DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
British Soldiers Fire
OnChinese Who Sought
Toßreak Down Gordon
Chinese Were From Rabble
> of Defeated Northern
Army and 12 of Them
Were Killed*
BRITISH FIRST
DID NOT FIRE
Later in Day When Chi-'
nese Sought Again to
Break Into International
Quarters British Fired. I
Shanghai. Mar.-h 22.—C4»)—Firing
their rities in the air. and yelling wild- j
l.v a mob of 2,000 Chi now troops from I
the rabble of the defeated northern
army rushed the British cordon guard
ing the northern area of the inter
nnationn! settlement here at 4:30
o’clock this afternoon. I
A few score succeeded in breaking
through the weakly-held alleyways,
hut they were quickly rounded up,
armed and turned book into Chinese 1
territory. The mnin body of the ip-.
vaders was stopped by the British
, troops without liriug. No British
casualties were reported. 1
The nttempt to invade the settle
ment followed a day of intermittent .
tiring between the northerners and
Cantonese in the native district. I
There was continuous sniping, most
l.v by nationalist riflemen of the set
tlement, and many shots penetrated
the foreign quarter. The Japanese
marines who are holding the easterly
portion of this area, are replying to
■ the snipers shot for shot. The Jap-.
a nese are posted on several high roofs
from which they watch for the snip-.
crs.
A small detachment of the Duhmn
battalion (British) holding the bar
rier near the northern railway sta
tion was fired on by a Sbantungese
soldier lying on the groitnd. After
the third shot the British commanding
officer ordered his men to fire once.
They did so. and there were no more
shots from the sniper. |
Then a number of other nationalist
marksmen Opened up, and bullets
whizzed past the barrier. The defend
ers, who had yarrow escapes, did not
reply for fear/of hitting non-con)bant
northern and northeastern boundary. 1
of tire settlement.
The nationalist troops are advunc
ing along the railroad around Shang
hai in the direction of the Shanghai
north station, the center of the i re
maining northern resistance. The
two forces are expected to collide to-,
night or tomorrow.
* It is believed the attempts of the j
northerners to enter the international
settlement are due to the approach
=r- of the nationalists, of whom several
thousand moved along the railroad op
foot this morning,
i \ Twelve Chinese Killed.
JL Shanghai, March 22.—</P>—British
troops shot and killed at least 12, and
wounded about a score of Shantung- !
esc when they made a fresh attempt
to break through the barriers of the
international settlement here late to- :
day. Later, however, the British
admitted 300 Sbantungese who gave
up their arms upon entering the set
tlement. i
General Cben Will Surrender.
Shanghai, March 22. —(A*)—lt is
officially announced thnt General Pi
Shu Chen, commander of the northern '
defense forces nt Shanghai hns agreed 1
to surrender. HU capitulation was 1
arranged yesterday in negotiations ;
with Chang Kai Shek, nationalist
generalissimo.
The Kuomintang, or nationalist flag 1
• has been hoisted over General Pi Shu '
Chen’s headquarters, but many thous- ;
nnds of Shantnngese soidies in certain
sections this evening were still un
j aware of the surrender.
Jeff Signs Up for One Year; Gee on
Stage.
Raleigh, March 22.—Jeff Ashworth, ,
alive after being Buried 13 hours an- .
der ten tons of stone in a fifty foot .
well, has signed a theatrical contract. .
W. G. Knloe, manager of a local
movie house, obtained Jeff’s name to
• a contract Saturday. Mr. Bnloe found
Jeff progressing so nieeiy at his Chat- ■
ham County home that he got him to
promise to begin his engagement here
Monday. Tbe contract, Mr. Enloe i
said, is for a year, and expects to
. have Ashworth appear in a number
of cities, -i
Billed m “North Carolina’s Floyd
Collins," Jeff is down for tbe feature
-, place on the program to “tell all
about his horrible experience." ,
Seek Alleged Attackers of Woman.
Raleigh. March 22. —UP)—Officers
today continued their search for three
Barton Creek township farmers, who
are alleged to hare beaten Mrs. Fan
nie Davis, 75.
Sheriff Turner's deputies sought
Oris Harrison, Bade Ray and Gaston
Jones, who, the woman alleged, vis
ited her home, demolished part of it,
and stole her provision?.
