| WEATHER I PwtUr tlwdj W 4 allghlly WIWt • Tuesday. VtibMDi »<*tly cloudy. I fcatn n 4 colder in west porUfu, VOLUME SIX; NUMBER 224 BLAST WRECKS PITTSBURG SECTION AND 27 DIE Dying Confession Os Six Years Ago Frees Three County Blacks Frank WBMum, Georg* Fear aal and Jfaa HiH Given u , Paraten r . HAD BERN FOUND GUILTY SECOND DEGREE MURDER Harry, CaMweß. Boated in Elec tric CWk Exonerated HAU9KUI, Not. 14- Dr.. William Booth Wan H 4 and Had Praclletd Since Civil War A career of sixty two years as a practicing physician Was brought to rod end In Canon City, Colo.. Ban day evening when Dr. William Booth fattier of Mrs.' W. O Cone, dlod Irf Ids eighty fourth year. Mrs. Cone, together With one other »urvi*jpg daughter, Miss Marla Booth, were vifh Dr Booth when he died. Dr Booth was born In Washingtt»n. county, Maryland In 1*43. wa‘s edu rated In Ihc Medh-nl School iif the University of Maryland and shortly before the. end of UMkCbU War en tered upon'the practice of hla profes tion at Fortress Monroe. With the war ended, he returned to his na tive county and began his work Im paired health of Ills younger daueh tcr censed him to move to Colorado, and .there he practiced medicine un til about three months ago. Advanc Ing age several years ago forced, him to coptine himself (o office prac tice, but not until three months ago was he compelled so pul. eullrely aside Ihe profession Id -which he had •erred for so long. Last March, his wife died and was burled In Colorado. The remains will be disinterred and will accompany (be body ot Dr. Booth back to Mary land where burial will be made at Hagerstown next Monday. BAD BL AZE AT WRIGHTSVILLE Two CoUagrH Burn and l.untina Reported as Seriously Threatened WILMINGTON. Nur. I 4 L»’l-Fir* which started pbout 11 o'clock was ■M-IVI -rajdag late towlgbl on Wrights villa Iftach, Ins pile of heroic effort* es the Wilmington flro dapirtmopi which waa called out as soon as the first cottage was burned Two were consumed by the flames and front Wrlghtsvlllo Soundest nearest telephone to the scene, came advices that the flames were bating their, way toward Lum- Ina, with little prospect of the fight ers getting it under control. Sermons Trial May Reach Jury Today NKW BERN, Nov. 14.— (A*) - Intro duction of .ftd'tbcr evideno to sub rtautiatc the self-defense argument occupied today's session of Pamlico County Superior Court listening to the charge* against Luther, Vergil und Lee Sermons growing ont of the death "of 1 Prohibition Agent W, T. l.ewU In a oght‘ at Fort Barnwell several tnonUn sgo. The case will iprobably reach the Itiry late Tuca day 'r early Wednesday. In the siltn of seven hundred and fifty dolur* for lit* (Holland'.ijllevpd there wa* a man wording mTJßldsboro that he wauled. Ifogehoom then “laid low”, because he krtew that If Holland should sec and Tecogjilio him,, ho might make good hl» escape before .he could be arrfbted. Officer Rhodes; began working on the case and eoou "spotted" him. nud Icarhed what hi* working hour* were. The arrest fol lowed yesterday nioriiliiK. sad Hoi laud is being held in jail here pend. Ing the urrival of the sheriff vof Northampton county, who will take 1 im hack Micro for trial. It wo* said that a woman with whom Hollaed- had btfgn rooming u* hla wife, had bean held tor question ing by th — Au eutlre section gt Northolde ITUs burg lay In pities tonight and tho bodies of 3T persons rested in the count morgue, mate evidence of one of Ihe most dinsoteroiis sxploslhns In tho city’s history Death and de vastation swept the Old Manchester district when ak mammoth slorage rah lank exploded. PITTS 81 - RO ypi-*He»cae work ere using dynanatc in au effort to pehetrate wreckage lit the uorlh sld# disaster -di-vastated by gas tank tzploaloa tonight located the bod ice of f|x mldlthmnl victim* behind n boiler In the £lntit of the IMMs ourg Clay Pot company .This brought the known list of iilend to 37 « Several stleka W»f