ASSOCIATfcD
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Day Os Activities For
Building And Loan Men
In Convention In City
Business Session the First
Feature of Program That
Extend During Day and
Into Night.
WADE’S ADDRESS
READ AT SESSION
Illness Prevented His At
tendance.—Value of Ad
vertising and Ohio Plan
Discussed Fully.
Delegates here for the annual con
vention of the North Carolina Build
ing and I.oan League began a stren
uous round of activities this morn
ing with n busiuess session as the
opening feature of the second day
of their meeting. Another business
session this nfternoon is to be fol
lowed by a trip to Kannapolis and
the Jackson Training School, with a
banquet and dance tonight.
An address prepared by Stacey W.
Wade, state insurance eommissionci 1 ,
was one of t’.ie high lights of the i
morning session. Due to illness Mr. j
Wade was unable to deliver the ad- .
dress which was read by his deputy, i
Capt.' A. L. Fletcher. The address
was followed by the appointment of i
committee, a discussion of “Practical i
and Effective Advertising" by severgl i
speakers, and an address by .T. B. 1
Itobeson, of Raleigh. j
President Stevens announced the f
following committees: i
Resolutions—A. Gl Craig, chair- 1
man. Charlotte; D. S. Broadhurst, 1
Mt. Olive, and E. T. Taylor, Wil- t
tnington. * <
Nominations—.7. C. Allison, chair- 1
man, Raleigh; E. V. Keesler. Char- i
lotte: L. W. Moore, Wilmington; <
(ieorge R. Wooten. Hickory, and J. c
T. Pritchett, Lenoir. |
State Bulletin—R. B. Davis, rfiair- -
man. Rocky Mount; 1..e0n Cash, j
Winston-Salem, and G. H. Hendrix, i
Concord. 11
Memorial—V. A. J. Idon, chair- t
man. High Point; George T. Stanach, 5
Wilson, and E. G. McLurd, Gns- s
tonia. : (
The value of advertising was dig- «
cussed by N. Mitchell, Winatou
saleni; A. P. Harris. Albemarle; A. J
D Miuetl, Tartmeoramt-A. V. Prihcb*—t
ett, I.etfoir. This phase of building i
and loan work has received careful 3
consideration from the league ahd in c
his address President Stevens etnpha- c
sized the value of publicity as a
means of arousing greater interest in 1
the work of associations. t
Mr. Wade's address dealt with The f
Building nml Loan Association as a t
Force for Civic Progress." the writer f
declaring that it was consistent to
consider such a subject because a t
building and loan association does not <
exist “for the aggrandizement of any j
trade, craft or profession, but for the f
public good.” t
Mr. Wade laid down as the founda- t
tion of all civic progress this fuuda-1
mental principle: "There can be no >
civic progress that is not bnsed upon i
active, positive goodness.” "The real \
need of our country today is good 1
men and women,” he continued, “and i
when I say ‘good’ I do not refer to i
that commonly nccepted notion of I
goodness, that it consists of doing *
nothing bad. I mean goodness that ■ i
is founded upon the basis of an ac- [ i
tive, up-aiid-doing sort of goodness i
that has fed the hungry, clothed the | <
naked and has given drink to the i
thirsty, comfoft to those in prison I
and help to ail of God's children in t
need.” 11
"Among the finest agencies for pro- t
during good men and good women, 1
stands the building and loan associa- i
tion, nnd for Coat reason I place it 1
high among the forces for civic prog- I
rcss. I submit that in doing this I
am using no far-fetched processes of i
reasoning b'ut that I am stating a,
fact so elemental that it has been,
overlooked generally.
"Character, the foundation stone of
civic progress, is best builcted in the |
home. Here are taught all of life’s j
really important lessons. It is in,
the home tiiat love of place is taught,
and from it grows love of town, love
of state, and love of nation. This
can be best down in a home owned
by the family that occupies it. |
“I have observed, and I know that
all of you who have been long inter
< stetl in these problems, have observed
that there is a stability of character
amoug children of tiome-owning par
ents that is rarely shown in children
who were reared in rented homes.
