DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Truce Sends Scores Os ShanghaiWorkersßack To Posts After Strike Nationalist Labor Leaders and Marshal Sun Ckuan Fang Reach Agreement. —Executions Halted. CANTONESE CAUGHT WITHIN THE CITY Were in French Set tlement Holding Meeting —Strike May Break Out Again at Any Time. Slmngliai, Feb. 24.—MP)—A truce was declared in the conflict between nationalist labor in Shanghai and the lot taring regime of Marshal Sun Child n Fang tonight. SilnDltn neons proclamations sent scores of thousands of workers back to their jobs and called off the exe cutioners of General Li Pao* Chang, Shanghai defense commissioner, who beheaded more than 100 agitators dur ing the five-day walkout which in volved more than 100,000 Chinese. The strike began to wane at once. Strikers thrown back to work partly tier a use of lack of funds and partly because of atmosphere of terrorism which has hung over the native city and even penetrated the foreign set tlements where the strike started. Although nothing official was ob tainable to verify the report, it was learned that' General Li’s agents pene trated the French concessions and kid nupiied at least thirty members of Cantonese agitators who were holding a meeting there this evening. A few kidnappings also were reported from international settlements, but could not be confirmed. ! Those kidnapped were taken to Gen. Li’s headquarters and their fate is unknown. One of the proeiamations issued by General Li in w'.iich he revoked orders for execution of strike agitators now being held, admits the shootings and beheadings carried out by his decree during the last five days have totalled 100, half of which were in public. Foreign officials believe at least lUO more were executed in the military enclosures of defense authorities. The general iubor union issued the other proclamation in which Its offi cials announced that Ihejr had ‘‘taken steps with it view to ending the strike for the time being.” The lahorites action was only a truce, and that they cx|i«cted to strike again when the time is ripe. Tliis is' taken to mean that they would act when the military situation becomes more definitely fav orable to the nationalists. Meanwhile disquieting reports here from Sungkiang, 28 miles south of Shanghai, where the broken army of Marshal Sun has taken a position for a last stand against the approaching Cantonese. The reports said Mar shal Sun’s forces were looting the rlca and silk shops there, and thnt many of the soldiers had been executed by their own leaders in an effort to main tain discipline and face the southern advance. P Studying Plantation Melodies. (By International News Service) Ferriday, La., Feb. 24.—For the first time in the history of the local high school the entire student body —over 400 in number —meets twice a week in the school auditorium and biend their voices with old time plant ation melodies and the leading patri otic anthems of the nation. This group singing in the school has helped considerably to endear the school to teachers ami pupils. Also, it has served to create a spirit of loyalty on the part of every student for sing ing. Two hundred song books were pur chased recently and more will be pur chased soon, the principal, Prof. R. t\ Childs says. The State depart ment of public, education at Baton Rouge has highly commended the prin cipal and local school for showing such progress! veness. Home of Oliver Twist. London, Feb. 24-.—As all lovers of Dickens know, the scene of Oliver Twist's memorable audacity in asking for more was Mint Street Workhouse, Southwark, and the local Authorities arc seeking to acquire the freehold ' interest in a part of the workhouse, k which was closed some time ago for public purposes. It was the home in ids early days of Oliver Twist, and the copper from which the gruel was ladeied into the ' basin held by the trembling bands of the pauper bojr is iiMf in the possession of the borough council. It was also in the locality of the Mint Street Workhouse that Little Dorritt spent her childhood days. Opinions are like watches. No two are alike, yet each man believes in bis own. -\\ ... BASKETBALL TONIGHT Y. M. C. A. GYM AT 7:45 CHARLOTTE Y. M. C. A. CONCORD Y. M. C. A. Biggest Game of the Season ADMISSION 25 CENTS The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily | SURVEY OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY NOT WANTED Clamor far Survey Died Down As Suddciily As H Started And Is Dead Issue For Present. