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® ® ® $ & i| • PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 - -x. ..1 = VOLUME XXV ur nil! IRE TOTS US WELL US SCHOOL CHILDREN Takes Child of Kindergarten Age and Starts Training Them Under the Y. M. C. A. System. KINDERGARTEN IS OF GREAT VALUE Say Those / Persons Who Have Enrolled Their Chil dren With the Efficient Leader, Miss Hallem. 'in a recent address delivered irvCon cord, an out-of-town speaker .declared that this city had the most unusual Y. M. C. A. he had ever visited, remarkable in that it took the children when they were still tiny tots and began training them. The statement was altogether true. The local Y does beg ! n working with the children at the age of four, gives them physical and mental training in the kih dergnrten, and watches as they grow old er until the time when they go to col lege. 'This year is the first in which the chil dren have been taken at thp age of four. The kindergarten was begun only last ■ fall but was so successful that plans are being made to continue it next year. To take over the work of starting the kindergarten, Y officials considered n number of applicants and finally selected Miss Berta Hallem of Richmond Hill, N. Y. to fill the place. In this work, she has been very successful. “There are none better,'' was the way H. W. Blanks, secretary of the Y, succinctly put it when asked how Miss Hallem had done. Miss Hnllem gives her entire morning to the work, doing regular kindergarten work in teaching the children to play, to draw, and preparing them for primary school work. ' Her day does not end with this, however. In the afternoon, she tra : ns girls classes in the mill sections. This consists largely of holding Bible study for them, teaching them to act iu little plays she stages, trying to build up school spirit among them and giving them names of different sorts with which to amuse themselves. There are two of these classes. One meeti at Number 2 School and the Other at tile Brown-Norcott Mill School. The enrtilmeot in the two is peaVly 30 Each elites meets once a week. In addition to the regular work. M!«s Hallem is now training one group in a May-Day dance,: showing them how to make their own cos tumes. The other group is learning to do a Cinderilla Pantomime for the festi val. , Miss Hallem’s work is altogether with the girls. To do club work with the younger boys, a local boy has been chos en, Harry Lee Johnson. His position as boy's secretary enables him tto keep in touch with the majority of the youths of the city. Several hundred of them come in touch with him during the course of the week. - Mr. Johnson’s club work is at the fol lowing places: . Number 2 School, where he has a club of 25 boys, Brown-Norcott Mill, where his club numbers 20 boys; (Continued an Page Five) The steady grind wins a steady stream of money. The organ-grinder, he kpows that pennies and nickels and dimes mount up to dollars. He gets his whole living from small. sums—so does Wool worth. ' Here’s your lesson: if you | will lay aside the little small change now and then, the to tal will surprise you. Cut the needless expenses. Lay by a little here and there now and then. Invest those savings in our association where you get the benefit of splendid earnings. Your friend is doing it. Your next door neighbor is also. Hundreds and hun dreds of people in this town are climbing to success by this same method. Why don’t you? Take some shares in Se ries No. 55 now open. As sets over $1,100,000,00. CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. ft SAVINGS ASSO CIATION OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK The Concord Daily Tribune 1 111 Sfila 17 -year-old Toronto tngh school girl is the proud possessor of • world reoerd. In a recent tournament she leaped four feet, ll inches in the running high Jump, smashing the former mark by half an inch. She's In nee Evelyn Bramley and her achievement was all the more note worthy in that It was the first time she bad ever entered an open ath* leUa event. THE AUTO RACES Freely Predicted That Track Record at Charlotte Will Be Shattered. Charlotte, April 14.