Same Old Prince. ' a
Holdenby, Northamptonshire, Eng
land. March 22.—0 P Prince of
Wales was thrown from his horse to
day at the first jump in the army
point-to-point steeplechase, but escaped
injury,
Japan is building a Bu*dhist school
for Americans and any others who
desire to study Buddhism in that coun
try. |
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina's ‘Leading Small City Daily
! WARM WEATHER IS
BRINGING WEEVILS OUT
The First Weevils Crawled From
| Their Winter Homes March ISth.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
j Raleigh. March 22.—The eontinued
warm, weather is bringing boll weevils
• out of tbeir winter quarter Says Ento-
I otologist IL W. Leiby of the State de
partment of agriculture. The first
1 weevils crawled from their winter!
shelter otf March 13th. according to
observat ions mmio by thd tlepart
jinent’s entomologists after three days
lof continued tvarm weather. These
weevils were found within screen wire
| cages located nt Aberdeen and bp the
| department's test farm in Edgecombe
! county. Five hundred weevils were
put in each of fifteen cages with suit
able leaves, trash and 1 Spanish moss
last fall where they could seek winter
shelter. The cages are examined
'daily in spring for weevils that crawl
from the trash onto the wire, the
weevils being counted and removed.
1 thus giving the entomologists some
idea ns to the percentage-of weevils
that survived the winter. . Between
March 13th and 10th, fifteen of the
j 7,500 weevils placed in cages last
fall, left their winter shelter to search
for cotton. This- is a greater number
’than the entomologists found alive
| during the entire emergency period of
11020 which extended from the middle
of March to the last of June. The
indications are that a very high per
centage of the weevils have survived
tlie winter, says Mr. Leiby. At least
tbe percentage will be higher than
tbal of the Inst two wintersl
That a high percentage Os weevil
survival does not necessarily mean
severe weevil injury to eotton is point
ed out by Dr. Leiby, for if many of the
living weevils come out early, ss they
appear to be doing now. they will be
apt to perish before cotton is out of
the ground to serve as food. How
ever, the department’s entomologists
have found that the weevils can re
main alive by feeding upou cotton,
j seed, and there appears to be abundant
seed in the cotton fields of last year
available now for their food.
It is emphasized by the* entomolo
gists that the real factors governing
the amount of weevil injury to cotton
are temperature and moisture during
~-VWKrKmiim*! HV9MHK: Hrj ffl'
son. they say, will mean little damage
! even though the winter survival of
: the weevils is high. However, with
a higli percentage of winter survival
rather than a small one, the weevils
could inflict ‘ very serious injury if
given a rather wet and only modernte
i ly warm summer.
THE STOCK MARKET
Renewed Buying of High Priced Rail
Share* Featured Opening of the
Market.
| New York,' March -22.—(4*)—Re-
I newed buying of high priced railroad
shares featured the irregular opening
of today's stock market. Pittsburgh
A West Virginia opened two points
higher, and LaokawannA and Union
Pacific made substantial fractional
gains. Motors were inclined to heavi
ness. '
Near Bern Geta Cement Plant.
Raleigh. March 22. —(40 —New Bern
today was selected as the site for a
lnrge ( cement manufacturing plant,
financed by middle, western capital,
J,. A. Aeker, of Port Huron, Mk?h..
announced. I!e said definite details
of the enterprise would he announced
later.
Riches have a bad habit of creating
new wants instead of satisfying the
old hoes. * -
.*
THE STOCK MARKET
Quotations By Fenner A Beane.
(Quotations at I:3© P. M.)
Atchison - 178%
American Tobacco B 125
American Smelting 145%
American Locomotive 110%
Atlantic Coast Line 184
Allied Chemical - 139%
Baldwin Locomotive 183%
Baltimore & Ohio 112%
Chesapeake As Ohio 100%
DuPont 205%
Friscp 111%
General Motors 178%
General Electric 84%
Hudson 71%
Stand. Oil of N. J. 37%
Ketmecott Copper 08%
Coca-Cola !v. 190
Liggett & Myers B - 96%
Mack Truck 108%
Maryland Oil 50%
Phn American Pet, B 62
Rock Island 85%
H. J. Reynolds ... 109%
Southern Railway J . 124
Studebaker 50
Stewart-Warner 50%
Texin Co. 48
Tobacco Products ... 104%
U. 8. Steel 162%
Westinghouse 7R%
Woolworth 125%
American Tel. & Tel. 102%
American Can .1 • 48%
Allis Chalmers 04%
Dodge Broe. 22
Great Northern ... 87
Gulf State Steel ...a so
Lorillard 27%
Montgomery-Ward #7%
Norfolk A Western 173
Overland ... 21%
Pupuhlle Iron and Steel 70%
■] Vick Chemical ...... tH%
i New Steel j*., 117%
UNITED STATES NOT
ABLE TO NEGOTIATE
PACT WITH MEXICO
' Failure to Reach Commer*
I cial Treaty Indicated by
Announcement Concern
ing Smuggling Meeting.
