* ASSOCIATED • © PRESS « © DISPATCHES © s©©©©©«©« VOLUME XXV ffl KINEDKBURG IS INAUGUMTED WITH SIMPLE CEREIIIES Took the Oath of Office Ac cording to Schedule While Hundreds of Persons Were looking On. NO DISORDERS WERE REPORTED Communists Gave Shout of Protest, But It Did Not Amount to Anything in the Face of Shouts of Approval Berlin, May 12 (Isy the Associated Press). —Field Marshal von Hindenburg was inagurated president of Germany today. Except for a brief shout of protest from tlie communists the inauguration was carried out according to schedule, the field marshall being sowrn into of fice by the reiclistak president, Paul Loebe. before a crowded house. The inauguration took place in the presence of the members the reichstag whose socialist members wore red carna tions. Many other republican members wore republican colors. The entire dip lomatic corps headed by Monsignor Pa eelli, the Papal nuncio, and including Lord de Cabcrnon, British ambassador, M. de Margerie, French ambassador, and the American charge de affaires also was present, and the galleries were packed. Even General Ludendorff, warm com patriot of Field Marshal von Hiuden burg in charge of German military af fairs. was in his place as a reiclistak member, the first time he had been pres sent since the new reichstak assembled. The president-elect, in excellent voice, was heard throughout the large chamber. He began his response to the welcome extended by Paul Loebe by addressing Herr Loebe as “Herr Reich President" instead of “Herr Reiclistak President.” Herr Loebe had addressed the field marshall briefly expressing the hope that during his administration the economic reconstruction of Germany which had been begun under President Ebert would be continued, as well as mutual under standing in the formulas wh'jch had been successfully initiated so that the ter rible consequences of the war would graHtaallp-be removed. Every feature of the inauguration pro gram was carried out smoothly. Brief ceremony of swearing in the President be fore the reachstag was of special impres siveness. President Von Hindenburg in taking the oath The oath preceded the prescribed text with the name of the Diety beginning. “In the name of the Almighty, all knowing God, I swear,” and then pro ceeding with the words of the oath and ending with the religious affirmation. After the conclusion of the program in the reichstag President Hindenburg left the chamber accompanied by all cabinet ministers. Then in the presence of a large crowd outside the reichstag building he took a salute from a regiment of reich swehr while the crowd chanted ‘Deutsch )nnd Über Alles.” After reviewing the regiment of reicli swehr. President Von Hindenburg re-en- Jered his motor car, and accompanied by Chancellor Luther rode to the executive mansion between two squadrons of cav alry. The streets were lined with thou sands cheering. In a manifesto to the German pebple this afternoon, President Von Hinden burg said. “True to the oath, I will devote all my energies to the guardians of the constitu tion and laws. Let us strive through hon est. peaceful work to gain the recogni tion of other nations to which we are en titled and to free the German name from the unjust stain which still lies on it to day.” The President added that the office “did not belong to one klan, one relig ious persuasion, or to one party alone, but to the people in its entirety.” London has nearly 1,700 regularly organized charitable and philantropic in stitutions. London is now able to speak by tele phone to virtually all of the countries of Western Europe. Buying a Home Is a Wonderful I - ii perience '1 We don’t believe there is any other experience in life that can compare with the joy of planning for and attaining a home. Our institution specialises in loans for home building and buying. *i We help people to home ownership by a practical plan that means a “J very small initial investment —a very reasonable and convenient repay -3 ' ment schedule, and fine protection against loss both for the borrower ‘| and the Institution. | Citizens BuUding & Loan Association r| Office in Citizens Bank Building The Concord Daily Tribune ' ' ' ffWjj I GEN. VON HINDENBURG _ The New President of the German Repub NEW YORK TO COUNT NOSES Thcnsands of Enumerators to Start to Work Next Month. New York, May 12. —Thousands of enumerators, the majority of them wom en. will set forth on the first day of next month to take a count of the men, women and children resident in the state of New York, together with the facts relat ing to their age. race, occupation, citizen ship, etc. The census will be the first that lias been taken in this state