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PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Climax Reached At Mt.
Pleasant Finals Today
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Prizes and Certificates Pre
sented Following Essay
and Oratorical Contests
During Morning.
CONCORD BOY IS
HONOR STUDENT
This City Well Represent
ed by W. L. Ezzell, Who
Was Excellent Student,
Writer and Speaker.
BY W. M. SIIERRILL
Mt. Pleasant, Mny 26.—The elimnx
to the commencement program oc
Mont Amoena Seminary and Mt.
Pleasant Institute was reached t.iiw
morning when distinctions and prizes
were awarded students for excellency
in work during the past scholastic
year. The nwnrds were made fol
lowing file reading of essays by seni
ors of the Seminary and the deliv
erance of orations by members of the
senior class of the Institute.
Attendance at the exercises was not
decreased by the rising temperature.
Instead one is almost persuaded that
another dozen spectators was present
for each degree climbed by the mer
cury for all attendance records for
the year were eclipsed phis morning.
The auditorium was a seething mass
of humanity from ten Vclook until
one and the speakers and readers had
as competitors, in addition to their
class mates, papers and fans of all
description which were continuously
in use.
Members of the Seminary chosen
to read their essays, judged the best
by members of the faculty, were Misa
Violet Cress Honeycutt on ‘'Prog
ress of North Carolina During the
Last Decade.’” Miss Mary France!
MeEachern on “America. Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow,” Miss Marga
ret Salome Shire.v on "The World
Court," and Miss Annie Mable Walk
er on “The Woman Who Counts.”
Orators from t'.ie Institute were
W. L. Ezzell on "The Heritage of
the South." P. G, Stoner on "Hero
ism of the Ilnknown.” R. H. Taylor
on "Education, the Foundation of
Democracy." and W. X. Young on
"God’s Masterpiece—Man.”
The judges gave the medal in this
contest to Mr. Stoner, who presented
an ably prepared thesis in a masterful
and pleasing manner.
Concord had an able representa
tive in Cue senior class of the Insti
tute in the person of W. L. Ezzell,
son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Ezzell.
Mr. Ezzell had his thesis accepted as
one worthy to gain him a place as
an orator, he was among the students
who averaged between DO and 03 dur
ing the past two years, he was one of
file students who did not receive a
military demerit during the year, and
he won the I’. A. Rarrier Science
Medal for his efficient work in chem
istry during the past year.
The following students of the In
stitute averaged 03 or more on all
studies and conduct during the vear:
M. L. Allen, L. R. Hahn, H. A.
McCullough, Jr., O. A. Honeycutt, H.
C. McAllister and H. H. Sloop.
.The following averaged between 00
nnd 03:
W. L. Ezzell, C. F. Thomason, J.
D. Suther, B. K. Miller, H. E. Bar
rier, E. I). Roiick, R. W. Hettinger,
R. L. Limball nnd J. D. Honeycutt.
Four students did not miss a single
recitation during the year. They
were: F. A. Moser, P, H. Lipe, B.
K Hiller and K. L. Honyecutt.
Twenty-one of the students did not
receive a demerit, despite the strict
military rules which govern the life
and conduct of the students.
Tlie following medals were pre
sented :
Excellence in French—B. L. Alien.
Excellence in History (average must
be more than 95) —H. H. Sloop.
Winner of Declaimer's Medal—P.
H. Lipe.
Winner of Debater's Medal —L. B.
Hahn.
Winner of Orator’s Medal —P. G.
Stoner.
Winner of Science Medal—W. L.
Ezzell.
Mr. Hahn won his medal for his
fine work in the debate held yester
day afternoon. He was a member of
the affirmative team which was de
clared the winner. 8. A. Groven
stein, of Jacksonville, Fla., won hon
orable mention in the debate.
The medals were presented an be
half of the Institute and the donors
by Prof. G. F. McAllister, the beloved
colonel of the school.
