the outstanding questions between the tryo countries, joined with the head of the soviet dele gation in outlining the work to be done. M. Rakovsk.v replying to -Mr. MacDon ald’s address discussed Angto-Russian re lations along even broader lines than did thg British premier. ' The Russign spokesman laid stress on the theme of the future peace of Europe, and the ne cessity for disarmament, incidentally re ferring sympathetically toTBVH»««u*. of ( nations. He assured thg British that • Russia dpdrvß cicme Himtlrtld' merctal relations wjth tMs Country, and that, all outstanding' questions, inciud-' ing the debt question, must be settled an had gone on record in favor of it basic | quota of 1 per eept. on the 1910 census. . The- action of the conference is not bind ing on the Senators who participated. ; Forty-one of the fifty-one Repnblienns in , the Semite were present. : None of the I insurgents attended. THE COTTON MARKET ; Opened Easy at Decline of 15 to 25 Points Owing to Easier Liverpool Gables. (By the Associated Press.) New York, April 14.—The cotton mar ket oirened easy today at a decline of 15 to 45 points owing to easier Liverpool cables, commission house realizing and southern selling. , The census report on domestic consumption was about in line with expectations nnd attracted little ■ comment, but the market was unsettled' after the opening with May declining to 30.40 and' October to 25,10. or 57 to 74 points net lower. Cotton futures opened easy. May 30:85; July 29.40; Oct. 25.30; Dec. 24.65; Jan. 24.34. INSANITY PROCEEDINGS x FOR THAW ARE BEGUN Boy Claiming to Be Son of Harry K. Thaw, Intervenes in the Proceedings. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia. Pa.. April 14.—Russell William Thaw, claiming to be the l.'J year-old son of Harry K. Thaw, was to day allowed to intervene through a guardian in Thaw's insanity proceedings which begnn in common picas court to day. The hearing into Thaw’s sanity was set for today. pftINCE BONAPARTE IS ' DEAD AT PARIS HOME Was One sf Beat Friends of America of All Descendants of Napoleon the Great. Paris, April 14 (By the Alt W $ . • I 'A I MW r It i ed explorer and one of tin* best friends of America among all the family of Na poleon. the Great, died today after a long illness of bright’s disease. With Opr Advertisers. What is more welcome as a gift than an Elgin watch ? The Starnes-Miller- Parker Co. has them. Everybody will attend the rose races lit the fair grounds Easter Monday, at 2p. m. Music and barbecue galore. Oestrieher’s in Salisbury have planned an extraordinary series of sales this' week. Fisher’s has a superb showing of Easter millinery. Special hats for*the little folks, too. f The fire alarm has no terrors for those whose interests are looked after by John .K. Patterson and Company. Use Salad King for picnics, at the Pig gly Wiggly fresh. Beginning today the Specialty Hat Shop will have a week _of millinery se rializing. New Spring Suits. Knox Hats and Eclipse Shirts at the Browns-Cannon Co. At the Piedmont Wednesday and Thursday, "The Shepherd King." This is the last week of the Big Eas ter Sale at the Parks-Belk Co.’s. Their buyers have just returned to New York, where they bought large quantities of new spring goods. You will find stunning fabrics for spring at Efird’s in silks, sport wear nnd cottons. Northern Baptists to Launch Move For Creed Expansion. Chicago, April 14.—The Northern Baptists of America, representing the chprches of that denomination in 37 states, will hold their annual national convention at Milwaukee, May 28th to June 3rd. Three or four thousand delegates, at least 1,000 of them laymen, are expected to attend and consider church problems. Stress is to be Jaid on laymen partici pation in the affairs of the convention as it shapes a program of development for the next few years. A final report will be made on the outcome of the Bap tist New World Movement, and a pro gram for future denominatioual expan sion is to be launched. < PIEDMONT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY William Fox’s Super-Special Production The Shepherd King* 1 1 ' ;' : ; X Adventure Travel Romance Drama Story of World’s Most Famous Ro mance Set in the Shadow of the Pyra i mids Where Kingdoms Were Pawns for Hearts. * • Staged in Egypt and the Holy Land . : GRMPHRIiHr „ ’ OF GOVERIMENT NOW • —&J- By Large Majority Greeks ij Vote to Replace Dynasty ; j by Establishing New Gov ernment Once. PRESIDENT WILL *. » BE NAMED LATER ;j After Easter It Is Believed | Alexander Zaimas, Veni ! zelos Candidate, Will Head J the Government. IBy the Associated -Preis.) > I Athens, April 14.r-Tlie Greek people | have voted by a large majority for the | establishment of a republican form of J government to succeed the Glucksbnrg dynasty. incomplete returns in yes- I terday’s referendum shew a majority of I 75 per pent, in favor of the change. I Select President Later, i London. April 14—-A decree will be ■ published today, says an agency dispatch .! from Athens, nominating Admiral Coun- I i dourifis as President, protein of Greece, i The assembly will be divided into n , Senate and chamber ftf deputies, and af ter Easter vacation, will elect a presi dent. who the dispatch says, will prob . ably be Alexander Zaimix. former pre mier. who 18* favored by Venizelox. To -insure domestic stability and peace, discussion of the constitution Will be prohibited for five years. DANIELS’ STORY (*F WILSON WITHDRAWN New York Times and News and Ob server Not to Begin Series as An nounced. Ra’eigh. April 12.