ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI Tfwsm FOR SERVICE WHEN OCCASION DEMANDS One Thousand Soldiers Landed at Liverpool and Are Quartered in Ain tree Race Course. BALDWIN STATES TALK NO GOOD Says There Is Nothing More to Be Done by the Government Unless Or der for Strike is Recalled London, May 3. —G4 3 ) —One thou sand troops were landed at Liverpool today and proceeded to the famous Aintree race course. They are be inft held in readiness to move to any part of Lancashire at a moment's no tice. Newspapers Feel Strike. London, May 3.—OP)—The com positors on tile-Evening Standard Star and Daily News today declined to set. copy which they considered harmful to the laborer's canoe and went to consult their union dtiefa. Early editions of the afternoon pa pers appeared but the others were held up pending the union's deci sion. Challenged by Alternative Govern ment. London, May 3.—■ (>P)—Premier Baldwin today told the House of Commons that ns a result of the order for a general strike at midnight to night file government finds itself chal lenged by an alternative government. further talking would be wrong, the premier said, unless the govern ment got immediate anil uncondition al withdrawal of instructions for the general strike. He became convinced last night, he asserted, that A. Pugh, chairman of the trades union congress, and 'liis colleagues were no longer in control of the situation within their own ranks. Thinks Strike Can He Settled. London, May 3.—(A 3 ) —A basis for settlement of the general strike can still be reached if the negotiations are resumed, say* a statement issued this afternoon by council of the tradea nntnn Congress. The statement fol lowed n joint meeting of the connrll. the parUgtnenmtary labor party and t'je miners' executives. Tlie premier declared that the la bor leaders ordering the strike were threatening tlie basis of orderly gov ernment, and were nearer to proclaim ing civil war than Great Britain had been for centuries. ’ Strike Ties I’p the London Daily Mail. London. May 3.—One of the first effects of the strike is the non-ap pearance of the Daily Mail this (Monday) morning, owing to u strike of the printers who took exception to the Mail’s proitosed editorial on the strike situation under the cap tion "For King and Country.” Tiie editorial declared that “a generul strike can not be tolerated by any civilized government.” The Daily Mail informed the As sociated Press that the printers took exception to the editorial and de manded that alterations be by the editor, who refused to comply. ENGLAND IS FACING A GENERAL STRIKE Million Miners Backed By Five Mil lion Tradesmen in Their Struggle. London. May I.—Complete paraly sis of industry in Great Britain is a prospret of the coming week unless before Tuesday some agreement is reached for settling the coal strike which began today. One million miners are affected by the strike; they will be lacked up. if the strike eoutinues, by some five million work ers belonging to 203 trades unions. The representatives of these unions decided today to put all their strength to the task of helping the miners, for the issue is character ized by labor as no longer one be tween owners and the miners, but as affecting all labor. A proclamation by the King which gives the government almost un limited powers and establishes a "state of emergency,” which, while not so far-reaching as the proclama tion of martial law, permits the authorities to use all the resources of the state to guard the nation’s vital interests. Already, as a precautionary meas ure, dispositions of troops have been made in the coal mining areas of South Wales, Lancashire and Scot land. The organization for the main tenance of supplies is prepared to join with the government hi hun dreds of centers throughout the coun try in maintaining essential services, while there are indications that the government itself is getting ready to take over the control of coal, both in the mines and aboard ships. Yet in the midst of overpowering gloom of a possible general strike, there is a ray of hope, for it is un officially asserted that labor dele gates have intimated to the govern ment that if a resumption of nego tiations were in immediate prospect, even when the general strike was due to begin Monday at midnight, the threat would not be carried out. There contention was that owing to the lateness of tfie mine owners' of fer conveyed to them late Friday evening, there was not time left for real negotiations- The miners absolutely refused to accept these terms. The Concord Daily Tribune 1 North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily * * * WALL STREET’S * * RESPONSE T)—Fears rose today that Captain Joaquin Lo riga Tabonda and Mechanic Pedro i Mariana Calton, Madrid to Manila fliers, had fallen into the Gulf of Tonk King, of the South China seas. Flight of Norge Postponed Again. Leningrad, May 3.