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• ASSOCIATED 2 • PRESS * • DISPATCHES * VOLUME XXV NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE EXPECTED 111 NEEDLEiN CASE Said That Some of the Men Who Confessed to fie Ac cessories Before the ('act Want to Tell Pacts. i , ONE DEFENDANT HAS DIPHTHERIA i Another Had Chill During Night and Still Another Is Recovering From Effects of Suicide Attempt. Williamston, X. C., May 6 (By the Ah- j soeiated Press). —A special venire of 200" men reported when Superior Court op ened here this morning for the trial of defendants charged with mutilation of Joseph Xeedleman after removing him from Martin County jail. It was hoped i that a jury could be obtained from the venire. In the meantime F. W. Sparrow. Jr., one of the defendants who had pleaded - not guilty, last night developed strong symptoms of diphtheria and a physician was expected today to report his condi tion. Should it develop that he had diphtheria the (rial will not be baited, it was stated, but the other defendants will be tried first. Another of the de fendants was reported to have suffered a chill In the jail last night, while a third A. T. Lilly, is unable to -be at the trial ns he is recovering from wounds inflicted ’ reeently when he attempted suicide. | The trial of Xeedleman on a chnrge of l attack on a white girl will not come be- j foi-e the court until the alleged members I of the mab have been tried, it was stated. ] Sensational developments were looked j for today by attorneys for the state. A number of members of the mob, while confessed as being accessories before the! fact' of mutilation, want to be called as states witnesses. It was stated several of these men had expressed their inten tion of making their pleas of guilty and in confessions made to Solicitor Gilliam of telling all they know concerning the meb and its members. All except three of the 32 defendants ind’eted as aecesor-1 ies before the fact hove pleaded guilty of nolo contendere but the eight men in dicted for mutilation have pleaded not RUM ROW PLANNER At Least 50 Boats Today Will Open Greatest Liquor War in History. New York, May O.—A war of exter mination wan declared on rum row when Captain W. V. E. Jacobs, divisional commander of the United States coast guard, announced that the entire force of men and vessels under his command would launch the 'largest anti-rum of fensive in the history of American pro hibition. Although considerable secrecy sur rounded the preparations, it was learned that most of the cutters and a large number of the patrol boats and speedy converted submarine chasers in the New York fleet were being prepared. Twenty-three boats —five speedy cut ters, six patrol boats and an even dozen lean chasers—were at Clifton Bay Staten Island, base with the supply ship Argus, being overhauled for the drive. Engines were tuned up in anti cipation of speed contests with the more courageous of the whisky buccaneers, and machine guns were put into condi tion for ariy emergency. It became known that a part of the plan would be the assignment Os one or more coast guard boats to watch each of the floating warehouses on the row every hour. In this manner, the Gov ernment men believe they will be able to prevent the transfer of stock into small boats plying between the illicit fleet and the stores of Connecticut, Long Island and New Jersey. This precaution also would prevent the carrying of provis ions, water and other supplies to the ships pn the rum line by small boats operating from the shore. \ Captain Jacobs, white reticent on hia plans, took occasion to deny reports that he had received or given any orders to “shoot to kill,” American students in Sweden usually have breakfast in bed. i - W; ■ , The Concord Daily Tribune SFIIffIL PERISHED , DURING FIRE WHICH FOLLOWED EXPLOSION I . . Building Destroyed Was In Swinsdale, Suburb of Pitts burg—Several Bodies Have | Been Found. BOMB MAY HAVE STARTED THE FIRE Eye Witness Told Police There Were Two Explo sions in Quick Order Be { fore Blaze Was Seen. (By the Associated Press) Pittsburgh, Pa., May ti.