associated PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI KO CHANGE SEEN IK urn's MIR CONTROKY TODAY Both Sides Seem to Be “Dug In,” and Ready for an Endurance Test Hith erto Unknown in Mexico PEACE OVERTURES ARE INEFFECTIVE '« Mar.y Catholics Are Put , ting Their Faith on an Economic Boycott to Government to Terms. Mexico City, Aug. 4.—OP)—Both sides in. Mexico's religious controver sy—the government and the Catho lics—are “dug in”, figiirative’.y sneak ing. prepared for an endurance teat unknown before in the 'history of the nation. • Overtures for peace having been in effective, many Catholics are pinning their hopes on the econonpc boycott or general cessation of unnecessary expenditures which is intended to force the government to modify its attitude. The confederation of Chambers of Commerce in Mexico City, the cen tral body representing chambers all over the country, has informed the regional confederation of labor in an swer to a query, that it will oppose the economic boycott and do its ut most to protect commerce and re \ main aloft from the religious contro versy. Tlie confederation of chambers of industry, a similar organ, says it will co-operate in any move seeking to pro tect industry. I Leopold Escobar, prominent mem ber of the Knights of Columbus, yes terday conferred with Attorney Gen eral Ortoga reportedly in connection with the informal peace movement, but later both refused Jo confirm the report or reveal the nature of the dis cussion. Antonio Zun’za, director of the re cently suspended Catholic lad Faro, lias been cited by the district court of investigation by the attorney general's department on charges that Lei Fnro in articles on the religious situation had insulted President C'alles. Five members of the group arrested op clutrges of plotting- *rki» Prestdent C®"es have been released. Others are’ held for examination although officials are convinced that the alleg ed conspiracy was not a grave affair. EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILED One Faosengtr and a Mall Clerk In jured Near Auburn, Maine. Auburn. Me., Aug. 4.—OP)—One passenger and a mail clerk were in jured early today when the Bar Har bor express from Washington and New York was derailed a short dis tance enst of the local station of the Maine Central Railroad. All nine cars left the rails but remained up right except for a combination bag gage and mail car and a baggage car which tipped over a 25 foot embank ment. Mail Clerk H. W. Moore, of Can ton. sustained a broken nose and Mrs. Pearl Mitchell, of Harrington, re ceived an injury to one leg. The other passengers continued their journey in a special train. The accident is thought to have been caus ed by a broken brake rigging. the mcpherson case At a Standstill Today aa the Result of tiie Grand |uy’i Refusal to Take Action. Los Angeles. Cal., Aug. 4.— UP) — Investigation of the Aimee Semple McPherson case was at a standstill today as a result of the grand jury’s refusal yesterday to take action. The grand jurors voted to do nothing more until more conclusive evidence iB ob tained. The jnrors, however, instruct ed District Attorney Keyes to con tinue a “secret and efficient” investiga tion into all phases of the cast “just as he would do in any case where here is a ppssib'lity of crime having been committed.” With Our Advertisers. Everything for the man and young man at Hoover’s. Large stock of office chairs and ' desks to select from at H. B. Wilkin son's. “The Half-Way Girl” at the Con cord Theatre today 'only. Re-roof with Johns-Manvilie rigid asbestor shingles— no better, See ad. of the E. L. Morrison Lumber 00. Don't look a sight—let Wrenn at Kannapolis press and clean your suit for you. Phone 178. A continuation of the sharp reduc tions in all summer goods is still go ing on at Parks-Belk Co’s. Police Examine Auto Brakes. (By International News Service) Nashville, Tenn„ Aug. 4.