' CONVETION~TO
TERMINATE SOON
This Fact Leads to Belief
That Efforts to Make the
Commercial Treaty Had
Not Been Successful.
Washington. Mar. 22.—OP)—An in
timation thnt the United States had
been unsuccessful in efforts to negotiate
; a commercial treaty with Mexico, was
. contained today in State Department
announcement that the smuggling con
vention between the two nations would
he terminated on March 28.
The Department in whose hands
has rested the long standing and deli
cate situation involving American pro
perty rights in Mexico, issued a formal
statement explaining thnt notice of
termination of the treaty had been
served 011 the Mexican government
last nigt by the American embassy
at Mexico City.
In the absence of a commercial
treaty or other arrangements with
Mexico to “safeguard AmericAU com
merce against possible discrimination"
the statement Vaid “the Washington
government did not deem it ndrisnbie
to continue the smuggling convention,
which might in certain contingencies
bind the United States to cooperation
for enforcement of laws or decrees
relating to the iiu|M>rtntion of com
modities of all sorts iuto another coun
try.”
The' smuggling convention has n
direct bearing on the Amerienn em
bargo on arms shipments into Mexico.
Under the convention, even if the
embargo were lifted the United Slates
would be required to notify Mexico of
impending shipments from the United
States of arms nr any other commodi
ties prescribed from importation under
Mexican law. .
Whether the recent secret corres
pondence with’ Mexico involved a re
newed Mexican effort to negotiate a
commercial treaty with that country,
to protect Amezican-owned property,
- -tont-wor ot**r- tv**. ,*
Tellez Optimistic About Fntan.
Washington, March 22.—(A>)—Mex
ican Ambassador Tellez conferred
with President Cooiidge and Secretary
Kellogg at. the Cooiidge residenee on
DuPont Circle last night, and today
he says he entertains nothing but the
most optimistic views of future rela
tions between the United States and
Mexico.
PROBABLE LINEUP FOR
TARHEEL FIRST GAME
Carolina Meets Dartmouth at Chapel
Hill April Sth.
Chattel Hill, March 21.—(IN’S)—
Coach Jim Ashmore today began to
east about for a probable line-up for
tbe Tar Heels first game of tbe seasou
with Dartmouth here April 6.
Every afternoou finds three dozen
candidates practicing on the fresh
man field, and already they have been
put through n couple of four or five
inning practice games.
Bill Sharpe, veteran catcher, seems
destined to hold his old berth under
the bat, although Beam and Green
mn)i get into some of tbe season's
games.
Tom Young hns taken his old posi
tion on first, and Ooxe and Satter
field, from last year's frosh squad have
been doing some nice work around
second and short. Doug Webb, leading
hitter of the 1926 outfit, is expected
to hold his post on the hot corner.
Captain Kirby Hatley will be back
in centerfield again this year, while
Ed Mackle, All-State outfielder, will
flank him in right. Buck Finlator,
a sophomore slugger, is slated for the
left field berth.
Two youngsters who see due to ar
rive as varsity pitchers this season
are Ellison and Ingram, both star
hurlers for the freshmen last year.
Past years veteran burlers back in
Camp are Sapp, Westmoreland, Ful
cher and Whlsnant.
Others who are bidding for places
are Foard, Finlye, Jonas and Furclies,
infielders, and Harkrader nnd Jessup,
outfielders, and Thomas, pitcher.
WII Honor Writers of “Silent
Night.”
Berlin, Mar. 21. —The memory of
tbe two men who gave to the world
one of its brat known Christmas
carols, “Stille Nacht," is to be per
petuated by a monument to be erect-,
ed in Oberndorf, Ilavara, their, na-,
tive village near the Passion Play
City of Oberammerga u.
The words of “Silent f Xight.”
which has been translated into vir
tuaity all living tongues, were writ
ten in 1825 by Father Franz Joseph
Mohr, an assistant priest. Tbe
meiody was composed by tbe parish,
teacher Franz Gruber. Funds for
the memorial are being raised by the
rale of a broaohure bn the history of
the carol, written by Dr. Wein
manns, director of the conservatory
for church music a Regensburg,
Bavaria. 1
X—
Charlotte, Much 19.—A bearing on
a plea for pardon for Zez V. Darnell,
Mecklenburg farmer, serving a four
year sentence on tbe roads for slaying
Joe Hinson, Pineville postmaster, will
be held at Raleigh before the State
1 prison pardon commission best Wed
nesday, it was learned here tonight.
concord, n. c„ Tuesday, march 22,1927
--1 1 : J . ’
Weepah Continues To Draw
of Gold Seekers
Tonopnh/Nev., March 22.—Weepah.
