North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI INSANITY FLU TO BE USED FOR Vim DVKE BVITTORREVS Will Argue to Jury That Slayer of the Officer Was Insane at the lime of the Dped. MOTHER DIJED AT MORGANTON Van Dye Claims Hte Was Gassed in France.—The Court Room Is Packed During the Trial. Gastonia, March 11.— (A 3)—De fense counnel for Jesse Van Dyke. 25. on trial for his life in superior court here before Judge 0. t\ Lyon, of Elizabethtown. will argue to the jury late today that the dcfeudant was temporarily insane at the time of the killing of Chief A. L. Painter, of Cherryville on January 14th. * Vau Dyke claims he was gassed While with the JV. E. F. during the world war, and underwent treatment in an army hospital for five months. If is also stated that Vau Dyke's mother was insane and died in the Strife Hospital at Morgauton. The state finished with the evi dence this morning. Two witnesses, Lor'ng Hord and A. B. Sweatt, Cher ryville young men, were called from Florida to testify. Despite, the inclement weather, the court house was again parked beyond standing room by spectators. Judge I-yon railed for order frequently. Arguments By Counsel Started. Gastonia. March 11.— its case before two star witnesses, Loring Hord and A. B. Swentt, Cher ryville young men, failed to arrive in time from Florida to testify, the state rested in the Van Dyke murder- trial here this morning at 11.37 o'clock. lAkd a bolt from a clear sky, at torneys for Van Dyke announced they wenld rest, not putting a single wit ness An the stand in the young meat cutter's behalf. Former state Senator Carl Car penter opened the argument for the defense. He asked the jury for a ver dict of manslaughter, and nothing more. i _ This afternoon Mr. Carpenter wltt by Muubew -i!tfanfr; -ifrkr: "»r X B. Butler. A. El Woltz, and Solicitor John Can)enter, all four for the state. Clyde Iloey will close for the defense. The ease will probably get to the jury at 0 o'clock tonight. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady- at Unchanged Prices to Decline of 8 Points.—May Off to 18.52. New York. March. 11.—OP)—The cotton market opened steady today at at unchanged prices to a decline of 8 points with near months relatively easy under selling promoted by lower Liv erpool .cables and unfavorable reports from the cotton goods markets. liny sold off to 18.52 and October to 17-2\ during the first few minutes, but there' was consiwerabl j covering at"thefee figures) and some trade buying to fix prices in the old crop months. Selling of new crop was probably cheeked by reports of rains in the south which were considered likely to delay farm work, particularly in the ' eastern belt and prices steadied up after opening. May rallied to 17.63 and October to 17.30 the market rul ing net unchanged to '3 points lower at the end of they first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: May 18.52; July 1t.95; October 17.24; December *6.04; January 16.04. With Our -Advertisers. Effective March 10th the prices of •the Hudson.and Essex cars wgs cut as follows : Essex six coach $854, Hud son coach $1,209; Hudson brpughnm $1,554, Hudson seveii-passenger sedan $1,705. All prices f. o. b. Concord, . including all charges. Read about the multiple disc-m --oil clutch of the Fk>rd ear in the new ad. today of the Reid Motor Co. A new face in The Tribdne’s ad vertising columns today is that of the Cabarrus Creamery Company, pur veyors of pasteurized milk. Phone 202 The financial counsel offered by the Citizens Bank and Trust Company will prove helpful to you. The special sale of gat hot water heaters by the Concord and Kannap olis Gas Co. will close Match 20th. 'Special price, $22, with 75 cents down and $2 a month. Don’t fool with the mail order hpuses w'aen you want a good tire— go to the Yorke & Wadsworth Co., and let them fit yon up with a Goodyear. _,\ Reza Shah, the new ruler of Per sia, is a wonderful pianist, 1 Lon Chaney “THE BLACK BIRD* —AT THE— Concord Theatre TODAY AND FRIDAY The Concord Daily Tribune TRUCE ISTUNG ■ ABOUT DEBT TO THIS COUNTRY Has Reopened Discussion With United States For Settlement of the Big War Debt. ITALIAN PLAN BEING WATCHED If It Is Accepted by Con gress Then New Plan For France Will Be De vised Soon. Washington, March 11.