The following members of the grad
uating class of the institute:
Bransford Lake Alien,’ Marshal
Wesley Copeland, Wendell Linn Ez
zell, Donald Javan Little, Robert
Brown McAllister, Paul Glenn Stoner,
Ralph Henderson Taylor, Ralph Wal
ter Taylor, Claude Fisher Thomason,
Claude Elwood York, Walter Nicho
las Yount. . -
The graduates of the seminary, des
ignated in the various courses they
took, follow:
Classical Course—Mattie Lucile
Illume, Maude Olivia Boat, Elizabeth
Demouille Bright, Ola Browne Cline,
Geneva Estelle Efird, Rosa Estelle
Ezzell, Effle Fay Kluttz, Mary Fran
ces MeEachern. Gladys Marie McMan
us, Frances Christine Miaenheimer,
Lizzie Pearle Ross, Zelma Elizabeth
Safrif, Mary Lee Seaford, Margaret
Salome Shirey, Alma Irene Tucker,
Annie Mabel Walker.
English Course—Lena Ethel Barn
hardt, Albert Pearle Bowers, Margar
et Elizabeth Bradford, Eliaabeth
Christine Hedrick, Violet Cress Hon
eycutt, Annie Elisabeth Morrison.
Business— Mary Margaret Barrier,
The Concord Daily Tribune
‘ | CROPS LATE
Crops Are Now at a Critical Stage
’ and Need Rain Badly.
Tribune Burean
Sir Walter Hotel
Raieigh May 26.—With crops aV
' eraging from ten to fifteen days late
') already, rain is being needed more
than ever nnd in reality would, be
"showers of blessing" to the farmers
ill northern and northeastern North
( Carolina, according to W. H. Rhodes,
Jr„ of the state crop reporting bu
t reau, who has just returned from an
inspection trip through twenty-seven
counties in the principal agricultural
.sections. Crops now are at a most
: critical stage ami a good rain would
; mean the dicerence between excellent
and poor prospects.
, An increased rather than a de
i creased cotton acreage is evident, de
spite the faet that those well in
. formed advised the planting of smal
ler acreages this year. The crop is
late, dne to the cold weather and the
lack of moisture, through around
, Elizabeth City the stand is unusually
good with prospects most promising.
Cotton in counties along tht route
from Craven to Wake is suffering ex
eessivl.v for needed rains, however,
ami the stands are unusually poor.
Corn also shows the effects of lack
of moisture while tobacco plants arc
parching inthe field.
Grain crops through the eastern
Piedmont section are fair, however,
despite the dryness, with wheat show
ing the best condition in years, with
a substantial increase in acreage. The
stands are strong, and though the
plants are rather short, the heads
are well filled and a good yield is ex
pected. Spring onts, on the other
hand, are considered almost a failure,
while fail oats show a condition much
below normal. Corn prospects are
most promising in the entire section,
having come to a good stand almost
everywhere.
Tobacco is just being planted in
most of the counties visited west of
Northampton .and it is necessary in
most places to water the plants ns
they are set out and even then they
are slow to start growing.
JENNINGS LEAVES THE
ASHEVILLE SAN ATORI I'M
Will Not Ma New York Giants This
Year.—Will Return to Asheville in
Fall.
New York Giants, today was discharg
ed from the Winyah Sanatorium un
til next winter. Accompanied by Mrs. '
Jennings, the former Detroit Tiger ,
manager left for Pennsylvania to
spend the summer. He said he would
not rejoin McGraw’s Giants this year
hut that he would return here next
winter.
Jenuings, threatened with tubercu- ,
losix. following a nervous breakdown
that followed the strenuous handling ,
of the New York Giants during tile ,
: llness of Manager McGraw last year ,
in the bitter fight the Gotham dub put (
up against the Pittsburgh Pirates for
the national pennant, gained dose to
20 pounds during his stay here.
PROTEST AGAINST WAGES
OF TEXTILE WORKERS
Is Presented to the Senate Labor '
Committee by Tbos. F. McMahon.
Washington, May 26.— (A*) —A pro- '
test against wages in the textile in
dustry was presented today to the
Senate labor commmittee by Thos. F.
McMahon, president of the Interna
tional Textile Workers.