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKERVILLE. ' Raleigh. Feb. 24. —“Such is grati tude—when you give them what they want they don't want it," said Rep resentative R. O. Everett today in discussing the bill he has introduced settiug up an “Agricultural and In dustrial Labor Commission” which would be empowered to conduct a sur vey similar to the “Survey of Women in Industry” for which the various women’s organizations of the state elnmored so loudly Inst summer, and which clamor ceased so suddenly some months ngo, All of which bears out the state ment of this correspondent several days ago that the move for the sur vey of women in industry had been definitely abandoned by the various interested women's organizations, at least for this session, because they could not agree as to the kind of sur vey they wanted or on who or what agency was to make it. Some thought that it should be conducted by women only for women only—a sort of harem affair. Still another faction thought that it should be conducted' by the Department of I-abor Women's Bur eau in Washington—that is, u federal survey—while others wanted it con ducted by Mrs. Kate Johnson of the State Department of \Velfare or not at all—and there the matter hung. So it is not surprising that this bill, tossed into the hopper of the house by Representative Everett, should have created consternation and opposition-*- the more so because none of the var ios would-be women leaders in the womeir-in-industry survey were con sulted in its preparation. “In the first place. I think that a survey should be made to determine if conditions are really ns bad us the club women say they are,” said Mr. Everett, “and then I wanted to see if the women wanted this survey* as much as they said they did. Conse quently this bill was prepared with the end in view of making the survey possible, uml of actually determining conditions. But the real question seems to be more of who was going to get the credit for the survey rather thou Jhe survey itself.” This bill sets up what he considers thorough and unbiased investigation, and return an accurate report, Mr. Everett says. It Includes five mem berg named in the hill itself—the com missioner of Public Welfare, the At torney General, ns the legal advisor of the commission, the Secretary of the State Board of ‘Health and the State Superintendent of Public in struction—with three other members to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be a representative of the laboring element —a wage earner. And Frank Carter, of the Child Wel fare commission, the indirect cause of the collapse of the survey last summer, is eliminated. But still, according to Mr. Everett, the woman will have none of it, and are going to fight the bill. So the old question arises—do the women really want a survey of women in industry—are they really interested in the welfare of the workers—or are they more interested in as to who will get the glory—or the blame? It is n question for the thoughtful to ponder. GRADY’S SUCCESSOR HAS NOTHING TO SAY Any Statement Must Came From Grady or the Imperial Wizard, Says Morgan S. Reiser. Raleigh. Feb. 28.—“1 have no state ment for the public ami organization business will be transmitted in the usual prescribed manner,” declared Morgan S. Belser, of Atlanta, who has been designated by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard, to assume charge of the Ku Klux Klan in the realm of North Carolina on Satur day. Any statement, Mr. Belser said here today, must come from the imperial wizard or Judge Henry A. Grady. Mr. Belser was in Raleigh, he said, to get acquainted with the office af fairs before assuming control Satur day. 'He said he will not be grand dragon of Nprth Carolina, to succeed Judge Grady, resigned, unless be is officially appointed by Dr. Evans and his appointment is ratified by klan delegates in regular session. This can not be done under 30 days, Mr. Belser said. Rudner Is Convicted in Don Melleit 1 Cam* Canton, Ohio, Feb. 23.—Ben Rud ner, Massillon, Ohio, hardware mer chant, was convicted today of sec ond degree murder iu connection with the slaying last July of' Don R. Mellett, Canton editor. The verdict carries a penalty of life imprisonment. , > E. L. Mills, defense counsel, told Judge After be would file motion for a new trial. < ' Husband Beating Wife With Chair Is Ait By Son. Springfield, Mo., Feb. 23.