Nevada's newest shrine of gold seekers,
today continued to draw thousands of
pilgrims, Subbatji stragglers nil an-
I xious to obtain claims in the bonanza
area. However, they found the field
was staked and re-stak«d far past
the sections of [tossible pay dirt
For tbe most part the newcomers
today were sightseers who over
a wide expanse of barren country in
habited by small groups of seasoned
miners, nnd prospectors marking time
for development of fortunes, estab
lished iri many eases by driving claim
pegs under the light of the moon.-
In Tonopnh, experienced raining
engineers and owners of claims in the
Weepah area contented themselves by
meeting in small groups to disens
ifnpending deals rtnd trades. The most
general speculation seemed to be as
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA BANKS
This Has Been Strengthened by Aets
or the 1027 Legislature.
The Tribune Bureau i
Sir Walter Hotel*
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh. March 22.—The safety and
security of the banks in North Caro
lina. especially the state banks, have
been greatly strengthened as a result
of legislation enacted by the 1927 gen
eral assembly, although this legisla
tion lias been virtually overlooked be
cause’of the many other measures
whieh seemed to overshadow the oth
ers. But there were probably few
other pieces of legislation enacted that
are of ns far reaching significance, in
the opinion of both Governor MeLenli.
members of the Corporation Commis
sion, and of Paul Brown, secretary of
the North Carolina Rankers' Associa
tion. '• , i
The net providing thnt state banks
cannot be organized with a capitaliza
tion of less than 825.000 is one of the
most im|>ortant. though scarcely any- !
thing has been said about this act. I
Heretofore it has been possible to j
organize new state ibanks on a capitali
zation of as little as SIO,OOO. And
under that provision, banks were fiv
tiuently organized where there was ifo
real need and with insufficient back
ing, with the result that a larger num-i
ber than usual of bntik failures have
resulted.
Now, however, by raising the neces
sary capitalization to $25,000. the or
ganization of these banks has been
made more difficult, with the result
that new banks henceforth will be
organized only when n real need for i
JtSfltt-jttemands -stick orgniiMMUioii- siVwt
that sufficient capital to make them
dependable must be supplied.
“I consider this net increasing the
required capitalization for state banks
as being among the most, important
laws enacted by the general assem
bly,” said Governor McLean, “and I
expect it to greatly strengthen the en
tire system of state banks, since by
strengthening the new ones, all will
be benefitted.”
Os almost equal importance is the!
act that requires that henceforth when 1
state banks fail that they shall be;
administered by the Sttate bank ex- )
aminer and his assistants, instead of j
by special receivers appointed by the:
courts. This is much the same way |
that the affairs of national bauks arc j
administered when they become in- j
solvent, since the national banks ex-|
arainers take charge ns soon ns a nn-!
tioual bank becomes involved.
• It is expected that this new act!
will be tbe mennß of envyig thousands j
of dollars to the depositors in in-f
solvent bunks and that they will be .
able to recover much more than under;
the old receivership system. Former-j
ly, when a batik became •insolvent, it;
was closed and its affairs placed in |
the’ hands of a receiver. This receiver
occasionally knew something about
banking, but oftener did not, generally
being an attorney who stood in the
good graces of the court. In fact
receivership*; have been looked upon
for years as being fat plums, and
often all the remaining resources of
a bank have been consumed in pay
ing the fees of the receiver.
In fact, during the discussion of
tbe bill in the general assembly and
a certain group of attorneys fought it
vigorously—it was brought out that
in a number of cases the receiver had
in turn employed several of the offi
cers of the defunct bank to administer
it, with fat salaries attached. Titus
the raeu responsible for the batik’s
failure were being iiaid out of the
deiMisitors 1 funds to further “adminis
ter” it.
However, under the new system, as
soon as a bank is declared insolvent
nn expert accountant from the State
bank examiners’ office will be placed
in charge and will administer it until
its affairs are straightened out. lie
will receive his regular salary from
the state, and all of the bank’s re
maining funds will go to the depoai
' tors instead of iu big fees to a re
ceiver. /
Thus it is generally agreed that
these two acts have greatly strength
ened the banking system of tbe state,
by more adequately protecting the de
positor.
i ~* ~~ ~*~
Take Notice
Anyone folding accounts
against the Concord Y. M.
C. A. will please present the)
same —itemized—to the un
dersigned not later than
April Ist.
Signed
CONRAD HILL, Treas.
to when operations would begin, for
while the. new gold field has given
ample evidence of pay dirt, no inten
sive mining operation has yet started.
