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VOLUME XXV
TEXTILE DIRECTOfIY
OF MUCHJNTEREBT
Gannon Mills Third Largest
In South in Number of
Spindles.—Largest Is Dan
River and Pacific Mills.
FIGURES GIVEN OF
CABARRUS MILLS
There Are Ffteen Separate
Mill Corporations in the
County.—Rapid Growth of
Industry in the South.
“In all of the Southern States there
are now 17,350,42 ft spindles, or 45.82 per
cent, of the total machinery engaged in
the spinning of ootton in the United
States. There was n net increase of 612,-
574 spindles jin the South in 11124 and a
net decrease of 362,545 spindles in the
States outside of the South.
“The advantages of the South for tex
tile Manufacturing are shown by the
fact that, in 1624, the South, with 17.-
356,1181 spindles in place, operated 49,-
698,27(11367 spindle hours, while the
mills nt all other states, with 20.526,118
sjHedtys in place, operated only 30.473.-
333,254 spindle hours. In other words,
southern mills, with 45.82 per cent, of
the total spindles in the Unr'ted States,
worked 61.64 per cent, of the total spin
dle hours in that year.”
This information is taken from the last
edition of the Southern Hailway System
Textile Directory which has recently
come off the prras and which contains
many statistics relative to the ootton in
dustry in the South and cn particular of
the industry served by the Southern Hall
way. which is a 'rge per cent, ot the
total. „ • • ’ t
Os interest locally is the information
which is fciven in regard to the mills In
Cabarrus County, all of which are serv
ed by the Southern Railroad. At the
present there are 16 concerns in the
county, having a total in spindles of 442,-
326 and a total number of looms amount
lug to 6,053. The list of mills with the
number of looms and spindles is as fol
lows :
A* Gqncord— Dooms Spindles
Bfnncerd Mfg. Co. T. 128
Br«ww Mfr. Cor _ T -
Cabarrus Cotton Mills.. Sffi 28,00 ft
< art non Mfg. Co. 606 301)00
Franklin MIBa-C! 26,536
Gibson Mfg. Co. 744 28,000
Uurtsell Mills C 0... 152 15.248
Hobarton Mfg Co. 125 35,912
Locke Cotton Mills 1.240 35..8J2
Norcott Mills Co. 15,006
Roberta Mfg. Co. 5,546
Kobcrta Mfg. Co. 5,546
White-Parks Mill Co. ._ 8.000
At Kanne polls—
Cabarrus Cotton Mills _ 768 80.000
Cannon Mfg. Co. 4,000 130,000
At Mt. Pleasant —
Halifax Cotton My 11, Inc. 5.184
Tuocaiora Cotton .Mill. 5.760
It is inferesting in this connection to
note that the Cannon Mill at Knnnnpolis,
with 130,000 spindles, is the fifth largest
mill to be listed. It really stands higher
than this, vfor, With the Cannon Mill at
Concord, it would rank above the Loray
Mill at <Jastoa ; a which has 137,50-1 spin
dles and above the Lancaster Cotton Mills
which have 130,608 spindles. The larg
est mills are the Dan River Mills at
Danville and the second largest are the
Pacific Mills at Columbia, S. C.
In a chart showing the growth of cot
ton mills in the South, the rapid increase
of the industry since 1880 is graphically
depicted. It j s pointed out that the
South had “only a very small propor
tion ,(5.27 per cent.) of the total in
1880 and that, from year to year, there
has been a steady increase, not only in
the number of spindles but also In the
proportion <ft the total. With 10,092.000
spindles in 1880, the. number in other
states increased solwiy until the maxi
mum of 204)81,178 was reached in 1022.
Since that year there has been a de
crease of 455,05§> as compared with an
increase in the South in the same peivod
of 1,395,039.”
Another diagram shows the consump
tion of cotton in the Southern Mills
since 1877, as compared with the eon
sumption of the mills in all other States.
