j DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Additional Marines To
Be Sent to China For
Service In War Arena
War Department Orders 1,-
500 Marines From Vari
ous Eastern Bases to Be
Sent to China at Once.
THREE CRUISERS
* ON WAY THERE
It Is Evident That United
( States Will Be Ready for
v Any Further Emergency |
in the War Theatre.
Washington, March 30.—040—A
force of 1,500 additional marines have
been ordered to,China, by the Navy De
partment.
The marines will be drawnvfrom the
Atlantic coast expeditionary base at
Quantico, Va., and other marine sta
tions along the Atlantic coast includ
ing the navy yards of New York,
Boston. Philadelphia and Paris Is
iaud. 8. C. They will ‘be carried
across the country by rail and con
centrated at San Diego, Cal., for em
barkation.
About 4,500 men, counting ships’
crews, now are in the Chinese con
tingent under Admiral Williams. The
total includes some 1,500 marines al
ready ashore mostly at hanghai. Os
the remaining personnel probably
about 1,000 could be taken off the : r
sliips in an emergency without crip-;
pling operation of the craft.
Three cruisers are on tbeir way to
China from Honolulu, carrying about I
1.200 men. of whom 400 or 500 could :
be spared for landing parties. Six de
stroyers carrying about 10 men each I
also are en route to the trouble tone.
The army units that eonid be dls-j
f' patched most <iuiekly are in the Phil- j
ippines and Hawaii, but n survey of |
tlie personnel there would be jneces- j
sary before offifficials could determine 1
how many could be spared. If oper- 1
ations of any magnitude are decided I
upon it is considered likely that San j
Diego, Cal., will be made n coneen-;
tration base for anuy eout’ngents in j
the western section of the country,
and that the transport Henderson |
now in Central American waters would |
he ordered north to take the expedi
tionary forces across the Pacific.
Unlike other recent messages from
Admiral Williams, the word that
came in during the night, and started
a series of apnfercnces today was
-fc*|l* raitf , tft*tl* : f*ij- r ,
There were'? indications, however,
that the Admiral had reported that
spreading disorders among victorious
Contonese troops had tlirowD the whole
situation into a state of great uncer
tainty.
When the first American forces
were hprriedly sent, it was because
of a foreboding in the minds of of
ficials here that should the Cantonese
lenders succeed in capturing Shanghai,
Nanking and other river cities, they
would be unable to control their
troops. Fragmentary qdvices yester
day indicated that this expectation had
largely been borne out in grave ex-
A eetfses especially at Nanking. i
Although news dispatches today said
all Americans at Nanking had been
reported safe, the advices ns to con
ditions elsewhere are not so complete.
In addition, the property right of
Americans already have been violated,
and valuable American property re
mains at the mercy of the riotous
bands of undisciplined Chinese troops
at Nanking and elsewhere. ,!
Williams Asked for More Troops.
Washington, March 26.— UP) —Re-
inforcement of the expeditionary force
was decided upon today by Admiral
Williams, the American naval com
mander at Shanghai, who requested it
in an urgent message received at 3
o’clock this morning. . Despite news
dispatches sayirig the last of the Amer
icans in Nanking had been brought
out safely, the admiral said that con
tinuing disorders among the undiscip
lined Cantonese troops in the Yangtze
River section made the outlook in
creasingly precarious.
He specifically asked for 1,500 more
marines, but ranking officials of the
State, Navy and War Departments se
riously considered whether the availa
b’e marine contingents would be suffi
cient. It is likejy the army units)
f —SMALL COST OF ICE—
According to the U. 8. Department of Labor, the average expen
diture of a family is (225000 Ice is but 1.2 per cent, of this amount.
With the cost of Ice so trifling, why consider an expensive ice ma
chine (*‘a kitchen luxury”) when for an equal amount or less, one
may purchase many, many articles that are really needed by the fam
ily or that add to the general attractiveness of the home.
i AN ELECTRIC ICE MACHINE USES
as much 'electricity a month >as any one of these groups:
, .' 50 electric fans i i '
36 electric toasters ‘
36 electric percolators ,
32 electric waffle irons
32 electric washing machines
29 electric vacuum cleaners
11 electric irons
4 electric ranges
A BLOCK OF ICE CANNOT GET OUT OF OR
DER, THEREFORE DOES NOT NEED THE SER
VICE OF A $15.00 PER DAY MECHANIC TO MAKE *
REPAIRS. SURELY YOU WILL DECIDE IN FAVOR
OF ICE.
