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Bffl CMHET IS
Kirn's w
Work Given to Him After
Edourd Herriot, Radi
cal Leader, Declined the
s Task.
AGAIN COMES TO
AID OF NATION
Will Go Back to League
Meeting With Full Pow-f
er After the Cabinet is
Formed.
Paris, March I).—OP)—Aristide Bri
and, veteran French statesman, today
accepted a mandate from President
Doumergue to form his ninth cabinet
.to succeed the one which fell last Sat
urday.
Once more M. Briand proved to be
the only French leader willing to at
tempt to l?»d the country out of the
financial bog in which it has been
floundering.
Ab he left flip Elysee Palace this
afternoon after notifying the Presi
dent of his acceptance, he said "In
view Os the present situation of my
•country, I have told the President
- that 1 did not feel I had the right to
refuse to attempt the task he did me
the great honor to offer me. I will do
my best to form a cabinet and hope
to give President Doummergue a defi
nite answer this evening.”
• ' The nucleus of the new cabinet, ac
cording to the best information ob
* tainable this afternoon will be: Pre
mier and Minister ot For» : gn Affairs,
Aristide Briand.
War Minister, Paul Painlcve.
Minister of Marines, Gfttrgcs lyy
gues.
There is n strong probability that
RaoUl Peret, former president of the
chamber of deputies, will undertake
the difficult tnsk at the filnhnce min
istry.
M. Briand announced this afternoon
that he was leaving for Geneva Tues
day. This was interpreted to ine.in
that the makeup of the cabinet was
already decided upon with the excep
tion of the post of finance minister,
ans that this would be filled late this
evening or early tomorrow.
.. Bequest From president.
Betfe. March ft.—M. Briand
I -sranaMß tttr rosldent today tb
V form, ahotbef cabinet.
The veteran statesman was called
in after Edouard Herriot. radical
I leader, had declined to attempt the
formation of a ‘‘concentration" minis
try of the left, and had recommended
that Briand be sent back to the league
meetings in Geneva with - all his for
mer power.
The Briand ministry resigned Sat
urday after failure of a vote of confi
dence on the sales tax provision of its
budget program,
UNUSUAL LITIGATION
STARTED IN VIRGINIA
Seeks Insurance For Sailor Lost
Aboard Collier Cyclops—Has Been
Partially Paid.
Norfolk, March B.—Trial of the
suit of Fred Crouch against the
government to compel the payment
of war risk insurance on the life of
hid son-in-law. lost on the collier
Cyclops in 1018, was begun in fed
eral Court here today before a jury.
Judge Edmund C. Waddill, Jr., of
the United States circuit court of
appeals is presiding, Judge D. Law
rence Groner having been disquali
fied by reason of his part la the case
before he was elevated to the beuch-
In 1018 Stephen Konstovlch njar
ried (.’roach's daughter, then 111
years old. ' <
After the mysterious disappenr
ranoe of the Cyclops on which
. Konstovich was serving, the young
; widow put in a claim for the war
rink insurance.
This was paid until July 12,. 1021,
when payments were ordered stopred
|»- the government alleging that by cor-
R tain conduct Mrs. Konstovich had
' forfeited her rights to the insurance.
Suit was filed and has been pending
since. In 1922 Judge Waddili heard
the evidence produced by govern
ment investigators and upheld '•the
government’s contention.
Crhueh, suing l for his daughter
•carried the case to the circuit court
of appeals, which ruled a jury shoo'd
-have decided the issue, aud ordered
that it be retried. The trial, which
legal authorities declare is one cf
the most unusual in the history of
_ the Virginia court, is expected to be
ouilril tomorrow. „
' Missing Salisbury Man la Located-
Salisbury, March B.—George Mei
ehor. whose disappearance from his
bearding house here last New Year's
caused his relatives much anxiety,
has been located working in a restau
rant at Tampa, Fia.
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K. L CRAVEN &
SONS
The Concord Datly Tribune
in Din
MINE DKTER IS
- STEM.) GROWING
Eight Bodies Found at One
Point in Mine at Eccles,
W. Vil, Where an Explo
sion Occurred.