They develop it through contact with
home-loving parents, who stick grim
tv to their homes through thick and
thin,
"Parents may talk thrift until they
are black in the face and it gets
nowhere. If they practice thrift the
lesson sinks in- and the child acquires
the thrift habit. All of you know
of families that are classed a* ‘tdiift
less' where son follows father in
paths of idleness and crime. Ton
also know families where son follows
father in ways of industry and thrift,
almost invariably reaching greater
heights than his father and carrying
. , up with him those about him.
“That is the sort of thing that the
building and loan association does for
a community. It helps to • build
character, the only absolutely aura
and certain foundation for civic prog
ress and without which there can
be no civic progress.
“In the second place, the building
' and loan association fosters commun
ity pride and community interest and
I brings every member of the commun
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ity into close and intimate touch, each j
with the other.
“I submit that nothing ties folks !
closer together than a community un- [
dertaking and one Os the first real I
community undertakings, in a bnsi- j
ness way. was the building and loan
association. In it the high and low.;
the rich and the poor, met upon n j
level for the first time ill the history
of the business world. Prior to the j
coming of the building and loan, the |
idea has never entfred the minds of I
our people that such co-operative ef
fort eou’d be successful. It was born
of itte purest altruism, the most un
selfish love tor humanity nnd for that
very reason its progress for many
yeurs was slow.
"Gradually, it demonstrated its
usefulness in the business and indus
trial world. For ages, businessmen]
had he’d that those things which are
high in ideals, of lofty principles
and devoted to service of others, are
not of this world and have no place
in business and Industry, but in that
they were wrong. The building nnd
loan movement proved that they were
wrong, because the building and loan
association carried all of these lofty
ideals and principles into business and
demonstrated the truth, hitherto un
susiiected, that they paid dividends.
“In the third place, we cannot ov
erlook as a factor in civic progress,
any institution that has reached the
vest proportions of the building nnd
loan associations of today. Starting
in 1831, the building and loan idea
grew slowly, but surely, spreading
from town to town, and in 1890 there
were 4,000 associations in the i’nited
States, with 872.000 members and to
tal nssets of $33(1.000,000. At the
close of last year there were nearly
12.000 associations in the i’nited
States, wilti a membership in excess
of 11,000,000 and total nssets well
over six billions of dollars.
"When the building and loan as
sociations were placed under the su
pervision of your insurance depart
ment in 1905 the combined nssets of !
all associations ill the state amounted
to nbout $4,000,000. On December
31, 1920, the total assets of all as- ,
soeiations were $29,308,116. There
were 57,520 shareholders in 105 as
sociations.
tlOji December 31, 1925, there were (
205 associations in North Carolina,
■wilti OSjgfT shale-holder* and these -
associations had assets of $79,522,- j
108, a gain over Hie preceding year
of $10,885,887 in assets and a gain ,
of 8,52$ in share-holders.
“In North Carolina last year 7,513
homes were built through building (
and loan associations, and' the aggre
gate investment in these new homes
through building and loan was sl7,- '
898,103.
"We have considered tile building 1
and loan association as a factor in }
civic progress from both a spiritual (
and a material standpoint. Let us (
glance briefly at its future ns a fac
tor in civic progress and then I am j
through.
“There has been much learned spec- j
illation as to whether or not the enor
mous building record of 1925, of
which I have spoken and the marvel
lous growth of building and loan as
sociations of the country, can be
maintained during 1920 and the years
that lie dhead. They talk of the
‘saturation point’ and the slump that
is inevitable when this point is
reached. Looking at it from both a
state and a national viewpoint, I
can see no danger of reaching the
saturation point. Two million, five
tin mired thousand babies are born in
the I’nited States every year and
North Carolina’s birthrate is the high
est in the nation. Approximately
1,250,900 brides start housekeeping
every year in the United States and
North Carolina, according to actual
figures, is a little ahead of the na
tional average. Therefore, in ibotli
state and nation, there is a great de
mand for homes and that demand
will continue.”
Mr. Robeson discussed the Ohio
plan of operation declaring that while
“I do not believe the Ohio plan to
be the remedy for all building and
| loan ills 1 consider it a great step
! forward. • • • When a subscriber
opens an account he must subscribe
for a definite number of shares.
Though he may fail to pay the stipu-
I lated amount each week or month, as
the case may be, lie is entitled to the
earnings of his shares according to
the amount he has actually paid in.
For this reason it is attractive to
the persons who cannot or does not
have regular sums of money that he
can pay in and if for any reason
he cannot keep up his regular pay
ments be is not fined but is allowed
ilia dividends."