Declaring the scale now in effect is
not sufficient to maintain the Amer
ican. standard of living promised un
der "the high protective tariff” he
urged the committee to approve the
Sheppard resolution directing nil in
quiry .into the wages paid in the tex
tile, steel and other industries.
The average weekly wage of tex
tile workers, according to the report
of Secretary Hoover, of the commerce
' department, is $10.50.
With Our Advertisers.
The Southern Railway will run a
' special train from Charlotte to Salis
bury May 31st. This train will pass
1 Concord at 9:07 a. m., arriving at
i Salisbury at 0:50. Returning the
‘ train will leave Salisbury at 7:10 p.
m. Round trip fare from Concord
SI.OO with $1.50 from Charlotte,
Newell and Harrisburg. Round trip
fare from Kannapolis, Landis and
China Grove will be 50 cents. See
ad.
New mid-summer apparel is arriv
ing every day at Fisher's.
Suits for men and boys for hot
weather at Efird’a.
' Cox’s poultry food at Riclimond
", Flowe Co’s. Fresh Shipment*) arriv
-4 ing weekly.
Manco, Allen A and Varsity union
* suits at Hoover’s.
Hot weather specials in dress
‘ goods at Parks-Belk Co's. Big ship
ment juat received.
i- *
y Defense Rests In Carroll Case.
New York, May 20.— (A 9 )— ITesti
* mony in the perjury trial of Earl Car
“ roll in connection with the grand jury
investigation of his bath tub party
e ended early this afternoon the defense
" rested. The government rested it*
'• case yesterday,
r.
h i -uj — i—==
* Beulah Elisabeth Bigger*, Erna Earl
r > Carroll, Frances Erson Dellinger, Fern
Kathleen Eddlemau. Violet Cress Hon
l- eycutt, Beulah Alma B. Klut'z, Olive
r- Mae Lentz, Mary Tbelnri Martin,
h Gladys Marie McManus.
i- Music—Mary Elisabeth Rldcnhour.
Jetta Beatrice Milhollnnd.
r, Mascot—Mary Ann Scott.
TABLE MINT
MAKING IMMERSION
A PREREQUISITE
Northern Baptist Conven
tion Refuses to Make
Immersion Condition to
Church Membership.
A COMPROMISE
IS INTRODUCED
Resolution Prepared by,
Church Leaders in Hope!
or Reconciling Differ
ences in Denomination.
Washington. Mny 26.— C4>) —The
Northern Baptist Church convention
here today voted to table an amend
ment to the church by-laws requiring
immersion as a prerequisite to mem
bership in the church.
Modernists and all those favoring
compromises of the fumlnmeiit.ili.st
modergist controversy supported the
motion to table the amendment which
was proposed at the Senftle conven
tion last year. It would have de
fined a Baptist church ns one com
posed only of those w'lo had been im
mersed. The motion to table was
introduced by Dr. J. W. Brougher.
of California, who immediately after
its adoption introduced the following
compromise:
"The Northern Baptist convention
recognizes its constituency as consist
ing solely of those Baptist .churches
in which the immersion of believers
is recognized nnd practiced ns the
only scriptural baptism; and the con
vention hereby declares that Qnly im
mersed members will be recognized ns
members to the convention."
I)r. Brougher said this resolution
had been prepared following a con
ference of Baptist lenders at Chicago
in the hope of reconciling differences
in the denomination. He described
it as leaving the definition of what
constitutes a Baptist church to the
local association of churches, and at
the same time disavowing the prin
ciple of open membership by not al
lowing uuimmersed persons to be rec
ognized as convention delegates.
ROSS AWAITS DOOM
Vuf Penalty fw 3»>;ng
Mrs. Sidney Odom.
Raleigh. May 25.—W. L. Ross,
convicted slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Sid
ney Odom, in Warren county, today
sits moodily in a narrow cell in death
row, in the State prison here, almost
within sight of the grim shadow of
the electric chair in which he soon
must sit to expiate with his life for
the crime of which he lias been con
victed.
He ns' been confined in the prison
since about 2 a. m. Sunday morning,
whence he was brought from Warren
ton immediately after the completion
of his trial there Saturday night.