—Angered, he said, because his father was beat ing his mother with a chair, Calvin Frederick, Jr., 11, today shot and pro bably fatally wounded Calvin Freder ick? Sr., 46, formerly of Hdrrison, Ark. The charge from h ' shut gun struck Frederick in the temple and blew off the top of bis skull. “I’m not sorry and I’d do it again,” the boy told neighbors. ILITIL! HOPE TUT CONGRESS WILL DO MUCH DURING WEEK i■» . ' I With Adjournment Set for Tomorrow Week, Little Chance for Other Major Legislation to Pass. FILIBUSTER IS DEATH TO BILL Halted Action on Boulder Canyon Measure.—Will Try to Pass as Many Laws as Possible Now. Washington, Feb. 24.—04*)—Facing adjournment a week from tomorrow, and with the filibuster germ that practically killed Roulder Dam leg islation for the present session spread ing to other controversial measures. Congress today entered upon a pro gram to dean up as many bills ns it ean. but with- little prospect, of pass ing much additional major legislation. Although the Swing-Johnson bill to dam the Colorado River at Boulder Canon was due to come up again to day in the Senate at 2 p. in., after its sponsors were blocked in their efforts to bring it to a vote by a three senator filibuster during a 30-hour session, there appeared little prospect for ac tion since the republican leaders had planned to displace it two hours inter with the alien property return meas ure. Once laid aside in the Senate, the bill will stand virtually no chance of a vote in either house at this session, since the House steering committee has decided that it will not be taken up in the House unless acted upon in the Senate. Meanwhile under an agreement reached at another night session the Senate had planned to devote its first two hours today to consideration of other subjfcts including the Tyson emergency officers' retirement bill, while republican leaders hoped to ob tain an agreement to take up the ad ministration’s prohibition and cus toms reorganization measure. Two hours have been set aside for consid eration of Muscle Shoals legislation tomorrow. The House, proceeding under a ten tative program mapped out by its steering committee, gave right of way verted senate amendment provldhtg $1,200,000 to begin work on three light cruisers which the House already has rejected in modified form. After disposing of this subject it plans to take up the $03,400,000 defic iency supply bill, and the Hawley medicinal whiskey measure; then two bills authorizing approximately $30,- 000.000 for various naval activities including funds for improvements at five naval bases, modernization of the battleships Oklahoma and Nevada, and completion of the airplane car riers Lexington and Saratoga, and the submarine V-4. Would Give Pardon Commlsioner More Power. Sir Walter Hotel. Tribune Bureau Raleigh, Feb. 23. —The Governor and the Commissioner of PardonH are given the power to subpoena witnesses and put -them under oath in connec tion with hearings on pardon matters. Under the terms of the bill introduced in the senate by Senators Broughton and Woltz, and which is assured of passage. The bill was prepared by Senator Broughton especially at the sugges tion of Governor McLean and H. Hoyle Sink Commissioner of Pardons. Frequently the Governor has been hampered in securing the necessary witness at as pardon hearings, since at present it is not possible to sub poena witness, or to put them under oath. Under the terms of this bill, it will be possible for the neceessary witnesses to he subpoened for any given hearing, also to have them sworn, which will eliminate much of the delay which i)as heretofor at tended many of the hearings. It will be possible, under this bill, for the commissioner of pardons to subpoena a number of witnesses in advance in various parts of the state, and be sure of haviug them present on the date set for the hearings, thus materially reducing the amount of time that heretofore has been consum ed by these hearings. , The bill seems to he assured of speedy passage in both the senate aud bouse, Inventor of the Voltaic Battery. Rome, Feb. 24. —'Within the next ten days Italy will enter upon an elab orate commemoration of the one hun dredth anniversary of the death of Alexander Volta, a son of Italy who ranks among the / world’s greatest . physichists and students of electricity. Volta was born at Como in 1746 and died March 5, 1827. In 1799 he pro duced his voltaic battery after many years of Rudy in atmospheric elec tricity. 1 He was professor of physics in the Royal School at Como for sev eral years and later was appointed professor of physics in the University of Pavia, where be remained for threnty-five years. Napoleon Bona parte made him a count and gave him a gold medal in recognition of his electrical discoveries. It is also a matter of history that while in Paris Volta became acquainted with Benja min Franklin and was deeply im pressed with the American's genius and learning, i. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1927 VESSELS CRASH IN FOG; PASSENGERS ESCAPED INJURIES j i Steamer City of RichmotuJ ] and City of Annapolis Crash at a Point off the Virginia Coast. I ONE VESISELIN CRASH RUINED There Were More Than 100 Passengers on the Twd Steamers But They AS Escaped Injuries. f ——— | Baltimore, Md.. Feb. 24. —OP)—’Oi| ba.v steamer , City of Richmond wal returning to Baltimore today with tbl passengers and crew, 103 persons id all, of the steamer City of Annapolis, which the forager craft rammed and sank in a dense fog in Chesapeake Bay about 2 a. m„ a mile off Smith’s Point. Vn„ wireless messages to the Chesa peage .Steamship Company, owner of both vessels, stated today. The wire less said that none of those rescued suffered dangerous injuries. The Cttjf of Richmond with her bows stove in was expected at Baltimore about noon. There were 53 passengers, men, women and children, on board the Annapolis, about half of whom were said to be from Baltimore. The City of Annapolis sailed from West Point. Va., last night; the City of Richmond was bound from Baltimore for same port with about fifty passengers. Captain Charles O. Brooks, of the Bay steamer City of Baltimore, tele phoned from Old Point to the Mari-, time Exchange here this forenoon that his ship arrived off Smith’s Point just as the last survivor was being taken off the sinking vessel. He said: “It was foggy, one of those dripping thick kihd that shut out ev erything. I cun eusily sec how a col lision might have occurred. When I saw 1 therp Mj»* nothing to do, I kept on down the Bay.” The City of Annapolis lies in about sixty feet of water, with her two smokestacks protruding above the sur face. Tiie owners have sent a tug to court)? the City of Richmond to mu*/"* V - ■ ME HOPES PREACHING MAY BE REVITALIZED Sun. Mmdm SOzUir tofatotu 00* Pulpit In Order to Do “KwT Lance’* Work. San Francisco, Feb. 24.—1 n a city "of not. less than a miiliou population,” the Rev. James L. Gor don, former Congregational minister of Washington and San Francisco, wd| establish a "Metropolitan Pul pit” in which he will serve ns a free lance.” He is not going to establish a new church, he emphasized, but merely exercise the perogative* of "Old Tes tament Days" when preneliers ami prophets were uot restricted by m many creeds “hut could preach re ligion as they were inspired.” The _ noted pastor , who resigned a $15,000 a year pulpit to "start out anew without a congregation or a church or financial organization.'’ said bis sermons will be founded on the belief that: ‘The old time sermon lias gone to seed and that its power can only be revitalized by making it interesting enough to compete for an audience with the movie, the drama, the radio and the automobile. “That a preacher doesn't have t.> be mad at somebody to preach. “That oratofy is not necessary, but eloquence is. - "That to interest the masses a preacher must talk common sense n< it is linked with the spiritual. “That when the scientist actually proves an existing theological be lief wrong, rheology can be bent to conform wthout detriment to re ligion. ‘That the minister should stop trying to help run the universe and direct a dozen or more allied church organisations to devote his entire energy to giving his ewrmons the absorbing interest that a dramatist puts into his play.” Matineeßuties by William RCourtnej The Tribune will, in a few days, be gin publication of a new serial story - entitled “Matinee Ladies.” This is a i splendid story and we are sure will please onr readers. V ' 7 T "'- —■ —r More Talk Os Special Session Os Legislature Heard This Week The Tribune Bureau 1 .- Rir Walter Hotel 1 By J. C. BASKERVILL | Raleigh. Feb. 24.—The possibility • lof iin extra session of the legislature: I in 1928 loomed as nn even more likely possifiiiity today as a result of the ; introduction of a bill by Representn- I live Francis I). Winston, of Bertie, J providing for a revision of the State j 1 constitution, and its ratification by | |l three-fifths of the members of the gen- ' T era! assembly in special session, after '■ ■ which It would be submitted to tt vote • of the people in the general election of ' 1928. If ratified by the people, it H* 'would become effective With the be- (tinning of the fiscal year of 1929-30. !