TWENTY OTHERS
. ARE IN MINE
j Rescue Workers Double
}■ Efforts in Hope That
Some of These Will Be
■*" Found Alive.
Eecles, V. V., March 9.—OP)—
The known dead in the mine explos
i io» here last night was increased to
nine today as rescue workers broke
tlircwigh a barrier of debris and found
eight, additional bodies near the shaft
bottom of the Crab Orchard Improve
ment Company's No. 5 mine. Work
ers redoubled their efforts to press
their way into the damaged workings,
hoping to find alive some of the twen
ty other miners who were entombed
by the blnst.
SIMMONS' OFFICE
CLOSED TO SCRIBE
Senator Takes Exception to Articles
Written by Correspondent.
Washington, D. C„ March B—K.
E. Powell, Washington correspondent
for a group of North Carolina ufter
noon newspapers, was barred from
the office of Senator F. M. Simmons
here today because the senator ob
jected to stories nbout him written
by the newspaper man.
It was charged that Powell was
“pursuing a systematic purpose of
misrepresenting ami belittling” the
senior North Carolina senator. It
wos stated at the senator's office that
the break was brought to u head by
a statement with regard to Senator
Simmons by Powell which appeared
in North Carolina papers on Satur
day. The action of the senator was
a distinct surprise to the newspaper
mail.
The theme of the news story wns
that the Democrats in Kie Senate had
capitulated to the Republican major
ity and that thus far the minority
had not developed a single vital is
sue.
The part of the story to which
Senator Simmons took violent excep
tions was a« follows :
“Years ago there used to be a say
ing in fl.ie Senate press gallery—
where the group Sir Edmund Burke
made more or less famous meets to
watch the greatest deiiverative body
on earth—that—
“ ‘lf you want to know what Pen
rose is thinking about, see Sim
mons',”
“The irreverent axiom of the gal
lery.” the story states, “was a doubt
ful compliment to the senior sena
tor from North Carolina, who by the
way, succeeded in the occupancy of
the offices which Senator Penrose had
during the Wilson administration.
But it possibly throws some light on
the hopeless situation in which the
Democratic party, in the Seuate finds
itself.”
KIND DEEDS 30 YEARS
AGO ARE REMEMBERED
Little Girl Cheered Man 111 and. He
Remembers Her in Will.
Winston-Salem. March B. The
will of the late W. O. Crotts, well
known citizen who passed away sev
eral days ago, was filed for pro
bate today. It contains one very in
teresting provision. According to this
provision, in the early 90's the de
ceased became seriously ill with ty
phoid fever in the town of Danville
and while he was convalescing a lit
tle girl cheered him and on many
occasions brought . him sowers. A
legacy of SOOO in remembrance of the
kindness years ago was provided in
the, will for Miss L. Reedio Carter,
and the will states that she may be
found in Danville, Va-, Johnson
City, Tenn., or Jacksonville, Fla.
With Our Advertisers.
See the pictures about Goodyear'
tires ,!n the new ad. today of Yorks
& Wadsworth Co.
Tbe Ruud tank heater Special offer
of the Concord and Kannapolis Gas
Co. lasts till March 20. These heater
cost only $22.75, and you pay only 7“
cents down, balance S2O a month. See
ad. , ,
New fashions are now being ex
hibited at Robinson’s.
Last time today of “Sally. Irene
and Mary,” at the Concord 'Theatre.
Wednesday, Corinqe Griffith will ap
pear in “Declasse.” The Charleston
i contest will close and wilier will be
' announced tonifht. -
Germany’s Application Not Acted
% Upon.
Geneva, March 9.—C4S—On the
proposal of Sir Austen Chamberlain,
the British foreign secretary, the com
mission named by the league of na
tions assembly to consider Germany’s
application for membership adjourned
this afternoon immediately after it
had convened. No date for. a new
meeting was set
Sir Austen pointed out that the
situotion concerning allotment of
council seats had not yet clari
ned. \
Mrs. C. K. Brooks has Mrs. ff. F.
