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, PRESS
! DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Another American
Warship In China
Lets Loose Its Guns
Nationalist Troops Fire on
the John D. Ford as It
Was Proceeding Up the
Yangtze Yesterday.
CANTONESEFIRING
AT RIVER CRAFT,
The Removal of Americans !
Was Continued Today to j
Accompaniment of Con-|
stant Firing From Shore.
Shanghai. March 30.—OP)—Anoth
er American warship on the Yangtze
river Ims found ir necessary to let
loose its guns.
As the destroyed .Toltn I). Ford was
proceeding up the river toward Nan-'
king yesterday nationalist troops fired !
on the vessel. The command was
given, and the destroyer's four-inch j
guns and machine guns were brought
into action.
Removal of Americans Continued I
Washington, March 30.—(/P)—He- 1
movnl of Americans from the long i
reaches of the Yangtze river valley j
of China was continued today to the
accompaniment of constant tiring from ,
the shore at destroyers and other ships j
of refuge.
' Reporting the situation in the re-'
gion where conditions have been made I
most acute on the advance of the Can
tonese nationalist armies. Hear Ad
miral Williams, commanding the
American forces in China, informed
the navy department that the Can
tonese were firing shots at the river
craft from Xnnking and from other
l>oints along the river.
Meanwhile there was apparent un
easiness over conditions at Wuhtt in j
Anhwei province, where anti-foreign ,
outbreaks such as that which took ,
place at Xanking were reported to be ,
momentarily expected. Anti-foreign
agitation was reported by Consul A. I
(S. Sawney at Tsinanfu,, as having
spread also to Shantung province, !
heretofore held by the northern Chi- *
nese troops. Tsinafu was quiet, but |
the anti-foreign feeling also was in
evidence lljjtre. the consul said, and |
precaution/ being taken for their j
A mdirn' 'fiauts also reported the
looting Catholic mis- 1
sinus at. PtßEv.. Kw.,,.iori* t<iW)hieti]
It is believed liis message referred |
to the same incident as was recorded
in State department advices Monday i
which said a mission had been looted ,
nt Fh nohow. The occupants escaped. I
The admiral's report indicated no |
serious disturbances today in Sluing 1
liai where General Smedley Butler* and !
1.500 marines are ashore to protect j
American lives, and to which point
1.500 additional marines and a num
ber of warships are en route as re
inforcements.
The evacuation of Yangtze points
was said by Admiral Williams to be
proceeding "satisfactorily'’ but he
spoke of 47 Americans and Rritieh as
having left "Xanking” while stones
were being thrown at them. Spanish
missionaries and one American fam
ily. a Dr. Taylor and his wife and
children, declined to leave.
Dispatches from China reported
evacuation of 47 Americans nt Anking,
further up the river, and it was be
lieved here that Anking was the place
referred to by the admiral and that
liis cablegram was garbled.
Negro is Badly Slashed.
Salisbury. March 20.—Miles Mc-
Coy. negro, was disemboweled and
cut in a number of places on his
body tonight by Charles Jones. ' his
brother-in-law, who made his escape.
McCoy's wounds arc expected to
prove fatal.
The soil of Hawaii is entirely
volcanic lava.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
' North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
♦
GOV. McLEAN TO AFFIX
SIGNATURE TO BONDS
State Bonds to Value of $10.000,000)
SoW at '4.35 Per Cent. j
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel !
Raleigh. March 30.—Governor A. [
W. McLean is on his way to New J
I York today to affix ids signature to
($10,000,000 worth of state bonds, sold
: at 4.25 per pent, and to prove to the
state that "it can be done" although
I many of the hankers anil financiers
I said that the option on the last $lO.-
000.000 of the $20,000,000 of bonds
sold some months ago would never be
exercised. In fact, ut the time the
deal was lirst announced, when $lO,-
000.000 were sold at -L25. and the
option until April Ist granted on the
remaining $10.0110.000. there was eon
-1 sidernbie criticism from hankers all
1 over the state, who thought that Gov
ernor McLean and State Treasurer
| Lacy had made a mistake by not ac
cepting the hid of s4.3s‘for the entire
I issue of $20,000,000.
