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» ASSOCIATED » PRESS » DISPATCHES II A A A A A A VOLUME XXIII Situation In Oklahoma Rapidly Nearing Crisis Interest Now Centers in Ef fort of Governor Walton to Suspend Right of Recourse to Habeas Corpus. SOLONS GATHERING IN OKLAHOMA CITY They Are Preparing to Call Legislature Together in De fiance to Warnings Issued by Gov. Walton. Oklahoma City, Sept. 10 (By the Asso ciated Pres).—Martini rule over Okla homa appeared rapidly to be approachiug n climax today with attentiou momentar ily focussed on Tulsa, where Governor Walton's authority to tuspend the right of recourse to habeas corpus will be test ed. There Adjutant General B. H. Mark ham, commanding the military forces, lias been ordered into district court to show cause why three men held as wit nesses by the military should not be re leased. Whether the Adjutant General would obey the summons remained in doubt. Meanwhile state legislators are gather ing here to perfect plans for an extraor dinary session of the Assembly in defi ance of Governor Walton. No secret is made of the fact that if the legislature convenes, impeachment proceedings will be instituted against the Governor, should sufficient basis for charges be found. Despite the Kxecutive's threat to im prison all lawmakers who attempt to hold a special session of the Legislature "because it would interfere with the pros ecution of his fight against the Ku Klux Klan," assemblymen declare it is in their rights, and the session will be called as soon as the signatures of a majority of the members of both houses can be ob tained. Announced plans are for the Legislature to meet as a board to "inves tigate conditions in the state,'' and no ef fort is being made to convene for legis lative purposes for which a call from the Governor is necessary, it was said. Military courts of inquiry here and at Tulsa investigating acts of mob violence throughout the state continued in sesion today with no indication as to when the . work would be completed. Freed in Civil Court. Tulsa, Sept. 10 (By the Associated Press). —Five men indicted by Governor Walton's fTulqa county military pom ' mission investigating ipah jcjelewe. he-e since .mid-August were freed in ' omt court today when arraigned for prelim inary hearings. They were the first of thirty men indicted by military tribunal to be released. OKLAHOMA SOLONS PLAN TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION Going Forward With Plans Despite the Threats From Governor Walton. Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 18.— Members of the state legislature opened an offensive today against the official acts of Ooveriior J. C. Walton in con nection with his decrees of martial law throughout Oklahoma. Plans took shape among members of the legislature to convene a special ses sion in defiance of the governor to con-, sider his official acts. \ Impeachment proceedings are considered certain if a sufficient number of the legislators can be rallied to the cause. A eall for an extraordinary session was completed tonight and i« ready to be filed with the secretary of state as soon as a majority of the members of the house have signed a petition to con vene the session. On the other* hand. Governor Walton is firm in his determination to give bis enemies in the legislature no chance to "interfere" with his declared intention to "wrest the civil government from the domination of the invisible empire and make the visible government against it supreme.” He reiterated that any lawmakers who attempted to hold a special session of, the legislature would be sent to jail. Four soldiers with side arms guard the en trance to each of the legislative halls. Governor Walton holds that the leg islature cannot meet in extraordinary session, except upon his eall, this pro cedure being outlined by the state con stitution. *, Sponsors of the extra session take the stands that the house can meet upon petition of a majority of the membership without the governor’s consent and form an inquiritorial body to investigate con ditions in the state. During one period of seven years, over eight thousand earthquake sehocks were record in Japan, many of them doing great damage. Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 28 cents per pound; cotton seed lit 60 cents per bushel. “Love, Hate and a Woman” Starring Beautiful Grace Davison .The Loveliest \yoman on the Screen, in a drama of BEAUTY POWER SUSPENSE AND EXCITEMENT Piedmont Today TODAY The Concord Daily Tribune . • • •• . 