—(A 5 )— France has reopened discussions with tlris country for settlement of her $4,000,000,000 war debt. Ambassador Berenger, the newly appointed French envoy here, has been in conversation on the subject with Secretary Mellon. While the-secretary declined to dis cuss the negotiations today it was disclosed that he had advised Presi dent Coolidge that settlement of the French debt hinges to some extent upon the action of Congress on the Itaiinn agreement now under fire in file Senate. It is believed therefore that the French negotiations will! not be hast ened until the Senate acts upon the pending debt pacts. The French debt is the largest re maining to be settled by the debt commission. Several ineffectual ef forts to make a funding agreement have taken place since the close of the World War. CHARLES J. SUTTON PASSES AT CHARLOTTE Mrs. A. P. Phifer, of Marshville, Dies In Hospital— Negro Woman Murdered. Chnrlotte, March 10—Charles J. Sutton, aged 55, formerly a well known business man of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., but who has lived in Charlotte for the past several years, died late Inst night at the home of u daughter, Mrs. E. L. Shealey. o*n North Church street. Funeral ser vices will be held tomorrow with Dr. I.uther Little, pastors of the First Baptist church, officiating. Mr. Sut .tou is survived by bis widow, a son, TpS- H. nnttihi. of fbfs - efty, niul u daughter, Mrs. Shealey. A dramatic tournament for the championship of western North Car olina will be held here Friday night with dramatic: clubs from high schools of Charlotte, Asheville and Winston-Salem taking part. The winners in the tournament will go to Chapel Hill to compete with eastern Carolina winners for state honors. Mrs. A. I*. Phifer, 50. of Mareh ville, died early this morning at a local hospital where she had been under treatment for two days. The body was taken to Marshville this morning apd funeral services will be held there some time tomorrow- Mrs. Phifer is survived by a sqp. Heath Phifer,and' a daughter, Mrs. J. L. Bivens, of Marshville. John Davis, negro, was being sought by the police today on a mur der charge following the killing of Ella Wilson, negro woman, who was shot to death early this morning at a card gnme in the negro section. Davis is said to have walked into the house, shot the woman nnd walked out. In a short time he returned to the house to see if the woman was dead. He then drove off in an auto mobile aud the police have been un able to find him. COLLEGE BUILDING IS BURNED DOWN Training School at N. C. C. W. totally Destroyed Yesterday. Greensboro, Mar. 10. —Fire start ing at 4 o’clock this afternoon de stroyed the training school build ing on the North Carolina College for women campus acre, with loss of valuable records of the dean of edu cation and director of the summer school of the college, in addition to the SIOO,OOO building going up in In the building when the fire was discovered were about 50 persons, in cluding 45 pupils, children who at tend the school. Their teachers calm ly marched them Out of the bdilding, l'u actual fire drill, the children moving out without a semblance of panic. The blaze was found at 4 o’clock. At 5:15 two of the walls had fallen in and the structure was a roaring furnace. All the fire-fighting equip ment of the city was called to the blaze, but it had gained such head way that it could not be checked. Standing almost in the center ■of the campua, the building was a men ace as it burned, to others, but for tunately the .fierce winds of March hid abated somewhat this afternoon, and the firemen protected other buildings, none of which caught fire. Cot Coolidge Slightly Better. Plymouth, Vt., March 11.—04“) The condition of Col. John C. Cool idge, father of the President, who is ill at his home here, showed a alight improvement today, hia physician, Dr. Albert W. Cram, of Bridgewater, said after a morning call at the Coolidge farm house. Oldest active fire chief in any of the large American cities is George A. Wallace, JU Cleveland, who la now In Ills 78th year. Mr- Wallace has been a fireman In Cleveland for 57 years and the chief of the depart ; ment for 25 yean. “Wets” Ahead On First 60,000 Votes; Interest Grips Nation Tabulation of the first returns in the nation-wide prohibition referen dum conducted by NEA Service and The Tribune shows the “wet" senti ment getting away to a substantial lead. This is, perhaps, to be expected. The returns received at the Cleveland office of NEA Service thus far are in complete and scattering. A lnrge per centage of them comes from admitted ly anti-prohibition centers, and many "dry” strongholds have not been heard from. These first day figures can itr no sense be accepted as final, as later'returns may bring about a complete- overturn. There have been 58.075 votes re ceived by NEA Service thus far. These are divided as follows: For the present prohibition 10,320. For repeal of the prohibition law— -27.843. For modification of the law so as to allow‘l-'ght wines nnd beer—2o,9l2. The percentage to date, according ly, is nearly five to one against the present statute. Tile returns come from fourteen states in ail parts, of the country. A NEW ORGANIC CHEMICAL 18 FOUND University of Illinois Professor Dis covers Rare Element Which is Known as No. fit. Urbana, II!., March 10.