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VOLUME XXVII
JAPAN iur SUFFER !,
«DISASTER I
SEISBOGOLISTSWS
Rev. Francis A. Tondorf,
S. J., Thinks More Earth
Tremors May Visit Jap
anese Islands.
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EARTH STRATA
NOT ADJUSTED I
Expert Says Latest Trem
ors May Not Have Ad- >
justed Properly Strata of , 1
the Islands.
Washington. March 10.—04*)—Ja
pan may suffer nu oven greater dis
aster than that of Monday's earth
quake if the tremors this week have
not adjusted the earth strata of the
inlands, the Rev. Francis A. Tondorf,
S. J., Georgetown University seismol
ogist, said today. ' Even the famous
earthquake of 1923 did not equal the
more recent one in intensity, he de- 1
c'.ared, and that latter has borne out
the opinion frequently advanced that
adjustment was not comp.eted in 1023. 1
Seismologists can determine whether J
or not a third big is to follow, be t.
said, but poiuted out that a thorough t
study of the recent tremors must he *
made first / j]
2,458 Officially Reported Dead. «
Tokio, March 10.—<A>)—Official re- |
ports to the home office from the ..
earthquake area say there are 2,458 ®
dead. 4,107 inju red, and 88 missing.
About 6.000 house were destroyed by !
lire or collapsed and over 2,000 wore
badly damaged. The liomelew are be
ing rapidly relieved through the con- .
st ruction of barracks and food and
medicines are flowing into devastated
regions.
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WOMEN OPENING MEET
AT STATE UNIVERSITY J
Sessions of League of Woman Voters i
Will Continue Through Saturday. v
Chapel Hill, March 10.— OP)— An l
analytical airing of legislative days f
and nights, the last two months, was j
the order of the annual meeting of the
League of Woman Viters and schooL .
of citizenship here today.
E. B. Jeffresx, mayor of Greensboro, .
and puhllsbehof the Greensboro Nobsli.
Mroff tirt discussion, followed by one|l
on county government by Dr. • E. C.
Branson, of the University of North -j
Carolina, and open talks by members j
on the informal legislative review.
The sessions will continue tomorrow
and Saturday, with a banquet tonight '
featured by 3-minute talks.
THE STOCK MARKET i
Broad Buying Was Again in Evl- ,
deuce at Opening of Market To- *
day. I
New York. March 10. —OP)—Broad j
buying was again in evidence at the f
opening of today’s stock market, with !
-investment railroad shares and spe- *
1 cialtien recording the best gains. Ini- 1
- tint advances of a point or more were *
scored by Bangor & Aroostook, Frisco,
and International Combustion.
Winston-Salem. Attorney. Candidate ]
For New Office.
Winston-Salme, March B.—S. E. ’
Hall, prominent Republican lawyer 1
of Winston-Salem has announced his 1
candidacy for appointment of United
States district attorney in the newly
created middle district of North Caro
lina. (
Mr. Hall’s announcement came >
after the Republican executive coin- >
rnittee of Forsyth county had eu- i
dorsed him for the post. I
_ Winston-Salem has another caitdi- <
date for district attorney, Marshal 1
1.. Mott having entered the race sev- <
eral weeks ago. i
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THE STOCK MARKET ,
Reported by Earner A Beane. j
Market closed today at the follow
ing figures:
Atclrson 173% j
American Tobacco B. 121%
American Smelting 150%
American Locomotive 113% .
Atlantic Coast Line 180%
Chemical 141
Baldwin Locomotive 190
Baltimore & Ohio ..—. 113%
Chesapeake & Ohio 157
DuPont . 198
Frisco 113 1
General Motors : 173%
General Electric 85%
Hudson 74%
Standard Oil Os New Jersey _ 38%
Kennecott Copper 02%
Coca-Cola *. lB9
Liggett & Myers B 94
Mack Truck 106
Maryland Oil 54%
Pan American Petroleum B 62%
Rock Island 83
R. J. Reynolds 100%
Southern Railway 123%
Stukobaker _ 61
Stewart-Warner 60%
Texas Co. 40%
Tobacco Products 107
V. . Steel 160%
Wetstinghouse « 72%
Woolworth 125%
American Tel. A Tel. 150
American Can 48% I
Allis Chalmers 96
Dodge Bros. 28%
Great Northern , 87%
Gulf State Steel ... 63%
Lorillard 20%
Montgomery-Ward 64%
Norfolk & Western 170%
Overland 28%
Republic Iron & Steel .75
' Vick Chemical oe%l
The Concord Daily Tribune
. North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
l|»7* ■—
j Kidnaped |
rhree hundred and fifty Nevi
fork detectives hunted four
pear-old Billy Gaffney, wh*
disappeared from the roof o|
ihe apartment of his parents if
Brooklyn. Playmates told of
» “bokey man’* who carried
aim off.
flatsuttwiil mall
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline, May Going
to 14.05 and October to 14.58.
