North Carolina Newspapers

Editor and Publisher. Volume xlvui. Twenty-Three Seamen Killed on Their Ships fifteen Other Sailors Were Injured and .Seven Destroy ! Were Caught on Roads During pens^Fog. . H [P< \RE BEING 1 sH beaten by waves tnd \re Rapidly Being Torn j to Pieces. —Ships Went Ashore " hile Cruising From San Francisco. j» , 1 '.li t . S<‘pt. 10 (By till' •' '' j. Twenty-three sail -1 - j | 7 destroyers of the I ,*• ti,,. h;ittie fleet are' l’ v "" ._' v .,.fT Point Arguel , | l l, •; tic Ocean bet ween 1 1,! ;,n.i 'i.-> Angela. : i„ . tsi;tmii tig >nsequences * - s it mu' disaster in Pacific l 'The it.jitted are being nursed .. j,,.,-,. train load of siir t'.-i Shi 1 »iego. the naval . ~ wen ships are fast ap i „ . IV ck> i ' tie' pounding of the ; went ashore while cruis £ < ■ Fi;itieiseo to San Diego j lf 2 . !'“ i.j.rin diortlv after ft o'clock M j-,,;. Mistaken tiosition in * 1 r j„. ~„:t<t line is believed to" I tin-'crash. The destroyers "l .g through the fog hugging « . or tiie formation when ti,,. rocks about 200 ''"t-! '-at.ilit'ios were divided among the ‘ S|.\‘j {j w ere from the Pel others died on the destroyer which turned over and sank in ; ininutc and thirty-seven secconds as i.,.,. which gave their officers and a hetter eiiaiice for their lives i , w ., v avoided the crews of the Tragedy Within a Tragedy. Santa Barbara. Sept. 10 (By the As |>,.f— |. —,\ tragedy within a !!*;*■’,!y "as enacted about the destroyer ]k::.\ which went ashore seyenty-five uii.r- mirth "f Santa Barbara Saturday with -i\ other destroyers of thhe battle rteot. Tbs tragedy resulted in the death of - S-. inan IVarsnu whose given name and l. ~ natal orticers at the scene of the umi were unable to give. Ai.! Ur ..’X cll'.ihed r> m tW rugged .rocks near Arguello Light.) IVsnhi was thrown front a ladder and i M legs were broken. llis comrades went ;.i hi' recue and succeeded in tak ing bit* mi deck. There he was blinded bt oil from bursting fuel pipes. Nearly iraM by pain In- resisted efforts of ship nit'S tu lig up breeches buov to res raehim. ‘ Vessels Began to break up and coin rtik were forced to lash him to mast ® the hope of returning later to take ki "If. <>thor injured were taken j a- "is-, and just »i- flu- last mail except fto*"ti reached the mainland, the Del- Rtjiruke in two. and slid beneah the with I'earsmi crying piteously for Today as parts of the wrecked ' de ' rever were heing dashed to and fro in , b‘d ng surf Pearson’s comrades said :::H ‘oiibi distinguish his haggard face 'ltr-'.tah the green sea. Special Train For Wounded. bis Angeles. 4-ah. Sept. 10 (Ity the | w ia ,,M l I*”esst-.—A special train car-1 ' a b"tit .itio seamen, members of the i ' n "t the seven destroyers wrecker jtunlay nigln near Point Argue)la. >75 K !i " r, h of Santa Barbara, passed I .os Angeles last tiight bound ; W S*u Diego. , J1.1p11.. . • until on tht‘ train wore an l uniform. The costume of one! J 3ll ." 3 * limited to'an undershirt and l' a " ot tr.niseis while some still clung " |,|r 8 ,- l as auxuliary covering. I* % *. 1 v along the route from J' 'mieejition soutli. the wardrobes f 11 w, ‘ l '' augmented by offerings ; 'Mnpathetir civilians. One husky J s vim'ieci fortii from the train at ;iP , ,:ll *’ ar:i '** :l blanket draped i, • Mioulders. and a woman's hat. ""ted. ,-ujii with only the remnants J 1 tScei' wipe as badly off as their who had escaped from-i t„,i. , ' ciui! only in their pajamas! ( ' 'Wantage ~f die offers of kindly! ' I!ii ' "ore civilian clothes of 'p "' "util they could replace ITI ■ V ln " r "I'Pi'opriate attire. ; ;Mp '"t the disaster upon the m . ; .* ti.* could be noted at ev ' : 11-iin. many of them !; htti.!. dozes and jumping ~ '■ > and glaring about, s j s 1 ' ll l-'ner Cuba Rescued. .! |j !'! ' • Sept. 10. —Captain ('. ’ tigers and meinbew the Pacific liner Cuba M’.ol 10.000 hi treasure d ... ;i: : ’mggage lias been lund , - "ti. accord t<i word re r,n.. t i ' - l: "i*al offices here today, i’oiir '.'V'., t'"‘ third mate, and N a:.i t«> i,.!* a !' " !l the vessel which is 'time place on the reef T , | " k Saturday night. _ . s,s ‘Pv Selfridge, accord >v,ra; ' rei-eived here, landed ! "t the crew and their ’’ San Pedro harbor. i.". ,- ;tlif.. ,Sept. I). :, ti<l the i>. >s ’ navy destroyers Mtiil liner Cuba were !