North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI CM. IS FOUI GULF) OF HR BHTH TUB AT PARTY Tried on Four Counts He Was Found Guilty of the Two Referring to the Bath Tub Incident. SENTENCE NOT BEEN PASSED Will Be Sentenced Next Week and Was Freed on Bond 0f55,000 Demand ed by the Court. > Xew York, Muy 27. —(A 3 ) —Enrl Carroll was found guilty today of perjury in connection with the grand jury investigation of the bath tub party in bis theatre in which Joyce Hawley, a nude show girl, served drinks from a bath tub. Carroll was on trial on four counts: two referring to Pile bath tub inci dent and two to his testimony that no liquor was served at the party. The jury found him guilty on the first two, and not guilty of the sec ond two. The jury returned its verdict at 12:20 o'clock, just an hour and five minutes after Judge Goddard had giv en it the case. Judge Goddnrd 'held Carrol! in $5,- 000 bail, twice the amount he had been held in previously, and deferred sentence for one week. Case Went to Jury at 11:15. New York, May 27.—(A 3 )—The case of Earl Carroll, Brondway theatrical producer charged with perjury grow ing out of a grand jury investigation of his "bath tub party" in which Joyce Hawley, a chorus girl, bathed nude in alleged liquor, was given to the jury at 11:15 today. TWINS ARE FASTENED TOGETHER AT BIRTH Two Babies Linked Together Facing Each Other Appear to Be Normal in Other Respects. South Bend, Ind.. May 26.—Two girl babies, perfect in every respect, save that they are linked together facing each other, who were born her* Saturday, are being sustained by bottle feeding and gave every i«-T dioatfon that they were growths like normal bnbiwi. "The babies are here; a doetor's duty i« to do what he can for them," was the comment of Dr. Thomas A. Swantz. attending physician soy the twins, Lucy and Bessie Medieb. He said an operation to separate them would prove fatnl. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols Medieb are deeply shaken by the strange birth. The mother, torn between mother love and the anguish of the handicap of her daughters, has expressed the hope that the babies will pass from the mortal scene to which they are no ill adapted. Culike the famous Siamese twins who were joined in such away as to permit locomotion, these twins are joined at the pelvic girdle, and never would be able to walk or move in anything like a normal manner. The babies seem to live separate lives. Sometimes one sleeps, while tlie other is feeding. Physicians say that should illness come to one it would affect, the other. Similar twins, however, have been known .to survive for years. X-ray studies show that each child is complete as to heart, lung, stom ach, and other internal organs, ex cept that they share one colon. Ross Wants to Die As Soon as Possi ble. (By International News Service) M’anenton, X. C.. May 27.—Torn between mingling emotions of dread and remorse, W. L. Ross, convicted slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Odom, wants to die in the electric chair as early as possible. . After maintaining a stoical silence throughout his long trial here Ross "broke down’’ after the jury found him guilty and Judge E. H. Cranmer sentenced him to die in the electric chair. When Miss Sallie Ross, the de fendant’s daugther-in-law and only eye-witness to the slaying, was called to the prisoner’s dock after his con viction, the doomed man fell to his knees and said, “I’m sorry for what I have done.” Flood of Old Bonds Being Dog Dp. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, May 27.*—A flood of old bonds are being dug up out of old boxes, trunks and musty books and' being brought or sent in to Ben R. Lacy, state treasurer, as the result of the payment of more than $12,000 by the State last week on some old State bonds issued before and immediately after the Civil War. All of the bonds submitted so far have been those of private corporations* and not of the State, Mr. Lacy says, and hence valueless. Two Killed by Bomb. Muskegon, May 27. —OP)—William Frank, 22, of Chicago, was killed in stantly, and August Krumbaech, 48, was so severely Injured that he died two hours later, when a bomb receiv ed by mat! exploded in the lobby of the Three Lakes Tbvern, operated by