Wearn, of Knoxville, Teira., and Miss
Mary Daniels, ?£ Chapel Hill, as her
facets at her home on North Spring
| j street.
Have You Voted in Prohibition Poll
Yet? Here Is Your Opportunity |
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Have you cast your ballot on I
- the prohibition question yet?
Yesterday The Tribune!
printed balfots so that its read-j
ers could join in the nation
wide poll that is being conduct
ed by 700 newspapei s in all
parts of the ebuntry.
Did you mark one and send
it in ?
If not, do it today.
The ballot is printed here
with again today,, so that all
•who missed it yesterday will
not be deprived of a chance to
make their opinion known.
It provides for the expres
sion of one' of three opinions:
“I favor keeping the prohi
bition amendment as it now
stands, with with strict en
forcement.
“I favor repeal of the prohi
bition amendment.
“I favor modification of thei
prohibition law so as to allow!
the sale of light wine and beer.”*
BUDBETFIGUREHQT!
BASIS FOR MOD
j
Senate Woulfi Give Ship
ping Board More Than
Provided in the Total in
the Budget.
Washington. March 9.—OP)—The
senate appropriations committee in
reporting today the independent offices
appropriation bill, stood on the bud
get recommendation of $18,900,000 for
the shipping board for the next fiscal
year, notwithstanding the Hons* in
passing the bill had increased that
sum by nearly $5,000,000.
The Senate committee, however, at
the request of the' President, argued
that the board be given a fund of
$10,000,000 to enable it to operate ship
lines taken buck from purchasers iff
the face of foreign competition.
The total, carried by the entire bill
is $512,670,870 or $5,391,108 more
than carried by the House members,
ami approximately , $60,500 ntjoye the
regular and supplemental estimate of
tile Budget Bureau.
TEAR DOWN OLD SHOP
OF ANDREW JOHNSON
LeaksviUe Doesn't Prize Landmark
Where Former President Practiced
Tailor Trade.
Reidsville, March B. —When the
small cabin-like at the southeast
corner of Washington and Henry
streets, known to be 80 years old,
was rated Thursday afternoon,
Leaksviile lest oue of its oldest
building and .its most historical land
mark.
This little frame cabin was once
the tailor shop of Andrew JohuHon.
who, as vice president in Lincoln's
administration succeeded to the
presidency. As related by old citi
zens, Andrew Johnson, then a jour
neyman tailor, was working north
ward from South Carolina and elect
ed to stop in Leaksviile for a while
and fit up the gentry. He rented the
ittle building of the Hampton es
-1 tate and plied his trade there for
several months, leaving for Ten
nessee where he combined politics
with his trade and in 1864 became a
running mate with lineoln and was
elected vice president and in 1865
succeeded- to tbe -presidency.
The building gives way to a brick
building to be erected by M. Hamp
ton Pratt, of Madison. For some
time two Greeks have held' forth as
restaurants in the famous tailor
shop.
, High Point is Warned of Smallpox
Spread.
1 High Point, March B—Smallpox is
spreading over the city at a rapid
ate and while the disease has not!
i et reached the proportions of an j
pidemie, it presents cause for I
'ek action on the part of city and
eaith officials.
Dr. S. S- Coo, city pnysietan,
bounded a warning to the people to
day. Along with the statement, he
explained that he does not have uc-j
curate knowledge of how many eases
of smallpox there are in the city at
this''time. The reason for this, he
explains, lies in the fact that physi
cians are not required by North
Qarqiina to report smallpox to the
(Authorities.
Dr. said that unless the pro
per precautions are taken smallpox
is liable to become an epidemic ot
dangerous magnitude. / -
Playing of Rand Cause* Insanity T
/ Billings. Mont.. March B.—When
the Billings municipal band started
its-weekly practice on the top floor
of the city hall yesterday a prisoner
in the cell house in the basement
became violently insane and bad to
be placed in a padded cell. The band
was playing “How Dry i Am.”