1 CAUFFIEL IS NOT TO BE REELECTED Mayor Who Ordered Negroes to Leave Town Defeated in Republican Primaries Held on Tuesday. (By the Associated Press.! Johnstown. Pa., Sept. 19. —Mayor Joe Cauffiel, central figure in a controversy over his order directing all negroes re siding in thiN city less flian seven year to leave, was eliminated as a candidate for reelection, returns today from yes terday's primaries indicated. In a field of seven candidates, he was running fifth, with the Republicans resting between William H. Sunshine and Lewis Franks, a former mayor. Dispatching a reply to Governor Pin chot's request for explanation Mayor Cauffiel last night reiterated his order that the negroes “must pack up and go.” Governor Pinehot asked for an Explanation after he had received pro test from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at New York. . Mayor Cauffiel issued the order aftdr throe city policemen were kifled in a fight with an alleged drink-crazed negro, who was killed. JAPANESE RELIEF FUND. Previously acknowledged $208.75 C. M. Powell 10.00 Cash 2.00 E. C. Barnhardt 5.00 Miss Lena M. Leslie 5.00 Miss Bettie M. Leslie 5.00 Mrs. L. Ross 5.00 Harmony Methodist S. S 7.51 Cash 3.00 M. L. Cannon \ f . 25.00 CHANGES IN FREIGHT RATES ARE ADVOCATED Secretary Hoover Thinks Entire Freight Rate Structure Should Be Changed. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Sept. 10.—General re organization of the entire railway freight rate structure is favored by Secretary Hoover. Commenting today on the plans of President Coolidge to aid agricultural agencies, Mr. Hoover said freight rates on agricultural products should be low ered. as a complement to the general re construction of all rates, but lie added that the problem we*, delicate qii(l, i*t volvefT, and must' be studied carefully by tile Interstate Commerce Commission. Compared with class rates, commodity 'rates are too high, Secretary Hoover said, but he suggested that some of the western granger roads might not be able to survive a cut in agricultural commod ity rates, and emphasized he did not be lieve it desirable to reduce thsse rates unless the entire rate structure was re vise3*. New Cliarters Issued to Corporations. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh. N. C„ Sept. 19.—Secretary of State W. N. Everett has issued char ters to the following corporations : Commercial Finance Corporation, Sal isbury. with authorized capital stock of $150,000. of which $7,000 has been sub scribed by H. A. Rouzer, Snllie H. Grimes and I. S. Brown, all of Salis bury. Morton Jones and Company, of Ashe ville. with authorized capital stock of $50,000, of which $5,000 hns been sub scribed by W. Morton Jones and Ruth Moser Jones, of Asheville, and T. L. Johnson, of Lumberton. Mizelle Motor Company, Zebulon, in Vance county, with authorized capital stock of $50,000. of which $9,000 has been subscribed by E. D. and L. M. Massed and L. M. Gould, of Zebulon. An amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the Planters Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company, authorizing an increase in the capital stock from $50.- 0000 to $250,000. Waldensinu Embroiderers, Incorporat ed, with authorized capital stock of SIOO,OOO. of which SI,OOO has been sub scribed by F. Garrou and H. Clot, of Valdese, Burke county, aud A. M. Kist ler, Morganton. The new concern takes over the Burke Novelty Manufacturing Company, of Valdese. Club House at High Point Country Club. (By the Associated Press.) High Point. Sept. 19.—Contract has been awarded for the erection of a com modious dub house at High Point's re cently organized country club and the builder to whom the contract was let 1 has announced that the club house prob ably will be completed by January 1, 1924. The High country club was organized the early part of this year and work begun immediately on a nine hole golf course, which was completed during the summer and is now being used dail. Henderson Merchants to Hold Fashion * Show. (B)i ths Associated Press.l Henderson, N. C., Sept. 19.—Mer chants of Henderson are preparing for an elaborate semi-nanual fashion show to be conducted here Wednesday, Septem ber 26. Tiie trade boosting event was inaugurated here in recent years, and. Merchants say, the fashion shows have proved so successful iin increasing their business volumes that it has been decid ed to make them established events. Notarfcfe Public Gifcntcd~ Ltoenata. (By the Associated Press. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 19.—Licenses to act as notaries of the public have been issued at the office of Governor Morrison to the following persons; S. E. High, Lucsma, H. L. Averitt, Fayetteville; W. H. H. Bagwell, Ham let'; Miss Carolyn Barnes, Wilmington; Walter Fulford, New Bern; W. L. Sharpe, Greensboro. CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1923. PREVENT IMMIGRANT SMUGGLING. PROPOSED Representative Cable, of Ohio, to Spon sor Law. Washington. Sept. 19 (Capital News ‘Service).