se"; The Concord Daily Tribune PIT: VOLUME XXV ANOTHER INCREASE IN COTTON USAGE SHOWN LAST MONTH ■ c During April 597,104 Bales of Cotton Were Consumed ‘ in Country Compared With ' 582,674 During March. 1 1 BIG INCREASE" i OVER LAST YEAR f At That Time Only 478,583 « Bales Were Used—Report * Indicates Less Cotton on I Hand Than Last Year. < {By the AhocliM Prcam.) Washington, May 14. —Cotton consum- { ed (luring April aggregated 51)7,1(14 bales , of lnit, and 511,136 of linters, compared ' with 582,674 of lint and 58,845 of lint- f era during March this year; and 478,583 of lint and 42.680 of linters during April < last year, the Census Korea u today an nounced. Stocks of cotton on hand April 30 ] were held as follows: In. consuming establishments, 1,514,515 bales of lint and 162,861 of linters, com pared with 1,644.703 of lint, and 157,872 1 of linters on March 31 this year, and 1, i 329,001 of lint and 120,456 of linters on 1 April 30, last year. 1 In public storage and at compresses 1,- i 696,147 bales of lint and 40.663 of lint- 1 ers, compared with 2,237,115 of lint and 1 62.256 of linters on March 31 of tins' year; and 1,510,610 of lint and 81,533 i of linters a year ago. i SHAKEUP IN MUNICIPAL. Ii OFFICES AT CHARLOTTE , New Judge, Solicitor and Chief of Fo- ( lice Elected by Commissioners. Charlotte, May 13.—The board of city ( commissioners this afternoon completed a shake-up in municipal jobs with the ( election of a new recorder, solicitor and ( chief of police. . E. McA. Currie, of the law firm of j Pharr and Currie, was elected city judge succeeding Wade H. Williams, whose , term of office had expired. Mr. Wil liams retires after serving the city in the rapacity of judge of the municipal j court for about five years. Fred Helms was named city solicitor sacceding Hugh McAuley, who was not a‘ ruhdtdate 'for re-election. Both Mr. Currie and Mr. Helms are among the j most prominent of the younger members ( of the Charlotte bar. C. R. Ferguson, patrolman of the po- ( lice force here for the past two years, was elected chief of police, succeeding | W. E. Snoody, who resigned following ‘ the municipal election last week. W. E. Abernethy and L. L. Hackney, prominent Charlotte business man, were each fined $5 by Judge Henry P. Lane, in Superior Court, this afternoon for vio lating hi 6 orders regarding crowds in the court room. Earlier in the day Judge I.ane had ordered all spectators from inside the space reserved for lawyers and later Abernethy and Hackney were caught in the forbidden space. They paid the fines and sought other seats in the room. NO FUFtTHER COMMENT ♦ ON THE FRENCH DEBT Next Step in Regard to Funding Debt Must Be Taken by French Govern ment. tßy the Associated Press) \ Washington, May 14.—The Treasury will have no futber comment on possible negotiations for funding the French debt until official steps have been taken by the French government. The decision was made known officially today and it was known that Secretary Mellon held the view that discussion by idlicials of this government should be withheld because it might have an ill ef fect on the French plans. Fear Another War in China. Peking. China, May 14 (By the Asso- ; ciated Press). —Considerable apprehen- j sion exists among the Chinese in the northern part of the country, owing to * reports that Gen. Cbnng TsoLin the Man- ( churian dictator, is moving troops toword ( Peking where the “Christian general,” Feng Yu Hsiang has stationed ilia forces, j The reports are that considerable num- ( bens of the Mukden general's soldiers ( soon will arrive in the vicinity of the t capital, but it is generally believed that , Feng Yu Hsiang will allong Chang to ] occupy Peking without fighting. It is reported that some of Feng's sup porters have been prevailed upon to adopt a neutral attitude, and consequently the Christian general is not strong enough to fight. , The highest price ever paid for a star hockey player in Great Britain was $22,- 500. The breaking of glass is one of the characteristic features of a Jewish Wed ding. ANNOUNCEMENT Auction Sale of County Home Proper ty on Kannapolis Road will be conducted Wednesday, May 20, 2:00 P.M. instead of on May 21, as heretofore an nounced. Ford ear to be given away free. Balloon ascension. Remember the date of sale and be on hand at 2:00 p. m. Linker & Barnett OPPOSE PLAN OF FORD TO SCRAP 400 VESSELS Shipping Board Members Prtbably Will Oppose Plan When Formally Present ed to Them. itiy the Associated Press) Washington. May 14.