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ASSOCIATED t PRESS DISPATCHES ✓ VOLUME XXVII Strike At Prison Farm Is Os Short Duration; Prisoners Back to Work Policy of “No Work, Noi Food, No Water” Proved j Effective and Prisoners | Go Back to Work. RING LEADERS STILL CONFINED Men Will TerT Dealt With Separately Demanded Working Week of Only 55 Hours. Caledonia Prison Farm. X. C„ May O.— UP) —A strike of 370 white con victs, protesting against working from sun to sun ns civilian farmers da. and ' seeking a 55-hour week and Satur day afternoons off was short lived. It started Wednesday night and was about over this morning, with national guard troops on guard at the prison. A policy of “no work, no food, no water'' found the mutineers without food for 30 hours, without water for 24 hours, and George Ross Pou, state prison superintendent, who came from Raleigh to Halifax county to deliver the State's ultimatum of not acceding to the striking prisoners' demands. Or dered that crackers and water be given this morning to all men who re nounced the ring leaders' demands as to hours. Authorities found that only approx imately one-third of the 370 men were giving active support to the 55-hour proposition, and that the rest of the strikers were herded in with the strike. As enrly ns last night the men Behind liars began begging for food and water, and they eagerly renounced the ring leaders’ cause this morning, of ticials said. l.ittle by little the men were sent out oh the 6,500-acre farm but the l ring leaders were kept in confinement. Solicitor Parker, of Halifax county, ,*aid that prosecution probably would be started against the ring leaders. Mr. Pou and the solicitors and other officers who admitted having good sleep last night, planned to go iuto con ference later to decide what course to pursue. Virtually all the men behind the 1 bars were fed this morning. Xo dis . cusaion 'or argument was entered iito with any of the men, officials said, as any nourishment to striking morale, and the men were allowed to counsel with their own thoughts as they con templated being foodless in their soli tary cells. Martial law had been established 1 with the arrival of 100 nationni guardsmen from Wilson and Warren ton. The soldiers guarded all four corners of the stockade, and lights played on the buildings nil night. The men struck riotously Wednes day night and destroyed about $5,000 worth of property. Will Recall Guardsmen. Raleigh, May 6.—<A>) —Governor McLean today arranged to recall the second national guard troops from the Caledonia prison farm, ending 24 hours of surveillance of the 370 mut inous white coiivicts at the farm. Reports from Superintendent Pou of the State prison were that the con victs had decided to give in, and had once more become amenable to dis cipline. The governor shortly after 1 o'clock set the machinery going to recall the troops. So riypid is the spread of fashion that recent travelrs through China and across Manchuria and Siberia re |s>rt they never lost sight of shingled hair anti silk stockings. KSB * 1 TEACH THEM TO SAVE No lesson the child can learn is more Important than that. If a boy or girl will learn early to save the nickles and dimes, they will form thrift habits of great value. Later on the five and ten dollar savings wilt come just as easily. Due to the never-failing power of compound thrift and compound earn ings, these youngsters will grow up to positions of wealth and independ ence. Start Them Now With-a Few Shares,.New Series New Open Citizens Building and Loan Association in cihni The Concord Daily Tribune ! BOOTHE FIGHTS ON , 1 IN DEATH GMPHEI I v j I Friends Who Are Keeping j Him Alive With Artificial j Respiration Think He ’ Will Win in the Fight. Roanoke, Va„ May 6.— UP) —Walter L. Rootlie’s condition was . described j as critical this morning following a sinking spell last niglit. The youth', j 'who has been living Under artificial, respiration given by his neighbors for more than two weeks, is hopeful that lie will pull through. One member of the hiunun teams supplying him with breath was asked if he thonght Roothe would get well. "Yes, I do,’’ he replied. Roothe, whose body is virtually en tirely paralyzed, is • bright, resolute, cheerful and confident, he said. He has the most remarkable way of coming back after ' having sinking spells. Time and again physicians have despaired of his life but he has rallied and come up With a smile. Y’esterday he had a fairly good day of it. He took nourishment, his pulse was around 70, his heart action good and he took more interest in surround ings. At 3 o’clock this morning his condition became so grove that those in attendance gave him up. This is ' said to have been the worst attack ' he has suffered. • THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Firm at Advance of 12 to 14 1 Points. July Going Up to 15:92. New Y’ork, May 6.