—Having inspected several hundred automobiles at headquarters and by stopping them on the streets, police apd safety council officials here have found the brakes on autos In this city generally good. Several arrests have resulted, how ever, when faulty brakes were found and driver* immediately had their brakes repaired. With warnings to watch the condition of their car brakes, all drivers were dismissed in municipal court under condition that a “■ ■*“ ~ uM ■* • -iS; mi:,> The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily First Mexican Refugees j 5' t I I These nuns were the first refugees from the religious strife in Mexico to arrive in New York. uxa*. flntarnatlniiA) SauweaU THE COTTON MARKET Somewhat Easier During Early Trad ing With October and December Showing Increases. New York, Aug. 4.—C4») — I The cot ton market was somewhat easier dur ing early trading under moderate of ferings which seemed to be inspired by relatively easy Liverpool cables and a more favorable view of pre vailing crop weather conditions in the South. The opening was steady at unchanged prices to a decline of 3 points with active months showing net loßses of about 6 tolO points at the end of the first half hour. Oc tober contracts sold up to 17.(50 and December to 17.56 but there was enough buying to steady the market ut these figures and selling seemed to he restricted by one of the private wegk}y reviews oj. the crop .aiUiarjsjn, claiming the condition was more pre carious than at any previous time this Mason. Cfttton futures opened steady. Oct. 17.65 ; Dec. 17.64 ; Jan. 17.68 ; March 17.00; May 18.00. H. BINGHAM GRAY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gray Slashes His Throat With Razor. Mebane, Aug 3.—Funeral services were heid today for Herbert Bing ham Cray, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Lewis Gray, who took his own life Monday by slashing his throat witij a razor The body was found in his room at the oM Bing ham school grounds early Monday night. IHie coroner, who viewed the body, declared it was a clear case of sui cide. • ~~ No cause could be assigned for young Gray’s act. He was a student at the University of North Oarolina and bad just returned Monday from Chapel Hill where he bad been at tending the summer term at the University. He would have graduated next year. The parents, four broth ers and three sisters survive. Suzanne la Planning to Capitalize Skill. Pourville, France, Aug. 4.—Suz anne Lenglen, who has stepped dowU from her throne as “queen of the world’s amatenr tennis player, now intends to make money by exhibitions of her supreme skill at a profession al. “Why not?” - the asked a corre spondent for the Associated Press who called to see her in the little cottage where she is staying with her mother on a hilloverlooking the English chan nel. * “Tennis already has become an all time job and real business, for itars. If one wants to stay in the top ranks one has little time for anything else. . “Now I am going to make some .money, to have some fun and to see the world. I have been working for others for fourteen years, and now I am going to work for myself. When I finish my if our months tour of Amer ica next winter, I hope to make plans for a world tour. I think that you will i find a good many other well known players in America and Eu rope will follow my example.” Two Men Killed When Their Plane Crashes to Ground at Langley Field Newport News, Aug. 3.—Captain John H. Batty and Technical Sergeant James W* Chesemnn, members of the 103rd Pennsylvania national guard, were Jtilled instantly at Langley field this afternoon when their airplane crashed to the ground a short distance from the lighter-than-air hangar. Assistant Secretary of War Henry Davidson, Jr., ami Major General Ma son M. Patrick, chief of the air ser vice who visited the field on tour of] inspection, were at the hangar When their &SJSST tk * tW ° Just what caused the accident has mk*. •> ' k . aS&L. BOLL WEEVIL SITUATION Infestation in This State Less fhan Four Bears Ago. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hole] Raleigh, Aug. 4.