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• ASSOCIATED « • PRESS • • DISPATCHES » VOLUME XXV New Kannapolis V. M. C. A., One of Finest In The South, Formally Dedicated Monday HON. DAVID H. BUUR MS OF LIFE 110 WORK OF 1 Mm At Formal Dedication Exer cises of New Y. M. C. A. Building Held at Kannapo lis Monday Night. BOYS TO CATCH VISION Doors of Wonderful New Edifice Thrown Open.— poor Unlocked by Mrs. James fW. Cannon. Formal dedication of the new Y. M. O. A. building at Kannapolis was made Monday night to the memory of the late .Tames William Cannon in fitting cere monies, the prineipal address of the eve ning being delivered by David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, who appealed to the boys of the community gathered before him to “catch thh vision which Mr, Camion lind and have the pluck and courage to shape their dreams into a jiving real ity.'’ At the conclusion of the program in the auditorium the doors of the new sec tion of the edifice were thrown open to the public for inspection. After the keys I were Handed to C. O. Allen, president of i the Kannapolis association by Mr. Blairi in (he name of the company which had | given the building. Mrs. J. W. Cannon j requested that she be allowed to open the new community center. Taking the keys, with a firm hand, she unlocked the door and stepped in, the first to enter after its presentation to tWe-fieopie of Kaniapolis. * lie .program began when, to* she blg're of the band music, the party of edmpariy officials, Y. M. C. A. officials and the re- ] cepfclon committet entered from the rear and marched to tie stage where they took , their seats. A prayer was given by I Iter. L. A, Peeler, pastor of the Re-1 formed Church, and the speech wasj made, introducing Mr. Blair, by. John Funderburk, vice president of the Kan-1 napolis Y. M. C. A. The speech of! acceptance was made by G. G. Allen. | chairman of the board of directors of j the Kannapolis Y, and the program was ended with a prayer by Rev. J. F. Moser, of the Methodist Church. Mr. Blair, in his address, opened by describing the remarkable change which had come over the plaee which was once n “worn-out, gulley-ridden, poverty-strick en cotton farm.” “Bess than twenty years ago,” he said, “the spot, on which this magnificent structure stands was a part of a poor old, rundown farm which prodneed little of value. The site of tl(is great city of spindles, with its mills among the best in the world, was a barren, unpro ductive stretch of impoverished farm land. Today it is a modern, sanitary, beautiful industrial city of 10.000 pros perous and contented {people. With eight splendid manufacturing plants, with 185,000 spindles and 5,000 looms turn ing out daily approximately 45,000 dozen towels and millions of yards of splendid fabrics of various kinds; with two fine grammar schools and one high school building unsurpassed by anything in the with splendid churches; with places of amusempnt and entertainment*, and with this magnificent structure, with all modern facilities for the development of the mind, heart and the body—a Y. M. C. A. building that would be a credit to any city of 100,000 inhabitants. “If a weary traveler lost in a desert should, just before closing his tired and burning eyes in sleep, look around as far as the eye could see and behold nothing but vast stretches of sand dunes, with an occasional cactus, and then if in the early morning, just as the sun comes above the horizon he should wake and after rubbing his eyes should find him self in the midst of a great forest with the streams of cold, sparkling water flowing through and beyond the forest, great stretches of green and succulent grass, it would hardly be more startling than the magic growth of Kannapolis within the last eighteen years. Upon ■ this wornout, gully-ridden, poverty-strick en cotton farm, this modern, model in dustrial city has arisen. “We go about our work from day to day and we accept this wonderful thing as a matter of course, and hardly pause (Continued on Page Two.) j CONCORD THEATRE I BIG DOUBLE PROGRAM COMMENCING TODAY | | CONCORD’S HERO” ! A Feature Comedy in Two Reels With a Cast of Our Own Folks i Here in Concord Also Last Showing "WANDERING DAUGHTERS” . Aesops Fables and Pathe News No. 48. 