It can be seen that the consumption of
cotton in the South has increased greatly
from year to year and that in 1911, the
Southern states surpassed the consump
tion ,!n other states and haeve continued
to do so singe. “In 1924 southern mills
took 3,858,317 bales, which was 2,036,080 i
more than all other states anil 67.92 per
cent, of Hie total consumption, in the
United States. In 1924 the mills outside
of the South used only 1,822,237 bales,
which was actually 157,277 bales less
than the mills outside of the South con
sumed in 1800.-
“Tbe diagram shows that the recessions
of the black colmuns (Southern States)
have been puch less frequent and less
violent than those of tile shaded columns
(all other states), indicating that mills
may be operated profitably .in the South
when conditions in the industry are such
ns to compel shut-downs in other states'.”
Sergeant Killed in Accident.
Mitchell Field, X. Y., June 26 (By the
Associated Press).—Sgt. Douglas E. Lo
gan, of the United States Amy Air Ser
vice, was killed at Mitchell Field todgy
when a piece of a propeller broken in
the fall of * Martin , bomber ,'n which he
was riding, tore through the fuselage
and pierced bis heart. He has relatives
in Bisbee, Arizona.
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Here is William DarHnMWlepherd ns
he appeared on the witneii stand at
Chicago to testify in his own behalf that
ho did not administer typhoid germs to
eausc the death of William McClintoek,
his foster syn.
THE CONTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of i» to 38
Points. With July Selling Up to 23.59.
(■•t H>e Associated Press!
New York, June 26.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at an advance
of 19 to 38 points on relatively firm Liv
erpool cables, complaints of continued dry
weather in parts of Texas, and the report
of the bureau of entomology indicating
a heavy infestation of boll weevil >in
some o fthe eastern states.
No further July notices were reported
and there was some trade buying of that
position which sold up -to 23.® Before
the end of the first hour, a net advance
of 34 points. Liverpool was a moderate
buyer of new crop months, here while
(here was covering by recent sellers and
a moderate commission, house demand
which sena the price of October to 32.62
or 29 points higher. Trading was mod
erately active and the market held very
steady, lathough the advance attracted
considerable realising.
Cotton futures opened steady. July
23 44; Oct. 23.58; Dec. 23.75; jan.
23.17; March 23.46.
PLAN OFCAILLAUX IS
APPROVED BY CABINET
Finance Minister Gets Approval on the
Plans to Repay Maturing Bonds.
Fans, June 26 (By the Associated
Press).—Finance Minister Caillaux’s
measures to repay maturing bonds were
approved at a full cabinet meeting today
under the chairmanship of President
Douinergue. ’
Paris, June 20 (By the Associated
Press). —Finance Minister Cailiaux’s
plans for payment of maturing bonds pro
vide for an increase of 6,000,000,000
francs in both the circulation and the
Bank of France’s advances to the state,
and for the issuance of gold parity bonds
exchangable for the national defense
bonds that mature in July and Septem
ber.
Governor’s Attitude Pleases Washing
> ' ton.
Washington, June 25.—Governor Mc-
Lean’s friend*! here are pleased at the
way he is treating the charges that
North Carolina convict guards are cruel
and mean to those in their camps. They
feel that North Carolina has moved be
yound thjit stage, and should stop that
sort of thing. His promise of a
thorough investigation is considered a
sincere effort to get at the facta.
Notorious peonage cases have given
Florida a bad name. •
Georgia was seriously hurt by the
stories of brutality from Jasper and
other counties a few years ago.
Washington people, who scan the en
tire country, felt that North Carolina
was above such ancient and inconsider
ate practice*.
All of the local papers have carried
reports of Judge Sinclair’s charges, and
they have attracted much attention, but
the attitude of Governor McLean has
been accepted as final.
Denxpscy Pays Slice of German War
BUI
Paris, June 26.—Jack Dempsey is re
ported to have told friends here, on his
arrival from Germany with $22,000 and
q grievance, that he was a “victim of
the Dawes plan.”