— (A>)— The start of the Amundsen-EUsworth expedi tion dirigible Norse for Spitsbergen was postponed again today because of a snow storm. President W. D. Melton Dead. Columbia, S. C„ May 3 —(>P)—Dr. W. D. Melton, president of the Uni versity of South Carolina, died at his home here today of pneumonia. Another Revolution In Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua, May 3.—OP)— Liberal Revolutionists have captured the town of Bluefields after a fight in which two persons were killed and sev eral wounded. Mexico’s “Princess’ a Flapper” K \’*l? OQMI / / Miss Ernestina Callcs, lit, daugnte.- of President Calies, of Mexico, is touring the United States. This photo was taken in New Orleans, where she admitted she is a flapper and said she is proud of it. THE COTTON MARKET ■ Weather Reports and English Strike News Had Effect on Early Trad ing. New York. May 3.—(A 3 )—The cot ton market seemed to be more im pressed by unfavorable weather re ports than by the British labor trou bles at file opening today. Early cables from Liverpool were weak, hut there was a sharp recovery there, and the local market opened steady at a decline of 3 points to an advance of 1 point. There was a good deal of buying at the start, and prices held very steady during the first hour, 51ny sell ing up to 18.68. or even with Satur day's closing quotations, while later deliveries showed net advances of 3 to 6 points with October selling at 17.37. The rally in Liverpool was attrib uted partly to American buying, the early decline was due to liquidation brought in by the British industrial crisis. Private cables reported poor demand for cloth in Manchester and said Calcutta business was suspended because of fresh rioting. Cotton futures opened steady. May 15.65; July 18.21; Oct. 17 28; Dec. 16.95; Jan. 16.87; March 17.13. JOHN W. THOMPSON DEAD AT ST. LOUIS Was Convicted With Col. Chas. R. Forbes of Conspiracy to Defraud j Government. St. Louis, May 3.—(A 3 )—John SV. I Thompson, wealthy contractor, eon- j victed with Colonel Charles R. Forbes | for conspiracy to defraud the govern- j ment through the veterans bureau, died here early today" of heart trouble. | 51 r. Thompson, who was about 60 j years old, had been ill for many j months. Recently after all appeals j from his sentence had been denied j by the courts, he was exammined by \ physicians of the veterans bureau who pronounced him in no condition j to begin serving sentence at Leaven- ' worth. Colonel Forbes is now in the peni-j tentiary. More Hydroplanes For Dry Agents. | Washington, May 3.— Of) —Trans- | for of four navy hydroplanes to the j prohibition forces to be used along the \ South Atlantic coast in fight’ng rum ■ smugglers was ordered today by Seere- j tary Wilbur. OOOQOOOOOOOQOOOOeOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOO” ;5 TODAY AND TUESDAY j|j I CONCORD THEATRE j Rudolph Valentino ‘THE EAGLE” | CONCORD THEATRE ORCHESTRA ||j. ! | We Never Raise Our Prices FOR PICTURES WE PLAY THE BIG ONES MObOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOQPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, MAY 3, 1926 --- THE STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Meets in Hickory Today a»:I Contin ues Through May sth Hickory, N. 0.„ May 3.—( A s ) —Many Sunday school workers from all sec tions of Western North Carolina are expected to attend the annual conven tion of the North Carolina Sunday School association, which opens here May 3, and continues through May 5. Tlie eastern section will meet in New Hern, May 7 to 1). J. B. Ivey, of Charlotte, state pres ident. will conduct the opening ses sion of the Hickory meeting. . Teu speakers of national and state wide reputation will be included : n the roster of speakers for the meet ing at Hickory. These include Miss Mabel Lee C-ooper. New York, special ist in work among children; Miss Cyn thia Pearl Mauss. St. Louis, worker among young people; Mrs. S. H. As kew, Atlanta, vacation Bible school workers; I)r. Owen C. Brown. Phila delphia, instructor in adult Bible class work; and Robert B. Davids, of Chicago, lecturer on administration problems. Speakers from within the State will include D. W. Sims, general sup erintendent of the association. Ral eigh ; Walter Thomas, of Guilford College; Miss Beulah Lyerly, of Sal isbury ; and Miss Flora Davis, of Raleigh. i BANKERS’ COUNCIL IN SESSION AT PINEHI RST 300 Bankers From Every’ Section of the Country Present For Conference Sessions. j Pinehurst. N. C., May 3.