| -shr. 'in morning and last 7"k' j„ vessels crashed on the :■ "ff Arguello light, ? '"t't-Barbara. and the ‘ lll! *' r " u « reef off the ! * ff.l! 1 " ? San Miguel island, 35 , T^tyiivel ;:; 1 e , 'trovers i, )s . , Illl>,, ‘d men of the de stt°i'W!s u ..., 11 “ ir I |V ‘‘ S ’and all the de 'vported as total losses. rHE CONCORD TIMES LARGE CROWD PRESENT TO HEAR. MUSICAL PROGRAM Remlered Last Evening at St. James" E. L. Church.-—Number of Artists on the Program. | The musical program given at St. I James Church last evening was one of the most bralliant programs ever heard |in this section of the state, i Every available space in the building ] was t%keu. while many were tfurned away several hundred remained on the outside. Practically every city and town within a radius of twenty-five milt's was represented. Every number on the program fiom tilt* organ prelude to the final amen was perfectly rendered. The outstanding ! numbers were: j Organ Prelude: “The City From Afar 'Off" played by Dr. H. A. Htirewalt. Shuberts Serenade. played by Miss Nail Gordon, violinist. Mr. S. K. Pat terson flutist, and Miss Dorothy Wolff pianist. O Divine Redeemer, sung by Miss Mary Hiller, with Hute obligato by Mr. Pat terson. Angels’ Serenade, sung by Mr. Good man with violin obligato by Miss Gordon. Each number was most artistically rendered. Gounod's great Anthem, “By Babylon’s Wave," according to one critic present who luis heard many choruses in this sfhte. was the most magnificent choral 'number heard, iu recent years. The trio, “Praise Ye," •superbly •sung by Miss Nina Norman, Messrs. Goodman and Patterson. St. James is justly proud of the ex ceptional number of singers that have come from this congregation. Few churches 'anywhere ‘could equal it. Those assisting the regular, choir were ' Mrs. H. G. Gibson. Miss Mary Hiller, of Jacksonville, Fla.. Miss Mury McLaugh lin. of Pittsburgh. Miss Nina Norman, of Washington. Mr. Sant - Goodman, of New York. Dr. H. A. Stirewalt ably supported the choir as organist and \,liss Dorothy Wolff, talented daughter of Prof. S. A. .Wolff. - assisted at the piano. Miss Nan Gordon, well known violinist of Charlotte, and Mr. S., K. Patterson, flutist. THINK SALISBURY FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING Wholesale Grocery Company Damaged By Blaze During Storm. —Bolt Hits a Dwelling. .Salisbury. Sept. 8. —Today it was im possible to estimate the damage done by at the who W-sale house of the Rowan j Grocery company last night. It is be i lleved that the two story structure was fired by lightning tuning in on the wires, as a hole nearby was found this morn ing. The fire was not discovered until half an hour after an electric storm had passed. The building, which is of mental, was not badly damaged but. the stock was practically ruined by fire and water. On account of the nature of the fire a second alarm was sounded J and this brought out not only all the fire fighters, but also most of the citi zens. During a wind and rain storm ac companied by notch display of electricity last night lightning played a peculiar prank at the borne of R. K- Feimster on North El'is street. jumping from a nearby tree to the house, the lightning tore out an entire winow. entered a room and left its utfirks in a crooked line on the floor, ripping a druggett in two. broke a looking glass and passed | out bv way of an electric wire. Two j children in the room wbre .not hurt and no fire followed the lightning’s antics. Charged With Burning Buildings.. Salisbury. N. -C., Sept. 10.