—That smuggling of immi grants into the United States from Can ada is an industry of growing propor tions, and that it can and should be pre vented by extensions of the Immigration Service are beliefs held by Representa tive John L. Cable (Republican) of Ohio. Mr. Cable proposes to introdnee a bill increasing the number of immigration inspectors not only for Ellis Island, but for duty along the Canadian * border Tlieir duties will include not only, the prevention of smuggling or "bootlegging” of immigrants, but will be a further cheek upon the entrance of the undesir able alien. Conferring with President (,’oolidge about' the Immigratiou Service, Mr Cable expressed the opinion that a large majority of members of Congress would oppose the Department of Labor's plan for of immigrants to America in tlieir home lands, on the ground that such a proeeedurc would involve the making of treaties with countries af fected, which countries themselves wen not in favor of the proposed selection. In spite of this opinion, friends of the idea in/Congress are pressing oonfi dently forward in the belief that the very opposition of foreign countries to selec tion of immigrants before and not after embarkation is a reason for insisting upon it. and with the idea that no treaty is necessary, and that the refusal of an American vise is -all that is required to enforce American selection ideas upon those who inspectors abroad consider un desirable. SYSTEM OF ARBITRATION SETTLES MANY DISPUTES Has Been Found Practical by Pennsyl vania Railroad. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 19.—Satisfactory set tlements were reached in a large majority of the eases of grievances and contro versial questions arising under the em ploye Representation plan of the Penn sylvania Railroad system for the first half of 1023. This was accomplished at conferences between the local, officers and representatives of the employes with out recourse to any higher authority, according to a report made by the North western Region headquarters of the sye tem. “During this period n total of 3.06(i cases were taken up with officers below division superintendents,” the report says. "Although appeal is provided for to superintendents, general superin tendents. general managers, and finally to a joint reviewing committee equally representative of -management and ein l<toy«v tin ouOtler of cases carried to tin genera! manager totalled 223 and thosf reaching the reviewing committee, 84. "Os the controversial questions taken up originally or on appeal with the local officers, superintendents, general super intendents and general managers, al most half were adjusted or -compromised in favor of employes. Os cases appealed to the reviewing committee, about half were decided in favor of the manage ment.” The Pennsylvania plan was formulat ed aud established by joint action of the management und employes about two aud one-half years ago. The report concludes that under its operation local settlement of disputes has reached a new high level of success. THE COTTON MARKET Reports of Rain Influenced Market, Which Opened Steady at an Advance of » to 17 Points. (Bt Ike Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 19.—Rather disap pointing Liverpool cables appeared to be more than offset by reports of further heavy rains ju Oklahoma and Arkansas and the cotton market opened steady to day at an advance of 9 to 17 points. Tjiere was a great deal of covering after the reaction of late yesterday, and fresh buying inspired by the unfavorable crop news, which carried prices up to 29.30 for October and 28.32 for January dur ing the early grading. Cotton futures opened steady: Octo ber 29.12; December 28.75; January 28.18; March 28.05; May 28.00. WET CANDIDATE IS , ELECTED IN NEW YORK Simon B. YanWagenen Will Serve Dis trict in State Legislature Again. (By the Asa os* a tea Press.) Albany, N. Y„ Sept. 19.—Simon B. VanWugVner, Ulster county wet repub lican. whose vote in the last legislative sessiou made possible the repeal of the Mullen-Gage prohibition enforcement law, was renominated for the Assembly in yesterday's statewide primary. He de feated John W. Weaver, dry, by 1.500 votes. Geo. J. Skinner, dry. republican, de feated Abraham L. McAdain, the wet choice in Oneida County. DEC’LINES TO ACCEPT HIS LEGACY OF 2,000 MARKS French Court’s Cost 1200 Times Amount of Man’s Bequest. Strasbourg, Sept. 18.—Laurent Meyer, living at Soultz-Sous-Foret, near here, inherited during the war 2,000 marks from a relative. The law grinds slowly, so the estate was not wound up until yesterday, when Meyere was summoned to "touch" his money, ns the French say, and justified to bring with him 31 francs as the cost of making out tbe papers. As the costs amounted to 1200 times the amount of the bequest, Meyer toM tbe Court officials to keep the money. TMrtoen Hurt as Track Plunges Off Road. Summerville, Ga., Sept. 18.