The man,' who wns arrested for
vagrancy Saturday, apparently wgs
normal, thv jailer said. nnH’
nusle began to Moat down - into the
tail. He then began to jump up a
down, yell, sing and pgay at the
top ot his voice, v
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Paily
CONCORD,. >N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1926
PROHIBITION BALLOT
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Prohibition Editor,
The Concord Tribune,
Concord, N. C.,
I have marked below, with a cross my position on the
prohibition question.
I favor keeping the prohibition amendmentl I
as it now stands, with strict enforcement. I 1
I favor repeal of the pro- I I
hibition amendment. n I
I favor modification of the prohibition law I j
so as to allow the sale of light wine and beer. I I
Signed JL.
Street Address
City -
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I )K ME
* PROHIBITION VOTE *
* TO BE PUBLISHED *
* ON WEDNESDAY *
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3£ Tlie vote here on national pro- 3f
* hlbition in the campaign now be- HE
3$ ing conducted will be published 3E
* in Tlie Tribune tomorrow nnd 3*
3$ the remainder of this week. All
31 readers are expected to vote on 31
31 whether they favor continuation 31
31 of the prohibition law with 31
31 strict enforcement or repeal of 31
31 the prohibition amendment: or 31
31 whether they favor modification 31
31 to allow the sale of light wines 31
31 aind beer. 31
31 Get in your vote before 12 31
31 o’clock if you want, it published 31
31 each day this week. 31
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ROBERT HILL WANTED
IN RICHMOND COUNT‘D
Loom Fixer in Cliariotte Ctrirgc'l
With Inducing Married Woman to
Lebve Home- Other Charlotte
News.
Charlotte, March' B.—Fifty-five al
leged violators of the federal pro
hibition law were arrested during
the month of February by the 15
federal prohibition agents operating
under J. L. Oteen in tlie western
district of North Carolina, according
to figures made public today by .Mr.
Osteen’s office.
Warrants for 60 other alleged vio
lators were issued during the month
and 1. 640 gallons of whisky were
destroyed. In addition more than 90,-
000 gallons gallons of beet were de
stroyed by officers. Fourteen auto
mobiles valued at $3-000 were seized
as alleged whisky-running vehicles
and other property captured during
the month was va'ued at $31,000-
Rev. W. L. Griggs, of North
Wilkesboro, who has accepted a call
to the Ninth Avenue Baptist church
here will begin his work here on'
Easter Sunday, April 4. it was an
nounced . today. Mr. Griggs succeeds
Rev. J. L. Pruett, who recently re
signed nffor serving the ehurch as
pastor since its organization 30
years ago-
Robert C. Hill, 50-year-old loom
fixer at a local cotton mill was ar
rested last night by loco l officers, at
the request of the sheriff of Rich- 1
mond county. Hill is wanted in j
Richmond on a charge of abduction,
it was said. Richmond officers said-
Vimt Hill is charged with inducing
Mrs. Linda Burrs. 22, Rockingham
woman, to leave her husband and
come here and live with him.
About 100 North Carolina Ford
automobile dealers will leave here
Tuesday night for Detroit, Mich., •
where they will spend a week as
guests of the Ford Motor company.
Charlotte committees have com
pleted plans for the annual conven
tion of "the North Carolina League of
Women Voters which opens here
Tuesday with an attendance of more
I than 100, according to Mrs. Phil Me
Mahon, of Charlotte, president of
the league.
A number of issues that have at
tracted the Interest of the league
sinie its organization will be on the
i program including statewide adop
tion of the Australian ballot; the
limiting of working .hours of chil
dren under 16, years of age to eight
hours per day in industrial and mer
cantile establishments; establishment
of a farm co’ony by the state for
women offenders too old to be .sent
to Sainarcand; a measure requiring
public announcement of intention to
[ wed two weeks before marriagge nnd
state support for a proposed re
formatory for delinquent negro
girls.