—The super-racer with the superchargers—forecasting su per-speed—will be the outstanding fea ture of Charlotte's speed classic/ here on May 11th. The same cars that carried Tommy Milton. Benny Hill, Peter DePoalo and Harry Harty. around the Culvbr City bowl at the unprecedented speed of 135 miles an hour, will whiz around the Charlotte oval in the May 11th race, lit is freely predicted that the local track record of 118.4 miles an hour will be shattered. Whether the new mark of 120 miles an hour for 250 miles hung up at Los Angeles on “March Ist will topple and fall by the wayside, remains to be seen. Race enthusiasts who saw the big classic here last October will remember the memorable speed duel between Tom my Milton and Earl Cooper. Both of these demon drivers have signer! enry blanks and will be in the second speed matinee on the Charlotte boards. A communication received by Osmond L. Barriuger. general manager of the Charlotte speedway, from Fred Wagner, veteran starter, makes the following pre diction*: ’ “With the racing cars equipped with superchargers, and with the drivers en : tering a race on a track with which they are no wthoronghly familiar, I feel that no trouble will be encountered by them in breaking the existing Charlotte record of 118.4 miles an hour. I Tf at mospheric conditions on May 11th should be similar to the conditions prevailing at Culver City during the recent races there, it is within the bound of possi bility that the Culver City records will ! be equalled.” Mr. Wagner will be present to wave ' the checkered flag in the Charlotte races on May 11th. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 2 to 5 Points.:—July Declined From 24.55 to 2440. (By the Associated Press) New York, April 14. —The cotton mar ket opened steady today at an advance of 2 to 5 points on overnight buying orders, brought in by yesterday's complaint of in sufficient rainfall in the southwest, and reports that the. emergence of bol weevil from hibernation migbt be heavy in the southeastern states. The report of the Census Bureau, showing domestic mill consumptoin of 582,674 bales for March compared with 485,844 last year, was con siderably below recent forecasts, however, while the initial advahee met considera ble realizing and prices soon eased off under local and southern selling. July declined from 24.55 to 24.40, and October from 24.36 to 24.23, or about 7 to !) points net lower, but offerings were not heavy, aud he market was quiet and steady at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. May 24.22; July 24.55; Oct. 24.35; Dec. 24.45; Jan. 24.20. COTTON CONSUMPTION BTILJ, ON INCREASE During March 582,674 Bales Were Con sumed Compared With 550,132 in Feb ruary. (By the Associated Press) Washington, April 14.—Cotton con sumed during March aggregated 582,674 bales of Hnet and 58,845 of linters, com pared with 550,132 of lint and 50,598 of linters in February this year, and 485,- 640 of lint and 41,197 of linters in March (last year, the census bureau ttoday an | nounced. 1 f Declares “He Men” Are Becoming Scarce. New York, April 13. —The “He-men” is flipping out of the picture and men are adopting 'feminized ways just las rapidly as women are becoming mascu line in their outlook on life, Dr. Charles jQray Shaw, of New York University, | said in a discussion of the social prob- 1 lems evolved because of the emancipation | of women. ! “It is the man in fiis new effeminancy | Who is inclined to be domestic,” Dr. | Shaw said. “Modern men marry for the sake of a home wit hits dog and I radio set, while women approach the wedded state with the Idea of getting a companion or a lover.” ! When men began to wear soft hats, ailk nocks, pesrl colored spats, lace pa jamas and embroidered bathrobes, the process of feminliation gained a good i start, Dr. Shaw said.- Even the safety J rasor contributed. r | CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1925 THOU* OF FANS WELCOME BASEBALL AFTER WINTER BEST Major Leagues Start 1925 Grind Today, With Pros pects Good for a Mighty Fine Season. OTHER LEAGUES TO START TODAY, ALSO Southern and American As sociations Start, and One Game Is Scheduled for the International. Chicago, April 14 (By the Associated Press). —Baseball fandom today started its annual pilgrimage to National and American league arenas for the initial battles of a six months campaign for baseball leadership. Fresh fronf weeks of limbering up In Southern and Western camps but handi capped also by an unusually long list of injured players, sixteen major league teams were prepared sos the opening of the affray and will bring the national game back to the limelight after months of winter sports. Good weather was in prospect in most of the opening cities. Unsettled weather was predicted, however, for