— Thirteen persons, ten of whom are children, were injured when an automobile truck plunged down’ the side of a mountain near here today. The machine turned over three times and went over a 30- foot cliff before it was ha'ted. The in jured were brought here for treatment. Young Man Fatally Injured in Fall From New Bank Building Dick Sims Died of Injuries Sustained When He is Al leged to Have Missed W ork Elevator on the Cabarrus Savings Bank Building.—Fell From Fourth Story to the Ground. r Dick Sims, young white man who hns been making his home here at the Hart sell Mill neighborhood, was instantly killed this morning in an accident which occurred at the building being erected by 'the Cabarrus Savings Rank. The acci dent occurred shortly before 11 o'clock, aud was witnessed by a number of people. According to evidence brought out at the inquest conducted by Coroner Joe A. Hartnell, Sims was killed after he tried to catch the work elevator in tbe build ing. J. L. Turner, according to' Coronel Hartsell’s minutes, testified that Sims was standing ou the; third floor of the building aud tried toientch the elevator as it passed on its way to the fifth floor. Sims, according toithe testimony, got oue hand on the bottom of the elevator and was carried in that position to a point near the fourth floor, where lie was knock ed off. He fell headlong to the ground, and died a few minutes later. According to one of the bosses at the new building, tbe elevator was going to Ihe fifth floor when tile accident occur red, workmen on that floor having call ed for it. The men who had called for the elevator did not know of the acci dent until after Sims had been found on the ground. At the Bell & Harris Undertaking par lors, where tiie body of Sims was carried, it was stated that the only known rela tive is Mr. li. A. Sutton, an uncle, with whom young Sims boarded. Funeral ar rangements have not yet been made. This is the first accident that lias oc curred on tbe new building, which has been under construction for several months. The jury called by Coroner Hartsell was composed of J. A. I’eck. M. R. Pounds. E. O. Smith, S. Clay Shinn, J. E. Sossnmon. and L. B. Deason. Sims suffered several injuries that would have produced death. Coroner Hartsell stated. His skull was badly fractured, his neck was broken and one jaw was shattered. So examination was made to determine tfhether lie. suffered internal injuries. CROP REVIEW Conditions in Southern Stales Reviewed By Federal Agricultural Department. (By the AMocfated Press.i Washington, Sept. 19.—The weekly weather and crop review issued today by the Department of Agriculture for the the Southern States follows : Seasonal temperature*, prevailing in nearly ail portions orTSc-cotton' belt, aud rather heavy rains in many sections west of the Mississippi river, but very little rainfall to the eastward. Sunshine is abundant east of the Mississippi, but it was difficult in the western portions of the belt. East of the Mississippi the weather favored the rapid opening of the bolls and also picking and ginning which made sat isfactory progress. Picking is well advanced in South Car olina where fruiting has practically ceas ed with the weevil taking, the top crop. There will be no top crop in southern North Carolina, but conditions continued mostly very, good in the northern part of the state. ’ < Cotton condition in North Carolina is announced as follows: Rapid progress in picking cotton; practically no top crop in the south, and materially reduced in the central portion; conditions mostly very good in north, though considerable shedding and weevil damage spreading northeastward. PREMIER POINCARE AND PREMIER BALDWIN CONFER Statement Says Conference Was Held For Purpose of Discussing Political Situa tion. Paris, Sept. 19 (By the Associated Press). —Premier Poincare and Prime Minister Baldwin of Great Britain, con ferred here today, presumably on the rep arations question. The official statement after the meet ing read: "The meeting of the prime ministers of France and Great Britain took place this morning at which they took advant age to proceed to the exchange of views on the general political situation. "It was rot to be expected that in the course of the meeting M. Poincare aud M. Baldwin were able to settle upon any definite solution." Hope Pressmen's Strike Will End. New York, Sept. 19.