Youa-for SERVICE,
A. B. POUNDS
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
j*
i.LOCATK MISSING BOY
AT HOME OF A SISTER
Ralph Lyerly, Who Lift Blltmorc
lltspilal. Says He Made Escape
j Alone. i
| Asheville, Mar. 25.--Sheriff Laur
! ence E. Brown took n hand in the
j myxlerimw. “disappearance ease”
.from Riltmore hospital with the re
sult that the boy. Ralph Lyerly. 15.
: was located early this morning at
! the home of hies sinter in West Ashe-,
i ville. v :
j The boy dee’nrod that be loft the
I hospital unaided by dropping from
the window of hi.s room nnd bobbing
to a telephone whore he ended a
taxi. His reneon, lie said, was that
he started worrying about who was
jtoing to pay his bill.
As soon an Sheriff Brown learned
of I.yerly’s disappearance, he set to
work on tin* case anti wau occupied
with it until nearly midnight Tphurs-,
day, he said. First he managed to
locate the two men, suspected ns lin
ing the outs named by the boy ns
having taken him to the hospital.
The sheriff said that lie threatened
to put the two. in jail if they didn't '
tell him where to find Lyerly. They
told him immediately, he said, nnd
the hoy was found in short oruer.
The sheriff said that the two men
denied, having had anything to do
’with liquor, contradicting the story
Ljerly is said told hospita
authorities shortly after his arrival
j there.
(Furthermore, the men said, they
took Lyerly into the hospital anj (
did not Icavo him on the stteps, ns
had been previously reported. The
j names of the two men were hot made
j public by Sheriff Brown. Lyerly said
Thursday night that-his )eg had been
t broken in a jump across a ditch,
j According to attendants of the iu>s
| pitnl. Lyerly was taken there last
Friday at midnight suffering frtqu
| fractures of both bones on bis leg.
jAt first it was sni-1 the boy refused
Ito make any statements. Later he
told’ them that he had sustained the
injuries at noon Friday but. tnut ac
I had been forced to keep guard over
I some liquor belonging to two white
men until midnight, when they took
, him to the hospital.
KAIJSIGH GIRL BADLY ,
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Two Charlotte Young Men Blightly
Injured When Roadster Turin
" **”Sa^slmi^' t r aro '
Fish, of 524 Biotin) street, Raleigh,
was seriously injured and Paul Whit
lock, Jr., nnd Garrett Morehead,
both of Charlotte. ' were slightly
hurt when a Packard sport model
roadster, in which they were riding,
turned over three times several miles
south of Salisbury on the national
highway late this afternoon. Tho car
was demolished.
They were .coming from Charlotte
and passengers on the Piedtnohd
limited, who witnessed the neeident,
said the machine was racing with
the train.
Passing Cars brought the injured
to the Salisbury hospital and pbysi
cans- and nurses were summoned
from Charlotte. Miss Fish had a
badly fractured leg and is thought t<a
he injured internally.
CaH For National Bank Statemeuta.
Washington, March 26. —AP.—
Hie Comptroller of the Currency
today issued a call for the condition
■ of all national banks at the close of
business on Wednesday, March 23.
Princess Juliana, heir to the throne
of the Netherlands, recently created
a precedent among the young women
of European royalty by being en
rolled as a student of Leyden Uni
versity.
at Hawaii and in Philippines will be
. held in readiness, if needed.
Soya Women Were Outraged.
London. March 26.—C4*>—Japanese
women and children were outraged
; and assaulted by the Cantonese in
1 Nankng, says the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Daily Express, in an
■ account of the release of the foreign
- ers after the last ultimatum by the
1 1 foreign naval commanders.
SOL KING BUIS
SUITE GEMINI
FOG HIITI TROUBLE'
Says He Was Excluded
From Haiti Because the
State Department Did
Not Want Him There.
LOCAL PEOPLE
HAVE NO POWER
He Says President Homo
Does What He Is Told to
Do by American High
Commissioner in Haiti.
New Y'ork, March 26.—(A*)—Sena
tor William H. King. Democrat of
Utah, hack in the United State* to
day after his unsuccessful attempt to
enter Haiti, blamed his exclnsion on
the attitude of the State department
at Washington.