3 juto to**^ t ao<v—Boc—40c p The Concord Daily Tribune DEDICATED TO HIM KHj The late J. W. Cannon, to whom the $200,000 \. M. C. A. building was dedi cated Mionday > night with appropriate ceremonies. Mr. Cannon was the founder and builder of Kannapolis. ♦ ************■*■*♦ $ HEAD OF CANNON * * MANUFACTURING CO. * * MAKES A STATEMENT * * * SK As my father, the late James Wil- $6 583 liam Cannon, of Concord, North & 58 Carolina, who planned and built and. 58 I 58 until his death, directed the success -58 fill operation of the mills making up r 8 158 the community known ns Knnnapo- 58 )58 lis, recognized the wisdom of caring * 58 for the'spiritual mental, physical 58 and social welfare of the employees it j* of the mills and directed or assist- 58 *ed in directing the Young Men’s J 8 58 Christian Association, school, and 58 58 church building when the original -s 58 mills were built; and as the Y. M. | 58 C. A. at Kannapolis has outgrown 58 58 its quarters, the: directors and offi- 58 \ 58 cers of the Camion Manufacturing IK & Company, In keeping with the policy 58; 158 of the late James Wililam Cannon. 58 considered It wise and to the best 58 \ 158 interests of the company and the 58, 158 employees of the mills to erect a 58 j jSB new and modern building . for the 58 ' , 58 use of the Young Men’s Christian 58 ; 58 Association to develop the spiritual, 58 | I 58. mental, physical and soc’nl man : jfc j 58 and also to enlarge the scope of the : 8 I 58 work to include the girls and worn- 58 j jik en of the community, and they deem- 58 ' I* ed it proper and fitting that Hie new k 1 3k building be dedicated to the mem- 58 1 58 ory of Janies William Cannon. -8 58 (Signed) 58 58 CHARLES A. CANNON.. * * * ♦ 5858585858585858585858585858*#* HEADED Y FOR 7 YEARS E. J. Sharpe, secretary of the Kan napolis Y. M. C. A-, who for tbe past seven years has been active in the up building of the institution. Its mem bership is 1,889 at the present time. Van Orman’s Claim Being Considered. Brussels, June 10 (By the Associated Press). —The claims of the American bal loonist, Wade T. Van Orman, that he won the recent Gordon Bennett cup balloon race from Brussels, apparently are being seriously considered by the commission which will decide the question. A decis ion wil lbe announced Friday or Saturday CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1925 • STRUCTURE BUILT j AS A MEMORIAL TO | LATE J. W, CANNON Is Dedicated to Memory of a Man Who Was a Pioneer in Successful Construction of Cotton Mills. 'BUILT ATCOST OF OVER $200,000 It Is a Fitting Memorial to the Man to Whom the Community Owes Its Very , Existence. , Dedicated as a monument to the mem r ory of a man who was a pioneer in the construction of cotton mills, a successful . leader iu the textile industry and an up builder of North Carolina enterprise, the ’ new Young Men’s Christian Association : at IvannaiKifis fluug wide its doors Mon ' day night to receive the youth of tile i community in an effort to better the well -1 being of the physical and moral life of ■ this same youth and enable it to become ' a better citizenry. : i The structure was built os a memorial : to the late J. IV. Cannon. In the lobby, directly under a life-size portrait of him, is a tablet which bears the following words: "This building is erected to the memory of James William Cannon, : 1025.” There can be no doubt that it is a fitting memorial to the man to whom . the community owes its very existence. Constructed at a cost of over $200,000, it is said to be the finest building of its kind iu the state of North Carolina and | one of the best in' the entire South. One wing was constructed over two ! years ago and has been-in use since. This sector lins in it an auditorium for use in ; showing moving picture films or for re ■ eeiving theatrical talent. The auditorium I is a large place, capable of seating 1400 , persons and is equipped with stage and ! dressing rooms for the use of visiting art ists. Below, in the basement, are locker ; rooms and game rooms the Association's I ten billiard tables being placed here. In addition to this, there is a modern bar , ber shop and a refreshment s-tnnd. I ~ The new wing takes the place of the. ' old structure which housed the Associa tion since 1008. It contains rooms for the various activities the Y expects to engage in, hns a library, a gymnasium, a swimming pool and game rooms. Not only is the new structure built as a memorial to the late J. W. Cannon, but it is built to enrry on the work which he began when he conceived the idea of building Kannapolis. When the first mills were built in the newly founded town, Mr. Cannon decided that he wish ed to have some type of community build ing and he constructed one patterned after another building which had been erected some time before in another mill village. He decided later to make it a Y. M. C. A. Soon after construction, the building proved to be too -small