As in Weepah, sightseers swarmed
into Tonopah by uutomobiie, stage
and railroad today and so outnumber
ed the resident popubition remaining
here, on Sunday that townspeople
found themselves among strangers.
The knowledge of mining held by,
many of today’s Visitors was likened
to that of the two New York young
women who telegraphed here on Fri
day saying they were enroute to Wee
puh nnd asking that a few clnims be
"reserved" for the'm. When the New
York girls arrive, their first* disap
pointment will be to learn thnt hand
books containing hirfts oil how mining
claims tire staked in a gold rush ure
not available.
I SHORT SKIRT HORRIBLE
SAYS LONDON MERCHANT
i
(By International News Service)
London, March 22. —“I think the
short skirt and the bnre-leg vogue
is horrible and barbarous, nnd I
cannot believe it is going to last.
If I had a (laughter of fifteen or
sixteen, and I met her with skirts
stopping nt the kt.ee—well, there
would be a lively scene.”
Thus John Lewis, London’s old
est soft-goods merchant anti owner
of n large London store.
"I think the world is better thnn
it used to be." declared Lewis on
his ninety-first birthday. "But
there is one thing I cannot sand, '
nnd that is modern Women's fash
| ions."
SOUTHERN TO ENLARGE
CHARLOTTE TERMINAL
; Freight Facilities Will Be Increased
40 Per Cent Accrrding to An
| rJo uncement,
I Charlotte. March 21.—Freight ter
minal facilities of the Southern rail
road in Charlotte will be increased
by about 40 per cent iu nu exten
sion program whieh will be KtHrre.l
tomorrow. it was announced this
! afternoon at headquarters of lines!
east here. The work will cost np
; proximate!}’ SIOO,OOO, it was said.
The extension program will pro
vide for the increase in freight traf
fic expected here within the next sev
eral years, railroad officials believe.
The development program an
nounced today by CL L. Keton, chief
truaineer of the maintenance .of way,
KftPPßfffftf; "hrtdttttes VP
One additional loading nnd unload
ing track alongside the present
freight warehouse; additional team
trnckH whieh will double the present
team track capacity of the yards;'
additional team ways, alongside of
nil the new trackage; concrete pav
ing for tbe present and the new team
ways; remodelling of the freight
warehouse to make a right of way
| for the additional loading and un
loading track alongside it; extensive
| rearrangement of the present tracks
j to allow construction of a more of
-1 ficient yard, which, when completed,
I will eliminate entirely the neeesSi
}ty now exiierienocd of using team
, trnckH as switching trucks; nddi-
I tional storage tracks, wheree cat s
! tuny be placed to await tip- prpgress
lof loading and unloading operation
! at the warehouse.
| GUILFORD FARMERS
KEEK LOWER RATE
To Ask County Commissioners for 20
Percent Decrease In Rate Upon
j Farms.
I Greensboro, March 22. —A twenty
! per cent decrease in the tax assess
iinen( upon farm property in Guilford
county is to be sought by Guilford
farmers.
At a meeting here this afternoon
of the Guilford County farmers* com
mittee, at which 30 of the 30 members
were present, it was decided to appear
before the meeting of the county com
missioners next Tuesday to hsk for
a horizontal cut in the rate upon this
particular class of property. What
will be the outcome of the farmers'
demand will not be known until after
the comissioners’ meeting.
G. W. Dawson presided over the
meeting today.
Dag Lands Serven Burglars In Prison.
Okmulgee, Okla., March 22.—OP)—
Credited with tbe capture of eigbteeu
criminals, Midnight Sun, a thorough
ly trained German police dog, occu
pies no small place in tbe hearts of
law-abiding citizens of Okmulgee.
Seven burglars now arc in the state
penitentiary as a result of his actish
ties.
The dog, owned by W. H. Gragg,
of Okmulgee, has been a regular mem
ber of the police force for nearly a
year, and recently took a prominent
part in the chase after Wilbur Un
derhill and Ike (Skeets) Atkins, al
leged bandits and murderers, who es
caped from tbe Okmulgee county jail.
He followed the trail through the Con
charti mountains for thirty miles, but
lost it when the outlaws stole an au
tomobile.
Midnight Sun is valued at $5,000
and is insured for $2,500.
Edward P. Weston Near Death.
New York, March 22.—GP)—Ed
ward Payson Weston, aged pedestrian,
recently rescued from isiverty by sym
pathetic admirers of the once-famous
| trans-continental walker, was close to
I death in a hospital today after being
run down in the street by a taxicab.
The Rotary Club will elect a board
0# directors at the weekly luncheon
meeting Wednesday at Hotel Con
cord. C. B. Wagoner and W. G.