I But now since the option has been
j exercised and the bonds ready for de
] livery, us soon as they have been
I signed by the governor and Treasurer
I Lacy, the critics of the deal hnvc
I censed talking, and have joined in
1 general approbation of the governor's
j business acumen in putting through
I the sale of the $20,000,000 in bonds
lat $4.25, thereby saving the state at
least $200,000 in interest, on the dif
ference between 4.35 and 4.25. It
also indicates that Governor McLean
and Treasurer La<‘.v are in closer
touch with the bond market and gen
eral financial conditions than many
think, even the bankers.
But Governor McLean is not yet
satisfied that the lowest rate of inter
est has been obtained: for he is con
' vinced that North Carolina bonds are
as good as gold, and that they will
■ continue to be in demand,
j “I hope eventually to be able to
j market North Carolina bonds at 4
per cent." said Governor McLean be
i fore leavihg for New York, "ahd I be
(lieve that time is not far off. Our
bonds are ironclad in their safety and
security, and if the market is oare-
I fully WHtohed. and the bondks mar
! keted in small blocs and not dumped
j in large quantities, there is no reason
why they cannot be sold nt less than
i $-1/25 or os low as 4 per cent."
L.-TlmM ,l>m>ds .Unfit HM jit. v
sold, it will be remembered, were ftu
' thorized more than a year ago, but
| have just been put on the market.
Thus one of the factors irr selling
j them nt the present low interest rate
has been the excellent judgment dis-
I played in choosing the time at which
|to offer the bonds. By withholding
! a portion of the bonds and selling
them from time to time, as demand
arises, it has been possible to con
serve the,eagerness of the public to
buy them, with n correspondingly low
interest rate.
1 "I can’t understand how Governor
McLean and Treasurer Lacy managed
to put over the deal whereby they have
been able to sell these $20,000,000 in
bonds at $4.25,” says W. C. Wilkin
son, president of the Merchants and
Farmers Bank of Charlotte, "except
that I do know it is good business.”
The transaction has meant a saving
to the state: of sufficient thousands of
dollars, however, to pay the salaries
of the governor arid treasurer for
1 years to come, Mr. Wilkinson states.
It is also pointed out by bankers
that the exercising of the option to
take the remaining $10,000,000 was
all the more remarkable, since it came
. right after the legislature had voted
| nearly $50,000,000 more in bonds, to
i be marketed in the ensuing year or
i two.
> English history shows that when
thievery was punished by death,
pickpockets plied their trade npiung
i the dense crowds watching the pub
lict execution of pickpockets.
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
MISSIONARIES WILL
NOT DESERT POSTS
Notwithstanding Fact That
! They Have Been Advised
1 by the American Author
| ities to Do So.
(SHANGHAI IS A
HAVEN OF REFUGE
The Rest of Missionaries
Are Either En Route to
or Will Shortly Leave
for City of Shanghai.
Shanghai. March 30.— UP)— Approx
imately 100 American missionaries
arc refusing to leave their posts in
the Yangtze valley, notwithstanding
advices of American authorities to
do so.
The rest of the missionaries arc
either en route to. or will shortly
leave for Shanghai, where the inter
national settlement is affording a hav
en of refuge from the fury of riotous
mobs in the ports and inland towns
along the Y'angtze river.
The U. S. destroyer Hulbert called
nt Anking today and took off 47 Am
ericans and British missionaries who
will go to Kiukiang to await the first
merchant steamer.
American Catholic Mission at Fuchow
Reported Looted.
Washington, March 30.— UP) —The
American Catholic mission at Fuchow
is reported looted in a dispatch reach
ing Shanghai, Admiral Williams, the
commander of the American Asiatic
squadron today advised the Navy De
partment. The fathers are said to
have Hed to Kowchow, the admiral's
message added. #
Fuchow is in Kwangtung province,
in which Canton, scat of the national- j
Ist government, is located.
The message gave no details of the!
reported looting, but said the evacua-j
tion of Americans from points along •
the upper Yangtze river was "pro
ceeding satisfactorily.”
“Cantonese continually firing on de-. j
stroyers and refuge ships from Nan- I
king and other points along the river" I
the message continued. “Xo com- I
m unicat ion between ships am! shore j
at Xanking.”
Forty-seven American and British i
left Xanking, stones were thrown at I
f'V'Sfi »t 'hiw left. Jlßtauisk-Mfcsinn- I
nries and one American family. Dr. 1
Taylor, wife and children, refused to !
leave, although fully informed as to
conditions."
