• ASSOCIATED • • PRESS * • DISPATCHES * VOLUME XXV Body of the Commoner j On Way to Washington' Body of William Jennings Bryan Leaves Dayton in Pullman Car for the Na tional Capital. { FUNERAL TO BE | HELD ON FRIDAY | Body ¥ Oil Lie in State in the Cqpßii City, and Later, Wißße Interred in Arling ton Cemetery. (By the Associated Hressi Dayton, Tpnn., July 20.—Quitting for-, ever the little Southern town where* friends made his last days happy, the body of William Jennings Bryan today began its long journey from Dayton to Washington, where the nation will Idly! final tribute to his memory before burial in Arlington Cemetery ou Friday. The special Ihtihnan. attaehed to a Southern Hallway (rain, drew out eech made by William Jennings Bryan at Columbia, 8. C„ in 11)18 sowed the seeds of a friendship which brought him to live his last hours andy there to die in the home of Richard Rogers, Dayton pharmacist. Mr. Rogers, a soldier in (’amp Jack son, near Colombia, heard the address of the Commoner and became at once an admirer of tbe great man. He followed the iKilitical leader's career with great interest thereafter, and when Mr. Bryan was asked to come to Dayton to assist in (the Scopes prosecution the young pharmacist wrote, to the Flnririjn and intfisd trim i« gue*t duffing his stay here. The fundamentalist spokesman accept, ed the invitation and when he came to Dayton July 7th he etsablished himself in the quite little residence on Market street. When Mrs. Bryan and other members of the household arrived, Mr. Itogers and wife and infant daughter moved to a neighbor’s house, in order t'.iat the visitors might have entire and comfortable oecupanry of the house df five rooms. Funeral Services on Rogers lawn Dayton, July 211.—Tears and low sob bing were noted at the funeral services which were held for Wm. Jennings llry on on the Itogers lnwu, but these indica tions of emotion were not the chief char acteristic of tile deeply reverent throng. Observers posted facing tile standing hundreds noted a common characteristic on the greater part of upturned faces with their expression of deep earnestness. The faces of these avowed followers of the fundamentalist advocates were stamped with pride. Sadness there was ! n many a dim eye, but ns the preacher told of the meats of the man they had gathered to honor, a general lifting of the heads and swelling of the nostrils with other subtle indications announced that these men and women were proud that their leader had passed his lost days in Dayton and in dy ing fell among friends. Scopes Pays Respect. Dayton, Tenn., July 21). —John Thom as Scopes, in whose prosecution for vio lation of the Tennessee anti-evolution state Mr. Bryan took part, and in which the former secretary of state gained wide renown as the champion of funda mentalists religious ideals, visited the home where the Commoner lay in state yesterday. The young biology instructor entered the room where the body day in its cas ket, stood a moment in respectful silence, and walked quietly away. Dr. John R. Neal, senior counsel for the defense in the Scopek casee, also viewed the re mains of his recent legal antagonist. He offered Jiis sympathetic services to the be reaved family and remained with others at the home, for several hours. Funeeral Party in Chattanooga. ’ Chattanooga, July 20.—The Bryan funeral party arrived in Chattanooga at 10:15 central standard time. The pub lic was admitted to the special Pullman where in single file they viewed the re- Concord Theatre § (THE COOL SPOT) TODAY ONLY “Welcome Stranger” \ With Florence Vidor, Noah Beery, I lorta Hughes, Dore Davidson, | Robert Edeson and Otis Harlan. | ! A Famous Picture From a Famous R Broadway Success I Also Pathe Comedy ••GOOD MORNING NURSE” | TOMORROW I 'BETWEEN FRIENDS" E 1 The Concord Daily Tribune mains of the dead statesman. A crowd that was»estiinated at 1.500 |H*rsous prr.sed against the iron barrier at the station os the train' pulled in.) U'aptniii W. I, Baker, of t‘ie Chatta- 1 'uo< 3« police, restrained the eager throng I with his men formed in double likes to I expedite the orderly review. In sing o file men and women with I | a fevy children passed in the cars where ,' the statesman lay. They moved on with- j out halting leaving the couch at the other i entrance. , ■ I | Flowers with tributes of patriotism j from civic and civil organizations were' brought and' placed within the compart ment where the bi dy rejtosed. Room was lacking tie hold them at’.. The widow remained in her seat in j the rear < f the section of the Pullman part of the car. Her face showed the strnin of the sorrowful burden which she lias resolutely sustained. Pullman Reached Dayton Early. ' Daytou, Tenn . July 211.