President Borno notified Senator
King when the latter wan in Porto
Rico and Santa Domingo, that the
’senator was regarded as undesirable,
and could not enter the country.
’“President Borno has no power but
what he gets from the State depart
ment, and General John 11. Russell,
American high commissioner in Haiti,”
the senator said upon hie arrival on
the army transport St. Mihiel. “He
is merely a puppet. If the “State
department and General Russell had
demanded that I be admitted Presi
dent Borno’s opposition would have
been swept away.” *
APPOINTMENT OF NEW
NORTH CAROLINA JUDGE
A White House Spokesman Thinks
It May Be Made Soon.
Washington, March 25.—Reports
concerning the appointment of a
judge for the newly created middle
judicial district in N«tfh t’urolina.
and the naming of additional judges
in some other sections of tho coun
try. ns they emanate from the white
House nnd the department of justice
cannot very well be reconciled. Such
reports are to some extent, at least,
in conflict. Those who have called at
the department of justice of late
days to inquire about thexe appoint
ments have come away with the im
pression that no early action need
be expected. This was mentioned in
a dispatch from this bureau last
White House”
indicated that action: with resiiect
to the naming of additional judges,
might be expected in the near future.
But there was the intimation, at the
same time, that the President and
not a« yet come to a final determi
nation as to the men to be named
for the North Carolina, and- for oth
er judgeships.
,\s a rule judges are named after
eo'lnborntion between the White
House and the department of justice.
In Isomd oases the President will in
dicaate a desire to name a certain
mart, and will inquire of tile depart
ment aat to whether there exist any
reasou why his uume should not be
sent to tlie senate. In-other cases
the initiative comes from ■ the depart
ment of justice, and the President is
furnished the name of some man
who appears to bo acceptable, and i«
believed to be qualified.
Forces Now bt China Adequate, Says
President.
Washington, March 2Ti.tt Presi
dent Coolidge believes American
naval forces -now in Chinese waters
are adequate to take care ot the
situation as it now exists in connec
tion with protection of Americans.
Reports from Ameritan naval of
ficers on the scene have assured the
I’residcn that the situation at
Shanghai is less tense and that al
though serious trouble still is brew
ing at Nanking nq further outbursts
by Contonese irregu'ars or soldiers
are in immediate prospect.
the stock market
Reported by Fenwr & Beane
(Closing Quotations.)
Atchison ,—I 176%
American Tobacco B 123%
American Smelting 145%
American Locomotive -***- 116%
Allied Chemical 139%
Baldwin Locomotive 183
Baltimore ,A Ohio ——- 114%
Chesapeake & Ohio 162%
DuPont 209%
Frisco j * 11? v
General Motors —-- 17#
General Electric 85%
Hudson —-s-'-v ®*%
Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%
Kennecott Copper 62%
Liggett & Myers B
Mack Truck 104%
Maryland Oil 50%
Ran American Pet. B 64%
Rock Island 86%
R. J, Reynolds 109%
Southern Railway ... 124%
Studebnker 52%
Stewart-Warner 5D%
Texas Co. 48%
Tobacco Products 103%
U. S. Steel 104%
Westingbouse 74%
Woolworth - 125%
American T. & T 167%
American Can ...— 1 47%
Allis Chalmers 95%
Dodge Bros. 20%
Great Northern 86%
Lorillard 27%
Montgomery Ward - ..L-. 66%
Norfolk & Western ..... 173%
Rep. Iron and Steel _J 70%
1 New Steel 119%
CONCORD,N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1927
1 ' " ir m
Budget System for Schools of
State is Explained by Allen
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. March 26. —With the re
* 'turn of the 1.000 or more teachers who
have been attending the North Caro
lina Education Association convention
to their homes today, following the ,
adjournment of the convention at
noon, one of the dominant Wens they
are oftrrjing away with them is the
size of the state, school system, of
which they are' a part, as a result
of the address by A. T. Allen. State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
in which be explained the provisions
of the newly enacted .School Budget
{Act, nnd told of the necessity for such
Inn net.
■'The school business in North Caro
lina lias come to be a tremendous en
terprise. involving an annual expendi
ture. of 140,000,060 when we include
operating cost, capital outlay mid
debt seVice. Thus the [icople engaged
in this work must place themselves
in a position to render an accurate
accounting of the expenditure of this
money. This cannot be done, as I
see it, without a uniform accounting
system that makes the proper dis
tinction among the funds for com
parative and analytical purpose*! and
for the determination of unit cost,’’
Mr. Allen said.