The dispatch was filed nt 4:50 p. m.
(Shanghai time)
In view of incoming press dispatches
telling of evacuation of 47 Americans
at Anking more than 100 miles above
Xnnking on the Yangtze River, it was
believed here that both reports were
of the same evacuation and that Ad
miral Williams' message might have
been garbled in transmission.
France Has 1.204) Blind Musicians.
Paris, March 29. UP) —Twelve hun
dred blind persons earn their living as
musicians in France and among them
are players of note.
These blind musicians were edu
cated in the Xationnl Institution for
the Young Blind. They were taught
: to play for distraction but Valentin
Ha.uy, then leader, showed them how
I music might make them independent.
Eight organists of large Paris
, churches, including Notre-Dame, arc
! blind. There are among these sev
! eral composers and many conductors
’ of small orchestras.
The old theory that the blind have
| a peculiar aptitude for music, say
[ directors of the school, has not been
proved by their experience but they
have found that the blind do well in
music, probably because they are able
to concentrate and because their mis
( fortune spurs them to unusual efforts.
THE SI'SCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Beane
( Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison 176%
American Tobacco B 125
American Smelting 142%
American Locomotive 109%
Atlantic Coast Line 178
Allied Chemical 141%
Baldwin Locomotive 185
Baltimore & Ohio 114%
Chesapeake & Ohio 162%
DuPont 218
Frisco HI
General Motors 180%
General Electric 85%
Hudson 67%
Standard Oil of New Jersey __ 37
Kennecott Copper 62%
Coca-Cola 191%
Liggett & Myers B 96
Mack Truck 100%
Maryland Oil 48%
Pan American Petroleum B 62%
Rock Islnnd B6
R. J. Reynolds 100
Southern Railway 124
Studebaker 51%
Stewart-Warner —_— 58%
Texas Co. —— 48%
Tobacco Products 102%
U. S. Steel 104%
YVestinghouse 74
Woplworth 125%
American Tel. & Tel. 167
American Can 44%
Allis Chalmers 94
Dodge Bros. lB%
Great Northern 86
Lorillard 27%
Montgomery Ward 64%
Norfolk & Western 176%
Overland 20%
Republic Iron A Steel j. 70
Vick Chemical 54
New Steel 118%
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1927
JUDGE RAYMOND j
CUTS OFF ARGUMENT:
ON TECHNICALITIES
Each Counsel in the Ford
Trial Will Be Allowed
Only Ten Minutes in
Such Arguments.
SAPIRO STILL
IN REED’S HANDS
The “Nearly Interminable?’
Arguments Over Large
Technicalities D o nie
Away With Today.
Detroit. March 30.— UP) —The
"nearly interminable" arguments over
legal teehniealities were done away
away with in Aaron Sapiro’s sl.-
000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford
when Federal Judge Fred M. Ray
mond today enunciated a policy of lim
iting each side.
At the opening of court the jury
was sent outside where it has been
most of the trial, while Sapiro’s and
Ford's counsel argued over the produc
tion of Sapiro’s record books.
"Gentlemen, there lias got to be an
end somewhere.” said the judge. “I
wish you would agree on a limit. How
about 20 minutes for each of you?"
"That would be twice too much."
replied Stewart Hanley, of Ford
counsel.
William Henry Gallagher, counsel
for Sapiro. nodded assent, and the
new rule was applied immediately,
The first application limited each
side to ten minutes.
It was not needed, however, as the
attorneys agreed to take up the mat
ter after noon recess.
Sapiro was recalled to the witness
stand, and .las. A. Reed, senator from
Missouri, chief of the Ford counsel,
| resumed cross examination.
| DEATH OF PERRY' S. HEATH
i
| Was Known as “The Father of Rural
Free Delivery,
j Washington. March 30. —(A 5 ) —Per-
Ir.v S. Heath, known ns the "father of
the rural free delivery" and for years
prominent ns an editor and publisher,
j died at his home here early today
j after ail illness of more than six
I weeks.
j A picturesque figure in the Inst
WsgrMf- of the 19th century, an a
F newspaper man and prolific puli tea I
writer, Mr. Heath entered the post
office department in 1897 under Presi
dent McKinley and with less than
$30,000 authorized by Congress for
experimental purposes, he started the
first work on one of the greatest ad
vancements in postal distribution in
history.