Krtunbaech. Jeanette Krumbaech, 19 year old daughter of Krumbaech. and fiancee of Frank, is not expseted to *“"• V The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily New Hampshire Boy Holds Record For Being Saved; Nearly Dead 8 Times Claremont, X. H-, Mny 2/ Eight years old and he has been saved from death eight times, once |for every . year of his life. I This is the record of Harry Carey. His last escape took place a few I days ago when Harry fell into Sugar River, was carried by the swift cur rent 1,000 feet, and pitched, in full » view of a score of horror stricken p people, over a dam twenty feet high ‘ ito the crags below. J l A group of men pulled young Cnrey from the water and he was found to be not seriously hurt. “Well, 1 ('nought that was the last of me,” Harry gnspeo. when re *vived after going over the dam. A year ago Harry was struck by an automobile, but -Soon recovered. t —■ . 1 CHAUTAUQUA OPENS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT; Much Interest Being Taken in the Excellent Program For Five Days. I | The Chautauqua will open in the ' big ten on the primary school I grounds next Monday night with a I > concert by the Greenfield Orchestra i 1 Quartet, to be followed by a lecture 1 “The Science Story” by It. 11. Am-1 brose, the electrical wizard. The I quartet has made a big hit every where it has appeared, and Mr. Ambrose is the talk of the town everywhere he goes. Each member of the Greenfield Or chestral Quartet, notable Chautau qua feature, is an artist of outstand ing individual attainments, while ten years of playing together have pro duced a perfection of ensemble play ing rarely attained. Max Greenfield, violinist, saxo phonist and manager, has been asso ciated with the orehestrn of the Chi cago Civic Opera Company, aitd with the St. Paul Symphony Orcestra. Edith Greenfield, violinist, has ap peared extensively in recital and concert, notably in Xew York and Chicago, and has scored distinctive successes always. Mollie Greenfield, pianist has also a goodly number of Xew .York and Chicago appearances to her credit in the course of many recitals and con cert engagements the country over. She ;has been soloist witli he Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra. 1. Greenfield, clarinetist, saxopho nist and bass viol artist, has, like the other members of the quartet, nn exceptionally successfull record of api>ea ranees. With first-rank artistry the quar tet present classical and semi-olas ■deal ensemble selections, varying with popular numbers. “The SdWce Story"' in a* thrilling aa an evening of magic. Electrici.v id Mr. Ambrose's subject, and he holds his audiences spellbound with his astounding demonstrations. Mr. Ambrose carries with him a remarkable collection of electrical instruments nnd devices. With these instruments he produces many al most magical effects. He does not rely on trickery, but makes applica tion of little known physical and electrical laws that lend themselves well to interesting demonstrations. Among the feats he performs is the welding of nails by electricity, permitting the current to ■ pass through his body. He holds two carbons in his bands to form on arch light. A cannon is fired and a flag sent up the flag pole by use of rays from an ordinary flashlight. l’et, during all his elusive and puzzling exhibitions, Mr. Ambrose explains each step clearly nnd con cisely and shows how each is based in scientific facts and reasons. CHILD WAGE EARNERS BECOMING PROBLEM WUilara Green Says Wages of Child ren Greater Menace Than Prod ucts of Prisoners. Atlantic City, N. J., May 27.—OP)— The competing products of 2.000,000 child wage earners form a much great er menace to adult workers than to these of 20,000 convicts, Wm. Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, today told the general Fed eration of Women's Clubs. States which voted for the prohibi tion, income tax and woman suffrage amendments, he remarked, have voted against the Federal child labor pro posals. He held it was ridiculous to contend that the proposed child labor amendment would prohibit a girl from helping her mother to do house work, or a boy from assisting his father in farm work. “While employer’s associations and chambers of commerce strange to say, are fighting the Federal legislation which will take children out of the! workshops and factories, they are at I the same time fighting against the ■ sale of prison-made goods on the open market," he said. | Hauling of Water Major Occupation. Madison, May 26. —The hauling of water has lately become the major : occupation of farmers in this vicin ' ity. Some of the water ia being used in planting tobacco but more than ' half of it is being thrown on plant ’ beds. ’Jhc beds must be watered or ! the plants will dry up. Much com > plaint of wells failing is also heard. : This is attributed, however to the I drought'of last summer. Counter Revolt Against Pilsudski. Berlin, May 27.—0<P)—A counter , revolt against the Pilaudaki govern . ment has broken out in East Galicia, , according to rumors reaching the Po l isb legation here. f SO Men Saved From Mine. r Scranton, Pa., May 27.—OP)—More ) than 50 men trapped in a burning 1 mine today were rescued after being » caught behind the fin for several ■■ ;*V-' t Two yearn ago he was rescued from i|n swamp hole into which he hud r fallen. Neighbors recall how he broke his . collar bone, sliding down the veranda ' steps to the streef. And others re ■ member when he was almost scalded • to deatli and doctors nnd nurse,- only l gave him a few hours to live -1 Rosy-cheeked nnd sturdy, it is ' difficult to believe that Harry has ,! had every contagion* disease that | came to town. But he has, and he always recovers. 1 His mother says she thinks the boy was born under nn unlucky star, j but the laird has been good to him, because he has given him as many I lives as a eat. BRIEFS SUBMITTED IN NEWTON HIGHWAY CASE Supreme Court Will Hear This Case I Which Has Now Become Famous. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel ! Raleigh, May 27.—Agreement to 1 submit the Xewton highway ease ap peal to the Supreme Court on briefs i hits been reached and attorneys for X'ewton are expected to file their briefs in the ease today. The state filed its briefs several days ago and they are now being printed, according to Attorney General Dennis G. Brum mitt, today. This action now places the case on the Supreme Court docket for this term nnd while the period for oral argument has expired, the ease will now come before the court at this term, under rule 10, which permits the docketing of eases after the ex piration of the regular term, provided they involve matters of public mo ment sufficient to warrant such 'near ing- No case lias come before the Su preme Court in recent months around which more interest tins been cen tered than the appeal of the X'ewton road case, in which it was ruled by Judge J. L. Webb that the State highway department must build the link of highway Xo. 10 so that it would pass by the "court house door" in Xewton, instead of t'urough the northern limits of the city, ns the highway department had surveyed it. The construction of this portion of tlie road is settled by the Supreme Court. "The thing that Newton people nnd people in the section are most interested in now is tlie completion of the highway, and not so much the wfll&il through -Neman,’/ . said Assistant Attorney General Resit in discussing the case. "We cannot help blit feel that the Supreme Court will look at the ease from the stand point of the State highway depart ment. because of the serious precedent involved. We are hoping for an early decision.” PASSENGER PLANE IS FORCED TO HALT TRIP Broken Water Connection Forced Capt. Roscoe Turner to Seek Land ing at Abbeville, S. C. Atlanta, May 27.—(A*)—A broken water connection in one of the mo tors forced Captain Roscoe Turner to make an emergency landing near Abbeyville, S. C., today an hour and half after he had taken off from At lanta in his big Sikorsl.v plane on a proposed one-day flight to New York City. The plane came down at a farm house just outside Abbeyville. The s’jip jumped several ditches and came to a stop with one wing renting in an apple tree. Repairs to the motor will be neces sary before the flight is resumed, and just when it will hop off is not de termined. The plane carried representatives of the Atlanta, Jr., Chamber of Com merce and the municipal government. Vote of Confidence. Paris, May 27.