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[ Opposes Lease of Virginian Railway-
Washington, March ft—W*>—The
■ state of Virginia in a brief filed with
: the Interstate Commerce Commission
• today opposed a lease of the Virginian
I railway to the Norfolk A Western
and held that the road could be op
• erated more advantageously from a
» public standpoint if acquired by the;
• Chesapeake A Ohio.
i ——
John Philip Sousa waa a teacher
e of music at the age of 10 and a con
ductor at 17-
THE COTTON MARKET
Steadier at Opening at 4 to 9 Points
Higher—May Up to 18.72 and Oc
tober at 17.35.
New York, March 9.— UP) —The
cotton market was steadier at the
opening today, at 4 to 9 points'high
er. Subsequently further slight gains
were made. May reiching 18.72 and
October 17 35. followed by moderate
recessions of about 5 to 6 points dur
ing the first hour. Steady cables nnd
a report that the masters federation
had recommended nil increase of work
ing hours in British spinning mills
using American cotton from 30 1-2
to 35 per week furnis'aed most of the
incentive for the early support in this
market. Another factor of consid
erable importance wns the statement
of Statistics on world consumption
and stocks of American cotton for the
period July 31, 1925, to January 31,
1926, as calculated by the Interna
tional Federation of Master Cotton
Spinners and Manufacturers Asso
ciation. The total consuutiflion was
:plaeed rat 6.987.000 bates, compared
with 7.022.000 for tlte preceding six
months; mill stocks of America total
2.827,000, compared , with 1,815.000
the preceding six months.
Twenty notices of intention to de
liver on. March contracts were issued
this morning.
Cotton futures opened steady.
March 19.30: May 18.70; July
18 08; Oct. 17.34; Dec. 17.01.
ARMY OFFICERS ARE
GIVEN NEW LOCATIONS
Col. George McManus Goes to Canal
Zone To Be Chief of Staff There.
Washington, March 9.— UP) —Under
army orders announced today, Colonel
George H. McManus, now in com
mand of Fort Eustis. Virginia, is or
dered to the Canal Zone to be chief
of staff of the Panama Canal divi
sion. Other officers relieved from
duty in the United States and like
wise transferred to the Canal Zone I
include: Major William A. Jones I
from Fort Niagara, New York, as
signed to duty on the general staff
corps of Panama Canal division;
Lieut. Col. Willis G. Peace, relieved
of general staff duty for assignment
with the Panama Canal department
coast artillery; and Col. Thomas F.
Dwyer, relieved of general staff duty
for duty with the Canal Zone coast
I artiller.
Says Men of Today Are Not Cp to
Physical Standard.
Berkley. Calif., March 9.—OP)—Al
though college students have a fairly
high degree of physical fitness, as a
whole "American men are unprepared
to meet the common physical emer
gencies and demands of life. 1 ’
This is the conclusion of F. L.
Kleeborger. chairman of the depart
ment of physical education of the
University of California.
"The inability of most of our young
men of today to use the power of
their arms, shoulders and middle
body is surprising,’’ he states, and
“the danger from this is greater to
the race than the loss in the power
of navigation creditable to the auto
mcbile."
Brain matter cannot be built by
physical exercise, Kleeberger believes,
but he thinks the present generation
should be developed sufficiently to
enable a man to act quickly and ac
curately in case of an emergency.
W'Ul Dismiss McCormick Suit.
Indianapolis. March 9.—(A*)—Har
old F. McCormick’s suit to prevent
Edith Rockefeller McCormick, his for
mer wife, from obtaining $7,500,000
of Standard Oil stock rerived from a
trust fund set aside by John D. Rock
efeller for bis dscendants will be dis
missed in U. S. District Court here, it
was announced todny by Judge Rob
ert E. Baltzell.
Pounds Speaks at Salisbury Meeting.
Salisbury, March o.— UP) —The 20
th annual convention of the North
Carolina Ice Exchange composed of
ice manufacturers of the state, con
vened here at noon today with Pres
ident T. M. Hines, of Salisbury, pre
siding. The address of welcome was
by Walter Murphy, of city city, and
the response by A. B. Pounds, of
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Clip out this ballot, mark a
cross after tlie sentence that j
expresses your views, sign your
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the ballot to the Prohibition
Editor of The Tribune.
