ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Situation At Shanghai Is
Easier For The Moment
American Forces Landed at
Shanghai Sunday From
Cruiser Pittsburgh Re
turned to Ship.
1,500 MARINES ARE
STILL AT SHANGHAI
Demonstration Sunday Not
Followed by Disturb
ances.—Plans to Re-en
force Admiral Williams.
Washington. March 28.—OP)—The
force In titled at Shanghai yesterday
from the American cruiser Pittsburgh
has been returned to the ship, and
quiet prevailed in that, city today.
Admiral Williams, commanding the
American naval forces in Chinn, re
ported to the navy department in a
dispatch sent from Shanghai at 4:05
p. m. (Shanghai time) that "a large
demonstration occurred at the west
gate of the native city yesterday, the
Chinese demanding the return’of the
concessions and the international set
tlement.
Navy department officials explained
that Admiral Williams had landed the
detachment from the Pittsburgh when
he heard that an nntl-foreign demon
stration would be held in the native
city. One thousand nnd five hundred
Americans arc still ashore at Shang
hai.
Inasmuch as the demonstration waa J
not followed by any disturbance it |
was explained the necessity for keep-1
mg the Pittsburgh detachment ashore
had disappeared.
Secretary Wilbur received the re- j
port of Admiral Williams with mani- j
fest gratification, and hurried to the I
white house to inform President Cool-'
idge that the situation at Shanghai j
was "easier", for the moment at least.
Nevertheless, faci a cond ! tion
fraught with the gravest danger to
Araericnn lives nnd property, the
American government went forward |
with its plans of reinforcing the com- I
mnnd of Admiral Williams to whom 1
lias been entrusted the difficult and |
delicate task of throwing safeguards '
nbout those who have been endangered
(luring the sweep of the Cantonese
army over a large part of China.
The 1 ..Km marines ordered to San
Diego. ti.‘ be embarked on the trans
port Henderson wgre being gathered
from jmmtn'lrtdKfc*tTie A’tWnttr
and the Henderson by rndih today an
nounced she would enter San Diego
harbor on April 3rd, ready to take
them aboard for the trip across the
Pacific.
Three Amedican destroyers joined
Admiral Williams forces at Shanghai
today, nnd throe cruisers are en route
from Honolulu nnd should be available
for his use ns necessity requires with
in a few days.
In line with its policy of getting
Americans out of the Chinese danger
zones, the State department has de
cided to close the* remote consulates
at Changsha and Chuukiang when
evacuation of Amerieun nationals at
those points has been completed. The
consuls will retire to the const, and
warships at the two cities then can
be withdrawn.
Name Andrews New President.
Kaleigh. N. C.. March 26. —Final
business of the 43rd annual session of
tlic North Carolina Educational As
sociation today was marked by adop
tion of strong resolutions calling
upon teachers of the State to carry
ou the fight for an eight-months’
school term, the election of T. Win
gate Andrews as president and
Frank I*. Hall, superintendent of the
Gaston County schools, ns vice-presi
dent. appointment of various special
committees to study tenure and re
tirement laws, and the adoptiion of
the reoommenda tions of Secretary
Jule B. Warren. Kaleigh.
All Americans Ordered to Amoy.
Amoy. China, March 28.—C/P)—All
Americans in the interior of Fukian
province have been ordered to concen
trate here as a precaution against
possible anti-foreign ontbrreakß. The
American destroyer Bulmer arrived
here yesterday. The local situation
remains calm, but there !s much agi
tation.
SMALL COST OF ICE
According to the U. S. Department of Labor, the average expen
diture of a family is $2250.00 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.
AN ELECTRIC ICE MACHINE USES
as much electricity a month as any one of these groups:
50 electric fans
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 IQE:
I Tour*.for SERVICE,
A. B. POUNDS
The Concord Daily Tribune
" North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
i HUNDREDS OF “VETS”
WILL ATTEND REUNION
i Efforts Bring Made to Secure Living
Veterans Medals for All of Them
for Reunion.
Raleigh. March 28.—Four Surry
county veterans. Z. T. Smith, nnd G.