—C4*> —The Briand government today was given a vote of confidence by the Chamber of dep uties, 320 to 209. The Briand cabinet thus survived the first onslought of the socialists, communists and part of the radicals who bad determined to provoke im mediate debates on France’s finances and foreign debts. The government put the question of confidence squarely on the demand that these matters be post polled un til after the discussion of the electoral reform law bills. Tlie Briand cabinet was saved by ' the nationalists opposition which af t ter some hesitation finally decided not | to vote against the ministry. . A Novel Liquor Container. (By International News Service) Asheville, May 27.—“ The last word" in a rum runner’s automobile, which was confiscated by police, here together with fifty gallons of bottled ’ in bond liquor, won even the admi ration of officers for cleverness. Beneath the floor of the sedan was a small sheet metal trough with ap ; proximate dimensions of four feet by ' two feet nnd a half by six inches, while the rear seat covered a similar ■ trough nearly ten inches deep. The ‘ box-like arrangement ran even behind the rear seat. Filled to capacity the automobile probably would hold between two and r three hundred quarts of liquor, it was - said. Briand Government Wins. Paris, May 27. —The Briand gov ernment today was victorious in the chamber of deputies in its demand * that debate on financial matters and t foreign debt settlements, including the l Washington agreement, be postponed. 1 Unofficial figures give the government a majority of 100. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1926 I ' • - ■ - Boston-New York Flier Wrecked, 25 Hurt ■i ! ! -.. »• Wjw ,. ... . . ntrgsv ( This picture shows the wreckage resulting when the “Owl,”’ New York to Boston flier, ran Into a freight train at Mansfield, Mass. One trainman was killed and twenty-five persona were injured. NEW NORTH CAROLINA MARCH SONG BEING HEARD Composed by Paul M. Hendricks, of Asheville.—Adoption Is Strongly Urged. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel ltnleigh. May 27.—An audition is being held here today of tlie new North Carolina March Hong, composed by Paul M. Hendricks, of AsheVllle. with a view to its adoption ns tlie official song of tlie state, particularly to be used in connection with North Carolina's part in the July fourth celebration nt the Sesqui-centennial in Philadelphia. Charles Picquet, of Pineiiurst, who lias been asked by Governor McLean to take charge of organizing musical talent over the state for participation in July fourth song festival at the exposition, was present for the audition. All those who were interested were invited. Xo announcement as to the ultimate decision has yet been made. Adoption of the song was strongly urged upon (Jovernor McLean by the Federated Woman's Clubs of As'.ie ville. who sent a telegram warmly • eoannemitßf' Mr Hendnek’s song. J “The state needs a song of this na ture and we recommend it be en dorsed ami adopted by the state," the wire read which was signed by Mrs. C. C. Lentz, chairman State Federa tion of Woman’s Clubs, nnd a long list of Ashevill club women prominent in musical circles. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 2 Points on June But Generally Unchanged to Higher. Xew Y’ork. May 27.—04 s )—The cot ton market opened steady today nt a decline of two pouts on June but gen erally unchanged to 5 points higher in response to higher Liverpool cables, continued brought complaints from the Eastern belt and fears of showers in the southwest. July sold at 18.45 anil December at 17.58 after the call but the bulge seemed to attract realizing and the market worked off 2 to 3 points from the best before the end of the first hour. Private cables reported tlie absence of selling pressure cn Liver pool with prices higher on covering and trade palling, but said it was a preholiday market. Proximity of the local holidays probably had a restrict ing effect on business hero. Cotton futures opened steady: Ju ly 18.40: October 17.70; December .17.437; January 17.49; March 17.52. Parks-Belk Co’s. May Drive Ends Saturday. There are only three more days of the big May drive at the Parks-Belk Co’s., Friday, Saturday and Mon day. With each boys’ knee pants suit from $2.98 to $4.98 you buy, you get a