Mr, Robeson thus explained the
plan*;
"The operation for a loan is simpli
fi*d to a greater extent. The mem
ber is told that if he takes out ten
shares for the purpose of borrowing
one thousand dollars he must pay in
'regularly $lO per month, or lese his
standing is lost, but he does not lose
bis rights of withdrawal or dividend
privileges. When his turn for a
loan comes for the one thousand dol
lars, the deed of trust and note are
executed. The one thousand dol
lars is charged to his mortgage loan
account and immediately the balance
I that he has accumulated on his shares
i is credited to the account and the
* Mt balance is the amount on which
i he pays interest to the next interest
ptylng period, which with us, are the
[ the last days of June and December.
. At the interest paying period, we add
I up his credits and charge against
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In the News Spotlight j
WrtHREM M-CEftY ' PRINCE. CAROL
mm jig
I X>B.JAKEy R. ANGELI/ * MARIA -DE/ieiTZ, A
Parole date of Warren McCray, former Governor of
now in Atlanta, was set for August 31,1927. Carol, runaway
prince, will return to Rumania, said Vienna reports. Moral
laxity is increasing, Dr. James R. Angell, president of Yak,
said in an address. Maria Jeritza, opera singer, was com*
manded to appear before King George, of England, for 4
recital.
THE COTON MARKET
Showed Continued Liquidation in Ear- l
!y Trading.—Opening Steady at a
Decline.
New York, .Tune 23.—OP)—The ]
cotton market showed contiuued ir- !
regularity in.- today's early tradiug. 1
Business was active, but largely in l
the way Os switching between months, I
although there may have been a little i
buying of later deliveries on renewed 1
talk of too much rain in the South- I
west and rather low temperatures in
the pastern section of the Belt. c
Tile opening was steady at a decline c
of 2 points to nn advance of 3 points, i
Active positions sold about 2 to 14
points net higher. July advanced to ’
18.11 and December to 10.59. De-11
maud for near months was less urgent i
after the covering of yesterday, how- c
ever, and nt the end of the first hour ’
July was off to 17.59, or 5 points net <
lower, while December selling at i
10.50. was still 5 points above yes- :
terday’s closing quotation.
Cotton futures opened steady : July i
1804; October 10.58; December 10.47 ;
January 10.25; March 10.43.
With Our Advertisers.
The big June End Sale nt the Parks- <
Belk Co.’s will start Friday morning.;
June 25 and runs through Saturday.
July 3rd, eight big days. The buyers
of th : s store have just returned from
a trip to New York, Boston. Lowell.
Providence and Fall River, and have
bought some great bargains for their 1
customers. These goods are coming ill
daily, and will bo put on sale as they
arrive. '
You ean buy ’em right Friday at
the Browns-Cannon Co.’s sale. See
page ad. in both The Tribune and
Times tomorrow. . I
Hoover's has the clothes for the 1
boy’s vacation, knickers, sport shirts,
bathing suits, golf hose, sweaters and
caps. | 1
C. H. Barrier and Co. turn their
stock over often. This is why they
ran meet anybody’s prices and still
deliver goods to you free. |
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co.
has just received two more car loads
of Continental quality goods, nnd one
of Tate.
Will Discuss Proposed Stadium, i
Raleigh, June 23.—C4*)—The pro
posal that alumni erect a half million I
dollar stadium at the University of j
North Carolina, will be one of the,
questions to be discussed by the ex
ecutive committee of the board of
trustees of the institution when that'
committee meets with Governor Mc-
Lean here tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock.
Meibom Breaks Record.
St. Ammes, England, June 23.—(A 1 )
—Bill Melhorn. Chicago professional,
broke the course record this afternoon
in the first round of the Brit’sh open [
championship, completing the 18
1 holes in 70.
i
> City Tax Notice!
All property on which Taxes
] for the year 1925, and also 1916
\ street assessments that expir
• ed December Ist, 1925, will be
> advertised and sold after July
1 Ist. 1926.
t .
i CHAS. N. FIELD,
City Tax Collector.
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1926
THE SECOND PRIMARIES
On July 3rd Five State Officials Will
Be Chasen.