■ V Nichols. Ml. Airy; G. M. and John
| G. Burros of Rockford, in neew uui
| forms of f'onfcderate Gray and wear
! iug the new living veteran medal is
sued them by the Stone Mountain
j Confederate Memorial will be at Tam
! pa for the l\ C. V. Convention April
j Sth.
I Thousands of other veterans from
j North Cnrolina nnd other Southern
j states will be in attendance there al
j so. Efforts arc now being eoncentrat-
I ed in a movement thfit will make it
I possible for eaeh one of these men to
| wear one of the living veteran medals
• and to have their names enrolled in
j the living hook of memory,
i Chambers of i-ommeree. civic clubs,
business houses nnd interested indi
viduals have taken upon themselves
the duty to see thnt these veterans are
presented with these medals nnd have
them to wear at the convention. It
shows the civic pride of the commun
ity from which these men come when
you see them wear this medal.
With every five dollar subscription
one living veteran will be enrolled in
■a special book that will be treasured
for all time at the Stone Mountain
Memorial. There are approximately
40,000 living veterans now remaining
in the south.
The cry of the veteran for the past
few years has been "finish the monu
ment while we are still here." By en
rolllng them we shall be helping to
both honor them and materially ad
vance the work of finishing the monu
ment to the soldiers of the south.
With Our Advertisers.
Spring modes in footwear at Efird’s
from *1.05 to $4.05.
Your last chance to get a full ko
dak outfit for *2.45 at Boyd W. Cox
Studio.
Take your films Tor developing to
CLlne’s Pharmacy.
Cooper's union sultß with shock ab
sorbed taped bock at Barks-Belk Co.'s.
Extra special at Bell A Harris Co.’s
—famous Red Cross mattresses and
Blue Ribbon springs.
Dress up for Easter, men. W. A.
Overcash has just what yon waut.
Rhone (58 and let C. H. Barrier &
Co., supply your grocery needs.
Gladiolaa bulbs, ail colors, at Gib
-Ms-bruit iw#
The cases at Hoover’s are bulging
with up-to-the-minute merchandise for
spring.
You can get a Kelvinator installed
in your home for only *2lO. See J.
Y. Rharr & Bro. and give them your
order. Watch for exhibit soon.
Y'our brakes will respond quickly
if you use Hood tires. Get them at
Ritchie Hardware Co.
Cole planters, Oliver plows and cul
tivators. disc and drag harrows bought
in car loads by Yorke & Wadsworth
Co.
Delivered Wh'skey ,V» Laundry
Packages.
Greensboro, March 20.—Modern
methods in bnotleggiug scored a
triumph in business until po’ioe of
ficers lamnard and Hayworth got
wise nnd found that J. A. Custer,
driving a truck for the Columbia
Laundry was delivering a sight of
laundry.
They opened one of the neat
brown paper packages with the
usual laundry list on the outside
and inside found a half gallon jar of
whiskey. Custer went to jail and the
officers to the laundry. Hidden at
various places in it they found seven
gallons of corn liquor, a keg full, a
can full and a number of other jars
a’.ong with some “laundry" bundles
ready for delivery.
The laundry company is absolved
from any knowledge of the actions of
Custer.
Business Better With Gaston Cot
ton Mills.
Gastonia, March 28. —Business with
Gaston county’s hundred cotton
mills, whil note on easy street, own
ers say, today is in better shape
than it has been for several months.
Mills are reported running on full
time with all regular employes nt
work. Y'am orders are being taken
by operators at a fair margin of
profit.
TWO IN KILLED
IN A GANG WAR AT
DETROIT TODAY
Another Fatally Wounded
as They Walked Down a
Corridor in an Apart
ment This Morning.
WERE SHOT WITH
A MACHINE GUN
Slayers Were Entrenched
Behind a Steel Fire Door
—War Between Rival
Gamblers, It Is Said.
Detroit, March 28. —OP)—The first
maeh’ne gun fire in the history’ of De
troit’s gang war killed two men nnd
probably fatally wounded another as
they walked down a corridor of an
apartment building early today. The
machine gun was entrenched behind
n steel fire door. The slain men
are believed by police to be George
Cohen and Joseph Bloom, addresses
unknown.
The third man taken to a hospital
wounded nearly a dozen times, is
Frank Wright, alias Burke, 23. of
Chicago. He has been living at a
down town hotel for several weeks. In
his room were found Chicago newspa
per accounts of beer and gambling
feuds in which machine guns have fig
ured.