The deatli chamber is situated im
mediately off the end of that portion
of the cell house in which those who
are condemned to death are kept, and
when the sun casts its rays in a cer
tain manner, the shadow of the elec
tric chair, sitting in the small, white
washed room, literally may be seen
across the floor of the corridor at the
end of “death row.”
Grim, silent, crushed in spirit,
Ross sits in bis narrow cell awaiting
the day when the hiss and sputter of
a high voltage circuit follows the
metallic click of a switch that will
wipe out his life and he will have paid
the price.
Gray-Heads and Not Youth Haunt
London Night Chibs.
London, May 25. (4 s ) —Gray
hends or heads that would be gray if
nature had not been assisted, are so
numerous in London night clubs
that newspapers generally agree with
the statement of the late Sir Squire
Bancroft hat the “youhg-man-about
town" no longer exists in England.
The Kit-Cat and other well-known
Loudon night clubs are the haunts
of the middle-aged and aged. Prac
tically none bf the dancers is really
young. This is true of the women as
well as the men.
Youth has its fling in the popular
danechalls where the cost is less and
it is not necessary to be so formally
dressed. ■ '
Ozone and Not Cupid Is Spring's
Love Tonic.
London, May 26.—(A*) —Cupid has
nothing to do with the epidemic of
lovemaking which comes with spring.
It is ozone, and not the god of
love, so British scientists told the
Royal Society, which fires poets and
lovers at the passing of winter.
There is no sense in psycho-ana
lyzing frisky youth to determine why
it acts differently in the spring ns
these scientists said in the spring
months there is the maximum
amount of ozone in the air, with the
result that lambs frisk and all na
ture has more energy than in any
other season.
High School Class Play
\
, “Valeda Chooses”
i May 26th at 8:15 P. M.
Seats on Sale at Gibson Drug
’ Store
Admission 26c and 50c
( All Seats Reserved
CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1926
RADIO PHOTO RECORDS BYRD’S RETURN TO SPITZBERGEN
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This words the safe arrival of Lieutenant Commander K. E. Byrd at Spitzbergen after his history making
flight over the North Bole. Byrd's Fokker plane, the Josephine Ford, was photographed upon landing. Byrd
and his pilot were assisted f.*om the machine. This picture was rushed to Stockholm, Sweden, thence to the
continent and to London where it was radioed to America. A Norwegian (Junboat and several airplanes were
; pressed into service to speed the coureriug to London.
THE COTTON MARKET
Active Months Showed Gains of From
4 to 8 Points.
New York, May 20.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened steady at un
changed prices to an advance of 2
points. More active months showed
net gains of 4 to 8 points before the
end of the first hour on covering by
near months, buying for Liverpool or
continental account, and moderate de
mand for new crop positions, which |
was probably inspired by reports of j
unsettled weather in the southwest
nnd drought complaints from the east- l
ern belt. July sold up to 18.41 and
December to 17.55 on a comparatively ,
moderate demand. The first private |
coudition report of the season to make |
its appearance here placed the de- j
crease in acrenge at 2 per cent, and ,
the condition at 72, compared with of
ficial conditions of 76.0 toward the
end of last May and a ten-year aver
age of may conditions of 71.'6.
- faf»oU .future* o|>eued.**teady : J*#-.
ly 18.37: October 17.00; December
17.52; January 17.42; March 17.50.
RESERVOIR BURSTS BANKS
Half of the Town of Kit sura, in I
Northern Japan. Swept Away.
Tokio, May 20.— (A") —The Mnyainn
Irregato reservoid in the Akitkn pre
fecture of northern Japan has burst
its banks and has swept away half
of the town of Kitsura. according to
rejmrts received here. The town had
a population of 7,000 nnd It is fear
ed that the casualty list may be
heavy. The reports say that the post
offiffice, a bank and a theatre in Kit
sura have been carried away.
Free Movies for the Last Time.
Free movies will be shown at the
Y. M. C. A. for the last time on Fri
day night of this week. H. W. Blanks,
secretary, announced this morning.
