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VOLUME XXVI
OEMOCRATS FOUR
ITO RMiIGH FOR
STATE CnnENTION
Come From Every Quar
ter of the State.—Five
Congressmen Come
From Washington.
OVERMAN AND
SIMMONS ABSENT
Nothing Has Come to
Light to Indicate Any
thing But a Peaceful
Convention.
Raleigh. April 20.— UP) —The State
Democratic Convention o)>ene<l at the
City Auditorium here thin afternoon
at 12.23 o'clock. When Governor An
gus McLean, breaking a precedent
by attending, entered, lie wan given a
tremendous ovntiton. The convention
was opened with prayer by Dr. T. W.
O'Kelly, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Raleigh.
All state officials were requested by
Cha’rman John G. Dawson to come
to the platform. He likewise extend
ed an invitation to former Governor
Cameron Morrison and (). Max Gard
ner, former Lieutenant Governor, and
regarded as the leading candidate for
gubernatorial honors in 11)28. Mr.
Gardner resjionded. and was given an
ovation.
The call of counties followed, and
a quorum present was declared. The
reading of district reports was dis
pensed with, and the vice presidents
of the convention from the various
districts were requested to come to
the plantform.
W. C. Feimster; of Newton, key
note speaker, was introduced by
Chairman Dawson as the temporary
chairman of the convention, and im
mediately began delivery of flic key
note address.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, April 21).—Democrats
poured irtto Raleigh yesterday after
noon and evening in a never ending
stream. From every corner of the
state they came and with each pass
ing hour the crowd that overflowed
the Sir . Walter Hotel lobby grew
larger: a crowd which milled around
lu the ustal friendly fashion, making
new acquaintances and renewing old.
Before seven o'clock, hotel rooms were
at n premium, except for those fore
sighted individuals who had tele
graphed or written ahead for reserva
tions, but that deterred no one. Any
loyal Democrat would have slept In
the street if that were necessary, in
order to participate in the flow of
good fellowship that characterizes a
Democratic convention.
Five of the ten North Carolina con
gressmen were on hand by early eve
ning. and it seems likely that they
will be the only members of Uie Old
North State delegation to attend the
convention. Congressmen Lindsay C.
Warrem C. L. Abernethy, William C.
Hammer and R. L. Dougbton arrived
early in the day, with Congressman
John H. Kerr affiixing his name to
the hotel register in the early eve
ning. It is doubtful, they report, if
any of the other five congressmen
will make the trip.
Senator Overman will abide by his
previous decision to forego the pleas
ure of attending the convention and
stick by his guns in Washington,
Frank Hampton, 'secretary of Sena
tor Simmons, reported on his arrival
during the morning. The junior sen
ator is convinced that he would be
derelict in his duty were he to leave
the capitol even for a day in view
of the pressing matters on hnnd, Mr.
Hampton explained. Senator Sim
mons, of course, takes-the same view.
R. R. Reynolds, of Asheville, can
didate for the United States Senate
in opposition to Overman, arrived
during the early gvening and was
probably the busiest man in Raleigh
taking full advantage of the oppor
tunity to meet in one gathering the
lenders of his party from all portions
of the state.
Nothing has yet come to light that
would change the prevalent belief that
the convention will be peaceable in
every respect. Senator Overman’s
cohorts are expected to get the names
of their candidate before the con
vention in some manner or other, but
it is considered doubtful if any real
effort to secure an endorsement of
his record will be made. What they
want is an excuse to cheer long and
loud when his name is mentioned.
Os the questions for a time expect
ed to create a rift in the ranks, such
as evolution, the eight months seffiool
term, and the Australian ballot, the
latter now looks as the only issue
likely to come before the delegates
with a formidable array of propon
ents behind it. The secret ballot
is, of course, pre-eminently, the wom
en’s issue and, in some quarters, the
feminine wing of the party is expected
to refuse to be quieted until a plank
in inserted in the platform in favor
of the Australian, or a similar form
of ballot.