—Nearly 20 years of research in the "rare earth” group of the chemical field finally has resulted in the discovery of one of the five unknown, but snp liosedly existent elements which make up all known compounds. The discovery, the first ever made in America, was announced today by the University ,of Illinois. It was the work of Dr. B. S- Hop kins, professor of inorganic chemis try, assisted by 1.. F. Yntema and J. A. Harris, of the chemistry staff. Known As No. 61. The new element is known as No 01. No name ever lias been sug gested for it. In the list of 92 known and un •known elements on the earth a place has been saved for an unknown ele ment between No. 00, neodymium, aud No. 02. smarium. Previously the newest element was hafnium, discovery of which was announced in Copenhagen in 1923- That announcement created great interest, biU' the element lias remained comparatively little known. Helium is the youngest familiar ele ment. Whether No. 61, which is of metallic nature, may prove of high value commercially or otherwise has not been predicted. It may prove to be exceedingly scarce - however, since only one-half ounce remained of the original 400 pounds of “rare earth” material used by the researchers. No. 61 may remain the only chem ical element discovered in America because the other four unknown elements are tfic objects of very definitc researches in other parts of tjie world. Every known element may be made to produce X-rays which af fect photographic plate in a definite manner nnd it is possible by using flie X-ray to tell exactly what cle ment is being examined. Especially constructed X-ray machinery was de signed and manufactured on the Dniversity of Illinojfi campus for the work " The rare earth group is a very comp ex group of chemical elements which resemble each other very elosely and whose separation is ac companied with great difficulty, said Dr. Hopkins. "Rare earth ores are not scarce and some of the rare earth elements are relatively common, but in gen eral these elements are very little known." FIVE STATES COVERED WITH SNOW DURING DAY Virginia, North Carolina, South Car olina, Georgia and Tennessee Re port Snow. By the Associated Press, March 11. —The Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina, eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia were blanketed with snow today. Raip which began yesterday turned into snow and aleet in the mountain sections of the South, ranging in depth from a thin coating of white at Denderson, S. C., to five inches at Spartanburg, eight inches at Ashe ville, N. C., and more than nine inches in Chattanooga. Rising temperatures, however, were rapidly melting the snow. In the coastal plains and other sec tions of the South The overhanding clouds brought only rains. The temperatures were moderate throughout the South hoveriug near the freezing mark in mountainous sections/ and ranging upward over the remainder of the area. In the District of Columbia it was snowing steadily, with the tempera ture at 46, and colder weather iti prospect. Can File Separate Tax Rreturns. -Washington. March 11.— (A 3)—Hus bands and wives in the 7 states hav ing community property laws which will 6e permitted to file separate tax returns on their property as usual. Commissioner Blair, of the Internal Revenue Bureau announced 'today pending receipt of a ruling by the De partment of Justice. Linwood and Irene Childers, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Childers, are confined to their home on Cedar street with inflnenaa. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926 These states are Michigan, Wyoming Ohio. Washington, California, Maine Maryland, Washington, , California Arizona. New Mexico. Oklahoma, Xe brnska and Montana. Seventeen news papers have sent complete returns More often, however, they have sen', only the result of the r first dayh vote. Thus a city that is “wet” on the returns thus far received may r< verse its position ami show a prMli bition majority when the final figures are reached. At all events it is evident that the referendum is arousing an amount of popular interest that exceeds the ox pectations of the editors who inaug urated it. <>f the hundreds of pa pers that are conducting ]>olls. only 17 have furnished totals, nnd of all but a few are incomplete. And yH nearly 00,000 votes have been record ed ! In some cities leaders of prohibition and anti-prohibition forces are mak ing house to house