— <A>) —The cot ton market opened firm today at ad- ! vance of 12 to 14 points on reports of rains in the central belt, and a sharp advance in prices at Liverpool. Active covering by recent sellers for a reaction on reinstatement of long lines with fresh commission house buy ing sent prices up to 15:92 for July ami 16 ;41 for December, or about 20 to 25 points net higher. This carried tbe market back to witKln o Or 6 points of the best prices touched earlier in the wek. but realising was met. Fail ure of the early advance to establish new highs for the movement encour aged reactionary sentiment and the market eased off 7 to 8 points from ,bext during middle of morning. It firmed tip Inter however on additional news of rain in central belt and re isirts of a threatening rise in Red River. Market showed net. gains about 2A points at midday. Cotton futures opened firm: May 15.66; July 15.80; October 16.12; De cember 16.30; January 16.34. Hlfks Claims Alibi. St. Louis, May 6. —< A> )—Glenn T. Hicks said today that he could easily establish an alibi that would free him of suspicion of a part in the staying of his brother, Clifford M. Hicks, 28, who was shot to death near here last Saturday night. He said he was eiu tertaining at home Saturday night. The arrest of Hicks, together with William Davis, 29, and Harry Bostel mnn, 29, ex-convicts, came with dra matic suddenness late yesterday, af ter five days investigation of the slay ing of Hicks, a former minister, and law partner of former Governor Major. In Chinn it is considered n mark of refined politeness to treat n truest or a visitor to a menl at any time of the day. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane (Quotations at 1:30 p. m) Atchison 182 ; American Tobacco B 129% i American Smelting 150% [ American Locomotive 110 f Atlantic Coast Line 182 [ Allied Chemical 138% American Tel. & Tel. 165 1 American Can 48% f Allis Chalmers 110% 1 Baldwin Locomotive 188 Baltimore & Ohio 120% Bangor 89 Bethlehem Steel 50% Chesapeake & Ohio . 174 Coca-Cola - 106% DuPont 244% Dodge Bros. 19% Erie f>s% Frisco 112% General Motors 196% Genera] Electric 99% Great Northern 88% Gulf State Steel —; 54 Gold Dust 53% Hudson 78% b Int. Tel. 185 V Kennecott. Coper 64% e Liggett A Myers B. 101% a Mack Taruck 117% Mo.-Pacific 53% _ Norfolk A Western 179 New York Central 148% Pan. American Pet. B. 58% ,f Rock Island _* 100 >- R. J. Reynolds 123% P Remington 42% I- Stand. Oil of N. J. - 35% Southern Railway 124% Studebaker 1 54 V Texss Co. -i- 46% n Tobacco Products —— 99 V. 8. Steel 168 » IT. 8. Steel, New 120% Westingbouee 78 Western Maryland .... 37% Cluryaler - 44 ' OFFER SERVICES OF ENGINEER TO FLOOD SUFFERERS Capt. Q. E. Smith, city en gineer and sanitary officer, awaits word that will take him to the flood districts in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana as the result of action by the aldermen of Concord at their meeting on Thursday night. | Advised that engineers and sanitary . experts are badly needed in the devastat ed region, members of the board voted to pay Captain Smjth, his regular salary for a month provided he is , needed to aid the flood vic tims. Red Cross officials have been advised that Cap tain Smith is ready for ser vice at any time, and the popular city official is now awaiting -orders that will take him on this mission of mercy. ODELL TO ATTEND BOOK COMMITTEE MEETING IN WEST ' 1 Will Attend the Meeting of i the Book Committee of the Methodist Episcopal , Church, South. W. R. Odell will leave for the Pa- j cific coast on Thursday, the 12th inxt. ( He goes to attend a meeting of the , book committee of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, of which he is , a member. There will be two meet ings—one at Isis Angeles, the 23rd, , anti the other at San Francisco the 25th inst. , The committee is composed of thir teen members who ore elected by the general conference every four years. : and they are located in the different sections from Maryland to t’nlifornin. The headquarters of the business is in Nashville, Tenn. The church owns one of tlie largest and most up-to-date publishing houses in the southwest at Nashville. Resides the house there, i it has houses in Richmond. Ya„ Dal las, Texas, and Ban Francisco, for the distribution of its literature. The committee meets once egch year and distributes the net. pro«ieM% of the house to the superannuates and their widows and orphans. Mr. Odell is now serving his fourth quadrennium. D. B. Coltrnne, of this city, nt one time served on this committee. THE STOCK MARKET Score of Issues Lifted to New Peak Prices for Year During the Day. New Y'ork, May 6.