—801 l weevil in festation in North Carolina cotton fields is less than it has been in more ttyan four years, according to R. W. Leiby. entomologist of the State de partment of agriculture. The hot, dry weather that tins prevailed so far has been very adverse to weevil propagation, and has cooked the young grubs in the squares, thus pre venting their maturing. Hence few bolls have been damaged. All danger of weevil damage is not past, however, according to Dr. Leiby, u’.ip says that if the weather should turn a bit cooler, with much rain und •dampness, sufficient weevils could yet mature to do considerable damage to the top crop in the latter part of A-ugust and early in September. Con ditions so far, however, indicate very slight weevil damage and it is not likely that any more favorable weath er conditions will prevail in the next sir weeks than have in the past. After a thorough investigation by, field men of the entomology division of the department, t'oe damage from the cotton flea or „ hopper has been found to be of considerable/ extent in Lincoln and Gaston counties, Dr. Leiby reports. More than ten fields examined in these two counties were found to he infested to the point of serious damage, and several of the farmers had dusted the fields twice with powdered sulphur in an attempt to control the pest, which had done much damage to the bottom crop of squares. While the flea or hopper had been found in almost all sections of the' cotton be'.t. its damage has been con fined almost entirely to certain areas in Gastou and Lincoln counties.* Aside from damage being done by the bean beetle in the western part of thg state, little trouble is being experienced this year with insect pests, the department reports. Mrs. H. N. Wood Admits She Put Husband Out of House. Raleigh, Aug. 3.—Mrs. H. N. Woods, prosecuting witness against her husband, charged with abandon ment, admitted in city court Tues day that she had ordered him out of the house to stay, had cut up his overcoat and hat, had put him in the kitchen to sleep, and. after he left, wrote his mother in Nashville she was coming to live there with the family, telling her to get all her folks ready with axes, pitchforks, hoes and everything, that they couldn’t keep her away- However, Woods was ordered to pay her S2O a month for a year. GW Spends *SO Sent to Free Dad. Asheville, Aug. 3. —Coming to town with a check for SSO to boil her father out of jail, Billie B. Sweet, negro girl, found the desire for a good tilne too strong, so she cashed the check and spent it, leav ing her father to cool his heels in the county cooler. He sent for an officer got a war rant for embezzlement and officers are searching for Lillie. not yet been given out by the authori ties at Langley field. Major Weit > over, commanding officer at the sta tion, named a board of officers to make ( an inquiry into the crash. Captain Batty who was engaged in the stock and bond business in Fox , Chase, Va., was 34 years old and sin gle. He served during the world war as a pilot and later was located at ; Langley Field and Ellington field, Texas. When the war ended Cap tain Batty was placed on the reserve l'at as a first lieutenant and later ■ 1 advanced to captain. CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1926 BTSiTTLEIIITS IIWOFTimi. ffii. MELLOH I Reopening of the Discus sion Over Them Was Unfortunate and De plorable, He Declared. NOT STUDYING EUROPE’S CONDITION ] His Visit to Europe a Per sonal One, and He is Not Burdened With Any Of ficial Responsibility. Rome. Aug. 4.— (A 3 ) —Reopening of the d scusuion over the debt settje ) ment plan was unfortunate and tle | plomble. Andrew AY. Mellon. Ameri can Secretary of tile Treasury declar | ed today in an interview with Amer ican correspondents in Rome. The debt settlement plans so far. a* he is concerned are things of the past, he said. Reiterating the statement made in France that his visit is personal and that he is not burdened with official mission or responsibility, the Secre tary characterized as the invention of enterprising journalists the series of widely circulated rumors that be has been studying conditions in Europe and lias been ordered by President Ooolidge to cut short his vacation for that reason. THE SENATE INVESTIGATION 6F PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS Samuel Insult Makes Evasive An swers to Questions. Chicago, Aug. 4.