—Hope for a speedy settlement of the strike of. the web pressmen which has prevented pub lication of the city’s leading morning and afternoon papers since midnight Monday was entertained when the strikers this afternoon discussed a proposal that they return to work under a 10 days’ truce. yiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiii^ THE SAFEST PLACE for your important papers and other valuables EE 25 is in a Safe Deposit Box in our “loss-proof’ p SH vault. Rentals $1.50 and upwards a year. /citizens Hii BANK TRUST CO.I :-fBB 1 V CONCORD,N. c- ! aiHlsll ANTHRACITE MINERS HAVE RESUMED WORK After An Idleness of Two Weeks 155,000 Union Men Went ;Back to Work Dur ing the Day. (By the tuHWlatnl Press.) Scranton, Pa., Sept. 19.—After an idle ness of more than two weeks due to the suspension order by their union leaders, the 155,000 inine workers in the anthra cite region resumed work today. The new wage scale covering a period of two years from September Ist and embodying the terms of the Harrisburg agreement, based on the settlement submitted by Gov. Pinehot, formally was ratified by the tri district convention of the United Mine Workers on Monday, ami the suspension order officially lifted. The new scale includes a 10 per cent, increase jn wages, au X hour day, recog nition of the union and the principle of collective bargaining. Union leaders said that a large output this winter was assured, although it was not expected that normal production would be restor ed for several days. Operating officials said the mines gen erally were in excellent condition. The tools of the workers and the mine mules were lowered into the underground work ings yesterday, and thousands of men were awaiting at the mouth of the mines when the whistles blew jthis morning for the resumption of operations. PEPPER AND REEI) DODGE STAND ON PRESIDENT Refuse to Clioose Between Coolidge and Pinehot So Early in Game. Washington. I). ('., Sept. 18.—Sena tors Pepper and Reed, of Pennsylvania, after a conference today with President Coolidge, issued a joint statement re garding the 1924 Presidential situation, saying that they found it unwise for the present to express any preference be tween Coolidge and Governor Pinehot. of Pennsylvania, for the Republican nom ination for President. "If it 6e true, ns rumored.'' tlieir state ment said, "that President Coolidge will consent to be a candidate for the nomi nation, and if it also be true, as like wise rumored, that Governor Pinehot has Presidential aspirations, a situation will develop, upon which a Stjuatol) from Pennsylvania ought not to express him self prematurely or otherwise than after most serious reflection. "What is best for the country, what is best for the State, what is best for the party are the considerations to which grave attention must be given, and we have no expectation of making any an nouncement on the subject ip the near future." The two Senators called at the White House with Secretary Mellon to request President Coolidge, they said, to attend a celebration in Pittsburgh next month of the anniversary of the founding of tiie Heinz factory. Howard Heinz, of Pittsburgh, also was a member of the party. Senator Pepper said the President had taken the invitation under consideration. The conference lasted for nearly three quarters of an hour, but Senator Pepper said the political situation had not been discussed, the visit having to do solely with the extending of the invitation. Dempsey Bestows Precious Gifts. New York, Sept. 18. —Tom Webster, cartoonist of the London Daily Mail, sailed today on the Mauretania for Eng land with two cherished souvenirs of the Dempsey-Firpo fight, given to him by the victorious titleholder. The me mentos were the white sweater Dempsey wore about his shoulders when he climb ed into the ring and the set of boxing gloves with which he knocked out his Argentine rival. At the Theatres. “Loyal Lives,” and a Vanity comedy “Striking tiie Spooks,” are ou the pro gram today at the Star. “Love, .Hate and a Woman,” and “The Desert Vulture” are' the attrac tions at the Piedmont today. The Pastime is showing Norma Tal mndge in “Within the I.aw.” Italy and Japan are the countries in which most earthquakes occur, their re cord exceeding those of all other coun tries combined. Begin Clearing Up District In Bel »•>« uw ‘" zed by Fire BRITISH “LIQUOR” REPLY RECEIVED Deals With American Re quest for Reciprocal Agree ment on Ship Liquor and Liquor Smuggling, (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 19.