since 1 11)20 and is expected to show a substan tial increase in population. The taking of the Empire State cen sus is a task of huge proporitions. It also involves great expense, as is evi denced by the legislative appropriation of over one million uOfflKG DAY Two Arguments by Counsel and Judge’s Charge to the Jury Were Scheduled to Be Made During the Day. solicitoTwas LAST TO SPEAK Asked Jury to Return Verdict Against Each of Four Men Charged With Mutilating Joe Needleman. William stonw, X. 0. May 12 (By the Associated Press). —The case of the state vs. Henry 1). Griffin. Julian Bullock, IT. W. Sparrow. Sr., and Ularo Heath, charg ed with the mutilation of Joseph Xeedle man on March 2Sth after the victim had been forcibly removed from the Martin county jail where he was awaiting trial on a charge of attacking a young girl, was expected to go to the jury this af ternoon. All addresses to the jury had been made when Martin county superior ! opened today except those of John G. Dawson, for the defendant Heath, and so licitor Don Gilliam for the state. Mr. Dawson was first to address jury today. He argued to the twelve men that Heath was not at the scene of the crime, and in support of his statement outlined evidence offered by various witnesses to the effect he had been in Kinston at the time the crime was committed. He cited the defendant’s excellent character as tes tified to by a number of witnesses, as evidence designed to show the man had told the truth on the stand, and had not taken part in the action of the inob. Solicitor Gilliam closed the argument for the state. He summed' up the testi mony that had been offered and asked for a verdict of guilty as to each of the defendants. He emphasized evidence giv en by Needleman and his identification of H. D. Griffin as the man whom he al leged had performed the operation, and his description of other members of the mob responsible for the outrage which had been supported by other witnesses. He drew a word picture for the jury of the events leading up and following the mutilation of Needleman. Judge N. A. Sinclair’s charge to the jury was expected to be delivered before the dinner recess of court, and in that event the case against F. W. Sparrow. l ' Jr., charged' with participation in the mutilation was to open this afternoon and was to be immediately followed by the trial of Needleman on a charge of attack. Judge Sinclair at the opening of court today stated he would "hold the jury a week before I will agree to a mistrial,” in the case which was argued this morn ing. “I want to get this situation cleared up,” said the jurist. "There may be a mistrial, I cannot prevent, that, but I am going to give the jury all the time it wants to deliberate, and I am not going to turn them loose until they bring in a verdict unless it takes a mighty long time.” • He said Ills charge would be short and “very concise.” World Police Meeting. New York, May 12.—The so-called “in ternational crooks” are not likely to find New Y’ork a desirable place of residence this week, for here are gathered the heads of the police and detective departments of many of the leading cities of the world. The police chiefs are here to attend the third international police conference, the sessions of which began today and will continue through the remainder of the week. Almost half a hundred of the large cities of Europe. South America, Asia and Australia are represented at the conference, together with several hundred of the leading cities of the United States and Canada. The em ployment of radio in the capture of law breakers will be one of the important subjects of discussion at the sessions. Interspersing the business of the con vention will be numerous features of en tertainment in honor of the visitors. Russia Crux of Geneva Situation. Geneva. May 12 (By the Asssoeiated Press). —Soviet Russia today was made crux of the situation faced by the inter national conference for control of traffic in arms. Poland filed an amendment to the proposed convention to the effect that, the countries bordering on Russia would not be bound by that agreement unless the soviet government also was bound by it. Want to Bombard Tribesmen. Paris, May 12 (By the Associated Press). —France is asking Spain for au thority to bombard or attack the con centrations in Spanish Morocco of the Aiffian tribesmen now engaged in an in vasion of the French zone. The Span ish are further asked to stop the pro visioning of Abdel Krim. the Riffi&u leader, through the port of Agadir. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS -•» Unsettled with occasional showers to night and Wednesday; not much change ! in temperature.