—b4>)— | With nearly 300 leading bankers from i every section of the country here, the 1 executive council of American Bank ! ers Association opened a four-day meeting today for consideration of 1 problems of banking and finance. | Today was devoted to committee i meetings, with the first session of the | executive council on the program for ■ tomorrow morning. Weekly Weather Out Look. Washington, May 2. Weather I outlook for the week, beginning Mon- I day; South Atlantic States: Show i ers and thunderstorms toward middle land again toward end of week in East Gulf and mostly fair in At- I lantic States. Temperatures near or I above normal most of week. Entire Northwest Boundary Os Grandfather’s Mountain Is Seething Mass Os Flames - * Business Creed Is Set Forth By Federal Trade Commission The creed of the Federal Trade Cominiss : on, expressed by Commis sion*:* William E. Mumphrey, is as follows; We do not believe success is a crime. We do not believe failure is a vir tue. We do not believe wealth is pre sumptively wrong. We do not believe poverty is pre sumptively right. We do not believe industry, econo my, honesty and brains should be pen alized. We jjo not believe incompetency, ex travagance. idleness and inefficiency BANKS TO MAKE SERVICE CHARGE ON ACCOUNTS Many Banks Have Already Estab lished Such Charges. Tribune Burviu Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, May 3—Rather startling disclosures concerning tlie size of the average cheeking account in North Carolina banks are promised in the report of the clearings committee of the North Carolina Bankers Asso ciation. to be presented in Friday morning’s sessiou of the thirtieth an nual convention, to be held in Dur ham Thursday. Friday and Saturday of this week. Tlie clearings committee, of which Alan T. Bowler, of Greensboro, is ('llairman, has made an exhaustive analysis of bank accounts over the state within flic past few months, with the co-operation of the associa tion membership, to determine the ne cessity or advisability of a service charge for unprofitable account#. As a result of the analysis, in their own cases, banks in several North Carolina cities already have estab lished a charge for such accounts, or plan soon to do no. The charge al ready is in effect in Charlotte, Hick ory, Warsaw and Greensboro banks, while others are laying plans to in augurate su was stricken at his home last week. | He was 64 years old. > Miss Mary Matthews, who is ill at ) her home in Asheville of measles, is I expected to return to Concord next > Saturday and take up her duties as j high school teacher Monday, May ! 10th. | BOOOOOOOOOOOQOtfOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOQOOOOOQOOOOOOOO I MAY SERIES NOW OPEN [ ! Begin now to save something every week by taking |![ | i|i out a few shares of stock in this series. * !j! tjj! This Association can help you as it has helped others, !j! ►; to make your future sure. y l]j| We sell Prepaid Stock at $72.25 per share. j|j i„!| CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION j j Office in Citizens Bank and Trust Company. should be glorified. We do not believe that big business and crooked business are synony mous. True, we will give closer scrutiny to b : g business than small business, because of its greater power for good or evil. Wo believe 1)0 per cent, of Ameri can business is honest. We believe 1)0 per cent, of Ameri can business is anxious to obey the law. ' | M e want to help this 00 per cent, j of honesty. A\ e want to control or destroy the 30 per cent, that is crooked. DAWSON WILL SUCCEED HIMSELF IS PREDICTION Satisfaction With Chairman’s Regime Has Been Practically Unanimous. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel . Raleigh, Mary 3.—Within the next * few days. Chairman John Dawson is , expected to issue the call for the usual , post-convention meeting of the State ■ Democratic executive committee for . the purpose of naming a state chair . man for the ensuing two-year term and the transacting of other routine . business. If either individual or faction—if faction, may be said to exist in tin* Democratic party after Thursday’s love feast—are grooming a candidate for the chairmanship to succeed , Chairman Dawson, they have not let it become known, and it is freely pre dicted that the incumbent will be se lected unanimously to head the forces , of democracy for another two-year period. Satisfaction with the Daw son regime has been practically unan imous. In the first campaign con ducted under his chairmanship the party piled up a majority of 100,000 for Governor McLean over the Re publican gubernatorial nominee, the largest by 30.000 or more that has ever been given a Democratic gover nor. That was an excellent start and no one has been heard to say that | he has failed to live up to it. Veter an politicians declare that the pres-1 out degree of party harmony has not been even approximated in many years | and that, also, must be taken as a tribute to the quality of Chairman , Dawson's leadership. If there is any dissatisfaction at all, it is confined to more or less secret meetings and no indications of it have been al lowed to reach the outside. It looked like a ten to one shot tilt Mr. Daw son is in for two years more. With the 1926 convention now a subject for political history, post mor teins