Even this is hardly expected to
cause anything resembling a breach,
temporary or otherwise, and the pre
diction is freely made that the con
vention machinery will move as if
on ball bearings, each bearing well
oiled.
Delegates met by congressional dis
tricts at 11 o’clock this morning to
get pre-convention details out of the
way and the convention was called
to order shortly after 12 o’clock in
the municipal auditorium. There
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Vivienne Segal, musical comedy
star: is goiug to be Mrs. Red Grange,
according to reports ia Chicago.
Where she ,is playing. She and Red
refuse to deny it—and they do say
Red's big roadster is parked outside
the stage door mighty often.
THE COTTON MARKET
Early Cables and Favorable Weather
Reports Reflected in Opening De
cline.
New York, April 20.—(9)—Rela
tively easy. Liverpool rabies and fav
orable weather reports were reflected
in the opening declines of 4 to 8
points in the cotton market today.
May sold off'to 18.53 and October)
to 18.17, net declines of about 5 to
8 points under selling attributed to
liquidation of old long accounts com
bined with southern hedging and lo
cal pressure. Offerings were com
paratively light, however, nnd the
market was quiet with prices hold
ing fairly steady at, the end of the
first hour.
Private cables attributed the de
cline in Liverpool to hedging with
local and continental liquidation, and
said the coal situation was yestrict
ing business in the Manchester mar
kets for cotton goods. It also was
rci>orted that an organization of Lan
cashire mills had approved the pro
posal to shiit down Tor t'he week be
ginning May 3rd.
Committee to Consider Report.
'Washington, April 21).— -UP) —The
tSftftrt of the Muscle Shoals joint
Congressional committee would be re
ferred to the Senate agriculture com
mittee under a motion made today by
Senator Norris, republican, Nebraska,
opponent of the proposed leasing, and
chairman of the agriculture commit
tee. The motion will be considered at
3 p. m. tomorrow. !
Some discussion developed as to the ,
narliamentary Rtntus of the bill and
whether it was on the calendar or on
the table.
Senator Heflin, Democrat of Ala
bama, doubted whether Senator Nor
ris’ motion could be entertained if
the measure werr on the calendar. I
but Vice President Dawes ruled it
was before the Senate and the mo-|
tion was proper.
Golf courses for their own use are
being laid out. by farmers in rttc
Canadian nortb'west.
V ’ " ;;; ~ J ~T !
are 1,1)63 delegates and, from the
size of the crowd, not a one was ab
sent and several must have brought
along all of their friends !
About 4,000 Present. i
Raleigh, April 21).— OP) —Nearly ;
2,000 strong, representative Demo
crats from all sections of the stste
went into session here today at the
biennial state Democratic Convention'. j
Hundreds of others had gathered to
witness the convention scenes, and as
delegates with split votes for the en
tire voting strength of the body was
limited to 1,963.
During the morning the delegates
spent their time in the district cau
cuses at which district organizations
were effected, and members named to
various convention committees and
minor offices.
A large group of Democratic lead
era was busy drafting the platform
of which nothing could be learned in
'advance of its presentation on the
floor.
Meeting Had Not Started at Noon.
Raleigh, April 29.—(A>)—Though
the big city auditorium in which the
Democratic State Convention was be
ing held today tvas filled at noon with
k mass of milling delegates and the
galleries were rapidly filling, there
was no indication when ttie meeting
would get underway. Thirty minutes
later the same condition prevailed, al
though there were signs that the lead
ers were getting ready to call the as
semblage to order.
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ON SOUND FOOTING
Erich W. Zimmerman, of.
University of North Car- ]
olina, Addresses Trades!
I Council Meeting.
GREAT FUTURE IS j
SEEN FOR SECTION!
Says This Section Has'
Learned How to Handle |
Raw Material in Most
Beneficial Manner.
Charleston. S. April 29.— UP) —
The entire South Atlantic area has
entered a new phase in its economic
development and /strength and the I
base and sound and growth above as-!
sure future development, the Nation-1
al Foreign Trade Council was told
today by Erich W. Zimmerman, pro-'
fessor of commerce and renourves at '
ttie University of North Carolina.