canvasses to ger out the vote. In other pieces, factor ies and offices are being polled. Min isters have urged their congregations to vote; editors report that citizens are coming to their newspaper offices The Vote As It Stands Today Up to this hour (12 o’clock) 343 votes have been cast in the matter of prohibition enforcement. The vote stands as follows: For'.strict enforcement, 254. For repeal of Amendment, 20. For modification of law, 43. Get in your vote not later than Friday, as the ballot ing will then close. The votes will be completed in the office of the News paper Enterprise Association. Cleveland, 0., Saturday, March 20, and announced to the papers by wire. Please mark vote in only one place. ASK DEMOCRATS TO PREPARE FOR PRIVATE BALLOT League of Women Voter* Appoint* Committee to Appear Before Con vention. ife Charlotte, March 10.—Tbe North Carolina League of Women Voters at the final session today of its sixth annual edhvention adopted a resolu tion creating a committee of three to appear before the Democratic State convention in April und ask for in sertion in the party platform of a plank favoring a law for the Aus tralian ballot system in wliis state. The league is very mud) in earnest in its advocacy of secret ballot. An unusual show of harmony, or perhaps it was organization, marked the closing sessions. The resolu tions. which were discussed yester day, were passed unanimously this morning, including the endorsement of the league representatives in call ing for a survey of women in in dustry in the state. T'ae attitude of the members of the league is significant of at least one thing—they are presenting a solid front in securing those measures they have set out to work for. And al though some of the best known wom en politically in the State are here they have left tfiMr axes to grind at home, or at least are keeping them away from the Convention! The surprise of the morning was a proposal to hold a regional con ference nnd school of citizenship in Asheville June 28th to July 22nd, when the ten southern states which comprise the third region will meet for discussion and classes in various phases of government. County gov ernment will be the special study of the convention. An invitation to come to Asheville from civic bodies there was unanimously adopted. COMMITTEE AGAINST 1 WALLACE McCAMANT Votes 7 to 2 Against Nomination to Be Federal Circuit Judge. Washington, March 11.—(A>>—The Senate judiciary committee voted 7 to 2 against the nomination of Wal lace McCamant, of Oregon, to be a federal circuit judge. Seven members of the committee were absent and it was agreed that They should be polled before report on the nomination was reported to the Senate. Chairman Cummins hopeß to complete the poll within a 08y or two. Holding Secret session. Geneva, March 11.—(A s ) —Mem iters of the Council of the League of Na tions went into secret unofficial ses sion late this afternoon to resuir." ne gotiations on the problem of recon structing the council and of Ger many's election to a permanent seat which broke up sensationally lust night. Premier Briand replaced M Paul Boncour as the French repre sentative. Jury Selected for Marshall Case. Philadelphia, Marclt 11.—OP)—'The selection of a jury to try David L. Martihall, charged with killing Miss Anna May Deitrich and dismember ing her body, was completed at 11:25 a. m. today after 140 talesmen had been examined for jury duty. Charles Darwin, in his boyhood, was accounted a dunce by his teach er*. to get ballots. A strict check is being kept in ev ery newspaper office to see that no ”re peat" votes are cast. Every effort is being made to see to it that this big referendum is as aecurate a represen tation of the people's wil as is hu manly possible. For that is the only reason the vote is being taken. Nc'ther the ed itors of NEA Service nor this paper have any ax to grind. A clear expres sion of the ration's sentiment, what ever that may be, is all that is sought. Above all. it is important that these first figures be not accepted as final, in any sense. Only 17 eities out of hundreds have reported: most of their figures are incomplete. As a rule—though not universally the \otes thus far received at the main office of NEA Service are from the larger eities, where the anti-pro hibition sentiment is strongest. Hence today's figures must not be taken as indicative of the feeling of the nation. It will be two weeks before filial re sults can be announced. They will be presented to you first in this paper. Meanwhile, if you haven’t voted yet—vote! TOBACCO ASSOCIATIONS ARE NOW UNDER FIRE Members Would Dissolve Two Tobac co Co-operative Associations. Louisville, Ky., March ill!