Dempsey contracted ft> give exhibi
-1 tions in Berlin for $15,000 per #eek. He
worked for two week*, less one day, and
received $28,000 from the impresario
who staged the exhiblHona. 1
Tax collectors, however, interviewed
the champion immediately after he re
, eelved his payment, and before the con
ference with them was over Jack was
Obltrd to ,I,Q hb .uwr.pt> t« • tb*fc
tor ,6000 for Hi- iocnm. to. and a
CQNCORD, N.-C,. FRIDAY, JUNE 26. 1925
Scopes, Awaiting Trial, Is Keeping Cool
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worrying greatly about It. Here he’s shown taking a flp in the old swimming pool near Dayton, And he
worrying greauy a 4nmn t have to swim aline, either, you’ll note.
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STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
To Be Held in AshevlHe July 23rd.—
Large Attendance Expected.
(By the Associated Press)
Asheville. June 25.—Indications point
to a large attendance at the twenty
seventh annual meeting of the North
Carolina Bar Association, to be held in
Asheville. July 1-3. The program has
been completed in all details.
The opening session will be held Wed
nesday at 8:30 p. m„ the invocation to
be delivered by the Rev. John H. Grif
fith, after which ThomaN A. Jones, of
Asheville, will deliver an address of wel
come. To this R. Hunt Parker, of the
Halifax county bar and solicitor of his
district, will respond.
President G. V. Cooper’s address will
feature the opening session. Mr. Cow
per is a member of the Lenoir county
bar, and he lives at Kinston. His sub
ject will be “Tlie Administration of Jus
tice in North Carolina.”
John D. Bellamy, of Wilmington, will
«l>eak Thursday morning on “The Cape
Fear Bar”. Following this, there will
be an address by Daniel IV. Iddings, of
Ohio, on “The Practice of Peace.”
Chief Justice W. P. Stacy will then
give a report on the Judicial Conference
which met in Raleigh June 25th, after
which J. H. Dillard will speak on “The
Judiciary.” A memorial service to de
ceased members of the North Carolina
Bar AaanduHußwsaMrfe^eu
'There will be a roundtable discussion
at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. The
following topics have been announced:
1. What should be the educational pre
requisities for admission to the bar?
Lrtl by George E. Butler, of Clinton. i
2. How can we relieve the congestion
of our court dockets? Led by Louis 1
M. Bourne, of Asheville.
3. What should be done to improve
our jury system? Led by Associate
Justice L. R. Varser.
From 5 to 7 Thursday afternoon there
will be a garden party given by Mr.
and Mrs. MBrk W. Brown at their resi
dence, “Many Oaks.”
At the Thursday evening session. Finis
J. Garrett, of Tennessee, will address the
bar association on “Amendments to the
Federal Constitution.”
Business sessions will be held Friday.
Thhere will be an outing to Mount Mitch
ell, the visitors to be the guests of the
Buncombe county bar.
TO WITHDRAW LICENSES
OF CERTAIN PHYSICIANS
North Carolina Board of Examiners WUI
Withdraw Licenses of Men Convicted
of Selling Drugs.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh, June 26. —Physicians convict
ed of viola-ting the Harrison anti-nar
cotic act need not expect to retain their
licenses, it was announced here by Dr.
.1. G. Murphy, of Wilmington, member
of the North Carolina State Board of
Medical Examiners. It was stated that
action on revoking the licenses of physi
cians now before the Federal Court here
would depend upon the result. The Board
has announced it will revoke the licenses
of two Gaston county physicians recent-*
ly eonweted. It has rescinded the license
df Dr. Harvey Robinson, now of Reids
ville, but formerly of Chadbourn, whose
narcotic license was revoked by the late
Judge Connor.
Laugh at Stories Simmons Baching the
, Seales Candidacy.
Washington, June 25.—A Greensboro
newspaper story of Simmons sending
emissaries to persuade Scales to run
against Gardner is given the “horse
laugh” from the senator’s Washington
office.
Secretary Hampton pronounces it pure
rot and doubts if Senator Simmons will
even dignify it by a denial. Hampton
qays the so-called “Simmons machine”
exists in the imagination of his political
adversaries and although by them al
leged to be bankrupt seems nevertheless
to give them continued nightmares.
Street Can Stoned in Shanghai.