—The Pullman ‘‘Mount: Doane." which will bear the body of William Jennings Bryan to Wasliingt n was placed on a siding iu the rear of the home where the com moner's body lay. rtiis morning at 7:15 o'clock iii preparation for departure one and one-half hour later. Bryan Lived In Asheville Two Years. Asheville, N. C„ July 21).—For two years William Jennings Bryan lived lu Asheville, mainta’ning a home on Edwin Place. Grove Park. That was from 11)17 to 11)11). Tlie Commoner was advised that the nltitude here was not beneficial in his case, and he and Mrs. Bryan, seeking a lower nltitude. became interested iu Florida and moved to Miami. Will Broadcast Services. Washington, July 2fi.—The funeral services to be held here Friday for Wil liam Jennings Bryan at New York Ave nue Presbyterian Church will be broad cast both by the Radio Corporation of America and the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Dayton, Tenn.. July 28.—The moun tain folk, of Eastern Tennessee, applaud ing spectators of his last great battle, paid their final tribute todny to “Brother Bryan” f arless champion -of their Christian faith. Passing in an endless line hundreds of men. wnraea and children who ( watcbed with 'affectionate eyes the last days of tbe Great Commoner looked for the Inst time !nte todr.y at the placid face of their leader ns he lay in a humble Day ton home and glimpsed through < the *ft* At t.Vvte'Brin&wf*. , Itps when eloquence often flowed to stir , the hearts and limbs of men to ac ton. , . I-ater as the shadows lengthened on , the sultry summer day, they stood again in a patient multitude upon the lawn to hear a minister speak a funeral paeon and praise God for the life and , works of William Jennings Bryan. ■ Leave For Capital Today. It was Bryan, the clear-voiced herald of religious Fundamentalism, who re ceived the last rites here today. Thurs day nnd Friday in Washington his I ■countrymen will pay high honor to the Democratic chieftain. Presidential candi date nnd former Secretary of State. In 'Arlington cemetery then, the we'.l loved Wader. Colonel of volunteers in the war with Spain, wi’l be laid to en ml ring rest among the military heroes of the nation. : Tonight the widow—embodiment of ' amazing fortitude in time of mighty 1 sorrow—from her rolling chair wns pre ; paring her household for the departure tomorrow toward the country's capital. ' The special car for the funeral party ar rived in Dayton late today. . William Bryan, the son. will join his ■ mother nnd sister in Washington ear'y • Friday, accompanied h.v Mrs. Grace 1 Hargreaves, another daughter of the * dead statesman. Funeral and burial i hours will then be determined ‘when the I bereaved family has assembled after - their long journeys. Legfoqnalres Guard of Honor. Former service men in army, navy and marine corps uniform formed a guard of honor at the residence this afternoon while the public viewed the face of the departed advocate of uni versal peace. The line of sorrowing friends gassing in and out quietly under the supervision of these members cning of the cotton market today which lowered prices 5 to I) points. Failure of official weather reports to confirm all the rains privately mentioned led to subsequent covering which re gained the early losses and sent the mar ket up 8 to 10 points net higher, October selling as 25.12 and September at 25.25. Some of the ealy private reports claimed from 1 to 3 inches in Ellis County. Tex as yesterday, one of the biggest produc ing communities in the state. The trade was still very sensitive to weather reports and large Vail Street interests led the buying on the rally, uctiug in the belief that the rainfall was not in sectors of Texas that had suffered most from drought. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. Oct. 24.1)5; I)cc. 24.05; Jan. 24 55; March 24.80; May 25.05. LADY GRACE McKENZIE WANTS $50,000 DAMAGES Starts Suit Against the Man Who She Charges. Had Her Arrested. (By the Associated Press) Tampa, Fla., July 21).