• Ttiis bill by Representative Winston follows close on the heelsof the bill introduced by Representative "Sandy” tirahnm, of Orange, providing for the crention of a tax commission, to make it thorough study of the tax structure ■i of the state, with a view to shifting J the tax burden somewhat and to get I it on a more equitable basis. And to do I this a constitutional amendment or I amendments would be required, nnd a I special session of the general assembly * would be neceiwnry before the amend * inent could be submitted to a vote of f- tiie iieople two years henep. J But evidently this was not sufficient i for Judge Winston, who thinks that | instead of amending the constitution. , the entire document should be revised and brought up to date. And there ‘ is no doubt in the minds of those who * have devoted serious thought to the i question that this is the case, and't'.iat ; the present taxation muddle—and a ‘ muddle it is—will never be solved un ’ til certain substantial changes are i made in the eonstitution. j Hence, since it is generally admit s ted thnt the greatest defect in the state's governmental system at pres -i COMMENDS EFFORTS TO HALT STEALING t i Roberts Finds Officers Determined to Break Up Auto Stealing Ring. ! The Tribune Bureau • Sir Walter Hotel Italeigh, Feb. 24.—C'ommendBtiou of i the efforts of western North Carolina 1 sheriffs who are banding together in an effort to break up the automobile t theft ring that is foeusing its activ > ities in the vicinity of Asheville wag ■ made today by C. W. Roberts, vice ! 1 ‘president of the Catorlina Motor Club, J > In commenting on the wave of thiev-1 Cry in the Land of the Sky. - Between December 15th aud Feb- ' ruary 15th therewerc 141 cam stolen Asheville, Mr. Roberts pointed out I y y-uui average of 70 per month. irtrirhlß number wßLehow a pareuptible •flMense, Mr. ‘Roberts believe*? win*'- ] ing repeal of the title registration law by the South Carolinn legislature. “Many of the stolen cars in the past have been spirited across the state line into Tennessee, which has no title law," Mr. Roberts said, "and easily disposed of. With the South Carolina line less than fifty miles away and paved all the way this af fords another boulevard for the car thief—both the - so-called professional “rings” ami gangs who make a rdgn- , lar business of trafficking in stolen j machines and parts aud of the iiidi- j villus Is who steal cars to haul ailond of liquor or to make their way south." Motorists themselves are making it easy for the ear thieves, Mr. Roberts says, pointing out that in a majority of the 141 eases teh owners admitted the cars had been left uulocked. “By all means lock your cars,’ ’he urges. "If it is a closed ear lock the doors ami and be sure all windows nnd the wind shield are dosed. Asheville’s peculiar topography lands itself admirably to the purposes of car thieves because they cau roll a car off—in many in- j stances for several blocks —and pick looks at leisure. “During the two-month period nine ears were stolen belonging to mem bers of the Carolina Motor Club. Eight of these have been .recovered througli the efficiency and effective ness of our stolen car system. Gpc of the cars recovered was returned for the second time having been stolen during November. In each instance | the owner left it unlocked. Lock the | car even if you expect to be gone only a few minutes and leave it in a eon . apicuous place.” FIND TWO BODIES IN BURNED BRITISH TANKER Ship So Hot Following Explosion Thorough Search Could Net Be Made. > New Ybrk, Feb. 24. —OP)—Two . bodies have been found in the hulk of the burned British oil tanker Black Sea, which is beached on Bed Hook Flats in the harbor off Brooklyn. A wireless dispatch from the tug Resolute, which is standing by the tanker, to police headquarters today requested that a police launch be sent to the scene. jf When the police launch reached the tanker, two bodies, presumably those i of, seamen, were found on the port Side of the steamer. The starboard side of the craft was still red hot as a result of yesterday's explosion, off Bayonne, N. J., and firemen and po lieemen were unable to determine whether there were other bodies in the wreckage. Meoresvllle Votes For $50,900 School Bonds. Mooresville, Feb. 28.