, "Instead of producing raw materi
als for export, the South Atlantic
nrea has learned to manufacture these
crude products of its soil into highly
finished goods. This has had the in
evitable tendency of partially with
holding from the export market the
comnjodities which have always fur
nished the bulk of its foreign com
merce, I’rifensor Zimmerman said.
“On the other hand, the finished
I products of the factory are as yet
largely sold at home. The relatively
sinnll portion which finds its way to
foreign markets is still as a rule sold
through tile older established trading
centers of the North. How soon, or 1
to what extent this situation will
change is hard to predict.”
In summing up the situation in the
South Atlantic section. Professor Zim
merman declared that the value of its
economic resources depends in the first
place on their exceptional variety and
on the uniqueness of some that bor
ders almost on monopoly. The new
South, he said, is the child of an
electric age, pointing out that the de
velopment of tremendous waterpower
resources would eventually result ih
wide diffustion of industries, ernbrac- '
ing perhaps a larger field than any
other section.
TVHN life
Accused of Having Dynamited Min*
So He Conld Collect Insurance on
Own Life. ,
Pikeville. Ky., April 2(I.— UP)
William H. Turner, on trial here'
! charged with the murder of two min-
I era and defrauding an insurance com
pany of $89,000. was given a life im
prisonment sentence by the jury in
Pike County Circuit Court today. •
The jury deliberated three hours
nnd forty minutes, part of that time
■ last night and the remainder today.
| Turner was accused of having dy
(namited the mine of which he was
i superintendent, in order to collect in
i surance on his own life. Henry Wil
! son and another miner never identi
fied, were killed, and Turner disap
peared after the explosion a year ago,
j and the unidentified body was be
lieved for a time to be his. The
! Turner family collected the insur
ance.
On the stand yesterday Turner said
that an Austrian named Paul Tope
i had engineered the insurance fraud,
! aid that the actual explosion took
! place while he (Turner) had gone
for mud to tamp down the dynamite.
He tald Tope urged him to flee and
thnt he wandered around the eoun
] try, finally going to Europe. The
State claimed it had never been able
to find any one who knew Tope.
French Reply Received.
Washington, D. C„ April 29.— UP)
—France’s reply to the American re
quest for revision of her debt settle
ment offer has been received here,
and will be taken up by the debt com
mission late today.
Eight portraits of the Calvert fam
ily, colonial governors of Maryland
two centuries ago, have been returned
to this country from Italy, where they
were discovered in the possession of
descendants of friends of the Cal
verts.
San Diego has completed arrange
i ments for the entertainment of the
> annual tournament of the Pacific
* Coast Bowling Congress, which will
[ hold forth in the southern California
i city during the first ten days of May.
Smoking is prohibited in the new
- million-dollar clubhouse of the Wom
an’s City Club of. San Francisco.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926
Postmistress'
Miss Helen U. Smith, postmistress ot
Mohawk, Mich., is the youngest post (
mistress in the United States, to say
nothing of being one of the prettieat.
! Shortly after she passed her twenty
j Bret birthday she got her appoint;
I ment from President CooUdge-
WHITENER IS GIVEN
NEW CHANCE FOR LIFE
Man Who Killed High Point Officer '
Given a New Trial.
Tribune Bureau ,
Sir Walter Hotel ,
Raleigh, April 29.— UP) —J oh n ,
Whifener, once convicted of nqirilcr of |
u High Point police officer, yesterday \
was given a new chance for life by |
the State Supreme Court, when he ,
was granted a new trial on his appeal \
fiom the judgment of the Guilford
county superior court. j
The Supreme court's decision, writ- ,
ten by Chief Justice Htndy, was that j
Judge Schenek, trial judge, had erred ,
in * refusing to allow .he defemiunt i
to testify on the admissabiiity of the ,
confession lie was alleged to have
made and .it was on those grounds ;
thar a new trial was granted. - i
Whitoner was accused of having |
killed Officer Fred G. Claywell in i
High Point on June 9, 1925, when the
policeman, with others, had attempted ,
to break up a gambling game in ,
Whitener's house. Whitoner was i
wounded in the same gun battle in ]
which tile officer was killed and for
several w’eeks lay in n hospital under ■
heavy guard. ,
It was while a helpless prisoner j
that Whitener made the confession 1
introduced against him. and he
■contended thnt he made it under ;
duress and that his statement of his .
own ghilt was false.