Seven hundred other news
papers, scattered from Maine
to California, are printing s:m
lar ballots. The results of each
separate poll will be tabulated
by NEA Service, newspaper
feature syndicate, at Cleveland,,,
0., and a comprehensive state
ment of the nation’s position on
the prohibition law will be at
hand.
Don’t fail to have a share in
the voicing of this opinion.
Vote now!
We have printed a number
of extra ballots, so that where
1 there are more than one voter
in a family all may have a
chance to vote. Call at The
Tribune office and get extra
• ballots if you need them.
GEHSM
TO CHANGE OPINION
Are Opposed to Poland’s
Admission to League of
Nations Council.—De
cline Compromise.
Geneva. March 9. — UP) —Any sug
gestion that France might offer di
minution of the forces in the Rlrne
land and reduction, of the occupied
area in exchange foW German acquies
cence to Poland's admission to the
league of nations council falls on bar
ren ground so far as the German del
egation is concerned.
This was made clpar today by a
Gernuin spokesman following a round
| about hint along that line conveyed
' through the columns of Geneva news
papers. The published articles re
marked that Chancellor I,other and
Foreign Minister Stresscman could
easily convince German public opinion
that the withdrawal of 1 additional
French troops from German soil as
preferable to ah uncompromising ex
istence that when Germany enters the
council she must enter alone.
"The question of the Rhineland oc
cupation is a matter between the al
lies and Germany,” the German
spokesman said. “The question' of
enlarging the league council is purely
1 a league question, and all candidates
for permanent or non-permanent coun
' cil seats have, equal merit in our
eyes.”
i TALK OF REORGANIZING
SALISBURY BANKING CO.
' Stockholders Told That Sale to
, | Wachovia Company Has Been
( I Completed.
j Salisbury. March B.—The stock -
: | holders of the Salisbury Bank and
; Trust Company this afternoon held
| j their first meeting since their bank
; | was taken over by the Wachovin !
; Bank and Trust Company eighteen I
I months ago. P. S. Carlton, agent of |
[ I the shareholders, reported tnat the
' Wachovia transaction was closed, a I
1 , full sett’ement having been effected i
| and that $32,000 in cash was in I
hand for the shareholders of the old j
1 hank ,nnd SIIB,OOO in uncollected
notes. There is a possibility of the
■ old Salisbury Bank and Trust Com
' pnny being re-drganized bul no
1 action was taken on <his at today’s
I meeting.
Survey Shows Swans Never Divorce
Mates.
Washington, March 9.—According
5 to the biological survey of the de
partment of agriculture, there is no
! Huch thing as a divorce in tile swan
f family. Once tie swan mates, it is
? for life.
i The department suggests feat a
> pair of swans make an interesting at
r traction for a private lake or pond.
• “Swans are glow to mate," it was
“but they remain mated,
y permanently.” This fact is cited to
guide persons in purchases. The ou
i ly satisfactory way to buy breeding
o stock is “in guaranteed mater pairs."
Dentists Mewling In Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., March 9.—(fP) —
Addresses on subjects pertaining to
dentistry were on the program of the
t Second District Dental Societj con
'• vention here today by Dr. J. A. Mc
-0 Clung, of Winston-Salem, and Dr. I).
» B. Mizell,* of Charlotte.
■' Dr .1. N. Holland, o( Statesville, is
” presiding over the gathering, which
1 will adjourn today.
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Expect Favorable Report on Co-oper
ative Marketing.
Washington," March 9 UP)— The
" Senate Agriculture Committee is ex
1* pected to favorably repert tomorrow
'* the department of Agriculture co-op
-1 erative marketing bill already pass
<; ed by the House.
h
5 It is just fifty years s nee John
o D. Rockefeller combined all his eom
>f panics into one, and oalled it the
Standard Oil Company.
nomr.
GREENSBORO (HIED
BE HI CONDUCTOR
Man Fatally Shot by L. E.
Maness, Who Says Two
Men Fired Three Times
at Him.
CONFEDERATE OF
MAN GOT AWAY
Maness, Street Car Con
ductor, Says He Shot
'" Twice at Men Who Fired
First at Him.