baseball bat free. With each boys’ knee pants suit, $5.00 to $9.95, a watch and chain free. All boys’ long pants suits, $9.95 nnd up, your choice of any shirt in the boys’ department free. With each man’s suit at $12.50 to $19.05, Paoice of any $1 shirt in the store free. With each man’s suit $22.50 to $24.05 choice of any $1.50 shirt in the store free. With each man’s suit $27.50 and over, choice of auy Shirt in the store free. Fisherman Gets Trout Sporting Gold Watch. Saranac Lake, N, Y., May 27. A. J. Bernard of this place is the Adirondacks’s luckiest fisherman. Y’esterday while trout fishing in the north branch of the Saranac River, near Goldsmiths, he noted what ap peared to be the gleam of gold in the midst of some submerged brush. As the hook neared the bright object there was a vicious strike. The next instant the astounded fisherman found himself in posses sion of an eight-inch trout and a handsome gold watch. The line hud caught In the fob when the trout struck. There was no name in the watch, 1 which had evidently been in the l water a long time. : The partnership of J. C. Query and . W. P. Mabery has been- dissolved by t mutual consent, Mr. Mabery having purchased the interest of Mr. Query. CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT ) COTTON CROP ESTIMATE f Fails Down in View of the Fact That ' It Was Close to tlie Actual Crop. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, May 27.—1 n view of the * Widespread and severe criticism di reeled against t'.ie government cotton 1 crop forecasts laut fall, it is interest . ing to note that the estimate for the 5 North Carolina cotton crop was clos er to the actual than that of any i other cotton state, according to the i figures given in the final report on i the quantity of cotton ginned from f t'ae crop of 1925, just issued by the r United States census bureau. This f is held to be most significant fact ‘ by the officials in the crop reporting l department of the State department i of agriculture, ns it will be remem ‘ bered that many statement were made . last fall to the effect that the esti i mate of the United States crop re porting service was from 1,000,000 to r 4,000,000 bales too high. ‘ The actual gainings now show that ' the highest estimate, made as of De cember 1, 1925. instead oft being too ■ litgh. was not high enottgtt, being" JT • per cent, below the crop actually pro ■ diiced, ' The estimated crop for North Cnro ■ lina was 1,090,000 bales of 500 pounds ' to a bale. The filial ginning* showed ■ 1.101.000 bales, or one per cent, more than had been estimated. The following shows by states what per cent the final December estimate was above or below the final gin ning* : Virginia, 4.5 below; X’ortli l Carolina, 1.0 below; South Carolina I 1 .05 below; Georgia, 1.1 below; Flor I ida, 4.8 above; Missouri. 11.7 above: • Tennesee, 513 below; Alabama, 1.5 . below; Mississippi, 3.0 below ; Lousi ■ ana, 1.1 below; Texas, 1.6 below; Ok i laliomn, 8.3 below; California, 45 , above. All other states, the cstimati ! was 6.5 per cent, under the actua i ginning, and for the entire Unite; States the estimate was 3 per cent : below production. ’ KRIM IS NOW INSIDE 1 THE FRENCH BOUNDARY ’ Airived at Izo Marouene Early HiL Morning on His Way to Taza. ' Paris, May 27.—(A s )—Abd-El-Krim 1 Riffian chief who announced his sur render yesterday, has arrived insid the French lines and will be escorte immediately to Taza. Announeemen to this effect was made bv Premie Briand after a cabinet meeting today On Way to Taza. Fez. French Moroco, May 27. —(/Pi ’ —Abd-El-Krim. the surrendered Rif flan chief, arrived at 5:15 o’clock this morning at Izo Marouene, north 1 of Targuist, where he was presented with his suit to the commanding gen eral of the Moroccan division- Later * he was conducted to Bou Bed. taking 1 the military road toward Taza, where he is expected to arrive tomorrow. * Spencer Facing Serious Water Short y ae«- Salisbury, May 26.