New York, March 10.—OP)—The
cotton market opened steady today at
a decline of 1 to 7 points under re
newed liquidation, accomplished by re
iterated reports of a less active spot
demand and talk of a slightly easier
basis in some of the Southern markets.
Sealing was rather active, the price
of May contracts easing off to 14.05,
and October to 14.39 during the first
hour, or 5 to 7 pointe net lower.
Trade interests were buyers on a
*?*le down, however, and offerings
were well enough absorbed to steady
prices. Private cables attributed do
eMoes in Livcpoov-io
Bombay buying.
Cotton futures opened steady. March
13.95; May 14 08; July 1-1.26; Oct.
14.41 ; Dee. 14.50,
GOVERNOR TO NAME
CONSERVATION BOARD
Act of legislature Created Board and
12 Members Must Be Named.
Raleigh, March 10.—IP)—Governor
Mclean today had before him the ap
pointment of a new board of conser
vation, consisting of 12 members. The
board i»itl succeed the present fisher
ies hoard of 12 members and six of
the department of conservation and
development, alt of whose terms will
expire on April 1, 1927.
The legislature placed the adminis
tration of the Sutton statewide game
law under the Department of Conser
vation and Development, and Director
Phillips said it “will save many thou
sands of dollars for ..orth Carolina,
and will relieve the necessity of cre
ating more than 100 new offices.’
With Our Advertisers.
The Gray Shop isi having a three
days selling of more thail 300 brand
new dresses just in from New York,
actual values from 119.50 to $34.50,
at only $14.75 and $24.75. You will
find iu these lots dresses for every
daytime occasion, in georgette, crepe,
flat crepe, canton erepc and crepe de
chine. This store is also featuring
new spring hats for $8.85. See ad.
today for full particulars.
Fisher’s has a coat for $75 i that
anyone can wear with pride. Read
the description of it in the new ad.
today.
If you have an old faded photo
graph take it to the Boyd W. Cox
Studio and they wll| make beautiful
Copies and miniatures from it for you.
“It” at the Star Theatre today and
tomorrow is said to be one of the
best pictures on the screen.
You wifi find many little gifts of
vast importance at 8. W. Pceslar’s.
Ladies' and men’s spring slippers
at Eflrd’s. Prices $1.96 to $3.95.
Children’s Happytos slippers, $1.35 to
$2.85.
See the new ad. today of The Hub,
Joe Gaskel proprietor, where the fam
ous Griffon clothes are sold.
Two trouser suits from Schloss
Bros. Sc Co., $25 to $45, at Hoover’s.
Visit the show room of K B. Grady
and see the modern plumbing fixtures.
Phone 3S4W.
Curlee blue serge Ruits, there are
none better at the price. Big stock
*t W. A. Overcast's. Sizes run from
34 to GO.
The new Columbia Viva-Tonaf is
life itself. The Concord Furniture
Co. has juat received a big shipment.
Brom March 10th to 25th, I or
while they lost, the prices on Ruud
tank heaters will be greatly reduced.
The price of the No. 25 Ruud heaters
w.UI be greatly redueedd shrdleutaosh
is only $18.98 installed. Terms $1.98
down and 25 cent* a week, or cash in
30 days only SIB.OO. See ad.
Memphis, *Tw!n.,**MarSi 10.—0 W
The Pottscomp, Mies., State Bank
was robbed early, today of $5,000 in
cash apd $7,000 in securities after the
safe bad been opened with an acety
lene torch.
GREAT BRITAIN IS !
AGREEABLE TO NEW!
COOLIGE PROPOSAL
WUi take Part in a Con-i
ference Whose Aim
Would Be to Limit Nav
al Armament.
JAPAN’S REpLy
EXPECTED SOON
Japan Is Expected to Give
Approval to the Plans
for a new Three-Power
Pact.
Washington. March 10.— UP) —The j
British government has instructed ,
Ambassador Howard here to accept ;
the American projiosul for a three
power naval-disarmament conference.
