North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES XXVI MING BUD TO . MLE PRESIDENT TO SEE HISFSTHIR Packed Snowdrifts of the Vermont Highway Must Make Way for President of United States. SNOW CLOSES THE STATE HIGHWAYS Five Ton Tractor Put to Work so Chief Executive Can Make Trip Should ' He Decide to See Father. Plymouth. Vt., March 15.—04*) The packed snowdrifts of the Ver mont highways must make way for the President of t'Te United States. Word has gone forth that the road from Ludlow to Plymouth where the President’s father now lies seriously ill must he opened to motor traffic immediately For months a losing battle has been waged with t'.ie forces of nature. This week new resources have been thrown into the fight. A five-ton tractor, the property of the State of Vermont, was brought yesterday to Ludlow from Rutland. Todny those in charge of highway op: erations expected to receive parts necessary for attaching the tractor to n rotary snow plow. When this hook up is made the plow will operate night and day clearing drifts down to hard pan to permit passage of automobiles should the President decide to come here. > Last fall the State authorities de cided to co-operate with residents of Ludlow In keeping open the thirteen miles stretch of highway between Ludlow, the railroad point, and Ply mouth Notch. The plan was suc cessful until the heavy snows of the new year proved too much for the equipment available. Col. Coolidge Slightly Improved Plymouth. Vt., March 15.—04*)—A slight improvement in the condition of Cob John C. Coolidge father of the president was noted today by his phy sican. The sick man was able to re ceive his pastor, Rev. John White of Sherburne, who drove over to Ply month to see him. With Our Advertisers. H you get it from the Concord and Kan napolis Gas Company before March 20th. you can get it for only $22.75, with 75 cents down and $2 a month till paid. Goodyear quality and Goodyear serviceability are good safeguards about tire troubles. Get ’em at the Torke & Wadsworth Co. Smi-lax tonic and liver compound is sold only through drug stores. “Exchange of Wives" at the Con eord Theatre today and tomorrow. Coming -Wednesday Johnny Hines, the live wire, in his latest picture. Note the new ad. of the CitiseUs Bank and Trust Co. Resources over a million dollars. 1710 Parks-Belk Co. has a big boys’ department. Prices of suits range from $4-05 to $8.05. Read the new ad. today on page two. C. H. Barrier A Co. want chickens, hams and eggs, all they can get by next Friday at noon. They guaran tee you 22 cents a pound for heavy hens. This offer holds good for this week only. Tlie gas equipment and appliances of the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Ca are tested by the appliance test ing laboratory maintained by the American Gas Association. Your dining room can be made real attractive with the use of one of the new suites of the Bell A Harris Fur niture Company. *' You will find the Easter ’clothing for boys at Hoover’s. You will find the season’s latest shapes and colors in millinery at Robinson's. r Easter coats in junior miss sizes at J. C. Penney A Co’s., only $14.75. • Footwear for ladies and misses in the new styles for spring at Efird'a. Four poster train beds, in metal and woqd at Concord Furniture Co. Go in and look them over. Rogere’ paints are manufactured by one of the biggest paint concerns in the country, and are sold here by the Yonre A Wadsworth Co. Says Duke University Will Be Un rivalled. Lumberton, March 14.—An insplr- Ing word picture of the marve'oua development plana of Duke Univemi ty was given a group of adumm and an alumnae of that institution in the pastor's study at Chestnut Street Methodist Church Thursday evening following a get-together meeting . of the congregation, by Mr. R. E. Hiig pen, alumni secretary. There will be nothing to equal it on the American continent Mr. Thigpen said, in equipment and surpassing beauty of surroundings, bat he emphasised the fact that opportunities for poor boys to obtain an education _ there will be even greater than they were at Trinity before Mr. Duke’s princely gift and the further fact that die millions lavished upon this institu tion have not made, and will not make, the slightest change in its re lations to the Methodist Church, South, but that Duke will continue to be a Methodist institution just as Trinity was'. Snow was hanied to cover roads (of Southern Alaska and British Columbia for the first time in civilis ed history. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Members of League of Nations Again Unable i To Reach Settlement — THE COTTON MARKET \ ' Opened Barely Steady at Decline of ' 4to II Points—July Off to 18.12 ; New York. March 15.