Raleigh, June 23.—C4 s )—At secopd
primaries to be held July 3rd five
State officials will be Chosen, of whom
two are superior court judge* IHI«)
three solicitors. The primaries an*
to be held in the fifth, sixth, seventh,
sixteenth and twentieth judicial dis
tricts, embracing 24, or nearly one
fourth, of the counties in the state.
Superior court judges are to be
chosen in the seventh and twentieth
districts, nnd solicitors in the fifth,
sixth and sixteenth.
In the seventh district, where Judge
Thomas H. Calvert, of Raleigh, was
the runner-up in the first primary
race, he and IV. C. Harris, municipal
Court judge, will be the contestants.
The official vote gave Harris a lead
of 424, with Wiley M. Person, elim
iniated in the first primary, polling
2,530 votes.
Two counties, Wake and Franklin,
are comprised in the district.
In the twentieth district, where
four candidates offered for the Dem
ocratic nomination to succeed Judge
T. D. Bryson, whose resignation be
comes effective July, the race will be
between Walter E. Moore, of Sylvn,
and Janies D. Mallonoe, of Murphy.
Mr. Moore led Mr. Mallonee by less
than 100 votes, the officinl vote giv
ing Moore 4,102, and Mallonee 4,007.
MANAGERIAL FORM IS
INDORSED IN ROWAN
Salisbury Citizens Go on Record
Against Aldennanic Form of Gov
ernment.
Salisbury, June 22.—A mass meet
ing of about 200 citizens tonight went
on record as favoring a managerial
form of government in preference to
the present aldermanic form. Sam
I Carter was elected permanent chair
man, W. H. Woodson, vice chair
man, Charles L. Coggins, secretary,
i The president was authorized to
, appoint a steering committee
seven and a petition committee of"
five. Another meeting is to be held
soon. Already about 500 names have
, been voluntarily placed on the peti
tions asking for an election on the
I question of a change of government.
| Stahle Linn explained to the mass
meeting the several forms of muni
-1 cipal government. ,
i ,
j Thomas W. Coin is Crushed to
Death By Telephone Pole.
Charlotte, June 22.—His head
| crushed by a falling telephone pole,
Thomas W. Chin, 30. lineman for
the Southern Public Utilities Com
pany, died at a local hospital to
day.
Coin’s death followed an accident
less than two hours earlier when the
victim, with other employes, were
'unloading n number of heavy poles
| from a truck and trailer on Cedar
street-
Witnessce said that the lineman
had tripped in a growth of vines at
the base of n slide from which *tho
poles were being trnnsiiorted from
the truck nnd had fallen directly
in the path of the heavy ohiect. which
fell across the chest and head.
Child Killed in Gastonia.
Gastonia, June 23.—C8 I )—Jerking
loose from it's mother's hand on the
! square here this morning, Freida But
■ ler, year old daughter of Mrs. Am>
Butler, Cramerton widow, was struck
ami instantly killed by a ear driven
by Mrs. Clyde McLean, prominent
young Gastonia matron. Eye Witness
es stated the latter was driving at a
low rate of speed.
BUKENEY ORDERED 1
BOUND OVER AFTER
TUESDAY'S HEARING
Gave Bond in Sum of j 1
SIO,OOO When Probable:
Cause Was Found in'
Case of ’Squire Lore. !
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DEFENSE HAD p
NO WITNESSES !
Relied on Cross Examina-,'
tion of State’s Witnesses J
to Break Down Conten-j
tion of the State.
Cail T. Blakeuey was bound over]
|to Cabarrus Super or Court on bond 1
in the sum of $10,009, at the conclus- ]
J ion nf-the preliminary hearing before f
I 'Squire G. M. Lore here Tuesday. i
Blakeuey. former rash er of the 1
Bank of Midland, is charged with ar- 1
son as a result of the burning of the 1
l bank on the morning of April Bth. 1
i Five witnesses were introduced by 1
the Stnte which Sought to prove by
them that Blakeney was short in his (
accounts with the bank and that he I
act fire to the building to destroy any I
evidence that might be found against i
him.