and it became nec essary to make additions. Several years following another addition had to be made which was almost as large as the original building itself. This gave a new gymnasium and additional game rooms. On the first floor of the new structure is contained the auditorium to which ref erence has already been made. Access to this may be had from the extreme right entrance. The' other entrance leads into the men's lobby which is a handsomely appointed and furnished room. It is filled with comfortable chairs of the overstaffed type, covered in grain leather. Just to the rear of this is n so cial room, really a part of the lobby but with folding doors so that it can be partitioned off if so desired. Behind the lobby and at the side of the social room is the library which forms one of the most important parts of the Y. M. C. A. Since there is no city li brary, it has become necessary for the Y. M. C. A. to furnish the reading mater ial and it has taken over the place usual ly filled by the other organizations. Sev eral thbltspnd volumes are placed here for use of the members. The gymnasium is at the back of the building and will be of very latest con i struetion and equipment. Its length is 90 feet and its width is 45 feet. A bah cony is placed round the entire floor, - giving space for spectators at mntch con tests. Basketball goals will be fixed to boards fastened to the balcony at either end. AH new equipment will be placed in .the gymnasium whicli will be ready ; for use in approximately two weeks. On the second floor are quarters for women und for boys. A women's social room, a large, homelike affair is prettily furnished with wicker furniture. A pi ano and tables, attractively placed, add to its "homelike quality. The boys’ game room and club room gave the boys a place to themselves. Downstairs in tbe basement is a swim ming pool, 20 by 50 feet, with depth ranging from four to nine feet. The meb's locker room has 30 showers in it and the boys’ locker room has 28 show- [ erg. Bowling alleys will be installed at 1 an early date on the ground floor. There : (Continued on Page Two) Another Scene From “Concord’s Hero” ' r f v M I I iSB| I “To Be Shown at the Concord Theatre Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ■ " ‘ Mmuim i ’ THIS' AFTERNOON The Thrilling Local Picture Will Be Shown at the New Concord Theatre for the Next Three Days. MUCH INTEREST , IN THE PICTURE Director Newland Says That ! the Picture Is One of the, Best He Has Made.—Love Story Is Interwoven. Shortly after 1 o’elqck this afternoon, the films on which Were developed the scenes from “Concord's Hero” arrived in the city and were at once taken to the | Concord Theatre where they will be shown during the next three days. The cast. Miss Margaret Virginia Er- 1 vin, Mrs. E. T. Cannon, Robert Bell and Miles Wolff, were guests of the theatre I at a preliminary showing at 2 o’clock I and were able to see themselves parading ' round on the screen after the fashion of comedy and tragedy actors and actresses. Director Newland, who is at present engaged in work at Winston, making a picture there similar to the obo which was made here, sent word to Concord in which he said that lie was confident that the movie “Concord's Hero” would be one l of the best he had made and added that ■ 1 he hoped the fans here would enjoy it. 1 Mr. Newland took a part in the picture and so is doubly interested in its recep- ' tion. The plot of the story hinges on Mrs. Hcnpeck’s jealousy of her husband when he is reported as riling with a strange woman. The chase which follows forms a most exciting incident and the wreck is most realistic. A love story is interwov en in the effort of Billy Brown and his rival to get Baby Ethel’s love. The show will be on at the Conoprd Theatre Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day of this week. McMIL,I,AN HONORED ON EVE OF HIS DEPARTURE WIB Hop Off Tomorrow on Ninth Trip Into the Arctic Regions. i Boston, June 10 (By the Associated Press). —Lieutenant Commander Donald B. McMillan, who will hop off tomorrow on the first leg of his ninth trip into the Arctic, was invited today to be the guest of honor at a farewell luncheon given by the Boston City Club where the explorer makes his tfome while in this city. Wednesday at noon he will get away from the Charlestown navy yard in one of his three amphibian planes to be used on the Polar trip. His destination will be Wiscasset, whence the entire expendi tion will make its start for the North on Saturday. With Our Advertisers. The store of the Pnrks-Belk Co. will bge closed all day Thursday. Watch