Because of not having a proper bud
get and accounting system, the State
Deimrtment of Public Instructions
found itself in the einbnrassiug posi
tion this year of not being nble to
fell the General Assembly cxndtly
what it is costing North Carolina to
operate its schools, and this was one
of the fnctors that brought the new
budget nnd accounting act into being.
Heretofore none of the school expendi
tures have been standardized except
teachers' salaries.
Another thing that has complicated
school accounting is the fact that
technically there is no such thing as
nn eight months term or a nine months
term, but, merely a six months term
—at least ns far us the state is con
cerned. Ail expenditure above the
six j months term must thus bes kept
separate and distinct. Thus an ac
counting system has to provide to
take care of these differniug condi
tions. This new budget act, therefore,
was created to take care of these
conditions and to fit in with the nevy
i-ounty government reform acts, deal
ing with the fiscal affairs of the
counties, nnd to provide a better basis
of support for tlie six months school
term, it was explained by Mr. Allen.
‘‘Only four things have been chang
ed in this new budgeting act,” Mr. j
Allen explained. ‘‘A different nomer- i
datum lias been provided for the var- j
ious funds, so that the accounts will ;
be intelligible to the people of the
JURY KINDS PINK MULL
* GUILTY-OK MANSLAUGHTER
Burke County Man Sentenced to
Serve Not Less Nor More TUan
Three Years in State Prison.
Morgantou, X. C„ March 36.-- UP)
—l'ink Mull, charged with the slay
ing of I’aul .Gibbs, whose ‘body was
found by searchers near the MnU home
three weeks ago, was found guilty of
manslaughter today and sentenced by
Judge P. A. McElroy, <rf Marshall,
to serve njpt loss than two nor more i
than three years in prison. , j
E. B. Clayweil, local business man. I
foreman of the jury, reported the de
cision at tbe opening 'of court today. I
The accused man was alone in court I
when sentence was passed. Nn np- j
peal appeared likely.
THE STOCK -MARKET.
Considerable Week End Readjustments
, Os Amounts Affected Market To
day.
New York, March 26.—(A s)—Con
i siderable week end readjustment of
, siieculative accounts imparted irregul
, arity to the price movement in today's
. brief seesionof stock market, but the
main trend continued upward. Buying
. centered largely in issues of companies
i whose current earnings are large, or
; in which special'developments of some
. kind are pending. Closing was Irregu
. lar. Total sales approximated 750,-
; 000 sares.
Trial of Slayer of Sheriff Turner.
(By International News Service.)
Raleigh, NT. 0-, March 26.—The
trial ft Sanford next month of four
alleged slayers of Sheriff Turner, ol'
Lee county, will'be presided over by
Judge N. A. Sinclair of Fayetteville.
Judge W- O. Harris, of Raleigh.)
who was scheduled to hold the term I
of superior court starting at San-1
ford on April 4 has been granted an |
exchange with Judge Sinclair. Judge 1
Harris .will hold court in Dupliu
county;
Judge Harris requested the change
because Charles U. Harris, Raleigh
attorney, was a member of defense
counsel in the sensational staying
case. ’ • •
Four alleged liquor blockadens are
being held for trial tor the murder of
the Lee county Sberifff. They are:
Bud Davie, Malcolm Harris, Arthur
Robbins and Sam McAviacw.
Ex-Senator A. A. F. Sea-well, of
Hanford, has been detained to as
sist Solicitor Clawson L. Williams,
of Sanford, in tbe prosecution.
Boyer Stabbed to Death.
Hollywood, Calif., March 26.— UP)
—Eddie Higgins, 29, a well known
light weight boxer, was stabbed to
death early today in what police said
was a free for all fight in a Hollywood
tea room. Nine men and women, in
cluding Lloyd Hamilton, motion pic
ture comedian, were held for question
iag. ’
Ten Pages Today
' Two Sections
state and comparable with expendi
tures in other states.
“Second, it provides for a new
accounting system in the terms of the
neiv nomenclature used in the budgeted
items.
“Third, it provides a new way of
paying out money from the eouuty
superintendent's office and in paying ,
tlie city schools of their imrt in the .
isix months school fund.