—A serious j shortage of water threatens Spencer. B according to word received from the railroad city today, and all inhabi- B tants of the town nre urged by Su ( perintendent G. C. Evans to econo mize in every way possible on the I use of water. s The continued drought of several weeks has cut short the supply of water, and the shortage is now said to have assumed serious proportions. Superintendent Evans calls attention . to the danger of fire should such p break out, and asks the customers to aid in every way in conserving the j supply until the shortage is over. ! First Passenger Plans From Atlanta e to New York, s Atlanta, May 27. —(A 3 )—Captain t Roscoe Turner took off from Candler Field here today for New York pilot- I ing what was said to be the first c passenger carrying plane from the a South to the metropolis. Several d Atlantans were taken as passengers, t His first stop will be at Fayetteville, X. C. Another will be made at Bol i, |lns Field, Washington, • Tlie Greensboro News a few days ago contained a large cut of Mr*, d Martha C. Stockton and a sketch of y her life. Mrs. Stockton is the moth ■ er of Urs. S. J. Ervin and has many ’•4 Wends in Concord. PRIMARY LAW FORBIDS SPLITTING OF TICKETS A Voter Cannot Be Both a Republi can and a Democrat. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, May 27.—The State pri mary law expressly forbids the "split ting" of tickets in the primary, ae .cording to Assistant Attorney Gen eral Frank Nash in an opinion, pre pared nt the request of It. C. Max well, secretary of the State board of elections. "Xo Democrat has a right to vote for any particular candidate on the Republican side of the ticket, nor can a Republican vote for any one on the Democratic side of the ticket," said Mr. Nash in his opinion. The ticket must be voted straight, either Demo cratic or eßpubliean. The burden of • proof is put squarely upon the registrars and judges by Mr. Nash, who says that frauds upon the pri mary act can “be prevented absolute ly by them.” “So many inquiries hnve to come to this office as to the right of Re publicans to vote the Democratic rtieiiet-that we, deejn -it -wise to .re state what is contemplated by the statute in this regard,” says Mr. Nash in his statement. "The gen eral purpose of the state-wide primary act is to provide a method by which o aeli of the greater political parties of the state may select its candidates. "The tickets voted in the primary are required to be headed by the name of the political party whose ballot it is. Consequently, as tlie statute is written, omitting exceptions, there ire generally two ballots to be voted. Due the Democratic party ballot and lie other the Republican party bal ot. “When an elector offers himself ind expresses the desire to vote in a rimary held under this article, he hall declare the political party with •■hich he has declared himself to be member, but any one may at any me any elector proposes to vote hallenge his right to vote in thepri mry of any party upon the ground hat he does not affiliate with such mrty," the opinion continues, in ■ hich other opinions are cited. Can’t Keep Out of Jail. (By International News Service) Miami, Fla., May 27.—Probably here are such things as "complexes.” Vnyway, John Ross, 60, of Beuna .’ista, just can’t keep out of jail. Ross—“ln Again, Out Again” Ross, they cal! him—completed a 30- lay jail sentence for intoxication at 7 o'clock the other night. At mid night a patrolman brought in a drunk. It was Ross. At 4 o'clock the next morning, af ter he had sobered up, he was re eased on bond. Just at 7 o'clock the patrol wagon charged up and de posited a plain drunk. It was Ross. “I'm back home again,” he said. With Our Advertisers. The Browns-Caunou Co. will have a special suit sale Friday and Satur day at .one-fourth off see ad. today. Tropical suits, stylish and cool, at J. C. Penny Cos. from $9.90 up. See the description of the Lind in the new ad. of F. C. Niblock. This is a modern four-room home, 26x39 feet in size. Just right for a small lot. Best grade of binder twine $6.90 per bale or 70 cents per ball, at the Yorke & Wadeworth Co.’s. Today and tomorrow at the Concord Thpntre “Three Paces East," B" drama of the world war. Supreme Court Rules Against Mangel. Raleigh, May 27. —(A 3 )—Alvin Man sel, Buncombe county negro, convict ed of attacking a white woman, must die in the electric chair at State's . prison, the State Supreme Court' de cided today. No error sufficient to order a new trial was found by the court. June 11th, the third Fri • day after the certification