—0 W—The cotton market opened barely steady today at a decline of 4 to il points, apparently (influenced by ’relatively easy Liverpool cables and the belief that tiic covering of last week had 1 left futures in an easier technical po sition. July sold off to 18.12 and Decem , her to 17.10 within the first few min • utes. making net declines of about 10 [ to 16 points, but there was some for eign trade buying of new crop months, 1 and while the demand from shorts was much less active following re cent rallies, the market steadied up a few points from the lowest before Lie end of the first hour. Reports of unreasonably low tem peratures in the South may have brought in a little buying, but except for some price fixing and the foreign buying, demand was attributed chiefly to further covering. Cotton futures opened barely steady. May 18.60; July 1818; Oct. 17.50; Dec. 17.17; Jan. 17.14. MISS MAGGIE LOWE DIES AT SALISBURY Was Trained Norse in Atlanta For Many Years—Mrs. Katie Shive Pneumonia Victim. Salisbury. March 13.—Miss Mag gie Lowe died early this morning at the home of a brother. Captain j. F. Lowe, on Mitchell avenue where she had made Iter home for the past year. For many years Mass Ixtwc waa a trained nurse and practiced her profession in Atlanta. Two sis ters aud two brothers survive, these being Mrs. E. W. Tatum, of Salis bury. ahd Miss Elizabeth Lowe of Charlotte, and J. E. Lowe, of Salis bury and W- V. Lowe, of Asheville. Mm. Katie Holshouser Shivc. wife of J. L. Shive, died this ar.ernoon at 5 o’clock at her home on Elm street, death being caused by in fluenza and pneumonia. Mrs. Shive was 21) years old and is survived by her husband, who is with the Peeler Grocery company, and two sons, aged five and two years: also her mother, Mrs. Dovie Holshouser, and sWr, Mrs. K. A. Kluttz. WANTS GEORGE HAYES c . TRIED BY GOVERNMENT Senator Walks Asks for Proescution of “Surprise’’ Witness in Wheeler Case. Washington, March 15.—OP)—A demand that the justice department prosecute for perjury George B. Hayes, of New York, the “surprise” witness for the government in Mon tana trial of Senator Wheeler, Dem ocrat, of Montana, was made today in the Senate by Senator Walsh, Dem ocrat, of Montana. As a spur to the department intro duced a resolution directing the at torney general to advise the Senate whether it is the purpose to submit Hayes’ testimony to a grand jury with a view to obtaining an indict ment against him. Declaring that the story of the prosecution of Senator Wheeler makes “black chapter in the history of the American jurisprudence" Senntor Walsh said it was of “transcendent impjartance that .the attempt through perjured testimony to silence a memb er of this body and overwhelm him in ignominy should not pass unnoticed." Reviewing the vents at the trial in Montana last year, at which Sena tor Wheeler was asquitted of the charge of accepting money for prose cuting oil lease cases before the In terlor Department, Seqptor Walsh Says Sayes’ testimony on its face was incredible. The stdry was that Wheel had confessed with him in New York and offered to split the fee with him for prosecuting the oil lease cases of Gordon Campbell of Montana. MANY GASTON SPINDLES STANDING IDUR TODAY Lock of Dentoad for Yarns Causes Curtailment in Some Plants. Gastonia, March 15.—OP)—Over 1,000,000 spiuuiug spindles are idle to day under curtailment forced by lack of demand, according to a check made this morning. It is also understood that other plants in nearby counties and in Gaston not reached, are stand- j ing likewise until tomorrow morning at 6 o’clock. The demand has been decreas : ng generally for the past month of six weeks, and it is under stood nearly all mills in this territory except those spinning for their own looms expect to curtail from Satur noon untill Tuesday morning, un- 1 til the demand reaches a point to take up that production. Bessie Lave Bkg* Parisians Copy Myles Wrora U. 8. Klims. Culver City, Calif.. March 15.—0 P) "-The salesladies of Fifth Avenue still may prattle, "This is very smart; just from Paris." But in Paris the shopkeepers are saying, “Very chic; Just what they are wear ing in Hollywood."’ So reports Bessie Love, who has leturned from Paris to the Metro- Goldwyn-Maye- studios to make her . next picture,’ “Lovey Mary.” “In Paris, It it- an open secret that the designers copy their gowns from the American films,” said Mias Love, i “Parisian women are quick to follow , the fashions of the American screen stars and so the designers are com pelled to copy them." >! After Secret Meeting Mem bers Separate Without f Being Abale to Reorgan ize Council of League. 