ASSOCIATED , < PRBgS't DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI WANTS PRESIDENT TO GIVE OPINION AS TO PROHIBITION Ren. Black, of New York, Says Question is “Out standing Issue Before Us” at This Time. SAYS G. 0. P. TO % CARRY BLAME , Senator Wadsworth and; People Do Not Seem to ! Be Together, the, Con gressman Believes. ■Washington. March 10.—C/P)— President Coolidge was asked to make n statement on prohibition today by Representative Black, Democrat, of New York, who declared the question is the "outstanding issue before us.” The Republican party, he said, must ta)te "responsibility for condi tions in the liquor traffic” and “it is time for the President as leader of his party to straighten out hjs fol lowers.” “In the Republican party of New York,” he coutiuued, “it is a question of every man for himself. Repub lican dry congressmen are ready to run on the same ticket with Senator Wadsworth, a professed wet who vot ed for the Volstead act. “Wadsworth thinks that the drys ure wrong, yet he is willing to run with them. The drys think Wads worth is wrong now, yet they are ready to run with him.-’ SAID “DERN” 75 YEARS AGO, SORRY EVER SINCE Jackson County Woman Was 10S Years Old on Last Monday.' Asheville. March !). —Mrs. Jane Childers sat among fifty birthday party guests at her home near Dills boro, Jackson county, yesterday and looked back upon tier life that began March 8, 1923. Her conversation in dicated that in general she believed she had lived her life as Christ, in whom she voiced a staunch faith, wou’d have bad her live it. But there was one slip of the tongue back in her early life that worried her. puce when she was helping Mrs.- cow. Hie cow suddenly van away. “Dern tbat old cow,” Mrs. Childers exclaimed. And for some three quarters of a century she has been regretting ut tering that one “dern.” Mrs. Childers was borh in Spar tanburg county. South Carolina. Trespassers on Southern Paid Usual ' Death Peualty. Atlanta, Go., March f).—Of the trespassers who gambled with death on the tracks and trains of'the South ern railway system during 11125, 128 were killed and 151 injured, accord ing to figures for the year which have just been completed by tte Southern’s safety department. While walking on troeks, 93 were killed and 60 injured; 35 were killed afid 87 injured while stealing rides or “hopping” trains; and four were injured in miscellaneous accidents. “There is a striking constancy about the figures recording casualties among trespassers on the property of Hhe Southern.” says a statement is sued by the safety department, “which —under the well established principle) that, where opproiimntely the same number of persons take the same has nrd during different periods, about the same number will be kil'ed and in jured—would indicate that there has been no substantial decreoae in tree' passing despite all the examples that .have been cited and the warnings given. “The figures for the preceding years are as follows; 1922, 129 killed and 171 injured; 1923, 154 killed ond 178 ■ injured; 1924, 130 killed and 174 in jured. The percentage as between casualties, to trespassers on tracks and trains has also been fairly con stant, 90 persons having been killed and 60 injured while trespassing on the Southern tracks during 1024; and 35 killed and 87 injured while tres passing on trains, with the figures for the otter years being very nearly the same.” Fifty Trawlers Sink During Terrific Gale. Vienna. March 9—;A Belgrade des patch to the newspaper, Pester Llyod, of Budapest, reports that fifty trawl ers with their crews were sunk along the Dalmatian coast during a ter rific gale. On shore a train was overturned and many passengers were seriously hurt. The Italian freighter Seeno was shattered on the rocks of Spalato horbor. . Half of its crpw perished. Quincy Derrick Dies of Injuries Sus tained. Monroe, March 9.—Quiney Der rick died in the EUen Fitxgergfd hospital this morning as a result of injuries sustained when his auto left the road and collided with a ’phone pole on highway number 20, four tniles west of Monroe, last Saturday night. Ed Helms, who was with Derrick at the time of the accident, in at large under bond. He contefias that both wore so drunk that he ‘does not know who was driving. Der rick did not regain consciousness from the time of the accident until death. The Concord Daily Tribune SEUIH FIVE STATES FIHTK ESEMPMSOK Men Were Members of a Party of Six Who Muti nied, Wounded Three Guards and Escaped. TWO CONVICTS ALSO WOUNDED I One-of Guards and One of I the Convicts Are In At lanta Hospitals With Se •rious Injuries. Atlnnta, Ga., March 10.