of the opin- I ion, is automatically set as the date , for the electrocution. Five Reported Hurt in Fire. Scranton, Pa., May 27. —(A 3 )—ln a fire which is said to have followed an i explosion iu Mount Lookout mine at . Wyoming, Pn., today five men are f reported to have been injured, and at - least eighty men were still In the 7 mine at noon. The mine ia owned by tbe Temple Coal Company. OIL COHSERVftTr DISCUIuME I WASHINGTON GROUP Charles E. Hughes Says Science and Not Politics; ! Must Be Used to Save] Oil Supplies. POLITICAL ACTION j IS NOT ENOUGH I Too Often It Proves Diffi cult and Unsuccessful, the Former Secretary of State Says. Washington, May 27.—(A>)—En couragement of scientific effort rather than political regulation of prodtic-, tion was suggested as the best oil con-! nervation policy for the government by I Charles Evans Hughes in an address today before the Federal Oil Conserva tion Board. The former Secretary of State represented the American Pe troleum Institute. “Political action” he asserted, “is superficially attractive but difficult and unlikely to succeed. Something might be accomplished by removing le gal distances to intelligent operation. "Scientific effort holds the promise of the future. The cracking process lias done more for conservation than any legislative schedule could do under our constitu tion.'’ He cited figures to show that the cracking process by which crude oil is made into gasoline has doubled the nation's potential gasoline resources. ALL OF SOUTH IS NOT IN NEED OF RAIN NOW North and South Carolina and Geor gia Suffering Worst From Lack of (A 3 ) —Southeastern Florida was the wet spot on the Southern weather map today. With North Carolina, South Caro lina and Georgia generally suffering from lack of rain, and high tempera tures, Miami and Southern Florida were being drenched with cool show ers every few hours. N’orth Carolina and Georgia felt a serious need of rain,- and South <3aro . limans have been conducting special prayer serffffibff " sos ji beert in The drought. Central TenneSsee' and Southern Alabama also reported dry weather, and showers are needed in western Tennessee, but tlie backward ness of crops there and cn northern Alabama are attributed largely to the untoward Spring weather. Eastern Tennessee, Louisiana and western Florida farmers were not troubled with tlie dry weather, al though there, as well as in Mississ ippi and Kentucky more rain might be beneficial. Virginia with general rains yesterday was content. Temperatures ranged from 76 at Tampa to 86 at Atlanta and upward to 93 at Nashville. South Carolina and southern Georgia temperatures hovered slightly above 95. Money - Washed and Returned. (By International News Service) Miami. Fla., May 27.—Police In spector Gibson today had “sworn off” stuffing his bank roll in his pillow before retiring. He stuffed $197 in currency in his pillow and went to sleep. The next morning he was aroused to answer an emergency call and forgot the roll. A maid sent the pillow-slip to the laundry. The laundry washed and returned it. The money was there. "All I had to do was iron it out," lie said. Makes Example of This State. Atlantic City, May 27.—(A3)—Wil liam Green, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, in a plea to the eighteenth biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs for increased activity for the adoption of tlie federal child labor amendment, singled out North Caro lina as typical of objectionable condi tions of child labor. Earthquake Causes Dam to Break. London, May 27.—(A 3 )—The Tokio corresjiondent of the Evenings News says a sharp earthquake today at Hakoade, northern Japan, burst the dam near the town, washing away fifty houses and drowning eighteen persons. Mount Iwo, which erupted Monday, lias resumed its rumblings and minor earthquakes are terrifying tbe sur vivors of the eruption disaster. .. TODAY and TOMORROW “Three Paces East” With Jetta Coudal And Many Others One of the Best Dramas In spired by the Greatest of All. , Dramas l : The World War I 5 Concord Theatre THE TRIBUNE 1 PRINTS \ TODAY’S NEWS TODAlip NO. 123 .IB HEIRS 1 OF VOLSTEUD KT'-j IT PRESENT TIE In Talk Before the House Committee Sec. Andrews Urges Material Tighten* 2 j ing of the Law. | STALKER BILL IS FINDING FAVOUi s Mrs. Mabel Walker Wtt» ;v lerbrandt, Assistant At* torney General, Favor* Enactment of the Biß. Washington, May 27.