Wright told Philip A. Ncnbcck, as
sistant prosecuting attorney, he and
his companions, Bloom and Cohen,
were summoned to the apartment in
Alexandrine Avenue to release “Fish.”
an acquaintance who had been kid
napped.
“While we were walking down a
corridor, a steel fire door swung open
nnd three men begad shooting at ns,”
Wright said. “The man with the ma
chine gun was iu the middle nnd on
each side of him was a man firing
away with a pistol."
The police bel : eve the shooting is an
outbreak of a war between rival gamb
ling house proprietors of Detroit, and
that gunmen from New' Y’ork and
Chicago have been brought here to
carry on the feud. The sawed off shot
gun heretofore has been the favorite
weapon of gang shootings in Detroit.
... Tiip mn v i
Counsel For Henry Ford Move to Pre
vent Saplro From Amending Declar
ation.
Detroit. March 28.— \A>) —Counsel
for Henry Ford moved today to pre
vent Aaron Sapiro from amending his
declaration of 141 separate libels
in his *1,000,000 libel suit against
the automobile manufacturer. Sapiro
last Thursday sought to eliminate 54
of the allegations and change the
phraseology of one other.
The jury was excused nt the open
ing of court today and legal argu
ments began.
"If this amended complaint is ex
cepted, we must ask for a mistrial,
and thnt the case be taken from furth
er consideration of the jury.” asserted
Stewart Hanley, of Ford counsel.
He maintained that in addition to
the alleged libels having been laid
before the jury in opening statements
nnd testimony, Sapiro could not prove
them as libels because of incorrect
statements of innuendo and insuffi
ciency of allegations.
Hanley quoted at length from prec
edents, although in making his tenta
tive decision to permit the amend
ments last Thursday, Judge Raymond
cited precedents to show that such
amending was permissible.
The court took the motion to refuse
amendment under advisement, stat
ing he would announce the decision at
2 p. m.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner A Beane
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison 177%
American Tobacco B 125%
American Smelting* 146%
American Locomotive 111%
Atlantic Coast Line 185%
Allied Chemical 140
Baldwin Locomotive 184%
Baltimore & Ohio 115%
Chesapeake & Ohio 162%
DuPont s 211%
Frisco - 111%
Geueral Motors 181
General Electric 85%
Hudson 60%
Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%
Kenneeott Copper 02%
Coca-Cola 191
Liggett & Myers B 96%
Mack Truck 105%
Maryland Oil GO
Pan American Petroleum B 03%
Rook Island 80%
B. J. Reynolds lOO%
Southern Railway 124%
Sttidebaker 52%
Stewart-Warner 59%
Texas Co. 48%
Tbbacco Products 104
17. S. Steel —. 105%
Westinghouse 74%
Wool worth 120%
American Tel. & Tel. 167%
American Can 46%
Allis Chalmers 95%
Dodge Bros'. 21
Great Northern - 85
Gulf State Steel 60
Loriltard 27%
Montgomery Ward 66%
Norfolk & Western * 176%
Overland 21%
Republic Iron A Steel 71%
Vick Chemical 54%
New Steel 119%
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1927
Bishops Start Move To Ban
Southern Cotton Mill Communities
H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer
Washington. March 27. —A move
ment la nut-bed here today by Bishop
James Cannon. Jr., has for its purpose
the elimination of the “cotton mill
community." He and 40 other south- 1
era bishops and ministers issued an
appeal to industrial leaders of the
smith today to merge the factory vil
lages into the “larger community.”
"Life in a mill village under com
pany control, while an advantage of
status in the beginning.'’ Bishop Can
non and his associates assert, “is not f
the best training ground for citizen
ship, iu that it does not train residents
for participation in government. It
has generally proved in recent years
to he unfavorable to education, to re
ligion. and to understanding and sym
pathy between the citizen of the mill
village nnd those of the large coin
inanity."
Would Allay Strife.
Bishop Cannon points out to cap- I
tains of industry that by taking the !
steps suggested by him and his eo-1
workers they and the south will avoid
"the waste and bitterness of industrial
conflicts aud the intensity of the class
struggle."