—Four bodies had been recovered early today frtim the ruins of three building)) in Swlsdale, a suburb, which were burned and wrecked by an explosion shortly after midnight, i Poor other persons are missing and are believed by the police and fire officials to have been burned to death In the fire that followed the explosion. ' The body of one man was Identified.' but others were burned beyond recogni tion. A number of persons were injured, and two children taken to hospitals were believed fatally hurt. Several adjoining building were damaged before the fire was brought under control. Fire Marshal Thos. I*,. Pfarr expressed the opinion that the blast had been caus ed by a bomb. Eye witnesses told the police there were two explosions in quVk succession in the store of Thos. Pusa | tera, followed by a sheet of flame and the l collapse of the walls of an adjoining build- 1 | ing. Police were investigating a report I that Pusatera had received threatening 1 letters from a “black hand" society. They I were unable to locate the man reported absent from the city. 1 Members of Same Family. | Pittsburgh, May 6.—The eight victims of the explosion today at Swissdale were all members of the same family. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Jeremies were the 1 parents of Mrs. Carl Keglar and Mrs. 1 Carl Baldus, all of whom were killed, to- 1 gether with their husbands and a son ' .of Mr. and Mrs. Baidus. Mns. Marie ' | Kohlte, the eighth victim, • was a sister 1 of Mrs. Jeremias. Find Two More Bodies. 1 Pittsburgh, May 6.—Firemen' search ing the ruins of the three Swissdale , buildings destroyed bjt eSfltoaibhs shortly after midnight recovered two additional < bodies shortly before noon today, making the total death list eight. SAYS SMITH “DOPfeD” HER BEFORE WEDDING Mrs. Virginia C. Smith Starts Action * to Have Marriage to Doctor Set ASide- Charlotte, May !i—Alleging that she , was “doped” by Dr. A. T. Smith and , persuaded to marry him. although he < had another living wife, Mrs. Virginia 1 G. Smith, pretty 22-year-old woman, has . started suit in Superior court in which , she seeks to have her marriage to Dr. Smith set aside. Dr. Smith was convicted of violating 1 the federal anti-narcotic laws at the recent term of federal court here and given a sentence in the federal peni tentiary. The young, woman claims that, while 1 under the influence of narcotics she was . carried to South Carolina on May 14, ‘ last year, where they went through a “form of marriage ceremony.” She says ‘ that upon returning to Charlotte she j realized her situation and had not lived * with Dr. Smith since that time. She asks the court to nullify the marriage ! and restore her maiden name, Virginia Grubbs- 1 Tom Johnson Acquitted. Salisbury, May 5. —Superior Court, with Judge Shaw presiding, finished its j criminal docket in less than two days. Tom Johnson, negro, who was charged with haviqg killed W. Lawson Kluttz, 1 prominent merchant, by hitting him with 1 an automobile was found not guilty. This case was thoroughly investigated 1 but not sufficient evidence was found to fasten the crime on Johnson, or to prove ! criminal carelessness on whoever the 1 driver of the car was. ’ There are no streets in the villages of 1 Little Russia. 1 ’ i CONCORD, N. C.; WED NESDAY, MAY 6, 1925 ----- : ■ - ( i: '■ ■■ -- - ... ; i -I, Most Tragic Eyes in World O / JUp m W w ; J ■ls : r Air' < nnnm « -4P* " ~i, , 4 NWB Harriet Hammond, movie actress, has the must tragic Aw in the si»u 1 writer. Harriet was worktng as Gljta paid tribute to her eyea Now many producer* are bidding tor her services THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 2 Points to Decline of 4 Points—July Up to 23.76. (By the Associated Press) New York, May 6. —The eotlon mar ket opened steady today at an advance of two points to a decline of four points. There was selling on reports of further beneficial rains in Texas, but the mar ket was sutained by covering which ap peared to be in anticipation of favorable features in the weather bureau’s weekly report of crop conditions in eastern and central belt sections. Early offerings were soon absorbed, the market selling up to 23.70 for July and 23.37 for Oc tober, or about 10 to 14 points net high er at the end of the first hour. Private cables attributed the relative steadiness jn Liverpool tp further trade .cavering and covering by tcceiu sellers. Cotton) futures ; opened steadv : May 23.00; July 23.04; October 23.26; De cember 23.47; January 23.12. GORDON CAMPBELL IS FOUND GUILTY IN