— UP) —Authority of Lie Senate to inquire into cam paign contributions to other than the senatorial primary Campaigns was chaliehged by Snrnuel Insult, public utilities executive of Chicago. “Roy O. West has testified that you gave him SIO,OOO. Is that the fact?” % “I have to make the same answer ,to this whole series of questions and I have nothing more to say.” “Did you give nny mone to prombte the nomination of Senator Deeneeui?" Mr. Instill reflected, n moment, j “I really don't' remember. I Was trying, t% recall wheti>er J was in *ho county 'it "that time.” “My recollectioh is that Mr. Bar rett, testified you gave hime SIO,OO. Is that so?” “In what connection?* “In the primary campaign.” “My statement covers that ques tion.” , “You have a memorandum showing your contributions,” Reed said. Authority Clialienged. * Chicago, Aug. 4,—C4>) —For the second time within a week the Sen ate campaign funds committee- today had its authority challenged. This time it was Samuel Insull, mnlti-mil iionna;re public utilities maguute who declined on advice of his counsel to tell of any contributions in the recent Illinois primary except those he made for the senatorial candidates. COCHRAN REPUDIATES AN ALLEGED INTERVIEW' In Which Ho Predicted an Advance of 100 Prints in General Motors Stock. New York, Aug. 4.— UP) —Thomas Cochran, partner of J. P. Morgan & Co., bound for Europe on the Olym pic, radioed to the Morgan firm a re pudiation of the alleged interview in which he was quoted ns predicting an advance of 100 points in General Mo tors Btock. Two Severely Hurt When Cars Col lide. Charlotte, Aug. 3. Frank F. Jones, Charlotte realtor, and TolMe Creel, of Lincolnton, were severely injured when their automobiles col lided today at a highway crossing at Iron Station. Mr. Jones who was brought to his home here after treatment at a Lin colnton hospital, suffered a badly lacerated skull, a fractured rib and numerous body bruises. Mr. Creel, who also was taken to the Lincolnton hospital, was report ed suffering tonight from a fractur ed skull and bruises. He was said to be in a semi-conscious condition. The cars met on a “blind” crossing and Creel was thrown from his auto mobile by the impact. Bobby Jones Is Reporter For One Day. Atlanta, Aug- 3.—For fifteen years O. B. Keeler has been writing up the exploits of Bobby Jones for The At lanta Journal. This writer has chronicled faithfully every shot made by the British and American cham pion. He has followed him faithfully through fifteen tournaments. But to morrow the situation will be re versed. O. B. Keeler will play his qualifying round in the Atlanta newspapermen’s tournament and Bobby Jones, in the role of a r*j* . porter, Will write a story of O. B.’* round for the Journal. Plan To SteMUae the Franc. Paris, Aug. A—(4*)— Premier I’oin* care announced to the financial com mittee of the chamber of deputies to day that'as soon as the situation per mits, probably at the end of Septem ber, the government will launch a great internal loan with the object! of consolidating internal debts and! SERIOUS DISORDERS I R ODESSA. RUSSIA. Ij: KNHTED TOW - Trouble Caused by Trans-j s j ferring Several Church es From Orthodox to the New living Church. ! PRIESTS ATTACKED l BY ANGRY CRQWDS - The Disorders Were Cul t mination of a Series of - Violent Struggles Which Began Last June. f | Moscow. Aug. 4.—G4>)—Special dis -1 patches to the Prazada rei>orteii se - ; rious disorders in Odessn caused by - i the-transfer of several churches from -1 the. old Orthodox ( '.lurch to the new • Living or Red Church. ‘ Six priests of the older order who < I "ere celebrating mass in the Alexuez * j Church in a suburb of Odessa were at tacked by angry crowds, the dispatch i saying the women spat in the priests’ I faces while friends of the prelates I rushed to their defense. Militia was eal'.ed to the scene and f saved the priests with the greatest dif ' firulty but not before five of them i had been badly mauled. One girl in * the mob was seriously injured. The disorders, oqcording to • if move is made to bar William } S- .Vare from the senate, if he is , elected, because of the senate investi gation of the Republican primary in II Pennsylvania, it would be unsuccese e ful. s Nothing was revealed that reflect . ed on Varc's integrity, he said. «dd j ing that the investigation had shown that only n rich man could afford to be a candidate for the senate. L. W. Moore Dies in Wilmington. Wilmington, N. C„ Aug. 4.