THE STOCK MARKET
Opened Today Without Any Definite
Trend. Gains Balancing Recessions.
New .York, March 30.— (A 3 )—The
stock market opened without any def
inite trend today, fractional gains
fairly balancing the slight recessions.
U. S. Steel, General Motors and Du-
I pont were among the prominent
stocks, the shade off in the initial
trading while Bethlehem Steel. Gener
al Railway Signal and several rail
road shares opened slightly higher.
Dodge Brothers Cars Lead All Other
Makes in Johannesburg, S. A.
More Dodge Brothers motor cars
are registered in Johannesburg.
South Africa, than any other make,
according to the last, report of the
Office of Census and Statistics of
the Union of South Africa. In the
whole of South Africa 51,694 gear
shift cars are reglotod. Os these S,-
101 ar nearly one sixth are Dodge
Brothers vehicles. Registrations of
Dodge Brothers cars exceed by 22
per cent, thost of the nearest com
petitor in the gear shift class.
Congressman Lazaro Dead.
Washington, March 30.—04*)—Rep
resentative Ladislas Lazaro of the
7th Louisiana district, died hero early
today. He was 55 years old, and un
derwent an operation on March 9tli.
IT’S THE GOOSE THAT LAYS
GOLDEN EGGS
I
|| —I
j ‘ Seriously 111
i ____ J
Mrs. Reed Smoot, wife of ths
Utah Senator, was seriously ill
her home in Washington.
TIIE AMERICAN
INTERESTS IN CHINA
Some of the Questions That Have
Arisen in the Public Mind.
Washington. D. C., March 30.
What are the American interests in
China which United States warship
ami marines have been sent to pro
tect? How many Americans are resi
dents in China and why are they
there? These are some of the ques
tions that have arisen in the public
mind in view of the startling news
that has been coming in from Shang
hai the past few weeks.
According to an estimate made be
fore the beginning of the present
troubles by an American college pro
fessor resident in China, a man who
has made a special study of foreigners
in that country, there were at that
time 240,000 aliens in China of all
nationalities. Os these the Japanese
made up a large majority. Next
Came the Russians, of whom there
were nearly 70,000. Then there were
9.000 British and about 8.000 Ameri
cans. with the remainder divided
among twenty nationalities. All these
were scattered among 400,000,000 na
tive born, or a population nearly four j
times larger than that of the United |
States.
Most of the Americans in China,
except the missionaries, have been
cougregated in such international I
places as, first of all, Shanghai, which \
enfolds most business headquarters ; |
Pekin, Harbin, Hankow, Tientsin, ■
.Xakiii, Ichang and Hong Kong. It
is Shanghai which most .visitors see
and of course it is the center of
American activities.
Shanghai's growth in the past dec
ade has been very rapid. During this
period the Americans have been very
conspicuous in the affairs of the city.
An American, a State of Maine man.
Stirling Fessenden, has served as head
of what is termed the international
government. For some months of
the year, too, the Asiatic fleet has lay
at anchor off the Blind, and at such
seasons the traveler has naturally re
ceived the impression that the pre
dominant force in Chinese waters
has been American.
Many American enterprises have
sprung up in this international city.
The new American school is perhaps
the best outside the United States.
The American Club is housed in a
palatial home that cost $1,000,000.
The navy Y. M. C. A. ranks with the
best at home. There are newspapers,
women's clubs, banks, shops, hotel,
cabarets and other features which
have sprung up since the World War
to greet tlie American visitors.
American trade in China has grown
very fast. There was a time when
a Chinese banker said that American
business men became interested in
China about once in seven: years and
then forgot about it. ' There was a
time when the New England merchant
and trader had a great interest in
the China coast. At that time there
: was a saying "as rich as a captain in
the China trade.” Later came a peri
od of the international development
of America and the opening of the
west. American business was ab
. sorbed with interests at home and for
• tlie time the China trade was neg
lected.
In 1908 the United States partici
pated in the foreign trade in China
AMERICAN IS HELD
FOR A RANSOM BY
MEXICAN BANDITS
Eflgar W. Wilkins Held
for $20,000. —His Ten-
Year Old Son Released
to Bear Ransom Demand
EFFORTS TO CAPTURE
THE BANDITS FAIL
Ambassador Sheffield Di-j
rected to Make Repre
sentations to Mexican
Foreign Affairs Office.