During the trial, his counsel of- j
sered to place him on the stand, in ' 1
the absence of the jury, to testify to I ;
facts which, it was claimed, would i
i prove the falsity of the confession. ;
Judge Schenek states that "the evi
dence of tire prisoner, had he been al
lowed to testify and, had lie been be
lieved, would have rendered the al- -
leged confession inadmissnble."
In tile case of J. H. Boiiek vs. the
City of Charlotte, the judgment of the
trial 'judge in Mecklenburg superior
court, overruling, the defendant's de
murrer, was affirmed and the case
must proceed. The court did not
pass upon what it terms “other in
teresting questions involving the suf
ficiency of notices,” but merely upheld
the overruling of the demurrer, which
it terms a “speaking demurrer."
DILL BILL APPROVED
I Would Give Commission Control Over
Air Communications.
Washington, April 29.—OP)—-Ignor
ing President Coolidge’s warning to
Congress against establishing any
more independent federal agencies,
the Senate Interstate Commerce com
mittee today approved the Dill radio
bill providing for a commission to
have control of air communications.
The commission would have su
preme power in its field, the com
mittee having eliminated a provision
for appeals to the courts to compel the
issuing of broadcasting licenses or to
prevent the rescinding of them.
The committee also proposed that
the commission have five instead of
three members on salaries of $12,500
each.
The bill’s proponents will seek to
have it passed at this session, hollding
that recent court decisions in a Chi
cago case has made immediate legis
lation imperative.
The White House disclosed recent
ly that President Coolidge was in
clined to favor a bill already passed
by the House, placing the control of
radio under the commerce department
instead of an independent commis
sion.
Morrison Gets Ovation.
Raleigh, April 29,—(A*)—Former
Governor Cameron Morrison was giv
en a reusing ovation when he came to
the platform of the state democratic
convention here to second a resolution
offered by tt. O. Everett, of Durham,
i in honor of the late Wm. Jennings
) Bryan. A beautiful and striking trlb
i ute was paid to the Great Commoner
1 by Mr. Morrison.
Negro Brent to Prison.
Mndiaonville, Ky., April 29.— UP) —
Trials of three negroes charged with
an attack on a Mobile, Ala., girl here
a fortn'ght ago, were completed to
day when the jury convicted Columbus
Hollis and fixed his punishment at
20 years in the state penitentiary.
The California state prize of t<ie
American Legion national contest for
the best essay on the United States
flag hhs bees won by Fumie Tan-a
fisawa, a 13-year-old school girl of
Berkley.
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SOMETHING NEW IN
NORTH CAROLINA
A John G. Campbell Folk School
Started in Cherokee and Clay
Counties.
Raleigh, April 2ft.— UP)— The Rrnss
town community of Cherokee and
("ay counties, in tile far sout'iwest
| ern end of the state, is the scene
of something new in North Carolina
education and co-operation, according
to staff members of the State depart
ment of agriculture, recently re
turned from a study of wlmt is oo
curring in the Basstown community.
In that locality has been estab
lished what is known as the John
(’. Campbell Folk School, modeled af
ter the folk high school of Denmark,
which is characterized as "an experi
ment in adult education.'’
“Education is not a process to be
measured by academic grades and de
gress." according to the Danish con
ception. “The humbler tasks of
farms, shop, and home have a cul
tural vnlue more fundamental thjan
that of books. Education should not
discredit surfi labor, but should give
it meaning, breadth and depth.