—Henry Ford’s willingness to buy 400 ships from the shipping board involving n large scrap ping program met with immediate oppo sition today in’ some shipping board I quarters. Should the sale of several hundred shilis for serapping be decided on it is expected the matter would.be referred to the ship sales commission headed by Commissioner I,issuer, and the ships would be advertised for sale and the awards made to tke highest bidders. Thin would mean that' Mr. Ford would have to enter the field against ail other bid ders. While the view was expressed that eventually 300 or 400 of the laid up ships, including for the most part Lak ers, would be forced to the junk pile, some rs the commissioners said that it was by no means certain that the board would agree to any wholesale serapping for some time to come. At the same titme it was made clear, that no offer from Mr. Ford had been received at the board and the members are awaiting the return of Chairman Mr. 'OConnor from a trip to Detroit and Buffalo before formally going into such a question. SAYS CHURCH BOOKS ARE FILL OF JAZZ Dr. Hubert M. Poteat Declares Publish ers Are Catering to Desires of the People. Chapel Hill, May 13. —The church books of the country are full of songs with jazzy tunes, according to Dr. Hu bert M. Poteat. Wake Forest College pro fossor amj versatile musician of the firs; rank, who has been spending several days here with Dr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Knight. / Dr. Poteat gave an illustrated lecture in the Baptist Church here Sunday morn ing, pausing long enough now and then to go to the church piano and show how verses of serious content are being adapt ed to jazz tunes. Dr. Poteat said there are too many cheap song books on the market, that commercialism in singing is probably the cause. “Publishing houses are going to suit the tastes of the people,” Dr. Poteat said, “for it is from the public that they get their livelihood, they will print the bocks the public will buy.” HENRY A. L. KLCTTZ, OF ROWAN, IS DEAD Supt. Guy Phillips Leaves Hospital.—P. A. Brown’s Stolen Car Is Found. Salisbury, May 13.—Henry A. L. Klnttz, aged 63, is dead at his home in Providence township, following n brief illness. He is survived by his wife, five sons and three daughters. The funeral will be conducted from Union Lutheran Church Thursday at 2:30 o’clock. Guy B. Phillips, superintendent of the Salisbury school, who had an emergency operation for appendicitis ten days ago. has recovered sufficiently tto go to his home on Fulton street. Tlie automobile stolen from P. A. Brown, local salesman, when he was as saulted by highwaymen, in Davie county Monday night, was found in n ditch near the place of assault. Officers are still hoping to locate the men who attacked Mr. Brown. He was not badly hurt and is able to be at his duties again. FRACTURED SKULL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH Tills Opinion Given in Connection Witli Death of Infant at “Baby Farm.” New York, May 14 (By the Associated Press). —Dr. Otto Sehultze, medical ’ex pert. notified the District Attorney after an autopsy that a fractured skull caused the death of William Winters, one month , old infant, who had been placed in the East 86th Street “baby farm” of Mrs. . Helen Auguste Geisen-Volk. The woman is now under $36,000 bail on charges re sulting from investigation of baby homes which she conducted. The death certificate gave heart fail , ure as the cause oDleath of the baby, As ’ sistant District Attorney Ryan said. Prize Winning Babies Ready for Adop tion. Greens Doro, May 13. —“We have in our nursery ready for adoption into approved footer home, ten baby boys and five baby girls from one to twelve months old,” says John J. Phoenix, superintendent of the North Carolina Children's Home So ciety, in a statement just issued. “These are unusually attractive in fants and suitable for the highest type of home,” says Mr. Phoenix. “Appli cants must be well recommended and measure up to a high standard. Write us promptly for application blanks and requirements necessary to secure one of these infants.” Sir Rider Haggard Dead. London, May 14 (By the Associated Press). —Sir Rider Maggard, the author, died here today. In his day H. Rider Haggard was one of the most widely read of popular novel ists, the acme of his popular achievements being reached in his novels of the late ’Bo’s, “King Solomon’s Mines ” and “She.’ The scene of these, ns of his other most successful works, was laid in South Africa, where Rider Haggard went in 1875 as Secretary to the Govern or of Natal. He served later in the ! Transvaal, and was one of the officials [Who hoisted the British flag over that ter- I ritory on Queen Victoria’a birthday in 1877. The first exclusively English golf amateur championship was held recent ly on the Royal Liverpool course at Hoylake. Heretofore all English cham pionship tournaments —both amateur and open—have been thrown open to the world. In 1889, at Louisville, Tony Howard won a wager of S2O and annexed the “championship” by smoking 100 cigar ettes in 6 hours 35 minutes. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925 Disaster Hero and Rescue Shin I When the government boat M E Norman turned over in tho Mississippi river, near Memphis. Tenn.. causing the death of more than a score of people. Tom Lee. negro (inset), proved himself a hero. Through his ef forts at least 20 persons were carried to safety In his launch. Above Is shown the Choctaw, which arrived on the scene shortly after the accl lent. dragging the river NO SHORT LEASE OF MUSCLE SHOALS POWER Senator Underwood Thinks It Unlikely That Government Will Grant Short Time Lease. (My (be Associated Press) Washington. May 14.—There is little prospect of leasing for a short period the power of Muscle Shoals, Senator Under wood, of Alabama, declared here today after a conference with President Cool idge. Senator Underwood championed a bill in the last session to lease the properties. Failure of Congress to authorize dispos al of the properties lids led to sugges tions that the secretary of war lease i the power meanwhile. Senator Underwood agreed with the view of President Coolidge that no lease should be made of the power if it will hinder in any way final disposition of the 1 properties, a problem which is now be ing studied by a special commimssinn ap pointed by the President. GASOLINE PRICE PUT UP CENT IN CAROLINA Advance in Seaboard States Makes the North Carolina Price 19 Cents. New York, May 13. —A general ad vance in gasoline prices along the At lantic seaboard was announced today by most of the principal refining companies. ! This increase, taking place in the face of private reports of another large gain in the average daily gross crude oil pro duction last week, was generally con strued in Wall Street as an indication i I hat the surplus supply of stocks was f being heavily drawn upon as a result of , the recent record-breaking consumption. The Standard Oil Company of N. J. | originated the increase by raising do mestic prices one cent a gallon. J. W. Denny will take a group of boys to n camping place several miles from the j city Friday evening, where they will en gage in a sham battle Friday night and Saturday morning, returning to Concord [ some time Saturday morning. ' Gasoline at local stations went up an . other cent yesterday, making it total 25 cents to the consumer. In recent months * tlie price has fluctuated, hovering near ' 25 cents the greater part of tlie time. rXO GET /j\, It can be done Wallace Beery as Dr. Challenge! discovered “The Lost WdilcT by going thro a maze of traits. Are you as clever as Dr. Challenger ? The first installment of this wonderful serial will ap pear in The Concord Daily Tribune tomorrow, Friday j May 15th. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm Today at Advance of 15 to ' 38 Points, July Selling Up to 22:12. (By the Associated Press I New York. May 14.—Tlie cotton mar ket opened firm today at an advance of 15 to 38 points, July selling up to 22.12 and October to 22.03 in response to rel atively steady Liverpool cables and re ports that lower level of prices was : bringing in a little more inquires from * spinners. The weather outlook, however, was con sidered very favorable owing to prospects for fair skies in the western belt and fur ther showers east of the River and the j advance was checked by realizing on a renewal of local. Western and Southern I selling. July reacted to 22.01 and Oe j tober to 21.89 by the end of the first I hour, when the market was rather unset , tied, although the active months were still 6 to 12 points net higher. Cotton futures ’opened firm. May 21.91); July 22.12; Oct. 22.00; Dec. 22.15; Jan. 21.85. UNITED STAQE LINES ALREADY SHOW PROFIT Daily Receipts of Over Four Hundred Dollars Reported by Receivers. Greensboro, May 13. —The first re port of receivers of the United Stage Lines, a bus concert) operating between here and Raleigh, submitted this after noon tot Judge A. IV McElro.v, of Su perior Court, shows daily receipts of ov er S4OO siuce April 20th, when the re ceivers. A. D. Ward, of this city,. and John W. Hester, of Oxford, took hold. Receipts between April 20th and May Tltli were $7,740 and expenditures $7.