COURT Charged With Fraudulent Oil Promition and Using the Mails to Defraud. (By the Assorts led Press) Great Falls, Mopt., May 0. —Gordon Campbell, discoverer of the Kevin Sun burst oil field and the man who employed J Senator Burton K. Wheeler at SIO,OOO as | his attorney following Wheeler’s elec-: lion to the Senate in 1922, today was found guilty in federal court here by a jury unnder charges of fraudulent oil * promotion and using the mails to de fraud. The jury was out 20 hours and return ed a sealed verdict at 9:30 o’clock last night. The verdict was read before Judge G. M. Bourquin this morning. Campbell is under another indictment in the district of Columbia with Senator Wheeler and E. F. Booth, former solici tor of the Interior Department, charged with conspiracy to procure Federal land by fraud. The oil operator was senteeed at once by Judge Bourquin to two years in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, and was fined SI,OOO. Vf’rth Our Advertisers. Go to Patt Covington’s, where you get your money’s worth or your money back. You get quick and efficient service at Howard’s Filling Station-, and the charges are right. “Fixtures of character the modern way” at W. .T. Hethoox’s. You will find big bargains in every department of the l’arks-Belk Co’s, dur ing the May Bargan Days Sale. See new ad. today. The Charles Store Co. which will soon open a store on South Union Street, is now ready to receive applications for salesladies. See ad. in this issue'. Harold Lloyd today and tonight in “Girl Sny” for the last time at the New Concord Theatre. Tomorrow "The Price of a Party.” * Another box party will be given at the Browns-Cannon Co. next Friday morning at 11 o’clock. Only 25 cents per box, and you get some big values. The Sinclair Opaline motor oils are Ideal lubricants for all engines. Sold here by the Mutual Oil Co. In Spain it is the custom for the bridegroom to present his bride with her wedding gown and as many other dress es as his means allow. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 I THE AMAZONS £ | : A FAROIAL ROMANCE IN THREE ACTg BY ARTHUR PINERO i CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT AT | | 8:15 O’CLOCK ADMISSION 35 AND 50 CENTS Oq»t includes Mrs Gales Pickard, Rebecca DayvauitJ Helen Marsh, ! ! Dorothea Wolff, Helen Patterson, William Morris, Wallace Moo Miles ] | i Wolff, Hinton McLeod, Horace Nima, H. W. Blanks aud J. IV. Denny. , , THE AUTO RACES ; Twenty Famous Drivers WiU Be En tered This Year. Charlotte, May o.—The memorial day race here over a distance of 250 miles, . in which a field of twenty famous auto i bile drivers are entered, will have in important bearing on the struggle <jf - America’s speed demons for points in . the championship contest. The American Automobile Associa tion, which is sanctioning the May 11th event here, telegraphed the speedway management that Tommy Milton, lead ing with a total of 660 points, has gained a good lead over the spectacular Peter De Paolo, whose total stands at 500. Harry Hartz Is third, with 160; Loon Duray. fourth, 90; Bob MeDbnought. fifth, 85; Earl Cooper, sixth. 55; Pete Kreh). and Benny Hill, tied for seveqjh, . JSfi eqch l BanUno. 3-Y: J'Jtfcri*. : 15t, Con)rtV 15; “Reg” Johnson. ten; Frank Elliott, ten. These driver, with the exception of Comer and Sordino, are entered in the classic which will be run on the one annd one-qunrter mile board oval here next Monday. The entry of Frank Elliott is the lat est to be announced by the speedway . management. Activity concerning the speedway and the approaching race is humming now, jand that tensity which always precedes j a great event in the world of sports al | ready has gripped the racing fans of the • southeastern states. The speedway of ficials are on their toes annd wonndering what may happen when Fred Wagner arrives. Wagner most famous of the j world’s wielders of the flags, has tele graphed from El Paso that he has “a b|g .of surprises" to bring along. It was expected that these surprises are ad ditional entries in the approaching race, the second to be held at the local bowl, where accommodations are provided for 60,000 spectators, including 20,000 in the two great stands. AWAIT COMMENT FROM FRANCE ON ADDRESS Washington Anxlo-us to See How Hough ton Address Will Take With French People. Washington, May 0 (By the Asso rted Press).