—Harvey j Young. Rowan county -farmer, is schedul ed to' appear iu superior court when it ! convenes today, on two charges in con nection with the burning of a barn and an unoccupied house on his farm several miles east of Salisbury. The defense, represented by a numerous array of at torueysr has subpoenaed 101 witnesses, while the State has summoned 00. J Will Simmons, negro, charged with burglary, the charge having been brought against him following his alleged en trance in a home occupied by white peo ple. also is scheduled for trial at the criminal session of superior court con vening today. ! " ' * i The liner Cuba was reported to have sunk during the night, but all passengers and members of her crew either were landed at I»s Angeles by the destroyer Reno or are on their way to San T rau eisco or on board the Standard Oil tank er. W. S. Miller, with the exception of Captain Holland, the purse, steward and eight seamen, who remained on board to guard a shipment of $2,500, in silver bullion- Dense fog was the cause of both disasters. The destroyers Chauncey,, Woodbury. Fuller. S. P. Lee. Nicholas. Young and Delphv. were all - beached within a few minutes of one another, according to naval officers. The flotilla, of which the wrecked craft- formed a part, -was in command of Capt. Edward Matson, tis the Delphy. and was .on a practice cruise. The dead were all trapped in their .bunks* on the Young when that vessel struck and were drowned when the craft capsized within two minutes after striking. More than 500 men were rescued from ■ the wrecked destroyers, which touight were reported to be pounding to 'pieces “ on the rocks, all total losses. . , , Os the survivors, 15 of the seriously “ injured were brought to the Santa Bar ■ bara hospital here. One hundred others > were cut and bruised in their swim to safety oyer the. jagged rock. The destroy ers were traveling in formation at 20 - knots an hour in a heavy sea and dense fog when the leading vessel crashed. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS PROPOSAL TO MI CRISIS IN GREECE HAS BEEN ACCEPTER I ' * Plan of Council of Ambassa dors to End Graeco-Italian Crisis is Found Agreeable to Greek Government. ITALY ACCEPTED v TERMS SATURDAY Details of Agreement Will Be Left ' With Council, and Greece Will Carry Out Any Instructions Sent Her. Athens. Sept. 10 (By the Associated Press). —Greece accepts the conditions laid down in the inter-allied council of ambassadors for settlement of the Graeco- Italy dispute and has so informed the council in a-note dispatched to Paris. - The Greek communication left to the ambassadors the determination of such details as to dates for the military salute and the funeral services for the victims of the Jauitoa massacre. The Greek for eign minister asserts the agreement rep resents a victory for Greek diplomacy. PLANS TO MAKE OWN WINE UNTIL HE IS ORDERED TO STOP Congressman Tries In Vain to Get an Advance Ruling From the Dry Chiefs at Washington. Baltimore, Sept. lft. —Representative John Philip Hill, leader of “wets,” to day formally began making wine iu the cellar of his mansion here. He stem med grapes nearly all last night. The old iron crane, on which in bygone days the family pots bung, was swung out, projecting over a 20-gallon jug which has been in the house for more than Iftft years. Three baskets of grapes with Hill purchased yesterday were near the large jug and in front of them was a keg of grape juice, which he will allow to ferment. « The Congressman waited in vain for a prohibition agent to appear and then said he would experiment with six methods to show just how strong home product may be made before' stopping fermentation. No dry agent attended the tent today. “Tomorrow." he said. “I'm going to raky-samples of my stuff t<> Washington and :ii4c U.*‘ prohibiti<m department for an analysis. 1 will appeal to Washing ton if no agent is sent from the local office to observe m.v opreations. __ Then, after lft days. I am going to ask for another test, and so on until 1 am or dered to stop fermentation. Further more. in ftft days I’m going to bring over the Judiciary Committee of the House and ask them to sample my non-intoxi cating fruit juices.” The Federal Bureau of Standards has informed Hill, in reply to his request, that there was no known instrument whereby alcoholic content of a light wine may be measured to insure that it com plies with the Volstead act. The only method by which it may be measured to insure that it complies with the Vol stead act. The only method by which it may be measured,-the letter said, is to first distill it and then make the test with a hydrometer. • Congressman Hill sought the information after several hy drometers had fniltxl to register the al coholic content of wine. GOVERNO PINCHOT NOW CONSIDERING COAL PRICES Took Up Price Problem in Letter Sent Last Night to President Coolidge. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 10 (By the As sociated Press). —Governor Pinchot. suc cessful in his efforts to bring about a settlement of the anthracite cbntroversy, today turned his attention to the ques tion of coal prices. He took up the price problem in a let ter last night to President Coolidge in which he suggested federal and state ac tion toward readjustment of freight rates on anthracite, and announced his own purpose of calling on *the governors of all anhtragite consuming states to in vestigate the profits of dealers in coal, wholesalers, jobbers and retailers. Letters to Governors. Harrisburg, Sept, lft (By the Associ ated Press). —Governor Pinchot, of Penn sylvania. today sent letters to the Gov ernors of all anthracite consuming states suggesting investigation of the methods to “prevent gouging” coal consumers, with a view to a personal conference lat er concerning joint action. Trial of Macon Flogging Cases Contin ued. Macon. Ga., Sept. 10 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Tbe trial of the Macon flogging cases will not be called until to morrow’. it was announced by Solicitor R. W. Moore shortly before the hour set for city’court to convene. The solicitor this morning decided the cases of the men who were Confined to jail would be heard first. Pearson’s Condition Not Improved. Asheville. N. C.,.Sept. 10.—Richmond Pearson, former diplomat and ex-Con gressman, who has beeii seriously ill at his home here, was reported as somewhat weaker today. Those in attendance said his condition is critical. With Our Advertisers. The Japanese earthquake will have the effect of advancing all silk prices. See ad. today of the' I’arks-Belk Co. Old cotton on the local market is quot ed today at 27 1-2 per pound; new cotton at 27 cents per pound; cot ton seed at 50 cents per bushel. A report to The Tribune today states that the condition of Mrs. Mollie Elliott, who has been quite sick, is improved. CONCORD, N. C., MOND AY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1923. To Dedicate The Cannon • Memorial Building Tuesday Formal Exercises Will Begin at 3 O’clock-—Gov. Morri son Will Be the Chief Speaker.—General Public Invit ed to the Exercises. Governor Cameron Morrison, of Carolina. Hon. David H. Blair, commis sioner of internal revenue, and other men prominent in affairs of the State and nation are expected to take part in the formal dedication of t lie Cannon Memo rial building at the Jackson Training School tomorrow afternoon at 3>o’clock. The presentation of the building to the school will be* made by Mr. Blair, and the acceptance will be made by Mr. James P. Cook, chairman of the board of trustees of the school. The address .will be delivered by Governor Morrison. The exercises will be h'eld iu the me morial building beginning at 3 o’clock. The invocation will be delivered by Rev. W A. Jenkins and several songs will be led by students of the school. The bene diction will be delivered b>' If' I ''. T. \V. Smith. Those perspus who are to take part in the program, with others invited by of ficers of the school, are to be honor guests at a dinner to be served at the school at 12:30. At 2 o'clock the campus will be thrown open to the general public. The occa sion will give those present an oppor tunity to make an intimate inspection of the plant of the school, including all buildings. The inspection will be con cluded before the memorial service be gins, and those present for the inspec tion are invited to remain for the ser vice. Every one interested is given a cordial invitation to attend the exercises, ac cording to an official L>f the scbool. ‘The service will be open to the general ■lublic,’’ flic stated, “and we are anxious for every out* interested to be present.” Governor Morrison is peeled to reach Concord sometime tomorrow morn ing. He is. expected to be present at the dinnef. Mr. Blair is also expected to reach Concord in time for tin* din ner. , The Cannon building is one of the