Caswell will have charge of the pro
gram.
TRANSPORT SPEEDS
TO SAN FRANCISCO
WITH HL SOLOIERSj
Four Privates on Trans- I
port Have Died of Influ- j
- enza and More Than 50!
Others Are 111.
ONLY RECRUITS
ON THE VESSEL
Ap Epidemic of Influenza
Broke Out on the Ship!
While En Route to Pa-|
cific Coast.
AVnshington, March 22. —OP)—The
names of four privates who died on
board the army transport Chateau
Thierry, en route to San Francisco,
in an influenza epidemic affecting 58
out of the !BXt soldiers on bonrd. were
announced today by the war depart
ment. They are: Grover L. Daniel,
private of infantry. Kooky Mount.
N. C.. diet! March 10th of intestinal
indigestion.
Gordon P. Krotvn, privafe. const ar
tillery, Westville. Ohio. He died
March 17th of influenza and pneu
monia.
Albert C. Johnson, private, field ar
tillery. Bennett. Wisconsin, 1 died
March 18th of influenza and pneu
monia.
Daniel Serfozo, private, air corps,.
Bridgeport, Conn., died March 20th
of influenza.
Speeding to Port.
San Francisco, March 22.—OP)—
The army transport Chateau Thierry
with !K)0 recruits for the U. S. army
units on board, is procediug for this
port with all possible speed because
of an influenza epidemic on board.
When she arrives she will immedi
ately proceed to her wharf, quarantine
regulations being dispensed with be
cause of the situation on board.
THROUGH WITH “PEACHES,"
SAYS EDWARD BROWNING
Real Estate Man Says He Will Have
Nothing More to Do With Her.
New York. March 22.—OP)—Ed
ward West Browning, winner of his
separation suit, today declared he was
"**Pfr^»ie u ~hotifng fiirfTiDr Uf'tiir
with her,” the real estate man con
tinued. “I'm through with her.”
Justice Seeger's decision granting
him the separation from former Fran
ces “Peaches’’ Hrenan, exonerates him,
he said.
“The decision speaks for itself,”
he added, "1 have done everything it
wait possible to do, and 1 do not see
how I can do more. I feel it is im
possible to go any in the mat
ter.”
Essex Super-Six Makes New Speed
and Endurance Record.
Detroit, March 21.—For the- third
time in a few weeks, a new Essex
super-six motor cur has made a rec
ord for speed and endurance, accord
ing the Hudson Motor Car company.
Timed by the Western Union and of
ficially observed by newspapermen,
an Essex ran for 24 consecutive
hours on the speedway at San An
tonio, turning up a total of 1,218
miles for an average ot 50 2-3 miles
an hour- Tho test was made with n
stock car by the Sanderson Motor
company, Sau Antonio distributors.
In recording the run, the San An
tonio newspapers say that the fast
est. milts of the whole test were at
the finish, wheh about 4 1-2 miles
were made in the final 4 minutes.
They tell also that the track was
slowed up by about two hours of
showery weather.
Hangs Self In Jail.
Danville, 111., March 22.—OP)—
Nate Harris, a negro, sentenced to
be banged here April 22nd for a double
murder, hanged himself in the county
jail today. He tore strips from his
blanket apd used it as a noose.
Bronzes in Sidewalk.
Charlotte, N- C.—Two bronze tab
lets in midtown sidewalks here mark
the spot where Jefferson Davis stood
when he beard of Lincoln's assassi
nation, and the location of Cook’s
Inn, which Washington visited.
The Emperor Yoshihito is the first
of the Japanese emperors not to be
buried in the neighborhood of the old
capital, Kyoto*.
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DOUBLE HEADER
VAUDEVILLE
LESTER RICHARDS'
“ SMILIN’ THROUGH CO.”
12 PEOPLE 12
AND
BELL'S FAMOUS HAWAL
IANS
0 PEOPLE 0
18 PEOPLE IN ALL
AJjSO—
“AN AFFAIR OF THE
FOLLIES ”
Featuring
Billy Dove and Lewis Stone
25c —ooc
This is by far the Best Vaudeville
and Picture Entertainment Ever
Offered by
CONCORD THEATRE
• Tonight
/
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! John Da Sings
For Chanty!
DID yon ever see a
picture of John D
i Rockefeller V' yS O^
j! on the street* foi\ j** *>r|
j When the old mat
I hia ago-torn voice to help
i the Baptist church, a j
| cameraman for thia paper
j was on the job,
i Ton'll iind this unique
| picture on an inside page.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 7 to » j
Points Under Liquidation By Yes-1
| tenday’s Buyers.