TIIE SMITH FORCES
ARE WORKING HARD
Democratic Group in Congress Lay
Careful Plans for Popular leader.
Washington. March 28.—An active
fight for the Democratic Presidential
nomination is being planned by the
group in Congress here favoring Gov
ernor A1 Smith of New York.
Smith is exepected to issue a state
ment shortly which will embody.his
answer to opponents in the party, who
object to him on religious grounds.
Smith's friends here tonight said
the statement will be made in response
to an open letter published in the
Atlantic Monthly, from a New York
attorney questioning the right of a
Catholic to seek the Presidential office
in view of alleged sectarian obliga
tions. This charge has been made
ndgniust Smith repeatedly since lie
appeared as a Presidental candidate
in 1924. but heretofore he always has
disregarded it.
The statement, it is said, will take
the position thnt Smith’s religion is'
a private ami, personal mntter Which
can in no way influence his conduct
in public office.
Smith's lieutenants here plan to use
the document throughout the South
ip an active campaign to diminish op- -
(position against him there. While
'the Smith group does not expeet any
of the Southern delegations to the j
Brmtfoattjg,-National Convention .will'
be pledged to his Candidacy, they are
working to have the delegates come to '
the convention without pledges against
him.
The Smith plan now is to obtain j
as many Southern delegations as pos
sible pledget! to favorite sons, in the
hope they may be swung over to Smith
after the balloting begins. To obtain
this result several congressional back- j
ers of the New York Governor are un
derstood to be planning summer trpis I
to Southern States.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Tot lay at Uneltanged
Prices to a Decline of 3 Points.
New York, March 28. —CP)—The
cotton market opened steady today at
unchanged prices to a decline of 3
points. Liverpool made a fairly steady
showing, hut weather news was fav
orable and small orders in evidence
here seemed to be evenly divided iu i
early trading. A little price fixing
was reported, nnd some commission i
house buying of new crop months j
which gave the market a steady under- j
tone, but demand was supplied with- j
in a range of 2 or 3 points, with July j
ruling around 14.32 nnd October at!
14.52, or about 1 to 2 points net high-]
er. Private cables said continental
buying had absorbed some jjedging and
Bombay selling in Liverpool, but that
buyers of cloth were holding aloof in
anticipation of lower prices.
The market later worked up to 14755
for July, and 14.55 for October, but
seemed to meet a little southern sell
ing or realizing at these figures and
eased off a few points. At midday
July was selling around 14.30 with
the general market quiet.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
14.10; July 14.28; October 14.40;
December 14.66; January 14.68.
RECENTLY “MURDERED”
GIRL BECOMES BRIDE
Miss Mary Vickery. For Whose
“Murder” Man Had Been Serving
Term, la Married.
Harlan, Ky.. March 26.—Mary
Vickery, 16, aud O. E. Dempsey, 2S,
were married at a lawyer’s office
here today.
The courtship and marriage of the
girl enme swiftly after her unexpect
ed return last week after she had
been believed slain and Conda Dab
ney was serving a life sentence in
prison for her "murder.”
Living at the home of the girl’s
father, E. C. Vickery, by whom lie
was employed os n painter, Dempsey
renewed acquaintance with the girl.
He bad known her when they both
lived at Lafayette, Ariz., betore he
went to the navy nnd she left home.
He was discharged from the navy <it
the expiration of his list on July 24
last year aud enme here.
The marriage was solemnized by
Rev. H. O. Davis, pastor of the Bap
tist church of God. who also is a
magistrate in the office of J. G.
Jarvis, who had proseecuted Dabney
for the “murder." The license had
been issued a short time before by
County Clerk M- G. Smith. They will
make their home with the girl father.
A man in South Africa has just
papered his Voorn with 500,000 used
postage stamps.
He would build in. the south “a
greater and more powerful industry
'constructed solidly upon good-will and
co-operation. higher wages, shorter
hours labor representation and tin* nb
-1 sorption of the mill village."
Bishop t'njiiioii has co-opernted with
the Anti-Saloon league for years in
its campaigns for national prohibition.
At times lie has been a storm center.
His new movement, it was predicted
today, will meet with stout opposition
in some industrial circles in .southern
. states.