The defense presented no witnesses. 1
relying upon the cross examination of 1
State witnesses to prove that the '
bank had never made any money, that 1
it was in the hole when Blakeney took >
charge as cashier, that it prospered >
tinder his regime and that lie was at
tacked by some unknown person as he 1
was at work in the bank on the morn- t
ing of the fire. t
After the State had rested ami the '
defense announced it had no witness- *
es, M. B. Sherrill moved that the in- 1
dietmeut be dismissed for lack of evi- 1
denop. ’Squire Lore overruled the '
motion and fixed the bond at SIO,OOO. <
W. S. Bhikeney and P. P. Blakeuey.
nnele and father, respectively, of the *
former cashier, signed as his bonds- 1
men. *
Three witnesses, A. M. Farrell, A. 1
B. Widenhouse and W. A. Scott. •
were introduced in the afternoon by *
the State following the testimony of *
Dr. J. C. Sossamon nnd G. I. Miller '
during the morning. 1
... Farrell told the court that several
checKs issued by him had been unpaid !
just before the fire. He was positive ,
that he had enough cash in the bank ’
to cover them. Asked why he did not j
have his books balanced when the
cheeks were refused by I lie bank for
payment he said : “The checks didn’t
come back until after the bank was
burned.” On cross examination he in
sisted that he had deposited personal
ly more than S2OO a week before the
bank was burned, yet several cheeks •
had been sent back marked “insuffi- ■
cient funds.”
Mr. Widenhouse, a director of the j
bank, was questioned about notes .
signed by Blakeney. He said the '
loan committee did not authorize the 1
notes and that the directors knew 1
nothing of them until the bank ex- .
aminer told about them in March this
year. He said Blakeney was at the
meeting at the time and was told by
the examiner that he must pay the
notes within 30 days.
Tile witness said he saw Blakeney
near the bank during the fire, that lie
carried him to his home and went in
to the house to break the news to his
wife. On cross-examination he said
he felt something on Blnkeney’s head
that felt like a protuberance and that
he told tlie defendant's wife that her
husband had been struck on the head.
The witness further sard on cross
examination that he saw tracks near
tlie bank during the fire which indi
cated that a body had been dragged
through the dirt. He told the court
that lie knew the books of the bank
were out of balance before Blakeney
began his work.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Scott was the last witness called. He
said he talked to Blakeney the day
after the fire and that the former
• cashier told hi ill there was a discrep
ancy of more than SI,OOO in the funds
of the bank. He also told the eourt
that Blakeney told him he was at
, tacked in the bank, that he felt him
self beconvng uncomfortably warm
i and that he remembered crawling or
. being carried out of the bank. The
witness also said he looked at Blake
ney's head and could see nothing
i wrong with it.
On cross-examination Commissioner
Scott said lie knew nothin*: about the
funds of the bank.. He said Blakeney
frankly discussed with him the dis
crepancy mentioned cn his direct ex
amination. but that he asked him
nothing else concerning the finnneeg of
the institution. He said he had se
cured testimony from several persons
and he read a statement made by Mil
ler. who testified during the morning.
Counsel agreed to dispense with ar
guments and 'Squire Txire rendered
his decision a few minutes after both
sides had rested.
Mrs. Ccolidge Has a Narrow Escape.
Washington. June 22.— Mrs. Cal
vin Coolidge narrowly escaped a fall
on the sidewalk in front of the
White House todny, being saved by
her son. John W-, who caught her
after she had turned her ankle at a
rough spot in the pavement.
The two were on a shopping trip
when the incident occurred. The heel
of Mrs. Coolidge’s shoe became
wedged in tUe sidewalk. At the
White House later it was said no
bad effects from the ankle wrench
were in evidence.
WOMAN IDENTIFIED
AS EVANGELIST IN !
DOUGLAS HOSPITALj
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, .
Mother of Aimee Semple
McPherson, Says Pa
tient Is Her Daughter, j
WOMAN ANSWERS J
TEST GIVEN HER
I
Tells About Scar on Hand 1
and Gives the Name of,
Pigeon Whiejf*Was Pet!
In Her Home.
