ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII pumis WITH KING GEORGE DELIMG SPEECH Time Honored Ceremony Marked the Opening.— Queen Mary Present for the Ceremony. CHINESE PROBLEM GETS ATTENTION King George Discusses the Problem in His Address, Which Is Actually Minis-, terial Statement. London, Feb. B.—OP)—Tfce third session of the present British parlia ment elected in 1i)24 was opened in state by King George, with time hon ored ceremony today. Huge crowds lined the streets to see the royal pro oessiou. Queen Mary accompanied the King to parliament for the ceremony. The King's speech opening the se*- —actually a ministerial statement —was unusually brief, and was mainly devoted to the Chinese problem. He explained that it had been deem ed necessary to send an adequate force to protect British subjects because of the happenings at Hankow and other places, but emphasized that it was the desire of the British people to "remove all grievances, to renew our treaties on au equitable basis, and to place our future relations with the Chinese Iteople on a footing of friendship and good will.” FIRST STATE WIDE SAFETY CONFERENCE riana to Make Traffic LAws More I Uniform, Is One Object. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Feb. 8. —National, state and hninieipny leaders In traffic, ac cident prevention and highwny fields will address the first statewide saftey conference here February 21-22 ac cording to C. W. Roberts, vice presi dent of the Carolina Motor Club, in announcing the list of participating agencies and the tentative program. The conference is being nrrauget) by H. E. Jnnds, professor of Highway engineering nt the University of Platis to make local traffic ordin ances more uniform and ways and means for reducing the accident toll ou street and highways will be dis cussed at the conference, as well a* legislative matters, actual and isjteu tlal, traffic directors and superintend ents of schools have been invited to participate in the coferento as well ns'every agency ami individual in terested in accident prevention. Agencies that have formally en ounced they will participate in the conference include: North Carolina Press Association; University of North Carolina; State Highway com mission ; State Insurance Department; State Department of Public. Instruc tion ; State Association of County Commissioners; Carolina Motor clubj I'. S. Army at Fort Bragg; North and South Carolina Utility Bureau; North Carolina Medical Association; North Carolina Automotive Trnde Association; North Carolina Federa tion of Business and«Pmfesslonal and Womens’ Clubs; North Curolina Po lice Association; North Carolina Municipal Association; Federadtion of Womens' Clubs. Speakers named on the tentative program include; John llder, city pinning and zoning expert. United States Chamber of Commerce; Dr. C. P. Myers, D. C.,; Earnest N. Smith, general manager of the Ameri can Automobile Association; Captain W. C. Price, superintendent of the Frank Page, chairmanmj dOcmfwygi Pennsylvania State Police Patrol; Frank Page, chairman of the North Carolina State Highway Commission; Geeral A. J. Bowley, Commandant Fort Bragg; Major W. ft. Robertson, Charlotte; Dr. H. W. Chase, presi dent of University of North Carolina; l)r. ;E. W. Knight, president'of the North Carolina Educational Associa tion; C. T. Mathews, director of ac cident prevention of the Carolina Motor ,c}ub.; Wade Harnh, editor of the; Charlotte Observer; I Charles JJ. Wallace, Morehead City an , Stacey Wade, State Insurance Coinmpssioner. , ,l— Z ' ' V Lying Children Have: a Champion. London, Feb. S.—OW—Fibbing chil dren should not be despised; says Dr. Alice Hutchinson, because when a child tells a lie it has a reason for so doing. "Instead of turning away askance when a did fibs, let us rather find out what prompted the action, and then we can frequently lead the child to Un burden itself as to why it has to'd a falsehood. Belf-pgpservation is the commonest reason,” Dr. Hutchinson said at Bedford College for women in and address. "a 1 111 —' ■■■'»- Star Theatre Today Your Loot Chance to 800 HAROLD LLOYD IN “THE KID BROTHER” WEDNESDAY EVERYBODY’S DAY “LOVE ’EM AND LEAVE ’EM’ —With—. EVELYN BRENINtnd LOUISE ADMISSION 5c «nd 10c The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Loading Small City Daily KHMM REAM TO PROTECT FOREIGN CITIZENS The Manchurian War Lord and Dictator Makes Bid for Popular Favor With Offer of Safety. SAYS FOREIGNERS MUST BE CAREFUL Says They Must Respect: Chinese Public Opinion J and Sovereign People Who Seek Liberty. Peking, Feb. B.