\ Owing to the new financial program
of the association it is necessary to
dispense with the pictures, it was
stated.
The Chester Cup is the oldest
horse rnce with a' continuous his
tory. It dates from 1609, when the
then Mayor of the English city of
Chester offered prizes in the shape
of three silver bells.
HoUyrood
1y
Edward Clark.,
The first installment of this great
story will be published aoon in The
Tribune.
BUT LITTLE INTEREST
IN THE COMING PRIMARY
Although But a Few Days Off.—The
Overman-Reynolds Campaign.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, May 20.—Despite the
faet that the Democratic primary is
now but a few days off. little more
than passing interest in the Sena
jtorial race is being taken in political
I circles here. The rank and file of the
older nnd more conservative Demo
] crats seem to tnke it ns a matter of
■course that Senator Lee S. Overman
I will be renominated by a large and
I substantial majority, despite the
i vigorous campaign being made by
| Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville,
■ Ills opponent.
, While many of them know Rey
nolds and like him personally, they
will vote for Overman out of re
spect to his long service to the State
in the Senate. "Senator Overman
has been a tried qud faithful repre.
, sentative of our interest In. Wash
ington and we are going to continue
to keep him there,” is the opinion ex
pressed by many.
On the other hand, there are the
I nvowed proponent of Reynolds’ can
didacy who believe that it would be
a good thing for the state to have a
younger man, of his energy and en
thusiasm, in riie Senate. They see a
large following for Reynolds among
tlie younger men of the state and in
the industrial, commercial and farm
ing centers.
Reynolds has materially strength- j
ened himself with the voters of the :
state, especially in the smaller com- I
munities. with his "personal cou- '
tact” campaign, in which lie had
visited all the principal counties and j
met thousands of voters personally. |
"This contact will count in June 5” j
his supporters say.
Reynolds is expected to be ill |
Rnleigh again tonight or tomorrow, j
on his way back from the north
eastern part of the state of the state
where he has been campaigning this
week.
ONE DEAD AND SIX
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Party En Route From Marlon to
Johnson City, Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 26.—OP)—
One dead and six seriously injured,
several of whom are not expected to
live, is the toll of an automobile wreck
this morning at Whitehead Hill, be
tween Roan Mountain and Eiizabeth
ton. The party was en route from
» Marion, N. C., to Johnson City, Tenn.,
to work in a box factory.
Tlie dead and injured:
Baby Ray Williams, instantly kill
ed.
Ethel Williams, 17, badly cut about
the body.
Lucy Wiliams. 18, badly cut about
the head and is in a eritieSl condi
tion.
Arthur Leil, 22, not expected to
live.
Mrs. Mack Williams, badly injured,
but her coudition is not as serious as
the others.
An 18 months old baby, hurt and
not expected to live.
Alt Carson, negro truck driver,
nnd owner of the bus, internally in
jured and not expected to live.
Carson hud been employed by the
others to move them and their furni
ture to Johnson City from Marion.
The van went too close to a high fill
at a sharp curve on the mountain road,
the rear wheel slipping off. The truck
plunged down the mountain side. The
injured were taken to a hospital at
Eliza bet hton.
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War Qualify Wr Finals in Wiley
Gray Contest.
Durham, May 26.—Out of eight
contestants entering the preliminary
contest held Monday night for the
coveted Wiley Gray senior oration
medal at Duke university, lour men
were selected to competo for the
prise on June 7, as a part of the
Duke commencement program. The
four preliminary winners who will
compete at that time were selected
; Blakeney, Jr., of Monroe; W. F.
■ Blackeney, rJr., of Monroe; W. F.
1 Oraven, Jr„ of Durham ; A. B. Glb
« son, of Laurel Hill, and L. B. Hollo
well, of Winston-Salem.
MUST PRINT THEIR OWN
BALLOTS, 'SAYS MAXWELL
Counties Under Akistt-atian System
Must Furnish Ballots Themselves.