Although a reply from the Japanese j 1
government is still awaited, there hns I 1
been no question here that Japan will! !
respond favorably to the plan to fur- 1
ther limit naval armaments. The i
actual dispatch of formal invitations ,
for the conference probably wil fix a
dale in June or July for the meeting ■
which will he held at Geneva.
Ambassador Howard made an en
gagement with acting* secretary Grew ’
today to discuss the question.
JURY-DECIDES COUPLE
DIED FROM EXPOSURE
Dr. H. McLeod, Os Aberdeen. In
veztigates Death of Man and Wo- ]
man in Field. <
Aberdeen, March 9.—A coroner’s • I
jury late today found that the couple i
whose bodies were found near here <
frozen yesterday, died from exposure, I
exhaustion and freezing. Dr. 11. Me- t
Leod, of Aberdeen, was in charge of i
the jury which investigated accidental ]
disclosure by a small boy of the i
bodies about a mile from here. <
The two, J. E. Bushwny, traveling -
for n safety razor concern of Brook
lyn. X. Y., and Miss Helen Higgins, ,
of Sargentville, Me., a waitress in n (
Piuehurst hotel, became lost in the i
snowstorm Tuesday night a week ago \
and, exhausted from the exposure, i
froze to death, the jury decided. ,
The couple started to walk back tO( ,
Aberdeen, after u. car in which they j
were riding toward l’iio-hurvt west ,i
point where the road forks, one prong
going toward Rockingham, they took ,
the wrong Course. Their bodies were
found in a cotton field about 150 ]
yards from the Rockingham road and ,
300 yards from the point where their ,
ear was stuck. ,
They were less than a mile from ,
Aberdeen, and it is said that ordi
narily the lights of the town may be |
seen from the spot where they died. ,
However, on the night of the heavy ,
snowfall, it is said the lights at
Aberdeen had gone off, and the couple, \
probably blinded by the snow, lost
their course ami tragic fate overtook
them. 1
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CONCORD TO TAKE PART
IN TRACK CARNIVAL ,
Local High School Team Will Be
Represented at Davidson Meet.
Davidson, N. C., March iu.— ]
Competition in the high school track '
carnival, which will be staged at '
Davidson Col ege on the afternoon ]
of March 19, is going to be keen, us
indicated by the fact that ten of the
big high schools have accepted the
invitation of Coach Tex Tilson io
cuter the affair. Track teams of ]
Brevard, Concord, Raleigh, Greens- :
boro, Reidsvilie, Fayetteville, Sails- !
'mry, Statesville, Wilmington and*
Barium Springs have formally ao
- -epted Davidson invitation. 1
< No official communication has
: been received from Charlotte, hut
this school always enters and will
send a team here that afternoon.
: Within a few days others are expeot-
I ed to accept. In the meantime, coach
, Tilson is sending out entrance b’anks .
to all who have entered, and will <
• have the lieatn arranged before they
: arrive.
I The high school teams and their 1
. coaches will be guests of the iustitu-
I tion at lunch on the day of the meet.
( as has been the custom for the past
two ygars. A new feature of the meet
[ thin year is the fact that Davidson
freshmen will enter but will not
, place in the scoring. They have
never been eligible for the loving
, cup offered, but some officials felt
that an injustices was wronght to
the high school contestants for the
1 Wildkittens to enter.
Assembly Confirms Equalization Board
Raleigh, March B.—Confirmation of
the state equalization board appointed
by Governor A. W, McLean, in con
formity with the Woltz bill enacted
into law tonight, was one of the
last acts of the 1927 session of the
general assembjy.
The list follows:
° P. H. Johnson- Elizabeth City, first
district.
B. B. William, Warrenton, second
district.
G. M. A. Graham, Clinton, third
district.
F. P. Spruill, Rooky Mount,"fourth
district.
-James K. Norfleet, Winston-Salem,
fifth district.
J- O. Carr, Wilmington, sixth
district.
L. M. Blue, Sanford, seventh dis
trict , : -
B. B. Dougherty, Boone, eightth
district.
E. Woltz, Gastonia, ninth dis
trict)
T*. Bryson,' Bryson City, tenth
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927
More Than $71*000,000 Made
In Appropriations by Legislature
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Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, March 10.—Although it
: started out as an “Economy Legisla
ture," the economy was evidently talk
ed more than it was practiced* since
the late general assembly will probab
ly go down in history as having au
thorized the expenditure of more mon
ey than ahy other.