—G4*)- I —M ars ha 1 I Chang Tan-Lin, Manchurian dictator and generalissimo of the armies which are fighting (he Cantonese, made n bid for the favor of foreign powers today when on' behalf of the Northern mili tary forces he issued a statement pledg ing protection of all foreign lives and property in the realm of the Peking government. Marshall Chang promised that the Peking government would maintain its credit obligations, but warned that “we expect the powers to respect our public opinion and sovereign rights, so that the Chinese may be freed of fear and apprehension over the anti foreign movement.” LOYALTY WEEK Will B< Observed From February 14th to 20th by Presbyterian Church. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. B.—The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States has desig nated; the week , of February 14th to 20th as “Loydlty Week,” the time when the half million members of this churCh are called upon to let their loyalty to the Lord manifest itself in increased church activity in the field of personal service and gifts. An op portunity will be given to mnke self .denial gifts to be distributed among tlie budget causes. Each church is directed to collect and distribute of ferings during this week exactly as it does the regular budget offerings so ns to even up and round out the en tire budget, leaving the opportunity, however, for individuals to designate their offerings of self-denial to auy ty Week, Dr. M. E. Melvin, of Chat tanooga, Tens,, general secretary of toe assembly's stewarship committee, said,: “Loyalty week is a period of spirit ual 'stock taking.' It culmiuates on Sunday. February 20th, in self-denial offerings for all budget causes. AU pastors, are urged to preach on Loyal ty and ;to call for the offerings. This offering looks back to the year closing and seeks to overcome the ehortage of budget receipts. Our church will need approximately $1,250,000 to meet all askings and wipe out past deficits. This will call for real sacrifice.” The causes that will be benefited during Imyalty Week both by the edu cational accomplishments and the mon ey contributed- include foreign mis sions, home missions, Christian edu cation, ministerial relief, Sunday School extension, benevoleht enter prises in synods, and the causes sup ported within presbyteries. The total budget for all causes for the church year that ends March 31, 1927, ,for the Presbyterian Church in the Unit ed States is $4,750,000. „ With Our Advertisers. ; Sale of Dexdale hosiery is now go ing on at the Moser Shoe Store. One pair $1.19; three pairs, $3.19; six pairs, $6.00. Pure thread silk full fashioned hose. Tomorrow is family day at the Con cord Theatre, only 10 cents to all. Vaudeville at the Concord Theatre tonight—eight features. Prices, 25 and 50 cents. Prof. Le'Tblmarge k Co., hypno tists, will appear at the Concord Thea tre Thursday, February 10th. Also thd picture “Inez From Hollywood,” will bb shown featuring Anna Q. Nill son and Lmwis Stone. Newest millinery styles at Fisher's, where you will find. the smartest al ways. Prices from : $2.05 to $ll.OO, Today is your last chance , fp. see Harold Lloyd in “Bis Kid Brother” at the star Theatre. 'Wednesday js Everybody’s Day, admission 5 and 10 cents,, ; t . , £.* ( Big values in silks, new weaves and new colors at nrtv low prices at Rob inson's. • 1 Willya-Knight and Overland fine motor cars sales and service at the Corl Motor Co. Phone 680. If you have auy building intentions see the E. L. Morrison Limber Co. WELFARE AGENTS ARE MEETING IN RALEIGH Annual Winter Meeting Addressed During Day By Me B. Warren. Raleigh, Feh. B.— OP) —An address on “School Attendance in North Caro lina” by Jule B. Warren, secretary of the State Education Association, featured the opening session of the annual winter meeting of the Assembl ing of county superintendents of pub lic welfare here today at noon.; A general seaaiou of the organisa tion in the afternoon included an ad dress by H. Hoyle Sink, pardon com missioner, who chose as his subject “Parole Work with Prisoners." Wants Change to Immigration law. Washington, Feb. B.—(A I )—Repeal of the national origin provision of the immigration law was approved today by the house immigration coamittM, CONTEMPT CHARGES AGAINST EDITOR TO BE AIRED SATURDAY i It Is Charged the Editor of! j Atlanta Life Refused to i. Answer the Grand Jury Questions. EDITOR STARTED LIQUOR INQUIRY iAn Article in His Paper f Led to the Inquiry About Party Staged by Co-op erative Club. | ! Atlanta. Oa., Fob. 8. — OP) —Parks Rusk, publisher of (he Atlanta Life, I a week.y newspaper which first print-1 eil the charges that liquor was served ] at the Atlanta Co-operative Club ban-] quet here January 17th, was ordered I today to appear before Judge E. D. i Thomas, next Saturday to answer con tempt charges preferred by t'.ie grand jury. Solicitor General John A. Boykin in liis petition to Judge Thomas said that Rusk had declined to naswer questions propounded by (he grand jury investigating the party. The so licitor general said these questions were legal and should have been an swered. Judge Thomas