Tribune Raleigft Bureau,
Sir. Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, May 26.—Fears that when
the voters go to the polls in some of
the counties that use the Australian
ballot, that no ballots will be there for
the voters to use, are being expressed
in the office of the State Board of
Elections here as tlie result of letters
being received which indicate that
election officials in the counties that
operate under the Australian Ballot
law do not yet fully understand that
in those counties, the entire ballot,
containing the ticket for national,
state and county offices, must be
printed in that county by tlie county
board of elections.
"Unless this fact is clearly under
stood within the next few days, some
of these counties are likely to turn up
on the date of election with no bal
lots,” said W. G. Maxwell, secretary
of the Board. “We are still getting
letters from counties under the Aus
tralian ballot asking why their bal
lots have not arrived, when under the
law, they are required to furnish their
own ballots. We have sent out let
ters and have done everything we
could to straighten out this matter,
but still they do not seem to under
stand. But it is up to them. We
have no authority in the matter what
ever." he said.
The counties ill which the Austra
i lian ballot law is in effect and which
i must print their own ballots are:
| Alexander, Ashe, Brunswick, Bun
combe, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee,
| Clay, Graham, Henderson. Jackson.
| McDowell, Macon, Madison, New Hnn
! over, Polk, Sampson. Scotland, Stnn
! ly, Surry, Swain, Transylvania and
j Yancy, or 23 counties in all.
1 Matrimonial FtxT Refuses 4,000
Men.
(Bv International News Service.)
Elyria. 0.. May 26 An Elyria
woman has had had 4000 chances to
marry—and has refused 4000 times.
She is Nellie B. Stull, president of
the National Widows and Widowers
Club of America.
i “Why should I marry." she asked,
"When it is my business to marry
- off others. I am too much occupied
. with indexing prospective brides and
i grooms to think of matrimony my
i self."
The “matrimonial fixer” has evi
- denee to prove that she had 700 pro
j posals last June.
“I thank you most warmly for the
honor you would bestow upon me,”
she wrote each of her admirers in re
jecting their offffers, “but my time
belongs to our club and I cannot
t think of matrimony for myself.”
More than a score of the men who
t have proposed to her are now mar
ried to female members of the club,
the president said.
To Make Shrine of House Noted in
Colonial Days.
Newport News, Va., May 26.—(A 3 )
—An old square brick house in Sur
rey county, reputed to be the oldest
in the United States, has'been pur
chased by the Surrey chapter.
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, to be converted into a ehrine
o perpetuate memories of this sec
tion where American history had its
beginnings.
The land on which the house
stands was the originnl grant from
the King of England and the home
was built for John Rolfe, husband
of Pocahontas.
The building is In a remarkable
state of preservation. For many
years it has been owned and oc
cupied by a negro man.
STAR THEATRE
TODAY—THURSDAY
160,000 Liberty Magazine Story
“Mannequin”
—With—
Alice Joyce, Warner Baxter,
1 Dolores Costello, Zasu Pitts
BIG SPECIAL
> 10c and 86c Admission
I IMPROVEMENT OF
AMERICAN HOME IS
THE IDEAL SOUGH
;The General Federation of j
i Women’s Clubs Opens \
Meeting in Atlantic City.
—5,000 in Attendance, j
MRS. SHERMAN
MAKES ADDRESS!
Reviews Her Work as
-President.—Pleads For
Unity of Action in the
Federation Work.
Atlantic City, N. J.. May 26.—OP)—
Improvement of the American home 1
so that "our people might be turned 1
from their mad flight after irrespon- :
sible pleasures to the lasting satisfac
tion found in ideal family life,” was
tile s]>ecific objective of her presiden
tial regime, Mrs. John I). Sherman
told the convention of the (lenei'al
Federation of Women's Clubs here to
day.
The convenlion opened last night
with about 5,000 women in atteud
a lice.
"Tips American home study result
ed in deepeer consecration to law ob
servance." said Mrs. Sherman. Prob
lems of public health, of education
and the need for elimination of iliit-’
erncy and of better citizenship, she re
ported, were considered in their beaer
ing on the home.