Brasstown was selected for this ex
periment, in tile words of a depart
ment of agriculture agent, because it
is “a section poor, but capable of ag
ricultural development, a natural cen
ter for an area of some fifty square
mites. It is on n good highway,
within eight nnd one-half miles of
Murphy, the terminus of two rail
roads, and is about 100 miles from
the markets of Asheville, Knoxville;
and Atlanta.
“Its greatest asset is its citizen
ship, a strong group of small farm
ers with a high reputation for in
tegrity. Ninety-seven per cent, are
landowners.
“Their desire for n school which
will help the country is partially in
dicated by the following pledges made
by 110 citizens: Over SB6O in cas'.i; ■
locust posts : telephone, Bplto; build
ing logs; Imlftififfto'sloW*” lllrewoad,
and native shrubs, trees and' bulbs.
A total of 1,41)5 days of labor, 31)7
with teams, is likewise pledged dur
ing the first three years of the school.
! Three hundred eighty-eight days of
labor, yenr'.y, without time limit, has |
also been pledged. In addition, 30
acres of land as a site has been of
fered the school.”
As one of the initial steps in this
“enterprise in co-operation," it is
said, a savings and loan association
has been organized in the community.
Sixteen men and women joined the
association at the initial meeting, nnd
subscribed 18 shares of stock. This .
is tiie first savings ami loan nssocia-1
tion to be organized in this section
of North Carolina.
CRIME COMMISSION
SUBMITS ITS REPORT
Thinks State and Individuals Can
Control the Situation.
Washington, April 2ft.— UP) —The
national crime confession after in
vestigations covering a period of nine
months has concluded there is no
universal panacea for crime but the
application of remedies with individ-
ual states and individual citizens. j
The commission's attitude was set
forth by its Executive eommmittee ,
whirfi submitted a report through ,
Richard Washburn Child, chairman
of the organization, recommending
ceration of State commissions by
State legislatures or by private citi
zens.
Mr. Child reported the committee
had rejected a proposal for a national
crime survey believing it would be
impracticable.
With Our Advertisers.
You can get your tickets for the
Charlotte Auto races May 10, at the
Reid Motor Co. tomorrow, Friday,
April 30th, for one day only. See
ad.
On Friday, Saturday and Monday
the Parks-Belk Co. will give 10 per
cent, off on all shoes and oxfords, ex
cept special lots which are already
advertised. See half page ad. in thi:
issue.
You can buy a Frigidaire on easy
terms. See the Standard Buiek Co.
Give your mother your photograph
on Mothers' Day, May ftth. See ad. of
' Boyd W. Cox Studio.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
> pany offers strongly organized facili-1
: ties for economical banking with)
i helpful co-operation for large and
, small accounts.
» Little hardware at little prices.
- Take a look at the articles in Yorke
r & Wadsworth Co.'s show window.
Send your cleaning now to Bob's,
and get votes for your favorite con-
testant in the California tour* con
test which close* May 3rd. See ad.
Sell your hen* now or take les* for
them later. See ad. of C. H. Barrier
& Co.
See new ad. today of the Sanitary
Grocery Co.
The Auto Supply and Repair .C!o.
has four good used cars for sale. See
ad. for list.
Twenty thousand workmen labored
17 years to build the Taj Mahal, re
garded by many as the most perfect
| structure in the world.
CONFER ON METHOD
TO SECURE TIMBER
FOR PAPER MAKERS
Officials of the American
Paper and Pulp Associa
tion Meet With Govern-;
ment Officials.
WILL GROWTREES
FOR OWN SUPPLY
Secretary of Association
Says This Will Be Done
if the Best Methods Are
Demonstrated.
Washington, April 20.—W5)—-Re
search problems connected with pro
ducing an adequate supply of timber
for paper manufacture were discuss
ed at a meeting here today attended
by officials of the American Paper &
Pulp Association and forestry offi
cials of the Department of Agricul
ture.
Hugh I*. Baker, secretary of the
paper and pulp association, declared
the paper industry stood ready to
produce its own timber as soon as re
search shows the way. Already, lie
said, many large paper companies are
growing timber crops on their lands.