Shanghai, June 26 (B» the Associated
Press). —Several crowds of Chinese strik
ers and rowdies entered the international
settlement today, stoned and held up the
street cars. Later they were dispersed
by the ’police. .
CONCORD THEATRE I
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SPECIAL SHOWING TODAY AND SATURDAY i
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THEATRE frfjßE PROBABLY
RESULTED IN 35 DEATHS
Impossible SftYkr to Make Check as Re
suit of Fl*, ghd Explosion In GHlii
Theatre.
Kansas City, - Jimc 26 (By the Associ
ated Press).-jAp indefinite number of
persons, probably $5. were killed an.'
scores were injured, ' when an explosior
followed by fire, destroyed the Gillis Then
tre here last night.; An audience of
about 100 were viewing a motion picture.
Following destruction of the five story
theatre building today no definite check of
the dead readily could be made, although
poliee and fire department officials said
they believe from 30 to 35 of the 100 or
more persons in the theatre and restau
rants and stores of the building, had been
trapped in the debris. ,
Audience Was Small
Kansas City, .Tube 25.—An explosion
occurred in the Gillis theater building
tonight while a show was in progress
and the building caught fire.
The explosion occurred in a res
taurant underneath the theatre and n
portion of the main floor collapsed, it
was reported.
Thirty minute* after the explosiion
the south wall of the theater caved in.
crushing adjoining storerooms.
Don Hogan, a fireman, was killed
when a fire truck was wrecked on the
way to the scene.
' The west theater Inter
collnpsed and it Ufas believed t»o fire
men were buried in the debris.
A policeman, who arrived just after
the explosion, said lie saw many per
, HOU « rushing In panic from the theater,
some of them bleeding,
i A woman who was rescued from the
restaurant said about 15 persons were
trapped there.
The audience in the theater was re
ported to have been small.
Spectators declared the entire roof of
the theater was blown off by the ex
plosion. Debris rained down on the
street*, causing spectators to scurry to
cover. The entire North End was shaken
by the blast.
Henry M. Schraeder. who escaped
from the building, said he was seated in
the theater when tlie whole bunding
seemed to crumble.
The floor nnd roof seemed to give way
at the same time, Schraeder said, and
all he could see was wreckage and peo
ple scurrying about, screaming and
shouting.
When the. crash came bricks nnd
other debris were thrown into surround
ing streets, breaking window* from
buildings a block away.
KEEPING CHECK ON
INSTITUTIONS- OF STATE
Institution* Must Live Wltltln Incomes.
\ —Auditor to Make Check.
(By the Associate* Press.)
Raleigh, June 26. —Although some of
the State institutions have exceeded their
appropriation*, others have not expended
their allotments, it was announced by
governor McLean last night. The ex
ecutive stated that definite figures would
be furnished by the State auditor on or
about July let and it would then be de-.
termined whether the overdrawing insti
tutions would be required to make good
out of their future appropriations.
Marlumn Shoe Store Buys Out Parker’s.
The Marksen Shoe Store Chain System
operates numerous eliain stores through
out the South, with headquarters at New
Bern, N. C. This store has just bought
out Parker’s' Shoe Store here, and this
store will hereafter be one of the Mark
son Chain. In order to make some ex
tensive improvements, both exterior and
interior, on Saturday, June 27, a big Al
teration Sale will be put on. All grades
and styles of shoes for men, women and
children will be sold at the lowest prices.
See half page ad. in this paper.
Want Road Money in Wake.
(By th« vaaaclafc* 9m«)
Raleigh, June 26.—Following the de
cision of -the Supreme Court declaring
county loans to the State highway com
mission valid, agitation for a $700,000
bond issue has been- renewed in Wake
An extensive campaign is planned and
an election is anticipated between Aug
ust 15th and November let.
TRYING ALLEGED SLAYERS
OF DEPUTY SHERIFF
Several Negroes on Trial for the Death
In May of Deputy Sheriff Vernon Eas
on.
(By the Associated Frees)
' Gatesville, N. C., June 20—Trial of de
-1 fendants jointly indicted on a charge of
murder in connection with fatal shooting
of Deputy Sheriff Vernon Eason of
Gates County continued here today.