More than $71,000,000 In appropria
tions, both bonds and for general
maintenance, was voted by the general
assembly that just adjourned. The
1925 general assembly appropriated
between $55,600,000 and $00,000,000,
and that was thought a record. But
it has been made to look like a pilfer
in comparison with the “economy*
legislation just passed.
But in conscience-stricken retrench
ment, the bill providing for increfts'ng
the salaries of the Governor, the coun
cil of state and the majority of the de
partment heads, was killed in the last
minutes of the session, despite the fact
a few minutes earlier bills had been
passed granting to every employe Os
the house and senate, from clerks,
pages, janitors and sergeants-at-arms
down to bootblacks, a bonus of a dol
lar a day for the Session. It required
these little “gifts" of S6O to each of
the 102 employes of the two houses — ■
almost one employe for each member
SERIOUS PURPOSE OF THE j
RECENT LEG I.SI ATI'RE
Had the Desire at All Times to Do
the Right Thing.
Tribune Bureau. I
Sir Walter Hotel, j
Raleigh, March 10.—Now that the j
general assembly of 1927 has j Kissed j
into history, tbe outstanding ftp- j
preesion that has been left upon
observers who followed its delibera- j
tions for the 04 days it was ! n .'see*]
sion is the sincerity and seriousness {
of purpose that dominated its de
liberations, and the rally construe-,
tive results obtained. For the majori
ty of the measures which were of
real merit prevailed, and the bulk of
the 1,200 new laws enacted are gen
erally oonoedd to be of a worth
white nature.
While it is true that, there prob
ably was never a session of the gen
eral assembly when more bills were
reconsidered time after time, so
that there was some criticism at
times of this tendency, to the • end
.that the aijMmbly at times did not
appear to J§Mp- its own mind,
those wlto 'jEaMffis'ed the course of
legislation generqj y see in this fact
or’ the body and its desire to be per
fectly fair and to do the right thing.
For instance, there were a mini- 1
ber of occasions when a bill came jip 1
a feature was discovered which iliil!
not meet with approval and it \v;is j
defeated or tabled. loiter, when it
was realized that a measure so mil- !
ed had contained many good fea
tures, and that it had been sacrificed'
merely because of one or two minor,!
features to which there were oh-j
jeetious, and the gbod features enact- ;
ed into law.
This is but one. example or tlie
outstanding fairness that prevailed
all the se*iion of both the senate and j
the house, from tbe presiding offi
ers on down to the individual mem- 1
bens. Even where a bill would come |
up whose defeat was certain, there,
yvflß never an effort made to stife;
debate. The policy was rather to
let both opponents and proponents ■
“talk it out” and then defeat the
measure according to the regular
procedure. Even where measures
were ultimately tabled, much time
was always allowed for full and
complete discussion.
The fact that the members of both:
houses fully realized the impartiality j
and fairness with which the houses j
had been governed was evideut dur- j
ing the “love feast” in the house j
Monday night, and in the Senate j
Tuesday night. In eomplimehtiiic;
Speaker Fountain on the manner in.
which he had presided over the
house, Representative R. O. Everett j
of Durham, referred specifically 11
the fairness of the speaker in always
allowing everyone to be heard on
any subject, and his constant
courtesy toward all members, minori
ty as welt as majority. Similar sen
timents were expressed in the senate
Tuesday night by Senator Rivers
Johnson, in addressing Lieutenant
Governor Long, in which he paid
special compliment to Governor
Long as an able presiding officer.
who was manifestly fair tp Us rul
ings at all time. «
Another outstanding feature m
this session was the intensive work
done by the various committee-.
Those familiar with legislative bodies {
know that the real work ofany ses
sion is done in tbe committee roniri
—that it is there that the hundred
of bills are carefully dissected and
analyzed, auit ‘ then put together
again, much as a jeweler takes the
intricate parts of, a delicate watch
apart, and then fits them baek to
gether.
"The interest taken by the various j
committees this past session was :tie
most notable thins about the ses-;
sion,” said a member of the house,
who has been in tbe general as-1
sembly from time to time for tb"
past 15 years. “I have never known
a session where matters were gone
into more thoroughly in the various
committees than during the session
just ended. The result was that
when a committee finally acted upon
a measure, it was so sure that it
wo/) right in its recommendation-,
that when the house or senate fail- j
ed to concur, it Sometimes started a !
fight—not because of any personal j
differences, but because the commit
tees felt so Sure'Of what they were
doing. This, to a certain extent ex- j
plains tbe amount of reconsideration
done. Thus there was very little '
perversity evident, but rathera ain i
! of the two houses The exact amount
that had been paid out by reason of
t these “bonus bills” up to last night
-was $9,720, and the auditor’s office
« 1 reported that there might still be
> some more.
si Bui to get back to the $71,000,000
•' j appropriated for all purposes, here it
■' is by general projects:
State highway bond jssue—-$30,000,- ■
,1,000 (bonds).