the paper tomorrow and be on hand Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock. Thermos bottles, electric fans, ice cream freezers and other hot weather specials at Yorke & Wadsworth Co’s. Be sure to read the new ad. today of Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. All Orioles at reduced prices during the sale by the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co. The Standard Biliek Co. has a number of used cars for sale. Get a Goodyear heavy duty cord tire at the Yorke & Wadsworth Co. and be tickled to death. Wool swimming suits for all the family at J. C. Penney Co’s. $1.98 up. , Defies Existence of Secret Notes. (By the Associated Press) Mexico City, June 16'.—Foreign Secre tary Saenz today den'ed the truth of re ports from the Unitod- States that secret J sharp notes had been sent to Mexico by the American government, and that Sec retary of State Kellogg’s recent statement had been issued because these* notes had not relieved tbe situation. MISS POPE RESUMES HER STORY AT TRIAL Fiancee of Wm. N. McClintock Again Testifies at the Shepherd TYial. (By the Associated Pre**" Chicago, .Tune 16. —Miss Isabelle Pope, j who was waiting to marry the young | millionaire, William X. McClintock. when he died, today resumed her story broken by adjournment yesterday, a link in the chain of circumstances the prosecution is | frying to forge about William D. Shep herd. fifty-year-old lawyer, accused of using typhoid germs to slay the youth, who for sixteen years had been his fas ter son. The young woman made a pretty pie p fnro as she told of the romance broken i by the death. | Her direct examination was eoneluded jin ten minutes, with a story of Shep herd’s change of attitude toward her nf , ter they learned she was a fiancee to j Billy. She also testifier! Shepherd had told her ihe had studied about typhoid germs. j “Did Billie ever discuss typhoid with you in the presence of Shepherd V" asked Joseph Sacage, assistant state’s attor ney. "No,” replied Miss Pope. “Djd Shepherd any anything in your presence t* the doctors and nurses about Billie haring typhoid fever?” ! “No.” again was the reply. I Upon, cross-examination W. E. Stew art, chief of defense counsel, began in 'a mild respectfu manner to impeach Miss Pope’s testimony. THE COTTON MARKET Opening Steady at Advance of 2 to 12 Points, and Active Months Showed Advances. (By the Associated Press) New York. June 10.—Failure of the weather news to show rains in Texas, and another private report indicating that , the crop had gone slightly backward ! sinre the end of last month led to cov ! ering in the cotton market early today. The opening was steady at an advance of -two to twelve points, and active months showed net advances of 13 to 24 points, October selling up to 23.34 or 112 points above Wednesday's low level. A private report estimated the condi tion of the crop at 74.7 compared with an end-may report of 77.1, the second private, report to show deterioration from the end-May figures. This, combined with the continuance of drought com plaints from central Texas, led to appre hensions of disappointing end-month crop condition figures, but early buying was attributed chiefly to buying by shorts. I Cotton futures opened steady: July 23.45; October 23.14; December 23.34 ; January 22.90; March 23.17. COTTON CONSUMPTION 531,471 Bales Consumed in May, Which Showed Loss Compared With April. (By the Associated Press) Washington. June 16. —Cotton con-, snmed during May totalled 531.471 bales of line and 61,187 of linters, compared with 597,104 of lint and 50,036 of lint ers consume din April this year, and 413,067 of lint and 42,666 of linters in May last year, the census bureay today announced. Stocks of cotton on hand May 31st were held as follows: In consuming establishments 1,348.304 bales of lint and 154,632 of linters, com pared with 1,514,515 of lint and 162.861 of linters on April 30. this year, and 1.- 157.428 of lint and 122,480 of linters on May 31st last year. Has Narrow Escape From Suffocation. Asheville. Jape 15.