—OP)— - L. W. Moore, 49, prominent realtor f of this city, died in a local hospital 1 today from a hemorrhage of the braiu. i Mr. MoOre was stricken last night and ) died six hours later. Mr. Moore was past grand master -of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows -of the State and a former president > of the North Carolina Building and . Loan League. bond on a first degree murder charge. “Don't expect me to waste sympa thy on a woman who shoots her hus band in the back,” he added as she Ww THE TRIBUNrI I printHi ' U TODAY’S NEWS TODAf "3 NO. $ I MOIL COITESn Hawes, An Avowed Wllgjjj Well Ahead of Field U Democratic Sena«fl Balloting in MissouqfcM WILLIAMS AHEAD (M REPUBLICAN CHOfCj Three Republican Sensei : and All CongnsHt m Leading Their cratic Opponents. ||| m Kansas City. Aug. 4. Republicans United States senatOtjHßj mid virtually every representative tjj flgj the national congress seeking retMfMHH nation in yesterday's primary. fll leading opponents on receipt of. MB official incomplete returns today froß pi four western and two southern XraMUH Seven congressmen of both inai|J| ties were without opposition... -;,t Hg Comparatively heavy balloting, wag indicated in Missouri and Okluhdimjj «B while interest appeared greatftSHi M State, district and county H Montana, Kansas, West Virginia Virginia. 9E The prohibition issue stimulatMjß- H terest in Missouri with tile Kb 9IX H Klan alignment featuring an dMNHH wise listless camp in Senator George H. Williams JBI leading two opponents by a margin for both the long and jWy Mg terms in the Missouri H senatorial race. Senator Oulm-H Curtis. Republican floor leader,’ pilling up a huge lead in Kansas Senator J. W. Harreid had i Ng 9 lead in the six-cornered Republican senatorial contest. 9 Harry B. Hawes, of.St. liter congressman and an nvoivea was well ahead of the field in HMapp Missouri Democratic senatorial’hat-m| lot ing. 'Jra Governor Ben Paulen, had virtually no opposition for illation in Kansas. ' ; s- the State reported Thomas had 9 lead of more than 12,000 votes ov|bH| former Governor J. C. (Jack) his closest rival. jmM Henry S. Johnson, alleged by «Hj9S| ponents to have ahead in the Democratic guberttijflHH balloting in Oklahoma. ,9| West Virginia returns gave sttlpili stantial leads to five republicans a’ticl.' one democratic congressman. '9 Representative .Joseph C. Deal, oernt. of Virginia. led by a wide mar- flj gin in the only contest in the tea fNaHgj gressional districts. 9| Congressmen John M. Evans, ocrat, and Scott Leavitt. were given large pluralities in tuna. TWO SHOT AND KILLED 'v&lHi IN BOOTLEGGERS*. Three Men Entered 1 .ebby of tollable Hotel and Began Shooting,. Los Angeles. Aug. 4 OP) — men were shot and killed here efjffH toda'y in what the police believe wuK the outbreak of a bootleggers’ waEwSM A man identified as A. Munson, shot and killed almost instantlyirhS» 8a sitting in the lobby of a fl| residential hotel. Harry MohnMm SI was talking to Munson, also and died two hours later. ' 9 About 20 guests were in when three men entered, and shooting. After kdling assailants carried bis body to tomobile and deserted it several Moekgljß away. yßa Gives Up Swim After Short Out. fl Cape Oris Xez. France. Aut. Olaf Farstad, Norwegian swimmer.-jBI making bis second attempt to conquer the English forced to abandon his swim utter hours struggle toward the coast. Furstad also took off from Gris Nez on July 26 aud was mWWB | good progress toward Dover ' when I he was foiled to give up hi» attempfcjj He had been in the water almost M»,;! hours and was a mile and. * SIBmIHI from the English coast wlien rnkrtHH water forced him to quit. fl Charlotte Gir Recovering FrafHl Wounds Made in Jxtt 1 Charlotte. Aug. 3.—Mias Coo’ey, 20. tonight was recovefjjjß M from wounds self inflicted « arms and neck by the jugged a tin cup handle ns she fined in the city jail on a cMmHi'l drunkenness. Pwiice did not hold’; the »P»)M that the young woman atte«pfH suicide, explaining that she drunk she did not know wns doing. <9 Miss Cooley said she did not member wliut she did. 'JS 9 Marriage license was Tuesday by Register of Deeds Elliot to Roy L. I Mot t and Mfsa JnhAfjMi ’ liee Isenhour, both of ConeorttiSM 9