Uhief Forester Greely ontl : ned the
research activities conducted by the
Forest Service, including its study of
forest taxation, co-operative work
with the states in the prevention of
forest tires. and the new pulping
methods worked out by the forest pro
ducers laboratory at Madison, Wis
consin. (
WE’RE ALL MOULDY
SCIENTIST ASSERTS
X i
Prof. Tissot Informs French Academy
Disease and Life Have This Source. ,
Paris, April 2ft. —Born pessimists
i have another subject for lamentation ,
since hearing the report read yester
day to the French Academy of Sci
ence in which it was said that life ,
and all its manifestations nre nothing
tjut mould. n i
Raising the ancient cry of distress,
“Vanity of vanities; all is vanity," i
Prof. Tissot announced:
“All is mouldiness.”
Then he propounded the startling
theory that upsets all biological no
tion* hthmo cherished bf .scientists.
Prof. b'Arsonval, who communicated
Tissot’s paper to the academy, told
the latter his colleague demonstrates
thnt animals and vegetables are noth
ing but organized mould nnd has suc-
I eeeded in dividing different species and
tracing them back to their respective 1
ancestral moulds.
Prof. Tissot says he has also discov
ered that mould is the original cause
of nil disease as well as the source of
all life. He first worked to identify
various known viruses of infectious
diseases. The following clasification
was the result:
| Typhoid fever comes from the mould
of Indian corn, diphtheria from a bar-
Iley mould and cholera from the mould
of certain mushroom fungi, mensles
from lettuce, searletina and rabies
from carrots, exanthematic typhus
from oats, smallpox and cowpox from
potatoes, chicken pox from tomatoes,
aphthous fever from potatoes and ma
laria from rice.
One of the most important discov
eries claimed by Prof. Tissot is that
cancer is caused by a virus springing
1 from a mould in the human body it
self. while tuberculosis in the same
way develops spontaneously in the
human organism.
The professor attributes the virus
of syphilis not to spiroclieles ns hith
erto believed but to the ancestral
mould constituting the monkey.
The practical consequence of the
new theory, according to Tissot, is
that most diseases could be eliminat
ed by preventive measures. Cancer
and tuberculosis notably ought to give
way to approved methods of checking
the development of man's ancestral
mould in himself.
Biologists are most interested in
Prof. Tissot's revolutionary explana
tion of life—animal and vegetable—
by the development or organization
of ancestral mould from its genesis to
life in all its varying forms as it is
known today.
Will Reply This Month to Peace Pro
posals.
Oudja, French Morocco. April 2ft.—
UP) —The Riffians have accepted the
Franco-Spanish demand for a reply
to their peace terms before May Ist.
A courier from Adb-el-Krim was ex
pected to arrive from Tnrguist dur
ing the afternoon and when the con
ference reconvenes at 6:30 p. m. a
(decisive turn in the negotiations eith
er toward war or peace is expected.
Tomatoes 5 Cents a Can. '{
One of the big grocery specials at
the Parks-Belk Co's, on Friday, Sat
urday and Monday will be No. 2
fancy can tomatoes for only 5 cents
a can. Only 12 cans to a customer.
You will find many other big bargains
in the grocery department. Anoth
er car of sugar and apples received.
■ A solid carload of rugs and big 16t
of dishes also received. See page
ad. in this paper.
Tickets to the Carolina Playmak
! ers' play, “The First Year,” at the
high school auditorium next Tues-day
night are now on sale at Gibson Drug
I Store. Prices SI.OO, 75 and 50 cents.
• Students of the school may sit any
t where in the house on a 50 cent tick
et.
Padlocks
JW
1 S.
This is Chicago’s padlock expert—
Miss Mary I). JSailey. assistant C. S. |
district attorney. In one year she
has closed up 408 moonshine dispen
saries and blind pigs. She handles
all the federal prosecutions in the dis
trict.