- 236. leaving $470 profit. The receivers reduced what they called “excessive” sal aries paid drivers and cut off some em ployes at terminals. The two weeks preceding the receivership the daily re ceipts were $363 on average. • 1 Want Conference Divorced From League. Geneva, May 14 (By the Associated Press). —The American delegation to the League of Nations international confer ence for control in traffic- in arms and munitions, today officially filed an amend ment to divorce the arms convention from the League of Nations. FRENCH PUNISH THE TRIBESMEN, SETTING FREE FOUROUTPOSTS Tribesmen Driven Back on Long Front as French At tack Line and Gain Head way in Bayonet Attack. MANY INVADERS ARE FOUND DEAD All Branches of Service Took Part In French Attack, With Airmen Harassing Rereating Army. Paris, May 1 (By the Associated Press). —The Rjffian tribesmen who in vaded the French zone of Morocco un der the orders of Abdel Krim were driven back along a long front in yesterday's operations, according to a statement from the French headquarters. Four beseiged French outposts were relieved and the village of Azdour was captured in a bayonet charge. Tlie re treat of the tribesmen, the statement says, became general at. noon yesterday, land the retiring enemy is being harassed | by aviators operating in great forces. . The Riffians who are retreating north ward through the valleys of Otied Ane cuer and Mnmcudn are reported by the French to have suffered heavy losses. The French operations were on a mas sive scale with all branches of the serv ice participating. Tribesmen Severely Punished. Rabnnt, French Morocco, May 14 (By the Associated Press). —Abdel Krim's Riffian invaders were severely punished by the French yesterday in a series of operations which relieved ali but two of the surrounded outposts and established tlie French on the Bibane Heights. REPORT OF DRY AGENTS IN STATE FOR APRIL 163 Stills. Many Gallons of Liquor, Sev en Autos and 99 Men Seized During Month. (By the Associated Press) Salisbury, X. C., May 14.—Federal dry agents working out from the central of fice under direction of A. B. Ooltraue, stnte director, lind a prosperous month, according’, to the April report issued to day. \ t A total of 163 stills and distilleries, 41 worms, 1,149 gallons of spirits, 142,- 720 gallons of malt liquors, 21 gallons of wine, 2,058 gallons of mash, 060 gallons of pomace, 1,628 fermenters, and 7 auto mobiles were seized by the sleuths. Tlie total value of property seized and de stroyed is given at $61,200.75, while that seized and not destroyed is valued at sl,- 896. Prosecutions totnlled 220, with 99 ar rests reported. Scorpion Stands Off Swann of Wild Bees. Monroe. May 13.—While working in his field some time ago W. L. Rape noticed a blackjack in the edge of tlie woods which had a hole about two inches , in diameter leading into the hollow. Sticking out of that hole was the head of a scorpion so large that it made Mr. Rape shudder, for that is one animal that he does not like a little bit. Not wish ing to have any difficulty with such a varmint, he went on about his work, making a mental note that he would bring his gun down some time and shoot him. A few days thereafter he was working in the same field and heard a roar in the vicinity of the tree and went to investigate. He found a swarm of bees circling round the hole and the same old scorpion sitting there guarding it. The reptile wouldn’t get out and the bees wouldn't go in while he was there, so 'they settled on a limb of the tree. Mr. Rape is an old bee keeper and he knew what to do. He got the boys and a bee gum. They climbed the tree, plugged up the hole and the scorpion in it, cut a section of the limb that the bees were on and hived them. They went to work at once for their new mas ters and seemed happy to be settled down. The boys unstopped the hole and pre sumably the scorpion is still on guard, though Mr. Rape says he aims to take his gun with him some day and get the fellow. He just, doesn’t feel good work ring in his field with that thing sitting rin his hole watching him. Albemarle to Erect Confederate Statue. Albemarle, May 13.