—Lady Grace McKenzie, who was held in jail here three days on charges prefererd by G. E. Bray, local real estate operator, today filed suit for $50,000 damages against Bray, claiming she was falsely imprison- ed. Lady Grace, widely known as a big game hunter, explorer, write and photog rapher, was charged by Bray with hav ing given him a bad check. She was arrested aud held in jail until a heavily veiled woman, whose name is still un known, made good the check. After her release from prison Lady Grace disappeared, but today she held a | conference with her attorney here, and filing of damage suit followed. The suit was filed with the circuit court clerk and will await action by Bray and his attorneys before action is taken. With Our Advertisers. You will find lots of bargains in C. Patterson Covington’s new ad. today. Good Hour at reasonable prices at Oa brrus Cash Grocery Co., Sohtli Church street. Phone 571 W. Chili sauce the new way. made in a ggs stove oven. 'See ad. of the Con cord and Kannapolis Gas Co. July clearance of all white slippers at $2.05 to $4.05 at Uuth-Kesler Shoe Store. The J. C. Penney Co. will establish 105 new stores in 1025, and now have 676 stores in 44 states. These stores do a business of $1K),000,000 a year. | The only states in which this big firm has 1 no stores are Delaware, Florida, Rhode Island and Vermont. Robinson has 100 silk dresses, worth from $15.00 to $10.50, which- he will place on sale tomorrow (ThuYsday) morning for choice at $7.05. Better act quick tomorrow; The right kind of coal, right kind of price and right kind of service at A. B. Pounds. Phones 244 or 270. The Cabarrus Savings Bank has safe deposit boxes of various sizes to suit every one. “Welecome Stranger,” today only at the Concord Theatre. Also a Pathe com edy, “Good Morning, Nurse.” Tomorrow “Between Friends.” Wbea you get electrical equipment and work from, W. Ji Hethcox, you may dt pend os it being all right. JEALOUSY CAUSES) MAN • TO SHOOT THREE PERSONS | DM Not Want AzvW|v Else to Get Wo-! man He CouM Not Get. (By the AssnztoleO Press) Richmond, Vs., Jute 2U —Because “I ! '«e*ld noMwqi t going to let anyone else get her.’’ was the reason given today by Rudolph IVsse, dapper youth, for shooting to death Mrs.'Vivian Tomlin Peers, his r : val Henry G. Carter, nnd Detective Sergeant J. Harvey Burke, who stood in the way of his reaching Car ter. Willis Britt, automobiles salesman, who also attempted to stop Disse, wns shot in the hip. The triple killing followed a police court case yesterday in which tbe pretty clothing model, the restauranteiir and Disse were principals. The girl was ar raigned on charges preferred by Disse. her erstwhile sweetheart, nnd Disse was charged by Carter with threatening his life. Their cases were continued because of the absence of commonwealth attor ney. whereupon Disc was taken into cus tody jy Burke on a warrant charging him with passing worthless cheeks. BACK-TO-PAGAN TREND SEEN IN WOMAN DRESS i ■ V*/ Hibernian Ladies' Auxiliary’ Head Wans Americans of Peril. Atlantic City, July 2!).—Declining that the wave of feminine immodesty is threatening the womanhood of America ‘ and beckons to a return to paganism, Mrs. Horan, of Pittsburg, who has just ■ been elected national president of the Ladles’ Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hibernians, called on the auxiliary of New Jersey to initiate n movement for the protection of girls and young women against the sinster influence and un wholesome tendencies of the day. She made a special plea to mothers of young girls. “No girl,” she said, “with a sense of sweet womanly modesty and refinement will go about the streets or upon the public beach in garb such as is so eom - mon herfe and at other resorts this sea i son. When we see a woman deliberately exposing herself to the coarse and sensual gaze of men about the public highway we pause nnd wonder if we are in the twentieth century or back in ;iagan times when womanhood was held in little estem by men.” ANTI-EVOLUTION BILL DEFEATED IN GEORGIA Was Presented to Georgia Legislature As Amendment to Apropriatlons Blit. (By tkr Associated Press) Atlanta, Gr.. July 29. —An amendment to prohibit the teaching of evolution iu the common schools of Georgia todny was voted down overwhelmingly by the state House of Representatives. Tlie amendment was offered to the gen i eral appropriations bill and provided • that any teacher or school* teaching or i permitting to be taught a theory of evo ) lotion in contradiction to the Bible’s ac count of creation of man would be out 1 off from receiving state funds. The I amendment related only to public schools. Representative Lindsay, of DeKalb County, author of the amendment, stated after the amendment’s crushing defeat thnt he would not offer an anti-evolution bill. * i Better Get Your New Tags, if You Have Not Already. Raleigh, N. C., July 29. —Beginning : August Ist, the State Automobile License • Department will round up all delin ’ quents who hove not 9r6vided their cars with new tags, it