—The British reply to Secretary Hughes' proposal for a reciprocal agreement on ship liquor and liquor smuggling was received-at the State Department today and was de scribed by officials as “in general not sympathetic to the proposals." The Brit ish government plans, however, to pre sent the question to the British Imperial Conference which meets in London next month. State Department officials view the British communication as leaving open the possibility of negotiating a double barreled treaty to curb rum running and also to facilitate legitimate liquor ship ments in foreign bottles. There was no attempt, however, to disguise the fact that the British government had indicat ed general disapproval of the plan and raised objections against it. KANNAPOLIS SCHOOLS OPEN WITH BRILLIANT PROSPECTS Teachers’ Club Has Been Organized to Supervise thq General Work of the School Year. Kannapolis, Sept. 18.—On Monday morning, September 10th, the teachers employed for the approaching session in the city schools of Kannapolis began arriving on the scene. Superintendent W. J. Sloan, of Greens boro, lias been on tbe job for the past month getting things in readiness for the opening of tile school. Tuesday morning marked the begin ning of a series of teachers’ conferences, which continued through Friday. These were under tiie leadership of Professor Sloan. The devotional exercises of the open ing meeting were conducted by Rev. J. V. Clarke, of High Point. Immediately the work of organization was taken up. Miss Lorene Brown, of Mooresville. was elected president of what is to be known as “The Teachers' Club of Kannapolis.” Miss Brown has had much experience in educational work and it is to be hoped that a great deni of good will be accomplished under her leadership. A standard of aims was formulated and aitpbted. These aims‘fait under three divisions : I—Social: 2—profes sional ; 3—effectiveness. These three essentials will be the bed-rock from which the school structure will be built during the present school year. TWO SHIPS COLLIDE OFF NEWPORT CO.AST Battleship Arkansas anti Destroyer Mc- Farland in Accident Early This Morn ing. <By the Associated Press, i Washington, Sept. 19.—A collision be tween the battleship Arkansas and the destroyer McFarland off Newport early today was reported in a dispatch received by the Navy Department. The destroyer, struck on the port side forward of her bridge, was said to have been seriously damaged, and to be proceeding “under es cort” to Boston. The two ships were en gaged in night maneuvers. Sandiyieh. Sept. 19.—The United States destroyer McFarland was rammed in the bow by the battleship Arkansas in maneuvers near the entrance of the Cape Cod canal here today. Albemarle Church Bequeathed $5,000. Albemarle, Sept. 18.—M. J. Harris, treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of this place, and a iifelong friend of She late John C. Leslie, who died at his home in New York City sever al weeks ag.o has just received a'letter from a law firm in New York announcing that Mr, Leslie bequeather $5,000 to the local Presbyterian Church in his last will and testament. Mr. Leslie was at one time a resident of Albemarle and was, while here, a dea con of the Presbyterian Church. Al though for several years prior to his death he had resided in New York, yet he had never lost his interest in the Albemarle church, where his former membership was held. The news of the $5,000 bequest" came as a most welcome message just at a time When that organization is build ing its new church structure at a cost of $75,000 or more. Although the fund will not be obtainable for possibly a year yet the certainty of its coming will lighten tiie burden of the members of the church who arc building at such tremen dous sacrifice at this time. Singing School to Close Friday Night. The singing school, which is being conducted at the West Concord Baptist Church will clofFriday evening at 7 :30 o'clock, \yith a concert. The Buff Quar tette, from Cleveland will be present and give several numbers on the program. The school has been very successful and highly gratifying to those who have at tended. and the concert Friday night will be free to the public, and it is expected that a large crowd will be present. University Registration Is Breaking All Records. Chapel Hill, Sept. 18—Chapel Hill tonight is nil agog with old and new 'studentN, more than 1.000 matriculated on this, the first day of registration, ae -1 cording to latest estimates. This breaks all records. Another thousand are ex pected tomorrow. Stoner Klutz to Kannapolis. Newton, Sept. 18.—Attorney Stoner W. Klutz, sou of Dr. and Mrs. I*. J. Klutz, of Maiden, and brother of At torney L. F. Klutz, of Newton, left to day for Kannhpolis, where he will en gage in tbe practice of his professsion. TODAY’S NEWS TODAY *»® & © NO. 222. Wrecking Tools and Dyna mite Will Be Used to Re move Debris Collected as Result of Fire. 2,500 HOMELESS AS RESULT OF BLAZE Personal and Property Loss Estimated at $10,000,000, With Loss Covered By $4,000,000 Insurance. (By the. Associated Press.) Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 19.