The officer was shot and killed at the
home of Jim Ballard, a negro, three miles
' from Gatesville on the night of May sth.
Taking the stand in her own defense
I this morning. Cora Ballard, one of the
negro defendants, denied she was at the
■ house where the slaying occurred on the
i night in question. Sallie Ballard, another
of the defendants, sharply contradicted
testimony given yesterday by Alvah Jen
kins. states witness, • and special deputy.
; who was with Eason nt the time of the
i shooting.
Jenkins testified that Salie and Mary
Ballard held the lamp for Jim Ballard
■while he shot the deputy, and that Cora
■ Ballard, also on .trial, fired six times.
NEW YORK RECOVERING
FROM SEVERE STORM
Cathedral, Museum, Hospital and Church
Struck by Lightning During Storm on
Thursday.
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New York. June”" 26.—Greater Xe\:
York was recovering today from the es
sects of a thunderstorm during which
which lightning struck a cathedral, a mu
seum, n hospital and a church.
A bolt knocked an arm from the cross
atop of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth
Avenue, while 400 persons, many of them
worshipping, were inside the edifice.
Fragments of the 200-lb. marble arm
showered on the roof and taxicabs park
ed at the curb. No oue was injured.
A 5-ton granite ball was knocked from
the tower of the American Museum of
Natural History by another bolt. The
ball tore a hole in the root, shattered win
dows and ripped up 25 feet of stone wall
along a driveway.
With Our Advertisers.
This is the last week of the sale of
Oriole Gas Ranges at the reduced prices.
•See ad. of the Concord and Kannapolis
Gas Co.
Buy a piano now. See the. ad. of the
Kidd-Frig Music & Stationery Co.
: Take your foot troubles to Ivey's and
learn the true meaning of foot comfort.
Only three more big days of Efird's
Chain Sale. Take advantage of the big
bargains before July lsf.
Baseball Saturday at 4 p. m., Winston-
Salem vs. Gibson. Big game expected.
Read “What is a Master Cleaner” in
the new ad. today of Bob’s Dry Clean
ing Co.
Lots of bargains in groceries at tire
A. & P. Stores. See ad.
Coming to Concord soon, “Quo Vadis.”
Read why you should buy your feed
from Cline & Moose in a new ad today.
The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. ’ is
still selling picnic hams at 20 cents a
pound. Phone 571 W.
Tomorrow is the last day of the Sel
lers June Cabinet Sale at the, Concord
Furniture Co. Better buy one today or
tomorrow while you can save from $5
to $lO.
The June- Clearance Sale of shoes at
the Ruth-Kesler Co. means a big op
portunity to gea good footwear at a low
price.
Big specials for Friday and Saturday
at Parks-Belk Co’s.
Did you say silk frocks? J. C. Pen
ney Co. has them at a winning price,
only $8.90
White Motor Company to Open Monday
Hero.
The White Motor Company, which was
organixed here last Week from* the Motor
and Tire Service Company, will open
busineas next Monday in the quarters
formerly occupied by the Motor and Tire
l Service Company.
The company will have, in addition to
l the service department, the agency for
the sale of Chevrolet automobiles. Eb
| F. White is the manager of the con
• cern. i
RUB** Launch Sharp Atom*.
Paris, June 26 (By the Associated
k Press).—The correspondent of l’lforma
[ tion at Fes. French Morocco, reports
M that Abdel Krum, the Riffian leader, has
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GENERAL PUU
IS GREEK HIEIHfJ
fOLLOMISi
Leader In Revolt Which Ov
threw the Government,
•Formally Takes Up Duties
as New Party Leader.
WORKING~NOW TO
COMPLETE CABINET
No Blood Was Shed In Re
volt, as Gen. Pangalos and
Followers, Have Enough
Support to Win.
(By the Associated Press)
Athens, June 26.—General Pangalos,
former war leader, and leader of yester
day’s revolution, today formally assumed
the Greek premiership.
General Pangalos hopes to complete
his cabinet today.
The attitude of the national cabinet
toward the new government is not yet
defined. .