— UP) —Having succeeded in trapping a large short in terest in many issues, speculators for the advance continued to press their advantage in today's stock market, shifting their major operations from one group of stocks to another when ever selling resistance looked threat ening. This rapid churning about of prices lifted more than a score of issues to new peuk prices for the year or longer. Huntei*svUle is Sued By Teacher. Huntersville, May 5. —The new board of aldermen of Huntersville which went into office todny follow ing their election yesterday by safe majorities, were greeted with a SIO,OOO damage suit as they took the helm of municipalship. The suit was filed some time ago by Miss Katherine Turner, second grade teacher in the local public school, who jointly charges the town of Huntersville, the past board of aldermen, and the J- B. McCray Engineering Corporation, with being responsible for an Injury received by her in February. to the complaint, Miss Turner was injured through the carelessness of the town authorities and the infracting compnny that was at that time engaged in install ing the town’s new SIOO,OOO water works and sewerage system. She slipped and fell on the cement side walk because of the presence there of mud that had not been removed from the streets her complaint charg es, and received injuries to her spine that age likely to- prove permanent. She was in the hospital for some time following the accident and suf fered' great pain as well ns financial loss, she contends. The suit is being handled by C. Hundley Cover. Charlotte lawyer, and a firm of lawyers in South Car olina. the borne of the plaintiff. Noted Inventor Seriously 111. laike Hopatcong, N. J„ May 6. — UP) —The death of Hudson Maxim. 74- year old inventor, stricken with an emia and ulcers of the stomach, is expected momentarily, it was said today by a close friends. He has been i in a coma for the last eleven hours. i PROPERTY LISTED FOR TAXES AS OF MAY I , The tax listers are now ready i to list property for taxes, and 1 all persons are required to list 1 property as of May 1, accord , ing to May Ist, according to the County Tax Supervisor. Penalties will be exacted by the 1 collector from all who fail to , comply with the law in this re gard, it is stated. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927 EE FICIEHCI REPORT EXPECTED TO BRW CONVENTION BUTTIE Effort to Get Matter Before Baptist Convention fail ed This Morning—Jtjtiief Board Report Is Hea»d. hospitaTTgets 11 SOME CRITICISf This Matter Expected to Be Discussed When Can-1 vention Gives Recogni tion to Efficiency Report. Louisville Ky., May 6.—UPWAn I attempt to bring up for immediamv-dis- I mission the efficiency commission ’ re- | port of the Southern Baptist tion on which a fight made at the opening of the here today. M I H. F. Vermillion, superintendent of the Southern Baptist Sanatorium at El Paso, rose to a point of personal 1 privileges, desiring to refute certain allegations made by Dr. Austin Crouch, chairman of the commission, who in presenting his report Wednes day said that the Sanatorium was a needless expense, and in his opinion the Convention was not justified in maintaining it. “ Dr. Croueh attempted a reply to - Mr. Vermillion, but on a point of or der was ruled from the floor until 11 o’clock when the efficiency report was scheduled. The morning session was devoted chiefly to relief and annuity board re port, presented by Dr. Tlioe, Watts, of Dallas. Texas, associate secretary• He said that relief to aged preachers and dependent widows and children amounted to $133,287.49 during -the past year, and that a total of 87 bene fieiar:es had been added to the rotL. bringing the present number to 1145. Retain- Education Board. Louisville, May 6.