Reviewing her work as President,
Mrs. Sherman said she saw the women
at work in 26 states, traveling 70,000
miles to do this. Sixteen thousand in
dividuals and 164.000 form letters
had been sent out; 200 outside organ
izations corresponded with; and radio
talks and magazine articles employed
to further organization work. She
sat iu on 20 national or international
conferences during the past year.
Strongly reiterating her declaration :
made at the West Rnden Forum for
unity of action in the Federation. '
Mrs. Sherman read the preliminary 1
opinion she gave at that time which
was adopted by the delegates body.
TO TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY
OF THE INHERITANCE LAW
Governor Martin, of Florida, Author
izes Attorney General to Institute
Proceedings.
Talllahassee, Fla., May 26.— VP) —
Gov. John W. Martin today author
ized Attorney General John B. John
son to institute proceedings in the
Supreme Court to test the con
stitutionality of the federal inherit
ance tax law.
The Governor in a. certified letter,
gave the Attorney General authority
to enjoin the collection of such taxes
in the State of Florida.
The Attorney General announced
that lie expected to leave for Washing
ton Monday to file application with
the court for permission to test the
law.
The Governor’s letter follows:
“You are hereby authorized and di
rected to institute proper proceedings
and suit in the United States Su
preme Court against the United
States or the proper officials thereof
to test the constitutionality and va
lidity of that provision in the revenue
law of the United States approved
February 26, 1626, where said law
imposes a tax upon the estates of de
scendants. and allows a rebate on any
such tax collected to all citizens or in
all cases where au estate or inherit
ance tax is paid to a state, such re
bate not exceeding 80 per cent, of the
amount of the Federal inheritance tax
or state tax imposed; and to enjoin
the collection of such taxes in the
state of Florida."
Tampa, Fla., May 26. — VP)—Deci
■ sion to make a test of the federal
inheritance tax law in the Supreme
‘ Court of the I nit eel States is an out
growth of the recent “Florida Takes
Inventory Congress” at Palm Beach,
Peter O'Xight, of this city, one of the
foes of the federal statute, said here
today.
1 Colonel O’Neal and Judge James
Glenn, also of this city, will be as
sociated with Attorney General John
son as counsel for the state when pro
ceedings are filed in Supreme Court.
“The attorney general has made an
investigation with reference to this
matter, and lias come to the conclus
ion that the inheritance tax provision
. of the Federal revenue law is uncon
stitutional,” explained Col. Night.
"Os course if the Federal inherit
s ance tax provision of the present Fed
. eral revenue law is declared unconsti
, tutional as to Florida it will be un
constitutional everywhere. This is
. therefore n suit of great importance to
i the United States.
■ “The legal action will be a bill in
I equity in behalf of the state of Folr
ida against Andrew W. Mellon as
> Secretary <f( the Treasury of the
■ United States, and David H. Blair, as
■ Commissioner of Internal Revenue of
the United States."
“Buenos Aires” Readies Miami.
1 Miami, Fla., May 26.—OP)—Pilot
ed by Senor Bernardo Duggan, the
seaplane “Buenos Aires” alighted on
r Biscayne Bay at 12:15 o’clock this
afternoon, in its 6,100-tnile flight
from New York to Buenos Aires.
The plane bucked head winds during
the greater part of the journey here,
after hopping off at 6 o’clock this
morning from the Charleston navy
l yards.
I Japan is so mountainous that only
one-sixth of its land is cultivated.
THE TRIBUNE .
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'lt Is Officially Announced 1
This Afternoon Thtit
Abd-El-Krim Will Come
Into the French Lines; g
RETURNS ALL HISJj
NATIVE PRISONER!
Krim Will Be Taken Td&jf;
to Taga, Where He Will
Put Himself and ProjNii& |
ty Under France’s Cl
Fez. French Morocco. May 26.*re \
VP) —lt was officially announced this ,
afternoon that Abd-el-Kriin. the Itffc |
flan chief, was coming into the
lines.
Krim will be taken to Taza where 1
the instructions of the French ’
dent general. Julo Steeg, are awiimjSig
Krim. It is announced, puts hiilfsSf
and property under the protecting ot j
France.