most imposing on the school campus. It will be used as the administration building and was made possible by the generosity. of Mrs. J. W. Cannon, and was built by her as a memorial to her husband. MOURNER SAVES “CORPSE” FROM BEING BURIED ALIVE Discover Rigor Mortis Has -Not Set in I on Cataleptic. -'Montreal. Sept. lft. —A. mourner at the' funeral of Mine. Elizze La Famine, of St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville, today probably saved the aged woman from burial alive by calling attention,to the fact that rigor mortis had not set in. 1 Doctors were hastily summoned, the fun eral cancelled and the undertaker dis missed The doctors had Madame %,a Flamme taken from her casket and put to bed for treatment as a suspected ease of j edtaieptie lethargy, which, they said. | might give here the appearance of death for several days. The parish priest and the choir boys ■ were waiting in the little church of St. j Jean Baptiste de Rouville, and the pall bearers had just raised the casket when one of the mourners noticed that Mine. La Flamme bore none of the appear ances of a dead woman. Her heart was not beating, and she wnt not breathing, but the “corpse” was neither rigid nor cold. - 1 Fearful that they might be burying the woman alive, the mourners sent for two doctors who made an examination. They decided the ceremonies should be halted immediately, particularly when told that Mqie. La Flamme had been in the same •condition for two days before she was •supposed to have breathed, her last. FIFTY REPORTED KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE Quake Occurred in Calcutta, and Many Houses Were Destroyed. London. Sept, lft (By the Associated Press). —Fifty persons are reported killed or injured in an earthquake which shook Calcutta today, says an exchange telegraph dispatch from that British In dia city. Reported casualties occurred in the Nymenisngh district whefe many houses collapsed. Rural Mail Carrier for 20 Years. Next Saturday. September 15th, Mr. F. I r . Rogers, carrier on R. F.- D. N. 2, from Ktinnapolis. will have completed his twentieth year in the employ of the government on this route. Mr. Rogers .was the first and only carrier for this route and has given en , tire satisfaction and splendid service. ’He is popular, and justly so, with the two hundred or more patrons who will be glad of an opportunity to congratu late him on the record he has made. ; j- A teacher asked her class of children what a skeleton was. One little fellow, Benny, seven, said: “I know; it’s bones with the people rubbed off.” THE RED CROSS NEEDS MONEY. , The American Red Cross has called on the people of the United States to subscribe $5,000,000 for the relief of the Japanese in their awful calamity. The Southern division is woefully behind in its part of the subscription. The minimmm quota of Cabarrus Chapter is $400.00. It should be double. Will not the people of Concord out of their plenty give to this No canvass will be made. Subscription list will close Saturday. Make check to L. D. Coltrane. Treasurer, or J. B. Sherrill. SUBSCRIBE NOW. U. T. HARTSEUL, Chairman. ~ **************♦ * WORLD’S SUPPLY * M OF RAW COTTON * * . * Washington, Sept. lft.— The total world supply of cotton on August 1 was 27.568,000 bales as compared Jn with 21),602,000 bales on Augilst 1. public today by the Department of of Commerce. * * & ♦ *•*******#***.«• 1923-24 SCHOOL TERM BEGAN THIS MORNING Everything Moved Off Smoothly With AH Teachers Present Except One, All the schools of the city had a splen did opening this morning with all the teachers in their several places except M iss YVoodhouse. who is ill. Rev. M. R. Gibson is-helping with the high school work until Miss YVoodhouse can take up her work. Three hundred and forty-six were en rolled in the High School : sixty-six in the eleventh grade and one’ hundred and twenty-four in the eighth grade. The following is the entire enrollment: , Central Grain mar School 443 Central Primary 425 Grammar School No. 2 61st High School 34(5 •. „ _A Tot n 1 .... ... .. . .. ~ V 1833 The Logan School 266 JAPANESE RELIEF FUND. Previously acknowledged $28.00 E. B. Grady 2.ftft' Hartsell Hartsell, attorneys.. 