—Search today was spread out over 5 states, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina for three Fulton Comity convicts, members of a party of six who late yesterday mu tinied, wounded three guards, and two convicts, and escaped in an automo bile they seized from two Atlanta so ciety women. One of the guards. P. P, Newsome, and one of the convicts H. 1., Davis, are in hospitals here with serious in juries. | \ The mutiny was staged when n party of eight convicts in charge of three guards was returning in a mo tor truck tp u convict camp from , a day’s work. Three of the convicts tft a signal suddenly wrested a pis tol from F. P. Barfield, a guard, and fired all the Whots in it at Newsome. Barfield and Guy Reid, another guard, brought their shot guus into play, wounding two of the prisoners. They pushed another from the truck. The wheels of Hie truck passed over him causing injuried which may cause death. The convicts then fell on Reid and Barfield, relieving them of their guns, and made off. NEWSPAPERS IN THE STATE For Every Six Persons in North Car. olina There is a Daily Paper Pub lished. Raleigh, March 10.—W)—For ev ery six persons in North Carolina there is a copy of. a daily paper pub lished in the state. This is shown by figures compiled by 'M, V. Atwood, managing editor .of S ' Vs . Observer-Dispute fn a Survey of North Carolina news papers. Witt a total population of 2.559,128. North Carolina dailies have a circulation of 404,492, Mr. At wood's survey shows. There nre hen morning and twen ty-nine evening papers published in North Carolina on week days, and ten papers publish Sunday morning editions. Seven of the Sunday morn ing editions are published by the morning dailies, and three by the evening dailies. Twenty-nine of tile North Caro lina papers have circulations tinder 10,000 each; five haVe circulations be tween 10,00 and 29,000; one Has a circulation between 20,000 and 30,- 000; and the circulation of five of them exceeds 30,000. . Two papers i* the state have edi torial and news staffs of fourteen; one has twelve; two nine; one eight; two seven, two five, three four; fiive, three; and two, two. Tile salaries of editors and report; ers on dailies in North Carolina vary widely? Mr. Atwood's figures show. .Six papers reported editors’ sala ries at S6O per week; four .at $55; tbree.sso; one, $45; one, $35; and one, $25. Others ranged as follows: SSO to $75; SSO to $65; $25 to SSO; $25 to $35; S2O to $45 ; S4O to S6O; SSO to $100; and SBO to SSO. Six papers pay reporters S4O per week ; one, SSO; cne, $45; three, $35; one, $25; one. S4O; four, S3O; and one $lO. Others ranged ns follows: sffi to 40; $37 to SSO; sls to $45; $25 to ssfr; S2O to S3O; $35 to S4O; and SBS to 50. Reports on the number of linecast ing machines in the mechanical de partments appeal to show that there is a correlation between this and the number of men on staff; the number on the staff of the paper appear to be about on an equal, generally speak ing, with the number of linecasting machines In the mechanical depart ment. Transtniasion of Sound and Dong Waves. Cambridge, Maas., March 10.—OP)— Transmission of sound and long waves has been successfully demonstrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A new field in radio transmission is believed by authori ties to have been opened with particu lar value in strictly directional send ing of speech or signals. • Tobacco Association Fights Receiver ship. Raleigh, March 10.—(AP)—The Tri- State Tobacco Co-operative Associa tion which operates in Virginia and the two’ Carolines, was today ordered by Federal Judge-Isaac Meekins to appear in Federal court on March 22 to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed to take charge of the concern. Meanwhile the Association is restrained from selling any tobacco. Col. OoeUdge’s Conditions Less Satis factory Plymouth, Vt., March 10. —OP)— The condition of Col. John C. Oool idge, father of the President, Who has been ill at his Mate’here for Several i months, was less satisfactory, today, ; Ala physician, Dr. Albert W. Cram, of Bridgewater announced. '>■ u in - i ” " ' ' - - I- <-i —.......- ... . .. ... .. ~ This Is Your Last Chance to Vote In Prohibition Poll; Act Now This is the last day you can vote in the nation-wide poll on the prohibition law that is be ing conducted by 700 newspa pers in all /parts of the United States. ; For the last days The Tribune has printed ballots offering you an opportunity to express your opinion of the prohibition la!w; whether you want it strictly enforced in its present state, modified, or re pealed altogether. Today, this ballot is reprint ed, so th« those who overlook ed it yesterday and the day be fore will not be deprived of th€ir chance to vote. More than 40,000,000 people are readers of the newspapers which in co-operation with NEA Service, news feature syndicate, are conducting this gigantic poll. The result will be truly an authoritative ex pression of the nation’s will. Surely you do not want 7„ ' - •>iP THE COTTON MARKET Steady Opening With Prices 2 to 6 Points Higher. Remaining Steady or First Hour. New York, March 10.