Greensboro, March 9.— UP) —The
| body of an unknown bandit lies in a
local funeral home nwaiting identifi
cation. He was shot down last night
near Lindley Park while engaged in
a pistol duel with L. E. Maness, a
street car conductor; the bullet from
a 32 calibre revolver entering his
head. The incident occurred shortly
after II o’clock when the car was
making its last run tp the city. The
scene was in a thick pine grove.
Two men were making nn effort to
hold up the conductor of 'the car, in
vestigating officers said. They had
blocked the track near the park which
was in a sparsely settled neighbor
hood.
The conductor was alone in the car
at the time. He told officers that
three shots were fired at him from
the darkness and that he returned
their fire twice, one of the shots tak
ing effect.
The wounded man was taken by
ambulance to a local hospital where
he died this morning at 3:30 o'clock
without regaining consciousness. The
only clue to his identity was the name
“Bill Romicli" carved on his belt. A
.45 calibre automatic was found near
him by officers. Maness said that the
bandit had a confederate and that
both opened fire on him. The other
man is still at large.
AIRPLANES TO BE USED
TO AID DRY AGENCIES
Planes Will Be Stationed at Various
Points on Atlantic Seaboard at
Once.
Washington. Marc]} o.— trf*)-— !
ganization of the nation’s first dry
air corps was ordered today by Rear
Admiral Bfllard, coitTmafidairr-of the
coast guard.
The deficiency appropriation bill
just signed by President Coolidge. al
lows $150,000 for establishment of fee
coast guard air service. With this
fund Admiral Billard plans to estab
lish five bases along the Atlnntic
coast from New England to Florida
where patrol boat stations are now
located. A plane equipped with a
crew of several men will be assigned
to ench of these places.
Strategic points on the coast guard
campaign against rum smuggling will
be selected, and navy type seaplanes
will be used. Attention will be giv
en to navigation protection as well
ns to rum fighting,
A board was' named today by Ad
miral Billard to outline the policies
of fee new air service. It includes
Lieutenant Commanders S. S. Yean
dle. aide to Admiral Billard; S. V.
Parker, commanding officer of the de
stroyed McDougaU; E. F. Stone, who
piloted the NC-4 in the first airplane
flight across the Atlantic; and C. C.
Von Paulson, commanding officer of
the coast guard base at Gloucester,
t Mass.
. Additional appropriations will be
I asked next year, Admiral Billard said,
j for air bases on the Great Lakes, the
' Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast
i if the new service proves successful.
Everybody Happy.
Durham, March 9.—Dr. H. W.
Chase, president of the University,
told a hundred men, guests at a
Durham Kiwanis club d’nner last
week, that no one was happier that
he had decided to stay in North Car
olina than he was. Representatives
of several colleges were present and,
with other distinguished citizens,, told
him of their appreciation that .he
would stay. Speakers were Lieut.
Governor J. Elmer Long. Secretary
i of State W. N. Everett, Chief Justice
W. P. Stacy, President W. L. Poteat.
i of Wake Forest, President Raymond
■ Binford, of Guilford; Dr. T. L. Har
rison, of State College; Dean W. H.
i Wannamaker, of Duke; Dean A. L.
, Hooker, of Elon; Dr. D. H. Scanlon,
> representing Dr. W. J. Martin, of
- Davidson.
State Sunday School Conference.
Durham, March 9.—Dr. Arlo A.
Brown, of the University of Chatta- ,
nooga, Tenn., and Dr. E. D. Soper, (
' dean of religion at Duke University, ,
11 will be the principal speakers at the \
third annual meeting of the North [
' Carolina Sunday School conference of
• the Methodist Church, to be held at
Goldsboro April 6-B.' Several others
K are on the program.
i
The Coming Baseball Season.
Gastonia, N. C., March it.— UP) —-
• With two college games scheduled
for this cPy during the coming base
e ball season, officials of the local high
- school athletic association are busy
v with final details of the construction
i- of the new $50,000 stadium here.