7 : SEE SOLUTION r TO PROBLEMS! i ' Tension Is Easing Up Now and Itr Is Hoped That by ; Wednesday Crisis Will Have Been Passed. t Geneva, “March 15.—CP)—Again to - day the members of the league of nn i tions separated after a secret meeting 1 without reaching an agreement con cerning the reorganization of the coun cil in connection with Germany’s en s trance into the league. t In order to gaiu more time, it was i decided to postpone the session of the ’ assembly scheduled for tomorrow until Wednesday. Nevertheless some league officials • said that the easing of the crisis which began in the early hours of the morning clearly continued to ex pand and they forecast that by Wed ■ nesday the main difficulty would be solved. . Several members of the council are i reported to be telegraphing their home governments concerning the new de velopments. Foreign minister Chamberlain of great Britain emerging from the sea son said the stuation looked more hopeful but that it was too early to hazard a guess regarding the direeton in which the solution would be found. Sig. Scio’.io, of Italy, seemed less confident of a speedy and satisfactory end, saying "you know that the pati ent can start sinking the minute the doctors give out optimistic bulletins." Statements from the French sources and from foreign minister Stresemann of Germany indicated that the council was seeking a settlement in the direc tion of bring about the resignation of one or more non-permanent members of the council to permit the immedi ate election of Poland. Under this plan, Sweden would re sign and Poland would take her chance of receiving the majority-Ts support in the assembly as a substi tute for Sweden, t Both Count Quinones de Leon of Spain and Afranio Melo Franco of Brazil left today’s meeting depressed in appearance, the Brazilian stntes mnn particularly so, thus creating the impression that their cause for per manent seats had not beeu advanced. When Dr. Stresemann asked Pre- i mier Briand of France if Poland were willing to take her chance on election by the assembly to a non permanent sent vacated by some other country, M. Briand is reported to have replied “As in David Copperfield—Barkis is willing.” COIN SALE LIMIT GETS EXTENSION Held Open Until April Ist by the I Request of Chairman Morrison. Charlotte, March 14.—The bids for the sale of memorial coins in North Carolina has been extended until April Ist. Information to this effect has been received from Cameron Mor rison, chairman for North Carolina. Mr. Morrison wired the Stone Moun tain Memorial Association as follows: “Inasmuch as North Carolina lias responded so wonderfully in the short time allotted us to sell our quota of Stone Mountain Memorial coius, I feel that It is only fair to the people of this state to give us until April Ist. If you cannot do this, Carolina will in all probability lead 1 every southern state anyway. We ' are just like that in North Caro : lina." To which reply was received March 12tji as follows: “Your wire. You may have to April Ist as we will not recall coins from banks there until that date.” Thia. says Mr. Morrison, will be splendid news to the many cities and 1 towns in North Carolina who really used more time to sell their quotas. ' Already in North Carolina over 100 ■ towns are organized and at work. The city coinß are being sold at prices of a higher average than any southern state. After April Ist ail coins wiill be I withdrawn, after which date no Stone ' Mountain Memorial coin can be pur chased at the old price except by spe cial order. On April 15th the price advances to $2. Five People Bum to Death In Fire. Shreveport, La., March 14.—Five bodies had been reclvered tonight from the ruins of the Crewell hotel, a three-story brick structure destroyed by fire here early this morning. r More than a score of guests es caped without injury. I The dead: , Thomas W. Hoskins, 52, day hotel r dark. , Augustus Brichest, 65, Cincinnati, Ohio, traveling salesman for the I Bethlehem Steel corporation and the American saf and Look company. Jack Hutte. 35 Escnnaba, Mich. Martin Lester, 24. Shreveport. ’ D. H- West, address nndetermln- P ed. t -* - i White Bill Passed. Washington, March 15.—(A>)—The r White bill, to control all phaaes of i radio, was passed today by the House, -by a vote of 218 to 124. It now goes to the Senate. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1926 The Final Vote Seven hundred and seventy-five votes have been cast here in the matter of prohibition enforcement. The vote stands as follows: For strict enforcement, >52!). For Repeal of Amendrrient, 50 • For modification of law. 216. 