2().ftft $50.00 A Wild. Wild Woman is Located at Thomasville. Thomasville, Sept- B.—A woman who is not known by any person here ap peared in the neighborhood Friday and seemed to be doped, or crazy, or wild, nobody was able to tell which. No such case has ever been set'll here before. When first seen she was running through a field, but it was impossible to tell where she canle from or, where she was intending to go. if anywhere. She was taken by officers to Lexington where she is in confinement until know ledge of her identity can be obtained. She seemed uuab’e to tell her name, or would not tell, nobody knew which. It is said the woman looks to be about 18 or 2ft years old. w£ars good clothing and seems to be a nice woman. At times she tears her dress, at other times throws stones with vehemence, but; .not with intention of striking any person. This ca.se is causing much com ment in general. Efir.d’s Greensboro Store to Open About September 15th. Greensboro News. A. M- Shore, the local manager for the new Efird’s store, has returned from the eastern markets and states that the store will be ready to open a boat September 15. Several buyers ac companied Mr. Shore and the new stocks are being received. The building former ly occupied by Woo’.worth’s is under going extensive repairs and charges to meet the demands of the new firm. A veryattractive front, new shelving and cases and complete remodeling of the second floor are some of the features which make this location very desirable for the large stocks carried by this firm. Announcement will be made later for the opening. Salisbury' Man Has a Peculiar Ac cident. Salisbury. Sept. B.—J. I). Misen heimer, a rural carrier out from Gold Hill, suffered a peculiar injury today. While hanging a butchered calf by means of a block and tackle Mr. Misen heimer allowed the hook of the tackle to catch in his own nostril and • the nose was torn open from end to fore head. A Salisbury physician took lft switches to close up the rip. and it is not thought Mr. Misenheimer s face will be badly disfigured. State Guernsey Breeders’ Meeting. The State Guernsey Breeders' meeting and sale will be held at Mocksville on Friday, September 14th. Twenty-six choice animals have been selected by a representative of the American Guern sey Cattle Club from the breeders of the State for the sale, four Wiving been chosen from Cabarrus county. Any one interested in Guernsey cattle, either i for breeding or for seeing good individ- I uals of the breed, should attend the !sale. R.«D. Goodman, county farm agent, i stated in discussing the sale. 2.500 VEHICLES DAILY BETWEEN GRENSBORO AND HIGH POINT According to Estimate Made by Road Commissioner Cox. (E» tbe Asno-5 a tea Press.) High Point, Sept. 10.— Approximately 2.500 vehicles —automobiles, trucks *- torcyeles and wagons— smooth surface of the Gi Point highway each day. a< -,.ig to an estimate made by State Highway Com missioner J. Elwood Cox.* who based his estimate on figures obtained from the office of J. D. Waldrop, district engineer of the State highway commission. On August 30th and September Ist Mk. Waldrop detailed a man to make an actual count of the number of vehicles passing a certain point on the highway between the hours of 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. i The man reported that du August 30th. during the 12-hour period he observed traffic on the road, 1.44 ft touring cars. 208 trucks, lft horse-drawn vehicles and eight motorcycles, or a total of 1.6(56 vehicles were counted. The number was increased on Septem ber Ist. On that date the observer reported the passing of 1,744 automo biles. 158 trucks, 24 ve hicles and eight motorcycles; or a 4otal of 1,084 vehicles. Figuring that at least six or seven hundred, automobiles traverse the high way between 7 p. m. apd 7 a. m., Mb. Cox estimated that no- less than 2.500 vehicles pass any given point on the highway every .24 hours and that on Sundays the number of cars on the road is considerably larger. MAN SHOOTS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW Then Fired on Officers When They Tried to Arrest Him. Bollville, 111.. Sept. • lft.