—UP)—The cotton market had a steady opening today with prices 2 to 6 points high er. remaining steady throughout the! first hour alien the list was 1 to 5 points net higher. Early buyers in-! eluded shorts, the trade. Wall Street, j commission houses and Liverpool. Further covering of March con-1 tracts was a feature at the opening' and seemed to come largely from for eign sources. Not only was weekly j weather report regarded favorably on I the whole, but further moderate to heavy rains quite general over the central and western belts tended to put the soil in excellent condition for approaching farm operations. Twelve notices of intention to de-1 liver on March contracts were issued. ■ In addition to hedging sales there was light pressure from the South, New | Orleans and spot houses. 1 Cotton futures opened steady, j March 19.38; ; May 18.80; Julv 18.19; Oct. 17.36; Dec. 1.706. j LINER AMERICA IS DAMAGED BY FIRE 1 Vessels Sent From Norfolk to Aid | In Fighting Fire at Newport News. Newport News, Va., March 10.— OP) ■ —The U. S. liner America was badly damaged by fire early today as • she | lay in her berth at the plant of the; I Newport Newß Shipbuilding and Dry j ■.Dock Company where she had just : been reconditioned. The blaze is re-1 ■ ported to have originated from a gns oline blow torch. Vessels Sent to AM. ■ Norfolk, Va., March 10.— OP) —More than half a, dozen vessels were sent from Norfolk to aid in fighting the , fire at the Newport News ship yards. • ] The navy yard sent the tugs Wicomico and Achilles, the naval base the Ki ; The Wood towing Company sent two , wa/din, the Oil and a freight ladder. . tugs and the city sent its fire boat. B. A. Foreman Dies At His Home in Albemarle. Salisbury, March 9—B. A. Fore man, about 65 years old, father of T. A. Foreman, manager of Efird’s I Salisbury store, died at bis home at Albemarle Sunday morning at 6:30. . death following an operation of sev eral months ago. The funeral and _ burial took place near Albemarle at i 3 < 'clock this afternoon. The deceased Is survived by three sous: T. A. Foreman, Henry Fore man and William Foreman, and one - daughter. Miss Banks Foreman. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a most excellent man and was r well kDown throughout this section 8 Cf the State. oooQooaooC&ooesaiißaaaaoanne>nncttp^ JOHN DUXBURY | England’s Greatest Dramatic Reciter ] \ HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM MARCH 17th 1 ' 3:00 P. M.—“ The Pilgrim’s Progress” 8:00 P. M.—“ The Book of Job” Adults 50c Children 85c 8 BENEFIT-SCHOOL LIBRARY AND BIBLE i 1 5 • STORY CONTEST i ; OooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooCX>a§ . miss your chance to share in this expression of opinion. The ballot printed herewith reads as follows: “I favor keeping the prohi bition amendment as it now stands, with strict enforcemer-t. “I favor repeal of the prohi bition amendment. “I favor modification of the prohibition law so as to allow the sale of light wine and iec.” Clip out the bahot. mark it, sign your name ind address and mail it to the Prohibition Editor of The Tribune. The totals, both for this city and for the whole nation, will be printed in The Tribune.' They will help legislators de cide whether or not the present discussion of modification and repeal is justified. Watch lor them. Meanwhile, if you have not voted, do so. Help us to show how Con cord feels on the prohibition ‘ law. JESSE 111 OISE BEING TRIED HOW Two Hours Required to Se lect Jury From Special Venire—The Defendant Killed Police Officer. Gastonia. March 10.—(A s ) —The trial of Jesse Van Dyke of Clierry ville, charged with the murder of Po liceman A. L. Painter on January 14, got underway at 11:30 today. More tlian two hours was consumed in se lecting a jury from a special venire of 50 men summoned from Gastonia and South Point townships. It is ex pected that the trial will last until Friday. Clyde Hoey qf Skelhjj. Ut4be chief defense counsel, while Senator Butler, of Gaffney. S. C., is aiding So licitor Carpenter in the prosecution. The court house is jammed to the windows and doros for the trial. The-trial of Van Dyke is the after math of a “night of terror” at Cher ry ville last January when the defend ant is alleged to have attempted to “shoot up the town." Painter was killed, according to witnesses testify ing before an investigating body, at the time, by Van Dyke when the offi cer attempted to halt the man as he came down the street firing pistol shots into the air. Another man. a bystander, was slightly wounded by one of the bul lets. | Van Dyke was in an intoxicated condition at the time of the oceur- I renee, it is said. Deputy Sheriff Stroup was the first ■ witness called by the state. He told the story of the shooting, saying that he tried to prevent Van Dyke from shooting the officer. Stroup’s testi mony was to tte effect that he had previously heard Van Dyke threaten Painter. DAVIDSON PRESS RAPS CHARLOTTE Glee Club Complains of Showing to 22 People Here. Davidson, March 9.