—The first step in the reconstruction of the district razed Sunday in the most disastrous fire in Berkeley’s history will be taken to day when workers attack the ruins with dynamite and wrecking tools. When the thirty-five blocks or more over which the first raged still lay blank eted with smoldering ruins yesterday, surrounded by a cordon of police and army sentries, victims of the blaze sur veyed the extent of the disaster and im mediately began preparations for rebuild ing. The real and personal loss in the blaze was estimated at $10,000,000 late yes tprday by C. C. Enslee. president of the Berkeley Board of Fire Underwriters, to whom seventy-five insurance adjust ers reported after a survey of the fire zone. Not more than .$4,000,000 was covered by insurance, he said. The 2.500 homeless victims of the fire have found shelter with friends or in * homes thrown open to them immediately after the conflagration. Among ihe number were 1.200 ttudents of tlie University of California, and lUO members of the families of the faculty it was announced. * The list of the injured, either by the ■ flames or in minor accidents resulting from frantic efforts to save their homes or remove household goods, has reached to between 50 ahd 100 although none were seriously hurt. Another Town Wiped Out. Santa Rose, Calif.. Sept. 19.—The town of Trinity, a community of between 30 and 40 houses was wiped out and a strip of from two to live miles wide be tween the towns of Kenwood and El verano laid waste by a forest and brush lire during the past two days, according to advices received here. Fifteen highway bridges between San ta Rosa and (lien Ellen, near the "Val iej. .the Mu<m." c j*y®ft-d«<troyed, hy. the s flames. Ranches and farm house as well as crops and gardens in the district cover ed by the blaze were destroyed, rena etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp UPWARDS OF 1.000 AT TRINITY THIS MORNING College Will Open Its 72nd Year With About 800 Men and 200 Women. Trinity College, Durham, Sept. 18.— Trinity College will open its doors to upwards of 1,000 students with the rais ing of the college flag by' this year’s se nior class Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock. This traditional ceremony will start the college off on the 72nd year of its existence a« a degree-conferring insti tution. In every respeet the coming year prom ises to be the most successful and use ful in the life of the college. From an institution located in a single bidding and with a student body of less than 15. Trinity begins the 1923-24 session with an array of 20 modern equipped buildings and with students who will number in excess of 200 women and 800 men. The last two of the old Trinity Park sehbol buildings, Lanier Hall and As bury building, have been remodeled arid put in first-class shape to take care of the incoming students? The former ha« been recommissioned as a dormitory and, the latter as the home for the depart ment of physicas and engineering. The other buildings of the Park school were taken over for use of the college when the Park school was discontinued a year ago. Grown from a class of two in 1853 when the college first conferred degrees upou graduates, the senior class this year will doubtless exceed 100; and not less than 400 new students are expected be fore the machinery of the college gets under way. Registration of new stu dents commenced Monday and will con tinue through Wednesday. Chapel ex ercises immediately after the flag raising Wednesday will be the first formal act of the opening. Classes will assemble after chapel, and it is expected that regu lar recitations will be in full sway Thursday. Sale at Parks-Be.lk Co. Concord shoppers will be given an op portunity to select from an unusually large stock of new goods at the Fall Op ening sale of the Parks-Belk Company, which will begin Thursday morning. The buyers for this firm have been busy in New York and other northern mar kets purchasing their fall goods, and more than a million dollars' worth of mer chandise has been sent to the Belk stores. In a hig two-page advertise ment in today’s paper they are tel'ing of some of their bargains. At this | opening they will feature also some of | the new styles from their Paris office. i Offers Reward of S4OO. (By tne Associated Fleas.) Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 19.—0 n the re quest of Dr. A. D. Allen, state superin tendent of Public Instruction. Governor Cameron Morrison this morning offered in behalf of the state the maximum state award of S4OO for the arrest and convic tion of party or parties responsible for dynamiting of the new $40,000 Corinth- Holder schoolhouse, six miles east of Wendell in Johnston county, early on the morning of Snnday, August 26th.