—Complete analysis of the reception accorded by European capitals to Ambassador Houghton’s Loudon ad dress is awaiting some comment from Uaris where French accounts ’of the speech were brief, and no immediate edi torial comment was offered. Added emphasis attached to the reac tion in France in view of the interpre tation of the address by the Berlin Lokal Anzieger, as “plainly a shot at France,” while other opinion abroad saw in it a generalized pronouncement of conditions upon which American assistance would 1 be made. German comment in diplomatic cir ( cles here also regarded France as the speaker’s target, while French observers „ incline that the speaker had' in mind the election of von Hindenborg. - Negro Delegates to Stay at Convention. (By the Associated Press) Washington, May 6.—Negro delegates : to the quinquennial convention of the In- I ternational Council of Women were pledged today to attend its remaining sessions despite a disturbance occasioned ‘ last night when 200 negro singers, re ’ fused to appear in a musical program be - cause of segregation in the audience of negro visitors. WEATHER FAVORABLE FOR PROPOSER MR TRIP TO TREIRCTi; Captain Amundsen’s Party Plans to Hop Off Wednes day Afternoon Off Point On Danes Island. TWO PLANES^TO BE USED BY PARTY Will Be First Time Airplane Has Been Used In An Ef fort to Reach Land of the North Pole. <B» the A undated Press.) Stockholm, Sweden, May o.—Weath er prospects at Spitzbergen are reported 'excellent soy the forthcoming attempt by Captain Roald Amundsen’s expendition to reach the North Pole by airplane. Both the airships will be flown north ward today following the two expedition steamesr. Farm and Hobby, which yester day left for the intended hopping off point on Danes Island. A dispatch from O!«o, Norway, last 'night said the flight for the North Pole by the Amundsen plane would probably start this Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Danes Island on the north west coast of Spitzbergen. The first plane is to be piloted by Lieutenant Reiser Larsen, with Amund sen as a passenger, and the second by Oscar Omdal with Lincoln Ellsworth, an American engineer, as navigator PRINCE gIeORGE PUT OUT OF BELGRADE Elder Brother of King Alexander Exiled to Hermit’s Life in Lonely Cottage. Berlin, May 6. —Prince George, of -Tugo-Slavio, terror of diplomatic teas, royal iconoclast and elder brother of King Alexander, has been shipped out of Bel grade, into exUe. Yesterday, guards es corted George out of town and deposited him in a lonely cottage where he will lead the life of a hermit. I A despatch from Belgrade, reported that Prince George had been “interned” i by royal decree. The Court has spread the word thnt George is mentally unbalanced, but au thentic information which has come into my possession, indicates nothing is wrong wrjtThim except a sense of humor. Oeorge’h** afwajst fthtncf the royalty bus iness irksome and showed his contempt for ’it vividly. He would tell stiff-necked Ministers and their wives exactly what they looked like. His frankness precipi- 1 tated a series of diplomatic incidents. | His brother finally persuaded him to curb his sense of humor, and for a time all went well. Recently Prince George broke out again and assured the repre-' sentative of an important European na tion that he looked like an ape. This was followed by a Cabinet meeting. METHODIST COLLEGE OF BISHOPS MEETS Want to Specify Method of Voting on Unification for Methodist Episcopal Church, South. (El the Associated Press) Nashville; May 6.—Resolutions specify ing the method of voting on unification, and intended to clarify the situation grow ing out of the recent Baltimore controver sy were before the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal ’liurch, South, as it continued in session Siere today. The resolutions passed late yesterday specify that a majority vote shall deter mine the proposed unification of the Northern and Southern branches of the church and declare that no lay member who is not 25 years of age and lias not for the six years previous to his election been a member of the church shall be a lay member of the conference. Negotiate For Armistice. (By the Associated Press) London, May 6. —Negotiations for an armistice between Emir Ibn Saud, leader of the Wahbi tribesmen, and King Ali, of the Hedjaz, beleaguered in Jeddah on the Red Sea by the Wahabi forces, have been initiated here, it was announced this afternoon. Thirteen members of one family have served as mayors of the English eit.v of Guildford, ranging in date from 1552 to 1905. ; THECONCORD NATIONAL BANK | has moved to temporary quarters on East Depot Street jj 8 adjoining office of the Concord Telephone Company. ■j For the protection of our customers we have erected a ! 