—04 s )—Existence for auother year at least of the educa tion board of the Southern Baptist Convention was assured today when delegates approved by a close vote a motion to table the report of a special committee appointed to consider rec ommendations contained in the Presi dent's annual address. V The recommendations include abolishment of both the" education board and tbe hospital commissions from the financial program of the con vention. • MILLIONAIRE IS SPED BY F'RIEDA HEMPEL Frieda Hempel Says August Ileek sclier Promised Her $46,000 An nually. New Y'ork. May s.—August Ilcek xcher, 70-ycnr-old financier and philanthropist, is being sued for aii amount estimated at $1,000,000 or more by Frieda Hqmpel, internation ally noted German, opera singer, more than 30 yean; his junior, on the bases of u prg-marital contract, it was revealed today. From arguments submitted to /he Supreme court today, it was indi cated that the alleged contract stip ulated that the aged millionaire, whose engagement to Miss Hempel has been rumored In America and Europe since last year, was to give the singer l $48,000 annually the rest of her life. The suit was disclosed when Mr. Heckxoher’x attorney moved today to'j obtain a new complaint from Miss Hemple. The only information ob tained was taken from the argu ments on the motion. Attorneys for both sides refused to discuss the action. Neither Mr. Heckscher nor Miss Hempel ever have made definite de nials when asked about the reports, originating in Europe, that they were engaged. "Beer” Too Much for Cows. Durham, May 6.—(lN'S) —Two more lives have been snuffed out by blockading operations in Durham County. Two cows belonging to Bob Clem mons. Patterson Township farmer, added to the death toll after they jmibibed too frely of “beer'’—the green mash which moonshiners convert into booze. Five hundred gallons of mash Imd been stored in the Clemmons’ pasture. Mnnwhile Sheriff John Harward and his deputies waited and watched. Before developments came, two cows sipped and passed out per manently. IMPORTANT NOTICE! The publisher of The Concord Daily Tribune takes 1 pleasure in announcing that he will" add to your already alert and progressive paper a distinct and striking Colored Comic Section of four side-splitting comic pages, includ ing the famous Slim Jim and the Grasville Force. Imagine four real live up-to-the-minute comic pages of clean, wholesome and invigorating humor—for both young and old alike! ’ The Four-Page Colored Comic Supplements will be i gin with our issue of May 7th and will be a regular fea ture thereafter*every Saturday. In four colors. Tell your friends about this new and wonderfully en ► tertaining feature; help us put The Tribune in a few hun dred more homes. Remember the Four-Page Colored : Comic appears only in The Tribune. Watch for First Comic Next Saturday. i £ - v . _ Found Slam sn&mm:: i {The body of Marian Robert, twenty-three, of Oak Park, 111, and that of her fiance Julian Meredith, twenty-seven, of Buffalo, N. Y, were found deaq in an automobile near Paris. A j revolver was at the man’s side, j “Murder and suicide,” said police. (International Newsifel.) SCHARLIN AND TAYLOR ARE GIVEN FREEDOM Had Been Held Prisoners For Ransom By Kidnapping Gang. New Y'ork. May 6.—(A*)—Abraham Sebar.l!n, of Chicago ami James Tay lor, who had been held prisoners for ransom by a kidnapping gang, were released at 4 a. in. today, police re ported. Police believed the release of Sehar lin and Taylor was prompted by the killing yesterday of Joseph Marcus, and the arrest of David Berman and Charles Kraemer, neighbors, suspeet ed of having been involved in the kid napp'ng. Seharlin was kidnapped April 28. Police Inspector Coughlin said that at the iioint of a pistol one of Rcharlin's friends was forced by the conspirators to telephone and make tap appoint ment with him. When AharUu left 'the apartment house where be lives with his wife lie was seized and tak en to a house, the address of which lias not been disclosed. Police did not say whether they know where this house is' located. Xo explanation was made by the po lice as to how Taylor was raptured. He lives in Brooklyn. The inspector said no ransom was made for the release of the men and that they would be at police headquar ters this afternoon to tell of the kid napping. With Our Advertisers. The open shank sandals at Ivey's are cool and comfortable. Y’ou will find a great saving in rugs and druggets at The Hub. The Sheppard Shoe Hospital uses only the best leathers. Look nt S. YV. Preslar’s ad. and