Not A Commodity.
"We do not undertake to suggest
the farms which employes' representa
tion in factory government should
take, whether arrangements negotiated
with regular unions or forms of works
councils," said Bishop Cannon, “but
labor is horn a a and not a commodity."
Among the 41 signed with Bishop
((’aniion are: Edwin I). Mouzon, Ohar
jlotte; Mrs. W. A. Newell. Mount Airy,
[and Charles ('. Weaver of Winston-
ISalem. The other signers are from
j various southern states.
Bishop Cannon lived in North t'aro
jliua for a number of years.
MR. GOOCH DECLINES
PLACE AS TRUSTEE
Sees Tco Much Work Without Cnm
pensaticn in Handling Defunct B.
and L. Affairs.
Salisbury, arch 27. —Clyde E.
Gooch, recently named as trustee*
for the Perpetual Building and Loan
association, has declined to qualify.
Me is the fifth man appointed to look
after the affairs of the Perpetual
since Frank U. Brown, secretary and
treasurer, was relieved of his duties.
Mr. Gooch gives the reason for
his not taking uii the work the fact
that since he was appointed judge
Webb has issued all order allowing
Frank R. BrowT. to look over all the
papers of the association in tre
presence of the trustee and this Mr.
Gooch thinks would take at least
four weeks with no allow-ance for
compensation. It is understood that
I). A. Uandlemnn will be named to
succeed Air- Gooch.
GIRL HI'RT IN AUTO
SPILL RESTING WELL
Miss Caro Fish, of Raleigh. Had Hip
And Thigh Broken in Wreck Near
Salisbury.
Salisbury, March 2(5.—M iss Caro
Fish, young Raleigh society woman,
who was seriously injured Friday
evening iu an automobile wreck on
jJie national highway four miles south
of Salisbury. is'’ reported tonight "Us
resting well at the Salisbury hospital.
Her injuries consist of a broken hip
and thigh, internal injuries that were
feared at first have not developed and
it is though now Miss Fish will re
cover. She has been conscious all
along. Her' mother, Mrs. L. G. Fish,
arrived last, night from Raleigh and
is with her constantly.
Paul Wait lock, .Tl\ , and Garrett
Morehead, Charlotte young men. who
were with Miss Fis’h when the enr in
which they were riding left the road
way aiid turned over three times were
able to leave the hospital this after
noon mid were taken to their homes
in Charlotte. Mr. Whitlock’s principal
injury was a cuf on the head and Mr.
.Morehead suffered bruises and sprains.
A knee was badly sprained but x-ray
pictures developed today show no frac
ture.
Sheriff Krider, who has been in
vestigating the accident, Ims not been
able to find any eye witnesses today
blit expects to get in touch with pas
sengers on the Piedmont Limited, with
which train the automobile was said
to have been racing at the time of
the accident. According to Air. Whit
lock’s account the car turned off the
hard surface to avoid a collision.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Higher Prices in Nearly All Railroad
Stocks Today.
New Y’ork. March 28.—04 s)—Furth
er accumulation of railway shares re
sulted in higher prices in nearly all
divisions at the opening of the New
York stock exchange today. Some
big blocks of investment shares chang
ed hands within a few minutes, not
ably 3.700 shares of New Y’ork Cen
tral, at 144 1-2, and 5,000 General
Motors at 180. Pan American A.
United Drug, Nash Motors. Atchison
and Baldwin opened one to two [mints
higher.
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 shares and make a safe invest
ment which will bring you the best return nnd you will be helping
some good family get a borne of its own.
The Cabarrus County will be 29 years old on April 6th. Thiuk
of doing business that long without the loss of a cent ou 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 have
taken n running start by taking shares in
SERIES NO. 59—NOW OPEN
Cabarrus County Building Loan
and Savings Association
OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
ARRESTED CHARGED
I WITH THE KILLING
OF DR. GERBERDING
Retired Lutheran Minister
Was Struck and Killed
Almost Instantly by an
Automobile.
PIERCE DENIES
WAS DRIVING CAR
Is Held Under Bond of $5,-
000. —The Preliminary
Hearing Is Set for Next
Wednesday.