5 standard reinforced steel and concrete burglar and fire proof \ [ vault, further protected by a six-ton burglar proof door and j , burglar alarm system. No expense has been spared to make our temporary j | j quarters absolutely safe from fire and burglary. | Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $160,000.00 » A ROLL OF HONOR BANK j MOROCCO CHIEFTAIN HAS RO.OQO IDEM AT HIS OISPOSM, ROW First Thought That He Had But 4,000 Men But During t Past Several Days He Has Recruited Many More. FRENCH OUTPOSTS ARE FREE AGAIN ■ French Troops Relieve Posts j Which Were Cut Off by Tribesmen In Their First Advances of the Week. j Fez. French Morocco, May 0 (By the ■ Associated Press). —Abdel Krim. the Mo- I roccan rebel leader, now is reported to have mobilized 20,000 Riffian tribesmen 1 for his attack on the French zone, in ! stead of tiie 4,000 previously estimated. ' Os these forces, 5.000 are on the border 1 between the Spanish and French zone ■ from which they are making raids into ' the territory occupied by the French in ' their advance of last autumn. FI The French outposts, some of which ' _ were isolated by the Riffians from the ’ Spanish zone, have been relieved by Gen ' eral Colombat’s column, and the garrison ' | supplied with food and water. NEW MAIL SERVICE j IS TO START JULY 1 i Letters May Be Posted Here at » P. M. I and Be Delivered in Chicago Next Morning. I Washington, May 6.—Postmaster I General New expects to start the night air mail service between New York and Chicago July 1. The landing fields n , long the way and the system of signal , lights almg the 800-mile route have beeu 1 provided, and two months’ hence the : New Yorker will be able to drop his i letter in the box at 9 P. M. and have it received in Chicago on the first regu lar mail delivery. To accomplish this . now, he must mail his letters before noon. Approximately the same schedule ' is arranged for the reverse juorney. | The planes are to shove off at 10 P- M. and will arrive at 4.30 o’clock next morning. Instead of taking from twenty to twenty-five hours to get mail from the New York Post Office to the Chica go Post Office, it will take seven hours. I Tiie new mail is the most difficult, ’ air' servtw ’tn tbe"cfei»oftrs'etirt-. hence the pilots will be the most experienced men the Post Ofice has. It is recognized , that the big volume of important busi ness mail, that of thb banks for examp’e. | comes with the close of the day’s busi ness, wherefore the expectation is thnt the loads will be much heavier than those of the present New York-Ohieago day air mail. The Postmaster General says that as ; many additional planes as are required to take care of the service will be put in operation and the service will keep pnee with the demand, The new departure probably will dis turb the tlegraph companies, for it will, i be as speedy as the night letter tele grams. As the mail will arrive before the day plaues take off, it will be possible to send an inquiry at night and get an answer before the close of the next busi ness day. Several Persons Dead at Pittsburgh. (By the Associated Press) Pittsburgh, May 6.—Three jnen and their wives, a fourth woman and a child were listed as dead by the police here today. Carl Baldun and his wife and Richard, aged 6, were among the dead. Helen. 10, a daughter, was !n a hospital sufferiug from a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keglar. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Jeremias, and Maris Kohl te were also listed as dead. The Los Angeles Off to Virgin Islands. (By tbe Associated Press) , Washington, ’May 6. —The dirigible . Los Angeles notified the Navy Depart ! ment that it left Mayaguez. Porto Itieo at , 10.17 o’clock this morning for aflight . over the Virgin Islands. North Dakota, with 14.1 per cent of itn population under five years of age ' has more babies per 100 inhabitants than any other State in the Union, while I the District of Columbia with only 7 per cent has the fewest. * TODAY’S • • NEWS • » TQDAY © ©•«•>©««© No. 107 G CITY Film OF J iTIM KILLED IS t I Men Were Buried Beneath Bales of Cotton When the > Second Floor and Foof Fell In On Them. BODIES FOUND IN THE DEBRIS ; Capt. C. O. Bone and Lieu r tenant Dennard Among the t Victims.