Douglas. Ariz., June 23. UP)- I
Identification of a woman in a '.ios- l
pital here as Aimee Sempel McPher- <
son, Los Angeles evangelist who was *
reported drowned there May 18th <
last, was made over the te'ephone by *
Mrs. Mimmie Kennedy, the evange- i
list's mother, in conversation with 1
William F. McCafferty, editor of the
Dispatch, this morning. 1
Identification was based on details i
of a long white scar on the second '
finger of the woman’s hand, and also i
by her answering a question and giv- 1
iug the name of a pet pigeon. t
The woman in the hospital here I
hold the name of the pigeon which
was Jennie, and aslo said that she <
was injured on the second finger of <
her right hand in Dourhum township
near Ingersoll, Ontario. The mother 3
told McCafferty the same thing. 1
The woman said the scar was the
result of being accidentally cut by
a sickle years ago. She also gave 3
tilt" name of a cousin, Mrs. Emma
Nickerson, now dead, and described i
birthmarks on her baby for McCaffer- *
ty. These statements led the mother
to the declaration that the woman
was Aimee Sempel McPherson with
out a doubt. ,
The former evangelist, from her >
cot in the hospital, told a story of 1
abduction, a trip across the border <
to Mexico, and how she escaped about i
noon yesterday and ran,until she fell ]
exhausted. Finally sighting a moun
tain which has been identified by of- t
ficers here as the famous “nigger j
head’’ mountain, fifteen miles south t
of Sonora, Mexico, she headed for it. :
Keaehing the mountain about dusk I
she found a road and struggled along <
falling from time to time with fatigue. ’
She said she sighted the glare from
slag dumps of the copper smelters in t
this city as the night wore on. She i
finally reached the outskirts of Agua :
Prieta and approaching a house oc- s
cupied by Mexicans called for help ]
and asked that the pel ice be notified, i
Says Patient is Her Daughter. 1
Los Angeles. June 23.—OP)—Mrs. ]t
Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee i
Sempel McPherson, evangelist, when I
told over the long distance telephone 1
from Douglas, Ariz.. of a woman i
there naming a pet pigeon which Mrs. <
McPherson had owned when a little i
girl, exclaimed "That settles it. She i
is my daughter.” .
LIEUT. RICHARD BYRD. JR.,
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
Receives a Thunderous reettng in
Which the Whole City Joins.
New York, June 23.— OP) —Lieut.
Commander Richard E. Byrd. Jr.,
leader of the first expedition to fly ov
er the North Pole, upon liis return
home today received a tumultous greet
ing in which representatives of the
natron, state and city joined.
Greeted at quarantine by New York
City’s official welcoming committee,
the explorer was transferred from the
steamer Chnutier to the city tug Ma
con. Harbor craft, many of them gai
ly decorated, cave noisy blasts on their
welcomes, and 16 navy planes swoojr-1
ed overhead. Stepping ashore at the
Battery Lieut. Commander Byrd, to-1
gether with Floyd Bennett, naval air
pilot who accompanied him on tile Po
lar flight, and the official staff for the
flight, took their places of honor for
the parade up Broadway to the City
Hall, where formal welcome was ten-'
dered by Mayor Walker and repre
sentatives of Congress.
Among the welecomers were mem
bers of Lieut. Commander Byrd's own
family. His mother and six year old •
son, Richard, went to Quarantine,
but his wife waited for him ashore,
and there greeted him before the eyes
of thousands.
Major General Charles P. Sum
lnerali, representing Secretary of War
Davis, and Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Robinson, represented that de
partment, together with Rear Admir
al Charles Plunkett in the welcome
home.
Chickens Take i p With Quail.
(By International News Service)
Clermont, Fla., June 22.—Joe
Booth, farmer and grove owner,
misspd a chicken from his yard. Later
he found it in the keeping of a pair
of quail nearby.
Booth met resistance by the foster
parents when he attempted to pick
up the “biddy." And when he finally
, succeeded in bringing tile renegade
. chick home, it would hove nothing to
do with its real family. It left
. again, apparently searching for the
quail.
, House Rivers and Harbors Bill Ap
proved.
i Washington, June 23. —(A*) —The
I House rivers and harbor bill carrying
‘ the modified Illinois waterway and
• Missouri river projects and provis
i ion for government purchase of the
i Cape Ood Canal was approved by the
Senate commerce committee.
WHEELER TALKS IN
PRIVATE WITH THE
senate coming
■ \ ,
Appears at the Com «,ee .
Room and at Invitation
of Chairman Reed Goes
Into Conference There.
BISHOP CANNON
WAS WITH HIM
Will Be Asked Further J
Concerning the League’s
Participation in Penn
sylvania Primary.