New York, March 22.—OP)—The]
! cotton market opened steady today at
a decline of 7 to f) points under renew
ed liquidation by buyers of yesterday,
and southern or loeai selling, probab
ly eneouraged by prospects of better
weather in the South, and relatively
easy Liverpool cables. Some trade
buying aud covering on opening de
cline was supplied on bulges of two
or 3 points, and the market was about
7 to 10 points net lower at the end
of the first hour. May selling around
14.14. and October 14.47. Private ca-1
hies reported hedging, combined with
continental and. Bombay selling in
the Liverpool market. Prices in Liv
erpool rallied just before the local op
ening, but eased off again later.
New York. March 22.—CP)—Cotton
futures opened steady : March 14.02 ;
May 14.12; July 13.31; October
14.30; December 14.C7.
ENGINE PLUNGES
DOWN MOUNTAIN
Only By Quick Jump. Englnemen
Save Their Lives.
Uullowhee, March 20.—A steam ■
engine . anti car belonging to the
Champion Fibre Company and used
to haul logs down the Balsam moun
tains to a lumber camp, plunged off
a fifty foot embankment yesterday
morning and were almost completely
demolished. No one was injured.
According to Engineer Turner, who
was in charge of the machine, the
gears of the engine had been faulty
for some time, and be was taking the
engine to a shop to be repaired when
the accident occurred. Because of
the bad mechanism, it was impossible i
to check the speed of the machine,
and it gained a momentum of nearly ,
sixty miles an hour down the steep ,
mountain. Vpaa comipg to a sharp
fireman leaped off. Their dexterity
saved their lives.
The accident occurred about three '
miles above Rich Mountain postoffice .
in Jackson county.
Crucial Years For the Cotton Growers
Atlanta, March 22.—The current 1
year promises to be a crucial one for
cotton growers of the southeast be- ,
cause of the unusually heavy \ product
tion of last year, from which a large
surplus will be carried over, says Dr. 1
Andrew M. Soule, president of the I
Georgia Statgt College of Agriculture,
writing in tomorrow’s edition of the i
Atlanta Constitution. i
"Strange to say,” says Dr. Soule
in a sigued article, “the intention to :
plant cotton does not seem to have
been greatly minimized by the exper
iences through whieh our growers have
just passed. The outlook is therefore
very uncertain-and the question of the ,
best procedure to be followed is a
matter of great economic concern.
A late, wet spring and unfavorable
planting and seasonal conditions ’
throughout the year with a heavy boll i
weevil infestation, may or may not I
combine to hold the yield down mater- ‘
ially and so tend to keep production I
in reasonable relationship to supply
apd demand." ' <
He advocated the planting of only <
those varieties of cotton which wiil I
staple an inch or better ns one of t
the means by whieh the situation may ’
be met. i
WlQi Our Advertisers.
Dainty undertkings for ladies at .
Robinson’s. See list and prices in '
new ad. today.
See what big advantages Firestone I
tires possess in the new ad. today of
the Ritchie Hardware Co. 1
Thos. L. Doby, 23 West Depot
street, Corl building, cun clean your 1
watch for you all right. See ad.
You will always find good quality
and good values at the J, C. Penney 1
Company’s.
One of the surest ways to start '
building a fortune is to open a bank
account for regular deposits. Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company.
Special showing of new spring dress
goods and silks at the Parks-Bclk
Co’s.
Curlee blue serge suits at W. A.
Overcash’s arc selling fast. There’s a
reason.
Double header vaudeville at the Con
cord Theatre tonight. Smilin’ Through
Co., and Bell’s Famous Hawaiians.
Also Billy Dove aud Lewis Stone in
"An Affair of the Follies.’ Tomorrow
10 cents to all.
'■)
Killed in Explosion.
Villa Grove, 111., March 22.—OP)—
E. M. Robison, of Salem, engineer,
Ed. Bruce, fireman, aud C. M. Far
low, head brakeman, both of Villa
Cove, were instantly killed early to
day when the engine of a freight train
exploded near St. Peter, Illinois. The
three men were on the engine.
' A double header attraction is of
fered today at the Concord Theatre
' when Lester Richard's Vaudeville/and
Bell’s Famous Hawaiians will both
give a program of entertainment.
Both the attractions will be offered
both matinee and evening today and
again Friday.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS UMi
TODAY’S NEW'S TODAY!
NO. 62
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CMIDECLMSI
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’ ID DO WITH PIPER !