—Last Tues day night the Davidson College Glee club, returning from a week’s tour of the Corelinas and Georgia, p'ayed in Charlotte to an audience of 221 people. 20 of which were paid ad missions and two complimentary. This, according to the- managers, was an unprecedented number—for its slimness. In The Davidsonian', weekly col lege paper, appeared an editorial under tte caption, “What's Wrong, Charlotte?” in which its writer dis cusses the support charlotte gave Davidson on this occasion. "In every booster edition of the Charlotte pa pers, Davidson is given a prominent p ace. * * * When Davidson ac complishes the extraordinary Char 's first to praise—the first to boast. 1 But when Davidson needs Charlotte I • * * our fair-weather friends nre not to be found,” said the comment. Prohibition Again Up in House. Washington, March 10.—OP)—The prohibition question again agitated the House today when Representative Somers, Democrat, of New York, in troduced a resolution calling for a referendum on modification of the Volstead act. FOURTEEN KNOWHTO HAVE PERISHED 111 EXPLOSION IN Pf \ rUl tc Three More Bodie —at ed Within Workings of ! Eccles Mine Where Ex-1 plosion Occurred. TEN IN MINE FOUND ALIVE ! —■— Five Are Still Missing and It Is Hoped That at Least Two of These Are Still Alive. Eccles, W. Va„ March 10.—OP)— The known death toll in the Crab Or chard Improvement Company mine ex f plosion reached 14 this morning when three more bodies were located within the workings where 29 men were en tombed Monday. Ten were found alive last night, and five are still missing, but company officials and rescue workers were hopeful that at least two of the five still lived. They were working in a section of the mine isolated from the blast, it was thought. The ten men brought out were in excellent physical condition, and in re lating their experiences and telling of their thoughts , while entombed all agreed they had never given up hopes of rescue. J. P. Davis, night foreman, was the leader o' the little hand, and to his experiences and coolness the men accredited their safety. McLEAN LIKELY TO CALL TEXTILE SURVEY Money Is Available for Determining Status of Workers. Raleigh. March 9.—Governor Mc- Lean will return from Washington tomorrow and will probably announce within the next few days his deci sion on the petition of women's organ izations for a survey of the condi tion of women in all occupations in which they are employed. The governor went to the national capital in search of a wave length for the broadcasting station which is being projected for the state. The department of commerce recently re ported that it had no wave lengths lengths available, and his excellency decided on the, tria to Wnshijigftjp in , an effort to convince the government officials of the justice of North Car olina's demands for a place in the ether. That the request for a survey will be granted by the governor is re garded as probable here, although he ] has given no intimation as to his at- , titude. If he does decide that it is praeticab’e and worthwhile undertak ing, Hie state child welfare commis sion or the state board of health will likely be selected to do the job. It would be necessary to increase the staff of either organization to provide the necessary workers to conduct the inquiry. The cost has been estimated at SIO,OOO and it can be provided from the emergency ap propriation provided by the 1925 leg islature. With Our Advertisers. Extra nice mountain honey, three pounds for 95 cents, at Cabarrus Cash Grocery Company. Amub'.anee service any hour day or i night at Wilkinson's Funeral Home. Phone 9. You are not protected from fire loss unless you have proper insur ance. See Fetzer & Yorke Insur ance Agency. “Fall in line"—qee new poetry ad. today of the Bell & Harris Furniture Company. Shoes for men and women in the new spring sytles'at Efird's. Schloss Bros suits, Stetson and Sohoble hats, Manhattan, and Berger j shirts at Hoover's. Get a radio like Irvin Cobb’s, the Atwater Kent, say Yorke & Wads worth Co. in their new ad. today. Russell Roberts Salve is claimed to break up flu over night and pneumonia in from 6 to 12 hours. See ad. I'nexeclled value in young men’s Spring Suits $29.75 nt J. C. Penney Co.'s. Others at $19.75, $24.75 to $34.75. Keep one month ahead as a safe guard against sickuess or other emer gencies. See ad. of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Moore's house paint gives the shab biest home a youthful appearance See ! ad. and get it at Yorke & Wadsworth | Company. Tomorrow and Friday at the Con- I cord Theatre Lon Chaney in his new est picture, “The # Black Bird.” An other Charleston* contest tonight, and j also Corfine Griffith in “Declasse.” j Gas—an essential utility. See ad. I of the Concord ajid Kannapolis Gas : [ Co. ■ j Pntt Covington is “gonna move” and he has lots of goods he wants to sell | before. See list in his ad. today. > Says State Will Get ‘Broadcasting Station. i Raleigh, March 10.