Cincinnati, Detroit and Boston. As the two major leagues dressed for action the summertime sport also got un derway in several other circuits. The American Association and Southern As sociation seasons had openings today, while one game in the International League was on schedule. With many of the major aggregations strengthened by infusion of new blood, and with encouraging pre-season records in training camp gamess, managers ex pressed optimism on the season's outlook. ADMIT THEY WERE MEMBERS OF MOB Deny They Had Any Part in Actual Attack on Needleman. • Wniiamaton, April 13—Most of the men who huve been arrested in connec tion with the attack-on Joseph A. Needle man have confessed to having been in I the crowd that formed on the night of the attack. No one has confessed to having had a part in *be mutilation of the young man and few of those who have confessed have eteti admitted that fchev went as"far as the jail. ' > John Gray Corey aud Clarence Gur kin, who came from the ,neighhorhood where the Griffin girl, wh-o said Needle-' man attacked her, lived, have signed statements that thirteen men from that neighborhood acting upon invitation joined the mob on the night of the at tack. but with the possibel • exception of til roe all left before the jail was reached. EDENHOUSE EMPEROR SITE FOR BRIDGE IS CHOSEN $600.00 Bridge Over Lower Chowan River to Be Built at That Point. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, April . 14.—-The State High way Commision has decided in favor of the Edenhouse Emperor site, five miles above Edenton as the location of the new $600,900 bridge across the lower Chowan River. Colerain also made a vigorous fight for the bridge, offering a contribu tion of SIOO,OOO. The Bertie commission ers voted four to one for the Colerain site, and have offered $150,000 upon condi tion that from the bridge, whenever built, a road be constructed to the coun ty seat at Windsor. 1 Coolidge Releases Pay tor Guardsmen. Washington, April 14.—Expenditure during the next fiscal year of $1,742,- 800 for armory pay of National Guard units for regular drill and other purpose has been authorized by President Cool idge after an investigation by the execu tive. The money is for use only during the fiscal year beginning July Ist, bur the President’s action permits the war de -1 partment to' undertake obligations and make necessary contracts now. although financial settlements will not be made un til the new year has begun. The only amount which may not be expended is an item of $12,000 provided specifically to cover employment of ad , ditional national guard officers in the * milita bureau in Washington. The President’s action on the funds, which were in excess of budget figures voted by Congress for the fiscal year, is in line with that he took recently on a deficiency appropriation $1,130,000 for armory pay for this fiscal year, which had Wen voted by Congress over the budget bureau’s disapproval. A substantial portion of the excess budget estimates for next year goes to increase the regular appropriations for national guard armory drill pay. Salisbury Lets Contract for College Dor mitory. Salisbury, April 18.—A new dormitory to be ereeted at Catawba College goes to P. C. Wood, a Salisbury contractor, who is to have the building ready for occupancy when the first session of the college in Salisbury begins in September. The dormitory will be three stories in I part and two in part, of brick and con taining 32 Wdrooms and two reception halls. The building will correspond with the one already on the ground and this old building is to be repaired and put in shape by the same contractor. Kenneth Wagner Under Arrest Bristol, Va, April 14. —Kenneth Wag ner, alleged slayer of Policeman John Smith, of Kingsport, and Deputy Sheriff Herbert Webb of Bluff City, who was shot and killed at Kingsport yesterday. 1 was apprehended today and is in the I Blountville, Tcnn.. jail, authorities here' were notified by telephone. I JIMISON TO PAX * * Fine of »soo.oo * • L 4;| Charlotte, April 14.—A fine of & 1 & SSOO was substituted iir city court IK c today for the 60-da,v 'road sentence SK imposed on Tom Jlmison, former jfc Methodist minister, when he was jit jfc convicted of violating the prohibl- jit jit lion law. jjt jit Jimisou announced that he would j|t jit pay the fine rathe* than work the j|t j!t road sentence. jj( Nt Former Governor Cameron Morvi- jk * son made a plea in behalf of the jit 3K prisoner. , f < (Star - ' < $ #7K * * jit* %*******)*■» WILL TEST SANITO OF AIRS. ANNA CUNNINGHAM , Meanwhile Tests WHI Be Made to Deter mine Whether Hey Relatives Were Poisoned. ! (By the Associated Press) | Crown Point, Ihd, April 14.