ordered Rusk to appear before him Saturday morn ing at 9 o’clock. The party wns given by the Co-op erative Club in honor of Carl H. Langnecht, of Kansas City, interna tional president. Rusk in his paper charged that, whiskey was served at the party, and that it was climaxed by a “bath tub sceue” in which a negro took the principal role. The Dinkier Hotels, n corporation, M. B. Petty hotel detective, and two negro waiters, all of the Ansley Ho tel where the party was held, have been indicted by the grand jury on charges of violating the prohibition law. After, their testimony before the grand jury separate indictments charg ing perjury were returned against the negro waiters. The grand jury today resumed in vestigation of the affair. URGES MEMBERSHIP ' ' IN AMERICAN LEGION (ten There Are Greater PosssibW ties. Monroe, Feb. 7.—Declaring that all men who took part in the re cent war, had earned their right r ..> membership in the American Legion and that the small meipbemhip fee was but an incidental part neces sary for the physical maintainance of the organization, Paul R- Younts, of Charlotte, Department Oommand )—With Congress approaching its third show- ‘ down on the equalization fee plan of 1 aiding agriculture, Frank O. |Low- • den, of Illinois, today added his ac- 1 five support to the equalization free < provisions of the MeNary-Haugen ■ bill. J In a telegram to farm leaders here. ' the former Illinois Governor express- I ed his “favor” for the MeNary-Hau- I gen measure, and declared the Curtis- 1 Crisp substitute by omitting the > equalization fee “wholly misses the I point of legislation we have been ad- - voeating." : Previously Mr. Lowden had been ■ quoted in the House as favorable to I the Curtis-Crisp bill, and yesterday one of its authors. Senator Curtis, of 1 Kansas, the republican floor leader, i told the senate Hint the measure was 1 a composite produet based in part on i the views of Lowden and other lead ers of farm organizations. < i GOVERNOR DONAHEY A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE ' I This Is the Reason McAdoo’s Speech \ is Receiving Special Attention in ' Ohio. 1 Columbus, Ohio. Feb. B.—ln Ohio, where everybody is a politician, the ! arraignment of wet liullificatiouists by William Gibbs McAdoo in 'his address before the State Bar Association at Toledo continue* to be a general theme of discussion. As a rule, Ohio Demo- ' erats agree with the sentiment ex pressed by McAdoo. Ohio Democrats ( are not for Al Smith, except those known to he out and mit wet. They Allow Smith cannot be elected, if nfflhi- ' lTniated.' anVT they also Show a major-'' ity of Ohio citizens, Democrats as well as Republicans, are for prohibition and its enforcement. , The reason the McAdoo speech is | receiving special attention in Ohio is , because Governor Donahey is looked ‘ upon in some quarters ns a possible t candidate for tile presidential or vice presidential nomination. Donahey is , popular in the state as is evidenced I by his third consecutive election to the < governorship. Donahey is dry. He i is so dry that in 1024 lie did not hesi tate to say to his friends that if Al I Smith were nominated, he would not < vote for him. 1 Was McAdoo's Toledo speech made s to boost the candidacy of Donahey, or 1 is McAdoo to be a candidate again, j or is there a movement to make the i ticket McAdoo and Donahey? Cer- .- tainly it means that as far as McAdoo 1 and Donahey are concerned, no wet Democratic candidate can expect to i get the support of Ohio Democrats, i This upplies to Ritchie of Maryland < nnd Reed of Missouri, as well as to I Smith of New York. i A man traveling over Ohio, unless he is prejudiced, must be convinced . of the fact that the Buckeye State is • loyal to prohibition and will stand firm for the eighteenth amendment and ' its enforcement, and no party leader 1 in or out of the state can swing it '■ from its dry moorings. Younts Confers Today on Legion Legislation. Charlotte, Feb. 7. —Paul R. Younts, of this city, commander of the North Carolina Department,' ot the American Legion, will on Tues day in Raleigh confer with members of the department's legislative com mittee. with status of each of the several matters the Legion has be fore the General Assembly to ie discussed, it was learned here today. Following the conference. Mrs. Younts will go to Fayetteville and confer with General A. J. Howiey, Fort Bragg commander, and (lien to Sanford, to arrange with officer* of the Legion post there for the nnftual post officers conference of the de partment, to be held February 21. Withdraws Tilson Nomination. Washington, Feb. B.