—CP)—, While suits were being filed to dis solve two co-operative tobacco market ing associations yesterday, farmers were being advised not to overplant tobacco this year, and today they were wondfring what effect if any, these ac tions would have on prices of the product. ' Seventy-one members of the Dark Tobacco Growers Co-operative Market ing Association filed suit here asking that a receivership be appointed for the Association, and its subsidiary cor porations. They charge the Associa tion is insolvent and asked for a “dissolution, accounting and settle ment of affairs.” Five members of the Tri-State To bacco Growers Co-operative Market ing Association residing in Virginia asked that a hearing be given to show why a receiver should not be appoint ed. Their complaint, which was filed at Raleigh, N. C,, charges fraud and misrepresentation. LEGIONNAIRES GATHER AT FURNITURE CITY Five Hundred Former Service Men Expected to Attend Past Officers Conference. High IJoint, March 11.—(A*)—There were more than 200 delegates to reg ister here this morning for the open ing of the State Post Officers con ference of the American Legion which convened at the Sheraton Hotel at 9 o'clock. At noon, however, dele gates were continuing to register, nnd it is expected that the number will reach 500 by 3:30 this afternoon when John R. McQuigg, national commander, and Governor McLean will deliver the principal addresses of the conference. Henry L. Stevens, state command er in a short address this morning, told officers of the various posts of the state that the thing the American Legion in North Carolina was now most interested in was its member ship. A drive, he explained, is on in all sections of the state, and wonder ful progress is being made, but that nothing like the number of members there should be. Senate Muscle Shoals Amendment Ac cepted. Washington, March 11.—(A’)—The House leaders today agreed to accept the Senate amendments to the Muscle Shoals resolution with the added pro vision that no lease be accepted that does not guarantee and safeguard the production of nitrates and other fer tilizers. This agreement was reached be tween Chairman Snell, of the House rules committee, and Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, the Democratic lender, who has charge of the resolu tion In the house. It will eliminate the necessity of askiDg for a confer! ence between the House and Senate on the resolution. Seattle Wants to Keep Mayor. Seattle, Wash.. March 10.—CAP) — Complete unofficial tabulation today indicated that a proposal to'abolish the office of mayor in this city and es tablish that of city manager last by 103 votes in a popular election yester day. Sues Mojther-in-Law fox SIOO,OOO tLorfain'L. Kane, former understudy in “Abie’s Irish Rose," has sued her mother - in law. Mrs! I Stroud of Pittsburgh, for $100,000; charging she alienated her husband" t SHIPPING BOARD WILL RETAIN PRESENT POWERS Congress Not Likely to Make Any Change at Present Session, Presi dent Hears. Washington. March 11.—(A s ) President Coolidge was told by Sena tor MeNary, Republican, of Oregon, today there was little prospect of ac tion by Congress at this session of legislation to curtail the powers of the shipping board and place opera tion of the merchant fleet under a single Executive. Mr. MeNary, who is a member of the Senate commerce committee which has jurisdiction over such legislation, said a majority of the committee w-as opposed to reporting a bill to carry out such a program as recommended by tlie President. Senator Edge, Republican, of New Jersey, who i,a a commerce committee member, called up’ the White House nnd likewise expressed the view t’liat the action favored by the President was improbable. New Line For A. C. L. Washington, March 11.— OP) —The Interstate Commerce Commission to day authorized the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to construct a new- line npiK-oximately 21 miles long in Hills boro and Tasco counties, Florida. Great Interest Everywhere in the Work of Duke University at Durham By R. P. Harris. Durham, March 11.