Gen. Pangalos Leader.
Athens, June 26 (By the Associated
Press). —Gen, Pangalos. former war min
ister, today seemed the likeliest choice
for premier, following yesterday's “kid
glove” revolution by which he overthrew
the Miehaeiakopoulos cabinet without
bloodshed.
The movpment was started at dawn
when, the anti-government forces here and
at Saloniki seized the telegraph office
and cut communications after some harm
less shooting in which blank cartridges
apparently were used. '
General Pangalos and a number of
other officers occupied the engineers’ bar
racks and served an ultimatum on the .
government demanding its resignation
and bolding it responsible for any blood- ,
shed.
Former King of Greece in Paris. L
Paris, June 28 (By the Associated'
Press).—Former King George and
Queen Elizabeth, of Greece, have arrived
here for a two weeks stay. They took a
leisurely drive about Paris this morning. ;
apparently undisturbed by the news of
the revolution in Athens.
GREAT CROWD ON HAND
TO HEAR ROBT. E. CROWE ,
State’s Attorney Is Making Ctoslng Plea
in the Trial of William E. Shepherd. 1
(Cy the Associated Press)
Chicago, June 26.—The greatest crowd '
of the six weeks trial fought for admis
sion to the court room today to hear Rob
ert E. Crowe, state's attorney, make the 1
closing plea in the Shepherd trial.
Prosecutor Crowe, who began talking 1
in »n easy conversational tone, led with I
a denunciation of W. S. Stewart and W.
W. O’Brien, the defense attorneys, for !
their spirit of levity throughout the trial.
He defended himself, Judge Harry CM- ‘
zen and Alexander F. Keichmann from
the defense allegation that the accusa-T'
tion against Shepherd and his trial were
steps in a conspiracy against Shepherd
to prevent him inheriting the $1,000,000 ■
willed to him by the boy he is charged •
with using typhoid germs to slay.
“I am here because it is my sacred 1
duty to be here,” Crowe shouted . “They 1
have introduced a new kind of murder <
here, and because of that it is the most
important trial in the state of Illinois. '
“Yest Stewart and O’Brien would have I
you believe that I am so vile, venial and
corrupt that I would be forced to be- 1
come a party to conspiracy to strangle
an innocent man.”,
Prosecutor Crbwe’s face reddened and
his eyes narrowed as he turned and glar
ed at Shepherd when he arraigned the <
defendant as a “perpetrator of a new <
species of murder.”
Loss By Fire In May. I
(By the Associated Press) i
Raleigh. N. C., June 26, —The total ■
property loss by (fre in North Carolina <
during May was $361,475, it was report
ed today by Insurance Commissioner
Stacey Wade. Property at risk, said. Mr.
Wade’s report, was valued at $1,431,070,
on which there was insurance aggregat- ,
ing $800,920. ,
During the month 156 fires occurred, 1
and of these 17 involved a loss of $5,000 ;
or more each, aggregating $232,058, ,
leaving for the remaining 130 fires a loss ,
of $129,417.
Some of the larger fires were: Tannery
bark and sheds at Morganton, $80,000;
store and contents at Burlington. $19,000;
apartment at Shelby, $18,000; store and
contents at Smitkfield. $12,500; dwelling
and contents at Ayden, $10,300; dwelling
and contents at Wadfesboro, $10,;;;;
four dwellings at Hamlet, $0,150.
During the month there were 103 fires
in dwelling houses involving a loss of ,
$86,332 for town nnd $29,093 for rural
dwellings. Three negro children were
burned to death in one of these fires near
Lumberton.
Chief causes of fires were listed as
follows: sparks on shingle roofs, 47; un- ,
known, 41; oil stoves 8; electricity, and ,
“carelessness,” 7 each; adjoining build
-1 ing and gasoline ignition, 4 each.
Tliere were no fire damages reported
in May in the following places: Rocky
Mount, High Point, Thomasville, Albe
marle, Mount Olive, Sanford, Pinehurst,
1 Weaverville, Kernersville; Mooresville,
' Middlesex, Warsaw, Granite Falls, Fu
-1 quay Springs, Zebulon, Pinetops, Bryson
' City, Jefferson, Marshville, Aberdeen, Elm
> City and Franklinton.