are in order. Take, for in stance, the non-mention of the eight months school term. Prior to the convention, it was freely predicted that the party would have to insert a plank favoring the longer term in the party platform in «nelf defense, since both the feminine wing of the i party and the 10.000 school teachers i were militantly in favor of it. It has been definitely established' that none of the proponents of the longer term appeared before the plat-1 form committee while it was in ses sion during the convention. No pres sure at all ( was brought to bear, which was exactly the opposite of what was expected. The reason, it now ap pears, was that they knew it would be defeated, not so much because of opposition to the principle of a long* 1 er term, but because they had been unable to advance any plan for financ ing it except the sales tax. What the convention thought of the sales tax was made plain in the plank de nouncing that revenue scheme, which was merely a reiteration of what p e viou# conventions have said and thought. It seems clear now that ; the longer term contingent realized that no new party policy to the effect ■ that they desired would be adopted until worked out in more complete, and more satisfactory detail and that, for that reason, they refrained from pressing it. Held For Court on Charge of Driv ing Recklessly. Greensboro, May 2.—L. .Martin, Albemarle man, was bound over this morning to Guilford superior court on charge of reckless driving, the re sult of an automobile collision in which Henry Stone, five year# old, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stone, of this city. was fatally injured Tues day night on the Greensboro-Win ston-Salem road. IFIRE FIGHTERS IN ! GREAT DEMANDHOWj All Available Men Are Fighting Flames and Ap paratus Being Rushed Now to Linville Region. McDowell county FIRE IS HALTED Six Hundred Men Were Called Into Service to Fight Blaze on a Ten- Mile Front. Asheville, May 3.—OP)—The en ; tire northwest boundary of Grand father’s Mountain, division of Pisgah national forest, is aflame in one of the most violent conflagrations of the spring fire season, it was reported to day at the office of the l’. S. Forestry Service here. Kepeated calls for aid were wired into the offices of Supervisor M. A. Mattoon during the day. and all the available men and fire fighting appa ratus were being rushed to the Lin ville region. Early reports from Mon roe i'offey. ranged in the Grandfath er Mountain Forest stated that a bad fire was burning along Upper Creek Falls. Winding Stair Knob, and across Cold Mountain. The latest wire from the scene of the fire read : "Whole northwest boun dary of this forest is burning. Come at once; man power insufficient. Coffey.” J. W. McNair, assistant supervisor of Pisgah Forest, left early in tin* day for the fire, and efforts were be ing made to reach Supervisor Mattoon who was out. in another section of the tirnberlands that was reported in danger, that he might go to Linville to direct fighting the flames. Late Sunday night the five-thous and acre fire that was devastating The forest along the Buucombe-McDowell i County line near IFdgeerest wao-plnc !ed under control on the Buncombe county side of the line. For a time fire fighters had abandoned their work of checking threatened destruction but late last night the humidity rose and forests placed the blaze under con trol. On the McDowell county side, how ever. serious trouble was placed yes terday. officials of the county issued an order conscripting (i(X> men for service in fighting the blaze, and there with the other fighters were spread over the ten-mile front. The fire was reported under control in a meas ure today. The fires started from escaping sparks in a concrete mixer at Ridge crest Dam, and destroyed the holdings of Col. D. W. Adams, local realtor. ' including the Catawba Fish & Game ‘ Reserve, together with rundreds of acres in other sections and about ten , acres of government owned property. I A large fire was reported burning j near Waynesville also. i Charlotte Speedway' Tickets Free. You can the automobile races Monday, May 10th, for a few min utes’ of your spare time. To every boy and girl who secures five new subscriptitons to The Daily Tribune or five new yearly subscrip tions to The Semi-Weekly Times we will give free one B. Grandstand tick et. The subscriber must ue from families that are not now’ tak : ng either paper. Here’s the chance of your life to wituess the world’s W’onder race classic where you will see the greatest auto mobile racing of all times on the most modern speed bowl in tliV Unit ed States. This will be free of cost to you. Read the ad. and see just how’ easy it is for you to see these races free! Get busy and attend these races at the expense of The Trib une. With Our Advertisers. Efird’s spring suits for men and young men. $11.05 and $141)5. A nice new kitchen cabinet