—(A*)—“There is i no question but that we will ulti | mately be able to arrange for a wave i length” for North Carolina's pro -1 posed radio broadcasting station, Gov , ernor McLeatf said today upon his i return from Washington where he conferred with officials of tlie depart ment of colnmerce on the matter. >i The governor explained there is now pending a hill- which would give the secretary of commerce greater latitude in granting licenses to broad { cast, gnd it was decided to await the i 1 passage of this bill. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS I TODAY’S NEWS TODAY 1 NO. 56 | PROHEISIK 111 UK CRISIS nr ' -AGUE COUHCIL All of the Problems Have - Not Been Settled But | Delegates Feel Progress Has Been Made. | WANT GERMANY v ' - ! IN THE LEAGUE Sub Committee Appointed by Council of League Says Germany Has Com plied With Requirements Geneva, March 10.— UP) —Progress was achieved in the league of nations council crisis at today's session of tile signatories of the Rhine pact ne gotiated at Locarno. The conference held at Sir Austen Chamberlain's hotel includes beside* the British foreign secretary, Chan- \ cellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresseman, of Germany; M. Paul. Boncour, of France; Foreign Minis, ter Vandervelde, of Belgium, and Sig. Sciaioia, of Italy. Seek Means to Solve Crisis. -1 Geneva, March 10.—G 4*) — Member* of the league of nations met private- £ ly in the offices of the secretarial tliis afternoon to discuss ways and means of solving the council membership crisis. Will Have Private Meeting. 1 Geneva, March 10.— GP) —The sig natories of the Rhine pact negotiated, at Locarno decided today to transfer discussion of the question qf enlarg ing the council of the league, of na tions to a private sitting of the coun cil. Vote to Accept Germany. Geneva, March 10.— UP) —The sub committee of the league of nations assembled under the chairmanship of Sir Austen Chamberlain today unan imously recommended Germany’s ad mission to the league, as it found she had fulfilled all the necessary condi tions to membership. OMAHA BANKS ARE TO , RAISE SERVICE CHARGE Charges For Balances Under SIOO to Be $1 Per Month Instead of Fifty Cents. ■—Xeb,., March .lA.—-BaeinbEM rlmrge in Omaha and South Omaha banks, where the account averages SIOO and less, will be increased from j 50 cents to sl. ncoocrding to an agreement signed by bank executives i recently. The only exceptions will be ministers, churches, lodges or ben evolent societies. A banker gave his views on the subject as follows: “All Omaha and South Omaha banks have concluded to increase the service Charge from 50 cents to $1 ■ on. accounts where the balance main tained averages SIOO cr less, starting, with the month of April. “There was some talk of increasing the balance requirement to S2OO as has been done in other cities, on ac count of tiie cost of handling this tremendously increased volume of business. In Boston they have in creased the balance requirement to $300; several banks in Chicago have a ba’ance requirement of SSOO. In Dcs Moines, Minneapolis and Kansas City the balance requirement is SIOO. "There was a time when people did not attempt to carry checking ac counts unless their balances were large, but the practice of using checks in payment of accounts has become so general that every family has at least one checking account and some times every members of the family, including the children in schools, are carrying checking account. It is doubtful if the general public has any idea of the tremendous volume of checks being 'handled by the vari ous institutions in Omaha. In pur- , chasing checks, it is not uncommon to place an order for 1.000,000 checks. Larger banks in Omaha are each handling from 30.000 to 50,000 items , per day—these itms in going through various departments arc listed usually three times.” ' ■ vJ Four Injured When tar and Truck Meet. Monroe, March !).—The sedan In which Mrs. B. C. Moore. Miss Sarah Moore, of Wndesboro, and Mrs. Jaine* Crawford, of Cheraw, S. C., were driving on highway No. 120 last night, had a liead-on collision with an oil truck driven by J. C. Rollins and all three of the ladies were carried to the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital with many cuts and bruises. All were getting along well this afternoon. , | Malay parents never punish their children. SAT’S BEAR SAYSI s Increasing cloudiness brobabl.v fol*. e lowed by rain late tonight and Thur*- r day, rising temperature Thursday and - irt central and west portions tonight, e Moderate to fresh east and southeft*(' winds.