—With a regis tration of but 301 voters, an issue ot, $80,900 bonds for schools was au thorized by a special election here. Os those registered for the election, 212 voted for the isaue. [ ! Ten Pages Today i Two Sections jent is its basis of taxation by which the heaviest burden is imposed upon the property owners in the counties, and since it is generally admitted that this cannot be remedied without a thorough study of the situation ami the enactment of certain constitutional amendments, there is a decided senti ment in favor of attacking the prob lem immediately, and calling a special session if necessary to finish the job. But Representative Winston is nothing if not un astute and far-seeing statesman, which is as it should be. since he is past seventy years of age nnd has the wisdom of years together with the vision of youth—for his mind is as young and virile ns any member of the house. Hence he de cided that since a special session of the general assembly in 1928 is, al most inevitable anyway and since the constitution would have to be amend ed, that now was the time to set the necessary machinery in motion for a general revision of the constitution in its entirety. Hence his bill promisee that as soon as the present session of the general assembly adjourns thnt the house and senate committees on constitutional amendments at once undertake the task of re-writing the constitution. The bill provides that all necessary funds be provided for this work, and that the committees shall have the assistance whenever in need of the members of the supreme court. It is further provided that when the constitution has been re-written that the committees shall then report to the governor who will then call a spec ial session of the general assembly to consider the re-written constitution nnd decide whether or not it will be submitted to a vote of the jieoule. Bo what at first appeared to he only the vaguest possibility, now emerges into the realm of very ronf likelihood. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IN MARCH Many Schools Expected to Take Part hi the Tournament at State Col lege. Italeigh. N. (’., Feb. 24.—The size of the Second Annual High Scboo. Basketball Tournament at State Col lege, according to athletic officials at the local institution, will be limited only by the member of boys who can be cared for in the College dormitor ies. To date, more than 130 high school squads, made up of approxi mately 1300 players, have applied for' admission. Tournament dates are March 4 ami 5. The number of high school stu dents who are planning to spend two days on the campus is only .slightly lens than the number ot sOTenfs cnffill'M ' "Tn ' With the College dormitories al ready filled to capacity, the problem of absorbing almost an equal num ber of youngsters presents a good many difficulties. State College- students, -it is stated, are cooperating wholehearted ly in providing quarters for the great throng of visitors. The various fra ternities. county clubs, and other organizations, ns well as individual students, are working shoulder to shoulder With the athletic authori ties in arranging to care tor the crowd. The playing schedule and the pair ings for the first round of the tour nament will be announced ou Mon day. February 28. According to ten tative plans, two games will be play ed simultaneously on the courts ot the Frank Thompson gymnasium, be ginning early in the morning of each day and continuing until 11 p. m. Finals in each class will be played on the large varsity court on Saturday evening, March 5. Trophy cups will be awarded to the winner and runner up ia each class, hud the players representing the first and second (dace teams in ench division will also receive souvenir- watch fobs. The Spalding Trophy, emblematic of the champion ship, will go to the winner in Class A. Leaksville won this trophy last year. History' of Moravians. The Tribune Bureau Sit Walter Hotel Raleigh, Feb. 24.—The North Caro lina Historical Commission has just distributed the third volume of Rec ords of the Moravians in North Caro lina, edited by Adelaide L. Fries, archivist of the Moravian Church in America, southern province. Volumes II and 11, containing the records be tween the years 1753 and 177 C, were published by the historical commission in 1922 and 1925, respectively. The current volume covers the years 1776 to 1779. Miss Fries is now at work on the fourth volume, which will cover the remainder of the Revolutionary period. This series of records con tains much new information on the eighteenth century history of North Carolina, has been widely used by his torians of this country and has at tracted some attention in Europe. Judge Shoots Dice With Prisoner. (By International News Service) Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 24. Throwing dice with a defendant, with a “pass" or a “natural” meaning freedom, is the latest of many legal eccentricacies devised by Judge H, B. Abernnthy, ot county court of mis demeanors. Judge