—Author ities here prepared today to test the san ity of Mrs. Anna Cnnuingham, of Gary, Ind, held in a hospital ward at. the county ja'l while coroners, chemists of two states. sought to establish whether five members of hqr family were killed ' with arsenic. j The cursory examination of the bodies of Walter nml Harry, her sons, exhumed ■ ‘ yesterday from-a cemetery near Valparai so, Ind, indicated. Dr. McNally, Chicago ; coroner chemist said, that they died of ■ unnatural causes. Portions of the or gans were sent to Chicago and to Perdue : University at LaFayette for complete ex amination and reports. Mrs. Cunningham Collapses. Crown Point, Ind.. April 14 (By the Associated Press). —Mrs. Anna Cunning ham, of Gary, Ind, collapsed, today in her cell in the Lake County jail where she is being held in connection with the deaths of her husband and four chil dren within six years. She passed into a coma an’d physicians believe it impos sible to remove her to Gary for a sanity hearing set for 2 p. m. “COAL BALLS" TELL STORY • OF MILLIONS OF YEARS Perfectly Preserved Fossil Plants Indi cate World Much Ohirr Than Esti mated. “Coal balls'' contain perfectly preserv ed fossil plants of the kind that formed the coal beds of the world in the Carbon iferous Age. The first “coal ball’ to be discovered m America was found in Il linois in 1922. ) ■ These peculiar formations have been founds in Europe, and have, given to sci ence an accurate knowledge of the plants that lived on the earth during the pe- tlie coal beds were being laid When one of these coni balls found near Harrisburg,. IH.. in 1922, was ex . amined microscopically it was found to contain the stein of a flowering plant sim ilar to a present day cornstalk. This discovery appears to disprove previously conceived theories of the nge of the earth, ■ as the coal balls of Europe have revealed only club mosses, horsetails and other of the lowest forms of plant life. The discovery in a coal ball of a flow ering plant, a type of life that science be lieved was developed millions of years af ter the coal beds were-formed indicates that the world is a few hundred million years older than it previously had been believed to be. TARDY BOOK BORROWERS PAY SIIO,OOO IN FINES Puzzles and Other Indoor Sports Do Not Curb Demand. New York, April 14.—Tardy and de linquent book borrowers at the New York Public Library and its 44 brandi es paid fines of more than SIIO,OOO dur ing 1024. it was revealed in the annual report of the trustees which Director E. H. Anderson made public tonight. Neither radio, movies nor vross ■ word puzzles caused any important de crease in the use of books during the 12 months, Direetpr Anderson reported. ' The library system operated on a fiscal scale equal to many large corpor ations, the treasurer reporting total dis bursements ofalmost $2,290,000. WOMAN DIES FROM j EFFECTS OF POISON i Alleged That Site Took Poison After Be ing Attacked by D. C. Stephenson. (By the Associated Press) J Indianapolis, Ind., April 14.—The 28- year old woman alleged to have been the | victim of an attack by f). C. Stephenson, ? former grand dragou of the Ku Klux Klan, died today. The young woman had been in a criti cal condition several days as the result of poison which she told her parents she took at Hamond, Ind, following Stephenson's attack. Stephenson was indicted on five charges by a grand jury after an investi gation. Fleet for More Maneuvers. San Francisco. April 14 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Departure of the United States steamship Seattle, flagship of the United States fleet for Hawaii, today marked the beginning of the exodus of ■the grand fleet of the United States for the war game in the watera of the island territory. The most extensive and im portant joint army-navy maneuvers ever held in the Pacific is contemplated. To Increase Indebtedness of the “Penney” (By the Associated Press) Philadelphia. April 14.