[; Revenue from gasoline and license :
ij’tsx, for sinking fund on bonds, main-!
Jdenance, etc.,—-$15,000,000 (yearly). ]
|, General fund .revenue, for all state i
purposes—sls,ooo,ooo (yearly),
ti For permanent improvements, state
S? institutions—s6,247,ooo (bonds),
i t For Smoky Mountains National I
I Park—s2,ooo,ooo (bonds).
! For Cape Fear Bridge. Wilmington
T—SI.250,000 (bonds).
1 . For School Loan Fund—s2,soo,ooo
'Hbonde).
I For Prison Farm—s4oo,ooo (bonds),
’f For Farm Colony for Women—
; {$(10,000.
H Total $71,457,000.
| Os this amount, more than $41,-
> | 000,000 is bonded indebtedness, mak
!ling the total bonded indebtedness of
'{ the state more than $180,000,000.
it The educational equalization fund
Mos of $3,250,000 is included in tbe
! general fund Revenue of approximate
■ j.ly $15,000.000 yearly.
j WORK FOR MAJOR PHILLIPS
ij HAS BEEN INCREASED
1 1 Department of Conservation and De
velopment Has Its Duties Greatly
I increased.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
.j Raleigh, March 10.—With the ad
i Ulition of two important functions to
i j its duties by the late general assem
j bly, the department of conservation
land development has had the work un
i {tier its direction almost doubled,
j M< st imimrtant among the legisla- 1
tive actions affecting this department
[are those which jitarged the fisheries
1 1 commission and placed the adminis
■ (ration of the new Sut(on game bill
i under its direction.
| Next to tbe forestry and geological
i programs which were carried on be
| fore the department was created by
■! action of the 1925 session of the gen
ii eral assembly, the new fisheries divi
fj Bion will bring in the next oldest field
‘[of the work of the department. Un
it der the bill passed by the general as
: j sembly the flsheris work will be taken
;i over on April Ist, but the headquar
-,| ters for commercial fishing dqties will
: ? ,i*ina'in at Morebeud City asliii the,
Tpnst because practically all "of -4W*'
work is centered on tiie const. Be
sides the development of the commer
j cial fisheries and the conservation of
the supply, the department will also
devote more attention to sports fishing,
the anglers tax just enacted being pro
posed to furnish more funds for this
purpose.
Several other legislative enactments
i will aid in the administration of tbe
department’s functions. One of the
| most important of these deals with
the authority of the forest fire preven
tion service to summon aid within
county from beyond old township lines
when the seriousness of a tire makes
such action necessary.
Under a resolution fostered by Sen
ator E. S. Aekey, the department is
directed to make a survey of forests
I of eastern North Carolina and to
recommend areus suitable for state
parks, forests and game preserves to
the next general assembly.
Another important item of legisla
tion was the authorization of n road
to the top of Rendezvous Mountain
in the park bearing tbe same name
in Wilkes county. A number of bills
dealing with forestry were killed in
committee.
BLIZZARD IN COLORADO
HALTS SEVERAL TRAINS
San Juan Valley Mining Communities
Again Isolated by the Blizzard.
Denver, Col., March 10. — OP) —A
1 blizzard in southern Colorado today
delayed trains, blocked highways, and
blasted hopes of the San Juan Vatlcy
mining communities to re-establish
transportation lines severed a month
ago by snow slides.
Passengers on a Denver & Rio
, Grande Western train en route from
, Durango to Denver were marooned at
Chama, New Mexico, while another
! train was stalled by drifts between
■ Telluride and Durango.
Texan Tosses Bomb From Bed
Through Window'.
Dallas, Texas, March B.—The cool
nerve of Hugh J. Barr, a contractor,
early today saved the lives of himself
and family when a dynamite bomb
was hurled on to hia bed by an un
known assailant.
Their four-year-old son was sleeping
nearby and six other children were in
other rooms. Barr offered a SI,OOO
reward for apprehension of the attack
er. He said he was at a loss to ac
count for the attack.