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. *• The Tribune vote was forwarded today. id mm it D. A. R. MEETING Mrs. Gregory Rules That Mrs. W. O. Spencer DM Not Receive Majority of Votes at Meet. Salisbury, March 15.—OP)—A rul ing has been made by Mrs. E. C. Gre gory of Salisbury, regent of the North Carolina Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, that the vote of 6!) to 68 in which Mrs. W. O. Spencer of Winston-Salem was endorsed for Vice President General does not con stitute n necessnry majority. Mrs. Gregory holds that under the regulations of the organization an ear dorsement requires a majority of the votes registered at the time of the voting. Therefore 70 votes at least were necessary for endorsement she said. The vote for Mrs. Spencer was over Mrs. Ralph Van Laudiiigliain in the recent state convention held in Char lotte. The votes registered at the time numbered 138 while 137 were voted. NO CANDIDATE ENDORSED RULES HEAD OF D. A. R. President General of National So ciety Battics Disputed Point. Charlotte, March 14.—N0 candi date was endorsed for the office of vice president general of the Nation al Society of the Daughters of. the American Revolution by the North Carolina D. A. R. in this recent an nual meeting at Charlotte, according to a telegram from Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the National Society, addressed to Mra, Edwin C. Gregory, of Salis bury, State- regent. *' “Endorsement required -a majority of the voters registered at the time of the voting; therefore at lease 70 votes were necessary for endorse ment,” reads the telegram. "Hence no candidate was endorsed.” At the recent convention in Char lotte Mrs. W- O. Spencer, of Win ■ston-Salein, was declared the nomi nee of the North Carolina D. A. R., having received 69 votes to 68 votes cast for Mrs. Ralph VanLanding hara, of Charlotte. The record shows 138 registered votes present at the time of the balloting. NOTORIOUS RETAILER AGAIN BEHIND BARS Bud Lippard. Notorious Law-Break er of Catawba, Arrested at Sails - bury. Newton, March 13.—Bud Lippnrd. Catawba’s notorious bootlegger, is again in the Newton jail, having been arrested in Sa’isbury. Sheriff Bost, upon being notified of his ar rest, sent Deputy W. C. Curlee to Salisbury after him. Lippard was sentenced to the county jail for 18 months for violating the prohibition aw, but was later paroled by Gov ernor Morrison. After he was pa roled he again violated the prohibi ion laws and the Governor revoked the parole. Since that time he has been dodging officers. Capoascs had been sent to all nearby towns. At the timo Lippard was convicted in Ca ‘awba Superior Court he was crip pled, walking on crutches, and the judge sentenced him to the county iail instead of the chningang. He hnd served only two months of the 18 months sentence when he was granted a parole. WARRANT IS ISSUED AGAINST GROUNDHOG Judge Murray, of Burlington, De crees Animal Shalt Answer For His Crimea. Burlington, March 13—Judge E. H. Murray today established a pre cedent in the application of the law in this city when he issued a war rant against “the groundhog” for si eged tampering with the weather. Hardy Stockard, veteran ’Alamance county deputy sheriff, has been call ed upon to make the arrest and to bold the prisoner without bail, if he is apprehended. According to information given out by Judge Murray, the deputy will form a posse of irate citizens to assist him in the arrest if the bloodhounds are able to trail the al leged desperate character to his lair, which It is feared will be a difficult task because the snow hnd blotted out hia tracks. ' Discredits Story of Eve. Amsterdam. March 13.—The Rev. J- B. Geolkerken. who in a recent sermon east doubt on the Bible story of Eve and the serpent, was suspended today for three months by the General Synod of the Reformed churches after a trial for heresy. He bad refused to sign an agreement to interpret Genesis literally. \ 1 I The bout between Gene Tunney , and Young Stribbling ia expected to i attract a record crowd to the Miami stadium on the night of March 12th. 160SRE REPORTED : LOST 111 ICCIDEST t Those Killed Were Na- I lives of Costa Rica, Be lieved to Have Been on Religious Excursion. Boston, March 15. —OP)—Cable ad • vices received today by the T'nitcd i Fruit Company said that 100 natives -of Costa Biea were killed in a rail ' way accident at Virilla River bridge ' near San Jose yesterday. • These killed were believed to have • been members of an excursion party on the way to Cartngo where a relig ' ions festival was in progress. The train was coming from the western > pari of the island on the railroad that ■ runs from Port Limon on the Pacific • Const. ■ A thousand persons were on the train. One coach fell down an em ■ bnnkment into the Vnrilla River and ' it was believed most of those who lost their lives were in this coach. Oth ■ er cars also were derailed. The advices received here said iden tifications of only one man 'had been made, a professor in a school at Car tngo. His name was not received here, and it was believed 'he too was a native. No tourists were on the train. Report 248 Killed. San Jose, Costa Rica. March 15. UP) —Two hundred and forty-eight persons were killed and 03 injured in Sunday’s disastrous train wreck on the Costa Rican railroad, it has tbps fnr been established. Three cars were demolished, one fell to the bottom of the Varilla River from the bridge over the stream, and two others were left handing from a 190-foot preci . pice. NESBITT ENLARGES HIS CONFESSION OF CRIME Recites Details of Wife’s Murder, Clearing I'p Many of the Uncertain Points. Troy. 0., March 13.—The last words Frances Nesbitt uttered before she met death at the hnnds of her husband were: “Oh, Jake, don’t you still love me?” Jacob Nesbitt recalled that today as he sat in the semi-gloom of his cell in jail here facing a charge of first degree murder for the slaying of his pretty wife in their home here . February 19th, Other details of the tussle preceding the murder became etched oil his mind as it cleared from the stress and, emotion of last night's confession. He recalled he struck his wife with a Btick of firewood, then burned it. That cleats up one of the most pro found mysteries of the murder—what weapon was used. He related details of the killing to Prosecutor L. E. Harvey telling of them in a faint voice, his sunken eyes ip a face seamed and lined with fatigue and emotion. Nesbitt after three weeks of pro claimed innocence during which time he lent his efforts to officials and ■’ewspapermen in an effort to solve what had been termed a “perfect crime,” last night after five hours of questioning broke down and con fessed he killed his wife after they had quarrelled over business affairs. Nesbitt's alleged confession nnd the legal preparations for raising the curtain on the second act of the wierd tragedy shared interest as to what his defense will be. His attorney asserted he has made no plans, but Prosecuting Attorney Harvey was prepared to fight a plea of temporary insanity. Personal friends and medical advisers of the confessed wife slayer have injected their opinion that he was a victim of paranoia, a progressive form of in sanity, resulting from a feeling of persecution. Forbes and Thompson Denied Review Washington. D. C., March 15.— UP) —Charles R. Forbes, former director | of the veterans bureau, and John W. , Thompson, St. Louis contractor, con victed at Chicago of conspiracy in t connection with hospital contracts, . were today denied a review by the , Supreme Court. . Forbes and Thompson were each . sentenced to terms of two years in Leavenworth penitentiary and fines of SIO,OOO. The grounds advanced I in support of their petition to the Supreme Court were substantially those advanced without success in the circuit court of appeals. t Refuses to Review Chapman Case. r Washington. March 15.—UP)—Ger i aid Chapman, the mail bandit, under sentence to die April oth, today was 1 refused a review of his case by the ■ Supreme Court. > Tried and convicted of, the murder in Connetticutt while serving a Fed eral sentence at Atlanta, Chapman r was given commutation of his Fed > era! sentence by President Coolidge i to enable the state to execute the . death sentence. John Calvin Coolidge Col John €. Coolidge, father of the president, is dangerously ill, and at this printing the president is shid to be starting for his father’s bedside. UHFAVOPABLE BALANCE IS SHOWN Exports During February Amounted $353,000,000 as Against Imports Val ued at $383,900,000. Washington, March 15.— UP) —An unfavorable trade balance of $.30,000,- 000 was shown in preliminary esti- 1 mates of American foreign trade for ( February issued today by the com- j mrree department. Total exports last month were val-1 lied at $353.000,000 as against im- ■ ports worth $389,000,000. The figures compared with exports ] worth $397,195,833 in January, and, imports of $410,707,339. The excess of Imports over exports during February nearly equalled the j favorable trade balance of $37,289.- 005 during the same month last year. I Officials pointed to prilirainary es timates showing imports of rubber during February were $58,000,000 as one explanation of the excess of im port vulues. Talmadge Sisters Have But Two Things Liked in Common. Hollywood. Calif., March 15 .