—-Dr. William Preston Few, president of Duke university, returned home a short time ago, after an extensive trip to the larger educational institutions in the North, East, and Midd’e West, filled with renewed enthusiasm over he future growth of “the World's wealthiest educational institution.” One of his first remarks, in. an in terview shortly after his arrival at Duke, was to the effect that inter est in the mammoth undertaking :s just as marked in the big education al centers as it is in his own North Carolina. "I fimpd,” President Few said, “that the people of 800 ton and New York nnd Chicago are just ns inter ested nnd just ns enthusiastic as are the people of Greensboro or Ral eigh, or Winston-Salem, or Char lotte, or—or even Durham. Every where I traveled, wherever T was entertained. I was literally battered with questions concerning our future developments.” He admitted that he had not spent a more pleasant three I weeks in many years. Dr. Few stated that he believes j that to be able to start with a l “clean slate,” unhampered by re- 1 strietions or prejudices, will prove a great drawing card for prominent I men in all branches of education j who are locking for the chance to be given free rein, with ample financial and moral backing and with all poe sibie resources and equipment. And although he tlid, not mention any names, he intimated that only recognized leaders in thought and achievement are being secured by the university. * “We are living in a new era. one of great material prosperity." presi dent Few said, “and there never was a greater opportunity for an educa tional institution of' wide scope and power. The Old South has never iiad a really great endowed university before. And in addition to this ma terial growth must come a growth in thought and a falling away of the old provincial (funs and prejudiees." He further stated that it is his hope to see idealism festered, rather than gross materialism, and that all that is best of the Old South may be pre served in the new civilization. In a written statement concerning his trip, President ■ Few states the following: , “I have had to go away from home to get a full sense of .the opportunity and responsibility that have come to us here. Three' weeks contacts with n half-dozen and more of the impor tant centers of education in this CITY AUTO TAX OF $5 IS DECLARED INVALID Ordinance Contradicts Statute Which Fixes Amount of Municipal Lei - }’. Kaleigli, March 10.—The New Hern automobile tax ordinance today was held invalid by the State supreme court. The ordinance imposed a city tax, of live dollars upon automobile owners which the court held was in contradiction to the statute which provides that no such municipal tax seliaal exceed one dollar. The case came up on an appeal by the state. Z. V. Jones was convicted of violation of the ordinance and Judge Albion Dunn held the law in valid. The state appealed to the higher court. In making its decision the court points out that the tax is clearly one upon automobiles, since it to- levied upon (he owner of a car, rather Jthan a driver’s license fee, and therefore is invalid. De Valera Resigns. Dublin. March 11.— UP) —Eamoun de Valera, Irish republican leader, has resigned the presidency of the Sinn Fein following rejection by the A ill Fheis or republican general as sembly to his motion favoring repub lican representation in the Dail Eireann and Ulster parliament. country have convinced me that many enlightened Americans look upon the chance to build a strong j endowed university in the Old South as the outstanding educational event in the world today. It is but the sober truth to say that in the cir -1 os in which I moved the interest in the Duke foundation and Duke uni versity is just as keen as intelligent in distant cities like Boston and Chicago as in cities of North Caro lina. "There is a new interest in the South and a distinct trend of North ern people toward tho. South. The Florida boom and the material progress of other Southern states, notably our own North Carolina, are signs that the new day of the American South ir. at hand. The natural interest in the building and founding of a university is enhanced by this striking tendency so manifest in this country today. “The educators realise that it is possible to build up a new university without the limitations of traditions which are so hampering the o’d uni versities. The chance to start with a clean slate makes a strong appeal "to men of vision who would like to have a part in building a law school, a medical school, or other school, just as they think a school should be built and can be built when re sources ore avai'able and the ‘dead hand* is removed. “Again, there are many who be lieve it well within the range of pos sibility that the best rallying ground for idealism may after all be in the South. But this will require the keeping of the fine things in our Southern civilization along with the benefits of a growing material pros perity. And an endowed university, enlightened enongh to maintain the highest standards of excellence and strong enough to withstand the gusts of unwisdom that inevitably arise in a democracy, will have a contribu tion to make to Southern civilization and perhaps to American civiliza tion. Hence the