dj-namtte ware I laced near the aud dtscliarg-- e*l. The rcneuereij who set off the < Itarge weul In-hlnd the dislodge de bris and he reporkd the bodlen of a half iloaen men mid died together Fire department ■sh lals sahl the, I ctrnclure might at any mo ' maul aud they ordered rewur ers back. It was helieved no effort to bring Ihc bodies ont would be made until niornlug Iferoism of Injured employees us tho Pittsburg Clay Pot' plant which waa wrecked by today's gas blast, was recounted tonight by doctor* -•,< liu were among the first' to enter ‘the wreckage, in the building* doc tors found a large number of men lying on the floors, bleeding from many cut* and other wounds. Wllen the doctors attempted to give the men first aid treatment the victims de murred aud commanded the jphyal clans lo go out into tilt, mins and give treatment to women and chil dren of the/district , Classes were dismissed In seven schools because of the exploslou Windows in Ihe schools were shat tered and the buildings damaged At one school across Ihc Ohio river from llie scene of the blast two school boys were cut by flying glass. The tank, cbntaning *5.000,0«0 cu bic feet of natural gas, let loose wllh one us the moat terrific bloat* in •Pittsburg's history. Practically every buldltig In tho Immediate vicinity waa wrecked and windows ■ over a wide area were shuttered. Including s&nc In downtown department stor es and office structures. When the tank burst, a amull ol fire, higher than the adjacent type of Vntlnt Washington, shot Into the air. spreading out In a fan shape rlMkuicn and police volunteer work era expressed the lx-lief that scores of person. In their home and In fac tories of the region, had been trap ltd when the buildings collapsed Every hospital In the city was crowded with Injured Whan the extent of the disaster be came apparent.' the police command ed private automobiles und to CQtgrey Injured to hospitals With in un hour after the-blast llte throe I*.- , ,-»«wwravmrvsrv. t .*m»u'«»•<*— hir hospitals of thf nwfthgld,* wnf 'repoiiod crowded with victims. Many nr The |fny g«i* and otltcr Injuries, staggered to the Allwgßeny Oencrul and Preabytenan hospttalß. Home Collapsed on the (Continued on Page live) Swim Riv«;r„To Ktjcape From Wayne Deputies A Hl|ll In operation and ten gallons of whiskey were captur v ed near the Little Hlvur throe tulles from Goldsboro si ten «'»“ • clock Auiurday mornliir t»y tX flccrr Kornvga.'. Gardner and ■ ; W*- Four mm, none of whom could bo recognized. Jumped into I tho river, swam across and ««• • cai^cd. SINGING CLASS WELL RECEIVED Methodist Orphanage Hopes Be Able Cara For 100 More ChiMran Soon "9" " > The Sing lug tins* of the MStbodtst Orphanage In Raleigh, gave In excel lent enlertainment to a large and '•ery appreciative audience at Bt. Paul Methodist church at the eve ning service on Sunday. ' The children were In charge of Mra. 'Nellie Hives of the Orphanage faculty, who spoke some word* of appreciation of,the help given the orphanage by St. Paul church, She staled that the Baby College has been liegutl. und that' authorities hope that wtthiu another year there will be room for another hundred children In addition to the' *l7 al ready there. Bhe staled that the ueeda or the orphanage are grant, und that the present Incotae la In adequate to the need*. Ten children gave the program, and showed exertion! training. There wore five little girl*, two older anno, and two older boys on the platform, while another nJ/Mr girl accompanied , tocm beuuTftbTfy at the piano. On* of the smaller girts read Ihe Scrip turn mid Iml t tie prayer*, while nil ynve recitations, and, aang In chor- 1 use*, ono of older girl* had n I remarkably bountiful Unor valecj the others sang alto. One very notlceaWe fart l* that these children have a remarkable 1 otHtposuro and very easy manner*. * * SAY INVENTOR IS MURDERED 0 l Hrotber in Ijiw'm Body WUh Six BalletM Found in Work*hop