—UP) : - Collecting and the Charleston are two things the Talmadge sisters like in common. Otherwise they are ns ; widely different in (heir off-screen life 11 ns (hey are in the movies. Before the camera, Constance i chooses to be the comedienne first. I last and always. Norma prefers roles of a more serious nature In < private life, Constance likes to be "in 1 the thick of things.” Her sister < nrefers a good hoc k. “Next to making pictures. I would ra'her dance than do anything e'se in the world,” Constance said. “I love 1 every form of dancing, from foe elns nical nnd interpretative to the fox- i trot and Charleston. To be frank, i I am not much given to solitary con- < finement with studies nnd books. “Compared to life, books seem to . me irrevelant. The hours other peo ple spend in reading, I prefer to spend in living. I love all types of people and thoroughly enjoy parties of every description, I would rather study human, nature*at close range than all the ‘ologies’ and ‘isms’.” i Norma likes reading bocks for her own pleasure, that is, she explained, reading the kind of books she can enjoy whether or not they are motion picture material. “I suppose when one spends the greater part of one’s life in assuming the characters'of fiction, it is natur al to enjoy turning to real facts for recreation,” she said. “At any rate, when I read for my own pleasure, I . prefer history or autobiography.” She also likes outdoor sports and particularly long, rambling walks. Her pet hobby ig collecting old jewel ry. Just at present, Norma is tak ing lessons in the Charleston and French, the latter because she hopes j to spend a year traveling in France. Washington R. Owens Succumbs at j Salisbury. Salisbury, Mar. 14. Washington I R. Owens, age 70 years, familiarly I known as Tom Owens died early this I morning at his house on South I Jackson street, death being caused ! by pneumonia. The wife and one daughter, Mies Mabel, survive. The funeral wilt be conducted at 4:30, Monday, from the residence. Kerosene is now replacing elec tricity on buoys, barge canals, and in railway signaling. Certain spe cial lamps will burn continuously for a year without attention. ACCIDENT VICTIM Mrs. Jap Odum Killed When Auto in Which She Was Riding Skidded and Threw Her Out. Albemarle, March 13. —OP)— Mts\ Jap Odum was fatally Injured today laud, two others were„|j|uikea_UP as | the result of their automobile skidding t on the Troy read near here, throwing the occupants from the machine. Mrs. Odum’s neck was broken. Her hus band is a prisoner at the State peni tentiary at Raleigh. She was a res ident of Gold Hill. The woman’s sister-in-law and male companion were riding with her at the time of the accident. CLAIMED TO BE OFFICER Brings in Three Young Men Hand cuffed and Gets Behind Bars Him self. 4 Hickory. March 11.—Claiming to be a Buncombe county officer, a young mau giving his name as John Dex ter, of Charlotte, was arrested last night and placed in the city jail af ter he had brought three young men to the police station, all handcuffed, nnd asked Officers Robinson and Mitchell that a warrant be sworn out against them, charging gambling. According to the story of the boys, six of them, one the alleged officer, gathered around a table in a local rooming house and engaged in a game of poker. Towards morning Dexter found himself broke nnd pulled a gun on the boys, it was said, and dis played a gold badge which bore the inscription “deputy sheriff.” After hearing the story, the officers locked Dexter up with the other boys. A search of Dexter’s room found some liquor, which will also figure in the case against the alleged Bun come county officer. Officials got in touch with Sheriff Mitchell, at Asheville, this morning who snyl that he had a man named John Dexter Merrill, but no John Dexter, ami that Merrill was in Asheville at that time and had not been to Hickory. Dexter presents a nice appearance and claims to be 24 years old and a native of Massachusetts. He wore his gold badge under his vest and carried a new .38 calibre pistol. In his pocket was a warrant for Carl Drake and also a check payable to Carl Drake and signed by John Dex ter for the sum of sl4. The war rant charged Carl Drake with forg ing Dexter’s name. Asphalt Plant Bums In City of Salisbury. Salisbury, March 13.—The as phalt plant of Lassiter company, in the western part of the city, was burned this afternoon, togetber with a quantity of asphalt. While an i swering the alarm two of the city fire trucks got stuck in the mud and [after three hour* were liberated by the use of a caterpillar tractor. ■Dr. Douglas Receives Call From Tennessee. j Wndesboro, March 13.