—L. R. Perry elderly storekeeper of 82 Patton avenue, narrowly escaped suffocation this morn ing at 2:15 when fumes from a blaze which originated in hie store penetrated to his sleeping quarters above the store. Mr. Perry was forced to tie a sheet to a bar across the wondow and wing down it to make his escape. He states that judging from his giogginess when he awoke, only a few more minutes needed to elapse to prove fatal. The store, operated by the old Wan. was said to contain stock and fixtures worth approximately $3,000 and while exact figures are lacking it Is thought that the greater part of these will prove a total loss. Dr. Kilgore Heads Co-operative Associa tion. (By the AmMtpfchil Press) Raleigh, June board of direc tors of the North Caroling C*otton Grow ers’ Co-operative Association liaa re elected Dr. B. W. Kilgore president of the Association. NO. 143 3 DISTINCT PHASES SHOWN IN TUDY OL TROUBLES IN CHtflk Canton Recaptured by Sol diers Representing Radical Wing of Followers of the Late Sun Yat Sen. THE ANTI-FOREIGN AGITATION SPREADS Impending Clash in Northern China That May Eclipse All Others.—These Are Phases Seen In Study. (By the associated Press.) Washington. June 16.—Three distinct phases of the troubles in China take form ’ as the result of study of the Washington government's mass of reports from that country and a canvass- of expert opinion ip government circles. Canton has been recaptured from the Yunnanese mercenaries by Cantonese sol diers representing the radical wing of the • followers of the late Sun Yat Sen. An anti-foreign agitntion springing 1 from troubles in Shanghai has spread up (the Yangtse River, causing disorders in a score of cities. | A conflict which Western observers j think may overshadow all other develop ments before the cud of 1925 impends in northern China between rival military powers with I’eking and the armed domi nation of most of China as the prize. There is no direct connection among the three phases. Battle for Canton and the impending conflict' in the north ar» pri marily the outgrowth of domestic politics, and except incidentally, have no anti-for e;gn aspects. Aqti-foreign movement is of long and steady growth and reports reaching Washington have emphasized the Itossibility that it may result in seriously curtailing the extra territorial rights and j immunities now enjoyed by foreign resi dents in China by virtue of decade old treaties. The government’s observers may fore see the manifestation of a new national istic spirit in China for several years. More than a year ago an estimate of this situation contained in an unpublished gov ernment report said: “Throughout all elasses in China can be seen an organized movement, to take nway from the foreigners those special privi leges which years of intimidation and clever dolpimcayfqYntSrr etaoin nununu clever dipmloacy has given him. The vio lations of treaty rights will probably be done iu away that will not provoke arm ed retaliation from the war-weary pow ers. Any widespread massacre of foreigners is highly improbable and that alone would rouse the forces of white nations for armed intervention. Shanghai, June 16 (By the Associated Press). —The British Consul General here today vigorously protested to the civil governor and also to the foreign commissioners because of the killing of Wm. N. McKenzie, a British subject, last night. McKenzie was shot by Chinese ag itators. FRENCH MOROCCON PLANS APPROVED BY CABINET Aggressive Steps Planned by French Troops For the Immediate Future. Paris, June 16 (By the Associated Press). —The French cabinet today ap proved Premier Painleve’s plan for quick termination of Riffian warfare in Moroc co. It was announced that French war ships had been stationed off the Morrocan coast today. M. Painleve arrived from Morocco 5 minutes before the cabinet ses sion begah. Tlie Premier reported to the cabinet the measures he had taken while in Mo rocco. to reduce to a minimum the risk and duration of the military operations there. The nature of these measures was not explained. It was stated that a joint Franco-Span i ish arrangement has been made for pa trolling the Riffian coast. The cabinet was in session three hours discussing the Moroccan and financial policies but official communique revealed nothing regarding the political aspects of the government’s course in parliament this week when the fate of both the left bloc and the Painleve government may be decided. Hog Raising Exhibits Are Given in Davidaon. Lexington, N. C.. June 15. —Four successful hog feeding demonstrations have, been comp’eted and the hogs sold for sl3 per hudred pounds at the farm, reports County Agent C. A. Sheffeld of Davidson County. “The most successful of these demonstrations,” he snid. “was the one conducted by M. A. Hedrick, near Lexington. This was carried on for 106 days, - with the hogs making an average daily gain of 1.82 pounds. Dur ing the third feeding period of 34 days these hogs gained nn average of 2,2 pounds a day.” Wants Real “Home Coming.” Raleigh, June 16. —In a proclamation - to people of North Carolina Governor 1 McLean called for general eo-operation l in observance