Washington. June 23.—UP)—Mem
bers of the Senate campaign funds 1
committee went into a private confer- 1
cnee today with Wayne B. Wheeler. 1
of the Anti Saloon League to discuss '
some features of the still uncompleted ’
inquiry liy the committee into the 1
Leugue'x affairs.
After remaining at his office here ;
for two days subject to call, Wheeler
appeared early at the committee
room, armed with books and papers,
and accompanied by Bishop James
Cannon. Jr., chairman of the legisla
tive committee of the dry organiza
tion.
When the committee was called to
order, Chairman Reed said to Wheel
er :
“You stated to me last night that
you wanted to see the committee in
private about a matter.”
"Yes, sir," said Wheeler.
"Then the committee will now see
you.”
The official stenographer was called
in to make a record of what transpir- 1
cd in the conference.
Also Talks In Public. <
Washington, June 23.— UP) —Taking
the witness stand after a private con
saltation with committee members,
Wayne R. Wheeler resumed his story
of anti-saloon league activities today 1
at an open session of the senate cam
paign funds committee.
He again was questioned in detail ,
about league finances and League
politics, aud .in order to be in a posi- •
tion to reply lie took with him to the 1
stand a mass of information brought
to Washington at the commUTee's re
quest from League haudquurtgn^—at
Westerville, Ohio. e V ■
The private session of the commit
tee which preceded the dry leader's
reappearance as a witness, lasted
nearly an hour. The conference was
sought by Wheeler himself, who said
he had “certain matters” he wanted 1
to discuss with the senators. After '
lie had emerged into the hearing room 1
the committee members remained for
some time in the private office. When
they emerged. Chairman Reed began
without preliminaries, a rain of ques
tions on the basis of the year's book
of the dry league for 1025. Wheeler
sat back of the table with liis chair
on the dais. He chewed on the end
of a yellow period.
“Is this the year book of the Anti-
Saloon League?” Reed asked as lie
passed the book over.
“Yes, it is prepared by Dr. Ernest
H. Cherrington. There may be some
errors in it.”
"It is the official publication?”
“Yes.” ,
CHAMPIONSHIP GOI.F
TOURNAMENT IN ENGLAND
Five Americans Topped the Field at
the Close of the First Round.
St. Amines. England. June 23.— UP)
—Five Americans topped the field at
the close of the first round of the
• British open golf champion'ship tour
nament. The course's record was
t twice broken by Americans.
Bill Mahlhorn, of Chicago, did it
| first with a 70. Then along came
Walter Hagen, who finished with 68.
Al Watrous and Fred McLeod were
tied for third place with 71, and
Bobbie Jones, American amateur
champion, was fifth with 72.
' The leading Britishers were: R. A.
Whitcombe and Tom Wilson, who
tied for sixth place with 72 each.
Evolution Controversy a Closed Inci
dent.
(By International News Service)
Tallahassee, Fla,, June 22.—T'.ie
evolution controversy which for a
time threatened to wreak its fury on
the Florida State College for Women,
through the militant crusade of L.
A. Tatum, Tallahassee church elder,
now is a "closed incident."
That is, as far as the State board
’of control is concerned. The board
has advised Tatum that bis charges
concerning the use of several alleged
objectionable "evolution teaching"
j books at the college were submitted
’ to the president of the college and that
• "his reply, in detail, with full ex
' planations is entirely satisfactory to
' the board.”
’ New Members of Tariff Commission.
AVashington, June 23.—UP)—Sher
man J. Lowell, of New York, and Ed
‘ gar Bernard Brassard, of Utah, were 1
1 nominated by President Coolidge to
- day to be members of the tariff com
‘ mission.
Lowell is a former national grange
official. Brossard has been serving
■ on t'.ie commission for several months
under a recess appointment.
r "
1 •
j Two Sections
i j Twelve Pages Today ,
THE TRIBUNE - j
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAf
NO. 14$
DISABLED VETERANS!
GO ON PILGRIM
/ JNEIOUNTi
Among Men Broken in
World War Were Gnrfid- j
sons of Both ConfcpKa
ate and Union Soldief&' | j
PAY HOMAGE TO 8
THE DEAD |
Stood In Little GroVttf |
About the Mountain
Viewed Gigantic WdMpjS
Being Done.