see three specials for Saturday. Robinson's is now having a sacrifice sale of the finest silk underwear. See a number of specials in the A. & P. ad. today. Citv privilege licenses are due May Ist. 1927, to May Ist, 1928. Call and get your license plates for private automobiles and trucks, automobile,-, trucks ami drays for hire, from Chas. N. Field, City Tax Collector. The Ritchie Hardware Co.'s wire fencing is horse-high, bull-strong and pig-tight. Use the phone to order groceries from the J. & H. Cash Store. The 25th anniversary of the J. C. Penny Co. is being made a great mil linery event. Wonderful hats at only SI.9R YVash silk frocks at $9.90. Ideal for summer wear. See big ad. today. Beginning at 9 o’clock tomorrow, May 7th, for one week only H. B. Wil kinson will sell Hoosier kitchen cabi net with 59 pieces of aluminum and dinner ware for only $59.75, delivered for only SI.OO down. Don’t fail to take advantage of this wonderful of fer. See big ad. in today’s paper. University of Southern Californio is preparing to take a strong team of athletes East in an attempt to win the intercollegiate track and fie'.d champiouships for the third con secutive year. SIXTY-TWO CROOKS WARNED TO LEM CHICAGO FOE GOOD Chief of Detectives Tells Them They Will Be Ar rested Every Time They j Are Seen in Chicago, y | I ARRESTED THEM TO GIVE ORDER Says City Will Break Them Paying Lawyers’ Fees for Writs of Habeas Corpus to Get Out of Jail Chicago. May o.— o4*) —Three spore and two known prooks. hoodlums, strong arm men and racketters have been ordered to leave Chicago at once and stay away. Chief of Detectives William O'Con ner, read the riot act to the 62 last night, palling them from cells where they had been planed, one by one, and employing thp argot, the prisoners best understood. "Take it from me," the chief said, "you fellows are in for an awful plear ing. We have made up our minds that you pan't do busiuess in Chi pago, and that means you ean’t." He told the 62 that every time they were seen by an officer they would be arrested. He said that even though the police might have nothing on them they would keep ' them broke hiring lawyers and getting writs of habeas corpus to get out of jail. GRADUATION EXERCISES OF HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL Rev. C*. O. Will»ms to Preach the Baccalaureate Sermon. Harrisburg. May 6.—The Rev. C. O. Williams, pastor of (he Statesville Avenue Presbyterian Church, Char lotte, will preach the Baccalaureate Sermon to the graduating class of Harrisburg High School on Sunday afternoon. May 8, at 2 o'clock. This service will open an interesting list of Commencement Week activities at the local school. Twelve students will compete on Monday evening for medals offered by the school for the winners of the animal Declamation and Recitation Contest. Entertainment numbers for the event will be given by the fifth, sixth and seventh grades. The pro gram will begin at 8 o'clock. The senior class play. “It Happen ed in June" will be presented in the auditorium Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. Miss Avis Sherrill and Miss Rachel Pollard, of the faculty, are di recting the production. Dr. K. J. Sox, of Lenoir-Rhynfi Col lege, will give the Literary Address at the first annual commencement of the school, Wednesday evening, when six seniors will be awarded diplomas. Duke Endowment Sends Out Checks. Charlotte, May 5. Eighty-one hospitals and orphanages in (North Carolina and South Carolina today received checks totalling $393,583 from the Duke endowment fund. This was the beginning of the second an nual distribution of funds to institu tions which applied for shares of the endowment created by the late J. B. Duke. Thirty North Carolina hospitals and thirteen in South Carolina re ceived a total of .$278,03!). Thirty * six orphanages, ten in South Caro lina and 26 in North Carolina, re ceived a total of $115,544. Great Offer on Hoosler Cabinets. Beginning tomorrow. May 7tb. H. B. Wilkinson will sell a Hoosier kitchen cabinet, with 20 pieces of 1 aluminum and 31 pieces of dinner ware for only $59.75. This offer is for one week only. Yon pay only SI.OO ' down, balance on easy terms. See big ad. in this paper today. The largest oil storage reservoir in the world is at Lomita, Calif., and has ' a capacity of 4,300,000 barrels. 