By I'uwcr 111(1 HIJL.N 1)8, N J., Nor, 14. (4*>— Suarch by state polloe and da tretttes wax concentrated on the half tulle wide pinloaula between there aud West , l-ong Branch tonight tor Alfred KjAroedrt* of Cleveland, Ohio, who was* id by police to have slain his brotifrr in law. Herbert Mefsttrr knecht inreator aud tfotsibl nnth»l officer late uday. The body Into which six bullets had been fired wu found in tbs of fice of hts workshop by a passerby who heard the shooting. Authorities! raid Bchrotder Was seen to ran front the place aud floe lu an anlbmobl|a. Report Troteky Is An ABBassin Victim LNDON.. Nov. UHfV Thsr ltoily Mail’s IMmJlner lays n report In, dxrrvnt that Leon Trotsky, former sovlA or commissioner, and i.uw a leader opposition party In Moscow, has bean oEetutfllnated. Message* from twV-TtusaUn ettlea gave the same report. Thwrc Has bean 110 confirmation, however, from any o .'trial sources. Expedt Several Hundred At Hunt| net Here On Wednesday 4ft- Wc arc looking tor a fhcordtbraah mg crowth aald’ II H Ikjtklns, pres idem of I lie Goldsboro Merchant* Association, in dlsnjaaliig thy bwn «ji|it of Goldsboro, Fremont. Ptke vtK. Mi Olive und county mercbeute. h-i, Wedueaday iHght«.Wittl M k North 1 arolitut,_Merrhanta Aasocta yjfefc . V-tQijiJd jftkrt: ot UaJMgtt. . secretary down (or address**. It la — —— —v roposed lq organixe a Wayno County Marclmips Vssoclaliuii. carrying out mi Idea born with Mr. Nawaome sav j era I months ago. It wll In- the first | organization of its kind in tbv stale. “It looks now as If we are going : j 10, huvi' plenty of repreaentatlvea j from the nearby towns but we need : to bear at oiic-> front morn of the Goldsboro pcoplt," naid Mr Janklua last evening. , Field Hecretur)’’ Uoykin Is 111 tha tA ■% . county in charge of the arrangement looking to the bauquet & Tti* strengthauing mud building j up of local merchants association* ! and the orgauhuitlhm of haw awapoln- • (tons ip strategic point# throughout! The Bute, sonpj of which will otp ! Number Os Changes In Appointments Made By Bishop Edwin Motizon B. HOLLAND IS HIT BY AN AUTO '«• r Guv Winn tend. Jr n Wan Drlvlu* Machine; Bay Accident . Unavoidable B. Holland saßarad a brokan col lar bone, a broken shoulder blade, am* severs cute and brutaes about tha head at t«a o'clock Baturday night, when be waa atruck and knocked down by the car driven by Gay Winstead Jr, just In front of the Post Ofllce. Holland waa taksp at once to t *he Bpicw Banatorlum, and ialar that Wight to bit home. - U wan aald that Ur. Holland tu struck just na he stepped from be llied another (Mr so suddenly that the driver Uhl not have time to btop. HUBBARD MEDAL FOR LINDBERGH j l’rcaktent CompUmcnln Filer on Contribution to Aviattou Htatory MABIIINOTON, Nov Id. ——- ' thft HjiWmrd »tda! fft c uuspklois* ’■bcbievwnsank to C«l. Charles UnSbsigh on behalf of tha | nalioosl GcogrlpUlc Society, Final i dent Goal idp* tonifht paid anothnr ] high iribnta to the Her bath a* an aviator and u mao. Uudbcrgh s light from New York to Parla atlrred U»e heart of tho people, the President said! but U WMw the tier's hnselßah dedication of himself to the advancement of Mtaftningfcat dtrptayod Jtf» dear eoa ceptlonpf puMlc aarvla*. Ha’ detarmlaed to_ capitalise hla lime, not tor sstflah pnrpoaaa bat tor the promotion of the aid ha larea,*’ Mr. Coolldge sahl. ’He wm uamOf ad by lb* many apportanttles for private gain." , - The president declared that 4* a' result of Lindbergh’s tight over tha Atlantic and hit subsequdht trip to avary state la tha union, *» ecav ity for IBM far “berond nay dream of six luoatks ago” la tndlcalM. ‘ ' Nanking Wln7 Over City of Hankow BIIANGHAI, Hon- 14.