' ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI ■n 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. TJ^dcoSl?" Certainly / Phone 74 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 | | ■ - ■ H ■■ ■ 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 i -- ■ 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 - i !♦***********♦ I )K ME * PROHIBITION VOTE * * TO BE PUBLISHED * * ON WEDNESDAY * * * 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 31 31 * 3!3!3!3!3!3!3!3!3!3!3!^ 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. I " ’ —" [ 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 - ♦ Clip out this ballot, mark a cross after tlie sentence that j expresses your views, sign your name and address and ‘mail 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 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. i- —•- 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: ’ Fair toaiglit, Wedneada, incrraaO