—The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Railroad atockhoiders today authorized the board of directors to increase the,indebtedness of the company $109,000,000 for future financing. Claim Poison Was Found in Body of Mrs. McClintoek. Chicago, April 14. —Sufficient mercury Ito kill a person in ten days was found in the body of Mrs. Emma Nelson Mc- Olintoek, according to a coroner’s chem ist, Dr. McNally submitted to Coroner Wolff today. SHOTGUN WOUND IS FIT! fOII JUSTICE OF HIJ COURT Judge Joseph L. Kelly Died at His Home 30 Minutes After Load From Shotgun Entered His Left Side. SHOT WAS ACCIDENT HIS FAMILY SAID Reported by Relatives That Judge Kelly Was Walking Down the Basement Stairs Whdn Gun Went Off. (By the Associated Press) Bristol, Va, April 14.—Judge Joseph L. Kelly, of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, died at his home here this morning thirty minutes after a load from a shot gun had entered his left side. Relatives said the Supreme Court jus tice was going down stairs to the base ment when the shotgun went off, the en tire charge entering his side. Every available provision was hurried ly summoned when the report of the ex ploding shell and the cries of the family | were heard by neighbors, but no hope was held out. . Judge Kelly showed considerable im provement in health since his return from ' Florida, and was seen often oil the golf links here. His second appointment to the supreme bench was made on February 21st. last. He was originally selected in 1915 to serve until 1927. Relatives later declared that Judge Kelly and his son started to the base ment after a at. The boy, it was de clared. insisted on taking hie rifle but the father told him he would take his shotgun instead. The family said the jurist had just started tot descend the stairs which they described as faulty in construction, when he fell and the gun was dicharged. It was found fifteen feet from Judgh Kelly's unconscious form. Relatives also declared that the Su preme Court judge regained conscious ness before he died aud told them the gun was discharged accidentally. NEW YORK IS WARNED AGAINST BOOTLEG MILK Dealers In Illegal Product Undersell . Honest Vendors. New Yoik. April 14.; —Charges that “milk bootleggers" were selling adulter ated. impure' aud illegal mlk products all over New York city were made today by Harold G. Oronn. publicity represen tative of the Republican County Com mittee. Mr. Aron asserted impure cream, adulterated with preservatives and cocoanut oil, was being brought openly UUUOaiIUI/ UII, wart urtug u tuujut upciii.t into the city from Wisconsin, Minneso ta, Cannda and other distant points in direct violation of the health regulations. The “milk bootleggers.’’ he declared, were . underselling honest dealers by from $4 to $6 a can. Mrs. E. C. Johnston Dies at Home In Mooresville. Mooresville, April 13. —Mrs. E. C. Johnston, aged 74 years, died at her home two miles east of Mooresville Fri day, after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia. She was a daughter of the late John P. Patterson, of Cabarrus coun ty, and was one of the best known and most active women of the Coddle Creek Church neighborhood. About eight yenrs ago Mr. and Mrs. Johnston moved to this city to live, but moved back to their country home some time ago. Besides her husband, she is survived by the fol lowing children; Graham. Mason, Fred and John Johnston; Mrs. H. B. Emerson and Misses Carrie, Mary and Martha Johnston, all of this vicinity, and Mrs. T, M. Sledd, a missionary located at Bo livia, South America. Surviving sisters are Mrs. W. F. Smith, Mrs. John F. Gouger; brothers, R. L. Patterson, ,of this community; John Patterson, of Texas; W. S. Patterson, of Stony Point. Funeral services were held Saturday af ternoon at Coddle Creek A. R. P. Church, conducted by Rev. I. N. Kennedy. Mrs. Mary Safrit Dies From Injuires by FaU. Salisbury, April 13.—A fall proved fatal to Mrs. Mary B. Safrit. 93-year old woman of the St. Pnul neighbor- hood. She suffered the breaking of a leg, and death resulted this afternoon. Mrs. Safrit was the widow of William Safrit and is survived by several step children and a number of grandchildren. She was a member of the Salisbury Prim itive I Baptist congregation, but the fun eral and interment will take place at St. Pauls Lutheran Church, Tuesday af ternoon at 3 o'clock. Asked to Form Ministry in Belgium. Brussels, April 14 (By the Associated Tress'). —Emile Vaudervelde, socialist leader and former minister of justice, was summoned by King Albert this morn ing and requested to form a ministry to succeed the cabinet of Premier The unis, which resigned on April sth. M. A anderveide agreed to * undertake the . task. ( ' ( George F. Fortner Rescued. I (By tbe Associated Preaa) 1 Washington, April 14.