Abernathy gambled recently with Jubilee Early Richards, negro, arraigned on a gaming charge, to de termine "whether the culprit would toil on the county roads. Handing the defendant a pair of enormous wooden dice, nearly a foot square, the jurist ■commanded: “Shoot!” The negro threw a four and groan ed. Rolling desperately, sweat soon pouring down his brow. Jubilee fin ally made his point ami was allowed to depart in peace. AUSTRALIAN BALLOT BILL DOOMED WITH HOUSE House Votes to Table Bill and Puts on “Clincher’,, Which Keeps It With the | Committee. | GAME BILL IS GIVEN APPROVAL | Bus Franchise Bill Moves ! Along But the Width of the Busses Will Remain as at Present. Raleigh, Feb. 24. —G4>)—Virtual en act nifiit into law of statewide game measure and a death dealing blow to the Australian ballot bill stood out in legislative procedure today. Both houses were bent on working day and night. Tile house killed the Australian, or secret ballot bill. 58 to 49, in a suc cessful motion to table, to which vote the “clincher motion" was put, mak ing it unparliamentary henceforth to move to pull it from cotnmittee. N umerous proposed amendments flowed into the chair in the midat. of debate carried on from yesterday’s dis cussion, including 27 proposals from representatives to exempt as , many counties from the provisions before the adverse vote closed the debate. Passage of the measure which cre ates a state game commissioner and provides for uniformity of game regu lation throughout the state alone awaits a nominal step, ratification by House Speaker Fountain, to put it into effect. The Senate passed the bill 40 to 3 intact, and without amendment. Lieut. Governor Long presiding said it was the first time in his many years’ leg islative experience that he had had opportunity to see final passage of such a bill. Final passage also was given to the House bus bill in which a Senate vote was 38 to 3, after the Senate had adopted an amendment which gives the bus companies a six-year fran chise. Permitted width of the bus remains at 84 inches. Second reading in the house of the $30,000,000 road bill saw it advanced to third reading intact and without amendment by a vote of 99 to 1. The House judiciary Committee No. the-senate ijnmaskUy*. bill passed n nnniinOusTy in- "the “ upper body yesterday. A two-thirds house vote necessary to secure suspension of the rules to' enable immediate passage failed. A bill introduced by Senator Han cock, of Granville, and Itoyall, of Wayne, to place a tax of 1-2 of 1 per cent, on the stock of foreign corpora tions would. Mr. Hancock said, put $4,900,000 in the equalizing fund for schools. This tax was abolished several years ago when there was about $375,000,- 000 worth of stock of this nature list ed. Senator Hancock said that a much greater amount would be put on the tax books if the owners had the assurance that the rate on this class of property would not consume a large part of the dividends on this class of stock. The Senate also received a bill by McDonald, of Moore County, to in crease the salary of the Governor from $0,500 to $7,500. Other consti tutional officers would get increases of $1,500 each, making their salaries SC,- 000. ATTACKS REED AND IS ATTACKED IN RETI’RN Missouri Senator Answers Charges Made by Senator Robinson, of In diana. Washington, Feb. 24.—C4>)—The methods of Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, in conducting campaign funds inquiry were assailed in the Senate today by Senator Robinson, re publican. of Indiana, who in turn was accused by Reed of making a “cow ardly insinuation that the does not dare to make openly.” Robiuson assailed particularly the lone hand investigation of Reed in Indiana, as chairman of the senate campaign funds investigating com mittee, declaring the Missourian had basked there as one “in the sunlight of publicity.” He also opposed granting Reed's committee authority to hold meetings during Congress’ recess, declaring that although he did not know that Reed would do so, it would give him the opportunity to “go into states and get, delegates to the Democratic National Convention.” “Insinuation is the last refuge of a coward,’' Heed shouted when Roberts had concluded. “A manly man stands up like a man and says what he has to say.” See* N* Necessity for Trip. Washington, Feb. 24.