— Several Other Firemen Were Hurt. * (By the Associated Press) Atlanta, (la., May (i.—Six oity firemen ) were killer! and four injured here early t today when the upper floor of a building - on which they were fighting fire collaps . ed. the men being buried beneath bales of r cotton that had been stored on the sec- A f ond floor. The building was a two-story ) brick building for storing cotton. Fire i men were fighting the blaze from the ground floor when the roof and upper i floor fell in. ' Capt. C. O. Bone and Lieut. R. L. - Dennard were among those killed. Four i other firemen, F. F. Wilson, L. M. Smith, E. S. Konkle and C. C. King were dead when their bodies 'were taken from the ruins. 1 Assistant Fire Chief Joe Anderson and R. H. Presley were injured, the former ; receiving a dislocated shoulder and the latter a wrenched back. Fireman W. T. . Holt and Berry Johnson also were suf ferings from injuries when rescued from I the debris. The fire was confined tto the one build ing. When the upper floor collapsed calls were sent out for help. The entire fire fighting apparatus was soon on the scene and relief efforts placed on an organized basis. Police kept the crowds at a dis tance while the blaze was being brought under control. It was necessary to dig among the debris to get the and in jured, and it was some tlrie after the fire was out before the missing firemen were accounted for. % About 150 bales of cotton were stored in the building. WALLACE, IS DEFEATED IN CHARLOTTE RACE Cttf. W. It. iWasrfi&i ' "War ' wins Place as Commissioner of Pub lic Safety. Charlotte. May 5.—C01. W. R. Rob ertson, world war veteran and promi nent Charlotte property owner, today signally defeated former Sheriff X. W. Wallace in a hot race for commissioner of public safety in the municipal elec tion. Mr. Wallace has been in politics here for many years and today’s defeat was the first, time the people have turned him down. He has been commissioner of public safety for several years- Eleven out of 15 precincts reporting late to night gave Robertson a lead of 1.334 votes over Wallace. Mayor Harvey Moore and commis sioner of public works W. S. Stancill had no opposition and were returned to office. “Babe” Ruth Denies That He is Through. New York. May s.—Babe Ritth today went to bat verbally against a report that he is “through" as a major league ' star. Propped up by pillows in his bed at | the hospital, where for more than three weeks he has been recovering from indi -1 gestion and influenza. Ruth declared that the statement was “bunk, pure and 1 simple, because I am still at my best.” The home run champion said he felt he was facing the most trying evperienee of his life. Being obliged to remain in a bed while the Yankees were losing ball games inflicted on him a greater hard ' ship, he said, than any other misfortune he could visualize. Ruth declared he had no intention of going to his farm in Sudbury. Mass., to recuperate after leaving the hospital. He admitted losing 35 pounds since his re ! moval to the institution. “As soon as I.lean work out in the i sunshine with flic I Yankees. I’ll get back ■ the weight I’ve lost and you can look for me to hit plenty of homers during the remainder of the season,” he concluded. Jack’s Restaurant Close* Forever. New York. May 5. —Jack’s restanrant in sixth avenue, opposite the _ Hippo drome, closed forever this morning when the last, guest had finished his after party supper. Jack Dunstan himself announced un expectedly at the dinner hour last night that his restaurant, famous for years as the meeting place of actors, newspaper men, politicians and sportsmen, would be closed because he “needed a rest.” With the closing. 100 employes lost their employment, hot Jack said none need worry as at least a score of them are independently wealthy.» WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS j ... mi a. I—. - „ 'l'" • = / " ■ '