—(A 3 )—-M*» '• terial tightening of the Voletead act , so that the country “may know whqj . national prohibition means” wait ! urged today by Assistant Secretary : Andrews, of the treasury, national . dry chief, before the House judiciary ■ committee. 1 'v3H| He spoke in favor of a bill by the treasury to give the profaibi- 5 , tion unit power to inspect at aay t time a factory, manufacturing riniiw r beverages. “It is common knowledge,” he said, . "that in wet areas beer is being sotfl; | ; It can be stopped, and should bij stopped, if for no other reason than > that tlie people throughout the coun . try may know what the national pro* . liibition law may mean.” i ; Mr. Andrews testified after Mr*. . Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant ) attorney general, had endorser tb* . Stalker bill to make prison sentcneWl . mandatory for first conviction tW sale, manufacture and Ira ns porta flail of intoxicating liquor. PISGAH FOREST AGAIN IS MENACED BV Reported to Be Sweeping Aloof. North Prong of Big Ivey Crb|A- Another Blaze Under Control. W,\ Asheville. May 26.—Fire won sweeping through the holdings of the United States government along the north fork of the Big Ivey creek In Pisgah national fores late today, ac cording to reports received at the forestry offices in Asheville. No defl* 1 nite information could be obtained by the foresters here as to the ex tent of the blaze. Another fire that j broke, out two days am nrnr T*ingejH) was placed under control this moru* i ing" after fire wardens had fought and guarded it for two day*. M. A. Mattoon, supervisor of l 3 is> j gah national forest, today issued an appeal for care on the part nf ThfW-fji living in forested areas or passing through them. The dry weather that has hrdd sway in western North Carolina has again caused the tneti- - ace of lire to loom in the sectiot); he said. Lumber companies have placed their trains on night schedule lirgd operation with the foresters, It is said- Sparks from the engines igaite the forest more readily when is shining than at night when there ; is a protective humidity and dew noticeable iu the mountains. One Can Make and Possess Five Gal lons of Wine. > (By International News Service) , Gulfport, Miss., Slay 27.—As a re sult of the Mississippi Supreme , Court's decision t'.int it is lawful for t persons to make and possess five gal , ions of wine—provided it is for home' consumption and is not sold—the , fruit and berry industry along the I Gulf coast is fast being developed. It is blackberry season alone the • Gulf at this time of year, ana biin dreds of persons are engaged in pick ing them. And most of the berries are going into wine. Pears, since it lias been disco vert'd . here that they make an, excellent , grade of wine, are gaining , larity. One reason for this, if' TjWta B pointed out, is because they furnish P more juice than gVapes. That means r more wine. During the past satsuma season, it . was said, growers used the small fruit for making orange wine. This, it was claimed, had a remarkable re semblance in taste and effect to Ckam , pagne. 9 The granting of the people of the [ right to make wine for home use bhb p created an oasis in tlie Mississippi des r ert. and is making the fruit and berry , industry more ftuorishiug than ever. None of the fruit growers, it is , claimed, ever sell rtieir hortfe-made wine, but keep it strictly for home .. consumption. ? Forced to Return to Miami. Miami, Fla., May 27. —(A 3 )—Flying ’ into a violent rafn and wind storm about 100 miles northeast of Miami, . Bernardo Duggan nnd his two com* panions in tlie seaplane Buenos Airoe were forced to make a hurried return to Miami at 9:45 o'clock this morn ing. British Champ No Match For Babbit* Muirfield, Scotland, May 27. —, —Bobbie Jones, American champion* eliminated the British title hoimpi Robert Harris, from the amateur championship tournament this after . noon by a decisive score of 8 up tuS 6 to play. THE WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Fsidafe local showers tonight and In west i>ortion Frdlay; somewhat cbjE i er tonight Moderate to fresh north east winds.