ELEVEN CANDIDATES
WERE TURNED DOWN
Os ttte Unsuccessful 11, Three Are
Democrats and Eight Republicans.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 2!). —Only eleven )
out of the two hundred odd notices
of candidacies tilt'd with the stnte
board of elections were turned down.
Judge W. H. Neal, chairman of the
board, announced Wednesday even
ing after he had completed his‘final
check of the filings and certified his
list of candidates to the secretary of
stnte.
The unsuccessful candidates were:
Fred D. Hamrick. Rutherfordton,
candidate far superior court judge.
Lewis Goodman, Wilmington, can
didate for solicitor.
F. H. Brooks. Hmithfield, candi
date for state senator.
O. F. Pool. Taylorsville, candidate
for Congress.
F- G. Gwaltney. Taylorsville, can
didate state senator.
G- D. -R. --JUynvM*. AJbemgrle.
candidate for solicitor. -
R. G. Foster, Graham, candidate
for state senator.
Dr. Thomas L. Stepp. Stratford,
candidate for state senator.
W. H. Love, Monroe, candidate for
staate senator.
L- K Blackman. Hamlet, candi
date for staate senator.
R. J. Knowlton, candidate for
state senator.
Os the unsuccessful eleven, three
are Democrats and eight Republi
cans. The Democrats are: Messrs.
Brooks. Blackman and Knowlton.
While a number of the notices
which were ruled out were in tele
graphic form, none were disqualified
for that reason alone, Judge Neal
exp'ained. There completeness and
th ir conformance with the law were
the points upon which they were
judged, he stated.
EX-KAISER IS LISTED
AS “HIS MAJESTY”
New Berlin Telephone Directory
Gives Former Title to Unter den
Linden 36.
Berlin, April 29.—The ex-Kaiser
is again referred to in the new' Ber
lin telephone directory as “His Maj
esty." For T’ter den Linden 3(1 is
listed in the directory ns Pile “Im
perial Exchequer of His Majesty, the
Kmperor and King Wilhelm II.” from
which all the ex-Kaiser's financial
interests are administered.
The building which is called the
Net'lierlands Palais is the personal
property of the Hohenzollern family.
This name, however, tias nothing to
do with the fact that the ex-Kaiser
is a resident of the Netherlands, but
has chosen in honor of n Dutch,
Princess who married a Honhenzollcrn
Prince in the middle of the nine
teenth century. .
liuck Finn River Charm Falls to
Locate Boy.
Sioux City, Oowa. April 29.—The
“River Myth," little remembered
since the days of Huckleberry Finn,
has been revived here in a futile at
tempt to find the body of seven-.vear
old William de Uaad, drowned Sun
day in the Missouri River.
Some one remembered that back in
the days when the river was younger,
it was said that if a dozen loaves of
bread, with quicksilver in their ceen
tre. Were- thrown upon the water,
they would grhvitate toward the body.
j This was done yesterday. The
I bread swirled over the muddy water.
Three or four loaves seempd to gather
in a single eddy. Searchers centered
every effort on that vortex, but the
mystic charm of a generation ago fail
ed.
Briaqd Government Approval.
Paris. April 28. —Os)—The Briand
government was given another vote
of confidence in the Chamber of Dep
uties today. It posted the question on
its dithdrawal of the play "La Car
casse" from the boards of the Comodie
Francaise, and was given a vote of
350 to 152.
Melbourne now claims the world’s
busiest railway station in the Flind
ers street station, through which 300,-
000 passengers pass dally.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS -1
TODAY’S NEWS TODAHf|
NO,
GIANT POWER PLKMTi
REE RIVER
otiSGPLANNEDNO*]
It Is Said That Carolina !
Light and Power Co.!
Will Build Plant at Cost!
of $3,000,000.
LET CONTRACT j
ON MA Y THIRD J
Dam For Plant Will
cesskate Abandonment!
of Present Bridge Built!