was'stated 'at the'De- I partment. No additional forces will be { employed, however, department officials said. | MARY PICKFORD’S PISTOL FEARED BY KIDNAPERS i Talk of Alleged Abductors on Perils of Undertaking is Revealed. Los Angeles, Calif., July 2!). Dif ficulties) ftvhich might be experienced in -kMnatdng .Hu-vy ’ PMfftml. sert-esi xtfee,- were entered today in records of the Court, where three men arc on trial charged with a plot to kidnap the ac tress and hold her for $200,000 ran som. Tlie obstacles which the State charged the men discussed were con tained in the alleged conversation of the trio, obtained by police through the use of a physician’s stethoscope. Glenn Gruvatt. police shorthand e porter, declared he took notes of con versations. three different nights with the aid of a stethoscope inserted under a door iu a downtown hotel, where the men are alleged to have finally agreed to kidnap the actress. The major obstacle, according to the documents, dSts in “picking up” the ac tress, and the effectiveness of the ath letic ability kif Douglas Fairbanks, her husband, if they had to tear her away from him- Then again, the alleged con versational statement said, if Miss Pickford carried a gun and drew it ou them “things would not be so good. ’ MOTHER FAINTS AS HER LONG-LOST SON RETURNS Boy of 13 Runs Away to Come Back After Eight Years. New York, July 27.—A frail boy of 13 disappeared eight yea is ago from his ■ home. No 35 Rutgers street, and set the ' whole country hunting him. When Mrs. Ida Himelstein, surround ed by her five children, sat at the dinner table Sunday, a big lmsky young man entered. “Does Mrs. Ida Himoistvin live here?” the stranger asked. “I am Mrs. Himelstein. What do you want?” “Why, I’m Teddy, your son,’ the stranger answered. Mrs. Hime’stein. a tiny woman, rush ed forward; kissed him and fainted. Kinds Blaek Snake Embracing Chicken. Madison, July 28.—Mrs. B. It. Gra- Itain. of near town, is authority for the snake story which follows: Recently Mrs. Graham heard a com motion iu a chicken coop wherein she had a .number of friers fattening, and hastened to investigate, finding one chick en jyiug on his back and fanning the air with his feet. Without stopping to observe closely, Mrs. Graham reached in and drew the struggling fowl out. And although site had been feeding tlie chick ens on the fat of the farm, the weight, of this particular individual astonished her. , When she had drawn him outside, therefore, she took a good look to find the reason of this excess avoirdupois. One look was quite enough. Embracing . that chicken was one of the biggest black . snakes Mrs. Graham had ever seen. Very suddenly tlie chicken was dropped . and' help called for. Mrs. Graham’s son came and killed the reptile. After it had been killed the snake was stretched out and measured aud found to be five feet long. It had wrapped it self around the chicken in order to kill the fowl preparatory to swallowing it, it is presumed. Seriously Injured in Air Accident. (By tfie Associated Press) Pittsburgh, July 29.—Lieut. Thomas Cagle, U. S. M. C. aviator, was injured seriously today when his plane crashed near Universal, Pa. The wrecked ship caught fire and Cagel was burned. An other occupant of the plane escaped with I minor hurts. Obeys Bible i '’ ' , W A V'n \ f ' / A f% ■, X v i t i at Wash ington Conference. (By the Associated Press! Washington, July 29.—AriUngements are being made at the State Department for the formal exchange August sth, next, of ratification of the nine power treaty relating to China, which was signed at the time of the Washington arms con ference. Notification has bceu received that the necessary documents from Paris showing the French action in ratifying the treaty would reach Washington in next days. France tVas the las-t of the !) powers ratifying. The treaty is that providing for a commission to revise Chinese customs, to provide the Chinese central government with a 5 per cent, ad valorem duty on imports. The American policy contem plates the assembling of this commission as the first essential step in stabilization of conditions in China In order to insure adequate protection of foreigners. . • 4» fwtditina to flic cusi(J»>** eenferenee. cirtnally all countries concerned have in dicated their intention to apjioint repre sentatives for a comuiisiou to study the question of extra territorial rights' in China, but no date nor scope of inquiry lias been decided on so far as is known here. This comtnisison was authorized by resolution of tlie Washington confer ence. Under the nine power treaty the cus toms conference would meet with China within three months after final exchange ' of ratification. 