—(A>)—Presi dent Coolidge withdrew today the nomination of William J. Tilson to be United States district judge in the middle district of Georgia. A Montmartre dancing academy has instituted classes in jigs anil other old-fashioned French dances. , VAUDEVILLE “COHEN AND KELLY IN PARIS” TONIGHT 50 LAUGHS IN 50 MINUTES This ia one of the Beat of Miniature Musical Comedies on the road. 8 VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES Also One of the Year’s Best Pictures “THJE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH” 25c 60c Concord Theatre THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODA^I NO. 27 - RAIL STOCKS RISE PMC TO SHOWS When Stocks of WheeHtt| and Lake Erie Soared Some Other Rail Sto&S Felt the Effects. SOME “SHORTS” AR& FACING RUIN NOW W. & L. E. Common Wettt to 120 and Preferred,!# 93, New High Levels fW Both Stocks. New York, Feb. B.—Wh—Panic stricken “shorts” in the common and preferred stocks of the Wheeling Ik Lake Erie Railroad, faced with rillß as a result of the passing of cndUm of that railroad from the Rockefeller interests to the New York Ceni.tttl, Baltimore & Ohio, and Nickle Osip Railroad, and the withdrawal of hrap . blocks of stock from the open m fitter, bid frantically against each othek tflt the New York Stock Ecbange todajp Ift an effort to cover their commitment!!, the common stock soaring 35 points to 130, or more than four times tiife year’s low, nnd the preferred stock 13 1-2 points to 03, in the first bout ol trading. Meanwhile, active speculation brdlk out in the other rails, likely to fi|pife in new consolidations, and in a Se lected list of industrials early gnltiS running from 1 to 5 points. Errat ie fluctuations developed id tub common ?md second preferred stoctS tn the Western Maryland Railroad lit which the Baltimore & Ohio Lifts Ill creased its interest to 35 per benLJif the total stock outstanding. xW common opened 1 1-2 points lower, sit 38 3-4, rallied to 42 1-2, and was around the opening price at the end « the first hour. The second prefertSfl opened 2 1-2 points lower at 37, ral lied to 40 1-2, and quickly lost its *<% Chicago Great Western common atld preferred, and Bangor & Aroostook touched the highest prices in years, all up 3 points or so. GENERAL JACKSON LIKED HIS BOOTS LOtfO eral. * * Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. B.— J. I* Dea rer, wholesale merchant, glories in the fact that his father, C. E. Deaver, made boots for Stonewall Jackson, the “thunderbolt of war” in the Confed erate armies of the sixties. His father made Jackson's boot*; while the Confederate leader was prb fesor of military science and math ematics at the Virginia Military Itt* stitute at Legington, Virginia. “General Jackson would not went boots unless they were made an itlth or inch and a half longer than «K. feet,” said Mr. Deaver. “He alwftjs said he wanted his boots to be so long that lie could sec his toes without stooping over. It was not always comfortable to bend over in the straight jacket of the military regu lations of those days.” .. Mr. Denver lias heard, too, of A story of a premonition which Jack son's aide-de-camiie had of the South ern leader's untimely death, caused by bullets tired by mistake by his own men. On the early May morning in 18C3. just a few ininiites before General Jackson rode to the bead of the 20,W0 with which he made the Federal wing at Chancellorsville, he stopped by a fire to get a cup of coffee. Htt sword was left standing againkt w tree the night before. As Jnckk'b’h drank his coffee the sword suddgntjr fell to the ground with a olnnktfli sound. Colonel A. F. Long of Geuertii Robert E. Lee’s staff snw and liCit-rt it. Long in his “Memoirs of Lee” re-- cites the story, and says that he tfttk not surprised when he heard Hint nMM after the successful, flank attack tWit Jackson had fallen. He regared tile falling of the sword as a premonition. THE COTTON MARKET. , Opened Steady at Unchanged PHcm, to Advance of 3 Points. — May Goee To 14:05. * New York, Feb. 8. —(/P)—Tbe-cbls ton market opener! steady today gtj unchanged prices to an advance of 3points in response to the steady show ing of Liverpool, nnd sold 3 to 7 points net higher in the early trading on a renewal of covering or buying for trade account. Houses with Liverpool connections were buyers of May here and small buying orders also were said- to .jlflT on the market for other foreign trade interests, but general business waa quiet. The udvauce to 14:03 for Tldf contracts seemed to bring out a little more realizing, causing reaction* of 1 3 to 4points from the best, but the tone was steady at the end of the first hour. Private cables said hedge selling had been absorbed by trade calling M Liverpool, aud that there waa a good inquiry from India for a -wide raiUfe of cotton goods, with the outlook «jpj China business better. * Cotton futures opened steu«r March 13.78; May 13.98; July 1421; Oct. 14.42; Dec. 14.59. i WEATHER FORECAST- Probably rain tonight and W«4rfsi§ day, colder in the east portion Wg§» nesddy. Moderate to fresh east and southeast winds.