Several Years Ago; -j
(Murlotte News in a story from aSs
bemarle says that a $3,000,000 poweeyjl
plant will be constructed on the P** 4 |
Dee River and Anson county lintti** 1
diately. The Carolina Light 4: Pott-S
er Company will let contracts for the J
plnnt and dam in New York on May -j
13rd, the article said. ,
The plant on the Pee Dee is Pitta
jxected to deliver 110,000 horsepowllgS
nnd practically duplicate the entilV |
output of tlie Tallassee Power t'otft- t
pany at Badin, according to the J
It further declares that construes®
tion of the dam will cause abandon- i
ment of the State highway bridge oft "S
the Swift Island road, and will be I
replaced by a similar bridge a few j
hundred yards north. The bridge j
specified is in good condition atm Ji
cost approximately $200,000.
Stone for the new dam wilt come a
from Rowan or Anson counties, fttMt* 3
sibl.v both, The News adds. ***'Jjl
REMINISCENCES OF iif&M
WOODROW WILSON I
Ruination of His Baseball Held by 1
Eroctii n of New Build-ng on thA.l
Staunton. Va„ April 29.—The ruin- |
atiou of Woodrow Wilson’s baseball 3
field by the erection of a new building |
on the campus of the Staunton Mill- 1
tary Academy, and ho\v WomlroW j
Wilson when Governor of New SttrM
spy slipped away from Trenton with-*
out announcing his destination, for 1
the purpose of re-visiting Staunton. 1
the city of his birth, were among tbeyl
interesting personal reminiscences;!
told to a member of the AYuodrowuSCiles
sou Birthplace Memorial Committee a
bt Colonel Thomas 11. Itussell. heoflm
of the Staunton Military Acadeihy. '.fig
“Governor Woodrow Wi’son paid a
nn unexpected visit to Stauntdti in,]
1910." safd Colonel Russell. “Hjq|
phoned me early one tnornip' saying, ' i
‘This is Mr. Wilson. I would like M
to visit your school.’ Without ktidw-sa
ing or thinking what Mr. Wilson it J
might be. I told him to come «h up. |
A few minutes later a gentleman J
walked into my office saying. T jjgH
Woodrow Wilson. When I.was a I
youngster the campus of this sernneihrij
was one of my play fields. I would |
like to go over the ground again." We
made a trip of inspection over the J
whole plant, and from the roof of onqs|
of the buildings where a good view bjEj
the whole could be obtained, Mr. Wil- \
son notieetl a new dormitary. He |
pointed to it and exclaimed, 'Oil, you j
have ruined by ball field! That
where 1 used to play basebnjl with 3
the other boys. I used to spend near- !
ly every summer in Staunton until I j
' was filteeu years old. though my par- j
1 ents moved away when I was stills
very young. I shall never forget tliei
good times I have had on this-gmund,j
It is my hope to come back
some day and spend a peaceful old fl
nge here." ■*"*
Strikes a Criminal OtTense in ItalflH
Rome, April 29.—The new ltWtß
regulating relations between
and labor will be enforced
day. The law establishes a magls-H
tracy of labor for settlement of diS4»
putes between employers and
p’.oyees.. Strikes and lockouts a|9S ■
forbidden, whether in public
or in private enterprises. ' 1
T'.ie law is tlie most important txfPß
any yet passed by the present rbgitn®-®
and will be the pivot of the entire
social order. 1
Strikes will be eriminiil offense#;®
from now on. ■
Wilkins Safe at Point BMTftWx-lbll
New York. April 29.—WP)—TbW®
American Newspaper Alliance aftcl
nounced today that Capt. Geo. Hjj
Wilkins, leader of the Detroit Arctic,®
expedition, and his pilot Beil EilsM|
had landed in their plane "in gMKffl
condition” at Point Barrow. f|fH
was the first direct word that haWB
been heard from them in 13 duys.,^W
If n person feeds a cat, this act
itself is uccepted in English, law -JtiH
assuming the responsibility trf.owgSW
ship. 1
SAT’S BKAR SAXSI " |
... E3
1 If
Fair tonight and Frida sligMß
warmer Friday, in west porttowSw-I
night. Diminishing nortiieriy vrlatM
becoming variable. ’ -IB