Mrs. Barr was awakened by some
thing which struck her face, and
awakening her husband, they discover
ed a sputtering bomb lying on the
covers. Barr seised the dynamite,
jerked out the fuse and threw it from
a window.
j ~
In page ad. circulars distributed to
! day by the Parks-Belk Co. Fort Bliss
j Khaki was quoted at 1 cent a yard.
; The price should have been 10 cents
j a yard.
j verity."
So it is evident in looking over the
record of the .'oat nine weeks that
the general welfare of the state as a
whole really predominated, and that
I the entire assembly was mol i via ted
by the utmost sincerity and the de
sire to nccomp'.ish mimethiug con
structive for the state us a whole.”
BRITISH SEEK
LIBERTY FOB MW
SEIZED BY CHINESE
J
Mrs. Michael Borodin, Wife!
| of Adviser to Cantonese !
Government, ' Captured!
i Along With Soviet Ship,}
SHIP USED FOR
TROOP MOVEMENT
Units of the Army of Gen
eral Chang Tsung Chang
Captured Boat Saturday |
and Are Holding Woman
Shanghai, March 10.—C4>)—Owen
O’Malley, British charge do affairs,
today was reported to be on the wnyl
to Peking in an attempt to intercede)
for Mine. Borodin, who was arrested
when the soviet steamer Pamist Len
ine was seized by units of the army
of Genera! Tsung Chang on Saturday.
It is stated tlitfit Mr. O'Malley is act
ing at the request of her husband,
Michael Borodin, adviser to the Can
tonese government.
The northern army is using the
Pamint Lcniuc to transport troops to
centers where they are needed to pre
vent an advance by the southern nat
ionalist armies.
Will Not Execute Russians.
_ Peking. March 10. —OP)—General
Vang Yu-Ting, Marshal Chang Tso-
I. chief of staff, declared today that
Chang had not ordered the execution
of three Russian couriers arrested
Saturday when White Russians serv
ing with the Shanghai defense army,
seized the soviet steamer I'ainiat Len
iue.
General Yang added that the de
fender of Shanghai, General Chang
Tsung-Chang, had reported to Peking
that the three men were being guarded
at Tsinan, and were well treated.
British Not Asked to Intercede.
Ixtndon, March 10.— CP) —The Brit
| ish government has not been asked to
intercede on behalf of Mme. Borodin,
arrested Saturday by northern Chi
nese forces near Shanghai, it was stat- I
ed at the foreign office today.
Anti-Foreign Demonstrations.
Shanghai, March 10.— OP) —Anti- i
foreign demonstrations occurred at j
Wuhu, 200 milts west of Shanghai, :
tlircflighont Tuesday and Wednesday j
in the course of which rioters wrecked I
the customs' house and customs club, j
i Foreign men were concentrated under I
the protection of warships.
The steamer Kutwo left Wuhu to
day with a group of foreign women 1
and children on board.
Rosemary Man Takes Own Life.
Rosemary, March 10.—OP)—Funeral
services were being arranged today
for .1. Earnest Cox. 40. master me
chanic of Roanoke Rapids, whose body
was found yesterday in his automobile
near the bulkhead of the canal.near
here.
Canal workmen found the &ody with
a bulet hole in the temple. 1 A cor
oner’s jury returned a verdict that
the man "came to his death by his
own hand.”
No note- was found to explain why
Cox took his life. He is a native of
California, and came here about 6
years ago. He is survived by his
widow.
J. A. Bell Endorsed, Mcßae and Pharr
Get Out.
Charlotte, March 9.—. Tames A. Bell,
local lawyer, today was unanimously
endorsed at a meeting of the Meck
lenburg' Bar Association for appoint
ment. by Governor McLean as one of
the four or six emergency judges for
which provision was made by the legis
lature.
John A. Mcßae and Edgar W.
Pharr, who had been mentioned, with
drew their names.
Two Perish In Fire.
Amarillo, Texas, Mnreb 10.—OP) —
Two lives were lost and six persons
injured in a tire which destroyed the
old Amarillo Hotel annex today. The
dead are Mrs. Benito Gonzales and
her infant daughter. The baby was
burned to death in the building and
the mother died later in the morning.
Twenty Indicted for Conspiracy.
Chicago, March 10. — CP) —Twenty
persons alleged to have signed suspect
notices which resulted in the names of
hundreds of voters being stricken
from the registration books just be
fore the Washington Birthday prim
ary, were indicted today for con
spiracy.
I STAR THEATRE)
TODAY-FRIDAY
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With CLARA BOW and
ANTONIO MORENO !
\ This picture is being: shown!