—George F. 1 Fortner, an American citiaen employed * by tlie Pennsylvanla-Mexiegn Fuel Com “ pany, and abducted on April 6th by Mex icali bandits near Tuxpanm, has been rescued by Mexican federal soldiers, says • a report to the State department from Charles Bay. the American consul at ' Tampico. Dame Ellen Terry, recently honored] -by Kinge George, began her stage career j r ’at the age of eight years under the great Charles Kean. NO. 88 For President Former Pi old Marshal Von Hlndea* burg has accepted the nomination of the "Empire bloc” as its candi date for presidency of the German republic. NEW POSTAGE RATES Important Changes to Go Into Effect To morrow. ) Washington, I). C., April 14.—Im liortant changes in postage rates, bear- I ing upon nearly all ines of business, will come into effect throughout the United States tomorrow. The new rates are I made under the recent act of Congress granting postal employes a general raise of S3OO a year and providing revenue from the mails. Beginning tomorrow all picture post cards or private mailing cards will re quire a 2-cent stamp, while the common government postcard will continue to cost one cfnt. Another feature Will be the issuance of fractional postage stamiie, to cost 1 1-2 cents and 4 1-2 cents, for convenience iu mailing certain classes of mail calling for fractional postage. Con siderable increases will- be made on reg istered mail, money orders and insurance. There will be no increase in the rates on first class mail. Mail of the third class will embrace all matter now included in tile third and fourth classes up to and including eight ounces in weight. The new fourth class will include all matter heretofore in the third and fourth classes from eigiit ounces in weight and not exceeding 70 !K>Umis in the first, sec ond and third' zones, and not exceeding 50 pounds, in any of the other zones. The rate of postage on all matter in the new third class will be 1 1-2 cents for eacli two ounces or fraction of two ounces, up to and including eight ounces in weight, except that the rate of post age on books, catalogues, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants, not ex ceeding eight ounces in weight, shall con- I tinue to be one cent. The present fourth class pound rates, according to distance or zone, will apply to all matter weighing more than eight ounces, except that of the first and sec ond classes, and in addition thereto there will be a service charge of two cents for each parcel, except upon pareels origi nating on rural routes, such charge to be paid in the same manner as the regular postage. Pareels maileds on rural routes should be indorsed "mailed on rural route,” in order that the parcels will show that they are exempt from the serv ice charge. Parcels will be given special handling if the regular fourth class rates with the 2-cent service charge and 25 cents addi tional postage on each parcel is prepaid, provided such parcel is prominently in dorsed by the sender “special handling” in the space below the postage stamps and above the address. These pareels will receive the same handling, transpor tation and delivery accorded mail mat ter of the first class. Unsealed circulars containing no writ ing must bear postage at the rate of 1 1-2 cents for each two ounces for frac tion thereof. Under the new regulations a money order shall not be issued for more than SIOO, and the fees for domestic orders shall be as follows: For orders exceeding $2.50 and not exceeding $5, 7 cents. For orders exceeding $lO and not ex -1 eeeding S2O, 10 cents. For orders exceeding S2O and not ex ■ eeeding S4O. 15 cents. For orders exceeding S4O and not ex.- eeeding S6O, IS cents. For orders exceeding S6O and not ex ceeding SBO, 20 cents. For orders exceeding SBO and not ex ceeding SIOO,. 23 cents. To Put a Stop to the Mad Dog Epidemic. Salisbury, April 14.—The Rowan county board of health has determined to put a stop to the epidemic of mad dogs. A special officers has been em ployed who will travel the entire county, including Salisbury, and kill all dogs not properly protected by law. The regu lar officers have killed a numbeij of ani . nials since the board decrees that all unmuzzled dogs must go but the ever . increasing number of persons applying for the Pasteur treatment has caused > the board to put on a special officer. Bank Teller Killed by Bandits. (By the A«»oci»4e;l PrewO Detroit, April 14.