Washington. March 30.—UP)—Am
bassador Sheffield, at Mexico City,
was directed today b.v the State De
partment to make representations at
the foreign office regarding the kid-;
napping at Guadalajara Sunday of
Edgar M. Wilkins an American citi
zen.
Mexican military authorities at
Guadalajara Have been making of-1
forts to obtain Wilkin’s release and r
capture the bandits, thus far without!
success, so far as the Washington |
government knows
Wilkins is held for $20,000. His
ten year old son. captured with him, j
was released to take the ransom de-,
maud to Guadalajara.
FOUR MEN SHOT TO
DEATH IN CHICAGO
Eleven Children Made Fatherless.— ‘
Slayer Lost His Job.
Chicago. March 30.— UP) —Four'
men were shot to death here last
night within an hour, making 11 eliil-l
! dren fatherless.
John Palumbo, 39, a contractor, and!
his assistant Jack Prete. were killed
in their homes by Joseph Clemente.;
39. who lost liis job and thought his
family would starve. j
A fourth man, Frank Palumbo, was
; shot and killed in his automobile by'
I unidentified assailants. He is not re-j
lated to John Palumbo, police said.
Clemente lost liis job and went gun-|
I ning for liis employer. He found him
j sitting at his evening meal, listening
| to the prayers of his four children. He,
j opened fire, and slew Palum'bo. Clem-I
jente then raced to the home of Prete!
j and leveling a pistol over Prete’s son,!
shot Prete dead.
Tlie jiolice found Clemente entrench-*
ed behind a push cart in the yard of,
a relative. Clemente fired a volley,'
j missed, and raced for a shed. Two
1 volleys from police guns struck him. i
He was dead when tlie police found j
him inside the shed where he had'
dragged himself.
I
1 ATTORNEY GENERAL TO •
CONDUCT INVESTIGATION
Charges of Mistreatment of Inmates
At State Hospital at Morganton.
Raleigh. March 30.— UP) —Attorney
! General Dennis Bruminitt announces
he will conduct an investigation here
‘ April 6 of charges of mistreatment
. of inmates at the Hospital for the
i Insane at Morganton.
Charges that It. 11. Williams of
i Beaufort County was mistreated while
. at the institution were made b.v Reqi
• resentative McLean, of Beaufort, dur
. ing last Legislature. Hospital au
, thorities have been notified to attend
i hearings.
A will, consisting of twenty-five
, words, exclusive of signatures, dis
posed of property valued "at more
1 than $1,000.’ It was written on the
back of a bridge score card by a
J Mineola, New York woman.
1 only 9.7 per cent, of the total foreign
1 trade of the country. Since then it
p has mounted above 16 per cent. In
1 eight years China jumped from 28th
to sth place among world buyers of
' American goods. >
e Nearly all of the cigarettes import
‘ ed into China have come from the
r I United States. Other items that have
' i figured largerly in American exports to
China are wire nails, textile machin
' ery, electrical equipment, illuminating
oil, sewing machines, automobiles.
m structural steel, and machinery of
many different kinds.
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 yon the best return and yon will be helping
some good family get a home of its own.
The Cabarrus County will be 29 years old on April 6th. 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 have
taken a running start by taking shares in *
SERIES NO. 59—NOW OPEN
Cabarrus County Building Loan
and Savings Association
OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
CARRIES SECRET
BITTERNESS TO
RESTING PLACE j
Bryson City. N. C., March 20. j
Fred Fischer. 76 years old. for j
many years known as one of the
most brilliant attorneys -in West- I
ern North Carolina, who died a j
week ago at his home near here,
ordered a friend to dig his p>'
beside that of his first
days before his death,
ed here today. Apparv !
terod by some early , ,-rtenoe.
Mr. Fischer had been known as an j
eccentric as well as a brilliant at* j
torncy.
The only friend he ever aecept
i ed in this section died years ago. I
and since that time he never had I
spoken to persons outside his fam
ily. except to go to the railway sta- j
I tion occasionally to inquire for eor- '
I reef time. To speak to him on the j
j street brought no response. Mr.
j Fishoer was a member of a prom- j
• incut Salisbury family and a !
brother of the late Christian Reid, j
noted writer.