—Harry Ket tler. aged 27, today shot his wife and rnother-indaw, #nd when a score of po licemen surrounded the house he opened fire on officers and seriously wounding woof them. Local police appealed to St. Louis for reinforcements, and the 'un squad of tlfe Sf. Louis police de partment is en route here. Kettler’s wife is lying in the front yard of the home, and the police are un able to get to her and remove her. From a distance it appears that she may be dead. Kettler apparently has an ample supply of ammunition. Machine Guns to Be Used. St. Louis, Sept. 10. —More than a doz 'en policemen with several machine guns left shortly before noon for Bellville, 111., to assist police there in capturing Harry Kettler, who has barricaded himself in his home there. ONE MAN KILLED IN RAILROAD ACCIDENT J. P; Tolley Lost His Life Wbfn Nor folk and Westem Train Was Wreck ed. Roanoke, Sept. lft. —One man, J. P. Tolley, firemen, of this city, was killed and seven persons injured when a Nor folk v and * Western southbound freight train left the tracks a few miles north of Roanoke this morning and plowed into the rock tfuarry where a number of men were at work, ANOTHER ADVANCE IN . OCTOBER COTTON PRICES Within Half an Hour’s Trading October Cotton Advanced 90 Points. New York, Sept. 10. —Within the first half hour's trading today October cot ton advanced ftft points to 28.5 ft, or $5 l bale above Saturday's closing quota tions. Cotton futures opened steady: October 27.60; December 27.35: January 26.88; March 26,05; May 2(5.00. Change in Honrs at Swimming Pool. The management at the Y. M. (’. A. wishes to announce tnat with the ad vent of school days there will be a.slight change in the hours at the local pool. Beginning today all boys- will come at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon on Mon day. Wednesday atid Friday. The girls will come at the same hour on Tuesday and Thursday. These Classes will dose at 4:15. On Saturday the girls will* have the use of the pool from 3:30 to 4:15 and the boys will have it from 4:3ft to 5:15. For the present the hours at night will remain the same. a - ' ' Ordered to Stop Passive Resistance. London. Sept, lft (By the Associated Press). —The populations in the occupied areas of Germany have been ordered to discontinue their passive resistance to the French and Belgian authorities, ac cording to w the Central News correspond ent in Berlin. • . “T learn,” the correspondent telegraphs "that the German capitalists have de cided to ‘send a representative to Paris with the object of ascertaining to* what extent France is prepared to make con cessions to Germany. “Direct negotiations between the two government are believed in political cir cles here (In Berlin) to be imminent.’ 1 American Legion Will Make an In vestigation. Salisbury. Sept., ft.—The Samuel C. Hart post of the American legion has appointed a committee to investigate the sev.cn year sentence imposed on Jack Collins, of Salisbury. a world war veteran, who was convicted of man slaughter recently at Greenville S. (\ Efforts may be made to have sentence reduced or obtain a pardon- Collins killed Gus Adams, another world war veteran, during a quarrel at Chick Springs, where they were both in a vocational training school. Cotton Belt Rail Officials Killed. Pine Bluff. Ark.. Sept 7.-r-D. W. Bmvker. Pine Bluff, superintendent' of this division of the Cotton Belt rail road, and Roadinaster Sublette, of Texarkana, were instantly killed, and five others, including General Superin tendent W E. McGraw. were injured, two miles from Plain Dealing, La., late today when a motor car on which they were making an inspection jumped the track, according to reports received by | Cotton Belt officials here tonight. * $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. FEAR OF EPIDEMICS rf® PHYSICIANS 10 ISSUE WARNING They Advise All Americans in Tokio to Leave Unless Their Business is Most Important. RELIEF MONEY IS BADLY NEEDED NOW Americans Urged to Speed Up Contributions and Send $1,000,000 to Japan With out Delay. Tokio, Sept. IO (By the Associated Press). —Fear of typhoid and epidemics in Tokio has caused American physicians here to advise their nationals