“Fourth, it provides that the books j
■of the county treasurer shall be aud-I
tiled in terms of this new nomencla
ture. so that tlie exepeaditures in each
’object may be set over against tbe
amount provided in the May budget.”
in explaining just what was meant
by the “May budget." Mr. Allen said:
“The law provides that in May of
each year a preliminary budget, or
estimate of anticipated expenditure-! for
the next school year be prepared and
submitted .to the county board for ap
proval. Approval of this budget sets
, a maximum beyond whieh expendi
tures cannot go. The items are to
lie distributed by objects as nearly
as [lossible.
"Blit, the final budget is the Nov
ember budget, set up for aetunl ex
penditure exactly in accordance with
the distribution of the estimated
amount, in the May budget. Thus
it was also necessary to set up ah
accounting system that would fit into
this budget as to names of funds and
distribution, so that the county boards
of education may know at any time
the condition of any fund for any
object in the administration of the
schools. An auditing system in exact
accordance witli the new nomencla
ture, so that the auditing and ac
counting systems might be identical.
And while this system may not be
perfect, and probably will need ad
. jnstments from time to time, 1 am
Confident that we are headed in the
fight direction.”
Mr. Allen especially impressed on
the county sujierintendents the im
portance of holding their expenditure
within the limits of the budget, stat
ing that ill checking budgets for tbe
present school year of 1926-27, one
■ of the most distressing things was to
see tbe number of counties that are
Bow piling up deficits. Tbe school
people must, as a matter of self de
fense and for the suke of the good
name of the public, manage somehow
to hold expenditures witbin the ap
proved budgets, Mr. Alien declared.
The (mint was also stressed by Mr.
Allen that by providing better steward
ship of the people’s money, it would
j Ik* paving the way toward securing
l a better educational opportunity in
i the form of a longer school term, once
| tbe |ieople realize that their money is
. being carefully and properly handled.
. THE COTTON MARKET
!" !-*’•- f. .
Opened Unchanged to 1 Point Lower'
But Later Rallied. July Going to
14 SO. |
New York. March 26. —C4 3 )—The
cotton market opened unchanged to
one point lower today under overnight.
selling orders, but steadied up after I
the call in response to the relatively
-steady showing of Liverpool. There
appeared to be some trade calling as
wqlL as week-end covering on the bulge
i which carried the market up to 14.30
I for July and 14.66 for December, or
I about 2or 3 points net higher. I‘ri-
I vate cables rei>ortefi calling, covering
I and Bombay buying in Liverpool. The
I amount of cotton on shipboard at the
j end of the week was estimated at
180.000 bales against 97,000 bales last
| year.
! Uotton futures opened steady: May
114.06; July 14.27; October 14.48; De
cember 14.62; January 14.65.
New York, March 26.— UP) —Cotton,
futures closed steady : Jan. 14.69 ; May
14.10; July 14.31; Oct. 14.50; Dec.
14.66.
!
Protest Against Blue Laws.
! Greenville, S. C-, March 25.—(INS)
—South Carolina motorists were urged
to write Governor Richards and rep
resentatives in the Legislature pro
testing against continued enforcement
of the State's ancient “blue laws,” in
a statement issued bere today by Eu
gene B. Smith, president of the South
Carolina Motor Club.
Keep Out of China, Says Korun in
Speech.
Washington, March 25.—A plea to
let China work out her destiny un
molested by the United States was
voiced tonight by Senator Borah iu
j an address before the National Good
Housekeeping conference.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The 59th Series in this Old Reliable Building, Loan
and Savings Association will open April 2nd.
Running Shares cost 25 cents per share per week,
matures SIOO.OO in 328 weeks.
Prepaid Shares cost $72.25 per share, matures
SIOO.OO in 328 weeks.
Tax Returning Time Is Here , Remember That All
Stock is Non-Taxable.
Now is the accepted time to take shores and mabo a safe invest
ment which will bring you the best return and you will be helping
some good family get a home of its own.
The Cabarrus County will be 29 years old on April 9th. Think
of doing business that long without the loss of a cent on any loan or
in any other way, and in the past ten years maturing its stock in 328
weeks. How many individuals have such a record?
You can take shares any time now. A lot of people already bare
token a running start by taking shares in
SERIES NO. S9—NOW OPEN
Cabarrus County Building Loan 1
and Savings Association
OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
l ’ '
SECRETARY MELLON
GIVES OUT TODAY
OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT
of the Treasury Mel- ■
ion. sailing on the Olympic today,
gpve out an optimistic statement.