—Rev. John I Jordan Douglas, for the past eight | years pastor of the First Presby terian church of this city, has re ceived a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Jefferson City, Tenn. After an interval of three years Eddie Bntler, of the Crescent A. C., of Brooklyn, has regained the A. A. U. national one-wall court handball championship. THE TRIBUNE ' j PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I ' -1^ ===*; NO. 60 FEWER DEATHS ARE 1 REPORTED 111 SOUTi -"..J PAST WEEK Dixie Yielded One of Low* est Tolls to Traffic Dur- j ing Week, Only 34 Be* j ing Killed. SIX DEATHS IN I TAR HEEL STATE Georgia Leader in Injuries Column, With 55—Nine teen Were Hurt fin North Carolina. WWixie yielded one of the low- Jj est tolls to traffic during the" week just ending that has been recorded in .1 several months' .34 killed and 321 in jured. These figures were revealed-j|i i a survey conducted today in eleven i Southern states by the Associated | Press. sv-m North Carolina was at the top of | the column with six deaths, and , Flor’da a close second with five. Ken- :$ lucky, brought up the rear with vj the only state having this record for 3 the week. Georgia was an easy leader in in- ,1 juries column with fifty-five. Florida : | came next with 43, Louisiana with 1 30 beng her nearest rival. Mississippi 1 reported the lowest number hurt with four. The figures were compiled in these ; states from automobile railway train, j trolley car and motorcycle accidents. THE SINNING SPOUSE IN KANSAS CITY / Holmes Morris Sends His Wife Money as Evidence of Contrition. Monroe. March 13.—Emsley H. Morris, who lives near this city and who is the father of Holmes Morris, Jj whose strange disappearance on the night of February 18th, developed In to a sham murder stunt, has returned | from a visit to bis son in Kansas City, Mo., and reports Holmes as f having a good job and doing well. Sheriff Clifford Fowler located 4 Holmes shortly after it developed that his shot-up car ain chicken blood : in the AVynoma mine section was a sham. The sheriff stated yesterday that he whited for some time for a warrant for Holmes and the money-to go after him. but when ft appeared if! that no one was interested In bring- , ing him back, he made known to his people his whereabouts, and his fath- i er went and found him where the [ sheriff instructed him to look for his soon. His father walked up behind him, ; Laid his hand on his shoulder and said. “Hello here.” His wayward son, who evidently thought that by this time a tombstone had been erect ed to his memory, turned, and in great surprise exclaimed, “Where in the world did you come from?” ■' ■Si His father spent the night with him and they talked over the sham which lie attempted to pull, and which for three days created great excite ment and wonder in Union county. The young man, it is said, was ■some what on the fence as to whether he would stay where he is, or return home to his wife and babies. He sent his wife some money and an expression of his love. ' . , He plead to his father that fijan cial reverses had impaired his reason ing faculties, and that at the time he was going through the sham mur- I der act. he was not conscious of what' he was doing In the opinion of tile people here, it is unfortunate for him that he did not have an alienist with him on that night to testify in his behalf. Referring to the letters writ ten bv him to the woman with whom he left, under a fictitious name, and through which the sheriff located him, young Morris said that he wrote them on purpose to let his people find him. , The letters intended to be received by Rrieoy Reams, the woman with whom he eloped, were addressed to "Miss Blondie Smith. 12 S. College Street, Charlotte, N. C.” Enclosed envelopes for reply were addressed to “Richard Reims, Kansas City. Co.” Richard Reims is the real husband of Bricey Reims, the paramour of Morris. The i Reims woman, who was apprehended and lodged in Monroe jail shortly af ter the elopement, dropped the sheriff a ehie. and instead of Bricey Reims, alias, Blondie Smith, the sheriff op ened the letters. If Morris intended these letters to uet us know of his whereabouts, say Mg' friends and neighbors, he chose a mysterious route to impart the information. 2 A part of a primitive human skull has been found forty-two feet below the surface in excavations tor Lloyd's on the historic site of the 1 Sast India House in London. > *: BAT'S BEAR SAYSt Partly cloudy tonight, Tuesday fair, net much change In tempera ture. Fresh southwest shifting to 1 northwest winds.