THE COTTON MARKET
I Prices Eased Off Sltortly After Open- j
<ng Under Southern Liquidation.
New York, March 30.—OP)—The ;
cotton market opened steady today at |
an advance of 2 to 4 points, active j
months showing net gains of 3 5
I points after the call, on a continuation j
|of overnight buying orders brought j
j in by the firmer tone of yesterday,
i There was further buying here be-1
| lieved to be for continental trade ac-‘
I count, but the demand was less aet
| ive than previous day and prices eas-1
i ed off shortly after the opening under |
under Southern selling and liquids-i
! tion.
I The weekly report of the weather
bureau seemed to make rather morej
'favorable showing than expected and j
| may have accounted for part of the,
| selling which eased prices off to 14.38 j
I for July and 14.80 for December, or I
5 to 6 points net lower.
I Private cables said trade calling!
and continental buying had been sup-!
plied by liquidation and hedge selling
j in I Liverpool.
i Cotton futures opened steady. Mav!
14.25; July 14.48; October 14.69;!
j December 14.88: January 14.91.
With Our Advertisers.
j The Dove-Bost Grocery Co. an-;
I pounces the installation of an electric'
I refrigerated cabinet and the sale of
fancy ice cream for parties and recep- j
tions. See ad.
| Women’s glove silk vests for 98!
; cents at the J. O. Penney Co. The i
l colors are peach and pink only. See ad. I
I The Parks-Belk Co. is featuring j
! Ginghams in a new ad. today. • The i
' prices are attractive. Look them up.
i Made-to-measure clothes by Storrs-I
Shafer Co., are sold by Richmond-)
j Plowe Co. . See the. samples at the)
store today and Thursday.
I Efird's big Pre-Easter Sale starts
. Friday morning. See Thursday's Trib- i
| une and Times for many bargains of- 1
sered.
The amnrt new tailored suits at)
Robinson's deserve a place in your!
wardrobe.
Dresses from 85 to SSO at the Gray j
Shop. Sport coats .$9.73 to S4O. j
Hats $1 to sls. Beautiful silk ttn
derthings. Exclusive shop for the sale )
of the famous Trillimer silk under- j
wear.
One lady free tomorrow at the Con- j
cord Theatre with eaeh paid ticket at
30 cents.
Watch this paper tomorrow for an
important announcement from the
Gray Shop.
Bridges Will Succeed Sink.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, March 30.—Edwin P>.
Bridges of Charlotte, who will .suc
ceed H. Hoyle Sink as Commission
er of Pardons and Paroles, also as
Secretary of the Salary and Wag“
Commission on April 1, has been
spending several days in Raleigh in
conference with Mr. Sink, and going
over the details of the details of the
office. Mr. Sink will take up his
duties as permanent emergency judge
. of the Superior Court of the West
ern district on April 1.
Earl Carrol Ordered to Prepare For
Prison.
New York. March 29.—‘Earl Car
-1 roll, theatrical producer, today was
’ ordered to surrender Monday to bc-
I gin the sentence of a year and a
• day in the federal penitentiary at
f j Atlanta. Ga., imposed as a result of
| his famous “bath tub" party.
THE TRIBUNiN
PRINTS If
TODAY’S NEWS TODAIi j
NO. 69 (1
THIS NO IMIJ
NUMBER CHlNlEjj’l
' .miiLEOBYEIBEI
The Area Fired Upon by iff
American and British J
Ships Was Occupied by |||
Only a Few Chinamen.’S 9
SAYS A REPORT B]l 9
i ADMIRAL WILLIAMftjfI
Such Chinese as Were fl
ed Were Probably 41* ■
tacking Foreigners
Looting Property. 9
! Washington. March 30.
Doubt that any large number of
nose were killed when American
British ships opened fire to
foreigners at Nanking was exprggqjlK Jjfl§|
lin a report to the Navy DepartfjjfH HE
today from Admiral Williams, -ngp- JR.