—One of the best pieces of news to break during the past several weeks was tlie announcement by the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy of the closing of the order for a monument tot the Confederate sol diers. The monument will be 5 1-2 feet thick at the base and will .stand 18 1-2 feet | high. The base will be of a fine grade of granite, while the figure of the Con federate soldier will lbe of bronze. On the monument committee who se lected the design and gave the order, were Miss Mary Mabry, Sirs. H. L. Horton and Mrs. M. J. Harris. The total cost of the monument will be approximately $6,000. which amount lias been largely donated by citizens of the town and county. Os course, not all of the necessary cost has been raised, but enough is in hand to warrant the starting of the work, i and there is little anxiety as to whether or not there will be any trouble in rais ing the remainder of the funds. Will Not Take Initiative in Calling Con ference. London. May 14 (By the Associated Press). —The British government will not at present take the initiative in calling a world disarmament conference, Premier Stanly Baldwin told the House of Com mons today in replying to a member's question. Why Be Rich? •jlLuvi'’ l jg fgUs & ggg gj&HKV fll mkxs? J MB J|||| ?■/ n" •* M | I Here Is a fellow who -gets up and goes to work in the morr-ng and he doesn’t have to. Vernon Martin of Chicago. 20-year-old son of the mil lionaire parts manufacturer, in six months will be heir to $300,000. Yet every day he takes his place as a laborer in one of the plant’s shop 3. POCKETBOOK MAY PROVE THE MISSING LINK Property of Slain Woman Found in the Effects of Bmce Lane Now In Jail. Asheville, May 13. —A pocketbook may prove the "missing link” in the murder of Mrs. Nora Ellis Burns, whose life less body was found last Sunday in the French Rroad River. Her pocketbook was found in the per sonal effects of Bruce Lane, painter, who is being held in the county jail in con nection with the tragedy. Two weeks ago the woman left the house Os a friend and said she had an engagement to meet Lane at a local restaurant. Several hours“later. Lane, it TSTreTiireit, Went to the home of this witness and said lie had been hunting for the woman and was willing to offer SSO reward to learn her whereabouts. From the time the \voman left the house until the body was dis covered in the river near Long Shoals, her movements have not been traced. - The theory of suicide has been dis carded by Sheriff Mitchell for lie believes the woman was murdered. She was shot just above the left eye. the bullet piercing the skull. Mrs. Burns was right handed and it is not probable that ' she would have fired a shot over her left | eye, contends the sheriff. MRS. SHEPHERD FREED OF CHARGE OF MURDER Grand Jury Absolves Wife But Refuses Tto Take Action Regarding Husband. Chicago, May 13.—The county grand ■ jury today absolverd Mrs. Julie Shepherd. II co-guardian and foster moster of Wiliam . 1 Nelson MeClintock, milionaire orphan, of I implication in his death and in the death t of his mother, Mrs. Ema Nelson Me * Clintoek, by voting a "no bill’’ in eacli 1 instance. t The case of Mrs. Shepherd's husband, f William Darling Shepherd, already un- der indictment for the murder of young MeClintock. was left open with respect to the death of Mrs. MeClintock, the 1 grand jury refraining from taking any ac tion after hearing the evidence up to date. This procedure, is was explained, w.il nlolw the grand jury to hear any fur ther evidence developed later. Army Fingerprints Find One Man In Seven Million. The identity of any man who has served in the regular army since 1906 can be learned, and tlie entire record of the soldier laid bare in from ten to twen ty minutes, through the fingerprint sys tem the service lias employed for almost twenty years to register its members. More than 7,000.000 men have been in the army since the method was installed, but data for any one of them can be lo cated quickly by comparing his finger marks with those in the files. The op eration of tlie system is so simple that, it is said, inexperienced clerks can ac complish successful searches in a few minutes, after a short instruction. Al though there are on record more than 50.00 ft Smiths, 40,000 Browns and 28,- 000 Johnsons, it is claimed any one of them could be easily identified by means of the fingerprint system, which also has been used to expose frauds, to keep un desirables from enlisting, and to pro tect the government against false claims. Fingerprints Are Sent Over Wire. Chicago, May 13. —Fingerprints sent by wire from New York to Chicago last night were identified in one minute after I being received, the bureau of identifica ti