— (AP)— After . consulting with President Coolidge, j Secretary Kellogg has written Chair man Borah indicating that the admin ’ istration sees no necessity for the projected visit to Mexico and Nicar agua by the Senate foreign relations committee. The Secretary who is ill, 1 said the committee could obtain full information regarding the situation in those countries from two .state Dep ‘ nrtment officils who were directed to 1 appear before committee at Us session today. Memberi) of a religious sect in 1 Siberia reside underground from the ■ age of forty till death. The cave l dwellers call themselves “Subterran ean Dwellers." ■ —1 i j TODAY’S NEWS TODAY® NO. 40 i GREAT BRITAIN t~l SEND CRUISER TO j NICARAGUAN POUT Vessel Will Be “Place of 1 Refuge” for All British J Subjects Endangered fey | Warfare There. NO CHANGE IN 1 POLICY OF NATlOft ] Cruiser Sent Because Hie | Americans Could Ntft 1 Guarantee Protection feS I the British. rmt’l London. Fob. 24.—OP)—The British f government has decided to send a : J cruiser to Nicaragua as “a place of | refuge” for British subjects endang- T ered by t\ie civil wnrfare going on j there, it was officially stated todg'fe S-C Dispatch of the cruiser, it is midef stood. does not indicate a in the fundamental British policy in Ti Central America, nor n change ill the * attitude toward the Monroe Doctrine, ;5j A definite decisfim to send a ernurt*' ■ ;; Ji came after the British charge de fairs at Managua notified his gover** ,3 ment that the American minister not guarantee to protect British lltrn *s and property in the event of ronew£§ J street fighting. Going for “Moral Effect.” Washington, Feb. 24.—UP)—Thtt i British ambassador formally notified the State department today that the British warship Colombo would IKM J rive at Corinto, Nicaragua. FebrlMß id 28th, for the “moral effect” its pre#- ence njight have, but that under | circumstances would British 4 (MH ;| forces be landed. THE COTTON MARKET ■ : Opened Steady at Advance of 4 to lU Points, May Going Up to 14.14.' : New York. Feb. 24.—OP)—'The We l , ton market oi>ened steady today itfc an advance of 4 tp 10 points in rpt , spouse to tile persistent firmness Os ’ Liverpool and the rather bullish im- | pression made on sentiment by stop page of March notices Issued here ye*- ' , terday. The advance met consider#- S hie realizing and some southern aeljr t ing. ami after selling at 14.18 at the | start. May reacted to 14.14. October $ sold off from 14.58 to 14.55, but 3 L enough covering and trade buying held <• . rfce market Atmtrty at net nrhmucot-w** , 5 or ti point-- ai the end of the first hour. Additional March notices aggregate-1 ing somewhat over 10,000 bales were s . reported in the market. ■ A feature of the early news wan . tiic continued active spot business in . Liverpool where sales of 18.000-hpjH§] were reported, including 13,000 balm' : . of American. Cotton futures opened steadv. Mam ; 14.05; May 14.18; July 14.30; Ctei, . 14.58; Dec. 14.74. With Our Advertiser*.“ The Auction Sale of houses anj * lots on Franklin Avenue, W'liich was i 1 scheduled for Wednesday morning, trfs | postponed until Saturday moHi- : ing, February 20tli. See big 'ad. in this paper. “The Scarlet Letter” is being ohoda ‘ at the Concord Theatre today and ,ipvj morrow. Lillian Gish is featured in \ this picture, and it is said to be hep very best. On Friday night there will ba vaudeville in addition to the pic ture. You can get a 98-piece Complete Table Service at the Concord Furni tore Company’s store on Friday, Sat urday or Monday for only $39.90. All ’ you have to pay down is 95 pentad ditd the balance SI.OO weekly. See biglK. f] in tiiis paper for illustration of the set, and other particulars. . :ij§H * Vegetables of all kinds at the ' H. Cash Store. Also rools, cinnnmtm 5 buns and other good things to ‘ For hauling or moving of any * long ilistance or short hauls, see ZSt j I’, .(’ruse, the moving man. Phone or 133 J. He also has a storage wa» ; : ; house, and does crating and shipMK.t New coiton fabrics in a rainbow « 1 colors at Robinson’s. They come fit < ( \ lovely weaves of cotton and eottßfc” ‘ combined with silks, and can he had 1 at various prices. 1 Have your photograph made at the ; Boyd TV. Cox Studio. See new ad. tb s day. J Hundreds of new spring rugs are now ready for your inspection at tbe • Bell & Harris Furniture Co. Go see ‘‘ them. j 1 New spring hats that speak iu terw* of chic at the millinery departm<(ilK| at Kfird's. Prices $2.95 to $3.95, -.1 n New spring hosiery for men at - . „ Guilford welfare officers are wthfei-aj ing on the theory that the child wSi||j „ taken by its father, who is estrAnggiijjfl n from the mother. u WEATHER FORECAST, 4 e Partly cloudy tonight and FKtfrlflß i- not much change in temperatdre. Mod*ll crate west .and northwest wind*,