Hickory. X. C.. March 28.— OP)— |
Joe Pierce. 23 year old shoe salesman!
of this city, was arrested early today
and charged with the murder of Dr.!
G. H. Gerberding, retired Lutheran
minister, who was struck by ail auto
mobile and killed almost instantly last
night. Pierce denies that he was driv
. ing the car that struck the minister.
| Dr. Gerberding who was formerly
president of the Lutheran Seminary in
Chicago, was attempting to cross the
street tfear Lenoir-Ithyne Ciolloge.
when the car struck him and sped
away. A few minutes after that, po
] lice say. Pierce returned to a local
automobile rental company with a
| car he hhd been using for about an
i hour. The right side of the car was
said to be dented nnd the police claim
j there was blood on the axle. Pierce
| is then alleged to have jumped into
1 a roadster with Clarence Hefner, who
is being held by police under *SOO
bond, as a material witness. Hefner
told investigators that he and Pierce
i drove around Hickory for the next
two hours, and that Pierce aided as
| ’’natural as always.”
Pierce is being held by the police in
lieu of a *5.000 bond on a charge of
second degree murder. Preliminary
.hearing is set for Wednesday.
I Dr. Gerberding was one of the most
prominent men in Lutheran circles.
He was a noted theologian and was
said to be preparing final chapters of
a religious work.
] LITTLE FRAZIER CHILD
RESTORED TO PARENTS
Baby Found on Porch of Preacher’s
I Home Following Telephone Call.
I Gjjflttnnoogu, March 27, —Virginia
Josephine Frazier, two-yeiir-ofit“daugli
ter of Commissioner and Mrs. Fred
B. Frazier, kidnaped from their home
here Wednesday night was left on the
front pofch of the residence of Dr.
Venable notified him of the baby’s
presence. The baby appeared under
the influence of a light narcotic or
anesthetic but was otherwise uuharm
[ ed.
The kidnapers had demanded a ran
i som of *3,333. and it is understood
that this sum was paid before the
■ baby was delivered by the captives.
Police were called and the child
was returned to her distracted par
ents. Police said no arrests had been
made in connection with the case.
The abandonment of the child fol
lowed close on the heels of another
development in the ease tonight, when
a child’s undershirt with a letter ad
dressed to Mrs. Frazier was thrust in
to the hands of a Western 1 111 ion mes
senger boy by a negro boy.
The negro told the messenger, "Take
these to Mrs. Frazier. She’ll pay the
charges when you get there. I’m in a
hurry,” then disappeared into an alley.
Demands for ransom for the child’s
return were made yesterday nnd Air.
Frazier announced that the terms
would be met and no effort would be
mnde to punish the abductors, provid
ed the child was unhurt.
1.500 Pounds of Hams Stolen in
Statesville.
Statesville, Alarch 27.—Breaking
into the store of James E. Thorpe
late tonight, robbers loaded 1,500
pounds of ham into a large truck and
made their getaway. Police, on the
scene within a few moments from
the time the back door of the store
was forced, found uo clue* to the
thieves Two cash registers in the
store, which contained about *3O in
cash, were not molested; 4.500 more
pounds of ham also escaped the at
tentions of the intruders.
MOTHER’* BIRTHDAY
CAKE MADE WITH
NINETY-THREE LAYERS
(By International News Service)
Brainord. Minn., March 28.—A
!)3 layer cake. 3!) inches high, was
the unique contribution of a
(laughter at the it,3rd birthday an
niversary party of her mother.
Mrs. Mary H. Oliver, at Lakeland,
M-nn.
A ladder with 03 rungs re- '
seated Mrs. Oliver's life,-
covered with trimmings of >
Red hearts amid and embank „n
of roses created in icing with the
name of "Mother. 03" completed
the top layer effect of the mam
moth cake. It was carried in sec
tions and set up at the mother's
home.
WORLD’S COMMUNISTS
CALLED TO CHINA’S AID
Internationale Calls “Oppressed” to
I Unite in Support of Revolution.
I Moscow. March 27.—Declaring that
the Nanking bombardment was a pro-
I vocative act on the part of English,
land American imperalists, the execu
tive committee of the communist in
ternational?. has issued a call to “all
oppressed people to unite in protest
against, the new criminal war in
China.'