"landing the American force*
Inasmuch as the area fired npoaJuH
largely owned by foreigners
Williams said, "few Chinese
there, and it is not believed any MXiHH
number was killed. Such as
killed were probably attacking fer-
eigtters or looting foreign propertjrj'fS |H
No- shells were directed aggiugg
the Chuiese section of Nanking,
report continued, adding that the
feet of the firing not only was tq MSS? -sH|
cue the American consul and big IfHf.
ty. but other foreigners in the 3
The bombardment brought mne
I ous results, the admiral said, tbg fqg- H|
signers being able to leave their
tion immediately.
Cantonese Commander Regrets
king Affair.
Shanghai. March 30.—C4 s ) BB
! al Chang Kai Shek. Cantonese ffMpwiSS
mandc'r, sent Ills cliicff of staff and * fl
secretary aboard the Japanese
here this morning to convey
1 grets to the admiral for the Nanking
affair.
PIERCE ENTERS PLEAS
OF NOT GUILTY TODAY 'HR
Denies That He is Guilty of the Kill- 19
ing of Dr. G. H. Gerberding. «j H
i Hickory. Mar. 30.—OP)—Joe Pbwilfll
charged with killing Dr. G. H. Gers'#|ißl
j herding last Sunday night, entered BjjMwf
j plea of not guilty when brought, be* .
j fore recorder M. H. Yount in iioliCCktN^H
this morning. His defense Will";^^S
[lie that he did not drive his rented "Iran
jear past ir-lthyne College whereA^Sfl
Dr. Gerberdipg was run down anq?wfi9H
killed by an automobile. ' *■ “
■ The state called six witnesses when - jfll!
the preliminary hearing began at l®'?ggS|
o'clock today. It is believed here tJjijtSlßl
the trial will continue throughout Cba-j|H
i day. TV defense is being represented fl i
by W. C. l'ViUlster of Newton
jT. I’. Pruitt and Witcher and Whiten- fl
1 er, of Hickory. City attorney Jidm K
W. Aiken is representing the stasff.'’i#||§H
RHINELANDER QUITS c ■
DIVORCE ATTEMPT ft,
Latest Reverse in Courts I)i»c««r
--ages Man Wed to Negress. , H
White Plains, N. Y.. March' 29. faKg
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
member of an old New York family,
is through with his fight to
an annulment of his marriage to
wife of negro blood, Alice JoHieh-SH
Rhinelander. H
This became known today
the Court of Appeals refused '. toylyHH
overturn tile decision of Supreme
; Court Joseph Mongolia twer. who VtuQBS
denied his plea for annulment.
Mrs. Rhinelander, on the otbgtjyH
' hand, will probably take up the njtv.'.-sM
tie that lias been waged by hegiyjS|Hj|
band for more than two years fttogl
will attempt to obtain a set
in her own behalf, her counsel saMrysJH
■
i Charlotte Office in Old Mint BuUdijlf- fl
Tribune Buraiih ■
Sir Walter Hotel fl
Raleigh. March 29.—The ChSJfigtfg fl
offices of the U. S. States 'Jfl
. : Service, of the State I >e)uinmetts f/t. ;Wj&
. Labor, will be located in the oty ]JNfIHH|
j building in Charlotte, and -ill
i opened April 1, it is announced by 'Jfl
i, Frank D. Grist. Commissioner of
bor. John Boyd Pharr, of Charlotte, sill
will be superintendent of the office. £$9H
Space for the office is being provided Jj
by the Government, but for £ t4ta*.'-IWj
jit was feared that it might be possible I
jto get the office located in one of tile ■
Federal buildings in Charlotte. - Th*
! old Mint building now bouse tlie offiees J
of the Prohibition enforcement branch, 1
and some other Federal offices. Mr. fl
Grist considers it fortunate that it fl
) has been possible to secure office* for JIS
| the employment bureau in this build- fl
jing. -fl
! Electricians Want One I)oll#r an fl
Hour. ' -'lia I
Charlotte, March 29.—Electrical Jpg
workers here today started a mWSes.IH
ment to secure a contract with’ iflflß
ploy era call ing for a minimum seal* j|Hs
of one dollar an hour. :l
Bank Robbed. I
j Gleason, Tenn.. March 30.
The Bank of Gleason was entered ftnd JB
robbed of $5,000 some time tayt night;|fl
or early today.
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Cloudy tonight and Thursday, pidfiflß
ably showers Thursday in WASt |
“ tion; somewhat warmer I