1 all next week at the New
i ! Carolina Theatre in Char-!
lOlotte. We show the same!
pictures in the Star as you;
see in the Carolina Theatre.o
Why not see them in your j
home town?
ADMISSION 10c and 25c B
SATURDAY
BUCK JONES ih 8
“30 BELOW ZERO’ ’ S
Citric Champ y
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Howard Striblmg, eighteen, o, j
Columbus, 0., ate sixty-tw< j
oranges in a contest at Cincin j
nati, 0., and was proclaimet
title-holder in the Citric Divis j
ion of Goofy Championships, j
Zlatamstiona) -«ra«n
WOODSON WILL LIKELY
MAKE CONGRESS RACE I
At Least, Rowan Man’s Friends Have !
Him Mock in Mind.
Tom Bust in Greensboro News.
Raleigh, March 9. Legislative i
loose-ends, picked up the morning i
after, have Waiter Henderson Wood- i
son. of Salisbury, certain entry for j
Congress in the eighth district, and i
no fewer than live other potential i
congressmen from the late general as- j
stnbl.v.
So much is Congress in the mind of {
Senator Woodson’s friends, at least, i
that it may be said with certainty
that if an emergency judgeship is of
fered him lie will decline it. He
would not think lightly of the honor,
j but his tastes are different. The j
i prestige of four, senatorial sessions j
jiu a row, with acknowledged leader -
) ship in them all, and a big hand in
j ibe work which has made North Ga*»>-
[lina a business strife "in’ 1 Tfs'TlVtft inF
I stration, will be his when he takes
, the field as candidate iu the eighth.
Has Not Announced Yet.
j It hns not been sent out from
j Washington in recent years that
| Farmer Bob Doughton thinks of com
[ iug back home to live. X-ewspaper-
I men were wont in old days to have
Farmer Bob running for the govern
ship and making ready to move back.
Senator Woodson does not make any
announcement ns ye't. He will agree
that he seriously entertains the am
bition to serve in Washington. lie
is urged on many sides to get into the
rnee and not be slow about it. Most
offices aiv now won in the first of
the three years preceding the race.
Mr. Woodson will probably not wait
long.
If he goes into it agninst Farmer
Bob he will carry a record of legis
lation in the state which advantages
him greatly. The public mind dwell
ing on roads and schools w ill find Mr.
Woodson well put on the two most
liopular pieces of North Carolina
■ statesmanship in recent years. The
senator has beeu chairman of the edu
cation committee and then of the
finance committee. He has helped by I
his vote to build all the roads since
the present highway regime took hold.
The district must know a local politi
cian, good at leading the county of
Rowan, which will have a great deal
to say about congressmen. He lias
not made politics a business, but has
made business political in recent years,
and has helped to give tlie state the
reputation of a business common
wealth. If the idea works and wins,
the senator can si“t as pretty as any
body.
Not a Polltlcl .Antique.
1 ' Mr. Woodson is not a political an
-1 tique. He isn’t decorative or disused.
I He is a firt rate fiscalis who knows
i how to make a state dollar do its
I levelest. An he is a young man in
. politics. He seems to have everything
of which they make modern legisla
tors . He is a business man of sub
stance and a lawyer who had to make
good in a city which always has had
■ notable bars. He is n county leader
i and a public spirited citizen.
The eighth is slated for some poli
. tics. Farmer Bob is a picturesque
. product of the high hills and has had
, 10 years of it with al sorts of op
ponents shelved. Ije has rarely had
* to meet Democratic opposition in the
i primaries. A lawyer of clever speech,
uncanny tact, rare business judgment
and about as great a capacity for work
as one will find in a couple of com
monwealths, is this soft-voiced citizen
of Rowan county. There wil be a
! race if he runs, and everybody says
i be wil).
Sponsor Hayes Ear Judgeship.
Washington, March 10. (A*)—John
! son J. Hayes, an attorney of Greens
i boro, N. C., was recommended to
i President Coolidge today for the new
! Federal judgeship of the middle dis
i trict og North Carolina, created at
j the recent session of Congress, by a
I committee of lawyers, manufacturers
5 and other business men of Greensboro,
I who called at the White House today.
1 There are 64)67,940 pieces of
I United States currency that are re--
| garded by many |>eoplo as unlucky,
S' pdiuts out Paul Kinkead in an article
1 in this week’s Liberty. They are the
g $2 bills.