The call asks that the withdrawal
of troops from Chinese territory be
demanded and that "the murderous
character of the new war" be exposed.
England and America have begun
a war on China, the call asserts. "The
falsehood" that troops were sent to
protect the foreigners, their wives and
families, now has been exposed. The
purpose of sending the troops, it was
to protect the profits of imperialists
and to strangle the revolution.
“By all the means at. our com
mand," the call adds, "we must sup
port the Chinese revolutionists."
I’ravda, in an editorial, says that
the United States, which was a former
benefactor of China, has been revealed
as the wolf in sheep's clothing.
PROMINENT PAIR TO WED.
Engagement of Gertrude Seely, of
Asheville, to J. I). Eller, Winston.
Asheville. March 26.—Mr. and
Mrs. Fred L. Seely announced the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Gertrude Seely, to Mr. John I>e
wnlden Eller. of Winston-Salem,
here tonight. The announcement was
made at a dinner party given by
Mr. and Mrs. Seely at their home on
Overlook mountain.
Miss Seely, who is the grand
daughter of the late Dr. E. W.
Grove, niulth-millionoirc, graduated
at Smith college, last June. Mr.; Eller
Is the son-of Mramrt Mrs.- A- H.
Eller, of Winston-Salem, the former
being vice president and trust officer
of the chain of Wachovia banks in
North Carolina.
Tile wedding will lake place on
June 2.7.
ROY A. HAYNES IS
LATEST DRY CZAR
Tells News Service That No Dras
tic Change in Policy Is Planned.
Washington, March 28.—Roy A.
Haynes, newly appointed acting
commissioner, of prohibitioin, tem
porarily became monarch of the en
tire federal dry organization Satur
day.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Andrews left Washington for a
short vacation in New York, leav
ittg Haynes In complete charge.
Haynes told the United Press no
drastic policy changes were con
templated in enforcement work
April 1. when tiie new Bureau of
Prohibition isestablished under his
control.
But he intimated there would be
a shake-up among agents in several
field offices of dry administrators.
Three Men Injured In Motor Acci
dent.
Salisbury. March 27.—Two white
men. H. L. and S. G. Bowen, of
Wilmington, brothers, and a negro
were injured near here Saturday
night shortly after midnight when
the coupe they were driving failed
to take a curve and overturned near
the High Rock power project, 13
miles from this city. The men sus
tained internal injuries, possibly a
fractured wrist by S. G. Bowen and
bruises. The negro was hurled into
au alley and his left thigh was
broken.
Passing motorists found the men
in the oar which was right-side-up
and brought them to the Salisbury
hospital, where they were given
treatment.
All are workers on the High Hock
project.
Greensboro Woman Is Relieved of
Purse.
Greensboro, March 27.—While Mrs.
I’. E. Limleuberger was shopping in
a local five and ten cent store here
Saturday, a purse containing $43 in
cash and a check for $lO was snatch
ed from her hand. She felt a per
son brush up against her and im
mediately noted her purse had been
removed. Looking up she saw a
youth hurrying away and she sought
to detain him but he slipped through
the crowd and disappeared. The
police were notified. The youth was
described as being 16 or 17 years old.
of light complexion nnd wearing »
tan suit and tau felt hat.
Died of Exhaustion While Fighting a
Forest Fire.
Wilmington, N. C„ March 28.—0 P)
—Tom Core, East Arcadia farmer,
died yesterday of exhaustion while
fighting a forest fire which was ap
proaching his home, bis brother, police
Officer Henry Core, of Wilmington,
was informed today.
Philadelphia police will use blood
j experiments now under way prove
' successful.
THE TRIBUNE 1 f
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TOPAS|
NO. 67
IREDELL county a
BOY IS AMONG Ti J
-enry 0. Warren, of OHit,
Constantly Exposed ! H
the Fire, Kept Up SteamM
Signals to Warships. -
REMAINED TILL
ALL HAD ESCAPgJJ
He Stuck Bravely to j||j|
Post Despite a SteajfrJ
Rain of Shells FYoidfjfe
Cantonese Army. '
Shanghai. March 28.—OP)—Among
the many heroes of the Chinese
on foreigners ft Nanking are
O. Warren, of Olin, X. and Dptibje
D. Taylor, of Lincoln. Cal., who Htnild
out as the men who constantly d&L
posed to a heavy tire, gave the
tiring” and other directing signfftgLfft
the American warships on the Yangtze.