[Editor of Dearborn bide* I
pendent Assumes
sponsibility for Every- I
thing Published in j
PLAINTIFFTO 1
AMEND CHARGES I
j Judge Tells Counsel Jul
Sapiro That DeclaratMEjl
Too Insufficient for Caste I
to Go to the Jury. ;-a| I
Detroit. March 22.—C4>)—The plainWlß
tiff s declaration in Aaron Sapiro'p.(pL»
000.000 libel suit against Henry, ftfA I
was pronounced Sanity and in 1
several amendments today by Fedetjpcsl
Judge Fred M. Raymond, of-QiiS||M
Rapids, Midi. 9
“The declaration as it stands ifc.ijnK.jl
sufficient in many of its
said the judge." I suggest to couadlff
that before the case enn go t$ A# 9
jury it needs to be amended in seveftflallS
particulars to clarify the isanfcjEKii -lfl
that tli<‘ trial can bring about an eqmjHaH
able result." B
Tito declaration consists of 59L ;■
counts, including 141 points, aWjl ‘M
makes 500 paragraphs. |
Tho first count was being takhnJßyH
when Ford's counsel made Its
tion of insufficiency. I
After Judge Raymond’s m
ment. William Henry
Sapiro’s counsel, protested that
a late day for the defense to bring fhfc *m
matter up. I
“Do I understand counsel to iptemf "9
to say that he thinks the (IpclaratffcMt
should stand without 1
asked the cdurt. I
"Oh, no, no, no,” replied ;]■
"It will be amended.” ■
"Os course, that is up to the dinesrei f*
tion of counsel, and certainly .not ’to J
the court.” replied the judge. ¥-jSggl I
He added that the amcndplM|jpjM
could be made at any time, but urge*
that they be made as soon as possible. I
Testifying again today. W. J. Caras IB
eron, editor of the Dearborn I ndepcnds .3
ent. assumed full responsibility for cv-iM
erything published in the weekly, and [J
denied that it devolved upon the mtem
tor car manufacturer. , s?| 1
-"W'YmPrr- the editor r-he sure you
right," became a formula for Mr. I
Ford's remarks to him. Cameron Teatl- S
fled "lien he sought to go into matters 1
of tlie editorial policy of the puißSfii- -■
tion, of which as president, Mr. Ford
Even after tho Independent re- j
ceived a demand for retraction after, jt -ff
had printed articles naming Saftijto
in connection with an “internatHMiijfl
band of Jews seeking to dominate V
American agriculture.” Cameron ami 9
that Mr. Ford's formula still was j|BE j
"Did ho ask how far you bad gope|ff .
asked William Henry Gallagher, gmief ■■■«
”1 never discussed details with
Ford," was the reply. 1
DURANT TO STARTLE §
AUTOMOBILE WORJJ} ,1
Terse Announcement of Motor
Stock Wizard Mystifies Wall Street. dj
Now York. March 21.—Wall street
was mystified today .by the announce-: IS!
ment tlint William C. Durant, who ia
generally believed to have amassed a ,1
fortune of several million dollars-in Jjl
the "Bull"' market which has boon 1
under way since 11(24. "proposes" ,1
devote his entire time (with efcqfy 3
other interest secondary) to * *
thoroughly constructive motor car JM
program that will duplicate his ure* 1
vious and widely known ticeomputee'«
ments in this field." ' I
Except for the information iMAtaa
"Mr. Durant promises a stateiilewfwfc
April 7 respecting his future pimps "j
which will startle the industry, ,|id j
prove most emphatically thaf Duniitt a
is back on the job," no S
was forthcoming us to the natp^je'<& [J
While Mr. Durant has been tholj*
titular head of the motor oar enter
prise beariug his name, he is reported
to have delegated many of his dutlgS'fl
since he was seriously injured I#;' a 3
railroad accident a year gao to sub- |
ordiuates in Durant Motonq lac;
Meanwhile, he has kept in active-tofciialvjS
with the stock market. ■’"li I
While his name has been associated J
with many stocks in the last few
Mr. Durant’s prinidpal interests
reported to have been in such issues M
as General Motors, of which corpora- -3
tion lie was once the head; t’i 8. Oast ifc
Iron Pipe, American Safety Razor J
and Imlepeudent Oil and Gas. 1, J
Repudiate Confessions, j
New York, March 22.— W) —fc(iag9
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd
who signed confessions that they §ti'§U
munlered Mrs. Snyder's art odit«e‘S|
husband. Albert Snyder, in a
insurance plot, pleaded not gutty!,iUh9
Jamaica magistrate’s court j,, today,
and were held without bait for thifcM
grand jury. They repudiated tfc«k|f|
confessions. j
wmm
.wLiiinoiy
Fair tonight and Wednesday,
«• tonight, much colder in the east all 1
I central port ions, possibly fraxt IhllH
interior tonight.