of “Home Coming” in Oe : tober. The executive estimated the ‘ number of North Carolinians in other states at about 160,000. When he isued this proclamation he called for the meet ing of the Home Coming advisory com mittee to be held JTnne 24th.' 11 Five Killed in Distillery. )• Lisbon, Jane 16 (By the Associated ■ ’Press) —Five workmen were killed and t seven injured in an explosion today in a dißtUl«7 H„r oporto. , ■ T - .’t "/.3 1 * •••••••04 • TODAY’S • • NEWS • • TODAY • m IS PERISHED bXTJBB T IT HIKED BE SUMS ■ Coaches on 10-Car Train of I D. L. and W. Road Piled ! One Upon Another by the Accident. FIFTEENBODIES I ALREADY FOUND i Rails Were Twisted by Light -1 ning and Underminded by i Heavy Rains, Thus Giving Way to Train. Haokettstown, X. J., June 16 (By the 1 AsKocintede Press). —At least 15 are be i lieved to have been killed and a score in-' i jured in the wreck of a special ten-car : Delaware Lackawanna & Western train i a mile west of here early today. Twisted by lightning and undermined by heavy ■ rains the tracks gave way beneath the ■ train and the ears and engine piled up, • one on another. Reports said the train carried 182 passengers, mostly aliens : from Chicago, en route to Hoboken where i they were to sail for Europe today. Most of them were asleep in their berths when the coaches pounded upon one another into the steam and scalding water burst ing from the locomotive. The engineer, fireman and conductor are among the wreckage. Fifteeu bodies have been tak en from the wreckage and others are* be lieved to be beneath the wreck. Thirty-four injured were reported in Easton Hospitals, eight at Phillipsburg, N. J., 9 at Dover, N. J., and 3 in Morris town hospitals. The. aeeident occurred during ‘a severe electrical storm. Seven of the ten ears of the train left the track and because of the manner In which the roadbed was torn up, it was j impossible for hours to determine what might have been the cause. Both the en gineer and firemen were killed. The first coach was hurled half way over the top of the overturned locomotive. Men and women fought madly to work their way out of the coaches. The engine blew up and filled the air with steam. Passengers said they were unable to see more than a foot in front of them. Passengers in the rear ear began res cue work early under the direction of Mrs. E. BT. tjfisfter. of Chicago, formerly a nurse, who with her husband, was among those who escaped. BIG FIELD OF GOLFERS FOR SOUTHERN TITLE Largest Field in History at Asheville lor Play Which Will Be Started Tomor row. (~y the Associated Press) Biltmore Forest Club, Asheville, N. C., June 16.—The largest field the annual tournament of the Southern Golf Associa tion ever known was spread over Bilt more Forest Club course today as the qualifying round play £egan. The play today was to decide the 96 who are to take part in the battle for the title. Only 32, however, will be in the first division and the match play tomorrow will reduce the championship flight to 16. The finals will come Saturday. Asheville, host to the tournament, has furnished thirty of the 175 mt rants in the tournament, while Atlanta follows with 25. Memphis, Birmingham, New Orleans, Nashville, Knoxville, Charlotte, Chattanooga and other cities of the South were well represented. Competition for the team trophy to be won by a team of four men nominated by the club they represent will be spirit ed. Englishman Says Evolution is the Hope of the World. London, June 15.—Sir Oliver Lodge, addressing a meeting here last evening, appealed to his hearers not to be “fright ened" at the word “evolution” as they are understood in America. He said he did not know what the American though the. word meant but he thought it was the hope of the world. It meant growth, development and pro gress. If the world was not to be stag nant it must be evolving. Now that humans were conscious beings, with a sense of free will and knowledge, they could help in the process, and evolution might go on faster. Germany Gets French Note. Berlin, June 16 (By the Associated Press). —French Ambassador de Marger ie today presented to Foreign Minister Stresemann the reply of the French to Germany’s proposal for the western Euro pean security pact. The French note represents a Franco-Brirish accord. Tokyo, June 16 (By the Associated Press). —The Japanese government im pressed by the gravity of the Chinese anti-foreign situation, ordered four addi tional destroyers to sail for China to night. WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS prm t jjjg, ; P>rtly cl ~j“ Wed east and central portion. Wednmday.