Throughout the Cantonese attacks
on Americans and other
had taken refuge on Hocony Hill, '
two men from the destroyer
‘Preston stood on a balcony and kept ’
u]) a steady exchange of signals with
the warships. They stuck to jl 9
post despite ;i steady rain of CantonesC
shells, and under orders of
Davis, Hashed the word by Ung and
rocket for the American warship* fi p
begin tiring. They remained untH 4 -li
of tile beleagued party bud esedpetl, I '' (
SCORES OF FOREIGNERS
FLOCK INTO SHANGHAI ’
Americans Predominate.— Barely Es-1
cape Fury of the Mobs....
Shanghai, March 2N.—o*l lllnlijiu
; of foreigners. Americans predothinuD
; iug. continued to flock into the Utj* j
i national settlement of Shanghai to
: day. fleeing from the storm of airti
[ foreign agitation sweeping the Yangtze
j valley.
! They tame from the larger
j on the banks of the great river,'tmUfl
I places inland where since the nutioit
! alist victories of last week the situa
j tion had become increasingly menac
ing. In some instances the refugees •
barely escaped fury of mobs bent on
| destroying all foreigners because of
• Cantonese reports tliut 200.000 Chi- i
none• were killed when A
British warships opened five”"at Nun-
I king Thursday.
j There was no mistaking the
I of the refugees ns they came wit hi# '?
! the confines of the international sef*
j tlement. for they were confident that
1 tbe large combined army of foreign de-,
i sense forces would serve to prevofifc,
i any organized attempt at attA£k, iSPS
Those entrusted with protection *5
the international settlement ave prtf -
' paring for all eventualities as
feeling against foreigners is evjffam'!
everywhere in tire native city. (MAGI
foreign posters and fiery spcceheg yjjyj
students keep the Chinese in such a
frame of mind that anything is 1 ikely
to hapiien.
FIRES DESTROY MANY fef
ACRES OF TIMBER
Money Loss Will Be Tremendous.—
Fires in Vicinity of Wilmington.
Wilmington, March 28.- (A*)—Re
port s reaching Wilmington today worn
to the effect that thousands of acre*
of timber have been destroyed by for
t's! fires which have been raging in
eight or more counties in southeastern
North Carolina for several days, .jjgi
It was Impossible to estimate Jfc®
money loss, but it was said Kip#;
will he tremendous. The tires jeer*
reported t» he in parts of Bia(|ep.
Brunswick. Pender. Robeson, Oqß||gjg
bus. Duplin, Onslow, Jones and jpe
New Hanover counties.
In Onslow county yesterday after
noon and last night fire fighters we**
said to be facing a hre which tvM;
stretching from the Atlantic lloss
Line Railroad Company’s track VjJr-.
tually to the New River, a diHtgjfefy
of about eight miles. Parts of
sail Township in Pender County weVe
also badly damaged from the raging
Bam», it was reported.
A southwest wind prevailing prac
tically the entire day yesterday, whip*
ped the Haines about and made ef
forts to bait the fire futile. -<’ ASH
Some houses were known to have
been burned. • '.'"SpH
Motorists traveling on the highway ,'
between Wilmington and Charlotte oi
and Wilmington and Goldsboro, said j
that between Wilmington nnd Hamlet 4
and Wilmington and Warsaw they i
were forced to travel at slow rate of
speed Sunday afternoon on because of
tile smoke front the fires.
The flames ceased somewhat during
night when wind (“eased its terrijicd
force of the day. but it is said nitty
a rain would put nil end to the Area :
which have already takeu heaviest
toll of the season. : “-'ll
Death of Col. Geo. \V. Bain.
Lexington. Ivy.. March 28.—..-j
Col. Geo. W. Bain, 86. nationally!
known temperance worker, died heca,
today. He was stricken with parkljElfl
sis a week ago.
Homer could recite the
and the Iliad from memory.
Fair tonight and Tuesday, prdtUßHu
light frost tonight; slowly Hying fgHI
pe rat ure Tuesday. ,'’■■§l