1 HEIRS OF LATTA MAY PAY INHERITANCE TAXES State Revenue Department Officials Wait For Itemized Accounting. Raleigh. July 28.—The estate of the late E. I). Latta. of Asheville and Char - lotte, may be subjected to heavy, inheri < lance tax schedules under the revenue i and machinery acts of the 1925 general assembly, although state revenue depart ment o dials'will not venture ail esti mate until it receives an itemized ae i count of the value 0 fthe estate. Press reports indicated t'aat Mr. Latta 1 was worth from $6,000,000 to $8,000,- 000, but that a large portion of this had been divided among his widow and two * children a few months before his death. ’ However, under the revenue and machin ery acts all gifts made within three years ' before death are subject to the inheri- tance tax. Hitherto, tlie law exempted gifts in cases where it could be shown that they were not made in anticipation of death. A part of the approximately $2,000.- 000 left to charity may be subject to inheritance tax because all of the causes to which it was bequeathed are not lo cated in North Carolina. Tlie inheritance tax rate on estates valued in excess of a million dollars is 6 per cent. Aged Negro Is Killed by Engine at Spencer. Silencer, July 28.—Ephraim Boles, negro, aged 70 years, met death under the wheels of a yard engine near the Spencer transfer sheds late Monday af ternoon. while on his way to his home in East Spencer. It is said he was em ployed by the street force on Salisbury Avenue and quit work at 530 p. in., and that in crossing the yards was struck by a yard engine. Tlie weels passed over botli legs. He was rushed to tlie Salis bury Hospital in an ambulance but died about five minutes after reaching the in stitution. Just how he happened to get | caught under the locomotive is not known. Some Mills in Gastonia Not Operating Full Time. , Gastonia, July 28.—“A1l plants in this city are running, although several of the textile (mill* are operatiug on half time but are maintaining their usual forces an&L the governmpn*; crop . ' reports were only guesses. Ward Thoron. of the Arkwright club. Boston, j told the conference that Congress and 1 ilie secretary of agriculture will be . petitioner! to suppress part of the re , ports. I “Guesses on tne size of the crop have almost made it impossible for ns to manufacture any cloth." he asserted. "People are afraid to buy goods on ac | count of the speculation which im mediately springs up when the crop guesses come out. Up to September 15 no one is able to make a reasonable guess. "We have reached the point now when we are prepared to petition Con gress and the secretary of agriculture to suppress these reports, at least the first four until the crop gets far enough along to get a rational view of the situation." Laymen of Kannapolis Conduct Church Services. Kannaimlis. July 28.- —-A most in- ; teresting church service was held as a mass meeting of the Methodist, Presby terian and Baptist churches in the lat ter church. Special music was rendered by the choir, orchestra, and Mr. Sharp’s quartet, after which a layman from each of the three churches gave a 10- minutes’ talk. The "sermonettes" were ffirenet from the ordinary routine of church services. Mr- Query, of the Presbyterian church, spoke first on the subject, "How to meet the objections of people you come in contact with while doiug personal work for God.” Mr. Sides, of the Methodist church, took the passage. "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” and developed it in a very effective way. Mr. Funderburk. of the Baptist church, took the subject. “Lives that live—-and why.” He showed that. for one to be successful, he or she “must take a stand for something and stand there, regardless of snares and kicks of other people.” A congregation of nearly 700 people listened attentively. Hunreds Seeking Cancer Vaccination. London. July 28.-—lnterest in the re cent discoveries of Dr. William E. Gyc and J. E. Barnard, micropist, relating to the infective agent of cancer, shows no signs of abating, and further an nouncements on the progress made in combating this dread disease are expect ed. , When it was announced vaccination tests would be made on human beings, hundreds volunteered for the ordeal, but it was pointed out that possibly a year must elapse before it would be necessary to call for volunteers for cancer inocula tion. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS Fair tonight and Thursday, continue^ cool. i " • - ——