1 as follows: ,
“I see nothing to indicate that j
business wilK not continue good |
throughout the country thi« year.
The stock market seems to be go- j
ing along in very orderly fashion I
#nd I see no evidence of over spec- )
j illation. There is plenty of money j
| throughout the country. Brokers'
I loans give very good insight into
stock market and they show a
healthy condition.”
MOREHEAD MAY NOT
PLAY FOOTBALL AGAIN
Captain of 1927 Tar Heel Squad
Injured in Auto Accident Friday.
Salisbury, March 26. —t^ 3 )—Garrett
Morehead, captain-elect of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, may not be ,
able to play football next season ns ]
result of nn injured knee sustained late !
yesterday afternoon in automobile ac- '
eident on Salisbury-Chariot to highway j
about four miles from Salisbury, the
Post learned this morning.
One physician said there was pos
sibility of Morehead'* knee being frac
tured, which if true would give him
lots of trouble and might prevent his
playing football.
The eonditionof Miss Caro Fish, of
Raleigh was reported about tlie same
this afternoon. Miss Fish sustained
u fractured hip and nrm and was badly
lacerated amt bruised. Her condition
was reported serious last night.
Paul C. Whitlock Jr. of Charlotte,
the third occupant of the car suffered
only from bruises aud cuts about the
head and may leave hospital today.
The car turned over three or, four
times while traveling at rapid rate of
speed when the brakes locked. The
accident was witnessed by passengers
on Train 34 who said the car was
racing with the train. This was denied
by Morehead who was driving the
car, who said he was forced from road
by u car which came from behind a
car he was passing.
Fenner and Beane Cotton Letter.
New Orleans, March 25.—Cotton
market was two sided again with
HuctuatioiiH small and close but lit
tle changed from the previous finals, j
There was some selling and liquida- 1
tion during the early trading on )
weak cables, Chinese troubles and
outlook for good weather. This was
offset biter by Large spinners tak
ings and rumors that the forthcom
ing report ou weevil emergence
would be bullish. As a n-sult there
<fas more or less covering in the
late trading and n fair sized rally.
t ww Jm . ttea .to.
the previous week but showed sub
stantial gain over last year while
I exports continue impressively large.
I Final March tenders wore small und
easily cared fdf. Cables from Liver
-1 ]>ool anil Manchester were rather
| [►e.ssimii-tic owing to smaller sales of
yarn and eloth recently and prob
ability of a domestic coal strike
came in for considerable attention.
The interest of trader* however was
mostly centered on the forthcoming
' report on weevil emergence. The Tul-
I lotah , La., experiment station says
it i« being prepared and will be re
leased by Washington. The market
will be considerably influenced by
the chaaeter of the report.
FENNER AND BEANE.
To Put Now Law* Into Effect
(By International News Service)
Raleigh, March 26. —Plans are go
ing forward here to put the three eoun
i, ty government reform bills enacted by
the 1927 legislature, in operation by
early April.
The 160 counties of the state will
be aided in putting the county fiscal
control act into effect by the county
advisory commission. The act re
quires counties to nppoint a county
accountant by tbe first Monday in
April.
The accountant will be required to
submit estimates for the maintenance
of the various county governmental
departments. These will have to be
turned in early next, month.
i; Teachers Want 8-moot ha School Term.
Raleigh, N. C., March 26. —(A 3 )—
I I The North Carolina Education Asso
■ I elation in concluding session of its
i j annual convention today adopted tbe
i statewide eight-months school term as
I j its chief objective. Adoption was
i unanimous.
Americans At Nanking 1
Safe Aboard Warships J
Following Ultimatums
i i]
1 KANNAPOLIS IS
DEFEATED IN THE
j VOLLEYBALL TOCB^^t*
Atlanta, March 2C.— OP,
won its way to the final* . ine
Southern Y. M. C. A. volleyball
tournament today by defeating
Kannapolis. N. C.. 15 to 0. and
15 to 9, runner-up for high place
in the winners' bracket,
JOSEPHUS DANIELS KEEN
AS AL SMITH’S SECOND
| Tar Heel Editor's Recent Arts Looked
| Upon as Leading to Vice Presidency.
I Brock Barkley in Charlotte Observer.