Atlanta, June 23.— UP) —Disabled w
veterans of the World AVar went an J;
a pilgrimage today to Stone MoutF I;
tain, where the gigantic memorial ftf 1 , J
leaders of the Confederacy , : s
carved into the precipitous mourtfalßf Xfl
side. 3
Among these men broken in fftapaM
services of a united country, •j|
grand-sons of both Confederate miff xl
Union soldiers. Alike, they paid
ute to the courage and devotion IwlbK™
inspired the monument to the folldtti- a
ers of the Southern cause.
Tramqsirted to the mountain by W& M
local reception committee, the
solders stood in little groups about
the studio grounds which front t#»: ; |i
steep slope of granite. They ffittHtll
through telescopes at the half car#*#' i
faces of Generals Lee Jackson. 'rniiaF'l||
bought [Mips, and joked with e«wr |
other about personal episodes in #(»' J
country's last conflict, and the# ill* A
spected the studios.
Business sessions were held in tie s
convention hall both morning and .»#-
ternoon. At tile moruiug session
Frank I). Hines, director of the
crans Bureau, spoke.
SECOND DAY’S SESSION - jfea
OF KKYNOLDA MEETIN# |
General Theme During the Motfttg
AVas “Theory of the Ctirriciihidr-Sfc
Dr. Anderson Heard.
AYinston-Salem, June 23.—(A*)— -J
The second day's program of the hi
Reynolds conference started this mom- |
ing at 10 o'clock with the general
theme of discussion based (on the |
“Theory of the Curriculum.” The J
.first point taken up wps “The Cur-. j
. nciiTuin of Knowledge.'"
this should be taught by a didactic fj
professor or not was discussed by
Dr. Neal L. Anderson, of the Inde- 'S,
pendent Presbyterian Church, of Sa
vannah, Ga. Dr. Paul H. Veith,
director of research and service de» •
ipartment of the International Coun
cil of Religious Education of Chicago,
talked of developing the curriculum J
by discovery through research, and |
Dr. Louis J. Sherrill, of the depart- »
inent of religious education of the
Presbyterian Theological Seminary,.
Kentucky, talked about the cuvrittHt
luill as a process to be tested, organ- j
izeri and applied.
The second great division ip the
theory of the curriculum was taken up
as ‘The ■Curriculum as Experi#ildo** 3
and I)r. Wm. S. liovard discudjiaff X
the "Spiritual Awakening and Enlist- *!
meut." l)r. Bovard is the correspowd
ing secretary of the board of educa
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
UNMASKED ROBBERS
TORTURE THEIR VICTIMS
Used Burning Newspapers.—Got Cash f
and Jewelry to Value of $6,000.
Wast Baden. Indiana. June 2&-
UP) —Four unmasked robbers whb't&tr
tnred their victims with burning
papers, robbed officials and guests of
the Indian Club near here last night
of SO,OOO in money and jewelry. Two
women were among the victims, .
Mrs. C. S. Drake, of Lonkmlfc,
loHt jewelry valued at $5,000 atod
S4OO worth of jewelry and in
cash was taken from Mrs. Ml. ,T.
Callahan, also of Louisville. y
'--A3B
Arranges Her Own Funeral
1 (By International News Service) .3
Herrogate, Tenn., June 23.—AA'bert
Mrs. G. A\ r . Rosey's two score and
, teu years came to an end, she hnd
seen to it that her funeral would be
carried out according to well-laid
plans.
All that was mortal of the aged
woman was placed in a plain oak
casket which was brought down from
the attic of her home, where it had
been kept for more than a decade.
The trinkets and letters which she
had cherished during her hermitie
lifetime were laid by her side, and an
old quilt she made herself was laid
over her.
Instead of the usual discourse that
goes with funeral elegies. Prof, J.
H. Moore, of Herrogate, a life-time
acquaintance of Mrs. Raeey, read a
collection of verse and newspaper
clippings which the woman had ac
cumulated for yenra.
The the cortege wended its way to {,
a lonely hill near Herrogate, far from
the confines of any burial ground.
There Mrs. Racey's body was Interred
in a vault that had been built eleven,
years ago. A stone marker on the
hill alreudy bore her name. xSI
A fledgling bird will eat mare than
twice its weight in worms between sn
rise and sunset.
THE WEATHER J||
Showers tonight, Thursday parti# jj
' cloudy. Moderate northwest and went i
, winds.