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THE TRIBUNE
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY 1
"nJIBI
NO. 52.1
SPJfIK OF LITE IN
twiTS body kept
OJBJS rmruiUl "1
M BY FIDOS
For Four Days Artificial
Respiration Has Been
Resdrted to in an Effort 1
to Save Man.
physiciAnssay
HE IS BETTM |
Creeping Paralysis Ri*
duced So He Can Mori
Hands Slightly—Friend!
Stay on Job.
Chicago, March 10.—(AO— Kept
alive 96- hours by artificial respirtflSj
supplied by friends working in pblM J
Alfred Friek was reported by Jtt ~Sj
three physicians at 10 a. m. to harp
displayed unmistakable indications of
improvement. Tbe creeping paralysis
had beeu reduced sufficiently for him
< to move his hands slightly, and tb«i
t soft palate moved several times. He
j was conscious and cheerful. "yjfnl
A spark of life in Frick's body
I kept aglow for four days by a NMg
| lute crew of men working in shift#
I to provide artificial respiration, add
[today three score continue* )
j to battle grimly against death. r
| Through the long watches thei
i toiled,'twq by two. compressing and
relaxing the lungs that became numb
Sunday morning.
Except for brief administration of
oxygen there were no breaks in dftf
: rythmic process, but there were so the
signs of exhaustion in Frick's body
! and early today a bluish color spread
| over his features. He fell asleep nat
; urnlly for a brief period shortly ttf
■ ter daybreak today, but a few boars
j earlier sleep had been induced by tt
j An oxygen tank was brought into
; use shortly before midnight after the
)86 hours of artificial respiration.
| when Frick’s respiration showed
signs of faltering.
Earlier ih the night, as hour after
hour was added to a record said to ba
without parallel in medical history, ■
| but the endeavor was brief.
| lie succeeded, however, in sipping ?
j nourishment for the time permitting |
a half in the injection of a glucose so
lution in his paralyzed legs. He also, , J
vrtii able to talic, 'SKgfc ft? &nd
unable to do Sunday.
SINCLAIR TRIAL HALTED
FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK
Jury Excused While Justice Hite
Rules of Evidence Submitted by the
Defense.
Washington, March 10.—(A*)—-Hie
contempt, trial of Harry F. Sinclair .
moved haltingly through a forenoon
session full of extraordinary features
today and then adjourned until Man
day.
Deciding that lie wanted to hear tbe
defense testimony himself before he
decided whether it was admissahie
before tbe jury. Justice Hitz sent the
jurymen home early and then ordered
the trial to go on. The first and only
witness to be called was Martin W.
Littleton, Sinclair’s chief counsel,
who upset the usual court room pic
ture by moving from the attorney’s
table into tbe witness chair, and sub
mitting docilely to the questioning of
bis colleagues.
Littleton testified that Sinclair was
acting on his advice ns counsel, when
lie refused before the Senate oil com
! mittee to answer tbe questions about
Teapot Dome that became the basis
of the present contempt charge.
Previously the defense again had
sought to set before the jury Sin
clair's testimony before the Senate in
vestigators prior to his final refusal
to answer. The defense attorneys ar
gued that this evidence was iM-rtinent,
and that it would show the oil mag
nate had previously answered all tbe
questions asked and left unanswered
on the final day. But Justice Hitz e*t .
cusing the jury, said he wanted more
light on that subject, and would bear
what else the defense had to offer be
fore he decided what should go before
tbe jurymen.
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Basketball Managers. ’( (j
Davidson, March 10. —L. C. Wads
worth, of Live Oak, Florida. J. B.
Moriarty, of Ripley, Tennessee, ami
W. E. Philter, Jr., of Port Jervis,
New York, have been selected by tbe
athletic council of Davidson College
as junior managers for the basketball
team next year. Tbe manager for
1929 will be selected from this trio.
G. M. McCuen, of Laurens, 8. 0., I* ,v
alternate in case ouy of these men
should fail to return to Davidson,
The letter men elect the varsity mana
ger for 1828, but as yet he Ims not |
March Specials at the Parks-BeNi Co.
The March Special Sale at
Parks-Belk Co. starts Friday, roofi- J
ing, March 11th, and contiuaea I
through Monday, March 21st. J Yog ;
will find here the latent showings of
ladies, dresses and coats and inilllneqy. \ij
In fact these specials will run all oSpfll
this big store. They are makinlibS
! final clean-up of ladies' hose at
65 cents to $1.48. See the page MS
. in both The Tribune and The Time# j
1 More than 59,000 students were lpjpj
' yeur registered in Canadian nnivoSEi
' ties nnd colleges,