1 ltnlcigh. March 25.—Josephus Dan
iels' current contributions on the sub
ject of democratic presidential politics
huve inspired his afternoon neighbor
here to put into ould print the blunt
question North Carolina politicians
have been whis|iering to one another
for months.
The Raleigh Times, siieaking editor
iall, wants to know if Mr. Daniels is
“steering his personal ambition toward
the berth of Vice President to the
[iresent governor of New York?”
Some of those who have been enter- I
mining their suspicions for a good
while recalled that once upon a time
the editor of The News and Observer
wrote an editorial praising the New
York governor mightily for honoring
n requisition for a New Yorker wanted
down here. They said that Judge
(ieorge Pell clipped out a copy of the
editorial and mailed it to Governor
Smjth, which pleased both the gover
nor and the editor very much.
The Times, with the assistance of
The Durham Herald, has undertaken
to give a layout of the significant
straws on which the curious are build
ing their conjectures.
It counts as one the advocacy by
Mr. Daniels of the abolitionof the
two-thirds rule in the democratic con
vention. a change which it is admitted
| will help the Smith cause materially.
[ Another is the careful restraint of
! Mr. Daniels, the. editor, in applause
lof the Anti-Saloon league, of which
he was once state president, and a
signfieant absence from last Sunday's
Tom Heflin meeting at which the
Alabama senator heaped a furious us
suut on the Smith head. Still another
is a "recent failure to denounce as
anarchists, in accordince with •J'he
Bryan ultimatum, all who suggest a
luck of virtue in, the Volstead act”
Bumper .Strawberry Crop.
Italeigh, March 25.—(INS) —Plans
| are now under way here for the har
vesting of North Carolina's bumper
strawberry crop.
According to Frnnk I). Grist, com
missioner of labor and printing, some
thing like 5,000 laborers will be needed
to gather the berries this year.
The greatest strawberry growing
sections of the state are around Chad
bourne and Wallace, and Commission
er Grist will leave for the Southeast
ern corner of the state this week to
inspect the situation first-haud.
The Department of Labor and Print
ing has been active iu looking after
the harvesting of the strawberry crop
for several yeurs. The berries are
super-perishable, and necessarily must
be picked as fast as they ripen.
Tough Break if You Issued Bad
I Cheek For Tax.
Raleigh, March 28.—The State of i
North Carolina will not trifle with!
bad check givers even in the rush of
collecting income taxes.
The last legislature handed it a j
weapon with which to chastise the j
' worthless autograph gentry. It pass
ed a law adding ten per cent penalty j
1 on all cheeks for income taxes re j
turned not paid. The minimum j
’ jienalty was placed at one dollar.
■ Hundreds of checks have come!
1 back to the revenue department un- !
' paid this year, employes say. The!
penalty is being added.
Belated returns ran the State’s j
. total collections close to the five and
- three-quarter million mark today.
- Last year the total was only *5,349,-
s 103 on Ihe same day.
s Dave Blair Satisfied With His lTe»-
s ent Job.
Winston-Salem. 'March 25. —David
H. Blair, of Winston-Salem, Inter
! nal Revenue Commissioner of the
Cnited States, has no desire to be
judge of the new middle North Car
olina District Court and would not
accept if the appointment were of
fered him( according to statements
he made while in Winston-Salem
this week.
Mr. Blair has been frequently
mentioned as a possibility for the
judgeship in the newly created trib
unal and is suid to have strong sup
porters, both in North Carolina and
among the powers that be in Wash
ington. i
But Mr. Blair does not want the
office, be naye. Friends querier him
during his visit here and learned
that he is not interested in the prop
osition.
Sum of *75,000 b> Sought In Two
Suits.
Charlotte, March 26.—Two suits
for a total of *75,000 were filed in
Mecklenburg superior court today.
M. C. Nichols, a Seaboard A’r
Line switchman, demanded *40,000
of that company, for crushing nun
between two freight cars.
Miss Bessie Gibson demanded
*85)000 of the Came! City Coacli
1 Compsuy and the Indemnity Insur
ance Company of North America foi
allegedly crashing juto a car in which
she was riding, breaking never,!
bone*.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY j
NO. 66
Only One American Was |l
K n * City so Far as
From
- iteports.
THREATS STOPPED
CHINESE FIRING
Warships Were Ready Ip
Bombard City When tin j
Chinese Leaders Ga¥s |
Order for Protection.