widespread' interest over this country in the building and founding of an endowed university on the soil of the Old South.” During the past few months, Duke university has been visited by numer ous prominent men of science and letters who have come incognito to confer with Duke officials and to see just what is taking place at the new university. It is believed that im portant and startling announcements concerning new faculty members and new department heads will be wade during the next two months. THE TRIBUNE l PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY II NO. 57 /i BIND ns 10 j or EGITES M. ] itW CONFERENCE 1 Doing All He Can to Pre- : vent the Council Recon- | i struction Crisis From J Wrecking the League. GERMAN - REQUEST I GETS APPROVAL | Committeee Votes to Give | Germany Membership in I League.—Many Prob- | lems Not Settled. 1 Geneva. March 11.—(A s )—Premier Jj Briand was back from Paris in an if; active consultation with the other I leaders today in an effort to prevent J th? council reconstruction crisis from >sj wrecking the league of nations. Pie - outstanding development this forg- m noon was the unanimous adoption fay || flic council's full political committee |j of the sub-committee's report reco*#- mending Germany's admission to the> >Jj league, M. Briand arrived at rf:ls a. m. a and immediately conferred with M. a I’aul-Boncour and Louis Loucheur, qf j the French delegation, who described J for him the developmhnts of the eoun cil controversy since his departure I for Paris to adjust the French min- 3 isterial crisis. In adoption of the sub-oommit-tee’g report the assembly's political com- 1 mittee smashed precedent by renounc ing the right to convoke representa- j fives of tlie German delegation to J give information concerning Ger- * many’s international status in her de- j sire sincerely to conform With her i international engagements. Renunciation of this privilege pre vented further complication of the i delicate situation as it was realized •§ that the German leaders in view of the uncertainty over the council mem- | bership question might well decline 5 to send delegates before the commit tee. TEXTILE PLANTS TO BE AUCTIONED | Court Orders Sale of Four o! Meek- '■> lenburg Mills. •' ■■'M Greensboro, March 10.—An order j providing for the sale at auction of , j the four cotton mills of the Meeklen- / burg Mills company was filed in the federal district court clerk's office 1; here today, the order being made by ’ Judge E. Yates IVebb, of Shelby, ,45 judge of the western North Carolina district. The sale will be held at Newton on | a day to be set by the special mas ter, who is also named in the order. :§ He is Sidney S. Alderman an attor- 3 liey, of this city. The property to be , sold consists of the Mecklenburg I Mills, at Charlotte. Newton and j Clyde Mil’s, at Newton, and Nancy J mills, at Tuckertown, Montgomery, county. It is provided that no bid be rc- la ceived for less than $250,000. ,ri|| The property will be sold to satis- J fy the bond holders, represented by the Coal and Iron National bank, of j& New York. The amount due the ; j bend holders, who were secured by a deed oft rust on the properties of the mills company, is $610,802. The bonds were sold April 1, 1922. The mil’s company went bankrupt I October 17, 1923. J. D. Norwood, formerly of Salis- 0 bury, now of Birmingham, Ala-, was president of the Mecklenburg Mills 1 company. He was tried in federal court here last December on a charge of violation of the national $ banking laws and sentenced to serve As three years in the federal prison at Atlanta. lie has appealed from the sentence and the appeal is pending. 3 He was chairman of the board of ’.J directors of the Peoples National ;| Bank of Salisbury, when it was. dost ed in June, 1923, and mueh paper of ’’i the Mecklenburg Mills company was Tl found in the bank. Tuniney-Stribling Match Cancelled j Miazi, Fla., March 11.—(/P)--The match between Jene Tnnney and i Young Stribbling for Friday night was declared off today. Tunney’s manager, Billy (libsaui, MM announced that the match was off. saying he would not let Tnnney take ; part because lie said the promoters ■ | had been unable to meet their ad- ' vanoe obligations by March Ist, ae~ - cording to Contract, and he saw no i,, hope of obtaining the stipulated mott- ■ ey. Perhaps the longest will on rec- ;.;i ord is that of an English woman which contained 95.940 words and - made four large volumes. The short est will on record was written on the back of a sailor’s identity check. SAT’S BEAR SAYSj —— m Cloudy with rain and colder in the east portion tonight; Friday partly s j cloudy. Fresh to strong northeast winds on Friday.