—Chas. Taggart, tell er of the branch of the American Slate Bank at Oregon Avenue and Epworth Boulevard, was shot and killed by three men who held up the bank shortly after noon today. The men scooped up an un determined amount of money and escaped. Miss Marion Talbot, dean of women at the University of Chicago since it started thirty-three years ago, is to re -1 tire from her position at the end of ! the present school year. Miss Talbot is 67 years old and that is the principal reason for her desiring to retire. cry-rg jjsipji ftftftftftftftftft * NEWS ft ft TODAY ft ftftftftftftftftft is i... ; a nfffle ms pram Former French Premier De clines to Form New Minis try When Socialists Refuse to Give Support to Him. SOCIALISTsIiOLD BIG POWER NOW And Briand Was Not Willing to Assume Leadership of New Ministry Without Full Copoeration From All. Paris, April 14 (By the Associated Press). —M. Briand will decline to form a new French ministry, having been in formed by the socialists that they will re fuse to enter his cabinet. M. Briand will go to the Elysee-Palace to inform Pres- . idem Dotunergue of bis decision. Paris, April 14 (By the Associated Press).—The national counril of the so cialist party, by a unanimous vote this afternoon decided that the party would refrain from participation in the pro posed Briand government. Makes Definite Decision. Paris, April 14 (By the Associated Press). —Former Premier Briand shortly after six o’clock this evening definitely decided to abandon the attempt to form a cabinet in succession to tbe Herriot ministry. LIQUOR VALUED AT HALF MILLION SEIZED ON VESSEL Liquor Seized After Coast Guard Cutter Chased Vessel 150 Miles. (By (he Associated Preaa) New York. April 14. —Capture of the three masted auxiliary British schooner Madeline Adams yesterday by the coast guard cutter Seminole after a chase of 150 miles off the New York coast, was re ported today ■ when the schooner was brought into port with its crew of nine men as prisoners, and its liquor cargo val ued at $500,000 under seizure. Coast guard officials said tli» Madeline Adams was the schooner front which the Government patrol boat 20tt obtained 300' cases of whiskey aud champagne on'Sat urday when an alleged conspiracy to smuggle liquor from rum row on govern ment boats was uncovered until the arrest •of two men wlmi were held .is agents of the rhm Heet. ASKS KOUMANIA ABOUT DEBTS WITH THIS COUNTRY Want to Know Why It Has Not Dis cussed Debt Funding With the United States. (By the Associated Press) Washington. April 14.—Minister Jay at Bucharest has presented a communi cation of the Roumanian government calling attention to the fact that government has negotiated debt refund ing agreements with other nations, but has taken no such action in' connection with its debt to the United States. lioumania's debt to last November was $36.128.4!>5 in principal, and $11,447,000 in interest. With Our Advertisers. United States and Goodyear garden hose, and a complete line of garden hools and plows at Ritchie Hardware Co. The Sanitary Grocery Co. gives you the best of service at Moderate prices. Springtime is stra,w hat time. Let M. R. Pounds clean your straw hat for you. Car load of Automatic refrigerators at. Concord Furniture Co., and special prices,! on them now. Take some shares in series No. 55 of the Cabarrus County B. L. & S. Asso ciation. now open. Office -in Concord National Bank. Shoes for dad. mother, sister and brother at Kfird’s. Find Poison in Body of Walter Cunning ham. (By the Associated Preaa) Chicago. April 14.—Poison was found in the body of Walter Cunningham, 13 years old. who was exhumed yesterday at Valparaiso, Ind., and whose mother, Mrs. Anna Cunningham, is being held in jail at Crown Point, Ind.. Dr. W. D. McNal ly, coroner's physician, reported today. Homes Threatened When Dam Brake, (By the Aaaoclated Preaa) Detroit, April 14. —Scores of families in the valley of the Huron River, be tween Flat Rock and Lake Erie, were 1 driven from their homes early today when J the dam at the power plant of the Ford [ Motor Co. at Flat Rock burst and releas ed millions of galons of water into the valley. Hats decornted with imitations of in sects, more or less lifelike, are being I shown by Paris milliners. So far they . have not proved very popular. ! r, i - , 1 WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYB Generally fair tonight, warmer in ex* - treme west and north-central portions f | ‘Wednesday partly cloudy, possibly local thundershowers in west portions.