1 1 1 " ~ ' CANYOUSCORE 1 TEN ON THESE? j ; QUESTIONS > I—ln what South Ameriean coun- I try is Spanish not the prevailing lnn - gaugeV 2—Who were the last two Ameri , can emperorsV ’ 3—Name four Eyropean-owned col . onies on the mainland of Central and South America. 4 Who conquered the Aztecs and won Mexico for the Spanish crown? 5 What is the largest island in the world? 6 Name Central and South Amer ican nations that have retained the silver standard in their currencies. 7 What is the diamond wedding anniversary? 8— How many presidents has Mex ic had since the downfall of Diaz in 1911? 9 What countries have the larg est standing armies? 10— How many American soldiers fought in the Meuse-Argonne battles that won the World War? (Answered on Page fleven) Twelve Pages Today Two Sections More Louisiana TowrilM * Vaters I Break T., rough Leveß GRH LEAVES THE j STAND DURING MY, Was Questioned for 17 Hours Concerning Part J He Played in Murder of Albert Snyder. New York. May 6. — (A>) —Henry Judd Gray today completed his or deal upon the witness stand in the ' court where he is on trial for his life i with Mrs. Ruth Snyder, on a charge t of murdering Mrs. Snyder's husband, i Seventeen hours after he voluntarily < assumed the witness chair, all of the I attorneys today had done with him. ( and court was adjourned for lunch. 1 Throughout all of the questionings Gray had stoutly maintained his story * that he had struck the first blow, but ' that the murder of Albert Snyder ' could never have been accomplished, 1 but for the aid of Mrs. Snyder. 1 District Attorney Newoombe ques tioned Gray only half an hour, where- ( as counsel for Mrs. Snyder had ex- , amined him for eight hours and his , own lawyer for six. | After Newoombe sat down, Samuel i Miller. Gray's lawyer, took the wit- i ness for- redirect examination which lasted but three minutes. Gray then left the stand. Gray's mother,jMrs. Margaret Gray, was exacted to be the first witness of the afternoon session. REGARD “SUICIDE CLUB” AT DAVIDSON A FARCE Faculty and Students Do Net Take Effort of “Radicals” Seriously. Davidson. May s.—Despite the fact that no action has been taken by of ficials of Davidson College with re gard to the recent organization of a "suicide elub” on the campus of this staid Presbyterian college, student leaders and faculty are almost unani mous in their condemnation od what they term an attempt at notoriety By a “sinarlt - group of radHs»B*t» and self-styled icoiiwlasrS Avne are re sponsible for the publicity that has been given the suicidal organization. Tlie majority of students look upon the club as a faree and wonder at the unfortunate publicity that has been given this unrecognized and com paratively unimportant organization. Officials of the college while declining to give any direct opinion of the pur poses and ideals of the club, were unanimous in their disapproval of the suicide elub and appeared highly in dignant that such an organization had been given so much publicity. The general belief among students here that the elub was founded solely in an effort to gain notoriety and that itR members are neither serious nor sincere in their expressed ideals seems * substantiated by the statements of one of the founders and officers in the club, who confessed that its or ganization had followed a “jocular bull session" and that thus far the elub has met only one time. Another mem ber of the elub who was interviewed Thursday afternoon admitted that he had never attended a meeting, that lie djd not know what the elub was and that it had been organized an his name added to the list of charter members white lie was away from the . college. Plans for Staging “The Awakening.” i Atlanta. Ga., May 6.(lNS)—Plans i for the staging of a mammoth benefit ; show here. “The Awakening." which will include in its cast 500 young people, nre bing made by the John B. Gordon Camp, Sons of Confederate Vterans, to finance the Confederate Veterans convention her in 1929. The play lias been produced in Dallas, ! Birmingham. Tulsa. Houston, Itich- Imond. Norfolk, Washington and a number of other cities, and is a story simiiiar to “The Birth of a Nation.” Ideating with the rconstruction period. James H. Hull, of- Dallas, will di rect the play for the local chapter. . Mrs. Catherine Sloop Dies in Salis bury at Age of 74. Salisbury, May s.