1 Davidson is to play N. C. State and
Davidson is to play Duke Univer
sity.
n
i- Pope Piua XI. raises at 6in the
e morning and seldom retires before
midnight.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY!
NO. 55
liUNGRESINALACT |
01 MUSCLE SHOALS
PLEASES PRESIDENT |
Chief Executive Thinks I
Commission Should Bea
Appointed to Receive J
Bids For the Plant. |
WANTS NITRATES
TO BE OFFERED
Thinks Plant Can Make
Nitrates For Both Our
Munitions and Commer
cial Fertilizer.
Washington. March 9.—OP) —Presi- it
dent Coolidge feels (hat any lease for
Muscle Shoals should make definite
provisions for production of nitrates
for use in the manufacture of both J
war immltitons and commercial far- ,1
tilizer.
The President is gratified at, the
adoption in amended form yesterday ‘
by the senate of the house resolution
providing for the commission to re- V
ceive bids. He believes it is adequate .
for the proper disposal of the govern
ment's property.
The President feels, however, that
the public has not adequately realized },
how dependent on foreign countries the
1 Jnited States is for its nitrate supply.
It would be a grave mistake in his 4.
opinion to lease the Muscle Shoals ®
property unless nitrate production \
there is guaranteed so that the United
States would be assured of an ade
quate supply in war emergency.
The President is anxious to have
power developed at Muscle Shoals for
use of industries in that territory and
lie believe# that additional dame up
(lie Tennessee River from Muscle
Shoals will be constructed by private
enterprise to supplement the power
generated there, and that no fear i
need be entertained that an inadequate
supply of power will be available.
If provision is made for nitrate
production the President feels that
the farmers of the country will /re
ceive a peacetime benefit because the
product could be used for fertilizer
production, thereby affording them
protection from foreign producers.
PERCENTAGE INSURANCE ONLY
FROM LICENSED COMPANIES' i
Mr.' Wade Advises Our People . Not $
to Do Business With Other Com
panies. .:tSsa|
Raleigh, N. C„ March 9.— OP)—ln
advising people of the state t» .avoid
doing business with insurance com
panies which are not licensed by the
State of North Carolina. Stacey W. j
Wade, .state insurance commissioner *
cal’s attention to the fact that “the'
State is being flooded with litera- 1 i
ture offering insurance policies in
the Federal Reserve Life Insurance
Company, of Kansas City, and the
Union Mutual Casualty Company, of
Des Moines. lowa,” two unlicensed
companies.
These companies, says Mr. Wade,
are not licensed in North Carolina,
and those who purchase insurance In
unlicensed companies run coneider
ab’e risk, because, in casi of the
failure of an unlicensed company to
meet its obligations under a policy,
the policy holder has no redress on
the courts of the state.
“I would strongly advise.” says
Mr. Wade, “that onr people purchase
insurance only from licensed com
panies. The best insurance compan
ies of the United States are licensed
to do business in North Carolina and
they offer every line of insurance, at
standard rates, and they arc safe
and sound.
“There is no good reason for any
citizen of the State running any
risk whatsoever in connection with
h ; s insurance and I hope that they
will do no business with companies
that are not properly licensed in
this State.”
Veteran' Minstrel Says Charleston Is
Not New.
Ho'lywood, Cal.. March 9 —UP)—
George Marion, of the original Dock
stader minstrels, who is engaged in
the films here, rises to declare that
the Charleston, instead of being a new
dance, is as old as minstrely itself.
Marion, w'llo is celebrating his
golden anniversary as an actor, says
the leg-throwing, knee-shaking dance
' f todny has evloved from the “Twist,”
a step popular with the black faced
minstrels n half century ago. Ex
cept that it is done to a slower tempo,
the Charleston is much fee same us
the “Twist" which, Marian asserts,
is an adaptation of the negro ."Es
sence," a barbaric ritual of Africa.
Mary Pickford, whose present an
nual income is said to be close to
half a million dollars, received a
weekly wage of thirty-five dolinre
when she first appeared in motion
pictures.
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
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Fair toaiglit, Wedneada, incrraaO