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TODAY’S
Mews
TODAY
NO. 152
TO WARN STUDENTS
OF WAR RIGHT NOW
Shanghai Students Union
Votes to Ask That Military
Men Be Sent to Schools to
Arouse Enthusiasm.
SAYS CHINESE
STARTED RIOTS
Dr. Baxter Denies Report
That Trouble at Shameen
Was Started When For
eigners Opener Fire First. .
(By the Associated Press)
Shanghai. June 26.—A meeting of the
Shanghai Students T'niou yesterday de
cided tx> issue an appeal to all Chinese
students throughout the country “to
learn the art of war and be ready to
fight for their country.”
It was resolved to petition the military
chiefs to select lecturers “to arouse the
patriotism Os the people of soldiers.”
Two additional Japanese destroyers
have gone to Amoy and Canton.’
Says Chinese Started Firing.
. Hong Kong, June 26. —Dr. Alexander
Baxter, vice president of the Canton
Christian College, today corrected state
ments issued by a faculty and student
committee of the college, in which it was
stated investigation showed that foreign
ers at Shameen opened fire upon the
Chinese in procession on June 23rd. "I
hive personally gathered information
which entirely satisfies me firing started
from the Chinese side.” said Dr. Baxter.
No Strike in Manila.
Manila. June 26 (By the Associated
Press). —The Chinese leaders today de
clared they are sympathetic to the strike
gient in China and are willing to
>ute money but not willing to de
» general strike here.
IDENT FINDING
REST AT SWAMPSCOTT
Residents of Town Realize That He
Wants Relaxation and Few Have Ask
ed to .See Him.
(By the Associated Press)
Swamfswett, Mass.. June 26.-^Prev. : dent
Coolidge is finding the rest here he expect
ed whe* he left ■ftr' Washington for a
summer vacation.
Secluded in a pretentious house' on the
coast he has learned after two days' stay
that residents of the North Shore realize
that .lie caine here for relaxation and few
requests have been made to cal lon him.
Mayor Quinn, of Cambridge, Mass., was
accorded the honor today of being the first
to have a conference with the President,
his call being arranged to discus plans
for the reception of Mr. Coolidge when
he goes to Cambridge July 3rd for an ad
dress.
Funeral Services For Ray Safrit rield
Today.
Funeral services for Ray Safrit. ll
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Safrit. of Ashland * Avenue, who died
Thursday on the operatiqg table here,
were conducted this afternoon at two
o'clock at Phaniels Church in Rowan
county. ’
The boy died, it is said, as a result
of the anaesthetic which had been given
for an operation on his nose.
He is survived by his father, mother
and one brother, Roy Safrit.
Women Given Long Prison Term.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, June 26.—Mrs. Mary Jones,
convicted Tuesday of kidnapping 3-year
old Raymond Von Malusk on March 29th,
was sentenced to from 20 to 40 years in
Sing Sing Prison by Judge Collins in
general court today. The boy still is
missing. Judge Collins had given Mrs.
Jones until today to tell whnt she knew
of the boy's fate, but she remained silent.
Barnes Wins Golf Ctaanmfonship.
Prestwick, Scotland, July 28 (By the
Assosciated Press).—Jim Barnes, Ameri
can professional, won the British open
golf championship today with 300 for the
72 holes. McDonald Smith, who led
Barnes by five (mints at the start of to
day's play, broke badly in the final round
and failed to make the 08 necessary to
winA
Several Hurt When Trains Collide.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 26.—Several persons
were injured in the collision of two ele
vated trains on the Southside line of the
Chicago Rapid Transit Co. today. One
of the trains caught fire.
The crash occured near the 35th Street
station. Five ambulances were rushed to
the scene.
Appointed Ambassador to Finland.
Swampscott, Mass., June 20 (By the
Associated Press)*. —Alfred J. Pearson,
of lowa, was appointed today by Presi
dent Coolidge to be minister to Finland.
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