will make your wife smile. Bell & Har ris has ’em. You will find some wonderful bar gains at the closing-out sale at the Markson Shoe Store, from 50 cents a pair up to $4.95. Nothing higher. Engagement sparklers at S. W. Preslar’s from $25 to SIOO. See ad. There’s comfort and style in the hot weather suits at J. C. Penney . Company’s, at $12.75. i Read the gas talk in the new’ ad. | today of the Concord and Knnnapo , lis Gas Co. v i Rudolph Valentino in "The Eagle” | at the Concord Theatre today and > Tuesday. Prices are always the same i for all pictures. | National Baby Week at Parks-Belk i Company’s. » National Baby Week will be ob , served by the Parks-Belk Co. May i 3rd to Bth, inclusive, all this week. | During this week this store will sell i the Vanta baby garments, ro well | known. This line of garments is ! recommended by noted physicians, i They are pinless and buttonless. See big ad. in today’s paper. THE TRIBUNE 1 PRINTS 1 TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 102 OSCAR STMIIS DIES HI NOME FOLLOWING BRILLIANT CAREER 'ig I Came to This Country as Jewish Immigrant and | Won Wealth and High Position. FIRST MEMBER OF RACE IN CABINET m Served With the Roosevelt Administration Rep resented Nation at the Hague Conference. New York, May 3.— (A 3 ) —Oscar 3. Straus, former diplomat, cabinet mem ber. philanthropist and financier, died at bis home at 1010 Fifth Avenue this morning at the age of 7(1. He had been in II health for some time, suf fering from a complication of diseas :es. Coming to this country as a Jew ish immigrant, Mr. Straus entered his public career when in IKK7 he was appointed minister to Turkey by Pres ident Cleveland. His life hence forth was devoted to public sendee. In 1000 he became first member of tlie Hebrew race to enter the cabitiet. He then was appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Roosevelt, in which capacity he had supervision of immigrants. His public service included honors by five presidents, of both major po litical affiliations, and in 1012 lie Was nominated candidate for Governor of New York. His domestic political duties Wshe varied for eighteen years by attend ance at The Hague, where he serv ed six 3-year terms beginning in 1002. His other public duties Included membership on the advisory board of the commission for the relief of Bel gium. of which Herbert Hoover was chairman. He also was a founder of the Nat ional Civic Federation and the au thor of a number of books on econom ies. Mr. Straus began his career as a lawyer in 1573. but forsook this in 1881 to join a pottery and glnsswnre importing house under the firm name of L. Straus & Sons. This corporation inter became in terested in department stores, and Mr. Straus became* an important factor in this field before he retired in 1007. He gave generously to many charities. Mr. Straus returned two weeks ago from Florida where he had spent thd’ winter for his health. His end was entirely peaceful and his wife and sons were with him when he died. . I "He was nil old man." relatives said, "and his life just came to an end.” It was said that funeral services probably would be held Wednesday afternoon from Temple Beth-el at 4 East 70th St. WARRENTON CEMETERY' ' i WRECKED BY VANDALS Monuments Torn From Bases Indis criminately; No Clue to Guilty Parties. Warrenton, May 2. — Monuments twisted from their bases. broken marble slabs and wrecked graves greeted visitors to Fftirview cemetery litis morning. The preceding night vandals had gone through this beauti ful city of the dead and 35 plots suf fered damage. The wreckage was not confined to any section or family but seemed utterly aimless. A few tracks made as t lie tombs were hurled from their bases ore the only Clues left and these are useless as tlie mini- ! her of visitors attracted crossed these and made the use of bloodhounds inj pratical. No renson can be attiib* uted for tlie crime. George Cochran Enters Hospital Far Treatment. Salisbury, May 1. — George F. Cochran, newspaper man. who for some months has been Sunday editor of Sam Farrnbee's Lakeland Ledger, at Lakeland, Florida, is under treat ment at the Salisbury hospital, a Patient of Dr. J. E. Stokes. Mr. Cochran became ill some weeks ago and tlie Florida physicians seemed slow in diagnosing his case so he came back to the old home state and to his former physician for treat ment. Well Known .Manufacturer Killed. New Bedford. Mass.. May 3.— UP) —-i John Neild, (15, widely known textile manufacturer of this city, was in stantly killed early today when an au tomobile in which he was a passenger, crashed into a tree in Lakeville. A heavy fog was hanging over the road at the time. SAT'S BEAR SAYS I 1 la i v ~ J 9 i l. in I Partly cloudy and colder tonight^ s preceded by tfuowers in east, portion., . Tuesday fair, colder in extreme M§H * portion. Moderate to fresh Botttbl west shifting to northwest winfe Isl