—The conflict between Nanking and Han kow seems lo have ended with com plete victory of Nanking, which * greatly atrengthsit the govai’omont. j Tha flgbtets aro sanding ; peace enjoys to Nanking, advices say, j end It ia-eapected (bat n set tic went will be effected thus terminating all j atte mpt* of.Haukyw to ant up au in , dependent government. hrac'l au entire country, la the im mediate teak of the North Carolina Merchants' AsnuHatiou says Willard L. Dowel, executive secretory or the ytate association "The county, 'a* a unit for au os .l* jLjftSSjSSii! tr v«, 'hrJ custom erlUon hen peevsiled hrrwto fore. luit ’M! hare every 'mShiu to fetUcicn.Ahot the idea to- pxaottaal sad •hut such nn orgauiialiot! would be of great bonefu to the merchants at* rural commanliy " — r — : — Mr. Dowell, saked "Why should no! the merchants In small towns and vtltafes be siren the advantages and benefits of sn association when this iau k<> broufht alnitit by organizing the merchants with a central office or rlearinn house located near the tunite of the county? "In this day of quick commnuica lloti and Iran importation with the telephone, good roads and automo biles distance has been minimised and Is no louger s matter of great couesru. Thsro ai'c but lew counties to th« State that cannot be tteteteiit in a £ ... miom t . 1 . 'dpi - Member of The AHodated ww t->_- JTCBB rranncßm * * Rev. J. M. DuM Cmm To Kt. M Kit For » Fourth Yoor I CITY HOAD, BUSAWrH CITY, orre ML WATKINS Forator Clipd RSI Slolrttf WIN Wroet Thin DMrirt Froao Now Bora - W. Appuiutmsata read, by Mokop R* win Mouson of CharteUs m\t» elm* In* sessions of ike No*th CoroUoo Methodist Contort*?* to |iol|lth>ooo tey ntfckt rstuftnd too. #. li Dm* Cto St Paul ehnrth Mte lor the link jmr, promoting W. f. Wdtkto# front 8t Jphn to City Root. * Elisabeth City ead.rsturaedlUTlL !. J«om* to KUO Stmt o*4 Mbs ▼»l« ud llov, It. I, Blow* to the Goldsboro Clroott. £rii!^SSS item placed Hi uhSlfl Os tko *A. OttVn circuit. Mo. R Pi l4* OSS qhuftgtd Ho* circuit to tko VtlOll *O4 • Bor. hf. L. 4H4HSH MOt •** i**4p Sprtote. • ts. Hr. rrtMsH* om/tert* ty**" till* »o toko tko liowte Ot ft J-ka »U Mrro4 *»’teMtfAtefi '*£•**'&*s I>*«® ■o, . iwAfMfr » ** f' Jx of tko Moo dtoVtf. rrtlch *tO ■ -T- i iit i i kiiiteMlff ikteiti orsces moot o* ami ~wr l o* ta iter no. hal «4*kw ki» luurih yoor an? Wte so* to t*o D*t» ham district *»'ftaNMkißMW Walter Poitou ceteoo (vote tko Ck*o* H Hill Methodist «ht#oh »0 mho tk* «- -rh which Hr. -WooNte fcao AtoWte* oil Mr, Potto* OMftlt no f’ktool 1111 l ekurok lor HO Wtote mC dart** tklo time tko litelllfil How Oktpl IUII otrarek woo test Other OMilsttetetilpHaUMi Ns* to* Qror* circuit: W. % Hutebls. ...O— y HlantoiiOWlO «!««» 3- m Koaaaartll* otesui N, |. S4ooo -<* foa Book BlspM "•Iter Pottof. ONoMteC EMor. Atlantic 004 «ookMk4: * T Chock* , teoNr- • c Itoanfort: U U Wsiih , ,< Croreo Clreati B W. BoHHMb tester- . - , A :♦!; ; *■ . Dover Ctreott: % A Ai|iM OoMkkoto Hte Stroot'Hkerole, k. L. Jerome ft MM; 4. H. ftrtte Uhl It M t *. OHM. - Ch«t. a a Ortttoo ClreOtl: M. A SCnektsHA llookefton Circuit: li 4. bteSfc* Joaee Circuit: T. W. Loe Kin«ton; Qeeeu Stfedt, ®. C. Hk, I-wthange Circuit: MureMte City: B. A Btaughtrr, ML ML QMre Now Betoi: Ceotohary, M. fc. ' l». Wltem; Hirer SH*, Q*» Newport Circuit Pratt Ooracoke-Portamoutk: it A Br«f ton. ♦ Oriental: J. T- Stantote. ■ Pamlico c ircuit U C. Brothers. - Pink Hill Clretrtf: J, ». PtmamOS Airen Bpriac* Circuit: K. L Sear •joii, • • ; Smlw Hill Clreulti f A JBttseollo Straito Circuit! A BY Dtoitn BoMtk MotrMt M, bradakaw, prceMlaC Wder ’ '&■ Benooo etreatt: A H. IfiAsion. JO - .iary»Ap*xi Clayton: J, A Harley Craodmoora Circuit: A A MO* Held •■v-'rSr^ Pour Ooka Circuit: A Ik Dodd. Puquay Hprlnr* Clrnctt E. C. Maaeaa. i'rmnkUnion: D N. Carlnaas Frank lint on Circuit; V. A. •lloyotP' Garner ClnaU: W. I*. Olac*. Kuuley Ctrcnb: P. B. Joyner.' Ixjulebur* Daniel Lake. Loulafcur* ClrotMti A C. W*wfOr& l.ik'inu Circuit: A !L AaUMoro. . Mill brook Circuit: W. % BUtotto oyfordr w H. Brew*, f. t oxford Clrcutti J. 9 Uoote*. Princeton Ctrcatt: «; ■». ftW luMdkt comma a u huumm, tdenton Street W. A, fMoktetyi (CooUanad on Pace M oo *»ip