—New York and Raleigh newspaper men were sharply curious this evening to know what has happened to make the New York Times withdraw a series of *25 articles by Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, on Wood row Wilson- The Raleigh paper advertised two days ago that Sunday l its first install ment of the Daniels series will begin. This morning the Times announced that it will not run the Daniels install ment. Inquiry at the and Observer office revealed nothing beyond the state ’ irtent that it wlTl'not' bcirit Tts n)vn editor’s story - on Wilson* tomorrow. New York newspaper men were here yesterday and they carried a hunch that the Times have something of vast in terest on the presidential race Sunday. Daniels was in Denton, Texas, speaking to North State Teachers' college today and could not be interviewed. Handling the News of the RepuhUran Convention. (By the Associated Press.) Cleveland." April 14.—The Republican national convention here in June will sit. directly over many ropes of lift and 22ft volt cables which will carry lo the country the- news of what the delegates are doing while they >are doing it. TheSe cables, hidden by the false floor on which the Republicans will be seated, will rest on the ceiling of the press rootuH below. They will rise to the ceiling from incessantly ticking instru ments- on. telegraph tables, through chambers in the columns which support the convention arena. News will be rushed to the telegraphers byway of a specially constructed stair from the press gallery. At first representatives of te'ogrnph companies and press associations thought it would be a vexing problem to lay their wires. Their concern chang ed to joy when they learned thnt the 50 supporting columns already con tained electrical switches and com partments adaptable to telegraphic fix tures. The eolmiftis also contain hot and cold > water, steam, gas air vacum equipment. , Warning to Aviators. . Asheville, April 14.-«A warrant, was ’ issued at the order of the city commis [ sioners. for the arrest of the advertis , ing aviator, who swooped down to only a few feet above the heads of the play t era at the ball park here the other day ( at McCormick Field. The city officials declare that such flying endangers the L' life of those in the vicinity and that , should anything happen to the motor at r the time, it would be impossible for the t aviator to correct his machine before . some one “had been killed or seriously in _ jured. The commissioners pissed au . ordinance prohibiting the flying of a machine closer than 150 feet to the tops of building in the city limits. A Meal for 20 Cents. Fayetteville, April 14. —A meal for , 20 cents and make profit on it, is the way that the schools of this city are beginning to operate their co-operative lttneh stands under the supervision of Mrs. W. T. Moore who is aided in the management of the stands by members of the Parent-Teacher Association. A local bakery gives all the bread needed free of charge. Before the lunch stands ■ began to be profitable donations from the Philathea class. Kiwanis Club, the Ro tary Club and the Woman’s Club kept them in operation. The menu now consists of beet stew, butterbeane, rice and jelio with * whipped cream. . Soup with bread is served for five cent*. Lord Cecil Arrived for Wedding of Son (By the Associate# Press.) New York, April 14.—Lord William Cecil arrived from England today on the Celtic, to attend the wedding of his son, John F. A. Cecil, first secretary of the Britfsh embassy at Washington, and Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, oqly child of the late George W. Vanderbilt. ! Stone Takes Office; 1 ATHMjI ■hkr. - jlfl : :,V c- . ' L 'a p J—llll 1 Two view’s of Atty. Gen. Harlan Stone "moving in" on his new post. 'He U shown being sworn in and (inset) officially sitting in. BOTH SIDES IN SENATE READY TO KEEP UP WAR Secretary Mellon and Investigation Pro gram Leading to Bitter Senate Debate. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. April 14.