Prior to notifying the FrenCli' of ;1
his surrender. Adb-el-Krim rethfjjfifcji
all French, Spanish and native J
oners who had been held in the RtS||l
Expect Fighting to Cease No#; y
Paris, May 20— VP)—' The long |
lonial warfare in Morocco
Spain has been carrying on with Vi* |
ried success for several years; and
which France has been experiaWSSf
for the past year, apparently CoftidL ...T
to a close with the surrender teSrl
of the doughty mountain i
Abd-El-Krim.
Deserted by even his closest tribal J
followers, the Riffian chieftain hua* -a
placed himself, his family and prop
erty under the protection of FrAileS).
The war with Krim has been one
of the most costly colonial struggles
in history ns far as men and materials J
are concerned. Intrenched in bis
mountain fastnesses. Krim's hardy
warriors last year defied picked ffOOtps
of France and. Spain and caused liasty -1
summoning*%f no less a great military I
personage than Marshal IYtaifc. <R|
France. Upon him fell the task of !
devising a method of stamping out
Grim’s insurrection and of freeing
Morocco from the menace of bis boo-.
tile bands.
Franco-Spanish prisoners who bgdHfl
been ih Krim's hands. sSSte’ of the
Spanish for years, were first per*?*
eeived by French aviators at daybreak?
today wending their way back from
Krim’s territory in the north.
The first group consisted of forty
men who were taken to Fez, whets
they will be placed in hospitals. Their *c
appearance has caused great 11 jnirfltf *
in the army and among the native
population.
Eruptions Cause of Joy Not flow w
in Hawaii.
Honolulu. .May —t/P)—There
are several sure signs of volcanic ae» .
tivity in Hawaii. One of them is l
quakes. A second is sulphur, fumes. II
A third is a rise in taxi rates. ■ a
Dr. T. A. Jaggar. eminent vol
canist. does not regard eruptions iu
Hawaii as alarming, nor do tbs
citizens. In fact, by and large this
phenomenon “sets people wild with ij
joy.” The steamship agencies, the J
hotels, the taxi-drivers and every
body else begin to grin.
The reason is that the quakes* al
though they often number 150 a day
in the vicinity of Kilnuea, are so
gentle that no one is annoyed. The :
taxi-drivers do a tremendous buai- i
ness taking tourists to view the im
pending eruption or the one already
under way and the hotels and gfeam*
ship companies get their ' shark of
the business.
The sulphur fumes are so light,
says Dr. Jaggar, that the directlton ,
of the vent from which they earn ,'M
could not be determined by the **b
lie without information from the ■
government observers.
Lavil flows, although epeetneulat; |
do little damage and the dozen og ’
two families forced to flee accept the ;■
situation in the spirit of packing np 5
to move to the city, they are so used
to moving out of the way of the
flows.
“Synthetic Beefsteak.”' 'ivl
(By International News Service) \
New Orleans, La., May 26.—Hyo* |
tbetic meat that costs only one-tveh* i
tieth of the price of beefsteak! .araj
Croquettes a la Creole made oledftil
tonseed meal that look like o* Mil
thing and taste like the real tuinggi
David Wesson, of Wesson oil prom- 5
inence, has not divulged his fprmu%'!j
but be treated the American Oil
Chemists Society here to the camou
-1 tiaged spheres, and they admitted they
were actually chewable and digestible.
Wesson got the idea of utilizing .
cotton meal in this manner from g I
booklet discussing meat substitutes,
■ he told the chemists.
\ “Though kidded at first for trying 4'
, to make synthetic beefsteak", he aakEij
, “I tried it out on my family, and ’>
then decided to submit the cotton ■
pdouct beef to chemists.”
The Detroit Tigers have
’ a star base-runner in Neun, the MSjvfj
‘ cruit first baseman, who has a record
' of 113 pilfered sacks in two ar.a*o|ii|
5 and who in 1024 was the champion |
t base stealer of the American League.
! THE WEATHER
9 :■ A&i el.u
y Tartly cloudy tonight and Tbhmnj
day, probably showers Thursday a||
extreme northwest portion; got tnnifcj
j change in temperature. MpMUH
shifting winds.