—Mrs. Catherine Sloop, 74. widow of John .T. Sloop, died last night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. D. W. Plyler. The " funeral takeß place Friday after * noon at 5 o'clock from the Plyler home and interment will be in Cheut -1 nut Hill. Five children survive, these being a Mrs. Plyler. Mrs. George F. Seyf fert. of Elizabeth City; Lonnie - Sloop, of Fremont: H. A., of New e York city and C. 8., of Oklahoma City. K m —— NOTICE! * City Privilege Licenses are due May Ist, 1927, to May Ist, 1928. Call and get your license plates for private automobiles - and trucks, automobiles, trucks and drays for hire. CHAS. N. FT£LD. 6-3 t-. City Tax Collector. “T 3 THE TRIBUNE " jig TODAY’S NEWS TOD* NO. State and Federal Save Property' j ( JBj Breaks in Levees Make til Work Harder and Towns Have Been j serted as Tide Rolls eH New Orleans. La.. May 6. —Uftfmßßß With practically all of northeast IsmsE y - isiana now under water. stale forces combatting the NovHinHH ing down the Mississippi be|MaH4ng§g doubling their efforts today tdaß”*wlPPl| the overflow back to the mighty and there continue it on its ruali 'IB 1 ;* r the sea. Should those efforts be the worst of the greatest flood history of the Mississippi VallejjtfH he over. Should they fail. more of square miles would trvtfljßFj run with probably another D||H.hEm| people made homeless. 'TagErl While none was threatened today, further breaks in the... Jtt idagflll river levee, down the mouth of <MH V' * river simply would add to the lion in the northeast, but woutfflaktflH increasingly difficult tlie tank of |M 8a ing the SO miles of line along tlM'flMHjl Rod and Atchafealaya. : 'SHilll The rapid widening of the crevM|JHHj os oil the Mississippi aboVe" "1 burg and between that: towtF|Bi<H||H Natchez lias increased the diffionltT'jjfSljll of rescue work in the norttMHK'AHHB lion, and some apprehension hi for the safety of hundreds in area. Rescue fleets are moving abQa||H«j3|S| territory as speedily as p"'*M||fl save the marooned, many of whom already have been evaettfl\jjfcjli j Swirling currents as, the H"odwaM(l{vs.Sj began their race southward to and Red Rivers, nre increasing difficulties of the coast guard and iumHHn al men. "'jWH New towns are being claimed-*j the flood daily, and upwards <>! J|| ■ •-J score have been inundated, with j of the smaller ones in the direct • Hood cnrrems prai ail*. jj| strayed. jSH i.irtle change in the situation nitMplßPf various flood rivers was t ' day. by the weather bureau at Orleans. The crest had passed VHHjifffl burg, and the river there fell '4 || over night. Breaks below also a fall of .it foot at Natchez. Xj Flood waters returning to Mississippi through Old river n rise of .1 foot at both Angola Baton Rouge. 1,a.. while southward the water went up at Donaldsonville. HH With millions of tons of rushing through the break soiNj§9 J this city, the guage ar New QwH-BsMB remained stationary today at 20 feet. When the <-rest gets her*f"® dH river is expected to rise to than 21 feet, which is below th»9BH ger stage. jJHH Help Aged Ministers and DependaM^^^H l.ouisville. May ti.— (.A I ) —Relief - WISH aged preachers and their widows and children in the $133,287.4!) was given during year by the relief and annuity of the Southern Baptist located at Dallas. Dr. Thos. J. associate secretary, told the tion in session here today. In addition to the funds, a total of $23,064.58 ou 1 to the members of the unntliral part ment making the total ments of the hoard for the year‘H 252.07. -’VH A total of Si beneficiaries were ed to tlie rolls of the board during year, bringing the present nu*tMwqflH| 1.145 distributed as follows: '§f|l 552. widows 443. dependent 150. Christmas checks tbtallittg M 'wjjm 34!).!)4 were sent to these by the board last I tecemtdoß '9H The board now lias assets -|Bi proximately $2,500,000. $500,000 of this represents thfc n4M fund of the relief the annuity department has a-£mHm||||| fund and endowment in ■ aifnH $2,000,000. Dresses 550 Pounds of Hens hi Over an Hour. ".WAa Asheville. May 5.—E. W. local iKiultry dresser. todaifH.: UUBH claim to a unique world ship when lie scalded and 10(1 hens weighing 550 pounds minutes. He has issued , challenge to chicken dressers of 1 world to compete with him |kH | chicken dressing contest. , dared he could have beat time by 15 minutes if the hiflMl dressed had not been so large. averaged five and a ha 1 ' pounds Synthetic milk is being manufaetlt ed Denmark. Vegetable fats rwH the flutter fat of cows’ milk, and mins are added to c °mPWWB similarity. k’ I 1 ! ¥ | La ft I LJ |«|L sJww I , I # .<% *fM * ih^Sg|!■ Mostly cloddy, tonight and sin we os Saturday and in tonight: somewhat’ cooler in »