—With both sides newly fortified by entrenchments thrown up over the week-end, the Seiv ate today resumed its war over Secre tary Mellon and the future of the eon gresional investigation program. Senator Watson, republican, of Indi ana. chairman of the special committee investigating the Internal Revenue Bu reau, told his colleagues and democratic leaders privateley after a eon sere nee with President Coolidge and Mr. Mellon, thnt the President had not intended by his message last week to strike at any et the senate inquiries except that directed against the Treasury secretary. Administration opposition to' tae em ’'plnymem (if Fttmcts' .1/ FThfley’as special counsel for the revenue bureau commit tee. would be continued, the Indiana Sen ator said, regardless of the fate of the Democratic move to make that employ ment legal by a formal senate resolution. When the interpretation placed on the President’s message by Senator Watson was communicated to Senator Robinson, as Arkansas, the democratic leader, the latter declared that the President ought in thnt ease to send a supplemental mes sage explaining his exact, purpose. While these 'interchanges were in progress at private conferences and in the senate cloak rooms debate on the Presidential admonition to the senate to "stay within‘the law" broke out afresh on the floor. Senator Edge, republican, of New Jersey, declared democratic crit icism of Mr. Coolidge's message was based on disappointment that the rev enu bureau inquiry had. not disclosed im-! proper tax refunds to the so-called Mel-j lon companies. Fight on Miss Coltrane Is Taken By North Carolina Into D. A. R. Convention H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer. Washington. April 13.—North Caro lina is in the center of the Daughters of the American Revolution picture here this week. The spirited row over the indorsement of Miss .Tenn Coltrane, of I Concord, for vice president general, has already broken here. A score or more ' of the Tar Heel delegates are on hand for the congress. The prediction was < made tonight that Miss Coltrane would . win. but her election will cause a perma . nent division in the state organization. , Efforts are being made to involve! . Senator Overman through his daughter, l j Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, who has been j very active in D. A. R. matters for a ; number of years. t Mrs. C. W. Tillett, state regent, is t here, stopping at the New Williard. f The state delegates will meet Tuesday. p The annual- congress will open with . a lively row bet Wen North Carolina u groups over Miss Coltrane, former his , toriau general of the national society, s because she omitted the name of Wood row Wilson in a reference to our great Presidents. In her last report as his> torian general, to the continental con gress*, in 1021, Miss Coltrane 1 said, “The mission of history is not alone to record ; the past but to mold the future. There is no one who does not feel prouder of her native land because the august figure of Washington presided over it: no one but vows it a tender love because Lin- i coin poured out his blood for it; no one but must feel his devotion for his coun try demands his loyalty as/ we face a new era .with President Harding.” This 'speech was approved by the state regent lof. Ndrth Carolina, Mrs. W. O. Spencer, before its delivery. In the au dience were delegatee from Gastonia, N. C., chapter, who took exceptions to this report because it mentioned President Harding and not former President Wil son. Mrs. f Bettie Regan, of Gastonia, is here for a red hot. fight against Miss Coltrane, known to her Daughters of American Revolution friends as “Our ‘Beautiful Jerin.” Politics is lining up factions throughout the nation over the edntfest over Miss Coltrane, who is be ing pressed for election as vice president SIMPLE BURIAL SERVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL LEADER Funeral of Hugo Stinnes Marked by Sim plicity.—Miners Carry Body to Crem atory. | Berlin, April 14 (By the Associated Press) —-Coal miners from the Ruhr to day carried the body of Hugo Stinnes, the late German industrial leader, from his home in Grtinewald to the crematory to the accompaniment of melodies played by their own band, while a miners' chor us alternately chanted dirges and sang Westphalian folk songs. Two of the numbers played were the Wedding March from lathengrin. and the Rhineland Song, both of which were favorites with Herr Stimjes. Simplicity marked the services. There were no floral tributes visible. Addresses by old friends and business associates, and a eulogy of Stinnes as * father wflio delivered the funeral sermon of the late German empress, constituted the oral part of the services. Mrs. Hayes Pleads Guilty. (By the Associated Press.) New York, April 14.—Mrs. Myrtle Bowman Hayes pleaded guilty in gen eral sessions court today to a charge of attempted forgery for endorsing the name of Charles M. Schwab to a $25,- 000 note. Her. trial was to have been resumed today. Earthquake Shock Felt.