Shanghai, March 20.—AH 4
Americans at Nanking other than *.«• J
one known to be killed and four I**.'?3
jured are accounted safe in
dispatches received here shortly!. bft- "8
foreXft o'clock tonight.
Tlie 120 Americans who took refuge |
in Nanking I’niversity from the riofe M
ing Chinese are all reported nboardpuf,
ships in the river. The known Arog*- -1;
iean casualties are: '
Dead: Dr. J. E. Williams, of Shaw
nee, Ohio, vice president of Nanking "j
University.
Injured : Miss Anna E. Motfatt, of
Fort Sheridan. 111., of the l’resbytenfj
,un Mission. Shot twice in the body -i
b.v a nationalist soldier. She will,rot j
cover.
I’rivate Plumley of the Mlrili |
Corps. ' " is&S*i
An American bluejacket, uni dent l- ]
lied.
Earl T. Hobart, manager of thf
Standard Oil plant at Nanking.
broken.
All Americans Out of Nanking. '
Washington, March 20.—OP)—--VH
Americans have evacuated Nanking
and have boarded American vessels
at the port, rear admiral Hough ad- . }
vised the Navy Department todfifljlpa
With the exception of Dr. J. K. Wil- j
liams, the admiral/ said no other Am
erican dead had been found.
Defies Foreigners. 3
Shanghai, March 28.—<#)—The for. •
eigu powers cannot send enough war- ,3
ships to t’hina to suppress the aspljS ?;
utious of the Chinese people, says 4
statement issued in the name of Gen- ja
era! Chang Kai Shek. the Cantonese |
commander in chief, who arrived iti
Shanghai today.
Wants Destroyer at Chef on.
l’ekiug, March 28.— OP> —The Am- : Jj
crican consul at Cheloo on the Shan- -
timg-pewinsufar, has requestwt ttSr 'dtaW&Sl
patcli of a destroyer there following
clashes between the poliee and Shan
tungese (northern) troops.
Tong Warfare Halted. '
New York. Marcli 28.—C4>)—Chi-
nese tong members were told b.v their
chieftains today that there is no war
fare and there must be no killing*.
The onler. in the form of a letter, /
signed b.v the presidents of the On
Leon and Hip Sing tongs, was drafted
at a conference called by District At
torney Ranton, who threatened wbotaii
sale deportations if the warfare which
already has taken a toll of ten] lives
in six cities, did not cease. „ ' jga
Will Make Protest.
Peking, March 20.—(A I )—The Aiper- V
ican legation lias instructed the con
sul at Hankow to call on Eugene
Chen, Cantonese foreign minister, ami
protest the “outrageous and unpro
voked attack upon, and the killing,of
i American citizens by nationalist
| forces” at Nanking.
Coi Seems Certain of First Plate iu
Legion. . lea
Charlotte. March 28.—The way
1 was cleared today for election *• of
| Gen. Albert Cox, of ltn'cigh. as Com
mander of the North Carolina us-
J partment of the American I.eglalt,
; whtn letters were received by Legion
j members here stating that Alien
j Attains, of Greensboro, and Artuiir
:1$ Corey, of Greenville, will not bo 1
| candidates. The two men themselves
ia re authority for statements mat
i they will not be iu the race. " *
That leaves no one out but Gon
! oral Cox. The election will be made
jat the Legion Convention in Wash
ington, which will be lield on August
■ | fifteenth.
1 Offers $1,200 For Return of Child.
Chattanooga, Tenn , March 28.
—lmmunity from arrest and rewards
totalling .$1,200 with no questions
asked, await t)ie person who return*
I two-year old Virginia Jo F razier, kid
j napped from her home here, to her
’ parents. The offer was made .today
with the consent and agreement of the
. J city detective department and Cotn
missioner and Mrs. Ered B. F'ratier,
. J parents of the girl.
. Chief of Detectives W. H. Haekett
I I guaranteed the good faith of the offer.
With Our Advertised.
el Wrenn at Kannapolis wants to call
tl : and get your clothes to clean. Kan-
J | napoiis phone 128.
i- 1 Fresh pies, buns, cookies, ilough
-1 nuts, honey cream cakes, layer cake,
i rolls, etc., at the Kannapolis bakery,
o Now is the time for your new
spring suit for Easter, April ITtb.
* See new ad. of M. It. Pounds. 1
a You will find charming creations In . :
new spring hats at Robinson’s. ’ii
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