here* to leave the city unless- their business is most urgent. While the water supply is being rapidly brought back to normal, conditions are still far from sanitary. There is the deepest appreciation throughout Japan for the prompt re sponses from the United States and other countries to the relief of thous ands of refugees* Needs $1,000,000 at Qnoe. Washington, Sept. 10. —Reporting that an epidemic of fever had broken out at Tokio, Ambassador Woods in a cable to the State Department today said it was imperative that $1,000,000 of American Red Cross funds be placed immediately at the disposal of its relief committee in Japan for the quick •purchase of m.ed cila supplies and food from nearby mar kets. More Than Two-Thirds of Fund Raised Washington.. Sept. 10.—yVith more than two-thirds of the amount raised, the drive to bring the nation’s contribu tion up to the $.1,000,000 minimum sought by the American Red Cross for the, re lief of the Japanese earthquake sifffepers was continued today by every local chap- 1 ter. Babbitt Not Killed by Quake. A\ ashington, Sept. 10. —Confirmation that Assistant Commercial Attache El wood G. Babbitt has beeu saved from the Japanese disaster was received to day by the Department of edmmeree from Jas F. Abbott, commercial attache at Tokio. The wife and older daughter of Mr. Babbitt also were saved, but .a younger daughter was killed. Mr. Babbitt is'returning to the Unit ed States. Nearing $5,000,000 Goal. Washington, Sept. 10.—The Red Cross Japanese fund is approaching the $5,- 000,000 goal. Subscriptions reported to national headquarters now total $4,071,- (H(0. By divisions the Southern division has subscribed $70,300, Says 30,000 Died in Fire. Osaka, Sept. 10.—(By the Associated Press).—Thirty thousands Japanese who had taken refuge in the 10-acre enclosure of Hongo military clothing depot in To kio, perished in the flames that swept the area early last week, according to a man, one of the few who escaped. (There has beeu varying reports as, to the number of refugees who met death in this fire, but this is the largest esti mate.) Find 60,000 Dead Bodies. Tokio, Sept. 10.— the Associated 4 Press).—Sixty thousand bodies had been received in Tokio and Yokohama up to and including today and police estimated 100.000 persons bave been treated for' wounds and sikness. The landing party from the I nited States destroyer Huron buj-ied the dead fron the naval hospital at Yokohama. . Reports of Cholera Unfounded. Washington. Sept. 10 via Osaka (By the Associated -I’ress).—Reports of a* threatened epidejuic of cholera in lire regions f devastated by the earthquake are unfounded. Dog Carries a Human Hand—Victims Found. » Alma, Ga.. Sept. 1). —A d<»g carrying a human hand in its mouth here this afteruoon Jed to the discovery of the bodies of Blither Knowles. 17. and his brother. Estel[, 15. on the,, tracks of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic rail road. The boys hod been instructed to watch a broken down automobile for their father, but apparently left the car sat down on the railroad tracks, being hit by a BruuSwick-Atlanta fast freight train. There will be an inquest tomorrow. Criticise Commission Report. . Washington, Sept. 10. —The United Mine Workers*of America in a statement issued here attacked yesterday the re port of the coal commission on the causes of strikes as reading “very much as a well prepared brief in behalf of the non union bituminous coal operators of West Virginia and northeastern New Ken tucky.” Landis School Opens. Landis, X. C., Sept. 10. —Special ex ercises were conducted here today, when Landis' new SIOO,OOO high school opened for the fall session. Ireland Admitted to League. Geneva, Sept. 10.—(By the Associated Press).—lreland was unaninnujsly elect ed to membership by the Ledfae of Na tions by the assembly today. Ira Honeycutt, 14 years old, of near Bost Mills, was kicked by a mule Satur day evening and rendered unconscious for a while. He is. now getting along very well. Mrs. 8. W. Preslar has returned from Charlotte, where she submitted to an operation about two weeks ago in a hospital there. 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